The general flag Han Sen still brought people to repair the canal ships at the wharf. Dahewei has many canal ships. These ships must be repaired from the first lunar month to February every year. Otherwise, if they are helping to go to Beijing in February, the road will be in trouble. If it is broken on the road, it will be a big problem. Each person in charge is very serious about whether the task can be completed.

There are nearly seventy ships in Yuntiguan, and each of them has at least five ships. Han Sen is responsible for repairing the five ships in front of him.

As a test household, Min Yuanqi did not have to go north with the ship. When Min Yuanqi changed to a household, he would give up his position as the general flag and choose another general flag. The two general flags took turns to take the Yunjun north.

Han Sen has been away for ten months last year. If he goes north again this year, he will be responsible for it. Naturally, he is full of resentment. Whenever he sees Min Yuanqi, his attitude is not very respectful.

"I've seen Tsai Baihu." Han Sen greeted him, clasped his fists and bowed, and said with a displeasure: "Li Baihu and the others said that Tsai Baihu started working with Yang Shida and his gang on the tax card, and several of them were chopped over?"

"This is the case." Min Yuanqi said: "What do you mean by General Han?"

"Salt Dog took away 20% for nothing, so he naturally didn't agree." Han Sen said with a red face and thick neck: "But the hundreds of households only have a moment of pleasure. If you send salt to Yang Shida and his gang in the future, the banner troops under the hundreds of households will be very dangerous."

"General Han Qi does not know the foresight of the Baihu Lords." Liang Shifa stepped forward a few steps and loudly said Min Yuanqi's previous words. For a moment, not only Han Sen was speechless, but dozens of flag soldiers who were repairing the canal ships at the wharf were also silent.

Information is slow in the past few years, and bad news is always exaggerated when it spreads. The brutality of bandits and officers and soldiers is doubled and spread among the people. What Min Yuanqi wants to do is the future that everyone is worried about. Sooner or later, bandits and officers and soldiers will fight in Huai'an Prefecture. Once the tug-of-war is opened, this place will become a battlefield, and the future is really miserable.

If there is a certain ability to protect yourself, the bandits do not like to chew tough problems, which is proven in Henan that many large households who have built villages and protect themselves have preserved their clans and their family property, while those who hide in the city are mostly waiting to die, and their family property is wiped out after being killed. The habit of harvesting grain formed by the peasant army has not changed until they were taken down by the capital, including many dukes and marquis and relatives who were tortured. Although they have obtained a lot of gold, silver and grain, they have lost serious political points.

Just like this, even though many flag soldiers are unable to feed themselves, they always have some grain storage and houses, as well as wives and children at home. If the bandits come here, no one knows what the consequences will be.

At this moment, many people looked at Min Yuanqi with awe. This young man-like adult, actually had this big article hidden in his heart.

Han Sen was also shocked. He was a general bannerman. Although he went north many times and was knowledgeable, the more he knew, the more he knew that the situation in the north was extremely tragic. Not to mention that Henan, which was tortured by disasters and wars, even Shandong was almost half destroyed. The Qing army went south to slaughter Jinan, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city were killed, and many cities were destroyed. Some of the bandits came to Shandong, and the destruction was also amazing.

In addition, Liu Zeqing, a general soldier who harmed the local area, looted and massacred, and countless poles and bandits, Shandong is like a ghost realm.

If it weren't for the escort of the Yun army and the court's continuous dispatch of battalions and troops to protect the grain, even the water transportation would have been cut off long ago.

The more I saw it, the more I felt scared. Han Sen hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help but say, "It's a good idea to try the Baihu family, but how can you do these things?"

"The General Banner of Han doesn't have to rush to repair the ship." Min Yuanqi thought about it. Although he couldn't remember the specific time, Li Zicheng's entry into Beijing this time was definitely successful, and the canal transportation was cut off. Then the Qing army entered the pass and fought Li Zicheng away. The emperor and ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty were so stupid that they thought of peace talks with the Qing court, and they gave the Qing court a lot of money and food. Then they came down and the main force of the Qing army advanced westward and southward, then conquered Nanjing, destroyed the Hongguang court and then obtained Hangzhou, and the Jiangnan land changed hands. In addition, the north was quickly taken down by the Qing court, so the canal transportation was quickly restored.

The system of Dahewei and Huai'anwei was preserved. During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, the two guards had fixed canal ships, garrison yamen, and garrison fields. They were completely abolished in the early days of the demise of the Qing Dynasty.

"The canal transportation will not be restored for a while." Min Yuanqi said in a deep voice: "The war has passed Shanxi, and the army may have reached the vicinity of Datong. It is a mess at this time. Now the one who is heading to the capital should be the king-supporting troops. What is our transportation army going to do at this time? Is it going to send food to the bandits?"

Han Sen's eyes were confused. The shock to him today was extraordinary.

Liang Shifa suddenly said: "Hundred Houses, General Banners, will the Emperor flee south? If he comes to Nanjing, he may pass by Huai'an Prefecture."

This is an unusual idea. Since people learned to go to the capital after the New Year, many people have felt pessimistic. There are several generals with tens of thousands of troops here in Jiangbei, but so far, no one has gone north. Not only has the troops from Shandong not heading north, but they have gone south.

Because two years ago, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng spyed on Nanjing separately, the court strengthened the defenses in Fengyang, Chuzhou, Hezhou and Jiujiang areas, from civil officials such as Ma Shiying to Shi Kefa, to Zuo Liangyu, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo and other military generals, now Liu Zeqing is coming again. The power in the south has been strengthened, but the north is quite empty. The Shun Army is already known as one million, and none of the officers and soldiers dare to defeat them. If they can't defend the city, everyone knows that the capital cannot be defended.

The Tartars failed to siege the capital, mainly because the soldiers and civilians in the city were afraid of the Tartars, the king and the ministers and the people worked together, and there were a steady stream of reinforcements outside.

Li Chuang besieged the capital, and there was no soldier outside who dared to rescue or a city inside. Those with a little common sense understood this.

Han Sen said after hearing this: "It's hard to say. Two years ago, Prince Gong went south. People said that the emperor wanted to see the Nanjing palace and was preparing to go south. Later, it was said that the Nanjing palace ban was broken and the emperor did not come."

Min Yuanqi shook his head and smiled. Such words must be a speculation among the people. Some places in Nanjing palaces must have been disrepaired for a long time, but most of them should be well preserved. Even if there are many damaged places, the court will not be able to take out the money for the palace repair for hundreds of thousands of taels.

It should be that Chongzhen considered Nanjing as an alternative fourteen years later, but because the lessons of the Song Dynasty were too painful, and the Tumen Incident and the migration of Xu Youzhen and other southern factions were proved wrong. Yu Qian took it forward at a critical moment and protected half of the Ming Dynasty. This example made Chongzhen even more miserable.

In fact, Chongzhen himself still had fantasies. After all, the capital was a big city that was dozens of miles away from Zhouguang. The city had a population of one million, and the number of imperial guards on the books was still more than 100,000. In addition, the food was sufficient, the Ming Dynasty still had most of its territory. If Li Zicheng siege was unfavorable, it would be impossible to conquer it like opening the seal. The bandits could only escape and leave. If the capital was in hand, the great righteousness would still remain.

The most important thing about Chongzhen was that he was unwilling to bear the responsibility of losing more than half of his territory. This man has always been like this and he has no responsibility at all. Chen Xinjia made peace for him. After the news was leaked, Chongzhen killed Chen Xinjia and took responsibility. After the beating, no minister dared to serve the Emperor Ming Dynasty.

As for ordinary court officials, there are many discerning people, the north is empty and the army has no intention of fighting. After Li Chuang defeated Sun Chuanting, there is no one to control him. Even if he fails to siege the capital once, there will be a second time, or there is no need to withdraw the siege. The emperor's fantasy is unreasonable.

In the 16th year of Chongzhen, many ministers who dared to speak advised the emperor to move south, or at least sent the crown prince to Nanjing. As a result, these last opportunities and hopes were rejected by Chongzhen and were directly ruined.

Min Yuanqi was upset when he thought of these things. This was the overall situation and he could do nothing.

"Now, summon a hundred households to lower the flag army and divide the grain according to the household." Min Yuanqi said: "Let the flag army fill their stomachs with their stomachs is the most important thing at the moment."

Several small flag officials and many flag soldiers cheered, and dozens of people rushed to the canal ships and began to carry food.

The whole household was in a sensation.

Originally, distributing grain was an important matter. Min Yuanqi was sick for more than ten days ago and had not gone out. The more salt was cooked, the more firewood was almost unable to keep up. Now there are owners of the forest lands everywhere. The officers and gentry divided the woodlands and firewood. Not only did the military households, but the stove households were not enough. This is also the reason why Xu Guangqi planned to change the fry to dry.

The salt fried by the military households sold the silver to buy grain, and at the same time they had to buy some firewood. Many forest lands have owners, most of which are from civilian gentry. They can only exchange money or grain for exchange.

Firewood and labor are both costs, and fried salt is not a business without capital.

At this time, the whole ship of grain was carried down, and as long as the whole household could move, they rushed over. Everyone was already anxious, and many families were almost out of the pot. In this spring, there were not many weeds in the fields, and there were yellow weeds and frozen soil mixed with snow. There was no food to eat. If you delayed it, you would really starve to death.

The food was carried down, and the crowd cheered happily. The men went up to help, and many of the women were so excited that they burst into tears.

Min Yuanqi looked serious. The embarrassment of these people in front of him was not caused by him. These people were so poor decades ago, hundreds of years ago. This poverty has become a mark and is deeply imprinted on them. Men are thin and lean, and women have dry hair. Regardless of men and women, those who have passed forty or those who have lost their teeth due to calcium deficiency or night blindness. However, their waists are bent at forty to fifty hours, which is also caused by long-term lack of nutrition and calcium deficiency.

Everyone has a bad mouth because there is no doctor to treat the bad teeth. They can't stand the pain and directly think of removing them. They eat brown rice noodles for a long time and have all their teeth damaged.

It is rare to have a good mouth and a good mouth these days, and at least it has to be a well-off family.
Chapter completed!