The reason for this blessing was that the weather was cold and the Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture, which had been blocked and guarded for a long time, opened the port. The fishermen went to sea to catch the first net of fish and shrimps, which were accepted by salt merchants and salt vendors in these places, and selected the best goods to be stored in ice cubes. The fast horse was transported to Jinan.

For Li Meng, this seafood is a trivial matter, and it is important for the whole family to have a happy meal. The old eunuch Liu Fulai has had a worse appetite recently, so he also ate a few chopsticks.

Mu Yunyao was pregnant. She didn't dare to touch these rare things, but her whole family was still very happy. If an outsider was unaware of it, she would be shocked. Everyone thought that Li Meng from Shandong had private salt, gold, and wealthy, and wealthy, and she could compete with the country. The food and drink cost must be extremely luxurious, and it was a bit more particular about the rich people in the palace and Jiangnan. But if you really saw it, you would find that the Li family's life was just a top-notch family, and everyone could eat better and dress better, but that's all. The term luxury could not be seen in the Li family.

Because Mu Yunyao is pregnant, Li Meng and Yan Ruoran are particularly interested in her. Gu Hengbo and Liu Rushi are very aware of their status in the mansion and do not feel jealous.

The two of them were extremely respectful in and outside the government. This was much higher than their laughing career. Moreover, Li Meng and Yan Ruoran were both very good to them. They were the same as slaves. They had to stand aside when they were having dinner, but Gu and Liu were able to sit at the table equally. This kind of treatment had already satisfyed them.

At the dining table, Mu Yunyao's performance can only be described as a forced smile. Women are often sensitive and fragile when pregnant and are prone to getting stubborn.

"Yunyao, I have already arranged the matter about Kaifeng City. There will be no danger in your family. If you are pregnant now, if you are in a bad mood, it will affect your body and the child."

During the meal, Li Meng spoke out comforting. Of course, he knew why Mu Yunyao was worried. Hejian Prefecture annihilated the Tartar army. Shandong's originally unknown strength suddenly appeared in front of the people of the world. Even Shandong did not expect that he would be so powerful.

Jiaozhou Camp, which has always been a low-key person, suddenly became a prominent figure in the world. Many things cannot be slowly taken into consideration, but must speed up the steps.

But Kaifeng City has always been alone on the south bank of the Yellow River, and neither the Ming army nor Li Meng's troops were involved. More importantly, Mu Yunyao knew that if Jiaozhou Camp wanted to take action against Kaifeng City, it would be a big deal. He was afraid that the Zhou Palace would be discouraged and revenge the idea of ​​living and dying with the Ming Dynasty, and that would be burned.

Although there were constant correspondence between the Zhou royal palace and the Zhendong general's mansion, Mu Yunyao was still worried. If Yan Ruoran had not stopped her, she would have sent the Salt Gang to directly kidnap people in the city.

Hearing Li Meng's persuasion, Mu Yunyao nodded, and the expression on her face calmed down a little. Li Meng shook her head and said again:

"No matter how you bargain, Kaifeng City will definitely be controlled by Shandong. At that time, Yunyao, don't worry, the treatment of the Zhou royal palace will not be inferior to that of now."

Although the Zhou royal palace was a first-class vassal king and had huge wealth accumulation, it was mainly used to collect land rent, which was not qualified to compare with Li Meng's land, private salt, and sea trade. It was extremely easy to maintain this treatment. Moreover, if it really happened that day, many officials in the royal palace could be sacked. Without these people, they could save a lot. To put it bluntly, they just raised a relative, and Li Meng was not stingy.

After comforting all kinds of relief, Mu Yunyao finally relaxed because the process of persuasion was in progress. In order to avoid the lunch time being longer, a maid came to report that it was Mr. Yuan, the chief clerk of the General's Mansion, asked for a meeting.

Yuan Wenhong is a traditional scholar. He rashly seeks advice during the meal. This move is not too rude and he will definitely not be able to do it, but if he does this, there will definitely be something important.

Li Meng was also confused, but he had no intention of eating anymore. He greeted his relatives on the table and walked to his study room where Yuan Wenhong was waiting.

"Master General, Wu Xiang, the governor of the Central Army Office of the capital, sent his family to pay homage?"

The Central Army Office, the Five Army Governor's Office is now a completely empty title. There are not too many noble people in the capital with the title of the Governor. It is not worth it at all. There are so many people coming to see these days, and there are actually many officials behind them, so why is this person so anxious?

Seeing Li Meng's hesitation, Yuan Wenhong was about to remind him in a low voice, but Li Meng slapped his hands and said with a smile:

"I always talk about my son when I come over, but I can't remember it."

The chief clerk Yuan Wenhong laughed a few times and said:

"The students are also strange. They are currently out of touch with each other, but they suddenly come to the door. I really don't know why they are here!"

Li Meng, sitting on the chair, smiled leisurely:

"The entire 37,000 Tartar soldiers were wiped out. Others don't think so. The Wu family has been the leader of the army who has been eating military food in Liao Town for generations. They know this is powerful, so of course they have to come over to express their feelings."

Yuan Wenhong pondered around him for a while. It seemed as if he was thinking about some details, and then he said:

"According to the estimates of various places, the Ningyuan regiment general Wu Sangui can have more than 3,000 children of personal soldiers from families. If you calculate the collapsed soldiers in the towns after the Battle of Songshan, you will probably have 70,000 soldiers. Gao Di, the general general of Shanhaiguan, has more than 10,000 soldiers, and he has always been dependent on Wu Sangui. He will collect 10,000 soldiers and horses in Ningyuan and Jizhen before the battle. He can still gather 100,000 soldiers and horses. Compared with these grass-headed soldiers in Northern Zhili, they are indeed elite."

Liao Town has a vast land and sparse population. Since the opening of the town, military generals at all levels have actually been landlords of all sizes. The soldiers were their serfs and tenants. The Liao Town generals had no shortage of money and food, and the imperial court had plundered them in the pass. The proportion of family members and soldiers they raised was much higher than that of the mainland army generals in the pass.

Of course, what Yuan Wenhong mentioned is just the elites who are relatively slutty in Beizhili, so his tone is very relaxed when speaking.

What Li Meng said about knowing the power is that the Liao Zhenming general outside the pass has been fought against the Tartars for several generations, but basically no victory, but he just failed constantly, of course he knew the power of the Tartars.

Wu Xiang, the governor of the Central Army Office, was still white two years ago. Because he escaped at the battle, he was defeated and the court did not ask for any punishment. When Wu Xiang's relative Zu Dashou surrendered to the Tartars, his status in the capital was even lower. However, Wu Sangui gathered the defeated troops in Songshan and guarded the territory of Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan. He also had nearly 80,000 troops in his hand. The court could not ignore it. This was the empty title of the governor of the Central Army Office, named Rongyang in the capital, and was actually used as a hostage to control foreign military generals.

In the Ming Dynasty in recent years, Wu Sangui claimed to be the bravest army and was invincible. The origin of these two terrifyingly big titles was very simple. When Wu Xiang was fighting the Tartars outside the pass, he was surrounded by the Qing army because he underestimated the enemy and was surrounded by the Qing army. The Liao army was already preparing to give up Wu Xiang and withdraw his troops and return to the camp.

Only Wu Sangui led dozens of servants into the Tartars formation and rescued Wu Xiang from the Qing army. This insignificant victory and courage seemed extremely dazzling in the Ming army where there were failures everywhere. Wu Sangui became famous and was immediately praised. Moreover, Jian was in the heart of the emperor and climbed to his current high position step by step.

Up to now, he rushed into the formation of the Tartars and cut off several heads. The documentary records are all vague. It is the same as the record of Jiaozhou Camp's annihilation of nearly 40,000 Tartar troops. It is really a difference, and the highest level is judged.

It was clear who was better and who was inferior immediately. How shocked Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui would be after they knew the news of Shandong's victory was almost enough to imagine it.

When the Wu family asked for a meeting, even the calm Yuan Wenhong couldn't help but feel happy and said with a smile:

"Students congratulate the general first. Looking around, the nine borders and all parts of the northern five provinces, the only one with some strength is the Liao soldiers of the Wu family. Today, they took the initiative to show their goodwill to the general. This is really what God wants."

Li Meng also had a smile on his face, but he was not so optimistic and replied with a smile:

"If this is true, it is naturally the best. But these people think too much and take themselves too high. Maybe they have to come over to talk about the conditions. I really want to know what can the Wu family talk about? Those thousands of servants are still tens of thousands of serfs?"

"When will the Grand Marshal meet the envoy sent by the Wu family?"

"Let him go for a few days, and then let your subordinates go over to meet him. The defeated general also holds such a big air? It's not us who are anxious!"

In Li Meng's impression, Wu Sangui is one of the synonyms for traitors and betrayers. Li Meng is extremely disgusted, but now Wu Sangui and the Wu family's forces are showing favors and seeking favors is him, not the Qing Tartars. How should I calculate this? I think it feels ridiculous.
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