In addition to the land around Majiazhuang, the Ma clan is now cooperating with Haihan to operate commercial affairs, and has purchased a lot of real estate in Dengzhou Laizhou for storing goods and opening shops. If these lands and real estate are to be realized, it is not something that can be solved in a short time, and whether it is safe to go to the south with a large amount of money after realization, how to invest in real estate, and resettle the clansmen, this is something that must be considered in advance for the Ma family.

Although Chen Yixin has a high status in the Haihan Kingdom, he is only a general with troops in foreign battles after all, and it is difficult for him to directly intervene in this kind of resettlement of immigrants. Therefore, the Ma family has always been hesitant and wait-and-see about moving south.

Although Ma Yuling did not elaborate on the reason for this, Chen Yixin had already thought of it. Chen Yixin was silent for a moment before saying, "Do you know where Kaohsiung Port is?"

Chen Yixin's sudden mention of this irrelevant geographical knowledge made Ma Yuling slightly stunned, but she had long been accustomed to Chen Yixin's occasional questions these days, and still nodded and said: "Kaohsiung Port is in the southern part of Taiwan Island, right...... Construction of a port began three years ago. ”

"Good memory. Chen Yixin praised Ma Yuling's answer, and then mentioned the matter: "I have a good friend who is now a civil affairs official in Kaohsiung Port, if the Ma family is willing to move to the local area, I can let him take care of it as much as possible in all aspects, and the purchase of real estate can also provide convenience." ”

The "good friend" mentioned by Chen Yixin is naturally the fierce fight in charge of Kaohsiung Port. The two are of similar age, they have been friends since the early days of crossing, and later worked together on Dawanshan Island, Hong Kong Island, Penghu and other places. Although the two have hardly had the opportunity to see each other in the past two years, they still keep in touch through letters. When Chen Yixin held a wedding in Shandong, although Li Dou couldn't come to attend because of the long distance, he sent a whole boatload of Kaohsiung's local souvenirs to Shandong in his private name, which made several local bigwigs quite admired.

If Chen Yixin wants to arrange for his father-in-law's family to settle in the south, then the Kaohsiung region, which is currently ruled by Li Dou, is undoubtedly a good choice. The local area is still in the development period, and the demand for Han immigrants is very large, and the treatment of resettlement is also more relaxed than that of Hainan Island, such as naturalization, property purchase, land purchase, etc., the threshold is much lower. In the case of a southward migration like Majiazhuang, Li Douda could relax the resettlement terms and let them form a new village on their own. Whether it is a plantation or a collective farm, within a few years, the Ma family will surely become one of the major clans in the local area.

However, Chen Yixin is not in a hurry to promote this matter, after all, a considerable part of Haihan's local trade affairs in Shandong are now handed over to the Ma family, and if the Ma family moves to the south, it will be difficult to find a suitable replacement for a while. He is now just providing a choice to the Ma family through Ma Yuling to show that he is also very concerned about this matter.

Ma Yuling said: "If I move to the south with my family, what about you?"

Chen Yixin said in his heart that you were waiting for me here, and immediately persuaded: "Of course I want to go back to the south, but now that I have a task, I can't just leave, no matter how I have to deal with the affairs here in Shandong first." ”

Although he said that, Chen Yixin knew very well in his heart that this was just an excuse. Haihan has a lot of plans in Northeast Asia, and the Shandong base is only the initial foothold. In the next few years, Haihan will take this as the foundation and expand the control area to the surrounding areas, and the military will play a great role in this process, so how can he easily give up these opportunities to make meritorious contributions? Even if he has a beautiful wife and beautiful family, even if he has wavered in the middle, Chen Yixin still cannot completely give up his dedication.

After dealing with today's armed conflict, Chen Yixin confirmed one thing, that is, his desire to lead troops to fight has not diminished because of the peaceful days of the past few months, and the pleasant feeling of shooting and killing the enemy is far from being replaced by daily sitting at the desk to deal with government affairs. He's a soldier, and his stage should be on the battlefield, not in the office on the second floor of the management committee.

As for whether this will affect family harmony in the future, Chen Yixin feels that he has a good example in front of him, and Qian Tiandun's wife Luo Wudan has now moved to Shandong with her husband and lives on Zhifu Island. Although the living conditions on Zhifu Island are far inferior to those in areas like Sanya, if they can live with their families and lovers, what is the problem with a slightly more modest environment? Not to mention that high-ranking Haihan officials like them, the quality of life is far better than that of the gentry and landlords of this era, and even in a place like Shandong, which is far away from Haihan itself, their living standards are already the object of envy of others.

Chen Yixin has been in the army for a long time and is accustomed to an iron-blooded life, so naturally he will not have too many children, and being able to give Ma Yuling and her family some care within his capacity in life is already the ultimate he can do. Although staying in the army may be a little disappointing for Ma Yuling, who yearns for a peaceful life, he thinks that he can make up for it through other aspects of his performance - as long as he is willing to put more effort into it, no matter where he settles in the future, it is not difficult for Ma Yuling to live the life of a noblewoman with fine clothes and food.

The Majiazhuang assassination incident only set off a small wave in the local area, but there was no big storm, and the local area entered a state of military control a few days ago, and the people of Majiazhuang were temporarily grounded so as not to leak the news of the military's actions in advance. However, it only took a moment for Zheng Ai and the others to really do it, and only a scattered burst of gunfire was heard in Majiazhuang, and the matter was declared over, and there was no continuous fighting that the people feared. The official information released to the public only claimed to have captured several lawbreakers who tried to smuggle to Zhifu Island, and did not mention the inside story of the assassination at all.

In the process, the live mouths captured, the armed personnel who were killed, and the party Tie Pingjiang were all escorted to Zhifu Island by the military before Majiazhuang was lifted from confinement.

As one of the baits of this trap, Tie Pingjiang has to grasp the timing of breaking away from Zheng Ai's convoy on his own, which is undoubtedly the most dangerous errand. But this is a rare opportunity for him to make meritorious contributions, so he naturally has to fight with his life. However, his luck was probably exhausted before this, and when he left the battlefield, he was shot two arrows in succession by the archers commanded by Zheng Ai, one leg and one waist, and he was seriously injured. Whether he can survive or not depends on whether Morgan on Zhifu Island can use his medical skills to save him.

But even if Tie Pingjiang survived, with what he had done before, he would definitely not be able to continue to serve in the army. However, he has made meritorious contributions to quelling the chaos this time, and after the merits and demerits are offset, it is not much of a problem for An An to obtain the qualification of a retired professional. Of course, Tie Pingjiang had already handed over a penny of the benefits he had received from Zheng Ai before, otherwise the military court would not have let him go so easily.

And Chen Yixin's preliminary trial report was also sent to the Zhifu Island Headquarters at the same time, and after confirming the name of the main messenger, Qian Tiandun sighed and said: "I don't offend anyone, people want to offend me, this surname Liao is really endless!"

"Why don't I go to Dengzhou and give a wake-up call to the old men in the city?" Of course, he would not visit Dengzhou by land, but took the Northern Fleet under his command to show force and deter those who were unstable in Dengzhou City.

Qian Tiandun shook his head and said, "You only came back from the sea yesterday, so let's rest first." Besides, if this matter is a big problem, it may not necessarily have any practical benefits for us. ”

Tom Wang went to Phi Island a few days ago to send food supplies to the locals, and by the way, brought back more than 400 yellow-faced and thin-skinned immigrants. These people were basically Han Chinese who used to live in the northeast, and they retreated to Phi Island with the Ming army, and then there was no further way out. If it weren't for the fact that Haihan had been supplying Phi Dao since the end of last year, most of them would have starved to death on Phi Dao. And leaving Phi Dao in batches and relocating south as immigrants according to Haihan's arrangement is probably the best way out they can get.

The cooperation between Haihan and Phi Dao is an instant hit, and exchanging people for food is undoubtedly the most effective solution to the problem of famine on the island. What's more, the assistance provided to them by Haihan was not only food, but also military equipment and a covenant to jointly resist the Houjin.

Shen Shikui, the governor of Phi Dao, knew that this opportunity should not be missed, and he grasped this life-saving straw very tightly, even if he cut off his hand, he would never let go again. He sent his nephew Shen Zhixiang as a military observer to the Haihan army, and even followed the Haihan fleet south to Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province last winter to inspect the construction of Haihan's overseas bases, which was used as a reference to build a development plan for the future of Phi Dao.

As a military ally, Phi Dao was able to provide Haihan with thousands of well-trained Ming soldiers and a largely complete military system. Of course, Shen Shikui will definitely not hand over the command to Haihan, what he wants is only cooperation, not merger.

Since last winter, the two sides have carried out several joint operations in the waters of Liaodong to carry out targeted strikes against Houjin's troops stationed in coastal areas, especially maritime forces. Although the frequency of such operations was modest, the effect was clear: after several naval sweeps, the Houjin had withdrawn their limited maritime armed forces to the inland rivers or simply retreated back to the Bohai Bay west of the Liaodong Peninsula.

The Changshan Islands, which had lost control a few years earlier due to Shang Kexi's defection, also returned to the Han control area thanks to the efforts of the two armies. Of course, as a pre-agreed exchange of interests, control of some of the islands has been assigned to the Haihan. As a result, the convenience of Haihan to absorb Han immigrants from the Liaodong region has increased a lot, and almost all of the more than 1,000 Han immigrants living on Guanglu Island, which is controlled by Haihan, have been brought out of the Liaodong Peninsula in the past year.

However, Haihan's strategic goal in this region has never been just those small islands, and the Lushun and Dalian areas at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula are the areas that Haihan wants to win the most. The Houjin maritime armed forces were relatively weak, so as long as the Haihan could hold the narrow Jinzhou Isthmus, then the peninsula area of hundreds of square kilometers south could be classified as a safe zone. At that time, this control area will be much larger than the area occupied by Haihan in Fushan County, and the two places are separated by the Bohai Strait, echoing from north to south, and can form a clamping trend on the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, which is the phased goal that Haihan really wants to achieve.

Of course, relying only on the size of the current garrison in Shandong, the military will not take the liberty of carrying out such a combat plan. Although the Houjin army has suffered a lot of losses in naval confrontations in the past year, it has been increasing the garrison strength in Lushun and Jinzhou. Even if the Haihan army is not intimidated by its opponents in terms of combat effectiveness, it is far from sufficient to destroy the enemy and occupy these areas.

In this case, the Ming army in Dengzhou was still causing trouble from time to time, which made Qian Tiandun a little unhappy. After several armed clashes with the Ming army last year, Haihan did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and implemented thunderous measures against Dengzhou City, just because he did not want to completely tear his face and start a war with the Ming Dynasty. However, it is obvious that the Dengzhou officials did not realize Haihan's intentions in this matter, and still had the idea of expelling Haihan from Shandong.

From the standpoint of the Ming army, there is nothing wrong with doing this, but some officials are really ignorant of current affairs. Although these methods did not cause any substantial losses to Haihan, they were inevitably like flies, which made people upset.

"It's better to hand it over to the Ministry of Security for a slow trial to make sure they have no other tricks, and then consider retaliation. Qian Tiandun decided to put this matter aside for the time being: "It's just a commanding officer, and there are not many troops available in his hands, so don't be too jealous of his existence for the time being." ”

The Ming army officer of Zheng Sipin is not a big man in the eyes of Qian Tiandun. Of course, this is probably only the high-ranking officials of the Haihan Army have such confidence, you must know that Liao Jie is the highest-ranking person in the command system of the Ming Army in Dengzhou, and he is also a number one cadre in the Shandong Metropolitan Division. It's just that he was unlucky and bumped into Haihan's opponent, and he was restrained everywhere, and he couldn't give full play to his talents at all. If Majiazhuang's assassination operation had been a different target, it might have been successful, but hitting Haihan would have been another failed case.

It's just that Liao Jie didn't know at this time that with a few words from Qian Tiandun, he might have gone from life to death, and from death to life. He is still waiting for news from Fukuyama Prefecture in order to consider next steps.