The weather in Liaodong is special, because the winter is long and the summer is short. The suitable time for construction is only about half a year. In just half a year, Jinzhou City changed from a relatively large ruin to a relatively large ruin.

city. Yuan Chonghuan still has two brushes, and Li Xiao has strengthened his judgment at the time. Anyone who has left a name in history is not a good person!

Because the city wall was smashed, the Jinzhou City Wall was almost rebuilt. Yuan Chonghuan also pushed the city wall three miles outward, which increased the perimeter of Jinzhou City Wall a lot. Usually, if the city wall is longer, it is not conducive to defense. Because it is longer

The city wall requires more people to defend. But with sufficient firearms, Yuan Chonghuan has the confidence. Even if the number of people is much smaller than that of the Tatars, he is still confident to defend Jinzhou City.

The entire Jinzhou City is a large construction site that is about to be completed. The closest thing to the city wall is of course the barracks. Li Xiao walked into a barracks and saw the soldiers eating. He looked at the food of the soldiers with great interest. Later army leaders came

During inspection, there is such a project.

Perhaps because Li Xiao came today, the soldiers ate dumplings. The cook probably added too much soda ash, and the dumplings looked a little yellow. Li Xiao twisted a dumpling, and it was pretty good. It was stuffed with mackerel. There was cabbage in it.

, the taste is pretty good.

"Can you eat enough?" Li Xiao looked at a sturdy soldier next to him and asked.

"Of course I can eat enough. I used to eat two meals a day, but now I eat three meals a day. What I can't eat is that I eat less meat. I eat either vegetables or fish throughout the day. It takes ten days and a half to see meat.

It's fishy." Zu Kuan stood at attention and saluted Li Xiao. He raised his hand habitually and almost put the dumpling on Li Xiao's head.

Li Xiao curled his lips helplessly, it was still the same problem. There was no extra food, let alone raising pigs and chickens. Now it would be good to be able to feed people. Sun Chengzong once proposed to change the meals to two meals a day. But Li Xiao was

No, only soldiers with adequate nutrition can have good physical strength. Three meals a day must not be changed.

In order to increase nutrition for the soldiers, Li Xiu added hundreds of fishing boats to his men. The fertile Bohai Bay can always provide people with sufficient food. What's more, the total population of Liaodong in this year was only a few tenths of that of later generations.

one.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Three meals a day can't stop you." Zu Dashou scolded him. He didn't want Li Xiao to think that he was instigating this.

"Tell the truth to the commander-in-chief!" Zu Kuan still stood at attention and replied.

"Yes, tell me the truth. What is your name?" Li Xiao was very satisfied with the soldier's answer.

"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the younger one's name is Zu Kuan. He is the commander of the third company of the first regiment of the second cavalry division!"

"Zu Kuan! Since you told me the truth, I will tell you too. Now I, Li Xiao, can only afford to feed you, but I promise you that this time next year, I will let you eat pork for every meal."

Li Xiao smiled and hit Zu Kuan on the shoulder. This is a popular greeting in the army.

In June, two boats full of potatoes and corn were shipped from Yizhou. The potatoes have been planted in the soil, and the corn will not be sown until the next spring. With these two crops, Li Xiao can not only feed the entire Liaodong

Population. There is enough food to feed some chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and so on. Even old cows can afford to raise them. Unlike now, the pigs can only be fed with the bean cakes left after oil extraction.

This means there is still sufficient food supply, otherwise someone would probably steal even this pig food.

After Li Xiao left, Zu Chengxun came over and looked at Zu Kuan, who was still stunned. "Brother Kuan, everyone has left."

"Our commander is too young, not even older than you. He is the only one who supports all of us in Jinzhou?"

"Ha! Ha! It's not just Jinzhou, it's all the way from Jinzhou to Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan. It's not all him who supports him. Last month I went to Shanhaiguan to pass the message for the master. From Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan, hundreds of people have been established.

Village. Some have a hundred or ten people per village, and some have three to five hundred people per village.

The walls of the village are all made of bricks, with seams of cement hooks. Every house is a red brick house with large tiles, and each village has a young man and a beacon tower. It is simply impossible for the Tatars to march straight into the village like before. There are so many villages.

If we all raised pigs, we would really be able to eat pork every day.

The master once told me privately that I made the right move by joining the Marshal. Following the great men in the imperial court, military pay was always withheld. It was nothing like now, as soon as the day came, the quartermaster would come and send the money directly to

You have everything from soldiers to masters!"

"Humph! We didn't have to learn to speak in words before, but now Mr. Wang is here, shouting and giving us lessons every day. If we can't read the whole word, we will be beaten. We have come here with blood and fire, and we are not afraid of being beaten. But we have to do it in public.

If you take off your pants and get beaten, you will die. I can’t afford to humiliate that person!"

"Haha, Brother Kuan. Have you finished your homework? Mr. Wang will check your homework tomorrow morning. Don't blame me for not reminding you."

"Holy shit, how could I forget this?" Zu Kuan held the dumplings and ran into his study in a panic.

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"The Nanjing Forbidden Army is going to be transferred to Liaodong?" In the Palace of Qianqing, Zhu Youxiao closed his eyes and listened to Wang Tiqian's recent report. When he heard the report from the Ministry of War instructing Ma Shiying, he opened his eyes. The emperor was very lazy, but he was not

Not working.

"The Nanjing Cavalry Department also wants to train a strong army. Nowadays, pirates are rampant in the southeast. With Zheng Zhilong and Zhang Baozi gathered on the sea, they are obviously the overlords of one side. Without a strong army, it is really impossible to control the southeast.

"Wang Tiqian looked at Zhu Youxiao's face and spoke with Xin Xin. He had already got King Xin's intention and asked him to make every effort to facilitate the Nanjing Forbidden Army's entry into the Liao Dynasty.

"Nanjing Forbidden Army! Don't let the Tatars attack the whole army and annihilate it. Let Li Xiao know. Don't let the Nanjing Forbidden Army end up too ugly. If the whole army is annihilated, I will hold it accountable." While speaking, Zhu Youxiao said again.

Closed his eyes.

Sun Chengzong's education worked after all, and Zhu Youxiao keenly felt that there must be a demon when something went wrong. When the southern troops heard the order to be transferred to the north to deal with the Tatars, they felt as if they were dead. I had never heard of this before.

Which southern army would take the initiative to mobilize to the north, especially the cruel Liaodong front line?

"No!" Wang Tiqian felt relieved, there was no obstacle to this matter.

"I'm tired after reading so much...!" Zhu Youxiao lay on the sofa covered in mud.

Wang Tiqian secretly laughed in his heart. After fighting Concubine Ning for 300 rounds yesterday, he summoned two beauties donated by the Hakka family. Many of them were ghosts. These women were waiting to have a romantic relationship with the emperor and conceive a dragon.

Jumping from a branch to become a phoenix. Now that you have the opportunity, why don't you use all your strength to squeeze the longevity Lord dry?

"Long live! I have met Taoist Chen of Longhu Mountain. This Taoist Chen Xuanfeng has special skills. I think he can relieve your worries." Wang Tiqian found several opportunities. This time he felt that the time was ripe, and immediately asked Zhu You The school recommended Chen Xuanfeng.

"Oh! Is it more magical than Daoxuan Zhenren of Baiyun Temple?" Zhu Youxiao's eyes suddenly lit up.

When Daoxuan was here, he often offered elixirs to him. Every time after eating, Zhu Youxiao was like a dragon and a tiger. It was no problem to challenge three thousand beauties in the harem alone! But now without Daoxuan's elixirs, Zhu Youxiao would Youxiao often felt powerless. After experiencing the feeling of powerlessness many times, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but resent Li Xiao.

It was this kid who caused trouble and killed Daoxuan. Now that I don't have the elixir, how can I restore the happiness of my lower body?

"Summon Taoist Chen to the palace immediately!" Wang Tiqian's recommendation was like giving timely help to Zhu Youxiao. So much so that Zhu Youxiao didn't want to wait for a quarter of an hour and immediately summoned Chen Xuanfeng to see him.

"No!" After completing another errand, Wang Tiqian left the palace feeling happy. With Chen Xuanfeng's "special skills", it was easy to conquer this lustful emperor.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao glance at the big front door on the table, Wang Tiqian immediately went up and took out one. He handed it to Zhu Youxiao with both hands, then struck a match and lit it for Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao took a puff of cigarette and exhaled a burst of smoke. "Go on your errands! By the way, let's inform the manufacturing office. Li Xiaojin's mahjong thing is pretty good, let them make a few copies. It's a bunch of useless things. All good things are made by Li Xiao."

"No!" Wang Tigan bowed and retreated.

Quiet changes are taking place in the capital. Those unsightly homeless and beggars are gone. There are also many fewer vendors on the street, and the scale of Biianfang is getting bigger and bigger. From needles, threads, brains, to rice and flour, Biianfang sells everything. .

Citizens are also happy to go to the cheap shop to buy things. Firstly, the things there are cheap. Secondly, there are all the things there, as long as you need them. Even if they are temporarily unavailable, they will be put on the counter for you in two days. If you pay The deposit will be sent directly to your home as long as you leave your address.

Merchants with huge business interests in the capital were so angry that they gritted their teeth when they saw the endless flow of carriages in the bargain shop. They just wanted to rob business, they even wanted to rob the money exchange business.

Isn't it good to exchange one tael of silver for eight hundred and fifty taels? Every time you go in and out, it's a car and a half of interest. The court collects taxes only in silver. In the month when taxes are paid, the price will be even higher. The taels in Jiangnan Rich people can make a lot of money just by exchanging silver and copper coins. Why do they need to actually exchange them? For those merchants who make money by exchanging silver coins, the Bianyifang is even more of a thorn in their side.

Qian Qianyi is an outstanding representative among them!

Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents. Qian Qianyi has never hated a person so much. This person's name is Li Xiao!

As long as that big plan succeeds, the first person Qian Qianyi has to deal with is the little bastard Li Xiao. He will cut this guy into thousands of pieces and hang them on the city wall for people to visit. He will take the Bianyifang under his name and become his own Tools for making money.

But now, he can't do anything.

Bianyifang has the shares of the emperor and Wei Zhongxian. There are even shares of everyone who has a say in the court. In terms of distributing wealth, Li Xiao has done something unprecedented and unprecedented. I don’t see a single clerk from Bianyifang. They all had their nostrils turned upward, and the guards of Shuntian Mansion never dared to find trouble with them.

As long as the gangsters entrenched in the capital offend Bianyifang, they will disappear from the world the next day. Qian Qianyi found someone to deal with Bianyifang several times, but this was the result.

I was sulking in the Zhejiang Guild Hall when suddenly the doorman came to report: "The prince is visiting!"

"Please!" Qian Qianyi sat up immediately when he heard that Wang Chengen was coming.

The steward came in with Wang Chengen, served tea, and quietly left, closing the door behind him.

"Eunuch Wang, is there any good news?" Qian Qianyi asked anxiously as soon as Wang Chengen sat down.

"It's done! Both things are done! Long live has agreed to let the Nanjing Forbidden Army enter the Liao Dynasty to fight. He also specifically told Li Xiao to protect the Nanjing Forbidden Army, otherwise Li Xiao will look good." Wang Chengen's tone was filled with excitement.

's tune.

"Then the second thing is...?"

"Daozhang Chen has been summoned to the palace this afternoon. I heard that he will still be staying in the palace tonight, um...!" Wang Chengen's expression was very exciting, and his eyebrows were raised.

Qian Qianyi cursed secretly: What do you know, you old bastard, and you are still here with eyebrows on your face.

But this news is indeed good news. My plan has successfully taken a big step forward. Just now I was gritting my teeth and hating Li Xiao. As long as my plan succeeds, Li Xiao will be nothing.

No, Li Xiao at that time was not even a fart.

"Thank you, father-in-law. Please go back and report to His Highness King Xin. All the sages from the south of the Yangtze River will fully support His Highness. There is still 20,000 taels of silver in the Zhejiang Guild Hall, which His Highness King Xin can use at any time. If there is not enough money, a letter from a certain person will cost ten thousand taels of silver.

Ten thousand taels of silver are no longer out of the question." Qian Qianyi was so arrogant that he had a rich family fortune. Looking at the Ming Dynasty, who else could be the opponent of the Jiangnan plutocrats?

A few years ago, the Jiangnan Chaebol was able to quietly support the current emperor. So today, a few years later, the Jiangnan Chaebol can rely on sufficient financial resources to recreate yesterday again.

"Haha! Thank you very much, Mr. Qian. Your Highness, Prince Xin, will definitely be richly rewarded." Wang Chengen happily handed over his hand, and the financial problems that had troubled Prince Xin's palace for many years were finally completely solved.

No one understands the situation of Prince Xin’s Mansion better than Wang Chengen. The current Prince Xin’s Mansion is really a combination of external affairs and internal affairs. Even Prince Xin’s robes are all patched. The princess did it herself. Inside the huge Prince Xin’s Mansion, only the princess

One person and two concubines. Compared to King Lu who had hundreds of princesses, they were like heaven and earth. Word had spread in the capital that King Xin was a shabby joke.

Daily expenses cost money, and winning people's hearts cost even more money. The sorrow and sadness involved are really not enough to explain to outsiders. Over the years, Wang Cheng'en has suffered from countless rolls of eyes.
Chapter completed!