Wang Xianzhu did not want to bring down the Ming Dynasty.

Although he is only a foreign affairs minister, he is still an eighth-grade official. He has ninety troops to guard Baita Township. In a year, he can earn two to three thousand taels of silver by doing things left and right, even if

You have to be filial and manage things, but you can have a net surplus of more than a thousand taels a year, which is more comfortable than the average rich man.

Emperor Shaotian has been in Shandong for more than a year. He has also heard about the Shence Army next door. Not only does it train every day, but no deductions are allowed. The military regulations are strict. And with his ability, he probably won't be able to keep it even if he surrenders.

This eighth-grade official hat.

"Sir, I think Emperor Shaotian is going to be serious this time." Jia Dingtou said bluntly, and even directly called the Son of Heaven as Emperor. It is said that this title was first spread among the victims of the disaster in Shandong, and now it is used everywhere.

Call that person.

Wang Xianzhu was very confused.

"It won't end well if we go to Zichuan, let alone Jinan. Let's talk about it. We might as well surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Ming army disdains us, if they give us a few pieces of severance pay, at least we won't have to worry about being fooled anymore.

Isn’t it cannon fodder?”

"Yes, if we don't serve as soldiers, we can start a coal mine. We can even transport coal and sell it."

No one wants to fight, especially against the Ming army's imperial camp.

"My lord, make up your mind quickly. If it's a little later, the team will probably arrive."

When Wang Xianzhu saw that several of his close servants were like this, he could only sigh and ran away but was reluctant to part with the property here. It had been a long time since he had been running the business and he had such a property of one-third of an acre. Who would want to give it up easily, let alone our wives and children?

They're all here.

If you leave here, you will become a homeless wild dog. If you are not careful, you will be chopped off by the above to vent your anger.

"Prepare some gifts, let's welcome Master Wang!"

Wang Xianzhu went to his pawn shop, picked out a few high-quality items, and took out two ingots of one hundred taels of gold. Then he mounted his horse and took his servants to the dustpan to meet Master Wang.

In order to make his people look like that and not be looked down upon by the emperor's royal division, he also specially asked his soldiers to return to camp quickly. In order to strengthen his momentum, he even asked the soldiers to guard the flood pond and sent all his own disciples to the camp.

Call in and pretend to be the number of people.

It's rare to get all the weapons in the arsenal that you usually don't want to use.

In the end, there were originally sixty soldiers, but he was asked to gather more than a hundred soldiers.

All the way to the dustpan.

"Raise the white flag and hurry up!"

He hurriedly asked his son to put up the white flag he had brought.

At this time, not far from Fenji Village, Ming troops were already cruising around at night. The people in the village were not too nervous. It was close to Boshan County, which was controlled by Ming troops, and was on the transportation line, so everyone was familiar with it.

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Even though there were four flood-tang Qing soldiers stationed in the village, the village chief actually often went to Yanshen Town for meetings, and even the Baojia Township Regiment formed by the big family in the village actually listened to that.

In the past, only the Ming army did not come, so on the surface the Green Camp was still guarding this place.

During the corn harvest season, people were harvesting corn and drying cobs everywhere. When this group of people came over, everyone was a little uneasy at first, thinking they were here to rob grain and force taxes.

But when they saw them raising the white flag, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Several big households in the village even sent people to bring tea and snacks.

"I heard that the Emperor's Royal Division was heading north, and I came here specially to greet him. Mr. Zhao, you are familiar with that place. Could you please go over and say hello to the King's Division forward?"

Wang Xianzhu knew very well that the village chief surnamed Zhao was actually close to the Ming army. He had known it for a long time, but he never bothered to care about it. Anyway, the man surnamed Wang would give him three birthdays and two birthdays every year. After receiving the money, he ignored it.

There is also a coal mine in the village, and he has to come regularly to collect money.

In the past, everyone pretended not to know about the transparency of the village. Even the weapons of the Baojia Township Regiment in the village were bought from Wang Xianzhu, the weapons of Hongtang that he sold privately.

Upon seeing this, Village Chief Zhao also patted his chest to express his willingness to come forward.

He personally left the village for a trip and then came back to settle the matter.

Ye Bushou in Shence Town was not surprised or embarrassed by Wang Xianzhu's surrender. They just asked them to hand over their weapons outside the village.

Promise to keep them safe, etc.

"No more?" Wang Xianzhu was a little disappointed. He originally thought that if he surrendered voluntarily, he would be able to retain his original position or even get an additional level of use, or even be given some rewards or something, but he didn't expect that he would ask them to leave the village and hand over their weapons and surrender.

"Don't worry, Mr. Wang Qian, Shence Army always keeps his word."

"All right."

The surrender ceremony is actually very simple.

In the fields outside the village in Jinqiu, Wang Xianzhu led more than 100 troops and surrendered to a group of twelve night warriors.

Wang Xianzhu handed over his seal, flag, armor and weapons, and finally gave him a gift of one hundred taels of silver.

The captain of the Ye Bu Collection team took away the seal flags, confiscated weapons and armor, etc. He also asked the team deputy to write a list with all the items listed on it. Finally, he asked Wang Xianzhu to sign it.

The one hundred taels of silver was confiscated.

The captain's original words were that he would not accept the gift as a private gift.

They took off their cotton armor, handed over their seals, guns, knives and even horses.

Originally, Wang Xianzhu wanted to keep the horse. This horse was not a war horse, but his private mount. But in the end, he did not dare to say more and could only reluctantly let Ye Bushou drive all the horses over.

The villagers were watching the fun and stopped harvesting the corn for the time being.

After the ceremony, I didn’t dare to walk around.

Wang Xianzhu had no choice but to let everyone stay in the village, while he took his son with him to meet the Ming army commander.

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"There is a mission!"

Zhao Xiaolou was peeling corn cobs when the captain came back.

"A mission has come. The Tatar garrison from Baita came over and surrendered. Our camp asked our sentry to rush to Baita Township immediately to take over the defense."

"It surrendered? Why did it surrender? Why didn't they resist? They were a bunch of cowards."

Zhang Tiezhu threw the corn cobs on the ground when he heard this, "Train every day, train every day, raise troops for thousands of days and use them for a while. Finally, we sent out troops, but we met the first opponent, and the result was defeated? This son of a bitch, does he have any backbone?"

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"Zhang Tiezhu, shut up, pack your things quickly, and get ready to leave. We will be stationed in the countryside before dark, and there will be many tasks by then."

Zhao Xiaolou didn't feel disappointed at all. Although he was secretly looking forward to fighting and wanting to be rewarded for his meritorious service, he was sometimes afraid of fighting and worried about being injured or even killed.

He hasn't married a wife yet.

Pack up the unshucked corn and pack all other things into a backpack.

He picked up the blunderbuss, tied the match rope around his waist, and put the bayonet in the muzzle of the blunderbuss.

"gather!"

"Line up!"

"Count!"

Li Baoquan gave orders repeatedly, and everyone gathered quickly as usual.

"Check the equipment again."

Everything is correct, everyone sets off.

More than 100 people from all eight teams of the sentry, together with the team directly under the sentry commander, gathered at the entrance of the village and marched singing military songs.

The surrender of Green Camp Houtang made it easy for them.

In the villages along the road, the village chiefs also brought Baojia and township groups to greet them and presented them with tea, eggs, etc.

The march was very fast and they reached the countryside smoothly.

Taking over the gate of the township market, the sentry general distributed tasks and guarded the township gates, square gates, and streets. He notified the people that the Ming army was officially stationed to take over the defense, and issued notices to calm the people. Everything was carried out in an orderly manner according to the usual drills.

Zhao Xiaolou's team of twelve people is responsible for guarding the east side of the fourth side of the village.

The township market is not big, with a cross street dividing the township into four squares. There are also several alleys in this square. They notify the villagers from house to house, and then they just guard the streets.

Zhao Xiaolou and the others put on cotton armor, helmets, and tied match ropes around their wrists. They were ready for battle. The twelve people were divided into two teams and took turns to stand guard.

The people in the village looked at them with some curiosity and some awe.

I was very wary at first.

But seeing that they were so well-disciplined and had no intention of harassing the people, they became curious again. Some even brought them tea, water, and even eggs and corn.

There are also wealthy people who come to send money.

But captain Li Baoquan politely refused. He asked deputy captain Liu to come forward to explain the military orders of the imperial camp to everyone, and asked him to come forward to communicate with them.

After all, Captain Liu had read a book, so it was easy to explain clearly.

dusk.

Zhao Xiaolou and the others switched defenses with another group of people in the team, and set up a pot on the street to cook corn.
To be continued...