There have been many people visiting Li Xiao in the past few days. After talking about random things, they will always turn the topic to women. Usually at this time, they will praise their daughter or granddaughter for how beautiful they are, but they lack a husband to match them.

. He also said that if he couldn’t watch his beloved daughter marry into a good family, he would die in peace.

As for the standard of a good man, Li Xiao is the best template.

Even Li Xiao, who was very slow to turn his head, understood clearly that he was here to find a husband for his daughter. The monogamy system is the worst system and needs to be seriously despised. As a commander-in-chief of a million Liao army, it is not necessary for the three

Why do the wives and concubines look so majestic?

As long as Li Xiao nodded, the person would be sent to him in half a day. It didn't matter whether there was a betrothal gift or not. If he could be a concubine for the commander-in-chief, smoke would be billowing from his ancestral grave. If Li Xiao wanted to marry a little wife, the backyard would already be overcrowded.

However, Luo Hua was deliberately ruthless, and Li Xiao didn't think about it at all. Having too many wives is definitely troublesome. Only men who have truly experienced women can know how troublesome women are.

The red flags at home are not down, and the colorful flags are fluttering outside. This is the state that Li Xiao feels most comfortable in. It would be nice to have a hostess at home, at least it will be quiet in the backyard.

He never dreamed that the method of restraining the Japanese country from developing industry would actually have such an effect. Helpless Li Xiao could only go out for inspections in the winter to avoid the surging wave of marriage proposals. There was no way, the Ming Dynasty could count them all.

A daughter, even if she is not married to a matchmaker, must at least have the title of concubine. It would not be appropriate for you to buy a house and raise her.

No one would want their daughter to follow Li Xiao without a name or status, and their status would not allow it.

Li Xiao carefully considered the location for the inspection, and decided to forget about the north. This year the temperature dropped earlier than in previous years, and there was ice and snow everywhere. If you don’t want to see ice lanterns, it’s better not to wander around in the north.

Jiangnan...! Forget it, the last time I caught a cold in Jiangnan, I almost died.

On those days when the humidity is extremely high and it's colder inside the house than outside, Li Xiao gets a headache just thinking about it. For the sake of his own life, he would rather not go to Jiangnan to find happiness.

You can’t go to Jiangnan, but Hainan is pretty good.

There is plenty of sunshine, and the temperature is suitable during this month. Today, Tianya Haijiao is not a tourist area, and there are not that many tourists. There is Li Xiu's villa on Wuzhizhou Island, and there will be absolutely no one to disturb you if you stay there for a few days.

The most important thing is to get some beauties and have a feast in that nice place. The name "Haitian Feast" is very good and Li Xiao is not going to change it.

After discussing with Sun Chengzong, the reason was of course to check the ship repair yards and port construction in Hainan. This was the last important supply point before the Ming Dynasty merchants and fleet left the Ming Dynasty. After that, they would enter the vast South China Sea, and the imperial court was in

A lot of money has been invested here.

The reason was very good. The old fox also felt that with so much money invested in Hainan, it would be better if a big shot came to check it out. He was still worried about leaving it entirely to the local officials.

Tokugawa Qianhime wanted to go to Singapore. Li Xiu’s wife, the eldest daughter of the Zheng family, often wrote to her, praising Singapore as a flower. Li Xiao immediately agreed to her travel plan. Of course, because of his busy official duties, Li Xiao was not prepared.

Take a trip to Singapore.

If possible, Li Xiao would keep the most appropriate distance from the equator. Li Xiao, who was born in Liaodong, is far more sensitive to heat than cold. The scorching sun makes Li Xiao's skin hurt just thinking about it.

Just leave as soon as you say, and the whole family will leave. Li Xiao doesn't want to have an unknown woman tucked into the bed by Tokugawa Senhime when he comes back. In these days, this kind of approach can be regarded as a virtue.

After all, I am a handsome man, so I want to be a bitch, and I also want to erect an arch.

The whole family was packed up, and Li Xiao took the lead. Tokugawa Chihime and a group of minions boarded the special train in a mighty manner. This time she came out to show off her power. The guard group was posted along the street, and all commanding heights were monitored by soldiers with guns.

At the front are eighteen pure white horses, on which sit knights dressed in the winter clothes of the Liao army. Everyone is wearing a red cloak. There is a large eight-pellet rifle in the gun pouch on the horse's neck, and a box cannon on the waist.

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In the middle is a long carriage, and the horse pulling the carriage is a pure black war horse. The horse's mane is combed into a small bun by the careful maid, and the horse's rope is made of black and white leather ropes twisted together. It looks very modern.

breath.

All accessories can be made of gold instead of copper. There is a row of bright yellow tassels hanging from the black lacquered wood roof, and there are silver bells hanging from the four corners. If the sound of the gold bells was not too unpleasant, Tokugawa Chihime would have hung the gold bells. A little while

The only difference is that Tokugawa Senhime's car has paper cranes and wind chimes hanging on it, which can be regarded as a bit of a Japanese style.

In the end, there were still eighteen war horses, and the tall knights on them were dressed the same as the leading team. The whole team didn't seem to have too many people, but the Tianjin Garrison dispatched tens of thousands of people for this security mission.

Along the Haihe River, there is a soldier every half meter. The human wall isolates the ordinary people watching the excitement from a hundred meters away. The entire Tianjin city along the Haihe River is actually under martial law. Those holding red flags brave the cold wind

The welcoming crowd were actually factory workers and people from the government offices.

With Li Yongfang as the god of retribution, Li Xiao knew very well about this kind of thing. The strong wind of formalism finally blew into the imperial court. Perhaps, this trend originally existed in the imperial court, but it was suppressed by Li Xiao before.

That's it. Hundreds of years have passed, and the enthusiasm of officials to flatter themselves has not changed at all.

There is nothing that can be done about this, and if Li Xiao wants to change, it will definitely not happen in a day or two.

Like a procession along the Haihe River to Tianjin Wei Pier, Li Xiao boarded the yacht. This was a 2,500-ton luxury yacht. This time Li Xiao was going south to Hainan under the escort of two ironclad ships.

In fact, taking an airship can reach the destination faster, but Li Xiao gave up the idea when he thought of the huge noise and mechanical vibrations of the airship. Although the sea in winter is not interesting, it is better than suffering that fate.

Li Xiao had only traveled this route a few months ago. If he knew that giving benefits to the Japanese would have such consequences, Li Xiao would definitely stay in Hainan for the New Year and then come back.

The only people in the court who understood Li Xiao's intentions were Sun Chengzong and Zhang Huangyan. The development of a nation's national character is definitely related to the environment. That ghost country of Japan lacked everything except volcanoes and earthquakes.

It was difficult to grow some food to feed our own people. If we couldn't produce it ourselves, we had to rob. From the beginning of the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates on the sea had never stopped. Even the Shimazu family and the

A professional pirate family like the Mori family!

The cruel environment made the Japanese people develop a aggressive, ferocious and cruel character.

Li Xiao's method is much better. After defeating them, give them some trade surplus and let them live a good life. As long as life is good, anyone who is willing to carry a knife and kill people all day long is a psychopath.

The key is to prevent the Japanese country from forming a complete industrial system and keep it at the lowest level of industry. Small handicraft workshops require a large number of manpower, and Li Xiao is almost certain that according to the character of the Japanese people, children are the most qualified to enter the workshops.

As long as children enter the workshop, they will have no time to study. Without time to study, a nation cannot progress. These are all interrelated things, although far from Li Xiao's vision, each person can only count to a hundred.

There’s a gap, but it’s not that far apart when you think about it.

A nation without culture will always struggle at the bottom.

In comparison, the Mongols were much better. The speed at which they lost their ancestors' bravery simply surprised Li Xiao. This time, Shiji Hutulu led his troops to fight with Li Hu. The tall and strong Mongolian soldiers were not Gor

The opponents of the Mongolian soldiers were repeatedly destroyed by company and platoon-level regiments. Because of the huge losses, Li Hu had to withdraw the two Mongolian regiments from the battle.

The poor record made Li Xiao doubt whether these people were the descendants of Genghis Khan. The Mongolian cavalry that swept across the Eurasian continent disappeared so quickly. Only more than three hundred years have passed!

It has to be said that after losing their iron-blooded spirit, Mongolians are becoming more and more good at singing and dancing. Among the performers in major theaters in the capital, there are almost thousands of Mongolians who sing and dance. They are among the most popular minority among the Han people.

nationality!

Lao Wei who came from the Western Regions was not well received by others. These guys wore melon-skin hats on their heads and spoke blunt Chinese with a lot of grunts. Since they moved to the Ming Dynasty capital, they immediately started a trend of kebabs and money-grabbing.

of craze.

While countless people are attracted by their traditional delicacies, they also admire their way of holding money bags with tweezers.

When the ship arrived at Qingdao for supplies, Li Xiao took Li Lin to inspect the garrison there.

The Han nation is destined to bleed for its own hegemony. There is no such thing as wanting to gain benefits without paying the price. If there are still people saying that money can be used to buy other people's lives, Li Xiao will chop off his head as soon as possible.

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The scholar misleads the country!

"Dad! They all salute you." Li Lin followed Li Xiao to the high platform. When he saw thousands of people below looking up, he pulled his father's clothes with some fear.

"They saluted me because I am their commander-in-chief." Li Xiao patted Li Lin on the head and encouraged the little guy. As his own son, it would not be okay to be shocked by such a small scene.

Don't expect too much from your children. Being stared at by thousands of pairs of eyes is very stressful. When Li Xiao was looked at by so many people for the first time, his legs felt a little weak and he didn't know where to look.

Li Xiao was surprised that his son could perform like this on his first stage.

"Some people call me Young Marshal because I am your son?"

"Yes! Because you are my son, they call you Young Marshal. But I hope that one day when they see me, they will say, look, that is Li Lin's father. Your third uncle almost died because of this sentence

My son's blood was drained. Your second uncle is still wandering on the sea for such a sentence. Your fourth uncle has traveled all over Guanzhong and Shuzhong for such a sentence.

Son! For such a sentence, you have to pay a lot. Are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid! One day I want everyone to know the name Li Lin, not because my father is a handsome man, but because I am Li Lin."

"Okay! Be ambitious!"

He walked up to the high platform and clapped his hands on the microphone. Sounds of "dong" and "dong" came from the microphone, and the soldiers below began to applaud.

Li Xiao glanced at the soldiers below, and faced a group of young faces. Their eyes looked at Li Xiao with great enthusiasm: "Soldiers! You come from millions of people, and you are the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!

When we only had more than a hundred people, I told myself that I would lead these people to wipe out all injustices in the Ming Dynasty, and then lead the Ming Dynasty to the top of the world. The Liao army will become a branch of the Ming Dynasty, and it will also

The only force. You are the latest blood of this force. You will gain the glory and wealth you dream of on the battlefield in the future."

"Wow!" The soldiers in the audience began to applaud excitedly.

"When I raised the army, the Ming Dynasty was weak, the bureaucrats were fighting each other, and the soldiers were hungry. My family was massacred by the Houjin Tatars. Only a few of our brothers survived in the whole village.

At that time, we Han people were slaughtered like pigs and dogs. The common people had no hope of survival. Tieling City was destroyed, and the rafters were full of hanged people. Liaoyang City was destroyed, and all the Han people in the city became slaves, leaving the Jurchen Tartars alone.

The child takes whatever he asks for.

You are very young, and the days of suffering are far away from you. But they know how vicious the Tatars were back then, how vicious the Mongols were back then, and how vicious the bandits were back then.

Today, they have all been wiped out by your predecessors. The Tatars farmed land and herded sheep for us in Liaodong, and the Mongols raised horses and herded sheep for us on the grasslands. The bones of Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and those bandits are no longer known.

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These are the achievements of your ancestors, and these are your goals.

Do you want to rest on the achievements of your ancestors and rot, or are you willing to use your youth and blood to lay down a large territory for the motherland and our Han nation? Soldiers, are you willing to exchange your lives for the supreme glory?"

"Yes! Yes!" Countless people raised their fists and shouted loudly, like crazy people."

"There are many veterans among you who have faced life and death. Maybe some of you don't like them. You always think that they are too mean and too harsh.

They are people who have come from the battlefield, and they know what kind of training can protect your lives. If you shed a pound of sweat now, you will lose a pound of blood on the battlefield.

Don't blame them for beating you, because they are teaching you survival skills. In the future, you may fight in an unfamiliar place. The skills they teach you will not only help you win the battle, but also allow you to survive.

Soldiers! Living and enjoying honor is the happiest thing!

The emperor and the empress will live forever! The land of China will live forever! Our country, the Ming Dynasty, will live forever!"
Chapter completed!