It coincided with the New Year's Day, and it happened to catch up with the import of Tianding in Ningyuan Bofu. As a result, the people of Hue and the surrounding prefectures and counties, the workers who have never had a holiday in the workshops, and even the officials and slaves who do the hardest, most tiring and dangerous work, feel that this festival is more and more enjoyable.

First of all, according to the imperial court system, the disabled soldiers, widows and orphans in the Invalids, Invalids and Almshouses were given wine and meat, and they were invited to eat and drink. "This is the lord's happy son, please rejoice and celebrate!"

Later, they distributed celebratory wine and meat to each family according to the population money and food book, and all the way to the workers in the factory, the miners in the mines, and the official slaves and other generations had their own division of wine and meat.

Not only that, as if to congratulate Shouhan and the Nanyue Army on the joy of the New Year, a series of good news came one after another.

After the mouth of the sea and the rice bags and money bags were tightly stuck by the Nanyue army, in the face of the huge political and economic pressure of the nobles and the common people in the court, the king of the Mangying family, Ta Long, had to send as many as 60,000 troops to the west, preparing to wipe out the Nanyue army of more than 10,000 people in one fell swoop and recapture his own money bags and rice bags.

However, even if the Burmese army was arrogant in the Indochina Peninsula for a while, it was still yesterday. In the face of the Southern Guangdong Army, which has entered the stage of modernization, the Burmese Army, which has entered a period of decline, is naturally not an opponent.

Just like the old and weak Qiu Qianzhang met Hong Qigong in the prime of life, he was beaten to the ground in a flash! Hundreds of war elephants that were originally used to charge into battle and stand on their feet to cheer. was panicked by the artillery that was densely packed in front of the Nanyue army, turned around and ran. It was originally a killer weapon used to impact the enemy formation, but it turned out to be a black and white impermanence that sent him to hell.

"Our army captured more than 21,000 enemy soldiers, 205 war elephants, and more than 3,000 mules and horses. More than 3,700 were beheaded. At present, the troops are full of horses and are preparing to attack Wacheng! Capture the reckless and dedicate the lord of the country to the lord! ”

From the day the Nanyue Army was founded, the generals had a competitive psychology of comparing their military exploits with each other. If you destroy a country and take back a king's seal, then I will also destroy a country and take a king's seal back. Anyway, there are many large and small chaotic countries and regimes in various parts of the south and central China. Maybe seven or eight villages are a country.

But. A big guy like Myanmar is unprecedented. A big guy who almost unified the entire South Middle School.

Deng Xianda's heart is now very hot, and he is ready to make a brilliant feats that none of his predecessors have ever had to destroy this big guy. Dedicate its royal seal to the lord!

Just when Deng Xianda was ready to take Mandalay, Wacheng. It's time to make an unprecedented feat for yourself. In his northwest direction, Li Huaxuan, who was almost corrected by his Lao Tzu Army, was also smiling at the 40,000 troops transferred from various places by Bangladeshi Nawab.

A million silver dollars sent by a clipper by the Han guard. His hands were quickly dispersed.

"When I was studying in front of my husband, the deepest impression was that in the historical records of Gaozu Benji, Gaozu was trapped and asked Chen Ping for a plan, Chen Ping said, you give me 40,000 catties of gold, don't ask me how to spend it, I have a way to help you get out of trouble. Gaozu immediately agreed to him, and he used the 40,000 catties of gold to buy Xiang Yu's subordinates and spread rumors, and soon, the Chu army besieging Liu Bang had no fighting spirit. ”

Relying on the immoral tactics learned from the most famous shameless men of the early Han Dynasty, Li Huaxuan quietly gave these silver dollars and many gold, silver and jewels seized in the city of Barisal to Nawab's generals at all levels.

"We are fighting Nawab, it has nothing to do with you, when we get to the battlefield, as long as you stand still and wait for changes!"

In the face of the power of these powerful white flowers and yellow clear weapons, these small lords from all over the country who followed the Bangladeshi Nawab quietly said that they would definitely not be able to work at that time.

In this way, the gold and silver quietly exerted a killing power that was even greater than the power of the cannon.

As a result, poor Nawabwu kept himself in the dark, but he did not know that his own strength and the strength of the Nanyue army in the opposite city of Barisal had quietly changed. The dozen or so little lords who followed him were no longer his subordinates, but passers-by who were watching the soy sauce.

There are several ill-intentioned people inside, ready to see the changes in the shape of the battlefield, and take advantage of the fire to rob and smash black bricks.

"We only need the territory of the Nawab, and we only ask for the right to trade and build roads for the territory of the rest of the lords, and the rest of the affairs are decided by the lords themselves. In addition, our Nanyue army caravan travels in the territory of the lords, and it also has to pay taxes to you. ”

As for what to traffick, the messengers who came and went to the lords also told them frankly, "It's just some fine salt, cloth, silk, steel, and so on." Lords, if our goods, especially refined salt, are sold to the Gurkhas through guò your territory, I wonder how much profit we can make? ”

The Gurkha people, whose territory at this time spanned Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and other places, were short of salt, so they had to buy salt from the salt lake region of northern Tibet from the northern Uszang, and after thousands of miles of long journey, they were transported all the way to Shigatse and other places by yaks and sheep.

They all know very well how much profit there is, but it's a pity that they don't have too many salt resources in their hands.

Now there are people who are willing to trade salt with these Bengali lords, and who will not do it if they sit at home and have a good deal?

As a result, Nawab's tens of thousands of troops faced the situation of Li Huaxuan and Zuo Tianpeng's thousands of people, and quietly turned into his more than 10,000 people against the thousands of people of the Nanyue army.

Among these thousands of people, there are more than 3,000 Fusang volunteers who are eager to kill the enemy and make meritorious service in exchange for the first rank of military merit in order to receive a reward. After conquering Barisar City, in addition to a series of processes such as reporting to his father, sorting out the treasury, and making a list of Anmin, Li Huaxuan fulfilled his promise that anyone who died in this battle would be given a rice ticket of 600 stone of good japonica rice. And ordered the people of the military letter bureau to send these rice stamps that served as pensions to the family of the soldier in front of all the officers and men of the army.

Six hundred stones!? In Japan, if you are frugal and mix some grains, radishes, etc., it is enough for a family of five or six to eat for more than ten or twenty years!

What's more, each of the war dead also had two extra cotton cloths from the Third Highness, which was a little personal intention of the Third Highness.

In the face of such a great temptation, the will of these Fuso soldiers to fight was unprecedentedly high. Not to mention that the Nawab soldiers from Bengal who gradually gathered in one place on the opposite side, even if the Hachiman Great Bodhisattva descended, as long as the Third Highness spoke, they would not hesitate to knock him off the lotus throne.

Good news from both directions is constantly being sent to Hue. After filtering, it was conveyed to the prince.

These days. The prince had a very comfortable life.

A few smoke bubbles a day, then walk around the city to see the streets of Hue, if you don't want to go out. Then I went to the back garden to see the pair of auspicious white tigers that were ready to be transported to Jingshi to offer to Chongzhen. Feed them with chunks of fine fresh beef.

Of course, it's not that you don't do anything right.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month. With the joint performance of Shouhan and Wang Dehua, the title was sent out in Hue, and Zheng Zhilong took five clippers to Beijing to play. On board, of course, in addition to the accompanying shipyard technicians and sailors. It's stuffed with all kinds of seasonal fruits, cough cough! Zheng Zhilong believed the words of the little eunuch who accompanied him, these citrus, mangosteen, rambutan, banana, lychee and other things were all dedicated to the emperor by Wang Dehua in the name of himself and Ning Yuanbo.

Seeing the five clippers disappear from his field of vision, Wang Dehua silently prayed a few words in his heart, got on the bus and prepared to go back to his lower place, but unexpectedly, there was a commotion from another time on the dock. Bursts of cheers erupted.

"Go and see, what's going on?"

After a while, the little eunuch sent to inquire about the situation came back, "Father-in-law, there is nothing wrong." Last year, four ships traveling between Hue, Luzon and Japan accidentally encountered a storm and were blown off course, and then they were sent by the sea breeze and ocean currents to the country of Fuso, which is mentioned in the Book of Mountains and Seas. After a few months of delay there, the ship was repaired and a lot of local products were made, and he came back. There were people who knew them on the dock just now to celebrate their return. ”

Wang Dehua didn't know what it meant for these four boats to be carried to the so-called Fusang Country by the Kuroshio Tide and the Alaskan Current, but he just snorted in his nose, "Hmph! The choppy career at sea was originally dangerous, and it was their blessing that they could come back at this time! ”

However, to use a cliché, when God closes a door for you, he also opens a window for you, so that it will be balanced. In other words, when you have good things, good things happen to your enemies, otherwise the world will not seem so fair.

Although it is New Year's Day, the blacksmith furnace and craftsman workshop that stretches for dozens of miles outside Shengjing City are still constantly sparkling, fireworks soaring into the sky, the sound of hammers rising and falling day and night, countless craftsmen are busy under the supervision of the Qing soldiers, building weapons, and thousands of craftsmen with yellow faces and thin skin and ragged clothes are busy attentively. No one dares not to be serious about making knives and guns, making guns, casting cannons, etc.

Entering the city along the official road is a double world with the scenery outside the city.

The three brothers, Dolgon, Dordor, and Azig, surrounded by hundreds of Ba Ya Laa soldiers and domestic slaves in fresh armor and robes, with their saddles and saddles under their crotches, rode along the avenue leading from Prince Rui's palace to the middle street, and along the way, characters such as the prince of Manmeng, Belle, greeted their brothers in loud voices along the roadside.

According to the Chinese history of the "left ancestors, right society, the former dynasty and the back of the city" to build the inner city, the original "ten" shaped two streets were rebuilt into "well" shaped four streets, the streets are lined with shops, lively and extraordinary. Many of them were so-called southern goods stores, which sold all kinds of goods that were liked and needed by the Eight Banners and Han Chinese officials.

In the middle of the street, there is the Qing Imperial Palace built by Nurhachi and Huang Taiji. Since the father and son conquered Shenyang, they have been building a lot of construction here, and it was not until the first year of Chongde that it began to take shape. Roughly centered on the Chongzheng Palace, the palace is divided into three roads: east, middle and west from the Daqing Gate to the Qingning Palace as the central axis. Chongzheng Hall is the place where Huang Taiji deals with the government on weekdays, with Feilong Pavilion, Xiangfeng Pavilion, Shishan Zhai, Xiezhong Zhai, Rihua Building and other buildings, today's dynasty is to be held in front of Chongzheng Palace.

It is precisely because of so many ceremonies and ceremonies that the anti-thieves in Liaodong attach great importance to it. Although it was a festive atmosphere and the Ming army was hundreds of miles away, there were still groups of armor soldiers in iron helmets and black tassels patrolling back and forth along the corridor outside the walls of the palace.

"Chen Banda! You, a minion, are you also coming to congratulate the emperor today? ”

At a glance, Dorgon saw Chen Banda standing in the crowd outside the palace gate.

After a few months, Chen Banda gained a little weight, and there were a few small holes in the inconspicuous places on a court robe on his body, which he thought had been burned by the flying sparks in the craftsman's workshop.

"It turned out to be the three masters of Lord Rui!" Chen Banda, who was a member of his subordinate, didn't dare to say much, and immediately knelt down to greet the three princes. This move aroused the envy of countless officials around him, "This stupid bird! I don't know what virtue I have, my ancestors in my last life were buried in the right place. can make Rui Wang Ye recognize him at a glance! ”

"Excuse me! Today is the Morning Ceremony. What gifts did you bring to the emperor? ”

Duoduo was still a big horn.

According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, on a day like today, the person who is a slave has to give a gift to his master Huang Taiji, and the gift cannot be unimportant. Or can't help but enter Huang Taiji's eyes. This custom reached a peak in the Qianlong period. But whenever there is any happy event in the court. That is, the day has come for people who sell Ruyi in Liuli Factory and other places to make a fortune. Officials, princes and nobles, all of whom want to offer their wishes to this perfect old man. This is why there are so many wishful wishes in the Forbidden City.

Forehead! Is this a blatant bribery of a subordinate by a top leader?

However, it also depends on who the gift is, such as the Prince of Yu Dolgon, who is known as the absurd prince in front of him. once presented a lame horse to Huang Taiji on New Year's Day. turned out to be safe and sound, and Huang Taiji had to cover up for his kind words.

The three brothers, led by Dolgon, jumped off their horses and looked up and down at Chen Banda in front of them. Dolgon's mind is very clear, and now on the Jinzhou front, the Ming and Qing dynasties are in a tense confrontation, and it can be said that they have gambled on the battle of national fortune again since Salhu.

However, the Ming army can lose, anyway, they have a lot of money, although it is said that if today's disasters and man-made disasters continue, and the mainland is infested with thieves, but the so-called hundred-legged insects are dead but not stiff.

For this battle, the black fat man in the Chongzheng Hall has been planning for many years at this time.

In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji ordered Dolgon, the prince of Heshuorui, to build a road from the Liaohe River to Jinzhou, in order to ensure the rapid delivery of food supplies for the army. In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the road was completed, and Dolwan began to Tuntian Yizhou, gradually encircling Jinzhou.

At the beginning, the siege of Jinzhou was not effective, and someone made a statement to Huang Taiji, at this time, half of the army of the Eight Banners was under the command of Dolgon, and at this time their brothers had soldiers, horses, money and food in their hands. So, Huang Taiji made a will, claiming that Prince Rui was working hard, so it was better to go back to Shenyang for the time being to recuperate, and to replace him with Zilharang. After the arrival of Zilharang, camps were set up on all sides of Jinzhou City, long trenches were dug, and by the end of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Jinzhou had been completely cut off from solidarity, and the initial strategy was successful.

At this time, this Chen Banda, who was in the anti-thief camp in Liaodong and was good at manufacturing firearms and weapons, appeared in the ranks of Chaohe's ministers, and couldn't help but make Dolgon's heart move.

"Chen Banda, you have been in charge of the craftsman's workshop recently, but what new things have come out?" 、

"That is, what are you going to use to present to the emperor?"

"Prince Hui Rui, Prince Wuying, the slave is a poor man, the clothes on his body, and the food in his belly are all given by the master, and even this life is rewarded by the master. Only doing one's duty is the best gift. ”

His mouth was full of humility, but his face was quite triumphant, and he called a companion beside him and took a small jar from his hand.

"Lord Wang, please take a look. This is the Nanban gunpowder that our Eight Banners are currently using for various artillery positions, the medicine is quite powerful, and the firing range is extremely long, more than twice as strong as the gunpowder made by our army itself and the gunpowder of the captured Ming army, but it must be purchased at a high price, and the quantity cannot meet the consumption of our Eight Banners army. ”

"Slaves are not talents, and often think that gunpowder is nothing more than saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal, etc., and the difference is only the proportion of various raw materials. This person under the slave is a person who has made gunpowder in the Ming army for several generations, because the Ming army deducted the price of silver, and had to make some fireworks to supplement the family. As he spoke, Chen Banda introduced another member of his entourage to the three of Dolgon.

Dolgon didn't care about the man bowing to him, but just asked, "What happened?" Duoduo knew very well what the second brother meant, for more than a year, the second brother had been working hard to build a private musket team with two white flags, and every day he ordered those royal palace coats to practice the firearm formation in a team of more than ten or dozens of people in a secluded place.

During the Battle of Changqing, the Five Tigers Formation that caused the Nanyue Army to complain bitterly was gradually practiced by the second brother and his subordinates more and more proficient in the rest of the year.

However, firearms are the most expensive of all. Nanban gunpowder was expensive, and there were projectiles, lead, flint, etc., so the soldiers had to be given more food after the drill, and rewards were given according to their shooting results. The palace of Prince Rui was empty, and if it weren't for the tapping of Long's prevalent trade, I was afraid that Dorgon's life would be sad.

For this matter, Duoduo has also quarreled with his second brother in private many times, and it is enough for us to have a strong army in our hands, so why do we have to do this? Whether it's a firearm or a Han army, just let that fat man do it! (To be continued......)

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