In the crisp autumn of September, Li Pu, the governor of Shandong, sat at home in comfortable cotton clothes. In front of him were more than a dozen orchids, ranging from their teens to their thirties, who had never done rough work at first glance, and their skin and appearance were quite good.

The orchid was brought down, followed by silk and cotton, along with several large chests. Yuan Hongjie, the new shopkeeper of the Haizhou branch of Rentong Express, saw that Li Pu was very satisfied with silk and cotton cloth, and motioned to his subordinates to open the boxes. As soon as the lid of the box was opened, the inside of the room became bright.

Rows of small glass mirrors, medium glass mirrors, neatly arranged in the box. The large box at the back was opened, and the four large glass mirrors were carefully removed from it. The large glass mirrors are half a man tall and, like the others, are housed in intricately carved wooden shells.

Li Pu suddenly saw that he could clearly reflect himself in every mirror, and he couldn't help but be careful and his liver trembled. The accuracy of the white copper mirror is not enough, which makes people feel that the reflection is completely a reflection of the surface of the copper mirror. The glass mirror made Li Pu feel as if there was a world in the mirror, deep and unfathomable.

Keeping his eyes off the mirror, Li Pu waved his hand, "Put these away." ”

After the mirrors were put away and taken away, Li Pu breathed a sigh of relief, "Mr. Yuan, if you want to buy our calves, we don't lack them." But we have something missing, and you have it. ”

"I don't know what it is?" Yuan Hongjie made some preparations in his heart, no matter how amazing Li Pu said, he had to look calm.

"Artillery!" Li Pu said a little viciously. The word was painstakingly inquired by Li Pu, and for the governor of Shandong, artillery was synonymous with defeat and disgrace. He had 20,000 elites under his command and great prestige in Shandong, but the war with Zhao Jiaren almost shredded Li Pu's self-confidence.

Before Yuan Hongjie took office, he obtained an internal official document from Zhao Jiaren, which listed the goods that Yuan Hongjie was allowed to sell to the Shandong warlords. There is a pound of cannon in the list, and the reserve price is a pound of cannon, excluding gunpowder and iron shells, and the price is a healthy calf plus ten pounds of iron. And this time Yuan Hongjie came to two things, the first is to buy alkali blocks, and the other is to buy calves from Shandong cattle.

Seeing Li Pu's expectations for artillery, Yuan Hongjie was silent, just slowly sipping tea. At such times, whoever speaks first is at a disadvantage.

"You Southern Barbarians, you just like to pretend." Li Pu saw that Yuan Hongjie was silent, and broke the silence with angry shouts.

However, this intimidation did not put any pressure on Mr. Yuan, and the senior cadres were trained in negotiations, which taught them how to deal with intimidation. Yuan Hongjie replied calmly: "Li Dudu, the artillery can be sold to you." But the price is not low. ”

This time it was Li Pu's turn to be a little apprehensive, he originally thought that Zhao Jiaren would not sell artillery no matter what. So thinking that even if it is deductive, Zhao Jiaren has to be forced to sell artillery. Now Zhao Jiaren is willing to sell artillery, and the price of that artillery is afraid that it will not be cheap.

"Governor Li, how many artillery do you want?" Yuan Hongjie asked.

"This, ten?" Li Pu actually didn't know, the only reason he wanted to buy artillery was that he suffered a big loss, so he really wanted to have it himself. As for what to do after buying the artillery, Li Pu didn't think about it.

"If it is ten, one cannon will be exchanged for two calves and thirty pounds of iron." Yuan Hongjie gave the answer

September passed quickly, and on the third day of October, a military ship arrived in Haizhou. The boat did not come from the south, but from Jeju Island. The Jeju Island dispatch has successfully landed on the island and annihilated the Goryeo army on the island. They came to Haizhou according to the plan to ask for grain and calves.

The fleet set out in August, and now it has cleared the local enemy, and Yuan Hongjie is also very surprised. Fortunately, Li Pu's desire for artillery was more anxious than Yuan Hongjie thought. After purchasing ten one-pound cannons, Li Pu actually added thirty more one-pound cannons. This time, Li Pu directly exchanged a four-year-old cow for a cannon.

When the fleet was loaded, Yuan Hongjie pulled the captain and asked, "How is that Jeju Island?" ”

"It's pretty big. I didn't expect it to be that big. We measured it a little, and it was more than 100 miles long and dozens of miles wide. The captain was very pleased.

"Are the people on the island good at fighting?" Yuan Hongjie is very concerned about this.

The captain replied very proudly: "Mongolia has been fighting Goryeo, and Goryeo is short of men and soldiers, and has been going to the island to arrest people to Goryeo in the past few years. Now there are only one or two thousand old and weak left on the island. Before we came, we were worried about how to fight the locals, but the Koreans had already helped us fight. ”

"Are the Koreans good at war?" Yuan Hongjie is now more worried about annihilating the official army of the Goryeo people, and the Goryeo people are only afraid that they will not give up.

"It's nothing great, it's not as good as a pirate. There is no way to compare the Goryeo ship with our pirates in Fujian, and the Pu family can kill the entire Goryeo ship if they come out. The captain smiled and commented on the armed forces of the Goryeo Kingdom.

Finally confirming that the military operation of the expedition to Jeju Island did not encounter any real obstacles, Yuan Hongjie breathed a long sigh of relief. In his heart, the real base is Fuzhou and Quanzhou, thousands of miles away. The fact that Haizhou was on the front line made Yuan Hongjie always very uneasy in his heart, and now that Zhao Jiaren has occupied Jeju Island, this means that Haizhou, a trading post outside the isolated base, has other bases closer to it. This fact made Yuan Hongjie feel much better.

At the same time, a notice began to appear in all prefectures and counties of Fujian. Rentong Express and Renda Qianzhuang joined forces to gather tenant farmers throughout Fujian Road. The most important features of the notices are "reclamation of islands", "division of land", "no collection of rent", "daily wages for work other than cultivated land", and "bereavement payments if a person dies during the contract period".

Zhao Jiaren didn't particularly care about this matter, the people in the farming era were also difficult to leave their homeland, and it would be good to be able to gather a few thousand people. He called Hu Yuelian and solemnly told her: "I want you to travel to the Wa Kingdom, are you willing?" ”

"Traveling?" Hu Yuelian couldn't understand this. In terms of words alone, this is probably a rich family who has eaten enough to go to other places to visit famous mountains and rivers. Hu Yuelian patronized revenge when she attacked the Pu family, and she couldn't collect much money. It's still a long way from recovering the family business.

Zhao Jiaren persuaded bitterly: "Yuelian, you have good kung fu, and you can speak some Japanese dialect." The most important thing is that you are still a woman. Have you read the story of the Red Line Girl? How do you feel about the Red Whisk Girl? ”

In such a comparison, Hu Yuelian somewhat understood. She hesitated and said, "The Red Whisk Girl is a woman."

Even if she understands a little, Hu Yuelian feels that she is just an ordinary girl who wants revenge, and compared with that kind of woman, at least there is a big gap in this sentiment.

"When you look at the Red Whisk Girl, you think that the Red Whisk Girl is a heroine, and others see you as a heroine. Look at the few Japanese people under your command, they are really respectful and afraid of you. Yuelian, your name also has a sense of meaning when you hear it. Listen to me, travel to the Japanese country. You will definitely be called a heroine by future generations! Zhao Jiaren impassionedly encouraged Hu Yuelian.

Hu Yuelian is a person who has experienced life and death, looking at Zhao Jiaren like a fox greeting chickens for the New Year, she also understands that this matter is probably unavoidable. With Hu Yuelian's personality, since she couldn't avoid it, she replied decisively: "I'll listen to the principal." ”