Li Jing told his grandfather about this trip. And she didn't hide some of the help provided by Qin Liangyu, and her mother also asked about Qin Liangyu's recent situation with concern. Especially asked Ma Wenting and Ma Wenying about the situation with a smile. made Li Jing feel that his mother and Aunt Qin were hiding something from him.

"There is only Qin Shuai in Shu, an elite soldier, which is the pillar of the southwest, and it is better for the Ma family to benefit my Li family without harm, and Brother Jing has done well."

"Grandpa, my grandson's visit to Chongqing and Yongning this time to comfort Yu Chongming has made a face-to-face, this person's antipathy has sprouted, and I am afraid that the future in the southwest will be eventful."

"Brother Jing, then what are you going to do in Shuzhong" Grandpa looked at Li Jing with a smile, "If you have any ideas, just say it, grandpa will advise you"

"Grandpa, Dayuan Island, thousands of miles of fertile fields are currently borderless, my Li family lives in the Meixi River Valley, the land is narrow and densely populated, it is difficult to have great development, I plan to take Dayuan Island as the foundation of my Li family to develop."

"Dayuan Island is vast, and the entire family of my Li family is only three thousand men, if it is developed. And the investment required is staggering. What do you think about it with Grandpa?"

"Grandpa, people are not a problem, this battle of Liaodong, my grandson is not optimistic, if Liaodong is defeated, the east of the Liaohe River is no longer owned by my Ming Dynasty, there will be a large number of refugees, whether Shandong or Beizhili will not be willing to settle refugees, this is a thankless task. It will also have conflicts with the local people. My grandson is going to ship these refugees from Liaodong to Dayuan Island as a subject of my Li family and develop Dayuan Island. In addition, if extravagant Chongming rises up, I am afraid that Shuzhong will also be in chaos, but the refugees do not know how many there will be, my grandson has opened up the Sichuan River route this time, and in Chongqing, Hankou, Tongling, Ma'anshan, Jinling have arranged my Li family's strongholds and manpower. At that time, we will continue to transport the refugees from Shuzhong to Dayuan Island, and establish settlements under the rule of my Li family, and I estimate that tens of millions of acres of paddy fields can be developed in the plain area on the west coast of Dayuan Island. Accommodating a million people is not a problem. My family can collect 20 percent of the land rent to attract landless immigrants. ”

The second uncle also helped to speak at this time: "It is true that there are only more than 3,000 men in my Li family's sect, but there are no less than 20,000 strong men hired for my Li family and relying on my Li family to eat. There are many people in the Hanjiang River valley and there are few places, so it is not difficult to recruit regiments to train and suppress Dayuan Island. Brother Jing is right, my Li family needs a piece of inheritance for future generations. ”

"Even if Liaodong is defeated, Jiannu will not be able to give up the population, but how many people can run out later, Brother Jing'er, what are you going to do, tell grandpa about it"

"Second uncle, I want to ask a question"

"Tell me, what do you want to ask?"

"Second uncle, I heard Aunt Qin say that you were also a famous hero on the sea back then, I wonder if you still have contact with pirates now?"

Hearing Li Jing talk about this, the second uncle glanced at his grandfather.

"Let's say, there are no outsiders here."

"Brother Jing, on the southeast sea, as long as the second uncle who can get on the stage can talk to you, even if you want to see Liu Xiang and Li Dan, the second uncle can also contact you. Tell the second uncle what you want to do."

"Grandpa, second uncle, I plan to unite all the pirates who can be contacted in the southeast sea, and after the Liaodong starts, look at the current form, this is the battle of life and death of Jiannu, and it will inevitably be dispatched, and the officers and soldiers in this battle will be defeated, and then Shenyang and Liaoyang will not be guaranteed, and Jiannu will inevitably be killed directly under the city of Jinzhou, I will persuade Qin Liangyu and Qi Jin, if Shenyang is lost, retreat along the Hunhe River and the Liao River to Yingkou to hold on."

"Then taking advantage of the fact that the main force of Jiannu is far away in western Liaoning, I have a fourth-class battleship with 24 guns in my hand, plus some pirate ships are enough to block the Liao River, so that the main force of Jiannu cannot directly cross the river to help. The second uncle united all the pirates who could unite, went ashore in Dandong, and pounced directly on Hetuala. In the past few years, Jiannu has plundered more than 70 cities in Liaodong, and the wealth is in Hetuala. After grabbing it, he left, and retreated directly from the sea. ”

The second uncle touched his chin and muttered: "This is a big vote, the gold and silver wealth accumulated in Liaodong for two hundred years is countless, this one can take out a lot of things, I know the road from Dandong to Hetuala, about four hundred miles." If the main force of Jiannu went to Liaoxi, it would indeed be too late to come back. “

"When Jiannu is in a hurry, he can only take a long detour to go back, at that time you have already begun to retreat, these belongings have been accumulated by Jiannu for more than 30 years, it is impossible to give up, Jiannu will definitely chase you all the way until you get on the ship. When Jiannu arrived in Dandong, I instigated Qin Liangyu and Qi Jin to return to Shenyang and Liaoyang, get all the population and materials in Liaodong, burn down the houses, fill in the wells, drive away the livestock, and return to Yingkou. I will also prepare enough ships at Yingkou in advance, and I will be able to transport as many as I can, leaving Jiannu with an uninhabited Liaodong for thousands of miles. ”

Li Jing's grandfather thought about it for a while and said: "Qin Shuai and Qi Shuai have merit in recovering Liaodong again, they should be willing to do it, even if they can't hold it, they have no merit." If we get it done well this time, it is estimated that we can get 100,000 Liao people to Dayuan Island, so that my Li family will really have the capital to base themselves on Dayuan Island. ”

The second uncle also said: "If the raid on Hetuara is successful this time, just the looted wealth is enough to make the pirates red-eyed, they are all outlaws, what are they afraid of, as long as they plan Zhou Xiang, they will definitely be able to convince the leaders of the families." At that time, the pirates who retreated to the sea off Dandong shared the spoils. It should be acceptable to everyone, as for helping my Li family transport personnel, you need to negotiate the price separately. But we pay the price. ”

Li Jing's grandfather said: "Second child, this national draft girl, there is a second room in the clan, in addition to a son from the clan, you have been a seven-rank military attache before, I will help you get an official position of Penghu garrison and manage Dayuan Island, so that my Li family's management of Dayuan Island has a great righteousness, and it is more justifiable." ”

Li Jing said: "We can't all rely on the Liao people, it is easy to get into trouble, we have to migrate a large number of landless people in the Hanjiang River valley to Dayuan Island, and I will also transport the refugees in Shu after the extravagant Chongming Incident, and scatter these people to live together." Easy to manage. ”

Li Jing's grandfather also nodded and said, "Things at sea." The second child will be handed over to you, if you want to contact as soon as possible, you will use the fast ship called "Hurricane No. 1" that Brother Jing used for communication before. "Let's see how many men we can muster and if we can defeat Hetuara then."