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The secretary has something to do, it’s okay...

Li Yuanqing finally understood why some people in later generations said that the office is the best hotbed of privacy.

This is indeed the simplest and most convenient way to relieve stress and relax your body and mind.

However, Nian'er was already Li Yuanqing's forbidden love, and Li Yuanqing was not in a hurry to offend the beauty at this moment.

Done.

Nian'er carefully cleaned up Li Yuanqing, her little face was bright red and moist, she dared to look, but she didn't dare to look into Li Yuanqing's eyes.

Li Yuanqing played with her little hand, glanced at the slightly rough red marks left on her snow-white skin, and suddenly said with a smile: "Nian'er, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will go on a long trip. You can go and accompany me."

Nian'er couldn't help but be overjoyed and hurriedly said respectfully: "Master, I am willing to serve you for the rest of my life."

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "My little mouth is quite sweet. Do it well."

"Yes, Master." Nian'er was both shy and happy, her big eyes full of expectations for the future.

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After resting on the island for another two days, I spent most of the day watching the artillery test firing, and inspected several cultivated fields and salt fields.

By this time, it was already late August, and Burhang Guhe's victory documents had been sent to the capital.

On the morning of August 21, Li Yuanqing took several fast ships and headed straight for western Liaoning, escorted by two Spanish sailboats.

At this time, although Sun Chengzong was nominally the manager of Liaodong and commanded the war in Liaodong, in fact, most of his attention was on western Liaoning, whether it was Qiantun, Ningyuan or Jinzhou.

He gathered a lot of hard work.

As for Li Yuanqing's Liaonan and Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang, because food and wages did not go through western Liaoning, Li Yuanqing's Liaonan went through Tianjin Li Banghua, and Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang went through Denglai Yuan Keli.

This left Sun Chengzong without direct leadership over Liaonan and Dongjiang in a practical sense.

Li Yuanqing still maintained enough respect for Sun Chengzong because of many previous factors. However, Dongjiang Mao Wenlong's side has basically bypassed Liaoxi and directly communicated with the court in one way.

Regarding this, Li Yuanqing had some doubts.

He couldn't say much about many things, but one thing was very clear. The grievances between Mao Wenlong and the civil servant group in western Liaoning were far from over.

Although Li Yuanqing was in the limelight at this time, he did not want to be involved too much in this. Lao Sun was the one he needed to pay his respects to first.

On the other hand, because of his friendship with Man Gui, Li Yuanqing also wanted to have a good chat with Man Gui to see if his Mongolian eldest brother would be interested in participating in the affairs of Liaonan Commercial Bank.

"The Duke of Zhou is afraid of the day of rumors, but Wang Mang is humble and does not usurp the time!"

He, Li Yuanqing, is not a saint. He cares more about his own safety than anyone else. He has no choice but to take precautions for many things.

In late August, the storm season in Liaohai Sea has passed, the sea is calm and the scenery is pleasant.

On the bow of the ship, Li Yuanqing, dressed in a bright red first-class official robe, stood facing the wind and looked at the magnificent scenery on the Liaohai Sea.

Just as Taizu said, 'The country is so beautiful that countless heroes are bowing to it.'

Although Li Yuanqing is not a hero, at this time, to a large extent, he already has the energy to influence this century-old orthodox empire.

The Spanish sailboat was very fast, galloping ahead, spreading out on both sides, like the wings of the fleet, stirring up two waves of rolling water behind it, adding a lot of color to the calm sea.

In the distance, occasionally a group of seagulls spread their wings and fly over, chirping happily, as if they are the real masters of this magnificent sea.

Li Yuanqing was also in a very happy mood.

As the saying goes, "If you are happy in life, you must have all the joy, and don't let the golden bottle stand empty against the moon."

All the momentum of Changsheng Island is very good, and it is on the right track. Li Yuanqing must use all his strength to maintain this state, so that Changsheng Island, including his sons and people, can move towards a more correct path.

Move forward on the track.

Even though there were many things that he couldn't help himself, Li Yuanqing had no choice but to act with his sword straight.

Not far away, Nian'er was wearing a loose mandarin duck jacket, sitting on a small wooden stool, staring blankly at the tall figure of Li Yuanqing in front of him, and snickering softly from time to time.

The night she boarded the ship yesterday, she finally got her wish and received the gift of rain and dew from Li Yuanqing, which made her mood extremely bright.

In fact, from the time she became sensible, she received such a brainwashing education under Yang Jiao's mother, with the ultimate goal of being able to serve Li Yuanqing.

Nian'er clearly remembered that Yang Jiao's mother had made it clear to her that she could not become an oiran because Li Yuanqing had looked at her a few times at the slave market in the Jiaofang Division of the Capital.

Nian'er felt a little aggrieved at first. After all, it is every girl's dream to join this industry, become an oiran, and attract everyone's attention.

But slowly, she suddenly discovered that the sisters around her looked at her with even more envy than they looked at the future oiran Li Liuli.

As she grew older, became more sensible, and understood the affairs of the world, she also understood that she was the luckiest one, because she had already been imprinted with Li Yuanqing's imprint.

Especially in the past few years, Li Yuanqing won consecutive battles in Liao Dynasty, which made him famous and powerful in the Ming Dynasty.

Nian'er felt this glory more and more.

Fortunately, her road, although there were some twists and turns, was extremely smooth. Within a few days of arriving on the island, she was promoted to study girl, and then...

Thinking of Li Yuanqing's extreme tenderness last night, Nian'er's eyes became more and more moist.

She knew very well that with her status, it was impossible for her to become Li Yuanqing's official wife, not even for the famous girl Wan'er.

But she was able to move up step by step, just like Miss Wan'er, who became Li Yuanqing's most beloved concubine.

At this time, Li Yuanqing walked to her side with a smile and said with a gentle smile: "The sea is windy, why don't you go to the cabin to rest?"

Nian'er's pretty face turned red, "General, this is the first time I've really seen the sea. I want to take a good look."

When they came to Changsheng Island before, they had no time to appreciate this beautiful scenery because they were worried about their future and fate.

But at this time, she had achieved her wish. With the man beside her, she naturally had more time and energy.

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "That's fine. It's neither cold nor hot at this time. It's the right time. It's also my fault that I'm too busy. Later, when the Tartars are pacified and the world is at peace, I will bring you here whenever you want to go out and play."

"General, is it true?" Nian'er's big eyes couldn't help but light up.

Li Yuanqing smiled and grabbed her weak, boneless hand, "Of course it's true. This day should not be far away."

Nian'er was stunned for a moment, her big eyes filled with hopeful joy.

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Changsheng Island is very close to Qiantun, almost directly opposite the shore.

In the evening, Li Yuanqing and his party arrived at the shore. The soldiers took the horses off the boat. Li Yuanqing hugged Nian'er on his horse, and the group flew straight to Qiantun.

With Li Yuanqing's status at this time, he also held an absolutely high position in Guan Ning's army.

Even though the leader of the Guan Ning Army, Zhao Ledjiao, was also the commander-in-chief at this time, he had less than 5,000 soldiers under his command, and he was in a tight spot. His status was not the same as that of Li Yuanqing.

Not to mention, apart from regaining Qiantun and building Ningyuan City, Zhao Lijiao had no other significant achievements at all.

When they arrived at Qiantun and their names were announced, how could the soldiers on duty dare to stop them? They were quickly released, and Li Yuanqing and his party went directly to the city.

Because Nian'er was accompanying him, Li Yuanqing did not choose to stay in a posthouse, but chose the largest and best inn.

A group of fifty or sixty people settled down and basically booked the inn.

Niu Gensheng didn't even have time to eat, so he hurriedly went to the government office to pay his respects. Fortunately, Sun Chengzong had just returned from Ningyuan and had not returned to Shanhaiguan station yet. He was resting in Qiantun.

After a simple dinner, Li Yuanqing went straight to the official hall to meet Sun Chengzong.

With those thousand horses and ten thousand taels of silver clearing the way, Sun Chengzong couldn't hide his smile as soon as he saw Li Yuanqing, "Yuan Qing, are you here? Sit down quickly. Come and serve some good tea."

Li Yuanqing bowed respectfully to Sun Chengzong, then carefully sat aside.

Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "Yuan Qing, are you done with things on the island? I thought it would be a few days before you could come see me."

Li Yuanqing hurriedly smiled and said: "Mr. Ge, it's all about the same. It's all trivial government affairs. Fortunately, in the second half of last year and the first half of this year, there was no war in southern Liaoning, and there wasn't much military affairs here in the humble position. On the contrary, Marshal Mao

The situation on the eastern front is a bit worrying."

Sun Chengzong nodded, and after a moment, he smiled and said: "This year, our Ming Dynasty is in Liao, and the western front has been stabilized. Your Liaonan central front is also in a good situation. Mao Wenlong is also good on the eastern front. The old slave can't find any loopholes, so he can only

It’s hard work.”

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile.

It can be seen that Lao Sun is quite satisfied with the scale of Liaoxi's defense and quite confident.

To a large extent, Li Yuanqing did not agree with the city-building defense strategy of Sun Chengzong, including those in Liaoxi. After all, it was time-consuming, laborious and expensive, and the effect was not necessarily very good.

However, things in western Liaoning are more complicated than those in Dongjiang. Even Sun Chengzong cannot have absolute control over all the ministries under his command.

Li Yuanqing was naturally helpless and could only watch the fire from the other side and keep his distance.

The two chatted for a while, and then Sun Chengzong went directly to the topic and asked Li Yuanqing about the battle situation during his trip to the North.

Li Yuanqing did not have many reservations and simply reported to Lao Sun the status of his trip to the north. Of course, he tried his best to reduce some of the battle achievements and did not mention the silver coins captured.

Sun Chengzong was also well aware of this kind of thing.

Li Yuanqing spent such a high price to facilitate this matter. I wonder who in the Ming Dynasty can do it at this time?

Naturally, he acquiesced to these benefits.

"Mr. Ge, it can be said that the current situation in the North is already chaotic. Hou Jin's dominance in the river basin is far from as strong as we imagined. It's a pity that the situation is limited. Otherwise, I really want to stay in this position.

Stay there for a year!"

Sun Chengzong couldn't help laughing, "Yuan Qing, the most important thing in life is to be content. What you can achieve in the North is far beyond my imagination. Not bad, very good!"

Li Yuanqing said: "It's just a pity that I couldn't enter Mongolia because of my humble position."

Sun Chengzong smiled and nodded, "Yuan Qing, you are still young and you still have many opportunities. If you come to Liaoxi, I will be completely relieved!"

As he spoke, he looked a little lonely and lost his mind for a moment.

Naturally, Li Yuanqing keenly observed Lao Sun's absence, and carefully probed: "Mr. Ge, what troubles have you encountered? If there is a place where I need my service, I will never give up!"

As Li Yuanqing said this, he quickly knelt down on one knee and was extremely respectful.

Sun Chengzong smiled, waved his hand, and helped Li Yuanqing up with his own hands, "Yuanqing, there's nothing wrong. You don't have to worry. I'm still strong and can work in Liao for a few more years."

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Chapter completed!