Although the transportation is cut off, but at this time the Qinghe River is still very prosperous, on the wharf is full of ships coming from the south to the north, perhaps the Qing Lu still occupies Shandong, Henan, but can not cut off the Yellow River and the shipping on the canal, and even sometimes, the centipede ship of the loyal army will be from the newly captured Xuzhou, all the way along the river north to the hinterland of Henan, a few cannons are fired like a demonstration, in order to ensure that the Yellow River shipping is not cut off by the Qing captive. As a result, goods from the north and south can still be sold through the Qinghe River.

Zhu Mingzhong, who was on the ship, looked at the dock thoughtfully when the ship left the dock, half a month ago, the dock was suddenly deserted because of the news of the Qing captives, and now, with the victory in the battle of Suqian, it is lively again.

Commoners...... Always!

Slightly frowning, Zhu Mingzhong's face was still pale with serious injuries, although the loyal army won the battle of Suqian, but the price was not undeniably heavy, the whole army suffered more than 20,000 casualties, among which the most elite heavy armor soldiers were killed and wounded more than half, which can be said to be a great injury.

Although with the prestige of the battle of Suqian, the loyal and righteous army even went down to Xuzhou and Fengyang, but the loyal and righteous army, which was greatly injured, was unable to continue to go north, and even could not send troops to Luzhou, Tuzhou and other places in the north of the river, so it could only send envoys to surrender, but with the great victory of Suqian, the prefectures and counties such as Luzhou and Tuzhou all surrendered after hearing the wind, and now the Jiangbei has been governed by the Jianghuai Economic Strategy.

But despite this, Zhu Mingzhong still couldn't laugh, after all, the casualties of the Loyal and Righteous Army were too heavy.

"Jinglu, in fact, under his subordinates, since this green battalion has been surrendered, you can directly fill it in the army and enrich our army, after all, it is also a Han ...... in the end."

Again, looking at the thoughtful envoy, Zhang Guojiu, who went south with him, spoke and persuaded him.

After the victory in Suqian, although the loyal and righteous army suffered heavy casualties, it captured a lot, not to mention the thousands of Tartars who were beheaded by the Yellow River, only 30,000 green battalion soldiers in Beizhili, Shandong and other places, and nearly 10,000 Shanxi military merchants and laborers, which was a potential help for the loyal and righteous army, and it was precisely because of this that Zhang Guojiu hoped to enrich these prisoners in the army.

Before Zhang Guojiu finished speaking, Zhu Mingzhong snorted coldly,

"Han Chinese? They deserve it too! ”

The pale face instantly turned into a frost.

"They are also worthy of being Han Chinese? If these traitors are soft, how can Zhu be worthy of the soldiers who died in my loyal army? Did those traitors be soft when they killed the soldiers of my loyal army? If you don't kill them, Zhu will be benevolent and righteous! ”

For traitors, the most severe punishment must be imposed! Otherwise, how can we warn the world? What's more, for those traitors, Zhu Mingzhong has other uses.

After a slight rebuttal, Zhang Guojiu tried to ask again.

"Then, those traders and people, none of them are in the army, can they be returned, many of them are willing to give money to redeem themselves, because of the many casualties in the army, the need for a lot of pensions, if they can be made to redeem themselves with silver, I think it can solve the current financial dilemma of the government......"

Zhang Guojiu's mouth of the merchant man, is the captured army traders, his words made Zhu Mingzhong's mind sink, in the past he only knew that the Jin merchants betrayed the country, but never knew that the Qing army marched to fight, the logistics supply completely relied on the Jin merchants, tens of thousands of Jin Province merchants to provide grain and grass for them, and buy their "booty", among those booty, there were thousands of women and children along the way.

"They are indeed not the soldiers of the Qinglu Green Battalion, but if they are not abused without their help, how can the Qinglu have no worries, such despicable people, how can the silver redeemed by themselves be clean, and they are all stained with the blood and tears of the Han people in my world! Such profiteers and villains, how can they be let go and let them continue to help and abuse! This matter is not to be mentioned again! ”

"But after a while, now these tens of thousands of captives are neither killed nor used, is it possible to be so idle?"

Zhang Guojiu's tone was a little helpless, after all, these people were consuming a lot of food every day, and they couldn't be idle in the camp.

"They think beautifully!"

Knowing that if he didn't come up with a way to settle the captives, these captives would become hidden dangers, Zhu Mingzhong said directly.

"At present, the Qingjiang Shipyard is building 500 and 1,000 seagoing vessels, and I am ready to colonize them in northern Taiwan......"

Taiwan?

Noticing the doubts in Zhang Guojiu's eyes, Zhu Mingzhong explained.

"Taiwan is a large island located hundreds of miles overseas opposite Fujian, and except for a few Shengbo, only the southern part of the island has a fortress built by the Dutch, and its northern part is full of wilderness and mountains and forests, and there is no one else except Shengbo. I am ready to let these captives go to Taiwan to pioneer and breed ......"

This was the first time that Zhu Mingzhong had expressed his idea of colonizing Taiwan to outsiders, and colonizing Taiwan was only the first step towards the sea. Of course, for Chinese civilization, it is also a guarantee.

"Taiwan has summer all year round, rice can produce three crops a year, and with these tens of thousands of laborers reclaiming famine in Taiwan, when the time comes, Taiwan's rice grain can be used to supplement military needs, so that the burden of the people in Jiangbei can be reduced......

Although he knew that Taiwan was more suitable for the development of the sugar industry, Zhu Mingzhong knew very well that for the people in the government office now, grain was a matter that they could more understand, and it was easier for people to accept tens of thousands of prisoners to go to the fields to grow grain.

"Taiwan?"

Although he did not know where Taiwan was on the sea, Zhang Guojiu still understood the meaning of the envoy from his words.

"Jinglu, do you mean to exile these captives to overseas islands and make them settle on the islands?"

Although there has never been anyone in the history books in the overseas Tuntian, but the Tuntian is endlessly in the history books, even in the Ming Dynasty, the nine sides of the Shangtun because of the salt law to open the system and the prosperity of the Shangtun has also flourished for a while, and even if it is not for the salt law to open the system was abolished, the Shangtun will collapse, and the price of grain here will rise to a sky-high price.

"If this is the case, it can also save the people of Jiangbei, but from the perspective of subordinates, it is better to reclaim the land in Taiwan than to reclaim the famine in Jiangbei, so that you can get food on the spot, and the familiar land will also be rewarded to the soldiers in the army......"

Almost subconsciously, Zhang Guojiu saw the benefits of these tens of thousands of laborers in Jiangbei, not to mention that these tens of thousands of laborers are more than millions of acres a year, so that not only the government can get grain from it, but also the wasteland that has been opened up can also be rewarded to the soldiers.

"After all, the casualties in my loyal and righteous army in this battle are very heavy, and most of the casualties are two Huai stove Ding, although the army gives compensation to the casualties, but after all, the compensation is only temporary, if you can reward the families of the casualties in the field, you will be able to set the soldiers in the army to be single-minded, so that the soldiers in the loyal and righteous army are not fully grateful for the grace of Tian!"