Then the leisurely days of Meng Zezhi and others will come to an end.

The territory expanded five times at once, and Meng Zezhi had to make decisions on all aspects of appeasing the people, selecting officials, and recruiting troops.

Especially to appease the people is the top priority.

After all, there are wars and famines everywhere these years...

But fortunately, they hold a whole treasure trove of the ocean. With the backlog of more than 500 million catties of cheap dried fish in the warehouse, and the millions of catties of grain bought by the chamber of commerce from Japan, Korea, and Nanyang and put into the states and counties, the original The panic-stricken Shandong instantly stabilized a lot.

As for the selection of officials, because Meng Zezhi had been an emperor for many years and had a lot of experience, and the most important thing he lacked now was a son, so this was the easiest part.

Also because the officials he appointed rarely made mistakes, coupled with the unity of the top and bottom, Shandong quickly became orderly.

The new city has been built, the chamber of commerce has traveled across the ocean, and purchased giant trees from Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia, so the shipyard has been expanded, and the size of the fishing team has also expanded again, and the fishing range has been extended to the entire coast of Shandong. Million catties of fish.

At the same time, the model of the new city was also brought to other states and counties by the officials appointed by Meng Zezhi. More and more coal mines and iron mines were excavated to meet the needs of the army. At the same time, more and more agricultural equipment was cast. The cheap dried sea fish gave the people hope and confidence to survive. They returned to their homeland one after another and began to farm and reclaim wasteland, because Meng Zezhi promised that half of the reclaimed wasteland would belong to the people.

This is a good start. It is conceivable that in the coming year, Shandong will surely be able to regain its vitality.

And Meng Zezhi's manpower finally has a clear position. Among them, Weicheng and Chang Ming are in charge of commanding the army, Gong Sheng is in charge of research and development, and He Heng is in charge of the various mines and factories. The chamber of commerce is a brick. Where do I need to move.

As for Shi Xiuqi, his house is now also occupied by Meng Zezhi's adopted sons. After all, the Meng Mansion is so big, but Meng Zezhi's adopted sons can hardly be counted with two hands.

As for everything else that happened during this time, it's like a brief history.

In January of the 14th year of Jingping, Meng Zezhi suspended the pace of expansion and expanded his army to [-], including [-] sailors, [-] infantry, and [-] cavalry.

Then the vigorous training began.

In March of the 14th year of Jingping, Gong Sheng finally researched it. Since then, the output of iron ore and coal mines in Shandong has suddenly expanded to 20 jin and 120 jin. In addition, the three detected gold The mine also began to be excavated, with a daily output of [-] jin of gold, plus the money earned from selling dried sea fish, cement and salt, just enough to maintain the operation of Shandong.

Half a month later, soap and matches were also developed by the alchemy Taoist team led by Gong Sheng.

In May, all parts of Shandong ushered in a bumper harvest, and the dried sea fish immediately became unsalable.

Then Shi Xiuqi called back all the caravans under the names of the chamber of commerce, and then divided them into two. Soon, [-] caravans rushed to all parts of the country with cheap dried sea fish, salt, soap and matches to rescue peoples.

The other five fleets rushed to Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia with soap and matches.

Until June, the powerless Dangxiang forced Dajian to negotiate peace, demanding that the two countries divide the river to rule, so that Emperor Jingping wrote a surrender form and presented it, calling Emperor Dangxiang his father, and Dajian paid 200 million taels of old coins to Dangxiang every year, and the girl 3000 people.

Dang Xiang immediately seized thousands of carts of gold and silver, more than one million pieces of clothing and satin, 60 mules and horses, and expelled [-] people to the north.

In July, Kaifeng was established as the capital of Dangxiang.

The news came that Shandong was finally able to reverse its trade deficit because soap and matches were still selling well in Korea and Japan, and the excitement on Gong Sheng's face, whose monthly income was more than [-] taels, disappeared instantly.

What is a national humiliation, this is it.

Not to mention that before that, they could often hear the news of the party members massacring the city,

Wei Cheng and the others couldn't help but take a deep breath, then turned their heads and looked at Meng Zezhi, who was above him, with burning eyes.

Because they now want soldiers and soldiers, money and money, and they already have the strength to fight against the party.

Meng Zezhi also put down the tea bowl in his hand, and said calmly, "Then let's fight."

All of a sudden, all the people present knelt down, their expressions were firm, and their voices resounded over Dengzhou: "Obey."

In August of the 14th year of Jingping, Shandong took Weicheng as its general, led [-] troops, and attacked the party.

With Chang Ming as the commander-in-chief and Song Hai as the deputy commander, he led [-] infantry and [-] sailors to attack Hebei Road (now the three eastern provinces).

In September, locust plagues broke out in many places such as Guannei, Shannan, and Hedong. With the cheap but satisfying dried sea fish appearing on the dining tables of the people in various prefectures and counties in Dajian, the name of Shandong's wealth and wealth was also given by the chamber of commerce. Twenty caravans spread throughout the streets and alleys of Dajian.

Therefore, in October, millions of refugees and people who could not bear the party's rule poured into Shandong.

While Shandong fell into chaos again, Meng Zezhi was able to expand his army by another [-].

In December, Chang Ming and Song Hai went down five cities in succession, invaded Shenyang, recruited eight rebels, and expanded their army to [-].

In April of the 15th year of Jingping, Chang Ming and Song Hai led the army to attack Changchun. At this point, Hebei Road also fell into the hands of Meng Zezhi.

It's just that compared to Chang Ming and Song Hai's overwhelming situation, the battle situation in the Acropolis is much more difficult.

After all, no matter how weak the party is at this time, it is still a behemoth that has occupied half of Dajian's country and has 30 troops, most of whom are cavalry.

What's more, the means of the party members are extremely despicable. When attacking the city, they often coerce countless people to act as human shields, forcing the Shandong army to open the city gate.

So much so that even if there are volunteers from all over the country to help, the Acropolis often has small victories, but it is still struggling.

Until August, Chang Ming and Song Hai led an army of [-] to the south and joined forces with the Acropolis in Xuzhou.

In the following month, the Acropolis defeated the eight cities and attacked the city of Kaifeng three times, forcing Dangxiang to mobilize more than half of the country's troops to defend the north.

A long tug-of-war ensued.

And this confrontation lasted for two years.

Fortunately, Shandong now has the entire Northeast, countless mining areas, and matches and soap, which are gold-absorbing tools, can afford it.

And in the past two years, refugees have been pouring into Shandong.

Especially in October 14, at the urging of Gong Sheng, the sea trade fleet going south finally found high-yielding crops such as Champa rice, corn and sweet potatoes, as well as cotton, a weapon to avoid the cold.

The next year, Meng Zezhi led 30 migrants to Hebei Road to open up wasteland. Since then, Hebei Road has gradually become the Jiangnan outside the Great Wall under Shandong, a land of fish and rice.

It was not until two years later that Gong Sheng finally developed the musket|gun.

"Hahaha!"

Looking at the officers and soldiers of the Hu|gun battalion in front of him with neat military appearance, Gong Sheng was so energetic that he almost looked up to the sky with his hips akimbo and screamed.

"It's not in vain that I tossed in the laboratory for two years."

Then he turned his head and looked towards the northwest direction, his eyes shone brightly, showing four teeth, but what he said could not be more gnashing of teeth: "You will know what it means-queue to shoot|kill immediately."

In July of the 17th year of Jingping, Weicheng, which had been lingering in Taiyuan for half a year, suddenly led 20 troops into Luzhou, then went straight to Zhengzhou, and finally defeated 17 main forces of the party and [-] enemies in Songzhou. [-] troops were surrendered, and Prince Dangxiang was also captured, and was immediately shown to the public.

Upon hearing the news, Dajian and the rebels from all over the country raised their troops to attack Dangxiang one after another.

The founding emperor of Dangxiang was also the last emperor who was forced to flee north, just like Emperor Jingping who fled south in panic.

In August, Weicheng led an army to break through Kaifeng.

The last emperor of Dangxiang died of illness while fleeing north, and his eldest son continued to lead the remnant soldiers into the northern grasslands, and he disappeared after that.

In October of the 17th year of Jingping, the mighty Dang Xiang, who had ravaged the land of the Central Plains for eight full years and caused the destruction and displacement of countless people, officially declared the country to be destroyed.

In this battle, most of the Dangxiang's territory was acquired by Shandong, and Dajian conquered the three provinces of Longxi and Yunnan, and two other rebel armies supported themselves.

Just when Shandong was celebrating the destruction of Dangxiang, a teenager suddenly reported:

"My lord, General Chang sent someone to send a team of troops, the leader of which claimed to be Dajian Zhongshusheren, and was ordered by the emperor to deliver the decree."

"Ok?"

The originally lively hall fell silent in an instant.

Meng Zezhi on the main seat also put down the wine glass in his hand.

The young general then raised the bamboo tube in his hand to the top of his head: "This is the imperial decree offered by the envoy of Dajian."

Meng Zezhi beckoned.

The attendant at the side immediately took the bamboo tube from the young general and passed it to Meng Zezhi.

Meng Zezhi opened the imperial decree in the bamboo tube and took a look.

"...Feng Meng Zezhi was the king of the north, and the northern land was his fiefdom. He was awarded the nine tins in the book of seals and ribbons. After that, the imperial court gave Meng Zezhi 200 million taels of silver, [-] bolts of silk, and [-] bolts of cotton cloth every year..."

In addition, Weicheng and the others each have titles.

Meng Zezhi laughed.

This is not a canonized edict, this is clearly a letter of surrender, and even the rewards are much more than the previous tribute to the party.

It's very simple, Dajian has been scared out of his wits by Dang Xiang.

Otherwise, how dare the Zhongshu Sheren take out the imperial decree directly.

Thinking of this, Meng Zezhi directly threw those edicts to Weicheng and the others: "What do you think?"

Wei Cheng and the others also laughed, more shamelessly.

They originally thought that after Dajian conquered so many cities, his spine would be able to straighten up, but they were still so useless.

Song Hai immediately said: "I don't think it matters if this official doesn't do it, otherwise wouldn't they be lowered for nothing?"

They are now strong and strong, and it is only a matter of time before Dajian is wiped out.

This is where his confidence lies.

The others echoed loudly after hearing this: "Not bad."

"Myna is right."

At this time, a white-haired old man stood up tremblingly with a cane: "My son thinks that this official can be a good one."

Because although they won the battle with Dangxiang, they also lost a lot of troops. After all, in terms of individual strength, Dangxiang people have always been superior to them.

Otherwise, Dajian and the two insurgents are not qualified to share their fruits.

Moreover, they have just occupied so many places, and the top priority now is to appease the people in those places, so they are powerless to march south in a short time.

"Since that's the case, the two million taels of silver and one hundred thousand bolts of cloth should not be in vain."

The most important thing is to prevent Dajian from jumping over the wall in a hurry, and under the instigation of the other two insurgents, he will take the opportunity to join forces to attack them.

Although Dajian is definitely not their opponent, but it can save the people from suffering a few wars, so why not do it.

But he didn't want to see him, Meng Zezhi said repeatedly: "Just sit and talk, don't stand up again."

Meng Zezhi was afraid that he would lose his footing and fall.

That's right, this is also his adopted son, who was adopted by Weicheng for him, and he is 96 years old this year.

I don't know how Acropolis can do it.

"Thank you, righteous father."

The old man could only sit down as told.

Only then did Meng Zezhi calm down, and he said, "That's fine, then let's get down first."

Naturally, Weicheng and the others had no objections.

Then Meng Zezhi thought for a while: "I plan to go to Hangzhou."

He Heng said subconsciously: "What are you doing in Hangzhou at this time?"

Because as long as he thinks that their enemies are all in Hangzhou now, He Heng can't help feeling depressed.

Meng Zezhi smiled: "Look at the monkey."

The author has something to say: Meng Zezhi: Watch (pretend) monkey (force).

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