Beiyang new warlord

Give the Dongjiang Town that I personally built to my son bit by bit.

But because of this, Mao Jue was particularly unwilling to throw difficult problems to Mao Wenlong, so he forced a smile, and Mao Jue waved his hand.

"It's nothing, I've been training those kids for half the afternoon, I'm just a little tired, uncle, you eat vegetables!"

"Enough is enough!"

There was already a hill piled up in the bowl, Shen Guangzuo couldn't help but rolled his eyes, but Mao Jue froze in embarrassment with the chopsticks holding the fish. In the middle of Mao Wenlong and Shen Guangzuo, while pawing and pulling, there is no time to serve Mao Wenlong and Shen Guangzuo.

She actually got involved?

You must know that Su Yi and Adelaina rarely served at the Mao family's ceremonial dinner, and Mrs. Shen didn't serve at all. Yu Le'er didn't join in, but she went to the table first.

This woman still has some skills.

Putting the troubles aside for now, Mao Jue didn't show his face to Chen Jiao'er after coaxing the two old ones, but tried to talk about romantic things as much as possible.

After all, spring famine is a matter of next year, and there are still several months before next year!And although there is a shortage of food, Mao Jue is not short of money. Now there are as many as 400 million taels in the silver treasury of Baima Mountain City, which is almost comparable to the real silver received by the Ming Empire in a year. It is said that money can turn ghosts! Mao Jue didn't believe that he could not get food without spending a lot of money.

However, it is necessary to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. After all, Mao Jue's money was not blown by a strong wind. The next day, the menacing men rushed to the deputy general's mansion in Baima Mountain City early in the morning, and Mao Jue smashed out a series of orders.

Dongjiang Town welcomes its first civil servant. Mao Jue has no right to accept the appointment of the county magistrate, but the rules are dead, but people are alive. Fan Wenju was appointed by Mao Jue as a counselor of the Tieyi Army, and was sent to the north to specialize in farming. , To be honest, Su Changmei is used to managing military supplies, and he is not good at choosing sites for farming and land criminal names, otherwise, with a population of more than 20, at least half of Xianjingdao can be bitten off.

Although Tieyi is all in the army, the military and civil affairs are now completely separated, and it can be regarded as laying the foundation for smooth political affairs in the future.

Of course, Fan Wenju is not a polished commander, there are still some scholars in Dongjiang, and there are also some literati in the rebel army. The Shen family and the Chen family can still produce a few scholars. formed.

And regarding Fan Wenju, Mao Jue was quite at ease. He had rebelled before and was loyal to Wang Hua'an, the anti-thief leader, so he must have no other literati talking about benevolence, justice and morality to the imperial court. There is no such stupid loyalty to the imperial court.

This Tieyi chief executive team was just established, but suddenly fell under the pressure of a series of instructions from Mao Jue. The first was to increase the purchase of Li Chao's stored grain economically, and the most direct way to supplement the shortage of stored grain.

The second item was given to Yin Shu, asking for silver for silver, asking for manpower for manpower, and then building a ship for Laozi.

You must know that in addition to the land territory, Mao Jue still has a piece of uncultivated land, the sea!

These years, the competition for ocean fishing in the west is quite fierce, but in the east, Mao Jue is still the first person to eat crabs. No matter whether it is Li Chao's wooden boat or the Japanese's closed boats, they do not have the ability to fish in the ocean. Big fishing grounds, Hokkaido bathing beaches in small Japan, and Huangbohai fishing grounds, the four traditional Chinese fishing grounds, are almost exclusively owned by him. He can catch as many fish as there are boats, and the high-quality protein of fish meat can save a lot of food.

Thinking about future generations, a big guy is almost full with a meal of four or two. After all, there are a lot of vegetables, but now, a normal man has to eat at least a catty of grain for a meal. Two or three catties is not too uncommon, and there are too few non-staple foods in this era.

After increasing the income, it is to reduce expenditure. Each warehouse strictly checks Kudier to prevent waste, and it is rare for Mao Jue to be a black-hearted businessman here. Some moldy corn that has started to deteriorate is brushed vigorously with a brush, and then used to make wine.

Anyway, the Mongolian tribes in this era are not brothers of the Mongolian compatriots of later generations, but enemies. It is not too much to cheat them with fake wine in difficult times, right?

As if a certain leader's highest instruction, the rhythm of the entire Dongjiang changed again in the next two days.

Now Tieyi is getting rich, starch factories, iron mines, gun workshops and other industrial centers have a lot of population, not to mention a large boatman team of 5000 people, who went to Woongjin Shipyard to fill Yin Shu's labor force Not to mention, as long as they were born on the coast of Shandong Province in Liaodong, they were all classified as sailors, and even women were allowed to go to sea. Ever since, funny scenes happened one after another in Tieshan Port.

On this end, women are wearing water pants, collecting Haihong mussels, which were not so rare in the past, on the coastal reefs, and drying them on the shore to dry them. Zui Quan saw the sailors on both sides paddling the ten-meter fishing boat and they were about to collide, shouting at each other in panic.

"Quick! Quick, you go left, I avoid right! Hurry up!"

"Okay, let's do it!"

Seeing that the two sides reached an agreement, the bow of the ship was also tilted, and there was a click, and there was still an intimate contact. The rookie sailor on the ship fell into the sea with a plop like a dumpling, and Mao Jue on the shore covered his forehead sadly.

IQ is touching!

There was a lot of commotion on one side, and on the other side, the market in the mainland suddenly became more frequent. This time, the general came back and suddenly ordered to reduce the price of seafood by nearly half. It used to be so cheap. Originally, the family was willing to eat fish for a meal when the children of the soldiers came back with their salary. Now it is affordable to eat it every now and then. In the village, if you don't hang two salted fish on the wall, you will be embarrassed to meet people.

The strategy of another project is much more wretched. There is also a small brewery in Baima Mountain City. Every day, the female employees of the brewery are seen hiding in the house with baskets of long-haired corn, stealing men's voices, washing them thoroughly. The corn kernels that had been bathed were put directly into the steamer, and the brewed wine was placed in a light-colored jar, and sold to the post-jin people in the border market as soon as they changed hands. When they came back from the sea, they looked at those "honest" Jurchen merchants After buying the wine, the bearded Mongolian gleefully raised his head and drank the soup, the corners of Mao Jue's mouth twitched again.

In mid-August, Tieyi's military administration was almost busy. On this day, Mao Jue finally found some time.

However, his goal was to go straight to the prison in Yizhou.

Tieyi is an outlier in the entire Ming Dynasty, even the big prisons are like this. The two-story small building made of cement is obviously several times more comfortable than the dark and humid Dengzhou prison. The windows are brighter inside, and there are beds and tables. Unfortunately, Here, however, became Mao Jue's most famous face project.

Tieyi’s judiciary is not sound at all, and there is only one punishment here, that is to go to mines, a petty thief who is caught mining for a year, a criminal for more than ten years, a murderer for a lifetime, and all prisoners go to the mines , Where are the people locked up? Up to the current position, the only prisoners in Yizhou Prison are the ones in front of Mao Jue.

"General, it's here!"

It's really not like being in a prison. Under the guidance of Mao Li, the prison door of the Xiangyang room on the second floor was wide open, and a clothesline was hung from here to the other side of the iron railing on the second floor. Several women put the newly washed bedding The sheets were completely dry, and there was a scent of soap locust in the air.

"General Mao!"

Seeing Mao Jue's arrival, these working women were startled and hurriedly saluted in panic.

Along the way, Mao Jue didn't put on any official airs, and he greeted whoever greeted him, and at the gate of the prison, Mao Jue also cupped his fists respectfully towards the inside, and said politely.

"Meet Mr. Sun!"

These days, the men of Daming are definitely considered to be enjoying the blessings. The four elders don’t do any shit, they get together and shake their heads and babble. What I read was the Catholic Bible in Portuguese.

Seeing Mao Jue's arrival, Sun Yuanhua finally stopped the mass. Instead, his face was full of annoyance, and he suddenly stood up angrily.

"General Mao finally has the time to meet me, the defeated general! The general is so courageous to plunder my majestic Denglaidao governor to Dongjiang. Are you not afraid of the court's accusation and questioning?"

It's no wonder that the old man is full of anger. He obviously has a lot of firearms and controls the most elite firearms troops in Ming Dynasty except for Dongjiang. However, the rebel army has the same origin as the Liao army, and they can't use it. The defeat of Dengzhou City is unclear. It's all right to be a prisoner. After finally taking over Dengzhou, Mao Jue imprisoned him and secretly transported him to Yizhou. Here, he has been squatting for more than three months.

If it weren't for Catholics not allowing suicide, the old guy would be so angry that he wanted to wipe his neck.

But listening to Sun Yuanhua's furious sarcasm, Mao Jue spread his hands helplessly.

"Mr. Sun, I'm afraid that the court will not only not question you, but if you keep showing up in Daming, you will lose your head immediately!"

"Fart, it's impossible! My grandson has been loyal to the court and His Majesty for so many years, how could he fall into the instigation and slander of a villain like you!"

Hey, this old man really takes himself too seriously, full of helplessness, Mao Jue groped from the package behind him, put an official document on the table, looked over, and Sun Yuanhua suddenly looked like a deflated ball In that way, he slumped back to his chair, and under the strange eyes of his three silly sons, Sun Hedou, Sun and Jing, they slammed the table sadly.

"A traitor is in charge!"

Historically, he, Sun Yuanhua, was one of the most wronged ministers who died under Chongzhen's hands. In the battle of Dengzhou, Sun Yuanhua was indeed at fault. , ruined thousands of troops for no reason, but to say that he is the mastermind of the rebellion is definitely wronged.

To what extent did Chongzhen distrust his ministers? He simply believed the censor's gossip, and regarded him, a feudal official and firearms expert who had served as an official of the court for decades, as the traitor behind the Wuqiao Mutiny, beheaded at Caishikou, and handed over to the empress. King sent an elite army and ruined his own hopes of forming a new Western-style firearms unit.

But let alone, the old man Sun Yuanhua was really rare in the Ming Dynasty. He had a big heart and opened his eyes to see the world. His courage was much stronger than that of Yuan Manzi. The old guy clasped his fist at Mao Jue angrily with a sullen old face.

"It's the old man who wrongly blamed Mao Tieyi on you!"

"However, Mao Tieyi, what are you planning to do by hiding the old man and a court criminal in Dongjiang? The old man can warn you, even if the old man believes in foreign religions, he also knows propriety, righteousness and shame. You want the old man to help you with rebellion and conspiracy. Even if this old man starves to death, he won’t agree!”

These scholar-bureaucrats always think of themselves as saints, while others are conspiratorial and villainous. With his virtue, Mao shook his head and said with a wave of his hands.

"Don't worry, Mr. Mao has nothing to ask you, Mr. Sun. Mr. Mao will find you a place for you, Mr. Sun. You can live here with peace of mind. If the court clears the snow for you that day, you always go back, okay?"

"You really don't need me to do anything for you?"

"My God! Mr. Sun, what use are you? What can Mao ask you to do for me?"