Kuyi Island, Tamna Island, Shanghai County, Taiwan Island, Hong Kong Island, Hue, Ha Tinh, Manraka, Li Jiapo, Ling Ka Wai. Kagoshima, Kyushu, Luzon.

On the huge chart, the key points of the South Central Army were specially marked by Xu Huanshan with cinnabar. Routes that are either direct or require a transit at a certain port are like spider webs and chain chains, covering the sea, connecting islands and continents.

And the points above are dipped in cinnabar with a thin brush by Li Peiting, and more detailed lines similar to radiation are made outward. It connects cities, mountains, forests, and rivers.

The two men finished marking their respective routes, glanced at each other, and couldn't help laughing wildly, and threw the small dish and brush full of cinnabar in their hands on the ground.

Twenty years, twenty years! Finally saw the day!

Tong Guò island after island, the South Chinese Army controlled the entire known coastal areas in the East in its own hands.

To the west, from Lingjiawei Island to Goa, to Madagascar, to the Cape of Good Hope and Green Island more far-reaching, trading stations engaged in triangular trade and slave trade are being quietly built.

Through the guò ocean, which is regarded as a daunting ocean by the traditional concept, the Nanzhong army quietly sent its own forces, influences, and commodities to the chaotic regions outlined by Li Peiting on the map, and from these places, they exchanged for wealth that could make the great khans, caliphs, sultans, and arithmetic of the emperors and barbarians covet, as well as the raw materials and labor needed by the Nanzhong army. Woman.

Through guò trade, the Nanzhong army can obtain funds, raw materials, and at the same time export a qiē produced in the south, including those military equipment, through guò trade, the Nanzhong army can make a poor daimyo or sultan become a richer monarch than Solomon in an instant, or it can make a rich monarch be swallowed up by nearby forces overnight.

This is the maritime trade network that Shouhan has dreamed of building for many years.

Now, this vast net of maritime commerce and trade has been officially completed with the change of flag of Tamna Island.

This is not only a large network of commercial trade, but also a network that can quickly mobilize troops, materials, and capital to transport rice from Taiwan to Shanghai County, or ship it to Nigu. Or go up the Yangtze River. The rice will be sold in the Hangjiahu Plain and Susongtai area. Not only rice, but also refined salt, white sugar, cotton cloth, and iron utensils, as long as they are produced by the South Central Army, they are willing to sell them to the outside world. You can sell it through this big network.

And a large amount of silver money is moving against the current of these goods. It is like a human venous artery function differentiated. The destination of the money is Hue. After Hue turns around, it becomes the wages, raw materials, taxes, and profits in each link, which are distributed one by one.

People in this era did not know what the meaning of the money circulation system was. However, the concept of money flowing has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

At present, with the start of this Tamna Island, Kuyi Island and the Heilongjiang River Basin, which were still isolated overseas not long ago, are finally no longer solitary, and there is no need to worry about the lack of goods transported by ships due to the freezing period of almost half a year every year.

This Tamna Island serves as a transit point for cargo supply to Kuyi Island and the Heilongjiang River Basin, just like the eye in Go.

"This is a big dragon!"

Li Peiting, a good Go player, waved his arms wildly and danced.

Only the two Li Huamei sisters and brothers, who were watching from the sidelines, were a little puzzled by Uncle Xu and his uncle's wild behavior, how could Uncle Xu, who was not smiling in the past, be so out of shape? Is it just for this Tamna Island that can be used to raise horses and trade?!

For North Korea, the spring of the tenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly a time node destined to lose the island.

This side was skillfully seized by the South Chinese army on a Tamna Island with a radius of more than 400 miles, and on the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, another island was also conquered by Jiannu.

In April of the tenth year of Chongzhen, the Qing generals Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and others attacked Tieshan Pi Island under the command of Azig, and the deputy general Jin Riguan and his soldiers fought fiercely with the Qing soldiers for seven days and nights, and finally Phi Dao fell, and Jin Riguan and others were all killed. In leap April, there was a great drought, and there was no rain for a long time, and Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to rebuke his ministers. At the beginning of May, Huang Taiji returned to Shenyang to surrender Kong Youde as the king of Gongshun, Geng Zhongming as the king of Huaishun, and Shang Kexi as the king of Zhongshun, which is the famous king of Sanshun and one of the founding fathers of the Han military banner.

(By the way, the famous Qing court pigtail drama is also a pig, because a poor and boring old woman passed by the princess's tomb in Beijing one day and wrote a perfunctory whim.) And this princess's grave is buried in the famous Kong Sizhen, the daughter of Kong Youde. Thinking that Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan who has been loyal to me all his life in the Qing Dynasty, knows in the eighteenth layer of hell, and his daughter's grave can actually set off another round of braiding craze for my Qing Dynasty hundreds of years after his death, and he will also cry bitterly, and he is sincerely proud that there are still people who miss my Qing Dynasty. ）

"Little brother, what's wrong with you? Got something on your mind? ”

On Mt. Halla, the highest point on the island, you can gaze through the lens of a telescope at the sea and the sky, and watch the horses frolic and drink water in the meadows between the foothills. Li Huamei felt that the same sea, the northern ocean is much more magnificent and majestic than the ocean of Hue.

In the extreme view of the telescope, a swarm of black dots the size of ants are wriggling on the seashore, where the men recruited on the island have been transferred to the sea to carry bricks and stones, cut down trees, and carry burnt ash from Hue to build forts, expand docks, and build warehouses and barracks.

And in a few gentle terrains in the mountains, hundreds of Koreans, nay, the newly annexed Tamna, are building houses for the horse farm under the leadership of their respective leaders.

The first to be built is the breeding house that Nanzhong Animal Husbandry is proud of.

Dozens of stallions that were transported here from the pastures in the Fulang Mountains were carefully cleaned with light salt water by the grooms and breeding staff, and then washed with warm water to prepare for breeding.

And not far from the breeding house, there are nearly 1,000 Mongolian horses selected from the island. As the first batch of mares to give birth to new children, the grooms obediently drank water by the river and ate soybeans processed with light salt water.

If nothing else, these dozens of stallions will be used to sow the seeds of life for at least 3,000 mares, and by the end of the year, a new population will appear at the foot of Mt. Halla in Tamna. After that, Tamna will become another base for the South Central Army to provide a steady stream of horses, just like Fulang Mountain.

However, such a scene could not arouse Li Huayu's interest, he was just interested in accompanying his sister to look at the sea and the scenery at the foot of the mountain in the distance. At a young age, it is a picture of frowning and worried.

"Sister. You say, will our brothers be like Li Hui and Li Zong in the future? Fighting for the throne and becoming enemies between brothers? ”

Li Huayu's words startled Li Huamei. She looked around, but fortunately there was no one near her. The bitter wind on the mountain made Li Huayu's words a little distorted. People in the distance can't hear clearly.

"Who told you that?"

"Sister. On that day, after Lord Jin Zidian left, the people on the island said that Li Hui, the king of Guanghai, was very lucky. Someone said about the struggle for the throne between their brother and son. Previously in the academy. Mr. also talked about things like the change of Xuanwu Gate. I thought that at the moment my father was in his prime, my Nanzhong was just rising, but in the future, when my father was old, he would inevitably choose one of our brothers to take over this inheritance. I hope that by then......"

"At that time, you, Huaning, Huaxuan, and Huabao will also play Xuanwumen? The five sons are attacking each other? When Hua Mei heard this, she immediately raised her eyebrows!

"What if one day, believe it or not, I will lead the sailors to blast the first of you into a pulp?!"

First solemnly expressed her attitude, Hua Mei took her brother's hand, "Little brother, you and I are not born to the same mother, but we both grew up in front of my mother, in my eyes, you and Hua Bao are the same." Whoever my father chooses to take over the foundation will be in charge. ”

"So, what if?!"

"What if?!"

Hua Mei stood up and drew a circle in the air with her hand, and a gust of mountain wind blew, blowing her red satin cloak up and down, like a butterfly.

"Little brother, do you know that when my father took over the family business, how many soldiers, land, money, and food did I have in the Nanzhong Army? The land is only a quiet corner of the river, the soldiers are only hundreds, and the money and food are scarce. Moreover, there are villains coveting official positions inside, and the Zheng family and the Ruan family are eyeing them outside. ”

"If it is said that the country of the Southern Chinese Army is such a big cake right now," Hua Mei pointed to the big cake that the soldiers under the mountain were chewing, "The river quietly guarded thousands of households back then, and it was a sesame seed on this cake." Today's Nanzhong Army is all created by my father and uncles with a knife and a gun. ”

"But have you ever paid attention to the map in your father's study? And the maps hanging in Uncle Xu's and second uncle's rooms? Compared with the vastness of the entire heaven and earth in my father's room, the current area of my Nanzhong Army is the size of a sesame seed. Compared with the map in Uncle Xu and Second Uncle's house, it is just a corner of the place! ”

"Little brother, what you said to Sister A today, whether it was someone telling you or what you thought of in the past few days, Sister Ah should have never heard it. However, Sister Ah tells you that if one day your father does not choose you to take over this inheritance, then Sister Ah will lead the sailor to go to sea to find a piece of heaven and earth, and beat it down for you and Hua Baohua Xuan Huaning as a place to settle down! ”

"The son of the Li family shouldn't be so visionary and measured, just staring at the foundation of the rivers and mountains that his fathers have laid down! If you beat it yourself, that's the real skill! ”

As an older sister who grew up with herself since childhood, Li Huamei's status in Huayu's heart is naturally different, and in a big way, he relies on this sister Cheng dù even more than his mother-in-law Li Muhua. Listening to Sister A's lesson, she put away that sorrow and replaced it with a high-spirited, "Yes! Daddy has today, and he is completely single-handed! I'm Daddy's son, and I can't be ashamed of Daddy! Sister, I don't want you to lead the sailor to fight for me, I also have to fight for the world with one hand and one foot! You can't rely on the country that Daddy has beaten down to eat! All you have to do is lead the sailor to help me! ”

"This is the good son of the Li family!"

"That's right, Sister. What are your ambitions? Could it be that like those eldest ladies in the mainland, marry a brother-in-law and teach each other at home? ”

Hearing her younger brother ask this, Li Huamei, who was already in love, turned crimson, "Don't talk nonsense!" Sister's greatest wish is that one day under the blue sky, wherever there is an ocean, there is my Li family's fleet sailing! But wherever there is a port, there are ships flying the flag of our Li family army at anchor. ”

"Sister, your ambition is four words. A sea of stars! ”

May of the tenth year of Chongzhen. After the right flank of the naval division of the Nam Hung Army and the fleet of the prevailing fleet in Long completed the occupation and preliminary arrangements for Tamna, the division returned to Hue.

A battalion of soldiers from the Xuanwu Battalion was left to garrison the island, and thousands of auxiliary soldiers from Tamna were all equipped with swords and guns. The firepower of the island, the artillery battery, and the port facilities were resettled. Three gunboats, four fukuships and thirty large and small guns were left behind. Xu Huanshan took a closer look at this Tamna Island. He smiled self-deprecatingly, "It's solid." ”

Only then did the group sail south and come to Hue.

But. As soon as she arrived at the port of Hue, Hua Mai noticed that the situation on the dock was not right.

The porters and coolies who carried them back and forth on the docks wore masks on their mouths, and they were not as energetic and enthusiastic as before. Instead, there seems to be a dull pressure hanging over Hue, leaving the people here breathless.

Caring about anything else, Li Huamei ordered her ship to quickly dock on the dock, ordered the sailors to put down the boat, and she and her younger brother Huayu jumped onto the boat along the gangway, "Row quickly!" ”

Kankan arrived at the dock, and there were already officials from the General's Mansion waiting there.

"Miss, young master, please put this on first." The two subordinates handed the two vinegar-smelling mouth towels to Li Huamei's sister and brother.

The hearts of the siblings sank suddenly. When the two of them went out, they left to avoid pox, could it be that in the past month or so, the shape of the epidemic has not been controlled?

Walking from south to north and from north to south, the two sisters and brothers have a deep understanding of the current situation in Daming.

The drought in various places is becoming more and more severe, the weather is becoming more and more cold, with the Xiaoice period gradually entering the climax, natural disasters occur frequently, that is, the Suzhou and Hangzhou regions, which are known as paradise on earth, are also frequent disasters such as floods and hail. And after these natural disasters, there will be the arrival of plagues, especially the plague, which is a very terrifying thing. Since the beginning of the Wanli year, plague has broken out one after another in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, especially during the Chongzhen period, there were many rounds of plague in Shanxi, and many places died empty.

The plague began quickly, and it is said that it will die one day and one day. There are even theories that the coffin of the deceased was carried out of the city for burial, and even the mourners were infected and died when they arrived at the cemetery. If there is an outbreak of a virulent infectious disease like the plague in Hue, with the current population of Hue and the frequent movement of people, this city of hundreds of thousands of people may become an empty city overnight.

Thinking of the plague, Hua Mei shook her head again and denied her own argument.

The outbreak of plague has a lot to do with environmental hygiene. In the case of the city of Beijing that she once visited, when it was built in the early Ming Dynasty, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was full of financial resources, and the management of the sanitation of the ditches in the capital was relatively appropriate. However, from the late Wanli period, the Jingshi ditch was blocked, but there was no money to dig and dredge the management, and there was no money to repair the road, to the Chongzhen period, the street environment of Beijing City was even worse, the dust was flying on a sunny day, it was muddy and difficult to walk on a rainy day, and the ditch next to the street became a place to hide dirt and dirt, and the filth touched people.

Now recalling the scene of the capital where the dusty manure and sewage flowed everywhere after entering the city with the grain ship from Chaoyangmen, Hua Mei still couldn't help but feel sick for a while. According to the eunuchs in the palace, the Jingshi once stipulated that the chariots and cattle were not allowed to enter the city, but as the years went by, this regulation became an empty talk. The lack of government management is reflected in the city's appearance, and the Beijing division is full of gnats every summer, and dysentery and plague are rampant. Once there is an outbreak of epidemic and the door is closed, the sunrise of the nine gates of the capital reaches 10,000 coffins.

Dirty sanitation and poor sanitation habits among personnel are an important source of the outbreak of the plague, but over the years, under the strong supervision of the Han guard, the military and civilian people in the area of the South Central Army have developed relatively good hygiene habits, and the military and civilians have formed a habit of cleaning and hunting and killing rats. No open defecation, no random dumping of garbage, every day there are special people to transport nearly 100 trucks of garbage piled up in various places in the city to the outside of the city for incineration and deep burial. Not only that, but the general's government also took out money and grain, dug many deep wells for various cities, villages and towns, or brought mountain springs, and stipulated that unburned raw water should not be drunk. A number of public bathhouses and toilets have been built in towns and villages.

Compared with the mainland, the weather in the southern and central regions is getting hotter and hotter, and these bathhouses and baths have been built to clean and hygienic while reducing the chance of epidemics of various diseases.

At present, the bathhouses of the Ming Dynasty usually have two kinds of equipment: the pool hall and the official hall. The former is a large bath where many people can bathe at the same time, while the latter has a single room that can accommodate only one person or only a few people, and there are also people who fetch water or bathe for guests. Of course, there is no official hall in the bathhouse pattern implemented by the South China Army, here, whether it is a soldier or an officer, everyone is the same frank and honest with each other.

In addition to public baths, each factory and mine also has its own in-house workers' baths for workers and craftsmen who have left work to wash their bodies and take a break. (To be continued......)

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