573 Zhou Qing took the school and returned to Jiangbei

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In August of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng was escorted by a fleet of the White Dragon Army Navy, waiting for Lu Juehua Island, and then rushed to Ningyuan City.

After arriving in Ningyuan City, Lu Xiangsheng learned that the information he had obtained from Lu Yuan about the Songjin front line was not wrong at all.

At this time, the battle situation on the Songjin front, the Ming army had no hope of winning at all, and the only thing Lu Xiangsheng could do was to rescue Hong Chengchou, who was besieged in Songshan at this time.

and the remnants of the elite of the Ming army in several border cities of Xingshan and Tashan to preserve the last remaining vitality for the Ming Dynasty.

But Lu Xiangsheng wanted to complete this task, to break through the siege of the Tartars, and rescue Hong Chengchou who was trapped in Songshan, it was too difficult, it was like an impossible task.

Fortunately, at this time, there were about 40,000 remnants of the Ming army in Ningyuan City, all of which were defeated from the front line, and they were also Lu Xiangsheng's only reliance.

On the one hand, Lu Xiangsheng appeased the soldiers and generals of the Ming army whose morale plummeted after the defeat, and distributed the firearms brought from Li Zixiao to all departments of the Ming army, so that they could recover their combat strength as soon as possible.

On the other hand, Lu Xiangsheng once again sent a piece of music to Chongzhen, truthfully reporting the bad situation on the Songjin front at this time, hoping that Chongzhen could give him some more support.

At this time, Lao Zixiao, who was on Tamluo Island, sighed slightly after receiving the news from Lu Yuan and knowing that Lu Xiangsheng had gone to Ningyuan, knowing that this would be the result.

"Lord Lu, it's not that I, Li Zixiao, don't want to help you, it's really a general trend, and it's difficult to reverse it with manpower." Li Zixiao muttered to himself.

"General!" At this time, a middle-aged man in front of Li Zixiao interrupted Li Zixiao's thoughts with a loud voice.

"Well, you go on, I'll listen."

Li Zixiao glanced up at Zhou Qing in front of him, came back to his senses, and said.

At this time, Li Zixiao was busy testing Zhou Qing and listening to his future resettlement and development plan for the nearly 180,000 people on Tamna Island.

"General, my subordinates have been on Tamna Island for several months, and during this time, I have taken people all over the island, and found that there are about four large areas suitable for cultivation on the island.

I've marked all of these on the map, and I've estimated that if these four large areas are completely reclaimed.

According to our previous standards, if the people who migrated from outside the Guanxi can get three acres of cultivated land per person, these four large cultivated land areas can be distributed to almost 120,000 farmers.

Moreover, the grain produced could barely supply the island's population of nearly 200,000 at this time. ”

Li Zixiao listened to Zhou Qing's report while looking at an investigation and plan he had handed Li Zixiao before.

I have to say that Zhou Qing is very well prepared for Li Zixiao's school examination this time.

In the survey and plan in Li Zixiao's hand, there is the data of Zhou Qing's personal investigation, as well as his positioning for the future development of Tamna Island.

"Very good, you go on." Li Zixiao looked at him like him and encouraged.

"Yes." Zhou Qing felt the satisfied look in Li Zixiao's eyes, was encouraged, and continued to speak boldly.

"In other words, the amount of arable land on the island cannot meet the distribution of all the people who have migrated from outside the Guan, and we must develop other industries to absorb these people.

The initial idea was to take advantage of the unique geographical advantages of Tamna Island to develop fisheries, animal husbandry and forestry, as well as commerce in addition to agriculture. ”

"Tamna Island is an island with abundant fishery resources around it, so we can organize a group of people from outside the border to go out to sea to fish and become fishermen.

At the same time, there is a large open space on the island, which is suitable for us to develop animal husbandry, and we can even build a horse farm on the island......

As for growing a business, it's even simpler.

Tamna Island borders North Korea to the north and Japan to the east.

We can build a few large wharves on Tamna Island and use them as transit points for our Ming Dynasty to trade with Korea and Japan in the future.

If this development continues, the island's population of only 200,000 can be easily digested, and even more people will be needed in the future. ”

The more Zhou Qing spoke, the more excited he became, the more confident he became, and his voice gradually became louder.

At this time, Li Zixiao listened to Zhou Qing's narration and looked at the plan he handed over, and he was also very satisfied.

Li Zixiao put down the plan in his hand, looked at Zhou Qing, and said with a smile: "Okay, very good!" Your plan is very feasible.

It is true that Tamna Island has limited cultivated land and cannot feed many farmers, but he is overseas and has advantages that he does not have on land.

You know it's nice to take advantage of that.

And, when I first arrived, I saw that you had put the new people on the island in good order, and organized them to build docks and reclaim wasteland.

It is very good to let these people have something to do before they get land, and let them know that they can exchange their labor for food. ”

Li Zixiao is really satisfied with Zhou Qing at this time, Zhou Qing has successfully passed this test, and Li Zixiao has decided to reuse him.

"Thank you for the encouragement of the general, my subordinates still have a lot to learn." Zhou Qing still said respectfully.

"Okay, Brother Zhou, when no one is here in the future, I will still call you Brother Zhou, and you can still call me Zixiao."

Li Zixiao walked up to Zhou Qing, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile.

Zhou Qing is the son of Uncle Zhou, and this time the body has greatly shortened the distance between the two.

"The subordinates don't dare."

Zhou Qing is still quite stubborn, and he refuses to call it that.

"Hey, forget it, I won't embarrass you. You really have the same temperament as Uncle Zhou, and your temper is very stubborn. ”

Li Zixiao saw that Zhou Qing refused to accept it, and he also understood Zhou Qing's concerns at this time, Li Zixiao's current identity is different after all.

Zhou Qing would never accept to call Li Zixiao like this, otherwise he would be hostile to Li Zixiao's subordinates.

"Is Uncle Zhou okay now?"

Suddenly, Li Zixiao remembered the bits and pieces of the past, as well as the old man who loved him kindly, and asked in a deep voice.

"My father's body is still strong, but now that my father is no longer in charge of the Li Mansion, he has retired, and now he can enjoy happiness at home with peace of mind."

Zhou Qing replied.

"Well, Uncle Zhou has worked hard all his life, it's time for his old man to enjoy Qingfu, and when you have the opportunity, you will take Uncle Zhou to Xuzhou, I miss Uncle Zhou a lot."

"General Xie still remembers his father, I will definitely bring my father when I have the chance, my father has always wanted to see the little master again."

Zhou Qing suddenly had tears in his eyes and said excitedly.

"Okay, I agree to your plan, the next development direction of Tamna Island, let's follow your plan!

Now I give you two choices, one is to continue to stay on Tamna Island and preside over the development mission on the island.

The second is to go back to Jiangbei with me, I will appoint you with another important task, think about it, no matter which one you choose, I will support it. ”

Li Zixiao finally stared at Zhou Qing and said.

"The general is going back to Jiangbei? When to go? Zhou Qing didn't answer immediately, but asked Li Zixiao.

"Well, the battle in Zhenjiang is over, and the arrangements are almost made in Jinzhou, and it's been more than half a year since I came out, so I should go back.

In the meantime, it's time to go back and see my two little cubs, who haven't seen them since they were born! ”

In the end, Li Zixiao had a smile on his face, he finally had his own heirs in this era.

This shows that his body has not been uncomfortable because of his soul crossing, and it can already be passed on to the next generation, which makes him breathe a sigh of relief.

"How? Have you figured it out? ”

"Yes, General, my subordinates have thought about it, and my subordinates have chosen to stay on Tamna Island.

At this time, the island is in ruins, and there are a lot of things to be busy with next, and the subordinates feel that staying on Tamna Island to preside over the affairs here is a good test of the subordinates' ability.

This is a rare opportunity, and my subordinates don't want to give it up. ”

In the end, after thinking carefully in his heart, Zhou Qing still chose to stay on Tamna Island.

"Okay, I respect your decision, from now on, I officially appoint you as the governor of Tamna, temporarily under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou Prefecture, and enjoy the rights and responsibilities of a county order."

"The subordinates will live up to the trust of the general." Zhou Qing shouted excitedly, his voice trembling.

Because, from this moment, he knew that his ability was officially recognized by Li Zixiao and was valued by Li Zixiao.

And Li Zixiao was also satisfied with Zhou Qing's decision to continue to stay on Tamna Island.

Undoubtedly, returning to Jiangbei with him seems to be far more promising than him continuing to stay on this overseas island.

But officially because of this, Li Zixiao will pay more attention to Zhou Qing, not arrogant or impatient, and in the face of temptation, he can also follow his heart.

Staying on Tamna and presiding over the development of the area may seem like a chore, but it is the most temperable.

Zhou Qing knew that he had made a choice, he needed this exercise, and he needed a satisfactory performance that he could handle.

In this way, when Li Zixiao chooses to reuse him in the future, it will not cause criticism, and then he can use his outstanding political achievements on Tamna Island to block the mouths of those who do not hide it.

In late August of the 14th year of Chongzhen, Li Zixiao left Lu Yuan's First Fleet in Dengzhou, mainly to deal with Liu Chong in Jinzhou.

In addition to transporting supplies to them, this is also the retreat that Li Zixiao left for Liu Chong.

Once the Tartars launched a strong attack on Jinzhou, it would be fine for Liu Chong and Zhou Dazhu to be able to hold Jinzhou, if the two of them were defeated.

The naval fleet of Lu Yuan in Dengzhou will pick up Liu Chong and evacuate from the port of Arthur.

At the same time, Li Zixiao also re-established a fleet on Tamna Island, and built a port on Tamna Island for the use of naval fleets.

In the future, the seaport of Tamna Island will be turned into a fixed military port in the northern waters of the White Dragon Navy, which will be responsible for patrolling the waters of the Yellow Sea and protecting the maritime merchants who are going to the Japanese Kingdom and Korea.

At the end of August of the 14th year of Chongzhen, Li Zixiao led the two fleets of the White Dragon Army Navy, as well as 5,000 soldiers, to escort the spoils they had seized from outside the customs and returned to Haizhou Port.

The meritorious service award conference, Li Zixiao had already held it when he was in Tamluo Island.

In this battle of crossing the sea to land on Zhenjiang, the generals and soldiers of the White Dragon Army who made meritorious contributions were all rewarded.

Rewards include promotions to military ranks, awards of medals, honors, and finally monetary rewards, ranging from spiritual to material.

Among them, after this war, it was none other than Zhao Zilong who received the biggest reward.

At this time, Zhao Zilong had been officially awarded the rank of garrison general by Li Zixiao, and he could be regarded as a real general, the youngest general of the White Dragon Army.

As for the others, Luo Chao, Quartz, Zhou Dazhu, Qin Zhen, the three brothers of the Cao family and others were all awarded awards according to their meritorious service.

Li Zixiao, who plundered millions of taels of silver outside the pass, was absolutely generous, and took out 300,000 taels of silver to award all the meritorious generals and soldiers.

Basically, all the soldiers who participated in this battle were rewarded to a greater or lesser extent, and the whole army was happy for several days.

As Li Zixiao sent 10,000 soldiers, led by Zhou Dazhu, he rushed to aid Jinzhou, and Li Zixiao left more than 6,000 defenders on Tamna Island.

In the end, the men and horses who were able to follow Li Zixiao to return to Jiangbei smoothly, in addition to more than 3,000 people in the navy, there were only about 5,000 people in the army.

After Li Zixiao landed in Haizhou Port, he took Quartz's guard battalion, broke away from the army, and returned to Xuzhou first, and the army was led by Luo Chao and then returned.

"Good news, good news, the general has won a great victory and returned triumphantly."

In the Xuzhou General's Mansion, a maid rushed into the Li Mansion excitedly, then opened her throat and shouted loudly.

Li Zixiao had not yet returned to Xuzhou, but the messenger he sent back to inform Qian Guangyuan and other officials in Xuzhou had already arrived in Xuzhou in advance.

And Qian Guangyuan, Lin Yongnian and others, who were sitting in Xuzhou, began to work hard to welcome Li Zixiao's triumphant return ceremony.

On the one hand, he sent someone to notify the General's Mansion, so that Lin Wan'er, Guan Mingxi and other women could also learn the good news as soon as possible.

"Is the General really back? Hurry, hurry up and arrange the family in the house, and prepare to welcome the master back. ”

After Lin Wan'er learned that Li Zixiao was back, she immediately arranged for the Li family to get busy, and soon Guan Mingxi and Lin Yuluo also heard the news.

Lin Wan'er and Guan Mingxi each held a baby in their arms, which was Li Jie and Li Shuo, who had just been born for two months, Li Zixiao's eldest son and eldest daughter.

"Drive!"

Li Zixiao was full of energy all the way, and rushed with the quartz guard battalion overnight and returned to Xuzhou as quickly as possible.

"Congratulations on the triumphant return of the General!"

When Li Zixiao arrived in Xuzhou with the guard battalion, he was welcomed by Qian Guangyuan and Lin Yongning with Xuzhou, most of the officials, businessmen and a large number of people.

"Okay, just know that I'm coming back, let the people disperse, what should I do?"

"By the way, inform Qian Guangyuan and my father-in-law that I will call them to meet tomorrow morning and listen to their work reports during this time.

And now at this time, I just want to go home immediately. ”

After speaking, Li Zixiao entered the city and returned to his general's mansion, without even immediately meeting Qian Guangyuan, Lin Yongning and others.

"Hahaha! I'm back, my ladies, come out quickly, and let me see my son and daughter. ”

As soon as Li Zixiao entered the door, he shouted with laughter.