The huge national war ended in this way, giving people a sense of anticlimactic, or not enough fun.

But obviously there is no way to do it, even if you spend more energy to wipe out Liaodong and even the entire Houjin, what you get is just a wild land. Even if Houjin has developed a little over the years, there are still few people. This meant that there was not much tax revenue to feed back to the imperial court; The second is to lose the manpower and the cannonballs, so when the national war is over, what will Chongzhen do to face the forces in the south?

Whether it was out of self-interest or foresight, Chongzhen would not allow this battle to continue.

And Houjin gave him a good step, that is, to be a minister and present a jade seal.

Since ancient times, once the barbarians were in a weak position, they were accustomed to paying tribute to the powerful Chinese Empire, and with the help of tribute trade, they quickly accumulated a certain amount of wealth, coupled with the part of the money that the monarchy paid in order to show their wealth or stabilize themselves, a weak force could quickly become strong in more than ten years.

Whether Chongzhen knows this or not, Huang Taiji may not know, but he knows that now that Chongzhen has agreed to his request to be a minister, it is easy to say.

Taking advantage of the fact that for a long time, when the Ming Dynasty will not look north, he will lead his people to expand Houjin into a well-deserved northern overlord and build it into a real giant! When the time comes, the accumulated technology for ten years, and the hatred accumulated for ten years, will be poured out to Daming in an instant, I just hope that Daming will be able to last a little longer!

The battle between Chongzhen and Houjin was over, and with the aftermath of the great victory, Chongzhen sent two thousand elites and pounced directly on Shandong.

At this moment, Shandong is nominally ruled by Zhu Shouhong, the king of Luxian, but in fact, the real rulers are Zhang Lu, the political envoy of Shandong, and Zhao Jian, the general soldier of Shandong.

Originally, when I heard that Chongzhen sent troops to cancel the autonomy of Shandong, I heard that it was a strong army that defeated the Houjin, and Zhang Lu and Zhao Jian were really a little scared. But when I really learned that there were only 2,000 people coming, I immediately laughed. Just 2,000 people want others to submit? Didn't Chongzhen know that Shandong's standing army strength was 200,000?

Of course, these 200,000 troops are registered in the guard, and if you count the other new troops, only about 40,000 can actually be deployed. But no matter what, 40,000 people against 2,000 people, can't they win?

Therefore, the two had no intention of surrendering at all, and even took the initiative to send troops to the battle, threatening to defeat the Qing monarch and abolish the tyrant.

A month before and after, almost at the moment when the information that Chongzhen had sent troops to Shandong reached Zhang Hongbin's hands, Lu Xiangsheng had completed the suppression of the entire Shandong. The Lu family was captured and confined to a manor outside Beijing, Zhao Jian and Zhang Lu were annihilated by the Nine Tribes, and their proud army of 40,000 collapsed after only one round of artillery bombardment and one round of shooting.

Chongzhen immediately appointed Yang He, the re-hired veteran secretary of the Ministry of Soldiers, as the political envoy of Shandong, and at the same time appointed Man Gui as the chief soldier of Shandong, and the two jointly guarded one side.

And let Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and others arrange troops in the south of Beizhili and the south of Shandong to deal with visitors from the south, and go south when necessary. In fact, after Chongzhen conquered Shandong in a month, even if all localities had the heart to go north, they had to weigh whether they were the opponents of Chongzhen's firearms troops.

In the meantime, the camera shifted from Shandong to Sichuan, and to Baoning Mansion, which was occupied by the Qin army.

After a year of preliminary construction, Boryeong has undergone initial changes, and when the first batch of grains is harvested, the honest old farmers are happy to lose their big teeth. I have lived for so long, and I have never seen a crop with such a high yield per acre. In particular, the taste is not bad, leaving some of it for yourself to eat, and exchanging the rest for some food, but it is much more cost-effective than planting rice and wheat directly.

The king of Qin was benevolent and righteous, and the agricultural tax was very low, but he did not confiscate the landlords' land like other rebels, so that they had to continue to be tenants. But it doesn't matter, compared to the days when there were no clothes before, the days are really much better now.

The village that Qin Jun once passed by, the small forest village built in the mountains, is also very different now.

Just last month, King Qin summoned a large amount of explosives and forcibly opened up a wide enough path. The people in the military department complained about this for a long time, but Zhang Hongbin still insisted on going his own way, according to his meaning, if there is no stable and fast road to Sichuan, then the control of Sichuan will be far away.

Besides, 'if you want to get rich, you must first build roads', which is known to later generations, how could he forget it?

Since this road, it has become much easier for the villagers of Xiaolin Village to travel north and south, at least they carry a lot more goods than before. It's not that I didn't want to take more before, but the road is not in good condition, and if one more accidentally slips down the mountain, it will really be a loss.

King Qin, his old man, understood the people in the mountains, and allocated a lot of rooster carts to the villagers, of course, it can't be regarded as free, but it can be repaid monthly by the method called 'installment', and as for the things, they can enjoy them in advance. With this, it becomes easier to transport goods.

"Old village chief, is there any happy event? Look at you like this! "The commissioner has been stationed here for a year, and he has long been familiar with the villagers here.

"Can you not be happy? Didn't I just go to the field and see the yield of the three kinds of grains you provided, and I was really happy. The old village chief smiled and walked towards the commissioner.

What a young man! is obviously an official, but he never puts on a show, and everything is for the sake of the village. It's a pity that the girl in the village is not smart enough to keep him! It is also said that such a good young man should be a big official and benefit more people!

"Old village chief, don't be too happy, in fact, this year's Chang'an Crop Research Base has improved new varieties of these three crops. The yield is twice as high as it is now, and the most important thing is that the taste is not much worse. If the old village chief needs it, I will apply for it for you and allocate a batch of them? The commissioner said with a grin.

"This dare is good!" Naturally, the old village chief didn't mind getting a little higher.

"By the way, the merchant who started buying snakes yesterday is here, right?" The commissioner suddenly remembered something.

"It's coming, and it's still being acquired today. I didn't expect that this snake would be able to make so much money when it was raised. In the past, when I saw it, I either avoided it or called to eat it, who would have thought of raising this thing. The old village chief said with some nostalgia.

"This is not surprising, snake molt and snake gall bladder are natural medicines, just say that this snake meat is now good for dignitaries and nobles in many big cities. Not to mention the medicinal wine brewed from snakes, which is also a very popular product. When there is a demand in the market, businessmen are naturally eager for snakes!

You're afraid that some villages not only raise snakes, but also toads, centipedes and scorpions, which are really full of five poisons. The most interesting thing is that not long ago, His Royal Highness the King of Qin took the lead in eating a bunch of roasted centipedes and scorpions in front of everyone, and after that, these two things became the food of the upper class, and they were out of stock in most parts of the Qin State! The commissioner smiled.

"Eating centipedes and scorpions? Is it tasty?! The village chief swallowed.

"I ate it once when I went to debriefing before, and not to mention, it tasted good after baking. Of course, it's just that the appearance is too much...... "The commissioner was also honest and didn't say that he was not afraid at all."

"I really can't figure out those dignitaries and nobles, who don't eat good mountain and sea delicacies, and eat this kind of thing." The old village chief shook his head, as if he felt that the times were changing too fast and he couldn't keep up.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin said, 'If you eat, you must eat healthy, you eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas every day, and you can eat fat brains, but one by one you have thirst disease, high blood pressure, heart disease, and you can live to be seventy years old, but you can only live to be in your fifties, this is not wronged." Later, the "Salvation Army Weekly" also reported on the significance and benefits of healthy eating, so now high-ranking officials and nobles eat healthy, and the fatty and greasy roast chicken is not not eaten, and the amount is properly controlled. The commissioner told what he had seen and heard.

"King Qin is the Star Monarch Lord in the sky, since he said so, it won't be wrong to think about it." Recently, the old village chief has become a little superstitious.

In fact, because after the Qin State brought them one surprise after another in Xiaolin Village, the old village chief thanked His Royal Highness King Qin from the bottom of his heart, even if he is not a god, in the hearts of these simple people, he is the noblest and greatest god. At least, it is useful to worship him, but it is useless to worship the mud bodhisattvas in those temples.

"Alright, old village chief, I'm going to check the progress of the dam construction upstream, and we'll talk about it later!" The commissioner remembered that he had something else to do, and immediately took his leave.

"Okay, it's really hard for you!" Naturally, the old village chief would not waste his time.

Looking back at my village, the crops in the terraced fields have been changed from rice to miscellaneous grains, and the acres of land have decreased a lot. Bamboo and sisal are mainly planted on the hillside, and the profits of bamboo are not yet visible, but sisal has begun to generate profits for the village; In addition, there is a snake breeding industry, which has recently expanded a lot, and the villagers have tasted the sweetness, not only do they not resist raising this thing at all, but they are also very enthusiastic about it.

Dams have been built upstream to ensure that the village still has water to use during drought days and to resist floods in the event of floods. In addition, the road has been repaired, there are more merchants coming and going, there are more things to buy, and the life of the villagers is getting better and better.

"They all say that Western bliss, old man, I will say, bliss is in the world!" The old village chief said with emotion, hummed a minor tune and left.

The same thing happened all over Boryeong.

The people laughed, their insensitive expressions faded, and they regained their vitality from their half-dead appearances.

The world seemed to have become more brilliant, and after seeing this qiē, Zhang Hongbin smiled.