Li Mao actually enjoys the treatment of this kind of ordinary person, although the days of hugging the front and back, the stars and the moon are glorious, but it is unbearable in the high places, if possible, he is more willing to lean back to the green mountains and watch the changes of the world with a cold eye.

He can find this feeling in Dengzhou, which is why he is not afraid of rumors and insists on buying land, building a house, and accumulating family business here.

He started in Gushan, it was Yu Hualong's promotion that made him what he is today, and now although he jumped out of the Qing Navy system, his roots are still there, he is willing to let Li Shigu treat him as a gunman, and he does not hesitate to offend the entire Ziqing wealthy family and officialdom for the sake of Li Jiaerlang.

He thought that he could win Li Shigu's trust with his loyalty and sharpness, so as to gain a foothold in Ziqing, but now he looks at it, the ideal is good, but the result is a failure.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't win Li Shigu's true trust after all, whether it was his improper background, or Li Shigu's personality, or the concept of door valves, he still had doubts in his heart, but he could feel the distrustful eyes behind him.

Cold, often makes people's hairs stand on end.

Shucheng took advantage of his position to create a grange to absorb the old Qing Navy department in the diaspora, which was not favored by Li Mao. The old Qing Navy was scattered all over the country, after all, it was Li Shigu's hidden worry, and Shucheng gathered them together, but it fulfilled Li Shigu's wish, but what about in the future? With his suspicious character, how could he tolerate others sleeping soundly next to the couch, once he had murderous intentions, the consequences would be unimaginable.

A hat that gathers a crowd to rebel is enough to kill people's heads and rivers of blood.

Li Mao also wanted to contain the scattered Qing Navy members into the merchant house created by Su Qing, but the people were still those people, but the characteristics of the merchant inn were scattered, and it was a trouble for a hundred people to gather together to riot* and scatter ten places and riot again* It was a trivial matter in terms of local security. In this way, it can not only get rid of Li Shigu's suspicions, but also stabilize the scattered soldiers.

Li Mao once talked to Zhao Jinglai on this matter, Zhao Jinglai agreed, Li Mao's approach is in line with the interests of the copper tiger head, after the Qing Navy was dismantled several times, thousands of soldiers were scattered, most of these people were pirates, wild and untamable, making waves outside, it was a headache, if there was an organization to absorb it, easy to supervise, wouldn't it be what they were happy to see?

Zhao Jinglai agreed to Li Mao's request on behalf of the copper tiger head, and only put forward one condition, the list and resume of all the accepted personnel must be truthfully provided to the copper tiger head, and accept the investigation of the copper tiger head at any time, this request Li Mao thought it was not too much, and it was obviously impossible to ask for a living under the nose of the copper tiger head, and refuse to cooperate. (Baidu search to the literature network is the fastest and most stable update)

He reached this agreement with Zhao Jinglai privately behind Su Qing's back. With the support of Zhao Jinglai and a share of Dengzhou's overseas trade, Li Mao has confidence.

Because of such cooperation, when someone inside Tonghutou wanted to investigate Shucheng's grange, Zhao Jinglai leaked the news to Li Mao in advance, asking him to be prepared, so as not to be exploited by others and use the topic to play.

It is not a day's work to set up a trading company for thousands of people to eat, and Li Mao thought of the strategy of immigrating to Liaodong, which is now a borderless land with infinite treasures, and it is always no problem to move people to Liaodong, not to mention development. Li Mao had already conceived such an idea as early as when he was in the small barracks, and it seemed to be infinitely creative, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was difficult, so he had to give up.

Let him regain this idea after meeting Sang Rong, immigrating to Liaodong is a huge system project, which he can't complete on his own, but with Sang Rong's help, the matter is half of the matter, and the other half of the success of the matter, one is in Zhao Jinglai, half is in Zhang Stock, in order to win over Zhang Stock, Li Mao is willing to take a big taboo and determine the character of Li Zhun on behalf of Li Shigu.

As soon as the matter of Zhenhai City was over, Li Mao returned to Yunzhou, and before seeing Li Shigu, he first made an appointment with Zhao Jinglai, asked Sang Rong to ask him to be exempted from responsibility, and invited himself to go to Liaodong to develop a stronghold, and told Ziqing about the idea of recovering the old land of Liaodong.

After the Tang Dynasty lost Liaodong, it has always had the heart of recovery, but the imperial court was weak and unable to control the place, and Youzhou and other towns were self-righteous and refused to exert themselves. As a result, the lost land in Liaodong could not be recovered for a long time, and Ziqing had the intention to make achievements in Liaodong, but it was separated by the vast sea and was powerless. After spending a lot of manpower and material resources, the influence in Liaodong did not increase but decreased, so that the people in power could not bear to abandon it, and there was no hope for progress, and they were in a dilemma.

Zhao Jinglai said: "We have a lesson in Liaodong, we spent hundreds of millions of dollars, but we raised a few white-eyed wolves, Sang Rong has a bad reputation, and the above may not be willing to agree." ”

Li Mao said: "He is Yu Hualong's cronies, he did the work of betraying the master, and he was really frightened in his heart, and then he saw Yu Hualong as a soldier and horse envoy in Yunzhou, and he was afraid that he would abandon his copper tiger head, so he left in fear." Now he is miserable and miserable at sea, and his life is unsatisfactory, so he took the initiative to show goodwill. I think I can first envelop him, give him some support, and send him to Liaodong.

"He has no ability, we only think of killing people with a knife, he has the ability to stand on his feet, if he wants to be bigger, he can't do it without the support of Ziqing, as long as he is stuck in the supply of people and property, he can't escape from the palm of our hands, and I'm not afraid that he will turn the sky." When the time is ripe in the future, sending someone to take over his stall will be regarded as a miracle. ”

Li Mao said: "The Qing Navy has been abolished several times, a large number of people have been scattered, as far as I know, life is not satisfactory, my heart is sad and angry, and I have many complaints about Yunzhou, in case they are bewitched by Sang Rong and go to the sea again to become bandits......"

Zhao Jinglai's eyes showed a fierce light: "Do you think Sang Rong still has the strength to respond to every call?" ”

Li Mao said: "There is no at the moment, but the world is impermanent, and most of the love and hatred in the world, except for blood kinship, can be classified as the word profit. When they really don't have enough food and clothing, Sang Rong betrays the Lord, is that still a thing? ”

Zhao Jinglai said: "Shucheng privately invested the remnants of the Qing Navy, and it will eventually be a problem for his henchmen, and your trading company will not be able to accommodate so many people for a while and a half, can you use Sang Rong's hand to send them to Liaodong?" ”

These words hit Li Mao's heart, but Li Mao said quietly: "Sang Rong is still carrying the name of the master on his back, but I am afraid that no one may be willing to follow him." Besides, the migration of thousands of people is not a trivial matter, and it is really difficult to do it without nodding from above and accommodating the local government. ”

Zhao Jinglai laughed and said, "What's the matter, I'll let people go out and scrub him." As for the above and Shucheng's side, it takes a lot of effort from the hard brother. ”

Li Mao took the opportunity to propose to set up a business inn in Dengzhou to run the business with Liaodong for Tonghutou, Zhao Jinglai said: "I know this, and I can't be in a hurry." ”

It wasn't until the third day that Li Mao officially met with Li Shigu, and when they met, he pleaded guilty and asked Li Shigu to punish him for killing Li Zhun without permission.

Li Shigu soothed: "Damn people, what crime is it to kill?" I'm glad you were able to do it on the spot. He asked Li Mao again: "You have been a colleague with Sang Rong, is this person worthy of trust, in Liaodong, we have had a painful lesson." Li Mao said: "Sang Rong is an unruly wild horse, brave and strategic, and he can be used to open the deadlock in Liaodong." Although he is unruly, how dare he make a mistake in front of the festival commander? ”

In Li Shigu's eyes, Li Zhun is insignificant, at best it is just a touchstone to test Li Mao's loyalty, Li Mao is good at making an initiative to kill him, Li Shigu can ignore it. Sang Rong assassinated Li Zhun, and he had the notoriety of betraying the master, and the back road was dead, so he could only be driven obediently by him.

Since Li Shigu's grandfather Li Zheng has been in power, the Ziqing Ping Lu army began to secretly prepare for the restoration of Liaodong, which lasted three generations, spent hundreds of millions of financial resources but finally ended in failure, the last coastal stronghold controlled by Ziqing, Langhai City, was also captured by the Khitans four years ago, tens of thousands of armor and grain were looted, so far, the efforts of the three generations of Li ancestors and grandchildren in Liaodong failed.

Liaodong has become a lingering shadow in Li Shigu's heart.

"Just shake them off and let them toss." Li Shigu agreed to Li Mao's request and gave him a new title - the deputy envoy of the guards and the pro-army Yangdao Army, and the envoy of the Zhiyou Xiang to judge the cities of Liaodong - nominally the supreme head of Ziqing Province in Liaodong.

Although the name of "the deputy envoy of the Yangdao Army knows the affairs of the right chamber and sentences the Liaodong Zhucheng to comfort the envoy", the resources that can be called are very limited, but this is enough for Li Mao.

He stepped into the head of the bronze tiger with the sign of "Deputy Envoy of the Raising Sword Army to Know the Right Chamber", and officially possessed actual power with the sign of "Sentence Liaodong Zhucheng to comfort the envoy", and Li Mao has inadvertently returned to the core circle of Ziqing power.

His state of mind has been a little vicissitudes, and he has looked down on many things.

After Li Mao's picket shogunate was dissolved, Li Shiguben intended to reuse Shucheng as a history of assassination, but Shucheng chose to go to the Yingtian shogunate to preside over the recruitment of displaced people to reclaim the fields. The usual practice of cultivating acres of land in Yingtian Prefecture is to first land the army and then carry out the people's reclamation when the time is ripe, and the army's organization and discipline are not comparable to ordinary people, and they are stronger than ordinary displaced people.

Therefore, the efficiency of the military reclamation and then to civilian use is relatively high, and the experience of operation is relatively rich, but the same drawbacks are also very deep, Li Shigu has long deliberately abandoned this model, suffering from no way to start, and now Shucheng is not afraid of difficulties, and takes the initiative to recruit displaced people to reclaim the famine, which is very much Li Shigu's appetite.

Shu Cheng was dazed and didn't realize that the private goods he was mixed with had been seen by Li Shigu, and he was bored to do things, like an ostrich, immersed in self-deception. Li Mao really sweated for him. After correcting his name, his first stop was to go to Qizhou.

Qizhou is one of the few big cities in Ziqing, with high walls and deep pools, and a prosperous market. Shu Cheng concurrently served as the head of the Qizhou camp with the dignity of a judge, and experimented with his homeless reclamation in Qizhou, he now has seventeen granges under his name, 8,000 homeless people, and 10,000 garrisons, and his power exceeds that of the assassin.

Li Mao didn't see Shucheng in the camp, so he went to the back hall to ask Wu for directions, and Wu told him that Shucheng had been living in the grange these days, eating, living and working with the displaced people who had reclaimed the wasteland.

Qingmo said: "Madam, I said earlier that the judge only came back yesterday, why didn't he stay for two days and left?" Wu smiled awkwardly and said, "He did go back to the city yesterday, but he took some change of clothes and left overnight."

Li Mao was about to leave, but Wu said unhappily: "Maohua, what do you mean, am I a man-eating tiger, I will hide when I see me." He added: "I have already sent someone to call him back, since you have developed with the festival handsome, you can no longer look down on a small place like us, is it rare to come here just to catch up with the old days?" (Dissertation College)