Kai Fu Han

Chapter 309
Cui Wu knew the meaning of "special" and Shao Zhen was indeed suitable for special operations. At the same time, he also understood that Liu Xinqi had made up his mind.

"Then it's cheaper for him."

His tone was somewhat unwilling, but he could not hinder the development of the overall situation with his selfishness.

Cui Wu and Jiao Rui were both Liu Xinqi's assistants. One was a military assistant and the other a literary assistant. They had a natural competitive relationship from the beginning.

Cui Wu was better developed than Jiao Rui before, but now Jiao Rui has become the commander of the special company. The gap between him and Cui Wu's field regiment commander has been narrowed. Moreover, Jiao Rui will have more opportunities to perform meritorious service than Cui Wu in the war-torn areas of Hebei. There are so many, maybe he will be promoted again one day and catch up with or even surpass Cui Wu.

...

On the 25th, Liu Xinqi went to Jiaozhou Bay for an on-site inspection and found that the geographical location here is really superior.

"In the future, the focus of our Xinghan League's shipbuilding industry can gradually shift here." Liu Xinqi said.

"This bay is truly unique." Cui Wu agreed.

He did not go to Haicang Town immediately today, but planned to wait until Liu Xinqi left before setting off.

"This place is also close to Jiangnan. As long as we can maintain peaceful bilateral relations with Zhao, we can always receive a steady stream of material support from Jiangnan." Liu Xin said.

Of course, this kind of material support must be purchased with money, but with the speed of scientific and technological development of Xinghan League, in the future, we only need to worry about not being able to buy it, rather than worrying about being unable to afford it.

"When I see Sun Li, I will give him a good explanation. The infrastructure construction here must start immediately. After next summer's harvest, we can recruit a large number of workers to come here for production and construction." Liu Xinqi said as he said Longing.

At that time, an invincible fleet will be organized and built to conduct continuous raids on all coastal borders of the Jin Kingdom. The Jurchen Tatars will have to close the country in isolation, and then the national power will continue to decline.

"How should we treat the existing maritime merchants in the bay in the future?" Cui Wu asked.

"As long as they abide by the law and pay taxes according to regulations, they can naturally continue to do business safely. We can also hire them to help Xinghan League transport some unimportant supplies." Liu Xinqi replied.

The potential of private business is very terrifying. As long as it is profitable, it will explode with huge "combat power". The efficiency is much higher than that of official businessmen, and there are some characteristics that official businessmen do not have.

But government and businessmen must also be present. Not to mention that critical industries such as salt and iron require the monopoly of government and businessmen, but also at critical moments such as wars and natural disasters, in the end, government and businessmen must be the main force.

Private businessmen are essentially free, and the consequences of freedom are two-sided. They can choose to follow the Xinghan Alliance, or they can choose to be cowardly.

"What about Jiaoxi County in the west?" Cui Wu asked.

Liu Xinqi was silent after hearing this.

The coast in Jiaozhou Bay is divided into two parts by the Gushui River. The west side belongs to Jiaoxi County and the east side belongs to Jimo County.

"We will put it on hold for now and wait until the naval fleet is expanded and the ports and docks here are built before we seek to fully control Jiaozhou Bay. It is too early to say," Liu Xinqi replied.

The two walked around the coast and looked at the progress of the camp construction of the Third Field Regiment. The people in Jimo County were indeed working hard. Nearly [-]% to [-]% of the people participating in the construction were women.

[The inability of women to appear in the public eye can only be a product that occurs after the economy reaches a certain level. Ordinary people have difficulty in food and clothing, so they will take these things into consideration. 】

Liu Xinqi thought to himself that he was more confident in his plan to fully liberate women's labor force.

"After occupying Jimo County, did you organize people to exterminate the bandits in Laoshan?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Not yet, we just arranged for a dozen soldiers to enter Laoshan for preliminary exploration and map drawing." Cui Wu replied, and then went on to explain:

"When we first occupied this place, the people here didn't agree with us. We had few manpower. I thought we should focus on Jimo City, so we didn't send troops into the mountains."

Liu Xinqi nodded after hearing this: "It's right to be safe. When Sun Li comes, you can go to Haicang Town. Since you promised to sell cheap New Year's goods to the people here, you must keep your word."

Things must be done from beginning to end. Liu Xinqi planned to give Cui Wu some time to fulfill the promise he had made to the local people.

"Thank you, ally."

Cui Wu was really struggling with this matter and never knew how to speak.The military orders were overwhelming, but Liu Xinqi didn't dare to delay his arrival without permission. After all, the defensive position of Haicang Town was also very important.

…The next day, December 26th.

Liu Xinqi and others changed horses again, and then set off from Jimo City to Laiyang City as soon as the sky got slightly brighter.

This section of the road is quite rugged and the distance is long, more than 150 miles.

In some places where the road was not good, everyone had to dismount and lead the horses forward.

In the middle, we also encountered a wave of more than 100 petty thieves.

Ten soldiers and guards rushed up on horseback and killed more than 40 people like chopping melons and vegetables. The other thieves and bandits immediately dispersed.

This encounter with bandits made Liu Xinqi fully aware of the current number of bandits in Laizhou and the suffering of the people.

In the past, under the ruthless raids of the Puppet Qi, ordinary people would choose to survive as bandits if they could not survive.

Instead of chasing down the remnant bandits, everyone continued on their way, and finally arrived at the west gate of Laiyang at around Xu Shi after dark.

Looking at the closed west city gate, Liu Xinqi rode up to the city gate, sensed it, and found that there were soldiers guarding the gate tower. He immediately shouted and ordered the officers on the gate tower to open the gate.

"Leader, why are you coming from the west?"

This is a platoon leader responsible for guarding the west gate.

"I came from Jimo, where is Sun Li?"

"Master Sun should be at the Laiyang County Government Office," the platoon leader replied.

"Arrange for someone to take me there."

"it is good."

Under the leadership of a soldier, Liu Xinqi and others quickly arrived at the Laiyang County Government Office. At this time, the lights were still bright inside.

After entering the county government hall, Liu Xinqi found that Sun Li was having a meeting with more than a dozen officials.

"Alliance leader!" Seeing Liu Xinqi walking in, Sun Li immediately stood up to greet him.

"When did you arrive?" Liu Xinqi asked the officials present, signaling Sun Li to sit down.

Because Laiyang was scheduled to attack at the end, the [-] officials arranged for Laiyang at that time did not leave in advance, but set off from Penglai after receiving the news of Laiyang's recovery.

Their departure time was only one day earlier than Liu Xinqi's departure time for inspection.

"It's been two days."

The person who replied was the new Laiyang County Magistrate.

"Are you familiar with this place?" Liu Xinqi continued to ask.

"Battle Commander Sun has already introduced us in the past two days, and we are basically familiar with them. All that remains is to have a thorough grasp of the county and then go to the countryside to do some field work." Laiyang County Magistrate replied.

"Where's Liu Xinyuan?"

"It should be in his own room." Sun Li replied.

"Send someone to call him over." Liu Xinqi ordered.

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)