With the continuous improvement of Liu Ximing's identity, no matter how familiar the relationship is, Gu Yanwu no longer dares to be commensurate with his name.

Confucius said, only women and villains are difficult to raise, those who are close are not inferior, and those who are far away are resentful.

Gu Yanwu prides himself on being a gentleman, how can he not understand the truth of maintaining etiquette.

In the wide carriage, Liu Ximing turned his head to look at the scenery outside the car through the glass window, and said with a smile casually:

"This Dengzhou Zhizhou is Dou Xingde's doing, and I am also the first to come here, you ask me, I still want to ask others."

Gu Yanwu pursed his lips and looked incredulous, "Zhongcheng doesn't have to hide it from me, although I haven't joined the Datong Society yet, I can also get a glimpse of it from Brother Zewang's letter." ”

He leaned forward and whispered: "Datong Society must be planning something, otherwise why wouldn't Dou Xingde, Lei Youze and others go to other places, but gather in Henan and Huguang." ”

Gu Yanwu said a little triumphantly, "I don't know about the others, but there is no doubt that these people are from the Datong Society." ”

"Hehe", Liu Ximing looked at Yazi who I don't understand what are you talking about, just as the so-called Gu left and right are concerned, he is also.

"Don't worry, wait until you get to Dengzhou."

In the carriage, Gu Yanwu was suddenly suffocated, scratching his ears and cheeks.

From Nanyang Mansion all the way south to Dengzhou is all plains, although Dengzhou did not build a special road, but the official road maintenance is good, Liu Ximing and his party rushed to Dengzhou at noon.

Here, Dou Yuquan had already waited for a long time with dozens of people under the escort of nearly a thousand militia groups.

Gu Yanwu, Huang Chunyao and others suddenly discovered that there was a close friend among the crowd who came to greet them.

"Brother Zhongren, why are you here?"

As soon as he saw Chen Zilong's figure, Gu Yanwu immediately got out of the car and rushed over with surprise and joy.

Compared with the previous time in Jiangnan, Chen Zilong's skin has become slightly darker after nearly two months in Dengzhou, but the eyes revealed in his eyes have become more resolute.

He glanced at Liu Ximing, who was meeting the soldiers and civilians of Dengzhou, with complicated eyes, and turned his head to Gu Yanwu and said:

"Brother Wei came here two months ago, but you, Yunsheng and the others, how can you also come with Brother Wujiang."

Gu Yanwu grabbed Chen Zilong with great interest, stood aside, and talked about his own experience.

Liu Ximing's side, looking at Dou Yuquan, who had completely faded from his immature color, and Liang Yizhi and others behind him who were disguised as Dengzhou scribes, Liu Ximing's thousands of words turned into one sentence.

He stepped forward and patted Dou Yuquan on the shoulder, nodded at Liang Yizhi, Mu Jingnan, Wei Jingguo and others and smiled: "Thank you for your hard work, Dengzhou is stable and prosperous, which shows your merits, and this official thanks you for the imperial court." ”

"Zhongcheng praised, I'm just waiting for my duty."

Dou Yuquan, who was dressed in a blue official uniform, hurriedly led everyone back to salute.

Liu Ximing walked to Chen Zilong's side with a smile and said hello to him, seeing that Chen Zilong seemed to have a thousand words to say in his expression, Liu Ximing smiled and signaled to enter the city.

In the adoring eyes of the people of Dengzhou, Liu Ximing and his entourage entered the city in a majestic manner.

"How's the preparation of the militia group preparing to form a salt protection team?"

As soon as he entered the Zhizhou Yamen, before he could sit firmly, Liu Ximing grabbed Dou Yuquan and asked.

At this time, there were only six family members in the house, including Dou Yuquan and Liang Yizhi, and Dou Yuquan suddenly understood, "Don't worry, the president has prepared 20,000 people in Dengzhou, just waiting for you to arrange it." ”

"Hahaha, the virtue is really reliable, so I can rest assured."

Liu Ximing turned his head to Liang Yizhi and nodded with a smile, "This difference is a few years, but Wengu has lost a lot of weight, I read the materials reported at home, you have done a very good job in Dengzhou and Guanghua and other places, you have to make persistent efforts." ”

Liang Yizhi nodded excitedly, "Young master, don't worry, your subordinates will definitely go all out." ”

Liu Ximing didn't smile much, but raised his eyes to look at Mu Jingnan and Wei Jingguo.

Compared with a few years ago, these two young people have become mature and steady, especially Mu Jingnan, who is already a smart person, and after a few years of sharpening, he is even more sharp.

In order to beat this kid at the beginning, Liu Ximing specially threw him to Shaanxi to lead the militia, also to further strengthen his control over Long Xiangshi.

When Chongzhen was eleventh year, considering that Dengzhou and Neixiang were going to establish a militia group, Wei Jingguo and others were a little powerless, so he transferred them.

These two people were the earliest henchmen who followed him, so as soon as they saw the two of them, Liu Ximing immediately laughed:

"Don't fucking pestle, tell me how the weapons are at home now?"

Liu Ximing's usual attitude made Mu Jingnan and Wei Jingguo's hearts relaxed, and Mu Jingnan once again regained his hippie smile and grinned.

"Second brother, at present, the CCP controls more than ten prefectures and counties such as Dengzhou, Neixiang, Guanghua, Zhouzhi, Yangxian, Pengzhou, etc., with 2.71 million people under its jurisdiction, a total of 100,000 regular troops in five divisions, and 300,000 militia groups."

Among the regular divisions, Shao Derong and Zheng Jingcai each had one division under their commands, the 101st Division was in Sichuan, the 103rd Division was in Shaanxi, and the 105th Division was in Dengzhou and Guanghua. In terms of militia groups, Henan and Shaanxi have 100,000 each, and Sichuan and Huguang have 50,000 ...... each."

Although most of the people present knew the current power situation of the Liu family, they still couldn't help but be shocked when they heard these details.

Thanks to the Liu family's work system of male and female workers, the human resources that the Liu family can exert and mobilize are far superior to those of other forces, not to mention that most of these military forces are still militia groups.

However, with the spread of the Liu family's territory, in order to avoid people from leaking some news, Liu Ximing has ordered that the military names such as Long Xiang and Hu Ben should no longer be used, and instead of numbers.

"Okay, good", Mu Jingnan finished in detail, and Liu Ximing couldn't help but applaud loudly, "Everyone has not been idle in the past few years, I am very pleased." ”

"For example, the situation has become more and more collapsing today, and there is a possibility that the sky may change at any time, so we must seize the time to develop and strengthen our own strength in case of the unexpected."

"I'll understand!"

Liu Ximing's last meaningful words made Mu Jingnan, Wei Jingguo and others happy, and the two immediately stepped forward one by one, beating their chests and shouting.

Liu Ximing sat down again and looked at Dou Yuquan with satisfaction, "The middle brother has been here for a few months, what do you think of his current situation?" ”

Dou Yuquan touched his chin and thought: "When the hair is not released." ”

Is this a change of mind?

Liu Ximing was curious, "Why, what we did in Dengzhou can't make him completely fall to us?" ”

"This is not enough", Dou Yuquan took a shallow taste of tea, "At present, the people in Dengzhou and other places are stable, and the people are happy, which is already a rare paradise in this troubled world." ”

Even Chen Renzhong himself admits that the current Jiangnan may not be comparable. Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves ravaged Jianghuai, coupled with repeated disasters, Jiangnan was not stable. ”

Liu Ximing nodded, Daming is in chaos, and Jiangnan naturally can't be left alone.

Not to mention the climate of Xiaoice River at the end of the year, the commodity economy in Jiangnan is developed, and now the domestic market demand in Daming has dropped sharply, and the overseas market has quietly shrunk because of the relationship between the Liu family, and the bad days in Jiangnan are still to come.

"And what is he worried about?" , Liu Ximing said strangely.

Dou Yuquan smiled, "It's not that he's not scared by your arrangement here, he can't figure out what we want to do now, so he naturally has some concerns." ”

Liu Ximing pondered for a moment, "Well, the situation has not yet reached the worst, I'm afraid it's better not to give them a direct explanation." ”

"Yes, I don't think I can say it directly", Dou Yuquan nodded, "Although Zhu Ming is immoral, he is orthodox after all, and the scholars and doctors still have a heart for it." ”

Everyone in the room was a little irritable, and Wei Jingguo said with a big grin:

"No matter what these Laoshzi do, we have soldiers and food now, wouldn't it be good to directly divide one side, I don't believe it, if we really take down the world, can these literati still obey?"

"You are a fool, it is as simple as you said, the second young master has already done it, why do you have to plan for so long."

Liang Yizhi laughed and scolded first, and Dou Yuquan and the others also chuckled.

Zi said: There is no desire for speed, and there is no small profit. If you want to be fast, you can't reach it, and if you see a small profit, you can't do a big thing. ”

Liu Ximing said: "As the old saying goes, it is easy to fight the world, but it is difficult to govern the world." If we follow the method of respecting the country, even if we defeat the world, we will continue to walk back to Zhu Ming's old path because of the lack of manpower, and then it will still be a situation where everyone is bullying each other and the people are miserable, and this practice is unacceptable. ”

"I'm afraid you're the only one who can say it in person," Dou Yuquan sighed.

Liu Ximing was silent, it seemed that it could only be like this.