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Volume 1: Young People's Struggle for Loyalty Chapter 416: Return to Taiwan

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    The man heard the shout and turned his head.  "Yu Ren! Why are you here?" Yu Ren was overjoyed and rushed to greet him.  "I still want to ask you? Isn't Brother Yuan an official in Fujian? Why did he come to Yongping?" This Brother Yuan is none other than Yuan Chonghuan, the county magistrate whom Yu Ren made friends with when he was in Fujian.  .  Yuan Chonghuan took Yu Ren's hand, and the two sat down on the chairs in the inn lobby.  "This is a long story. I was originally an official in Fujian. But this year is not the year of Beijing Chaoshan! I went back to Beijing to report on my work at the Ministry of Personnel. Unexpectedly, a censor named Hou Xun thought that I had a general.  After that, he transferred me to the Ministry of War, and I was in charge of Liao affairs. As you know, Liaodong is full of holes right now! Since the defeat of Wang Huazhen in Guangning in the first month, although the Jurchens have not taken advantage of the victory, Liaodong has actually left Shanhaiguan.  Almost all the large and small castles have been lost, and in fact, there is no one to defend them. Since I was transferred to the military department to take charge of Liao affairs, I quickly went out to understand the situation in Liaodong. Unexpectedly, it was better to understand it.  , It¡¯s worse than I thought. ¡°If it continues like this, I¡¯m afraid the Jurchens will definitely enter the border in less than two years.¡± When Yuan Chonghuan said this, he couldn¡¯t help but sigh.  Yu Ren naturally understands Yuan Chonghuan's concerns.  If Nurhaci leads an army east again next year, Shanhaiguan will definitely be in danger.  Yu Ren also knew this very well.  "Brother, don't worry. I'm afraid the Jurchens won't dare to go east as hard as they did in the past few years!" "Why?" Yuan Chonghuan obviously didn't believe Yu Ren's words.  "Don't you know Mao Wenlong, brother? Mao Wenlong's actions in Zhenjiang Fort are getting bigger and bigger, and now he has 20,000 troops. And he is just behind the Jurchens. If Nurhaci comes eastward with all his strength, he will not worry about Mao Wenlong  Will he kill his old lair? I heard that Mao Wenlong is quite talented. The Jurchens sent out to wipe out all his troops last time, so how could Nurhachi still have such a troublesome opponent behind him.  Come to the east if you want! What do you think, brother?" Yuan Chonghuan fell into thought.  "I have heard of this Mao Wenlong recently. But is he as powerful as you said? Besides, no matter how powerful he is, Zhenjiang Fort must be alone overseas! If the Jurchens send a large army to surround him, he will definitely not be able to escape.  The fate of being annihilated. By then, won¡¯t the east side still be unsafe?¡± ¡°Brother said it is indeed possible. However, the Jurchens do not understand boats, and there are many islands around Zhenjiang Fort.  Mao Wenlong is simple, but it is difficult to destroy him. Even if Mao Wenlong cannot withstand the Jurchens' offensive, at least he has bought us time. We only need to work step by step during this period to rebuild the large and small castles in the Liaoxi Corridor one by one.  Get up and assign troops to defend. Even if the Jurchens come, they may not be able to break through these barriers and reach Shanhaiguan." Yuan Chonghuan thought for a moment and took out a brocade picture from his arms.  "Brother is right. If this is true, there is a place that can be used as an excellent place to block the Jurchens." After speaking, Yuan Chonghuan unfolded the brocade map and pointed at one place.  "Brother, look! This place is called Ningyuan, and it is the only way for the Jurchens to advance eastward. Moreover, the terrain here is steep and surrounded by mountains on both sides. If a city is built here, it can withstand a hundred thousand soldiers!" Yu Ren  He nodded repeatedly, "However, before building the city here, we must first recover the large and small city guards outside Shanhaiguan. I just wiped out a group of 4,000 cavalry outside Shanhaiguan the day before yesterday. I believe they will not dare to go deep alone in the short term.  This matter must be done immediately. Time is running out. My younger brother needs to go back to the south for personal matters. It may take three years to come back. I rely on my eldest brother for the affairs of the country.  If you have anything to do, you can directly study with the great scholar Sun Chengzong. I only see him as someone who knows something about military affairs." Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but feel regretful when he heard that Yu Ren was going back to the south and would not be able to come back until three years later.  But he also knew that Yu Ren had a special status, so he didn't say anything to persuade him to stay.  The two of them discussed some more farewell scenes in the inn until late at night before falling asleep.  Early on the next morning, Yuan Chonghuan got up and returned to Beijing.  But Yu Ren was still unhurried.  When he arrived in Beijing, Yu Ren did not go to the palace to see Emperor Tianqi, nor did he go to the cabinet to see Sun Chengzong.  Instead, he went directly to see Zhao Nanxing, then picked up Zhao Rui and took the canal waterway straight down to the south of the Yangtze River.  When he was in Shandong, Yu Ren went to pick up Zhu Yueyue again.  Then the family took a boat to Songjiang Prefecture.  When they arrived at Songjiang Mansion, Yu Ren almost didn¡¯t recognize him.  A city has been built on what was once a deserted beach.  Yu Ren came inOnly then did I realize that this was the land I bought.  With the help of Zhao Rui, Liang Ruji has developed a small village into a small city in front of him.  What's even more interesting is that they took advantage of maritime transportation to almost dominate the maritime trade of several provinces around Songjiang.  Today, their merchant ships on the sea have surpassed those of the Xu family's heyday.  Yu Ren paid a brief visit and then took Zhao Rui, Zhu Yueyue and Yu Yuqian out to Taiwan.  You know, although they have a good relationship with the local government here in Songjiang, there are still people in charge, and there are many things that they cannot do conveniently and cannot do.  Taiwan is a completely free space, and that's where Yu Ren can really show off his ambitions.  Therefore, Yu Ren is now eager to return to Taiwan as soon as possible.  After traveling for nearly half a month, the ship finally landed at the chicken coop.  This was their first stop when they arrived in Taiwan.  After getting off the boat, Yu Ren saw that the chicken coop had changed a lot from before.  This was just a small seaport.  It has been renovated this morning and can be easily used for berthing large ships.  The small fishing village by the harbor has also developed into a small town and a wall has been built.  Hearing that Yu Ren was back, Xu Qian led people to wait at Jilong Pier to greet him early.  Xu Qian was originally very happy, but when he looked at Zhu Yueyue and Yu Yuqian next to Yu Ren, his happy face immediately darkened.  Fortunately, Li Ying discovered Xu Qian's unhappiness in time and didn't know what she said in her ear, so Xu Qian turned her anger into happiness.  Following Xu Qian and Li Ying forward, Yu Ren found that he didn't recognize them here at all.  So much has changed here.  When he left, there were barren mountains on both sides of the river here.  There are not many barren mountains left now, and almost all of them are occupied by people's homes along the river bank.  Further ahead, there is another city.  But this city is much larger than the one in Songjiang.  Yu Ren followed Xu Qian and Li Ying. As soon as he arrived at the edge of the city, he saw groups of people greeting him. There were many old faces among them, which reminded him of the scene at the beginning of his time travel.  There are too many familiar people in this welcoming team, so I won¡¯t list them one by one.  Yu Ren was taken home by everyone, and Xu Qian first served him a glass of wine.  Almost all the big and small bosses on Taiwan Island have arrived.  During the chat, Yu Ren gradually gained a general understanding of the current situation in Taiwan.  This understanding is followed by worry.  Because after he left, Xu Qian and the others did not fully understand the significance of the administrative level he designed. Instead, they continued to use the old methods of the Xu family.  The current island of Taiwan is like a den of robbers.  However, although there are bad ones, there are also good ones.  The research institute he had spent huge sums of money on had finally produced results.  And it¡¯s still a great achievement.  In Yu Ren's view, the two most important achievements are the improvement of steam engines and the improvement of cannons.  These two items are currently the two most important things to him.  After the banquet was over, Yu Ren naturally wanted to be gentle and gentle with his long-awaited eldest wife Li Ying.  When the night is quiet and there is no one around, the two of them can¡¯t help but have a passion.  As the saying goes, a little separation is better than a new marriage, not to mention that it has been more than a year since they separated.  The two of them had this passionate affair that lasted for an hour, and the girl Ying'er who was watching outside was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night.  After the excitement finally passed, Li Ying told Yu Ren about Xu Qian's change of anger into joy today.  ?It¡¯s actually very simple.  Xu Qian had secretly promised Yu Renfang from the beginning.  Later, due to various reasons, the two could not be together.  But Xu Qian's heart for Yu Ren never died.  And now that she saw Yu Ren coming back with Zhu Yueyue and Yu Yuqian, she was naturally jealous.  Therefore, Li Ying told her in time that she would let Yu Ren take her back into the room.  Only then did Xu Qian turn from anger to joy.  Xu Qian is worried about the death of her father, and her brother is an unknown person, so no one cares about her own affairs.  Suddenly hearing Li Ying's promise, she was naturally happy.  You know, as the eldest lady, Li Ying can almost resolve such matters with one word in this era.  But Yu Ren frowned after hearing Li Ying's words.
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