Zhao Haiming walked with mixed feelings, happy that Shidao was beginning to take shape, worried that Zhao Lie was a little aggressive, too contemptuous of the strength of the Ming gentry, or a little young and vigorous, but everything in Shidao was established by Zhao Lie, until today, Zhao Lie has not failed, Zhao Haiming did not say much, there is Li Mingyu on the left and right, he is somewhat relieved.

Zhao Haiming left, Zhao Feng and Zhao E stayed, so far, except for Zhao Hong, who stayed in the old house, and Zhao Haiming, who returned to Weihai, the rest of the people gathered in Shidao, which became the new main residence of the Zhao family.

Zhao E revolves around Alexandra, the attraction of Western-style clothes and dolls to children is invincible, Alexandra's love for children, and very loose education also attract Zhao E, and the two are almost inseparable every day.

Zhao E even asked Alexandra many times when she would become her sister-in-law, which made Alexandra blush.

At noon on March 12, Zhao Lie stood on the dock and watched the Fuhai and the Sea Dog slowly approaching the dock, and the plundering fleet returned.

"My lord, the fleet has gained a lot this time, and it has returned victoriously, please check it." The sound of drums and the sound of salutes are reported.

"The drums, the waves are turbulent, the road is tiring, and it is a lot of hard work." Zhao Lie helped him out. In this era, the sea is extremely dangerous, and a major typhoon is a catastrophe.

"My lord, this time I have harvested more than 160,000 silver, more than 10,000 gold, countless knives, paper fans, sulfur, and copper, in addition, my lord, we have also found a maritime trade route between Japan and North Korea." Zhang Gusheng's excitement was palpable.

"Oh, the drums, it's a lot." At present, casting artillery, armor, firecrackers, shipbuilding, as well as the salaries and pensions of soldiers and refugees have emptied most of Zhao Lie's family funds accumulated in the past few months, and Zhao Meng and Wan Ji have reminded them several times that if they continue to spend so much, they will go bankrupt in less than a year. The harvest at this time is really timely rain. Zhao Lie is more interested in the fact that Japan and North Korea still have a sea trade channel, isn't it that since the two countries broke off diplomatic relations between the two countries, there has been no contact.

"Drums, Japan and North Korea have established diplomatic relations?" Since Wanli aided Korea, North Korea has severed diplomatic relations with the Japanese state until today, and the two sides have stubbornly refused to have diplomatic relations for the sake of their own face.

"My lord, no, the two countries are currently negotiating through the Wa State to the Ma Domain, and the maritime trade route is also through the Ma Domain, from the Wa State to North Korea gold, silver, copper, Japanese swords, iron cannons, sulfur, etc., from the North Korean to buy ginseng, timber, and my Ming Dynasty's raw silk, silk, cloth, so the Tsushima Domain has a merchant house and shop in Busan, North Korea." Zhang Gusheng came one by one, "This time, I waited until I captured three Japanese slave boats in the southeast of Jeju, and after interrogation, I learned about the incident, and these three ships were lost here in a storm. However, although the ship was small, it carried 50,000 taels of silver, which was escorted by Yokoji Toyoda, a retainer of the Tsushima Domain. ”

"How did you settle the widows?" Zhao Lie asked.

"My lord, my subordinates will treat them all as fish and shrimp. My lord has said that the best Japanese are the dead Japanese people. Zhang Gusheng replied quietly. The children of the Dengzhou sailors have a strong hatred for the Japanese slaves, first the Japanese slaves invaded Shandong, and then the Japanese slaves fought fiercely with the Ming Dynasty in North Korea, and the Dengzhou sailors were all fighting on the front line, and the hatred for the Japanese slaves was passed down from the older generation, and killing the Japanese slaves was not a matter at all, so Zhang Gusheng didn't feel that Zhao Lie was weird about the Japanese slaves' extermination order, but felt that it was normal.

"Well, drumming, well done, be sure to leave no trouble." Zhao Lie nodded with satisfaction. One is the resentment of the Japanese slaves for hundreds of years, and the other is that his own strength is still weak, and he is the king in a low-key manner.

Zhao Lie is very interested in this trade route, but at the moment, Zhao Lie has no power to monopolize, but this is a blood flowing with gold and silver, Zhao Lie will write it down for the time being. Of course, in the future, Zhao Lie intends to forcibly collect fees for this kind of trade route, so he must not exhaust the fish, so it is destined that the looting fleet cannot be too frequent, and it is destined that the looting income will not be too much, and another financial route must be opened.

The seized items are inspected in storage, the ships enter the factory for refurbishment, the seizure is distributed, and the travelers are looking forward to it, this trip is the biggest harvest, everyone is overjoyed, and the next time is to rotate several other ships to go to sea to hunt, of course, the harvest has satisfied them.

Du Li and Gu Wuyue hurriedly entered the official office, Du Li has been busy these days, recruiting people, organizing and training, and dispatching personnel, fortunately, more than ten people have been recruited among the old guys, Gu Wuyue became his deputy on the order of Zhao Lie, and finally took shape, but the complexity of things is far from over. Hearing Zhao Lie's summons today, the two hurried over.

Saying hello to Yu Dabao, the two entered the room.

"Du Li, Wuyue, sit." Zhao Lie called the two to sit down, took out two stacks of paper and gave them them, "This is a plan, you can take a look first." ”

The two confessed their sins, sat upright and watched carefully for a long time,

"My lord, this matter is not trivial, and you must act with discretion." Gu Wuyue said hesitantly.

"It's okay, don't re-establish a business in the name of Shidao, buy more timber and people from Phi Dao and Tieshan, and make friends with the local generals. Hide the traces afterwards, clean up and wrap up, and you can be safe. "This matter has been brewing for a long time, killing a few birds with one stone, it is risky but it is worth doing.

In addition, Du Li, from now on, together with Huang Han, Li Hu, Zhang Gusheng, and others, ordered the soldiers not to disclose the matter of going to sea with outsiders, and violators were severely punished. This is the time to cut. "Zhao Lie didn't want his family to go to sea to fight and other matters to spread.

Of course, Du Li knew greatly, and hurriedly agreed.

"In addition, the families of the soldiers and soldiers who came from the Weihai Division were placed in Shidao and cut off their communication with Weihai." Zhao Lie knew that many of the soldiers and accompanying families of the Weihai Division lived in Weihai, which was also a hidden danger and must not be careless.

Du Li nodded solemnly.

"Du Li, Gu Wuyue, when you are recruiting and enduring it, pay attention to the Jurchen people who were defeated and annexed by ** Hachi and others, their hatred for the old slave is no less than that of the Liao people, and even exceeded, if you can collect it to your subordinates, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort." Zhao Lie mentioned that Yehenala and Jianzhou Jurchen were a hundred-year-old feud, and the Jurchen nobles in Yehenala were taken away from their fiefdom slaves by **Hachi, and they hated Aixin Jueluo to the core, and some Yehenala nobles fled to Daming, hoping that Daming could help them take revenge, but they only reaped disappointment, but Zhao Lie hoped to receive help.

Du Li and Gu Wuyue replied in unison.

In the thousands of households in Chishan Town, several people drank tea and greeted each other.

"Mr. Li, I've been gone for a few months, and Mr. has bothered a lot about the affairs of the Thousand Households." Zhao Lie solemnly thanked Li Mingyu, at this busy time, it is really Zhao Lie's blessing to have Li Mingyu presiding over things in Qianhu, after all, Zhao Lie does not have such people around him who are familiar with the Ming officialdom, and recruiting from outside is also loyal, Wanji and others have more than enough talents, and the officialdom experience is not good, even Zhao Lie himself is also the first brother of officialdom. Li Mingyu is Zhao Lie's person at the helm of the Ming officialdom, and the current future of the Ming officialdom is very important to Zhao Lie's future planning, and it is impossible for Zhao Lie to give up the Ming officialdom.

"Your Excellency is too much, and here you are just doing the general affairs in full accordance with your wishes." Li Mingyu said humbly.

"Mr. Li is too modest, and it is Mr. Li's credit that the plan can be implemented in this newly appointed Qianhu Office." Zhao Lie admired Li Mingyu's bearing the most, and he was not shocked by honor and disgrace. "Mr. Li, what's going on with Lord Jinghai Wei Liao?"

"Your Excellency, rest assured, Lord Liao is doing nothing in Jinghaiwei. I learned from Master Wu that Lord Liao was operating to the post of deputy general and staff general in Linqing and other places in Lunan and Linqing, and he was just dormant under the impoverished place of Jinghaiwei. Mr. Li said. In addition, my lord, the five hundred taels of Chengyi in the New Year have been presented a year ago, and Lord Liao and Lord Wu are very satisfied. ”

Zhao Lie nodded, the unspoken rules of the Ming officialdom are currently untouchable, and a little silver can be exchanged for the peace of a thousand households Zhao Lie doesn't care at all, at this time he is the beneficiary of the unspoken rules, so that he can develop in Shidao safely.

"Mr. Li is meticulous, and the official is extremely relieved." Zhao Lie praised.

"It's a matter of the next division." Mr. Li gave up his hand.

"Spring has arrived, how are Qianhu planning?" Zhao Lie asked.

"My lord, after the military households of the Thousand Households divided the land, their morale is extremely high, and they are busy in the winter, and they are cleaning and plowing these days, and they are all gearing up to do a big job." Li Mingyu also lamented the changes brought to the military households by dividing the fields into households. "A lot of military households are praising adults."

"Well, if there is constant production, there will be perseverance," Zhao Lie said with a smile, Juntian's trick is the magic of everything, it will make the farmers burst out of great enthusiasm in the initial stage, however, with the stability of the situation, its limitations will also burst out, that is, there is no big development in dozens of acres of land anyway, and it will gradually make people lose motivation. "Mr. Li doesn't have to say just the praise of the military households, and the military households who cultivate sweet potatoes and corn are also suspicious."

Li Mingyu smiled and nodded, self-evident.

"Everything speaks for itself after the autumn harvest." Zhao Lie knew that it was useless to say more, only facts speak louder than words.

In short, everything in the Qianhu Office made Zhao Lie extremely satisfied, and the deputy Qianhu Zhenfu and the others were also quite peaceful.

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