Chapter 1011 News from the South
The withdrawal of Mongolian troops from the grassland is good news for the tiger flag.
Originally, due to the threat of the Mongolian army, the remaining pier fort was built very slowly. As the Mongolian army left, there was no threat outside, and the speed of the civilians building pier forts increased.
A few days later, the construction of the fire road pier where Zhang Sancha was stationed was completed.
The baggage battalion sent to support from Xinpingbao has also met with Chen Xunping and the others.
Some of the soldiers were pulled out of the Dunbao and arranged for the baggage battalion to take over the garrison of the Dunbao and Fire Road Dun on the grassland.
These piers and fire road pier are not all stationed by the baggage battalion, and there are also combat troops staying in the pier.
The messenger Chen Xunping sent back to Xinpingbao to pass through Dunbao and Huoludou along the way.
These Dunbao and Huoludun built on the grassland are like stations in the Ming Dynasty, providing messengers with war horses for food and transportation. They can also rest without having to sleep in the wild like before, greatly speeding up the messengers' speed to return to Xinpingbao.
It originally took five or six days to travel, but it only took more than four days before the messenger arrived at Xinpingbao.
After Xinpingbao fell into the hands of the tiger flag, great changes occurred.
When Li Huaixin was the garrison of Xinpingbao, although Xinpingbao was also a merchant, his main task was to prevent the Mongols' military border fort.
Since the tiger flag moved into Xinpingbao, Xinpingbao's business has become more and more popular, and many goods on the grasslands have been sold through Xinpingbao.
Many merchants do not need to venture on the grassland anymore. They can spend a small amount of money in Xinpingbao to get the best fur and other goods on the grassland.
Some merchants who had grown up in Zhangjiakou, because the imperial court abolished the Ma market and the Fan family had declined, and it was difficult for many goods from the grassland to appear. Some merchants began to focus on Xinpingbao.
Xinpingbao has become a rising pearl of the northern region.
There is a set of internal processes for the tiger flag.
As soon as the messenger from the grassland arrived at Xinpingbao, someone immediately sent the letter to the guardian's mansion.
"Sir, Chen Ying is sending a letter from the grassland." Zhao Wu took the letter in his hand and came to the signing room where Liu Heng's office was working.
Liu Heng took the letter, looked at the paint mouth on it, and after confirming it was intact, he opened the letter, took out the letter paper from it, and placed it in front of him to watch.
After reading the contents of the letter, he looked up and said to Zhao Wu: "Send a official letter to Chen Yingzheng in the name of the Military and Political Department, telling him that his approach is right, don't rush to fight the Mongols, and everything is mainly about building a pier. Be sure to ensure that you connect with the pier in the Daheihe River before winter."
"Yes." Zhao Wu agreed and turned around and walked out.
Liu Heng put the letter paper in his hand back into the letter.
"Guard Zhao, are you here?" Yang Yuan's words sounded outside the signing room.
"Sir, are inside."
Shortly after the words fell, footsteps appeared in front of the door of the signing room, and then Yang Yuan walked in from outside the room.
"I've met an adult." As soon as he came in, Yang Yuan saluted Liu Heng.
Liu Heng looked at Yang Yuan and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a while. What new discoveries have happened in the Foreign Intelligence Bureau recently? You, the director of the department, need to come forward to solve the problem."
"There is news from the south that has been passed back." Yang Yuan said.
When Liu Heng heard the news from the south, he looked solemn and asked, "What news has Zheng Tie sent?"
"Just a few months ago, the big ships of Hongmao Yi frequently appeared in Penghu. If you want to attack Penghu, Commander Zheng asked us if we should attack the big ships of Hongmao Yi in advance. Now the East India Company of Hongmao Yi has begun to target our ships on the sea, and even Li Dan doesn't care much about our affairs."
"It's normal for Li Dan to be unhappy if we destroy Yan Siqi and monopolize Bengang." Liu Heng said lightly, but his fingers were gently tapping the tabletop.
Yang Yuan said: "The second Garen ship of the Red-Furious Yi has been built on the Dayuan Island. Although it is not as high as the Red-Furious Yi's large ship, there should be no big problem if it comes from the protection."
Liu Heng nodded with his lips pursed, but he was recalling some things about the attack on the Ming Dynasty in his mind.
In his impression, Hong Maoyi suffered a loss in Penghu, and then he focused his eyes on Dayuan Island, which led to the fact that Zheng Chenggong recovered Dayuan Island.
Thinking of this, he said to Yang Yuan: "Our power at sea is not as good as the Red Maverick Yi for the time being, and Li Dan will not allow us Han people to have a maritime merchant with more strength than him, even if we are on par with him."
"How should Commander Zheng reply to him?" Yang Yuan asked.
Liu Heng thought for a while and said, "Let's not worry about Hongmao Yi's affairs in Penghu. The Ming Dynasty's navy is still somewhat powerful. The long sea may not be the opponent of Hongmao Yi, but it is impossible for Hongmao Yi to occupy Penghu. The court will not give Hongmao Yi this opportunity."
"How can Li Dan solve it?" Yang Yuan asked about Li Dan's affairs.
Liu Heng smiled and said, "I remember the last time I sent it back from the south, saying that Li Dan's health is getting worse and worse, I'm afraid he can't stand it for a few years."
"The secret spies under his subordinates at Hirado have sent back news that Li Dan rarely goes out now, and many things have been left to Li Guozhu. Not only that, some of the people below him have other thoughts." Yang Yuan said what he learned.
Liu Heng sighed and said, "It's a pity that if something happens to a sea hero, the forces in his hands will definitely be divided. Li Guozhu does not have the ability of Li Dan and cannot win over those big seas."
He still admired Li Dan from the bottom of his heart.
It is precisely because of the existence of a sea merchant like Li Dan that blocked a Western ambitionist who came across the ocean for the Ming Dynasty, and these ambitionists dare not underestimate the Han people.
However, Li Dan blocked Hong Maoyi not for the Ming Dynasty, but for his own interests, and the Ming Dynasty only received some indirect benefits.
"After Commander Zheng annexed Yan Siqi's power, Li Dan sent Li Guozhu to the Daguan Island to find Commander Zheng, who wanted to ask Commander Zheng to give up some of the Bengang and give them to their Li family members, but Commander Zheng refused." Yang Yuan said.
There are people from the Foreign Intelligence Agency on Dayuan Island, and news about Dayuan Island will be sent back every once in a while.
Liu Heng had a sneer on his lips and said, "Li Dan was also thinking about blindness. At the time, he was afraid that Yan Siqi would monopolize the Daguan Island, so he gave up some of the Bengang and let our people fight with Yan Siqi. Now Bengang has fallen into our hands and wants us to spit it out. It's a little too beautiful."
The things eaten by the tiger flag cannot be spit out.
Chapter completed!