Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 568 The Taoist priest of Longhu Mountain

"Oh, so that's the case! Then the Taoist priests in Longhu Mountain will not be arrested." Xiao Jiu hurriedly said.

"Not only Longhu Mountain, but also those Taoist priests from orthodox sects can't be arrested. Don't find trouble for me if you have nothing to do." Li Jing scolded.

"Hey, baby, isn't this angry because someone cheated you?" Xiao Jiu laughed.

Li Jing shook his head: "A true cultivator pays attention to self-cultivation, and such a person will not come out to bluff and deceive. In fact, I know that no matter it is Longhu Mountain or Wudang Mountain, there is a set of exercises that can strengthen the body. If you learn it, it will be of great benefit to your body.”

"I'll send someone to Longhu Mountain and Wudang Mountain and ask them to hand over this set of exercises when I turn around. When the time comes, the master will learn it, so I can strengthen my body." Xiao Jiu hurriedly said.

"Don't be silly. If I want to learn, I have to hire someone to teach me. How can I use strong means to force it? Who are you as an old man! The little bastard hasn't been in shape for a day." Li Jing scolded with a smile.

"Hey, Commander, who are you? Who in the world would dare to disobey an order?" Xiao Jiu laughed.

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "You brat knows how to flatter! Stop talking to you, go out and walk with me."

"Still going out? It's much colder outside this morning than yesterday, so don't freeze!" Xiao Jiu hurriedly said.

Li Jing smiled and said, "That didn't freeze you. Let's go, go to the pier and see if the plan I designed is feasible."

Xiao Jiu had no choice but to fetch a hat for Li Jing to put on, put on a cloak, and then summoned guards to follow and protect.

Not long after the crowd went out, they saw the gate of the city, and suddenly saw a horse galloping in front of them, and shouted: "Hurry up six hundred miles, idlers get out of the way."

Li Jingwen was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Stop him!"

Hearing this, Xiao Jiu took a step forward to stand in front of Li Jing, held up the token and shouted loudly: "The commander is here, stop quickly."

The messenger hurriedly reined in the horse when he heard the words, the horse was suddenly restrained, and with a long hiss, the man stood up.Fortunately, the messenger was strong and strong, and hugged the horse's neck in a hurry, so he didn't fall off the horse just now.

Not waiting for the horse to stand still, the messenger jumped off the horse's back and came to Xiao Jiu quickly. After checking the waist card in Xiao Jiu's hand, he held up the letter box and handed it to Xiao Jiu: "Fujian urgent report."

Startled, Li Jing stepped forward to take the letter box, tore off the seal, took out the letter, opened it and read it carefully.

After watching for a while, Li Jing suddenly burst into laughter: "Good! Good! This battle was fought beautifully. All the Portuguese defenders in Macau were captured, and none of them escaped. No one in our army was injured or injured. Well, this battle should be fought like this. "

Seeing that the messenger couldn't help panting, Li Jing turned to a guard and said, "Take him back to rest, and then arrange meals."

"Thank you, Marshal." The messenger hurriedly said.

Li Jing waved his hand: "You have worked hard, well, after you rest, go to the capital again, and send the victory report to General Gao, so that the Military and Political Department can reward the soldiers in Fujian and Guangdong. Xiao Jiu, give me your badge give him."

Xiao Jiu nodded, took off his badge, handed it to the messenger and said: "If you hold my badge, General Gao will know that the commander has seen the victory report."

"Thank you, Marshal, for your trust." The messenger took the badge with both hands, and said with a bow.

Li Jing put the letter in an envelope, put it in the letter box, then handed it to the messenger and said, "Go."

"Thank you, Marshal." The messenger cupped his fists at Li Jing, and then followed the guards back to the city.

Li Jing waved his hand, calling Xiao Jiu and other guards to continue leaving the city.

It may be that after reading the good news, Li Jing was in a good mood and smiled all the way.

Xiao Jiu saw it and said with a smile: "Marshal, it's rare that you are in such a good mood. Go back and have a drink today?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "Hehe, I'm afraid we don't have time to drink, we have to go back to Beijing immediately."

"Didn't the messenger inform Uncle Gao, why are you in such a hurry to go back?" Xiao Jiu asked hurriedly.

Li Jing said with a smile: "I didn't expect Sun Meng and Sun Chuanting to move so fast, they actually solved the Portuguese in Macau years ago, so I have to pay close attention to my original arrangement."

"Are you going to deal with the Spaniards in Luzon?" Xiao Jiu asked.

Li Jingjing nodded: "That's right, we're going to deal with the Spaniards in Luzon. Because no matter how secretive we are, it won't be long before it gets out. Fortunately, Zheng Zhilong also participated in the battle this time. With him coming forward, we still have to fight." We can hide it for more time. Therefore, we must hurry up and dispatch troops to Fujian to wipe out the Spaniards before they know the truth."

"Can't Uncle Gao handle this matter?" Xiao Jiu asked doubtfully.

Li Jing shook his head: "Your Uncle Gao is careful. How could he decide on such a big matter as the deployment of troops? If I don't go back, he will definitely come to ask for instructions. Anyway, we had to go back to Beijing a few years ago. Go back early to save him from running back and forth. "

Xiao Jiu nodded slightly.

While speaking, Li Jing took the guards out of the city.

Tianjin Acropolis is very close to the pier, less than one mile away. After measuring the distance, Li Jing frowned.

Ordinarily, it is a good thing that the pier is close to the city, but this is too close!
You must know that there is a moat on the periphery of the city, and the moat is several feet wide, which occupies a space of tens of meters, and a part of the space must be given up from the pier to the shore, so there is not much space available. .

Although it is convenient to load and unload goods at a short distance, due to the small space for operation, it is difficult to move goods back and forth in and out of the city during busy times.

Turning around and pointing to the moat, Li Jing said: "It seems that this moat needs to be filled up, so that there will be a lot more usable land!"

"Fill up the moat? Then Tianjin Wei's city defense will be weak. I'm afraid it's not suitable?" Xiao Jiu said in surprise.

Li Jing smiled and said, "City defense? Who? In fact, the biggest use of this city is to guard against thieves. Otherwise, do you think those merchants would be willing to move their shops and warehouses into the city? They want to be safe.

When there are no problems with public security in the future, these city walls will be useless, and they will all have to be demolished at that time. "

"It's true. Now there are only a few small groups of thieves left in various places. We only need to guard against these people. This moat is really useless." Xiao Jiu laughed.

After a pause, Xiao Jiu continued: "Just to fill up this moat, I am afraid that at least thousands of manpower will be needed."

Li Jing waved his hands and said with a smile: "It's okay, the initial investment is for the future harvest. If we don't spend money, how can we attract those merchants to settle in?"

Speaking of which, Li Jing pointed to the front and said: "In fact, there are many places that need manpower. This land needs to be repaired. I plan to use cement to re-pave the surface. This project is by no means smaller than filling the moat. As for the cost, it is far more expensive than filling the moat." Flat moats are much more.

There are also shop buildings in the city, leveling of the ground, etc. I estimate that all these projects will be completed, and there will be no three to five million taels of silver.But as long as we can recruit merchants into the city, it won't be long before all these investments can be recovered. "

"Hehe, handsome, you said these kids don't understand, anyway, we just follow what you say." Xiao Jiu laughed.

Li Jing shook his head: "You can't think like this. You have to learn what you don't understand. After all, you can't be with me forever. If you don't know anything, what will you do in the future?"

"My boy has been serving you by your side for the rest of my life, so I don't think too much about it, as long as I can honor you for 100 years." Xiao Jiu smiled.

Li Jingwen couldn't help but chuckled: "100 years? I didn't expect to live that long. In fact, people don't care about how long they can live. As long as they can live up to the sky and bow down to others, that's enough."

"Yes! The child is educated." Xiao Jiu bowed and said.

Li Jing waved his hand: "Come back."

Xiao Jiu waved to several guards, and they escorted Li Jing back to the city.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "Master Liu, please, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, please do me a favor and settle the villain's wages!"

Li Jing was startled when he heard the words, he couldn't help but stop, turned around and followed the sound, but saw a person crying and pushing the door hard at the door of a house in the distance, while two servants at the door were pushing the person hard.

Li Jing frowned, waved his hand, turned and walked in the direction of that family.

"Master!" Xiao Jiu hurriedly said.

Li Jing smiled and said: "It's okay, your little fifth brother and the others are nearby, so there is no need to worry."

Hearing this, Xiao Jiu hurriedly looked around, and saw some people in twos and threes in the distance wandering around seemingly aimlessly, but in fact, all their attention was on Li Jing's side.

Seeing this, Xiao Jiu smiled wryly and said, "When did they come out, why didn't I see it?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "They came out from other city gates, but they don't pretend like it. It's such a cold day and it's still early in the morning. Most of the shops are closed. What is there to go shopping? But although they don't pretend Like, it's better than being around me, that way, everyone knows I'm out, so there's nothing to do."

Xiao Jiu said with a smile: "It is estimated that the fifth brother also took this into consideration, so he brought someone to secretly protect him."

Li Jing smiled and said, "The main thing is that what happened in Fuzhou frightened your little fifth brother."

Speaking of which, Li Jing sighed lightly: "It's because I didn't think carefully, won't this make the children suffer with me!"

Xiao Jiu smiled and said, "The commander-in-chief is already considerate of the children, he didn't go to check around the shops in front, otherwise, Xiao Wu and the others would be even more nervous." "

Li Jing shook his head: "I don't want to visit in private. These things should be done by the local officials. First, I don't have that much time, and second, what can I see when I come down alone?"

"Marshal, there doesn't seem to be a local government here in Tianjin Wei, right?" Xiao Jiu hurriedly said.

Li Jingjing nodded: "It is precisely because there is no local government that I live in Tianjin Acropolis. Otherwise, how can we be so clean these days?"

Suddenly Li Jing was stunned: "Most of the people here are wealthy businessmen, and what they do is the collusion between government and businessmen, and there are sergeants and their families in the guards. Even if there is a local government, there is nothing to do with these people, let alone The local government? It seems that some people here are very lawless."

While speaking, Li Jing led the crowd to the door of that family's house. At this time, the crying person had been pushed to the ground, and the door had been closed.

(End of this chapter)