Thank you for your support from the old man Meng, the old man from the north at the end of the month, thank you for Fushicheng, the monthly ticket for the super big dog dick brother, thank you for your little boat.

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The atmosphere in the tent was a little quiet. Kong Yinzhi frowned and thought hard. He had already reached a critical point, but he still couldn't make a decision for a while. After all, it was too much involved.

Xu Changqing was not in a hurry, but just drank tea lightly. Soon, when sweat beads oozed out of Kong Yinzhi's forehead, he smiled and said, "Old brother, if I remember correctly, Kong Rong should be the 20th generation ancestor of your Kong family, right? I wonder if my brother still remembers the famous saying of Kong Rong when the Cao thief wanted to copy the Kong family?"

"Forehead?"

Kong Yinzhi suddenly became clever and looked at Xu Changqing a little stupidly.

Xu Changqing stared straight into Kong Yinzhi's eyes and stood up majestic: "Where is there any eggs left after the nest is overturned?"

Without waiting for Kong Yinzhi to react, Xu Changqing continued: "Old brother, you are a smart person. I believe you have studied more in the current situation in the world than me. You guess, if the Tartars defeated Qufu, let alone the Tartars, what would happen if the thieves from Dashun Country destroyed Qufu? The sage education has been passed down in my China for thousands of years, but whether it is the Tartars or the Thorns, have they been educated by the sages? Indeed, it is difficult to do things. But is there a little dispute among the tribes more terrifying than the Tartars and Thorns? Old brother, at this point, I have tried my best."

"this……"

Kong Yinzhi was stunned for a moment, and finally made up his decision, his face was full of ferociousness, and he said with gritted teeth: "Brother, I have done this matter! But, if you have to help me, I will definitely not be able to do it myself..."

"Haha, that's right."

Xu Changqing also changed into a smiley face like spring breeze: "Come on, have a tea, let's talk about it carefully. Brother, this is the way to spend more money and the way to spend less money..."

...

Xu Changqing and Kong Yinzhi chatted from morning to late at night until it was almost time for a while, and Kong Yinzhi left with full of fighting spirit.

Even Xu Changqing didn't have time to pay attention to the people from the Governor's Office.

The chess piece Qufu is really too critical.

Not only in the military sense, but even more politically!

Although the situation in the Ming Dynasty was stable at this time, there were not many places in the north of the Yangtze River, or to be more precise, able to defend the place.

Haicheng is one.

The next is Denlai.

For example, Jining, which is still prosperous now, including Kaifeng, or Lianghuai areas, is not a place to be defended.

This kind of inadequacy is multifaceted.

Not only geographical location, material storage, but also people's hearts.

Haicheng is Xu Changqing's old nest and base camp. It has been in operation for many years and has long had a foundation in all aspects. However, Denglai's ability to defend is more due to its advantage in geographical advantages.

Qufu is different.

This is the ancient saint, and the saint's tomb can be found here.

As long as you operate well, Qufu will definitely receive endless external assistance.

The simplest thing is to go and take a look at Fengyang, Zhongdu, and see how the ancestral tomb of the Lao Zhu family was dug up by the thieves.

If the Qing army was going to dig the saint's tomb and dig out the treasures inside, scholars all over the world would all claim to be disciples of saints. You can't just stare at them like this, right?

Of course there are loopholes in it.

However, there is a theory in psychology called "sunken cost".

As long as Kong Yinzhi boards his Xu Changqing's pirate ship and starts investing, then he will not think about it in the future.

As long as Qufu's defense scale is formed, even if the entire Jiangbei is lost, Xu Changqing still has room to turn the tables and can take some initiative!

Even the name Xu Changqing has been thought of, and it is called "Holy War"!

...

The next morning, Xu Changqing did not rush to Jining, but continued to stay outside Qufu City and handled the Kong family's affairs first.

The same old saying: "Ten birds are in the forest, nothing is as good as one bird in hand!"

After breakfast, Kong Yinzhi came to pay homage to Empress Zhou and Zhu Cixuan with Xu Changqing's personal companion.

Queen Zhou had in-depth "communication" with Xu Changqing last night. At this time, she was radiant and seemed to be more than teenagers younger. She had already understood that Xu Changqing's plan, so naturally she did not agree.

Zhu Cixuan was also a little depressed and excited, after all, he was about to "clear the clouds and mists and see the light of the sky."

This meeting was very effective. In more than an hour, Qufu's plan to expand the city was completely decided.

Kong Yinzhi expressed his opinion in front of Empress Zhou and Zhu Cixuan that he would do his best to raise one million taels of cash and build Qufu into an indestructible fortress.

In fact, according to the current prices, there are some chaos and displaced places, and one million taels of silver is really impossible to do anything big.

However, for Xu Changqing and the men of Model Jun, this is obviously not a problem.

The use of cement and simple version of "concrete" really makes a stubborn, and does not need to be as troublesome as traditional, and it will be a waste of money.

And there is more manpower at this time, just eat, it's almost the same as free ones.

If you really want to calculate it, Xu Changqing might even earn 200,000 or 300,000 taels.

...

In the afternoon, after the sun, everything here was almost settled. It was almost time to go to Jining, and the team slowly went to Jining.

On the carriage, Xu Changqing also met Cao Jizhou, deputy envoy of the Governor's Office of the Governor's Office. The envoy was still the Shi Ministry Hall at this time, and Shi Kefa served as the other party.

Cao Jizhou is in his early forties, has a slightly fat figure and white skin. His small eyes are very clever and clever. He looks like a greasy old fried dough stick at first glance.

After hearing his detailed report of various data, Xu Changqing said slowly: "Mr. Cao, so, Jining still has more than three million stones of grain reserved?"

"Yes, Marquis."

Cao Jizhou hurriedly clasped his fists and said respectfully: "There was an accident in Qijing last year before the grain was stored. If we included Huai'an, we should be able to raise more than 2 million stones, but Huai'an... the officials can only protect Jining first..."

Xu Changqing smiled and nodded in an orderly manner.

The government office of the Governor's Office of the Canal was in Huai'an Prefecture, but because of the Grand Canal, the administrative division at this time was very different from that in later generations.

In later generations, Jining was just a prefecture-level city in the fourth and fifth tier cities, but at this time, it was the pearl on the canal, extremely prosperous, and not inferior to Yangzhou.

Although this Deputy Envoy Cao was slick, he was a wonderful person and captured very accurately what Xu Changqing needed now.

"Old Cao, thank you for your hard work. Go and have a rest first, wait, and see the Queen and the Prince."

How smart is Cao Jizhou?

After a moment of understanding Xu Changqing's deep meaning, he kowtowed desperately: "The Marquis is very kind, and it is difficult for the lord to repay the Marquis' support even if he dies..."

When Cao Jizhou left, Xu Changqing also rubbed his temples tiredly.

The current environment is like this, he is a bunch of old fried dough sticks.

If you say you do serious things, these people can do it, but no one can say how much they can do it...

But in politics, each of them is extremely sensitive, even keen!

"Forget it, there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are called kings. I still have to support the big rack first."

...

In the evening, the team set up camp by a small river.

Xu Changqing hasn't ridden much horse these days, and his body is a little rusty. He took advantage of the camping time and moved his hands and feet slowly.

Along the way, Xu Changqing has been thinking about how to hold the overall situation?

After thinking about it, Xu Changqing couldn't help but remember the classic theory of Heshen and Lord back then, "The water will be clear and there will be no fish!"

If you don’t feed these officials first and give them peace of mind, how can you expect them to do things?

After all, even as a time traveler, he is familiar with many things, but in terms of politics, it is inevitable that he will turn a blind eye to others.

With Cao Jizhou here, the problem of more than 3 million stones of grain and grass in Jining is no longer big, and it is indeed impossible to solve the big problem. However, Xu Changqing was undoubtedly more confident and began to focus his attention on Huang Degong's side.

Of course, Xu Changqing was far from trusting Cao Jizhou at this time. After all, he came from Huai'an. Who knows if this is a bitter plan?

Xu Changqing would never neglect the meat before it was eaten into his mouth.

As he thought, the night was gradually darkening, and some noise came from the direction of the camp gate. Xu Changqing frowned and soon stretched out again.

Many gentry from Jining and Qufu came to work hard, all of whom were carrying large tickets of live pigs and sheep, thinking that they could show their faces in front of Zhu Cilang.

Xu Changqing looked at it for a while and couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

No matter what the purpose of these people is, at least this is a good sign, which fully demonstrates that the influence of the Ming Dynasty is still very strong in this land.

Xu Changqing was about to go back to the tent to rest and prepare for dinner. A familiar but full of strange figure. Yingying came here and seemed to be shocked when she saw Xu Changqing. She saluted in a panic: "I have met Mr. Haicheng..."

"Um?"

Even with Xu Changqing's eyesight, he could see the beautiful face clearly for a while under this light. He was actually Zhu Cilang's concubine Yuan Cairen.

Zhu Cixuan had two concubines at this time, one of whom was surnamed Zhou, and he was very favored. Xu Changqing had seen him several times, but he couldn't say he felt anything. He was a normal person, had no characteristics, and was dignified.

However, this Yuan Cairen is very distinctive and unforgettable.

Like her original family Yuan Qiuniang, she is born with a charming and quite spiritual.

However, although the Tian family's camp was close to Xu Changqing's central army, it was always "well water will not interfere with the river", and kept a very deep distance. Xu Changqing did not expect that at this time, Yuan Cairen actually stepped on the line and came to his own side...

What does this mean?
To be continued...