The Soldier of the Ming Dynasty

Time flies by like a white horse.

In the blink of an eye, it is the middle of June of the fifth year of apocalypse.

After waiting anxiously for more than ten days, news finally came from Mao Wenlong on the eastern line.

At this time, he and the main force of Dongjiang had retreated to the territory of Korea. Although they could not break the old village, they had captured nearly 1000 Tartars and defeated Huang Taiji's offensive several times. Soon, the army was about to return to PiDao.

In the official hall of Gaizhou City, after carefully reading Mao Wenlong's war report written by himself several times, Li Yuanqing could not help but spit out a foul breath.

If Mao Wenlong and the main force of Dongjiang are in good condition, the overall situation of the Liao area will not be worried.

As for the old village, it is naturally the best to attack, but if it can't, there is nothing good to be sorry about.

After all, Laozhai is the so-called "land of Longxing" in the later Jin Dynasty. How tight is its defense?

Once the old stronghold is coerced, it is not known how many Houjin troops will be around, so we should rush to rescue them.

If Li Yuanqing was in Mao Wenlong's position, he would prefer to take advantage of this "encirclement to fight for help" and reap more of the Tartar's active strength and gain the first rank.

However, the limitations of Mao Wenlong and Dongjiang's main force lie here, and Li Yuanqing can't expect them to do too much.

Chen Zhong, who was inspecting the children's practice outside, came back in a hurry after hearing the news. He drank a large bowl of herbal tea and laughed: "Yuanqing, the marshal is OK. Should we make progress?"

Li Yuanqing said with a smile, "big brother, it's true. The war report will be sent out tonight. "

As for Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang, they can still afford to delay the war report for a day or two, but at this time, it has been delayed for more than ten days, and their careful liver is about to be scared out.

If the news reaches Beijing, Duke Wei will have to peel their skin.

However, Mao Wenlong's war report has been sent to the capital and Western Liaoning respectively, and Li Yuanqing's side will no longer be kept.

The main reason is that Mao Wenlong has won quite a few heads this time. There are nearly 1000 ranks. He and Chen Zhong will not have to give Mao Wenlong any more. They can send the Tartars' heads and captives, including Niu Lu Zhang, Jing Meng Gang Du, with yellow flags, to the capital.

"Yuanqing, this is really wonderful! Today, we must have a big drink. " Chen Zhong laughs, and his mood is obviously extremely happy.

Li Yuanqing said with a smile, "elder brother, these days, the brothers have been working hard. Just now, Changsheng island has sent a batch of military supplies. Let's celebrate with the whole army!"

Chen Zhong was more happy and laughed: "that feeling is better. I will arrange it now."

Looking at Chen Zhongfeng wind fire away, Li Yuanqing mouth corner of the smile is also some hidden.

According to the previous discussion between him and Chen Zhong, if Mao Wenlong is to be divided into the first rank, Li Yuanqing will subsidize Chen Zhong's losses with silver as soon as possible.

Although Chen Zhong refused again and again, Li Yuanqing still insisted on his own opinions.

As the saying goes, "if you are a brother, you must settle your account.".

If you want to go between two people for a long time and further, and if it involves interests, it's safer to follow the rules.

After all, the consumption of a series of food, drink and Lasa is not a fraction.

With the help of Li Yuanqing, Chen Zhong can't stand such trouble even though he already has some family background.

But at this time, there was no need to divide Mao Wenlong's head, there were two battles of Haizhou and Yaozhou south. With the captives, each of them could get more than 800 heads and captives. Li Yuanqing did not have to use silver to compensate Chen Zhong.

Although Li Yuanqing has a big family and a big career, he has to tighten his belt to live for a while because he is rash to eat more than 30000 people.

As for the dividend of these people, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhongda have also reached a compromise.

At the present stage, these people are not allowed to "pay dividends" and have to delay for some time.

It was mainly the Han slaves. Li Yuanqing was still unable to distinguish their political tendencies and rashly divided up their wives and daughters, which was obviously somewhat unsophisticated.

After all, they are all Chinese.

After careful consideration, Li Yuanqing took a more secure way to transport the more than 10000 Han slaves back to Changsheng island. After a series of examination and registration, they would be transported to Zhongdao and Xidao.

The development of Zhongdao and Xidao has always been a "heart disease" of Li Yuanqing.

After all, compared with nanxinkou, yangguanbao, Jinzhou and Fuzhou, Zhongdao and Xidao are separated from each other by the sea, so they should be safer and closer to Changsheng island.

However, due to the lack of manpower, Zhongdao and Xidao are both dense virgin forests, belonging to uncivilized land, and the output is not very much. After many considerations, Li Yuanqing gave up the idea temporarily.

But at this time, with these Han slaves, there will be endless free labor.

All of these Han slaves will be allocated to Zhongdao and Xidao to open up wasteland, build salt fields and docks for three years. If they perform well in these three years, they will be entitled to be released to "good people" and reunite with their wives and daughters.If not, they can only continue to work as slaves.

Of course, after all, they are all Han people. Li Yuanqing will give them timely treatment for their diet, basic conditions such as accommodation, sanitation and medical treatment, and will never sacrifice their lives.

As for their wives and daughters, they naturally returned to Changsheng island to work in various workshops and fields.

With the experience of these Han slaves, Li Yuanqing also had a clearer idea about the use of human resources.

However, the development of Zhongdao and Xidao, including the development of nanxinkou, yangguanbao, Jinzhou and Fuzhou, can not be stopped.

At first, Li Yuanqing was short of manpower, but now that he can use Han slaves, why not use Korean, Japanese, Mongolian Tartars, Jurchen Tartars, and even the white haired ghosts and black slaves of the South Asia?

Han slaves, Li Yuanqing at least to ensure that they eat seven percent of each meal, as for the rest of these people, have three or four percent of the full, which is heaven's fate for them.

However, Gaizhou city is still too far from Changsheng island.

At this time, Li Yuanqing's front had been stretched for a long time.

Even if he coveted Gaizhou and even took Gaizhou, Li Yuanqing still did not have enough human and financial resources to develop Gaizhou.

Gaizhou city can only be regarded as a large military garrison, and then slowly map it.

On that day, Li Yuanqing held a banquet and held a huge celebration ceremony in Gaizhou city. Soldiers, women and children had a share.

However, the Han slaves, who had already gone to Changsheng island in advance, had no more to enjoy.

………

On June 20 of the fifth year of Tianqi, with the return of the fleet, Li Yuanqing led his army back to Changsheng island.

Gaizhou City, only half of the total, 1000 people's strength defense.

Gaizhou is very close to Changsheng Island, and the straight-line distance by sea is less than 200 Li.

In the evening, the whole crew embarked on the ship and arrived successfully the next night.

After returning to Changsheng Island, because it was late, the soldiers, women and children had to rest on the boat for one night and get off the ship tomorrow. However, Li Yuanqing was eager to return home, so he got off the boat and drove back to the official hall that night.

As for Chen Zhong and his children, it will take another two days to return to Guanglu island.

After returning to the official hall, Li Yuanqing has been blocked in the hall by the old businessman Laoliu and the second Ma housekeeper of the political affairs department.

Although Li Yuanqing was eager to take a bath, change clothes and take a good breath, he had to deal with these two masters first.

"Yuanqing, I'm stuck with old ma so late. Tomorrow, I'm afraid I'll have to be scolded by my husband." Although Shang Laoliu was a little tired, his spirit was excellent, smiling at Li Yuanqing.

Since he was promoted to the head of the political affairs department, he has been in charge of more and more miscellaneous things. Although he does not have to do many things himself as before, he has to do them himself. However, the daily summary, including reporting to Li Yuanqing, is enough for him to have a headache.

Not surprisingly, Liu Cuihua was more busy than before.

In the past, breakfast and dinner can be eaten at home, but at this time, Shang Laoliu can only accompany Liu Chunhua to have breakfast in the morning.

With a smile, Li Yuanqing waved his hand and asked Xiaolian to offer them tea. He said with a smile, "brother Shang, you are shivering. But I have been thinking about how to explain to some old sisters-in-law tomorrow! "

Three people can't help but laugh, many days have not seen unfamiliar moment dissipated a lot.

After a few pleasantries, Mr.

The first is the consumption of food and grass in this war.

Although Changsheng island had long had reserves for the war in southern Liaoning, it could not generate income because of the immigrants of Zhenjiang nationality. In addition, there were more than 30000 Haizhou immigrants. Even if Li Yuanqing divided more than 10000 people to work as slaves in Zhongdao and Xidao, the grain and forage reserves of Changsheng Island were still in short supply.

At this time, Changsheng island's food and grass reserves, I'm afraid, can only support two months.

Li Yuanqing 's eyebrows are also tightly wrinkled.

As the saying goes, "when a cannon goes off, gold is ten thousand taels.".

Unfortunately, due to the flood, Li Yuanqing made little material gains, but also lost a lot of strategic materials.

Even with the addition of armor and head, but compared to the loss, or loss.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yuanqing said, "food is the most important thing for people. Food and grass is a top priority. In this way, brother Shang, tomorrow, you will send an urgent report to the capital, Zhangjiakou and Dengzhou, and let the Qu family, Fan family and Shen family collect a large amount of grain and grass for me, as for silver. Just give it to me! "

"Eh?"

Now we have more than six yuan of silver. If you buy all the food and grass, then... "

Li Yuanqing laughed, "the problems that silver can solve are not called problems. I have been prepared for this. Brother Shang and housekeeper Ma, you two need not worry too much. ""By the way, is there any news from Manchu in western Liaoning? How about the old cellar in the south of Liaoning Province

Ma housekeeper said with a smile: "general, the promotion of the old cellar in the south of Liaoning Province in western Liaoning is quite smooth. In recent months, there are nearly 30000 Liang silver goods around. According to such a scale, it is estimated that the income of Laojiao in the south of Liaoning Province will be between 150000 and 200000 Liang. If it is better, it should not be difficult to exceed 200000 Liang! "

Li Yuanqing nodded, "this is not enough! The next step is to continue to increase the promotion of Laojiao in southern Liaoning. Well, I'll do something about it. By the way, what are the benefits of these days