"How many?"

Of course, Feng Chengshi had heard of this organization, and in the late Ming Dynasty, there were still frequent party disputes, and there were gentry associations in the localities, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. There are those who speak with poetry and opinions, there are those who comment on state affairs, and there are even organizations that directly interfere with local and central administrations like the Restoration Society. Under such a situation, several societies came into being, but they played the ancient retro banner of "there is a revival of the peerless learning, and the righteousness of the gods is known", which has a great influence in Songjiang.

Among the six sons of several societies, Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi were martyred, which undoubtedly gave several societies a better reputation. Xu Fuyuan went into exile in Fujian, and rebuilt several societies in the Zhongzuo Institute, which absorbed Lu Ruoteng, Shen Yanqi, Zhang Huangyan, Cao Conglong and Chen Shijing at that time, and was also known as the six sons of the latter societies.

Feng Chengshi had heard of this, but with his status as Zheng Chenggong's confidant and staff, even if he longed for it, it was not convenient to have any intersection with him. In this, Lu Ruoteng and Shen Yanqi are okay, the key is that Zhang Huangyan, Cao Conglong, Xu Fuyuan and Chen Shijing, all four of them are from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they all served in the Lu Jian Dynasty.

At that time, Tang and Lu competed, and the Zheng family stood at the head of the Tang Domain, and they were inseparable from the Lu Domain. The two sides are full of contradictions, even now, Zheng Chenggong will never let Lu Fan become bigger again, even if he must use Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan to enter the Yangtze River, he is also very strict in terms of food and salary, and later sent Chen Hui to the north to compete for dominance, which can be seen.

Even, even if Feng Xifan was suspicious of these people before, he never lacked worries about this, and Feng Chengshi was the same. It's just that after hearing about these clubs, especially Xu Fuyuan's desire to recruit Shen Guangwen and others into the club, he just smiled, and then shook his head with a smile, secretly saying that there were many things before.

"Father, don't forget that Chen Zilong was also appointed by King Lu at the beginning!"

Different from Wang Jiang's old buddy Wang Yi, who was based on the Ming army and the righteous army of Siming Mountain and Tiantai Mountain, Chen Zilong received the appointment of the Zhizhejiang Economic Strategy of the Lu Jian Dynasty, and first took the righteous army of Wu Yi of Taihu Lake, and later rebelled against Wu Shengzhao, the governor of Songjiang in the Qing Dynasty. Although compared to Wang Yi, Chen Zilong's two strategies ended in failure, and it was not as good as the Ming army of Dalanshan at least once tossed Ningshao and Shao to be unpeaceful, but Chen Zilong's official position was the same as the former, which was appointed by the Lu Jian Dynasty.

Feng Xifan's words are nothing more than to equate several societies with the Lu Jian Dynasty. Feng Chengshi did not think so, because he knew far more about those social organizations than his son, and he knew more about the innermost thoughts of many anti-Qing people.

"Xu Fuyuan was once a pedestrian envoy appointed by the first emperor, and Cao Conglong is now also an envoy of Guangdong appointed by the national surname, not to mention Lu Ruoteng and Shen Yanqi. A few societies, not to be afraid. ”

Tang and Lu contended, but when Emperor Longwu was martyred and Lu Jianguo was invited by Zheng Cai to make trouble in Fujian, there were also figures such as Liu Zhongzao, a scholar in the cabinet of the Longwu Dynasty, who responded with troops. The Tang Dynasty and the Lu Dynasty are actually not important to many anti-Qing people, the important thing is the inheritance of the clothing civilization, which has been inherited for thousands of years, and they absolutely do not want to see it cut off like this.

Feng Chengshi's own family is such a character, and when he took his son to Zheng Chenggong together, he also had such thoughts. Compared with Feng Xifan, he understands the minds of these scholars better. What's more, now Xu Fuyuan, the founder of these societies, has also accepted the official position of the left deputy imperial envoy of the Yongli Dynasty, so there is no reason to plan for Lu Fan.

"This is the first thing. At this stage, it is still necessary to have a good relationship with the eldest son, and the rest, let it go first, and don't give up the basics. ”

"What the father taught me is that the child understands."

………………

"It's terrible."

The data on the production of blue indigo and the data that can be sold to Guangdong were sent back through the flying pigeon handbook, and after receiving this news, Chen Kai casually transferred it to the Guangdong Business Alliance. When the official room returned to the state of being alone, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's a real trouble for Confucian scholars who don't have systematic training."

Shaking his head, Chen Kai couldn't stop laughing at himself, laughing at himself that there was no way to teach these people to work in the Confucian classics, and those guys had not been exposed to these for decades, and it was normal to not understand. And he, as the founder of the Heaven and Earth Society, while absorbing Lu Ruoteng and Shen Yanqi into the Society, he did neglect the training of these two people because he needed to use the opportunity of the Battle of Zhaoqing to recover Qiongzhou, and a large number of military and political affairs on the battlefield in Guangdong subsequently. It can be said that compared to those members sent to Jiangxi and Southern Jiangxi to lurk, Chen Kai really didn't put too much thought into these two people, and he didn't expect that they would toss the situation in which they appeared.

Now, the news of Lan Indigo has come back, although there is no clear code, but Chen Kai believes that the other side has done it according to his method. At the moment, it is enough, because there are not enough guys within the Zheng Group to challenge his status as the number two person for the time being, and time should be enough for him to make the necessary adjustments to the Lotus Hall.

This is indeed a top priority for Chen Kai, not only to prevent the outbreak of bigger problems, but also to take the opportunity to integrate and adjust the entire Tiandihui system, and strive to play a greater role in the future.

After last year's war, both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties are currently in a stage of adjustment. Just like Chen Kai's analogy earlier, the two beasts looked at each other, licked their wounds, and when their strength was enough, they pounced on them again to bite and fight. For the Ming army, the Ming court, and even this nation, the only thing to be thankful for is that it is no longer completely one-sided, but in the future, there is also a hidden worry, which may turn his efforts over the years again.

"Iron still needs to be hard, or we must continue to restore the people's livelihood, raise the strength, and give a fist to the past if you are not satisfied."

For others, Shunde's model may be just an alternative attempt by capable officials to quickly restore people's livelihood, but for Chen Kai, it is a prelude to change.

There, Longjiang, Longshan and other places invested by the Guangdong Business Alliance in several silkworm and silk industries have entered a stage of benign development. This moment came quickly, far faster than normal, but it was not a problem, because the current situation made the supply of silk in short supply, and anyone who did silk-related business in Guangdong was making money, and the Guangdong Business Alliance had occupied a dominant position by virtue of its advantages in capital and background.

Mulberry planting, silkworm raising, silk reeling, weaving, printing and dyeing, embroidery, the industrial chain has a huge amount of capital in tandem under the situation of a hundred wastes waiting to be revived. In terms of sales, the Zheng Group's large orders, as well as Guangzhou and Hong Kong, the two trade centers in the Guangdong Sea, are all in hand, and Shunde County is still within the tax reduction period, and the recovery of the industry is unimaginably fast.

Fujian's flying pigeon biography, indigo is not only a code, but also a practical business message of raw material resources. Goods can be transported to Guangzhou, Qiongzhou by sea, can also be transported to Chaozhou by official roads, and even if it is not as convenient as sea transportation, the official roads of Huizhou and Guangzhou are also being renovated, many of them can be put into use again, and it is also a relatively stable logistics mode to transport them directly from Fujian.

Recovery is the main theme in the land of Fujian and Guangdong. However, the Ming army did not stop the momentum of continued expansion. In Guangxi, Wuzhou Mansion had already been taken by Li Dingguo, and the army took advantage of the victory to enter the hinterland of Guangxi. Whether to go north to Guilin, seize the provincial capital and the northern gateway, or go to Liuzhou to wait for the opportunity to King Qin, Li Dingguo has his own plans, Chen Kai is not very clear, just supply grain and grass step by step for military use, that's all.

For Chen Kai, Li Dingguo is only an ally that has only been formed in the last two years. He is a member of the Zheng Group, and he has a close relationship with Zheng Chenggong, and he is more responsible for the Zheng Group in Guangdong.

Chen Kai introduced the rapid recovery of Shunde to Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Chenggong also kept writing letters, mentioning the recovery of people's livelihood in Fujian, the sporadic battles in Shaowu Mansion and Tingzhou Mansion, and the army that had been stationed outside Xianxia Pass for several months. If you can't see each other, you must try to see the words like face-to-face, so that communication can reduce the occurrence of misunderstandings and misjudgments, which is a tacit understanding between the two sides. Chen Kai was considering the next military offensive direction, and wrote a letter to discuss with Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Chenggong also mentioned one thing, a battle that Chen Kai had predicted.

"Damu, I really don't want to hold you back this time."

Chen Kai thought about it, and his eyes penetrated the time of September, penetrated eastern Guangdong, Fujian, and the upper eight prefectures of Zhejiang, and fell directly on the more distant land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

From September of the eighth year of Yongli to September of the ninth year of Yongli, this year's time, Fujian and Guangdong provinces can be said to be earth-shaking, and the changes are so fast that people are dazzled and jaw-dropping. During this period, as the partial division of the Zheng group to the north, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan entered the Yangtze River for the third time in the eighth year of Yongli, and it was also the last attempt to meet the Ming army in the southwest this year.

This time, the Ming army went deep into the Yangtze River, and even approached Yanziji outside Nanjing, which can be said to be the closest to the Ming Dynasty's Longxing land since the fall of Nanjing. In addition, he burned the Cao ship in Jiangxi in Zhujiazui, Shangyuan County, Nanjing, realizing a real threat to the safety of the Cao Yun on which the Qing court depended for its livelihood.

However, their long-waited Southwest Ming army still did not wait. Sun Kewang's usurpation ambitions, Liu Wenxiu's delay and vigilance, and internal strife led to the defeat of the three bureaus in Yongli in the eighth year of Yongli. Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan knew nothing about this, and after they were driven out of the Yangtze River by the Qing army, they did not return directly to Fujian, but continued to be stationed in Chongming, and they insisted on making this fish bone to the end.

Since Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan entered the Yangtze River three times, especially the last time they were within easy reach of Nanjing, even the earth-shaking changes in Fujian and Guangdong did not prevent the Qing court from feeling the shock.

In April of the ninth year of Yongli, not long after the army led by the general of Dingyuan and Prince Jidu of Shuo Zheng arrived in Quzhou, the Qing court appointed the Han army Qigushan Ezhen Shi Tingzhu as the general of Zhenhai, and led the Eight Banners Army to enter Jingkou to strengthen the river defense of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, Li Ripeng, the governor of Caojiang, also focused on strengthening the defense of the Yangtze River near Zhenjiang to ensure the smooth transportation of Nanjing and the north and south: planting wooden piles near the water of Danjiazhou in the Yangtze River outside Zhenjiang City, weaving rafts deep in the water, and ringing iron cables. Cannons were placed on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River opposite Danjiazhou and Jinshan. In order to intercept the westward movement of the Ming army, a new embankment was built on the south bank of the Yangtze River from Zhenjiang to Yuanshan, and on the north bank from Guazhou to Sanjiangkou, so that the army could patrol back and forth. He ordered four battalions to garrison Yuanshan and Guazhou, and led the sentinel ship and sailor division to patrol and defend again to prevent accidents.

Many arrangements are nothing more than to prevent Erzhang from entering the Yangtze River again and threatening the safety of Nanjing and the canal. And these two places are also the two biggest achievements that Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan have achieved since they entered the Yangtze River.

However, the Ming army stationed in Chongming did not stop because of this. On the third day of the seventh month, the sea surface of Wusong at the mouth of the Yangtze River was strong and the waves were high, and Zhang Mingzhen led more than 700 ships to raid Wusong at night at the second watch.

At that time, Wusong had more than 200 warships that the Qing court had just built with a thousand people a day and took five years, and the ships were "fully equipped with equipment and food". The Qing court originally planned to set out on the fifth day of the seventh month to expel the Ming army in Chongming, but before it could do anything, it was captured by the Ming army first, and those who were not completed were burned.

Subsequently, the Ming army entered the Huangpu River again, landed in Yangjiazui, and attacked the Donggou and Iron Chain areas of Shanghai County, threatening the county seat of Shanghai and Songjiang Fucheng. The Qing army blocked the palace along the river, and was caught off guard for a while, and the Ming army immediately retreated to Chongming.

The Ming army made frequent sorties along the Yangtze River, and the Qing army often neglected one or the other. This situation lasted until Zhang Tianlu, the commander of Susong, was dismissed from his post and arrested in Beijing for concealing the defeat of the army, Wang Jing, the chief soldier of the Susong Water Division, was dismissed from the post of participating in the performance because of unfavorable precautions, and the Qing court transferred Liang Huafeng, the deputy general of Ningbo, Zhejiang, to act as the chief soldier of Su Song.

Liang Huafeng, the word Chongtian, is a native of Chang'an, Shaanxi. Shunzhi three years of martial arts. He once attacked Jiang from Azig, and because of his merit in Shunzhi eight years to borrow the general of the Wuyong Battalion in Jiangnan, he was known for his ability to fight well. Zhang Tianlu and Wang Jing are already generals, but they really don't have much to do with the superior sailors of the Ming army. However, once Liang Huafeng arrived, he quickly drove the Ming army, which had been based here for nearly two years, out of Chongming, and it took almost no effort to do so.

Chongming was gone, and the Ming army lost its foothold at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Soon, in September, the Qing court re-established Fushan, Yangshe, Jiangyin, Jingjiang, Menghe, and Yongsheng camps along the Yangtze River in Suzhou and Changzhou, and added 1,800 flood control soldiers along the river. In this way, the defense of the river was further consolidated, and without Chongming as a foothold, the Ming army could not gain a foothold in the Yangtze River, so it had to retreat south and return to Fujian. But at this time, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan got the news that Zheng Chenggong had sent another army north to cooperate with them in launching an offensive against Nanjing.

However, their own family knows their own affairs, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan have already hit a wall in front of Liang Huafeng, and the Qing court has also continuously strengthened the Yangtze River defense during this period. So, after a brief exchange, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan, who went south from Chongming, and the northbound army that attacked from Fujian, decided to adjust the target to the Zhoushan Islands off the coast of Zhejiang, where the Lu Jian Dynasty once went.