When the excited General Shen rushed back to the Fujian Governor's Yamen and presented the matter of recruiting to Fujian Governor Wang Shichang, a basin of cold and biting ice water poured on his head and brain, extinguishing his fiery ambition.

"Brother Shihong, the state affairs are difficult!!" Wang Shichang, the governor of Fujian, who was sitting at the top of the living room, faced the good news brought by the veterans under his command, and his face was full of waves, which made the excitement of the old general Shen couldn't help but restrain a little: "In the first battle of Liaodong last year, the casualties of 200,000 soldiers of my Ming Dynasty were not counted, and the Liaodong defense line was full of loopholes, which was not enough to deal with the advance of Nurhachi's rebels. In order to compensate the fallen soldiers and re-recruit soldiers to resist foreign humiliation, the national army, which had been in poverty for a long time, was even worse, and had to levy food and taxes from the people. ”

"Therefore, even my Fujian people are not spared, under the emptiness of the treasury, what can be used to appease such a group of unruly villagers, and what to pay for a year's salary?"

A realistic question is put out, and the meaning of the governor's words does not need to be elaborated, such as Shen Yourong's generation, he can guess one or two.

"But my lord, if I can recruit my peers, not only can I build a fighting army, but also get two well-developed bases, please think twice!" The anxious look on the old general's face was not for his own fame, but for regret that he could not recruit this team.

At his age, fame and fortune are like a passing cloud for him, but the heart of worrying about the country and the people is not dead, and he is delusional to lay a shadow for the future of the Ming Dynasty and open up a defense line that can defend the Ming Dynasty from the invasion from the sea.

Wang Shichang naturally admired the old general's vision and insight, and even the former first assistant Ye Xianggao had praised him for a long time, but he had been immersed in officialdom for many years, and many times it was not you who did it right: "Brother Shihong, this agreement has been decided, there is no room for reluctance, please also understand my difficulties." ”

"And according to what you say, wouldn't it be better for this group of forces not to do evil, but to help us and others to clear out the sea bandits? After the war, I didn't need my government to pay rewards and pensions, and I was able to bring peace to the people of Fujian, so why not? ”

In fact, Wang Shichang is very clear about Shen Yourong's plans, and Shen Yourong has never concealed his political ambitions, that is, the belonging of Dongfan. can be in Wang Shichang's position, there are subordinates below who want to come out, and there are colleagues above who covet his position and are ready to be released.

Like the likes of Zhao'an pirates and bandits, they are naturally good in times of war, but on weekdays, as long as these people do not disturb the people's livelihood, or if the strength is not strong, it is too late to clean them up, who will take the initiative to recruit them? Isn't this a reason to find a traitor?

As for the opening up of the wasteland, the relocation of people to its island is beautiful in the long run, but it is not a good thing to fall on the head of Wang Shichang, the current governor of Fujian. The time and money it takes to develop a piece of land is measured in more than ten years, and if it is developed during his tenure, not to mention the cost of labor and money, the waiting for this time alone is not acceptable to him. More than ten years later, who knows if he is still in office in Fujian?

If you succeed, your achievements and official reputation do not belong to you; No, he still has to bear the risk of losing money and money, and carrying a big burden, no matter how he calculates, he Wang Shichang can't do well, so why not keep it as it is!

Shen Yourong said that in the past two or three years, there have been two well-developed towns on Dongfan Island, which Wang Shichang will not believe at all! It's not that he hasn't done it at the grassroots level, how can he not understand how much it costs to develop a place!

"This matter will stop here, since Brother Shihong is also here, it just so happens that I am discussing an important matter with you. Now that the war situation in Liaodong is erosive, the imperial court wants all provinces to send additional troops to support Liaodong, you have to help me come up with a charter to see how many villagers should be recruited! ”

Immediately, in order to stop Shen Yourong's desire to persuade him, Wang Shichang quietly diverted the conversation between the two today with something that was not very important.

"There were laws in the past about this recruitment, and it is to act according to this." In the gloomy and sad spirit, he knew that the governor had made up his mind, and Shen Yourong couldn't dwell too much on this matter, so he had to give up and find another time to advise.

Where did Li Tianyang think that he didn't need to find the eunuch tax supervisor, when Shen Yourong discussed the matter with the governor in private, he was already stopped by the governor. In the eyes of the people of Futai, Li Tianyang and Shen Yourong, who regarded the treasure Dayuan as if they were their lives, were just a troublesome hot potato, and they couldn't arouse people's interest at all. As for Li Tianyang and his group, it is even more of a mustard disease, and it is okay to live with peace of mind, if he has the intention to do evil, then he doesn't mind sending troops to wipe them out and recruit peace? Isn't that a big deal!

When Li Tianyang received a reply from the old general Shen Yourong, perhaps because he consciously deceived Li Tianyang and their feelings and made them happy, he only sent a close guard to deliver the message.

The proper meaning of the question is naturally that the matter of Zhao'an is quite profound, and now he Shen Yourong is running for this, asking Li Tianyang to wait for some time and so on. Of course, what is indispensable among them are the words of beating and reminding Li Tianyang, such as asking them to suspend the recruitment of homeless people everywhere, the recruitment of pirates, etc., and not to disturb the past maritime merchants and the like.

"Please also ask the military master to return to the general, I will wait for the heart of serving the country with fists and fists, and I will only wait for the old General Shen to come down with the imperial court's Zhao'an wedge as soon as possible, and give me and other grass people a bright avenue!" Li Tianyang wished that this matter of recruiting peace would stop, since there was no follow-up for the time being, it was too late for him to be happy, but he couldn't show it before he came, so he could only pretend to be disappointed in his heart and answer.

Based on his understanding of the efficiency of the government in the past and present lives, the little time in the old general's mouth is probably calculated in months. But what he didn't expect at all was that this matter had already been born before it was born, and it had already been born in the womb of the governor.

It wasn't until Gan Dabiao returned in the dust, and at the same time brought a message from Master Lu Guilu, saying that there was no such thing as their so-called recruitment in Fujian officialdom, which made Li Tianyang stunned, and couldn't help but speculate with fear about what kind of tricks this famous old general Shen was selling in this play.

It's just a pity that with the low-level intelligence system that Li Tianyang and they arranged in Quanzhou, where could they collect the complete ins and outs of this matter, the matter finally calmed down in Li Tianyang's worry day by day, and he didn't even have time to alarm the middle and low-level personnel.

Among them, Li Tianyang's biggest gain was a blessing in disguise, and he deceived his mother Sanniang and Mrs. Wu to Bengang and live with Yumo, which was also a big wish of Li Tianyang. They came with them, as well as the relatives of many members of their team, who had to leave their hometowns and come with them after learning that Tan Men was exposed.

As for his aunt Zhu Juan and his younger brother Li Tiansheng, with Li De and them settling in another nest overseas, the growth and development of the wild shark was only a matter of time, so Li De and Zhang Chong had already made preparations. For a time, Tanmen was a tree and a fox was scattered, and the originally prosperous village suddenly fell into depression, and the patriarch of the Wu clan collected a few more acres of fertile land in vain.

(End of chapter)