"Sir, our people have already started to build the fifth pier. In another half month, the first small fire road pier can be built. In a month at most, the closest pier to Xinping Fort can be completed." Yang Yuanlai Report to Liu Heng.
Liu Heng nodded and said immediately: "There are still too few manpower. Send an order to Huang Zhong and ask him to recruit people who are willing to work in the grassland."
"If we build the fort further in, we may not be able to hide it from the Mongols." Yang Yuan said worriedly.
Liu Heng smiled lightly and said: "I didn't expect to be able to hide it from them. As long as our soldiers are well prepared, can they still stop us from building the fortress?"
"That's true. The Mongols have shown the bravery of their ancestors. Our one thousand warriors can carry their five or six thousand string control warriors." Yang Yuan echoed from the side.
Over the years, the Tiger Banner has been in contact with the Mongolian tribes on the grassland. It knows the situation of the Mongols better than the Ming Dynasty. It knows that the Mongols have become worse than the previous generation. As long as they have some ability, the border towns of the Ming Dynasty cannot stop the grassland. Mongolian cavalry.
"Sir, this is the list of the latest group of people who went to the grassland to build forts." Zhao Wu came in from the outside, holding a booklet in his hand.
Liu Heng took a look at it and said, "Send the booklet to the Attendant Department and ask the Attendant Department to make a copy as a backup."
"Yes." Zhao Wu nodded and retreated.
At this time, Yang Yuan said: "We have brought so many people from Datong to the grassland. I'm afraid we can't hide it from Datong Fucheng. I'm afraid they already know what we are doing."
"It doesn't matter." Liu Heng waved his hand and said, "With the force of our tiger-character flag, the Datong governor and the commander-in-chief will not take the initiative to provoke us unless they are sure to deal with our tiger-character flag. Before that, as long as we don't raise it The rebel flag is high, no matter what we do, they will just pretend not to know."
Yang Yuan nodded thoughtfully, and then said: "My subordinates have sent people from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau to keep an eye on the movements in Datong Fucheng, and there is nothing unusual."
"Just keep an eye on it from Datong Fucheng. You don't need to spend too much time on it. But about the Wenxiang Cult, people from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau can get more information." Liu Heng mentioned.
The Wenxiang Sect in Shandong made a big fuss, but he knew that it was eventually suppressed by the Ming court. However, the Wenxiang Sect's rebellion completely kicked off the rebellion against the Ming Dynasty.
It was also after the Wenxiang Sect that rebels began to emerge one after another in various places, until Li Zicheng led an army to capture the capital and overthrew the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
"My lord, do you think you don't like what the Wenxiang Sect is doing?" Yang Yuan said doubtfully.
The affairs of the Wenxiang Sect were in great turmoil, and Xu Hongru even proclaimed himself king, so he felt that even if the Wenxiang Sect could not overthrow the rule of the Ming Dynasty at once, it could at least separate itself and occupy Shandong.
Liu Heng shook his head slightly and said: "I have fooled the people for a while with some tricks, but I can't fool them for long. As time goes by, the believers below will find something wrong sooner or later, even if the things like Xu Hongru's Vacuum Hometown Wusheng Old Mother are replaced by Wenxiang Cult." If the believers don't pay for the food, the noise will be even greater than it is now."
"Should my subordinates send someone to spread these slogans about not paying for food to the people of Wenxiang Sect?" Yang Yuan suggested.
He felt that the more the Wenxiang Sect incident got bigger, there would be no direct benefit or any harm to their Tiger Flag. If someone stood up to them, the imperial court would not have the energy to settle accounts with their Tiger Flag in the future.
Although the imperial court has no intention of settling accounts with the tiger-character flag, from the attitude of Datong officials towards the tiger-character flag, he can feel that the court is not at ease with their tiger-character flag.
Liu Heng smiled and said: "If the slogan about not paying for food really becomes the teachings of the Wenxiang Sect, it will make the followers below even more confused, and maybe the meeting will be rescheduled in advance." Recommended reading TV//
"My subordinates think that the Wenxiang Cult is useless. If you have some skills and win a few battles with the army, you can easily raise an army of hundreds of thousands of people." Yang Yuan said.
Liu Heng picked up the teapot on the table and took a sip of water, and said: "Wenxiang Cult has bought a lot of soldiers and armors from us in recent years. With the number of soldiers and armors they bought, we can make up one There is still no problem with an elite force of about a thousand people.”
The business of Tiger Character Flag has long been developed in Shandong. The quality of iron products is good, not inferior to that of Fujian Iron and Steel. The sales of various iron products are more than half of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, Tiger Character Flag is a trade name of Datong Prefecture and has nothing to do with the imperial court. , the Wenxiang Sect has the intention of raising a rebel flag, so naturally it will not miss the opportunity to purchase soldiers and armor from the Tiger Character Flag.
Because the iron is good, the weapons made by the Tiger Flag are all top quality. Liaodong already has a lot of Tiger Flag armor, but the quality of the armor is high and the price is not cheap. Except for some generals in Liaodong who paid for the Tiger Flag themselves, In addition to the flag-bearing soldiers who bought a batch of soldiers and armors, the ordinary soldiers still used weapons made by the Ministry of Industry.
Kick! Kick! Kick!
A rush of footsteps came in from outside.
Soon, Zhao Wu walked in quickly, holding a bamboo tube in both hands, and while passing it forward, he said: "Sir, this is a secret message just sent from the grassland."
As the guard captain beside Liu Heng, he knew that the Tumut ministries were beginning to target their Tiger Flag, so as soon as the news from the grassland was sent, he immediately brought it to Liu Heng.
Liu Heng took the bamboo tube, unplugged the plug inside, pulled out a paper tube, flattened it in his hand, and then held it in front of his eyes.
"This is the news sent by Deputy Director Li, saying that Su Nang and Kankantada are lobbying various ministries to prepare to use troops against our Tiger Flag again." Liu Heng put the paper in his hand on the table in front of him.
Yang Yuan said: "It seems that Su Nang and the others have learned wisely. They know that he and Kankantada are no match for us, and they want to recruit more people to deal with us."
"Both of these two people are very important in the grassland, especially Su Nang. As a descendant of the Golden Family, his status is very respected. Even the fortune teller is his junior. In addition, the imperial court sent troops not long ago. Come to attack us, Su Nang and Kankantada will naturally not miss such a good opportunity to deal with our Tiger Flag." Liu Heng said calmly.
