On March 23 of the second year of Taichang, Marquis Pingliao led his army to evacuate Seoul and returned north to Kaiyuan.
After a month of running around, my trip to North Korea is finally over.
You will definitely gain a lot.
Plans to expand commerce and rent islands at the mouth of the Yalu River have been realized.
The Liaodong Navy conceived by Liu Zhaosun has also begun to take shape.
I just went boating on the Han River with my wife, "the cups and plates were in a mess, we were sleeping together in the boat, not knowing that the east was white", but it finally failed to come true.
Because Liu Zhaosun stopped drinking.
"Madam, since I have accompanied you back to the Han River in North Korea, you must also follow me to the Han River in the Ming Dynasty and visit my hometown."
"That's natural. When will your husband come back?"
Liu Zhaosun and Jin Yuji agreed:
In August this year, I went south to Huguang, returned to my hometown of Junzhou City, climbed Taihe Mountain (Wudang Mountain), worshiped the seventy-two Taoist temples, and finally went boating on the Han River, getting drunk and then resting.
Liu Zhaosun has not returned home for ten years, but his local pronunciation has not changed. He thinks of the eight scenic spots in his hometown, Canglang Pavilion and the wild geese falling in the lotus pond, and he feels fascinated.
They left North Korea that day and left Wu Aheng and others stationed on Ping'an West Road. According to the agreement between the two parties, these more than 500 people will be protected by North Korea.
Li Zhu knew that these people were the confidants of Marquis Ping Liao. If he attacked them, it would be equivalent to declaring war on Kaiyuan.
At least for now, North Korea does not have this capability.
The entire journey was silent.
On the second day of April, the army returned to Kaiyuan.
The Horqin people, who were cruising in Qinghe and Fushun in search of opportunities, heard that Liu Zhaosun had returned with the main force and immediately fled westward.
The Horqin people had seen Liu Zhaosun's strength in Hunhe, and no one wanted to fight with this team again.
Liu Zhaosun ordered Burhanggu to lead his cavalry in pursuit. The Yehe people failed to catch up with their large group of troops, and finally killed dozens of Mongolian rangers.
Burhangu hated the Horqin people deeply. Last year, he and his uncle were defeated by Hou Jin. When they were desperate, they were stabbed in the back by the Horqin people and driven out of the prairie.
Things are turning, and this year, it is the Yehe people's turn to hunt down the Horqin people.
As the main force of the soldiers returned, some of the coveting forces around Kaiyuan disappeared one after another.
In Liao Town, the Mongols all retreated to their respective spheres of influence.
During the period when Liu Zhaosun went to North Korea. Various undertakings in Kaiyuan City have continued to move forward.
A steady stream of refugees came from all directions, mainly from all over Liaodong, and some from Zhili, Northeast Shandong.
After strict screening, thousands of people will be assigned to various camps, workshops and recruit camps every day.
Among them, those who are unqualified will be eliminated, but most of them will stay and serve as fresh blood to various departments in Kaiyuan.
Lei Jiangtou and his workshop already have enough manpower to drill gun barrels. There are currently more than 200 people, and more people are pouring in every day.
Chief Lei wanted to save General Liu some food and salary, so he sent the extra people to install the divine fire flying crow.
The installation stabilizer designed by Song Yingxing was finally installed on the tail of the Shenhuo Flying Crow.
The improved rocket has a range of up to four miles and its accuracy has been greatly improved.
The workshop conducted repeated tests and came to a conclusion.
The Divine Fire Flying Crow can accurately hit the enemy's formation from two miles away, with a hit rate of over 70%.
After solving the hit problem, Song Yingxing led his craftsmen to improve arrow gunpowder.
Following General Liu's prompts, they tried a variety of gunpowder formulas and also used tree lacquer.
The results were all unsatisfactory, and the power was not improved.
Liu Zhaosun knew nothing about gunpowder.
He only knew that high explosives were several times more powerful than ordinary gunpowder.
However, he had already given the formula of explosives to his junior high school chemistry teacher.
Not being able to remember the recipe, Song Yingxing and the others could only take risks and try again and again.
Work on civil affairs is also progressing rapidly.
At present, civil affairs are mainly divided into two areas: farming and commerce.
When there are more talents, Liu Zhaosun will divide business and farming.
The trade routes are still expanding, employees are being sent in and out every day, and gossiping with the giant businessmen from all over the Ming Dynasty is as hard as the training of soldiers.
Thanks to their efforts, a Ningbo silk company was finally willing to trade with Kaiyuan, bypassing the capital, bypassing the canal, and trading directly with Liaodong Shipping.
I have to say, this is very courageous.
Of course, Liu Zhaosun was more courageous.
The price of silk he gave to Ningbo merchants was twice that of the capital...
Kang Yingqian felt that Mr. Liu was a fool and had too much money. Liu Zhaosun explained that he wanted to sell his wealth to attract businessmen. The two had a quarrel and broke up unhappy.
In terms of farming, the number of fields under Kaiyuan's name increased rapidly.
From 50,000 to 60,000 acres before the bloody war in Hunhe, it has skyrocketed to 800,000 acres now.
Liu Zhaosun was shocked.
These 800,000 acres are basically written in black and white as belonging to Kaiyuan City.
Of course, quite a few of the land deeds were printed by Qiao Yiqi, Yuan Chonghuan and others two months ago. Then give it the truth from ancient times.
Three thousand Zhejiang soldiers under Qi Jin's command have been trained. Qin Jianxun's white-pole soldiers are about to be trained and ready.
Liu Zhaosun personally inspected the white-pole soldiers.
On the fifth day of April, early in the morning, 2,500 white-armed soldiers armed with white-armed guns stood at the North Gate Campus. After a simple formation training, they began to practice thrusting.
The movements of the two thousand five hundred people were quite neat. They all held the handle of the gun with their left hand, held up the gun body with their right hand, and thrust forward by relying on the strength of their waists.
"kill!"
Liu Zhaosun nodded slightly to Qin Jianxun and encouraged him to practice military skills, which was no worse than Qi Jin.
This white-pole army is composed entirely of Liao civilians. Three months ago, these well-dressed soldiers in front of them were all scrawny refugees. In just over three months, they turned into such a strong army.
In this era, Liao people were generally taller than the southwestern chieftain soldiers. This strange white-pole soldier was majestic and particularly eye-catching.
Liu Zhaosun calculated in his mind, and with the two thousand and five hundred white soldiers in front of him, the number of Kaiyuan soldiers exceeded 8,000, already exceeding the strength during the bloody battle of Hunhe last year.
Refugees are being trained into soldiers every day.
The army is a beast that swallows gold. Liu Zhaosun's millions of silver will soon be used up again, and the food in stock will soon be exhausted. Soon, Kang Yingqian will come to him again to complain about poverty.
However, with such extravagant spending, the rate of explosion of troops is getting faster and faster.
Liu Zhaosun estimated that at the current rate of military expansion, the number of Kaiyuan soldiers will surge to 15,000 by the end of this year, and will exceed 20,000 after the spring of next year.
Even according to the most conservative estimates, by the end of next year, he will be able to send his troops south, wipe out all the evil spirits and monsters in southern Liaoning and western Liaoning, completely eliminate Liao Town, and then dominate Liaodong.
By the end of the next year, Liu Zhaosun will have the ability to annex North Korea or enter the country to rob.
Of course, these predictions are all based on a premise, that is, all Kaiyuan's enemies have ceased their activities, turning a blind eye to this crazy growing force, and not taking any action against Liu Zhaosun in the past two years.
This is of course impossible.
After the trip to North Korea ended, the next thorny issue surfaced.
The chieftains in the southwest border area may launch a rebellion at any time. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Kaiyuan to rise. If the dividends of this war can be reaped, everything about Kaiyuan can be accelerated.
"Okay, as expected, they are strong soldiers with white poles. When you go to the battlefield and practice, you will be a strong army! Jianxun, you did a good job. It took three months to train this army! It is not easy!"
Liu Zhaosun patted Qin Jianxun on the shoulder and praised the young general.
In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, Liu Zhaosun and Qin Jianxun met for the first time in Kuandian. From then on, General Liu had great expectations for this white-pole soldier general. Later, facts proved that Qin Jianxun was a man who could stand alone. of generals.
After a year of fighting for life and death, the young man's immaturity has long since disappeared, and he has gained a calm temperament.
Liu Zhaosun said solemnly:
"Jianxun, chaos is about to break out in the southwest. Instead of waiting for the chieftains to rebel, we should make preparations first."
When Liu Zhaosun said this, he looked up at the white pole soldiers who were still training in the distance.
"Jianxun, I'm going to send you back to Sichuan and bring people from the Intelligence Bureau to find out the details of She Chongming and report them to me. When Kaiyuan's army goes south, with the information you have investigated, the soldiers will not be blind. .”
Qin Jianxun listened carefully. When Mr. Liu finished speaking, he had nothing else to say and just nodded seriously.
"Don't worry, sir, even if you die, you still have to send the information back!"
Liu Zhaosun interrupted him with a wave of his hand, shook his head and said:
"No one will die again, and neither will you! When the southwest is pacified, I will mark your merits!"
On April 8, Qin Jianxun and four members of the Intelligence Bureau left Kaiyuan and secretly went south.
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