Outside the palace of Hue royal palace, sitting in the north and facing south is a huge square, which is as solid as a mirror and hard as iron with the rammed soil of the three soils, and the top of the three soil is mixed with a thick layer of ash and sand and stones to make a mortar, which is even more solid and smooth. According to the pattern of the former harem, it is also a place for personnel of various yamen and offices to enter and stay, in addition to the training of the Guards Brigade and the Hue City Defense Force, it is used to hold various celebrations and conferences.

On the east and west sides of the square, there is a huge four-pillar three-gate gate, and outside the gate, there are two huge bulletin boards. The new decrees and laws of the Guogong Mansion were first posted here after being submitted to Li Shouhan for review, printing, and printing by the official office, and then published in full in the Nanzhong Daily, posted inside and outside the city, and sent to various places by fast horses and boats for publication.

Therefore, this is a platform for the release of official news in Nanzhong, and groups of people often gather under the bulletin board, waiting to watch the news, and go back to show off in the teahouse restaurant.

Today is no exception, hundreds of people gathered outside the Dongyuan Gate, staring intently at the notices printed in huge lead characters on the three feet long and two feet wide white linen paper. From time to time, someone read it aloud.

"In order to publicize the matter, riots in Ha Tinh, Chao Phraya River and other places have been pacified, rewards and punishments have been applied."

“…… Wakoku Labor Taro, Jiro, Goro and others, loyal to the king, took the initiative to attack, protected the workshop with the tools in their hands, and killed several rebel thieves and bandits. After being reported by the Division, the military merits were recorded, and in addition to the reward of silver, rice and cloth, the naturalization period was reduced by one year! ”

"These few Japanese dwarfs are copied! killed the thieves and protected the workshop from losses, not to mention saving his job, but also made a contribution in front of the lord. Each of them is one year less than a year of inspection! Someone in the crowd commented on the announcement.

What this proclamation said was Li Shouhan's reward for the Japanese laborers who helped to quell the riots in Ha Tinh and Chao Phraya River. When hundreds of thieves outside were disturbing and preparing to storm the factory during the riots in Ha Jing, the shopkeepers of the factory were flustered and at a loss for each other, but it was these laborers who were engaged in rough work such as carrying and filling coal in the factory without saying a word, and picked up all kinds of tools in their hands. If he had the convenience, he took some of the sharper and sharpest tools in the workshop in his hands, rushed out of the field with a shout, and slashed and killed the Annan thieves who were holding stones in their hands and preparing to attack the workshop.

Pity those thieves who only have stones in their hands, how can they be the opponents of these former samurai of the Wa Kingdom, and at best, they are also the opponents of the Wa State laborers? Fang Cai was still arrogant, and in a blink of an eye, he was crying for his father and mother.

The situation in the Chao Phraya Valley is much the same, but the difference is that the Japanese laborers who rushed out did not have all kinds of production tools in their hands. Instead, a one-color rubber tapper, or a sickle, a pitchfork and other things, chased and killed dozens of miles in one go, slaughtering all the bandits in one fell swoop.

"Yaga! You red deer! It's easy for us to find a job where you can eat white rice, roast meat, and smoked fish, and you can also earn Tongbao to go home, so that your group of red deer will be ruined, and if you don't fight hard, that's the brain being kicked by a donkey! ”

"The lord is so powerful!" An old man who shook his head and stumbled through the crowd reading the poster. Twisting his beard, he showed off with a rather unique and secret expression.

"He Lao Liu. Tell me, what's so powerful about the lord?! The people next to him who were familiar with him were a little impatient and asked him to share his opinions with everyone.

Among the teahouses.

That He Lao Liu proudly enjoyed the fragrant tea and snacks that everyone shouted, and he just put a good score on his own, and kept squeezing these acquaintances and friends on weekdays.

"I have long asked you to read more of the various newspapers in our Nanzhong, and the various official documents published on them. You just don't listen. ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Sixth Brother is right! What do you mean by the lord rewarding these dwarves? ”

"In the past, if those Japanese laborers were naturalized, would they have to work hard for ten years on the wharf in the grange and in the mountains and forests? It takes five years in the more bitter mines, in the smelters, right? Now, these people rely on their military merits, and the head of the thief who cut off is a military merit head that is worth a year's hard work. It's you, what do you think? ”

"Needless to say! There will be troublemakers again. It's just that I can't get along with Lao Tzu's job! ”

"That's right! It's also for Lao Tzu to send military merits! ”

"Good boy! A thief's head can withstand a year's hard labor, how many laborers are there from the Japanese country in our southern middle school? And so many natives who have not been naturalized? I'm afraid that if someone plans to make trouble in the future, they will be torn apart by these people first! ”

"That's right! The last paragraph of the proclamation said that all parts of our Nanyue Army will be handled in this way! That is to say, no matter where the thieves are, as long as they cause chaos, everyone will be punished, and they can be exchanged for military merits! ”

"Hey! I heard that when the Erjun horse arrived in Java, there were more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers under his command, if they all did this, this Erjun horse was nicknamed the Sixth Heavenly Demon King! Doesn't that kill Java? ”

"Empty? No! If he kills him, the lord will have to turn his face with him! After all the killings, where can our official slaves go to find them? Those mines are very important! ”

"However, there are benefits to killing them all! Let's go to Java and cultivate it casually! ”

People are talking about it in the teahouse, and naturally there will be no formal resolution. However, almost everyone ignored the one next to the notice board. In this notice, the various militia groups and militias that have formed villages to protect themselves in the midst of the current turmoil in the south and central China are ordered to immediately lay down their arms and go to various government offices to listen to orders and prepare for dismissal. At the end of the proclamation, he said very plainly, "Those who do not disarm within the time limit, do you want to be with the thieves?" ”

It's completely a brother's questioning tone to the brothers who are not very obedient, and no one notices the crisis and murderous spirit in it.

But this is in line with the consistent tradition of the Nanyue Army, greeting and hitting the head, don't blame me when the time comes, the so-called "don't say it in advance!" ”

These people in the teahouse, even if they think about it, can't think of the information revealed by these two notices. And the Zheng Sen they mentioned, and the more than 30,000 Japanese mercenaries under Zheng Sen's command, what kind of huge consequences these factors would have in areas where rebellion was high in Java and Sumatra.

The head of the thief can be used for military merit, in addition to the normal reward for military merit, for the time spent before naturalization, and for the various armed groups in areas where there is a situation of rebellion. Anyone who refuses to lay down his arms and wait for dismissal within the prescribed time is guilty of the same crime as the thief. What kind of situation will this be in the eyes of more than 30,000 mercenaries who are hungry and crazy and want to become naturalized?

Although Java is only one of the larger islands in Java Province, it is much smaller than Irian Island with an area of 785,000 square kilometers, Kalimantan Island with an area of 734,000 square kilometers, and Sumatra Island with an area of 425,000 square kilometers, but it is a densely populated area, and almost half of the population of Java Province is inhabited.

The city of Batavia is located on the northwest coast of the island of Java. It had long been handed over from the Dutch to the Nanyue Army, and became the core of the power of the Nanyue Army to govern this area. This city, known as "Jakarta" by the local natives, is known as the so-called "Fortress of Glory", and is known as the Coconut City by the Chinese because of the coconut groves. However, due to the relatively short period of time received from the Dutch, the old name of the city of Batavia was still referred to in the correspondence.

Dozens of artillery pieces have been added to the city of Batavia, and hundreds of military flags are densely planted. At the highest point of the castle, two huge handsome flags fluttered side by side. That was the banner of Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi.

"I'm not convinced. Let go of me, I won't accept ......"

With a burst of hoarse shouts, an official was dragged out of the lobby of the castle by two big men, and behind him, Zheng Sen watched him away with a blank gaze, as if he were looking at a piece of wood about to be thrown into the stove.

Wu Liuqi also looked at this official with a sneer. Then he laughed at himself and said: "I didn't expect that under the rule of the lord, there are such idiots, and they don't know the reason for their death." Occasionally, there are flightless birds in the eagle's nest. However, the eagle can't fly and will fall to his death, and he doesn't know the principle when he is an official in Nanzhong. That would also die. After the voice gradually faded away, Zheng Sen said to Wu Liuqi: "It is a trivial matter whether he lives or dies, but he has made a terrible start." Tusi and Sultan organized a rebellion, and Java was short of troops, so they could have either asked for reinforcements from Shangfeng, or they could have recruited and mobilized strong men on the spot, and at least one confrontation situation was possible. However, when he saw that the Christian Calvinists had organized religious militias to fight and attack each other, he not only immediately sent troops to stop the suppression, but also issued them a commendation order. As a result, these people had no fear, recruited a large number of troops, burned churches, worship temples and Buddhist halls everywhere, and even burned down Taoist temples that had no quarrel with the world. Recently, it has been even worse, so he simply robbed the good people, and at the same time forced the good people to join the Protestant religion, otherwise he would kill the whole family. The other sects were also forced to organize their own militia groups with the call of the doctrine, and a situation of many sects on the ground of this Java Road was formed, and it was difficult for one side to pass the decree. ”

Wu Liuqi also gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "The lord has already made a clear order that religious groups are forbidden to have private troops. And he just let go of this opening just because the Protestants were willing to help the government suppress it, and now that the chaos has been cast, if he doesn't kill the killer, I'm afraid he won't be good. Therefore, I propose to immediately imitate Taiwan's experience, organize people to build road bunkers, form a cage as soon as possible, and then block trade and force them to jump out on their own. ”

Zheng Sen shook his head when he heard this and said, "No, this place is different from Taiwan. Taiwan is a newly naturalized place, with many naturalized people, few Han people, and few births, and the sea route is completely blocked by us, so as long as we distinguish between those who are stubborn and watch-and-see, we can succeed in one fell swoop. The situation in Java is far more complicated than in Taiwan, where there are all kinds of local kings and local officials, as well as the government of Nanzhong, there are many and complex ethnic and religious groups, and it has close economic and trade ties with other parts of Nanzhong, which is also extremely important to the economy of Nanzhong. At the same time, we seem to have a lot of soldiers and horses, but if we disperse, it will be at most one battalion per county, and the rebels do not lack firearms in their hands, and their combat effectiveness is not weak, so Taiwan's experience is not feasible. ”

As soon as he said this, Wu Liuqi immediately became depressed and talked about fighting. Ten Zheng Sen is not an opponent of Wu Liuqi. But when it comes to dropping the bookbag and talking about the understanding of the customs and customs of a certain military place, Wu Liuqi, who has not read much, is not a rival of Zheng Sen, who was hired by his father as a famous teacher since he was a child, implemented one-on-one tutoring in the home school, and later studied under Qian Qianyi. Just ask, if Zheng Sen's knowledge is not enough. I am afraid that Yan Qing, the prodigal son of Tianqiao Xing, who is above the top, will not accept such a maritime merchant as a student if he is killed. It is precisely because he was born in a maritime merchant family like Zheng Zhilong that Zheng Sen knows the religious, political, geographical and other environments of Java and other places well. The local rulers of Java have always focused on absorbing foreign culture, religion and political forms, and also occupied geographical convenience, located at the intersection of the Confucian civilization of the Central Plains and the Islamic civilization of Central Asia and the Hindu civilization of South Asia, where there were flourishing Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms, from the period of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, Muslim merchants began to introduce Islam to this region, with the wave of geographical discoveries. European powers brought Christianity, as well as local religions, as well as Han Buddhism and Taoism brought by immigrants from Fujian and Guangdong, and various religions crisscrossed the land and took root.

Religiously complex, the natural environment is even more staggering. Thousands of islands, large and small, are scattered across this vast ocean, and have become the main transportation routes from Nanzhong to the Ten Prefectures.

"Mr. Xu Xiake Xu has exhausted several years of work, with thousands of people. Dozens of ships were mobilized to conduct surveys on this part of the ocean. From here to the Ten States, there are hundreds of islands along the way for the fleet to rest and resupply! Without these islands, how would the ten states be able to immigrate tens of thousands of people in a matter of years? ”

Hearing Zheng Sen talk about Shizhou, Wu Liuqi's eyes immediately released a strange brilliance. Among the tens of thousands of people Zheng Sen mentioned just now are his fellow villagers and people of the same clan. After these men arrived in the Ten States, they also wrote to him, in which they introduced him to this huge land.

In order to give impetus to immigrants to the ten states. Li Shouhan specially issued a special law, anyone who goes to the ten states can not be restricted by the restriction of 30 acres of land per person, as long as you can take care of it, you can plant it. Even if a person has a thousand hectares of land under his name, the official family does not care. As soon as this law came out, it immediately made countless people salivate!

"My brother must know that this is an adult man who walks along the coast day and night, and after a year's work, he may not be able to walk a circle! The younger brother traveled by speedboat, and it still took more than a month. ”

There, sooner or later, it will be another fertile ground for the Nanyue Army!

However, the land under your feet is also fertile!

"This place can be described as a treasure given by God to my lord and my Nanyue army!" First, he made an overview, Zheng Sen dug out the correspondence with Mr. Xu Hongzu and began to carry out literacy activities for Wu Liuqi and others.

"There are so many trees on this island in Java! Looking at the past, it is a forest of eternal beings that covers the sun all day long. The forest area occupies more than seventy or eighty percent of the area! It is rich in a variety of tropical and valuable tree species, such as ironwood, sandalwood, ebony and sleevewood, which is the perfect choice for building houses and building boat furniture. ”

"This place is located in the middle of the sea, and the surrounding sea is vast, and it is a blessed place built for all kinds of fish. Not far from here, on the eastern shore of Sumatra, on the surface of the sea called Bagan Sibia, is a famous fishing ground. Even if we get tens of thousands of his fishing boats to fish, I'm afraid it's a drop in the bucket! ”

"The climate here is humid and rainy, the sunshine is abundant, and the crop growth cycle is short, which is not only suitable for planting rice, but also suitable for planting the so-called cash crops of the owner! Like what palm, rubber, coffee, cocoa. If we cut down the trees in the mountains and forests to make boats, build houses, and then plant this cash crop in its place, wouldn't it be a cornucopia for future generations? ”

Zheng Sen's introduction to the situation on many islands in Java had already stirred up the emotions of the generals of the First Mixed Brigade, and the emotions of those Japanese mercenaries were also mobilized!

"Ruo Dian! If I have made a contribution to the general's expedition, can we join this land? Share with your family the great exploits of Ruo Dianxiang and General Wu! Farming and living happily with the generals on this fertile land?! ”

"As long as you fight hard for my lord, when will my lord treat you badly?" Facing dozens of mercenary leaders from different daimyo of the Japanese Kingdom, Zheng Sen shook the folding fan in his hand quite complacently.

"However, if you want to get a piece of land for your family and descendants in this land of abundance, you must first deal with the thieves here!"

Seeing that the topic of the meeting had changed for a long time and returned to the original point, Wu Liuqi, who had just proposed to follow the prescription according to Taiwan's experience but was refuted, said with some disappointment: "What should I do then?" In the end, it is impossible to learn that the official army will suppress the bandits, pull a big net that leaks everywhere, and then scare the bandits away for the time being and go back to receive the reward, right? Zheng Sen smiled and said, "It's really about the same, let me ask you, Brother Wu, if you fish in the pond, it must be the easiest thing to catch fish after the water is drained." But what do you do if you want to catch fish? ”

Wu Liuqi was puzzled, so he had to say: "Of course, you either use a fishing rod or spread nets everywhere, and in the end, the rivers and lakes are full of nets, so the fish will not be able to escape." As soon as Wu Liuqi finished speaking, he seemed to immediately understand something, and immediately said: "You mean, we have a few more nets, the officials and soldiers encircle and suppress two or three roads, and we will make seven or eight roads, so that the chances of success are greater." Zheng Sen waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Where are the seven or eight roads, if we want to come, let's make a ten-way past, preferably dozens of roads, so that even if they have the ability to transform into birds, they don't want to drill out." I have already thought of the plan, it just so happens that the lord has already equipped us with a staff office, and now the staff office has drawn up a plan that I am more satisfied with, and I invite you to come today, just to let you see if there is any omission in this plan. This is also in accordance with the Lord's consistent military democracy and Zhuge Lianghui's practice! ”

Saying that, Zheng Sen took out a battle plan, and the more Wu Liuqi and the others looked at it, the more they were amazed, and of course, he also put forward some of his own opinions. As a result, bursts of creepy laughter came from the government from time to time, making people sweat and hair. Then Zheng Sen said with a smile, "This battle can be boiled down to four words, that is, the ember annihilation operation!" ”

(When the unkind author wrote this, he was about to publish it when there was a sudden gust of gloomy wind, and then a bald man with glasses appeared in front of the author and said in Mandarin with a thick Jiangsu and Zhejiang accent: "Are you going to pay some copyright fees?") "While asking the author for royalties, this bald man snorted and tearfully accused an organization of plagiarizing his masterpiece without giving a dime of royalties.

An unscrupulous organization not only plagiarized his masterpiece and used the technical and tactical achievements he painstakingly summed up for the same purpose as him, and achieved brilliant results that made him, the original creator, blush, not only wipe out the bandits who had not been wiped out for decades, but also achieved an almost perverted ratio of casualties between friend and foe, one to two thousand! Not only did he not give money or say anything, but he also kept saying cool things to squeeze him.

"Not only did they not give me Tongdian, but their leaders always wrote articles, published reporters' questions, and spoke as spokesmen at every turn, wanting to protect my old friends and hand me over for their public trial to vent their anger! Isn't it because they suffered a little bit at my hands back then! As for such a fuss and a personal vendetta?! ”

Speaking of excitement, the bald man grabbed the author's placket, "You plagiarized President Yuan's methods, the Empress Dowager Cixi's practices, and the Qianlong Emperor and the Yongzheng Emperor's father and son!" But you can't get mixed up here, and if you don't give me copyright royalties, you don't want to publish it today! ”

"Who came to him for royalties?" A Hunan accent stretched out and spoke outside the door, "Lao Tzu just eats a bowl of braised pork, and you fuck in?!" ”

Hearing this, the bald dwarf immediately turned extremely pale, and was about to speak, when the Hunan accent outside the door spoke again, "I can't look for you everywhere, your old friend has hidden you tightly, and even his bald eagle master has been fooled, I don't want to meet you here today!" It seems that this unscrupulous author is still a good hand at luring snakes out of their holes!" Hearing this, the bald dwarf couldn't care much more, screamed miserably, and turned into a demonic wind and left! (To be continued......)

PS: Guess who that bald dwarf is? Guess the prize!