Chapter 226: Large Population Inflow, Whoever Gets in the Way Will Die
"Sixth Brother, tell me, who did the Fan family offend?"
"Hush... Old Li, please speak softly. There are still more than a thousand Fan servants, caravan guards, accountants, shopkeepers, etc. in Jiexiu City. Even the government has people from the Fan family."
"Hehe... I know. In broad daylight today, the huge Fan family was completely silent. Not even a shadow of a member of the Fan family could be seen. Could they really be dead?"
"I think it's a bit risky. Didn't you see that big golden bird still patrolling the sky from time to time? During the day today, several waves of hooligans came to take advantage of the situation and were all hunted down by the powerful big bird. Finally, no one dared to make any moves this afternoon."
"Those greedy guys value money over life, they deserve it! Even if they want to do something, they have to wait until the big golden bird leaves, don't you think so, Old Li?"
"Oh no! Lao Liu, you are not going to cause trouble, are you?"...
The atmosphere in Jiexiu City during the day today was extremely weird, with dark waves surging. A large number of civilians were quietly discussing various things.
In general, the majority of people are gloating over the sudden misfortune of the Fan family.
With the golden eagle's constant patrol and deterrence in the sky, and having hunted down several gangs of people with ulterior motives in succession, there are no more outsiders who want to enter the Fan family.
Li Dingguo and the other three were finally not disturbed and were able to stay quietly in the Fan family mansion, waiting for the night to fall.
"good to eat!"
"Sister Hongmei, our cooking skills are getting better and better."...
At dusk, Wan'er, Li Dingguo and Hongmei sat together in the dining room of the main kitchen of the Fan family's residence, facing a table full of delicious dishes and eating them with great satisfaction.
"Brother, I didn't expect that there are several kinds of spiritual vegetables in the Fan family's spiritual herb garden. These rare spiritual plants are the first time I have seen them."
"That emerald-colored cabbage is so delicious!"
"And the white jade radish is so fragrant that it fills your mouth with fragrance. Its taste is not inferior to the spiritual fruits of the same level."
Wan'er touched her slightly bulging belly and sat lazily on the big wooden chair, still savoring the taste and praising it over and over again.
None of the three had imagined that the Fan family would actually grow and cultivate several of the rumored spiritual vegetables, such as emerald cabbage, white jade radish, and red blood garlic.
Spiritual vegetables are difficult to cultivate and require a large amount of spiritual energy and manpower. If there is no formation to protect them, they will easily attract a large number of spiritual insects such as spiritual rats and spiritual ants, which is very dangerous.
It is rumored that even in the imperial palace, there are only two or three kinds of spiritual vegetables, but the Fan family has as many as five or six kinds.
Anyway, Li Dingguo and the other three had never seen any spiritual vegetables before.
Although the quality of spiritual vegetables is mostly not high, they are just some medium and low-quality spiritual plants, but things are valuable because they are rare. At least more than half of the wealthy families do not have the conditions to cultivate spiritual vegetables at home.
"Wan'er, I have packed those spiritual vegetables. You can take them back later."
Hongmei smiled and said, "With the island protection formation in place, those spirit insects can't sense the internal situation of our lake island at all. With the rich spiritual environment of the lake island, it is easy to cultivate and reproduce these spirit vegetables. We can eat them whenever we want in the future."
In this big meal, the three of them ate third-level spiritual rice with various spiritual vegetables, drank hundred-year-old Jinhua wine, and ate monster meat. It was hard to be in a bad mood.
Wan'er, Hongmei and Li Dingguo, who had a whole day of rest time, worked together to prepare an unprecedented sumptuous meal and ate to their heart's content.
It was not until today that they realized that the daily life of practitioners could be so comfortable.
The acquisition of these spiritual vegetables is another major gain of this southward operation.
It would be even better if they could be cultivated and upgraded into higher-grade spiritual vegetables in the future.
"Wan'er, Hongmei, it will be dark in about a quarter of an hour."
Li Dingguo stood up from the big wooden chair and said to the two maids, "Let's make the final preparations for departure and check everything in detail to avoid missing anything."
“When night falls, call Dajin back, tie all the things you want to take away to its body with ropes, and then set out for home.”
"It will probably take us a few more days to return to the island in the middle of the lake outside the pass. Although Dajin can fly in the air with so many things, it is impossible to fly at the same high speed as when we came here."
After Li Dingguo finished speaking, the three of them started to get busy again, making final preparations for the return trip home.
Half an hour later, in the thick night, a big golden eagle soared into the sky at a moderate speed, carrying a long string of things connected by ropes.
After reaching a height of ten thousand feet, it determined the direction and flew northwest, and soon disappeared at the end of the sky...
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The first month of the lunar calendar has just passed, and it’s the first day of February.
A military meeting was being held in the meeting hall of the military building. This year was already the fifth year of Chongzhen. Last year, the Ming Dynasty had been seriously damaged by the rebellion of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Li Jiucheng in the Denglai area of Shandong.
This also gave the large number of rebel forces in the three northwestern provinces some time to catch their breath and grow stronger.
Moreover, even in the Central Plains, many refugees rose up and formed various large and small volunteer armies, and the war was in full swing!
This year, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is like a raging fire, with chaos and chaos everywhere, showing very obvious signs of the end of the dynasty.
Li Dingguo knew very well that in three to five years at most, the Ming Dynasty would completely decline and there would be no way to save it.
There is not much time left for the Fuxing Army to develop peacefully.
The spring two years later was the time when the Later Jin Tartars in previous history once again broke through the pass.
Many military intelligence personnel who had secretly infiltrated the Liaodong area used spirit pigeons to send messages and report many times. The Later Jin Tatars were already making relevant preparations in this regard, proving that their second march into the pass was not groundless, but a fact that was about to happen.
In less than two years, the Fuxing Army will confront the Later Jin Tartar army for the first time. It will also be a life-and-death test for Li Dingguo's new force to see whether it can survive this difficult time.
Time waits for me.
So now Li Dingguo is feeling increasingly heavy-hearted.
Compared with the Later Jin Tartars, all the enemies we had encountered before were not even on the same level.
The big Shanxi merchants who had already formed an irreconcilable life-and-death feud with Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army would definitely ask the Later Jin Tartars to take advantage of them and send an elite army to destroy the Fuxing Army, a new force that was hostile to them, when the Later Jin Tartars broke through the pass and invaded the Ming Dynasty.
This forced Li Dingguo to once again speed up the pace of his own development and growth.
"Great Commander!"
The huge meeting hall of the military department was packed with people. Wei Jinfan, the head of the military intelligence department, spoke first, "I have followed your instructions and sent out nine teams of 100 people. I had them disguise themselves and form small caravans. By bribing Ma Ruhu, the garrison commander of Desheng Fort, we successfully opened the way for trade."
"The garrison commander of Desheng Fort, Ma Ruhu, has completely lifted the restrictions on the passage of Desheng Fort to them after receiving dozens of low-grade spiritual beast war horses from our caravans."
"Starting from this month, these caravans composed of elite soldiers will go to the three northwestern provinces to collect and guide a large number of refugees out of the country and start our population growth plan."
"In the remaining six months of this year, we must complete the task of bringing in at least one million refugees!"
"Our military intelligence department and the navy officers and soldiers have joined forces to prepare to dispatch 20 large and small treasure ships to be responsible for the transportation of materials and refugees, so as to promptly transport all refugees who have left the border back for resettlement and try to ensure the smooth progress of the large-scale immigration operation."
Without a doubt, the most important task this year is the population introduction plan.
The importance of this plan is even higher than the army's northern expedition.
Li Dingguo has ordered the Military Intelligence Department to work closely with the naval officers and soldiers to ensure the smooth implementation of this round of large-scale population introduction plan.
Money will be given, materials will be given, people will be given, and everything will give way to this plan.
Li Dingguo even ordered that if any Ming officials, gentry, or border troops obstructed the implementation of this plan, and if the money offensive failed, they must be humanely destroyed at all costs!
The Military Intelligence Department is allowed to use any means to ensure the smooth completion of this round of population introduction plan.
If it weren't for the major plan announced by Li Dingguo, more than half of these refugees from the interior of China who were brought in as part of the plan would definitely not have survived the increasingly severe natural and man-made disasters this year, and would have died in the world.
According to reports from a large number of intelligence personnel stationed in the interior by the Military Intelligence Department, the number of refugees in the three northwestern provinces of the Ming Dynasty has increased dramatically since the beginning of this spring, at least several times more than in the previous two years!
The number of refugees that can be seen everywhere in the three border provinces is estimated to be in the tens of millions, which is shocking to see!
With this year's large-scale plan to bring in refugees, there is no need to worry about not being able to gather enough people within the country.
As long as the Military Intelligence Department is willing to spend money and has the money to spend, it won't be a big deal to open up all the checkpoints along the way.
Nowadays, in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, especially in the border areas where the emperor is far away, there is almost nothing that cannot be solved with money.
To this end, Li Dingguo specially approved a special fund of more than 10 million taels of silver for this year's plan to introduce population from the interior.
If the Fusion Army wants to grow and develop rapidly, its large population resources are its only shortcoming.
If Li Dingguo wants to be able to confront the attack of the main force of the Tartars in two years, it depends largely on whether this year's population introduction plan goes smoothly.
As long as the population is increased by more than one million, and about 100,000 new warriors are selected and trained from them, the foundation of the Restoration Army will be fundamentally strengthened.
After another year of actual combat training, these new recruits will become elite soldiers. Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army will have enough confidence to face all the enemy's massive attacks.
(End of this chapter)
