Volume 2 New Shijie] Section 197 Shandong's Chess Pieces -

Section 197 Shandong's chess pieces

Zhao Yingong returned to the lower place, quite complacent. ~~ With Sun Yuanhua's support, things are much easier. But he has a lot of things going on, especially the collection of displaced people in Zhejiang is about to be prepared, and he must arrange things as soon as possible and rush back to Hangzhou to take up the town.

With so many things at hand, he sat behind his desk and was busy for almost half a night. When he was busy, the doctor who came with him came to tell him that the rescued young man had woken up and had the strength to speak.

Xie Yao is a naturalized general practitioner trained by the Ministry of Health itself. Speaking a Shaanxi dialect, it is very special among the naturalized people in Lingao. Whether it was language or living habits, Xie Yao felt a little out of place, so he took the initiative to sign up when he was going to send someone to Shandong this time.

"Oh? Did he say anything? Zhao Yin's archer kept his pen and continued to write letters.

"He asked who we were, and how his partner was." Xie Yao said.

"Who is he and what is his name?"

"This person claims to be Wang Qisuo, a local military household, and a small banner." Xie Yao said with great interest, "There are two knife wounds on the body, which are not serious, but the body is a little weak." ”

"Since it's okay, let him raise it." Although Zhao Yingong saved this man on a whim, he hadn't thought about what to do with it - maybe he could be used as a channel to contact the local salt dealers? For the time being, he doesn't have a detailed jihua - there are too many things, "Keep an eye on it, don't let him move around." ”

Yao was just about to withdraw, but Zhao Yinggong stopped him: "By the way, call Huang Xiong to me." ”

Huang Xiong had already been transferred to the Beishang detachment, where he also met his distant clansman Huang Ande - they were all preparing to participate in the engine operation. This time, Zhao Yingong wanted to go north to Shandong, so he asked Huang Xiong to go as one of the attachés.

Huang Xiong was the captain of the mine protection team in the Jiazi Coal Mine, and he heard that many people in the Chengmai Battle had made meritorious contributions and were promoted. Many of the people who were just soldiers when he was a platoon commander became a second lieutenant after the war, but he was nested in the coal mine to train the militia and had no head, so he was a little anxious, and this time he was transferred to the northbound detachment to Shandong to fulfill his wish.

He came to Zhao Yinggong in a hurry and saluted: "Chief! Army Second Lieutenant Huang Xiong was ordered to report for duty! "He was dressed in the clothes of a family and wore a wig bun, but he was full of energy, and he looked like a capable modern soldier.

"Take a break!" Zhao Yinggong said, then raised his head and looked at him, "You can't do this." From now on, you'll have to put this set away for the time being. If you want to call me and Lord Deer, you have to call a thousand greetings when you meet. ”

"Yes! Heads! Huang Xiong hurriedly corrected, "Master! He smiled a little embarrassedly, "I'm a little unaccustomed to it for a while." ”

"You've got to get used to it." Zhao Yinggong said, "Soon I will leave here, we will build a fortress here, you are from the Shandong battalion, and you will be the military commander of the fortress in the future." ”

Huang Xiong hurriedly saluted again. Zhao Yinggong then took his place: in addition to leading some of the soldiers to defend the fortress or farm, he was also responsible for training the recruited displaced people, arming them to ensure that the base could defend itself in the Luàn of Dengzhou.

"Of course, here for a long time, you are just a family leader, a township teacher or something like that, to adapt to such a disguise, this is still the territory of the Ming Dynasty for the time being, understand?"

"Yes, I understand!"

"You know, we don't have artillery for you, I'll give you a squad, and you're going to use them as seeds to train the recruited refugees into qualified militia -- at least qualified villagers."

"It's easy, I've been doing this all day long in the Jiazi Coal Mine-" Huang Xiong said, and couldn't help but feel frustrated, isn't this the captain of the mine guard again, but this time it's changed to a farm.

Zhao Yinggong saw that his face was different, and probably knew what he was thinking—the General Administration of Political Security had read him all the latest thoughts and developments of the personnel to be assigned to work in Shandong before he set out.

"You must know that the engine operation is a national policy-level action of the Senate, and everyone involved in the operation must do their best to contribute all their liliang to this task!" He said with a slight smile, "Do you understand? ”

"Yes, I see!" Huang Xiong Jīng was shocked and immediately understood the meaning of the words of the "chief": after the operation was successful, as the person in charge of the project, he would have to be promoted and rewarded. He said loudly: "Serve the Senate and the people!" ”

"Well, you go down first, sort out the idea of organizing the village brave, and report to me tomorrow how many weapons and equipment you want. Take out a list. ”

After Huang Xiong left, Zhao Yingong immediately sent someone to find Lu Wenyuan. Lu Wenyuan is a young man, who used to be engaged in water conservancy engineering and also has certain civil engineering skills, and has been in charge of the agricultural infrastructure work of the Committee of Agriculture in the construction company since D Day. This time he came to Shandong, his professional counterpart, and he was young and strong, so he was selected as the person in charge of the Shandong base.

Since he was too young and afraid that it would be difficult to fight with the local natives—after all, it was Zhao Yinggong who started the game—and Lu Wenyuan was Zhao Yinggong's cousin. In order to facilitate the work, before leaving, Lu Wenyuan was baptized in Lingao Church, and then led by Zhao Yingong to Hangzhou for a turn, and won the trust of the Hangzhou Church.

Lu Wenyuan's ambition is to open a large harem, and he has not succeeded yet - the NV servant barely bought one, at least someone does laundry and cooks. This sent to Shandong to carry out the task, Lu Wenyuan's horm méng was secreted in large quantities: the so-called near the water building gets the moon first, if you don't take this opportunity to get a Shandong girl to enrich the harem, your trip will be in vain.

"Fawn-"

"Call me by name, I'm not Junko." Lu Wenyuan said dissatisfiedly.

"Alright, Junzi—no, Wen Yuan," Zhao Yinggong said, "I'm going to go with you to survey a suitable piece of land and buy it as a base for our Shandong operation, and then it's your job." ”

"I'm good at farmland and water conservancy construction." Lu Wenyuan boasted, "Farming is relatively lacking. ”

"Land, you can just plant it, and soon there will be a fight on the Shandong side, first build the wall, repair the wharf, and wait for the people."

Lu Wenyuan said he understood.

"In a few days, I will take you to meet Sun Yuanhua and prepare a way for you - you are now a Catholic, don't forget to participate in the religious activities of the local church, especially the weekly services!" Zhao Yinggong advised, "Don't fall into it!" ”

"Okay, I got it." Lu Wenyuan nodded helplessly, "Dean Wu has given me enough religious lessons. ”

Zhao Yingong knew from historical sources that the Shandong Church in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties had more than 3,000 followers in the middle of the 17th century. This is still after experiencing the war shortage at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when Sun Yuanhua was the governor of Denglai, the size of the church would not be lower than this number at least.

Although there are not many people of more than 3,000 people, the followers are involved in various social levels, and their internal cohesion is relatively good. Trying to use the liliang of the local church as a support for local activities is the best way for Zhao Yinggong to quickly open up the situation in Shandong.

As for where to choose a base in this Shandong, there are many different opinions. The list of candidates includes Dongying, Yangkou, Longkou, Huangqibao, Jimo and even Qingdao. All the ports along the Shandong Peninsula have been proposed. Among them, Rizhao and Qingdao have the most proposers.

However, the General Staff Headquarters studied the information and found that although Kong Youde's rebels were powerful in Shandong, the scope of the rebellion was very small, and the rebels basically only operated along the Bohai Bay of the Shandong Peninsula, and the terrain of the Eastern Three Prefectures was relatively rugged, and under the conditions of Jiāo Pass in the Ming Dynasty, neither the refugees nor the rebels could go too far. The base was chosen to be too far away from the Denglai area, and it was difficult to accommodate refugees. As a result, the ports along the coast of Jiaozhou Bay were first cancelled.

As for Dongying and Yangkou, although they are also along the Bohai Bay, they are too far away from the Denglai area, and the land distance is more than 300 kilometers -- compared to Cangzhou, Hebei, it is closer and more convenient.

It seems that in order to effectively collect and transfer refugees, I am afraid that the only way to occupy a base along the Bohai Bay is to occupy a base. Zuihou's choice was Longkou, which is not only a good port, but also very close to Zhaoyuan, China's main gold producer. The disadvantage is that Longkou is located in Huangxian County, which is the place where Kong Youde's rebels and the Ming army fought a tug-of-war, and there is great military pressure to maintain it in a húnluàn.

"But there are benefits. Longkou is not a rich place now, at best it is just a small fishing port. Kong Youde may not be interested in making a special trip to Longkou to attack us. As long as we can get the support of the navy, it will not be a problem to occupy the Longkou population. ”

"The dragon's mouth is the dragon's mouth." Lu Wenyuan said, "If you want to talk about the kung fu of building a fortress, there is probably no one in this time and space who can compare to us." I don't believe that Kong Youde has the ability to capture our fortress? ”

"Don't talk too much, Kong Youde is very good at playing Hongyi cannons. There are Portuguese and many Western cannons in Dengzhou, didn't they shoot him down in the same way? Zhao Yinggong said, "If we don't have a cannon in our own hands, we may not be able to hold it." ”

"Won't the northbound detachment come then? They are not necessarily the opponents of the northbound detachment. Lu Wenyuan said, "I want to do this-"

Specifically, with the support of the government, the government first carried out construction in the Longkou enclosure and set up armed merchant houses and farms. At the same time, people were sent to Yizhou and other places to recruit refugees to Longkou first, and these people were organized as the basic armament and construction of the Longkou base. When the battle is brought together, as long as it shows enough strength to stabilize the place, the displaced people will naturally flow to the merchant inn that is defended by an armed liliang. After the war, they quickly occupied or supported agents to completely control Longkou and Zhaoyuan.

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