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A few days passed in a flash, and it was already the fourth day of September.

Ou'er's pregnancy and the arrival of the imperial edict made Li Yuanqing's mansion, including the entire Changsheng Island, filled with joy.

Because both Zhang Yunniang and Qu Minqiu have had production experience, the process in the government is more standardized in this regard.

Soon, two women and four maids were assigned to take care of Ou'er.

In fact, whether at this time or in later generations, the prosperity of the population is often the most important indicator of family prosperity. Especially Li Yuanqing's status at this time can almost be said to be lower than one person and higher than tens of thousands of people.

The prosperity of his heirs has lifted the hearts and morale of the entire Changsheng Island people.

In addition, the Tatar women traveling to the north were about to give birth. At this time, the atmosphere on the entire island was full of vitality and prosperity.

But there are also some problems exposed.

For example, the increase in pregnant women has caused the price of old hens on the island to skyrocket several times.

The main reason is that these pregnant Tatar women have become concubines of meritorious soldiers. These soldiers have just received rewards and have money in their hands. Naturally, they also want their pregnant wives and children to live a better life.

Faced with this explosive growth, Li Yuanqing's four livestock farms alone are obviously unable to supply the supply.

Li Yuanqing made a prompt decision. On the one hand, he ordered Zhang Yunniang and Qu Minqiu to send people to Tianjin and Denglai to purchase some healthy poultry for commercial use. On the other hand, Li Yuanqing also ordered Shang Laoliu to issue a new document to the island, encouraging the soldiers to return home.

Raise poultry, and at the same time, encourage officers and soldiers to invest in setting up commercial farms.

By this time, the town on Changsheng Island had expanded a lot, and it was already the size of a small county town.

Li Yuanqing is also considering abandoning this city-style living model and instead adopting a settlement-style large farm model such as that of later generations in the western United States, New Zealand, and Australia.

With the town of Nanxinkou as the core, we will repair roads, improve transportation, and build many small-area villages and residential areas to maximize the use of Changsheng Island's resource land.

After all, with the strength of the Changsheng Island Water Camp and the reputation of the Changsheng Camp's men, they have absolute initiative in this area of ​​southern Liaoning, and even the entire Liao Dynasty, and there is no need to worry about foreign enemies suddenly attacking the mainland.

But at this time, Li Yuanqing obviously did not have time to do these things himself, so he left them completely to Shang Laoliu and Ma Guanjia.

On the other hand, Li Yuanqing is also intensifying assessment efforts, striving to include some injured veterans in the management of the island's government affairs before this year, and to attract some students to come over.

After all, Ming Dynasty is still a world of literati. Even if he goes through a process and puts on a show, Li Yuanqing must make this move of "buying horse bones for a thousand gold". Only in this way will he gain more people's support.

After these few days of busy work, all the goods on Changsheng Island have been loaded onto the ships, and Chen Zhong and Dongjiang's fleets have also arrived and are ready to set off at any time.

However, when he saw the specific figures, Li Yuanqing felt a little sad for a moment.

Among the nearly 100,000 pieces of cargo, Li Yuanqing's Changsheng Island accounted for nearly 80%, and Chen Zhong's Guanglu Island accounted for more than 10%. Together, the two of them accounted for more than 90%. As for Dongjiang, Zhang Pan and his friends accounted for more than a dozen

The total number of people adds up, and the goods are less than 10%. The key is the condition, and the quality is not very good...

Three feet of ice is far from being cold in one day!

On the dock, Li Yuanqing said directly to Chen Zhong: "Brother, the goods on the Dongjiang side are paid according to the price of good goods. If there is any shortfall, I will pay for it here."

Chen Zhong said hurriedly: "Yuan Qing, how can this be done? Let's split it equally. It won't cost much money. I, Old Chen, can still afford this little money."

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "Brother, please stop being stubborn about this matter. You have to get your money from the shopkeeper first."

Chen Zhong also understood and couldn't help but smile, "It's the same thing. We have been dragging the shopkeeper with him for several years, and we can't drag this issue on any longer. Otherwise, I will be embarrassed to ask him for tea."

The two looked at each other and laughed.

After Chen Zhong handed over the goods here, he returned directly to Guanglu Island. Under the influence of Li Yuanqing, he was also increasing the intensity of infrastructure construction on Guanglu Island.

Compared with history, the population size of Changsheng Island and Guanglu Island is close to 100,000, far exceeding dozens or even hundreds of times. Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong are naturally under a lot of pressure.

Chen Zhong left, and Li Yuanqing held another banquet in the official hall that night for Gao Qiqian and Wei Liang.

This time when he went to Beijing, not only did Li Yuanqing and Gao Qiqian go together, but Wei Liang also wanted to return to Beijing to report on his work and enjoy the glory he had established on Changsheng Island.

A dinner was enjoyed by both the guest and the host.

Early the next morning, the fleet set sail directly to Dagukou and then to the capital by land.

Wan'er also accompanied Li Yuanqing this time. She already has a child, but her natal family is no longer here. Yang Jiao's mother and Wuyu Pavilion are equivalent to her natal family, and she can be considered a newlywed return home.

Although Ruyi was still young, Li Yuanqing's conditions and treatment on the boat were basically as good as those of the Ming Dynasty. There were two old men accompanying him on the boat to ensure the safety of their mother and son.

It was late summer and early autumn, the weather was pleasant and the sea was calm. Two days later, the fleet successfully arrived at Dagu Port.

The unloading of the cargo ship would be delayed for a few days, so Li Yuanqing, Gao Qiqian, Wei Liang, Wan'er and his daughter went ahead and headed for the capital.

By the way, Li Yuanqing did not forget to prepare a generous gift for Li Banghua, including two fine bearskins, a century-old wild ginseng, some deer antlers and two thousand taels of cash.

Wan'er and her son rode in a carriage and were escorted by more than a hundred soldiers. Li Yuanqing, Gao Qiqian and Wei Liang rode together and walked at the front of the team, chatting and laughing, which was quite enjoyable.

At noon the next day, the group arrived in the capital smoothly.

He ordered his soldiers to escort Wan'er and Ruyi to Wuyu Pavilion first, while Li Yuanqing and Gao Qiqian went straight to the palace gate.

With Li Yuanqing's status at this time, even if he wanted to meet the Holy Spirit, he didn't have to wait too long. Soon, news came back from the palace, and Eunuch An came out to greet Li Yuanqing personally and welcomed Li Yuanqing into the palace.

In the side hall of the imperial study, Li Yuanqing saw Eunuch Wei who had not seen him for a long time. He quickly kowtowed and saluted, "Li Yuanqing, who is humble in his job, has met my father-in-law. My father-in-law, I haven't seen you for more than a year. I really miss my father-in-law. Is my father-in-law still in good health? I came here specially from the north.

I brought back a five-hundred-year-old wild ginseng for my father-in-law."

Wei Zhongxian was now a little older than before, and had a lot more gray hair, but he was in excellent spirits, with a red face, and did not look old at all.

It can be seen that the eunuch's advantage in the court at this time made him feel extremely happy.

"Hahaha, Yuan Qing, are you here? Get up quickly. Not bad, very good! Darker, stronger, and calmer than before!"

Wei Zhongxian laughed loudly and came to Li Yuanqing, helped Li Yuanqing up affectionately, patted Li Yuanqing's shoulder eagerly, walked around Li Yuanqing a few times with interest, and laughed and said to Mr. An on the side: "

Xiao Anzi, serve some nice tea! I want to have a good chat with Yuan Qing today!"

Wei Zhongxian's enthusiasm made Li Yuanqing feel a lot more at ease. He smiled and chatted with Wei Zhongxian, and carefully described the details of his trip to the North to Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, "Yuan Qing, thank you for your hard work! Nu'er Gandusi was originally the land of our Emperor Ming. At this time, it was occupied by the Tatars, and the treasures were covered with dust. Your trip has allowed the Za family to see how they can regain Nu'er.

Gandusi’s hope!”

Li Yuanqing nodded solemnly, knelt down on one knee and said to Wei Zhongxian: "When the time is right, as long as the father-in-law gives the order, I will rush directly to the north by land, cut off the head of the old slave, and show the glory of our Ming Dynasty!"

Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but laugh, "Yuan Qing, you are such a sweetie! You are still so sweet! However, the Zajia family likes this! The Zajia family also believes that Yuan Qing, you must have this ability!"

After chatting with Wei Zhongxian, it was already dark. The little emperor Tianqi also got the news and summoned Wei Zhongxian and Li Yuanqing to have dinner with him.

After not seeing each other for more than a year, the little emperor Tianqi gained a little weight and grew a light beard on his chin. When he saw Li Yuanqing, he was also overjoyed, "Haha, General Li, I have been looking forward to seeing you for more than a year, and we finally meet again."

We met."

Li Yuanqing hurriedly kowtowed to the little emperor of Tianqi and saluted, "Your Majesty, your humble duty is to go out on an expedition. You cannot serve the emperor. It is a sin of humble duty!"

The young emperor of Tianqi laughed and said, "General Li, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been hard to come by. It is precisely because you have persevered in Liao that you have exchanged for the peace and contentment of our people in the Ming Dynasty. Come, take a seat quickly, I offer you a drink."

The arrival of Li Yuanqing added a few bright colors to the life of the little emperor Tianqi. He was in a very good mood. He laughed and exchanged cups with Li Yuanqing. He listened to Li Yuanqing's story about his experience in the North. Wei Zhongxian accompanied him with an old face.

I can't even hide my smile.

In the fourth year of weather, the Ming Dynasty's war in Jiubian basically maintained a stable and upward trend.

Especially the most important area of ​​Liaoning, because of Li Yuanqing's efforts, southern Liaoning is stable and western Liaoning is not under too much pressure, so it can develop with peace of mind. At this time, although Mao Wenlong of Liaodong encountered minor setbacks, he still maintained the general trend.

A certain amount of initiative.

The Ming Dynasty's military strength in Liao was showing an upward trend.

Although in Ningxia and Yansui, some miscellaneous people under Lin Dan Khan still did not repent and sneaked to the border to do something, but they were all defeated by the defenders.

In terms of military affairs on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, at least on the surface, there was an upward momentum.

Even though there were some natural and man-made disasters internally, the overall situation remained proactive. Both the young emperor Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian were in a very good mood.

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Wei, and Nu'ergandusi, although the weather is very cold, the land is very fertile, especially the Jiangkou section. It is no exaggeration to say that it is fertile and wild for thousands of miles. At this time, although Houjin is still strong,

But I feel humble, and we are in the Northland, so it may not be impossible for us to do it."

Li Yuanqing smiled and stated his thoughts to the young emperor Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian.

How smart is Wei Zhongxian? He had already vaguely realized what Li Yuanqing meant, and couldn't help but smile: "Yuanqing, what do you mean, do you want to station troops and farm near Nuergandusi?"

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "My father-in-law is wise. This is what I mean by my humble position. There are two main reasons. First, our Ming Dynasty Navy is powerful, and we can take advantage of our navy to dominate the river basin. Secondly, Beiditian Han, when the river is frozen, if the main force of the Later Jin Dynasty goes to Nuergandusi, it will be time-consuming and laborious. Our Ming army has already made a certain effort in dealing with the defense of the city. This matter has a certain feasibility .However, this will still take some time. Beizhi predicts that if there are another two or three years, Beizhi will definitely be able to take root in Nuergandusi."

At this time, Li Yuanqing is like the business manager of Daming Group in southern Liaoning. When facing Chairman Tianqi Little Emperor and Executive President Wei Eunuch, he always looks forward to the specific plans and new profit growth of Liaonan Branch for the next year. point.

In this situation, if Hou Jin did not take the initiative to attack southern Liaoning, it would be unrealistic for Li Yuanqing to use all his main force to attack Liaoyang and Shenyang.

What he needs more is time for development.

From this point of view, it was easy to create a business report that was far-reaching, feasible, and had room for improvement.

After all, in life, who would be in trouble with their own future?

Not to mention, Li Yuanqing has many real achievements in his hands that almost no one can surpass.

The little Emperor Tianqi was also overjoyed when he heard this, "General Li, if this is the case, I will definitely record a great achievement for you! Hahaha!"

Nuer Gandusi was lost in the hands of his grandfather Wanli. If he could take it back, it would definitely be the highest honor for the little emperor Tianqi.

As for Li Yuanqing, he is not very sure about facing Liaoyang and Shenyang directly, but he is quite sure about attacking Nuer Gandusi.

But just when Li Yuanqing was about to speak, a eunuch suddenly shouted from outside: "The Queen is here!"
Chapter completed!