The counties in the mountainous areas of western Fujian are rich in water, and Longyan is no exception.

There are many streams and rivers in the county, and in later generations, the annual flow here is 19 billion cubic meters. In the 17th century, the amount of water far exceeded that of later generations, so the historical landscape disasters in these mountainous counties in western Fujian were on a par with banditry.

The Longjin River, which surrounds the county seat of Longyan, is separated from a T-shaped intersection outside the South Gate Wharf. Here, the waterway divides off into a tributary and goes straight south, eventually crossing hundreds of miles of mountains, and after seven twists and turns, it joins the Jiulong River and rushes into the sea.

Just when the leaders of Longyan County came to the dock together, a small boat was also slowly coming from the downstream river.

Ding Liqiu stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the dock that was getting closer and closer, and couldn't help sighing.

He has been called "Ding Qiu" since he was a child, and he also didn't run after crossing. After discovering that this university actually studied history and was a native of Fujian, the big office kicked Comrade "Ding Qiu" back to his hometown with a smile and arranged to be a master in the general's mansion in Cao Chuan.

Ding Liqiu, the master, should be called the "Minister of External Relations of the Fujian Military Division" in the system of crossing the public, and he is specifically responsible for dealing with the Ming people.

So he grew his long hair and tied it up in a bun, and usually used the "Cao family" to socialize among officials and gentry from all walks of life, and discuss some "serious things" that can only be said in private.

The current operation to suppress bandits from Zhangzhou to Longyan was carried out in line with the established policy of the crossing country, and to open up channels for the export of industrial raw materials from key areas of Fujian.

As the result of Ding Liqiu's recent efforts, the relevant yamen of Zhangzhou Prefecture have already given considerable convenience to the anti-bandit operation in the early stage. And after coming to Longyan with the troops today, Ding Liqiu knew that the next step was to be in this small county. He's been fighting for a while, so his heart is still a little apprehensive.

The Ming people, who were already standing on the pier, were equally complicated.

With the increase in bandits in various places after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, in general, the government was a headache and exhausted. In recent years, in mountainous counties like Longyan, where bandits are frequent, the public security environment has become more and more erosive.

In fact, Longyan can be said to be one of the most sensitive areas to bandits, because bandits will not only rob homes and houses, but also escalate into anti-thieves.

During the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty, Deng Maoqi was equal to the Jixianli in Longyan County to gather people to revolt, and after being suppressed, the Dongxiyang Creek in the territory was called Yang locally, and the government placed the Dongxiyang Inspection Division.

In 1560, the 39th year of Jiajing, a peasant rebellion led by Suap broke out, which was not suppressed until 1566, the 45th year of Jiajing.

Then in 1567, the first year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court really couldn't stand this poor mountain and bad water place where there were many thieves, so it took the East and West Patrol Department of Longyan County as the mainstay, merged Yongan County, and placed Ningyang County in Ningyang County to take the meaning of "Ningjing East and West Ocean".

Ningyang County, a county set up specifically to suppress banditry, lasted less than 400 years before being abolished by the State Council in 1956.

Therefore, the leading figures of Longyan are still extremely welcoming to foreign reinforcements, because they can all feel the deterioration of the entire social environment in the Xiaoice River era. You must know that if those uncles in the mountains want to make trouble again, the county order and the guard will definitely have no good fruit to eat afterwards. Not to mention the rich and merchants, these people have been fat sheep since ancient times, and they are the first to be slaughtered when they come out of the thieves.

This is the reason why the gentry are complicated, they not only hope that the guest army can exterminate the bandits, but also fear that these people are silver-like wax spearheads, which will only harm the local area and will not be useful.

A string of flat-bottomed boats slowly approached the pier.

The first to get off the boat was Ding Liqiu, who was wearing a scribe's robe. And when everyone who received the guests saw this rich man with a smile on his face and the appearance of a master, he also bowed back after starting to salute a few steps away.

The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, and after learning that this was the master in Cao Chuan's army, no one put any official shelf for Ding Liqiu, and everyone present understood that it was the master who was serious, but he was the key person.

The next scene was a little unsightly, when Wei Yuan, who was 1.92 meters tall, had a big bald head on his head, stepped on the wooden planks on the dock with a murderous face, and walked over step by step, the Ming people suddenly gasped.

The 6-foot giant man who lived like a bear brought tremendous pressure to the dwarf mountain people, and when Wei Yuan bowed and clenched his fists and said loudly, "The Red Gun Battalion will take the chief Wei Yuan to all the adults", a few of the people in front of him were so frightened that they retreated

After playing tricks on Mingren, Wei Yuan was no longer interested in dealing with these people. I saw him wave his hand, and then a large number of soldiers poured up from the dock, with a total of 200 officers and soldiers of the Red Gun Battalion, and soon rushed to the open space outside the dock and lined up.

These people were uniformly dressed in green canvas training uniforms, with high-top cowhide boots for mountain warfare on their feet, and short-brimmed canvas flat hats on their stubble scalps.

The weapons in the hands of the officers and soldiers were traditional red tassel guns, broadswords, as well as bird guns, three-eyed guns and arquebuses, and in order to match these five kinds of big killing weapons, 200 people lined up a neat five columns on the dock.

After a series of loud whole teams, counting the numbers, taking a break, and standing upright, the large army loaded with enough bī) began to march towards the Tianhou Temple camp At the same time, the loud singing of 200 people also resounded through the place where they passed: "I am a soldier, with a gun on my shoulder, a bullet loaded, and a bayonet flashing." ”

During the whole process, except for the sound of the soldiers' commands, the rest of the dock was silent. It wasn't until the large army was far away that the Longyan gentry woke up like a dream and recovered from their stunned state.

"No wonder you can capture the giant canal on the sea, you are really well-governed, a good army of tigers and wolves" Yu Daxian Ling, who was shocked by the neat and uniform movements, the muscular body, the strong and powerful password and the visual effect of the queue march that broke through the sky, put down his reserve at this moment and began to like it.

"The Ming Mansion is too famous, hehe." Ding Liqiu naturally had to be modest at this time.

"It's a good soldier, it's just that this outfit is a little weird." Although the black fan Li Qianhu said that he did not have good soldiers under him, his old man Pingli also commanded the military households to fight with bandits, so he couldn't talk nonsense with his conscience, so he could only blacken his clothes.

"Hehe, Master Li doesn't know that the General's Mansion is responsible for training troops in the sand guerrillas. This person went out empty, and his subordinates were all monks, and as for the outfit, he always had to save one. ”

Yu Xianling knew that these so-called officers and soldiers were actually Cao Chuan's private soldiers, and he was not interested in what clothes the warlord wore to his subordinates, in fact, the original historical Zheng Zhilong did not match the tens of thousands of pirates under his command with the military uniforms of the Ming Dynasty.

Yu Xianling was interested in another point: "Oh, in this way, these soldiers are vegetarians"

"Oh, not really. Vegetarians are weak and weak, they can't go into battle, they can't kill the enemy, and this meat still has to be touched. ”

"Hehe, it turned out to be a flower monk."

"My lord said that he laughed, the monks and soldiers of Songshan Shaolin Temple are also vegetarian."

This is the end of the pier scene that shocked the viewers. And when the troops entered the camp of Tianhou Temple, they quickly set up sentry posts inside, and the sentries with swords and spears also guarded the gate, with a fierce and strict style.

At the same time, a reception banquet by businessman Dong Daxing also set up a posture in the wind tower of the county. Master Ding Liqiu Ding naturally went to the banquet on behalf of his own general, during the banquet, he talked and laughed, talked about the past and the present, and a conversation mixed with the historical knowledge of later generations made Yu Xianling impressed.

After the banquet, everyone dispersed, and finally it was time for the office. At this time, Master Ding had already watched tea with Yu County Ling in a side hall of the county government, and there was no one else present except for a county master.

By this time, there were no more guests. Ding Liqiu immediately put forward a request to Yu County Decree to levy and issue conscription in the county to dredge Yanshixi.

Yanshi Creek is the main waterway of Longyan County and one of the direct currents in the upper reaches of the Jiulong River. However, in the 17th century, although Yanshi Creek had a large flow of water, this primitive river had shoals and dangerous reefs, and many sections could only be navigated by small boats or rafts, which was extremely inefficient.

Like Ding Liqiu, they came to Longyan this time, and they were transferred to a small boat halfway, and a lot of supplies and equipment are still left in Jinshan Town to wait for the ship.

After the guest army arrived at the ground, he didn't talk about the grain, and he didn't ask the bandits, Ding Liqiu's strange request made the county master confused for a while.

After taking a sip of the tea bowl, Yu Xianling calmed down and asked kindly, "Mr. Ding, has he put the cart before the horse, and the official thinks that he still has to focus on bandits at the moment."

Ding Liqiu secretly rolled his eyes.

He couldn't give the 17th-century antique science in front of him the truth that "if you want to get rich, build roads first", so he could only pick something that the other party could understand and fool around first, "The Ming Mansion doesn't know, there are still a large number of baggage in the army that still fall in Jinshan Town, including two general cannons allocated by General Cao, this Yanshixi is not passable, and the supplies shipped from Zhangzhou will not be used, which is very troublesome." ”

After listening to the other party's explanation, Yu Yinggui also rolled his eyes in his heart.

He is not the kind of nerd who reads to death, so Ding Liqiu's explanation is that it is not feasible for him to be a soldier of 200 people, and how much baggage does it take Today, those small boats can not only give away people, but also can't send some food and weapons

Even if there is a general's artillery, it is enough to send some people to pick it all the way from Jinshan, which is nothing more than dozens of miles of mountain roads. Besides, when Yanshixi is dredged enough to carry large ships and cannons, it is not known that the bandits will die of old age.

Yu Taizun, who was full of doubts, had no choice but to pick up the tea bowl and cover it up, taking advantage of this vacancy, he secretly gave the master on the side a look.

The master's surname is Wang, and his name is Wang Haogu. After seeing the look in the owner's eyes, Master Wang, who knew it, coughed lightly, and then opened his mouth to ask, "General Cao sent you here, I'm afraid it's not just to suppress bandits, but there is probably a Yin Ding Mr. Ding in it, you might as well say it directly." ”

Ding Liqiu nodded: "My lord, I know it." When the place is calmed down, we have something to do. "The chapter content is being restored in an effort to be restored, so please visit it later.