The Soldier of the Ming Dynasty

Two days later, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong arrived in Lushun smoothly.

At this time, under the repair of Chen Zhong's general Ying Meng, Lushun was already quite large-scale. Although it could not restore the glory of the past, several huge gaps opened when the city was broken by the later Jin army had been repaired, and the defense system was integrated.

"Two generals, please review Lvshun city."

With joy, Ying Meng knelt down respectfully in front of Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong, hoping to be praised by Chen Zhong.

But as soon as Chen Zhong saw Lushun City, he was not angry and kicked him fiercely. "What the hell are you doing so hard? Don't you know it's all Lao Tzu's money? "

"Eh?"

Ying Meng could not say the grievance, rushed to look at Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing a smile, "big brother, Mengzi brothers also don't know this matter. Shen Shixiu doesn't want to make up for it

Chen Zhong's face looked a little better. "Yuan Qing, this is his mother, really..."

Li Yuanqing said with a smile: "big brother, let's not say that we are unhappy. Let's go and have dinner first."

Ying Meng had already prepared a banquet for the two generals.

There are not many wild goods here in Lushun, but there are many kinds of sea fish. Especially in mid May, the weather is very warm, so fishing is even more important.

After lunch, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong occupied Ying Meng's big account and carefully discussed the next step.

At this time, the Tartars had already retired, and there was no threat from the Tartars in Fuzhou, Jinzhou and Lushun.

In addition, most of the southern part of Liaoning Province has become no man's land. Unless the Tartars have enough supplies, it is difficult for them to survive in this area, and they have to face the threat of Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong.

According to the current situation, it is difficult for Tartars to launch a positive offensive against southern Liaoning in a short period of time. The time is ripe for the two men to report their meritorious service to the capital and run the relationship.

Originally, Li Yuanqing wanted to postpone a period of time, waiting for a large number of materials in Fuzhou City to be transported back to Changsheng island and Guanglu Island, watching the children's practice more stable.

But it's summer soon.

Although the 5000 level Tartars have been treated with quicklime and some antiseptic treatment, there are too many mosquitoes and flies in summer, and the weather is too hot. If we don't send them to the capital to test their work, I'm afraid they will only become skeletons.

This is not worth the loss.

At this time, although there was no threat from Tartars, due to the diversion of Shahe River and the coming of flood season, the troops in Fuzhou, including yangguanbao, had to be re deployed.

After a brief discussion, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong reached an agreement soon.

Fuzhou, Changsheng camp will leave three thousand teams to defend.

The main defense is Duan Xiliang Department of the 1000th corps, and Xu Heizi of the 3rd corps of fortifications. He is responsible for various fortification problems and preventing flood that may be brought by Shahe River in flood season.

Kong Youde of the 7000 corps also stayed in Fuzhou to assist the two departments. At the same time, it was also a combat readiness drill.

In terms of Chen Zhong, two thousand Corps will be left to guard Fuzhou. In addition to Chen Zhong's headquarters, general B, Ying Meng, will also move to Fuzhou. For Lushun, only one general force will be left to wait for the handover with Shen Shikui.

It was the middle of May. Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong agreed to set aside 10 days for them to return to Changsheng island and Guanglu island to deal with their respective internal affairs. Before the end of May, they would gather in Fuzhou City to report meritorious service to the capital.

After all, it has been several months since the war, and Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong are not iron men. Their wives and children, as well as a lot of government affairs, need to personally investigate and inspect.

Having made the decision, Chen Zhong soon left Lushun and returned to Guanglu island.

Li Yuanqing also returned to Changsheng island by boat.

Li Yuanqing was not too worried about Changsheng island. However, Li Yuanqing did not dare to neglect the defense of the whole island, including yangguanbao, nanxinkou, beixinkou and Fuzhou's communication channels.

As soon as he returned to Changsheng Island, Li Yuanqing immediately issued a transfer order.

In addition to Fuzhou City, guancanghai's 2000 Corps is responsible for the line from Jinzhou to yangguanbao on the sea route.

Wang Hai's 4000 Corps is responsible for the defense of Xinkou in the South and North and the flood season.

Huangguoshan's 5000 Corps is responsible for the smooth road from nanxinkou to Fuzhou City, and escorts a large number of materials from Fuzhou City to nanxinkou.

After arriving at nanxinkou, these materials were divided equally by the fleets of Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong and transported to Changsheng island and Guanglu Island respectively.

Li Sansheng, of the 6000 corps, led his headquarters back to Changsheng island and stationed in Changsheng island safely.

The orders were sent out quickly, and within ten days, these deployments were completed.

Li Yuanqing didn't have to do anything by himself.

Although officers at the rank of General Commander in all departments are his confidants, this kind of transfer must be carried out in accordance with military orders, and no one can be an exception.

After returning to the official hall, he took a comfortable hot bath. Before Li Yuanqing could warm up with his wives, Shang Laoliu and Ma housekeeper rushed to report their work.These days, the overall state of Changsheng island has been in a stable trend, and the development of various affairs is orderly.

In terms of land reclamation, it is also very smooth. Although there is not much rain, Changsheng island has abundant water system and sufficient manpower. This year's market is much stronger than last year. It is estimated that more than 100000 Jin of wheat can be recorded in the account.

"Yuanqing, there's something about the salt field."

Shang Laoliu turned the topic to the most important financial revenue. He explained in detail: "Yuanqing, according to the current scale of Changsheng island's saltworks, the fixed output per month is about 10000 taels. Without other expenses, the stable income is between 6000 and 7000 Liang..."

Li Yuanqing could not help frowning when he heard the speech, "brother Shang, why are there so few? I remember, isn't the scale of ten thousand Liang during the Chinese new year? "

"Yuanqing, the main reason is that we don't have sales channels. Our salt quality is good and the price is low. Zhangjiaji, including Denglai, has a lot of opinions on us. Shen Jin has no choice but to maintain it for the time being. "

Li Yuanqing nodded.

At this point, if he can't control the sales, he has no decision on the price.

Denglai has a huge bureaucratic system, which consumes more than 3000 taels per month just for the management of various aspects.

Damn it!

But at this time, Li Yuanqing did not have the time and energy to fight with the Denglai Gang, so he had to bite his teeth to maintain the status quo.

Have you got the news, Yang boat

Housekeeper Ma said, "return to general. At the end of March, Lord Yang sent a letter back. His journey to the South was smooth. He had already arrived in Macao and reached a partial compromise with the foreigners. But the effect may not be optimal. Mr. Yang said that he was going to go to Nanyang to try his luck in Luzon and Malacca. "

Ma housekeeper said, hastily Yang boat's personal letter, respectfully in front of Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing opened a glance, and his eyes narrowed slightly. For a moment, he showed a faint smile.

With the help of Joseph, a foreign devil, Yang Xiaobo and his party arrived in Macao successfully and reached a certain compromise with the Portuguese of Macao authorities.

However, goods purchased from antongwei, Hangzhou and Quanzhou cannot be sold at high prices in Macao.

Yang Xiaobo wanted to take a chance in Nanyang.

According to his prediction, if things go well, he will return to Changsheng island before October or November this year, and he should be able to return to Changsheng island before this year's festival.

At this time, the private salt business was in trouble, and Li Yuanqing also pinned greater hope on the marine trade.

It's risky, but the benefits are just as great.

Moreover, this is in line with the world, so that we can learn more about the world's trade situation at this time, and have access to the navigation technology and firearms technology that the West has begun to make great efforts.

It's also a trend in the future.

However, because of the problem of time, Li Yuanqing had to be patient for a while.

Li Yuanqing asked about the working conditions of the blacksmith's shop, and Shang Laoliu explained: "general, the number of qualified bird spears produced by the blacksmith's shop has reached about 150 bars per month, about 200 bars of spears and about 80 sets of armor. Every consumption is maintained at about 5000 two per month. "

Li Yuanqing nodded.

The amount of silver consumed is not directly proportional to output.

But now there is no way.

Changsheng island does not have all kinds of war readiness materials needed. If you want to buy them, you can only buy them from inside the pass.

The cost of this long sea route is much higher.

The most important thing is that the production technology is low at this time. Although Changsheng island has completed the manual production line, it still has a long way to go to further improve the efficiency.

Li Yuanqing asked about some other chores. Shang Laoliu and Ma housekeeper responded one by one.

At this time, it was dark, and Li Yuanqing was also a little tired and was about to send them away.

Shang old six but and horse housekeeper look at each other, horse housekeeper careful way: "general, there is one thing."

Li Yuanqing took a look at him, "what are you two doing? If you have something to say, just say it

"Yes

Housekeeper Ma did not dare to neglect him and said, "general, the first lady is expected to give birth in July and August. You see, this wedding date..."

According to Li Yuanqing's nod, there are unwritten rules in Changsheng island.

Zhang yunniang is the first lady, Qu minqiu is the second lady, and Caizi is the third lady.

Hearing this, Li Yuanqing remembered that his little girl was already six or seven months old, and the wedding date should never be delayed.

At this time, it is only may. According to the itinerary estimation, the matter of conferring rewards in Beijing can be determined at the latest one month.

At the same time, he also took advantage of his momentum to give the little girl a complete wedding.

"Let's make it in the middle of July. Everyone who has made friends with me, Li Yuanqing, should send out invitation cards, and none of them can be left behind! Also, this matter, you should work well. Not to say let the world know, but should know, must let them know"Yes

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Comfortable at home with a few wives a few days, diligent reclamation of their own wasteland, inspection of the blacksmith shop and other important facilities on the island, the time has come to the end of May.

Li Yuanqing did not dare to be greedy for gentle town any more, and went to Fuzhou City with 100 relatives.

When I came to Fuzhou City, it was May 27, and Chen Zhong had arrived.

At this time, nearly 10000 people left by zhangpan Lushun have been living on Guanglu island. They eat him and drink him. Chen Zhong is already overburdened, and he is in urgent need of a reward from the imperial court.

After a brief discussion, the two men directly loaded the Tartars on board and headed for the capital by sea.

But just after sailing, Li Yuanqing remembered a very important thing. He said to Chen Zhong: "elder brother, you go to Dagukou, go to the capital first. I'll go to Liaoxi first and meet the elder brother."

Chen Zhong knows that even if they want to win the position of commander-in-chief, they will never be so easy.

He didn't ask more, "Yuanqing, the merits belong to both of us. What's the meaning of me to report merits alone? So, let's go to Liaoxi together. From Shanhaiguan. "

Li Yuanqing laughed and shook his head. "Elder brother, let's take 5000 Tartars from Liaoxi. How can you let those masters of guanning deal with themselves?"

Chen Zhong also responded and couldn't help but smile, "this son of a bitch, I forgot about it. Those dog scum, we must eat our brothers alive! In this way, Yuanqing, I'll wait for you in Tianjin for some time. You come back from Liaoxi and go directly to Tianjin. Let's go to the capital to report meritorious service. "

Go to sun Chengzong's side, there is a fast horse to help, and need to waste a lot of time.

Li Yuanqing nodded, "big brother, it's OK. Let's do it like this."