"Zhang Dong returned to the island, Liu Xingzhi was dead, Shen Shikui and Huang Long controlled the situation on the island, and were killing Liu Xingzhi's remnants on the island, they captured a lot of rebels and rebels, and after interrogation, it was learned that Liu Xingzhi and Huang Taiji had secret dealings, and Huang Taiji gave him the condition that he remained as the original official, and the people and horses he led still belonged to him, and let him reunite with his family who stayed in Houjin. Liu Xingzhi was followed by more than 10 generals and officials, including Li Dengke, Cui Yaozu, Ma Liang, Li Shi'an, Guo Tiansheng, Wang Cai, and Wang Chenggong. ”

In the military camp in Weihai, Liu Pojun explained to the officers on the map on the wall, "According to the news that has been transmitted from Phi Dao, the situation on the island is very chaotic, and the Phi Dao soldiers are still slaughtering rebels, and the scope is also larger, even the family members are not spared. In addition, hundreds of Jiannu have been found near Tieshan, including more than 70 fishskin tartars, and the leading general is Tong Yangxing, who should come to meet Liu Xingzhi's landing. ”

Zhu Guobin asked: "Hundreds of Jiannu, more than 70 fish skin tartars, not enough to attack Phi Island, besides, Jiannu does not have a water division, it seems that we don't need to mobilize all." ”

Liu Pojun didn't answer, but looked at Chen Xin, Chen Xin smiled and said: "If it's just a little bit of a cultivator, we really don't have to make a big move, but Liu Xingzhi has many of his subordinates who have escaped ashore, and Huang Taiji is very easy to know the situation on the island, and it is very likely to take advantage of the civil strife on Phi Island to increase his troops, and strive to conquer Phi Island in one fell swoop, Phi Island is too far away from Weihai, if you receive the news and mobilize, you may lose the fighter, and more importantly, ......" Chen Xin stood up and walked to the map, pointing to the location of Jinzhou, "According to the information reported last time." The imperial court's determination to build Dalinghe City has been decided, and Lord Sun Chengzong asked Denglai to be ready to assist Liaoxi at any time, and if necessary, cross the sea to attack Nansiwei to contain the Jiannu army, and Lord Sun Yuanhua also attaches great importance to my Wendeng camp, so I can prepare 2,000 to 3,000 soldiers, and we must have a backhand. ”

Chen Xin then pointed at Shenyang with a bamboo whip. "Last year, Jiannu kidnapped tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people, all of whom were strong laborers, and they greatly made up for the manpower of Jiannu. If nothing happens this year, Jiannu's mobilization capacity will be greatly increased, and it will have a longer sustained combat capability. In such a situation, even if Dongjiang Town's current containment power is not as good as in the past, the status of Phi Dao is still very important and must not be lost. ”

The officers nodded one after another, and Lu Chuanzong turned his head to Scar and asked, "Lord Jiang, our army has transferred two thousand headquarters over, and the sailors only have a few boats, how many people can be transported over?" ”

Scar said with a little weakness: "The sailor has a total of six large ships, seventeen small warships, and more than thirty merchant ships. Each large ship can transport more than 100 troops, and 30 to 50 people from small warships and merchant ships, but there are three large ships to be transferred to maritime trade, and eight small warships are used for freight transportation in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are currently three large ships that can be mobilized. Twenty small boats and merchant ships can transport more than 1,100 troops, but the speed of merchant ships is not good, it will drag down the speed, if only warships are used, they can transport more than 600 troops. ”

Haimao is his main source of income. The development of the canal commercial network and factories has made Chen Xin's hands very tight, and the funds of the trading company have to be used for turnover, so Chen Xin naturally can no longer let the sea trade stop, and the ships of Jiangnan freight have been sent out, and they cannot be recalled for a while.

"The ships and men of the sea trade cannot be moved, and they continue as usual, according to the number of ships at hand that can be loaded. Zhu Daichun talked about the mobilization of peasants and soldiers. ”

Zhu Daichun hurriedly stood up, took the booklet in his hand and read: "The first batch of peasants and soldiers has mobilized six tunbao, which are combined into three divisions and will start intensive training in Wendeng Battalion, and the second batch will mobilize the remaining six tunbao, and the training site is also in Wendeng Battalion, with a total number of 3,000 people, organized into six divisions and 3,000 headquarters. All the soldiers will be assembled in the old barracks in Weihai, and the third group will begin after June to mobilize the displaced people who had been reorganized during the road construction last year, with a total of 2,000 people, who had completed their basic training in the winter and were used as baggage soldiers and supplementary soldiers after this mobilization. ”

Dong Yu listened and added: "My lord, after these three batches of mobilization, the monthly military salary expenditure will increase by nearly 2,000 taels, the grain will increase by more than 2,000 stones, and the peasants and soldiers will also have military uniforms and flintlock pistols. ”

Everyone turned their eyes to Liu Minyou, and Liu Min nodded with confidence: "What else is there to say about the war, the civil affairs side will try to ensure that there is no problem with the silver in hand at present." ”

He didn't say much else, the specific financial figures were known to him and Chen Xin, in fact, they were very nervous, but they wouldn't say it at the military meeting.

Chen Xin patted the table, "The staff officers of the Chinese army will distribute maps of Phi Dao and its surroundings before dark tomorrow, sort out the battle plan, and set off as soon as they receive the order from Dengzhou...... After the officers left, Chen Xin left Liu Minyou behind, and called Song Wenxian, and only the three of them were left in the conference room, and they wanted to discuss some more secret things.

Liu Minyou said a little listlessly at this time: "The goods of the sea trade can arrive in May, the total price is about 140,000 taels, this silver does not need to be paid to Xu Xinsu, but it has to be transported to the money village in Linqing for the purchase of northern goods and cotton, this is the largest expenditure, if we want to maintain the current mobilization, our silver is only enough to spend until September, and the silver of cigarettes can come back in April, and Xu Xinsu's silver can be temporarily embezzled for three months." ”

Chen Xin touched his forehead and scolded: "It would be nice to grab more last year, Lao Tzu didn't expect to go to Yongping to raid the house, Guan Ning's intelligence came back and said that He Kegang copied something in Bai Yangcui's house was worth nearly 500,000 taels, but he regretted Lao Tzu's death." ”

Song Wenxian shook his head and said: "The adults must have thought that Bai Yangcui was killed, and the things in the family must have been snatched away by Amin, how do you know that Bai Yangcui was hidden so well, and in the end he was cheaper He Kegang, it is said that Zu Dashou also copied a lot of Han officials' houses in Luanzhou, and what he got was not under He Kegang." ”

Liu Minyou gritted his teeth when he heard it, he was also present at the time, everyone thought that Jiannu had robbed the most, who knew that these surrendered Han officials actually grabbed more, especially Yongping, there were dead people everywhere, and no one thought that he could still go to the house, including He Kegang, who estimated that he didn't expect that Bai Yangcui still had treasures in his house, and he was bent on grabbing people's heads. If only you could grab the stolen money at that time. Why do you need such a headache now?

Liu Minyou thought for a long time and asked Chen Xin: "Isn't it time to receive our summer salary, can you let Sun Yuanhua give us more food." ”

Chen Xin looked at Song Wenxian a little helplessly, and Song Wenxian explained: "Mr. Liu, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Sun Yuanhua to get things here in the future, Zhang Dahui has just come with news, and now Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren are starting to fight openly and secretly. Sun Yuanhua is Zhou Yanru's person, and in February, someone impeached Sun Yuanhua for believing in Fanjiao and using soldiers, and there was Wen Tiren's instigation behind him. We have always been on Wen Tiren's side, and the struggle of the imperial court will soon affect Denglai here. ”

Liu Minyou was surprised: "Aren't the two of them together?" How did he turn his face again. ”

Song Wenxian said with a smile: "It turns out that the powerful pavilion elders have been killed by the two of them, they should naturally fight each other, now it has just begun, the two sides are testing each other, and it may not be endless, it depends on the timing." Zhou Yanru is now the first assistant, and he is highly valued by the emperor, if Wen Tiren wants to deal with Zhou Yanru, he must find a target, and then implicate Zhou Yanru. At present, among the local officials, the best target is Sun Yuanhua, who is recognized as Zhou Yanru's person, and currently has no credit for Denglai's appointment. The military salary is hundreds of thousands, and now that the chaos on Phi Island is being estimated, Wen Tiren should be launched. ”

Chen Xin continued: "If Wen Tiren wears small shoes for Sun Yuanhua, Sun Yuanhua will definitely give me small shoes to wear." So we have to prepare with both hands, first, try to ask for more things before everyone turns around, and second, save some silver, buy more food to store, have food in your hands, and don't panic. ”

Liu Minyou didn't know what would happen this year, and couldn't help but be very worried when he heard it, Sun Yuanhua gave Wendeng Camp a lot of materials this year, although the military salary had to be repaid, but it was never in arrears, and last time he asked for 20,000 taels of horse silver from the imperial court, and promised to give Chen Xin a hundred horses after buying back, the relationship between the two sides has always been very good, but because of the struggle of Wen Tiren and these elders.

Liu Minyou said to Chen Xin: "Can we tell Master Sun that we can't influence the affairs of the imperial court in Denglai, and we will continue to do the same in private." ”

Song Wenxian and Chen Xin both looked at him strangely, Chen Xin blinked and said: "Minyou, this is called the first rat at both ends of the officialdom, once it is known by those pavilion elders, it will not be good, Sun Yuanhua and we can't do this, Lord Wen will soon send someone to let us stand in line, and most of them will let us collect Sun Yuanhua's black materials, if we don't do it, we can only take refuge in Zhou Yanru, when the income of the centrist is the lowest, and it may not be able to end up well." ”

The top boss became his opponent, this kind of thing is really a headache in Liu Minyou's opinion, although Song Wenxian and Chen Xin didn't think it was a good thing, but they didn't think it was too tricky, they all saw too much of the things in the officialdom, Song Wenxian lowered his head and touched it on the table, thinking and said: "Our first thing now is not to fall into the hands of others, at the end of last year, there was a royal history to impeach Lord Chen for arson in Wendeng, in the fish and meat township, to seize land, and to sell illegal salt, etc., at that time, the two sides did not fight each other, and did not set off any movement, If we come again now, we will be in trouble, as long as Zhou Yanru plans to conduct a thorough investigation, the celebrant is red, and the imperial history is sent to investigate thoroughly, and Sun Yuanhua cooperates again, we will be half-disabled. ”

Chen Xin smiled and said: "So Zhou Yanru's silver will not be given away this year, but will be sent to the master of ceremonies, which is somewhat useful." ”

Liu Minyou said suddenly: "Since Zhou Yanru is the first assistant, then let's switch to his side, otherwise we don't have to fight with Sun Yuanhua." ”

Chen Xin couldn't help laughing, "It's that simple, you don't care about this matter, the sky can't fall, just remember to save a little this year, and don't occupy the private land, and occupy more terra nullius on the side of the mountain." ”

Liu Minyou asked uneasily: "Sun Yuanhua deliberately embarrassed us, what should we do?" ”

Song Wenxian laughed and said: "Since we are Wen Tiren's people, how can he let Sun Yuan do whatever he wants, then who else will follow him, he really dares to make too much trouble, we can naturally provide Wen Tiren with cannonballs to impeach him." Sun Yuanhua, like us, will also be cautious, especially for our Wendeng camp, the emperor often asks us, forgive him for not daring to default on military salaries, food and other materials are more difficult, after all, they have to pass through his hands, and the most worrying thing is to send us to death when sending troops. ”

Liu Minyou squinted and thought for a while, knowing that these two people would not have a problem dealing with Sun Yuanhua, and he couldn't come up with any ideas, so he stopped asking no more questions.

Chen Xinman tapped his fingers on the edge of the table indifferently, "Inside the pavilion elders, Wu Zongda is on Wen Tiren's side, two are on Zhou Yanru's side, and Liang Tingdong seems to support Wen Tiren more now." ”

Song Wenxian said: "Liang Tingdong and Wang Yongguang had a vicious fight in March, and drove Wang Yongguang home, I heard that he wanted to be a secretary of the ministry, and then enter the cabinet, but the time he chose was not very good, and now the situation in the cabinet, he is afraid that it is rare to be able to enter, if he stands on either side, the other side will quickly attack him, and will not let him enter the cabinet to increase variables." ”

Chen Xin smiled and said: "These adult things, we can also watch, if Wen Tiren sends someone to come, give him Dengzhou's empty salary, this matter is not big or small, we can just make a difference, Mr. Song, you will go to Beijing in a while, remember one, no matter what happens, we are still firmly on Wen Tiren's side, if there is an emergency, we will pass it back, the most important thing, we still have to keep our eyes on Jiannu, no matter how Sun Yuanhua sends troops, we have to think of more Jiannu, with a head, Whether it is to support Sun Yuanhua or impeach Sun Yuanhua, we are more confident. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )rv