After the Baoju excerpt was uploaded to the capital through the military post in early August, it was not until mid-September that the imperial court's appointment document on Cao Chuan's promotion finally returned to Guangzhou.

"General Zhenguo, the commander of the Lieutenant Department of the Light Car, the commander of the Tongzhi Association, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Zhangchao and other places stationed in Nanao" is General Cao's latest title.

Probably because in the dark life since taking over the throne, the Cao pirate in the distant south is the only subordinate who often brings good news in the snowflakes of bad news; So this time, Brother Chongzhen finally took it seriously, not only approved the official position briskly, but also issued those supporting titles together, which can be regarded as helping Cao Pirate completely correct his name and repaying that series of thick military achievements.

General Zhenguo is a high-ranking military officer from the second rank, and is used for initial awards. Loose officers are somewhat similar to the military ranks of later generations, which do not correspond to positions, but only represent ranks.

Just like in later generations, there were colonels and lieutenant colonels, and General Zhenguo only represented the rank of Cong Erpin. As for whether this general is a child of the clan who eats and waits for death, or a border general with a heavy army, it is completely personal.

The same goes for the rank of Lieutenant on the Light Car. This honorary title from the second rank is usually a mixture of honorable and hereditary generals. In the future, after rising to the top, it will be the "Pillar Country" that will often be seen on TV and torii in later generations. However, when Cao Zhongchen is promoted to that level, it is estimated that he should also become a national thief.

The department is in command of the same knowledge, and this thing is also a false position from the second grade. The addition of this title is just a convention, which means that General Cao has a formal office of idle second-in-command in the Yamen of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division. In addition, what is more realistic is that General Cao can justifiably mobilize those military slaves in the Guangdong guard system to call Huazi to participate in the war in the future.

After the virtual title is over, the unranked field officer position of "Deputy General Commander of Zhangchao and Other Places in South Australia" is the real real job of General Cao.

Although the previous list of titles are all empty and have no real power, for Cao Zhongchen, there is still some implicit meaning in it.

The first is Chongzhen's recognition and compensation for those previous military exploits. Generally speaking, only those who have made military achievements will skip the rank of loose official and medal in a row overnight. Chongzhen's series of titles from the second rank awarded this time was to settle the previous military exploits at one time, and officially "fixed the title" to General Cao.

Moreover, for non-righteous people who are "recklessly born", this string of titles is still quite powerful. It fills the natural lack of institutional recognition of the reckless, Cao Zhongchen is now equivalent to Emperor Chongzhen personally wearing a second-grade epaulette on him, and his descendants can also get Enmeng in the future, which can be mentioned in the news broadcast.

In terms of time, this appointment is not a delay. You must know that after an excerpt arrives in the capital, there will be discussions and deliberations from a series of departments such as the Ministry of War, the Inner Court, the Outer Dynasty, the Emperor, etc., and it will finally become a resolution.

Unless it is an urgent military situation, otherwise, it usually takes more than a month to send an ordinary post from Guangzhou to the capital and wait for a reply from there, and half of the time will be used on the road during this period.

This was the fundamental reason why the feudal empire was unable to expand its territory: the speed of information transmission was too slow.

In the industrial age, this problem did not exist. As long as there is wireless telegraphy, theoretically a country can occupy the entire earth's land area...... The pre-World War II British Empire was almost at this level, and the prime minister could control all the colonies on five continents in real time while sitting in his official residence.

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The moment he got the official document, General Cao officially took over the post of commander of a field group army in Guangdong and deputy commander of the provincial military district, and the traversal finally put the hanging heart back in his stomach at this time.

You must know that in the coming October, the capital will be besieged by the Eight Banners. If the official document is delayed a little, there will be a lot of variables at that time: Chongzhen may change the content of the official document and ask Cao Zhongchen to go to the king of Jingqin, or it is possible to withhold the official document and not issue it, and then re-discuss the appointment of military generals in various places after the war.

In short, once it drags on until October, the situation will be chaotic and the prophetic function of some people will temporarily fail.

Although the people who crossed the public did not refuse to send troops to King Qin, but things are one yard at a time, and now Guangzhou is ready to be launched, just waiting for the general to carry out work after taking office, which is the most important work at present.

Fortunately, the plan was successful in the end, so the Guangdong SAR government began to call the shots as soon as it got the appointment.

The first task is enclosure.

Although the Yamen, deputy commander-in-chief of Zhangchao, is far away on Nanao Island, it is possible to set up a recruiting and logistics base in Guangzhou. Because according to the establishment, General Cao originally had two battalions of soldiers on Nanao Island, including one battalion in Fujian and Guangdong. It should be noted that these two battalions are regular "battalions" established and issued by the Ministry of War, and they belong to the field recruitment, which is different from those hereditary guards called Hanako.

Therefore, from now on, you can set up recruitment points under the banner of "recruiting young and strong supplementary battalion soldiers".

It's not easy to be a soldier these days, every day someone runs away and resigns to fire the squid of the general, plus the old and retired, the sick and the dead, the bandits who died in the war, etc., etc., so theoretically, these recruitment points can exist forever - as long as the surname Cao is rich.

Recruitment points will not only be set up in Guangzhou City, but also in densely populated counties such as Foshan and Shunde.

These strongholds, which are called recruitment, are actually recruiting laborers, will become an important fulcrum of the local layout: strongholds with school yards, houses, and business offices can also temporarily garrison troops in the future, and when there is a rebellion, they will be dispatched to arrest the local county lord and concubine in one fell swoop.

After sending some master tents to acquire land everywhere, the fast fleet in Baietan, was also ready to move.

The fleet was temporarily stationed at Baietan, but if it is to maintain its long-term existence in the future, it will not be possible to be stationed at Baietan. Those sailboats and sailors were also not suitable for entering and leaving the city of Guangzhou every day.

So the military chose the new port and barracks in Whampoa. In the 17th century, Huangpu District was just an ordinary agricultural area under the jurisdiction of Panyu County. The famous Whampoa Military Academy, which was famous in later generations, is still sinking underwater this year - the area of Cheung Chau is still very small.

The detailed location of the new port is in the area of the old port of Whampoa in the later generations. Originally, there were some small private ports built by the Ming people, and after the General Military Office requisitioned, they could be built while using them.

In the future, after the Liu Xiang group is eliminated, Huangpu Port will become a base camp for inland river bandits. In the 17th century, the Pearl River Delta was full of waterways, and the harbors were dense, and there were countless water bandits, Xu people, and local tyrants entrenched in these waterways to suck blood.

Since the SAR government wants to invigorate commerce and trade, the premise is to first deal with these ubiquitous bandits. This task will be much more difficult than that of the coastal bandits in Fujian, because there are too many waterways in the Pearl River Delta, and it is necessary to work slowly and carefully.

In the future, a number of inland river shallow draft vessels will be stationed in Huangpu Port for a long time. In addition, high-tech equipment, including drones, will also be deployed here: the terrain of the Pearl River Delta is too complex, and without drones, the efficiency of the troops will be slow.

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After the start of the land acquisition and construction tasks of the recruitment point and the port, the SAR government quickly consumed all the energy of the SAR government, so other plans for the layout in Guangdong had to wait a little, including the previously planned land acquisition for the new industrial zone.

However, there is one thing that cannot be postponed: Liu Xiang.

Now that the official has been promoted, there is no need for Comrade Liu Xiang to continue to be the eldest brother in Causeway Bay.

So on October 25, 1629, the day before the soldiers and horses of the Houjin Eight Banners broke through the Great Wall Pass, the fast fleet, which was well prepared, ushered in the surrender of the last pirate force on the Fujian-Guangdong Ocean in Baietan, Guangzhou.

Since someone's official position has already been obtained, Liu Xiang's surrender this time does not need to be fanfare. The total number of pirates who traveled all the way from Hong Kong to Pak Ee Tan was only 1,000 people and about 20 ships.

As for Liu Xiang's remaining large forces, at this moment, they were already "accompanied" by another fleet and went directly to Taiwan.

This arrangement is the most efficient. In order to create momentum in Guangzhou City, the Crossing had to redistribute a large number of Toucheng pirates to Taiwan, which was very troublesome to transship, and it was difficult for these pirates to manage under Guangzhou City.

That's why Liu Xiang didn't come to surrender until the end of October: the Taiwanese side needed time to organize another, more numerous fleet.

Although the number is relatively small, when Shopkeeper Liu stepped on the wharf of Baietan, many people still came to Guangzhou to cheer: Shopkeeper Liu brought too much impression to the city, and it was really famous.

According to the instructions of the traversal people, after taking his own goods and sending them around the city of Guangzhou, Shopkeeper Liu finally got an empty guerrilla rank hanging under the command of Cao Zongbing—the same rank as when Zheng Zhilong recruited An.

From this official rank, it can be known that Shopkeeper Liu finally chose the path of joining the army...... If he wanted to be a rich man or go into business, there was no need to bribe the Guangzhou officialdom to buy this guerrilla title.

However, this official title will not be used for a period of time in the future: if Liu Xiang wants to be in charge of the army, he must first get a certain position in the military system of a certain empire.

Of course, the crossing will not let this well-known shopkeeper comrade end up - thinking about the gray-haired General Liu commanding the battleships around to fight for the "nobles" in the future is also full of feelings.

In addition, Liu Xiang's originally huge private property and the funds used by the ship seller after this recruitment will not be allowed to depreciate by the public: several of Liu Xiang's sons and nephews have already purchased a trading house and a workshop under the guidance of the Ministry of Commerce, and in the future, when General Liu retires, he will find that his family has too much money to spend.

In short, as long as Shopkeeper Liu is willing to put down the shelf and learn new things, his life path is bound to be more exciting.

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