June 17 of the second year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Twelve days after Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town, was executed by Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, on the charge of 'twelve beheadings', most of the high-ranking generals of Dongjiang Town had already left Shuangdao and returned to their respective stations. However, the impact of Mao Wenlong's downfall has begun to ferment, especially after the news spread that Cui Zuyao, a guerrilla general in Lushun Nancheng, was quickly killed by General Mao Chenglu after collusion, which made the people of Dongjiang Town panic, and the generals were afraid that this was the beginning of the purge of Dongjiang Town by Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, and combined with the news about the reorganization of Dongjiang Town, the entire southern Liaoning and Liaohai regions were shrouded in a depressing atmosphere.

In addition, although the grain ships in Dengzhou began to sail to the strongholds and islands of Dongjiang Town one after another after Mao Wenlong's death, but the severe drought in Shaanxi, the red land was like blood, the Central Plains was in turmoil, the grain merchants in the south of the Yangtze River raised grain prices, prices soared, the food shortage in Dongjiang Town was not solved, most of the ordinary people were still hungry, the number of refugees on the islands was increasing day by day, and countless people died of starvation, causing many ordinary people in Dongjiang Town to flee to the Denglai Peninsula one after another.

At the same time, Han Yue began to return to Wangjiadao with Xu Zumin, the garrison of Wangjia Island, and his relatives.

Han Yue not only returned from Arthur City safely, but also brought back a ship of one hundred materials and many materials, especially Xiao Siqi not only gave the ship but also gave Han Yue a hundred stones of grain stored by the Fenglong Commercial Bank in the secret stronghold of Lushun City, which is undoubtedly a charcoal in the snow, although Han Yue is now worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, but this money is impossible to use at this juncture, and even if there is money in Lushun City, it may not be possible to buy food.

Separating from Xiao Siqi is reluctant from the bottom of Han Yue's heart, he is not a saint, he has seven emotions and six desires, not to mention Xiao Siqi's beauty that few men can be indifferent, and they also had intimate contact that night, although it is not substantial, but it undoubtedly shows some kind of special relationship in this era.

Of course, Han Yue will not be entangled with a dead face, the status of the two is very different, he is just a border army general, and she is the eldest lady of the Xiao family, the lord of Suzhou, the heir in the legal sense, the most important thing is that I don't know Xiao Siqi's inner thoughts, does she have the same thoughts as herself, or is she just grateful?

Han Yue dispelled his chaotic thoughts, no matter what, he had to base himself on this era, standing on this hundred-material merchant ship, Han Yue began to plan his plans after returning to the island.

The first is to leave Wangjia Island and garrison an island alone, which is considered to be their own base, and with the territory, they can realize their ideas step by step, of course, as a hundred generals, even if Han Yue can be stationed on an island alone, it will not be very large, and the hundred generals who recruit troops are not the same as the hundred households of the guards, and they have their own fixed military households and land, and the hundred under the recruitment system are always mobile.

Wangjia Island is actually a big island in the jurisdiction of Shicheng Island, the guard of Shicheng Island is Chen Jisheng, the deputy commander of Dongjiang Town, Wangjia Island is also composed of a number of islands, with the geographical knowledge of later generations and Xue Hu's story, Han Yue knows that it is composed of seven or eight islands such as Wangjia Island, Shoulong Island, Changtuozi Island, Caotuozi Island, Tuantuozi Island, etc., and Dawangjia Island is the largest of them, and it is also the garrison of Xu Zumin. In addition to Dawangjia Island, the other islands are relatively small in area, and you need to go back to Wangjia Island to check which one you want to choose as your station.

The great man once said that the power comes out of the barrel of the gun, and if you have a territory, you must have your own troops, as a hundred generals, the quota of soldiers under Han Yue is one hundred, of course, the situation of empty salaries at the end of the Ming Dynasty is serious, and many hundred generals may have thirty or forty old, weak, sick and disabled, and only when the superior inspects the point will he casually pull some people to pass the test in confusion. But Han Yue will never do this, the more soldiers he has, the better, the safer he is, and he can do bigger things, in fact, it is a pity that he can't make his role public this time because he doesn't want to be targeted by Mao Chenglu, otherwise he may be promoted to a deputy president with his merits, if Yuan Chonghuan continues to be favored, it is not impossible for President Qian, but if he wants to hurry, he will be promoted from a personal guard to a hundred president, and then from a hundred to a thousand in just half a decade, I don't know how many people will be red, In the future, there will be hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at you, and many things cannot be done in secret.

However, with his current ability, raising 100 people is also the limit, after all, in addition to the military salary deducted from above, Han Yue has no other way to make money, and the silver on his body cannot be moved except for the 1000 taels rewarded by Yuan Chonghuan, according to the military salary of ordinary soldiers in Dongjiang Town, it is about 12 taels to raise a soldier a year, and 100 people is 1200 taels a year, plus weapons, military uniforms and other miscellaneous expenses are about 2500 taels, and 1000 taels on his body can last less than four months. And the most important thing is the food problem, Han Yue wants to train a combat effective team The most basic food is to be guaranteed, now the price is expensive, a stone of grain costs as much as seven or eight taels, although Xiao Siqi sent himself 100 stone of grain, according to the Ming Dynasty's weights and measures 1 stone is equal to 188 catties, it is about 18800 catties, Han Yue plans to give Xu Zumin 50 stone of grain, that is, he can only use 9400 catties, according to a soldier's 2 catties of grain a day, 100 people need 200 catties of grain a day, which is about 1 stone, and 50 stone can only last for a month and a half. Therefore, before leaving Lushun, Han Yue had a discussion with Xiao Siqi and Xiao Yishan, hoping that Hong Leong Firm could transport some grain to Wangjia Island every month to trade with him, and the price of grain was set according to the usual price, for Han Yue's request, Xiao Siqi did not hesitate to agree, saying that Hong Leong Firm would have a grain ship to Han Yue's station every month to trade, as for the price, she said that it would be sold to Han Yue at the cost price of Jiangnan, but friendship is friendship, and trading is buying and selling, Han Yue will not let Xiao Siqi not make any money, In the end, everyone excused each other and set the cost price of Jiangnan plus 0.5 times the profit, that is to say, the current cost price of grain in Jiangnan is about 2 taels and 1 stones, Xiao Siqi sold it to Han Yue 3 taels and 1 stones, if it is a normal year or harvest season, the price of grain in Jiangnan is about 1 tael and 1 stone, and the price sold to Han Yue is 1.5 taels and 1 stone. Han Yue knew that Xiao Siqi would not be short of that bit of silver, with his short-term digestion ability, he would only buy about 100 to 150 stones of grain a month, and the profit would be 150 taels, as the second shopkeeper of the Xiao family, this amount of money was not enough for her usual pocket money, it was all evil machismo, Han Yue didn't like to have a reputation for eating soft rice on his back.

With food channels, Han Yue has to find a way to make money, this is the top priority in his recent plan, as for how to make money, Han Yue has a lot of ideas, and he must wait until he has the territory to realize them one by one, after all, it is the soul of the later generations, whether it is knowledge or creative ability, 99.9% of the people in this era can be completely exploded, as for the 0.1% is Song Yingxing, Xu Guangqi and the like, no matter how arrogant Han Yue is, he does not dare to make a board with these scientific and technological giants.

Of course, the most important thing is talent, Xue Hu Xue Yan can basically be sure, Wang Erkui doesn't look at him as a bit of a street oil, but he is clever, and this trip to Lushun also made Han Yue discover some special potentials in him, such as doing business. When I was in Lushun City, I had the idea of inspecting whether there was a suitable shop, in addition to making money in business, it was also an important way to find out the news, although as the soul of later generations knew the general trend of history, but some historical details must also be collected and sorted out, but because I was in a hurry and did not have time to arrange, there will definitely be a move in the future, Wang Erkui as the basic manager in this area can be determined, as long as he is trained a little, I believe he can be competent. In fact, Han Yue, the best candidate for this position, likes Xiao Yishan, who is gentle and elegant, and has a humble personality, but obviously it is not feasible to dig the foot of the wall now, and his small branch can't attract the golden phoenix, and he has to grow slowly in the future.

As for the ordinary soldiers, now Wangjiadao should be full of refugees like other places, and it will not be difficult to recruit them if they have money and food.

Just as Han Yue was thinking about the future development plan, the ship Xu Zuminza, which was dozens of zhang away in front of the merchant ship, called a flag and said that Wangjiadao was about to arrive.