The shortcomings of the South China Army are one, manpower. This includes a variety of workforces and technicians. also includes sailors, even Zheng Sen can see this, how can Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhibao and others, who have been through the storm for a long time, not see it?

However, this is also the only advantage of the Zheng family in competing with the Southern Chinese Army, a large number of high-quality zhì skilled sailors.

If this board is also patched up by the Nanzhong Army, then there will be no place for the Zheng family to stand on this ocean. Therefore, not only can they not shorten the distance between them and their own sailors, on the contrary, the gap between the Zheng family and the Southern Central Army in other fields must also be narrowed!

When Zhibao explained the purpose of his visit, he couldn't help but surprise both Shouhan and Peilin.

"General Meng Li trusted, and handed over to his brother all the fortresses, cities, lands, and ports that the soldiers had fought bloodily to obtain from the Spaniards, and he was inexplicably grateful. The elder brother Yan Siqi, the former righteous brother, was the first to open a reclamation in Bengang and obtained the land from Shengfan. Today, the general handed over half of the land and forests to the brothers, and the brothers ordered the governor to lead the brigade to suppress the mountains and make a small contribution in a few months. There are more than 280 societies in the back mountains, more than 50,000 naturalized fans, and more than 260 naturalized societies in the mountains, including more than 37,000 naturalized fans. Shuiwei, Hualien, Wufeng, Banqiao, Yunlin and other places, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of acres of water and dry fields can be reclaimed, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians can be supplied with food and food without worry. ”

Zhibao's flaunting achievements did not surprise Shouhan and Peilin, because of this kind of wasteland. In this era, if you want to say that Shouhan and Nanzhong Army recognize the second, no one else dares to recognize the first.

"However, these blood-drinking people who are in the deep mountains, dense forests, valleys, and deep pools, it is also a matter of worry and effort to make them completely subordinate to Wanghua, not to mention that Fan'er is fierce and rude, that is, the Dutchmen who are in the big red city and have a kun body, they will oppose me everywhere. As a last resort, we have to fortify everywhere and build fortifications everywhere. These fan. However, they sniped with me in the deep mountains, dense forests, and streams, and as a result, the number of casualties among the men and soldiers increased, and the expenses for military salaries became huge. ”

Speaking of which. Zhibao paused. His eyes stared at Shouhan's eyes for a while. After a moment, continue to speak.

I see! This is because in the process of reclamation, the indigenous people have encountered counterattacks or obstructions. I wonder if there is an ancestor of the famous Saidek Bale? Or is it a figure like Gadamerin, who rebelled against the reclamation? Both of them seem to have engaged in armed struggle against outsiders who were cultivating their respective territories at the time.

But. Shouhan didn't want to be painted as a symbol of a wicked person in later folk culture.

"Brother Zhibao, you say, what are you going to do?"

"Do you need my Nanzhong Army to contribute money, strength, and food? As long as I can get it out of the South Central Army, you just have to say it! ”

Zhibao looked at the guard man's face and determined whether he was a faker, and then slowly opened his mouth.

"General, in the lower brothers, I have received a lot of favors from the Nanzhong Army, but I can't repay them. Here today, Zhibao dared to ask. ”

"Now that the two are in turmoil, is this matter your General Li's handiwork?"

"Chaozhou, Huizhou, Shantou, Meizhou, and the smoke is everywhere, and the displaced people are everywhere, which has spread to Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Siming and other places. Let them go to Dayuan and go to Nanzhong to reclaim the famine?! ”

It's been around for a long time, but it's for this?

Pei Lin's body became relaxed from a state of tension, and when Zhibao exposed the truth of the matter, pointing out that the Nanzhong Army was the mastermind behind the chaos of the two great people, he kept a close eye on Shouhan's expression, and was ready to immediately call the pro-soldiers outside to come in and take down Zheng Zhibao as soon as Shouhan became angry!

However, Shouhan's face was as usual, and he didn't mean that Zhibao had pierced the diorama, and this ability to be pretentious has been cultivated to a certain level. (In fact, the skin of the face has become thicker and thicker as I get older and more knowledge!) ）

"Zhibao, brother, you go on!"

Zheng Zhibao's meaning is very simple, now Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian provinces have been affected by the civil unrest, and a large number of people have become displaced people, which is a good time for a large number of people to migrate outward. The Dayuan controlled by Zheng Jiajun and the Nanzhong Army, and even more distant places such as Manraka and Lion Rock in Nanzhong are the best places to settle these immigrants. The meaning of the Zheng family is that the two armies work together to resettle these migrants, and then share the fruits of the migrants together.

"It's not a secret, my brother organized the immigrants, and these people's rations, oil, salt, knives, axes, farm tools, clothing, houses, etc., have made my brother dizzy, although there are some savings, but the gold and silver mountains can't stand such a tide flowing out."

Zhibao couldn't help but complain.

Resettlement, a large number of materials are needed, from rations to farm tools, to necessary weapons, most of these things need to be purchased from the hands of the Nanzhong Army, Zheng Zhilong in order to migrate to the northern region of Dayuan, on average, it costs at least 100,000 silver dollars per month!

"My town's soldiers and horses, how much is the military salary a month?!"

Looking at the string of expenditure figures on the ledger, the jade dragon on the sea back then wanted to cry without tears.

Therefore, Zhibao put forward this plan to cooperate with the South China Army and jointly organize immigration.

"Cooperation? That's good, of course, but what kind of cooperation method is it? ”

Shouhan smiled and looked at Zheng Zhibao, who was foaming at the mouth and talking very lively.

"Oh, this, naturally, the advantages of your army and our army help each other!"

According to the ideas of the Zheng Zhilong brothers, and the plan made according to the respective advantages of both sides, it is roughly as follows: The Zheng family took advantage of their advantages of having more ships and sailors to transport the displaced people who were willing to go to sea to settle land in Fujian, Guangdong and other places to Dayuan and Nanzhong, and the Nanzhong army provided corresponding materials, such as grain, oil and salt to these people, farm tools, weapons and even clothes and bedding, etc., and then, after the land was reclaimed, they shared the benefits of the reclaimed land according to a time agreed by the two parties.

What a wishful thinking!

Pei Lin listened to the plan proposed by Zhibao, and couldn't help but bump into the fire. This is clearly to ask the South Central Army to be the head of this injustice! As long as you go out of the boat, we will go out of the other heads, and the hell will know if the so-called immigration materials you are talking about are used to raise soldiers?!

This kind of ghost tricks in officialdom, Pei Lin has seen a lot since he was a child, and he is very skillful in playing, in his opinion, the Zheng family brothers' practice is undoubtedly selling books in front of Confucius.

And the leopard himself is like carrying a little rabbit in his heart, up and down. Once it turned against the South Central Army because of this plan. All kinds of materials and commodities from Nanzhong. Now it is a major pillar and main source of income for the Zheng family, and this loss cannot be afforded.

Shouhan looked at the ceiling with his back to the sky, as if he wanted to see through the ceiling. See the sun, moon and stars in the vast sky. Pei Lin and Zhi Leopard on the side didn't dare to speak out when they saw his actions.

"Since it's cooperation. That's a two-way street, yes! ”

"He agreed?!"

When Zheng Zhilong heard the message from his brother, he was also a little unconvinced.

But. Conditions and ways of cooperationShouhan also put forward their own requirements.

1. The two sides set up a non-governmental organization, and when they were active in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, they played a banner similar to a business name. But within their respective jurisdictions, they are quasi-official bodies.

2. Because the two families want to settle these immigrants in a large number of indigenous places, and the suppression of these people is also very important, the name of this institution is the Reclamation Bureau.

(The Reclamation Bureau, which was first proposed by Taiwan's first governor Liu Mingchuan and attached great importance to successive Taiwan governors, was once again shamelessly plagiarized by the Han Dynasty.) If Liu Ming knew the ground, he couldn't say that every pockmark on his face would be red with anger. ）

3. Supplies and rations can naturally be provided by the South Central Army, but they must be calculated into the cost of the Reclamation Bureau, and after the results of the reclamation are seen, they will be deducted from the benefits obtained. If it is deducted from the materials obtained by the senior members, the first choice is camphor, deerskin, etc.

Fourth, Zheng Jiajun must be guaranteed to transport no less than 50,000 displaced people to the ports of Nanzhong every two months.

After listening to the report made by his brother picking up important content, Zhilong pondered for a while, "That's all?" ”

"That's the key point, and the rest is that the eldest brother and him will serve as the two general offices of the Reclamation Bureau, and the two sides will appoint assistant staff as the specific personnel responsible for this matter, responsible for recruiting personnel in Fujian and Guangdong."

Then, according to the standard of taking Ding Zhuang as the basic unit, every 25 people are a knot, every 10 knots are a circle, step by step, gradually encroaching, and 30 people from Kenting are selected in each circle as the main force of self-defense. The remaining 200 or so also had to undergo simple training in order to be able to protect themselves. ”

Except for the last sentence of Article 3, "The materials provided should be included in the cost and deducted in the future", nothing else is under Zheng Zhilong's words, and even almost all of them consider these issues for him from his point of view. Even this basic organizational form, if used properly, would allow Zhilong to obtain tens of thousands of Kending as a reserve for soldiers and horses in just a few years.

"50,000 in two months, not too much, no less. This guy really pinched my pulse! Thinking of that face that was always smiling, Zhilong felt the urge to pull out a knife and cut people.

Most of the ships in Zheng Jiakong's fleet are fortune ships, and if this number is calculated, hundreds of fortune ships will be allocated specifically for population transportation.

"It's good! Transporting people south! When you go north, you can't come back empty, and you can transport all kinds of supplies, military rations, and goods! Zhilong gritted his teeth.

"There are two other things that my nephew on the ship on the return trip told me." After finishing business, Zhibao saw that his brother was still in good spirits, so he took this opportunity to speak his mind for his nephew.

"Da Mu has grown a lot this trip, so the man should still let him travel thousands of miles to read thousands of books. He said that we, the Zheng Jiajun, should also do two things like the Southern Central Army. The first is schools, all kinds of schools, from the school where children in Huangkou learn to learn literacy to the school that trains water masters. Cultivating our own talents! The second is to build big ships. If this can't be done, then when the sailors of the Nanzhong Army are skilled and the big ships are proficient, then our fleet will not be able to go to sea! This sea is not half of the family, and all of them have the surname Li! ”

"That's all?" Listening to his younger brother praising his son's growth, Zhilong's heart as a father is naturally beautiful, although his son's opinions and ideas may still be a little green, but. But it also makes a lot of sense. However, there is no way to implement it at the moment. The school and the construction of big ships all need to have a stable territory, the Nanzhong Army can, but he can't, his foundation is in Fujian, not in Nanao, Guangdong!

A few days later, Zhibao made another trip to Hue, this time with the purpose of bringing the relevant text of the Reclamation Bureau to the Shouhan and asking the Han to take advantage of the winter slack season to start immigration.

There was one less Fukumatsu Maru who went with the ship. Shi Lang still followed as before.

"Uncle Zhibao. I'm going to study at the Sailor Academy here to see how their sailors sail and fight! ”

The young Shi Lang also has his own ideas and pursuits. On the return boat, Shi Lang saw that Zhibao was singing a little song proudly because things were going well. I thought about asking him to help intercede in front of his father and the handsome.

"After I go back, I'll find a time to invite you out for a drink. By the way, talk to him! Zhibao agreed.

"Li Shouhan agreed with our text. Chen Tianhua, who had already ordered him in Guangdong, to begin to summon displaced people from all over the country who were willing to go to sea to Hong Kong Island, and asked us to send someone to Hong Kong Island to contact Chen Tianhua and agree on a shipping schedule. By the way, on the way back, I brought back the supplies needed by the immigrants. ”

"Also. When I came back from my journey, he proposed to me that if one day he went north to King Qin, he hoped that his eldest brother would lend him the road. ”

"King Qin?!" Zhilong's eyebrows twitched, "Qin's Sect King? Did he eat too much? Or was it made to talk nonsense by that group of Tianzhu orchids and Franco-machine women? ”

He stood up from behind the bookcase and took out a letter from the shelves covered with a thin layer of dust, which, unlike the others, was often flipped through by him.

"When you send someone to Hong Kong Island, give this to Chen Tianhua and ask him to pass it on to his father-in-law. There is another sentence, the road, we will definitely borrow it, but no one can learn from him! ”

Zhilong's fingers were very unceremoniously tapping on the set of "Loyal Water Margin".

The cold wind blowing from the north is blocked by the mountains when it passes through the five mountains, and by the time it reaches Hue, it is already the end of the crossbow, at most it adds a touch of chill to the people, and blows off some of the green leaves on the trees.

However, compared to the warm atmosphere in Shouhan's study, this cold wind is nothing!

Ye Qi, the commercial representative of the Han Yuan firm in Nanjing and Songjiang, sailed south from Songjiang to Hue.

Shouhan looked at him as a beloved general, he hadn't seen him for a few years, Ye Qi seemed to have gained some weight, and it seemed that the days on the banks of the Qinhuai River were a little sapbing people's will. I don't know if this decisive figure in the past was eroded by the gold Qin Huai Fengyue?

Ye Qi came back to report on his work and escorted back Chongzhen's profits for seven years.

For the millions of taels of silver earned from Jiangnan, Shouhan did not attach so much importance to it, if it was about absorbing gold, now several transactions led by the Manchurian tax customs are no less than Jiangnan. For the sake of these businesses and customs offices, the Investigation Office and the Statistics Office worked together with the General Bureau of Patrol Police of the Law Enforcement Department to kill and detain a group of people almost every six months. In addition, the system of personal pensions, pensions, and stock stocks has been promoted in various places, and this momentum has finally been curbed.

To Shouhan's excitement, there were hundreds of Songjiang weaving workers who followed Ye Qi's fleet to Nanzhong. These people were used by Ye Qi in a variety of ways (such as luring men to gamble and women to participate in associations (a kind of early form of financial organizations, somewhat similar to mutual aid groups, but later prone to Ponzi schemes). Or simply a hostile takeover of the weaving factory, forcing the boss to be cornered and transferring the yard and workers to Ye Qi. Ahem, ahem, let's say something else! I exhausted everything I could to get it.

With these people, the textile industry of Shouhan can not only improve the technical level of workers and further improve the performance of the current Guoxiama textile machine, but also promote the upgrading of the machine and the increase of production varieties according to the improvement of workers' technology.

What pleased Shouhan the most was the several huge camphor wood boxes that were placed in the open space of the study. This is the work of Ye Qi over the past few years.

"My subordinates haven't done anything else in these years, so they did this one thing!"

On the floor of the study, Ye Qi unfolded a huge map. Nowadays, according to the theory of coordinate system and the use of a series of surveying and mapping tools, the map of the South China Army is very close to the modern map, and the map completed according to the scale surveying and mapping is clearly marked with the prefectures, prefectures, counties, villages and towns, docks and ports on both sides of the Yangtze River. The most important thing is to use different colors to mark the water level and the width of the river during the summer flood season, and the water level changes in the river during the dry season in autumn and winter. There are sandbars, there are reefs, there are big ships like the Canton, and there are only small boats.

"From Songjiang Mansion to Nanjing, the subordinate organization personnel surveyed and mapped the most accurately, accurate to the river surface to which the villages along the river belonged; Either the subordinates boasted, or the commander Caojiang Yamen and the car driving department of the Ming military department may not have such a fine hydrographic atlas. Stay to the west, until the section of Anqing, the subordinates can only take the county or township, Anqing to the west to Yueyang, the subordinates can only do the general situation of the river in the county. However, where can this section of the Guangzhou-class cargo ship pass, the subordinates have measured it clearly! ”

Ye Qi was also a little ashamed that he couldn't do his job, but Shouhan patted him on the shoulder, "It's okay!" It's hard work for you to be able to do this far! At least you've figured out that our ships can go straight up the Anqing River. ”

"Lord, am I the only one who comes back? What about the rest of the brothers? Didn't you say there was something big to discuss? Ye Qi calmed down a little and began to ask when his colleagues would return.

"Pei Ting will come back in the next few days, Lin Wenbing in Beijing, I wrote to him and sent him another messenger, and he will not come back!" (To be continued......)