Everything that happens in this world is not accidental, but inevitable in seemingly coincidental. Of course, this necessity may be ignored or taken seriously.

Standing high and looking far. For Meng Jiucheng, who is familiar with history, being able to guess the general trend from some subtle changes is his greatest advantage.

From the Southern Song Dynasty's attitude towards the northerners moving south, he believed that it was unlikely that they would be admitted publicly, but the Southern Song Dynasty would not push him to hostility.

The power of the court and border ministers in charge of fighting should also be effective, and it is more promising to secretly urge them.

There is hope, but I can't rely on it all. Meng Jiucheng knows that he will still rely on himself in the end. It is certain that he will overcome this difficulty, but there are two consequences: success and ups and downs.

After all the arrangements were completed, Meng Jiucheng led his army back and dispatched more than 10,000 troops to Ju, Mi and Hai for food.

There is no way, tens of thousands of troops gathered in the newly occupied land of corruption, and the food had to be transported from other places, which was really a heavier burden.

Meng Jiucheng formed ten thousand troops with the remaining more than 10,000 troops, and went to various places in the newly occupied areas to garrison, assisting the people in reclamation of land and spring farming and restoring production.

The busy time passed quickly, and it was April in a blink of an eye. Relying on savings, we finally settled the newly occupied area.

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The sunlight poured down, the sea breeze blew in, and several sea boats sailed slowly on the flat sea like a mirror.

Meng Jiucheng shook his head with a wry smile, gathered the soldiers who were all in the army, and finally got together a thousand eight-man navy.

It is obviously not the same concept to be able to recognize water and not seasickness, but to adapt to sea storms, it is not something that can be trained in a short period of time.

No matter what, the Red Turban Army had a navy, which already made Meng Jiucheng feel relieved.

The closer you get to the coast, the more fishing boats you see. Some boats are even weird in shape, like two or three or four small boats put together.

That's right, it's just a small boat from inland rivers and lakes that are nailed together with wooden boards to increase stability and wind resistance, and then used as a fishing boat near the coast.

According to historical records: Hao Ding, Huo Yi and Peng Yibin led their troops to defeat Pizhou Kuozi and obtained tens of thousands of ships.

Tens of thousands of ships are not warships. Maybe some are slightly larger, but most of them are small ships in rivers.

Meng Jiucheng, regardless of size, was a ship or a journey. After receiving the news, he sent people to contact Huo Yi and others, exchanged supplies for ships. He took water and used cars to take over land, and transported them back to the base area as many as five or six thousand.

Some ships are priced or rented, sailing and fishing in inland rivers and lakes; the other ships are modified to catch shrimps offshore.

"Records of the Grand Historian" records: "Taigong came to the State of Qi... and traded and industrial industries to benefit fish and salt." During the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong was appointed as the prime minister of Qi and pioneered the "strategy for officials and mountains, governments and seas", "boiled salt with a raft of firewood, and ordered oral food", and traded with neighboring countries with salt, thus becoming prosperous and strong.

Jiaodong belongs to Qi State and is also the earliest production area of ​​salt in China. It has long coastline and many tidal flats. There have been several large salt fields in history, which are particularly famous.

Undoubtedly, the benefits of fish and salt naturally became a great source of wealth for Meng Jiucheng to raise soldiers. The fish and shrimps caught were either dried into dried fish or marinated with salt to facilitate long-term preservation.

In the inland area of ​​the base, dried fish and pickled fish have become the few side dishes for the people, and they are also a type of rice, salt and dried fish carried by the army.

Now, as long as you can’t starve to death, what you can eat is good things. But you won’t be able to peel the bark and eat Guanyin soil. Naturally, wild vegetables are not listed here.

There was a giggle sound from the deck. Meng Jiucheng turned his head and saw the guys who were vomiting in the dark on the sea, and were talking enthusiastically at the young woman on a fishing boat in the distance.

These bastards are about to get ashore and are energetic again. Meng Jiucheng laughed and turned back to the cabin.

Although the so-called navy only looked like a little, the ship was equipped with tiger squat cannons, which was definitely a very sharp weapon at that time.

Money and grain are tight, but Meng Jiucheng continues to maintain an inclination to military production.

The tiger squat cannons, Tianwei cannons, and meteor cannons forged by iron bars are constantly equipped with troops. However, the bronze cannons, due to the material relationship, are compressed and only three cannons are built per month.

Regular troops are gradually eliminating stone throwers and pine cannons and handing them over to the police or militia for use. They even sold the pine cannons to Liu Erzu, Peng Yibin and other rebels.

In this way, while the overall strength did not increase, the combat power of the Red Turban Army was constantly increasing. The Jin army paid a greater price when conquering the rebels.

The military academy called the Martial Arts Hall was also established in Laizhou, and officers in the army were constantly transferred to train here.

Meng Jiucheng is familiar with this method by starting his career as a military academy and establishing his own direct line with a new officer. Successful examples in later generations gave him confidence and inspiration.

Resisting the Jin and Mongolian army will be a long-term process. According to Meng Jiucheng's judgment and estimate, it would be a very satisfactory result to be able to form a real power confrontation with the Mongolian army in three to five years.

Of course, as long as the base area is well built and financial resources are still available, the improvement of industrial capacity can achieve the expected goals, and the future process will be greatly accelerated.

In addition to the martial arts lecture hall, the government affairs school, which is in the academy, has also been established to start cultivating civilian officials so that the policies and regulations he formulated can be effectively implemented in the governance of the local government.

In other words, he is trying to quietly change the traditional method of selecting officials in the imperial examinations and strive to make the bureaucracy reach the most streamlined level.

Time did not make Meng Jiucheng feel plenty of time. In addition to facing the pressure of the Jin army, there was also the Mongolian army that was not far from the confrontation.

Relatively speaking, dealing with the Jin army is no longer the main problem. The Mongolian army that traverses the Eurasian continent has always been Meng Jiucheng's heart disease.

Therefore, Meng Jiucheng is now working hard to develop while trying his best to expand the situation, so that people can get used to and adapt to the policies and models he has implemented, and accumulate the overall strength to fight against the Mongolian army.

Of course, establishing authoritarianism, cultivating direct descendants, winning people's hearts, controlling the power of money and grain, etc. are also the means of being implemented to deal with it.

Although I feel the urgency of time and the pressure and obstacles in the future, Meng Jiucheng is not very pessimistic. Moreover, pessimism is useless. The enemy will not let you go because you are afraid of fear, unless you surrender.

Of course, Meng Jiucheng would definitely not have the spirit and awareness of sacrificing one's life to seek righteousness and keeping his name in history.

Although Meng Jiucheng could not do this kind of thought and enlightenment, he admired him so much that he was full of admiration.

"The power of... can and will produce happiness, peace and good feelings... There is only one way to reach the other side of happiness, which is to transcend all morally neutral values."

Apart from religion, human nature cannot be transcended and transcended. The world of the world in war is full of traps and pits, and the destruction of the body and spiritual transcendence are the best touchstones for testing courage and morality.

Death is inescapable for everyone. The fearless sacrifice and desire for death become the glorious nirvana of the eternal. The obedience of greed for life becomes the evil calamity of the treacherous people and traitors.

It can be imagined that all the heroes and martyrs and the saints who have been preserved in history have a noble state of mercy on their deathbed.

In the face of death, they felt the sorrow of surviving compatriots, enemies, and treacherous people, and looked down at the foul-headedness of all living beings. That is a state of mind that transcends human duality.

All suffering and torture, all the blades and cannon stones that whistle upon them, become so pale and powerless in the face of this great spirit that transcends the world. The greatness of the spirit transcends the subtle intelligence of living and survival.

Therefore, the martyrs who resisted national slavery at the end of each dynasty, whether from the Southern Song Dynasty or the late Ming Dynasty, will forever become the immortal glory of our Chinese nation.

It is precisely because of their existence that the Chinese country was temporarily divided, the bruises and wounds caused by stagnation, and even the regime's disintegration for a while can heal the wounds under the powerful national spiritual power.

Therefore, Meng Jiucheng thought he could not take death as if he was ready to die, but admired those patriots and proved them with practical actions. Moreover, he hoped that others could use this as an example to emerge more heroes and martyrs like that.

When the money and food were tight, Meng Jiucheng still used funds to build the Yue Temple and vigorously promoted the heroic deeds of King Yue through the government.

You should know that at that time, it did not take long for King Yue to be rehabilitated. To be precise, it was only more than 30 years before that, Han Tuozhou was a means of public opinion preparation for the northward attack on Jin.

However, it was only ten years since Chongyue and demoted Qin.

In the second year of Kaixi (1206), Ningzong and Han Tuzhou removed Qin Hui's title and changed the posthumous title to Miao Chou, which was very satisfying.

However, in the first year of Jiading (1208), Shi Miyuan actually took power, and restored Qin Hui's title of King Shen and Zhongxian's posthumous title, and actively pursued the policy of surrendering to Jin and begging for peace.

In other words, when building Yue Temple, Chong Yue King, Meng Jiucheng went further than the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty. It was just that he had requests for the Southern Song Dynasty, Meng Jiucheng did not place Qin Hui, Wang and other iron men in the temple.

From material to spirituality, Meng Jiucheng is trying hard to prepare, waiting for next year when Song Jin tear off his face and fight.

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After abandoning the boat and landing, Meng Jiucheng transferred to war horses and returned to Laizhou under the protection of his personal guards.

Although Meng Jiucheng liked Yantai, Yantai had no name at that time, and there was no city. In history, it was not until the Ming Dynasty that in order to prevent Japanese pirates, the Langyandun platform was set up in Yantai Mountain today.

Although the work of building a port and a city has begun, it will take at least several months to complete.

Without saying a word all the way, Meng Jiucheng entered Laizhou and returned to the mansion. Yang Miaozhen had already received a notice and brought people to welcome him at the door of the mansion.

After entering the mansion to change clothes and wash, Yang Miaozhen advised again: "Menglang is full of safety and safety of the military and civilians in the state, so he should not enter the sea easily in the future."

"What my wife said is extremely right, extremely right." Meng Jiucheng agreed with a smile, but it was obviously perfunctory.

Yang Miaozhen was a little helpless, but she stopped talking and said, "Ji first came back from Song Dynasty and brought Liu You's letters. She has been waiting for you for two days."

"Is there any news from the Song Dynasty?" Meng Jiucheng pondered for a moment, wondering what the result would be, and said, "Send someone to call him to see him, I think I'd know the result before."

Yang Miaozhen asked someone to summon Jixian and turned around and said, "The Song Dynasty is more peaceful and does not want to make progress. I may not rely on it for a long time. Meng Lang's thoughts are clear, but I should be more careful and never lose my big things because of the small."

Meng Jiucheng knew that Yang Miaozhen had never had a good impression of the Southern Song Dynasty. Another reason was that he did not want to be bound by anyone, and always wanted to become king and be free.

"Don't worry, madam, I will not be tempted by any official position and title." Meng Jiucheng smiled and patted his wife's arm, saying, "But we are not strong enough. Among the three families of Song, Meng and Jin, we always have to find a nominal support. If it is too much, I'm afraid the congregation will be surrounded by enemies and will not be able to live in peace!"

Yang Miaozhen nodded and said, "I admire Menglang's eyes. I say this too much, but I'm still worried if I don't say it."

"You and my husband, what are the extra things?" Meng Jiucheng pulled his wife's hand, stroked her, and said, "Just say whatever you should think in your heart. Who can care about it if you say it's good or bad?"

Yang Miaozhen smiled with her lips, gently pulled her hand back, and said, "Ji Xian is afraid that it will be coming soon. I will go to the back, arrange some wine and food to welcome Menglang."

"What's the point of summoning him with me?" Meng Jiucheng wanted to keep him, but Yang Miaozhen refused to rely on him and turned around.

Meng Jiucheng drank tea and looked through the documents on the table. Some of them were actually written by Yang Miaozhen, and his writing made great progress.

Meng Jiucheng also read several other documents, which were not important. There was only one letter from Li Siwen, which aroused his interest slightly.

As for Pusan ​​Anzhen's attack on Liu Erzu, Meng Jiucheng did not send troops to help except provide support in terms of weapons and materials.

First, there was Huang Zhua Luda and the Helian Army defending the defense in Qingzhou. The Red Turban Army lacked supplies and had to digest the newly occupied areas, making it difficult to launch again. Secondly, Liu Erzu did not invite the Red Turban Army to help the battle, and it was very inappropriate for Meng Jiucheng to lead his troops into other people's territory.

Obviously, Liu Erzu was quite confident at the beginning of the war. He mobilized Peng Yibin, Shi Si, Shi Qing, Hao Ding and other rebel armies, and indeed far surpassed the Jin army in terms of force.

At the same time, with weapons supported by Meng Jiucheng, and the foundations of easy defense and difficult attack by Jumeng Sigu, Maershan, Damoyu, etc., Liu Erzu felt that it was not surprising that he could resist the Jin army.

In this letter written a month ago, Li Siwen revealed the preparations for Liu Erzu's troops. Judging from his tone, he did not think he would lose.

Of course, Li Siwen would not say anything sensitive in ordinary greeting letters.

After reading the letter, Meng Jiucheng frowned and thought for a long time, thinking that Liu Erzu might not be defeated. After all, history has changed, and the rebel army under Liu Erzu's troops has changed.

In fact, the victory or defeat of Liu Erzu has little impact on the Red Turban Army. Through the Yimeng Mountains, the Jin army does not have the supplies for long-term combat, so the possibility of taking advantage of the victory to attack the Red Turban Army is very small.

Besides, it’s still the same old problem, cutting the grass cannot eliminate the root cause.

Liu Erzu was defeated, and Huo Yi raised the banner again, which seemed to be even stronger.

After Huo Yi was defeated, Hao Ding emerged again, conquered cities and land, and even became emperor.

The wildfire cannot be burned, and the spring breeze will grow again! Meng Jiucheng suddenly thought of a poem, which is really appropriate.
Chapter completed!