At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 113 Luo Mao Praises Cheng De: Strategizing and Winning Thousands of Miles Away

At midnight, the sky suddenly waved a sword of lightning, and the rolling thunder drove away the night rain.

The cold wind blew in from the gap in the big tent.

The candle flames next to the desk bowed frequently to the mountains of documents on the desk, as if asking Cheng De to save its bleak future.

A trace of melancholy appeared on Cheng De's face.

He only read a third of these hill-like documents.

But in this one-third of the documents, there are many difficult problems that make him feel melancholy.

For example: Zhu Zhongbayi.

Before that, Jueshengwei sent someone to send a letter saying that Zhu Chong had fallen into Hongze Lake with eight arrows and was definitely dead.

But now, the document sent by Jin Yiwei Commander Zhang Qijiu said that there is an extra person named Zhu Yuanzhang in Sizhou City, and this person often stays with Mu Ying and Xu Sima.

Moreover, he frequently entered and exited the General's Mansion.

Currently, he is still serving as the head of ten households in the General's Mansion.

At the same time, Zhang Qijiu wrote a sentence on the document: Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Chongba are very similar in appearance except for their personality.Zhu Yuanzhang also suffered from soul-loss disease.

Moreover, Zhang Qijiu also said that he had arranged many Jinyi guards around the house where Zhu Yuanzhang lived, and carried out strict surveillance.Zhu Yuanzhang's every move was recorded.

Cheng De really wanted to call Yang Zhongkai, the Commander of the Jueshengwei, to him, and scold him well.

It's a stupid thing to do.

Cheng De thought over and over again, and wrote a letter, telling Zhang Qijiu to arrange Jin Yiwei to stare at Zhu Yuanzhang.

At the same time, Cheng De also wrote two letters to Hu Weiyong and Song Lian respectively, asking them to arrange more academic homework for Mu Ying and Xu Sima, so as not to let Mu Ying and Xu Sima waste their studies.

After putting the written letter in a special envelope and sealing it, Cheng De sent someone to rush it to Sizhou City.

After putting Zhu Chongba's matter out of his mind, Cheng De began to worry about money again.

According to the document sent by Luo Yan, she mentioned in the document that the money of the general's mansion was beyond her means.

This really cost Cheng De's life.

The general's mansion has a lot of expenses, Cheng De knows it very well.

However, unexpectedly, he still underestimated the cost.

The various expenses that Luo Yan listed for him one by one were all spent on the right path, not on any enjoyment.

These are all recorded.

But the point is, where is he going to get the money now?
Huai'an Road Salt Farm seems to have a part of the money for selling salt.

As for other places, such as the Great Wall of Heaven captured by Deng Youde, Liuhe City captured by Xu Da, Lai'an City captured by Feng Sheng, Tang He, and Geng Zaicheng.

With his permission, each city took some of the money in these cities and sent people to transport it back to Sizhou City, and handed it over to Shi Naian for the operation of the Propaganda Department, and he decided to use the rest as military pay.

Baoying City seems to have some.

But relying on the money you already have is not enough.

Everything is difficult but money.

If he wants to make money, he needs to find other ways.

After thinking about it, it is imminent to open Hong Kong and attract investment.

After deliberating for a long time, he decided to assign Zhang Yi to be responsible for the opening of Hong Kong to attract investment.

Regarding the various plans for opening up Hong Kong and attracting investment, as well as the transfer of personnel, Cheng De thought for a while before starting to write.

This busy work lasted for an hour.

After finishing writing, there were dozens of letters on the desk.

Then, he sent some soldiers to send these letters to Sizhou City, Hongze City, Jinhu City and other places.

Time also passed for a while.

Suddenly, Liu Chongwu reported that Luo Mao was asking to see him outside the big tent.

Cheng De was startled.

At this moment, Luo Mao should be recuperating from his illness, and he is bedridden with a very weak body. As a patient, is he so disobedient?
Cheng De quickly asked Liu Chongwu to bring Luo Mao in.

Seeing that Luo Mao was still looking sick, his face was pale, and cold sweat was pouring out of his forehead frequently.

Seeing this, Cheng De felt a little guilty in his heart.

He wanted to say something to blame Luo Mao, but he couldn't blurt it out.

He asked Liu Chongwu to find a chair, and supported Luo Mao to lean on the chair.

At the same time, Cheng De covered Luo Mao with the only mink fur clothes in his big tent to drive away the cold air.

Cheng De also moved the chair to Luo Mao's side, and sat close to him.

"Subordinate, thank you General." Luo Mao said weakly with exhaustion all over his body.

Cheng De directly waved his hand and said: "Joining the army is not healthy, so you should take more rest. Even if it is a big matter, you can take it easy first. In my heart, the body of joining the army is the most important thing."

Luo Mao wanted to salute again, but was stopped by Cheng De directly, "Here, it's just the two of us, so there's no need to be so polite. Besides, you're not feeling well, so you don't need to care about these vain rituals."

Hearing Cheng De's words, Luo Mao could only nod his head.

"Let's talk, what is it that requires you to come and visit in person?" Cheng De looked at Luo Mao.

"General, Li Pian will send someone eight hundred li to send a secret letter." Luo Mao took the letter out of his chest and handed it to Cheng De.

Cheng De quickly took it apart and read it. After reading it, Cheng De looked calm.

Seeing Cheng De's extremely calm expression, Luo Mao couldn't help being startled, and looked at Cheng De suspiciously.

Cheng De seemed to have seen Luo Mao's expression, so he said lightly: "I already know about this matter. If you join the army because of this matter, you don't have to worry about it."

Luo Mao hesitated to speak.

Seeing Luo Maodu like this, still trying his best to worry about the military affairs, Cheng De was a little moved.

He also understood that if he didn't explain it clearly to Luo Mao, Luo Mao would definitely not be able to let go of this matter.

Therefore, Cheng De looked at Luo Mao and said: "What I didn't know before I joined the army was that I had arranged for the Jueshengwei to monitor Zhang Shicheng a long time ago. This person's every move has been recorded by the Jueshengwei. This time, Zhang Shicheng It was beyond my expectation that the uprising was successful."

Luo Mao became even more puzzled when he heard this, and looked at Cheng De without saying a word, waiting for Cheng De's explanation.

Cheng De didn't make any detours, and said directly: "Among the people who rebelled against Zhang Shicheng, Li Sanqi has already explained in the secret letter that Zhang Shicheng's subordinates are headed by 20 people, and each of these 20 people controls a soldier. Zhang Shicheng is trustworthy. Joining the army, what you don’t know is that among the 20 people, two of them are my absolute guards.”

After hearing this, Luo Mao's eyes widened.

"General, you are really strategizing and winning thousands of miles away!" After Luo Mao calmed down, he looked at Cheng De with a wry smile.

Cheng De shook his head, "There's no way to strategize and win thousands of miles away. It's just that I just know more information than you."

Zhang Shicheng, after all, has such a great reputation in history.

He, Cheng De, wanted to unify the south. How could he not pay attention to those original historical figures.

Moreover, for Zhang Shicheng, he had sent the Absolute Guard to monitor him a long time ago.

However, I didn't expect that Zhang Shicheng would succeed so quickly.

And the Jueshengwei who he sent to monitor Zhang Shicheng really lived up to his expectations.

They actually broke into Zhang Shicheng's interior.

Yang Zhongkai really has nothing to say about knowing people.

Luo Mao didn't believe Cheng De's words in his heart, he only felt that Cheng De was unfathomable.

Cheng De glanced at Luo Mao, and then continued: "So, in my opinion, Zhang Shicheng is nothing to be afraid of, so don't worry about him for now. Besides, I will send someone to contact the two people who broke into Zhang Shicheng's internal affairs——Xu Yingjie, Liu Ren and others, let them find ways to put eye drops on Zhang Shicheng, so that Zhang Shicheng can lead people to clean up Yancheng first, and some surrounding gentry and landlords who are interested in the Yuan Dynasty. In this way, we will take over from Zhang Shicheng later , so these troubles are less, why not do it?"

"Besides, with Xu Yingjie and Liu Ren as internal support, Yancheng will be able to take it back under the cooperation of internal and external cooperation. Of course, even though this is the case, we can't just sit idly by. I will let Li Sanqi stare at Yancheng. In this case, if Zhang Shicheng wants to expand his territory, he can only develop on Yangzhou Road, which also happens to allow Zhang Shicheng to consume the Yuan army in the cities near Taizhou on Yangzhou Road. After I take Gaoyou City, I will take them back one by one."

Luo Mao nodded, and his heart relaxed.

He turned to Cheng De and asked about He Sanwu's situation: "There has been no news about He Dadu's attack on Xinghua City. It must have been held back by those Yuan troops in Xinghua City. Do you need to send troops to support him?" ?”

Cheng De thought for a while and said to Luo Mao: "We can draw some troops from Hongze City, Baoying City, and Huai'an City to support He Sanwu. I will arrange people to go down to do these things."

Hearing this, Luo Mao smiled and said: "Since the general has military strategy in mind and is confident in his chest, then Luo Mao has nothing to worry about. I can also take advantage of this opportunity to recuperate and be lazy!"

Seeing that Luo Mao finished speaking, he looked at the pile of documents on the desk, and Cheng De said angrily, "Hmph, once you recover, I will arrest you to deal with these troublesome documents."

Luo Mao smiled without saying a word.

After the two chatted for a while, Cheng De told Luo Mao about opening the port and attracting investment.

After Luo Mao listened, he said to Cheng De: "Zhang Yi is a man of great use. This matter, my subordinates think that the general can leave it to him with confidence. If it is possible, my subordinates think that they can add more last person."

"Who?" Cheng De looked at Luo Mao steadfastly.

"This person is Bian Zhongheng, Zuo Shuzuo Ling of the Ministry of Household Affairs." Luo Mao replied.

Cheng De pondered for a while, "He needs to keep an eye on the household department, but he can also do the opening of Hong Kong to attract investment, but he and Zhang Yi can discuss it by themselves. I think it may be necessary Work hard, Bian Zhongheng."

Luo Mao smiled wryly when he heard the words, and said in his heart: It will definitely be very hard, and it is not the possibility that the general said.

Of course, Luo Mao would not say such words.

He still wants to continue working under Cheng De.

Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, seeing that Luo Mao was getting more and more tired, Cheng De sent Liu Chongwu to personally take Luo Mao back to rest in the big tent, along with Cheng De's mink coat .

Unknowingly, in a flash of time, the sky is almost dawn.

Cheng De yawned, put down the paperwork in his hand, and leaned at his desk, squinted his eyes, and quickly fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)