Chapter 128: Looking to the Future

"Northern Shaanxi has been in drought for three years, and the imperial court has provided disaster relief several times, but the drought is still urgent.

Chen Cao raised his eyebrows: "What Mr. said about Ben Bo is a little wooden. ”

"Uncle Xingshui conservancy, building workshops, and expanding academies, this Nanjing Army Academy is not opened indiscriminately, it is old and talented, and it is also affordable for Uncle Meng to enter the professorial students."

To be honest, Chen Cao really didn't know how Hong Yingming came, and he even wanted to send someone to check after today's conversation: "Sir, did you see any mystery?" ”

"The Ghost Valley faction is hidden in the prosperous times, and the troubled times are coming out, and it is said that Yue Wumu is also a teacher of the Ghost Valley faction."

"It's a pity that he didn't meet Mingjun." Chen Cao added a sentence inappropriately.

The two of them played a little interesting, Hong Yingming saw this and determined the idea in his heart, so he said: "Although there are many mountains in Shu, but the Chengdu Plain is very rich, farming in Shuzhong, never have to worry about water, but to do a good job of water conservancy projects in the rainy season, but unfortunately the people in Shu are lazy, and reclamation is not good; ”

Hong Yingming looked at Chen Cao with great interest: "If the uncle's army arrives in Shuzhong, reclamation and famine, according to the existing seed resources in the hands of the uncle, there is basically no need to worry about food problems in Shuzhong." ”

Hong Yingming's straightforward answer made Chen Cao quite surprised: "After blocking the exit of Liuguan and Henan, he was trapped in Shuzhong, and all kinds of resources could not enter. ”

"The old man has lived in Shu for decades, and there is no shortage of food, water, trees, silk, salt, and iron in Shu, but the Shu Wangfu controls the entire Chengdu Mansion.

"That's right..."Chen Cao was extremely surprised, although he was not from Sichuan in that world, when he had learned from junior high school textbooks in the big cities of iron and steel production in the southwest, Panzhihua, which was known as the 'steel city'...

Seeing Chen Cao's suddenly realized expression, Hong Yingming said again: "Although the six passes are closed, if the uncle has the courage to open up the passage between Shuzhong and Yunnan, even if he can't get out of Chencang, he can cross Wumeng Mountain from Dongchuan Mansion to enter Yunnan, and Kunming is in front of Wuding Mansion..."

Chen Cao leaned back, and also looked at Hong Yingming with interest and didn't speak, until Hong Yingming's old face was a little red, and then he smiled and said, "It seems that Mr. Hong knows my details." ”

"The old man has the ability, and he can't be mistaken."

"It makes sense," Chen Cao nodded again and again: "It's just that there is still the existence of Mu Mansion in the Yunnan region." ”

"The Mu family is mediocre, the local guards are rotten, and if the uncle wants to make a difference, he must find a safe place." Hong Yingming cut the railway.

"Then according to what Mr. said, where is my Ming Dynasty safe?" Chen Cao looked at him with an evil smile.

"Shuzhong, Guangdong Qiongzhou Mansion, Guanzhong, or Guangxi and Penghu and other local talents."

"There are so many ways, the only thing Ben Bo thinks is useful is Shuzhong or Qiongzhou," Chen Cao sat up straight, and then arched his hand: "Sir, but I know my intentions, it is better to tell me directly." ”

"Lao Yu guessed well, does the uncle want to compete in the world?"

"Hahaha..."Chen Cao raised his head and laughed, then stood up: "Mr. teaches well in my college, and when he comes that day, Mr. will be of great use." ”

Hahaha...

...

"Dongfan Island is mountainous, and those Franc people are entrenched there, and it is very difficult for me to use the land there to feed 50,000 people."

Chen Cao looked at the map of the Ming Dynasty on the shelf, and shook his head again and again: "Qiongzhou Mansion is also remote, but there are still many mountains, except for the port, which can be used, it is useless;

There are a lot of toasts in Guangxi, I don't have the leisure to deal with those barbarians first, as for Guanzhong, jokes, even if you get it, it is also a poor hair, if the materials can't come in, you can only wait for death. ”

"Hey, uncle, it's a dead end everywhere." Zhao Xin sighed.

Chen Cao shook his head, still pointing his finger at the Wa Kingdom: "Only here can you live, and also, places such as Gaizhouwei in Liaodong can also live." ”

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"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Dingwu Bo Chen Cao......

Today, with the virtuous people, he should be rewarded, and he named Wubo Chen Cao as Fengtian Yiwei Xuanli Wuchen Dingwuhou, and admired this..."

"Chen Cao, thank you, Lord Longen..."

"Congratulations to Master Hou on his promotion..."

"Congratulations to the Marquis on his ascension..."

Today's Dingwu Marquis Mansion is very festive, Chen Cao is feasting guests, and only after the nobles have left, can he talk with his henchmen in the middle hall.

"Forty million taels of silver, bought a marquis, everyone, do you think it's worth it or not?" Chen Cao looked at the people in the hall with a smile.

"Xia Guan heard that Wei Liangqing was named the Duke of Ningguo..."Sun Chuanting spoke.

Chen Cao laughed, and then said: "He has merit in repairing the three major halls, and naturally he can be crowned a heirloom prince, I just provided them with money, and I was beaten by His Majesty, so I rewarded a marquis, but you don't know the inside story, after returning from the war in Liaodong, His Majesty wanted to say that he would make me a marquis, but I refused;

They are also afraid that I will bite them with my backhand, so they will beat them first, and then give benefits, this title, I really don't deserve it..."

40 million taels, that is the tax of the Ming Dynasty for the entire 20 years, and using the assets of 20 years to buy a marquis who has been passed down for the first generation, to be honest, is not worth it at all.

Everyone knows Chen Cao's suffering, but on this happy day, who dares to talk nonsense?

Chen Cao waved his hand and asked them all to go back, while he went to the study alone and closed the door to think about things.

Li Wan'er came to the door with her stomach and knocked on the door, but after entering the door, she found that Chen Cao had fallen asleep, touched his head very lovingly, and ordered the maid to serve him.

When Chen Cao woke up after a nap, Li Wan'er was sitting opposite him and looked at him gently.

"Wan'er, what's wrong? It's so late, it's inconvenient to hold your stomach, go back to your room and sleep. ”

"Husband, why don't we go to Liaodong."

Chen Cao frowned, and then shook his head: "Jiannu is rampant, I can understand it now, people like me can only rely on themselves, even if they rely on the emperor, it will be a disaster of killing at any time, our family is good at you and Meixin's kung fu, after I go to the Wa Kingdom, you must be cautious, she and you are both pregnant, if there is something wrong, you must take our whole family to the academy, Nanjing Youwei will protect you, Qi Xianzong is reliable." ”

Li Wan'er nodded, then walked to Chen Cao's side and hugged Chen Cao: "I am a husband all my life, if it really comes to that moment, even if I die, I must also make my family safe." ”

"Xiang'er doesn't know about foreign affairs, everything is left to you, remember, you must be cautious."

"The concubine knows..."

...

In July of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, after Chen Cao explained everything, he took Zhang Chunyao and Chen Rui'er and set foot on the warship of the expedition.

Although it is difficult to swim upstream, as long as you break through that huge wave, you will be greeted by the rising sun.

Chen Cao has long been accustomed to sea boats, but she is pitiful for Chen Rui'er, she vomited in the dark when she took the boat for the first time, if it weren't for Chen Cao's preparation of mint and other sober-minded medicines, maybe Chen Rui'er wouldn't be able to survive.

On the top deck of the flagship, Chen Cao was discussing countermeasures with Xiu Lai and his party, after all, it was an expedition, and these things had to be dealt with calmly.

"I heard that the Ryukyu Kingdom has been occupied by the Satsuma Domain?" Chen Cao was holding a skewer of freshly grilled sea fish in his hand.

Where did Hideyori and the others know this, they could only listen to it, and Zhao Xin took out the news that Jinyiwei had already explored from the backpack that accompanied him: "In Shuri Castle, there is a leader of the Satsuma Domain stationed in the Ryukyu Kingdom, who is the son of Hirata Masanobu, the deputy general of the Satsuma Domain, who invaded the Ryukyus back then, and now has an army of 1,100 people. ”

Chen Cao tore a piece of fish down, the sea fish had its own salty taste, and he couldn't eat it: "Ryukyu is close to Taiwan Island, let's start from Nanjing, and follow the channel to Ryukyu, not to mention more, first hit Ryukyu, after beating Ryukyu, as our transit place, so as to deter the Satsuma Domain." ”

"Lord Hou, there are many naval forces in the Satsuma Domain..."Osamu Osamu spoke.

Wake up the person in the dream with a word, Chen Cao thought about things too simply, and immediately had a plan: "Okay, don't you say that I really forgot, Zhao Xin, after defeating the Ryukyus, let their people go back to report the news, and then, attract the Satsuma Navy to go over and strive for total annihilation, when the time comes, the Satsuma Domain will be the dirt on the ground, let us trample on it." ”

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Ryukyu Kingdom, Shuri Castle in Zhongshan Prefecture

Because they were deeply influenced by Han culture, whether it was Japan or the Ryukyus, they always sought the architectural methods of the Tang Dynasty when building the city, and although they inherited the Tang style, they did not inherit the height of the Tang Dynasty city wall at all.

It is said that it is a city, but the building of the city wall is inferior to the lowest county city wall in the Ming Dynasty, the city is two meters high, this height is a fight with the city wall of North Korea, and the summer time is much longer than the winter; The Ryukyu dialect has been verified to be the official dialect of Fuzhou Min language, how is it specific? To be verified.

Although the palace of King Shangfeng is heavily guarded, as the general of the garrison, Hirata Zengxin is like a fictitious, he wants to enter and out, and when he wants to go out, sex // desire comes, and he has to enter the palace at any time to prostitute // insult the palace maid or the royal lady, of course, Hirata Zengxin is still very humanitarian, except for the queen of King Shangfeng, other women have to escape the occurrence of sleep.

Wang Shizi Shangxian's mind was very simple, he had already intended to send an envoy to the Ming Kingdom to ask for help, or to find a group of dead soldiers to assassinate Hirata Zengxin.

"Shizi, the number of people who can be used for the right guard is only seventy."

Shang Xian stared at the right guard general of the prince he personally cultivated, and sighed: "It's too little, Hirata has hundreds of people in the palace, and those Japanese are fierce, these people are afraid that they are not enough." ”

The right guard general said: "If you can win over the left guard general, maybe you have a chance of winning." ”

Shang Xian stared at the guards standing guard outside the door: "The father of the left guard general took refuge in Hirata, you say, will he agree?" ”

The right guard turned his face sideways: "The captain of the Lingang guard is a student of Qianzai, if you say that he is moved, you can add fifty more people." ”

Shang Xian's hands trembled, so he said, "Go and tell the Zuogong Chengshilang that I will invite him to drink tonight." ”

"Yes..."