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Watching Shang Lao Liu leave, Li Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Frankly speaking, for Li Yuanqing's department now, it is not the best choice to go to the pirates. The best 'broiler' is still the Chao ~ Xian Hao gentry near Yizhou and Longchuan.

However, Li Yuanqing is now in a lowly position after all, and to put it bluntly, he does not have enough initiative.

These things are not difficult to do, and it is not difficult to succeed.

But I'm afraid that if things are not clean at that time, or that the Chao ~ Xian people are desperate to bite back, even if Mao Wenlong defends Li Yuanqing, but the court is afraid that he will have to give an explanation to the vassal state.

If it really comes to this point, Li Yuanqing is likely to be used as a scapegoat, and Mao Wenlong can't protect it, even if the order is given by him.

The rules of the game are like this, so Li Yuanqing must be fully prepared before doing this kind of 'top secret' thing.

Unless, Li Yuanqing wants to betray the Ming Dynasty and pull up the pole to pull the banner.

But now, Mao Wenlong is in the middle of the day, and Li Yuanqing will never take this road until the last step.

For the next 10 days, Li Yuanqing's troops continued to move south along the riverbank at a turtle speed and slowly, reorganizing the army as they went.

With the enemy of Chao ~ Xian, whether it is a soldier or an officer, the fighting spirit is much higher, and even if there is a shortage of food and grass, Li Yuanqing is not stingy at all, the soldiers are well fed and drunk, and the progress of every day can almost be seen with the naked eye.

Although Li Yuanqing maintains the majesty of an 'adult' on the surface, and looks like 'Mount Tai is overwhelming' and his face does not change, in fact, his suffering is simply indescribable.

If you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are.

The more than 1,200 soldiers under his hands are all big men, more than 100 mules and horses, dozens of war horses, and more than 200 miscellaneous sailors.

"Master, this is my stewed shepherd's cabbage soup, which can cool off the heat, can you drink a little?"

Another day passed, and as soon as Li Yuanqing returned to the tent, Caizi came to Li Yuanqing with a small bowl of green vegetable soup.

"Where did this come from?" Li Yuanqing smiled and grabbed her little hand.

These days, thanks to Caizi here, Li Yuanqing can enjoy her massage and relieve fatigue while being tired.

"I went to the river today to pick it. There are still a lot of mushrooms along the river, but unfortunately, I can't tell which ones are not poisonous. If only I could distinguish clearly, we can let people pick more mushrooms and wild vegetables, so that they can eat less food, and you don't have to be so tired. ”

Looking at Caizi's pretty face, Li Yuanqing suddenly felt a little dazed, and he couldn't imagine that he was a big man, and he actually asked a woman to worry about these things for him.

"Ayako, you don't have to worry about this. We have an old saying in the Ming Dynasty that there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Here's a way to solve it. By the way, have you eaten it? ”

Ayako shook her head, but nodded busily again, and whispered, "Master, I've eaten." ”

Li Yuanqing took her in his arms and slapped her on the buttocks, "What did you say?" Never lie to me, you know? It's not time for you to save me food. Junko, come here. ”

Junko, who was on night duty at the door, hurriedly came in, "My lord, what do you command?" ”

"Let the firefighters fry a few good dishes and send them over quickly."

"Yes." Since being cleaned up by Li Yuanqing once, and facing Caizi again, Junzi is obviously much more normal, and hurriedly went to do something.

Ayako hurriedly said: "Master, you, you don't have to be like this. Me, I just need to eat a little, a little. ”

Li Yuanqing kissed Caizi's pretty face hard, "Master, I said, I will treat you well." Don't worry, the days will get better soon. ”

"Grandpa......" Ayako's pretty face quietly crossed two lines of tears......

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More than ten days have passed, and it is already the beginning of September, and Li Yuanqing's department has approached the seaside.

There is no news from Shang Laoliu's side, and on the northern front, Chen Zhong, Zhang Pan, Wang Fu, You Jinghe and several other troops have all gathered in the northern line and Changdianbao area, and the war with the 3,000 cavalry of Houjin is about to break out.

At this time, Li Yuanqing's location has already left the boundary of Yizhou, and it is getting farther and farther away from Longchuan, which is already the Tieshan area of Chao~Xian.

Maybe he was busy with the war on the northern front, or maybe he was very relieved about Li Yuanqing, these days, Mao Wenlong did not send a messenger to inquire about the situation of Li Yuanqing's department, but Li Yuanqing was ready to truthfully report to Mao Wenlong the itinerary of his headquarters.

The reason Li Yuanqing has already thought about it.

First, the attitude of the DPRK ~ Xian people is very bad, in order to maintain the overall situation of the war on the northern front, Li Yuanqing decided not to clash with these DPRK ~ Xian people head-on for the time being.

Moreover, it is about to enter autumn, and the fish on the seashore are when they are fat, and Li Yuanqing has fishermen like Wang Hai under him, ready to go to the sea to fish, and strive to feed Mao Wenlong's headquarters.

Third, and most crucial, but also the most obscure. Li Yuanqing told Mao Wenlong that the Tieshan area, the Yalu River, the waterway is convenient, and it only takes one day to come and go, Li Yuanqing decided to do something in the nearby waters to feed Mao Wenlong's headquarters.

As for what to do, Li Yuanqing did not say it directly, it depended on the situation. Or pirates, or Chao ~ Xian Hao gentry, or other people, can only look at the opportunity.

The letter was soon sent by a messenger, and Li Yuanqing believed that with Mao Wenlong's mind, he could still give this bit of autonomy to himself.

However, whether it is robbing ~ robbing pirates, or court~ Xian gentry, this cannot fundamentally solve the problem of insufficient food and salary for various departments under Mao Wenlong.

In the future, the Dongjiang Department will become larger and larger, and the population will be more and more, but without the support of the land initiative, even with the support of the imperial court later, the resources will become less and less.

In this state, the best way is for the court to allocate and the court to support these people.

But it's a pity that in the near future, when the Guangning army is wiped out, more than ninety percent of the imperial court's military salaries will be given priority to the Guanning army in western Liaoning.

But in the future, the fortress of Liaoxi will be like a cloud and the defense will be tight, and Houjin will not knock these hard bones, but will devote more energy to dealing with Mao Wenlong's side.

In this way, Mao Wenlong used less than half of the imperial court's food and salary to fight against the main force of the Houjin army, except to fill it with human lives, what else can he do?

But even if he knew all this, in this state at this time, Li Yuanqing was powerless.

The first thing he had to solve was to let the headquarters eat first.

In later generations, there was a very famous theory called 'adapting measures to local conditions'.

All localities, cities, and villages should develop the economy and increase the people's income according to their own advantages.

At this time, the place where Li Yuanqing is located is subject to the restrictions of the times, the land is not fertile, and the population is not dense, even if he goes to cultivate now, he has already missed the season.

Moreover, subject to the strong cavalry deterrent power of the Later Jin, it was difficult for the people, even the soldiers, to calm down and farm well. Perhaps, you planted good fields in the spring, but when the autumn harvest came, the Houjin Tieqi came, and they harvested the crops for you......

The only thing that can be done is to go to the sea to fish, but the fish resources will be exhausted sooner or later, not to mention, people can't eat fish every day.

But when God closes a door for you, He also opens a window.

The Tieshan area is located at the mouth of the Yalu River, with vertical and horizontal waterways and sea routes, which can be used as the best transit station in Bohai Bay and Northeast China.

Silk, tea, and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty were shipped out, mountain ginseng, deer antler velvet, and fur from the Northeast were shipped out, Japanese weapons, armor, and silver were brought back, and even these things were transported to the South Seas, and then grain was brought back from India.

The Indus Ganges River basin, the land is fertile, and because of the geographical relationship, they are not greatly affected by the Xiaoice River, Daming's side has been famine for many years, but their side has a bumper harvest year after year, and the grain is not worth anything at all.

Moreover, in this era, the European colonizers had not yet formed a dominant force in the South Seas and India, and the Ming Dynasty had a great future in overseas trade.

It's a pity that Li Yuanqing can only think about these things now.

Because he doesn't even have a real place to settle down for himself now, and there is a boss like Mao Wenlong above his head, how can he stretch his hands and feet?

Moreover, in this era, the navigation technology of the Ming Dynasty has lost the glory of Zheng He's voyage to the West when he became an ancestor, even if Li Yuanqing has the silver to operate these things, there is no guarantee that this business line can really work.

Standing on the reef by the sea, looking at the endless sea, Li Yuanqing let out a long breath of turbidity.

As the later Hangzhou Ma Ge said, 'Dreams are always necessary, what if, one day he will come true?' ’

Returning to reality, Li Yuanqing's mind became more and more calm.

Now like this, there is only waiting for the news of Shang Lao Liu, if after half a month, Shang Lao Liu has no news, then Li Yuanqing has no choice but to take the knife to ~ Xianren. He and his brethren first had to eat well and live.

Even if the sky is really intolerable and can't end at that time, Li Yuanqing can only betray Daming and Mao Wenlong.

After all, there is hope for all things only if you are alive. If you die, it's just a touch of loess, what kind of ideals are you talking about?

But until the last step, Li Yuanqing will never choose this almost desperate road.

And with insight into history, Li Yuanqing also understands that as long as he persists in these most difficult days, Mao Wenlong's 'dandelion policy' will officially blossom, and with Li Yuanqing's status and qualifications at this time, there will be huge dividends.

There will always be bread.

Time passed day by day, and by mid-September, Li Yuanqing's grain and grass were no longer enough to support ten days, but there was still no news from Shang Laoliu's side.

The soldiers have become more and more beautiful, energetic and high-spirited, although they are still lacking in clothes and armor, they already have the appearance of soldiers, and they only need war to grow.

On the northern front, there was also good news, in mid-September, Mao Wenlong led his troops to set up an ambush in the Kuandian area, attacked the vanguard of the Houjin, beheaded six or seven hundred ranks, and won a complete victory, and the Houjin cavalry lost more than half of it, so it had to flee back to the hinterland of western Liaoning.

Just when Li Yuanqing was about to fall into despair and was already secretly planning to make a move on Iron Mountain City, Shang Lao Liu's side finally sent back the news.

At this time, more than a month has passed since he left.

"Yuanqing, this trip, I am finally fortunate not to be dishonored. You see, here's a map I've collected these days. ”

Shang Lao Liu said, spreading a sheepskin in front of Li Yuanqing, "I know you can't wait, hurry back, if you have some time, it should be more perfect." ”

Li Yuanqing knew that Shang Lao Liu would never betray him, which was also his greatest reliance, at this time, although he was extremely anxious, he still patiently listened to Shang Lao Liu's explanation.

"Yuan Qing, in fact, at the beginning, we all made very serious mistakes. Wanted to go to the pirates. But the sea here is very barren, there are not many merchant ships, where are the fat pirates? I went all the way to Busan this time, but I didn't hear any useful news. If you really want to find pirates, I'm afraid you can only go to the Wa Kingdom, or the South Seas. Fortunately, I stumbled upon something. Yuanqing, look here. ”

Shang Lao Liu said, his finger pointing hard at a place on the map.

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