Not only Dongjiang Town, but a large amount of grain and grass was transported over, releasing the factors that Shang Kexi was constrained by, and then slowly expanded again, and even in the far north, a steady stream of grain and grass was quietly transported through various channels.

Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Hubei and other provinces, around various important cities, Hongmen used the trade channels of Qixintang and Nanyang Chamber of Commerce to quietly transport batches of sun-dried grain, found a hidden and dangerous place, and established a secret granary.

Bai Yushan and other Hongtang spy soldiers who were scattered from the peasant army also quietly received supplies from the base camp, laying a solid foundation for their strength expansion.

The members of the Hongtang Spy War Institute have thrived in the peasant army, the Ming military and the government forces, and it has been several years since the first batch of members of the spy war station has been lurking, and in the past few years, Hongmen has successively sent countless talents to the past, although many of them think that they are unlucky, and they have disappeared or died due to various factors on the way, but only in terms of the members of the spy war station who are alive, there are now nearly 2,000 people scattered among the forces of all parties.

If you really want to gather some members scattered in various power systems and the strength in their hands, I am afraid that the strength of these nearly 2,000 members of the spy war station will be another powerful group that is not much different from the Hongmen base camp.

Of course, judging from the overall strength and future trend of the Ming Dynasty at this moment, at least Li Tianyang did not think of stepping into this war of strife immediately.

Although his age is forty-one years old this year, it is the peak of energy and physical strength, and in two years, I am afraid that he will go downhill, and the probability of various accidents that may occur in the future is higher than now, but as Li Tianyang who is brave in small things and calm and firm in big things, the Ming Dynasty at this time is still a high mountain in front of Li Tianyang.

Even if Li Tianyang and them turn against the Ming Dynasty at this time and officially start their road to hegemony, I am afraid that at the first time of their uprising, they will become a thorn in the side of the Ming Dynasty, but it will cheapen the Qing Jurchens in distant Liaodong, and let them benefit from the left-handed fisherman.

This is an obvious fact, unless Li Tianyang and their troops mobilized the people to start the layout from Anhui and Shandong, otherwise if they started from the nearby Jiangnan of the Ming Dynasty's tax base for grain and grass, the Ming Dynasty would probably throw Li Zicheng and other peasant armies aside on the spot, gather the main army, and come to suppress Li Tianyang.

If the rich source of grain taxes in Jiangnan is lost, even if the Ming Dynasty still controls the huge land in the north, I am afraid that they are all high-rise buildings without foundation, and they may be wiped out in an instant.

Starting from Shandong, Anhui Province, it is an inappropriate choice for Hongmen, which is like Hongtang taking the initiative to step into a sandwich area, while dealing with the attack from the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, guarding against the fierce eyes of the Jurchens in Liaodong north of Shandong.

Originally, Hongmen was the relatively weak side of several forces, and the Ming Dynasty was able to deal with the attacks from the peasant army and the Qing people in the north with its own strength and stand tall, but Li Tianyang did not have the confidence to deal with the ability of two powerful opponents, and at the same time, he would not be stupid enough to send the strength that he had developed and grown with great difficulty into the mouths of others and let others slaughter him.

Therefore, at least in the short term, Li Tianyang and them will continue to develop silently, make a fortune in a muffled voice, and wait for the moment of the final chaos in the world.

Anyway, the prophetic Li Tianyang believes that even if he is getting older, he still has some historical memories of his previous life, and he still has a great chance of surviving the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty further north.

Of course, although Hongmen will not soon set foot in the new round of world hegemony in the land of China at this time, it does not mean that they have no other actions.

The Sulu Kingdom of Upper Medan in the Luzon Islands has gradually become subordinate to Hongmen, a dynastic strength that even the European Spanish fleet cannot beat, and it is too easy for Hongmen to subvert the rule of the other party at this time.

However, Li Tianyang did not act so savagely, but at this time he was still wearing the official body of the chief soldier of the Ming Fujian Navy, and if the Sulu Kingdom, which was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, really wanted to risk his life to enter Beijing to sue the emperor, it would not be an easy trouble for Hongmen, who had not yet decided to turn his face with the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Tianyang used the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and the rich gold vein resources on Medan Island to firmly tie the Sulu Kingdom to his warship, and there was a mad shark to deter Luzon by force, in fact, Hongmen was already a well-deserved ruler on Luzon.

With the existence of the Sulu Kingdom, the local indigenous royal power, Hongmen and Nanyang Chamber of Commerce will be able to make use of the rich population resources on the island and let it be used for their own purposes, opening up one fertile land after another, and planting batches of food and materials.

Today's Luzon, for Hongmen, is even more important than Da'an Town, Daxing Town, Jingpu Town and other places on Dayuan Island, I am afraid that except for Bengang and Keelung Town on Dayuan Island because of the fundamental differences, other places are not as important as Luzon for Hongmen.

Although the cost of the members of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce in reclaiming wasteland in Luzon is not much, after they reclaim the land, they still have to pay due taxes to Hongmen and a certain amount of land use fees according to the subordinate relationship.

These expenses are actually paid by Hongmen by protecting the safety of Luzon, but the climate in Luzon is too suitable for growing crops, basically the planting method of three crops a year, even if it is the most unprofitable food crops, it can make a lot of money, let alone grow other cash crops.

As a result, Luzon's tax revenue has risen year by year in recent years, surpassing the income of other Dayuandao towns in Hongmen except Bengang and Keelung.

In addition, Hongmen's own rubber and other important crops and grain production on Luzon Island have also increased year by year, becoming another important grain base in Hongmen after Bengang, and Hongmen will not be able to devote its focus to it.

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