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Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, it's already mid-April.

The weather has gradually begun to warm up, and the frozen solid ground beneath our feet has begun to melt, making everything look a little muddy.

But the faint green grass seedlings and the delicate buds of the branches and leaves have begun to show their heads.

The real spring is coming.

After these ten days of busy work, Li Yuanqing and the Ming army had basically finished the finishing work in North Korea.

With Li Yuanqing's food and salary in place, Li Jie also officially made the affairs of Jeju Island public.

This incident instantly caused great fluctuations in North Korea, but the apparent scale of three million taels of silver is by no means small.

Although Li Zhu would definitely not be able to get this money, it would not be too difficult to use it to persuade the ministers in the court.

Coupled with Li Jue and Jin Zidian's "waving the flag and shouting" after returning to North Korea, the situation has basically stabilized.

In particular, Jin Zidian wrote a brilliant memorial in his own hand, selling Li Jian to Jeju Island in exchange for "three million taels of silver".

The wise monarch made the most correct decision.

The article is erudite and references the present, degrading Jeju Island, a deserted island that no one would hesitate to poop on, as worthless. The king's ability to sell this island to the Ming army is simply comparable to the achievements of "Dayu's flood control".

~The leadership of the rare king Li Zhu has finally led to a new glory far beyond that of the ancients.

As soon as this article came out, it instantly detonated public opinion throughout North Korea.

Some people just wanted to cut the traitor Jin Zidian alive and share his flesh with everyone.

But these people are mostly poor young scholars. Although they have a heart to serve the country, it is a pity that the country can hardly provide them with opportunities...

And Jin Zidian was the core of the Western People's Party, which was at its peak in North Korea at this time, and had Li Yuanqing's strong support. How could these scholars be his opponents?

There is a saying, 'If you tell a lie a hundred times, it's likely to become the truth.'

Soon, under the influence of a certain deliberate trend, the voices praising Li Yang suppressed the dissatisfaction, and the situation in North Korea gradually began to return to normal.

However, when Li Yuanqing saw Jin Zidian's article for the first time, he was stunned for a long time before he recovered.

have to say.

The most humble person is invincible!

Although a person like Jin Zidian is an inexperienced white-eyed wolf and his face is thicker than a city wall, at some points, he is really better than lubricants...

Of course, the premise is that the dog leash around his neck must be tied tightly.

With the momentum of Jeju Island and Jin Zidian, the transactions between North and North Korean women seem to be much more low-key.

In the western suburbs of Seoul, Li Zhu delivered a total of 50,000 North Korean women aged ten to thirty to Li Yuanqing in three batches.

After these North Korean women underwent a simple physical examination and took a bath, they were 'loaded on a ship' and began to be transported to Changsheng Island in batches.

Li Yuanqing also promised Li Zhu face to face that the Ming army would completely withdraw its troops from North Korea within five days.

This also made Li Zhu breathe a sigh of relief! Finally, Li Yuanqing, the living king of hell, was sent away...

It is worth mentioning that Meng Qingzhu's selection of North Korean apprentice female guards went very smoothly. They were very helpful during this physical examination.

In order to commend Meng Qingzhu for her achievements, and also to bring the two of them closer together, Li Yuanqing promoted her to the position of Deputy Chief Qian of the Changsheng Camp Female Guards, which was nominally the highest military position for the Changsheng Camp Female Guards.

Meng Qingzhu was actually very satisfied with this and wrote a letter to Li Yuanqing to express his gratitude.

Li Yuanqing was immediately flattered by this, and hurriedly carefully collected Meng Qingzhu's autographed letter...

However, the news is not all good news.

On April 19, just as Li Yuanqing rushed to the seaside fleet and was about to leave North Korea the next day, Mao Wenlong, who was far away in Anzhou, sent a close soldier to deliver a letter to Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing was on the boat and in his comfortable bedroom, watching the letter being quickly burned to ashes by the candlelight, Li Yuanqing's brows furrowed tightly.

The thing he least wanted to see happened.

Although the Ming army won a great victory in Korea this time, the imperial court was very dissatisfied with Li Yuanqing's actions in Korea.

There are even rumors that the little emperor Tianqi got angry in the middle of the night and smashed a tea cup on Eunuch Wei's forehead, causing a three-inch long gash in Eunuch Wei's forehead.

Not long after, a soldier outside the door reported: "General, Marshal Chen is here."

Li Yuanqing squeezed Yintang tiredly and said, "Please come in, Marshal Chen!"

"yes!"

After a while, Chen Zhong walked into the room with a big smile and said with a smile: "Yuan Qing, Jin Zidian, this bastard just insisted on giving me a few women, but I didn't want any of them. This bastard, he really stepped on his nose.

I want to show off. But, Yuan Qing, I did find out something..."

As he spoke, Chen Zhong hurriedly whispered a few words into Li Yuanqing's ear.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "Brother, this is a good thing. You tell Pu Lie to send his two sisters to Changsheng Island to study. It just so happens that there is still a shortage of female guards."

Chen Zhong couldn't help but laugh, and immediately understood what Li Yuanqing meant: "Yuanqing, the relationship is good. Anyway~~, they are still young, so let's take care of them first."

Seeing Chen Zhong's happy appearance, Li Yuanqing felt a lot more relaxed.

No matter how angry the little emperor of Tianqi is, Eunuch Wei is still in charge of everything.

He has sown the cause himself, and it is up to him to take care of the consequences.

Unless Wei Eunuch can kill Huang Liji and admit this mistake to the young emperor Tianqi, there may be room for relaxation between him and Li Yuanqing.

However, this is basically unrealistic.

Even if Eunuch Wei was depressed, he still had to lose his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

Smiling, he threw a cigar to Chen Zhong and lit one himself. Li Yuanqing smiled and said: "Brother, let's not mention these nasty things for now. It's already the spring plowing season, so let's ignore other things. But

Spring plowing is a top priority! Especially this year’s sweet potato planting, we can’t be careless in the slightest!”

Food is the most important thing for the people.

For a farming society like the Ming Dynasty, agriculture was the lifeline of everything.

At this time, although Li Yuanqing's fleet was extremely developed, it was still too naive to think of using trade to solve the food ration problem for the population under his rule, which now exceeded 300,000 and was close to 400,000.

The main reason is that the productivity of agriculture is generally low now. Even if you have money, it is difficult to find a place to buy food.

In the Ming Dynasty, Huguang and Jiangnan produced grain.

But at this time, there were very few people growing food in the Jiangnan area. Most people began to plant cash crops such as mulberry trees and tea. The name of Jiangnan Granary had long since ceased to live up to its name.

Huguang became the last large-scale grain-producing area in the Ming Dynasty.

However, the food in Huguang is controlled by the powerful local gentry. It is too far away from Liaodi and cannot be transported by sea. The cost of transporting it to Changsheng Island and Liaonan is much higher.

, and it’s easy to offend people.

Because at this time, the big grain merchants of the Ming Dynasty were doing business that was even more profitable than the drugs of later generations...

Li Yuanqing has become somewhat of a "target of public criticism" at this time, so naturally he will not provoke these nasty things again.

According to the seasons in Liaoning, crops such as wheat and corn usually have to be planted in July, August, August and September, and they must be planted in fertile and good land.

But sweet potatoes are not so particular. They can be grown on good or bad land. They are not so valuable when stored. They are now the staple food of the people in Liao. As long as they are slightly mixed with wheat and corn and ground into flour, they are more delicious than white flour.

.

Of course Chen Zhong understood what Li Yuanqing meant and nodded heavily: "Yuanqing, don't worry! After I go back, I will personally keep an eye on the spring plowing on Guanglu Island. But there are still these female relatives on Changsheng Island and Liaonan.

You guys, you have to worry more."

At this point, Chen Zhong's Guanglu Island Department, although nominally still independent of the Changsheng Camp, was actually fully compatible with the Changsheng Camp.

All the output and income of Chen Zhong and Guanglu Island need to go through the process of Li Yuanqing Changsheng Island first.

Li Yuanqing smiled: "Brother, if brothers work together, they can defeat gold! We don't care about the court, and we can't do it. But in Liaonan, we must deal with it!"

Chen Zhong laughed loudly: "Don't worry, Yuan Qing! We are getting stronger and stronger now!"

Chen Zhong said, then he remembered the important thing he came to see Li Yuanqing for, and said hurriedly: "By the way, Yuan Qing, what are you going to do with Lao Zhang and Liangzi?"

Li Yuanqing took a deep breath from the cigarette butt, slowly exhaled a puff of thick smoke, and said with a smile: "Brother, let Zhang Pan go to Hongzui Fort, and let Chen Liangce go to Jiifu Fort. I will give each of them three hundred cattle.

, half a year’s food and salary, let them do the rest by themselves!”

Guifu Fort and Hongzui Fort are both large forts on the east coast of southern Liaoning. Although they have been abandoned for many years, the terrain and land are very good.

Although Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong controlled the entire southern Liaoning at this time, the territory of southern Liaoning was too vast after all.

The shortage of manpower in the two divisions has caused the large fortress areas in the eastern frontier such as Guifu Fort, including Hongzui Fort, Xiaojia Guam, and Huanggudao Fort, to be basically idle.

Zhang Pan and Chen Liangce are just the right people to do this 'coolie' job.

Chen Zhong immediately understood what Li Yuanqing meant and couldn't help laughing, "Yuan Qing, if Lao Zhang and Liangzi knew about this, they would be extremely happy! They have been looking forward to this day for who knows how many years.

ah!"

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To be continued...