The Licheng of Jinan Mansion to the Qingzhou Mansion is nearly 100 miles sunny, although it is not a rugged mountain road, but it takes ten days and half a month to go back and forth in the past.

Now it is different, the Shandong army is in charge of all places, the regular soldiers and Yanding are responsible for maintaining local law and order, and the bandits and rogues on the land either run to Nanzhili or are exterminated on the spot, and the road is unimpeded, at least it can be regarded as stable.

Li Yan rode a horse from Laiwu out of Jinan Mansion all the way straight into the boundary of Qingzhou Mansion, and along the way, in addition to the group of farmstead tenants who farmed, they were the salt dings who set up cards to investigate, and it was rare to see some regular soldiers and sergeants passing by shouting trumpets and running by.

Although Yan Ding, who set up a card to investigate, did not know Li Yan, he knew the token of the Military Division, and the small leaders saw that Li Buzheng was anxious, so they only had time to salute and hurriedly let him go.

After Li Yan arrived in the territory of Qingzhou Mansion, he passed through the first line of Mengyin and Bauhinia Pass, and with the cooperation of the local barracks officer, he changed his horses and continued on the road.

Although Rizhao is a county town, it is a medium-sized town with a port, and the Shandong army did not attach importance to this port at first, but later received news that it has development potential, so it sent a special person to renovate the port.

Rizhao City is located on the shore of the Yellow Sea, facing each other across the sea from the Wa Kingdom and North Korea in the east, Linyi in the west, Laizhou Bay and Weifang in the north, and Anton Wei in the south, and Anton Wei to the south to the territory of Nanzhili.

It is precisely because of this geographical advantage that Rizhao has become a resting place for merchants from Nanzhili, and the Shandong army has rented a ship company to let the shippers anchor in Rizhao port, but to collect passenger silver.

As time goes by, the daily income increases.

However, if this ship is the merchant ship of the Zheng family, it is another matter, who let the Shandong army have a deal with the Zheng family in hand, and it is not easy to squeak if you want to collect money, in order not to cause unnecessary trouble, this guest bank is not to be wanted.

Erected, Rizhao is still the shortest shortcut to Haizhou, Jiangsu (now Lianyungang and other places), Donghai Zuosuo and other places to Qingzhou Mansion, Laizhou Mansion and Denglai Prefecture, some land merchants like to deliver goods from the coast along the coast, not to mention convenient and fast, you can also rent a boat directly from the ship to the north and return to the south.

Since the formation of the Shandong Army, the regular soldiers and salt in various places have gradually been completed, and various places have stabilized one after another, so there are more merchants in Shandong day by day, and these factors have made Rizhao City more and more prosperous.

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On this day, there was a row of Shandong Army sergeants standing outside Rizhao City, and the officer of the garrison barracks in Rizhao was called Dong Wang, who was pacing back and forth outside the West Gate in iron armor, obviously greeting someone.

Soon, as a puff of dust and smoke rose in the distance, a man who looked like a literati rode a horse in front of everyone, and Dong Wang hurriedly stepped forward with a cadre of regular soldiers.

The people who come look different from the ordinary scholars, the general Donglin scholars are proud of the net scarf folding fan, and a few famous talents in the Shilin are tied with green scarves, giving people a feeling of being a talented man, but the other party does not care about the taboo and hangs a long sword on his waist.

Dong Wang hugged his fists and said with a smile:

"I didn't expect Li Jun to discuss it so quickly, the last one will be Dong Wang, the official of the Rizhao Zheng Barracks, who is here to greet him!"

Originally, Dong Wang and other sergeants were still hesitant to step forward to help him dismount, you must know that literati generally don't know how to ride horses, but Li Yan turned over and dismounted very skillfully under the surprised eyes of everyone, patted his hand and handed it to Dong Wang.

At this time, Dong Wang was still a little stunned, and after suddenly reacting, he took the reins with a sneer, and said what Fang Cai was thinking, but Li Yan smiled heartily after hearing it, and didn't care.

"Dong Yingguan, where is the old mansion of Liu Mansion now?"

"Li Junyi, please come with me."

Dong Wang waved his hand, the regular soldiers standing outside the door were neatly packed back to the city, Rizhao City is the traditional four-four pattern, when entering the city, the county officials with the officials of the government are also in the city to greet them.

Li Yan smiled symbolically at them, and was not idle when he walked in the city, chatting with Dong Wang and the county officials while carefully observing the faces of the people in the city and the situation of the streets and houses.

Although the faces of many people in Rizhao City are not shiny, the dishes have gone down a lot, and there is nothing to see on the streets, as long as they are cleaned in advance, they are as clean as new.

There are many houses that have not been built long ago, pedestrians are in groups of three or five, some carry plows and rakes to the acres of land outside the city to prepare for spring ploughing, some old people sit outside the door with small stools and chat, small merchants and hawkers are selling along the street, many merchants are pulling cars in and out, and there are also many foot merchants who go out alone into the inn.

Seeing this situation, Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Follow Dong Wang to the north of the city, this side was originally the location of some rich families and the old mansion of the Liu family, because several powerful families did not obey the jurisdiction of the Shandong Army and were raided, so Dong Wang also built a new military camp here for daily drills.

The location of this military camp is very good, Li Yan originally thought about what method to use to hide people's eyes, but after hearing Dong Wang's words, he had no such concerns, and immediately opened his mouth and said:

"Officer Dong Ying, you immediately send soldiers to guard the main road in the north of the city, and let it go, just say that the military camp in the north of the city will conduct a training for several days, in order to prepare for the large-scale training of the whole army after January."

Dong Wang suddenly realized, immediately clasped his hands into fists and gave a military salute, and said:

"Understood, I'll give the order!"

Nodding, Li Yan was about to ask about what happened that night, but he swallowed back when he was about to say something, and finally he just said:

"Master Qi, have there been rumors about the old mansion in the city in the past few days?"

Hearing this, Qi Xin, the county official who had been following behind him, subconsciously said:

"Li Buzheng has said it, how can he be a subordinate official, and he is really flattered to let Li Buzheng be called 'master'..."

"Master Qi has been in the office for many years, and Li has no official status in the court, so he should be called like this in the sense of reason, so don't shirk and talk about business."

"Then the lower official will be disrespectful." Qi Xin knew that Li Yanxin was attached to the old mansion, and no matter how much he shirked, it would be a taboo in the officialdom, so he nodded again and again, and recalled:

"As soon as Li Buzheng said this, Xia Guan remembered that there were some rumors about the old house in the city a few days ago, and Xia Guan thought that there would be no major events and left it alone, and there was no follow-up until now."

"Confused!" Li Yan's tone suddenly became heavy, he thought for a while, and then turned around and said categorically:

"Master Li, you immediately write a list of the people who mentioned this matter, regardless of their identity, name and place of origin, and hand over the follow-up matters to the Shandong Army, and the yamen will leave it alone."

Qi Xin knew that there was a cat in it, but there were too many people involved, and he couldn't afford to provoke just the prefect of Qingzhou Mansion, and it was too late for a small county official to protect himself, how could he dare to wade into this troubled water.

Since the military council department has specially dealt with it, he also nodded again and again, and this hot potato is naturally thrown out as soon as possible, the more stable it is.

"Li Buzheng, this is the list of the yamen, you have seen it..."

The master was already waiting behind with a lot of books and account books, and when he saw the county master's eyebrows, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, maybe he was a little nervous, and when he pulled out the list, the books fell to the ground with a bang.

The master immediately confessed a few times, squatted down a few county officials, and the account office hurriedly picked it up, Li Yan didn't care so much, and looked at it directly after getting the list.