Since then, the Tong family has also been classified as the Manchu clan. In fact, today's Manchu is no longer the Manchu in the Nurhaci era. In recent years, the Eight Banners have suffered serious damage due to wars and diseases, and have carried a large number of Jurchens, Mongolians, Hans and even Koreans into the banner. Therefore, if we are based on bloodlines, the real Manchu may only account for one-third of the nine banners outside the pass.

Li Mingxun's servant went to write a letter of enfeoffment. Li Mingxun signaled Tong Yannian to sit down and asked, "You have been in Shaanxi and Gansu for a long time and have some understanding of the Western Regions and Tibet. Can it have conflicts with the local area over the years?"

Tong Yannian said: "Conflicts are extremely rare. Even if they exist, they are limited to border residents. Your Majesty should know that the Hoshuot Khanate in Tibet, the Yarkand Khanate in the Western Regions and the Weilat were once vassal states of the Qing Dynasty. Trade exchanges between all parties are constantly occurring and chaotic."

"What about Shaanxi and Gansu, how about the thieves in the Chongzhen period?" Li Mingxun asked again.

Tong Yannian said: "Except for the rebellion of Milayin and others caused by Jiang Xiang's rebellion in Shanxi, there has never been a large-scale war. The main reason is that there are fewer people. Your Majesty knows that at the beginning of the Wanli period, there were more than five million people in Shaanxi, but at the end of the Tianqi period, the northwest suffered disasters, and Shaanxi and Gansu were the first to be in chaos. Until now, there are only two million people. This is because of the restoration and the population recovered in the past ten years."

Li Mingxun sighed, knowing that decades of war have not only destroyed the civilization of this country, but also caused the population to drop sharply in various places. The country like Shaanxi has left 30 to 40% of the remaining population. It is really terrible. Shanxi, Henan and Zhili provinces are the most populous places, but compared with their peak, it is only more than half. As for the coastal Su, Lu, Fujian and Zhejiang, they are places where the United States immigrated heavily, and the population is definitely not as good as that in the north.

Li Mingxun was not worried about the lack of population in the heartland of the Central Plains and the southeast. After all, as long as there are decades of peace and the promotion of corn and other crops will definitely double the growth. But the key is the border areas, Shaanxi and Gansu are located in the northwest. Whether it is used to use troops in Tibet or the Western Regions in the future, the rice and grain supply will need support here. Too small population and insufficient production will definitely affect the future strategy.

Nanjing, old courtyard.

Li Jundu, who had just pacified the gentry in Huizhou, rode on a horse and walked on the streets in the morning with exhaustion. The rebellion he had just pacified was almost the last large-scale military chaos in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. At this point, it has been more than seven months since Li Jundu led his army to raid Nanjing to the restoration of Jiangnan. The main gentry and officials in Jiangnan had been liquidated. Most of the gentry were captured or fled to Huguang and Shu, and a few were hidden, but they had lost their property, slaves, and severed their ties with the clan. They could no longer cause big trouble to this new regime.

"The Deputy Consul of the General Administration, Chief Ma Donglai, has arrived in Nanjing and has gradually lifted the military control state. He has taken over major cities such as Nanjing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou. I heard that the eldest son has returned triumphantly and Chief Ma wants to hold a banquet to relieve you.

General Wu Mu had opened up the situation in Jiangxi, occupied major cities, and opened up roads to Fujian and Guangdong. Most of the local gangs and militias evacuated to the mountainous areas on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi. The main threat has been lifted and Jiangxi can be declared resurrected.

Chief Xu Changxing arrived at Songjiang Prefecture under the secret order of His Highness the First Prince and transferred an infantry brigade and two new military dispatches in the Southeast War Zone, but did not explain the situation...."

Li Jundu's adjutant briefly told Li Jundu about the news and important situation in Jiangnan, but Li Jundu was very tired. During this period, he suppressed thieves and liquidated gentry in Huinan. He saw too many scenes of scholars and officials refusing to surrender and his family to die. The scenes of women and children crying in the fire kept flashing through his mind.

Seeing Li Junduo like this, the adjutant did not talk about the important military and political affairs, but asked, "Does the eldest son want to go back to the apartment to rest?"

"Where is this?" Li Junduo raised his head at this moment.

The adjutant smiled and said, "This is the old courtyard. The white girl's Xianglan Xuan is not far away from here. The eldest son thinks about something every day and dreams at night. Before he knew it, he came here."

As he said that, the adjutant waved to a group of officers following Li Jundu. The group of people came over. The adjutant looked carefully for a while and chose one with a size similar to Li Jundu, which made the others disperse.

"Is Miss Bai still in Xianglanxuan?" Li Jundu asked.

At the end of last year, the liquidation in Nanjing reached its final stage. The targets of the liquidation were no longer gentry and officials, but local gangsters, snake head and other lower-level personnel. Although they were humble, they made the people itchy. It was also that time that Li Jundu saw the escorted "White Girl" on the street. He was soft and weak and pitiful, so he spoke out and released him.

After a few private meetings, the seventeen-year-old Li Jundu became a man. There was only a woman in his privacy that could make him feel at ease in his busy schedule. That's all. This time, the rebellion was settled in Huizhou. The gentle figure flashed in his mind when he was tired. He had not contacted him for more than a month, and Li Jundu was not sure where the woman in the fun was going.

The adjutant smiled: "Here, of course, Miss Bai must be looking forward to the eldest son coming back day and night."

Li Jundu looked back at the adjutant and knew that he said this not because he knew something, but had already made arrangements. Li Jundu looked at the military police officer uniform and thought that after he arrived in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he often dressed up in this way when he inspected the place. When he saw Bai Mo every day, he showed a long-lost smile on his tired face.

The front door of the old courtyard is Wuding Bridge, the back door is Chaoku Street, and behind the gate building is a clean long street. There are gouache shops along the street, and they are all dealings by my daughter's house. This is where fireworks are located. In the alleys next to the shop, there are exquisite courtyards, which are the places where local celebrities live. Rich businessmen and officials naturally will not go to the dirty brothels to look for flowers and willows. Such elegant places are the places they dream of.

Li Jundu used to be paid at night, but today it was early in the morning. Most of the shops on both sides of the street did not open the doors. However, there were sedan chairs coming out from the entrance of the alley from time to time. The adjutant broke open the doors of several shops, bought some valuable gifts, followed Li Jundu, and entered the entrance of the alley. Sure enough, he saw that there was no one who had stopped sedan chairs at the door of the Xiangcaoxuan, but the adjutant who was originally following Li Jundu was copied to the front in one step.

"Young Master, the person I arranged for is gone. It should be one at the entrance of the alley and one at the front of the door." The adjutant said suspiciously. The one at the entrance of the alley was missing. He thought it was lazy, but the one at the door must not be like this.

Li Jundu winked at the adjutant. The adjutant piled gifts in the corner of the wall. Both of them held guns in their left hand and swords in their right hand. They leaned against the door. The courtyard gate was half open, and you could vaguely see the path paved with bluestone inside. In the main hall, two people seemed to be pulling. Li Jundu's face changed slightly. He sneaked into it with the adjutant. He hid behind the rockery. He heard two female voices arguing, soft and timid, Bai Mo, and a middle-aged woman with a mean tone, most of whom was shouting from that sharp voice.

After listening carefully, it was the middle-aged woman crying and advising Bai Mo. Li Jundu told the adjutant not to move. He wanted to hear the whole story, so he leaned against the window, but never thought that a strange sound suddenly sounded: Enke is here! Enke is here!

When he looked up, he turned out to be a parrot with bright fur, which was extremely huge. Li Jundu had no choice but to put away his sword and gun. He thought about it and seemed that he had seen similar species in the base camp, but he could not remember it.

When the people inside heard the parrot talking, they also came out. The curtain was opened. They were a short woman with some tears in her makeup. She was a little fat, but she was over thirty years old. In this industry, this age is not a person who is old, but the end of her career. If you want to do it again, you will be a madam.

"What are you...oh, what do you call this military master?" The madam wanted to scold him, but when he saw Li Jundu wearing military police uniforms, he immediately lost his temper. You must know that after the restoration of Nanjing, the military police played an important role such as liquidation and conviction, and no one could afford to provoke him, let alone the person in front of him was already a major at a young age. This is not a matter of status, but also a background in the new dynasty.

"Who are you?" Li Jundu asked. During the days when he had been intimate with Bai Mo, he had never seen this madam. In fact, he had never seen anyone except a maid.

The madam did not answer and said with a smile: "Oh, maybe it was sent by the uncle. Oh, the flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple."

As he said that, the madam had already entered the house. As the two of them were talking, Bai Mo had already entered the inner room to make up. The madam shouted excitedly: "Daughter, daughter, come out quickly. You don't listen to your mother. Now that the uncle has sent someone, can you still see me?"

Li Jundu understood at this moment that this woman was not only the madam, but also Bai Mo's mother, but he still remembered that Bai Mo said that they were liquidated because the madam was pimped and sold humans, especially the young girls. Bai Mo had never pleaded for her. Shouldn't this madam have entered the labor camp? Why did it appear again? Besides, what is the uncle?

After entering the door, the adjutant also received a gift. The familiar maid Chunxiang appeared, lifted the curtain, and Bai Mo walked out. She had originally lowered her head, as if she was reluctant, but when she saw Li Jundu, she was surprised and threw herself into Li Jundu's arms, cried, and said pitifully: "Mr. Li, I think I will never see you again."

Li Jundu took Bai Mo and patted her back gently. The madam also found something was wrong. Thinking that her daughter refused to surrender for the sake of Mr. Li, now it seemed that she was the man in front of her. She understood and shouted sternly: "I don't know what the background of this military master is, but I tell you that Bai Mo is now the woman the uncle is interested in. You should be careful. The uncle has been cruel. No one can help you in this Jiangnan area."

"Is that true?" Li Jundu smiled, helped Bai Mo sit down, and asked with a smile: "Then tell me, who is the uncle, and where did you come from the pickled goods, and you dare to force the girl in this land."

The adjutant was originally watching the show with a knife on the side. After hearing what Li Jundu said, he hurried over, looking nervous, as if he wanted to say something, but was driven away by Li Jundu: "You go and ask your people, don't be guarding in front of the door. Is it because of the uncle? Go, I will deal with the matter here together."

The adjutant stepped back helplessly. The old madam smiled and turned backwards. The foundation scum on his face fell down. He pinched his waist and said, "Oh, Mr. Li is such a big tone. Even the uncle can deal with it. Could it be that Mr. Li from the home of His Majesty you think!

Let me tell you, don’t mention you, a small school official, even if you are the young master Li Jundu who is in charge of the southeast, you will have to give some face when you meet your uncle.”

Li Jundu then understood a little. He had been listening to his uncle and thought he was the uncle of the former Ming Dynasty. However, he heard the current meaning, it seemed to be the uncle of the new dynasty, but his father had three wives in total. If the wife's family was Zhu Ming's royal family, the pseudo-Ming emperor could be considered the uncle. Then he had been captured and went to the capital. Could it be that Zhu Ming's royal family was apart from cheating?

"Depending on what you mean, was it that uncle who took you out?" Li Jundu asked.

The madam shook her body and smiled proudly, "That's natural. Fortunately, I have a good daughter like Bai Mo. That day, my uncle took a fancy to her at the alley. He didn't follow the steps after several rounds of work. My uncle was heroic and couldn't bear to force me. When he found out, he rescued me from the stinky ditch of the labor camp. This was just a matter of the uncle."

Li Jundu nodded slightly, it was impossible that Zhu Ming's royal family had deceived him. After all, they were okay to deceive the common people. They had to take out the madam, but they had to have some authority. But besides Mrs. Li, it was Mrs. Li. The one who had already broken up with his parents' family. Li Jundu looked tight. He could not be his uncle.

Just as he was thinking, the adjutant came in from outside and brought two people, each with a bruised nose and swollen face. The madam looked at it and scolded, "I don't know where the naughty seed came from. The uncle dared to move even if he wanted to enter the door, so he was beaten like this. Didn't he shout that the uncle had to pay the price? Why did he appear here like a pug? Isn't he itchy again, and he wants to ask for a beating?"

Li Jundu wanted to ask if the incident of hiding a sweetheart in the Golden House of Xiangcaoxuan was leaked, and he recognized at a glance that both of them were from his own guard company, but the old madam scolded him like a cannon, which made him understand that these guards did not leak out the incident of Mr. Li being beaten.

"Okay, don't say it, I already know, go back, don't tell others about this matter, I will solve the matter yourself," Li Jundu said lightly.

The adjutant wanted to take the two of them back, but the madam was intrigued and shouted proudly: "I know I'm afraid now, what have you done long ago? You'd better send Bai Mo to your uncle in person, otherwise, with you..."

The adjutant couldn't bear to listen anymore and slapped the madam back with a slap. Li Jundu also lost his patience: "I'll leave this madam to you. After I finish cleaning up, I'll send it to the military police team. I'll take out the guy who signed the release order and dismissed him. As for this madam, I'll be sent to South Africa. Remember, don't kill him."

"Abide by the order!" The two guards had long been angry. If they hadn't taken into account Li Jundu's reputation, they had already started. Now that they had the opportunity, they wouldn't have let it go, and they set up the madam and walked out.

"Young Master......How is this good? I offended that uncle. What's the point? Young Master, take Mo'er to escape. If you run away, it's okay." Bai Mo pinched the corner of Li Jundu's clothes and begged.
Chapter completed!