Zhao Peng took the Jinyiwei off the boat and walked towards Chaotianmen.

The soldiers of the Daxi Army at the gate of the city welcomed Zhao Peng and the Jinyiwei into the city. Chaotianmen was located at the junction of the Jialing River and the Yangtze River. During the Song Dynasty, the imperial edicts of the court all entered Chongqing through the Yangtze River, and stopped at the Chaotianmen Wharf. The imperial edicts were sent to Chongqing, so they were called Chaotianmen.

When Zhao Peng walked into Chaotian Gate, he saw Li Dingguo and others walking down the steps above. When he was in Nanjing, envoys from various countries came to Beijing to pay tribute, and they had met Li Dingguo. At that time, they were still called Zhang Dingguo. Zhao Peng, a newbie in history, did not know that Zhang Dingguo was Li Dingguo. It was not until Zhang Xianzhong was killed some time ago and Zhang Dingguo changed his surname to Li Dingguo that he knew about this.

When Zhao Peng saw Li Dingguo walking down, he walked up and smiled and said, "Ning Yu, last time we parted in Nanjing, it's been more than a year in a blink of an eye. Time has changed. Unexpectedly, the King of Chuang was defeated, his lips were lost, and his teeth were cold. Jiannu took the opportunity to attack Sichuan, and the king was also defeated. I had already said that Dashun and Daxi had lost their lips. If Dashun was defeated, it would be difficult for Daxi to survive alone."

Li Dingguo sighed: "It's a pity that my adoptive father didn't listen to some advice, so he believed in the elder brother. The elder brother stopped his adoptive father from sending troops. Alas, it's all because I am incompetent and I am not able to disagree with the public. I persuaded my adoptive father to send troops to help Dashun, otherwise my adoptive father would not have the difficulties he had today."

As he said that, Li Dingguo's eyes turned red and tears fell. He died of both his parents since childhood, and he was the only one orphan left, and almost starved to death on the roadside. Later, he met Zhang Xianzhong and was adopted by Zhang Xianzhong as his adopted son, and then survived. For Li Dingguo, Zhang Xianzhong was not only his adopted father, but also his life-saving benefactor. He only hated that he was not as good as Sun Kewang, so he was unable to save his adopted father.

Li Dingguo is much more affectionate than Sun Kewang. He will definitely implement his will without hesitation. For this reason, Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang parted ways.

Zhao Peng said: "Since the matter has happened, we should find a way to avenge the king! Now that the Tartars are in great power, your Majesty ordered me to come and cooperate with you. As long as we work together, we will definitely eliminate the Tartars and avenge the king!"

"Avenge the king!"

"Avenge the king!"

The soldiers of the Daxi Army shouted in unison.

"Home and brave, please!" Li Dingguo called Zhao Peng and he went to the military camp on the mountain to sit.

Walking up to the top of the mountain and entering the tent of the Central Army of the Great Western Army, Li Dingguo called Zhao Peng to sit down, and he asked, "Zhongyong is here, but is he coming to recruit our army?"

"Ning Yu, before talking about the serious business, I would like to ask you a question, why is the population of my Ming Dynasty, and the Jiannu Judith really has a small tribe with a population of only 200,000, but it can steal the Central Plains and occupy the capital. Now it is still very powerful to swallow my Ming Dynasty in one bite?" Zhao Peng asked.

Li Dingguodao: "It's not that the Ming Dynasty's corrupt officials were rampant, and the people were in poverty, and the people couldn't survive, so they had to rise up. As a result, Jiannu took advantage of the battle between the Ming Dynasty and Dashun and stole the Central Plains!"

Zhao Peng nodded: "Yes, because the Ming Dynasty is not united, this gives the Tartars an opportunity to take advantage of! Now that the enemy is in front of us, we Han people should unite and be united to the outside world! Ning Yu, as for those corrupt officials, I, Zhao, swore that when we drive away Jiannu, we will definitely deal with those guys who will harm the country and the people!"

Li Dingguo nodded: "Yes, Zhongyonghou is right. We Han people should unite and be united to the outside world!"

Zhao Peng said: "So today I came here to discuss cooperation with your army."

Bai Wenxuan asked, "May I ask Zhongyonghou, how can we cooperate?"

Zhao Peng said: "General Bai, your Daxi Army accepts the invitation of our Ming Dynasty. From then on, we will be the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty will give you food and pay and give you titles. In the future, the imperial court will also have a heavy reward! Now the Ming Dynasty has reached a critical moment of life and death. If it can defeat the Tartars and restore China, the current emperor will be the lord of Zhongxing, and you will also be the ministers of the dragon!"

As he said that, Zhao Peng took out an edict, and in the edict, he enthroned Li Dingguo as the Hou of Anxi, Liu Wenxiu as the Hou of Funan, Bai Wen selected Gong Changbo, and Feng Shuangli as the Hou of Qingyang.

Zhao Peng read out the edict, Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan were still standing there stupidly, but Li Dingguo shouted: "Why don't you kneel down and thank you!"

After all, Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan were both from peasant soldiers, so it was normal not to understand etiquette. Li Dingguo was different. He followed Zhang Xianzhong since childhood. Zhang Xianzhong was originally from an officer and soldier, and he knew some etiquette. After Zhang Xianzhong accepted four adopted sons, he valued them very much, taught them martial arts and military techniques, and also asked his husband to teach them how to study. Therefore, Li Dingguo was not the kind of reckless man who was ignorant.

After being granted the title, Li Dingguo's Daxi Army did not change its name and was still the Daxi Army, but it was just formed by the Ming army.

"Come on, bring it up!" Zhao Peng shouted.

Dozens of Jinyiwei outside carried more than a dozen large boxes panting, walked up the hillside and entered the barracks. Zhao Peng shouted, put the boxes on the ground and opened them.

The box was opened, and it was filled with coins, including silver dollars, gold coins and copper plates. Zhao Peng pointed to the box and said, "Everyone has joined the Ming army, they are my own brothers! This is the military pay that Your Majesty gives you, everyone should come and receive the military pay!"

Looking at the gold coins and silver dollars in the box, the officers and soldiers of the Daxi Army cheered.

They had seen these silver dollars and gold coins issued by the Royal Silver Crown in the Ming Dynasty. When Zhang Xianzhong was in Sichuan, in order to facilitate the military pay to the people below, he sent people to send the robbed gold and silver treasures to Huguang to exchange for a lot of silver dollars and gold coins. Later, silver dollars and gold coins were soon circulated in Sichuan. People found that this kind of silver dollars and gold coins with exquisite craftsmanship and numbers on it were very convenient to use, which was much more convenient than broken silver.

Before, the officers and soldiers went out to drink some wine and went to the kiln. They gave them all broken silver. They spent one or two taels of money, took out one or three to four taels of money, and the store had to weigh it, and then cut it to the customer. It can be said that it was very inconvenient to use. Later, Zhang Xianzhong introduced silver dollars, gold coins and copper coins from the Ming Dynasty. When he went out to eat and drink, he was still visiting the kiln. The store said that he wanted four or eight coins. The officers and soldiers took out one or five coins, and then the store found two, half silver and half copper coins, which was very convenient.

Moreover, the silver coins and gold coins issued by the Royal Silver Crown of the Ming Dynasty were very purified, which was higher than the gold ingots and silver ingots originally circulated on the market, and were not easy to forge and easy to use. Therefore, these coins are now circulating everywhere, and even the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Annan, Siam, and Myanmar are using the coins issued by the Royal Silver Crown of the Ming Dynasty.

After sending military pay to the Great Western Army, Zhao Peng said to Li Dingguo again: "House Anxi, this time His Majesty not only sent military pay to you, but also sent you food. The food is on the boat outside the Chaotianmen Wharf. You can go and bring the food here!"

"Thank you, my Majesty for your kindness!" Li Dingguo hurriedly saluted.

In this war-torn era, food is more important than gold and silver. Without food, it is useless to have money. Silver cannot be used as food, and food is something that can be seen in reality.
Chapter completed!