When the Dongjiang Army withdrew from the steppe and arrived at Jiayuguan, it was already fifteen days later. The army continued to be led by Cheng Zuo to Shandong to station, while Mao Wenlong rushed back to Xi'an in a hot air balloon. There is no other reason, Hong Chengchou, who stayed behind, received a war letter from the Japanese and needed Mao Wenlong to go back as soon as possible to get an idea.

Flying on the hot land of the north, Mao Wenlong's eyes were full of green rice fields and crops. More than two months have passed since spring ploughing, and now the crops in the fields are growing well.

The spring in his eyes made Mao Wenlong's already depressed mood a little better, and it can be seen from everything he saw in front of him. Although the problem of population shortage cannot be solved in a short period of time, as long as this trend continues, Mao Wenlong is confident that he will not be able to return to the pre-war scale in three to five years.

Of course, the first condition for development is that there will be no wars and chaos and that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Fortunately, the Jin country has now stopped, and there is no need to worry about it in a short time, which has created very good conditions for the stability and prosperity of the entire north.

Imagine the previous Ming Dynasty, wasn't it dragged down by Huang Taiji? Although the civil strife during the period also occupied a large reason, in the end, Chongzhen still perished because of Huang Taiji's attack.

Four days later, the hot air balloon arrived in the sky over Xi'an, and the bustling and lively Xi'an was no longer the previous Xi'an that could be compared. The whole ancient capital city is full of vitality, and the bustling crowd walks through the streets and alleys, looking down from the air, everything is in full view.

Every time he left and came back, Mao Wenlong could always feel the rapid changes in Xi'an. It seems that Xi'an has become the capital of the entire north, and because of its prosperity, it has attracted many merchants to come to trade.

Merchants were untouchables in all dynasties, and merchants were at the end of the class. And Xi'an can continue to attract businesses from all over the world to come and stay, precisely because of a rule that Mao Wenlong strives to set.

I think that at the beginning, in order to set this rule, Mao Wenlong also raised the bar with Hong Chengchou and other old ministers for several months. Businessmen have always been regarded as a kind of person who does not work hard, especially in the eyes of old ministers such as Hong Chengchou. When they informed Mao Wenlong that he wanted to improve the social status of the businessman, Hong Chengchou and they strongly opposed it at that time.

But Mao Wenlong knows that if you want to get rich, you must rely on these businessmen. Without these businessmen selling 'grain', the main industry in the entire north, to all parts of the world, the Dongjiang Army alone would never have met the requirements that Mao Wenlong needed.

It was only after three months of experimentation that the two sides finally realized the true benefits of the businessman. In the end, he reluctantly accepted Mao Wenlong's proposal, so that businessmen could enjoy the same treatment as other classes in this hot land in the north.

It is also the application of this rule that has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of businessmen, and more and more merchants have come to Xi'an to start trade. This has also indirectly led to the development of Xi'an, whether it is the population or the degree of prosperity, it is far from being comparable to Xi'an three years ago.

The hot air balloon slowly landed in the backyard of Mao's mansion, and Mao Wenlong left the hot air balloon under the escort of his personal guards, but saw Hong Chengchou and Chen Lan, Hong Ziyan and two children waiting.

"Daddy......"

Five-year-old Mao Xiaohu stepped on his calves and rushed towards Mao Wenlong happily, cheering non-stop. Followed by Mao Ziyun, the little girl was one year older than her younger brother Mao Xiaohu, but she was shorter than her younger brother, and when she ran slowly, she stopped and wiped her tears aggrievedly.

Seeing the child he hadn't seen for a long time, Mao Wenlong put aside his worries for the time being, walked up quickly to meet Mao Xiaohu, pointed to his nose and said: "As a boy, you should know how to make a girl, see that your sister is crying like that, you don't stop waiting for him." ”

Mao Xiaohu was a big ghost, wrinkled his nose and said in a milky voice: "It's my sister who is running slowly, and I didn't mean it." And my grandfather has already said that the big one has to let the little one, and my sister is older than me, so she should let my younger brother do it. ”

Hong Chengchou, who had just walked over, couldn't help but blush with his old face, it was obvious that he was incompetent as a teacher!

Mao Wenlong glanced at him, saw an embarrassed look on his face, didn't say anything, nodded at Hong Chengchou, and took two steps forward to hug Ziyun, who was wiping her tears: "Ziyun is the most well-behaved, we don't cry!" ”

"Daddy, when you're away, my brother always bullies me." The little girl lay affectionately in Mao Wenlong's ear, and immediately made a small report.

Mao Xiaohu is not stupid, when he even retorted: "Daddy, you can't listen to my sister's nonsense, every time I have something delicious and fun, I share it with my sister, so I don't bully her." ”

Seeing that the two little guys began to 'eyebrow-to-eye' each other, Mao Wenlong immediately felt a headache. Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan came over at the right time and took Mao Xiaohu and Mao Ziyun away from Mao Wenlong's body.

Mao Wenlong was able to relax, nodded at the second daughter with a dry smile, and then the family came to the living room. chatted with his family for a long time, and sent the two little guys outside to play, and Mao Wenlong had time to talk to Hong Chengchou about business.

"The Wako sent a war letter?" Mao Wenlong took a sip of fragrant tea and asked softly.

Hong Chengchou didn't respond, but just whispered a few words to the housekeeper behind him, and the old housekeeper respectfully retreated. At this time, Hong Chengchou looked at Mao Wenlong and said, "It's been more than ten days since it was delivered, and I haven't seen what is in it." ”

Mao Wenlong glanced at him and said with a smile: "Who sent the war book?" ”

Hong Chengchou paused for a moment and said, "A Japanese warrior is still staying in the post station outside the mansion. ”

Mao Wenlong nodded and didn't say anything? At this time, the old housekeeper, who had just left for a while, had already turned back and respectfully delivered a letter to Hong Chengchou.

After Hong Chengchou took the letter, he motioned to the old housekeeper to step back, and then handed the letter to Mao Wenlong, and said, "You can take a look first." ”

Mao Wenlong took the envelope, tore it open, took out the letter paper and looked at it. The letter wrote a short sentence in Chinese: "Withdraw from the North Sea, otherwise there will be no mercy!" ”

"Smack!"

After Mao Wenlong read it, a wave of anger ignited in his heart, and he slapped the letter paper on the table. I didn't expect these pirates to be so rampant, judging from this trend, these pirates obviously didn't take the navy of the Dongjiang Army into account.

"It seems that if you don't beat these damn pirates to the heart, they won't give up." Mao Wenlong said suddenly.