After taking a big sip of wine, Gao Jie said, "Real wine or fake wine! Maybe this is the last time we brothers will drink. I, Gao Jie, am a big old man, and I envy scholars the most.

Mr. Li, please be careful in everything from now on.

That's all! Farewell!" Gao Jie squatted down on the table with the wine bowl, stood up and left.

"Leader Gao, stop!" Li Yan was confused and quickly stood up and grabbed Gao Jie.

What Gao Jie just said was unclear, which immediately aroused Li Yan's curiosity.

"Tell me why I drank for the last time. And why should I be careful?" Li Yan pulled Gao Jie's sleeve and asked.

Gao Jie looked around and saw that no one was paying attention: "These words came out of my mouth and into your ears. If it were in another place, I would not admit it. What you said to the big boss today has already made the big boss suspicious. Maybe.

Someday...!" Gao Jie stretched out his right hand and made a wiping motion on his neck.

"You mean...!" Li Yan's eyes widened, and he began to feel scared as he recalled the incident of contradicting Li Zicheng.

When Li Zicheng first started the army, he had no advisers around him, so he invited Li Yan. At first, he obeyed his words, although occasionally the two of them had quarrels, but in the end it was Li Zicheng who came to apologize to Li Yan. Later, the two simply bowed to each other.

, become brothers, the relationship is naturally closer, and there are not so many taboos about talking.

"I didn't say anything!" Gao Jie waved his hand.

But Li Yan still pulled Gao Jie's sleeve, and Gao Jie reluctantly pushed Li Yan's hand away: "You should go if you can, there's no point in staying here."

"Where can I go in the vast grassland?" Li Yan lowered his hands helplessly, with a look of dismay on his face.

"You can go to the imperial court."

"Should I seek refuge with the imperial court?"

Li Zicheng was so drunk that he was groggy. When he got up the next morning, his mind was spinning with everything he could think of.

"Why did you drink like that yesterday?" Mrs. Xing brought over a bowl of millet porridge, and Li Zicheng took it and drank it every mouthful. After eating the hot bowl of millet porridge, he felt energetic.

"I drank too much with Liu Zongmin. Damn it. I asked Li Yan and Liu Zongmin to go to Xi'an to find out the news. As a result, Li Yan sent a bunch of things out. I got Sun Chuanting's promise not to send troops for the time being. How long? Damn it.

Call it temporary?

None of the officials in the imperial court can believe it. Maybe one day when we wake up, Ao Canghai's cavalry has arrived in front of us. His grandmother's will not survive on the grassland." Li Zicheng muttered angrily.

"The boss, the imperial court has always been an iron-clad government official. Today the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu is Sun Chuanting, and tomorrow we may not know who it will be. As long as you wait, the imperial court may transfer Sun Chuanting. By then,

, you are asking people to bring gold and silver treasures.

There is no cat that doesn't like fishy food. As long as we give some money, the court will not do anything to us. No matter how the court changes, the officials will always be the same." Mrs. Xing served Li Zicheng another bowl of millet porridge.

.

"Send one car today and another tomorrow. We don't have so much stuff. Last time we robbed the Mongols, we killed Luo Rucai. Next time, we don't know how many people we will lose. At the beginning, we should have listened to Mr. Li and it was Sichuan." Li Zicheng

I regret not listening to Li Yan's advice.

"There is no place to sell regret medicine. I heard that going west is where the Mongols live. Maybe we can go to Mongolia...!"

"We can't go to Mongolia. Those people are used to grabbing things. Knowing that we have so much wealth, why don't you start grabbing it immediately? What's the difference between this and sending a fat sheep into the mouth of a wolf?" Li Zicheng took Xing's hand.

The bowl in Mr. Xing's hand categorically rejected Mr. Xing's suggestion.

"Then what do you say? Anyway, if you marry a chicken, you will follow the chicken. If you marry a dog, you will follow the dog. If you marry a monkey like you, you will walk all over the mountain."

"Damn it, when did I become a monkey?" Li Zicheng cursed with a smile and slapped Xing's butt. Maybe Xing's butt was too elastic, or maybe he was drunk all night, and Li Zicheng was ready to move.

Just when I took Ms. Xing's hand and wanted to hold Ms. Xing under me to do things, suddenly someone outside the door shouted: "Master, there are good things, there are good things."

Li Zicheng recognized Gao Jie's voice and greeted Gao Jie's mother in his heart. He released his hold on Mr. Xing's hand and sat down again: "Come in."

"Master, it's a good thing." Gao Jie's tone was filled with excitement.

"What makes you so happy?" Li Zicheng was a little puzzled when he saw Gao Jie so happy.

"The spies inquired and heard that a batch of goods was about to pass by the foot of Helan Mountain. It was said that the Zhungar people robbed the Khalkha people's goods last year. There were three hundred camels. The Mongolians who led the army,

But there were only about three to four hundred people.

Do we have a vote? It's done. We can hide in Qiangtang. I used to know a leader there." After Gao Jie walked in and saw Xing's pretty face blushing, he knew that Li Zicheng

I didn't mean to do anything good.

"There are three hundred camels?" Li Zicheng's eyes immediately lit up. The last time he robbed the Mongols, they also had three hundred camels.

After doing that job, Li Zicheng made a huge fortune. Although he is not short of money now, he still felt itchy when he heard that such a large amount of money passed under his nose.

"Have you heard clearly?"

"I understand. The spies came back in the middle of the night yesterday and didn't dare to delay at all on the way."

"Okay, let's do it again this time. After it's done, let's hide in Qiangtang. Let the Mongolian dogs bite the dogs!" Not to mention Gao Jie, Li Zicheng also knew several Qiangtang leaders.

The reason why I didn't think of fleeing in the past was because Li Zicheng didn't like the place in Qiangtang very much. Moreover, the Han people would suffer from gas problems when they got there, and their chests would feel tight and they wouldn't be able to breathe. But now it doesn't matter if they flee!

Perhaps the Tibetans in Qiangtang could also buy a road all the way south through the Tibetan areas and enter Sichuan.

I heard that Zhang Xianzhong was very trouble-making in Sichuan in the past few years, and Zhang Xianzhong still has many remnants there. They are all the former subordinates of King Chuang, and they still have a relationship. After recruiting Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates, his power can skyrocket again.

.As long as Sichuan is defended, living in the Land of Abundance will be infinitely better than living on the grasslands now.

"Okay, I'm going to prepare my troops and prepare to go to Helan Mountain." Gao Jie walked out happily.

As soon as he reached the door, the curtain was opened and Liu Zongmin rushed in, knocking Gao Jie over.

"Are you crazy? Are you going to break into the boss's tent like this?" Gao Jie clutched his chest, which was hurt by the impact, and glared angrily at Liu Zongmin who broke in.

Liu Zongmin ignored Gao Jie and saw Li Zicheng sitting on the blanket and said angrily: "Master, Li Yan, a poor man, ran away."

"What? Li Yan ran away? Where did he go?" Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment when he heard Liu Zongmin's words.

"I don't know. I was there last night. But when I got up early in the morning, Li Yan and his people were gone."

"Damn it, he must have surrendered to Sun Chuanting. You know that their scholars are unreliable. You should go and capture Li Yan now. If you want to see him alive, you want to see his corpse." Li Zicheng's face turned red with anger, and he wished he could do it now.

Then he chopped Li Yan into eighteen pieces.

"Master, why don't you let me go? I'm proficient in the art of tracking, and I'm the best at this kind of thing. And the Helan Mountain incident also requires a fierce general like Liu Zongmin to control the situation. The Mongols are not easy to deal with!" Li Zicheng said.

As soon as he landed, Li Yan took the initiative to ask for help.

"You! Okay, you will lead people to capture Li Yan for me." Gao Jie was nicknamed Mountain Harrier. He was the most proficient in tracking skills, so it would be most appropriate for him to chase Li Yan.

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"It's so outrageous! It's so outrageous!" Li Xiao held a memorial in his hand, his hands trembling with anger.

"What are you looking for in a hurry? You just killed a few Miao barbarians and massacred a few Miao villages. I think Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde and the others did a good job. Places like Sichuan and Yungui were originally mixed with Han and barbarians. Those Miao barbarians and native barbarians

, I seem to be a kind person today, but as soon as I turn around, I will shoot an arrow at you.

After all, they believe that we have invaded their territory. They still have to pay taxes to us, so naturally they are unwilling to do so.

You asked Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming to go to Yunnan and Guizhou, Sichuan, to suppress bandits. In a place with high mountains and harsh waters, what's wrong with killing a few people who were robbing the army's equipment? Those Miao barbarians wanted to rob people, so Kong Youde wiped out those Miao villages.

You have dealt with Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, how will they suppress the bandits in the future? As soon as the banditry is eliminated, the people of Sichuan and Yunnan and Guizhou will not have a good life." Sun Chengzong was lying on a recliner, combing his beard with a comb.

"With the army outside, the generals leading the troops cannot restrain their hands. Otherwise, it is likely to lead to a disastrous defeat. Starting from the 18th year of Wanli, Yang Yinglong has been doing illegal things in Bozhou. Those barbarian chieftains have no idea what the imperial court is. Caught

The imperial court surrendered its troops, and all of them were tortured to death. I cannot bear to describe that kind of tragedy.

In the twenty-eighth year of Wanli, the imperial court sent an army of 200,000 to attack from all directions, and finally defeated Yang Yinglong. Yang Yinglong and his wife and concubines were forced to commit suicide, and the remaining members of the family were wiped out. The eight hundred years of chieftain administration in Bozhou was finally terminated.

It was also at that time that the imperial court began to set up official offices to manage the place.

It has only been a few years now, and some of Yang Yinglong’s original followers are still there. Those Miao chieftains have always been hostile to us Han people. If we don’t use force against them, even if we set up official offices in the future, it will be difficult to manage them.”

Zhang Huangyan was also dissatisfied with Li Xiao's fuss.

"Then you can't kill innocent people indiscriminately. Look at what it says here. Regardless of whether you are old or young, you will kill everyone when you touch them. Who did the child provoke?"

"The soldiers are so jealous that they don't recruit or provoke anyone. Do you think they won't kill anyone?"

"These things are troublesome. Commander, please take a look at this document. It was sent by Hong Chengchou. He found some nautical charts from the Dutch. The locations of many islands are marked on them. There is a place called Temasek, which guards the maritime trade between the East and the West.

What Hong Chengchou means is that the imperial court should send troops to garrison. In this way, we, the Ming Dynasty, can guard the passage between the two oceans. For our Ming Dynasty, it will be a hundred benefits without any harm." Zhang Huangyan saw that Li Xiao was unhappy and hurriedly

Change the topic and divert Li Xiao's attention.

"Temasek...!" Li Xiao remembered that the location he said should be Singapore.

"I asked Zheng Zhilong that Temasek is indeed a node that guards the east and west oceans. He had thought about stationing troops there before, but the Malays, Siamese and local indigenous people there have their own forces. The Ming people have no foundation.

, it is difficult to survive there.

Zheng Zhilong said that it is difficult to fully control with his power. So...!"

"This place must be captured and troops are stationed. The Marine Corps is being formed at Lao Er's place, and Li Dingguo and Zuo Liangyu were recruited into the Marine Corps by Lao Er. The Ministry of War asked for approval of the establishment of the two regiments, and I approved it. I see

, let the Marine Corps station there."

"Yeah! It's perfect to let the Marine Corps go. In addition, we should build a castle in a place like Temasek. Firstly, it will be beneficial to the garrison, and secondly, it can also protect the Ming Dynasty merchants who are doing business."

"Well! I also think this matter is feasible. Since Hong Chengchou proposed this matter, let him build Temasek Castle." Sun Chengzong also agreed to this suggestion.

"In addition to the Marine Corps, I also want the Japanese to live on the Star Island opposite." Li Xiao suddenly said.

"Okay, why are you letting the Japanese come in?" Sun Chengzong and Zhang Huangyan frowned together.
To be continued...