On Jeju Island, the humble pier is bleak in the cold wind of deep winter.

At this time, a sea-going ship with about 600 materials and a ship with 400 materials was docking, and the sailors and dock workers on board worked together to carry the goods on board to the dock.

Soon, the humble wharf was piled up with a hill of wooden boxes.

Next to him, a group of people were standing on the side, talking and laughing......

"Heavenly King, the goods on the ship are specially sent by the great officials to give New Year's gifts to the Heavenly King and the brothers!"

Ruan Xiaoqi smiled and took out a list of gifts and handed it directly to Chao Gai next to him.

"The big officials have a heart!"

Chao Gai's face was full of joy, his eyes swept over the gift list, and he couldn't help but show excitement, and laughed: "Finally, Liangshan's brother hasn't forgotten Chao!" ”

As he spoke, he handed the list to his henchmen and said leisurely: "Everyone take a look, the New Year's gift sent by the officials this time is quite good!" ”

Several Chaojiazhuang stewards quickly swept through the list of gifts, and their faces also showed undisguised happy smiles, and they nodded again and again to praise the righteousness of the officials.

"Let's go, Xiao Qi, let's go back to Zhuangzi to drink, the cold wind on the seaside is too annoying!"

Chao Gai grabbed Ruan Xiaoqi's arm and walked towards a small town not far away surrounded by everyone.

The town is clearly newly built, and there are signs of brand new everywhere, and it is the settlement that Chao Gai and his brothers built with their own hands after they landed on the island.

Although they are all wooden houses, the planning is still good, and it does not give people a scattered feeling, which is very the style of Shuibo Village.

Ruan Xiaoqi was not polite, he and his two brothers would take turns to go to Jeju Island every half a month, they were very familiar with this place, and even had their own residence.

When they arrived at Chao Gai's Zhuangzi lobby, there were immediately servants serving steaming dishes and wine, and Chao Gai, Ruan Xiaoqi and a group of stewards sat down together to eat and drink, chatting about whether they were happy or not.

"The king of heaven doesn't know that since the big officials have been in this village, the villages around Shuibo have been blessed!"

"Oh, let's hear it, such a blessed method?"

Ruan Xiaoqi smiled and said some things in the year-end summary, and he had no idea about Chao Gai and the others' sluggish expressions at all.

"The big officials are really powerful!"

After a while, Chao Gai couldn't help but sigh: "There are big officials in this village, and it will definitely become more and more popular!" ”

Ruan Xiaoqi laughed, he liked to hear such words.

"I don't know what else is needed from the Heavenly King's side?"

After talking and laughing for a while, Ruan Xiaoqi mentioned the matter: "Before coming, the big official told a certain person that the current situation in the Great Song Dynasty is becoming more and more turbulent, and the main force led by the big leader is used by the imperial court to death, and the king of heaven is a back road for the cottage!" ”

"Is it really that bad?"

Chao Gai was taken aback and said curiously: "Last time the little fifth brother came over, didn't he still say that the main force of Liangshan successfully eliminated Wang Qing of Huaixi and was praised by the imperial court?" ”

"Right now, the main force of Liangshan has been transferred to Jiangnan to deal with Fang La!"

When he said this, Ruan Xiaoqi's tone was not very good: "The big leader is really loyal to the imperial court, and after receiving the requisition from the imperial court, he didn't say a word, so he went to Jiangnan with the main force to quell the rebellion!" ”

"Fang La is not easy to deal with!"

After all, Chao Gai is a big man on Jingdong East Road, although he has been forced to Jeju Island to make a living, he still has some understanding of the heroes of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Yes, the big officials said that Jiangnan is a place where the imperial court is wealthy, and Fang La occupies fifty-two counties in six states in one go, which is similar to cutting off the silver lifeline of the imperial court!"

Ruan Xiaoqi said in a condensed voice: "This time, the imperial court has made a bloody investment, and even the elite western army has been sent, and the war in Jiangnan is absolutely fierce!" ”

"With the Western Army in front, the main force of Liangshan should not be too damaged!"

Chao Gai was taken aback at first, and then said disapprovingly: "Obviously, the Liangshan army is just an auxiliary, so just do a good job of assisting!" ”

"I'm afraid that the big leader wants to fight for merit!"

Ruan Xiaoqi expressed the opinion of Chai Daguan, shook his head and said: "The big leader is a little stunned, who can stop him if he really wants to fight for merit?" ”

Chao Gai was silent, he had nothing to say about Song Jiang, so he had to change the topic and directly ask the senior officials what they thought about the future of Jeju Island.

Ruan Xiaoqi took the opportunity to change the topic and said directly: "When I came, the big officials told me that after the king of heaven has established a solid foundation here and can achieve self-sufficiency in most materials, the village will continue to transport the population to open up the wasteland and farm!" ”

"The Heavenly King can try to rely on sea ships to do business with the nearest Goryeo Kingdom!"

"Doing business with Goryeo?"

Chao Gai was a little puzzled and puzzled: "On Jeju Island, there are no goods that can be handled!" ”

"Besides, if we quietly occupy Jeju Island, will it cause hostility and targeting from Goryeo?"

After all, in the process of taking Jeju Island, a group of aborigines belonging to the Goryeo Kingdom were packed.

Don't look at Goryeo as a small country, but after all, it is a country, and if you really want to deal with it, Chao Gai is still a little weak-hearted.

"The Heavenly King doesn't have to worry about the reaction of the Goryeo Kingdom!"

Ruan Xiaoqi smiled and said: "The cross-sea expedition is not for fun, it is impossible to say whether there are so many sea ships in Goryeo!" ”

"As for the goods traded with Goryeo, all of them are provided by the main village, which means that Jeju Island is a trade transit point!"

"When the business is on the right track and the population of Jeju Island reaches a certain level, the big officials have the idea of opening a county yamen here as a training place for their officials!"

“……”

Ruan Xiaoqi said a lot, Chao Gai was only dumbfounded, and this time the conversation lasted for more than two hours.

After sending Ruan Xiaoqi away, Chao Gai's brain was still buzzing, a little confused and a little apprehensive.

"You say, what do you want to do?"

Summoned several confidants from Chaojiazhuang in Dongxi Village, Chao Gai first briefly repeated Ruan Xiaoqi's words, and finally wondered: "How do you listen, there is a meaning of being the king on the island?" ”

"Master, no matter what the big officials think, they have to cooperate with the master, right?"

"Yes, we don't need to think too much, anyway, no matter what the big officials think, the benefits of the master will be indispensable in the future!"

"If it weren't for the support of Liangshan Benzhai, the master could do it himself, and it was not impossible to call the king the system!"

"Come on, just one Jeju Island, the place is still too small, if there are several islands of the same size, it is not impossible for the lord to establish and be the king!"

"Master doesn't need to be in a hurry, at least our current situation is relatively detached, and when the situation develops to a certain point in the future, the big officials will naturally take the initiative to explain everything!"

“……”

The henchmen and stewards talked lively, but none of them got to the point, but they made Chao Gai dizzy, and finally simply left it behind.

No matter what Chai Daguan thinks, as long as he manages Jeju Island well, he will always be able to occupy a place in the future.

At present, the population under his command is less than 5,000, and it is only three simple towns in the built-up area, where does this strength come from?

……

Not to mention the affairs of Jeju Island, it is the spring season in the blink of an eye.

Liangshan Benzhai sent a lot of henchmen to scatter to various fields, chanting spells to open the earth attribute rune paper, and throwing them into the fields to absorb the free earth-based aura in the air, and quietly increasing the fertility of the land.

The whole village is a busy scene, and construction is being carried out everywhere, and even the villages attached to this village are also in full swing.

Within a short period of time, more than a dozen more villages took the initiative to defect to ......

In short, the twenty or so leaders of the rear battalion, including Chai Daguan, have lived too fulfilling days without touching the ground.

Enriched to the point that the leaders are complaining!

It's not aimed at Chai Daguan, but Song Jiang, who is far away in Jiangnan and Fang La.

There are not enough leaders in the back camp, and they need trusted brothers to help share the pressure.

But the leaders around Song Jiang were a little too abundant, and even some of the leaders were idle.

said that he was fighting with the army, but he had nothing to do in peacetime, and he could only go to the logistics camp to mess around, which was a waste.

When the news came back to the village, it caused a lot of displeasure among the leaders who were busy like dogs.

Especially the flower monk Lu Zhishen, this guy was very short-tempered, and he didn't care about Song Jiang's face at all, so he directly found Chai Daguan and asked the big official to write to Song Jiang immediately, asking some idle leaders to come back to work.

Lu Zhishen, as the chief instructor of martial arts in Liangshan Academy, spent all day either in the village school or in a certain village's Mengxue Hall, instructing students in martial arts as a supervision and inspection messenger, and also looking at the discipline of several training camps in this village, the whole person was busy losing weight.

I am bored in my heart, and I don't want to be angry at a little boy, how can I not vent when I have the opportunity now?

Not only him, but also the iron-faced Pei Xuan, the god operator Jiang Jing and others were not polite, and they all shouted for the Chai officials to go to Song Jiang to ask for someone.

Chai Daguan was as good as a stream, and hurriedly wrote a letter to send eight hundred miles of scuds to Song Jiang, who was on the front line in the south of the Yangtze River.

Song Jiang received the letter, and while crying and laughing, he was also a little unhappy.

I don't know if he is in a hurry to fight now, and his leaders are of great use, so at this time, he wants to send the leaders back to his village, isn't it disturbing the morale of the army?

In fact, he knew in his heart that the leaders of his subordinates had already complained about attacking Fang La too fiercely, but they were all coaxed.

If it is opened, I am afraid that even the five tiger generals will be in a hurry to return to the village!

"Pedant, what do you think of this?"

But Chai Daguan still had to give some face, and took advantage of the rare truce to find Wu Yong, and asked directly: "If the news spreads, I'm afraid that a leader will blow up the nest!" ”

Wu shook the goose feather fan in his hand lightly, and chuckled: "Then let the injured leader return to the village to recuperate, and the big officials still have to give some face!" ”

"But in this case, will there be a shortage of manpower here?"

Song Jiang said unhappily: "Our performance can't be too bad, isn't it ......"