Shang Yi's distribution was that gold and silver and a small number of craftsmen took the sea road, while most of the other craftsmen took the dry road. In the army, the Second Regiment would take the sea road by boat, and the Fourth Regiment and the New Regiment protected craftsmen took the dry road, and entered Shandong through Cangzhou and then arrived in Dengzhou.

There are now more than 80 warships by the sea of ​​Dagu, including twenty 400-four-fuge ships and two 1,000-four-fuge ships, which are prepared to transport gold and silver goods. The cargo capacity of the 400-four-fuge ships is about one hundred tons, and the cargo capacity of the 1,000-four-fuge ships is about two hundred tons. The 70 million taels of gold and silver are about two thousand tons. Therefore, Shang Yi also decided that the two thousand-ton-class sailing ships, the Galaxy and the Sea Rose, each carried 250 tons of gold and silver, the two 1,000-four-fuge ships each carried 200 tons of gold and silver, and the remaining more than 1,600 tons of gold and silver were carried by the remaining twenty 400-four-fuge ships. At the same time, the other warships carried more than 4,000 craftsmen and their families.

The remaining ones were more than 10,000 craftsmen and their families. However, after the gold and silver were loaded, more than 4,000 cars and more than 10,000 donkeys and horses were freed up. Therefore, it is basically guaranteed that most craftsmen can take cars or ride horses to travel, so the itinerary will be much faster. It is expected that they can enter Shandong in about five days, and they can reach Dengzhou in almost ten days.

In this way, not only the people, but also the donkeys and horses brought from Beijing can arrive in Shandong smoothly, because donkeys and horses are also very valuable resources. If you can take them back to Dengzhou, try to bring them back to Dengzhou.

Zhao Yue, the commander of Tianjianwei, also decided to lead the army to the south with the merchant army and join the merchant army. Shang Yi also welcomed this and organized them into the land line.

The dispatch of military personnel was decided to load all the gold, silver and copper cannons on April 27, and the troops rested in Tianjin Wei for a day. Early on April 28, the Dinglu team took the lead and headed south along the canal and headed towards Cangzhou. After they all set off, Shang Yi also brought the others to Dagukou to board the ship and set sail.

Although Shang Yi was not many people along the way, Zhu Meiyu, Zhu Meijie, Wang Dehua, Li Yan and his wife, Tang Ruowang and others were all the same as him, and it was better for the others to arrive, but it was the first time that Li Yan and his wife went out to sea on a boat. After seeing two big boats like hills, they were all amazed. After the ship, Li Yan was also looking around, curious about everything.

Of course, taking a boat is much more comfortable than walking. In front of everyone, Zhu Meiyu still maintained the reserve of the princess and did not leave the room without any trouble. Yalisandra returned to her ship to command. Therefore, after setting sail, Shang Yi did not do much, so he chatted with Li Yan and his wife or Johnson Chan. After heading north to the Dashun army, he quelled the rebellion in Zhejiang, defeated the Spanish Expeditionary Force, seized a large number of warships, and then entered Taiwan, expelled the Spanish, and other things. He told them all, of course, he also intended to show off the achievements of the merchant army.

Although Li Yan has a complete set of literary and martial arts, he is generally a traditional intellectual. His understanding of overseas affairs is limited to the story of the eunuch of Sanbao voyage to the West. He did not expect that there were so many colorful worlds. Therefore, he was also fascinated by the giant ship he was riding on now was actually taken by Shang Yi from foreigners, and he was also more respectful to the achievements of the merchant army. On the other hand, talking to Johnson Chan also opened up a lot of insights, and at the same time he also felt that joining Shang Yi might be the right choice.

However, Li Yan had committed rebellion and almost changed the dynasty, and the people who had almost changed their dynasties had long given up on the Ming Dynasty. Since he had defected to Shang Yi, he naturally hoped that Shang Yi could become the king, rather than be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and he could also be a founding member. Moreover, he had also seen the combat effectiveness of the strong defense of the Shang army. Since Li Zicheng could do it, Shang Yi would definitely be able to do it, so he also intended to test Shang Yi with words. However, Shang Yi either smiled and did not answer these words, or looked at the others. However, although Shang Yi did not have a clear answer, he did not prohibit Li Yan.

When the merchant army set out from Dengzhou, it only took two and a half days, but the load was obviously too high when returning. Therefore, it set off on April 28th and arrived in Dengzhou until the afternoon of May 1st.

Shandong Governor Zeng Hualong, governor Meng Honggong, and generals of the merchant army such as Tangzhen were also waiting for Shang Yi's return at the wharf. Shang Yi also decided to stay in Dengzhou for one day to arrange military defense in Shandong.

After learning that Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and led the Qing army into the pass, Zeng Hualong and Meng Honggong were also shocked. They also knew that a great war was about to come. It would be better for Meng Honggong to be there because he married Yang Wucheng, the general of the Merchant Army, and he was also a member of the Merchant Army. He had a little confidence in his heart, but Zeng Hualong was worried because once the Qing army occupied Beijing, Shandong would be the first to be the brunt. As the governor of Shandong, he was really like a stove.

However, Shang Yi immediately invited Zeng Hualong and Meng Honggong to go south with him, on the grounds that he was escorting the jade seal to Nanjing. This move hit the two of them, and he was Zeng Hualong and didn't want to stay in Dengzhou at all. Shang Yi happened to give him the best excuse. Therefore, he agreed happily.

In fact, Shang Yi’s real purpose was to provide Zeng Hualong with him, and the merchant army took over Dengzhou in full, making it much more convenient to do things.

However, in the past two months, Tang Town has also done a lot of preliminary preparations. With the support of Zeng Hualong, he recruited troops from the three garrisons in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou. After selection, he reorganized more than 6,000 people and was training. In addition, he mobilized ships from each coastal garrison, with a total of more than 100 ships, of which more than 30 were more than 400 quarantine ships. The personnel transferred from Muling Pass were also placed, and various craftsmen workshops were established in Dengzhou to start producing muskets and cannons.

Shang Yi was also very satisfied with the work of Tang Town. First and second regiments were ordered to start reorganizing and reorganizing immediately, and then divided into two regiments. Tong Dayong and Shen Yunying led a regiment back to Muling Pass and formed the Muling Pass independent regiment with a new battalion left behind Muling Pass. After the other regiment and other land personnel returned, they merged with the other two new regiments to become the Second Division of the Shangjia Army. Zhou Shaohuan appeared in division commander, Tang Town served as chief of staff, Bao Tonggang served as deputy division commander, and began to build fortifications in Dengzhou, train and select new troops, and prepare to resist the attack of the Qing army.

Half of the craftsmen and chariots brought back from Beijing will be left behind, and the rest will be sent to Hangzhou, and will be escorted by the Fourth Regiment and the Cavalry Battalion, because they are also considered the army of Hangzhou. Dengzhou will not be stationed in the navy for the time being, only twenty transport ships and two flying scissors. At the same time, Shang Yi will leave another two million taels of silver as funds for the Shandong War Zone.

At the same time, Shang Yi made two regulations on them: First, the scope of activities of the merchant army is only allowed to be within the three prefectures of Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, and it is not allowed to exceed this siege. Second, other cities are not allowed to occupy other cities except Dengzhou and Mulingguan.

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On the first day of May, in Shangyi's residence in Suzhou.

Chen Yuanyuan hurried into the inner house and said to Lin Fengwu, who was sitting in front of the desk to settle accounts, "Miss Lin, my master has a letter."

Lin Fengwu quickly put down his pen and looked up and said, "Is that so? Sister Chen, what did the lord say? When will he come back?"

Chen Yuanyuan smiled and said, "It's almost done. Now I'm on the way back. Now I've been to Dengzhou. In another five or six days, I'll be able to arrive in Hangzhou."

Lin Fengwu heard this and sneered for a moment, saying, "Sister Chen, you couple haven't seen each other for more than two months. Since Lord Shang is back, you can go back to Hangzhou for a few days. Anyway, everything is normal here now. Even if you are not there for a few days, we can handle it."

Chen Yuanyuan shook her head and said, "No, I can't go back yet, because the lord told me in the letter that we can start to act."

After hearing this, Lin Fengwu was immediately excited and said, "Is that so good? That's great. I've been waiting for this day. This time, Longxingtang should be asked to compensate us for our greatness. I will go to find my brother immediately and ask him to make arrangements." After a pause, Lin Fengwu said, "But my brother's identity is low, so you still need Sister Chen to come forward to be convincing."

Chen Yuanyuan smiled and said, "I can't do this. When I talk about business, I will have a headache. So what can I do? Why don't Miss Lin go with me? Then you come and tell them, "Where is me! Just listen to it."

Lin Fengwu also smiled and said, "It's okay for me to accompany Sister Chen, but everyone knows that my sister is Lord Shang's wife and concubine. If I come forward, what's that?"

Chen Yuanyuan said: "What's the matter? Then I'll say that you are also the newly-appointed wife of our adults. Wouldn't it be enough?"

Lin Fengwu was stunned for a moment, her cheeks were flushed, and she said, "Sister Chen, how can you talk nonsense about such jokes? If you say this again, I will be annoyed."

Chen Yuanyuan pressed her hand and said, "I didn't say anything. The lady said in the letter. In fact, my adults have long been interested in Miss Lin. As long as Miss Lin does not object, after returning to Hangzhou this time, the adults will immediately propose marriage to Mr. Lin."

Lin Fengwu then realized that this time was not a joke. Although she had been in love with Shang Yi for a long time, when this moment really came, she couldn't help but feel as if it was a deer. Zhang Yuyan had already been blushing with shame, lowered her head, and said for a while: "Sister Chen, are you talking about it true?"

Chen Yuanyuan smiled and said, "Of course it's true, but my elders also said that because he has a wife in three bedrooms, I'm afraid he will compromise you, so Miss Lin must be willing to do so. If you don't care, then you will never force Miss Lin."
Chapter completed!