When Han Sen was walking towards the pier, he happened to meet Zhu Wanchun.

Han Sen was still quite cold to this wealthy family. Although he knew he was his own, he had no idea or plan to make friends.

In the past ten years, [Biqudao     ] Han Sen had dealt with many aristocratic families on his way to the south.

Whether it is a gentry student or a businessman, whoever has a little status takes these canal transport troops into his eyes? If you say a few words occasionally, it is like teasing cats and dogs, just to relieve your boredom and joke.

Even when he got off the ship, he would give a few silver coins, which was like giving alms. He didn't care about them and never really took these transportation troops seriously. Han Sen led the transportation troops with the general flag, and in the eyes of these people, he was just a big guy-headed character. No one cared about his official position.

Although Zhu Wanchun is different in front of him, in Han Sen's opinion, Min Yuanqi is capable. As long as he dances about the career in front of him, there will be no Zhu family and the Li family.

Of course, Zhu Wanchun and the Zhu family behind him are now crucial to Yuntiguan, especially the war horses, Sugang, fine iron, nitroxide and other items he bought on behalf of him, which are crucial to Min Yuanqi's foundation. Therefore, although Han Sen just hurriedly bowed his fists, his attitude was not warm or even a little cold, he was generally polite and courteous.

Zhu Wanchun didn't mind either. People had all kinds of faces, some were friendly and polite, some were good at scenes, and some were born not to like socializing. This was all indifferent. He smiled and returned the favor to Han Sen, and asked where Min Yuanqi was, and then rushed over.

"Brother Min, there is a big good thing, you may have guessed what happened?"

The two have been together for a long time, and their friendship has been consolidated. Zhu Wanchun and Min Yuanqi are much more casual than ordinary people.

If someone else changes, the report is as simple and effective as possible. Who would call Min Yuanqi to "guess"?

Min Yuanqi didn't care. Han Sen brought back a hundred heads. It was a good thing to strengthen the army before the war. Ten thousand gold and silver, more than a thousand stone grains, and some cloth and weapons were not worth mentioning. Now, the family is a big business.

What made him happy was that he got two serious sea boats that could be voyed far away. There was no place to buy this thing now. Shandong and Tianjin were in chaos. The original maritime power and shipbuilding foundation were almost destroyed by bandits.

These two ships are inconspicuous, but they are the root cause of the imitation of Yundiguan. In addition, they can be sent to the soldiers regularly to get familiar with long-distance sailing and sea battles earlier, which is of great significance.

Another point is that it is not suitable for ports whether it is the estuary of Huaihe River or Guanhe River. If you go north to eat the Haizhou area, there are many ports in Haizhou, and even Qinshan Island will be used.

This is of great significance, and it is also on the sea boat.

With these two points, Min Yuanqi is really in a bad mood.

He smiled and said to Zhu Wanchun: "Brother Zhu is so interested. Most of the time, the Folang machine cannon and the craftsman have arrived?"

"Brother Min is not bad." Zhu Wanchun smiled and said, "I have arrived at the dock just now, and it's time to move ashore."

"The strange saying that Brother Zhu came from the dock." Min Yuanqi also became interested. He had seen many kinds of muskets these days, including self-produced guns, but cannons are considered important weapons in the military. If the Zhu family had not spent the ambassador's expenses, and the military equipment and nobles in Nanjing were extremely decayed, these Folang machine cannons would definitely not have fallen into his hands.

In name, in addition to the Caojiang camp soldiers, there were dozens of imperial guards with more than 100,000 guards. However, when Duoduo entered the city, the Beijing camp soldiers on the 100,000 were missing. Only the nobles and ministers knelt at the city gate with their handbooks. It was raining heavily, and the red handbooks were soaked in the rain, soaking the ground in front of them into large red. People were like kneeling in blood. When Min Yuanqi saw this, he had only one feeling, that was the tears that God shed for this dynasty. The ground shed either red paper or the tears of heroes with blood.

"There are more than 20 craftsmen. I know that Yuan Qi is the most important craftsman, so I have tried my best. Most of them can make the Folang machine cannons. Most of them have never made the muskets, but you should learn it by looking at it. There are a few who have made armor, most of them have made cotton armor and mail, and the scale armor and prick armor have never made it."

"These are all small things." Min Yuanqi walked forward. He did not wear a black hat or a regular official robe, but his figure and momentum were already very similar to ordinary people. Just looking at the respectful attitude of the people around him, even if Min Yuanqi was wearing an ordinary gray round-necked robe, these craftsmen had guessed Min Yuanqi's identity.

Of course, Zhu Wanchun bribed the officials who should be in charge, and also promised these craftsmen a considerable benefit.

Originally, these craftsmen were still a little uneasy. In the eyes of Ming officials, they were just slaves. They were not called starving to death and were considered to be kind to the officials in charge of the business.

As for the young wife and children, they are barely hungry. It is common for them to go hungry every day. Their body shape is generally very thin. They are strong and have obvious muscle bulges on their arms. However, in terms of their nutrition, it is conceivable what the price it takes to exercise this muscle.

They are all overdrawing their lives to earn such insignificant food. Under normal circumstances, these craftsmen will pass their prime after thirty, and will survive by about forty. Generally speaking, they will definitely not live to be fifty years old. Being able to live to fifty is considered a rare high year of life.

The literati and doctors at the same time did not encounter any serious illness, even in the era of poor medical conditions, their average life expectancy was about seventy. It has been rare for seventy years to target these craftsmen and farmers. They are definitely not literati and doctors who have good conditions and pay attention to health preservation.

From a metropolis like Nanjing to Jiangbei, these craftsmen feel very uneasy.

Fortunately, Jiangbei is also considered a Taiping boundary. After crossing the river, they walked along the canal, and then arrived in Huai'an and entered the Huaihe River waterway. The scenery along the way gradually changed, but there were not many changes in general, after all, they were only a few hundred miles apart.

Judging from the situation along the coast, there are endless villages and towns, and the prefectures and counties are not as good as those in Jiangnan, but they are still prosperous. However, after passing Guanyun, I heard people on the boat about the news that the visiting soldiers were going to attack Yuntiguan. The craftsmen were panicked.

If you want to go back, there is no penny on the road. They all came with their families. More than 20 craftsmen, more than 100 people in the Lian family, were almost penny-free. Moreover, when they came here, they were not as humble as the water route of transporting cannons. They walked back with no penny for hundreds of miles. I was afraid that it would take several months to return to Nanjing to beg for food, and thank God for not having to die during this period.

It’s impossible to leave, but it’s also scary to stay.

Fortunately, after approaching Yundi Pass, they saw a very strange and even surprising scene.

There are crowds of people like ants everywhere, and at least more than 10,000 people are working on the southern bank of the river.

Several horizontal and vertical trenches were dug at a speed visible to the naked eye. A large number of people carried sharpened wooden stakes and stood the stakes above the trench amid the neat sounds.

Large trenches and pickets interlaced like canine teeth.

It can be seen that there was originally a village with village roads connected, with some trees, shrubs and farmland intertwined. Now, looking around, the place where you can see the sight, there are digging ditches and pickets everywhere.

Not to mention the army moving forward, it is almost impossible for ordinary people to detour from the ten miles south.

In addition to digging trenches and stakes, there are also large crowds of people using thick wood to build huge wooden towers.

The wooden arrow tower is divided into several floors, with partitions around the top floor, and more than a dozen archers are placed on it, so it is afraid that the army will be affected even if it passes through.

This kind of arrow tower is arranged in a staggered manner, and it seems that there are at least a dozen or twenty. It is combined with trench spikes to form a complete defense system.

The craftsmen who came from Nanjing still have a vision, and the situation in front of them will have a great impact on them.

The Nanjing city wall was built during the Hongwu period and is said to be tall and solid enough. There are urns outside the gates of each city, there are perforations in the city walls, there are hidden soldiers caves in the city walls, and there are more than a thousand Folang Ji on the city.

But in the face of such a huge defense system project that suddenly appeared in front of you, the lifeless Nanjing city walls seemed to feel at ease.

Defense is not a simple city system. Such as blocking horse walls, deep trenches, hanging households, urns, arrow towers. The corresponding things are siege, strong attack, using ladders, rushing cars, and pile up soil to cover the city walls with high altitude, or digging tunnels, or digging rivers to flood the entire city...

In the history of Chinese civilization, siege and defending cities were enough to write several thick war example books, including many wonderful records.

But whether it is attack or defense, morale is illusory, but it is the most important thing.

Xiang Duoduo went to Nanjing, except for less than 20,000 people, they were also dispersed, and the rest of the troops were the New Ming army.

Duoduo dared to lead a light cavalry into the city, swaying and without any scruples.

The defending weapons in the city are well-equipped and have a strong city, but they surrender directly, and they have no will to resist.

In fact, if Nanjing is held firm, the Qing army and the new Ming army will not be able to use the method of strong attack.

During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Nanjing was already an isolated city and was attacked by the Hunan Army many times. Hong Xiuquan was trapped in the deep palace without caring about the garrison, but he still defended for several years. In the end, the Hunan Army was fiercely attacked by death and wounded, and a cannon collapsed the city wall. The generals and soldiers came to the city to death. Only then did they defeat the Taiping Army's defending troops and captured Nanjing with their might.

With Duoduo's troops and logistics at that time, he forcibly captured the magnificent capital built by Zhu Yuanzhang. What a joke?

But in everyone's heart, Nanjing is just unavailable.

Shi Kefa has tormented the four towns, even the four towns inside and outside, and it is nothing more than guilt.

To build an extremely solid defense circle in the two Huaihe Rivers in Jiangbei and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, at least it is to welcome the enemy outside the country's gates.

This is a psychological hint, that is, when the enemy appears under the city of Nanjing, it is like Li Zicheng appears under the city of Beijing, everyone understands that it’s over!

This feeling is not only the big guys, but also the little guys who can't even eat a little bitch, but they actually understand it in their hearts.

This thing is mysterious, but it is actually the people's spirit and the hearts of the people.

The Ming Dynasty had a sign of defeat since the Jiajing period. Jiajing had been struggling for decades, and the people were poor. It was not that Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng had prolonged their lives, but that they had already shown signs of defeat.

It is precisely because of the appearance of Zhang Juzheng that it has extended the life of the Ming Dynasty for decades.

The Shenzong made trouble again and finally broke out the Later Jin and bandits. This thing was not accidental, but inevitable.

The three major battles were the return of the Ming Empire. After the 14th year of Chongzhen, everyone understood that the Ming Dynasty was over.

Everyone was waiting for Daming to take his last breath.

This is also the reason why Li Zicheng and Duoduo went to Beijing and Nanjing successfully when they entered Beijing and Nanjing respectively. They were gone. This great empire seemed to be still there, but in fact they were just critically ill patients who were breathing a sigh of relief. People were just waiting for it to die.

This is the people’s hearts, mysterious and not mysterious.

The people in front of us are as slow as these inferior craftsmen can also feel it.

It is the pace of people trotting.

Organized construction site and rapid project progress.

It is the high voice of people.

They were those soldiers who were neatly lined up with spears, swords and cards.

The entire Yundi Pass is shrouded in an uplifting breath, and people cannot touch or see it, but they can feel it and feel it.
Chapter completed!