"I want the princess's mansion too." A cute little girl broke out at some point and pulled Li Guodong's corner of her clothes. "Little princess!" Li Guodong turned around and said.

"I don't call him Your Highness, my name is Princess Zhaoren." The little girl pouted and corrected Li Guodong's mistake dissatisfiedly.

"Zhaoren, you are still young, and your father will not build a princess's mansion for you." Princess Kunxing touched her sister's little head.

Princess Zhaoren pouted: "Duke Chu, you are partial. You asked someone to repair the Princess' Mansion for my sister, why not repair it for me?"

"Your Highness Princess, you are still young. When you grow up, how about I ask someone to build a princess's mansion for you?" Li Guodong said with a smile.

"I don't care, I don't care. You are biased and build the princess's mansion for your sister, but don't build me! I'm going to complain to my father and say you bullied me. It's okay if you don't build me, just give me the castle by the lake. I like that." Princess Zhaoren pulled the corner of Li Guodong's clothes and refused to let go.

Li Guodong was so entangled that he had no choice but to ease Princess Zhaoren: "Your Highness, I'll go find Master Qian and ask him to agree to build the Princess Mansion for you? As long as the Master agrees, I will pay you the money to build the Princess Mansion for you."

Princess Zhaoren believed it, clapped her hands and ran away: "That's great, I want to have a princess's mansion, too."

"Duke Chu, my sister is so naughty, don't take it to heart." Princess Kunxing whispered.

"Princess Zhaoren is still young, and it is normal for a child to be naughty. When she grows up in a few years, she will be as sensible as you, Your Highness, you."

"Duke of Chu, you are going to Yangzhou to take office. This time you must help your father block Jiannu. We can no longer run away," Princess Kunxing blessed her. "Of course, Duke of Chu, you must also pay attention to safety. Never have any shortcomings. If something happens, who will protect your father, who will protect your mother, and who will protect me?"

After saying that, Princess Kunxing turned to leave with a blushing face.

Seeing Princess Kunxing leave, Wang Chengen walked up again: "Duke of Chu, Your Highness the Princess has feelings for you, what should you do in the future?"

"I can't be Chen Shimei, right?" Li Guodong replied helplessly.

The Huai Army was about to cross the river and head north to Yangzhou. The security of Nanjing City was handled by Li Guodong from Shandong, Lianghuai and other places. Originally, all the soldiers in Nanjing were captured. The handling of the prisoners was very simple. They were all organized into auxiliary soldiers and used as coolies. Whether they were ordinary military soldiers in the garrison, general flags, or officers such as hundreds of households, they were treated equally and sent to various military offices to form half-army and half-civilian military households.

The military household registration system in the late Ming Dynasty was already corrupt and extremely bad. Why did Li Guodong still use military households? In fact, these military households were still elite troops in the early Ming Dynasty. After Li Guodong's rebuilt half-army and half-civilian military households, in fact, they were reintegrated, and the merit system was increased, which increased their enthusiasm for labor and desire for military merit. The newly reorganized military households lived a good life, and their combat effectiveness naturally improved.

The Jinyiwei has been moving around in Jiangnan. All the relatives of the nine tribes of the gentry who surrendered to the enemy in the north have been confiscated, all the men have been put into slavery, and the female relatives... The Jiaofangsi has been overcrowded and can no longer accommodate more criminals and female relatives. These female relatives are clearly marked by the Jinyiwei and are taken to the Huai Army barracks to sell.

"The white and tender daughter of Huahuang, a rich lady, can be taken home in just three taels of silver."

"Although the beautiful young woman is not a big girl in yellow, she looks so handsome that she can give birth to a child. A three-two tael of silver is definitely worth it. But my brothers are just a month-and-a-half of military pay. If you buy it, you will definitely not disappoint you."

"Young little maid is beautiful, can do housework and serve people. If you buy two taels of silver, you won't disappoint you if you keep it."

"Although the maid is not pretty, she can do heavy work and serve people. Look, she is so strong and powerful, and can have a son. She has one or two silver dollars. If she likes her, she will take it home for only one or two silver dollars."

"Seven or eight-year-old girl, what? It's too young? But it's cheap. Just buy it home and raise it first. At first glance, this little look is a beauty. If you raise it, you will definitely be a beauty. If you buy it and keep it, you won't lose money."

The Jinyiwei led a series of female relatives from criminals and walked into the Huai Army barracks to hawk in the camp. In fact, they did these things with the acquiescent of Li Guodong and Wang Chengen. If the Jinyiwei took them over and gave them to Li Guodong for free, how would Chongzhen explain? Chongzhen would believe that the Jinyiwei and Duke of Chu secretly colluded, one was an army fighting against the outside world, and the other was the emperor's personal army. If they colluded together, it would arouse Chongzhen's suspicion.

Therefore, it is the best way to pull over and sell, which can not only allow the military men to marry their satisfactory wives, but also increase the income of the Jinyiwei.

The Jinyiwei's sale of female family members naturally attracted the attention of brothels in Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Suzhou and other places. However, those madams wanted to buy people from Jinyiwei, but were rejected by Jinyiwei: "If you don't sell, don't sell. We all said that we can't sell them to you, we can only sell them to soldiers as their wives."

On the first day of August of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Guodong brought 10,000 elite Huai Army and crossed the river northward to Yangzhou.

The Huai Army had strict military disciplines, unlike other troops, which would not harass and loot the people. The Yangzhou people were not afraid of these soldiers. When these soldiers entered the city and bought things, they would give money honestly, and would not beat the people or rob the people's property. Therefore, the Huai Army was very popular with the people.

When he arrived in Yangzhou, Li Guodong went to the Qianhu House of the Jinyiwei in Yangzhou to find Xu Liang: "Xiao Xu, you have to hurry up about the relocation of the people in Yangzhou during this period. The bandit army in the north has been defeated. At most, there are five months left. Jiannu is going south. Your Jinyiwei must move all the people in Yangzhou to Jiangnan for temporary resettlement. There cannot be a single person left in the city!"

After saying that, Li Guodong also revealed the imperial edict of Emperor Chongzhen to let the Jinyiwei move the people of Yangzhou. Of course, this was just a commendation that had not been approved by the cabinet vote.

Xu Liang received the imperial edict and immediately began to arrange for the relocation of the people.

A large group of Jinyiwei dispatched to the homes of the people and told them that the Qing army would soon be invaded, asking all the fellow villagers to cooperate with Jinyiwei to move out of their homes, leave Yangzhou, cross the river and head south, and the court freely arranged the matter and could move eastward and temporarily stay at the resettlement site by the sea.

Jinyiwei posted notices in the streets and alleys, requiring all the people in Yangzhou to move.

While preparing for the relocation work, the Jinyiwei also strengthened vigilance and investigation to prevent Qing army spies from mingling into the city. Over the past period, many Qing army fine works have been arrested.

However, the relocation work was not so smooth. Chinese people were more home-loving and were unwilling to leave their hometown. This is why whites occupied the most territories in the world in later generations, and Chinese occupied much less territories than whites, because Chinese people were unwilling to leave their hometowns.

Even though the Chinese who moved to Borneo Island and formed Lan Fang, they did not regard Lan Fang as their own country, but regarded Borneo Island as their own place to hunt for gold. After becoming rich, they were ready to return home in glory, so Lan Fang was finally destroyed by the Dutch colonists.

Because of the family-loving knot, the relocation work of the people in Yangzhou became very difficult. Even if the Jinyiwei told the local people that they had just moved away temporarily, most people were still unwilling to move.

At the gates of the Governor's Office of Lianghuai and the Yangzhou Prefecture Office, a large number of people knelt at the door to shout for justice, asking Master Qingtian to come forward and make decisions for them.
Chapter completed!