I was in a hurry when I left, and I swallowed slowly when I went back.

Li Xiao left Xinjiapo, and although he repeatedly refused, Li Xiu still sent Zhiyuan and Laiyuan to escort him. Along the coast of Jiaozhi, Li Xiao leisurely seemed to be on vacation all the way. When he arrived at the place of Chai Stick and stayed for one night, the eldest son of King Kochin Nguyen did his best to entertain him. The only requirement for a boatload of gold, silver, jewelry, and women was to ask the marshal to send troops to kill his good brother and complete the reunification of Jiaozhi.

And swear that Jiaozhi will be firmly united around the Ming Dynasty, and the descendants of the Ruan family will be qualified citizens of the Ming Dynasty for generations.

After receiving the gift, Li Xiao didn't say anything, the little King Ruan is still half a Jiaozhi King, and accepting your gift is already to give you face, and you dare to ask for more?

When he arrived in Hanoi, the second son of King Kochin Nguyen was even more exaggerated. His head almost slammed into the ground, and he denounced his brother with tears in his eyes. begged Li Xiao to kill his brother, and promised Li Xiao conditions that he had never thought of.

Li Xiao is also noncommittal, the best appearance of Jiaozhi is what it is now. The two sides are tearing and killing, and dead people are inevitable. When the blood accumulates thick enough, the nation will probably never be united again.

Small countries on the edge of big countries always need to be divided and balanced. In fact, Li Xiao felt that the countries around Daming were as fragmented as possible. It is best that a village chief is a king, and if he really does this, Daming can sit back and relax.

After enjoying the warm hospitality of the Jiaozhi people, Li Xiao left Jiaozhi by boat. He did not express his support for anyone, nor did he make things difficult for anyone.

You can't stay in Hainan for a day, and Hainan in August is like a furnace. It's better if it doesn't rain, it's like a steamer when it rains. Li Xiao felt that if he lived here, he would probably die in a few days.

All the way north, Guangzhou did not continue to go north along the coastline, but changed the route to Yizhou.

After years of operation, Yizhou is no longer the wild island where birds don't. He Kegang, who had been paralyzed for many years, let his son carry him to Kaohsiung Port.

"Lao He! Why bother, what are you doing all the way to Kaohsiung, it's not like I don't want to go to Taipei. Seeing He Kegang, Li Xiao immediately put away his arrogance in dealing with King Ruan of Jiaozhi and the prefect of Guangzhou. Walked a few steps down the gangway and grabbed He Kegang's hand in the wheelchair.

He Kegang is really old, and the ravines on his old face look like old pine bark. Patches of brown age spots on the hands, patches of patches are sad.

"It should be! You're welcome! Back then, you put my hand one yard high, and my He family can be regarded as today. You are the commander, you are the commander of our Liao army. As long as I have a breath left, I have to come to the port to meet you. I'm sorry for you! Holding Li Xiao's hand, He Kegang's tears seemed to be floods that had opened the floodgates.

"Needless to say, after so many years, you have built Yizhou into what it is now, you have worked hard!" Li Xiao said this from the heart.

Yizhou is no longer the Yizhou of the past, with only hundreds of thousands of displaced people. At present, Yizhou has more than 1.2 million households, with a total population of more than 3 million. Counted, there are more people than Yungui.

What's even more rare is that Yizhou's population has not only grown rapidly. Kaohsiung and Taipei are home to a large number of Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and people from various European countries.

Walking on the streets of Kaohsiung, you can see people of different colors and languages. All kinds of trade are in a mess, and many of the goods delivered in Xinjiapo are actually negotiated in Yizhou.

The Ming Dynasty still has a deep prejudice against the foreign population. Foreigners doing business in Daming will encounter many obstacles. Even Quanzhou and Fuzhou, where maritime merchants gather, do not have many foreigners living today.

It's no problem to come to Yizhou, a lonely place overseas. All you want is prosperity! In addition to massively attracting war refugees from the Ming dynasty, they also opened their arms to almost all countries. Even the United Kingdom, which was fighting against the Ming Dynasty, also had a chamber of commerce in Kaohsiung. The British Chamber of Commerce in Kaohsiung is also the only communication channel between Daming and the British mainland.

A series of changes are still inseparable from He Kegang. Thinking of He Kegang's old age, Li Xiao invited him to return to the capital several times to recuperate. But He Kegang just didn't leave Yizhou, and even made a grand wish. After his death, he will be buried on the top of Jade Mountain, and he wants to watch this land of the Ming Dynasty gradually become prosperous and prosperous, becoming a symbol of openness and tolerance of the Ming Dynasty.

He Kegang took Li Xiao on a tour of Kaohsiung, an emerging seaport city with a population of hundreds of thousands. Most of the buildings on the street are two- and three-story buildings made of reinforced concrete. In the façade room on the first floor, you can hear the small vendors shouting loudly. Even an official as big as Li Xiao could not stop the Kaohsiung people from doing business.

It is a highly commercialized city with very little industry. The only industry is almost all related to sugar and rubber, and with the increasing production of rubber, Daming has opened up the civilian rubber market. Most typically, bicycle tires are now made of rubber. This alone requires a mountain of rubber to be consumed in a year.

Sucrose and camphor are the other two pillar industries in Yizhou, and almost half of the sucrose in Daming now comes from Yizhou. Leaving Yizhou, it will become a big problem for the Ming people to eat sugar.

In addition, tea, pineapples, bananas, every day there will be ships leaving the port, transporting these things to the coast of the Ming Dynasty. Now in the capital, ordinary people can already eat bananas. In the right month, pineapples will also appear in ordinary people's homes. Unlike before, many people have never seen or even heard of pineapples.

Not to mention the good-looking Yizhou phalaenopsis, there are a few plants in Sun Chengzong's study. Lao Sun, who is not interested in gold, silver and jewelry, takes these plants very seriously. Even Sun Zhijie moved a finger, and he would be kicked twice by the old man.

Yizhou has a high rice yield and good rice quality, and in addition to being self-sufficient, it has also begun to supply to the mainland. The price is still very high, and the average poor family can't afford to eat, and those who can afford it are all rich businessmen.

Unlike Cochin and Siamese rice, it can only be fed to pigs when it is transported to Guangdong, except for winemaking.

Li Xiao is very satisfied with Kaohsiung, which is a completely modern city. Because there is no fetters of the old city, from the beginning of the construction of the port, it is a reinforced concrete building. It is believed that it will not be long before the vibrant Kaohsiung will become more prosperous.

He Kegang took Li Xiao to visit Kaohsiung, and Li Xiao took He Kegang to visit the Ming warship.

and personally carried He Kegang's wheelchair up the gangway, giving the old guy enough face.

Seeing the mighty warship of Daming, He Kegang burst into tears with excitement. When I was in Liaodong, who would have thought that one day, Daming would have such a huge warship. At that time, the Ming Navy only had a few small sampans. To deal with the Dutch warships, they had to use fireships as a last resort, and use the tactics of dooming together.

The current Daming Navy is already the hegemon of the ocean. Whether it's a red-haired man or a yellow-haired man, or an Arab with a wrapped head, all of them are honest now. The Dutch, who were once extremely arrogant, are now extremely disciplined in business, honest as quails.

took the old guy to Penghu on a warship, and Li Xiao told He Kegang how he attacked and took Penghu back then. On that dark and rainy night, the valiant man blew open the fortified fortress. The sound of the explosion resounded in Penghu Bay, and the Dutch governor could only watch his men and fleet annihilated.

Li Xiao used poetic language to describe the battle that night, He Kegang listened with great interest, and as he listened, muddy old tears flowed.

"Back then, my eyelids were too shallow, and I always felt that the power of the Tartars was strong. Even if you have some skills, you can only stop the tartars. If you want to defeat the Tartars, don't even think about it for ten or twenty years. Even, the Tartars will be like the Mongols, confronting the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years without falling.

Who would have thought that the Houjin Tartars, who are even more ferocious than the Mongols, will be beaten by you for a few years and dying until they are wiped out. I didn't expect it! Unexpected!

At that time, no one in the Ming Dynasty did not drink the blood of the soldiers and ate empty quotas. Only you, pay the soldiers in full. Think about the old man at that time, and think about you again. If there is no you, maybe the current Daming country has fallen apart, where is there such a thriving situation now.

Without you, there would be no Ming today. The old man has already instructed his children and grandchildren that in the future, the He family will be loyal to your Li family. Even if it is a knife mountain oil pot, as long as you give an order, you will definitely go to the soup. He Kegang took Li Xiao's hand, he is over seventy years old this year, and he knows his body.

In fact, all these years from Liaodong, I picked it up. After living for more than ten years, he already feels that heaven takes good care of him.

"He Lao! Daming can have today's situation, in fact, I didn't expect it in my heart. Da Ming is not my alone Da Ming, but the Da Ming of Da Ming people. I, Li Xiao, have no idea of winning the Ninth Five-Year Plan.

This is a cannibalistic world, where benevolence, righteousness and morality are all farts. The law of the jungle is the fundamental truth of this world, and what I want to do is to put my Ming at the top of the forest of nations in the world. Let our Chinese descendants always be strong and give what they want.

In the future, more talents are needed. What talents do you have in the He family, recommend them as much as possible. First go to the military academy to study for two years, and then you can lead the troops to help us conquer the country of non-vassals. ”

"There is no one in the son who has become a weapon, you don't want to be an official for them, it is a nightmare for the people to make them officials. But there are one or two of the grandchildren, and tomorrow I will let them come to the big handsome. If you can get the cultivation of Dashuai, the old decay will die tomorrow, and you can close your eyes. He Kegang knew that if he wanted the He family to prosper in the times, it was very important to hug the Li family's thighs.

"Hmmm! When I returned to the capital, I arranged for them to study at the Shanhaiguan Army Military Academy. ”

"Thank you, Dashuai!"

"You've been in Yizhou for so many years, so you should rest. It's better to follow me back to the capital this time, or go back to my hometown of Jinzhou. ”

"Hey......! This old bone, I didn't want to toss. Since the big man said it, the old man respected the big handsome's order and returned to his hometown in Jinzhou. I haven't gone back for many years, and I haven't been grave for my ancestors for many years. Maybe the ancestors are also scolding the old man, this unscrupulous descendant, go back! Go back! He Kegang's eyes became even darker, and the phlegm in his throat became louder and louder.

"You are always a knowledgeable person, I will definitely ask the prefect of Jinzhou to settle the mansion for you. As for your future life, it will all be provided for by the state. As long as Daming exists for a day, it will definitely make your life safe. ”

"Thank you, Dashuai!" He Kegang arched his hand and ordered his eldest son to be carried to thank him instead.

Li Xiao smiled and sent He Kegang off the battleship, stood on the deck and waved goodbye to He Kegang on the carriage.

"Daddy! Li Xiaotai is not a thing, the country that our family has worked so hard to build, he took it away with a word? Now that Yizhou is getting richer and richer, there are more and more benefits, and it is the time for our family to make money. You're ......! The eldest son, He Quan, looked at Li Xiao's back on the deck and muttered angrily.

"Smack!" He Quan received a slap in the head.

"Nonsense! What is our country's country, this Yizhou has been the land of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times. It's not that you unfilial sons, you know how to make money all day long, and you have to intervene in the Li family's business to reap the benefits. There are today's goods, but you are to blame. He Kegang's eyes suddenly brightened, and his energetic appearance seemed to be a different person.

"But this Yizhou is our ......!" Seeing his father's sharp eyes, He Quan didn't dare to continue talking.

"Do you think that Li Xiao will come to Yizhou with two warships? The reason why he asked me to visit the warship was to tell me. He's got enough to kill us all. Right behind him, the entire two main regiments of the Marine Corps followed.

Can your men be the Marines? Look at what people have in their hands, and then look at what guys you have under them. Still want to fight with others? If you dare to move a finger, it will be a death.

It's a shame that you've lived to be fifty years old, and you don't understand bullshit.

So who is Li Xiao? Where are the Jurchen Tartars now? What are those fierce Mongols doing now? In the Ming court, where did the cunning and scheming Donglin Party go? Where are the big chaebols and salt merchants in Jiangnan?

Not to mention that the Uighurs who dared to rebel against Li Xiao were about to be exterminated by Li Xiao.

Do you fight with others? Do you have a boat, or does someone have a gun?

Gather your heart and pack your bags. Take back the shares in various places, and let's go back to our hometown in Liaodong to be a rich man. Don't even think about those delusions in the future. Li Xiao's army will come over and turn you into powder in minutes. ”

"Monetization? Now the realisation loss is too big, let's talk about ......! ”

"Another fart! Life is more important than anything else, pack your bags and follow me back to my hometown in Liaodong. In the matter of Yizhou, you are not allowed to say more words or interject in the future. Whoever couldn't control his tongue, the old man cut him off. ”