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Chapter 87 Mao Wenlong rises to guerrilla style and Fan Wencheng sells cement (please subscribe for a monthly ticket)

To be honest, Yuan Yingtai was quite upset that Xiong Tingbi and Yan Mingtai left him and ran away today.

Although in this case, it would be a death for the two of them to stay, but this would be too disrespectful of their colleagues.

Yan Mingtai and Xiong Tingbi were both members of the "Three Parties", and their own Donglin Party was somewhat alone in Liaodong.

In fact, the power of the governor of Liaodong is still very great. His full name is the governor of Liaodong local affairs and the military affairs. He can manage both government affairs and military affairs.

However, he is a "second-in-command" in the Liaodong region, because he is controlled by Governor Ji Liao in government affairs and Liaodong Economic Strategy in military affairs.

However, this time Wang Keshou, the governor of Jiliao, had been in poor health since returning to Beijing and submitted a letter to resign. Of course, given the work efficiency of Emperor Wanli, he would definitely neither approve nor replace him.

Therefore, there is essentially no governor-general supervision over the governor of Liaodong, and Yuan Yingtai is already the "top leader" in government affairs.

The Liaodong Governor was a position temporarily added after Jianzhou captured Fushun and Tongqinghe last year. It could control the Liaodong Governor militarily.

Because there is some functional overlap between the two positions, competition between the two is fierce.

It was not all the Liaodong economic strategy that had the upper hand. Historically, Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong supported by the Donglin Party, militarily defeated Xiong Tingbi, who was the Liaodong economic strategy.

At that time, Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, controlled 6 people, while Xiong Tingbi, the manager of Liaodong, directly commanded only 5000 troops.

Now the largest powerful faction in Liaodong should be Li Rubai, deputy envoy of economic strategy in Liaodong. The Li family controls Kaiyuan, Tieling, and Shenyang roads, with 3 troops, accounting for almost half of the Ming army east of the Liaohe River.

As the manager of Liaodong, the army directly controlled by Xiong Tingbi was the three thousand cavalry left by Yang Hao. Of course, nominally all the armies in Liaodong were controlled by Xiong Tingbi.

As the governor of Liaodong, Yuan Yingtai did not have any military power.

But he also has his own advantages. He controls the mobilization of food, wages and ordnance. These generals and generals all have to look at his face to act.

Moreover, he also shoulders the important task of the Donglin Party's fight for control of Liaodong, so he must take advantage of Xiong Tingbi's new arrival to win over a group of people.

Otherwise, over time, these people will definitely join Xiong Tingbi.

Chief Soldier He Shixian is a good target. Although he is now affiliated with Li Rubai's Shenyang Road, he is not a direct descendant of the Li family.

And the 5000 men and horses in his hands are also a decisive force.

So Yuan Yingtai came to visit Mao Wenlong, who had saved his life today.

After learning that Mao Wenlong had been on guard for more than ten years, he immediately took action.

Said: "Mao Shouwei is really unlucky. Don't worry, I will never let you continue to be buried!"

When Mao Wenlong heard that Yuan Yingtai intended to promote him, he quickly said: "Thank you very much to Governor Yuan for your cultivation. I will definitely follow Governor Yuan's lead in the future."

Today, Mao Wenlong saved Xiong Tingbi and others. Moreover, his qualifications were deep enough and the soldiers under his command were quite strong, which showed that he was capable of the job, so Xiong Tingbi also agreed to promote him to a guerrilla general.

This moment moved Mao Wenlong, who had always longed for opportunities, to his core!
Fushun, where Mao Wenlong was located, was now under the control of He Shixian. After subduing Mao Wenlong, Yuan Yingtai notified He Shixian about Mao Wenlong's promotion to guerrilla general.

Although He Shixian was a little unhappy that one of his men suddenly intervened as a guerrilla, after all, Mao Wenlong now had someone behind him, and he said that he would definitely take care of it.

Mao Wenlong is not Yuan Yingtai's target, his real target is He Shixian.

So Yuan Yingtai began to inquire about his military pay and equipment.

He Shixian was naturally complaining, and the court still owed them four months of military pay, let alone the silver reward for their beheadings.

Yuan Yingtai said: "This is my first time in Liaodong. Everything is complicated and money is needed everywhere. Especially in military affairs, I have no one I can trust to help me. For the time being, I can only maintain the status quo."

The implication was that he wanted to find someone of his own in the army. Faced with the olive branch extended by Yuan Yingtai, He Shixian hesitated.

After all, he is still under Li Rubai, and his relationship with Li Xianzhong is not bad, otherwise Li Rubai would not be able to transfer him to guard Fushun Pass.

However, he is always facing the threat of the Tatars. Without the support of military funds, it is really difficult.

After all, he was not from the Li family, so taking refuge in Yuan Yingtai was not a betrayal.

In the end, he accepted the arrears and 500 muskets distributed by Yuan Yingtai.

After taking care of He Shixian and Mao Wenlong, Yuan Yingtai can be regarded as having his own power in Liaodong.

Early the next morning, Xiong Tingbi and others rushed north from Fushun Pass to Kaiyuan City.

Walking from Shenyang yesterday, their hearts grew colder and colder as they looked at it. The closer they got to the border wall, the more desolate they became. Large areas of fertile land were overgrown with weeds because no one was cultivating them.

Yuan Yingtai's heart is even more desolate. Large areas of land are deserted. This year's taxes in Liaodong will definitely be greatly affected again. He really has accepted a mess.Before leaving, the former governor Zhou Yongchun repaid nearly 2 men and horses on the Kaiyuan and Tieling roads for four months, spending more than [-] taels of silver, and almost emptied the governor's yamen's treasury.

However, when they were approaching the Fan River, they were pleasantly surprised to find that there were a large number of crops, and the wheat seedlings in the fields were green.

Yan Mingtai said: "This is Pinglu Fort. The border residents rescued from the hinterland of Jianzhou were resettled here."

Soon the patrolling cavalry of the Pinglu Guards discovered them.

Xiong Tingbi was surprised to find that these patrolling cavalry were actually wearing heavy cloth armor.

He asked: "The equipment of these Pinglu Fort guards is actually better than the ordinary regular army of our Ming Dynasty."

Yan Mingtai said: "These guards are regular troops, subordinate to the Tieling Guards. They were transferred by General Li to take charge of the security of Pinglu Fort."

Yu Wanli is the commander of the Pinglu Guards. Of course, he also has an official status as the commander of the Tieling Guards, so he is not worried about this.

At this time, Fan Wencheng, who was dressed as a scholar, had already come out of the castle to greet them. He was only a scholar of one generation, so he was still a little frightened when he saw these high-ranking officials.

Fan Wencheng said: "Pinglubao originally had more than 12000 border residents, but recently thousands of homeless people have come to seek refuge, so there are more than 13000 people. Currently, more than 5 acres of wasteland have been re-cultivated. "

Yuan Yingtai said happily: "Can we pay taxes on these 5 acres of land after the autumn harvest?"

Fan Wencheng, you secretly cursed "dog official" in your mind. You just thought of collecting taxes without asking if we, the refugees, stuttered.

However, he still said with a smile: "Governor Yuan didn't know something. Governor Zhou had made an agreement with General Li before that Pinglu Fort would be tax-free in the first year, and only half tax would be charged for the next three years starting from the second year; so this year we I still can’t pay taxes.”

Yuan Yingtai wanted to kill Zhou Yongchun at this time. He tried his best to be a good person, but in the end he left a mess for himself to clean up.

As they got closer to Pinglu Castle, they found that the road under their feet was extremely smooth, even smoother than the streets of the capital.

Xiong Tingbi asked curiously: "How was this road built to be so smooth?"

Fan Wencheng said: "This is paved with the same kind of cement. After this material is mixed with water, it can be shaped in a short time, but once it dries, it will become extremely hard, as you can see now Like this."

Everyone found it incredible after hearing this. Xiong Tingbi asked again: "I didn't expect that there is such a magical thing in the world. I wonder which master discovered it?"

Fan Wencheng said: "It was said that Li Xianzhong, the commander-in-chief of Kaiyuan, found these things in some waste ore and successfully calcined them."

"It's Li Xianzhong again, this Li Xianzhong seems to be omnipotent!" Xiong Tingbi said with a laugh.

When he saw the protective walls near Pinglu Fort, he said, "Are these also made of the cement you mentioned?"

Fan Wencheng said: "Xiong Jinglue really understands by analogy, and he quickly understood the wonderful functions of this cement."

"Not only here, but also the gaps in the nearby wall near Liaodong were repaired by General Li. It's just that the wages of the little people and the money for cement materials were all paid by General Li from his own pocket. The governor's office still has no No funding came down.”

Xiong Tingbi quickly realized one thing, that is, this cement could quickly repair the Liaodong border wall.

He asked excitedly: "How long did it take you to repair the cracks in the side wall?"

Fan Wencheng said: "It only took the little people half a day to repair a two- to three-foot gap, and then it took about a day to wait for the cement to dry."

Xiong Tingbi laughed loudly and then said: "With this thing, wouldn't it be easy for us to repair the Liaodong border wall?"

But Fan Wencheng soon poured cold water on him and said: "The refining of this cement is extremely difficult, and the output is also very low. It takes at least ten days of production time to repair a section of the side wall, and it also consumes a lot of manpower and labor. coal."

Xiong Tingbi heard what he meant and said, "What's the price of this cement?"

Fan Wencheng said: "One tael of silver and one bag of cement will cost at least three hundred bags to repair a side wall."

Three hundred bags are only 300 taels of silver, which means that a few thousand taels of silver can complete the repair of the Liaodong border wall. This is a good deal!
Then he said to Yuan Yingtai: "Governor Yuan, this will save much more time and effort than spending our own money to repair the Liaodong border wall."

Yuan Yingtai thought, this project can at least apply for tens of thousands of taels of project funds from the court. It will definitely be successful, so it will be easier for these untouchables.

So Yuan Yingtai generously wrapped up all the cement in Pinglu Fort. After all, in addition to repairing the side walls and rebuilding Qinghe Fort, there was definitely not enough cement.

After successfully accepting this order, Pinglupu began to produce cement day and night, and could sell at least 3000 taels a month, which was enough for Pinglupu to turn a profit.

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