It passed through cities, military towns, forts, and tunzhuang.

Luo Cheng went all the way to the east.

His huge contingent also became smaller and smaller, and one by one the soldiers returned to their hometowns. When they left, they also took with them booty such as slaves and horses, which belonged to them.

When the soldiers said goodbye to Luo Cheng, they were full of joy and gratitude. Although the battle was hard, the harvest was also gratifying. Turkic war horses, cattle and sheep, slaves, armor, etc., these things can be kept for their own use, or they can be sold for money. However, most of the soldiers would not sell their slaves, and Turkic slaves could help herd horses and sheep or farm the land, which was a good labor force.

The soldiers did not lack land, but they lacked cattle, horses, livestock, and slaves to farm the land.

Of course, when the soldiers left, in addition to these real trophies and rewards, there was also a good reward, that is, promotion by merit.

According to their performance, many government soldiers have been awarded.

Although the commander was not as valuable as before by the emperor, it was also a title after all. Even if you don't have the same official status as before, you can use it as a qualification for promotion, but you can also start to enjoy some privileges.

For example, after having a lord, you can take a concubine.

For another example, after having a medal, you can also increase the amount of land occupied by merit. There are no honors and official positions, and there is a limit to the amount of land that ordinary people can have, but after having a commander, the amount of land that can be owned is greatly increased, the higher the commander, the more land he has, and the highest Shangzhu National Honor, and even a government soldier without an official position can have 3,000 acres of land.

Not to mention, the festival envoy Yamen will also reward them with another piece of merit according to the merits of the soldiers, ranging from 20 acres to hundreds of acres, which is also a very real benefit.

Of course, those government soldiers who have made great contributions are not only awarded medals, but may also be rewarded with promotions.

As a festival envoy, Luo Cheng has the power to directly recommend the officers and soldiers of the loyal army under his command below the fifth grade, and the fifth rank or above can also be recommended.

Many of the government soldiers were appointed this time.

They were originally just ordinary government soldiers, but now they have been transformed into nine-rank and eight-rank officers, and they have become officials.

Wei Zheng followed Luo Cheng all the way east, and he could feel that these soldiers had more trust and respect for Luo Cheng than before, and their personal loyalty to Luo Cheng was also stronger.

"After a few battles like this, I'm afraid that outside the gate, all the soldiers will only recognize you as Luo Shuai in the eyes of the soldiers, and they don't know that there is a court."

Luo Cheng said very politely, "Outside the gate, I, Luo Cheng, am the representative of the imperial court and the representative of the Han family!" ”

"What are you going to do next?" Wei Zheng looked at Luo Cheng, "The last time you went out on an expedition, you killed Duan Da, this thing is not sophisticated enough, I estimate that the imperial court, the emperor and the prime minister are dissatisfied with this matter, and now Qu Tutong has been promoted to deputy marshal, this person has always been loyal to the imperial court, and he is more rigid, I am afraid that I will be more constrained in the future, you might as well keep Duan Da, that person is better controlled." ”

"At that time, if you don't kill Duan Da, this guy will only get more chaotic and shake the heart of our army. Besides, killing him is not without benefits, at least Feng Yi and Li Baiyao are much more honest. ”

"But I guess they secretly don't know how many of your stamps are playing."

Luo Cheng didn't care, this kind of thing is inevitable. The emperor arranged for Duan Da, Fenglun, and Li Baiyao to come over, originally to restrain him, but isn't the situation special now.

The emperor has fled the eastern capital, this Anton Tiangao Emperor is far away, Luo Cheng is completely in control of the situation, and even a few of them will not change anything.

If the court really comes from the side, then Luo Cheng will not obey the decree, or make some small moves, and the court will not be able to control the situation at all.

In the end, the world is still in chaos.

The prestige of the imperial court is no longer good.

"What's next for the big handsome?" Wei Zheng asked.

Luo Cheng shook his head.

"Although the Central Plains is chaotic, the situation has not completely collapsed yet, and we have no room to interfere, so we can leave it alone for the time being. What can be done is to take advantage of the current chaos in the Central Plains to send some people to recruit some displaced people, and the other is to see if we can find a way to recruit some craftsmen and talents. ”

Although the Great Sui is chaotic now, it is still unified in terms of performance, and the ordnance needed by Andong Dao can also be obtained from the imperial court. But once it really collapses, then they will go their own way, and everyone will divide one side, and then who will supply ordnance to your loyal army outside the Guanwai?

You can't buy it even if you have money.

So, now find a way to dig some craftsmen over, so hurry up.

After all, it is better to buy than to build.

"In fact, we have a lot of resources outside the country, and there are a lot of minerals, and even we have the sea here, which can make salt, so we have to find a way to dig more such professional craftsmen from the Central Plains to help mine and smelt iron, dry salt, etc."

"Shipbuilding is very important, and the development of shipbuilding along the eastern coast of Liaodong will not only help commercial trade with the southeast coast in the future, but also help us control North Korea. In addition, if there is a big war in the future, we can also send troops from the sea, and we are no longer limited by the natural danger of Linyu Pass. ”

In history, it seems that Linyu Pass or Shanhaiguan Pass has never been broken from the outside, and several times it has been broken from the inside or from behind.

The danger of Shanhaiguan is not ordinary.

Luo Cheng is now developing outside the customs, and if he wants to enter the customs in the future, it will be more troublesome if he is blocked, but if there is a sea force, it will be much simpler to send troops directly from the sea at that time.

If the Manchu Qing Dynasty had a navy back then, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty would have died long ago.

"We have now opened up the border market trade with Xi Qi and other Tibetans, so we will find a way to strengthen trade with the customs and attract more merchants to sell goods."

Luo Cheng didn't think about relying on himself to procure, which was unrealistic.

In this way, it is better to do a good job as a platform for the border market, and be responsible for attracting investment, as for organizing commercial goods, just leave it to the Central Plains and the tribes themselves.

Luo Cheng only does platforms.

Of course, if you become bigger and stronger, you can also do some self-operated or selected business.

"I think you're pretty calm." Wei Zhengdao, the Central Plains is in chaos like this, and Luo Cheng can still plan these in an orderly manner.

"What if you don't be calm, it's still the same sentence, the time has not come, we can't do anything right, it's better to develop with peace of mind. Accumulate grain, build high walls, and slowly become kings. ”

Wei Zheng glared at Luo Cheng in surprise, he didn't expect him to be able to say such nine words.

"What are you surprised, we only have 50,000 soldiers and horses now, a population of more than 1 million, this bit of strength, in the Central Plains, but the population of a county, such a little strength, if you really want to force your head, I am afraid that you will die very miserably, after all, the hundred-legged insect dies without frontier, this ability to fight back is still amazing, besides, doing so will only put us in a very unfavorable situation, and even split us internally."

"So we just have to wait."

Wei Zheng gave a thumbs up, "It's really rare that you are so young, but you can still have such a stable mentality." If Yang Xuangan, Li Mi, Liu Yuanjin and others had the mentality of yours back then, how could they have lost so badly? It feels like you were born to rebel, born to rebel. ”

"Don't compare me to them, they don't deserve it!" Luo Chengdao.

"It's true, just then this winter might be a little too long and boring."

"No, isn't there still the Yuan Clan's Joseon and the Ya Barbarians." Luo Cheng said with a smile.