In the northern part of Dongfan, near Chicken Coop Harbor, it is a gathering place of the Jinbaoli tribe.

Zhang Bin smiled and walked on the field path, around him, Qi Changshan and Qi Changlin each led a hundred teams of elite Qi family troops scattered in the farmland that had not yet been cultivated, behind him, Qi Yuangong and Qi Yuanfu held the handle of the knife tightly, their faces were full of vigilance, and behind him were dozens of flat carts escorted by Xie Zhenggang with Zhang Cha and other personal guards and more than 50 elite scouts.

In front of it is the cottage where the head of the tribe lives in Jinbaoli, the scale of the cottage is quite large, it occupies several hills, but there are few protective facilities, only a circle of one-person high wooden mountains to block.

At this time, hundreds of civilians from the Jinbaoli tribe also gathered in front of the cottage, and looking at their appearance, they seemed to be a little panicked, because they didn't know what the big group of people in front of them were here for.

Zhang Bin and his entourage were still dozens of steps away from the gate of the cottage, and a strong man from the Jinbaoli tribe in front of him stepped forward and shouted in thick Hokkien slang: "Who is coming, what are you doing here?" ”

At this time, a small flag of a Fujian sailor ran out behind Zhang Bin, stepped forward and said loudly: "This is our most and biggest leader, Fujian Governor Zhang." Didn't you leaders say that you wouldn't talk to us little ones and want our biggest leaders to come over? Now, our Governor is here, and where are your leaders? ”

It turned out that in order to facilitate the management in the future, Zhang Bin specially sent dozens of teams of sailors and soldiers, led by the small flag or general banner of the sailor who was coarse and ink-coded, to count the number of civilians in Dongfan and compile a yellow book for future reference.

But he never thought that the civilians here generally had a strong resistance to the sailors and soldiers he sent, and they didn't want to be at all, only a few leaders of the big tribes let out their words, and let the biggest leaders of their side talk to them.

The sailor was helpless, and in the end he could only report to him truthfully.

This Dongfan is his lair in the future, Zhang Bin naturally doesn't want to conflict with the civilians here, so he decided to go out in person to meet these tribal leaders, as for why the first one chose the Jinbaoli tribe, mainly because it is rich in sulfur.

After they captured the Spanish storehouse in the port of chicken coop, they found a lot of saltpeter and sulfur in it, and after a rough Spanish sailor general searched through it, he finally found the source of these saltpeter and sulfur in the storage records.

Saltpeter was brought from the Americas by the Spaniards' own fleet, and sulfur was exchanged for sugar, cloth and other daily necessities from the tribe in gold bags.

This saltpeter and sulfur are the main raw materials for making gunpowder, and Zhang Bin has no way to do it for the time being, and the tribe in this gold bag is near the chicken coop, so he naturally chose to visit here first.

As soon as the strong man of the tribe in the golden bag saw Zhang Bin's posture, he knew that the small flag was not a lie, this was a big-headed man, so he did not suspect it, but immediately ran back to report.

After a while, the civilians gathered at the gate of the village suddenly separated from each other, and a gray-haired old man stepped forward and arched his hand: "The villain Mobley, who is the head of the tribe in this golden bag, dare to ask if this is the governor of Fujian?" ”

The name Mobley sounds a little vague, it doesn't seem to be a pure slang pronunciation, Zhang Bin can't care so much, just let him call Mobley, and finally someone who understands, he immediately arched his hand and asked: "Oh, do you know the governor of Fujian?" ”

Mobley said a little sadly: "Of course I know, originally our Dongfan belonged to the Ming Dynasty Fujian Quanzhou Mansion, the biggest official in Fujian is the governor, more than ten years ago, the governor also sent General Shen Yourong to cross the sea to fight off the Japanese for us, but unfortunately in the past ten years, in addition to the Japanese invaders, pirates and red-haired ghosts, we have never seen a single soldier of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help but be silent for a while, it is indeed not easy for these civilians in Dongfan, they are alone overseas, they have been oppressed by the pirates, pirates, Dutch, and Spaniards for more than ten years, no one to protect, nowhere to complain, and the Ming Dynasty has abandoned them for more than ten years!

He thought for a while, then bowed and bowed, and said solemnly: "Let you suffer, as a Ming official, this official feels guilty, and this official promises you that from now on, there will be no more pirates, pirates and red-haired ghosts to bully you." ”

Deceitful, Mobley skeptical, "How can you guarantee it?" ”

Zhang Bin bowed his hand to the north and said: "This official has played the emperor, and he wants to set up nine guards in Dongfan, with 50,000 soldiers, to resist the pirates, pirates and red-haired ghosts, and protect the common people." ”

When Mobley heard this, he was moved and said, "Your Majesty, is it the legendary Great Tomorrow?" An army of 50,000! Will he send so many people to protect us? ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, his face was full of black lines, these 50,000 people were sent to you by me, and the emperor hasn't replied yet!

However, he only dared to say this in his heart, and on the surface, he still respectfully bowed his hand to the north and said: "Today's emperor is wise and powerful, he will not leave you alone, this official is ordered by the emperor to come to exterminate pirates and red hairy fans, and protect everyone's safety." 50,000 troops, the official has already brought over, the pirates and the red hair fan have been exterminated by the official, just wait for the emperor's decree to arrive, the official will arrange for the 50,000 army to be stationed in various places in the east. ”

When Mobley heard this, he said excitedly: "This is true. ”

Zhang Bin pointed to the Qi family soldiers around him and said proudly: "Aren't these the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, aren't the officials already standing here, can this still be fake?" ”

When Mobley heard this, he thought about it, and then bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Governor, and please come to the village to talk about it." ”

Finally made sense, Zhang Bin sighed secretly, and then waved his hand: "Send the gift." ”

When a group of guards heard this, they hurriedly pushed dozens of carts of daily necessities, ran forward, lined up in several rows on the flat ground in front of the village, and then opened the bags on it, unpacked it, took out the materials inside, and showed Mobley and the civilians behind them one by one.

Oh my God, cloth, sugar, farm tools, spices, etc., these things they have always dreamed of are delivered by cart!

The civilians gathered in front of the gate of the village buzzed and began to discuss, and their eyes at Zhang Bin gradually became cordial.

Mobley looked at these materials, swallowed his saliva, and said with difficulty: "My lord, this, you are too polite, the villain has not made an inch, and he deserves it." ”

Zhang Bin laughed and stepped forward to pat him on the shoulder and said, "The official wants to make friends with you, why, can't you look down on these things or don't look down on the official?" ”

Mobley hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Where, where, it's the honor of a villain to be friends with an adult, I'm afraid I can't climb high." ”

Zhang Bin laughed and said, "Then you just agreed, then you still don't accept these things?" ”

Mobley nodded again and again: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, please inside, please inside." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he immediately took his arm and walked in happily.

Xie Zhenggang hurriedly made a look, Zhang Cha and the others immediately understood, took the scout, and pushed the flatbed cart to follow.

At this time, the civilians in the stockade were no longer hostile, but walked excitedly with the cart inside.

Zhang Bin took Mobley's arm all the way, followed him to the meeting hall in the village, the two sat down as guests of honor, and waited for Mobley to order someone to serve fragrant wild mountain tea, Zhang Bin tasted it, and then entered the topic: "Mobley head, this official sent someone to count the population, the preparation of the yellow book is for unified management, the distribution of fields, as for the field endowment or something, you can rest assured, the official can give you a waiver, but please cooperate with this matter of making the yellow book." ”

Mobley nodded again and again: "No problem, no problem, I was afraid that you would come in a hurry and leave in a hurry, I don't want to trouble, since the lord said that he would garrison the troops in Dongfantun, then these things naturally have to be done, as for Tian Fu or something, we can also hand it over, after all, the protection of the court also costs us silver, without the protection of the court, this is a widow, and a pirate, I don't know how much food has been robbed, a little Tian Fu is nothing at all." ”

Zhang Bin was overjoyed when he heard this: "Then thank you Mobley, by the way, I heard that sulfur is abundant here, I don't know if it's true or not." ”

Mobley nodded and said, "We do have a lot of sulfur here, and sometimes we also pick a little to exchange things with the red-haired fan, do you need this?" ”

Sure enough, Zhang Bin said excitedly: "Yes, sulfur is exactly what we urgently need, even if you take someone to pick it, we will collect as much as we want." ”

Mobley hurriedly shook his head and said, "That thing is not worth a few dollars, if you need it, I will let someone pick it for you, and forget the money." ”

Zhang Bin waved his hand again and again and said: "Then how can I do it, I can't let you work in vain, so let's do it, one tael of silver and one hundred catties, how much you take, how much the official receives." ”

When Mobley heard this, he was moved again and said, "One or two pieces of silver!" Can you buy a piece of cloth? ”

Zhang Bin roughly estimated it in his mind, and then estimated: "One or two pieces of silver can buy four pieces of cloth." ”

Mobley was surprised, "Ah, we used to have to pick four or five hundred pounds of sulfur in exchange for a piece of cloth!" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he shook his head with a wry smile and said: "These red-haired fans are too dark, and they are also in urgent need of sulfur, so they are still so low-priced, you can rest assured, the official said that one tael of silver for one hundred catties will be one tael of silver for one hundred catties, you can go and pick it." ”

Mobley gratefully, "Thank you, then, sir." ”

Zhang Bin's trip was very smooth, Mobley not only agreed to cooperate with them to count the population and make a yellow book, but also took the initiative to agree to hand over the field tax, and even later, Zhang Bin asked him to help lobby the surrounding civilian tribes to cooperate with the statistics, and he readily agreed.

In fact, these civilians are not hostile to the soldiers of the Ming army, the main thing is that they have suffered too much, and they are afraid that the Ming army will come and go, so they do not trust the Ming army very much.

With Zhang Bin personally out of the horse, it was an apology and a gift, and the major tribes near the chicken coop finally let down their guard and readily agreed to accept the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, cooperate with the compilation of the yellow book, and hand over the field endowment.

After more than ten days of busy work, the holy decree finally arrived, Chongzhen did not hesitate to agree to Zhang Bin's suggestion to set up a guard, and urged him to quickly put Dongfan in order and collect the land as soon as possible.

It seems that Chongzhen is really crazy about money, Dongfan is now supporting more than 100,000 civilians, tens of millions of acres of land, how can they plant it, collect the fields, how much can they collect!

Zhang Bin immediately struck while the iron was hot, and then sent another letter, asking Chongzhen to relocate the civilians of Liaodong and go to Dongfan to reclaim the wasteland and farm land.

In the compromise, he analyzed in detail the situation in Liaodong and the weaknesses of Houjin, and proposed this plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle.

The Houjin, that is, the Jiannu in the mouth of the Ming officials, were essentially nomadic people, and they did not grow grain, and after conquering most of the land in Liaodong, the grain was actually planted by the original civilians of Liaodong.

If the civilians of Liaodong can be secretly relocated to Dongfan, then Jiannu will lose the food supply, and its reproduction will definitely slow down, and even the army rations will be difficult for them to raise.

As for how to relocate the civilians of Liaodong, Zhang Bin suggested that Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, should do it, because the Dongjiang Army was originally stationed in the rear of Liaodong, and often harassed Jiannu everywhere, was very familiar with the terrain of Liaodong, and had a close relationship with the civilians of Liaodong, so it was most appropriate for them to secretly transfer the civilians.

How effective this plan can be, in fact, Zhang Bin is not very clear, the purpose of his relocation of civilians in Liaodong is not only to reclaim the wasteland and farm, but more importantly, to keep Mao Wenlong.

He knew quite well that once Yuan Chonghuan stupidly killed Mao Wenlong, Houjin would have no worries, and at that time, they would make a detour to the Mongolian steppe and wantonly invade Beizhili, making the already struggling Daming even worse.

Moreover, there are many famous traitors in the Dongjiang army, such as Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan in the Mites Qing, Geng Zhongming, the king of Jingnan, and Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, who are all cronies and generals cultivated by Mao Wenlong.

Killing a Mao Wenlong is equivalent to sending hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers to Jiannu for nothing, and this thing can't be allowed to happen.

Therefore, he wants Mao Wenlong to preside over the relocation of civilians in Liaodong and pull this guy under his command, and when the time comes, if Yuan Chonghuan wants to kill him, it depends on whether he agrees or not!