After listening to Li Chaosheng's thoughts, everyone finally felt that it was indeed a very good idea to arrange this group of palace maids to be textile workers in the spinning factory, so as to prevent secret spies from spying on Lantian secret reports, and to contribute to Lantian's textile industry, which was definitely a double win.

Everyone thought that the charter was basically decided, and with the arrangement, everyone's hearts were relieved a lot, and then Guo Bao looked at Li Chaosheng and said: "County Zun, so many palace maids, are you really ready to let them die of old age in the factory?" ”

Li Chaosheng looked at Guo Bao like this and said: "Let them work for two years first, firstly, this group of palace maids is too young, some are only thirteen or fourteen years old, let them grow a little longer, and secondly, let them slowly understand Lantian, cultivate some feelings for Lantian in the past two years, and finally, and most importantly, during this period, screen the spies among them, our Lantian has a lot of secrets, but we can't let them spy out." ”

"After two years, the secret spies have also been eliminated, and these palace maids can be free people, and when the time comes, whether it is a wedding or funeral, it is all based on freedom, and we will not interfere, even if they don't want to continue to be textile workers, then it is up to them."

Hearing this, everyone nodded in unison, this is a foolproof strategy.

There were many articles of the meeting, and everyone talked until noon, and when it was close to lunch, Bai Shoumin provided Li Chaosheng with the second piece of information.

"County Zun, just now the secret spy came to report that Li Dingguo and Wang Jiadong have entered our Lantian territory."

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at the few people sitting there and smiled: "Oh, for so long, I thought he wouldn't come." ”

Hearing this, Bai Shoumin said: "Li Dingguo, they detoured to Henan, and entered our Lantian from Tongguan, and they were also mixed in Henan Maike, ready to pass through the customs in confusion, the county now knows his whereabouts, should we control him?" ”

Li Chaosheng waved his hand when he heard this: "Let him go, there are some things he won't believe if he doesn't see them with his own eyes." ”

Li Chaosheng got up as he said and said, "Okay, it's noon, eat." ”

Saying that, Li Chaosheng took the lead and walked towards the cafeteria, and everyone followed.

Tongguan.

The gateway of Shaanxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, the three provinces are to rush, and the dangerous place.

At this time, a group of wheat customers with straw hats, sickles, and sacks on their backs slowly walked towards Tongguan, they are wheat customers from Henan, the autumn harvest is coming, and the wheat customers have also reached the season of making a fortune.

However, the way for them to make a fortune is not in their own province, but in Shaanxi, Shaanxi has been completely turned upside down since it returned to Lantian in recent years, and every family has lived a very prosperous life, which is covetous.

Unlike them, their lives are still tight, and there are bandits everywhere, and the government is also exploiting, they really want to come to Lantian to settle down, but the old people in the family have always been reluctant to leave their hometown with the idea of leaving their homeland.

And in order to prevent the loss of population, the local government is also very strict with the road introduction policy, you must know that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the road introduction is very important, in the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang period, there is no road guide, away from home hundreds of miles even if it is a homeless.

And now it's even more remarkable, if there is no guide, then it is not only a homeless, but also a person who may be regarded as a rogue.

Therefore, countless people yearn for the life of Lantian but can't come, because they can't break through the interception of the government at all, of course, although the government prevents the loss of population to Lantian, there are exceptions, such as Maike.

This is the population that the government is willing to flow into Lantian and why?

Because it is not so simple to be a McKee, first of all, the first condition for being a Maike is that you must have a family in Henan, and you must not only be parents, but also have a wife and children.

If your wife and children are both in Henan, you can go to Lantian as a wheat guest, the reason is very simple, unless you are a cold-blooded person, otherwise how can you ignore your wife and children, and stay in Lantian directly, so you are a wheat customer in Lantian and earn money, you have to come back, when the time comes, you have money, and the government will exploit you, which is why the government agrees with the locals to be a wheat guest.

Mai Ke is actually a short-term worker, Lantian is now rich, some people have surplus grain at home, especially some large grain merchants, there are too many farms, people need to harvest, and the locals are too wealthy, the price of employment is too expensive, so these foreign wheat customers have a market.

There were a lot of Maike troops, and at this time, Li Dingguo in the crowd looked up at the Tongguan in front of him, which had obviously been rebuilt and reinforced later, and couldn't help but sigh: "One husband is the pass, and ten thousand people can't open it." ”

At this time, I saw that the city wall of Tongguan was increased by four or five meters, and the whole can be more than 30 meters high, and the whole presents a kind of gray, and the materials used to build are the same as those of Tongqian Pass, which are all materials called cement.

The city gate is very high and wide, and it does not seem crowded to run two big cars side by side, and there is a huge sign hanging above the city gate, which reads Tongguan two big characters.

Li Dingguo couldn't help but sigh when he looked at it, Lantian was generous, and Wang Jiadong, who was following Li Dingguo, was also a little excited when he saw the word Tongguan, and he was home after Tongguan.

Wang Jiadong thought, and at this time, Li Dingguo leaned next to Wang Jiadong and said, "Jiadong." ”

"Huh?"

Wang Jiadong looked at Li Dingguo, and Li Dingguo said: "Jiadong, if you lead an army here, how do you want to capture this city?" ”

Wang Jiadong was stunned when he heard this, looked at Li Dingguo and said, "Attack Tongguan? ”

"yes."

Wang Jiadong looked at the thick Tongguan of the city and said: "This city wall was obviously strengthened later, and the artillery may be difficult to blast open, if the artillery does not succeed, then I am afraid it can only be piled with human lives, but this is much higher than the copper coin pass, plus Lantian's defense is strong, I am afraid it will not be broken." ”

Hearing this, Li Dingguo shook his head and said: "Jiadong, it's okay for you to do a logistics, or charge into battle, this brain is not bright, there is a way to be high in the city, let's use tunnels to fight, you can dig tunnels under this city wall to attack the city, this should be the best way." ”

Wang Jiadong looked at Li Dingguo when he heard this: "Dingguo, this Tongguan is the ancient pass, and the foundation can be at least two zhang deep, I'm afraid it is not easy to excavate." ”

Li Dingguo heard this and said: "This is true, and because of this, the other party would never have thought that we would use this method to dig into the city, but it became the best way." ”

Wang Jiadong heard this and said, "It's true that you say so. ”

Li Dingguo said: "Since ancient times, the art of war is false and real, real and false, this is common sense, and the foundation you said is deep, this is not called a problem, this foundation is very deep for ordinary people, but it is not a problem for professionals." ”

"Professionals?"

Wang Jiadong looked at Li Dingguo puzzled, Li Dingguo smiled when he heard this: "You know that Cao Cao formed the Touching Jin Captain back then. ”

"Tomb robbers?"

Wang Jiadong frowned slightly, followed by Wang Jiadong felt that what Li Dingguo said was very reasonable, and then Li Dingguo said: "Don't underestimate this group of guys, these guys are all really talented and learned, I am righteous, cough cough, Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates have raised a group of such people, including what touches the golden captain, as well as Hunan's Tufuzi, anyway, there are hundreds of them." ”

"The last time we dug Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral grave in Fengyang, the ancestral tomb was built very strongly, surrounded by rocks, and it was hard for our soldiers to dig it up, but let these people take action, and soon dug up the tomb, and it was also that time that I felt that this group of guys had something."

Wang Jiadong nodded when he heard this: "There is a specialization in the art industry, and they have to come to dig the grave." ”

The two were talking, and suddenly Maike behind him said: "Hey, you can't enter the city, don't stop us if you don't enter the city." ”

Hearing this, Li Dingguo was a little annoyed, this door is so big, why are we blocking you, Wang Jiadong smiled and said at this time: "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, let's get out of the way." ”

Soon, the army of Maike entered the city, and Li Dingguo and Wang Jiadong were mixed in the crowd, holding a road guide in their hands.

This road guide is true, but the means are not glorious, Li Dingguo and Wang Jiadong tied up a local Li Zheng, which forced the other party to issue a road guide.

Li Dingguo and the others took the road guide, and the soldiers guarding the city in Lantian took it and looked at it, and then stamped an official seal on the road guide: Tongguan!

This means that they came in from Tongguan, and with this guide, they can find a job in Lantian, otherwise it will be smuggling, and it is not for nothing that they are smuggling.

After all, Lantian is very large, and it is backed by the Qinling Mountains, the mountains are steep, and the terrain is complicated, although the Lantian sentinels also set up checkpoints in the major valleys, but this can prevent large troops, but one or two people smuggled into Lantian and walked a little less visited in the woods, and Lantian could not be detected.

At that time, this group of people could not do whatever they wanted in Lantian, and first to find a job, they had to look at the road guide, or the identity documents presented locally.

Secondly, if you want to go from this village to another village and town, you also need to show the way, and finally and most importantly, that is the vast number of Lantian people.

After a stranger enters a village, the people of the village will immediately notify the local security team, that is, the militia brigade, which has the obligation to maintain the safety of the place, and also has the obligation to check the other party's documents, and if the other party's documents are incomplete, they must immediately notify the lieutenant chief, who will review again and finally confirm that the person is a smuggler.

Then you have to accept Lantian's punishment, and Lantian's punishment is also very simple, treat the smuggled immigrants as homeless people, and send them all to nearby large-scale engineering projects as coolies.

Make due contributions to the development and construction of Lantian.

Li Dingguo and Wang Jiadong handed over the road guide, stamped it, and entered the city, and when they entered the city, they saw many merchants in the city, and the housekeeper looked like a few young men shouting.

"Recruitment, recruitment, Wangjiazhuang recruitment, two hundred a day, take care of the meal."

"Recruit workers, recruit workers in Zhangjia Town, 210 wen a day, eat and live."

……

A group of people were noisy, recruiting workers, listening to the noise around them, Li Dingguo looked at Wang Jiadong and said, "Let's follow the past first and work for two days." ”

Wang Jiadong smiled: "Let's go." ”

Saying that, the two of them mixed into a team of microphones, and then signed up to go to Zhangjia Town, Zhangjia Town is a village and town under Dali County, Li Dingguo and others signed up, sat in an ox cart, and rushed to Zhangjia Town.

What's even more precious is that there are a few big fat slices of meat in the meals provided by the host's family, which immediately provoked a burst of cheers from these wheat customers, you must know that you can eat meat, which is almost the same as the New Year, and the corn bar provided by the host's family is very sufficient, and after eating your hungry stomach, you will settle down a lot, which is really comfortable.

At this time, Lantian and Li Chaosheng were eating, while listening to the latest information sent by Bai Shoumin: "County Zun, Li Dingguo has mixed into the team of recruiting wheat customers in Zhangjia Town, and now he has arrived in Zhangjia Town, and our secret spy has already contacted the local militia and reported his whereabouts at any time." ”

Li Chaosheng heard this, took a bite of steamed buns and said: "Well, let the militia not keep an eye on it all the time, mainly guard the checkpoint and know his whereabouts." ”

"Yes."

Bai Shoumin nodded, followed by retreat, Li Chaosheng continued to nibble on steamed buns, Li Dingguo was coming, it seemed that his plan to pass through the northwest could be put on the agenda.

Li Chaosheng in the Great Northwest is salivating, Daming actually has very weak control over the Great Northwest, first of all, Wusizang, people are independent, and people do not belong to Daming.

Then there is Gansu, which is also a place that is not controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and many local indigenous minorities control, such as Huihui, take root in that land.

Although the land is not fertile, there are many places with very valuable wealth, such as the silver factory, the Ming Dynasty lacks silver, so copper coins are used as the main currency, and the place rich in silver is Fusang, which has a good life next door, but Fusang's shipping is monopolized by Zheng Zhilong and his pirates.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong has made a lot of money over the years, but Daming is very empty, and Lantian is also short of silver, because of the lack of silver, so Lantian's banking industry is not thorough, and now although a certain amount of depositors have been absorbed through the wedding, but they dare not borrow on a large scale.

The reason is very simple, Lantian has little silver, there is no silver to cover the bottom, Li Chaosheng does not dare to be too presumptuous, once someone detects the flaw, come to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, then the Lantian banking industry may collapse.

This has a big impact, so Lantian has been actively seeking silver origin, but Fusang is still too far away from Lantian, and Li Chaosheng's fleet is not enough to affect Japan.

So looking around, Li Chaosheng found the silver factory in Gansu, the silver mine here is very rich, with the support here, the Lantian banking industry can definitely develop rapidly, but the power in Gansu is complicated, Li Chaosheng needs to cultivate a capable general, that is, Li Dingguo, at this time Li Dingguo finally threw himself into the net, Li Chaosheng is still very happy.

After eating, Li Chaosheng got up, and at this time, a guard came over and said, "County Zun, something happened, Lu Gong fainted." ”

"Huh?"

Li Chaosheng was stunned when he heard this, Lu Gong is Lu Xiangsheng, how could this strong man faint for no reason? I haven't heard of any illness in him, have you?

"What's going on?"

The guard said: "It seems that Lu Gong received a letter at the inn, and then he cried when he saw it, and finally fainted." ”

"A letter?"