When he returned to the shack, he felt a little warmer. Chen Huaidong quickly got into the quilt and wrapped himself in a broken quilt. He just felt that his body was no longer as cold as before, and his hands and feet became a little numb. He heard the brothers in the same shack make a long fart.

Chen Huaidong gave this guy a blank look, but saw that he was doing nothing. Everyone was huddled in a shack, ventilating everywhere, and no one said anything. Not long after, the brother raised his head, raised his chest, and posed. In a moment, another long sound came.

Another brother quipped, "What are the first ones today? You can't hold it in, at least you can warm your stomach."

After singing, the brother hummed angrily and said, "If I can hold it in, I can hold it in it too. I can't hold it in it! Besides, the loud farts don't smell bad, don't worry."

After saying this, the brothers who were huddled in their own broken quilts became a little energetic. Someone sighed: "Don't say that the loud farts are not smelly, what do we eat every day now! Don't say that the farts are not smelly, they are like sheep's poop. There is not even a smell!"

Although it is not appropriate to associate urination with eating, no one cares about this. Everyone's anger is directed at the food at this time. When they were in Henan, they were not full and they didn't go hungry all day long.

Everyone arrived here in the capital and lived in a temporary camp on the south side of the city. The officials lived in the house, while the soldiers were crowded in a temporary shack. It was snowing outside, and everyone was cold and hungry, and they really didn't want to move. If they weren't forced to patrol and eat, they wouldn't have thought of a broken quilt.

The complaints did not last long. Not only did everyone not have the strength to complain, but they actually didn't know who to complain.

When I was in Henan, I could still scold Huo Chong, and I hated Shandong people. At this time, the Green Camp was outside the capital far away from Shandong, so it would be too strange to scold Huo Chong. However, it was also strange not to scold Huo Chong.

If all the culprits are not Huo Chong, who should it be?

The entire military camp was in a similar situation, and everyone was struggling in the winter snow. The soldiers were numb and shrank, and the officials wanted the winter to pass as soon as possible and the warm spring could come as soon as possible. In this way, at least they could pull the soldiers out and do something.

The camp was shrouded in such a nearly hibernating atmosphere, quietly lifeless until a team of Eight Banners soldiers arrived at the door.

When the Eight Banners Army heard that the Green Camp Battalion Officer came quickly to greet him, he asked, "Master, when will the imperial court send food?"

When the Eight Banners officer heard this, a smile spread on his face. This smile made the green camp officer who had a hot face and a cold butt feel warm in his heart, especially with expectations.

Then the Eight Banners officer pointed to the back, "We are here to send you food according to the emperor's will."

"Ah?" The battalion officer was shocked, "Master, shouldn't it be the admiral of the Nine Gates? How could it be the emperor?"

The Eight Banners officer lowered his voice, "Brothers, the Nine Gate Admirals now give us all the food. This is the emperor's misery for the Green Camp brothers, and he sent us to deliver food in private. You can't make a statement."

The battalion officer had never seen the emperor before. Hearing that such a small battalion officer could work for the emperor to send people to deliver food, the emperor was moved to tears in his eyes. He bowed to the Eight Banners officers, and the green battalion officer said sincerely: "Master, I thank you for your brothers! If there is no food, we will all starve to death."

"No need to thank me, thank you. The emperor ordered us to come." The Eight Banners officer said. After that, he pointed to the sledges behind him, "The things are all on the top, and we will transport them in."

The Green Camp did not set up any great defense, but just pulled some horses and set up roadblocks. Rather than defense, it was a sign, and people around him signaled that there were people stationed here.

Seeing the sleds being dragged and pushed by the horses and pushed them into the camp, the Han army, who had never seen the sled, were curious and opened their eyes.

The Eight Banners Army entered the camp, and the trembling people were greeted by the camp officers, and the battalion officers were prepared to listen to the Eight Banners officers to tell the emperor's grace.

I heard the Eight Banners officers say loudly: "The emperor has an order, and the green rebelled and killed them all!"

After the words came to an end, the personal soldiers beside the Eight Banners officers had drawn out their swords and stabbed them into the lower abdomen of the next camp. The other Eight Banners officers had waved their weapons and slashed at the unarmed green camps that had gathered.

The cloth covered on the sled was lifted, and many Eight Banners soldiers jumped out of it and joined the slash. It turned out that there was no food on the sled. The bags that looked like food were just disguises, so people could not see the ambush inside.

Although there were not many people in this team, only a hundred people. In fact, there were as many as five or six hundred in it. This was a slash. The soldiers of the Green Camp were everywhere, and those who were not killed or injured were frightened and fled out of the camp.

The Eight Banners Army searched the shack and then lit the fire.

When the fire rose here, fireworks emerged from the camps of other green camp soldiers. The already dim world was made even more gray.

The Green Camp did not station as a joint venture, but had a relatively open branch. This branch may be purposeful, or it may be adapted to local conditions so that everyone can live in a place that can block the wind.

Regardless of the purpose, the Green Camp soldiers who escaped from the camp did not gather into a chaotic army. The battalion officials were killed, and the people below heard that the emperor sent the Eight Banners soldiers to kill the Green Camp. The reason was that the "green rebellion". This scared the Green Camp soldiers, and rebellion was a death sentence. Will the killed battalion officials be implicated?

The soldiers of the Green Camp did not dare to go back, so they could only start fleeing around like headless flies.

When the Eight Banners of the Capital discovered that many fires were rising on the Green Camp camp, they sent troops to check. What they saw was that about one-third of the camp was destroyed. Even if there were no camps, many camp officials inside ran away. Those who stayed in the camp were all Green Camp soldiers who had nowhere to go.

It was the second day that Hongzhou received a relatively clear report. Although there were still many things that were not clear, the situation was probably obvious. The Shengjing rebels used sleds to march, bypassed the Qing army's negligent defense in the snow in the thick snow, and went around the south of the capital, dressed up as the Qing army in Beijing, rushed into the green camp in the name of sending food, and killed and slashed. Then they went south and returned along the way. The Eight Banners Army who were chasing them did not see any trace of Shengjing rebels except for the sled marks.

Although the traitors ran away, the Green Camp soldiers were hit hard. More than a dozen temporary camps of 90,000 Green Camp soldiers were burned down. At least half of the Green Camp soldiers fled. Thousands of people who had been found were frozen to death in the snow.

The fleeing green camp soldiers turned into defeated soldiers as in history. They looted nearby villages, killed many people, and robbed a lot of things. Judging from the overall movement of the defeated soldiers, these defeated soldiers were fleeing to the south, that is, their hometown.

As for the Green Camp Camp officials, about one-third were killed, and one-third were unknown. One-third were trembling in the camp with fear.

The 90,000 Green Camp soldiers who were once regarded as the latest in spring by Hongzhou, who could be used to annihilate the Shengjing rebels. At this time, the soldiers did not know the official and the official did not know the military. Not only did they lose all their combat power, but they even faced great difficulties in reorganization.

Hongzhou's seven orifices were filled with smoke, and his anger was mixed with despair and panic. Hongzhou himself could not tell whether he was more angry or more panic.

A strange thought suddenly appeared in the young man who was feeling the torture. Lao Ba was so capable, why did he do nothing when he faced Huo Chong?

Lao Ba had already learned that the troops who attacked the sneak attack had succeeded, and finally put a big stone in his heart. Recently, he secretly sent someone to contact the famous families in the capital. As the grain supply in the capital became worse and worse, the attitude of the famous families became increasingly shaken.

Everyone was a man of Manchu, and some people said to each other that the Green Camp was Han. Even though Lao Ba felt that the Green Camp might not be able to buy it, doing so would definitely cause dissatisfaction among the people in Shengjing.

After all, in the eyes of the Manchus in Shengjing, the Han people were just conquered slaves. How could they be compared with the Manchus?

Waiting around, waiting for the news, the people who went to Shandong transported back a batch of supplies, especially soy sauce. One hundred thousand kilograms were shipped back at one time. Lao Ba was moved and said to the crowd of high-ranking officials around him: "When we take back the throne for the emperor, we will definitely make Huo Chong to pieces and take back all our money."

A kind of Shengjing Manchu people agreed with this. However, Lao Ba was disheartened and knew what these people were thinking. He immediately ordered the ministries to understand the supplies they should give them.

Not to mention the issue of paying tributes for Manchu people who are born to sell livers and kidneys. In terms of price alone, Shandong’s soybean wine is too cheap. Not only is it cheaper than the soybean wine outside the pass, but it is much cheaper than the inferior wine in the cheapest wine workshop in Zhili.

Fortunately, Huo Chong was greedy for money and was willing to sell soju at this price. Otherwise, in this winter, there would be no way to send troops in the ice and snow without drinking wine or eating spicy rabbit legs. Just by gnawing steamed buns that were as hard as iron stone, the crowd probably could not freeze to death.

Compared with the Shengjing regime that spent a lot of money to buy supplies, Huo Chong also spent too much money to buy the canal transport that had been sent to the capital city before.

As Gong Yu said, the local price of grain in the canal transport itself is very low.

The deadline for the expiration of grain grains in each province is November of each year. At that time, the officials in charge of grain must sit at the wharf, verify the beige, transfer the rice of each ship to the escort officer in the face. The departure date of the grain ships is different in each province, and depends on the distance. The grain grains in the six southern provinces are called "Southern Grain". The time limit for transporting the grains in Huai'an is called "Southern Grain".

The grain grain was collected and transported to Tongzhou for warehouses. The procedures were complicated and the freight was huge. The so-called "The grain in the south was 30,000 stones, with more than 5,000 ships of moats, carrying Huangdawei, and traveling to the first line of canals, turning them back and forth, building dikes in total, setting up officials, and building ships. Each grain stone was used to reach the capital, which was often two or three times the market price in the southeast. Although it was not known exactly, the annual expenses were all worth tens of millions!"

Various waste and grain consumption are collected together with grain, and the grain is borne by the grain, and the actual burden of the households exceeds the rated levy. When each prefecture and county collects grain, it uses the tip of the grain, kick the hukou, cut the bottom of the hukou, change the hukou surface, sample the hukou surface, take the remaining hukou surface, and use the means of changing the hukou price to exploit the households.

Corrupt officials used the money to get enough money. After Daoguang, "the money has been full of money for a long time, and the officials and the people have become accustomed to it, so each time they run a grain of grain, the amount is as much as the prefecture and county officials, and they can be rich in hundreds of thousands of dollars."

Although Huo Chong doesn't have to pay too much, it doesn't mean that Huo Chong can be fined for nothing.

When Huo Chong's men arrived in Zhenjiang, Gao Pang went to pay homage to his teacher Chen Mingtai. He thought the teacher would refuse to see him, but as soon as he reported, the teacher sent someone to call Gao Pang in.

Having seen the teacher, Chen Mingtai asked, "Gaopang, I heard that the general collected the grain from the canal transport and paid the money according to the amount."

Gao Pang didn't expect that the teacher would care so much and couldn't help showing off, "Teacher knows that when my Han army recruits, all enlisted must first learn the three major disciplines and eight precautions. Sing in the song..."

It is inevitable that it is a bit strange to sing the three major disciplines and eight precautions with a Jiangsu and Zhejiang accent, but Gao Pang still sang it. Halfway through singing, someone suddenly heard a smile bringing tea in. However, it was the teacher's daughter, Ms. Chen.

She held the tray in one hand and covered her mouth with the other, almost laughing. As soon as Gao Pang finished singing all the songs, Ms. Chen couldn't help asking, "Senior Brother Gao, won't you blush if you sing this song?"

Gao Pang smiled bitterly and said, "I blushed at first, but those soldiers didn't. After all, every word in this song is about everyone's life, and even about the life and death of the people. Most of them are from Shandong. If the military discipline is corrupt, Shandong will be the one who suffers first."

Miss Chen was stunned and thought for a moment and quickly apologized: "Senior Brother Gao. I have no knowledge, I just talk about it casually."

Chen Mingtai didn't laugh from beginning to end. His eyes closed slightly, and then he opened his eyes and said, "What General Huo did is what he sang in the song. The transactions should be fair and not robbed. Right?"

Gao Pang quickly replied: "That's right."

Chen Mingtai immediately asked, "Since General Huo wants to use this method to calm people's hearts, he will not turn stones into gold. I wonder if he will send someone to do salt affairs?"

Gao Pang was trying hard to maintain the smile on his face. After hearing what the teacher said, the calmness that was squeezed out could not be maintained. He calmed down and said, "Teacher. The governor asked me if I was willing to do salt business. I am willing, but there is no suitable person. Although I have never done salt business, at least I have heard of all kinds inside, and it is really deep."

Chen Mingtai snorted, "You are so capable, I am not afraid of the water being too deep, but I am worried that you can't control your greed."

"Haha. Teacher, I won't be moved by tens of thousands of taels of silver in front of me. I just took the money and couldn't be cleaned up. The governor is an extremely smart person. I followed him to generals and ministers, and there will be no more than tens of thousands of taels of silver in the future. Besides, when I mentioned this before, I felt that it was necessary to eliminate it. Letting me join them is not my intention."

When Chen Mingtai heard this, he stared at Gao Pang. Gao Pang felt a lot of pressure and asked, "Teacher, if possible, I want to ask the teacher to come out to do salt management together. If the teacher is here, I will dare to take this job with confidence."

I thought that when the teacher heard that his apprentice wanted to recruit teachers, he would be scolded by the teacher. Gao Pang was also prepared for this mentality. Unexpectedly, Chen Mingtai said coldly: "If Huo Chong was as capable as you said, he could conquer the world immediately and govern the world immediately. He would not use you as a person to monopolize salt affairs. If he appointed you alone to monopolize salt affairs, he would be the second in the Qing Dynasty. What else can I follow?"

Gao Pang was unhappy. There was nothing to say about the teacher's words, but the teacher's words were really belittled to Huo Chong, and he even made Gao Pang laugh.

Perhaps Gao Pang's face looked too ugly, so Chen Mingtai smiled and said, "Haha, are you not convinced or have no choice?"

Gao Pang was also a little angry and asked back: "Since the teacher looks down on others so much, why do you still have to take the exam for fame and honor?"

Chen Mingtai was obviously hit by these words, and his face immediately became extremely ugly. However, he did not drive Gao Pang away, nor was he angry immediately. Instead, he stood up and walked to the window angrily.

Gao Pang was also dissatisfied, but as soon as he spoke, he heard the teacher shouting: "Shut up and sit honestly!"

Gao Pang didn't dare to sit down, so he stood up. When he saw Miss Chen staring at her with anger, he probably was dissatisfied with his father's insult.

After a while, Chen Mingtai turned his head and said, "Oh, Gao Pang, you are right. I look down on the Qing Dynasty, but I still went to the Qing Dynasty to seek fame and fame. Huo Chong stood up and was nameless. Seeing that a person like him suddenly had his current status, conquered Jiangning, worshiped Zhu Yuanzhang's cemetery, and became an anti-Qing orthodox. I was indeed resentful and mean. If I hadn't encountered such a thing, I wouldn't know that my mind was just like this."

Miss Chen said angrily: "Dad! You are right! Senior Brother Gao is talking nonsense! He is wrong! He has never seen anyone contradicting the teacher in person!"

Chen Mingtai couldn't help but smile when his daughter stood on her side like this, "Well, you should scold Gao Pang. Go outside and find a stick and come back and beat him up!"

Gao Pang was embarrassed, but saw Miss Chen bowing to her father, "Dad, Senior Brother Gao, I will take my leave first."

When Miss Chen left, Chen Mingtai sat in the seat, "Gaopang, although I was a little mean, that was right. Over the past few hundred years of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Salt Administration has supported countless corrupt officials who have been living for hundreds of years. Even Zhu Hongwu, the skinned daylily, killed him, but he was unable to control it. The Salt Administration continued to be greedy, and the people continued to suffer. If General Huo you followed was as wise as you said before, you mean that he was wise. If he was truly wise as you said, this matter would definitely be resolved. When there was a real understanding, I would not be persuaded, and I would serve under General Huo."

When the teacher said this, Gao Pang was no longer in the mood to ask the teacher to come out to help him. On the way back after saying goodbye, Gao Pang thought about it and took care of the salt administration affairs he knew in his heart, but could not find a way to manage it.

As the teacher said, the Salt Administration has raised countless corrupt officials over the past few hundred years. If it could be solved, countless smart and virtuous people in hundreds of years would have been solved long ago. How could it still be that my nephew is still lanterns? As usual.

Even skinned daylily can only take effect briefly. How can we solve it?

He couldn't find any idea, so Gao Pang went to see Huo Chong and told him the questions.

After hearing this, Huo Chong laughed: "I didn't expect that Mr. Chen is indeed a famous scholar. He actually asked such a tricky question."

Gao Pang laughed dryly, "Does the governor have a way to crack it?"

"Yes." Huo Chong replied decisively: "Since the problem caused by salt is huge profits, and people in the world need to eat salt. Then increase the output of salt and reduce the sales price. Without huge profits, corruption is within the controllable range."
Chapter completed!