After settling the matter of hiring Yu Weiwei as a pharmacy clerk, Yang Yue went to the county office building again, found the acquaintances introduced by He Jun before, and applied for various documents related to opening a store.

But he was planning to open a supermarket next to the brigade headquarters in Yangji Village, only a few miles away from Wollongong.

This supermarket was still opened for convenience and to help Zhu Aona.

In the future, after Zhu Yulao arrives in Sichuan, there will definitely be no shortage of various items purchased from modern times through him, and there will definitely be a wide variety of them.

Opening a supermarket has a certain concealment effect.

According to Hao Guangming's understanding, Yangji Village is a large village organization with ten village groups (natural villages), with more than 5,000 people.

The brigade headquarters is located between four or five natural villages and is built together with Yangji Primary School.

When Hao Guangming was a child, there was not only a canteen here, but also several old ladies who often set up stalls in front of the school selling various snacks, stationery and other small commodities that students would buy.

Unfortunately, as times change, rural populations continue to move to cities, and children are sent to primary schools in the county by their parents. Yangji Primary School gradually loses its students.

Today there is only one old private teacher with one idiot student.

It is said that this stupid student was hired by an old private teacher from a villager's house in order to survive his normal retirement.

With the primary school gone, the canteen that originally relied mainly on the primary school for survival naturally closed its doors.

As for the few old ladies who ran the stalls, they seemed to have passed away a few years ago.

But the location of the Yangji Village brigade headquarters is really good. Not only is it located in the middle of several natural villages, but now there is a provincial road and a county road crossing it.

As for the cement roads that connect every village, there are several passing by.

It can be said that it has become a veritable "traffic artery" and "thorough of six villages" in Yangji Village.

Hao Guangming plans to apply for the commercial use of the land where the former canteen was located and build a two-story supermarket with a backyard to sell the goods needed by farmers. He will then contact various express companies in the county to set up a rural express delivery receiving point in the supermarket.

In this way, maybe the supermarket will not lose money and can still make money.

The most important thing is that it is convenient for the folks who still stay in the countryside.

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As He Jun said, the county government is now very supportive of young people returning to their hometowns to start businesses, especially in the countryside.

Coupled with the connections we have with acquaintances, it is easier to open a supermarket than a pharmacy, and all kinds of documents can be obtained quickly.

As for the land, you only need to negotiate with the Yangji Village organization and pay annually.

That piece of land is now wasteland, and the original canteen building has long since collapsed. When Hao Guangming came to the county town, he stopped by the Yangji brigade headquarters and obtained the land use certificate.

Otherwise, he would not be able to obtain the various documents required to open a supermarket in the county.

The building used to open a supermarket is a "small job". With the idea of ​​benefiting the villagers, Hao Guangming naturally contacted the construction team of migrant workers in Yangji Village to undertake the construction.

He inquired with the contractor of the construction migrant workers team and found out that building houses in rural areas is not cheap these days.

Even if he just builds an ordinary two-story building with a backyard and does not have high requirements for interior decoration, it is estimated that it will cost 500,000 to 600,000 yuan.

As for completion, it will take two to three months.

Hao Guangming doesn't care about the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and he's not in a hurry to actually open a supermarket - what he needs more is to have a supermarket under his name.

So we settled the matter immediately, paid the down payment, and let people get started.

While Hao Guangming was busy shopping for military rations online, opening a pharmacy, and opening a supermarket, Daming also followed the inertia of history and reached a critical node.

Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty!

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Ming dynasty.

Li Mansion.

"Tomorrow King Chuang will lead his army out of Beijing and go to Shanhaiguan to attack Wu Sangui."

When Li Yan returned to the palace from the palace, he told Li Zicheng's decision with emotion.

The red lady's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said: "Then we are leaving soon. After all, according to the princess, the sooner we go to Sichuan, the better.

Besides, the road is difficult to walk now, and we don’t know how long it will take for us to lead the team to Sichuan."

Li Yan nodded, "It's time to leave early."

After Li Yan finished speaking, he noticed that Zhu Aao's eyebrows had been frowning, and he asked in his heart: "Your Highness is still worried about the comfort of the three princes?"

Zhu Yasuo nodded, "I didn't expect them to hide it so well."

Li Yan said: "In fact, it is good news that they cannot be found. At least it means that they have not been caught by King Chuang, and they are likely to be alive and well."

The red lady said: "Maybe they have sneaked out of the capital long ago."

Hearing this, Zhu Aao and Li Yan's eyes lit up.

Because the two of them really ignored this possibility before.

Now that I think about it, after the Dashun Army took over the capital, except for the strict searches on people leaving the city in the first few days, it became easier to enter and exit the major city gates later.

However, after Liu Zongmin began to extort pay, in order to prevent the Ming Dynasty from demoting officials and nobles slipping away, the inspection of people entering and leaving the city at each city gate became strict again.

Hao Guangming heard several people talking through his mobile phone, but he was thinking about another issue.

After checking some information, he said to Zhu Yuyao through the Bluetooth headset: "Our historical records show that Wu Sangui refused to go to Beijing to meet Li Zicheng. His rebellion was obvious, so Li Zicheng decided to lead an army to attack Wu Sangui.

Unexpectedly, when the two armies were fighting against a piece of stone, a strong wind suddenly blew up, flying sand and rocks. The wind direction was not conducive to Dashun's army.

At this time, the Qing army suddenly rushed out from the pass and attacked the Dashun army together with the Guan Ning army. This resulted in the defeat of the Dashun army.

How come I got the news about Wu Sangui’s surrender to the Qing Dynasty when I got to your side?”

After hearing this, Zhu Yuyao immediately asked Li Yan, "How did Li Zicheng learn that Wu Sangui had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty?"

Li Yan said: "Didn't you, Your Highness, say before that Wu Sangui would rebel and surrender to the Qing Dynasty? Therefore, I have already warned King Chuang to be careful of Wu Sangui surrendering to the Qing Dynasty.

Later, King Chuang bribed several people from Guan Ning's army and asked them to keep an eye on Wu Sangui, and then he learned that Wu Sangui had a deep collusion with the Qing army."

After hearing this, Zhu Aao couldn't help but wonder: "Since Li Zicheng knew that Wu Sangui was colluding with the Qing army, he still dared to lead his army to Shanhaiguan to fight with him? Doesn't he know how powerful the Guan Ning army and the Qing army are?"

Li Yan sighed after hearing this and said: "I also tried to persuade King Chuang about this matter, but King Chuang didn't listen and just prepared to bring more troops.

Originally, he wanted to lead 60,000 elite troops and 200,000 auxiliary troops.

Now, they are planning to keep only Gao Yigong's troops, the Boy's Army responsible for epidemic control, and our troops in the capital, and take away all the rest of the troops.

As a result, it carried 80,000 elite troops and 300,000 auxiliary troops.

King Chuang believes that with such a strong force, even if the Guan Ning army and the Qing army unite, he can defeat them in one go, and the whole world will be able to tell the story."

After hearing what Li Yan said, Hao Guangming didn't know how to judge Li Zicheng's decision.

It is certain that Li Zicheng has expanded, but it is difficult to say how much.

Because Hao Guangming didn't know the difference in combat effectiveness between the elite Dashun Army and the Guan Ning Army during this period.

In the past, when Li Zicheng's troops were still rogue bandits, any frontier army could drive them away across the mountains and plains.

But at that time, the rogue bandits had neither much combat experience nor equipment, and the quality of their individual soldiers was extremely poor, so it was natural for them to be crushed by the border troops.

However, after more than ten years of mobile combat, today's elite Dashun Army are all veterans with many years of combat experience.

Due to the looting of many city arsenals, its equipment is much stronger than before, and is even better than the equipment of some Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers.

Therefore, even if there is a gap in combat effectiveness between the elite Dashun Army, the Guan Ning Army, and the Qing Army during this period, it should be limited.

Later, the remaining Dashun army fought against the Qing army in various counterattacks, with each winning or losing, which also proved this point well.

What's more, there are 300,000 auxiliary troops - these auxiliary troops not only escort the civilians who transport food and baggage, but also cover the various Ming troops and rogue bandits that Dashun surrendered. Although these people are weak in battle, they are by no means incapable of fighting.

Dashun's 80,000 elite troops plus 300,000 auxiliary troops were nearly one-third more than in history. This really made the outcome of the upcoming Stone Battle less certain.

However, Hao Guangming has realized one thing clearly after comparing many historical materials from later generations and people and events in the late Ming Dynasty.

Some records in later historical materials may not be true, especially those recorded by officials and scholars of the Qing Dynasty. There are countless issues worthy of discussion.

Therefore, it is difficult to say whether Li Zicheng will still be defeated at Yiyishi and for what reason.

While Zhu Yuyao, Li Yan and Hao Guangming were all contemplating Li Zicheng's move to lead his army in a decisive battle with Guan Ning's army and the Qing army, and frowning, the Red Lady smiled brightly.

"Why are you all looking so sad? King Chuang will lead more troops to fight against Wu Sangui and the Tatars. Regardless of victory or defeat, they will be able to kill more Tatars, and it will be easier for us to leave the capital. Isn't this a good thing?"

Hearing this, Zhu Aao's and Li Yan's brows widened.

Although Li Zicheng's choice has added some uncertainty to the future, in the short term, this is indeed a good thing for them.

Zhu Yasuo breathed out a sigh of relief and no longer worried about the failure to find the three brothers, and no longer worried about the victory or defeat of the decisive battle between Li Chuang and Wu Sangui, and the Qing army.

When she thought about leaving the capital and heading to Sichuan, she suddenly remembered something that Chongzhen had told her.

So she said to Li Yan, "I want to go to Tongzhou Pier tomorrow."
Chapter completed!