Because he slept too late the night before, Ouyang Xuan woke up the next day when it was already three poles in the morning. When he had washed up and arrived at his office, another messenger came to inform him that a messenger was waiting for him. Ouyang Xuan had to hurriedly eat something and went to the living room. In the living room, I saw Xia Dagen talking with the messenger.

The messenger was from Chongqing, and he brought with him a letter from Lu Wende, which was stamped with the seal of the Sichuan Preparation Division. In the letter, Lu Wende first congratulated him on his promotion to the deputy envoy of Chengdu, and mentioned that he and a number of important ministers of the imperial court were extremely optimistic about Ouyang Xuan, and it was under the guidance of himself and others that Ouyang Xuan would not be wiped out by everyone. Then he turned to the conversation, and boasted that under his leadership, the defenders of Diaoyu City had killed Meng Ge, forced the Mongol army to retreat to the north, and now would lead the army to the Jinghu front to aid Ezhou. He heard Yu Xing's introduction and said that the Yongkang Army, that is, the Thunderbolt Army, was brave and good at fighting, especially the naval army, which had the advantage of firearms. Now is the time for the imperial court to use troops, and the Yongkang Army should also send troops to the Ezhou front line to help in the war.

Lu Wende also said in the letter that Yu Xing praised Ouyang Xuan many times in front of him for winning the hearts of the army and the people, being brave and good at fighting and governing well, and after driving away the Inner Mongolians in Chongqing Mansion and Qiongzhou, he recruited displaced people to develop salt and iron. Yu Xing believed that the two prefectures (prefectures) should return to normal governance, and repeatedly petitioned for the reappointment of officials in the two prefectures (prefectures) and counties, and the restoration of salt and iron prisons in Qiongzhou. As for Ouyang Xuan, it would be good to focus on the affairs of the Yongkang Army. It's just that he thinks that the current Sichuan Ximeng army is still powerful, and it is still eyeing Chongqing Mansion and Qiongzhou, so it is really not appropriate to be in a hurry.

When Ouyang Xuan read out Lu Wende's letter at the military and political meeting, the venue was in an uproar, and many people immediately greeted Yu Xing's female relatives, and the most fierce one was Cao Ergou, and a series of foul words continued to come out of his mouth like a rapid-fire gun. Ouyang Xuan glanced at him, and he was shocked to realize that this was the venue for the meeting, so he stopped suddenly. Li Shuang's eyes were full of anger, and he angrily struck the chair's gauntlet with his palm. Even Lu Dezhi, who has the best cultivation, shook his head again and again: "Yu Xing is not worthy of being a son of man, not worthy of being a son of man"!

Everyone really couldn't figure it out, the Thunderbolt Army sent gold, silver, money and goods to Yu Xing, and the tax revenue of Baizhang County, and sent grenades and other firearms and artillery-making technology, and returned the Meizhou City captured from the Mongolian army, and he still did not let go of the Thunderbolt Army. In fact, Yu Xing did this because he wanted greater benefits, and his greedy nature was no longer satisfied with the things he sent, but wanted all of the Thunderbolt Army. If the Thunderbolt Army is compared to a hen that lays golden eggs, Yu Xing not only wants eggs, but also takes the hen as his own. If you really can't get it, then kill the hen and eat the meat.

Yu Xing is vicious. In front of Lu Wende, he bragged about Ouyang Xuan, and it seemed that he was praising but was actually killing. He instigated Lu Wende to let the Thunderbolt army go to the distant Jinghu front line to fight, which was actually a series of schemes. First, the tiger was transferred away from the mountain, and the elite of the Thunderbolt army was transferred away with the righteousness of the imperial court. Then there is the use of knives to kill, and as soon as the elite of the Thunderbolt army is transferred, it will inevitably make Liu Heima take advantage of the opportunity to enter and use the hands of the Mongols to eliminate or weaken the Thunderbolt army. In the end, he sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and after the Thunderbolt army and the Sichuan Ximeng army fought against each other, and both were injured, he then sat on the fisherman's profit. As for whether the people suffered and whether it would damage the great cause of resisting Mongolia, it was not a question for him to consider at all.

As for the proposal to reassign officials to Qiongzhou and Chongqing Prefecture and restore the salt and iron prison, it is even more a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle. The former is to completely squeeze the Thunderbolt army out of the two states (prefectures) and return to the mountainous area. Most of the areas under the jurisdiction of the Yongkang Military Region are mountainous areas, and although they are rich in forests and minerals, they lack grain and salt, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are barren compared to the plains. More importantly, the Perak Army did not collect grain from the people, and the source of funding was not only industry and mining, but also trade taxes, of which the salt industry in Qiongzhou accounted for a considerable proportion. At present, the Thunderbolt army is already financially stretched, and if it loses these two places, it will not be able to maintain its daily operations, let alone deal with the Mongol invasion.

scolded and scolded, and had to discuss how to reply to Lu Wende. Regarding the request to send troops to Ezhou, to everyone's surprise, Ouyang Xuan actually agreed first. Just when everyone was surprised, he slowly explained the reason. It turned out that Ouyang Xuan sent Li Kaipeng to Lin'an, thinking that Liuqiu Company needed to gain a firm foothold first, and then slowly develop and grow. If you want to develop overseas, it will take a long time, who would have expected to talk with the two yesterday, only to know that the company has been quite large-scale, and it is necessary to put the development and construction of Liuqiu on the agenda. On the one hand, if the company develops and grows again, it will inevitably attract the attention of all forces, and the overseas development strategy will also be affected, on the other hand, Ouyang Xuan believes that there will be no major breakthrough in the technology of the Thunderbolt Army in the short term, and there will be a long-term confrontation with the Mongolian army, so it is necessary to break through from the direction outside Shudi.

In Ouyang Xuan's view, the future strategic direction of the Thunderbolt Army will be three directions. The first direction is to continue the attack on the Sichuan and Western Mongolian armies and even recapture Chengdu. The war cost a lot, and a lot of financial resources had to be invested to build the newly recovered and ruined land, and the current population and economy of the Thunderbolt Army were really a bit unbearable. Moreover, even if the whole of western Sichuan was recaptured, the Thunderbolt Army would still be trapped in the Sichuan Basin, and it would still be extremely difficult to obtain industrial and scientific and technological resources for development. The second direction is to marry Yang Yan and join Banzhou to gradually open up the sea outlet to Qinzhou through Luo's Ghost Country and Luodian Ghost Country. The road in this direction is difficult to navigate, there are many tribes, and it takes a lot of resources to achieve smooth access, and it will not be possible to achieve it at all in the short term. The third direction is flowing. Although it seems to be far away, it is convenient to reach it by water, and it can be reached in less than a month from Chongqing Mansion, which is actually the easiest to achieve.

Although Liuqiu Company now has a certain strength, it is obviously far from enough to land on the island for large-scale development and construction. Not to mention cannibalism, even the hundreds of pirates in Keelung Port are a huge obstacle to their careers. Ouyang Xuan knew that Li Kaipeng's task was extremely arduous, so after the Mongolian army retreated from Chongqing, he asked Boss Qian to bring personnel and money to support. Let Boss Qian only bring more than 100 people, on the one hand, he underestimated the development of Liuqiu Company, and on the other hand, he was afraid that the scale would be too large, which would arouse the vigilance of the officials along the way, and even attract the suppression of the imperial court and detain personnel and materials. Now that Lu Wende has written an official letter asking for troops to be sent to Ezhou, it is the opportunity for the Perak army to hide from the sky and take the opportunity to go to sea.

After Ouyang Xuan finished speaking, everyone nodded. The members of the joint meeting all knew about the overseas strategy, and Ouyang Xuan had explained it many times, but everyone thought that this was the Year of the Monkey. The imminent dispatch of large-scale personnel to distant overseas made everyone lose their claims for a while. Ouyang Xuan was also polite, and directly came up with a plan that he had been thinking about for a long time. His plan was led by Yu Zhu, accompanied by Liao Loach and Xia Dagen, and there was a naval battalion under his command, and a mixed battalion composed of a special company, a field company, and three garrison companies, with a total strength of 1,000 troops. Another 500 craftsmen, administrators, doctors, teachers and other personnel went with them in the name of logistics personnel, and they also carried a large number of machines, tools and key materials.

Regarding the plan proposed by Ouyang Xuan, although everyone felt that the manpower and materials were too much investment at one time, and the risk was too great, they saw that his face was calm and his eyes were firm, and they voted in favor of the idea of "Brother Xuan'er will never be wrong".