In the current chaotic situation, it is easy to build a territory, but it is time-consuming and requires patience to manage and consolidate it.

Fortunately, Zhu Ming, who has rich political experience, has various policies formulated by Meng Jiucheng, Mu Yi, Chen Daotong, Hu Chanfang and others who have gradually matured, and more and more scholars have been recruited.

But before leading the army to attack Rizhao County, Meng Jiucheng still gave some advice and explanations to Chen Daotong and others in Foshou Bay.

A slightly salty and wet smell drifted from afar, the sea breeze blew towards us, and the blue sky and white clouds in the distance reflected the endless sea. The white waves kissed the beach, slapped the reefs, and splashed countless water droplets.

The future Lanshan Port is still just a small fishing village, but its geographical location is superior and the port conditions are good. Meng Jiucheng has already planned to start development.

"There are houses and houses to be built there to entertain foreign merchants; there are warehouses as places to stock up on materials; there are trestles there..." Meng Jiucheng pointed at the place one by one according to the drawings, telling, "Everyone knows that the grain shortage will become more and more serious. If we can buy grain from outside, our army can maintain morale and continue to grow, and provide relief to refugees and living people. Therefore, port construction must be stepped up, and foreign merchants must also be treated with generous courtesy..."

"In addition, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat water, establishing salt farms, and expanding ocean fishing are also a way to solve the food shortage. Recruiting ship workers and sailors and building ships must also step up..."

"With the ship, you can open the water access to the base area, and go from Zhonglou Town to Xun River, and you can reach Tianhu. I don't know how fast the personnel and cargo transportation will be..."

"There are a bit nervous now, so you work harder. In normal times, you also need to discover more talents, especially those who are proficient in trade..."

I have said a lot and said a lot. The central idea is to "build ports, recruit foreign merchants, and connect waterways." As for shipbuilding and expanding fishing operations, they can only be small ships. This is the limitation of technology, materials and personnel, and it is not easy to solve it.

Therefore, Meng Jiucheng had to temporarily put aside the grand idea of ​​building a naval commander and spreading across the sea. Even if he had a smooth development in the future and could concentrate on developing a naval commander, his dream would be difficult to realize without seven or eight years or more than ten years.

Zhu Ming praised this very much, and also gave Meng Jiucheng great respect in front of outsiders. He wrote down Meng Jiucheng's explanation one by one, and suggested with a smile: "In the future, the conditions are ripe, I think we can establish a separate agency similar to the Maritime Bureau to specialize in foreign trade."

Meng Jiucheng thought for a moment, immediately agreed, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhu's suggestion is really great. I think we can change the Maritime Administration to be the Customs and formulate rules and regulations for inspection, questioning, extraction, trade and other matters, so that we can know about merchants."

"It's really inappropriate to call the Maritime Bureau." Zhu Ming pondered for a moment and said, "So he used the name given by the general and called it Customs!"

"General, Bei Zhi thinks that can give certain rewards to those who can attract merchants to trade?" A young scribe bowed and said, "Many refugees choose to go south to avoid chaos. If they know that they can get money, they will make efforts to promote or actively attract them."

Meng Jiucheng's eyes lit up, he looked at the young scholar carefully, and said without any concealment of appreciation: "Okay, this method is good. Your name is Liang Wendong, right?"

"Yes, I'm not good at Liang Wendong."

"Well, do it well." Meng Jiucheng nodded vigorously, "I would like to make more suggestions in the future and ask Lord Zhu more advice. His political experience is a valuable asset."

Zhu Ming stroked his beard and smiled, knowing that this was Meng Jiucheng's respect, and he also hoped that he would promote Liang Wendong more.

"Since there is nothing else, I'm leaving." Meng Jiucheng bowed to everyone as a gift. "I've just taken the local area and I'll have to work hard for you to manage and manage it as soon as possible."

Everyone hurriedly returned the gift, watching Meng Jiucheng walk towards his personal soldiers, pick up the reins and start the horse, turn around and wave, and then leave.

"General Meng rose in troubled times, benevolent and loving the people, and he won many battles and never lost. Although he was young, he was thoughtful and good at accepting advice. He was a true hero!" Liang Wendong seemed to be complimenting and sighing, and spoke out.

Zhu Ming nodded and said, "Creating heroes in troubled times will bring luck. When you serve your wholeheartedly today, you will definitely have a good future in the future."

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Why do we help us to serve, why do we follow you? Is it the domineering spirit of time travelers, or do you let them see hope in the future?

Glory, wealth and a bright future! Is this really convincing even if I make a promise?

Leading the brigade, Meng Jiucheng, who was riding on the horse, was talking to his master Wang Zhongfeng, and he was still having some random thoughts.

"General." Han Shouzhong urged the horse from behind, one horse head behind Meng Jiucheng, and said cautiously: "It should be no accident that our army will capture Rizhao County. Later, Bei Zhi felt that he could take advantage of the victory to continue to enter Mizhou (now Zhucheng), or attack Juzhou to the east to expand his strategic space."

Meng Jiucheng smiled, gently whipped his combat boots with a horse whip, and said slowly: "Han Commander, according to you, how will our army deal with itself in the future? Should we continue to develop independently, or join the Red Coat Army, or join the Song Dynasty or Jin?"

Han Shouzhong just paused for a moment and answered, which shows that he had considered these things.

"The decline of the Jin Dynasty was already very obvious, like a leaky boat, which was difficult to last. Who would want to jump on it? The Red Coat Army was in a turbulent manner, and the Song court was weak, and they were afraid that they would not be able to stand it because they were afraid of the Jin Dynasty." Han Shouzhong rejected three at once, but Meng Jiucheng knew that he was right.

Han Shouzhong glanced at Meng Jiucheng's unquestionable appearance and continued: "I think that independent development is the best strategy to observe the changes in the current situation; the middle strategy is to vote for Song and use Song's money and grain to support the army; if you fail to vote for Song and oppose Mongolia, it may be an alternative way?"

Because of the ethnic relations, the rebel army in the Northern Land made it their first choice to join the Song Dynasty. However, in history, the Southern Song court only used it, but did not trust it, divided and disintegrated, controlled money and grain, and attacked each other. In the end, some rebel army was disheartened, such as Shi Gui, Yan Shi and others, and turned to Mongolia.

At that time, people's national concepts were not complete. In the eyes of some people, the purpose of enlisting in Mongolia was to resist Jin, which means to focus on the great cause of anti-Jin.
Chapter completed!