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Xue Dingding spent another sleepless night, and after dawn, the sky was clear, the sun reflected the snow, and the sugar

She pushed open the window and sat lazily, refusing to groom for a long time. Yang Er was used to all this, just sighed slightly, took the washing water down, and then changed the heat up.

It wasn't until it was reported that Xue Qingbao was coming, Xue Dingding came back to her senses, in order not to worry her father, she hurriedly beckoned Yang Er to dress her up, Yang Er smiled helplessly, and pointed to the mirror: It turned out that Yang Er had already helped her comb her makeup when she was in a daze.

Xue Qingbao was in a heavy mood, forced a smile, and reported to his daughter that Li Mao had promoted him to be the assassin of Liaozhou, not only did he not destroy the disaster, but also ascended to the sky in one step to become a four-grade high-ranking official

Xue Dingding also forced a happy face and was happy for his father, and neither father nor daughter wanted to say anything about the helplessness behind this assassination: not only to hand over the army and the city, but also to give her as a gift to the fierce and brutal soldier.

But the matter has come to this, what else does she have to choose, Li Mao's soldiers are outside the city, the generals are Shi Xiong and Qin Mo, both of whom are Li Mao's confidants, it seems that he is bound to win, 100,000 Silla troops are not his opponents, although Liaodong City is steep, how long can it resist

"I have one condition, I want him to come and pick me up in person, if he refuses to come, I would rather die."

"Daughter, alas, it's all the father's incompetence, it's the father who is sorry for you"

Xue Dingding comforted his tearful father: "The 100,000 Silla army has been defeated, why do you blame yourself, blame God for having no eyes, good people don't live long, and the scourge will last for thousands of years." ”

After speaking, Xue Dingding looked out the window with empty eyes, her tears had already been exhausted for Jin Tiyong, the night of the Battle of Dongzhou, she was worried about his insomnia all night, and the night after he was captured, she cried for him night and night until dawn.

Now her tears were gone, and her heart was no longer soft, but numb like stone.

Xue Qingbao sighed and comforted his daughter: "The defeat of Silla is a matter of qi, and there is nothing to be done." Generalissimo Jin Tiyong is also a fierce general who can fight habitually, guarding the northern border for more than ten years, and the talented King of Bohai does not dare to take a step beyond Lei Chi, but he met Li Mao, but he can't get him, Yin and Yang are not opponents, and Li Mao wants to be the lord of Liaodong. ”

Her father's words stung Xue Dingding, and she did not allow anyone to desecrate Jin Tiyong in her heart.

Xue Qingbao noticed the change in his daughter, and changed his words and said: "Judging from Li Mao's failure to kill Marshal Jin and the Silla generals, this person still has some measurements, I will dedicate the city to him, I will obey him, he will be the ruler, I will be the subordinate, what else can he do to me, but I have wronged you." Sugar hua updates quickly, the website page is refreshing, there are few ads, I like this kind of website the most, I must praise it"

Xue Dingding said: "The daughter is not wronged, the man picks up the sword for the family, I can't hold the sword, but I also have to contribute to the survival of the family." It's nothing more than clever words and laughter to welcome him, so what, who made me born a daughter. ”

Xue Qingbao sighed, speechless.

When Qin Mo's envoy brought Xue Qingbao's request back to Eastern Gaozhou, Li Mao was attending the groundbreaking ceremony of the Memorial Cemetery in a feng shui treasure outside Gaozhou City, and he did not say a word after listening to Qin Fengmian's relay.

In the first battle of Liaodong, although the national strength of Silla was greatly damaged and almost destroyed, Liaodong also paid a great price, with 6,300 soldiers killed in battle, 3,800 civilian casualties, and one-sixth of the population resting forever in this winter.

The groundbreaking ceremony was presided over by Zheng Xiaozhang, and Li Mao was in a deep mood, and he couldn't help but cry like rain when he shoveled the soil.

On the way back to the city, in order to enliven the atmosphere, Zheng Xiaozhang changed his serious face and took the initiative to joke with others, he made fun of Li Mao, and asked Li Mao to go to Liaodong City as soon as possible to pick up his daughter-in-law back, so as to hug a fat doll before winter.

The matter of men and women is really a good medicine for healing, and the generals who were still in a heavy mood just now suddenly made a commotion, their faces were ruddy, and their eyes were shining.

Li Mao is a veteran of shabu shabu, but this time he was shabu by his own people, but he was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "Since the city lord invited me to go, it is not appropriate for me not to go." I am once again an old cow eating tender grass, and I am really ashamed in my heart, and I will be free of your share of money, so as not to complain in the future, saying that I am a Li person again and again, endlessly. ”

Everyone burst into laughter, but Li Mao said seriously: "We have to set up a rule, in the future, in addition to the wife who is marrying the Ming media, those who take concubines and buy maids, you can set up a few tables to make a living, but you can't use this to make money, lest someone take a concubine as soon as they lack money, and get a room at home, how can one hundred and eighty people take care of it, so that people waste their youth in vain and keep the empty house alone, this is a crime." You must know that Liaodong is not rich, and there are still many people who can't marry a daughter-in-law, so you have to leave a way for people to live. ”

Laughing again, everyone made a fuss, Zheng Xiaozhang pressed his hand and said: "The city lord of Liaodong is a face-saving person, although the handsome man is a concubine, this etiquette is still indispensable, lest the city lord Xue deny your son-in-law in anger." ”

Everyone laughed again, Zheng Xiaozhang usually did not smile in front of Li Mao, he was very serious, and suddenly made such a joke, which made Li Mao a little uncomfortable.

Li Mao smiled: "It's only this once, not an example." It is still the entrepreneurial period, and the wind of extravagance and pleasure cannot be long. ”

These days, Li Mao has been thinking about a question, after the Liaodong Festival, where should Daxu be built. The two states of Donggao have the best foundation, but their location is relatively biased, which is not conducive to controlling the newly acquired large new territory east of the Liao River.

Liaozhou is located in the heart of Liaodong, which is convenient for controlling the four directions, and there are no decent towns east of Liaozhou until Pyongyang City, so control is relatively weak, and it is also necessary to shift the military center of gravity to the east to strengthen the control of the newly acquired territory.

But the shortcomings of Liaodong City are also very prominent, the area is too small, the population is too small, and it is limited by the terrain and cannot do large-scale reconstruction and expansion, which is the fundamental reason why Li Mao has not been able to make up his final decision to move the administrative office.

As for Xue Dingding, Qin Mo has sent her portrait to Dongzhou, judging from the portrait, it is the type he likes, quiet, talented, smart, with a good face and figure.

This little woman, Li Mao, was not very interested in it before, she was just a cover for him to confuse potential opponents. Now that the general trend has been decided, this guise is no longer needed, and as for how to place her, Li Mao has never seriously thought about it.

Some time ago, Qin Mo secretly reported that the little woman was infatuated with the prince of Silla, even if the prince was martyred and became a prisoner, she was still willing to live for him and die for him, and even made a very rude request, asking Li Mao to go to Liaodong City to see her in person, she expected that Li Mao would not agree, so that she would have every reason to abandon humanity and pursue her absolute freedom.

Qin Mo's letter was written very lyrically and obscurely, but Li Mao still easily saw through his careful thoughts: Qin Mo's intention was nothing more than to arouse his fighting spirit, take down the daughter of the city lord in one fell swoop, and build the prince of Silla in the love field, so as to achieve a win-win situation on the battlefield and the love field.

Although Li Mao expressed his disdain, Qin Mo's agitation method still played a certain role, and Li Mao was determined to meet her and see what kind of three-headed and six-armed this "No. 1 beauty in Liaodong" he had sealed.

Determined to be sure, he even had some small expectations in his heart.

Before going to Liaodong City, Li Mao went to Guizhou first. The new city is planned on a flat land in the southwest of the town, and it will be a horn with the town of Kikageshan after completion, which is very conducive to defense.

Zheng Xiaozhang served as the first assassin of Guizhou, and Hu Nanxiang was the chief historian, who actually presided over government affairs.

Li Mao went around the construction site of Xincheng and said to Hu Nanxiang and Gao Bing: "The progress needs to be accelerated, now is a chaotic period, many people have no food and clothing, it is easy to recruit workers, everything will settle down in the future, manpower is a big problem." ”

Gao Bingdao: "Although the manpower is sufficient, the materials can't keep up, and the reconstruction is going on everywhere, and the soil and rocks have become a problem. ”

Li Mao said: "The planning of this city is very good, we can make more use of external resources, we repair walls, pave roads, build public infrastructure such as water supply and drainage channels, and leave the rest to the people to do, do a good job of guiding, they will do a good job, and the efficiency is even higher than ours." They have a way to find the earth and rocks that you can't find, and they want as many as they want, believe it or not."

Hu Nanxiang said: "Many businessmen have seen the business opportunity of returning to Guizhou and come here to buy land and property, but recently the Fengchuan Governance Office is going to move to Liaozhou, and some people have begun to wait and see, wondering whether to sell the land to Liaozhou." ”

Li Mao said: "Liaozhou is Liaozhou, Guizhou is Guizhou, Liaozhou will be a military center in the future, but the status of Guizhou and Donggaozhou as economic centers will not be shaken, and the status of Guizhou will only be further improved in the future, and will never be marginalized." ”

Gao Bing suggested that the introduction of private forces to build the city wall, saying that many builders expressed their willingness to donate to build the city wall free of charge in order to contract the project. Li Mao smiled and said: "A businessman is a businessman, cost and profit are their priority, this kind of public, basic, especially involving military defense projects, or we do it ourselves, even if there is some waste, it is worth it." ”

Hu Nanxiang said: "None of the several traffic arteries planned at the beginning of the year passed through Guizhou, which is very unfavorable to us. ”

As soon as the war in Liaodong ended, several important roads that had been planned were put on the construction agenda. The first to start construction was the ferry terminal between Dongzhou and Gaozhou, followed by the dual-use highway between Dongzhou and Liaozhou, and then the waterway from Dongzhou to Hekou Town and the land route from Hekou Town to Beisha City.

There is no well-formed highway between Kikkosan Town and Dongzhou, and business travelers can only take forest paths, which is troublesome and unsafe.

Li Mao replied to him clearly: "Not yet, it is better to separate Donggaozhou and Guizhou for now, and when the time is ripe in the future, we will discuss the matter of building roads." ”

Li Mao's attitude was resolute, and Hu Nanxiang was helpless.

As a reassurance, Li Mao promised to change a freight passage connecting the town of Kikageshan and the unnamed port on the bank of the Liao River to a dual-purpose port for both passengers and goods, which was originally only used for the transfer of troops and ordnance, and Li Mao promised to build a new civilian wharf five miles north of the military port for business travel and the transfer of civilian materials. The new port was named Guiju Port and was under the jurisdiction of the Guizhou Prefecture.

This was undoubtedly a great benefit to Guizhou, and Hu Nanxiang was overjoyed and warmly invited Li Mao to dine at his new Assassin's Mansion.

Li Maowan refused, and his trip to inspect and return to the state was just a stop, and the main purpose was to inspect the newly formed Fifth Division.

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