The Shen family has split up and there is no hope for the time being. All parties are actively making compromises, as if they want to unite the Shen family.

Shen Yuan passed the exam, which was an opportunity to completely change the fate of the Shen family. When Chen Xi learned about this news in northern Guizhou, he probably guessed that this would be the result.

The Shen family already has the necessary fame and reputation for a large family. If they are separated, it would be a waste of the resources they have obtained.

It is a great thing for the Shen family to be able to hold it together, but it may not be a good thing for Chen Xi.

Because Chen Xi needs to promote the younger generation of the Shen family, now there is Yang Wenzhao, Shen Yongqi and Zhou Xian. In the future, more relatives of the Shen family will gradually gather around him and need him to support him, saying that it is just a job, but whether these people work as jobs or not is related to his reputation.

Chen Xi could not bring people out and ignore them. He needed to give guidance and cultivation of these people to increase his workload for no reason.

By October, Chen Xi still led his troops to station around Lingui County, Guangxi Province. He did not fight against the rebels who had disappeared among the mountains and ridges without expedition.

The court did not urge Chen Xi to seize the time to quell the rebellion. Perhaps he knew that his army was short of food and was embarrassed to urge him. Chen Xi himself felt that staying in Guangxi was not a bad thing, so he did it step by step.

Now the rebellion is no longer in shape. According to previous investigations, there are no traces of rebels in Xing'an and Quanzhou. The Guangxi garrison troops have successively entered major counties in late September. The county and county governments have begun to resume work, and the rebels have stopped looting for a long time, and everything is developing in a positive direction.

Chen Xi's military operations in the southwest declared the court's determination to quell local rebellions. In addition, the rebels usually collapsed when they encountered Chen Xi's army. The rebels were so scared that they broke into pieces and even picked up their hoes and sickles to be farmers again. This is understandable.

Chenxi has not had a grain crisis for the time being. Song Xiaocheng sent a lot of grain through water, most of which were new crops such as corn and sweet potatoes, and a small number of rice grains. These grains were sent in five batches, which were enough for Chenxi's troops to be used until the end of the year. There was no need to worry too much about the grain in the spring of the following year, because Guangdong also began to raise grain.

Guangdong local areas promote new crops more thoroughly than Fujian, and even more grains can be transported from Guangdong by the end of the year than those sent by Song Xiaocheng.

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On the fourth day of the October 10th, Ma Jiu led his troops to the east camp of Linguicheng.

Chen Xi's troops had completed the reunion, but Hui Niang and Li Jin did not travel with each other. Chen Xi was afraid that the news of Hui Niang's life would be leaked, so he did not want Ma Jiu to know, so he could only let Hui Niang and Li Jin stay in Liuzhou Prefecture for the time being. He sent someone to be responsible for the response and protection in Liuzhou Prefecture. These people would fight to the death to ensure the safety of the two daughters.

On the sixth day of the 10th month, Chen Xi completed the integration of the three armies. At this time, he had a total of 5,200 soldiers, 2,000 baggage troops, 1,000 civilians, 26 new Folang machine cannons, 650 muskets, and eight large Hongwu cannons and 2,000 bows and crossbows.

Although there are no cavalry under Chen Xi's command, the weapons and equipment are very well-equipped. After the food and grass are fully prepared, Chen Xi felt that he could deal with any war. The biggest problem at the moment was not the military's combat effectiveness, but the inability to find the rebels to fight.

Chen Xi was not in a hurry to quell the rebellion. Since the local ethnic minorities had stopped, he did not need to retaliate afterwards and to purge the ethnic minority villages in the mountains one by one. He just ordered the chieftains' yamen to promote new crops in the local area and increase grain harvests through the Guangxi vassal department.

Most ethnic minority villages dare not accept this "good intention". They do not know whether these crops will make them lose harvest next year. But in the end, there are still people who are willing to obey. The government sent the new crops. Even if they don't want to plant them, they will set aside some dry land for planting.

"...I don't expect that the mountains in Guangxi will be planted with new crops in one or two years. In three or five years, the crops can be promoted, and the task will be completed. The new crops will be widely promoted in the area south of the Yangtze River. After a few years, the new crops will be promoted to the north. Basically, from ten to twenty years, the food problems of the people of the Ming Dynasty can be fundamentally solved, and the population will be greatly increased in the next few decades..."

Chen Xi knew very well that the key to determining national strength in this era lies in population.

Only with population can one have creativity and make the country and nation full of vitality. On the contrary, the decline of population will trigger a large number of social problems and present a vicious cycle.

The wars of this era are only fighting for survival resources. Chen Xi knew that he had something to do with the fate of the people of the Ming Dynasty in the next few decades. He had to complete his mission and promoting new crops was just the first step. No matter how difficult it was, he had to carry on.

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The troops, horses, food and grass in Chenxi were rectified.

However, the court did not explain the next moves of Chen Xi's troops. From the sixth day of the October 1st, until the end of October, Chen Xi stationed troops east of Guicheng until October 29th, the court issued a new order to allow Chen Xi to lead the troops to quell the local rebellions in Huguang, Yunnan and Guizhou.

In the central army's tent, Su Jingyang and Wang He were already impatient. Chen Xi was unable to command troops and garrison for the time being, and the most anxious thing was them.

I went out with Chen Xi and thought that I would only take a month or two to get the credit back, so I was safe to be their commander. Who knew that it had been four or five months since I followed Chen Xi and had only a handful of opportunities to make meritorious contributions, especially Su Jingyang, who has not yet obtained decent military merits.

Being a soldier is for the sake of credit, so he is enthusiastic about following Chen Xi to fight, otherwise no one would want to use his time as a joke.

War is the highest honor for soldiers. When generals such as Su Jingyang and Wang He learned that the court further asked Chen Xi to lead troops to pacify the rebellion in Yunnan, Guizhou and Huguang, their enthusiasm was mobilized again. They volunteered to Chen Xi to act as a pioneer officer and enter Yunnan, Guizhou or Huguang first.

Chen Xi looked calm: "Guangxi was originally the most violent place for rebellion, but now the rebellion has basically been eliminated. It is just because the court reduced taxes in Guangxi and people's livelihood has been improved. I believe that the rebellion elsewhere will almost be quelled before the spring of the next year. We don't have to worry about quelling it with force..."

Su Jingyang asked in surprise: "Sir, what do you mean is... not to go? But the Ministry of War has just issued a transfer order. Could it be that sir doesn't comply?"

Chen Xidao: "I will not accept the orders of the outside king. I can see clearly the local situation. Why do I have to obey the orders of the court? Stay in Guangxi for the time being and make plans at the end of the year..."

Su Jingyang and Wang He looked at each other. They were different from generals such as Feng Zhaoyuan.

As commanders of a province, they enjoy privileges locally, especially in their own territory. They are the highest military commanders of a province. Even if they see Fantai and Nitai, they will be inferior to others, but in front of other officials, they still have enough capital to show off their power and have the filial piety below to live a free and easy life.

Now that they have no military merits in the army, they have to eat with the soldiers all day long, and they can't even have a small meal. They have had enough of this hard life. Now Shen Xi has cut off their last hope and is not as respectful to Chen Xi as before. They even have a little resentment in their hearts.

But then, Chen Xi added: "You want to fight, I can understand it. Let's do this. I promise you here that there will be wars for you to fight before the end of the year, and if the war can be won, it will be enough for you to remember history... As for military merit, there will naturally be no shortage. It's time to have no problem now, right?"

As a head coach, Chen Xi can certainly understand what the soldiers need.

Different people should be treated differently. Chen Xi must make Su Jingyang and Wang He maintain a good attitude to fight him. If they hurt their enthusiasm, it will be of no benefit to him in the future, because any military subordinates he made in the six southwestern provinces will rely on the two.

Su Jingyang asked: "Sir, what kind of war is there? Can you put down the rebellion and make a famous name in history?"

Chen Xidao: "Some things should not be disclosed in advance, but now if you ask, the official will just say something a little... This battle is not an internal battle, but a battle against the Gentiles. If such a war can be achieved through a battle, it will naturally be famous in history. The historical books will leave you with a strong mark. So, are you satisfied?"

Su Jingyang and Wang He obviously couldn't quite understand what Chen Xi said about the concept of "war against the Gentiles". Wang He asked: "Sir, are you... transferred to the northwest again?"

Chen Xi shook his head and smiled without saying a word.
Chapter completed!