Three days later, Chen Jisheng, Liu Xingzuo and Xu Fuzuo arrived in Ningyuan City one after another.

Li Yi personally went to the gate of the Governor's Mansion to greet him.

Xu Fuzhuo was the first to react and came forward and said: "Supervisor, how can I be so virtuous and capable as a subordinate? Let the supervisor come and greet me personally."

Liu Xingzuo and Chen Jisheng, who were following Xu Fuzou, also came up and bowed.

Li Yi stepped forward and pulled them up, and said with a smile: "I'm calling you here this time. It's obviously for official business, but we also have the old friendship between us, so there is no need to be so restrained."

Hearing what Li Yi said, the three of them couldn't help but relax a lot.

Liu Xingzuo smiled and said: "Supervisor, I think when you were promoted to the imperial censor and inspector of Qiandu, we were very surprised when you were inspecting Dongjiang. We thought the imperial court sent a second-generation ancestor. Unexpectedly, the supervisor defeated him in the end.

Jierhalang conquered Jinzhou and Fuzhou, which surprised us. In the blink of an eye, the governor was already in charge of Liaodong affairs, and his subordinates really admire him."

Li Yi looked at Liu Xingzuo and laughed at these words of praise: "You are still talking about me, haven't you three been promoted? Master Chen, are you now the deputy commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town?"

With a bit of shyness on his face, Chen Jisheng cupped his hands and said, "Xiaguan, the commander-in-chief, still relies on the supervisor. If the supervisor had not led us to victory in battles and achieved military exploits, my subordinates would not be where they are today.

"

Chen Jisheng is a man who knows how to repay his kindness. He indeed got his official position through Li Yi, so he is very grateful to Li Yi.

The four of them talked for a few words, and Li Yi asked them to go in and talk.

The four of them did not go to the meeting hall, but went directly to the back house.

Li Yi has no family, so there is nothing inappropriate about him.

When Liu Xingzuo and others saw that Li Yi allowed them to enter the inner house, showing their trust in them and treating them as their own, they couldn't help but be very excited, and their faces turned red.

Li Yi saw all this in his eyes and said with a smile: "I don't have any family members. When the new official takes office, I don't even have any servants. Today I asked the restaurant to deliver some dishes, and we chatted while eating."

Xu Fuzou looked at the well-trained Iron Ding around him, with a trace of enthusiasm in his eyes, but said respectfully: "This is what the Superintendent said. When you take office as a new officer, I and other old subordinates should take care of you.

Yes, why bother the supervisor to treat us to drinks?"

At the beginning, Li Yi was responsible for supervising Dongjiang Town, and Xu Fuzou and others were not considered his old subordinates, but now Xu Fuzou said this, which means that they want this status.

Becoming Li Yi's subordinates means that they surrender to Li Yi and will be able to do things in Li Yi's name in the future. On the other hand, it also expresses their support for Li Yi's appointment as the governor of Liaodong.

Li Yi naturally understood what they meant, so he did not say anything. Instead, he said with a smile: "You are working hard in Dongjiang. I understand this. Didn't I just say that it was for military affairs, but we can't wait for it."

It’s not about reminiscing about old times.”

Liu Xingzuo nodded quickly and said: "The Superintendent is right. The Superintendent led us to fight and won military honors. We are considered to be the Superintendent's old subordinates, so we naturally have the friendship from the past."

Li Yi led them into the hall and greeted them to sit down respectively.

After three drinks, the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

Chen Jisheng had the most straightforward temper and was stimulated by alcohol. He immediately said to Li Yi: "Supervisor, since you left, the Fuzhou and Jinzhou we previously conquered are crumbling. We are afraid that the Donglu will counterattack and lose them. Now it's better

, now that you are here, our Dongjiang Army will not only be able to gain a firm foothold in southern Liaoning, but also find ways to occupy the entire southern Liaoning, seize the food production areas of the slaves, and completely trap them."

Li Yi patted Chen Jisheng's arm and said with a smile: "Although the Donglu troops were damaged, they plundered a large amount of money and food this time, as well as hundreds of thousands of people. Their strength has not decreased but increased. We must fight with them."

There is still a long way to go in a head-to-head confrontation, and the most important thing now is to gain a firm foothold and make plans slowly."

Hearing what Li Yi said, Chen Jisheng became a little unhappy and muttered: "In the past, I would not have dared to have such extravagant expectations. But the Governor is a god, and even Jian Nu was frightened when he heard the name of the Governor.

Call it the power of ghosts and gods. With a military commander leading the troops, it is not difficult to conquer southern Liaoning."

Before Li Yi could speak, Liu Xingzuo beside him became unhappy and sneered: "Chen Junmen, war is not a child's play. No matter how powerful the commander is, how can he defeat Jiannu without soldiers, horses, money and food? We know you have always wanted to

We aim to conquer southern Liaoning and make the first contribution to conquering Liaodong, but we must also be realistic."

When Chen Jisheng heard this, he immediately became furious. He pointed at Liu Xingzuo and said sternly: "You still have the nerve to talk to me? I want to recover Liaodong for the Ming Dynasty and for the emperor. You, a duplicitous thief, have made enough money guarding Pidao."

Silver, if you don’t want to make progress, of course you don’t want to fight.”

Liu Xingzuo hated being called duplicitous, and he became angry when he heard this, "Asshole, I have done a lot for the people and for the Ming Dynasty. You said I made a lot of money in Pidao, but Pidao and North Korea have hundreds of thousands

Who will feed the victims? Isn’t it because I am recruiting new soldiers to fight the Tatars?”

The two quarreled endlessly, and the points of conflict became increasingly obvious.

Among the three major military sects in Dongjiang Town, Chen Jisheng was the strongest and had the most troops, so he always wanted to regain Liaonan and make great achievements. However, he was very dissatisfied with Liu Xingzuo, a repetitive person who commanded Pidao and relied on merchant ships to collect a large amount of money.

On the other side, Liu Xingzuo has always been the leader of the Han people in Liaodong, but Nurhachi persecuted the Han people in Liaodong in order to quell the famine, and then took refuge in Dongjiang Town. Although he earned a lot of money, he also used it mostly to settle Pi Island and Liaodong in North Korea.

Disaster victims, training soldiers and horses. But what he hated most was Chen Jisheng, who did not take the Han people in Liaodong seriously and wanted to kill all the rebels in southern Liaoning for the sake of making achievements.

The conflict between the two was very fierce. In the past, they fought openly and secretly. Now when they met, they even started fighting on the spot.

Xu Fuzou was a centrist and was unwilling to fight the Donglu, but he wanted to get a piece of the pie from Pidao.

Chen Jisheng and Liu Xingzuo were arguing constantly. Xu Fuzhuo persuaded them in the middle, and the wine table suddenly became chaotic.

Just when Chen Jisheng and Liu Xingzuo were quarreling red-faced and almost fighting, Li Yi slammed the table and shouted: "Sit down."

Chen Jisheng and Liu Xingzuo, who were agitated just now, immediately calmed down. Only then did they realize that Shangguan was still sitting next to them.

Liu Xingzuo had always wanted to win Li Yi's trust and become Li Yi's confidant, so he clasped his fists and apologized very simply: "I got excited and acted arrogantly in front of the supervisor, so I asked the supervisor to punish me."

Chen Jisheng was not a fool. He also urgently needed Li Yi's support. When he saw Liu Xingzuo's apology, he quickly said: "I know that I am guilty, and I will ask the supervisor to punish him."

Li Yi sighed, looked at them with a disappointed face, and said: "I thought that when I came to Liaodong, you three old friends would help me, but I didn't expect that now they are so quarrelsome and treat them like enemies. I had known better.

In this case, I shouldn't take over as the governor of Liaodong, and I shouldn't even think about you at all."

After hearing Li Yi's words, Liu Xingzuo and Chen Jisheng lowered their heads, their faces full of shame.

Xu Fuzhuo next to him looked at Li Yi and said: "Supervisor, the three of us are from the Dongjiang sect, so naturally we are a family. There are still conflicts between brothers. This is just because there is no backbone. Now that the Supervisor is here, we

Now that we have a backbone, we can discuss any ideas with the supervisor, and we won't get into trouble like now."

Liu Xingzuo nodded when he heard this and said: "Master Xu is right. From now on, when the supervisor comes, we will naturally obey his words."

Li Yi heard this and looked at Chen Jisheng and Xu Fuzuo.

They both nodded respectively.

Seeing that his face improved, Li Yi nodded and said: "Since you are all willing to listen, then we will be our own family from now on. This time I came to Liaodong, and the emperor rewarded me with a batch of ordnance. It was originally to help me set up a supervision camp. You

I'll go take a look later and take away any good things I find. The Dongjiang army is poor, I understand this."

Hearing that Li Yi regarded the Dongjiang Army as his own family, the three of them all had smiles on their faces.

At this time, Zhu Qilong walked in and whispered a few words in Li Yi's ear.

Hearing this, Li Yi looked at the three of them without looking outside, and said directly: "Didn't you see that I was drinking with three military men? If Zu Dale wants to see him, just wait in the front hall."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Qilong looked at Chen Jisheng and the others with some hesitation.

Liu Xingzuo heard this and said quickly: "Since the Superintendent has official business, he should still deal with it. We will just wait."

Li Yi's eyes widened when he heard this, and he said loudly: "You three are my confidants. Today we are reminiscing about old times, why should we spoil the fun for an outsider?"

After speaking, he said to Zhu Qilong: "Just do as I said just now and pass on the message."

Zhu Qilong could only leave after hearing this.

When Xu Fuzhuo saw this scene, his expression changed slightly, and the smile on his face became more sincere, and he said: "The supervisor is so kind to me, I finally have a backer in the future."

Li Yi smiled and said: "Our family does not speak the same language. I have been away from Liaodong for a long time, and I don't know much about your situation. Who can tell me?"

Liu Xingzuo naturally saw that Li Yi was trying to find out whether they were real or not. He had long planned to take refuge, so he was not prepared to hide his secrets. He smiled and said: "Since the supervisor asked this, I will tell you about my own family background."

Chen Jisheng has just been taught a lesson by Li Yi and is not very hostile to Liu Xingzuo now. In the future, when we work together under Li Yi, harmony is the main thing.

So he complimented him and said, "Brother Liu is a generous man, so you should speak first."

Liu Xingzuo smiled at Chen Jisheng and said: "Since the trade route reopened and the merchant ships docked, Pidao has indeed made a lot of money, about 60,000 taels a month, which is considered relatively wealthy in Dongjiang."

Having said this, he smiled bitterly at Chen Jisheng and Xu Fuzou and said: "But you two brothers only see the benefits and don't know my difficulties. There are 100,000 Liaodong victims in Pi Island alone, not to mention the 300 people in North Korea."

Thousands of victims were in need of relief. Last year, Governor Yuan learned that Pi Island was short of food and people often starved to death. He planned to prepare 100,000 grains in Dengzhou for the soldiers and civilians of Pi Island for winter and spring. However, because he needed to go to Guan Qinwang, he only bought

Twenty to thirty thousand, of which after layers of deductions, only a few thousand grains were actually distributed to the islands, which was not enough to eat. I had no choice but to spend a lot of money to buy grains in Shandong and Henan, in order to survive the famine years of winter and spring.

, all the money I earned was spent in it.”

Chen Jisheng is not a hard-hearted person. He naturally knows that there are still 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Pi Island who need to feed, and the Tieshan Yizhou Tuntian District was destroyed by the Donglu, and there is no source of food at all. He can only find ways to buy food. Liu Xingzuo looks like

Wealthy, but with hundreds of thousands of Liaodong Han people lying on his back waiting to be fed, he was also in difficulty.

Thinking of this, Chen Jisheng patted Liu Xingzuo's shoulder and said in a choked tone: "I misunderstood you before."

Hearing this, Li Yi said: "Now that I have become the superintendent, the military salary, money and food will naturally come from Dongjiang in the future. You can rest assured."

Liu Xingzuo and others nodded repeatedly.

Pidao now only has 6,000 soldiers, some of whom are new recruits and have little combat power. Their strength is considered the weakest among the three military sects in Dongjiang.

After Liu Xingzuo finished showing off his family assets, Chen Jisheng naturally did not hide his secrets and said directly: "The Superintendent also knows that I am mainly responsible for the defense of Fuzhou, Jinzhou and Lushun. I don't have as many disaster victims as Mr. Liu to support. Jinzhou

There are fertile fields around Hefuzhou, so they can be self-sufficient. The main thing among them is the 13,000 men and horses, who mainly guard each city."

The reason why Chen Jisheng is the strongest among the three military sects is that he originally subdued Geng Zhongming and Mao Chenglu's elite army and handed it over to Chen Jisheng, so he naturally knows it clearly.

The most cunning of the three was Xu Fuzuo. Li Yiwang missed him.

Seeing that it was time to show his loyalty, Xu Fuzou hesitated for a while and thought it would be good to follow Li Yi for the time being.
To be continued...