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Zhu Jiu's "reform and return to righteousness" made everyone see hope, and Li Mao's personal efforts and sharing weal and woe are even more exciting. Almost all the books you want to read.,It's much more stable than the general station.,There's no advertising in the whole text.。 After a period of planning, Li Mao divided the more than 700 Fanhan households in Donggao Town into three categories: fishing, hunting, animal husbandry, craftsmen, and merchants, which were managed by category and forced labor.

The land around the town is divided into six large pieces, and the 1,000 acres of cooked land in the city is the public land, mainly as a base for improved varieties and vegetables, and all the income is included in the public treasury and is uniformly disposed of by the degree branch. At present, 500 households are contracted in equal shares, and the contractors plant crops in accordance with the unified requirements of the degree branch, and the proceeds are purchased at the expense of the public treasury, and those with excellent output and quality are rewarded for their merits.

The acres of land on the outside of the sandwich wall and at the foot of the eastern high mountain were divided into 500 parts, and contracted to 500 households, and one-tenth of each of their income was handed over to the public treasury, and the rest was at their disposal.

The land north of the town, south of the river, and west, north, and east of the East High Mountains was designated as pastures and contracted to 18 herdsmen for raising livestock.

Accumulate collective efforts to build the Yuliang Dam, transform the Zhenbei River into a fishing ground, and subcontract it to 20 fishermen to engage in fishing.

Set up a Bureau of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Husbandry to be specifically responsible for related matters.

Establish the Industry and Commerce Promotion Bureau to encourage the establishment of industry and commerce, and to specifically manage public industrial and commercial entities.

Li Mao was elected as the head of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Zhao Guangliang was appointed as the director of the Agriculture, Forestry, Water and Animal Husbandry Bureau, and Zheng Xiaozhang was appointed as the director of the Consultation Promotion Bureau.

Feng Chengdao is used to supervise the public treasury, and the clerk is the head of the branch.

Two months have passed in a flash, and compared with when Li Mao first came, Donggao Town has added three points of vitality, a few more orders, the morale of the upper and lower levels is strong, and all work is in order.

After discussing with Wen Cheng, Zheng Xiaozhang and others, Li Mao decided to go to Beisha City to meet Sang Rong and negotiate the matter of borrowing salt and preparing for the Haiyan Farm. Donggao Town can only be satisfied with self-sufficiency now, and if it wants to wield the economic stick to mobilize forces to deal with the upcoming decisive battle with the Khitans, it also needs to rely on external forces, which are first of all Sangrong of Beisha City.

Shi Kong and Feng Chengdao went with them, took a boat along the Liao River to the south, stopped for a while in the newly built Hekou Town, then changed to take a sea boat to go to sea, docked at a small port town three days later, abandoned the ship and landed, and finally came to the Beisha City built by the sea after crossing the mountains and mountains.

Li Mao estimated the location, which is roughly equivalent to the vicinity of today's Dalian Lushun. Beisha City was one of its important strongholds long before Sangrong returned to the imperial court, and the Qing navy did not forget to run Beisha City even in its heyday, so when the Qing navy was dismembered in Ziqing, Beisha City became a refuge for the remnants of the Qing navy and a hope for a comeback.

However, when Li Mao saw this famous city, his heart was full of disappointment, Beisha City was not so much a city, but a soil fortress where the king of the mountain was entrenched. Although the population was over 10,000, there was not even a decent city wall, and the streets of the city were twists and turns, uneven, and the houses were lined up, all crowded on a hill near the sea.

The wharf outside the city permeated a foul stench all year round, which made those of them who lived inland disgusted. There are now four forces entrenched in the city, three of which are related to the Qing navy, and one is said to have come from Japan, which is not far away.

Sang Rong's mansion was built near the port, but it was upwind, and the fishy sea breeze blew in front of the door, so he simply didn't pour it directly into the house, but even so, Li Mao also felt a little uncomfortable.

This mansion looks simple to almost cold from the outside, and it is only when you enter the door that you realize that there is something different. Sang Rong is now working as a pirate on the one hand, and on the other hand, he sells salt, iron, silk, and cloth from Ziqing to Liaodong, and then sells the local products of Liaodong to the mainland, and sells them throughout Ziqing through Su Qing's Haidong Trading Company, and is exported to Heluo and other places. To see the latest chapter of the book, please go here

Out of interest considerations, Tong Hutou did not cut off business contacts with Li Mao after he withdrew from Ziqing, and these businesses are now handled by Su Qing.

Sang Rong's business is very large, there are four or five hundred people under his command, all of whom are brave people who can fight habitually, ranking third among the four forces in Beisha City, close to the strength of the second place, and some distance from the third place.

Seeing Li Mao, Sang Rong complained that he had been fooled, claiming that he had suffered a big loss in doing business with Su Qing, and Su Qing, the treasure of Liaodong, could not eat it, but he ate as much salt and iron as he could.

"Barbarians don't use gold and silver, they generally barter, your wife can't sell my things, so I have to take out gold and silver, where do I get the money, and if it goes on like this, I won't do your business." Sang Rong was half-joking, half-true.

Li Mao smiled and said: "We have found a big man in Luoyang, the market in Heluo is about to open, and your Liaodong treasures will not be sold in the future, this business still has to be done." ”

Sang Rong said: "Hugh is going to coax me, do you deceive me Since Hu Yuchun was hacked, Heluo's business has been cut off, and he can't hold it up with that little girl who has not dried up." ”

Li Mao said: "This is a big mistake, my godsister is definitely a business wizard, and when she encounters a little trouble temporarily, you should be more responsible and helpful as a big brother, how can you say cool things here, it's not appropriate." But you don't have to worry, you can see in a year later, and you can't fill her with as many goods as you have. ”

Sang Rong said: "I hope so, otherwise I really can't support it." He glanced at Feng Chengdao and asked where he came from.

Li Mao said: "Mr. Feng is a big expert in boiling sea, and he has presided over several large salt farms in Yangzhou, and I plan to partner with you to cook sea in Liaodong, and the profits will be divided in half." ”

Sang Rong said: "Do you have money to boil the sea, do you have anyone, you can't do it without me, five or five can't work, at least three seven." ”

Li Mao said: "You are three and I are seven, this is not suitable, four six, I am six and you are four." ”

Sang Rong said: "Hugh wants to talk nonsense, I'm six and you four, and I won't do anything less." ”

Li Mao said: "The first line in northern Liaobei is distributed by me, and the rest belongs to you." ”

Sang Rong said: "Let's eat with my ability, I can't have a business without doing it." ”

Li Mao said: "Okay, you lend me a hundred stone of white salt first, and deduct it from the share in the future." ”

Sang Rong looked at Li Mao with a smile, and said for a long time: "Before you can gain a firm foothold, you have to toss, is it appropriate?"

Li Mao smiled and said: "Time is not waiting, if I don't do it, they will not be idle." ”

Sang Rong finally agreed to lend Li Mao thirty stones of sea salt, which was barely enough for Li Mao to tide over the difficulties.

As for the location of the boiling sea, Feng Chengdao still had to investigate it specifically, Sang Rong was not an arbitrary person, so he readily agreed, and sent two right-hand men to accompany Feng Chengdao.

Qin Niang has been sent back to Ziqing, as for her illness, Chang Heqing said: "It's not light, but it's not as serious as she said." At the end, he added: "The main thing is that I am afraid that you will be embarrassed." ”

Li Mao nodded, understanding what he meant, she was sick, Sang Rong wanted to take the opportunity to keep her as a hostage, Qin Niang was afraid that he would be embarrassed, so she deliberately pretended to be seriously ill, Li Mao took advantage of the situation and sent her back to Ziqing, so that Sang Rong's little abacus failed.

After finishing the business, Sang Rong led Li Mao to walk around the city, Li Mao looked at a good port outside the city, and said to Sang Rong: "How about you and I join hands to take this land and build a new city here?"

Sang Rong said: "The tone is not small, how much does it cost to build a new city and a new port, do you have it?"

Li Mao smiled and said: "In the future, you own this city, you give me this land, I don't garrison the army, I only use it for business, how" Sang Rong said: "Let's talk about it then, I'll give it to you when I'm in a good mood." ”

When the other three forces in Beisha City heard that Li Mao was coming, they sent people to invite them, and Li Mao knew that their invitation was fake, and the news of the spy was true, so he left overnight under the pretext that his official business was urgent.

As soon as he returned to Donggao Town, Li Mao immediately sent Qin Mo and Shi Xiong to find the Murowei tribe, and the two trekked in the vast forest for more than ten days before they found the camp of the Murowei people.

After the Tang forces withdrew, they took advantage of the weakness to go south, and their forces spread throughout Liaodong, claiming to be the natives of Liaodong, so they were very dissatisfied with the invasion of the Khitans, but they were not able to fight because they were unable to do so, and they heard that the Tang forces returned to Liaodong and were willing to be their allies to fight the enemy together, and they were very interested.

After discussing with the leader of the Kazan tribe, Xue Bihua, the leader of the Murwei Alliance, and Meng Dun, the deacon of the Elder Alliance, immediately sent an elder attendant and the leader's cronies to Donggao Town for a return visit, with the intention of spying on the truth.

Li Mao warmly received the two envoys, and led them to visit the pastures, fish ponds, newly opened canals, and roads, and the two envoys were very surprised by the achievements of Donggao Town, in their hearts, the Tang forces had already been expelled from Liaodong, and even if they returned, it would take time, how could such a vibrant town suddenly appear.

However, they also kept an eye on it, Li Mao took them to visit Jingluo Mansion, visit pastures, visit farms, markets, and did not take them to visit the barracks, thinking that the soldiers and horses of the Tang people were not strong, and they did not dare to show their ugliness, and openly asked to visit the other party's barracks, which was easy to cause misunderstanding, and the two envoys made up their minds to make an unannounced visit.

Li Mao naturally wanted to make it convenient for the two of them, and when he learned that the two had sneaked to the station of the Third Division in the south of the city, Li Mao immediately ordered Shi Xiong to give them a good reception and entertain them to watch a play.

So in the barracks of the Third Division, people roared and neighed, dust was flying, and the roar of the sergeants during training shook the birds in the forest, and when the horse team of the protector Yu Hou patrolled around the field, there was a loud rumbling noise, and the dust was flying, and the whereabouts of the two envoys were soon discovered, and they became the "prisoners" of the guard Yu Hou.

The "captive" was quickly brought to Li Mao, and the two of them were red-faced and red-faced, not knowing how to justify.

Li Mao smiled generously and said: "The two of you came from afar, I was afraid that the two of you worked hard, so I didn't arrange to go out hunting, I didn't want the two of you to have itchy hands, so I touched it myself, but unfortunately the path was not familiar, and I touched our barracks, and it was a misunderstanding, it was a complete misunderstanding." Let's rest for the night, and tomorrow I will accompany the two of you out of the city to hunt. ”

An envoy took the opportunity to ask to visit Li Mao's barracks, and his reason was also very good, since they are allies, they should be honest with each other, and they should be taken out as many troops as you have, and they should not be hidden.

Li Mao's face was solemn, he thought about it, nodded solemnly, and said to the two, "Now I will accompany the two of you." The old waiter of Minister Muwei said: "It's a matter of confidentiality, let's just leave, don't tell a third person to know." ”

Li Mao nodded, only took Shi Kong alone, when he walked into the camp in the south of the town, the training had just ended, and he was summarizing and appraising, when he heard that Li Mao had brought the envoy of his allies to visit, there was a commotion in the queue, and everyone slapped the dust on their bodies and re-displayed the rolled up flag.

The two envoys saw it, but they didn't say anything, went around the camp, saw everything they wanted to see, and then returned to Donggao Town with satisfaction. After staying in Donggao Town for three days, the two returned to the tribe with a full three stones of white salt, and saw the tribal leader Sprite and the elder league deacon Meng Dun, Sprite asked Donggao Town if it had the strength to be an ally of the Murwei people, and the two replied: "This department is full of vitality, and it will be a strong opponent of our department in the future." ”

Meng Dun asked: "How many soldiers and horses in his department are warriors?"

The messenger replied, "All are warriors, and there are no less than a thousand soldiers and horses." ”

Meng Dun said: "Did you see it with your own eyes, or guessed"

The messenger said: "There are three divisions in his department, and we have personally visited the camp of the third division, where there are three hundred cavalry and three hundred infantry troops, all of whom are brave men. ”

Sprite said: "There are 600 people in one division, how can three divisions be 1,000 people, who did you learn arithmetic?"

The envoy said unhurriedly: "The Andong Army has four divisions, the fourth division has its name, the rest of the first division is being prepared, and the second division barracks are small and silent, I think it should be a bluff, so it is speculated to be a thousand people, not 1,800 people." Again, Chief, I am taught the arithmetic by you yourself. ”

The leader blushed.

Meng Dun waved his hand and motioned for the two to go down, the waiter lowered the curtain, and Sprite said: "It seems that we can use the power of the Tang people to expel the Khitans." Meng Dun said: "You must have two hands, after the matter is completed, I will destroy Donggao Town, and I can't become my confidant." Sprite said: "If you offend the Tang Dynasty because of this, how to deal with it" Meng Dun smiled: "My friend in Yingzhou told me that he is a self-appointed envoy and does not count." Sprite was overjoyed: "Please send me down the Troop Mobilization Day Charm." Meng Dun closed his eyes and said, "To be solved by the sheep meeting, I will personally send a festival to you." ”

Sprite was choked and had to lean over and say yes.

The Murvekashan tribe sent an invitation to the neighboring allies, and after the tribes consulted, they agreed to gather the warriors of each tribe in the autumn of the following year in the name of safari and go south to Donggao Town to join Li Mao.

But all this should be after the autumn of the following year, the people of Murowei have a good harvest this year, and they have no intention of sending troops to fight in the autumn, winter and next spring, and the summer is the season of abundant water and grass, and the tribesmen are busy grazing their cattle and sheep and refuse to devote their energy to the war.

There will be many variables in this year, such a large-scale alliance operation, it is inevitable that there will be leaks, the Khitans pay great attention to the collection of intelligence, they through the dispatch of fine work and the way of buying traders to collect information on their opponents, especially for forces like Murowei who have a direct conflict of interest and have the strength to confront them.

The Khitans got a little bit of news, but they weren't sure about it, so their scouts infiltrated Donggao Town again.

Li Mao brought back thirty stone of white salt from Liaodong City, which is an extremely huge wealth, the market in Liaodong is that one pound of salt can be exchanged for two fat live sheep, or fifty pounds of dried meat, and more importantly, the attraction of salt is very huge, once the news spread, the forest savages within hundreds of miles around have rushed to Donggao Town with their specialties to trade.

The population and flow of people are undoubtedly the most scarce resources in Donggao Town, and without the movement of people, the goods produced by artisans cannot be exchanged for the goods they need, and Li Maoding's goal is to quadruple the population of Donggao Town to 50,000 in three years.

This is an impossible task in the eyes of many people, but Li Mao is full of confidence.

To achieve this goal, the first step is to make the name of Donggao Town, and the key is to completely expel the Khitans.

A few months ago, Li Mao and Wen Cheng formulated a top-secret plan, the core of the plan is the division of labor between the two, one sings white face, the other sings red face, Li Mao behaved extremely vicious in the relationship with the Khitans, more than once in front of the soldiers and civilians to say that he wanted to fight with the Khitan, this kind of thing was said at the meeting, during the military training, and when meeting with other tribal leaders.

At the same time, Wen Cheng expressed a different point of view, Wen Cheng advocated living in harmony with the Khitans, his reason was that Donggao Town was weak and weak, and it was by no means the opponent of the Khitans, the overlord of Liaodong, and the direct end of confrontation with the Khitans was to get out of Liaodong. And so far, the Khitans have not done anything to Donggao Town, they have not come to extort like other forest tribes, and even when they do business, they are fair trades and never bully others.

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