As Li Tianyang expected, after the father-in-law brought back Li Tianyang's suggestion, although Chongzhen was a little annoyed, he finally made some compromises and sent Li Tianyang's suggestions to the central cabinet for consultation.

Among the centers, there is an ally of Nan Juyi, who is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Xiong Wencanshangshu, who previously proposed to let the Penghu Sailors collectively go north, the two of them were unanimously supported, and even Zhou Yanru, who was the first assistant of the dynasty, could not refuse, and finally unanimously agreed to the appointment of 20,000 soldiers of the Penghu Sailors to go north to rebuild Dongjiang Town.

When the official edict of the imperial court arrived on Hongmen Dayuan Island, the 20,000 soldiers of the Hongtang Naval Division, as well as the fleet consisting of ten "Yang Fan-style" warships and 30 400 warships, were already ready to go, waiting for the court's reply.

Fujian Governor Xiao Yifu personally came to see off the Hongtang soldiers, and at this time, Xiao Yifu had to admit that maybe he really saw the wrong person, Li Tianyang's patriotic heart was much stronger than himself.

"Triumphant all the way!!"

As the governor, Xiao Yifu, when he saw him off, he had a lot of praise for Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming and others who went on an expedition, but when Li Tianyang arrived, it was just four words.

"We will live up to the expectations of adults!!"

Shang Kexi and several people saluted one after another, and solemnly promised Li Tianyang, and everything seemed to be silent.

Although there is no lack of Li Tianyang's own eccentricity, but to be honest, the management of the Phi Dao phalanx formulated by Shang Kexi is indeed more detailed and operational than Geng Kong's two, so that Geng Kong and the two have to serve.

Of course, in addition to the three of them, Hongmen itself also sent a general to suppress the formation, that is, Xiang Shenggao of the third division of the Hongtang Whale Division, the four of them each led 5,000 soldiers, and then Shang Kexi commanded in the center, as long as nothing goes wrong, this task of rebuilding Dongjiang Town can be said to be no difficulty.

Shang Kexi was glad that their official positions before their departure had been promoted, and they had all been given the rank of deputy chief soldier, although they were nominally under the leadership of the governor of Shandong, but everyone knew that this island was isolated outside the border, and the governor of Shandong was afraid that the governor of Shandong would not be able to command them.

This can be regarded as some compensation given by the imperial court to Li Tianyang, although the army of the sailors went north thousands of miles to rebuild Dongjiang Town, but the help that the imperial court can give, in addition to giving him maximum freedom of movement and scarce food subsidies, even the most basic salary payment, can not be completely satisfied.

The tens of millions of taels of silver obtained by the major families of the Jin merchants, after more than two years of consumption, have gradually bottomed out, there are not enough open source projects, even if there are mountains of gold and silver in hand, the Ming Dynasty is burdened with several major burdens, sooner or later they can consume all the silver money in their hands.

As the army of sailors went north, the defenses in Keelung Town seemed to be much empty, which made Xiao Yifu, who was quietly observing on the side, feel deeply, although it is not good to give too many subsidies in the open, but at least Xiao Yifu can still do it with some small favors.

"After the main force of the Penghu Naval Division goes north, I am afraid that the pirates around our Fujian will rise again, as the Admiral of the Naval Division, General Li, you still need to quickly take care of your injuries, regain your strength, and bring out a strong army for your own officer."

is the so-called sitting drama to do a full set, although Li Tianyang used his injury to fool his father-in-law such as the messenger, but in order to seal the mouths of others, until now Li Tianyang appeared in front of outsiders, he was also shaky, even saying a few words and walking a few steps to take a breath and rest for a while, which really deceived Governor Xiao Yifu who came to see him off.

"The last general, but there is a breath of air, and the sea will not be allowed to run rampant!"

Li Tianyang hurriedly got up and responded.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!!"

"Okay, okay, you should cultivate first, these things are also in a hurry, and then the official will give you two burdens, one is to cultivate the body, and the other is to retrain a new army of sailors until the sailors recover their original strength!"

"The last general commands!"

With Xiao Yifu's words, Li Tianyang will be able to recruit troops and horses in Fujian and other places openly, and he gave Shang Kexi 20,000 soldiers and horses before, I believe that it won't be long before Li Tianyang and them will be able to recruit again, and even expand, and it is only a matter of time before they recover their strength.

Shang Kexi and the Hongtang soldiers they brought over, most of them were actually the soldiers of the Qing and Han Dynasty captured by the Hongtang army when Geng Kong and the others surrendered, as well as the soldiers recruited from the homeless pirates over the years, only a small half of the backbone were veterans who had been trained in the Hongtang army for more than three years.

Such an army, which can be said to be the elite of the Hongtang army, has some impact on the actual combat effectiveness of the Hongtang army, such as flash marriage, but the actual impact is not too great.

And send them to the border pass, after countless battles with the Qing people, they will definitely be able to keep the weak and strong, and then train an iron army for the Hongtang army.

After sending Governor Xiao Yifu away, Li Tianyang gasped without saying a word, and turned to the members of the secretary group beside him: "Send last year's grain income report!" ”

Today's Hongmen Qixintang, the largest trade volume is not others, it is precisely the seemingly least profitable grain trade, Qixintang is now not only trading with the people and other people, grain merchants, and even has done the grain trade in the hands of the border army and the Dutch court.

With the gradual expansion of the overall development of Dayuan Island, most of the huge plains in the west of Dayuan Island with Bengang as the center have been reclaimed by the indigenous tribes of the Bengang Alliance, of which seventy percent of the land is planted with grain, and the remaining thirty percent is planted with other cash crops.

The indigenous people who originally settled everywhere on Dayuan Island were either directly exterminated, or they were annexed by the Bengang Alliance and became one of them, and the only survivors are now hiding in the towering snow-capped mountains - the center - Yushan, a mountain range that runs through the north and south, and is still breathing.

As for the Luzon Islands, it is controlled by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and the Sulu Kingdom of Mindan, without the patience of Hongmen to buy people's hearts, the members of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce have no mercy on the local natives, and the natives who do not obey the discipline are directly invited by them to go out of the Hongtang Shark and kill them, and the remaining indigenous people directly become the captives of Cheng Yan and others of the Chamber of Commerce, and live a dark end every day.

In this way, the economic benefits brought to Hongmen and their allies are as many as millions of acres of fertile land, as well as thousands of other cash crops and forest land, and countless kinds of materials are generated.

(End of chapter)