Life in Film and Television: Starting from the Jinshui Bridge

Chapter 283 Meeting Shang Konggeng and the Three for the First Time

After hearing Liu Meng's words, all three of them took a deep breath, and Mao Youde even exclaimed:

"How dare he? Just for the military power of Dongjiang Town, he dared to spread the imperial decree and kill Mao Shuai? Why..."

Liu Meng glanced at Mao Youde, and then said solemnly:

"It's too late to talk about this now! What we should pay attention to is what will Houjin do when he finds out that Shuai Mao is dead? What will we do in the future with hundreds of thousands of Liaodong soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang?"

After hearing Liu Meng's words, both Mao Kexi and Mao Zhongming couldn't help but nodded, and it was Mao Youde who asked eagerly:
"Brother Liu, what do you think?"

After listening to his words, Liu Meng wished to give Mao Youde a thumbs up. Regarding the future development of Dongjiang Town, there is a big difference in the effect of saying it yourself and someone asking it.

If you say it yourself, you will be suspected of annexing Dongjiang and monopolizing power. If you are asked, it is a matter of course.

As long as these three people don't take precautions against themselves, leave Phi Island with their soldiers, and supply money, food, weapons and armor by themselves, in the late Ming Dynasty where people cannibalize, they don't want to take refuge in Houjin, they can only take refuge in themselves.

Liu Meng believed that with the alloy armor and weapons produced in his own space, they would be tempted sooner or later, as generals, to block the biggest consumption and food.

In a blink of an eye, Liu Meng thought about it so much, and still said that Hou Jin was about to attack Daming:
"Mao Shuai passed away, and the Houjin no longer has any worries. I speculate that by October at the latest, they will aggressively invade the Ming territory and threaten the capital!
So, where is the way out for our Dongjiang military and civilians?Should he take refuge in Yuan Chonghuan, who killed Mao Shuai, and become a civil servant's dog, or should he develop independently, independent of the civil official group, uphold Mao Shuai's will, and continue to fight with Hou Jin forever? "

After hearing Liu Meng's words, all three of them became silent, obviously thinking about their own future.

Seeing this, Liu Meng guessed the scruples of the three, and found out the current memories of the three in his mind.

The three of them were each on Phi Island, commanding more than 20 soldiers, and their Liaodong refugees had a population of no less than [-].

According to the minimum consumption, the daily grain would be 12 catties, which is a huge consumption.

Thinking of this, Liu Meng secretly checked the storage capacity of his space warehouse.

Fortunately, there are tens of millions of catties of rice in the warehouse, plus white flour, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pork, sheep, beef, fish, etc., there are hundreds of millions of catties of storage.

Coupled with the amount of grain that can be harvested every day, Liu Meng can barely support it.

Besides, as long as we persist until the spring of next year, we can spend space gold coins to buy food seeds and livestock cubs, and Dongjiang Town can be fully developed.

Thinking of this, Liu Meng looked at the three of them and said solemnly:
"Three brothers, I don't care what you think... But, I will never take refuge in Yuan Chonghuan, not only because he killed Shuai Mao, but also because I don't want to be treated like a dog by him Death on the battlefield!

I will find a way to get enough food, as long as you are willing to stay in Dongjiang Town, I will help you!What do you want to do, I will wait for your news. . . "

The three of them were shocked when they heard the words, and they all looked at Liu Meng in astonishment, with disbelief in their eyes.

Seeing this, Liu Meng also recalled that there were loopholes in his words.

If you have a way, why didn't you get food before, and you have to come up with a way at this time?
Liu Meng, who wanted to understand, couldn't do anything, who made him come here at this time?
Thinking of this, Liu Meng simply said:
"I don't want to explain anything. In short, you believe me, go back to Phi Island first, and I will get a large amount of food to let the soldiers and civilians of Phi Island survive this winter!

At noon tomorrow, you will bring your boats to the island to bring food, trust me. . . "

After finishing speaking, Liu Meng turned around and walked towards his camp without saying a word. Behind him, he followed Liu Meng's two personal guards and went straight back to the barracks.

Seeing this, Mao Kexi and the three of them looked at each other. Although they were still puzzled, they did not call out to Liu Meng tacitly. Maybe they still had hope in their hearts, hoping that Liu Meng could get back a large amount of food and spend the time before him. Difficulties!
When Liu Meng returned to the barracks, what he saw was a scene that he couldn't bear to look directly at.

The thousand soldiers were fine, although all of them were sallow and emaciated, their weapons were uneven, and there were only less than one layer of iron weapons. Most of them were wooden spears with sharpened branches, and there were only a dozen pieces of iron armor. , even the best-made leather armor is less than half.

Those who are in rags are even more unbearable. Two-thirds of them are middle-aged men, and the remaining middle-aged women account for two-thirds. The smallest number are children and half-children.

Liu Meng also sighed in his heart, lamenting the sorrow of ordinary people affected by the war during the Chongzhen period.

Of the millions of people in Liaodong, these people are the only ones left now. Presumably, the old and the weak all died of war and hunger.

Of course, most of them were led by Houjin soldiers and plundered back to the Houjin land, and became Houjin's huge group of coated slaves, slaves not as good as pigs and dogs!

Looking at these common people, like walking corpses, either in a daze or looking up at the sky, Zhao Meng sighed again, gritted his teeth and went to the barracks warehouse first.

Opening the warehouse door, the scene he saw made Liu Meng's heart tighten again.

In the warehouse, there is very little food, and Liu Meng has never eaten it, not to mention brown rice and other food that are almost moldy, and there are only a dozen or so sacks left.

Seeing this scene, Liu Meng also understood why Mao Wenlong had [-] soldiers, but he only dared to fight guerrillas when Hou Jin went out to fight the autumn wind.

According to later records, after a few years in Dongjiang Town, Mao Wenlong became more and more like a local emperor, and he had no power to think about it.

Forget it, Liu Meng didn't think about it anymore, since Mao Wenlong was dead, it was a good thing for Liu Meng.

At least, there is a suitable excuse and opportunity for Liu Meng to command and occupy Dongjiang Town.

Not thinking about these messy things, Liu Meng waved his hand from the space, first took out [-] catties of rice, white flour, some slaughtered pork, beef and mutton, plus some miscellaneous grains and vegetables, and turned around to go to the warehouse.

Immediately, with two confused soldiers, they came to the open space in the barracks and beat drums to gather the soldiers and civilians.

The drums sounded, and soldiers and middle-aged refugees ran out from all over the military camp. Not long after, more than 4 middle-aged men gathered in the barracks.

Standing on the high platform, Liu Meng looked at these sallow and emaciated men who looked like they were going to die, Liu Meng opened his throat and said loudly:

"Brothers, starting from today, we will start a big construction and sit until we are self-sufficient! Why? Because those shitty civil servants don't care about the life and death of our military households. What should we do if we don't give money, food, weapons and armor? Etc. die?
No!We need to be self-reliant!So, the first thing to solve is salt!sea ​​salt. . . "

(End of this chapter)