The Soldier of the Ming Dynasty

Looking at Shang Laoliu's departure, Li Yuanqing felt a little relieved.

Frankly speaking, it is not the best choice for the Ministry of Li Yuanqing to go to the pirates. The best "chicken" is the Korean gentry near Yizhou and Longchuan.

However, after all, Li Yuanqing is in a low position. To be frank, he does not have enough initiative.

It is not difficult to do these things, nor is it difficult to succeed.

But I'm afraid that if things are not done clean at that time, or that the North Koreans will have to bite back. Even if Mao Wenlong defends Li Yuanqing, the court will have to give an account to the vassal state.

If this happens, Li Yuanqing is likely to be made a scapegoat, and Mao Wenlong will not be able to protect him, even if he gives orders.

The rules of the game are like this. Therefore, Li Yuanqing must be well prepared before doing such "top secret" things.

Unless, Li Yuanqing is to betray Daming, pull up the pole to pull the flag.

But now, Mao Wenlong is at the height of the sun. Li Yuanqing will never take this road until the last step.

In the next ten days, Li Yuanqing's troops continued to move southward along the river bank with turtle speed and slow speed, and as they walked along, they organized the army.

With North Korea as the enemy, both soldiers and officers have a lot of fighting spirit. In addition, even if there is a shortage of food and grass, Li Yuanqing is also merciless. The soldiers are fed and drunk enough. The progress of every day can be seen with the naked eye.

On the surface, although Li Yuanqing maintained the dignity of an "adult" and did not change his face, in fact, his suffering was beyond description.

I don't know if I'm not in charge.

There are more than 1200 soldiers under his hand, all of them are big men, more than 100 mules and horses, dozens of war horses, and more than 200 miscellaneous sailors. People eat horses every day. I'm afraid that even Li Chaoren of later generations will suffer from flesh ache here.

"Sir, this is the shepherd's purse soup I stewed, which can cool off the heat. Would you like some?"

Another day passed, Li Yuanqing just returned to the account. Caizi came to Li Yuanqing with a small bowl of green vegetable soup.

"Where is this Li Yuanqing smiles and grabs her little hand.

These days, thanks to Caizi here, Li Yuanqing can enjoy her massage and relieve fatigue.

"I went to pick it by the river today. There are many mushrooms by the river. Unfortunately, I can't tell which are not poisonous. If only I could tell them apart, we could let people pick more mushrooms and wild vegetables, and we could eat less food. You don't have to be so tired

Looking at Caizi's pretty face, Li Yuanqing was suddenly in a trance. Unexpectedly, he asked a woman to worry about these things for himself.

"Caizi, you don't have to worry about this. There is an old saying in Daming that there must be a way to the front of the mountain. I have a solution here. By the way, have you eaten yet? "

Caizi shook her head, but she nodded again and said in a low voice, "yes, I have eaten it."

Li Yuanqing took her in his arms and slapped her on her buttocks. Never cheat me, you know? It's not time for you to save food for me. Shunko, come here. "

At the door of the night is busy in the door, "Lord, what order."

"Let the firemen stir fry some good dishes and deliver them quickly."

"Yes." Since being cleaned up by Li Yuanqing once, and then face Caizi, shunzi is obviously normal a lot, and goes to work in a hurry.

Caizi said quickly, "Sir, you don't have to do this. I, I just need to eat very little, very little is enough. "

Li Yuanqing gave Caizi a kiss on her pretty face, "I said, I will treat you well. Don't worry, things will be better soon. "

"Ye..." On Caizi's pretty face, two lines of clear tears glide across

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More than ten days later, by the beginning of September, Li Yuanqing's Department was close to the seaside.

There is no news from Shang Laoliu, but on the northern line, Chen Zhong, Zhang pan, Wang Fu, you Jinghe and other troops have gathered in the Northern Line and changdienbao area, and the war with the 3000 cavalry in the later Jin Dynasty is imminent.

At this time, Li Yuanqing's location had already left the boundary of Yizhou and Longchuan, which was already the iron mountain area of North Korea.

Perhaps he was busy with the Northern Line war, or he was very relieved by Li Yuanqing. These days, Mao Wenlong did not send any more messengers to inquire about the situation of Li Yuanqing's Ministry, but Li Yuanqing was ready to report the journey of his headquarters to Mao Wenlong truthfully.

Li Yuanqing had already thought of the reason.

First, the attitude of the North Koreans is very bad. In order to safeguard the overall situation of the war on the northern line, Li Yuanqing decided not to have a confrontation with these Koreans for the time being.

Moreover, it is about to enter autumn. When the fish on the beach are plump, Li Yuanqing has Wang Hai, a fisherman under his command, who is ready to fish in the sea and strive to feed back Mao Wenlong's headquarters.

Third, and the most crucial, but most obscure, point. Li Yuanqing told Mao Wenlong that Tieshan district and Yalu River have convenient waterways and only one day's travel. Li Yuanqing decided to do something in the nearby waters to feed Mao Wenlong's headquarters.As for what to do, Li Yuanqing did not say directly, it depends on the situation. Whether it's pirates, North Korean gentry, or other people, it's up to chance.

The letter was sent out by courier. Li Yuanqing believed that with Mao Wenlong's mind, he could still give himself this autonomy.

However, whether it is piracy or the North Korean gentry, it can not solve the problem of insufficient food and salaries of Mao Wenlong's ministries.

In the future, the Dongjiang River will be bigger and bigger, and the population will be more and more. However, without the support of the land initiative, resources will be less and less even with the support of the imperial court.

Under such a state, the best way is for the court to allocate funds and support these people.

However, it is a pity that in the near future, when the Guangning army is destroyed, more than 90% of the government's military pay will be given priority to the guanning army in western Liaoning Province. I'm afraid that Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang side will not be able to get half of Chengdu's salary.

But in the future, Liaoxi fortress is like a cloud, and the defense is tight. Houjin will not knock these hard bones, but will devote more energy to deal with Mao Wenlong.

In this way, Mao Wenlong used the less than half of the imperial court's grain and salary to fight against the main force of the Jin army. What else could Mao do with his life?

But even knowing all this, at this time, Li Yuanqing is powerless.

The first thing he had to solve was that he had to make the department full of food.

Later generations, there is a famous theory called "adjusting measures to local conditions".

Every place, every city and every village should develop economy and raise people's income according to their own advantages.

At this time, the place where Li Yuanqing was located was subject to the restrictions of the times. The land was not fertile and the population was not dense. Even if he went to farming now, he had already missed the season.

Moreover, due to the strong deterrence of cavalry in the later Jin Dynasty, it was difficult for the people, even the soldiers, to settle down to do a good job of farming. Maybe you planted a good field in spring, but when it comes to autumn harvest, Houjin Tieqi comes and they harvest crops for you

The only thing we can do is to fish in the sea. But when fish resources are used up sooner or later, what's more, people can't eat fish every day.

But when God closes a door, he opens a window.

Tieshan area, located at the mouth of Yalu River, has a wide range of waterways. It can be used as the best transit station in Bohai Bay and Northeast China.

The silk, tea and porcelain of Daming were transported out, the ginseng, velvet antler and fur from Northeast China were transported out, the weapons, armor and silver of Japan were transported back, and even these things were transported to Nanyang, and then grain was transported back from India.

In the Ganges River Basin of India, the land is fertile, and because of the geographical relationship, they are not affected by the small ice. There are years of famine on the Daming side, but there are bumper harvests on their side. The grain is not worth money at all.

Moreover, in this era, European colonists had not yet formed a dominant power in the Nanyang and India, and Daming had a bright future in overseas trade.

Unfortunately, Li Yuanqing can only think about these things now.

Because he doesn't even have a place of his own now, and Mao Wenlong is on top of his head. How can he stretch his hands?

Even when Zheng Rongqing lost his business, he could not guarantee the operation of his business.

Standing on the reef by the sea, looking at the boundless sea, Li Yuanqing vomited a long breath of turbid gas.

As the later generations of Hangzhou Ma Ge said, "dreams are always necessary. In case, one day he will realize them?"

Returning to reality, Li Yuanqing became more and more calm.

At present, we have to wait for news from Shang Laoliu. If there is no news from Shang Laoliu in half a month, Li Yuanqing has no choice but to attack the North Koreans. First of all, he and his brothers must eat enough and live.

Even if the sky can't stop, Li Yuanqing can only betray Daming and Mao Wenlong.

After all, only by living can everything be hopeful. Dead, that is just a touch of loess, what ideal?

But before the final step, Li Yuanqing will never choose this road which is almost hopeless.

With insight into history, Li Yuanqing also knows that as long as he sticks to the most difficult period, Mao Wenlong's "Dandelion policy" will officially blossom. With Li Yuanqing's status and qualifications at this time, he will not lack huge dividends.

There's always bread.

As time went by, by the middle of September, Li Yuanqing's grain and forage had not been enough to support him for ten days. However, no news came from Shang Laoliu.

The soldiers have become more and more handsome. Although they are still short of clothes and armour, they have become soldiers. They only need war to grow up.

Good news also came from the northern line. In mid September, Mao Wenlong led his troops to ambush in Kuandian area and attacked the vanguard of the later Jin Dynasty. He beheaded the vanguard of the later Jin Dynasty by six or seven hundred ranks and won a complete victory. The cavalry of Houjin lost more than half and had to flee back to the hinterland of western Liaoning.Just when Li Yuanqing was about to fall into despair and had secretly planned to fight Tieshan City, Shang Laoliu finally sent back the news.

At this time, more than a month had passed since he left.

"Yuanqing, this trip, fortunately, did not disgrace his life. You see, this is the map I've collected these days. "

Shang Laoliu said, spreading a piece of sheepskin in front of Li Yuanqing. "I know you can't wait. Hurry back. If you have more time, it should be more perfect."

Li Yuanqing knew that Shang Laoliu would never betray himself, which was his greatest dependence. At this time, although he was extremely anxious, he still listened to his explanation patiently.

"Yuanqing, in fact, at the beginning, we all made very serious mistakes. Looking for pirates. But this sea area is very barren, there are not many merchant ships, where there are fat pirates? I have been to Busan this time, and I have not heard any useful information. If you really want to find pirates, I'm afraid you can only go to Japan or Nanyang. Fortunately, I found something by accident. Yuan Qing, look here. "

Shang Laoliu said, pointing his finger at a place on the map.