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Walking out of the gate of Ningyuan's official hall, Niu Gensheng hurriedly stepped forward and said in a respectful whisper: "General, where are we going?" ”

Li Yuanqing thought for a moment, "Go out of the city directly." Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info you sent someone to tell Man Gui that after a while, 20,000 taels of silver will be transported together with the next batch of Liaonan Laojiao! ”

"Huh? Be! ”

Although Niu Gensheng didn't know why, he saw that Li Yuanqing's expression was not good, so he hurriedly went to do it.

After a simple tidying up, Li Yuanqing went directly out of Ningyuan City and came to the fleet on the east coast.

Not long after, the personal soldiers sent by Niu Gensheng to deal with affairs also rushed over, and the group got on the boat one after another.

Without a moment's hesitation, Li Yuanqing waved his hand, and the fleet sailed directly to the deep sea.

Standing on the bow of the boat, looking at Ning Yuancheng who gradually disappeared from view, Li Yuanqing let out a long breath of turbidity, but his face was ethereal and elusive.

This is the case, it is not that Li Yuanqing is not righteous, and he must 'sell' Gao Di.

is really because of this incident, it is a dead end, and Li Yuanqing can't fight for justice at all.

Gao Di, with the power of his Ji Liao Jingstrategy, forcibly recruited Li Yuanqing to Liaoxi and forced him Li Yuanqing to express his position.

Moreover, 400,000 taels of silver is good, but ~~, this is the food and salary of Liaoxi, and Inspector Yuan wants to find out what is greasy, and it doesn't take much effort.

If it was because of this mere 400,000 taels of silver, he pushed himself to the cusp and let the people criticize him, Li Yuanqing was not so stupid.

Moreover, the stain under Gao Di's ass is really a bit much, not to mention Sun Chengzong, it is Inspector Yuan, and he can't compare it at all.

This is not to say that Gaodi's ability is poor, in fact, Gaodi's ability is not bad to this day.

The most important thing is that Gao Di's heart was not placed in Liaodi, and the reason why he came to Liaodi was completely forced to be helpless and chase ducks to the shelves.

In this way, how could Li Yuanqing put all the treasures on him?

As for the 'confession' to Inspector Yuan, Li Yuanqing was actually very honorable, and clearly told Inspector Yuan that if Gao Di's side was successful, he would stuff the 150,000 taels of silver into his Inspector Yuan's pocket.

This kind of thing, Inspector Yuan is not stupid, how can he not tell the priority?

Without much hesitation, he agreed to the matter.

In this way, the 400,000 taels of silver, which originally belonged to 'black ~ gold', can be regarded as whitewashed after a turn in this way.

Li Yuanqing will not be in any danger if he holds it in his hand again, although it is more than half less than the previous number.

Li Yuanqing suddenly remembered a sage who once wrote a "Love Lotus Said": 'Lotus, out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons......

But how can a person walk by the river without getting his shoes wet?

For the sake of the future, for the sake of the ideal, even if the road ahead is full of thorns and bloody rain, how can Li Yuanqing hesitate half a step?

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Ten days later, in mid-March, the fleet heading to Shanhaiguan returned smoothly, bringing back a whole amount of 250,000 taels of fine official silver.

On the imperial court, the battle between Inspector Yuan and Gao Di is still continuing, but Li Yuanqing has already broken away from this 'fire pit' and watched the fire from the other side.

In fact, the most important reason why Inspector Yuan agreed to this matter so happily was that Li Yuanqing's attitude was sincere enough, and he clearly told Inspector Yuan that at the end of March, he would go to sea, and he would not participate in the war in Liaodi for the next one to two years.

According to Inspector Yuan's 'eloquent strategy', this is what he is most willing to see, after all, there can only be one 'protagonist' in this scene in Liaodi.

In addition, he can still receive more than 100,000 taels of silver, how could he refuse?

At this time, after Zhou Chuanhai and his shipwrights and thousands of auxiliary soldiers in full swing repairs, the warships that went to sea this time were almost finished.

As long as all the supplies are ready, the fleet will be ready to go to sea at any time.

Before going to Liaoxi, Li Yuanqing also ordered his soldiers to send a message to Yang Jiao~Niang of the Beijing Division, asking her to rush to Changsheng Island as soon as possible, and go to Nanjing with the fleet to inspect the industry of Wuyu Pavilion in Nanjing, and by the way, use the relationship of Wuyu Pavilion to help Li Yuanqing purchase materials in Jiangnan.

With the million taels of silver brought back by Yang Xiaochuan on this voyage, plus the twenty-five taels of silver from Gao Di and Yuan Inspector, Li Yuanqing's cash silver reserves at this time are already quite abundant, and all the people on the island are mobilized, and everyone is preparing for this voyage.

On March 14, Yang Jiao~ Niang took San Lang and a team of more than 100 people to arrive on Changsheng Island.

To Li Yuanqing's delight, his previous efforts were not in vain, and Yang Jiao~'s mother's belly was finally successfully enlarged by him again.

After careful deliberation, Li Yuanqing set the day of going to sea on March 18, which was also an auspicious meaning of making a fortune.

According to the plan, after the fleet goes to sea, Li Yuanqing will first go to Phi Dao to meet Mao Wenlong, and then go directly to Nanjing by sea to buy goods, and then go to Fujian to 'chat' with the Zheng family.

At this time, the route of the Ming Dynasty to the South Seas seems to be very far away, but in fact, this route has a history of hundreds of years and is already very mature.

Unless it's too bad and you encounter a typhoon directly, otherwise, this road is very safe.

Li Yuanqing thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to take most of his wives and concubines and children who were not pregnant and go to sea together, which was regarded as relaxation and travel, and also allowed them to broaden their horizons.

It's a pity that Zhang Yunniang and Qu Minqiu, because they are the main mothers, want to sit on Changsheng Island, but they can't go.

Li Yuanqing could only promise them that in a few years, when everything was more stable, he would definitely take them to sea.

Although the warships on Changsheng Island at this time were not equipped with powerful artillery, they were mainly based on impact weapons of cold ~ weapons, but they were superior in number.

The scale of this trip to sea, and the preliminary estimate is that the number of warships will be more than 800.

Coupled with the large and small cargo ships of the wealthy merchants on the island, there are more than 1,500 ships, which is not too difficult.

In terms of soldiers, after careful consideration, Li Yuanqing decided to bring 8,000 soldiers, which basically accounted for half of the number of standing soldiers on Changsheng Island.

In terms of security, Li Yuanqing has also thought about it closely.

Although the naval combat effectiveness of the Changsheng Island fleet is small, the power of the landing operation is amazing.

At this time, the fleet is so large, ordinary small pirates can't help them at all, and the only one who can threaten the safety of the fleet is the Zheng family.

However, with Zheng Zhilong's urine nature, if he dares to send troops to deal with Li Yuanqing, in the future, how can the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupy the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in this pass?

As for Nanyang, Li Yuanqing is even less worried.

Whoever dares to offend his authority, he will pull out his roots!

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it has come to March 18.

Early in the morning, on the Nanxinkou wharf, there was already a tsunami, and in the endless cheers of the crowd, Li Yuanqing took a group of his wives and concubines and took the lead in stepping on his boat.

Soon, everyone and their departments also began to board the ship.

At the end of the hour, that is, at about 8:58 in the morning, Li Yuanqing waved his big hand, and the fleet began to sail to the deep sea in turn!

The vast sea stretches as far as the eye can see, but the boundless flotilla of ships on the side and behind it seems to cover the entire world.

Standing on the wide deck, Li Yuanqing couldn't help but think of the mustache's vigor back then.

What a pity!

At this time, there is no boundless battle ~ fighting ~ machine in the sky, otherwise, how magnificent should this scene that covers the sky and the sun?

Ahead, Yang Xiaochuan personally sat on a large warship and led the entire fleet.

On his side, hundreds of medium-sized warships full of soldiers, like cruisers and frigates, firmly guarded the safety of Li Yuanqing's ship.

These days, Li Yuanqing has actually been thinking about reintegrating the fleet strength of Changsheng Island, the regulations are very sound, and the purpose and division of merit are also clearer, according to the regulations of the Daming Sailors.

It's just that 'the temple is a small demon and the wind is big, and the king of the pond is more than eight'.

In this complicated political environment at this time, Li Yuanqing didn't want to be too 'presumptuous', so he put up with this method for the time being, kept a low profile, and did not easily expose his background.

The key is that although the fleet structure of the Changsheng Battalion is up and the command system is also very perfect, they are not really real warships, and Li Yuanqing also wants to wait for the conditions to be more mature through this expedition before making a decision on this matter.

On the morning of 21 March, Li Yuanqing's fleet successfully arrived at Phi Dao.

It's a pity that Li Yuanqing had just landed on the island, but he was told that Mao Wenlong had gone to Beijing.

After a good meal with Mao Chenglu, Zhang Pan, and Chen Jisheng, and wrote a letter to Mao Wenlong, Li Yuanqing did not stop, and returned to the fleet directly and set sail for Nanjing.

After a few days of adaptation, Zhang Baozhu, Ren Yinger, and Caizi also began to adapt to life at sea, and slowly became cheerful, especially the children, who were even more happy, running around on the deck every day.

Li Yuanqing can finally enjoy a 'happy' life with his wife and concubines by his side.

As the fleet went further south, the weather began to get warmer, and the mood of the people became brighter.

Since he was sailing close to the mainland, Li Yuanqing did not have to worry about fresh water supplies and vegetables.

In terms of health, the Changsheng Camp already has strict military discipline, and there is no need to worry about the occurrence of epidemics.

In fact, the route from China to the South Seas, including the coastal sea and connecting the north and south, has been very mature since the time of Li Tang.

By the time of the Song Dynasty, it was almost possible to reach a small peak.

In the past 100 years of Mengyuan, although there have been some abandonments, on the whole, they have not been hit too hard.

Especially after entering the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He's glory in the West made more and more Chinese people go to Nanyang to pan for gold and make a living.

It's a pity that 'the heart is more than enough but the strength is insufficient'.

Although the non-governmental trade and communication behavior is very prosperous, the official support is insufficient, which also makes these seafarers and wealthy businessmen of the Ming Dynasty seriously lack confidence.

I have to say that this is the biggest regret of the Chinese nation in history.

But at this time, Li Yuanqing had already gone to sea in person, and everything ~~, was completely different.

After more than ten days of sailing, on the 10th day of April, the fleet successfully docked at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Lingguan Canghai and Xu Heizi first led the fleet to Nanjing to prepare for the subsequent receipt, while Li Yuanqing personally led 500 cavalry and brought generous gifts to Shanghai County, not far from Nanjing, the big 'magic capital' of later generations, to visit Xu Guangqi and Xu Ge Lao, who he had admired for a long time.

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