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Volume 1 Songjiang Mansion Chapter 388 Give Li Zicheng a chance

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    When he arrived at the shipyard, Qin Luofeng immediately greeted him and said to Zhang Lei: "Master Zhang, you are here."

    Zhang Lei nodded slightly and said, "I asked you to discuss it with Cai Zhonghe. The two of you will go to sea together. How did you discuss this?"

    "When I came back, I immediately went to look for him. I heard that I was going to sea. He agreed without thinking and wanted to go with me. Mr. Zhang, what do you think?" Qin Luofeng asked.

    Cai Zhonghe was originally a seafarer. Ever since his life was saved by Zhang Lei last time, he has always wanted to return to his old career. He has been to sea many times under Zhang Lei over the years, but he has always been hanging around here.  When Qin Luofeng came to him and said that he was going to the other side of the sea to find the unknown, how could he restrain his excitement?  Naturally, he agreed wholeheartedly.

    Zhang Lei thought for a moment, then said with a smile: "Does he want to go too? That's great. Then you two can take people there together. The map is already there anyway, so just follow the route on it.  Yes, my gut says they are right.¡±

    Since Zhang Lei said so, Qin Luofeng felt relieved and said, "Well, let's set off as soon as we're ready. Mr. Zhang, are you going to the mainland? Do you want to go together?"

    "No, just prepare for your voyage. We don't have many people here right now, so we can just take a small boat out. Anyway, from here to Shanhaiguan is our territory, so there is no need to worry about safety issues." Zhang Lei  said.

    So Zhang Lei took several small boats to the direction of Shanhaiguan. Although these small boats were not as fast as the big ships, Zhang Lei was not in a hurry and regarded them as a little diversion before the intense work ahead.  , a sightseeing trip.

    The news that Zhang Lei was about to return to Shanhaiguan had already been informed to Rodman, who was staying at Shanhaiguan.  Zhang Lei has been managing the army since he went to Taiping Island at the end of last year.  He heard that Zhang Lei was coming back, so he rode a horse and took a few people to the dock to wait. When he saw Zhang Lei getting off the boat, he immediately greeted him.  "Master Zhang."

    Looking at Rodman, who has been with him for some years, Zhang Lei felt as if he was seeing a relative.  Instead of treating him as a subordinate.  He came up to Rodman, hugged him directly, and said, "It seems that this kind of etiquette is more popular in your place, between friends."

    Rodman was stunned, even if he tried to break his head, he would never have imagined that Zhang Lei would actually make such an action, and as soon as Zhang Lei said those words.  This man of steel could not help but shed tears. My friend, except Zhang Lei, who would become friends with his subordinates?  There was only one Zhang Lei in the entire Ming Dynasty, and there was only one Zhang Lei in the whole world.

    Seeing Rodman like this.  Zhang Lei couldn't help but smile happily. He patted Rodman on the shoulder and said, "Okay, okay, a grown man, what are you doing like this? Let's go back."

    "What happened to me? The wind is strong here and it hurts my eyes." Rodman wiped his eyes with his sleeve and said.

    Zhang Lei couldn't help but shook his head slightly and said: "I know, it's the wind. I didn't say anything. Let's go back."

    The group of people walked to the office like this. Rodman and the others did not ride horses and walked with Zhang Lei.

    ¡°Did nothing happen while I was away?¡± Zhang Lei asked on the way.  Although it looks like nothing happened now.  But he always felt that asking and getting affirmative words from someone he trusted could put his mind at ease.

    As expected, Rodman said: "No, the Qing army is still in Shenyang and dare not go south. We don't have your order and we have no trouble with them. But I heard that the rebellion in the south has subsided. Those peasant soldiers can't recruit those who are willing to work for them.  The people were dispersed by the imperial army and no new forces were formed."

    Zhang Lei could have expected that the Qing army in the north would not take action in such a short period of time, but he did not expect that the rebellion in the country would be quelled so quickly.  He breathed a long sigh of relief and said easily: "That's good. The emperor should be very happy now. It took decades to calm down. It is indeed not easy. By the way, then Li Zicheng  Woolen cloth?"

    "Li Zicheng? Didn't you allocate five thousand soldiers to him and make him a captain? He keeps trying to escape, but we find him every time. It seems that he has not done anything recently?" Speaking of Li Zicheng  , Rodman replied.

    Zhang Lei immediately laughed and said proudly: "Haha, he is the only one who still wants to escape? If I could let him run away, would I still be so reassured about him? Which of those five thousand people is not loyal to me? He hasn't  Walk out of the military campAbout to be stopped.  He still feels that the captain has treated him badly, right? He still wants to become his king?  Not to mention doors, there are no windows.  "

    Rodman has always been a bit confused about Zhang Lei leaving Li Zicheng with him. He asked: "Sir Zhang, please forgive me for asking, why do you want to keep this Li Zicheng? Others?"  You killed all those who rebelled against you when you had the chance. Now, instead of killing Li Zicheng, you gave him thousands of soldiers. What's the point?"

    "The reason? You will understand the reason later, but I won't say it now. In short, it is certainly useful for me to keep him. Otherwise, why would I keep him? It would be an extra mouth to eat and waste more food." Zhang Lei  Said with a smile.

    After listening to Zhang Lei¡¯s words, Rodman also felt very helpless. Although it didn¡¯t sound good, what Zhang Lei said must be the truth.  After a while, Zhang Lei said again: "How many troops do we have in total now? We have been recruiting troops recently. I haven't received the report from you on how many troops we have."

    "Well, we are recruiting soldiers and horses, but the speed is not very fast. It is only two million now. I think soldiers are more expensive than fines. If we train all these two million people, it will be better than  Millions of troops would be much easier to use," Rodman said.

    "Two million? Not bad, very good. Let's train slowly. When these two million people arrive at the training center and are equipped with our weapons, it will be time for us to fight the Manchus."  Zhang Lei said.

    I didn¡¯t expect that Zhang Lei was thinking of a decisive battle with the Manchus, but that¡¯s fine, there will be a fight sooner or later, and the headquarters may stay under the Great Wall for a lifetime.  "Well. Let's wait until the training is completed. We have hundreds of thousands of people before, and we can make each veteran lead a new recruit. The training will be very fast, but I don't know when the equipment that Mr. Zhang mentioned will be fully equipped.  together."

    "There are military factories in Tianjin now, as well as in Beijing. There are also Yingtianfu and Shanxi. It is estimated that they will be enough to produce so much equipment. Just wait, I think it won't be too long." Zhang Lei said, "Since  Everything is running according to the track. Then I can rest assured. Let¡¯s go back and talk about it first. There is one more important thing I want to tell you.¡±

    So everyone returned to the government office. In the study, Zhang Lei told Rodman his plan: "When I come back this time, I plan to completely destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty. What do you want to say about this?"

    "Very good, does Mr. Zhang have any plans now?" Rodman asked.

    Zhang Lei said: "We have it. Now you have a very important task, which is to select 100,000 people. These 100,000 people will follow Qin Luofeng to other places. I told Qin Luofeng before  One thing is to form a pioneering team. Although we have achieved a little bit overseas, this little bit of achievement is far from enough. Compared to this world, what they discovered is just insignificant.  In part, at the end of the sea, there is a brand new world waiting for them to explore, so you go find a hundred thousand people. Let Qin Luofeng lead them to discover and conquer."

    "One hundred thousand people? Is that too much?" Rodman asked.

    Zhang Lei said with a smile: "Is one hundred thousand people a lot? I don't think it is much at all. It may be less. I am planning to send these one hundred thousand people to conquer a vast land. Compared with that  Locally speaking, one hundred thousand people is definitely not a big number. I had already agreed with Qin Luofeng before coming here that this time I would let him lead the team from two directions according to the route I gave them.  Move forward. If this thing is successful, we will have inexhaustible wealth."

    "Inexhaustible? It sounds very powerful. From what Master Zhang said, it seems that he already has a detailed plan, so there is nothing to worry about. I will go out and prepare to recruit now.  We now have two million soldiers, and I estimate that it will not be very difficult to recruit 100,000 people to participate in this plan," Rodman said.

    Zhang Lei said: "Well, it shouldn't be difficult. Then you can go down. Jiang Yuyang will call me in when you go out."

    After Rodman went out, Jiang Yuyang came in, saluted Zhang Lei, and then said, "Master Zhang, what are your instructions for summoning your subordinates?"

    Zhang Lei smiled mysteriously and said: "Old Qi, you have been with me for so many years. Are you interested in going out to see the world? I have a big thing here that I want you to do. I don't know if you have  Are you interested?"

    "Master Zhang, you might as well tell me, if I, the Seventh, are asked to do it, I won't even frown even if I go up the sword mountain or into the sea of ??fire." Jiang Yuyang said.

    "You guys, you always talk about these useless things,"??Loyalty will not lead you like this.  The thing I want to talk about is the matter of the reclamation team. Didn¡¯t I already tell you when I went back?  Let Qin Luofeng go overseas to discover the New World.  Now I'm going to ask you to tag along.  "

    "Am I going too?" This was something Jiang Yuyang never expected. He never thought that Zhang Lei would assign him to a place far away, because in terms of responsibilities, he, Jiang Yuyang, was Zhang Lei's bodyguard and the only person he could do.  The only thing is to be by Zhang Lei's side to ensure his safety.

    Zhang Lei breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Yes, you go too, I have asked Rodman to recruit 100,000 volunteers. By then, these 100,000 people will be divided into two teams, you and Qin Luofeng  One person leads 50,000 people. He sets out from the sea, while you set out from the land and walk all the way east. When you reach the end of the road, you should meet him. And this time, I will let you  Bring one of your men there."

    "Me? Leading my subordinates? Who else should I lead? Could it be Le Qiu?" Jiang Yuyang guessed.

    Zhang Lei smiled and said: "Of course it's not him. When have you ever seen me put you two together? The person I asked you to bring is Li Zicheng, didn't you expect that?"

    "Li Zicheng? Him? Why do you want me to take him out? I really didn't expect it. I just don't know why Mr. Zhang asked me to take him out with him?" Jiang Yuyang was puzzled.

    Zhang Lei said; "Li Zicheng is very ambitious. As long as he is not killed, he will always want to be the boss. It is not easy to conquer him. I just heard from Rhodes  Man said that he has always wanted to escape from my control. So now, since he is ambitious, I will give him such a chance." (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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