On the wharf of Jinghaiwei, the second batch of tobacco is being shipped, and the two bird boats used this time have been continuously transported from the south after the beginning of the year, in addition to Zuo Changhao, Liu Minyou also sent people to Huai'an Mansion and Tianjin and other places closer to buy it, which can basically guarantee the output.

After the ship went south to send tobacco, it brought back the southern goods such as silk, sugar, tobacco leaves, cotton cloth and so on in the south of the Yangtze River, because it was transported by its own sailor, there was no banknote and tax card exploitation, and the price given by Xu Xinsu was very favorable, so the cost was cheaper than Dengzhou, which could be used for Japanese trade, and could be sold near Wendeng.

So these ships are the economic lifeblood of the Wendeng camp, Jinghaiwei this private port is in good condition, there are currently four wooden bridges can dock sea ships, because the importance of Jinghaiwei is slowly increasing, the defense force is also increasing, this private port is stationed in a bureau of soldiers, there is also a Tunpu peasant company, in February, a group of eliminated machine guns and waist knives were sent here, armed with two factory male workers, at present the training is relatively small, their duty is to deter the nearby locals in the case of the soldiers leaving, not for the battle formation to win.

According to the schedule given to him by Chen Xin, after the farm is busy in May, the peasant soldiers will be trained like soldiers, Liu Minyou did not know what Chen Xin's plan was, but he still formulated a new plan for civil affairs, in order to improve the harvesting efficiency, for each Tunpu to buy wheat titanium, wheat sheat, wheat cage and other complete sets of harvesting equipment, these appliances are made by Wen Xianming according to the "Wang Zhen Agricultural Book", they can be combined together, greatly saving manpower.

After the beginning of spring, there was no rain, and the flow of water in the surrounding small rivers was much less. A large number of manpower is used to lift water, the tools used at present are still orange trees, wheels, etc., the efficiency is not high, to ensure the planting needs, every 100 acres need to drill five wells, respectively in the four corners and the middle, fortunately, the organizational strength of Tunpu reflects the advantages. A large number of irrigation wells have been drilled, and the surrounding military fields of Jinghaiwei will have to endure drought, and their lives will be even more difficult this year.

Liu Minyou also foresaw this year's famine. Last year, the crackdown on the general store in Tongguò basically wiped out the grain stores in Tunpu, and those stores should have done other business. But there are other grain stores in the Acropolis not far away, and they may collect grain when the grain is ripe, after all, local grain collection does not require freight, and they can slightly increase the purchase price. He had already conveyed an order to the tun chief after the beginning of the year, forcing all tun households not to sell grain to them, and those caught may be repossessed of the land, and the price of the comprehensive store is still the same as last year's purchase price of eight yuan per stone.

In addition, the ships that went south through Guò brought back some grain, and the grain in Huai'an and other places was much cheaper than that in Dengzhou. The cost of transportation by sea is also very low, and Liu Minyou now hopes that the sailor will grow stronger than ever and can transport him for free, so Liu Minyou is expanding the port, and there are several docks further away. A group of displaced people under the command of five Fujian boatmen are building, according to those Fujian boatmen, even if they dig a hole in the beach, they can build ships, and the whole port area is like a big construction site.

Li Ranzhu was lighting cigarettes in the booklet, and after lighting a bunch. The person who received the goods from the trading company randomly checked one box, and then signed to confirm that Li Ranzhu was still arranged to Jinghai after the beginning of the year, responsible for the production of cigarettes and bags.

Liu Minyou was by Li Ranzhu's side, looking at this little concubine from time to time, although Li Ranzhu was a concubine, in fact, Liu Min had no plans to marry again, Li Ranzhu looked much younger than when he was in Tianjin, his face was full of round luster, he was dressed plainly, and the little white hair on his head was gone.

Li Ranzhu finished ordering the last pile of goods, let out a long breath, and handed the goods book to his assistant. Turning his head to see Liu Minyou looking at himself, he pursed his lips and smiled.

At this time, her assistant saw a group of businessmen-looking people getting on the boat, and hurriedly told Li Ranzhu that there are sailors and people from the merchant house on the general cargo ship, all of whom they know, and this group of people is completely unfamiliar, and there is an indescribable feeling when walking.

Li Ranzhu was about to ask someone to stop him, but Liu Minyou had already seen Pu Zhuang inside, and knew that it was someone from the special service team, so it was estimated that he was going south with the ship, and then he was going to Fujian, so he hurriedly called Li Ranzhu to stop.

Pu Zhuang and his party were more than ten people, and when he saw Liu Minyou, he just arched his hand, and Liu Minyou knew that they had confidentiality regulations, so he just gave his hand away.

Li Ranzhu saw Liu Minyou's appearance, and didn't ask any more, she asked Liu Minyou to walk in front, and the two went back to the factory one after the other.

In this era, it is natural that they cannot walk hand in hand, especially in a relatively conservative area like Wendeng, which makes Liu Minyou not interested in walking.

"Master, where are you going next?"

Liu Min said unhappily: "I said don't call me master, just call me by my name, I feel how old I am when I hear it." ”

Li Ranzhu got along with him, knowing that he and Chen Xin were very easy-going, and never asked for the etiquette of his subordinates, so he smiled and said, "It's even more awkward to call a name." ”

Liu Minyou went to the factory with her, most of the people walking around were women, and some of the physical work was also done by women, many of them were originally farming, and some of them had more strength in their hands than men who were studying.

"I plan to go to Chengshan tomorrow to see Tunpu over there, and then stay in Weihai until the end of March."

Li Ranzhu looked at Liu Minyou's haggard face, and said with some heartache: "You run around like this, I can't take care of you in Jinghai, don't be tired of yourself." ”

"Living at home in Weihai, I can't be tired, this time I go back to do a lot of things, one is that there are boats in the Dongjiang River to sell life and mink, these things are very expensive in the south of the Yangtze River, I have to go and see, and second, there are some people fleeing from the Dongjiang River."

Li Ranzhu said strangely: "Why do you still want to escape, isn't there a new general soldier coming, and he is obedient to that Liu for chaos." ”

"Someone came to report yesterday, more than 1,000 people have fled, it is said that the Huanglong is greedy for ink, more greedy than the original Dongjiang generals, the islands are people's hearts floating, the Phi Island is so far away, there are also people stealing boats, there are more than 10 large and small boats, and there are many rafts."

"Lord Chen has to accept the displaced people, and now not only the Liao people, but also the displaced people from Henan have become famous."

These populations are both the resource they need the most and the heaviest burden at the moment. The shape of the Dongjiang River is still very poor, after Huang Long arrived, he made people angry, this person still has two brushes to fight, and the army is too greedy, he relies on being Sun Yuanhua's henchman, doing whatever he wants in the Dongjiang River, and he doesn't notice the undercurrent under the temporary calm in front of him. Dongjiang Bing has always had a resentment after Mao Wenlong was killed, and he was full of suspicion of the court and Shangguan, and in this case, his actions were undoubtedly throwing sparks into the firewood.

Liu Minyou is not familiar with the affairs of the Dongjiang River. I don't know what will happen to them in the end, but when he thought of the regular training of peasant soldiers arranged by Chen Xin, he frowned. Half a sound before he sighed: "Chen Xin has his own plans, if he can live one more person, he will live one more person." ”――

On Zhenhaimen Street in Dengzhou City, Chen Xin took Zhou Shifa slowly through the street north of the Martyrs' Shrine, there is a cotton cloth shop, which is a stronghold they laid out in advance, with a shop in front and a courtyard in the back, which can hide dozens of people.

The two of them walked past the store as usual, and did not go in to contact the detectives inside.

Zhou Shifa whispered to Chen Xin: "My lord, this place is two hundred steps away from Zhenhai Gate. Not far from the grass bridge, this gate and a bridge are the key points of the north city, this location is very good, but there is only this place at the moment, and then find two courtyards or shops nearby this month. ”

Chen Xin nodded and said, "Who is in charge of Dengzhou right now?" ”

"Your Excellency. According to your request, several shops will not know each other, their identities are only known to their subordinates and Zhang Dong, and the subordinates are going to find a shop near the bell tower as a contact point, and write code words with outside quotations and lists, and there is no need to contact the contact point. Just pass through the door and you can take orders, so that even if one is found, the others will not be implicated. It's just that...... Adult, it seems to be a little too careful. ”

Chen Xin said with a smile: "Dengzhou is in my Ming Dynasty, so I am careful, but our opponent is Jiannu after all, and we will always go to Jiannu's territory in the future, and there is nothing wrong with being careful." Zhou Shifa whispered.

They returned to Song Wenxian's old house, Chen Xin called his entourage, ready to return to Weihai, Song Wenxian reported to Chen Xin the information he inquired about Dengzhou, this year's imperial court allocated a very sufficient military salary, just for the use of tools is tens of thousands of taels, Sun Yuanhua actually has a lot of materials in his hands, the spring grain of Dongjiang has been distributed, but it is said that most of it was deducted by Huanglong, and I don't know where he resold it, the biggest possibility is the grain store of those officials and gentry in Dengzhou City.

Originally, it was supposed to make up for the true nature of the Dongjiang River in the first two years, with a total of 130,000 stones, but it is said that Sun Yuanhua did not plan to make up for it, and he even proposed to move the Dongjiang River to the town and separate the army and the people, which had already given the emperor a lesson.

Chen Xin shook his head when he heard this, the reason for the separation of the military and the people is very grandiose, it is convenient to check the actual soldiers, and pay according to the soldiers, but there are at least 100,000 people in the Dongjiang River, and there is no way to resettle these people in Dengzhou, Sun Yuanhua also proposed a military tun, but he obviously can't find so much land, and this is also in vain, but it can be seen that Sun Yuanhua still has some paper talk.

There is no major movement in Dongjiang at present, and Liu Xingzhi is also honest, but it is obvious that Dongjiang Town has no offensive ability, and it can't even talk about harassment.

Chen Xin went to the governor's yamen to pick up Wang Zheng, and they took a boat together in Shuicheng, Wang Zheng was the supervisor of Liaohai, and the Dengzhou sailor was still very angry with him, and sent a small fortune boat to send them to Weihai.

Wang Zheng's complexion was much better than that day, he no longer put up a stand in front of Chen Xin, chatting with Chen Xin at the bow of the boat, after the boat sailed out of Half Moon Bay, Changshan Island was in sight, Wang Zheng looked at the north and said: "For more than ten years, the world has spent countless amounts of money, just for a piece of land in Liaodong, every word of Liao, it is more than 100,000 soldiers, and this year it has increased the salary of Liao by 3%, this 100,000 soldiers should really be used." ”

Chen Xin said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, with Lord Sun here, it should be used, it is said that there are more than 20 Hongyi cannons in the standard camp, and it will be difficult to please Jiannu." ”

Wang Zheng said lightly: "This official is willing to go to Weihai, in addition to the matter of relieving the crime, there is also a reason, Lord Chen's Wendeng camp has many Liao people, which is in line with the Liao people to guard the Liao land, and the Wendeng camp must be elite soldiers, Lord Chen last year more than 2,000 soldiers, beheaded more than 1,000, how also, the soldiers are not expensive, the natives are not expensive guest soldiers, Guan Zhong said: 30,000 controlled soldiers are enough to run rampant in the Central Plains, not to mention a corner of Liaodong. The official thought that the guest soldiers consumed money and food, the fighting spirit was not high, and they should be defeated at every touch, so they should choose the strong guards among the Liao people, take advantage of the danger tree fortress in the land of Liaodong, and then guard the Liao land with Liao soldiers. ”

Chen Xin bowed his head and said: "Yes, the adults are from a high position, and the officials are taught." ”

Wang Zheng nodded with satisfaction, he was originally the governor of Yangzhou Prefecture, and the army was only on paper, in fact, there were many Liao people who defended Liao, and there were many of them who were about to collapse at the touch of a touch, but it was the Sichuan soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers who fought the most heroically, last year Jiannu entered the Kou, Shizhu and Youyang's Tusi soldiers were led by Qin Liangyu Qin Wang, a total of 9,000 people, of which 7,000 were paid by the Sichuan Political Division, and 2,000 were raised by Qin Liangyu, because of the long distance, it took until November to reach the Beijing Division, at this time Jiannu had already retreated, and did not participate in the battle of the Four Cities as rumored, Originally, the same was true in history. If they could have arrived earlier, they might have cooperated with the Wendeng camp to completely annihilate the slaves in the pass.

Chongzhen attached great importance to Qin Liangyu, personally summoned her, and gave her a few poems, and then left the Sichuan soldiers in Guanning, Qin Liangyu left his younger brother to lead the troops, and returned to Sichuan by himself. It shows that the imperial court attaches great importance to this strong army, so Chen Xin does not think so-called Liao people defend Liao, and more importantly, the organization, training and treatment of the army.

Wang Zheng got the sycophant of a famous general, standing on the bow of the ship with high spirits, his beard flying in the wind, Wang Zheng pointed to the north and said loudly: "Chuyang (Sun Yuanhua) takes sweeping away Jiannu as a long-cherished wish, and is willing to go to Weihai with this official to do his best, and report the grace of Chuyang's promotion and the grace of long live the encounter, and General Chen must always think of this." ”

Chen Xin agreed, peeked at him with a look of intoxication, and said with a secret smile in his heart: "How good it is to be an official in Yangzhou, Sun Yuanhua brought you to Dengzhou, but you were implicated." Then you will repay me for saving my life. (To be continued.)