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In the congratulatory congratulations of the guests from all over the world, the wedding banquet between Li Jing and Xiao Yulou, the daughter of the Xiao family in Lanling, ended, but the guests from all sides did not leave immediately.

"General Zhao, Li Shuai attaches great importance to General Zhao's brothers, and wants to ask General Zhao's brothers to stay in Dengzhou, and is willing to confer the position of the commander of the Flying Bear Army of the Five Armies of Zhenguo, this is a good opportunity, what does General Zhao plan?"

Sitting in the Tianzi Courtyard of the Welcome Building in Dengzhou, Yang Fuguang looked at Zhao Li in front of him and laughed softly: "Chenzhou is just a small town, and it can't compare to the Zhenguo Army of Qi Guogong now." If you stay in Dengzhou, the future is limitless. Li Zhenguo said that he was ready and would immediately use troops against Liaodong to recover the old land of Andong in one fell swoop. At this time, it was the time for General Zhao to use force. General Zhao, if you can really recover the land of Andong, this is a great achievement. ”

Zhao Li is fifty-one years old, with a beautiful appearance and a strong appearance.

As a local wealthy family in Chenzhou, and his family has been a Chenzhou tooth general for generations, he was reluctant to leave Chenzhou at first. However, in the past two days, several advisers of the Zhenguo Army have come to lobby, and later Li Jing also came to see him in person, and now Yang Fuguang has also come to persuade him. Moreover, the key thing is that Cui Anqian, the commander of the Zhongwu Festival, has already sent a letter, saying that as long as Zhao Li is willing to stay, then he will respect his choice, and he will also take care of the Zhao family in Chenzhou in the future.

The chips that Li Jing gave him are really good, the commander of the Flying Bear Army, the two younger brothers will serve as the owners of the various armies of the Zhenguo Army, his two sons, and the five sons of the two brothers, plus the other more than ten sons and nephews of the Zhao family, Li Jing has also arranged for the battalion master to wait for the position.

Zhao Li is in his fifties. It's not just the position of military lord that is valued. Although this military master is the military master of one of the five armies of the Zhenguo Army. But half a hundred years old. is still willing to come to Dengzhou, and the most important thing is Zhao Li's heart to make contributions. He carefully studied Li Jing's way to get started, and Li Jing did have a hand in fighting. At present, Li Jing has been preparing for more than a year, and he is about to use troops against Anton's old land. After preparing for such a long time, it is conceivable that this battle has a good chance of success. The imperial court has lost control of Liaodong for a hundred years, and if it can really recover Liaodong in one fell swoop, this credit is indeed great.

The Zhao family has served as a general in Chenzhou for several generations, and it has been difficult to rise. If you can participate in this battle. Maybe he will be able to lead the Chenzhou Zhao clan to a higher level.

Zhao Li had already discussed with the two brothers a few times before he came, and the two sons who accompanied him also asked for their opinions. They have no objection to staying in Dengzhou, and even have some expectations.

"Zhao Li is the minister of the Son of Heaven, and everything about the transfer is subject to the arrangement of the officials!" Zhao Li finally made up his mind, in fact, he didn't have much choice. Li Jing opened his mouth to transfer him to Dengzhou, Cui Anqian had already agreed, and Yang Fuguang was also very active in persuading. In such a situation, can he refuse? Refusal is tantamount to offending Li Jing, Cui Anqian and Yang Fuguang at the same time. Later, in Chenzhou. How could he stay in the Zhao Li family.

He knew very well that Cui Shuai agreed so quickly. In addition to Cui Shuai's constant weakening of the checks and balances on the local generals of Zhongwu, there is a more important reason that Zhongwu Town is short of food, especially now that Cui Anqian led his troops to pursue the grass thieves, but due to the problem of food and grass, he couldn't even catch up with the thieves, so he could only watch the grass thieves break through one city after another, but he couldn't do anything. If this continues, Cui Anqian's position as the deputy envoy will be difficult to secure, especially if he has offended Tian Lingzi.

Tian Lingzi has been stuck with the supply of grain and grass in the imperial court, and Zhongwu Town is unable to supply its own grain and grass, so it can only borrow grain from Li Jing. Li Jing was willing to borrow it, but put forward additional conditions to keep him.

When Zhao Li first learned about this matter, he felt a little flattered, and Li Jing also looked up to him too much.

Yang Fuguang saw that Zhao Li finally agreed to stay, and his heart was also relaxed. Cui Anqian wanted to borrow grain from Li Jing, and Yang Fuguang also wanted to borrow grain from Li Jing. The army that encircled and suppressed the grass thieves was not only a loyal army, but the armies of the other towns had no food and grass, and they were unwilling and could not leave the town to pursue the grass thieves. Seeing that the grass thieves are getting bigger and bigger, he, the deputy envoy and the military envoy of the capital, is under great pressure. If things get into trouble, then not only will Tian Lingzi be questioned, but if it is not done well, it will also affect Yang Fugong.

Cui Anqian used the Zhao family as an additional condition to buy 100,000 stone grain from Li Jing. It's not much, but it's enough to solve the immediate need. Originally, Cui Anqian planned to borrow it, but Li Jing was reluctant to borrow it, because he didn't know when he would be able to repay it. Therefore, Zhongwu Town was asked to buy it in the end, and each stone of grain was sold to Zhongwu Town at a price of six times, which was higher than the price of each stone bought by the Zhenguo Army. 100,000 stone grain and 600,000 yuan, Chungmu Town can pay for all kinds of things, money, silk, cloth, etc., and even real estate shops in Chungmu Prefecture, can also be priced. Anyway, except for the IOU that was not accepted, Li Jing's other visitors did not refuse.

Yang Fuguang also wanted to borrow grain, in the name of the camp of the Daoists. Li Jing finally agreed to sell him 300,000 stone grains, and he also sold them instead of borrowing them. Yang Fuguang really wanted to sell Qin Zongquan, Sun Ru and others to Li Jing, but Li Jing didn't mean that. In the end, he had to agree to exchange all kinds of loot, etc., and even transferred a group of craftsmen who accompanied the army to Li Jing.

In addition to Cui Anqian and Yang Fuguang who bought a high-priced amount of grain, Li Jing later agreed to Du Xian, Tianping Kang Chengyu, and Taining Cui Yunqing in the Eastern Capital to have 200,000 stone grain each.

Li Jing gave a list to all the generals and asked for the generals and staff under the command of each commander. But it's not a famous general, it's a little less famous.

For example, he asked Kang Chengzhi, the commander of the Tianping Army, for the five brothers Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, Zhu Qiong, Zhu Yu, and Zhu Han, and asked for some staff from other towns.

All the towns were a little surprised when they saw Li Jing's appearance.

The Zhenguo army has grain, and they are willing to sell it, but the price of this grain is too high, not to mention that one stone has to be six times, and each town has to come to collect and transport it by itself. In addition, what made the towns retreat the most was Li Jing's various additional conditions, some were begging for the military generals in the middle of the town, some were asking for craftsmen, and there were many other requirements, so that they had to give up buying grain from Li Jing.

However, the other towns retreated, but Zhang Tai, on behalf of the Son of Heaven, still did not leave, waiting for Li Jing's reply.

Zhang Tai's mouth was too big, and he asked for five million stone grains as soon as he opened his mouth. Li Jing knew that this was Tian Lingzi's ghost, but he couldn't completely refuse. After thinking about it, Li Jing came up with a plan to send one million stone grain to the imperial court, but the grain needed to be transported by the imperial court itself. At the same time, the Zhenguo army paid tribute to the imperial court worth two million guan of glass, of course, this was calculated by Li Jing at the highest price, and if it was sold to those merchants, it would be about one million guan. In addition, Li Jing also paid a tribute of 500,000 stones of salt in Dengzhou, as well as a small number of precious things such as wine, tea, perfume, clairvoyant mirrors, and war horses.

Li Jing calculated the price of this batch of materials at 10 million yuan, which can be called the largest tribute in the past. However, Li Jingken took out so much money and food, and it was not for nothing. First of all, Tian Lingzi was asked to hand over the position of Laizhou Assassin to Li Jing concurrently, and Laizhou was assigned to the Zhenguo Army, the original Laizhou Assassin Xue Chong died at the hands of Huang Chao, and Li Jing also planned to annex Laizhou this time. Laizhou is close to Dengzhou, with Ye County, Jiaoshui, Changyang, Jimo four counties, the state city of Ye County is actually controlled by Li Jing, the remaining three counties are now occupied by Wang Jingwu almost into ruins.

Although Laizhou is now desolate in population and barren fields, it is of great significance if the Zhenguo Army can take this opportunity to occupy it from Tian Lingzi. Owning Laizhou will give Dengzhou a better barrier, and Laizhou has more gold mines and a lot of land, which can accept and resettle more people.

Li Jing only wanted Laizhou, and did not ask for other territories in Ziqing, but he didn't want to touch Tian Lingzi too much and make him too guarded.

By the end of June, most of the congratulatory guests had returned, and Cui Anqian and other festival commanders had also sent people to transport grain. Tian Lingzi of Chang'an also agreed to Li Jing's proposal, and Li Jing concurrently served as the assassin of Laizhou.

held a grand wedding banquet and received a lot of gifts, but Li Jing was also forced to sell two million stone of grain, which made him feel painful.

Although the price of two million stone grain is high, it can't Li Jing reduce the pain in the flesh a little, and what really makes Li Jing feel better is to leave the Zhao Li family in Dengzhou, and in addition, they brought Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin brothers, and then they took Laizhou from Tian Lingzi.

There are four prefectures that the Zhenguo Army completely occupies at once, Laizhou, Dengzhou, Jinzhou, Pingzhou, and the fifteen counties of Ziqing Town, and the territory of the Zhenguo Army has become larger and larger, and it initially has a strong feudal foundation, and has 30 counties.

At the beginning of July, the summer harvest ended.

This year, the summer harvest of the Zhenguo Army has been harvested, and with the convenience of water conservancy, coupled with the optimal selection of good seeds, the output has increased greatly.

The yield of high-yield Champa rice planted in a large area has reached an astonishing three stones per mu, and the harvest of wheat and millet is also amazing. In addition to the potato medicine and taro that were harvested later, preliminary statistics show that the Zhenguo Army harvested 7 million stone of grain this summer.

In addition, the fishing team is also constantly fishing, making a large number of canned and salted fish and smoked fish. The harvest of the farm is also huge, and Li Wei has also gained a lot in Khitan.

During this time, the Zhenguo army also continued to buy grain from Silla, southeast, and Annam. Although the Zhenguo Army had just sold two million stone of grain, its reserves were still abundant, and they were increasing instead of decreasing.

The plan to send troops, which was postponed last year to the present, is now officially on the agenda.

In the past year, the Zhenguo Army and the Pinglu Army have also undergone initial integration, and in the one-year training, they have revealed their training. What particularly satisfies Li Jing is that after continuous integration and fine-tuning, the Zhenguo Army and the Lu Army are no longer so clearly divided, although the two armies still maintain their respective military titles, they are no longer separated from each other and are truly in control. Compared with a year ago, the combat effectiveness of the Zhenguo Army has soared. It can be said that Li Jing is now not afraid of fighting a real tough battle.

The training of the united army and the township army is also very good, the united army has the conditions for a reserve army, and the township army has begun to have combat effectiveness.

The road in southern Liaoning has been completed, and the ten-zhang wide avenue can allow the army to move north quickly. In addition, the Fuzhou River and the Biliu River on the left and the right have also been dredged, and a large number of flat-bottomed transport ships have been built by the navy and shipyards. In the front-line cities such as Weiba Mountain City, warehouses have all been filled with all kinds of war materials transported from Dengzhou and southern Liaoning.

Everything is ready, just waiting for Li Jing to pass on the order to send troops. (To be continued......)