The weather in July, even outside the Great Wall, is very hot.
But even so, training was still going on in full swing on the school field, and the soldiers were sweating profusely. However, following the general's orders, they did not dare to be sloppy in every move, otherwise the unforgiving whip would come down all over their faces.
The Maritime Silk Road in Liaodong has been opened, and the huge profits have made all participants make a lot of money, and everyone is happy. Therefore, Xia Xun successively started larger-scale commercial operations in other areas using the Hada City model.
.Liaodong has its own specialties from Liaodong. It may not be a rarity in the local area, but if it is shipped out, it will make a lot of money.
Now, without any urging, the local army in Liaodong has actively built more beacons, and the local people have taken the initiative to build roads and bridges. These are important guarantees for economic interests.
However, the ultimate guarantee for all this is force, especially in an environment surrounded by tigers and wolves. Although the last battle with the Tatars was a victory, the casualties of the participating armies were not light. On the grasslands, the nomads had
Innate advantages, so even though the Liaodong Ming Army has an advantage in weapons and equipment, hard training cannot be ignored.
Carefully summarizing the tactical characteristics, advantages and shortcomings of both the enemy and ourselves in the last battle will be of great benefit to future battles. Even armies that have not participated in the last battle can adjust their tactics based on the experience of the participating troops, so as to improve their performance in the future.
Avoid more casualties in battles and annihilate more enemies.
The last time the troops participated in the war, they all received generous rewards. Some were promoted, some made a fortune, and some bachelors got a wife. Of course, some of the generals used their power to turn some beautiful women into their own little ones.
Concubine, with Xia Xun's wide ears and eyes, it's not that he doesn't know, but he just pretends that he doesn't know. Let them go. If the water is clear, there will be no fish. Even if he is God, he can't stop other people's desires.
And desire, isn't it the biggest driving force that makes people go from crawling to standing up, from wearing hair and drinking blood to being rewarded with beautiful clothes, and never tires of details? Everything that happened in Liaodong greatly inspired the entire army. They were different from others.
If you want to climb up the ladder, want to be a high-ranking official with a good salary, and have a beautiful concubine and a loving wife, the only way is to fight.
Now, like people who have made a fortune in business, they suddenly discover that this disgusting place has so many opportunities for them to live a better life. Once the incentives are put there, they become a group of militants.
They originally only had the idea of "it's best that the Tatars don't come to harass", but now they have been holding back their energy all day long, thinking about only one thing: when will they go to do it again?
Xia Xun is not worried about the impact of business on traditional industries such as agriculture, because here, traditional industries are backward, not advanced. Business needs to exchange what you have. When you no longer have it, you must find another way.
To manufacture it. After all, there are only a few people who can participate in direct commercial trade, and most people still have to engage in various traditional industries.
Therefore, when there are not enough horses for sale, some people will come up with various incentives to encourage herdsmen to raise horses; when the supply of huge logs cannot be supplied, someone will offer better treatment to encourage people to cut down trees;
When the quantity of various mountain delicacies and game is not enough to meet the demand, someone will organize more people to pick it and then breed it. When they find that the furs are shipped out, other people's profits are dozens or even hundreds of times more than theirs.
At this time, they have already earned capital and will think of hiring craftsmen to build their own fur production industry...
Agriculture, forestry, fishery, and even industry will rise one after another due to the rise of commerce...
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When people began to be obsessed with this place and began to discover the vitality here, Xia Xun felt a little homesick.
So in this hot summer, Xia Xun, who didn't want to go out, spread out papers in the study and wrote a letter home.
The windows on both sides were open, and the gentle breeze passed through the windows, bringing some coolness. Xia Xun bit the penholder, thinking about where to start writing.
In the yard, two women were enjoying the shade under the shade of a tree. They were talking and laughing loudly from time to time.
This was a gift given to Xia Xun by others. Since the Wugu tribe was captured in the First World War in Liaodong, the leaders of nearby tribes have expressed their friendship to the governor. The Haixi Jurchen tribes who intend to submit to Liaodong have also sent people to communicate with each other.
relation.
Immediately afterwards, the vigorous development of various businesses brought huge business opportunities to Liaodong. As a result, wealthy families and tribal leaders from all over Liaodong also came in droves. Now, even many tribal leaders from as far away as the Nurgan area have also joined.
A procession of gift-giving and flattery.
In a place like this, nomadic people give the most three things as gifts: horses, leather goods, and female slaves. Therefore, Xia Xun has received enough horses to open a large ranch of his own, and the fine fur goods he has received are enough to fill a whole family.
It is not inferior to the scale of Xie Chuanzhong's leather goods shop in Peking, not to mention the number of women it receives, which can easily build a pink army.
Xia Xun's fur goods were all transferred to the pass, where they could get the most benefit. The horses he received all supplemented the cavalry in Liaodong. As for the women, he also gave them away after changing hands. These two in the yard have not been found yet.
Suitable person to take over.
The women who can be given to Xia Xun are of course very beautiful. They are Jurchens, Koreans, Japanese, Uighurs, Uighurs, Hans, and many mixed-race beauties. Here, various ethnic groups live together and are born from mixed-race marriages.
There are many men and women, and most of the mixed-race women are very beautiful. The two girls in the yard now are from Russia.
One of the girls was named Sanapova, and the other Xia Xun didn’t even remember them. They were very beautiful, with wild maroon hair and big blue eyes as deep as a lake of clear water. Russian men like to call their sweethearts “cute”
"Little White Birch", obviously, they fit this characteristic.
Compared with Western Europeans with high noses and deep eyes, the facial curves of Ross girls are softer, but they are more stylish than the flat-faced ***. They have eyebrow shaping that is rare for European women, and their eye sockets are not as sunken as those of Western Europeans.
.At the same time, their skin is dazzlingly white, but they have few freckles that white people are accustomed to. Their slender legs and tall breasts give their beauty an aggressive arrogance.
But here, they have no room for arrogance. They don't understand Chinese, but after the initial uneasiness, they quickly adapted to the life here and are very happy because it is much richer than their hometown.
In a country like this, it is rare to see such a prosperous city with such a large population, the people wearing such gorgeous clothes, the food being so plentiful, and the climate being so much more comfortable.
This is what the two of them are talking about in the yard. It's a pity that Xia Xun can't understand what they are saying, otherwise he would definitely laugh out loud. Is this a rich and populous big city? The clothes people wear here are gorgeous, and the food is gorgeous.
Is it rich? If we take them to Jinling, will they still regard it as paradise?
But Xia Xun didn't plan to take them home, because Xia Xun was a little afraid of his wife now. It wasn't because of Ming'er's family background and identity. Ming'er never behaved domineeringly in this regard, and Xia Xun would never allow him to
The wife shows off her family background, or shows reverence for it. Perhaps just out of love, old men always love their young wives especially.
Xia Xun found that he was really old. He had only been away for a few months, and he began to miss home, his woman, and his children. So much so that no matter how sumptuous the food here, he didn't taste good. In the past, he
That's not the case. When King Yan was in trouble, he placed Zi Qi and Xie on a relatively safe island. They were not reunited for such a long time and did not have many thoughts.
Although there are other factors involved, because it was the critical moment for King Yan's success or failure at that time, and it is different now, but it cannot be denied that as he grows older, he is indeed more in love with his family than before.
There was already a memorial beside Xia Xun, which was intended to be presented to the emperor.
After Xia Xun arrived in Liaodong, every time he did some major things or made some changes, he would promptly report to the court and report to the emperor or ask for votes. He did not want to give the court the impression that he was king and hegemon in Liaodong.
In this memorial, Xia Xun described in detail his recent actions, as well as the various gratifying changes in Liaodong, as well as a large amount of statistical data and analysis materials. It was very detailed, but did not have too many gorgeous words. Zhu Di was a pragmatic person.
As an emperor, he does not need to pile up a bunch of words of praise, he only needs to describe the facts.
Finally, Xia Xun proposed that he would like to return to Jinling after the next battle. This is because a memorial cannot be written completely about the current situation in Liaodong. At the same time, he has many ideas that need the emperor's approval one by one, and based on his understanding of the situation in Liaodong,
Knowing the strength of the Tatar troops and the increasingly tense hostile relationship between the Tatars and Oara, he was confident that after the next war, the Tatars would be unable to continue to invade Liaodong for a long time.
The letter that made Xia Xun feel so disgusting was finished. At the end of the letter, he told Ming'er that he might have the opportunity to return to Jinling soon. He used very implicit rhetoric to tell his beloved wife to get clean quickly and wait.
His favor. Then he sealed the letter, called his close family generals, and ordered them to send the memorial and family letters to the capital.
More than an hour after the generals left, a large number of people from the capital came to Kaiyuan City. Huang Zhen, the imperial envoy to the capital, Zhang Xitong from the Honglu Temple, and hundreds of ancient boats from the Fuzhou Navy.
Among these acquaintances was Yixin, also named Yishiha, a eunuch from the Haixi Jurchens. He brought a secret edict from Emperor Yongle to Xia Xun.
The secret decree said: "The most serious trouble for the imperial court must be in the north! You don't need to be anxious. Just let go and do things right. Doing the right things is more important than sticking to the rules. In the strategy of Liaodong, the road ahead is long and heavy. You must work hard and not slack off.
In a few days, I will set off for a tour of the north, and you can come to Beijing to see me to discuss state affairs together!"
After reading the secret decree, Xia Xun looked up to the sky and sighed: "If our love lasts for a long time, how can we stay together day and night..."
Huang Zhen, Gu Zhou, Zhang Xitong and others looked at each other in shock after hearing this: "What did the emperor say in his decree?"