What will happen in the future, Dong Yougu doesn't know, and Tao Qian, who is far away in Ruijin County, also doesn't know. In the Zhongzuo Institute, Zheng Chenggong finalized a marriage, and in the county seat, the old man he had met last time and his enlightenment teacher also finalized another marriage, a marriage between him and the daughter of the old man.

The whereabouts of the wife's family, in the past half a year, the husband has entrusted the relationship, and finally has some eyebrows, but the situation is very bad. To be precise, when he went to Fuzhou to take the exam, his wife's family felt that the place was not very safe, so they moved their family to Fucheng. As a result, a few months later, the Qing army marched south, the governor Jin Shenghuan and the chief military officer Ke Yongsheng broke through the Ganzhou capital, the governor of Jiangxi in the Ming Dynasty, Wan Yuanji, the scholar of Wuyingdian University, and 6,000 Ming soldiers were martyred, and these two people immediately created the horrific massacre of Ganzhou, about 200,000 people were slaughtered by the Qing army, including his wife's family.

The bones can no longer be found, and the old man set up a mound for this family in the same year, and found the monks of several temples near the left to surpass the soul. When everything is over, after a while, the marriage will be finalized through the relationship between Tao Qian's mentor, and the marriage will start in February.

The relationship is closer, and it is still a large layer, and the prospective father-in-law naturally wants to promote the prospective son-in-law. Just met with the magistrate and talked freely, Tao Qian was inconvenient to live in the house before getting married, so he went back to the inn by himself. It's just that when I think back to the words I heard while chatting, I always feel that there is something terrifying.

“…… Over there in Nanchang, Cai Fujun, who replaced Xia Fujun last year, was busy reducing taxes as soon as he took office, appeasing the displaced people, and dividing the land and fields. A few days ago, I heard from the old man of the Fuzun that Liu Fujun also intended to appease the displaced people in our southern Jiangxi, but because the ground around here is not quiet, the western thieves in Huguang and the Haikou in Guangdong and Fujian are really making too much trouble, and we have to send troops to help at every turn, so we really can't take care of this ......."

“…… I am afraid that the Jiangxi royal division will not last long, and when the Jiangxi royal division is destroyed, the imperial court will adjust its policy strategy in Jiangxi, and turn military repression to resume production in order to relieve financial pressure. This is the proper meaning, because the financial situation of the captive court has always been bad, and it is all thanks to these years of exploitation and tax increases, plus the torture and plundering foundation left by the thieves to survive until now. However, no matter what, as long as the court moves, this is our chance to play in it! ”

The former is the gossip he heard when he accompanied his father-in-law to meet the local magistrate this time; The latter is Chen Kai's original words when he left Chaozhou nearly a year ago.

Last year, Jiangxi Governor Xia Yiju died of illness, and Cai Shiying, who replaced him, was also a banner man of the Han Army. Waiting for the Jianghushan camp to be broken and the Jiangxi Four Great Kou troops were annihilated, Cai Shiying immediately adjusted his strategy, changed the suppression to pacification, and vigorously resumed production at the same time.

Jiangxi is like this, and Liu Wuyuan, the governor of southern Jiangxi, also has this intention, but last year, the southwestern Ming army went out of Guizhou, and beat the Qing army in Huguang and Guangxi to lose their armor, and Ganzhou, which is separated from Huguang by a mountain, was shocked three times a day, lest it would cross the mountains of western Jiangxi; Zheng Chenggong swept southern Fujian, and the Qing army of Southern Jiangxi also sent the Tingzhou Green Battalion to the south to contain it, but it was broken by the Ming army's auxiliary defense forces; Although Chen Kai fought a defensive battle in Guangdong, he won both battles, and blocked the fleet at the mouth of the Pearl River, so that they would have to go south to aid Guangdong. After being busy like this, who still has the heart to go all out to resume production.

Tao Qian listened to it at the time, and he didn't think it was a big deal, but now that he thinks about it, especially when these two words that cross time and space are put together, the beads of cold sweat are ticking down his forehead.

After ticking all the way and wiping his sweat a few times, Tao Qian finally returned to the inn. instructed Xiao Er to boil water, prepare a hot bath, be comfortable, and relieve this pressure. However, as soon as he said this, the shopkeeper came forward, saying that a Confucian student in his fifties had come to pay a visit, and at this moment he was living in the secluded and elegant courtyard behind the inn.

"In your fifties?"

At this age, he knows a lot of scholars, and besides, he is a guest from afar, even if he doesn't know him, it is not easy to turn him away. When he entered the campus, came to the door, knocked on the door, and saw a Confucian with a free and easy temperament, looking at the temperament quite good, although he didn't know it, but such a person, he didn't dare to hold it up.

"Dare to ask Mr. up and down?"

Tao Qian bowed, and the Confucian looked at him, waved away the shopkeeper who came with him, and replied to him in a low voice: "The next surname is Hong, and the cursive word is Jinlan." ”

Hong Jinlan, at first glance, it doesn't seem to be anything new, but once this name enters the ears, it shakes Tao Qian's mind blank like a thunderbolt. Then, he let the middle-aged Confucian let him into the room, and as soon as the door was closed, the man explained his future intentions.

"The person who sent your family back to your hometown, I will ask you a question."

"But please speak up" blurted out like a reflex, Tao Qian swallowed his saliva, but only listened to the man say "The earth is reverberating, a beautiful Xishan through the ages", but there was no half-questioning tone.

Tao Qian naturally understood the meaning of this, and he had already realized that there would be such a question at the same time as Hong Jinlan's self-reported name. Seeing this, he had to take a deep breath, slightly alleviate the shock of the previous moment, and then whispered back to the middle-aged Confucian student: "The door faces the sea, and the three rivers flow together for ten thousand years." ”

This is a code, a code that has been set by Tao Qian as early as when he set off, and even not only him, but also those Jiangxi Confucian students who were trained on Nanao Island are also using the same code, but no one has contacted them yet.

On the right code, looking at the middle-aged Confucian student, Tao Qian's heart was inexplicably a little calmer, and he was no longer as shaken as he was. Just before he could speak, the middle-aged Confucian said bluntly to him: "In Xia Kuanglu, on the order of the chief helmsman Chen Jinnan, I came here to hold an initiation ceremony for Mr. Tao. Mr. Chen said that he believed that Mr. Tao must still remember the mission of returning to his hometown! ”

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There is a saying that you don't marry in the first month, and you don't marry in the wax month. Just as Tao Qian's wedding date is set for February, Chen Kai's marriage is also scheduled for February. However, compared to Tao Qian, who had to take down the six rites, Chen Kai and Zheng Xiyuan only had the last salute left.

This matter was finalized in the Central Left Office, and the edict envoy took a short rest and boarded the ship to Chaozhou - according to Zheng Chenggong, Chen Kai should be in charge of local affairs in Chaozhou, and after they arrived there, the edict was announced, the appointment, and everything was completed, and they could return directly from Chaozhou.

The envoy of the edict set off, but at this time Chen Kai was not in Chaozhou, but had already returned to Hong Kong Island by boat. In a few months, the camps near the port on Hong Kong Island have gradually begun to take on the appearance of market towns, taverns, tea shops, inns, and green houses, which have naturally brought more jobs to the local area as the trading place of maritime trade has shifted from Guangzhou.

People from Xin'an County in the north have begun to try to move here to earn a living, which is a good trend. Correspondingly, Chen Kai is also ready to increase investment in this area to further squeeze the commercial profits of the Qing army-controlled areas in Guangdong.

"More fleets and garrisons are needed, and also, more forts, or, bastions?"

There is no need to look far away, the Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong Island are across the sea, and Chen Kai even vaguely saw some traces of the Qing army. It is no secret that the Ming army entrenched itself on Hong Kong Island and used this as the origin to cut off the sea trade at the mouth of the Pearl River, but the strength of the Ming army fleet was strong, especially stronger than the strength of the Qing army's naval divisions, even if it was blocked in the Pearl River Estuary to collect cards, what the Qing army could do was to build one or two outposts on the opposite bank and watch the situation on the other side across the sea.

"Let them see, it's just a pleasure, if you dare to overwhelm the territory, I will build another fortress to suppress the shock." As for the name, Hong Kong Libra Fortress? ”

Thinking of this, Chen Kai couldn't help laughing, but the attachés didn't know why. However, this did not prevent him from continuing to diverge his thinking: "Lufeng Twin Fortresses, Hong Kong Libra Fortresses, Electric White Capricorn Fortresses, Qiongzhou Lion Fortresses, etc., along the coastline of Guangdong, build twelve groups of fortresses in one go, which is called the Great Guangdong Sea Iron Wall, or the Zodiac Signs." Well, as long as Shang Kexi doesn't invite the Bronze Saint Seiya, there's nothing to be afraid of. ”

Even across the sea, he could feel the resentment of the Qing army on the other side, and he couldn't make Chen Kai put away this wild laugh at all. At least in his opinion, it is necessary for me to feel the Qing Dynasty two hundred years in advance of the feeling of being blocked at the doorstep of people with warships - last time it was a European colonizer, and this time it was the last fleet of the ancient Han dynasty to dominate the Chinese seas!

For the time being, Lin Cha is still in charge of the affairs here, and the other person who collects the license is sent by Zheng Chenggong. The income of the license is attributed to the Zhongzuo Institute, and the profit of trade is attributed to Chaozhou, which is the profit-sharing model that he and Zheng Chenggong have already set. After all, now they have to face enemies in both directions at the same time, and even if they are on the defensive, they will need a lot of goods to ensure the existence of the strong wall.

After inspecting it, Chen Kai was quite satisfied with this, at least he still needed more energy to achieve further development here.

Leaving the dock and returning to the official office, Chen Kai reviewed the official documents and account books, and without saying a word, turned to the area he had drawn when he left.

A few months passed, especially after defeating Geng Jimao, and Chen Kai brought in some of the captives, and the speed of the building there was constantly accelerating. Even the transplantation of those kapok trees is already in progress.

"It's a pity, if it's spring, when you can still see the red flowers in the garden, now you can only see some bare branches, and those half-finished pavilions under construction."

It's a pity, but there's nothing to regret, the buildings here are rising from the ground, but there is always a process of piling and building the foundation. Without a solid foundation, it is nothing more than a pavilion on the sand, as long as others gently push, it will be a house collapse, family destruction, and death.

"The house is not in a hurry to be built, so let's make the plaque first."

"Dare to ask the general system, how to write on this plaque?"

The official in charge hurriedly stepped forward to ask, Chen Kai smiled, and replied without thinking: "The square is not in a hurry, it is enough to prepare wood and carving." As for the plaque of the gate, that's the façade, and it's going to be done. As for the content, the three words of Honghuating are enough. ”

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Chen Jinnan's reputation appeared in this era in advance, and naturally it is not bad to be a safflower pavilion. It's just that Niujiazhuang, Hubei, which is still the hinterland of the Qing army, is nothing more than the corner areas occupied by the Ming army, such as Hong Kong Island, which Chen Kai can touch.

The Honghua Pavilion on Hong Kong Island is still under construction, but in the other hinterland of the Qing army, Tao Qian's home in Ruijin County, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, the incense hall where the initiation ceremony is being carried out in secret.

In the night, the door of the study was closed, the candles flickered, and the lights flickered, illuminating the flag embroidered with swords and bamboo slips. Kwong Lu stood with his back to the flag, his head held high, his right hand clenched into a fist, and his arm bent over his shoulder. Tao Qianyi, who was face-to-face with him, acted like this, following Kuang Lu to recite the oath of membership.

"Heaven and earth are all things, revive China, and exterminate Hulu."

"Heaven and earth are all things, revive China, and exterminate Hulu."

"We should live and die together, imitating the story of Taoyuan, about brothers, as a family. Worship the sky as the father, worship the earth as the mother, the sun as the brother, the moon as the sister, and worship the two ancestors of Yan and Huang and the holy teacher. ”

"We should live and die together, imitating the story of Taoyuan, about brothers, as a family. Worship the sky as the father, worship the earth as the mother, the sun as the brother, the moon as the sister, and worship the two ancestors of Yan and Huang and the holy teacher. ”

“……”

"In the past, the two capitals and thirteen provinces should be united with the heavenly omen of Hu Lu to exterminate it. We should carry out Chen Jinnan's orders, support the program of the club, abide by the constitution of the club, fulfill the obligations of members, implement the decisions of the club, strictly abide by the discipline of the club, keep the secrets of the club, be loyal to the club, work actively, strive for the realization of the great cause of rejuvenating China, be ready to sacrifice everything for the club and the nation, and never betray the club. ”

"In the past, the two capitals and thirteen provinces should be united with the heavenly omen of Hu Lu to exterminate it. We should carry out Chen Jinnan's orders, support the program of the club, abide by the constitution of the club, fulfill the obligations of members, implement the decisions of the club, strictly abide by the discipline of the club, keep the secrets of the club, be loyal to the club, work actively, strive for the realization of the great cause of rejuvenating China, be ready to sacrifice everything for the club and the nation, and never betray the club. ”

"Burn incense and make an oath, follow the path of heaven, restore the world of the Han family, and avenge the shame."

"Burn incense and make an oath, follow the path of heaven, restore the world of the Han family, and avenge the shame."

"Blood oath, the gods descend."

"Blood oath, the gods descend."

With that, the dagger pierced the fingertip, and the blood of the two changed the color of the drink. Next, after drinking it all, Kuang Lu and Tao Qian hugged their fists and saluted each other: "Welcome Brother Tao Qian to become an official member of my Heaven and Earth Association." ”

"In order to drive out the Tartars and restore the world of the Han family, do your best, and die!"

Tao Qian raised his head and replied, impassioned, even if he lowered his voice, he was particularly excited. At this moment, the strange loneliness of being in the hinterland of the Qing court was gone, because he knew very well that from today onwards, he would not be fighting alone, but with the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society, and even more so, the legendary chief helmsman.

Victory is coming!

(Volume II, Heavenly Father and Mother Earth, End)

(The whole book, to be continued)