Xiao Ming said that he wanted to fight pirates, that is, he really wanted to fight, originally due to the confrontation between Song Liao in the Bohai Bay and the Yellow Sea, Goryeo and Fusang were also very weak, and there was basically no transportation line for merchant ships, but since the pirates were infested here, they must be for the purpose of going ashore to plunder, and Xiao Ming must fight at this, because this will threaten his Lushun and Weihai waterways, and also threaten the merchant fleet from Hangzhou.

Now that there is such a pirate leader as Song Jiang, Xiao Ming will naturally take him as a target, and in the next few days, Gu Shouzhen's treasure ship will act as a vanguard as a warship to suppress bandits, and Xiao Ming also ordered the private army troops of the Black Bone Enemy Lie Command Division trained in Weihai to be ready to fight pirates at any time.

Gu's treasure ship has almost become Xiao Ming's car now, not only high speed, but also powerful, and extremely strong attack power, after cruising a few laps in the nearby waters, there is no trace of pirates, and the coastal area of Shandong has been unusually quiet for several days, but Xiao Ming has to return to Liaodong first.

Uncle Zhang can preside over government affairs in Denglai and Denglai Prefectures, and the construction of Weihai can also be handed over to him first, Qian Baguang cooperates, and he has a layer of meaning to stay in Weihai, this kid is suddenly very interested in the bronze artillery, which Xiao Ming removed from Gu's treasure ship and used it as a Weihai coastal defense battery.

Qian Baguang seems to have a natural interest in this thing, lying on the cannon all day long, Xiao Ming has already informed Gu Shouzhen to let him transport all the experimental bronze cannons cast by Ding Jianpeng, he decided to set up an artillery training base here in Shandong now, Qian Baguang wants to play, let him play.

The pirates did not dare to show their heads at present, Xiao Ming's side was fierce, but the time did not allow him to stay in Shandong any longer, after staying in Weihai for five or six days, Xiao Ming left Shandong by boat and returned to Liaodong, he must rush to Yingzhou before the end of March to participate in the Liao Emperor's Spring Bowl Conference.

Xiao Ming explained a few things before leaving Shandong, Gu Shouzhen should focus on Shandong first, and at the same time, the Hangzhou base should also gradually tilt resources to Shandong, and establish the branch of the iron factory first, followed by the cement factory, glass factory, etc., but all this is quite time-consuming and costly.

Enable the local displaced people and disaster-stricken farmers plus the people who have returned to their hometowns in Liaodong as workers, you do have to consider the problem of wages, at least two meals a day, and even most people have no place to live, Qian Baguang was busy building shacks for these people before, Weihai is full of mountains and few fields, close to the sea, some people dig the ground in order to save trouble, it is easy to seep water, and can only be carried out according to the requirements, and the materials are still provided by Uncle Zhang.

In addition to Weihai, Xiao Ming's territory is quite large, including Jinghai Village and Chengshan, in the semi-circular bay area, forming a surrounding base, within the bay is the later Liugong Island, now it seems to be called Peach Blossom Island! Xiao Ming once thought of Huang Yaoshi with a bad taste, this island is in the center of the bay, which guards the entrance and exit of the bay, and threatens Jinghai, Chengshan and Weihai, the strategic position is very important, and the fort needs to be built there.

For a large number of workers stationed outside the construction site, the fence and stone and soil fence used to be fenced out by Qian Pullout immediately appeared to be full of mistakes and omissions, and the workers built very seriously privately, these people work here, manage food and housing, and really have 200 money to take every month, so they feel good, and begin to buy their own land and live a small life, but Qian Pullout lacks the means of management.

In addition, it is also a problem to settle these people to eat, the nearby villages and towns are very poor, there is not much food, even if you take money to buy it, you can't buy it, a boatload of grain has been brought from Hangzhou, but obviously it is a drop in the bucket, which requires Xiao Ming to spend a lot of money to solve, Xiao Ming knows that he urgently needs someone who can help him solve these problems.

All this needs to be solved by Xiao Ming coming back from Liao as soon as possible, Qian Baguang complained to him several times, saying that it was a real headache to manage people here, and he knew why the government called these people Diao Min, it was better to follow him to fight for fun, if these people who worked were prisoners and prisoners, just like the port construction in Liaodong, the prisoners of the Jin State were used, and Xiao Ming could only laugh at this.

At the same time, he wrote a letter and asked people to send it to Xuzhou Mansion quickly, find the secret road in the Taiping Iron Factory, so that he had better go directly to Weihai, Shandong, the secret road is now very moist in Xuzhou Mansion, he finished the Jiaogang Water Conservancy Project, by the way pulled back 600,000 catties of gold, and then according to the things arranged by Xiao Ming for him in Xuzhou Mansion to establish a Huimin Medical Center, began to be the head of the mountain, where to teach medicine, this time Xiao Ming in the name of opening a branch library let him come quickly, the purpose is to share the construction pressure of the entire Shandong base.

After the matter was explained, Xiao Ming also left Shandong, Gu's treasure ship he stayed in Shandong, after all, he had to guard against pirates, he took a merchant ship back to Liaodong, and brought back a batch of supplies with the ship, and most importantly, he pulled back a bronze cannon, this cannon with ammunition and accessories and devices several large boxes, the bronze cannon was packed in the box because Xiao Ming didn't want others to see this thing.

After arriving in Lushun, Xiao Ming rushed to Jinzhou non-stop, and now the progress of the entire Jinzhou camp and the Lushun line of the project is average, Xiao Ming's left-behind personnel are mainly responsible for the management of soldiers and prisoners of war, and the construction site is in charge of the local government, because this year's animal husbandry tax was suggested by Xiao Ming to be canceled, everyone is grateful for his kindness, have taken the initiative to go on a business trip for him, and bring their own food to work for General Chimei.

Because Xiao Ming gave priority to the construction of the cement plant, so this piece of road paving is the fastest, and the first to be completed is the road from Jinzhou to Tokyo, the cement pavement is built on the frozen soil, after the weather is hot, the roadbed will seriously sink, and this common sense is not known, Xiao Ming does not know, he is quite happy, and feels that this road is repaired quite quickly.

Xiao Ming sat in a carriage and pulled the bronze cannon all the way to the north, he had to rush to Shangjing quickly, the carriage and horse suddenly broke down when they were halfway through, and everyone had to abandon the cart and get on the horse, but because the materials and bronze cannon were too heavy, at least half of the horses had to be divided to carry them, so this speed was getting slower and slower.

See if it's not a way, his subordinate Huwei suggested, or don't go back to Beijing first, send someone to Shangjing to send a letter, let them send someone south, we might as well go east, and then go south to Yandi, and go east through Nanjing directly to Datong Mansion to Yingzhou, which can save a lot of time.

After thinking about it, Xiao Ming decided to go back to Tokyo, and then from Tokyo to Nanjing, such a road may be faster, so everyone turned around and walked back, this back and forth wasted two days, after returning to Tokyo, Xiao Tzu Buye arranged a cavalry of 1,000 people to escort Xiao Ming to Nanjing.

Xiao Ming temporarily left all the supplies and bronze cannons in Tokyo Prefecture, led a thousand cavalry, and personally rode Chi Yucong to Nanjing, Nanjing, the ancient name of Nanjing, that is, the Beijing of later generations, has been the capital of Yandi since ancient times, but most of the cities were destroyed in the war.

At the time of the Sui Dynasty, this place was the residence of Luo Yi, the king of Beiping, and the Beiping Mansion he established again was the basic framework of Beijing in later generations, and then there were the five Hu chaos after the Tang Dynasty, the Later Han Dynasty and the Xi Kingdom that was later destroyed by the Khitan were all capitals, and the current Nanjing City of the Great Liao Kingdom was expanded on this basis.

The original imperial atmosphere here, the pattern of the whole later Beijing city was formed at this time, and then after the relocation of Jin Wanyan Liang and the reconstruction of the Yuan capital and the Ming and Qing dynasties, the later Beijing was formed, but the basic pattern at that time remained unchanged.

Xiao Ming came to Nanjing, and Ye Luchun, the king of the Southern Courtyard, came to greet him before, and he also wanted to go to Yingzhou to participate in the Spring Bowl Conference, which happened to be all the way, and Xiao Ming could also rest here and wait for the arrival of the soldiers and horses of the Southern Courtyard of Shangjing, he said to Ye Luchun first: "The soldiers and horses of the Southern Courtyard captured Shangjing, and they worked hard to leave home in Beijing, and this time the Emperor Ming must let them return to Nanjing, and they should be treated as a change of guard, for which Yelu Chun was very grateful."

Yelu Chun was the cousin of Emperor Tianzuo first, and was very influential in the royal family and nobles, but because of the implication of Yelu Zhangnu, he had to shrink in Nanjing, when Yelu Zhangnu insisted on setting up Yelu Chun as the emperor, Yelu Chun was frightened and insisted on disobeying, but instead saved his life, and then Yelu Zhangnu was executed, Yelu Chun first temporarily took the position of the king of the Southern Courtyard, but he had to be stationed in Nanjing.

In the past few years, Yelu Chunxian's life has been very difficult, after the Jin soldiers conquered Tokyo, they wanted to continue to go south to capture Nanjing, Yelu Chunxian was greatly panicked, fortunately, there were Xiao Gan, Yelu Dashi and others, relying on Nanjing City to actively deploy defenses, and there were more than 100,000 resentful troops who had been trained, and Jin Bing did not dare to be careless for a while so he dispelled the idea of attacking Nanjing.

Nanjing is the foundation of Liunanfu, the Khitan people did not operate very carefully, the official residence of the privy envoy of the Southern Yuan is still set up tents, the whole Nanjing is full of tents, and then slowly introduced the Han system, only to gradually become a pattern of the southern side and the northern court.

And all this started after the arrival of Zhang Lin, the prime minister of Nanfu, Wu Yong, the deputy envoy of the privy council, and others, who were all political masters selected by the Great Liao Imperial Examination, and Yelu Dashi, Zhang Lin's talent was also favored by Emperor Tianzuo, and was transferred to the Pingzhang affairs of the Beijing Mansion, and followed by Emperor Tianzuo's side, which is equivalent to the prime minister and the secretary general of the General Office of the Central Committee.

And Wu Yong stayed in the Southern Courtyard, promoted to the position of deputy prime minister than Yue, the status is second only to the privy envoy, relative to Zhang Lin, Wu Yong is more economic-minded, because the entire Liunanfu adheres to the Han system, Wu Yong began to develop agriculture on a large scale in Nanjing, at this time the population of Yandi is still very scarce, because this is the border of the Song-Liao confrontation.

Since the resentful army has become the main force of the Southern Courtyard, these soldiers may not have enough combat effectiveness in battle, but they are good at farming, and it is useless to let these people start a large-scale reclamation, which is also called reclamation and garrisoning, the land in the North China Plain is rich in crops, and in addition to self-sufficiency, it can also make wine, and with grain and wine, you can do business with people in Liaodong and other places.

Therefore, there are a lot of people who go to Nanjing from the east and west to do business and trade, mink and ginseng from the northeast, ore and jade from the north, as well as medicinal materials, coarse grains, crops, coal, iron, wire and hemp in the west, and leather goods, and even spices from the Western Regions, etc., are all traded in Nanjing, and this kind of trade, Wu Yong is to collect taxes, fortunately, the taxes and fees are not high, and this alone will increase the annual income of Liunanfu by one million yuan, but it is really profitable.

The whole Liunan Mansion has a large number of Han people, due to the opening of the Great Liao State, the admission standard is low, but once hired, the official position is not low, many of the scholars who have not been ranked in the Great Song Dynasty for many years have gone to the Liao State to try their luck, and these people are the focus of Wu Yong's retention.

Over the past few years, the official yamen at all levels of Nanjing Prefecture are full of Han people, in addition to wearing the costumes and official uniforms of the Great Liao Kingdom, even the official documents of the government are written in Chinese characters, and Yelu Chunxian undoubtedly played an exemplary role in this regard, he and Yelu Dashi are the same as Sinology masters, especially proficient in Confucianism, courteous to others, and always firmly believe in the way of the world's monarchs and ministers, to put it bluntly, it is very pedantic.

Since he saw Wu Yong, Xiao Ming has been thinking about how to get this person over and keep it for himself, he is currently in urgent need of talents, such a master of controlling the economy is encountered by him, how can he let it go, but what method can be used to make Wu Yong willingly follow him, this is indeed a bit of a brainstorm.

A few days later, Xiao Gan returned to Nanjing with 30,000 soldiers and horses, Xiao Ming's elite cavalry was not mobilized, Xiao Gan came back was also Xiao Ming's idea, he and Yelu Chun had to leave first, go to the Spring Bowl Conference, the whole Nanjing still needs to retain talents, Wu Yong is okay to engage in the economy, but Xiao Gan needs to be better in political affairs.

Xiao Gan brought the news that Yelu Dashi took the initiative to stay in Shangjing, but a strange thing happened to him, so that Yelu Dashi was now killed and did not want to return to Nanjing first.

…… What the hell is that?