Food is the most important material today, and it can be said that whoever has enough food is likely to get the world. Under such a premise, anyone will not be able to sit still, and then some guys who don't want to interfere will be forced to send people to fight for food.

Therefore, Mao Wenlong's autumn harvest of these grains will definitely attract many forces to seize them. After all, no one wants these things to be acquired by their own hostile forces.

Hong Chengchou listened to Mao Wenlong's words, and he immediately felt even more pressure. After some hesitation, he asked, "Do you have a complete solution?" ”

Mao Wenlong shrugged his shoulders and said: "The water comes to cover the soldiers, just take one step at a time." At most, if the situation is out of our control, we can give up some food and use it for those forces to kill each other. Perhaps we can also profit from it and reap the benefits of the fish. ”

"Alas...... Wave after wave, our road ahead is still difficult! Hong Chengchou obviously couldn't be as calm as Mao Wenlong, he sighed lightly and left.

When Mao Wenlong walked out of the houseboat, Chongzhen's pleasure boat had already left at this moment, and there was no boat shadow on the surging Yellow River.

"Zhuang Yexiang, turn around and go back." Mao Wenlong shouted loudly and ordered Zhuang Yexiang, who was accompanying Chen Lan on the third floor.

Five days later, Mao Wenlong and others returned to Ye County safely.

As soon as Mao Wenlong entered Mao's mansion, the housekeeper immediately gave him an envelope that had been delivered two days ago.

After a glance, Mao Wenlong found that it was actually sent by Chen Jisheng. He didn't dare to slack off, and immediately returned to the study to open it and watch.

Fortunately, Chen Jisheng actually received Kong Youde and Shang Kexi smoothly. According to what he said, he also fought a big battle with Huang Taiji's men, killing more than 400 enemies.

After reading the letter, Mao Wenlong lit the letter with a candle and burned it directly to ashes.

Kong Youde and Shang Kexi returned smoothly, and Mao Wenlong's subordinates meant that there were two more reliable generals. Invisibly, his strength has increased a little.

"It's time to recruit." Mao Wenlong suddenly muttered to himself, turned around and left the study.

Although he didn't care in front of Hong Chengchou, in the final analysis, Henan will inevitably encounter a crisis that is difficult to counterattack during the autumn harvest. If you don't prepare early, it is very likely that Mao Wenlong will be anxious at that time.

Henan is located in the Central Plains, surrounded by forces from all sides, and Mao Wenlong must strive to break the current predicament before the autumn harvest.

At this time, it was already late at night, but Hong Chengchou's room was still lit, and Mao Wenlong could see him outside the door.

The knock on the door then sounded, Hong Chengchou came to open the door, saw that it was Mao Wenlong who arrived, signaled him to enter the house, and then closed the door again.

"What's the matter at this late hour?" Hong Chengchou returned to his desk and began to clean up the books on the desk.

"I'm still reading so late, and I don't rest early." Mao Wenlong casually found a place to sit down, squinted at Hong Chengchou to clean up, and said lightly.

"If that's what you're talking about, then you can go back now, I'm going to rest now." Hong Chengchou said without raising his head.

"What? Am I just not waiting to see you? Mao Wenlong didn't care.

Hong Chengchou packed up his things, sat down, looked at Mao Wenlong and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't beat around the bush." ”

Mao Wenlong chuckled twice, then took out a hand-drawn map and spread it directly on Hong Chengchou's desk, pointed to the place he specially marked, and said, "I want to take this place within ten days, tell me, how many troops do I have to call on now?" ”

Hong Chengchou was slightly stunned, and then took a closer look at the place Mao Wenlong was referring to, it was actually the whole province of Shandong?

"You have to take Shandong in ten days, which is simply impossible." Hong Chengchou immediately exclaimed.

What are you kidding, Shandong has always had a strong people's customs, and it is also an important source of soldiers in the north. is not as good as Henan or Shaanxi, with the current strength of Mao Wenlong, it may be possible to win Shandong in two or three months.

As for the ten days, it is completely a dream, and there is no possibility of completing it at all.

"Also, how did a good person think of attacking Shandong? Now we should try to avoid war, and save our energy to prepare for the coming chaos! Hong Chengchou was completely confused by Mao Wenlong's move.

"Fighting Shandong is to prepare for the autumn harvest." Mao Wenlong looked serious.

"Prepare what?" Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Prepare for a retreat, Shandong is near the sea, and the sea can not only be used as a retreat, but also as our trade route. All you need to do is build a fleet at sea and set sail to trade with other countries. In this way, we will be able to get whatever we need. ”

The occupation of Henan was to find a place to grow food, but when it comes to a place for trade, it is Shandong. Mao Wenlong's eyes have never stayed on the land, at least in the short term, if he wants to develop on this disputed land, the two words 'too difficult'.

From the sea, however, it is only necessary to deal with the harassment of the pirates, and this can be done by building a large enough fleet. Compared with the wars on land and countless natural disasters**, it is already obvious who is higher and who is lower.

Hong Chengchou obviously does not have Mao Wenlong's insight, after all, the Ming Dynasty has always banned the sea, especially since Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, the glory of the sea is no longer there. In recent years, due to civil strife and frequent harassment by the Japanese pirates, the maritime ban has become stricter.

As a result, the entire Ming Dynasty is now talking about the color change of the sea, and they don't know anything about overseas affairs.

"Is overseas trade really that good?" Hong Chengchou looked at Mao Wenlong with a suspicious gaze.

Mao Wenlong suddenly let out a sigh, and then said heavily: "The lock has been closed for a long time, and even you people don't know the outside world, let alone the current people." ”

After a pause, Mao Wenlong still explained to Hong Chengchou: "I won't say much else, I believe you should also know about Zheng He's trip to the West." What was the heyday like? ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment, and then fell into deep thought. Mao Wenlong was not in a hurry at all, he simply sat down again, and then waited quietly.

After a long time, Hong Chengchou came back to his senses, he no longer had any doubts, and said directly: "Now we have 80,000 regular troops, 50,000 elite soldiers, and 30,000 are newly recruited, and they have not really been on the battlefield. In addition, there are only 20,000 recruits in training, for a total of 100,000 soldiers. ”

100,000 soldiers and horses sounds like a lot, but it is far from enough for Mao Wenlong in front of him. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then how many soldiers and horses can be mobilized at will at present?" ”

Hong Chengchou didn't have to think about it, and said directly: "Less than 30,000." ”

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