Mao Wenlong first wrote back to Wu Sangui and agreed to his invitation to meet, and then completely entrusted the affairs of Xi'an to Hong Chengchou to take care of. As for Chongzhen and Chen Jisheng's trip to Nanjing, Hong Chengchou was also asked to arrange it.

Nothing happened, Mao Wenlong temporarily put aside all his trivial matters, and regarded this meeting with Wu Sangui as a leisure trip. Sitting in a hot air balloon, he set off slowly towards Shandong, and in addition to Adou, there were only a few guards left.

After all, meeting in Shandong is considered Mao Wenlong's territory, and there is no need to bring so many people. What's more, Mao Wenlong had already informed Haoda that they would wait in Yunzhou Mansion and would stay there then, and then they would be in charge of the guards.

Hong Chengchou had no opinion on such an arrangement, he also understood that Mao Wenlong would not be in danger at all when he went to see Wu Sangui this time, so he simply let him arrange it, and did not interfere with Mao Wenlong.

Five days later, Mao Wenlong arrived at Yunzhou Mansion comfortably, looking at the scenery along the way, blowing fresh air that only existed in ancient times, Mao Wenlong didn't mention how comfortable it was.

"Chief soldier, where are we going?" Haoda saw Mao Wenlong in the city of Yunzhou Mansion and asked in person.

"When you go to Dengzhou Mansion, you don't need to bring so many people, just a dozen good guards. Also, you go and inform Lihui and them now, and tell him that he will prepare all Anton Wei's warships today and set off immediately, and go to the dock of Dengzhou Mansion to wait. After Mao Wenlong explained the big thing, he went to the mansion to rest by himself.

Haoda went to do it immediately after receiving the order, Yunzhou Mansion and Anton Wei are not far away, and the fast horse can walk back and forth in one day. So Mao Wenlong got a reply from Lihui that night, saying that he guaranteed to complete the task, so that Mao Wenlong didn't have to worry.

Mao Wenlong did not delay in Yunzhou Mansion, and in the early morning of the next day, he took a carriage and set off to Dengzhou Mansion.

On the way, Haoda gave Mao Wenlong a detailed report on the current situation in Shandong. Since the expulsion of the Jin soldiers and the sweep of the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, the Yellow River in Shandong from Dongchang to Jinan has been bounded, and all of them have been deployed by the Dongjiang army.

It's a pity that the Dongjiang Army is currently insufficient to cross the Yellow River and take down other large areas of land.

"Don't be in a hurry to expand for the time being, with the Yellow River as the boundary, we can use a small number of troops to deploy tightly. Also, there is no peace on the Jingshi side at present, and Huang Taiji and Li Zicheng don't know when they will fight, so don't worry, just let the soldiers guard the current place. Mao Wenlong chuckled.

Hao Nature didn't dare to disobey, and after he surrendered his hand, he said again: "General soldier, there are more than 50,000 people in the imperial army that surrendered a few days ago, how to deal with it?" ”

Mao Wenlong didn't want to speak: "Needless to say, of course these people can't be raised for nothing like this, scatter them and then distribute them to various places for farming." After this matter, you let Lihui discuss with Hong Chengchou, what to do, and he will arrange it properly. ”

"Yes!" Haoda replied again, and then fell silent.

Shandong has now completely stabilized, and there is no chaos at all, except for a few bandits in the wilderness. It's a pity that a large area of land is currently in ruin, and the previous people have almost fled, and now the whole Shandong is vast and has few people.

Fortunately, many people who fled from both sides of Beijing and Datong recently happened to be taken in by the Dongjiang Army. According to Mao Wenlong's instructions, these fleeing people were dispersed and distributed to various places to open up wasteland and cultivate, and the household register was registered, and each family was allocated enough seeds and food.

When passing by Qingzhou Mansion and Laizhou Mansion, Mao Wenlong walked into the city by the way, because after the war, the two cities are almost in ruin. In addition to the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army guarding the city, the people of the two cities were less than 50,000.

Haoda saw Mao Wenlong's frowning appearance, he smiled bitterly and said: "General soldier, these two mansions originally relied on sea salt for survival. Originally, because of the relationship between the two provinces, many merchants came to buy, but because of the war, the merchants did not dare to come to trade now, which led to such a decline. ”

Mao Wenlong nodded and said, "Then the people here all live on sea salt, how can their lives continue now?" ”

Speaking of this, Hao Da laughed and said: "General soldier, at present, most of our places are short of salt, and it just so happens that we have purchased all the salt cooked by the people and sent it to various places to sell. ”

Salt was considered a strategic material in ancient times, but because of the backwardness of technology, situations such as boiling sea salt were prevalent. Unfortunately, the cost is too large, which directly leads to the fact that refined salt has always been almost the same price as silver, and sometimes it can be as expensive as gold.

"Salt is a good thing, and the salt in Qingzhou Mansion and Laizhou Mansion should not be sold in the future. When I go back this time, I will renovate these two prefectures and turn them into large-scale salt works. I'm going to make two huge salt drying pans by the sea, so I don't have to go through much trouble to cook them in the future. Mao Wenlong briefly mentioned it to Haoda, and he had already begun to plan how to use sea salt to make a fortune.

There are inexhaustible resources in the sea, which is why Mao Wenlong pursues the sea. As a modern person, Mao Wenlong's core idea has not changed, in order to make the people of Daming truly rich. He didn't need to care about the rule of the dynasty or other systems, and the most important point was that he only needed to change this society into a capitalist society.

The reason why the wealth of the West in the later period far surpassed that of China was because of the system. At least in modern times, the capital system has been well developed, and it seems to be not bad, and there is no reason why Mao Wenlong should not borrow it.

Fantasizing all the way, Mao Wenlong arrived at Dengzhou Mansion unconsciously, and as soon as Mao Wenlong's team stopped outside the city gate, a group of people rushed out of the doorway. The leader is Lihui, and he is accompanied by Ye Xin, the prefect of Dengzhou.

In addition, there are two brothers, Licheng and Lixuan, and the rest are some accompanying personnel or yacha!

Everyone greeted each other with a smile and invited Mao Wenlong to the government office in Dengzhou, the prefect Ye Xin was an old man, with a smile and a kind and kind face. After he saluted Mao Wenlong again, he asked with a smile: "I don't know what happened when the general army suddenly arrived?" If it is convenient, can you inform the subordinate officer, so that the subordinate can serve the general soldier. ”

Mao Wenlong looked at Ye Xin carefully, and said with a smile: "As soon as I entered the territory of Dengzhou, I kept hearing that the people of Dengzhou were praising Lord Ye as a rare good official in the world. When I see Lord Ye's face today, it seems that what is passed on is true! ”

Ye Xin heard Mao Wenlong's praise, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The chief soldier has won the award, this is just the people's love for the lower officials." ”