One day came to Chengwu County, taking advantage of the disaster year in Chengwu County, Li Mao purchased 300 acres of cooked land, 300 acres of raw land, the land is on the edge of Sujiazhuang in Su Xiaodu Township, it was originally a grange of Su Gui's family, after a catastrophe, Su Guijia Road gradually declined, the acquisition of the goose and duck down factory has been sold to others due to poor management, and owed a lot of debts, reduced to the point of selling the land to pay off the debt.

This is his last piece of land, he wanted to sell it at a low price, Li Mao asked Su Qing to buy it at a constant price, and Su Gui took the money and moved his family to Caozhou City, bought a small courtyard, and went to live for a long time.

There was originally a villa in this village, and Li Mao also came here for a banquet when he was in Gushan Town, but unfortunately it was destroyed in a rebellion of displaced people.

After Li Mao bought the grange, it was handed over to Su Zhen to take care of it, and successively collected 200 homeless households, and Su Qing participated in the whole process of the site selection and planning of the grange.

After Shicheng moved to Liaodong, Li Mao used Zhu Jiu, who had been dismissed and returned to his hometown, to take charge of the grange. This time he stopped by, and Zhu Jiu accompanied him to ride around the grange, and the more Li Mao looked at it, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't help but glance at Zhu Jiu's management talent. Just as he was about to praise a few words, Zhu Jiu showed his bottom first, he scratched his head, and said embarrassedly: "It's all the credit of the third lady that the grange can have today, I, hehe, actually didn't do anything." ”

After the inspection, Li Mao and Zhu Jiu came to a water pavilion by the pond, the weather was getting hotter, but it was a cool breeze here. There is no specific time limit for hiring Zhang Ji, Li Mao can be regarded as an idler now, and the mood of looking at the scenery at this time is different from the past.

Squinting his eyes and taking a nap, Li Mao sighed with emotion: "What is the purpose of being busy in this life, there is such a manor, there are three or five intimate friends, there are good wives and beautiful concubines, filial sons and daughters, what more can a husband ask for?" ”

Zhu Jiudao: "This is strange, I see that those petty officials and officials are eager to be promoted every day and make a fortune to be a groom every night, but you who are big officials want to go back to their hometowns to farm, what is the reason?" Li Mao said: "This land originally belonged to a local squire, speaking of which I also have some fate with him, I saw him build a high-rise building here, saw him feast guests here, and also saw his building burned to the ground." ”

Zhu Jiudao: "Ah, what are you talking about, why don't I understand it at all?" ”

"What's so hard to understand, Brother Mao, this is sad and sad, lamenting the impermanence of the world."

Qingmo walked over with a few yellow pears, eating while walking, Zhu Jiu took a pear and rubbed it on his body and ate it, Li Mao put the pear under his nose and sniffed it, but he was not in a hurry to eat. (Baidu search to the literature network is the fastest and most stable update)

He looked around again, the green scenery was very much to his appetite, and he continued: "I remember that Shucheng once told me that in the past, he also thought that one day when he became famous, he would return to the countryside, plough and read in the rain, and live this life in peace, he said that he had woven this dream for ten years, and what was the result? The Qing Navy collapsed, his pastoral collapsed instantly, and his dream came to naught. Not only you and me, how many emperors and generals have been prime ministers since ancient times, and how many people dare to make such extravagant hopes, after all, human life is in the hands of others. And the person who pinched your life is always moody and doesn't play cards according to common sense. ”

Qingmo stopped chewing, looked at Li Mao in surprise, spit out the food in his mouth, and asked, "Brother Mao, what's wrong with you, why do you feel like this, do you want to resign and return to your hometown?" This statement also frightened Zhu Jiu, and he also pointed to Li Mao to carry him to make a comeback.

Li Mao didn't answer, but asked, "Do you know why I fully support Sima to go to Liaodong." ”

Qingmo's eyes widened and he couldn't answer, Zhu Jiu slapped his thigh violently, thinking of something he wanted to say, but he forgot about it. Li Mao said with a smile: "In the past, I was just a small picket, and I could easily smash the idyllic dreams of countless people. ”

Zhu Jiu slapped his palm on his thigh again, and said with a smile: "I understand, you want to go to Liaodong to play the world and become an emperor yourself." Qingmo said: "Good, good, just know it in your heart, why do you have to say it, disaster comes from the mouth, disaster comes from the mouth." Quit impatience, abstain from irritability. Zhu Jiu said: "Hey, there are no outsiders here, what are you afraid of." ”

He continued with his eyebrows fluttering: "Actually, I have seen through it, this officialdom is too bad, too dark, too inhumane, if you want to live and work here in peace and contentment, you have to be an official, only when you are an official can you be powerful and powerful, and you have the right to keep your family's property, but this officialdom is too dark, you are even darker than others, I don't know when you will be hacked by others, so this is really not a place for people to stay, let's find a place where no one is to play the country by ourselves, so that it is stable." ”

He looked around and said: "Why don't we go together, fight the world, Brother Mao is the emperor, we are all founding fathers, marquis and prime minister, and he has been beautiful for two hundred years." Qingmo glared at him and shouted: "Have you drunk, you say these rebellious words in broad daylight, this is to kill your head, look at you." ”

Zhu Jiu ignored him and looked at Li Mao eagerly with his eyes. Li Mao said with a smile: "Liaodong is now a wild land, we don't have a single soldier, how to get a foothold." Zhu Jiudao: "That's simple, I'll recruit soldiers and horses, it's hard to endure today, how many people can't survive in ruin, as long as you pull the banner, how many people and how many people you want." ”

Qingmo said: "The good men have all been conscripted to serve as soldiers, and the rest are women, children, old and weak, and no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, it will not help." ”

Zhu Jiu smiled: "What's so difficult about this, find Guo Liang, he is mixed in the road, he has a wide head, and he can find people." In fact, not all men have gone to the army, and there are many who conceal military evasion, but ordinary people can't find it. ”

Li Mao said: "It's not so easy to go to Liaodong to fight the country, it won't have any effect for a year and a half, it is a good place, but it is stinky by a bunch of Tartars, and the Tartars are barbaric, and it is not easy to deal with them." ”

Zhu Jiu patted his chest and said: "If you believe in me, let me go, I don't have other skills, it's okay to build a cottage, and you will come back when I stand on my feet, how about it?" Qingmo said: "I'm afraid that you won't be waiting to see us then." ”

Zhu Jiudao: "Hey, brother-in-law, look at what you said, if I want to be the king of the mountain, why can't I?" But what I want to do is a big career, seal my wife and children, and seek benefits for future generations. I really have the ability to fight the world single-handedly, you may not be waiting to see me when you come, but I have a few catties and a few taels, I know in my heart that only by following Brother Mao can I have the day when I will be crowned marquis. ”

Zhu Jiuxiao's * brilliance, it seems that Liaodong is already his world, it seems that Li Mao has been added to the dragon robe, it seems that he himself is a purple robe and jade belt, and he is a marquis and worships the prime minister.

Li Mao pondered for a moment, then made up his mind and said, "You go to Liaodong and give me a front stop." ”

It was not Li Mao's love to want to play in Liaodong, and he had this idea on a whim, since Li Shidao came to Yunzhou, he had this idea, and it became stronger and stronger.

Although Li Mao's historical knowledge is extremely poor, he has heard of the name of Li Shidao in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shidao later became a festival envoy, and finally embarked on the road of rebellion against the imperial court, whether he inherited the brother's business, or mutiny and usurpation, Li Mao does not know. But the general trend has been decided, and with his current strength, he may not be able to change it.

Sure enough, Li Shidao became a festival envoy, as Li Shigu's henchman, how could Ziqing have his own place? The current Grange, the future business in Dengzhou, will not be a flower in the moon mirror in the water, and the wind and waves will be unreal.

Thinking of this section, Li Mao's heart hurts indescribably, in this turbulent era, if you don't want to live as lowly as ants, you must straighten your waist, pin your head to the waistband and do a career, not to become a king and a prince, at least to find a place for yourself, your relatives, and old friends.

Sang Rong is not very familiar with him, and he is not completely trustworthy, even if Sang Rong's Liaodong City can accommodate him, he is not willing to put his fate in the hands of others again. As for Shucheng, he is a vine that is thicker and more luxuriant than many big trees, but a vine is a vine, no matter how strong he is, he can't straighten up on his own, and he needs to climb a stronger tree to realize himself.

His fate in Liaodong was almost predestined from the beginning, either destroyed, or reduced to a vassal of others, with his wisdom and prudence, the latter is more likely, which is also a person who cannot be entrusted with the second half of his life and future generations, and a strong sense of crisis is the fundamental reason that forced Li Mao to make up his mind to open up a new world in Liaodong.

Zhu Jiu and Mao Taigong are not things in the pool, both of them are full of strong pioneering spirit, they can act as their own pioneers, although he himself has lost power now, but he is still in the copper tiger head and has a strong alliance, Haidong Trading Company is the interests of the copper tiger head, they will continue to support themselves, in addition to the Liaodong Zhucheng Fan comfort envoy although it is only an empty title, but in the name of the advantage, the division is better than the name is not right.

With Su Qing's shrewdness and ability, the Haidong Trading Company in Dengzhou will surely be set up in a prosperous manner, and it can provide a steady stream of material assistance for the development of Liaodong.

Finally, Sangrong and Beisha City, Shucheng's backers are also a resource that can be utilized.

Before Li Mao said his plan, he had planned every detail, and now that he officially said it, his heart felt extremely happy, he looked at people well, Zhu Jiu is indeed a pioneering talent, and his desire to expand the territory seems to be a little stronger than himself.

Zhu Jiu is a capable person, Li Mao's plan has been decided, and he immediately took action. The first step is to go to Guo Liang, Ziqing, Hebei and other places, most of the young and strong men are in the army, and the farmers are mostly old and weak, which is the policy of the towns to make the strong roots weak and the end, the advantage is that the people are powerless to resist even if they starve to death, and the disadvantage is that the people often starve to death.

If you want to gain a firm foothold in Liaodong, you must have a team that can fight well, you can't rely on these old and weak, Guo Liang has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and he knows many broken and ** proletarians, and it is not difficult to recruit a group of outlaws to form the advance group that Li Mao said. (Dissertation College)