On the mighty Yellow River, hundreds of warships are slowly heading downstream. The shallow draft of each ship proves that these huge ships are bare. Except for a row of displacement soldiers lined up like javelins on the south side of the ship, and swords, guns, and halberds placed below deck, nothing was to be seen from the ship.

On each warship, a huge battle flag of the Protector Army was hung, and a black plum character was embroidered in the center of the flag. It is the second division of the Protector Army.

In fact, the 2nd Division of the Navy did not have so many warships. At this time, among the big ships slowly moving on the Yellow River, there were also all the big ships of the First Division of the Navy and the Xuzhou Shijia Trading Company.

Hundreds of large ships stretched out a long column of more than ten miles on the Yellow River, which looked extremely spectacular.

And after the big ships, there are nearly 100 merchant ships that are smaller. The merchant ships are full of porcelain, silk, and exquisite lacquerware, and all the products of the Central Plains that are favored by overseas can be said to be everything.

At Xingyang Ferry, Li Bao was dressed in military uniform, with an iron sword in his hand, and he looked quite like a dragon and a tiger. Yue Fei carried the wine jug and personally poured a large bowl of wine for Li Bao.

"Master Li, please drink this cup of magnificent wine. The second division's departure to sea this time is related to the life and death of the people's protection army, as well as the life and death of the people of the Central Plains. I hope that Master Li will live up to the name of the Dragon King and return as soon as possible. ”

Li Bao took the big bowl, drank it all, wiped the wine on his lips, and said angrily, "Yue Shuai rest assured." Li crisscrossed the East China Sea and the South Sea, and knew that some maritime countries were extremely rich in products. Definitely not going home empty-handed. Those small countries will sell me their grain, and if not, I don't mind redoing the business of the pirates. ”

Yue Fei's eyes showed a hint of helplessness. He knew very well that Li Baonan's trip this time might destroy several island countries. But he would never stop Li Bao from sailing because he cherished the natives of Nanyang. If there must be sacrifices, it is better to sacrifice the people of other countries than to sacrifice the people of one's own country.

In addition to Yue Fei, there were also Huang Zong, the prefect of Yingtian, Li Bao's benevolent father, Li Bashao, Xue Bi, the staff officer of the Protector Army, Zhang Xian, the deputy marshal, and a new general of the Exile Army. Everyone who came to the river knew why Li Bao sailed away. They also all have great hopes for Li Bao.

Without food, the Protectors had to keep millions of displaced people out of the country. Every day, exiles who tried to force their way into Yingtian were beheaded. Every day, while scolding the Protector Army and Yue Fei, he dragged his thin body away and begged in another direction. Because there was no food, in the face of the power vacuum in the Central Plains, the Protector Army could only occupy Jingxi Road and Bianliang Luoyang Xuzhou, and then stopped the pace of expansion again. Because Yue Fei said that as long as it is under the jurisdiction of the Protector Army, there will never be hunger.

In fact, everyone knows that if all the farmland in the Central Plains is planted with autumn grain to survive the summer, there will be no more large numbers of displaced people. But herein lies the problem, the Protectors do not have enough food to help all the displaced people survive this summer. Do not suffer from few, but suffer from unevenness. If the Protector Army occupies the entire Central Plains, it will not be able to solve the appetites of the people of the Central Plains. Then they will go from an army that everyone supports to an army that everyone spurns. The people are very blind. They don't think about who put them in such a desperate situation. They will only transfer their resentment to the officers and soldiers who rule over them.

And like now, it has taken over several places that are most suitable for growing grain, and stabilized the people in these places. Then the people of these places will continue to defend the people, and form a counter-elimination trend with the outcasts who hate the people's protectors.

If Li Bao can really return with a full load on this trip, the grain brought back by hundreds of large ships is enough for the people under the jurisdiction of the Protector Army to not have the risk of lack of food.

It was precisely because of the imminent food crisis that all the heavyweights of the Protector Army came to the bank of the Yellow River to see Li Bao off in person.

Li Bashao poured a bowl of wine, stepped forward with a smile, and also wanted to give Li Bao a glass.

When Li Bao saw Li Bashao step forward, he immediately knelt down on one knee and said extremely respectfully, "How dare the little nephew accept the toast from Shibo." Without Shibo's rescue, Li had already become a fish with dry bones. ”

Li Bashao put the wine in Li Bao's hand and said with a smile, "You have already repaid my kindness to you." Now you are the commander of the Protector Army, and I am the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Protectorate. We all know the current state of the Protectorate. Master Li, this time, you must be careful. ”

Li Bao drank Li Bashao's toast and said sharply, "Shibo, don't worry, this is the blood-stained ocean, and you will also bring back the most food for the Protector Army." ”

Li Bashao looked at the sailors standing like javelins on the Yellow River, and said with a little emotion, "If you can avoid death, try to fight less." This time we are a very large armed caravan. But the business still has to be put in front. Of course, if there are people who do not know each other, it is necessary to crush them with the most powerful weapons. ”

Li Bao nodded resolutely.

Xue Bi poured a bowl of wine, also saluted Li Bao, and said with a smile, "Master Li is here to prevent the Huihui people in Quanzhou from making trouble." I have heard that the island countries of Nanyang and the Hui believe in the same master. Their caravan power should not be underestimated. Although they are also sea cowards, they have a signboard of the imperial court sailors. Master Li must be careful. ”

Li Bao let out a long laugh, "On the sea, I, Li Bao, have never been afraid of anyone!" It's good if those who are interested in returning to business. If you're not interested, I don't mind laying Quanzhou City first. ”

Xue Bi shouted, "Senior Commander Li is worthy of being the Dragon King of the Sea, this is a magnificent statement!" When floating a big white. ”

With Xue Bi's toast, all the generals of the Protector Army also came up one by one to toast Li Bao. Li Bao is really massive, the wine is turned over in a bowl, and he drank more than 20 bowls of wine in one go, and even his belly bulged, and he still didn't feel drunk.

In the end, the prefect Huang Zong also walked in front of Li Bao with a bowl of wine. Huang Zong has been extremely tired for a while, and his face has lost a lot of weight. Li Bao knew that Huang Zong was born as a scholar, a typical Confucian child, and thought that Huang Zong wanted to teach him the truth that harmony is precious. Who knew that Huang Zong's words were even more violent. "Division Commander Li, the food crisis of the Protector Army cannot be solved with a single voyage. If you can, try to occupy as many rice producing areas as possible. ”

Huang Zong's words revealed endless murderous intent. Li Baoke didn't know that Huang Zong was saddened by Han Qi, Sima Guang and others' repeated tolerance of Western Xia, which made Li Yuanhao the climate and made Western Xia a place of blood loss in the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, the current Huang Zong and Yue Fei are very similar, extremely gentle to the people under the system, but they are extremely iron-blooded to foreign enemies.

Li Bao drank Huang Zong's wine again, clasped his fists at the people in front of him, and said loudly, "Yue Shuai, Li Shibo, Huang Zhifu, Deputy Marshal Zhang, and all the brothers, please go back to Bian." Li Bao is going. ”

After saying this, Li Bao walked along the re-erected pontoon bridge to the middle of the Yellow River, jumped over, and landed on the handsome boat waiting under the bridge. ”

The speed of hundreds of large ships suddenly increased, and down the river, it was like a swift arrow. The flotilla of more than ten miles long had disappeared in less than a quarter of an hour, and all of them had disappeared under the noses of everyone on the shore.

Yue Fei watched the fleet disappear before he said to everyone, "Go back." Li Bao will go now, and it will take two months at the earliest. Our biggest task at present is not only to harvest wheat, but also to have the people under our jurisdiction plant autumn grain in the barren fields. Around Bianliang, there are millions of acres of fertile land that is not afraid of drought and flood. Chen Heihu, Nie Wanjin, give you the seeds, don't be eaten by the people. Seeds can be sent only once. There's no second time to send. ”

Because the first battle of Xingyang was extremely prominent, Chen Heihu and Nie Wanjin were respectively appointed by Yue Fei as the commanders of the infantry regiment. In addition to each having 5,000 recruits, the two of them now have to manage hundreds of thousands of displaced people who have flocked to Bianliang. The fields around Bianliang were also personally presided over by Li Bashao and distributed to the homeless households. Anyway, almost none of the local people in Bianliang have survived, and they have either been exiled to the Jin Kingdom or fled to Jiangnan, and these fertile fields are borderless land, which is just used to settle these displaced people who have exchanged their lives for good land.

Thanks to the Bianliang Water Conservancy Project of Shen Kuo, a great scientist during the Renzong period, the fields around Bianliang can be drained by waterlogging and irrigated by drought, which can be said to be a treasure land of feng shui. Without this turmoil, these displaced people would not have dreamed of owning these lands.

But after eliminating the Puchashi slaves, Yue Fei really did what he said, and gave thirty acres of land to each homeless person who participated in the war. The war dead were divided into twenty acres.

Chen Heihu and Nie Wanjin stood in the middle of the crowd, although they were tall and long, extremely prominent, they were extremely cramped, and they hardly dared to speak. The two of them knew that their own credit was outstanding among the homeless. In this group of people, maybe Yue Shuai didn't even know their names.

Unexpectedly, Yue Fei directly named their names, Chen Heihu and Nie Wanjin were stunned for a moment, and immediately strode out of the queue and walked in front of Yue Fei. Nie Wanjin said loudly, "Report to Yue Shuai, the seeds you gave us are all extremely well preserved. When I go back today, I'm going to plant in the ground. ”

Chen Heihu said extremely domineeringly, "Yue Shuai rest assured. Whoever dares to steal those bean seeds and sorghum seeds, I beat them to spit out. I told the villagers early that I had eaten the seeds, and I could only eat the soil in autumn and winter. ”

Yue Fei laughed and said, "That's fine." Only those who have constant production have perseverance. When the people have their own fields, they have the responsibility and courage to defend their homeland. If there is no place to stand under their feet, what reason do the people have to throw their heads and spill their blood? Chen Heihu, Nie Wanjin, both of you were born in a peasant family, and now although you are military generals, you are also a villager in Datun, I hope you don't forget the kindness of the villagers to help each other. If the villagers really have any difficulties, they can directly find the An Minguan in Bianliang, even those students, or you can directly contact me and me. You two must not forget your roots! ”

Chen Heihu's eyes widened and said, "Whoever forgets his roots is raised by the little mother." ”

Nie Wanjin reported the thigh of his ancestor Nie Zheng again. "Yue Shuai, rest assured, I swear in the honor of Nie Zheng's descendants that I will never do anything that harms the township."

Li Bashao looked at Chen Heihu and Nie Wanjin, and said with a little emotion, "Pengju, do you look at the two of them, do they look like Guo Jin and Li Heng?" It's a pity that Guo Jin died under the secret arrow of the golden dog. ”

As soon as Chen Heihu heard that Li Bashao actually compared the two of them to the famous Guo Jin and Li Heng, he immediately became energetic. changed the crampedness just now, and said loudly, "Master Li Ba, I can replace Guo Jin and partner with Li Heng." You must know that the one I admire the most is Guo Da Ma Dipper. ”

Yue Fei said with a smile, "You and Nie Wanjin are golden partners, don't try to partner with Li Heng anymore." ”

The generals were also interested in Li Bashao's words, and they were comparing Guo Jin, Li Heng and Chen Heihu Nie Wanjin all the way. talked about Bianliang, but Yue Fei was reported, and senior brothers Zhou Yi and Meng Lin also arrived at the left-behind mansion.

Thinking of Meng Bangxiong, who died in battle, Yue Fei couldn't help but sigh. He really didn't know how to meet Meng Lin.