Chapter 117 Gao Qiqiu, something happened to you!

Listening to the reports coming from the walkie-talkie, Sun Chuanting was also transmitting orders one by one accordingly.

"This walkie-talkie is truly an artifact. It must not be obtained by Jian Nu, but it doesn't matter if it is obtained. Wireless charging is really magical."

After muttering to himself, Hong Chengchou continued to hold the walkie-talkie and direct the frontline operations.

After a whole day of fighting, Hong Chengchou and Jierhalang had not yet met each other, but there were a lot of small conflicts, and both sides were testing each other.

However, those small actions, all because of Hong Chengchou's quick response, did not allow Jierhalang to take any advantage, and instead, thousands of people died.

Taking advantage of the truce at night, Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, and Wang Pu rushed to the camp together.

"Governor, it seems that Jiannu has no intention of leaving the camp to fight actively today, but the group of people who attacked us are quite strong, and they have wasted a lot of effort."

"It looks too cowardly. He just fired off the cannons, but the main force didn't come out. Isn't Jierhalang known as the most capable Prince Jiannu?"

Gao Qiqian on the side watched the discussion among several people and joined in.

"Governor Hong, why don't we tell you, do you think we should let the soldiers move forward as quickly as possible and sneak attack Jiannu under the cover of night?"

"Will Jiannu let you sneak attack?"

"Eunuch Gao, after a day of fighting, do you think the soldiers can still carry out a night attack? If the night attack is unsuccessful and the soldiers are not energetic, how will they fight tomorrow?"

Hearing Gao Qiqian's words, several people were disdainful. If night attacks were so effective, there would be no need to fight during the day and they would just do sneak attacks at night.

However, Hong Chengchou was uncharacteristically determined to fight. Chongzhen said that he could fight the two flags over there, so he believed that he was reckless.

"The troops of the Jiannu Banner and the Nu Banner are stationed at Rufeng Mountain. The number is actually not very large. Now we have almost consumed their gunpowder. We can directly break through and occupy Rufeng Mountain tomorrow.

According to the news from His Majesty, only Rufeng Mountain in Jinzhou has a large number of slaves, and the rest are in the outer city of Jinzhou to surround Jinzhou to prevent Zu Dashou from breaking out.

Therefore, we must also seize the passage to Rufeng Mountain. Only in this way can we coordinate Jinzhou and allow Zu Dashou to fight out."

"Governor Hong, your Majesty asked you to rescue Jinzhou, not you to rescue Zu Dashou.

Or do you want to give up the city and give Jinzhou to Jiannu and the others?"

When Gao Qiqian heard Hong Chengchou's arrangement, he instantly became dissatisfied. It would be a miserable life for him to go out with Hong Chengchou this time. Hong Chengchou would do anything, even though he would still tell him the same thing.

But when it comes to conveying information and contacting the capital, their eunuch channel becomes a auxiliary.

A lot of news has not reached the capital yet, but Hong Chengchou has already received a reply, which makes it difficult for them to add fuel to the fire.

"Eunuch Gao, please pay attention to your duty. His Majesty asked you to supervise the army, not to question my arrangements."

"We tell you that Jinzhou must be saved, and it must be done as soon as possible. It's not like you don't know that there is not much food and grass in the capital.

If you are afraid of fighting, our family will tell the emperor that you have violated the ancestral teachings and abandoned the city."

Hong Chengchou felt a little uncomfortable looking at Gao Qiqian who was humming.

He really couldn't figure out why His Majesty, being so wise, would put such a strange thing next to him.

"Does your Majesty feel disgusted with me? Or does it mean that Your Majesty doesn't trust me at all and only trusts this eunuch?"

Hong Chengchou had no idea that this was simply because the arrangements at the time did not take into account him, and Chongzhen no longer wanted to take care of his army, so he did not take care of Gao Qiqian.

But he no longer had this worry immediately, because Chongzhen sent someone.

A soldier came in to report.

"Governor, your Majesty has sent a new supervisor over."

"Please come in."

Hong Chengchou's face became even more ugly. Two days ago, he reported that he was leaving Ningyuan to prepare for battle. His Majesty should have said that he would support him well. Just two days later, a supervisory army came to support him.

One supervisor is enough for him, two? He doesn't have to do anything, he just has to talk to the supervisor.

"Hmph, let me tell you, the emperor knows that you guys are cowards and don't dare to fight, so he sent people here again."

Listening to Gao Qiqian's voice, Hong Chengchou became even more agitated.

Wu Sangui and Wang Pu looked at each other, vaguely looking like they were running away. The smell of gunpowder here was a bit strong.

"Governor Hong, Commander Wang, Commander Wu, and Commander Ma, I am the official He Ying. I am the Bingbi of the Royal Horse Supervisor, and I have come to supervise the army on your Majesty's order."

"General He, you are polite."

Hong Chengchou and others said dryly that this situation could not be called welcome to them.

However, the attentive people still discovered the problem. He Ying didn't say hello to Gao Qiqian. The two of them had a grudge?

"Hey, isn't this Grand Duke He? Why did His Majesty send you here? He didn't even ask me to pick you up."

"Your Majesty sent me here to take over your work, and at the same time, he also asked me to announce something."

He Ying was an eunuch who was more senior than Gao Qiqian in the imperial eunuch. He came out this time because Chongzhen asked him to cooperate and convey military information at the same time. No misinterpretation is allowed.

As long as he completes the war faithfully, he can get a large sum of money and take his godson back to his hometown to live the retirement life of a rich man.

Hearing He Ying's words, Gao Qiqian's expression changed slightly, because there was something deeply wrong in these words, which didn't seem like a good thing.

"Gao Qiqian, something happened to you!

You are suspected of delaying the military situation, misinterpreting His Majesty's will, accepting bribes, killing good people and taking merit, and murdering loyal people. You are guilty of heinous crimes.

The war in Jinzhou is critical at the moment. In order to avoid affecting the war, Your Majesty has decreed that your position will be assumed by my own officer. Come here, I will take Gao Qiqian back to Beijing immediately.

Your Majesty will also investigate your case of restraining Lu Xiang and Governor Lu, so be prepared to enjoy torture!"

"How is that possible! Our family was wronged, and our family never did anything! Lu Xiangsheng died by himself, and our family didn't do anything!!"

Gao Qiqian immediately cried out that he was wronged, especially when he heard Lu Xiangsheng's name, his reaction was even more intense.

Dongchang Fanzi, who was following He Ying, stepped forward and pushed the excited Gao Qiqian to the ground, then gagged him.

This shocked several others present.

Hong Chengchou's eyes widened instantly. He never imagined that there would be such a scene. This was simply impossible for the supervisor.

Generally speaking, eunuchs are the emperor's most loyal supporters and the only group the emperor trusts. Therefore, eunuchs placed in military camps have the right to directly dispatch troops or not to send troops.

But this also brought a heavy price, that is, the emperor only had eunuchs around him, and his direct information channel was only eunuchs.

As long as the eunuchs stayed in a group, the emperor would not receive unfavorable news from the eunuchs. Even if the eunuchs acted coquettishly, what the emperor would receive would be that they were late and the person died.

It is not that there were no memorials to impeach eunuchs, but those memorials were exaggerated. When the emperor saw them, he already had his heart set on the eunuchs, and he would not blame the eunuchs if they were false.

But now, Chongzhen actually sent people to arrest his most trusted person in full view of the public.

"Governor Hong, please take care of me during this time. Our orders are just to exercise restraint, no matter how you use your troops.

But our family will also report the truth truthfully, and we will not be lenient if there are false reports of achievements, killing of good deeds while taking credit, reporting good news but not bad news."

"Hey, my father-in-law is very righteous, cooperation, this is a happy cooperation."

Hong Chengchou's unhappiness disappeared instantly. There was no old woman on his head who could only shoot randomly. He felt that his breathing was much easier.

Without even looking at Gao Qiqian, who was dragged away like a dead dog, he instead developed a relationship with He Ying.

At the same time, on the other side of the Ming Dynasty, the fleets of Banduma and Abel had been docked at Dejima for several days.

Half of the goods they brought were distributed to Dejima, and all were bought by the Dutch on Dejima. At this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was on Waguni Island, had already put on jeans and a shirt.

Similar to them, the East India Company's caravan in Luzon also received the remaining half of the products. People there blindly bought these unseen luxury goods.

The two people, who were making crazy money, were loading their fleet with half food and half gold and silver, and were preparing to sail to Tianjin Port from Dejima and Luzon respectively.

The materials transported by Zheng Zhibao, the capital master, have also been prepared and can be loaded just waiting for the grain ship to arrive.

Capital...

Chen Ye did not go back at night, mainly because he had so much fun last night that he had not slept with him for a long time.

Thinking that the two-meter-long bed in the apartment could only be heated by himself, Chen Ye chose to live in the decaying Ming Dynasty and enjoy the beauty of the warm quilt and hugs.

"Husband, be gentle, it hurts."

"Master Wu, why hasn't the mud come out yet?"

Cai Die gently slapped Chen Ye's grape-grabbing hand away. Cai Wei, who was shaking her head, was talking vaguely. She didn't dare to stop even if Chen Ye didn't let go.

"What's the situation of businesses everywhere now?"

“All prefectures in Zhili have established business houses near the county offices and hired local people as security guards.

The daily turnover, except for food, is not much sales of other items. It is better after we adjust the prices.

Now, excluding the shops in the capital, the daily turnover of shops in various places is less than 5,000 taels."

"Five thousand taels? It's pretty good."

Chen Ye was quite satisfied. Five thousand taels a day was not a small number. There were only a few prefectures in Beizhili, and it amounted to millions of taels a year. With the main shipments from the capital, tens of millions a year was not a problem.

"Yes, because there are so many items that can easily be bought in dozens of taels or hundreds of taels in stores, and no one except the richest people in each government is willing to buy them.

There are only a few dozen people in each household who can afford the store's expensive products, and they won't buy them every day.

Most of them sell sugar, salt, spices, clothes and trousers, and some daily necessities are also sold in larger quantities. Rich people can't stop buying those luxurious things because they are exquisite."

"The bulk of the profits still have to go to the south. In the rich south, this income can be increased tenfold."

"Sir, are we going south?"

"Hey, Caiwei, you scratched me."

When Caiwei, who was hesitating, heard this, she raised her head with gleaming eyes. She accidentally scratched Chen Ye with her teeth and stuck out her tongue playfully, but Chen Ye pushed her back again.
Chapter completed!