Liu Heng knew that slave thieves liked to plant spies everywhere, so he would naturally be on guard against this.
All merchant teams entering and exiting the areas occupied by the Tiger Character Banner will be issued road guides with the number of people recorded on them. From the time the caravan enters to the time it leaves, once the number of people in the caravan changes, a clear explanation is required before they can be released.
In the villages managed by the farmers' association, whenever a stranger appears, they will be reported immediately, unless the visitor has a special writing in his hand, similar to a letter of introduction in later generations.
Without this thing, once discovered, he would be arrested immediately.
Therefore, the area occupied by the Tiger Character Banner has the fewest spies from the slave thieves, and even if there are spies who can hide, the space for movement is also restricted.
In this day and age, ordinary people rarely travel far away unless something special happens.
Moreover, the methods of spies in this era are very crude. As long as you search carefully, you can easily find the spies sent by Huang Taiji to lurk in the occupied area of Huzi Banner.
"Lord, why do you refuse to form an alliance with Huang Taiji? In the current situation, if we can form an alliance with him, it will be very beneficial to the next affairs of the Tiger Flag."
Hong Chengchou, who appeared in the signing room as a consultant, was very puzzled by Liu Heng's refusal to form an alliance with Huang Taiji.
In his opinion, the advantages of an alliance between the two parties definitely outweigh the disadvantages, and it can allow Tiger Flag to gain the advantage of competing for world hegemony faster.
Liu Heng took a puff of his pipe and said, "I don't like slave thieves."
"My subordinates know that my lord has always hated the slaves and thieves, but now the Ming Dynasty is our primary enemy. Our Tiger Flag can completely use the method of far-reaching and close-range attacks. We will deal with the Ming Kingdom together with the slaves and traitors first, and then we can go to the Ming Kingdom after the Ming Kingdom is solved. It’s not too late to deal with the slave thieves,” Hong Chengchou said.
After coming to Tiger Flag for so long, he still doesn't understand why Liu Heng hates slave thieves so much. Although he doesn't like slave thieves, when slave thieves are useful, he may not be unable to join forces with slave thieves. This way he acts more like a tyrant.
Liu Heng, who was behind the smoke, took away the pipe from his mouth and said: "The slave thieves committed countless evil things in Liaodong. If they were given the opportunity to enter the pass, I don't know how many Han people would be persecuted by them. Of course, this is just one of them. , Another point is that with the current military strength of the Tiger Flag, I am not afraid of Huang Taiji and his fake gold. If I am willing, I can besiege the capital even without a month of Tiger Flag."
"My lord, it turned out that he had already planned in his heart, and it was his subordinate Meng Lang." Although Hong Chengchou still couldn't understand Liu Heng, he could see that Liu Heng was determined not to join forces with the slaves and thieves, so he stopped trying to persuade him.
Liu Heng saw that Hong Chengchou was not sincere in what he said, so he smiled and said to him: "I know that Mr. Hong's suggestion is for the good of the Tiger Character Banner, but let's not mention the alliance with the slaves and thieves again."
He could not tell Hong Chengchou the evil deeds that slave thieves would commit on the Han people in the future.
It is enough for him to know this kind of thing in his heart.
"I have made a note of it, and will not mention the alliance between the Tiger Character Flag and the slave thieves again." Hong Chengchou responded, and then said, "My lord will definitely offend Huang Taiji if he does not form an alliance with the slave thieves. He will definitely find a way to deal with the tiger flag." Zi Qi, if the lord can agree to the marriage with the slaves and thieves, maybe it can give Huang Taiji the illusion that we have the idea of forming an alliance, and buy more time for the army we send to attack Henan."
Liu Heng, who heard this, laughed and said: "Huang Taiji married his sister because he saw that I had no one around me. Mr. Hong wouldn't want me to marry a foreign woman as his wife!"
"A side wife is fine, as long as I can marry you, my lord, Huang Taiji doesn't care whether it's the main wife or the side wife," Hong Chengchou said.
Liu Heng leaned back in his chair and said helplessly: "You guys always try to persuade me to marry me in a roundabout way, but there must always be a suitable candidate."
The people below him persuaded him to get married every now and then, and he himself knew that he couldn't put it off any longer, but he never met the one he liked. In addition, he always had the idea of free love in his heart, but most of the people around him were men, and he couldn't get in touch with him at all. A woman of the right age who has not yet left the court.
At that time, I also thought about marrying the maritime merchant Li Dan. Through the marriage, I got Li Dan to take care of the Tiger Flag's maritime power. However, everything changed too fast. Before I had time to propose marriage, the relationship between the two parties changed. It was no longer appropriate to propose marriage, so the matter was postponed.
Later, foreign wars continued in the Tiger Flag, and he was not in the mood to think about other things. The matter of marrying a wife was postponed again and again, until today.
"My lord can follow the example of the Ming Emperor, marry virtuous wives, and select some girls from small families who have not yet left the palace to be admitted," Hong Chengchou said.
Marrying the daughter of a small family can prevent relatives from interfering in politics.
As an orthodox scholar, he did not like his relatives to interfere in politics, so he preferred Liu Heng to marry a virtuous and virtuous woman from a family whose natal family was not very powerful.
"Just watch the arrangements!" Liu Heng also knew that it would be difficult to delay any further.
And he is indeed old enough to marry a wife. If it were any other man at his age, he would probably have several children.
When Hong Chengchou saw that Liu Heng finally relented and agreed to marry him, he hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely look for a gentle and virtuous woman who can harmonize with my lord."
"Okay, okay, okay, you can make the arrangements! But I only have one request. You can't be too ugly, otherwise I won't agree." Liu Heng put forward his request.
He didn't want to marry a wife who would give him nightmares.
Hong Chengchou, who was beaming with joy, said: "My lord, please don't worry. In the end, my lord will definitely decide on the candidate."
He had seen enough things about emperors choosing concubines, so he naturally knew what to do.
The man and the woman do not meet each other before marriage. That is someone else. The person in front of him will be a great treasure in the future, so he is naturally qualified to see the appearance of the woman to be married in advance.
Besides, he didn't want the future mother of the country to have any bad appearance.
As the leader of the Tiger Flag, Liu Heng did not claim the title of king or emperor, but in the eyes of many people, he already had this qualification, so after the news of his marriage spread, many people took action.
Of course, this situation is limited to the areas occupied by the Tiger Character Banner. In the Ming Dynasty, Liu Heng is still a rebel leader. Naturally, the daughters of good families with status will not marry to the Tiger Character Banner to be Liu Heng's wife.
The junction of Henan and Shaanxi.
The Tiger Flag army has been assembled, and the autumn grain has arrived, and the grain and grass have also been transported.
The four-wheeled carts of the Tiger Character Banner can carry a large amount of grain and grass, which reduces the consumption of transportation. At the same time, after the Tiger Character Banner occupied Shaanxi, it led the people of Shaanxi to build roads and implemented the practice of providing work for relief.
As a result, many roads were built in Shaanxi, making it easier for the army to march and transport grain and grass.
