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From nightfall to late at night, Li Yuanqing crouched under the oil lamp and wrote a long letter to Mao Wenlong with his clumsy calligraphy, a mixture of simplified and traditional characters.

In this letter, Li Yuanqing analyzed in detail the respective strengths and situations of the Ming Dynasty, the Later Jin, the Chao ~ Xian, and Mao Wenlong's department at this time, and clearly stated that if the Mao Wenlong Department wants to develop, it can only rely on the long coastline of Liaodi, avoid the real and accumulate strength, otherwise, with Mao Wenlong's strength at this time, stay in Zhenjiang and fight to the death with the Houjin army, and there is only one ending, that is, a dead end.

It was already very late at night, Li Yuanqing carefully dried his pen and ink, carefully checked the letter several times, stood up, and prepared to inform the soldiers who were keeping vigil outside, and sent it to Mao Wenlong overnight.

But as soon as he arrived at the door of the tent, Li Yuanqing suddenly stopped and crumpled the pieces of letter paper into a ball.

The ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny.

The impulse and enthusiasm just now dissipated, and when he calmed down at this time, Li Yuanqing deeply understood that if this letter was handed to Mao Wenlong, it was very likely that all the efforts he had made in these days would be turned into ashes. Even, he will be directly beaten into the 'cold palace' by Mao Wenlong.

As a subordinate, even if it is correct to overstep the level to influence the idea of the commander, this is by no means in line with the rules.

Even if Mao Wenlong is a hero, I am afraid, he will never tolerate such a person.

With a long exhale, Li Yuanqing forced himself to calm down.

With the power of a baby, but I want to do adult things, obviously I am too anxious.

As the old saying goes, 'A hundred-legged worm dies but does not stiffen.'" ’

Although the current system of the Ming Dynasty is bloated, it is far from collapsing, and even if you want to change, you must first live in the rules of the game.

"The top priority is to keep this army firmly in our hands first."

Li Yuanqing opened the curtain of the tent door, looked at the deep and distant night sky, and after a while, he unfolded these few pieces of letter paper and carefully put them away.

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In the next few days, Li Yuanqing's itinerary was not fast, more than 20 miles, less than 10 miles, and he kept wandering in the Yalu River valley.

This is already the land of Uiju.

It can be regarded as the task location set by Mao Wenlong for Li Yuanqing, and Li Yuanqing is not in a hurry, so he set up camp in the flat area by the river, and sent two groups of envoys to Yizhou and Longchuan in succession.

There is only one purpose, simple and crude, that is, to ask for money, but also food.

Otherwise, Li Yuanqing can't guarantee that his sons and daughters will make any surprising moves.

Anyway, Mao Wenlong also means this, if these Chao~ Xian people really dare not know how to lift, then Li Yuanqing can't be blamed for being ruthless.

Even if you can't do anything on the surface, there are dozens of bandits and pirates, and the current manpower under Li Yuanqing is enough to be competent.

Soon, both Yizhou and Longchuan gave a reply, Yizhou was willing to pay 200 taels of silver and 5 stone of grain and rice, and Longchuan was even more pitiful, only 100 taels of silver and 10 stone of grain and rice.

"My lord, this shit, is this a shit?"

In Li Yuanqing's military tent, Xu Heizi had already taken the case, "My lord, these dynasties~ Xianren simply don't look at our Wang Shi in their eyes." We must not tolerate this breath. ”

The rest of the officers don't look good, these shit, don't you look down on people?

Li Yuanqing was not in a hurry, nor was he angry, and the attitude of the ~ Xianren was completely expected by Li Yuanqing.

On the one hand, they are indeed not very rich, but more importantly, without a knife around their necks, they do not know how to write the word 'death'.

Guan Canghai's injuries have improved a lot, he is a strong man, it was back then, and he has been able to stand up on his own in the past few days.

Seeing this, a touch of fierceness suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he said gloomily: "My lord, these dogs are crumb, and it is not too short to deal with them." They dare to look down on our master Wang so much, in my opinion, if we don't do it, we won't stop ......."

Although Guan Canghai didn't finish speaking, his fierce gesture had already made everyone understand what he meant.

In normal times, several other officers, more or less, will have some opinions on Guan Canghai, but at this time, the bad attitude of the Chao ~ Xian people made these officers become the same enemy, and soon, a few more people came out to support Guan Canghai's opinion, and Wang Hai and Shunzi also stood up to support.

Only Shang Lao Liu still maintained the last trace of calm, but his face was already full of anger.

Li Yuanqing suddenly smiled, "This matter must not be easily reckless. It was not easy for the general to create a situation in Zhenjiang. In case the Chao~ Xianren are forced to Houjin's side, it will be unfavorable to us. The most urgent task at the moment is to train the troops well. Our army can quickly form combat effectiveness, and in the future, there will be more choices. ”

These officers nodded their heads one after another, after all, they were too immature to see the chaos behind them. But it's off to a good start.

The officers left, and Shang Lao Liu stayed.

"My lord, this move is wonderful." Shang Lao Liu looked at Li Yuanqing with a smile and took out his dry tobacco pouch again.

Others can't see Li Yuanqing's intentions, but old rivers and lakes like Shang Lao Liu can naturally guess Li Yuanqing's intentions.

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Brother Shang, when no one is around, call me Yuanqing." It's good to listen to. ”

After a pause, Li Yuanqing sighed and said with a smile: "In the past few days, the brothers have practiced hard, and the itinerary is also hard. We've got to find an opening for them, so they feel like they have a purpose. ”

Shang Lao Liu took a deep breath of the dry tobacco pouch and nodded, "Yuanqing." These Yi people are indeed not authentic. In my opinion, if we want to complete the tasks assigned by the general, we must clash with them. In this regard, we must be prepared in advance. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, "Chao~ Xianren is just a ringworm, so don't worry about it." There are generals in Zhenjiang, and they can't stir up. Our biggest problem now is to find a way to survive first. ”

Li Yuanqing's grain and grass can last for two months at most, in this state, the soldiers under Mao Wenlong's command have no silver, and Mao Wenlong's means of prevaricating the soldiers are also very simple, everything is waiting for the decision of the imperial court, when the imperial court allocates the silver, the soldiers will be paid.

And these soldiers were all oppressed by the Houjin Tartars, and their hatred for Jiannu was as deep as the sea, and they didn't have any money for a while, so it didn't matter.

But once there is no food and grass, and the brothers can't eat, then~, the cohesion of this army will begin to disintegrate, and then dissipate.

Shang Lao Liu also understood the seriousness of this problem, and he sighed deeply, "Yuan Qing, can we ask the general for more support?" For two months, it is simply unrealistic to want to take root in Uiju and Yongcheon. ”

Li Yuanqing smiled bitterly, "The general has clearly told me that we will not have food and salary allocated in a short period of time." I guess it will have to last until at least the next year. ”

"This ......" Shang Lao Liu couldn't help but be speechless, he didn't expect that things had collapsed to such an extent.

"Yuanqing, why don't I take some brothers and do my old job, right? And that sunspot, he's also an expert, and the two of us should be able to get some silver together. When the time comes, buy grain directly in the customs and transport it here. ”

Li Yuanqing let out a deep breath of turbidity, but shook his head, "Brother Shang, if you and Xu Heizi take a hundred people to go, how long will it take to come back?" ”

Shang Lao Liu pondered for a moment, "Three months at the earliest, ink points, maybe half a year." ”

Li Yuanqing smiled bitterly, "That's it." Far water can't quench your thirst. ”

In fact, the reason why Li Yuanqing attracted the two craftsmen Shang Lao Liu and Xu Heizi at the beginning was also to consider this aspect, when the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao's food and salary were insufficient, so he hired a group of craftsmen to dig graves and dig graves as military salaries.

However, at that time, Cao Cao had this convenient condition, he controlled the Central Plains, and there was no shortage of such places, but Li Yuanqing was on the border of China and North Korea at this time, what good things could be here?

Even if they were dug up, they had to be transported to the customs to be sold, and the brothers would have starved to death long ago.

"Brother Shang, you say, who has food in this area? Or rather, who has the silver? Li Yuanqing narrowed his eyes slightly.

Shang Lao Liu was stunned, but he also understood what Li Yuanqing meant, and instinctively lowered his voice and said: "Yuanqing, if you want to talk about silver and grain, the first recommendation is these gentry in our Zhenjiang City. However, we can't do anything to them. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded indifferently, "I, the Ming Dynasty, share the world with the gentry of the world." These Zhenjiang gentry are not thin on us, and we must not beat their ideas. ”

Shang Lao Liu had already vaguely understood what Li Yuanqing meant at this time, and his eyes widened suddenly, "Yuanqing, although Chao~ Xian is small, there are a lot of gentry over there. I heard that their big family is not much different from our big family in the Ming Dynasty......"

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Brother Shang, this, you can consider it." But not now. You and I are in Chao~ Xian territory now. If something happens, it's all too obvious. ”

"Yuanqing, then let's let them not find fault." The face of the sixth elder Shang couldn't be concealed.

Li Yuanqing nodded, and his face became gloomy, "If it really comes to this point, then they can't blame me." But -----"

Li Yuanqing's words suddenly changed, "Brother Shang, I heard that there are still some remnants of Qi Jiguang's and Qi's grandfather's purges back then, and they are staying on our side?" ”

Shang Lao Liu was stunned, and already understood what Li Yuanqing meant, "Yuanqing, do you mean the widow?" ”

Li Yuanqing nodded.

Shang Lao Liu said: "Yuanqing, there are still some Japanese robbers, but they are no longer a climate. If you want to find them, get to the Sea of Japan. But on our side, there are still a lot of pirates. These miscellaneous pieces, burning, killing and looting, presumably, should not be poor. We can get some money from them. ”

But after thinking about it for a while, Shang Lao Liu said again: "Yuanqing, but now, even if we get the silver, we will go to the customs to buy grain, this time and again, ......."

Li Yuanqing suddenly smiled, "As long as there is silver, everything else is not a problem." Isn't there still a dynasty ~ fresh people here? ”

Shang Lao Liu had fully understood Li Yuanqing's intentions at this time, and couldn't help but praise: "Yuanqing, wonderful, wonderful." This way, we can turn things around in the shortest possible time. Brethren don't have to go hungry, we will have more opportunities. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded heavily, "Brother Shang, that's exactly what I meant. However, this matter must be extremely secretive. Now, you can only know, I know. ”

Shang Lao Liu also nodded emphatically, "Yuanqing, you are my brother, if I don't help you, who else can I help?" I'll do it myself. ”

Li Yuanqing shook Shang Lao Liu's hand hard, "Brother Shang, you can bring more clever soldiers to the nearby coast to find out the news." We still have a month to go, so don't be in too much of a hurry. Be sure to get the most accurate information. ”

"Yuanqing, don't worry. I'll leave now. I'm good at this kind of thing. ”

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