Lantern Festival, an elegant house in the city of Yiju. This house doesn't look special on the outside, but there is a hole in the inside. In the house, the foundation of all the houses is deeper than the foundation of the usual house, and the outdoor ground is paved with seven layers of floor tiles according to the horizontal three vertical and four verticals, and there are secret sentinels and mechanisms everywhere. This is where Li Sicheng lives in Uiju. Fei Ala was left to Xiao Nianzu, and Yizhou was left to Xiao Yaozu.

There was a large bathroom in the house, which had a large square bath, which was about 50 square meters according to the current term. The water pipe next to the pool is constantly pouring hot water at the right temperature into the pool.

There are nine men soaking in the pool: Jin Nuer Hachi, Jin Shuerhaqi, Jin Yarhaqi, Jin Murhaqi, Li Sicheng, Li Rumei, Li Sigong, Li Siwei, and Kim Jung-ho. That is, the men in charge of the Jin family, including the son-in-law surnamed Li, are all in it. Li Siwei, the bear child, also married a woman from the Jin family.

The men of the Jin family gathered here not to collectively test the skills of the Dongying Goddess, who knows if they will have any dark diseases. Except for Yarhaqi, who thinks about things with his lower body, the others are not so bold. Everyone gathered here to discuss the next step of Liaoning's development. Stripped of the others, the most faithful guards were outside the bathroom.

Lao Jin spoke: "Xiao Cheng, everyone is here, you can tell me about it!" "Okay, boss. Before talking about anything else, Brother Cunde will first talk about our current crisis. ”

"Very bad, definitely not alarmist! We don't have enough food! As the temperature of the previous year was lower than that of the previous year, the yield per acre of grain declined. Although overall food production has not decreased, it is the result of an increase in the number of fields by one and a half. In addition, we have snatched a lot of grain, cattle and sheep from the surrounding areas. Since the beginning of winter last year, the temperature has been dropping compared to the previous winter. Our food production this year is estimated to be reduced. "Kim Jung-ho has long been accustomed to being a big man, and a bunch of bare-ass big men can accept it.

After taking a sip of tea, Kim Jung-ho continued: "The cultivation of sweet potatoes has not been very successful, and the corn seedlings have deteriorated, and the potatoes are estimated to be enough. The cultivation of rice and other crops requires intensive cultivation if they want to be highly productive, but our farmers' farming skills are not enough to increase the yield. The total population of Liaoning has been increasing, and there are many people in the population who are not engaged in farming. If there is no effective solution, there will be a famine in Liaoning this year! ”

"Cunde, are you sure?!" "Brother, I have repeatedly verified with Hu Cao's colleagues, and I am very sure! And according to the records of Qin Tianjian that Bai Siwen found in Jingshi, it is inferred that this situation may continue for decades. The last time this happened was about 250 years ago, and the situation is basically the same as in the last record. In addition, we also asked the monk Matteo Ricci, and a similar situation occurred in Europa. ”

"The family is big, the business is big, and the operation is difficult!" Lao Jin was very emotional. "Hear it all, what do you think?"

"We can grab Dongying and Mongolia! I really can't do it, so I have to rush to the border. "Jin Er's idea is simple and crude.

"This method treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and kills 1,000 enemies and loses 800 yourself. It can only be used to assist, and I have to think of some other ways. ”

Li Sicheng glanced at Kim Jung-ho and said, "Brother Cunde has experimented with some new farming methods, which can improve efficiency and allow farmers to cultivate more land. By opening up the land in the Nenjiang River valley and adopting new farming methods, we should be able to increase grain production a little and survive this year. There is a lot of land in the East China Sea that is suitable for farming, but it takes time to open it up. The most direct and effective method, I think, should consider the land north of the Datong River. ”

"North of the Datong River, that is Chao Xian's territory, although we are not worried about Li Hao's reaction, but we can't occupy it without scruples, after all, we are not good at tearing face with the court now." Li Rumei has a deep understanding of the imperial court, and knows that if she wants to cover the imperial court, she must have a righteous excuse.

Jin Zhenghao replied to Li Rumei: "We fought Chao Xian too hard last time, and no one in the Chao Xian court dared to accept the appointment of Ping'an Dao until now!" Some people who can't push it off even break their legs directly, we can make a fuss about this. ”

"Actually, can we do this, contact the Jin and Cui families, recruit some Chao Xian people, and open up these lands first. Among the Chao Xian people who joined us before, we selected some loyal and capable people, and let them re-pretend to be Chao Xian household registration people and be responsible for management. "Li Sigong's suggestion is the Tuntian model.

"Can we also use the criminal officer of Chao Xian!" Li Siwei suddenly added such a sentence.

"That's right, now the people who can become criminal officials in the court of Chao Xian must be some people who are not pleasing everywhere, and there should be many capable people in them. We will be very loyal to them in the future. Jin San has a deep understanding.

"I think so, too. Taken together, a few opinions can also prevent one from becoming dominant. "Murhaqi, who usually doesn't talk much in front of his brothers, rarely opens his mouth.

"What happened to the widows we snatched back, can we use them?" Lao Jin asked Jin San.

"Brother, you must not have imagined that those widows are grateful to Dade!" "No, it won't! ～”

"That's right! I asked someone in detail, and the Japanese people usually eat miscellaneous grains, and they can only eat rice during the New Year's holidays. The fishermen still have some fish to eat, and don't expect others to eat meat. Those who were captured by us saw rice and meat, and knelt there to thank the Celestial Empire for their grace. The captured Japanese soldiers are also very honest, and I have specially sent the masters of Xi Ai to investigate, and they are all honest. ”

"The Japanese people all bully the weak and fear the hard, and only recognize the hard fist. As long as you convince them, you will be honest. "After all, Kim Jung-ho is a serious cross-section, and his family also has a lot of contacts and experience with Dongying.

In this case, the Japanese people will all go to Nenjiang to open up the wasteland, and they are not afraid that they will escape. The prisoners of war should be reorganized and some volunteers should be formed. ”

"Oh, yes, Boss. Zhang Er reported that since we swept the southwest of Dongying, many Dongying pirates have come to be recruited by themselves. He didn't dare to call the shots, so he reported it. ”

"Exactly! Hmm~ I thought about it for a while, Xiao Cheng and Cunde can't run around anymore, and they have to do their best to solve the problems we are facing. I'm going to turn our brothers around. Qianyi (Li Sigong's table words are the same as those of Shui Tailiangjun.) If you are going to the front line, you will be the governor of Tsushima, and you will control the pirates of the Fresh Water Division, the Dongying Volunteers, and Zhao'an, and the Eastern Expeditionary Fleet will leave you half, and you will sweep the west of Dongying for me. "Yes!"

"Xiao Mu, you will be the second child in the future, take care of peace for me." "Yes~, brother~chief!" After receiving his brother's acknowledgement, Murhazi was about to cry.

"Xiao Shu, you will be the third child in the future, you will step up the sweep of the Mongols, and the Mongols who have surrendered will be in your hands." "Yes, brother!"

"Fifth brother (Li Rumei is older than Lao Jin. You have to hurry up and go north from Bedoune to catch more Jurchens. "Yes."

"Xiaoya, you are the fourth, I will send you to study in Jingshi Guozijian, Lin Shenhe will give you a hand and show me the court." "Brother, can you change it?!" "No way, it's just you and Si Si Wenwen, Si Si Wenwen, Si Wen, Si Wen, Si Thinking of the emperor's eyes, Li Siwei shuddered.

"Thinking, you have to manage Yizhou and Tieling well!" "Yes!"

"Well, Nala (Lao Jin's stepmother) brought me a letter, and Bayaradu was seven years old (Lao Jin's half-brother, born in 1582, seven years old. and hand him over to me for discipline. I really didn't want to see him much, so I handed it over to Xiaocheng and Cunde. ”

"By the way, boss, there is another thing, Imperial Doctor Li has examined those Dongying goddesses, but there is no secret disease. However, Imperial Physician Li found that they were very capable of fooling people, and they quickly learned some of our words, which seemed to be very dangerous. Although it was wasted, I wonder if it ......" Li Sicheng swiped his fingers across his throat and made a motion to wipe his neck.

"It's not good ...... this," Jin Si, who was thinking about things with his lower body, closed his mouth in Lao Jin's stern eyes.

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Liaoning people are still very frugal. In the end, those Dongying goddesses were sent to the Chao * Xian Volunteer Army to stand up and completely dedicated to the construction of Liaoning.