When he returned to Shanhaiguan, Li Xiao was relaxed and happy. Lying in the warm carriage, humming a little tune comfortably.

This trip to the capital, although I did not really enter Beijing. But he made 200,000 taels of silver for nothing, and got a thousand-year-old fox Sun Chengzong. That's a lot of money!

With Li Xiao's net worth today, 200,000 taels of silver is not a great amount. But Sun Chengzong is rare, this old guy's strategic vision, as well as his political level, is definitely the first-class existence of today's Ming Dynasty.

Before he returned to Shanhaiguan, he met the fifth master who came on horseback. It was not strange to see the fifth master Li Xiao, but when he saw the green beads that came with the fifth master Pegasus, Li Xiao's heart sank.

"My lord, the red-haired man's fleet has arrived at the Wugou camp, and it should be unloading the ship now."

"Nonsense! Wugou camp is the mouth of the Liao River, what month is it now. Liaohe has already been fucking frozen! "Wugou Camp is Li Xiao's hometown, of course he knows when the mouth of the Liao River will freeze.

"About a hundred miles south of Wugou Ying, there is a small harbor that does not freeze. I've heard it's called Bayuquan! The red-haired man's fleet docked from there. There is the territory of the two red flags, Dai Shan hid the matter very hard, and my family Belle Ye also worked hard to find out. ”

Li Xiao patted his head in annoyance, there really is such a place. It's a harbor, and it doesn't freeze even in winter. His grandmother's, how did he forget this place.

"When?"

"Three days ago!"

Lu Zhu's answer made Li Xiao completely dead, and it had been three days. It must have been Luzhu who came to Juehua Island to find Li Xiao, and it turned out that Li Xiao went to Shanhaiguan. When I arrived at Shanhaiguan, I said that I went to the capital.

Running along the way, time is delayed like this. The old people all said that there were gains and losses, and they got 200,000 taels of silver and Sun Chengzong for a few days of delay, but they let Yu Yi and his army go ashore.

"How's the strength of the red-haired people?" Li Xiao still cares about this, although the equipment of the Dutch is not as good as Li Xiao. But the flintlock pistol was also used, and by increasing the charge, at least in terms of range, it was not inferior to the Li Xiao at all.

Now Li Xiao has the advantage, but the shells will explode.

"More than 3,000 red-haired people came, and more than 20 warships. I heard that it was full of Franc cannons, and it was scary to be full. ”

What Lu Zhu said Li Xiao believes is true, and the warships of Europe in these years are all so virtuous. In order to ensure that the target is hit, they are desperately loading the ship with cannons. It is generally necessary to install several layers, and it is no exaggeration to have dozens of cannons on one ship.

He was really desperate, and he actually dispatched more than 3,000 people to deal with him. If you count the sailors on more than twenty ships, it is estimated that there are five thousand.

It seems that this guy really hates himself, and in order to kill himself, he actually went out of his nest.

But from another point of view, Dai Shan also hates himself. In order to kill himself and enter the customs to rob, this time he also made a bloody investment.

Anyway, let's go to Li Xiu now. It was too late to kill these landed Dutch soldiers, three days. It was enough for those Dutch soldiers to land on land, and no matter how arrogant Li Xiao was, he would not take his thousands of men and horses to Liaodong.

Fight with 3,000 Dutch, and tens of thousands of Eight Banners powerhouses.

That's not a fight, that's suicide!

"The whole army will speed up the march and go back to Shanhaiguan!"

Li Xiao gave an order, and the whole army began to march rapidly. Under normal circumstances, Li Xiao did not allow the troops to march in a hurry. This will consume the physical strength of the warrior, and the warrior with good physical fitness will be able to keep up with the team. Fighters with poor physical fitness will be left behind.

In this way, the establishment is scattered. If you encounter an unexpected situation, it is likely that something will go wrong.

But now there is no way, I can only count on Ao Canghai's training in the past year.

Not to mention, the team did not disappoint Li Xiao.

The squad leaders and officers shouted their trumpets, and the ranks ran in order. The speed is much faster than walking, but the establishment is not scattered.

Those who are in good health take the initiative to help those who are in poor health to carry weapons.

In fact, when recruiting soldiers, they have been recruited as many as possible with good physical conditions. But no matter how good the body is, people also have individual differences.

"Ao Ye, this soldier has trained well!" After a day's journey, when it was dark and reached Shanhaiguan, the team was still not scattered. The system is very complete, and Li Xiao has a new understanding of these soldiers under his hands.

"What is this road, when I was training on Changxing Island. These soldiers ran twenty miles every afternoon in full armor, and they would have run away long ago without this foundation. Man Gui's words surprised Li Xiao.

It turned out that Ao Canghai changed his training plan and doubled the amount of training without authorization.

However, this kind of training is very useful, at least these soldiers ran to Shanhaiguan, although sweaty, but not a single one was left behind. The armies of later generations, such a long-distance running march, cannot guarantee that no one will be left behind.

"It seems that it is right to let Ao Ye train his troops." Li Xiao suddenly had a thought, there is no truck in this year. But the carriage itself can be tinkered with, whether to let the soldiers all get on the carriage.

In this way, the troops can move quickly, at least faster than if they were marching backwards.

The thought just flashed in his heart, and he was suppressed back by Li Xiao. On the roads of these years, tracked vehicles were able to march quickly. If you use a horse-drawn carriage, it is estimated that the place will be bumped upside down.

If you want to get rich and build roads first, it seems that if you want to fight, you have to build roads first.

Back at Shanhaiguan, Li Xiao got into Mao Wenlong's Chinese army. The soldier standing guard raised his right hand and saluted Li Xiao.

Everyone knows that although the Jiliao Governor is in charge of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Jiliao. But what really has the final say in this Shanhaiguan is this Li Xiao and Li General Bing.

Li Xiao is young, but his prestige is very high. Soldiers like generals who can lead them to victory, and if the general happens to be honest and trustworthy and pays his salary on time, he can't be loved.

Everyone likes bosses who pay them good wages, and it just so happens that Li Xiao is such a boss.

The veterans of the first phase have already been discharged from the army, and they have saved a few dollars after working for a few years. When he returned home to buy a house and land, the poor peasants who had been poor for many years became landlords.

However, more people are willing to continue to work with Li Xiao.

Only by digging in the soil at home can you earn a few big children, and you can eat well and live well in the team. Except that there are no women, nothing else is better than the family.

Master Li does not deduct military salaries, and when he goes home to farm, he has to be exploited by the local government. There are so many kinds of taxes and conscription that it is a headache, where is it like being in the ranks. Military pay is military pay, and I have never heard of the idea of collecting taxes.

There was one more person in the meeting, and Mao Wenlong just glanced at Sun Chengzong, and then smiled and didn't speak. He knew that he couldn't fight. However, there are still two brushes for logistics, and they have recruited displaced people in the past few months.

The land between Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou was distributed to the peasants who had lost their land. No matter how big or small, Mao Wenlong did it very seriously. The results are also very remarkable, from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou, scattered countless villages.

The men were busy cutting down trees to build simple walls, and all the swords and guns that were not used in the ranks were distributed.

Mao Wenlong also asked for a lot of crossbow arrows in the military department, although this thing is difficult to penetrate the cotton armor of the tartar from a long distance. But at a distance of thirty or fifty meters, the power is still considerable.

Liaodong is no longer an undefended Liaodong, and now if the Tartars want to attack Shanhaiguan again, they will have to be like whack-a-mole. Wipe out these villages one by one!

What's more, between Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan. There are also strong fortresses such as Ningyuan, Zhongqiansuo, Zhonghousuo and so on.

"Brother Xiao! We have a lot of food saved, but there is still not enough to eat. In the past six months, no less than 200,000 displaced people have been recruited.

You have brought back 200,000 men from the hands of the Tartars, and they will all have to be settled. Now it is winter in Liaodong, and it is absolutely impossible to rush to grow grain.

We can only raise these people until the beginning of spring next year. Wait until the land is slightly produced, and it will have to be summer. If you plant rice, you won't be able to harvest it until the next autumn.

In other words, we will probably have to feed these people for nearly a year. That's hundreds of thousands of people, and the amount of food they eat every day is a truckload. After Mao Wenlong sat down, he began to complain to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao understood that he wanted Li Xiao to know. It's not that he doesn't do anything, a tablet is set up, and when it's useless, it's thrown into the stove pit. Mao Wenlong is just trying to let people know that he is a useful person.

"The Ministry of War has given 200,000 taels of silver, and I have asked Ai Husheng to go to Jiangnan to raise food. In addition, this summer, the gold paid by the Wa Kingdom should also be solved. Let them convert it into rice, and buy some of the rest with North Korea.

Nanyang Zheng family, there will be a dividend over. You can also let him in Jiaozhi and other places, exchange for food. The grain there is two or three crops a year, and the price of grain is very low. Although the rice there is not very tasty, who cares whether it is delicious or not. Fill your stomach and you're done!

After surviving the next year, the people have output. I will bring in some high-yield grain from the south, and in three years Liaodong will be able to start to get rich again. Li Xiao is full of confidence.

Engaging in the economy is his weakness, and engaging in military affairs is his strong point.

However, there is Ai Husheng, a good businessman, not to mention anything else. In the auction hall in the capital, one or two pieces of exquisite glassware are sold for a good price every time.

The price is ridiculously high, but the powerful are eager to get it. Many people have heard that the emperor now eats with glass plates. It is said that that thing holds vegetables, just one word, transparent!

At each auction, there are only one or two pieces. Originally, Li Xiao wanted to dump a large amount of money in the capital, but was severely stopped by Ai Husheng.

This product actually said that things are vaguely expensive. If you have more, it will be worthless, and such a piece will be sold for thousands of taels of silver. It is far more profitable than depreciating glass into a large road goods!

Since then, Li Xiao has not intervened in business matters, and this product has learned hunger marketing without a teacher. When it comes to making money by doing business, the eight Li Xiao are not Ai Husheng's opponents.

And in this guy's mind, what he can't forget is the concept of the money bank. However, the start-up capital is seriously insufficient, and it can only be a concept.

It is said that this guy is lobbying the king of Joseon, Yi Liang, as well as Mori Terumoto and Tokugawa Ieyasu of the Wa Kingdom. He was ready to set up a silver account in Busan, as long as he went to Daming to do business. Store the silver in the silver number, and you can take the silver ticket to Daming.

In Penglai in the Ming Dynasty, or Shanhaiguan or the capital. You can exchange these silver tickets for silver, so that. Shiploads of silver drifting on the sea were spared, and the owners of the goods risked being robbed by pirates, and they were worried all day long.

Ai Husheng once reported to Li Xiao in detail, and Li Xiao felt that this was basically the exchange business of the banking industry.

Anyway, in the past year, Ai Husheng has earned at least 500,000 taels of silver for Li Xiao. However, all this silver is now used by Li Xiao to buy food everywhere.

Mao Wenlong didn't know that Li Xiao didn't have to feed 400,000 people in the spring of this year. It's almost a million people!

"That's a bit far! The red-haired people helped the Tartars fight Jinzhou, and Jinzhou would be in danger. Everyone has seen the power of the Franc machine gun, and the city defense of Jinzhou City will definitely not be able to withstand the bombardment of shells. If the Tartars breached the city walls, it was only a matter of time before Jinzhou fell.

Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou, He Kegang, and Wu Xiang. Not yet a match for the Tartars! Sun Chengzong coughed lightly and brought the topic to the Battle of Jinzhou.

"Jinzhou must not be lost, once Jinzhou is lost. The displaced people who were appeased last year will suffer a catastrophe. Mao Wenlong's voice trembled, and it was hard to imagine that once Jinzhou was lost. What a catastrophe that would be!

Li Xiao was also very embarrassed, he was thinking about how to annihilate the main force of the Tartars under the city of Jinzhou. Unexpectedly, Dai Shan actually got together with the bastard of Kuiyi.

With the help of Kuiyi, how long Jinzhou City can be held is really a problem.

"Originally, in Montenegro, the method of arranging ambushes on the front line of Dahu Mountain no longer worked. The old man meant that he would be in battle in Jinzhou City. Have a fight with the Tartars!

Our artillery has the advantage, so that at least we can keep the city of Jinzhou. If your Mongolian friend can stick a knife in the back, although not the main force of the traitor. But it's okay to let the Tartar hurt his muscles and bones!

The Tartars have been making trouble in Liaodong for so many years, and it is definitely not something that can be cleared up in a while. ”

"Brother Man Gui, you send someone to contact Ge Ritu as soon as possible. No matter what, he had to rush to Jinzhou within three days. ”

"I know, Ge Ritu is a direct descendant of the golden family. His bloodline is extremely noble, and he certainly does not lie to others. I'm going to send someone to get in touch. ”

After Man Gui's words were finished, Sun Chengzong and Mao Wenlong both pouted. Before the rise of the Jurchen Tartars, the Mongols were the greatest enemies of the Ming Dynasty. But I didn't expect that today would also be a day when I fought side by side with the Mongols.

Li Xiao just smiled bitterly, it seems that Genghis Khan has been dead for more than a hundred years. But his legacy still inspires every Mongol! Evenly, he also admires his direct descendants very much.

The worship in the bones of the Mongols is definitely not something that can be clearly said in a few words. Although Li Xiao was helpless, he was also full of Gui.

Man Gui was about to send someone out to contact Ge Ritu, when suddenly Li Hu broke in with a person.

"Big brother is not good, the Tartars are attacking Jinzhou City."

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