Beiyang new warlord

After completing the triumphant reward ceremony, Mao Jue returned to the Yamen of Baima City, and was taken aback by Fan Wenjie who came to the door.

Tieshan, Yizhou, was originally located in North Ping'an Province, so it still took Mao Jue more than a year to eat up the northern part of Ping'an North Province. Within a month, most of Hamgyong Road was eaten away in one breath. Now the territory of Dongjiang Town of Maojue is like an earthworm, completely separating the Northeast from North Korea. The northernmost point has reached the Sea of ​​Japan. If it is in later generations, It is the place where China, Russia and North Korea meet.

Really full of excitement, Mao Jue reached out and took down the map hanging on the wall, looked at it for a long time, and then put his finger on an island in the outer sea.

"Where is this place, has our army ever occupied it?"

"Master Hui, this is Lutun Island. To the north of Li Chao, our town does not have warships, so the area controlled by the humble officer is only in the orogeny and Guangxing area!"

"In the future, I will ask you to row three second-level sailing battleships and ten third-level cruise ships. This area must be occupied by me. Find land to repair the port, open ports and build ships. All these must be done quickly!"

Mao Jue’s words were full of excitement. What is the biggest problem with Dongjiang? There is not enough room for development and no strategic depth. Even if he eats half of Hamkyong Road in one go, agriculture in this era can support 40 to [-] people. Even if it is eight out of one, Mao Jue can have [-] troops at most, and he has to give the necks of the people to death. Seven people support one soldier, which is also a huge burden.

More importantly, 5 people, even if they are all elites, will not be of much use in the collision of hundreds of thousands of people in the 70 years of Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. Even if firearms improve combat effectiveness, there are no nuclear weapons. Before jets, rockets, missiles and other big killers, wars were still fought by people, and no one could do it.Even if the Qing army entered the customs, it was not only the Eight Banners Army with only [-] to [-] people.

To the west, Hou Jin conquered 40 Mongols. In the area occupied by the Han land in Liaodong itself, several 10 people fell into their hands. Liu Xingzuo is the Han people who escaped from the Hou Jin territory and entered the customs several times. , It is said that there are millions of people plundered from inside the pass to outside the pass. In addition to the ethnic minorities in other parts of the Northeast, Mao Jue looks strong at first, but he is facing a population of 200 to 300 million. Later gold.

However, land is needed to support people. Lee's North Korea is notoriously mountainous. This seems to be a knot, so Mao Jue's final hope lies in this small Lutun Island.

Where is the north from here, Heilongjiang, the Great Northern Wilderness! One of the three famous black soil belts in the world, think about how many people Heilongjiang has supported in later generations.

Moreover, it is also staggered with the ruling center of the Houjin Dynasty. The core area of ​​the Houjin Dynasty is mainly in the southern Jilin and Liaoning areas of the later generations. This place was relatively well developed by the Han people. In the process of going south, a large number of Jurchen tribes abandoned their homeland and went south. , this place is also much simpler than directly competing with Huang Taiji for Liaodong.

You took my family's fertile field, so I'll pick up the thin field you don't want, shall I?But of course, I have turned the thin field into a fertile field, and sooner or later I will take back what you robbed.

Looking at the map, Mao Jue seemed to see that he had erected the Harbin and Qiqihar of later generations, and there were thousands of troops standing on the fertile land. Then he carried a big flag with Mao characters, and laughed loudly in front of him. .

But just when his father's obscene halazi was about to flow out, Fan Wenju poured a basin of cold water down.

"General, there is no one!"

"First of all, when we control Hamgyong Road, we only set up checkpoints in dangerous places, and with our invasion, the local officials of the Lee Dynasty and the people also retreated in large numbers. More importantly, there are not only people from the Lee Dynasty there, but also There are many real girls!"

"General, before this tribe of Xiezhen is settled, even if we have a population, we will not be able to start large-scale reclamation."

To be honest, Fan Wenju was also quite helpless. Before he took over, he really did not expect that there were so many Jurchen tribes in the territory of Lee's North Korea, and the number of them might not be less than thirty to forty thousand.

In fact, it’s no wonder that Hamgyongdo of Lee’s Korea also said before that it was Li Chenggui, the ancestor of Lee’s Korea, who launched a war of conquest against the Jurchens of Jianzhouwei under the command of the Ming Dynasty, and swept away the Jurchen strongholds along the Yalu River and Tumen River. It was established later. During the Yongle period, there were Jurchens who were unwilling to surrender, calling this place the old place of Liao and Jin, and begging the court to take it back. Ming Chengzu also sent people to North Korea to ask for ten people here, mainly the Jurchens. .

In the past 200 years, the development of Lee's North Korea has been very limited. There are not as many Koreans here as the Jurchens, so naturally they can't help them, and these Jurchens scattered among the mountains and cottages have now become a hot potato in Mao Jue's hands. up.

No wonder Wang Huaan was unhappy with Fan Wenju back then. Just as Mao Jue was thinking about the future, Old Master Fan threw a lot of problems on his head, such as lack of people, food, money, and Jurchen robbers who did not submit. For more than ten minutes, he took a red pen to draw about [-] red dots on the map, and Mao Jue immediately hit his head with three points.

Sure enough, you have to eat every bite!

The plan of building ships and reclamation in the north could only be put on the sidelines first, and Su Changmei, Kong Youde, and Wen Meng were summoned, and Mao Jue first studied with them how to deal with the Xianjing Jurchen in a down-to-earth afternoon. In the government affairs, I went through busy work until after five o'clock in the evening. After I had a preliminary plan, Mao Jue announced the adjournment of the meeting.

But just when he dragged his tired body out of the mansion and wanted to stretch himself, amidst the sound of hurried footsteps, Adelaine came to her, with a strange expression on her face. look.

"General, it's getting late, Madam has already prepared a reception banquet at the mansion, please go back to the mansion for dinner."

"What happened?"

I know this girl too well, judging by her expression, it is strange that there is nothing wrong, Mao Jue couldn't help asking in surprise.

Who knew that Adelaine's little head was drooping, and she didn't say anything. Even if she stayed there, she knew this girl too well. With her appearance, she probably didn't want to ask anything. Mao Jue simply stretched out his hand.

"Mao Li, prepare your horse, go home!"

Not to mention, Mao Jue hadn't come back for four or five months, and Mao Jue almost couldn't recognize the gate of his house. He was used to the modern life, and Vice General Tieyi's mansion was also a two-story building built of bricks and concrete. There was a small garden in front. The yard, the garage at the back, the life in this little wild place is already very satisfying for him, but in the end, the small building was thrown at the back, and a piece of the official office and the general’s residence in the front were knocked out, blocking a street , His deputy general's mansion was repaired into a typical courtyard where the scholars and bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty entered. The Mao's mansion with the golden signboard on the black background exudes majesty.

The only problem is that it doesn't suit Mao Jue's taste.

"The old man changed it?"

Looking at his big face, Mao Jue was in a daze for a long time again, but once again, the girl Adelena couldn't help shaking her head.

While talking, more than a dozen servants greeted him and bowed and kowtow respectfully at the gate of the mansion.

"Welcome Master back home!"

Mao Jue didn't know any of these people.

"Goodbye sir!"

In a daze, she followed into the main hall of the second entrance. As Adelaina said, the banquet had already been prepared, and the lights were brightly lit. The girl Yu Leer, who had returned home first, came out with her skirt in high spirits. , but in front of her, it was Chen Jiao who wore a red skirt and a jacket, and raised her skirt in a dignified salute.

"This concubine cooks the kitchen herself, prepares beer wine and fruit, and congratulates the master on his return from victory!"

Not to mention, the banquet on this table is really resplendent and resplendent, the tableware is either gold or silver, and the delicacy of Jiangnan side dishes and the pride of Jiangnan aristocratic families are also vividly set off by the dishes on this table, with a warm smile, Chen Jiao held up the corner of her skirt and looked at Mao Jue as if she was showing off a treasure.

However, Mao Jue's attention was not on the banquet at all, he looked around twice in astonishment, and suddenly asked in surprise.

"Where is Su Yi!"

Chapter 248. Mrs. Mao

The corners of Adelaine's mouth curled up slightly, and she lowered her head like Miledy, the bad girl with three muskets, and covered her face. Listening to Mao Jue's question, Chen Jiao's expression became a little unnatural , but still barely hold back the smile.

"Go back to Master, Su Yi, she was a little uncomfortable, so she didn't come."

His face was completely gloomy, Mao Jue turned around and walked towards the backyard. All of a sudden, Chen Jiao's face became pale, and she hurriedly chased after her with her skirt in hand.

"master!"

Walking along the yard, while walking, Mao Jue was still yelling Su Yi's name, three women, two of them had their own concerns, and the other followed behind with a dazed face, Mao Jue was everywhere The intrusion caused the whole Mao Mansion to be in chaos, and there was an unfamiliar servant woman who wanted to drive Mao Jue out, but soon after seeing Chen Jiao who followed in panic, she hurriedly bowed and saluted.

After rushing all the way, until his small building behind, a familiar and pleasant voice came out.

"Master!"

"Su Yi, I'm here!"

Finally breathed a sigh of relief, he kicked open the door, and Mao Jue barged in, but the scene before him made him furious again.

It was the laundry room of the small building, several buckets of clothes were piled high, and they were there wearing coarse cloth skirts. I don’t know how long the plain clothes had been washed, and the dripping wet clothes in the yard were hanging for more than half of the yard, and right next to her Beside him, two healthy old women with thick bodies and round waists were pinching their waists, their noses were not their noses and their faces were not.

"Hurry up and wash!"

Seeing Mao Jue coming in, the two strong women pointed and asked him domineeringly.

"Who are you? Dare to break into Mao's house?"

In an instant, Mao Jue's anger could not be suppressed at once, his voice trembled slightly because of anger, but he was calm as if he had lost all human emotion, looking at the clothes on the ground, there was no regular meeting between the two shouting Brutal woman, he asked sullenly.

"who is it?"

"Back, back to young master, it's nothing to anyone, this is, this is Su Yi's job, Su Yi is useless, it's just not finished."