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In the blink of an eye, it was the middle of June of the fifth year of the Apocalypse.

After anxiously waiting for more than ten days, news finally came from Mao Wenlong on the eastern front.

At this time, he and the main force of the Dongjiang River have retreated to the territory of Chao ~ Xian, although they were not able to break through the old village in the end, but on this trip, they were killed nearly 1,000 Tartar heads, and successively thwarted several Huang Taiji's offensives, and soon, the army was about to return to Phi Island.

In the official hall of Gaizhou City, after carefully reading the battle report written by Mao Wenlong several times, Li Yuanqing couldn't help but let out a long breath of turbidity.

Mao Wenlong and the main force of the Dongjiang River are safe, and the overall situation of Liaodi will be worry-free.

As for Laozhai, it is naturally best to capture it, and if it can't be captured, there is actually nothing to be sorry for.

After all, Laozhai is the so-called 'land of Longxing' in Houjin, how tightly defended is it?

Once the old village is threatened, it is not known how many Houjin troops will be around, and they must be rescued urgently.

If Li Yuanqing was in Mao Wenlong's position, he would prefer to use this to 'encircle the point and send reinforcements', harvest more of the living power of the Tartars, and obtain the first rank.

However, the limitations of the times of Mao Wenlong and the main force of Dongjiang are here, and Li Yuanqing can't expect them to do too much.

Chen Zhong, who was outside to inspect the drills of the sons, also hurried back after hearing the news, he didn't care about sweating profusely, drank a big bowl of herbal tea, and laughed: "Yuanqing, the handsome man is fine, we should also make progress here, right?" ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Big brother, that's the case." The battle report will be sent out tonight. ”

For Wei Liang and Zhang Qiliang, they can bear it if it drags on for a day or two, but at this time, it has been delayed for more than ten days, and the two of them are about to be scared out.

If this news reaches the capital, Grandpa Wei will not have to pick their skins.

However, the battle reports on Mao Wenlong's side have been sent to Jingshi and Liaoxi respectively, and Li Yuanqing's side does not need to be kept.

The main reason is that Mao Wenlong has obtained a lot of heads this time, there are nearly 1,000 levels, so he and Chen Zhong don't need to give Mao Wenlong the heads, and they can send the heads and captives of these Tartars, including the Niu Lu Zhang, Jingmeng Gangdu, which is inlaid with yellow flags, to Beijing together.

"Yuanqing, this is really good! Today, we're going to have a big drink. Chen Zhong laughed, and his mood was obviously extremely happy.

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Big brother, these days, the brothers have worked hard, it just so happened that Changsheng Island sent another batch of military supplies today, let's celebrate with the whole army!" ”

Chen Zhong was even more happy, and laughed: "That relationship is better, I'll arrange it now." ”

Watching Chen Zhongfeng leave in a hurry, the smile on the corner of Li Yuanqing's mouth couldn't be concealed.

According to the previous discussion between him and Chen Zhong, if he wanted to separate the head of Mao Wenlong, Li Yuanqing would subsidize the loss of Chen Zhong's side with silver as soon as possible.

Although Chen Zhong repeatedly refused, Li Yuanqing still stubbornly insisted on his own opinion.

As the saying goes, 'Brothers, settle accounts'.

If you want to go longer and farther between the two, and things involving interests, it is more secure to follow the rules.

After all, the consumption of a series of food, drink and Lazar is by no means a decimal.

With the help of Li Yuanqing, although Chen Zhong already has some family background, he still can't withstand such a toss.

But at this time, there is no need to divide the heads of Mao Wenlong, there are the heads of the Battle of Haizhou and the Battle of Yaozhou South, plus the prisoners, the two of them can share more than 800 heads and prisoners, and Li Yuanqing no longer needs to compensate Chen Zhong with silver.

Although Li Yuanqing has a big family and a big business, he rashly eats more than 30,000 people at once, and he has to tighten his belt to live for a while.

As for the dividends of these demographics, Li Yuanqing also reached a compromise with Chen Zhong.

At this stage, these people cannot 'dividends' yet, and it will have to be delayed for a while.

Mainly these Han slaves, Li Yuanqing was unable to distinguish their political tendencies at this time, and rashly divided their wives and daughters, which was obviously a bit unauthentic.

After all, they are also all Han Chinese.

After careful consideration, Li Yuanqing adopted a relatively safe way to transport the more than 10,000 Han slaves back to Changsheng Island in advance, and after a series of examinations and registrations, they would be transported to Zhongdao and Xidao.

The development of Zhongdao and West Island has always been a 'heart disease' for Li Yuanqing.

After all, compared with Nanxinkou, Yangguanbao, Jinzhou, and Fuzhou, Zhongdao and Xidao are separated by the sea, which is safer and closer to Changsheng Island.

However, the manpower is insufficient, and the middle island and the west island are dense primeval forests, which belong to uncivilized land, and the output is not very much.

But at this time, with these Han slaves, there was an endless supply of free labor.

These Han slaves were to be assigned to the middle and west islands, to open up wasteland, build salt farms, and wharves, for a limit of three years, and if they performed well in these three years, they would be eligible to be released as 'good people' and reunited with their wives and daughters.

If it is the other way around, then ~~, they can only continue to work as slaves.

Of course, after all, they are all Han Chinese, and Li Yuanqing will still give them timely treatment for their diet, as well as basic conditions such as accommodation, hygiene, and medical treatment, and will never sacrifice their lives in vain.

As for their wives and daughters, they naturally returned to Changsheng Island and joined various workshops and fields to work.

With the experience of these Han slaves, Li Yuanqing also had a clearer idea about the use of manpower.

The main infrastructure construction should be based on Changsheng Island, Li Yuanqing's old nest, but the development of Zhongdao and West Island, including the development of Nanxinkou, Yangguanbao, Jinzhou, and Fuzhou, cannot be pulled down either.

Originally, Li Yuanqing was short of manpower, but at this time, since he could use Han slaves, why not use Chao~ Xianren, Japanese, Mongolian Tatars, Jurchen Tatars, and even white-haired ghosts and black slaves in Nanyang?

Han slaves, Li Yuanqing must at least ensure that they are full at least seven points per meal, and as for the other people, one is three or four points full, which is already the creation given to them by the sky.

It's just that Gaizhou City is still too far away from Changsheng Island.

At this time, Li Yuanqing's battle line was already very long.

Even if he coveted Gaizhou, and even took Gaizhou, Li Yuanqing still did not have enough manpower and financial resources to develop Gaizhou again.

can only regard Gaizhou City as a larger military tun, and then slowly draw it in the future.

On the same day, Li Yuanqing held a banquet and held a huge celebration ceremony in Gaizhou City, where the soldiers, women and children all had a share.

It's just that those Han slaves, because they had already gone to Changsheng Island in advance, obviously didn't enjoy it.

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On June 20, the fifth year of the Apocalypse, with the return of the fleet, Li Yuanqing also led a large army and returned to Changsheng Island.

In terms of Gaizhou City, only half a thousand people were left to defend.

Gaizhou is very close to Changsheng Island, and the straight-line distance by sea is less than 200 miles.

In the evening, all the staff boarded the ship and set off, and the next evening, they had arrived smoothly.

Back on Changsheng Island, because it was getting late, the soldiers, women and children had to rest on the boat for one night and get off the ship tomorrow, but Li Yuanqing was eager to return home, so he got off the boat and returned to the official hall that night.

As for Chen Zhong and his sons, it would take two more days to return to Guanglu Island.

Back in the official hall, before he had time to catch his breath, the boss of the Political Affairs Bureau, the sixth businessman, and the second housekeeper, had already blocked Li Yuanqing in the official hall.

Although Li Yuanqing was anxious to take a shower, change his clothes, and take a good breath, he could only deal with these two masters first.

"Yuanqing, Lao Ma and I came here so late, tomorrow, I'm afraid that we will inevitably be counted by the ladies." Although Shang Lao Liu was a little tired, his spirit was excellent, and he said to Li Yuanqing with a smile.

Since he was promoted to the head of the Political Affairs Bureau, he has been responsible for more and more miscellaneous things, although he no longer has to do many things by himself as before, but the daily summary, including reporting to Li Yuanqing, is enough for him to have a headache.

Don't blame Liu Cuihua for saying that although he has been promoted and has a lot more subordinates, he is busier than before.

In the past, breakfast and dinner could still be eaten at home, but at this time, Shang Lao Liu could only accompany Liu Chunhua to have breakfast in the morning.

Li Yuanqing smiled, waved his hand and asked Xiaolian on the side to serve fragrant tea to the two, and said with a smile: "Brother Shang, you are shivering with me." But I've been thinking about how to explain to a few old sisters-in-law tomorrow! ”

The three of them couldn't help laughing, and the strangeness that they hadn't seen for many days instantly dissipated a lot.

After a few words of greeting, Shang Lao Liu directly began to report the topic.

The first is the consumption of grain and grass in this battle.

In this battle of southern Liaoning, although Changsheng Island has already had reserves, but because of the immigrants of Zhenjiang descent, it is not possible to create income at this time, and there are more than 30,000 Haizhou immigrants all of a sudden, even if Li Yuanqing divides more than 10,000 to go to Zhongdao and Xidao as slaves, but the grain and grass reserves on Changsheng Island are still a little stretched.

At this time, the grain and grass reserves on Changsheng Island may only last for two months.

Li Yuanqing's brows also furrowed tightly.

As the saying goes, 'when the cannon goes off, the gold is ten thousand taels'.

It's a pity that due to the flood this time, Li Yuanqing has gained very little materially, but he has also lost a lot of strategic materials.

Even if there is a replenishment of armor and a head, it is still a loss compared to the loss.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yuanqing said: "The people take food as the sky. Food and grass are the top priority. In this way, Brother Shang, tomorrow, you will send an urgent report to Jingshi, Zhangjiakou and Dengzhou, and ask the Qu family, the Fan family and the Shen family to collect a large amount of grain and grass for me, as for the silver. Just give it a lot! ”

"Huh?"

Shang Lao Liu couldn't help but be speechless, "Yuanqing, let's not have much silver reserves now." If you buy all the grain and grass, then ......"

Li Yuanqing smiled, "The problem that silver can solve, that is not called a problem." In this regard, I have been prepared for a long time. Brother Shang, Steward Ma, you two don't have to worry too much. ”

"By the way, is there any news from Mangui in Liaoxi? How does Liaonan Laojiao sell in Liaoning? ”

Steward Ma hurriedly smiled and said: "General, the promotion of Liaonan Laojiao in western Liaoning is quite smooth, in the past few months, there are almost more than 30,000 taels of silver before and after." According to this scale, it is estimated that in western Liaoning alone, the income of Laojiao in southern Liaoning will probably be between 150,000 taels and 200,000 taels. If it's better, it shouldn't be difficult to exceed 200,000 taels! ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, "This is far from enough!" In the next step, we should continue to increase the promotion of Liaonan Laojiao. Well, I'll figure it out for this matter. By the way, in terms of salt works, how profitable are these days? ”

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