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[Yesterday I took the car home, I couldn't code the word, I made up it overnight, forgive me! ] 】

"Come on, son, give Daddy a smile!"

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"And you, my precious girl, give your dad a smile too!"

"Hee-hee-hee!"

Xuzhou Li Mansion, that is, Li Zixiao's general's mansion, was particularly lively that night.

Li Zixiao's return not only made Lin Wan'er and her three daughters very happy, but also made Li's mother happy, and no official bothered Li Zixiao that day.

That night, Li Zixiao held a family banquet, and the family reunited and had a reunion dinner.

There were not many people at the dinner, in addition to Li's mother, Li Zixiao's three wives, Lin Yongnian and his wife, and Li Zifeng were able to participate.

After the dinner, Li Zixiao personally hugged the two little guys from Lin Wan'er and Guan Mingxi's hands and made them laugh.

The two little guys had never seen Li Zixiao at first, they were a little scared, and they cried when they saw Li Zixiao, but fortunately, after a while, they got much better after getting acquainted.

Li Zixiao clapped his hands and grinned in front of the two babies, which immediately caused the two babies to laugh like silver bells.

Especially the delicate little hands of the two children, when they held Li Zixiao's fingers, Li Zixiao was very excited, this is his child, his blood.

"Wan'er, tomorrow, you have worked hard." Li Zixiao turned to look at the two daughters and said softly.

"Don't say such things, husband, we are very happy." The faces of the two women showed a smile of satisfaction.

Only Lin Yuluo on the side, although he was also smiling on his face, he was very reluctant, looking at Li Zixiao holding the two children in his eyes, extremely envious.

It's a pity that he hasn't been able to conceive a child for Li Zixiao until now, and she even suspected that she had a physical problem and secretly saw a doctor.

It's just that this is probably because Lin Yuluo is too worried.

She didn't win the bid before, which can only mean that she was unlucky, and in the past half a year, Li Zixiao has never come back since she went to sea, which makes her have no chance of getting pregnant.

But this time Li Zixiao came back, Lin Yuluo had secretly made up her mind that she must also have a child, otherwise she would have no status in the Li Mansion in the future.

Lin Yuluo felt a deep sense of crisis in his heart at this time.

"Xiao'er, I want to make up a full moon wine for the ugly baby and Nan Nan in a few days, but the last time I did it, you were still outside and couldn't come back.

Your own children do full moon wine, your father is not there, what kind of system, this time you must be there in person. ”

After the meal, Mother Li said to Li Zixiao.

Ugly baby and Nannan are the nicknames given by Li's mother to Li Zixiao's son and daughter.

"Okay, no problem, it's time to make up for one, everything is up to my mother." Li Zixiao replied, making Li's mother nod with satisfaction.

This night, Li Zixiao rarely enjoyed such a peaceful and happy time with his family, he didn't think about the war, you thought about the intrigue and struggle, and the intrigue.

Li Zixiao hugged his son and daughter, looked at the black and pure eyes of their two teams, staring at him dripping, and felt deeply satisfied.

Lin Yongnian, who was fortunate enough to participate in this Li Zixiao family banquet, was able to come because he completely took advantage of Lin Wan'er's light, after all, he was Li Zixiao's legitimate father-in-law.

This time, Lin Wan'er gave birth to a son, Li Zixiao's first heir, that is, Li Zixiao's eldest son, this identity is too important.

As a result, Lin Yongnian was in a good mood during this time, and he felt several years younger.

In addition, he was fortunate to attend Li Zixiao's family banquet tonight, and tomorrow he will have something to show off to Qian Guangyuan, Wei Hong, Qiu Guangming and others.

On the second day, Li Zixiao summoned the Wenchen led by Qian Guangyuan and Lin Yongnian, as well as the military generals led by Wei Hong and Luo Chao, to hold a meeting in his Jiangbei Parade Embassy.

As soon as Li Zixiao went out, it took more than half a year to hand over all the large and small government affairs in Jiangbei to Qian Guangming and Lin Yongning.

And the recruitment and training of recruits in the White Dragon Army are all responsible for Wei Hong.

Now that Li Zixiao is back, they should also return the power granted by Li Zixiao and obey Li Zixiao's arrangement again.

Parade of the embassy, conference hall.

Li Zixiao sat on the first seat and looked at the subordinates and ministers on both sides at this time.

At this time, Li Zixiao returned with a faint smile on his face, and he returned triumphantly, and experienced the warmth of the family, Li Zixiao was in a very good mood.

"General, everyone has arrived, can the meeting begin?" Qian Guangyuan stood up and asked Li Zixiao for instructions.

Li Zixiao's eyes swept around, looked at Qian Guangyuan and asked, "What about Qiu Guangming?" ”

You must know that at this time, Li Zixiao's patrol envoy was jointly in charge of Qian Guangyuan, Lin Yongnian and Qiu Guangming, which was equivalent to the first and auxiliary ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

"Back to the general, Lord Qiu set off for Yangzhou, Shi Kefa was a little restless in Yangzhou, Lord Qiu went to deal with this trouble."

Qian Guangyuan said truthfully.

"Huh? What happened to Shi Kefa in Yangzhou? Li Zixiao frowned and asked.

Of course, Li Zixiao knows more about Shi Kefa, and like Lu Xiangsheng, he is an official who is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and Li Zixiao also admires him very much.

It's just that Li Zixiao admires and admires, but he also knows that Shi Kefa can never be used for himself, so Li Zixiao has been wary of Shi Kefa from the beginning.

Fortunately, after Shi Kefa took over the Yangzhou City Shipping Division, he has been busy rectifying the Municipal Shipping Division, staring at those maritime merchants, and he didn't cause too much trouble to Li Zixiao.

Now that Li Zixiao heard Qian Guangyuan say this, it seems that Shi Kefa was not honest in Yangzhou at this time, could it be that he was instructed by Chongzhen?

"General, my subordinates were going to mention this matter to the general later, but now that the general is asking, then my subordinates will talk about it first.

Since last month, Shi Kefa has suddenly wanted to attack maritime merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, asking us to cooperate with him in cracking down on maritime smuggling. ”

"Hey, Shi Kefa is greedy enough, he is not satisfied with making money in Yangzhou City so soon, and wants to stretch out his hand to Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

According to your last report, Shi Kefa is now in Yangzhou City, and the tax he has not collected is enough 100,000 taels of silver, and it is still increasing month by month.

Why, he is not satisfied with this number? So soon, you have to attack the maritime merchants of Jiangsu and Zhejiang? ”

After Li Zixiao listened to Qian Guangyuan's words, his face showed a playful smile, and he said with a sneer.

"My subordinates don't know why, some time ago, Shi Kefa was quite peaceful, and he took care of Yangzhou City very well, which shows that he is a talent at this time.

Moreover, Shi Kefa can only collect taxes from maritime merchants in Jiangbei for the time being, and does not mention the maritime merchants in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, or even Fujian and Guangzhou.

But just half a month ago, Shi Kefa suddenly made a request to the General's Mansion, in the name of Yangzhou City, asking us to send troops to assist him and crack down on smuggling along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. ”

Qian Guangyuan also said quite puzzled.

"Hey! And so it was. On the contrary, after Li Zixiao heard it, he immediately figured out the reason.

"The Great General knows what's going on?"

"It's not difficult to guess, it must be that the saint tasted the sweetness from the monthly taxes of Yangzhou City, and he couldn't wait to start with the maritime merchants of Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

Li Zixiao smiled and said.

Qian Guangyuan still didn't quite understand, his face was puzzled, and he said: "However, if the Holy Lord wants to attack the maritime merchants of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he can set up a new city department in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, why let Shi Kefa preside over it in Yangzhou?" ”

"It's not obvious. The saint was worried that once a city division was also set up in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it would be immediately used by maritime merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

At that time, these maritime merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang can use the name of the imperial court to smuggle more openly and brightly.

Those Jiangsu, Zhejiang and maritime merchants are in the local area, and they are not intertwined with forces, from the imperial court to the official palace to the street hooligans, all of them have their people.

Originally, the imperial court re-established the city and collected customs duties, which made these maritime merchants dissatisfied, unless there were strong means to supervise their implementation.

Otherwise, these maritime merchants would never be willing to hand over such a large sum of silver every month.

In this regard, the saint obviously doesn't trust the officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang very much, but trusts Shi Kefa more, and at the same time wants Shi Kefa to use the power of our White Dragon Army. ”

At this time, Lin Yongnian on the side saw it more clearly and spoke.

"Well, that's right." Li Zixiao also nodded, he and Lin Yongnian thought the same.

"I see. Then general, do we have to cooperate with Shi Kefa? Qian Guangyuan also suddenly realized, and immediately asked Li Zixiao for instructions.

Li Zixiao's face turned grim, and after thinking carefully: "Let Qiu Guangming agree to Shi Kefa, since Shi Kefa wants to be the vanguard of cracking down on the smuggling of maritime merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, then we will fulfill him." ”

"General, if we do this, we will offend those maritime merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. You must know that the energy of this group of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and maritime merchants is not small, and it is not good for us to offend them! ”

At this time, Qian Guangyuan reminded Li Zixiao with some concern.

"It doesn't matter, in fact, even if the Holy Lord doesn't attack these Jiangsu, Zhejiang and maritime merchants, I will attack them after a while.

Now that Shi Kefa wants to rush to the front, let him deal with these Jiangsu, Zhejiang and maritime merchants first.

As for offending them, am I afraid of offending a group of businessmen? I can't even remember the merchant who copied Lao Tzu's house in Jiangbei.

I'm also giving them a warning that gone are the days when they used to smuggle around and don't have to pay taxes. ”

Lao Zixiao said, with a cold glint in his eyes.

Li Zixiao suddenly realized that this time Shi Kefa asked them to help crack down on smuggling maritime merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which was completely an opportunity for Li Zixiao!

You must know that Li Zixiao has already monopolized the southeast sea area for the Zheng family fleet at this time, and charged huge protection fees for these maritime merchants in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian to go to sea.

It's a pity that Li Zixiao can't turn his face with Zheng Zhilong at this time.

In other words, he could not let the White Dragon Army Navy go south, compete with Zheng Zhilong for the sea control of the southeast coast, and then replace the Zheng family to collect 'protection fees' for these maritime merchants.

Therefore, if Li Zixiao wants to squeeze out some oil and water from these maritime merchants at this time, he has to find another shortcut.

Now, Shi Kefa is under the order of Chongzhen to crack down on the smuggling of maritime merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which is completely an opportunity for him!

Fight smuggling, this is a very good, very high-sounding reason.

Since Shi Kefa wants to rush to the front, let him go.

At that time, it will be Shi Kefa who offends the maritime merchants of Zhejiang, and their White Dragon Army just acts according to the order, and you should not hold a grudge against us.

At the same time, Li Zixiao also wanted to take this opportunity to test the Zheng family.

The Zheng family collected the protection money of these maritime merchants, and logically speaking, the Zheng family wanted to protect the safety of these maritime merchants.

But this time, if Li Zixiao sends the White Dragon Army to assist in cracking down on maritime smuggling along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I don't know if the Zheng family will interfere.

At the same time, Li Zixiao also wanted the White Dragon Army naval fleet to go to the sea to experience more training.

Moreover, this time the White Dragon Army Navy, after all, was requested by Shi Kefa to assist him in his actions, and the White Dragon Army Navy must not be busy in vain.

When the time comes, Li Zixiao can send someone to negotiate with Shi Kefa, and the smuggling maritime merchants caught by both sides will also be divided into a part of the property that the White Dragon Army has punished.

This is an opportunity to kill many birds with one stone, of course Li Zixiao has to agree.

"I support the general's decision, it is best to let Shi Kefa preside over the smuggling of maritime merchants, we just need to send troops to assist."

Lin Yongnian understands better than anyone else at this time the thoughts of his son-in-law.

And after Lin Wan'er gave birth to a son, Lin Yongnian decided to help Li Zixiao with all his heart.

"Okay, since you agree with Du Lao Lin, then do as the general said, and I will send someone to inform Lao Qiu." Qian Guangyuan responded.

"Okay, this matter is over, and now I want to hear about a series of issues such as taxation, public security, and road construction in Jiangbei in the past six months.

The focus is also on the agricultural harvest and the resettlement of the displaced people in Jiangbei, let's get started! ”

Li Zixiao's eyes swept over the civil officials of the Patrol Mansion on the left, and said in a deep voice.

"Okay, then I'll let people report it one by one." After hearing Li Zi's words, Lin Yongnian stood up and said.

Qian Guangyuan and Lin Yongnian already knew Li Zixiao very well at this time.

knew that every time Li Zixiao came back from the expedition, he would inevitably ask them to make a detailed report, so that Li Zixiao could have a general understanding of the development of Jiangbei during this period.

This kind of report will also be made once a month when Li Zixiao is not on the expedition.

Therefore, for today's meeting, Qian Guangyuan and Lin Yongnian asked their clerks to prepare all the materials overnight, waiting for a report to Li Zixiao today.

"Back to the general, after the beginning of spring this year, our three prefectures in Jiangbei have to deal with the resettlement of tens of thousands of displaced people who have poured in in a winter.

After several months of hard work, we have reclaimed more than 86,500 acres of wasteland......

"General Qiyu, the spring tax revenue of the three prefectures of Jiangbei has been completed, and a total of more than 2.3 million taels of tax silver have been collected, including 973,521 taels of agricultural tax and more than 1,293,000 taels ......of commercial tax."

"In the past six months, we have built more than 1,600 miles of roads, repaired more than 600 miles of roads, and built 36 large and small bridges.

At present, the roads between the counties and counties of the three prefectures in Jiangbei have all been widened and repaired.

In addition, two-thirds of the road from Xuzhou to Shanyang and Yangzhou has been completed, and it is expected to be completed by the end of this year......"

Li Zixiao sat in the first place, listening to the civil officials who patrolled the palace below, and reported them in detail one by one, and from time to time Li Zixiao also raised his own questions.

(End of chapter)