If you are not careful, Li Zicheng actually led his troops to attack Shanxi quietly, and this is the third time he has marched into Shanxi.

Mao Wenlong maintained an optimistic attitude towards this, and he also saw his obsession with the imperial throne from Li Zicheng's obsession with Shanxi.

Not long after dawn, Hong Chengchou also slept a little more today, and after days of running, his old bones were also a little lazy. In addition, he has not led many troops to fight in the past two years, and his body has obviously become much fatter, and it is not as tough as before.

When he got up and washed, he took his sword and danced in the courtyard. The swordsmanship was quite beautiful, but he didn't play a few tricks just now, and he began to puff and pant.

"Alas, the years are not forgiving!" Hong Chengchou let out a sigh.

After Mao Wenlong arrived just now, he had already taken Hong Chengchou's dancing sword in his eyes, and when he heard him sigh at this moment, he said with a smile: "You are only in your early fifties, how can you recognize the old." ”

Hearing Mao Wenlong's voice, Hong Chengchou was quite surprised, he turned to look at the door: "It's not okay to not recognize the old, you used to be able to dance the sword for an hour without panting, but now you don't have a few tricks like this." ”

Mao Wenlong stared at Hong Chengchou's slightly bulging belly now, and said with a smile: "Actually, it's not that you're old and can't even dance with a sword, but that you have really been a little lucky recently." ”

Following Mao Wenlong's gaze, Hong Chengchou looked at his stomach, indeed, he has lived with Mao Wenlong for the past two years, and he has eaten and drunk three meals a day. There is no exercise, and it is difficult for this person not to gain weight after a long time.

Hong Chengchou opened his mouth and wanted to complain about Mao Wenlong, but when the words came to his mouth, he hesitated, and then simply shut up and stopped discussing this matter.

"Why are you here so early?" Hong Chengchou changed the subject.

Mao Wenlong laughed in his heart, and did not dwell on it, and said: "I just received the news that Li Zicheng and his rebel army went to attack Shanxi again. ”

"There is such a thing!" Hong Chengchou was obviously also surprised.

"Why, don't you believe it?" Mao Wenlong asked rhetorically.

"It's not that I don't believe it, but I can't figure out why he wants to attack Shanxi again?" Hong Chengchou shook his head and explained.

"What's wrong with this, he can't just think about attacking Shanxi, so that he has the opportunity to attack Jingshi. The supreme throne is what he wants. Mao Wenlong pouted.

Hong Chengchou was slightly stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "It's really good, Li Zicheng went to attack Shanxi three times and twice, and there is nothing else to guess except for the immortality of the thief's heart." ”

Mao Wenlong walked straight into the courtyard, sat down on a chair under the big tree, and said faintly: "Then now should we send troops to intimidate Li Zicheng, so that he can't successfully capture Shanxi?" ”

The current Mao Wenlong is obviously not the opponent of the Houjin army, and he still needs to rely on Chongzhen, the son of heaven, to defend the country. So he didn't want Li Zicheng to jump out at this time and destroy his prediction.

Hong Chengchou pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "The imperial court is afraid of our Dongjiang army, as for those rebel armies, do you think that the current imperial court will be afraid of them." If I am not wrong, the imperial court must have learned that we will not go to Shanxi again, and will definitely transfer a large army to Shanxi to fight against Li Zicheng. ”

Mao Wenlong obviously agreed with Hong Chengchou's prediction, he nodded and said, "According to what you say, then we will just let it go?" ”

Hong Chengchou replied: "Do you think that the current Shaanxi is not enough for us to be busy?" ”

From the first withdrawal of troops from the imperial court to the second occupation by Li Zicheng, the whole of Shaanxi has been subjected to extinctional looting again and again. Even the people have run away, so you can imagine what else is left in this Shaanxi?

It is nothing more than a dilapidated city like this, and it is certain that Shaanxi has become a completely barren place today.

And after all this was taken over from the Dongjiang Army, Mao Wenlong had to spend his energy to recover. This is undoubtedly a huge project, and it is also a matter that requires a lot of manpower and material resources.

Mao Wenlong naturally understood the meaning of Hong Chengchou's words, but he did not intend to recover the whole of Shaanxi quickly as Hong Chengchou said!

Not to mention that Mao Wenlong has no way to do this, even if he has the ability, he will never do this.

Shaking his head, Mao Wenlong said bluntly: "Shaanxi needs to recover, this is an inevitable thing." But we don't need to recover immediately, we can recover gradually, not at the same time, but one city at a time, and then slowly spread to the entire territory of Shaanxi. ”

Hong Chengchou frowned, and said coldly: "Are you going to let Shaanxi continue to be abandoned like this?" ”

Mao Wenlong shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Taking Shaanxi is a dispensable thing, and according to our original plan, we will definitely not succeed in occupying the entire territory of Shaanxi so soon." If it weren't for Li Zicheng suddenly leaving first, we would definitely attack the city step by step, and then govern city by city, right? ”

Hong Chengchou was speechless for a moment, according to Mao Wenlong's statement, there is indeed nothing wrong, and it should be so.

Seeing that Hong Chengchou had nothing to say, Mao Wenlong got up and said: "We have spent a lot of effort to govern Henan, and that is because we need more food. Now that Henan's grain cultivation has stabilized, as long as there are no accidents, the grain produced will be enough for the expenses of our entire army. ”

"So, we don't have to rush to grow more food, we just have to do it step by step. And if we want to develop and grow, we should not only rely on food, but also focus on commercial trade, which is the broad road to prosperity. ”

Hong Chengchou heard it in a fog, and he hesitated and said, "What do you mean, you want to give up the root of cultivation and engage in trade?" ”

"Yes, it's trade, and it's trade by sea. Shaanxi's recovery is slow, and then we will focus on trade. Building a fleet at sea should also be on the agenda.

Mao Wenlong's eyes lit up, and he had already begun to fantasize about the prosperity of maritime trade in the future!

Hong Chengchou's expression was solemn, he really couldn't figure out why Mao Wenlong was so keen on maritime trade. He actually put good food and didn't grow it, so he had to engage in those maritime trades that seemed to him nothing?

I don't understand, disapproval is Hong Chengchou's attitude at the moment, and he didn't express any opinion on this. Even if he didn't support it in his heart, he didn't say anything to dissuade him, but just kept silent.

Mao Wenlong knew that Hong Chengchou did not understand the benefits of maritime trade, and for the people of the Ming Dynasty, everything on the sea was unknown. No one had gone to sea since Zheng He, and the forbidden sea had left the people of the Ming Dynasty ignorant of overseas affairs.