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Chapter 314 Red Flag Army

Fushou was leisurely drinking tribute wine in his mansion, and the gold in his hand was spinning with his mood. At this moment, he felt that the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces were just like the gold in his hand, all like toys in his hands.

Unlike many Mongol nobles who looked down on the common people, Fushou believed that the common people were as valuable as the gold in his hand, and could be exploited and sucked dry at any time.

Thinking of his pride, the Left Prime Minister Fushou couldn't help laughing. He felt that he was the true king of the southern part of the Yuan Dynasty, and all the people in the south had to submit to him.

At this moment, Master Sui happened to enter Fushou's room, and then heard Fushou's wild laughter. Master Sui was so scared that he fell to his knees. His ugly appearance was seen clearly by the laughing Left Prime Minister Fushou.

Fushou looked at his "loyal dog" with disdain, then said boredly, "Master Sui, when did you come back?"

"Prime Minister, I just got back!"

"Hmm! Is there anything unusual about that guy named Suning?"

"Your Excellency, Suning is very well behaved!

All I think about is how to make money!"

"Oh? Tell me in detail!" After hearing Master Sui's evaluation of Suning, Fushou stopped drinking and suddenly looked at Master Sui with some interest.

"Yes! Prime Minister!
In order to encourage the salt workers to work harder, Suning deliberately gave them better food, and when it was time to pay them, he only gave them five cents.

In order to increase the daily salt output, the salt workers' working hours were deliberately extended, and the foremen were asked to wake up the salt workers who were sleeping in the sheds before dawn.

"and many more!
Did you just say that Suning really only paid the salt workers five cents a day?

And we used to give ten cents?"

"Yes! Prime Minister!"

"The salt workers have no objections?"

"No! Even if you do, you have to hold it in!"

"Oh? Why is that?"

“It’s all because Suning is so cunning, deliberately using food to lure the salt farmers to work harder.

In the past, they only had two meals a day, but Suning now gives the salt farmers three meals a day. This way, the salt farmers can no longer express their opinions!

The salt farmers' mouths were shut up by Suning early on! "

"Haha, you Han people are really good at doing business!

This is a trend that will completely drain the salt farmers in the Jianghuai Salt Fields!"

"The Prime Minister is wise!
The Prime Minister is too kind.

Giving Suning and Chen Boda 20% of the profits would be enough for them to make a fortune."

"Haha, don't be impatient!
If you want to eat mutton, you have to raise the sheep first!" The left prime minister, Fushou, proudly drank the cup, as if he was drinking the wealth of the Chen and Su families.

"The Prime Minister is wise!"

"Master Sui, I heard that Suning has opened many workshops near the salt fields?"

"Yes! Prime Minister!

Suning hired a woman and paid her only five cents a month.

The Longmen Escort Agency transports the shoes and clothes it produces to big cities and sells them at double the price!

A worker's monthly wages are not even enough to buy a pair of shoes!"

“Haha, this is the brilliance of businessmen.

Dayuan has always been open and treats honest businesspeople like Suning very favorably."

"Yes! Prime Minister!"

"Has Suning's Longmen Escort Agency shown any unusual behavior recently?"

"My Lord, the Longmen Escort Agency is now running out of money.

They have begun to shrink slowly, and I heard that the business in Hangzhou has stopped!
I also saw many escorts at the Jianghuai Salt Field. It seems that Suning is planning to make the escorts salt farmers."

"Oh! It seems that Suning is really honest!
And he is really smart! "After hearing the report from Master Sui, Fushou smiled with satisfaction, and then he was very satisfied with Su Ning who only wanted to "make money", "Master Sui, you have worked hard too!
Go down and rest!"

"Thank you, Prime Minister!"

In recent days, the brothers Zhang Shicheng and Zhang Shide have been spreading rumors about the Longmen Escort Agency among the salt farmers, but the response has been mediocre, which makes the two brothers very annoyed.

"Brother, something is wrong!
My lips are almost worn dry, and the salt farmers can only smile foolishly! "Zhang Shide looked at his elder brother Zhang Shicheng helplessly.

"Hmm! It's really weird!
I think the salt farmers are nostalgic for the food at Longmen Escort Agency. After all, they're so damn generous with their food." Zhang Shicheng's situation was also not going well, and one could only guess that it was because of the good food.

"Huh? Brother, what should we do next?"

"damn it!

You will ask me, brother, what should I do?
Can't you make your own decisions? " Zhang Shicheng was recently afraid of his brother's question, "Brother, what should we do?" He felt overwhelmed when he heard it.

"Uh" Looking at his elder brother who suddenly got angry, the younger brother felt very aggrieved.

Zhang Shicheng also noticed his brother's grievance and knew that he was not to blame for this matter. Then he said helplessly, "Shide, don't blame me for my bad tone!

The truth is that we have been forced into a dead end by the Longmen Escort Agency.

You may not know it yet!

The Longmen Escort Agency hired the Wuhu Navy's barbarian Hague's massive ships to transport salt from the Jianghuai Salt Fields, quickly dominating the Yangtze River Basin market.

"Ah? Longmen Escort Agency is so powerful!

Then what the hell are we playing?"

"Yeah! We might have to find another way out in advance."

"Ah? Big brother, where do you think we should go?"

"I" asked this hateful question again. Zhang Shicheng really felt that life was worse than death. He didn't want to make all the decisions by himself. "Hey! Let's take it one step at a time!"

The brothers in distress at the end of the Yuan Dynasty were even more miserable than in the original time and space. In the original time and space, they were only bullied by the person in charge of the salt field of the Yuan Dynasty, but now they are squeezed by Suning's Longmen Escort Agency and have no room to survive.

Next, the Zhang brothers could only wander around with more than 40 salt farmers looking for opportunities. However, they didn't know that if they left the Jianghuai Salt Field, this blessed land, they would really accomplish nothing.

Suning's plan has been proceeding in an orderly manner. The Longmen Escort Agency has been completely withdrawn to the cities within the plan, and then hidden in various places with different identities, just waiting for Suning's order to launch an attack on the defenders in various places of the Mongols.

After a long period of preliminary screening, 100,000 qualified salt farmers have been selected from the Jianghuai salt farmers, and they will become soldiers as soon as the opportunity arises.

All is ready except for the opportunity.

In the end, Suning still wanted Liu Futong to rebel in advance, so he deliberately arranged for the Jinyiwei to approach the White Lotus Sect, and then slowly came to Han Shantong and Liu Futong.

"My two immortal masters, my master is a devout believer in the White Lotus Sect and has specially offered us a thousand taels of gold, ten thousand taels of silver, and three thousand sets of weapons and armor."

"What? So many!" Han Shantong was obviously very simple-minded and suddenly made a sound of surprise.

At this time, Liu Futong saw that the simple-minded Han Shantong was a little unhappy, and then looked at the newcomer meaningfully, "Hey! I think your master must have made a mistake!
We, the White Lotus Sect, don't need any weapons or armor at all!"

"Haha, Immortal Master Liu, why do you have to lie to sincere believers?
My master is a high-ranking official and had long ago received intelligence that the White Lotus Sect was about to rebel against the Yuan Dynasty.

It's only because my master is a devout believer in the White Lotus Sect that I used some means to help you suppress it."

"What?" At this time, Liu Futong could no longer maintain his composure and began to panic along with Han Shantong.

"Haha, two immortal masters, you should take a look at this letter of complaint first!" The man took out a letter nonchalantly and handed it to the two panicked people.

Han Shantong took the letter of complaint handed over by the visitor before Liu Futong did. Then Liu Futong showed an unnoticeable displeasure, which was seen clearly by the visitor.

The person who came was a member of the Jinyiwei secretly established by Suning. The content of the report letter was of course fabricated by the Jinyiwei. It was the information about the White Lotus Sect that they had collected near Yingzhou during this period.

Han Shantong looked at the contents of the report letter, his breathing became more and more rapid, and his face turned pale, "Futong, take a look!
It's over now!

Our incident has been exposed!"

Liu Futong took the letter of complaint directly, read it quickly for a while, and his face gradually turned pale, because it contained almost all the secrets of the White Lotus Sect, even all the strongholds and warehouses of the White Lotus Sect were clearly visible.

"Ahem! There's no need for the two immortal masters to be too anxious.

This letter of complaint has been intercepted by my host."

"Shh! That's good!" Han Shantong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the explanation from the visitor.

“However, my master is worried that this person still has evil intentions.

If the Mongols don't react, they might directly report to the higher-ups, bypassing my master. Then the White Lotus will be in trouble!"

"Ah? What should we do?"

"Hey! Does your master have any good ideas?" After the initial panic, Liu Futong quickly sobered up and regained his previous wisdom.

"Master Liu, my master said that if you hesitate to make a decision, you will suffer the consequences!"

Liu Futong and Han Shantong knew exactly what the "this" person meant, and then they looked at each other helplessly.

At this moment, a White Lotus believer hurried over. Upon seeing Han Shantong and Liu Futong in the hall, he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Masters, something terrible has happened!"

"Don't be so anxious! Take your time!"

"Master, our stronghold in Henan was discovered by Mongol soldiers. A lot of food and weapons were taken away."

"What?" The voice was made by Han Shantong, Liu Futong and the Jinyiwei together.

At this time, the Jinyiwei people were really surprised, because this matter was not done by them at all. It seemed that the White Lotus Sect had aroused the suspicion of the Mongols.

"Futong, it seems we have no choice but to rebel!" Han Shantong looked at Liu Futong with a wry smile.

"Well! Then we, the White Lotus Sect, will rebel!" Liu Futong also knew that they had nowhere to retreat, so he could only grit his teeth and say.

On December 12, the eighth year of Zhizheng, Han Shantong and Liu Futong used the White Lotus Sect as a basis to resist the tyranny of the Mongols in Yingzhou. They used red scarves as their symbol and were called the Red Scarf Army.

After the Red Turban Army took control of Yingzhou, they conquered Shangcai, Zhengyang, Runan, Guangzhou and other places along the way. It was like lighting a winter fire in the bustling Yuan Dynasty, and it soon swept across all parts of the Yuan Dynasty.

Suning's joy at the news from the Imperial Guards was short-lived when he heard that Xu Shouhui had launched a rebellion in Jingchun, Hubei, also using the names of the White Lotus Sect and the Red Turban Army. Then, Fang Guozhen and his pirates in eastern Zhejiang raised the anti-Yuan banner. The Mongol army rushed to put out the fire, but it only grew stronger, threatening to burn the Central Plains Tartars.

Seeing the anti-Yuan uprising that happened three years earlier than the original time and space history, Suning was really speechless at this moment. It seemed that his time travel did cause some butterfly effect.

"Boss, we can start now!"

"Well! The second day of the second month of the ninth year of Zhizheng will be the day when the dragon raises its head. That is the day when we will rebel against the Yuan Dynasty." Suning had determined the day for the rebellion early on.

"Boss, do we also call ourselves the Red Turban Army?"

"No! Calling them the Red Turban Army means hiding under Liu Futong, Xu Shouhui and others, and letting them protect us.

But once we occupy Jiqing and Gaoyou, we will become the Mongols' mortal enemies and we won't be able to hide even if we want to!"

"Boss, what you said makes sense!
So what banner should we fly?”

"Red Flag Army!

The flag is pure red and rectangular, with a length-to-width ratio of five to three.

"Ah? The Red Flag Army?"

"Yes! I appointed myself the commander of the Red Flag Army, which consists of seven levels: army, division, regiment, battalion, company, and platoon.

A division consists of three to five regiments, each regiment consists of three to five battalions, each battalion consists of three to five companies, each company consists of three platoons, each platoon consists of three squads, each platoon has 12 people, a squad leader and a deputy squad leader.

There are about 10,000 people.”

"Battalion-level units will begin to appoint a military supervisor. Regiments, divisions, and armies will all have corresponding military supervisors."

"Military Supervisor?" Li Shanchang was surprised.

"Yes! This is a problem of the military supervisor's thinking in supervising the troops.

We must not allow any missed opportunities, mutiny or rebellion to occur.

Specific combat matters are handled by the chief officers, that is, the battalion commander, regimental commander, and division commander."

"This owner is very thoughtful!"

After the specific matters were discussed, the logistical work was completely handed over to Li Shanchang, and then Suning's wife became idle, and she just took care of the children in the backyard every day.

Because she knew that something big was about to happen soon, it would be safer for her to stay in the inner house. However, Suning was not prepared to let his wife be idle, and had already arranged a more suitable job for her. Of course, this would be after they had established a firm foothold in the area around Jiqing.

There have been a lot fewer salt workers at the Jianghuai Salt Field recently, and few people noticed where they went. As for those who were curious and asked, they were told that they went to other salt fields.

In fact, these salt farmers have been quietly arranged around major cities. Some have already entered the city and are staying in the Longmen Escort Agency's stronghold. No one told them why they came, and they were too honest to ask any questions.

On the last day of the first lunar month of the ninth year of Zhizheng, Chen Boda once again rushed to the Wuhu Naval Base, met with the Yuan general Manzi Hague, and presented him with a box of gold.

The barbarian Hague looked at the box of gold and couldn't help drooling. If Chen Boda hadn't been there, he would have pounced on it immediately.

"Sir, you must save me and my son-in-law this time!" Chen Boda looked at the money-obsessed barbarian Hague and immediately burst into tears.

"Ah? What happened?" After hearing Chen Boda's crying, Manzi Hague finally came to his senses a little, and then his face was full of confusion.

"Sir, there have been rebellions in many places recently, and my son-in-law and I dare not stay in Chuzhou any longer.

I wanted to move my family to Jiqing Road as soon as possible. After all, there is the Left Prime Minister in charge there, so it must be much safer."

"Haha, so that's what happened!
These rebels are just clowns and are nothing to worry about!
Boda, you can continue to stay in Chuzhou with peace of mind. The rebellion will soon be crushed by my Mongol army."

"Huh? That's what the adults said!

But many people know that our Chen and Su families are close to the adults, and we have made some money recently in the Jianghuai Salt Field, which has long made others jealous.

Someone has already spread the word that the Red Turban Army will first target the Chen and Su families."

"What? These guys are so bold!
Boda, how many ships do you and your son-in-law need?"

"Sir, we need all the ships of the Wuhu Navy."

"What? Why do you need so many ships?" The barbarian Hague was shocked and looked at Chen Boda in disbelief.

"My lord, you don't know.

Our Chen family has always been a wealthy family in the Jianghuai area, and the wealth accumulated over generations is countless.

There is also my son-in-law, Suning, who has been doing business in Shandong for generations and his wealth is no less than that of our Chen family.

The most important thing is that my son-in-law particularly likes to hoard food, salt, and clothes and shoes produced by handicraft workshops.

It would be a shame if all these things were given to the Red Turban Army."

"Boda, you... are you saying that all these riches should be moved to Jiqing Road?" The barbarian Hague felt his breathing becoming more and more rapid as Chen Boda introduced himself, and he wished he could swallow up all the wealth of the Chen and Su families immediately.

"Yes, sir!

I hope you can help me!

After the matter is accomplished, we are willing to offer twice as much gold as today."

At this time, the barbarian Hague was no longer satisfied with the gold, because he no longer cared about it. His mind was full of the huge wealth of the Chen and Su families, and he just wanted to take it for himself as soon as possible.

"Yes! Boda, I agree to your request!

I will dispatch all the ships of the Wuhu Navy to help you and your family, Chen and Su, overcome this difficult time."

"Thank you for your grace, sir!" Chen Boda restrained his inner surprise and kowtowed to the money-obsessed barbarian Hague.

"Aru-Gray!"

"I am here!" At this time, a general standing aside appeared and saluted the barbarian Hague.

"I order you to lead all the navy to Chuzhou City to help the Chen and Su families resolve their difficulties.

Aruhui, do you understand what I mean?" Barbarian Hague winked at Aruhui.

Aruhui was originally a powerful general under the command of Barbarian Hague. He quickly understood his leader's intention and respectfully accepted the order, saying, "Yes! I understand!"

Seeing that Aruhui understood what he meant, Barbarian Hague became happy and said, "Go down!"

"Yes! Your lord!"

All the ships of the Wuhu Navy were dispatched together, completely covering the sky and the sun, and soon arrived at the dock of Chuzhou City. Aluhui suddenly looked at Chen Boda.

"Mr. Chen, hurry up and load the ship!"

"Haha, General, don't worry!
It's getting late now, why not go back home and rest for a while, and move tomorrow."

"Humph! I saw you were quite anxious in front of the adults just now.

Why is there no rush now?"

"General, you may not know this, but we didn't expect Your Excellency to be so forthcoming this time, so we weren't prepared.

The most important thing is that we want to take away the gold, silver and jewelry first, because these are the most valuable."

“Hmph! Fine!
Then we'll stay for one night." Thinking of Barbarian Hague's arrangement, Aruhui agreed.

But Aruhu was not stupid. He only took four of his personal soldiers and followed Chen Boda ashore. All the soldiers remained on the ship. It seemed that Aruhu was still very cautious.

Aluhui was brought to Chen Boda's mansion, and was served with fine wine and delicious food. He also invited the top prostitutes from the brothels of Chuzhou City to serve Aluhui. At this time, Aluhui and his four personal soldiers could no longer maintain their dignity and soon fell into the trap of wine and beauties.

Chen Boda looked at the ugly appearance of the Mongol generals and sneered with disdain. Then he looked at the Jinyiwei who suddenly appeared beside him and said, "We have taken care of this. Let's start the action at the dock!"

"Yes! Chief!"

Now the Jinyiwei has been arranged by Suning to be under the control of Chen Boda. Li Shanchang is busy with logistical work. After receiving Chen Boda's orders, the Jinyiwei runs like an efficient machine.

Chuzhou City, Wharf.

"Who are you?" The Mongolian sailor on guard shouted at the person coming from the shore.

"Hehe, General, don't panic!

We were sent by General Aruhui to entertain the troops.

We brought with us fine wine and delicious food, as well as the girls from Wangchun Tower in Chuzhou City."

"What? Wait a minute!
I will report to our deputy general."

"Hehe, General, please do as you please!"

Soon the deputy admiral of the navy ran out in dishevel. Seeing the delicious food and wine and the beautiful women posing on the shore, he could no longer resist his greed and lust.

Looking at the anxious navy soldiers around him, the deputy general couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Haha, it seems that General Aruhui still cares about his brothers!

Come on, little ones!

Come quickly, bring the wine and hug the beauties!"

"Haha. Ao." The soldiers, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately rushed forward with an "Ao".

Soon a woman's scream was heard from the shore, "Ah, General, be gentle!"

Looking at the happy soldiers, the deputy general couldn't help laughing again, "Haha."

When the Jinyiwei saw that the fine wine, delicacies and women they brought were distributed to various ships, they couldn't help but smile secretly, knowing that their action was successful.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, before the Mongol navy soldiers had time to enjoy the women in their arms, they all fell down and fainted.

"General, why are you so weak in alcohol?
Get up and keep drinking!"

"Get out!" At this time, a large number of young people in red uniforms suddenly appeared on the shore.

"what"

"Stop yelling! Get out of the way!"

The women covered their mouths obediently and ran to one side of the ship. They did not dare to run around or shout. Seeing that the women had calmed down, a large number of people boarded all the ships on the dock and tied up the Mongol navy.

(End of this chapter)