Seeing the Tatar soldiers retreating overnight, everyone on the city cheered. This was the first time that the Ming Dynasty had defended its own city. In the past, whether it was Fushun, Tieling, Shenyang or the impregnable Liaoyang, now, they are all under the rule of Hou Jin under.

"Brother, the Tatar soldiers have escaped." Li Hu jumped for joy, but was slapped by Li Xiao.

"What are you talking about? It doesn't matter if the Tatar soldiers run away. From now on, I will take back all the land we lost. Fushun, Shenyang, and Liaoyang are all the lands of our Han family. And...! Our hometown, Ivory Village!”

Li Xiao put his arm around Li Hu's shoulders and touched Li Hu's pricked hair. Li Hu showed a silly smile, and his two little tiger teeth looked so cute under the firelight.

"Well! The Tatar soldiers paid with blood, and my eldest sister died miserably."

"They will die even worse! Remember Hu Zi, the debt owed by blood can only be repaid with blood. Don't listen to what those gentlemen say about benevolence, justice and morality, they are all nonsense."

"Sir, what you say is inappropriate. Repaying evil with kindness is the way of a saint to be merciful."

Li Xiao and Li Hu both turned around, who the hell is this?

"Uh...! This is the Director General of the Ministry of War." Yuan Chonghuan quickly introduced his colleague.

Under the firelight, this guy had three long beards and a pair of bright eyes, reflecting the light of the torch. But judging from his face, this guy was only thirty years old at most.

"Dare you ask your lord the official taboo!" Li Xiao looked at this guy with side eyes. Generally speaking, those who can say such things are all sarcastic people.

"My surname is Shi Kefa, and my courtesy name is Xianzhi. I passed the National Examination this year and passed the imperial examination. I am currently serving as the Secretary of the Ministry of Military Affairs!" This guy looked arrogant. Li Xiao didn't think he was cold, and he was obviously unhappy with Li Xiao.

"I...!" As soon as Li Hu moved, he was grabbed by Li Xiao.

Shi Kefa! The famous Shi Kefa!

Shi Kefa, who defended Yangzhou alone and left a suicide note. In any case, this must be respected.

"Master Shi! You are a Jinshi and I am not as good as you when it comes to learning. You said repaying evil with kindness, but it seems that this is not what a saint means."

"Oh! I am familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, but I would like to ask the Chief Military Officer for advice." When talking about the Four Books and Five Classics, Shi Kefa's face became even more arrogant.

You, an amateur fancier, now dare to fight with a professional celebrity.

seek death!

"The term "repay vengeance with virtue" comes from "The Analects of Confucius". The original sentence is: 'How to repay vengeance with virtue?' Confucius said: 'How to repay virtue? Repay grievance with straightness, repay virtue with kindness.

The saint said it well! How can you repay kindness with kindness? How can you repay kindness with kindness? Repay kindness with kindness. What the boy just said is based on the words of the saint. I don't know, where is the mistake?" Li Xiao had a look on his face. He smiled, but his eyes shone with a cold light.

After many years of experience in killing fields, I now have some murderous aura.

Shi Kefa's heart trembled, and he carefully looked at the short-haired young man in front of him.

The Ming Dynasty has never had such a young military officer. Originally, Shi Kefa thought that he was just a successful young man. Unexpectedly, there were people in the army who were familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. This is really impressive!

"Master Shi! The benevolence mentioned by the sage refers to the way of getting along with each other, not the way of getting along with animals.

Those!" Li Xiao pointed at the two yellow-banner cavalry who were fleeing in embarrassment: "Those are not human beings at all, because what they did is no longer possible for humans.

In a few days, I will take over 200,000 refugees from Liaodong who have fallen into the hands of the Tatars. If you want to know why I say this, please stay in Jinzhou and help resettle these refugees. I believe you will understand me from them.

What you said."

After Li Xiao finished speaking, he turned around and left. Students taught by Zuo Guangdou must have a straight head.

Li Hu looked Shi Kefa up and down, snorted heavily in his nose, and walked away.

As soon as the two brothers left, everyone else descended the city wall one after another. Shi Kefa was left alone, disheveled in the cold wind.

Everyone was happy that they had won the battle. Although the sun had just risen, a banquet had already begun in Jinzhou city to celebrate the victory. News came back from Tanma that the Jurchen Tatars had fled back to Shenyang overnight.

All the officers were on duty on the city wall, while the soldiers hid in the barracks and ate nonsense. Li Xiao felt that this tradition of the people's army was very good and needed to be inherited and carried forward.

Uh...! It seems that this is not an inheritance.

As the boss, Li Xiao naturally had to set an example. Wearing a heavy military coat, he was as cold as a tortoise holding a firegun. Next to him was Yuan Chonghuan, sniffling and stamping his feet from time to time. Southerners, after all, still have a passion for the Northeast.

Not suitable for bad weather.

The military coat weighs twenty or thirty kilograms, which is considered to be full of cotton. Li Xiao has a large otter skin cloak, but it is not suitable to wear at this time. Besides, that thing is also heavy. I miss that camouflage piece so much

A duck down coat is a good thing to keep out the wind and cold.

Zu Dashou sent people to invite him several times, but Li Xiao politely declined. Zu Dashou also came to the city wall without any choice, wearing a double-breasted mink coat. From time to time he took out a wine gourd from his arms and took a sip!

It is already rare to be able to go to the city to guard the city. Li Xiao is not willing to talk to him, so let him go!

"Brother, take a sip!" Zu Dashou pressed his nose to his face and handed over the wine gourd.

After taking a sip, the spicy wine seemed to be burning in my mouth. After swallowing it, there seemed to be a warm current in my stomach traveling throughout my body. I have to say that for three to nine days, it was really comfortable to take a sip.

"We defeated the Tatar soldiers this time, which is considered a great victory. I don't know what rewards the court will give me!" Looking at the fiery red sun, Zu Dashou burped with satisfaction.

"I don't know, but you must have done a great job by defending Jinzhou." It is not easy to win this battle, especially after experiencing a major disarmament, it is even more difficult to win such a battle. Li Xiao felt that Zhu Youxiao seemed to

These hard-working soldiers should not be treated badly.

"Brother, since I didn't call you Commander-in-Chief, what we two brothers were talking about today was private talk!" Zu Dashou suddenly became serious, and his smiling face turned serious.

"What's the matter?" Li Xiao wondered. This was considered a victory. What could have happened that made Zu Dashou so solemn?

"Although Governor Ji Liao is Mr. Mao, everyone knows that you actually have the final say in Shanhaiguan. I want to ask you for a favor regarding He Kegang. I went to see him this morning and my legs were broken.

The medical officer said that even after he was cured, he was still a cripple. Considering that it was not easy for him, he should not be punished."

The Liao army was one, and Zu Dashou did not want to see his old brother punished.

"The city of Nancheng was destroyed, and there were no less than ten thousand casualties. Especially the civilians, thousands of them were killed and injured. The reason was He Kegang's neglect of duty. Brother Zu, you are also the one who led the troops. You know that rewards and punishments are clear, so you will not be punished.

In the future, military orders will be just a piece of waste paper."

Zu Dashou's face was solemn, and so was Li Xiao's. This involved the seriousness of military orders, which must not be discounted.

"You really can't be accommodating?" Zu Dashou's face looked a little defeated. He also knew that this involved the seriousness of military orders. But he couldn't watch his old brother suffer misfortune, so he kept silent.

"According to the military order of the Ming Dynasty, he will be dismissed from his post and exiled. However, you can take the impeachment of the imperial censors in the capital as a fart." Li Xiao looked at the sun rising higher and higher. He didn't know if it was because of drinking or whether it was because of drinking.

The sun can really bring a feeling of warmth to people. Anyway, my body is much warmer now!

"Thank you!" Zu Dashou bowed his hand, knowing that Li Xiao would bear the impeachment of the censors. In this way, He Kegang would be exiled in accordance with the law at most, and would not be dragged to the capital to have his head stabbed.

"Poor Lao He is disabled and has to be exiled." Wu Xiang sighed, and his son Wu Sangui next to him was full of dissatisfaction. Today, they represent the Liao army and came to discuss with Li Xiao. If Li Xiao can't come,

Tao, even if you can't even say it, you will make a fuss.

The Liao army is one and cannot be bullied by outsiders.

"It depends on where you are exiled. I captured a castle from the red-haired people in Yizhou, and now one of my subordinates is managing it. If Mr. He is willing, he can go to Yizhou to develop. Not only will my subordinates be there to help him

Provide protection, and there is a lot of uncultivated land there.

In the future, sugar cane, rubber, and various spices will be grown there. And...this!" Li Xiao reached out and took out two bananas from the roast chicken and handed them to Wu Sangui. There are no children this age who don't like sweets.

Yes, the actual age difference between Roasted Chicken and Wu Sangui is almost the same.

After looking at it for a long time, I still didn’t understand what it was, but I finally understood that it looked like food.

He couldn't stand Wu Sangui biting with the skin on, so Li Xiao could only take it over again, peeled off the skin and handed it to Wu Sangui. Looking at the yellow skin and white meat, Wu Sangui took a bite, chewed a few times and his eyes lit up. Then he transformed

Like a squirrel, it stuffs its cheeks full.

The other two bananas were handed to Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang, and they both followed suit. After peeling them off, they both thought they were good food.

"This thing is produced in Yizhou. If this thing sells for twenty bucks per pound, will you buy it Sangui?" Li Xiao asked with a smile as he saw Wu Sangui staring at the roasted chicken.

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"Of course I will buy it! There is no reason not to buy something so delicious."

"Haha! Do you know that this thing has no price at all in Yizhou? As long as you hire someone to stand on the tree and pick it as you like, no one will care about you.

While the bananas are still green, they are shipped to Tianjin Wei Pier for trafficking to the capital. I don’t need to tell you how much revenue this year will bring.

Not to mention, in addition to this kind of fruit, Yizhou also has many other delicious fruits. I have set up some shops in Beijing. There is a special place there to sell these fruits from Yizhou."

"You mean Lao He will make a fortune?" Zu Dashou immediately grasped the key point of the question.

"It's not Lao He, it's us. Lao He will go to Yizhou to organize this matter. Each of your families will voluntarily take shares. I only hold 10% of the shares. However, 30% of the proceeds must be used to distribute to the soldiers who were injured and disabled in this battle.

How about working with civilian husbands and helping them support their families?"

"I haven't mentioned it before. When you go to the battlefield, you are not afraid of getting a huge scar on your head. What you are most afraid of is that after you get injured and become disabled, no one will care about you. No one will ask you. In the end, you will end up begging on the street and die of cold and hunger!

Asking Lao He to do such a thing, Lao He must be willing." Zu Dashou immediately made up his mind, where can such a good thing be found?

Liaodong has been destroyed. It is not a problem of the poor livelihood of the people. It is a problem of the fact that there are no people at all!

If you want to immigrate from Hebei and Shandong, it is simply impossible to reach the sky. Only a ghost is willing to come to Liaodong and be hunted by barbarians if you want to live a peaceful and good life.

It’s hard to make money if you don’t have anyone. They are all the masters of a big family. Who doesn’t have some servants to support? Now the generals of the Liao Army are afraid of hearing the word silver. Whenever they see money, their eyes will turn red.

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It's not bad for He Kegang to end up like this. Being a rich man in Yizhou is no better than licking blood from the head of a knife in Liaodong all day long.

After bowing their hands to Li Xiao, Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang turned around and left. Wu Sangui also made a special gesture of bowing deeply, bending very low and being very pious.

"Brother, we can do this, so why do we make it easier for them?" Li Hu asked with some confusion when he saw everyone leaving.

"Silly brother, no matter how big our appetite is, we can't take advantage of all the benefits in the world. If one day our family takes advantage of all the benefits, we will be doomed.

He Kegang was considered a man, and he fought on the city wall without retreating, which gave the people in the city some buffering time. Otherwise, there is really no telling what would happen to Jinzhou City.
To be continued...