Zhaoqing, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is here.

As night fell, everything sounded silent. There was only the antique on the street. Chen Youlong sat in the study room, and the desk was filled with pond newspapers. He took a pond newspaper and walked towards the map behind him. Chen Dachun hurriedly followed, and the lit whale oil lamp directly illuminated the location of the Central Plains.

Chen Youlong didn't have to say this at all. Chen Dachun knew where his father was worried. Before the news of Hong Chengchou surrendering to the Donglu came, his father's eyes were staring at several trapped cities in Liaodong. When the war between Songjin failed, his father's eyes were staring at the raging bandits in the Central Plains and northern Jiangsu.

"The thieves have captured Luzhou and siege Kaifeng!" Chen Youlong murmured with tears in his eyes.

"Father, it's time to rest." Chen Dachun said softly.

Chen Youlong seemed to have not heard it, staring at the map, and for a long time, sighed and said, "The court spent tens of millions of dollars. The Holy Emperor was busy and sleeping all night. In the end, he could not stop the decline. Is my Ming Dynasty really going to be exhausted?"

"Father, there are thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty and 100 million people. A temporary defeat is nothing. Don't be sad," Chen Dachun comforted him.

Chen Youlong shook his head: "In the battle of Songjin, the elite troops on the nine borders of the country were lost, and bandits ravaged the Central Plains. The army could not clear it out... Cough cough..."

Chen Dachun gently patted Chen Youlong's back and helped him sit down. Seeing his father's white hair and thin face, he felt even more distressed. He had to say: "A few days ago, you asked your son to send a message to Li Mingxun and ask him to come. This afternoon, he arrived and had settled in the inn. Why not see him tomorrow, your father would meet him."

Chen Youlong: "He is here quickly. Send someone to come here quickly and let him come here now."

In the inn, Li Mingxun, who had just fallen asleep, had no choice but to get up again. Seeing Wu Mu bringing his clothes, he quickly put them on. Wu Mu said, "This Governor Chen is so lifeless that it makes no sense. The master is exhausted and he doesn't understand anything. He must summon him today."

Li Mingxun smiled: "Mr. Shen has been in high positions for a long time and is used to the people below. Don't be clamoring. I'll take two people there later and arrange our people secretly around the headquarters to prevent any changes."

"Has there been a change? Could Governor Chen be against you?" Umu asked in surprise.

Li Mingxun shook his head: "Mr. Shen is worried about national affairs. Just like the emperor in the capital, Song Jin is now defeated, and the bandits jumped into the beam. The court has no soldiers, generals, money, and food, and there is no way. People, if they get stuck in the horns, they will be sick and seek medical treatment in a hurry. Who knows what they think, I have to be careful."

Wumu nodded: "Master, I understand, I will definitely not let you get into trouble."

Li Mingxun rode his horse to the Governor's headquarters, entered through the side door, and walked through two courtyards. Along the way, he saw that the servants had not seen armored soldiers, but he felt a little overwhelmed. At the entrance of the study, Li Mingxun saw Chen Dachun. The two of them greeted him. Chen Dachun said: "My father is worried about national affairs and is in a bad mood. His old illness recurs in the past two days. Brother Li must not make him angry again."

Li Mingxun agreed, but there was no way in his heart. He couldn't just pick up something nice to say, and he couldn't agree to Chen Youlong's request.

"Mingxun is here, hurry up and sit down." Chen Youlong did not get up, but just asked someone to bring a chair.

After Li Mingxun sat down, Chen Youlong said, "I heard that after the New Year, you either open up the south of the Yangtze River or travel around the world and have never been to the north. I am afraid you don't know the news about the north."

Li Mingxun heard some dissatisfaction from his words. What Chen Youlong said was not the most informative control. It clearly stated that he was only focused on making money and did not devote his energy to the war against the Donglu. Speaking of which, if it were according to the arrangements in the previous two years, he should be fighting with the Donglu in Nuerkandusi.

"Did you think Hong Kong has opened a port and has brought many gentry from Guangdong and Guangxi, so you can do whatever you want?" Chen Youlong asked again when he saw that Li Mingxun didn't speak.

"If you have sex with the gentry, you can do whatever you want!" Li Mingxun said in his heart, but he kept saying that he didn't dare.

It has been more than a year since Hong Kong opened its port, and it has already passed the most difficult time. The profits of maritime trade have made the business people in Guangdong and Guangxi excited. Especially in recent days, the gentry invested a lot of money in Hong Kong, buying shops and building warehouses. In the first half of this year alone, nearly one million taels of silver were invested in, directly turning the community and the gentry of Guangdong and Guangxi into a community of interests. At this time, if Chen Youlong dared to block the opening of Hong Kong, these local emperors in Guangdong and Guangxi would dare to resist taxes in Guangdong, and then jointly wrote a post to report to the capital. It is hard to say that Chen Youlong's ending was difficult to say, but Guangdong and Guangxi would definitely be in chaos.

"You said you didn't dare, but you were proud in your heart. You always forgot the agreement with me and thought that the situation in Hong Kong was determined, so you didn't have to go north to kill the enemy and serve the court."

The smile on Li Mingxun's face disappeared immediately, and he said seriously: "Sir, Rong Mingxun said again that killing the enemy is the common interests of the court and the community. The community killing the enemy is not for the court. If you really want to connect it, at most it is to avenge the people who have the same roots and roots when they die in the East Gate. The community is the community, and the court is the court."

"You!" Chen Youlong's face turned red and he coughed violently after hearing this.

Chen Dachun immediately said, "Brother Li, why do you speak like this? If you don't have a father, how can you have your club today!"

Li Mingxun said: "My lord has taken care of me many times, and I have never let me down. I have always been respectful to the Governor and have never owed any of them."

Chen Youlong grabbed his son's hand and asked him to retreat, saying, "What a man has never owed him. Since he said this, I will not beat around the bush. Since you still recognize that you are from the same root and the same origin as the people of the Ming Dynasty, now that the people of the Central Plains are poisoned by thieves, are you willing to go north to fight against the thieves?"

Li Mingxun suddenly laughed, and she wanted to fight the thief.

"Of course I do!" Li Mingxun said loudly.

Now Chen Youlong and his son didn't know what to say. The two looked at each other. They didn't expect Li Mingxun to answer so simply no matter what.

However, Li Mingxun had his own conspiracy. He didn't care about fighting thieves. The thieves have become a general trend now and he can't destroy them. By fighting thieves, recruiting people and immigrating overseas is the right way.

Chen Youlong coughed twice awkwardly, and had not yet thought about the words, Li Mingxun stood up and asked, "Governor General, if I were asked to send troops, how to support the food and salary, how to fight the army, who was controlled, and what name was there? Do you have a constitution?"

Chen Youlong was speechless. He never thought that Li Mingxun would agree, but he had never thought about any constitution. Chen Youlong straightened his clothes and said, "As long as you are willing, these men can plan and solve them for you."

"You can't solve it, even if it solves it, it doesn't make much sense." Li Mingxun said immediately.

"Rareless!" Chen Youlong slapped the table.

Li Mingxun said: "I'm telling the truth. Sir, if the club moves troops, they need to attack from Taiwan. With the current strength of the club, they will send twenty ships, and the army is more than 3,000. A thousand miles of expedition cannot be driven without 200,000 taels. You can't have 200,000 taels in your hand, and the court will not give 200,000 taels to an army that you have never seen before. Even if there is no shortage of food and salary, what can it be? Where should the club army be devoted to? Should it be a fight for thieves or fight against the rebels? Now the Central Plains is a sieve, and there are holes that need to be filled everywhere. The only thing that belongs to this army can be a big fuss. Even if these are solved, what can the three thousand soldiers in the community do? The thieves today are not from the early years of Chongzhen. If you break into the enemy, who is not a thief, who is a thief, who is a thief, who is a thief, who is a thief, who is a thief, who is a thief, who is thrown into the army, and you can't even fight the water. You can't stop the thief from plundering the land, or the thief, which is the point?"

Chen Youlong listened quietly, his expression changed. Li Mingxun's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting him in his heart, and one hammer heavier, the war in the north could no longer be solved by hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and thousands of elite soldiers. Chen Youlong even regretted it a little. Why did he provoke Li Mingxun? He ruined the relationship between the two families in vain. If there was a problem in Hong Kong, Guangdong and Guangxi would be over.

"Brother Chen, please go and get some refreshments. I'm afraid there will be some talks with the Governor tonight." Li Mingxun said to Chen Dachun with a smile.

After drinking a cup of tea, Li Mingxun asked: "Is it possible that the Governor General was able to pass the Ming Dynasty by fighting the thieves in the Central Plains and survive this difficult time?"

"What do you mean?" Chen Youlong asked.

Li Mingxun said: "After the Battle of Songjin, Wu Sangui is the only elite soldiers on the nine sides. This smart man who is not even a dog guarding the house. Donglu won the war in May, and the loss is not great. Go back to harvest millet and wheat, rest for several months, and you will invade soon."

Chen Youlong's eyes widened in an instant. As Li Mingxun said, the Eastern Barbarians are very likely to invade again this year. The Eastern Barbarians are different from the Mongols. The Mongolians like to enter the pass to rob the autumn grains in winter. After collecting the autumn grains, they take advantage of the winter to rob the borders and do not delay the spring sowing when they go back. If they really attack the borders, it will be different from any previous time. In the past, the bandits were not in a state of chaos, and the court could concentrate on dealing with the Eastern Barbarians. Now the bandits have occupied the Central Plains. If they encounter the Eastern Barbarians again, the court will be attacked on both sides. The current court has no decent troops, and it is a blessing to be able to defend the capital.

Chen Youlong asked, "Do you have a way to stop the Eastern Captain from invading?"

Li Mingxun smiled, "If I have that ability, the one who sits in front of me to discuss should be the Emperor Ming."

"The bandits ravaged the Central Plains, and the Eastern Barbarians were about to invade. Unless there are 100,000 elite soldiers now, no one can stop them. Since they cannot stop them, why do we need to go to the mantis arm to be a chariot?" Li Mingxun comforted him.

"My Shen family has received the emperor's kindness, how can I abandon the world and ignore it!"

Li Mingxun shook his head slightly: "This is right, but what we can do is do what we can and do what we can, instead of fantasizing about pacifying the Central Plains to suppress the enemy in Liaodong!"

"As far as you can..." Chen Youlong's voice lowered a lot.

Li Mingxun said: "For example, our club is now training a new army in Taiwan and will be able to form an army next year. As long as we continue to invest, we can compete with the Eastern Barbarians sooner or later. This year, my goal is to take down Ningguta!"

"Ninggu Tower?" Chen Youlong stood up and searched the map behind him, but the map was freehand and not very detailed. How could a military fort on the frontier appear?

Li Mingxun raised his feet and tapped his hand in an area north of North Korea, saying, "It's here, this is the place where the old slaves of Donglu started. Now it is also the core of Donglu's rule over Donghai, Xihai and other places. If they are controlled by the community, they will lose their control over the Jurchen tribes outside the Eight Banners. Outside the Great Wall, Donglu has only Hetuala as a stronghold, and that is the first capital of Donglu, the heart of the heart!"

(The Great Wall of Ming Dynasty did not start from Shanhaiguan, but started from the Yalu River to head north, turned back into Hebei, wrapping most of the Liaohe Plain in.)

Chen Youlong nodded slightly. Within Li Mingxun's ability, this was the ultimate in his ability. Moreover, occupying Ningguta would form direct control over the West and East China Seas, which was also in line with the commercial interests of Tenglong Trading Company in the north.

"This is just the goal this year. The club is accumulating strength. Next year, the southwest monsoon will be together. We are willing to go north to the imperial guards. At that time, we need more support from the contact matters." Li Mingxun said.

Chen Youlong did not comment on what happened next year. He only cared about the current difficulties. Chen Youlong's eyes were fixed on Li Mingxun. After a long time, he asked: "The state is difficult. How do you think the land of Guangdong and Guangxi can relieve the country's worries?"

Li Mingxun sighed and said, "Sir, the situation in the north is no longer controlled. It is best for the emperor to move the capital to Nanjing."

Seeing Chen Youlong's silence, Li Mingxun shook his head helplessly: "I know, this is impossible, but why should you invest the finances of Guangdong and Guangxi into the bottomless pit of the Northern War? No matter how much tax you collect from Guangdong and Guangxi, you will not be able to solve the problem in the North."

"Do I want to be like a gentry in Jiangnan, drunken and dreamy, and addicted to vanity?" Chen Youlong shouted.

Li Mingxun shook his head slightly: "Of course not, I mean, you have to make a long-term plan. Hong Kong brought 150,000 taels of income to Guangdong and Guangxi last year, and this year it may be 200,000 or even more. Giving this money to Beijing is a waste of money. It is better to keep it yourself, train troops in Guangdong and Guangxi, cooperate to eliminate the old army, and rectify the military equipment. You can get 30,000 elite troops in two years. When China is in its survival, there is hope for the troops."

Chen Youlong didn't say anything, and Li Mingxun would not persuade him again. He could not tell the old man in front of him that the Ming Dynasty would collapse in the next year, and the south would not be able to stop the Eastern Captains' Iron Cavalry. The Ming Dynasty would collapse like a building, and Guangdong would fall quickly. Even if he said it, the old man in front of him would not believe it.

"In the autumn of survival, the people of the world hope that everyone can fulfill their loyalty. Mingxun, you and I will do our duty." Chen Youlong said.
Chapter completed!