, I just like to do some smuggling.

When we arrived in the Taihang Mountains, the pressure for survival increased greatly, so we naturally had to rely on old methods.

Fortunately, he was able to transport salt from the Cangzhou area.

As a result, under his careful management, he opened up many joints in the official circles of Shanxi and Zhili provinces, opening up a road from Cangzhou south to Dezhou, then passing through Jizhou, passing Baichikou, passing Shulu to Huolu Shijiazhuang

area, and then into the mountains.

The small village of Shijiazhuang has become a distribution center for smuggled goods, with countless salt, grain, and even ammunition and equipment, and horses passing in and out here.

But whether it was Zhengding Prefecture on the other side of the river, Huolu County not far away, or even the battalion stationed in the village, they all turned a blind eye to this, and they even participated in the business secretly together, making huge profits.

It is precisely through this smuggling line that a steady stream of supplies supplies people and horses in the mountains, and even directly connects to Taiyuan and Datong. Countless salt, grain, and silver horses flow on this line, and countless officials and generals also make a lot of money.

The bowl is full.

But why did Ma Guozhu, the governor of Zhili, send troops to occupy Shijiazhuang?

Because Tu Guobao, the governor of Tianjin, was already so powerful that there was no room for them in the mountains, and the Ming army had taken almost all of Henan and Shandong, Tu Guobao was naturally unwilling to be left alone, not to mention that the emperor also ordered him to send troops to cooperate.

So Tu Guobao captured all the three county towns of Huolu, Jingxing and Pingshan, which had been surrounded by him for a long time.

Shijiazhuang was also captured in one fell swoop.

The people from several towns in Henan and Shandong who occupied Damingfu also sent their troops north to attack Guangping and Julu, heading towards the Tuguobao in Zhengding.

Of course, Tu Guobao also told Zhang Ji in Shanxi and the Qing officials and generals in Zhengding that it was snowing again in the twelfth month of winter. We went to the city to avoid the wind and cold, and business could continue as usual.

Dingzhou in the north suddenly sent someone to send 10,000 taels of silver.

This was somewhat unexpected by Tu Guobao and Ma Guozhu.

The former governor of the three provinces of Jiangnan, Ma Guozhu, was indeed the fake one. He was originally sent back to Henan by Duke Yan to mobilize troops to raise wages, but it did not go well. Later, he was intercepted and captured by the Ming Navy on the Yangtze River.

Ma Guozhu was very stubborn at first and refused to surrender.

Then Zhu Yihai did not kill him and sent him to Yuhuan Island, Wenzhou, where he underwent labor reform for more than a year. He cultivated land during the day and studied politics at night. Many prisoners were imprisoned here.

After being reformed through labor there for more than a year, Ma Guozhu successfully reformed. The almost isolated life on the island was really too torture. Being left there without any care was even more terrifying than physical torture.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Finally he figured it out and took the initiative to write a letter to the emperor.

But after writing more than thirty letters, the emperor sent someone to take him away. He stayed in Dengzhou for another half a year before he was finally recognized and sent to Tu Guobao.

In fact, Tu Guobao's official title is no longer Governor of Tianjin, but Governor of Zhili, while Ma Guozhu's official title is Governor of Zhili.

I recall that Ma Guozhu was the governor of the three provinces of Jiangxi, Henan and Jiangnan, and Tu Guobao was the governor of Jiangning. Now the two are working together again, but they have been transferred.

Zhang Ding, a former Shanxi rebel, was awarded the title of Admiral of Zhili, and Yang Guohai was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Zhending.

The emperor reorganized the people on Tu Guobao's side and organized them into four groups: Supervise Biao, Fu Biao, Ti Biao and Zhen Biao. This was actually a reduction of power to Tu Guobao, who was now very powerful in the Taihang Mountains.

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"Hai Shixing is an old acquaintance."

At first, Tu Guobao was a close general under Hong Chengchou. When Hong Chengchou went south to appease Jiangnan, he transferred Hai Shixing's troops to go south. Tu Guobao and Hai Shixing even fought together.

But later the imperial court transferred Hai Shixing to Jiaozhou to garrison to defend against the Ming Navy navy.

Later, Hai Shixing went to Dingzhou.

"We are indeed old acquaintances." Ma Guozhu is also very familiar with Hai Shixing, because Ma Guozhu served as the governor of Xuanda when the Tatars first entered the customs, and then he was promoted to the governor of Xuanda, and Hai Shixing, the Tatar commander, turned out to be the earliest

Those stationed in Xuanda were under his control, and later they were transferred to Tianjin, and then to Laizhou, Jiaozhou, Dingzhou and other places.

"He is quick to see opportunities."

Several people looked at the free money that was delivered and said, "Since he has abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side, it is a good thing to rebel anyway."

"I have gone too far since I was appointed admiral. I replied to him and told the emperor that he was the commander-in-chief of Dingzhou and still led his troops."

"Well, if Beijing, Baoding or Tianjin send troops to attack, you can ask him to lead the troops to join them at Zhengding."
Chapter completed!