Beiyang new warlord

The same is true for the peasants in the Li Dynasty. They are even more unfortunate than the peasants in Ming Dynasty. A lowly slave without a name.

But these lowly people like weeds are also as tenacious as weeds. Last year, during the extremely tragic Japanese invasion, Li Chaodongnan was everywhere. That grows on this land.

This is the case with Park Ada’s family. They escaped from Huanghai Province last year. Gyeongsang Province actually had spare land. The family happily settled down. After half a month of farming, they realized that they were still lowly. They continued to be tenants, but they just changed the master of the house.

Just paid the rent a few days ago, the government tax is very high now, a full one-tenth, but this is not the most, there is still [-]% of the rent to be paid to the Fang family, the last bit There is not a single grain of rice left, but these days, Pu Ada is still happy. There are a few huge dried fish hanging on the dilapidated thatched mud wall. He was struggling to brush some red things in the big basin.

sweet potato!

By the seaside, I touched a few fish a few days ago, and finally got some meat during the New Year's Eve. These guys in my hand were sent to him by relatives who worked in Xiongjin. It is said that they are unique crops of the Ming Dynasty. He secretly planted a few acres of wasteland without telling Fang's family, and he dug up a large warehouse for the autumn harvest. It was still sweet to eat. With these, there were still some coarse grains left. It should be no problem to eat next year's autumn harvest. .

Just like in "Three or Five Bucks Collected Too Much", the desire for wealth and lust, and the extra collection of sweet potatoes, this Pu Ada hummed dreamily while brushing, he is already an old bachelor in his forties , If in previous years, he would never have thought about finding a wife, but this year he has something to eat, and maybe he can pick up a wife in the spring of next year. There are six of his old Pu's family, and five of them either died of starvation or were killed by soldiers. If it is lost, the continuation of the bloodline may only fall on him.

But just when Pu Ada was humming happily, bursts of unusual sounds of water faintly entered his ears. Driven by curiosity, Pu Ada dropped the sweet potato and crawled along the elm lump on the roof of the house. Going up, just took a first look, this old bachelor in his early forties almost lost his vision and fell from the tree.

The towering and fat ship, the bared Hachiman Bodhisattva flag, for the eastern coastal residents, the Japanese pirates are as frightening as the Western Vikings, slipping down the tree in a daze, the old bachelor just ran away.

However, after running for two steps, he stopped again, looked at the small broken adobe house he had lived in for a year full of reluctance, gritted his teeth, reached out to pick off a dried fish, and put the freshly washed I stuffed a few sweet potatoes into my pocket, and finally bit one tightly in my mouth, then pulled up my legs and ran away.

Fortunately for him, it didn't take long before the entire peaceful fishing village fell into a horrified chaos, with raging flames, women screaming desperately, men fleeing in vain, and children crying, That voice was like hell on earth.

One year later, the terror of Japanese pirates once again swept the coast of Li Chao, and the messengers rushing to Wang Jing were like crucian carp crossing the river, in an endless stream.

In early November, Wang Jing, Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Compared with the high-rise halls of the Ming Dynasty, this place is really small. It is not as high as the lobby of the Mao Jue Officers Club. Even Li Chao's own officials can't fit in. Only the chief officials of the six departments and the senior officials of the Yi government are qualified Kneel here with their buttocks, and the rest can only kneel outside. They also have a unique title.

The next official.

It's just that it's different from the grand scene when Smecta came to Smecta in the past, this big guy is like a dumb man, speechless, making the angry old face of King Injo in his early forties turn red, and the two His fists hammered his deputy and roared.

"I have two classes of civil and military officers in the Li Dynasty! With the enemy in the present, is there no second Yi Sun-shin?"

But even so, there is still a dead silence. This year's Japanese pirates are coming fiercely. According to reports from various observers, there are no less than 2 people, or even more. According to the average combat power in the past, [-] Japanese pirates are almost equal to Li Chaojun has [-], and this time he came from a report group, and he drove straight in. Who dares to say that I will win the fight if I go up.

Seeing that his king became more and more irritable, and the situation became more and more uncontrollable, he finally sighed secretly, and Li Shanhai, the military judge, pouted his buttocks and kowtowed.

"Your Highness, the Japanese pirates are coming fiercely and poisoning the East China Sea. Quickly gather troops from the four southern provinces to attack and at the same time ask Daming for help."

"There is no lack of elite troops composed of Japanese warriors among the Japanese pirates. To deal with them, only the Dongjiang Ming Army can do it!"

"But, Lumi in the court has no main support. Last time, all the money and food were spent in Dongfu Palace"

After speaking halfway, Cui Mingji, the judge of the house, swallowed his words again, because the face of King Renzu, Li Zhen, who was above him, had turned bad.

People have dreams, ministers can build houses, and so can kings. Thanks to Li Shanhai last year, Li Chao charged three or five dollars more in his account. When he was happy, Li Zhen ordered Dongfu Palace to be repaired.

But Li Chao’s official family’s dilatory efforts and efficiency are really in line with today’s Ming Dynasty. The Nanhan Mountain City refuge for the royal family has been repaired for almost 20 years and has not been repaired. The method was to encourage the monks to repair it. Up to now, it has not been completed. The Dongfu Palace project, which was originally planned for one year, has now been delayed for two years. A large-scale project that is regarded as a source of income by scholar-bureaucrats is simply a bottomless pit. Li Shanhai brought it back Not to mention that the extra financial income was not enough, and a lot was posted in it.

This is why Jin Zidian dared to ask Dongjiang for help last year, but he did not dare to ask for help this year.

Now that Li Shanhai suggested it, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, even the hujuan who had a word of mouth didn't intend to say more, only the censor who was in charge, who was similar to Daming and didn't need to say anything, started chirping.

"Your Highness, Dongjiang is asking for too much money. If there is not enough food and money, I am afraid that they will not send troops. Even if they are forced to plunder our court when they return to the army under the orders of the Emperor Ming, the loss outweighs the gain."

Censor Li Zhongqing's words almost made the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty jump up, whether to grab the place or not is a matter of the end of the war, why do you care so much?What if the king changes his mind and asks the master to lead the army?

Fortunately, Li Shanhai was very strong, before the censor finished speaking, he kowtowed firmly.

"Gyeongsangjidao is the main supply area of ​​Maomi. Li Dynasty and Dongjiang are closely related. If Gyeongsangjidao is looted too much by Japanese pirates, Dongjiang will also starve next year. The old minister is sure to persuade the big and small Maoshuai to send troops!"

Just kidding, it was Mao Jue who proposed to fight the Japanese country, dragging Li Chao into the water, he still has the face to ask for food? o

Who knew that King Renzu Li Ji was still a kind person. After Li Shanhai finished speaking, Li Ji hesitated for a few seconds before waving his sleeves.

"Don't make things too difficult for Bing Juan. In this way, General Xiao Mao's land that he opened up outside the Great Wall should be allocated to him directly by the household judge. Next year, Mao Mi will be increased by [-]%. General Xiao Mao is also a sensible person. , the business will not embarrass me anymore!"

Li Shanhai almost didn't vomit blood. It's considered an exception for Mao Jue to stand out. He didn't need to impose any conditions. Mao Jue was eager to send troops, but he didn't dare to speak out to make people suspicious. After a long time, he was finally eating shit. I bowed down with difficulty.

"The old minister obeys!"

Time turned, and another five or six days passed, Dongjiang.

The New Year’s Eve is approaching, which should be the time when all kinds of markets are prosperous, but these days, no matter the carts going to the market or the mules and horses transporting goods and minerals, they have to give way to the road and let the galloping military vehicles pass first. .

Unlike the lightly armed troops of Ming Dynasty who carried guns and left with at most a bag of grain, the Dongjiang Tieyi Army is now a solidly armed army, and the small tiger squat guns are basically eliminated to the third-line militia guarding the village. A corps has only cannons, and there are ten field cannons. The gunpowder and pellets needed are almost as heavy as the body, and there are spare ordnance, Dongjiang's special dry field rations, and horses. Although Mao Jue does not have many cavalry, they can carry supplies. However, war horses that bring mobility are now indispensable.

In the past, the number of auxiliary corps was enough, but this time, one regiment Mao Jue had to be equipped with two auxiliary corps. This time, the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and ninth regiments assembled five regiments with 8000 troops. Mao Jue recruited again More than [-] reserve troops.

So many troops gathered in Tieshan Port at the time of Chinese New Year. If it was another Ming army town, they would have sighed and resented for a while, but these soldiers who were selected for the conscript were all red-faced, especially Pang Dahai's second regiment went out for the second time this year, and Le's mouth was almost open. They didn't even need Mao Jue to shout slogans, they shouted slogans first.

Along the ladder to board the huge sailing battleship, while listening to the shouts of soldiers one by one.

"Get on the boat! Conquer the feudal clan for thousands of miles, follow the general! Have a good year!"

"Back then, the Qin army was like this. They were angry when they heard the gold, and they were happy when they heard the drums. It was called the Qin of tigers and wolves. Only then did the first emperor rule the six countries. Dongjiang's army is so powerful!"

Although he retired behind the scenes, when Mao Jue was away, Mao Wenlong was still the leader of Dongjiang. He came to see him off, and Shen Guangzuo also put down his studies in college and followed him to see him off. Looking at the soldiers sweeping the boat, Shen Guangzuo couldn't help but admire.

It's a pity that both the father and son of the Mao family don't seem to be giving too much face, only Fan Wenju, Dongjiang Tuntian Shi, nodded in agreement.

In Mao Jue's mournful expression, he was dragged aside by Mao Wenlong. The old guy had a serious face and stared at Mao Jue sternly.

"This expedition is so warehousing, what trouble did you cause this old man?"

It's really hard to hide from the old guy's eyes, but if you can't hide it, you have to hide it. I haven't heard the saying, confession is lenient, the bottom is jailed, resistance is strict, go home for the New Year?Mao Jue was innocent and shook his head solemnly.

"Father! It's not a moth caused by Li Chao's side. The child doesn't want to go. He wants to serve his parents at home for the New Year, but he can't do it! Family and country can't have both, and the child is not filial. Please take care of me!"

"Fart! As soon as you stick your butt, I know you are going to have diarrhea. In the past two months, don't think that I don't know. Your boat to the south has run three times, you boy"

His fingers were trembling, and he raised his breath, and finally Mao Wenlong lowered his arms under Mao Jue's sad eyes.

"Forget it, follow your boy!"

"I'm passing through Jeju this time. If possible, I would like to mention Shen Shikui. Although he is a bit more ambitious, he is also a good man. He is absolutely unambiguous in fighting! There are also five brothers from the Liu family. Although they are rebellious, they are also selfish. But as long as you can suppress them, these people are also good dogs that bite people!"

This is the last bit of Dongjiang's wealth. Mao Wenlong is really paving the way for himself. Mao Jue doesn't know when he dispatched the five brothers of the Liu family and the deputy commander Shen Shikui to Jeju Island. He is the villain. If If Mao Jue wants to use it, he can just be a good person. If he doesn't need to, he will not be delayed in taking charge of Dongjiang if he continues to throw people to Jeju Island.

Really moved inexplicably, stunned for a moment, Mao Jue straightened his helmet, and immediately bowed heavily.

"Baby farewell father and lord!"

The general didn't cry, didn't look back, the salty sea breeze blew on his face, Mao Jue's eyes were a little red, looking down, at some point, Mao Wenlong's hair turned white, and he stood with Shen Guangzuo , like two white-headed old men, and Su Yi, this time they are going to war, as a confidential secretary, Adelaine can accompany her, but she can't, I can't see her expression clearly, but Mao Jue can still see To her standing at the forefront, waving a handkerchief.

Finally he made up his mind and turned around. Mao Jue went back to the captain's cabin of the Black Pearl, and stopped looking. Once he entered the room, he leaned against the corner of the wall, rubbed his eyes first, and took a few breaths. Only then did he turn his face down, and when he turned around, Mao Jue almost lost his temper.

"Why are you here?"