The old man's life plan is almost the same as the biggest expectation of most ordinary Chinese old men of his age in this era for their own life - to work hard for ten years (if they are locals) or thirty years (if they are homeless), and leave a good livelihood for future generations (similar to the old man's ox and cart, or his own land).

For them, such a life is considered complete.

The old man's son seemed to have a different opinion, and the young man, who was sitting in front of the car with his eyes closed, ready to wait for his father to take over the car, suddenly interjected:

"What's the point of doing it for twenty or thirty years to leave this little thing?"

Zhang Zongzhi frowned when he said this, in his opinion, the old man's plan for life is very beautiful, and it is more in line with traditional Confucian morality.

And this young man suddenly said such a sentence, which felt a bit of a prodigal.

"I have three brothers in my family, I am the eldest, and I will save a set of car belongings with my father for a lifetime."

The young coachman pouted at Zhang Zongyi and said lightly:

"So who will this car be given to in the future? Give me? Why do my two younger brothers marry a daughter-in-law to live? To my brother? So what should I do? Two of the three brothers couldn't get their hands on the car. ”

"This ......"

Hearing this, Zhang Zong felt that there was some truth.

The old man could only save a set of possessions, but he had more than one son.

In fact, cultivated land is the same, a family earns 50 acres of their own land in a lifetime, and if they have three sons, each son will not even be able to share 20 acres in the future.

"You have to earn it on your own." Zhang Zong said: "You three brothers, each with two cows and a car, is much better than when your father started from scratch." ”

"That's right, that's what the teacher at my night school said: 'This is how we Han people have worked diligently from generation to generation, and have accumulated family business from generation to generation to develop to the present', but ah, ......"

Zhang Zong suddenly felt that the young coachman was smiling deeply.

"Our Han children and grandchildren are endless, but how can there be so many fields to feed?"

Zhang Zong and the coachman didn't know what a Malthusian trap was, but they could vaguely figure it out.

In feudal society, the increase in household registration should be a good thing, and it can be regarded as a political achievement that the emperor can show off, but there are a number of acres of land, and the population is large, and the land that each person can occupy becomes less.

Coupled with the merger of the wealthy and the exploitation of the government, it will eventually become a place where the poor have no place to stand, the court situation will be turbulent, the national strength will decline, and then the fall of a dynasty.

Zhang Zong has seen a lot of similar things in history books, and he has also had some of his own summaries and opinions.

But he didn't expect that in Huaxia, a young coachman who was still struggling for his own cattle and cart could know so clearly.

And there is a solution.

"I plan to go to Liaodong to be a pioneer."

The young coachman smiled and said to Zhang Zong:

"There are three brothers in my family, and the second brother can follow his father to catch the car, and he can inherit the family business when the time comes. The third child is in high school, and his grades are still successful, and he may have a big future in the future. ”

"They serve my father at home, and I go to Liaodong to open up, maybe I can earn a family in a few years."

That's the way the young coachman did it - colonization abroad.

"If you go to Liaodong now, you will immediately have fifty acres of land, and there is no limit to reclaiming wasteland."

The coachman said wistfully:

"A few years ago, I borrowed money from the government for rations, seeds, and farm tools, and maybe even for big cattle – this cow came from the north of the Mughuls, and they were good at pulling carts and ploughing the land."

The coachman pointed to the two big black oxen pulling the cart.

"The Mughal people have a lot of cattle, and the cattle in Liaodong are much cheaper than ours."

"In the first few years of the reclamation of the wasteland in Liaodong, there is no tax, and the loan can be repaid in three or five years, so that 50 acres of land are mine, and as long as there is a small tax every year, I can also buy a Tartar mother-in-law - the Tartar mother-in-law over there is also cheap."

Zhang Zong understood that the coachman's plan was to expand externally.

Because Huaxia opened up Liaodong, there was no one in Liaodong, and immigrants could directly divide a large piece of land in the past, and they could also snatch women and cattle from the Tartars, so he was moved.

The coachman planned to become a part of the Chinese expansion army, and then let the second brother inherit the family business, and let the third brother continue to study, so that the three brothers could have a very promising future.

The idea is good, but Zhang Zong always feels that this seems to be a bit inconsistent with the Confucian morality of benevolence and love for others.

"You go to Liaodong to explore, what do the locals live on?" Zhang Zong asked.

"Locals? You mean those tartars? The young coachman laughed and said, "Tartars are not human, they want to live, they can be slaves to me." ”

"That's going to kill a lot of people, right?"

The old coachman, who had not said a word about his son's desire to colonize, suddenly said something shocking: "Not enough killing." ”

Zhang Zong couldn't help but look at this honest handlebar style in amazement, and was speechless for a long time.

……

In May 1791, the Chinese army began to plan for war in two directions at the same time.

One of them was to set out from several forward bases in Liao Province and Ji Province to deal the final blow against the remnants of the Wanyan Zonggan army.

The other way is to the south against the pirates of Taiwan Island.

The former was mainly carried out by the army, for which the Fourth Field Army stationed in Liao Province was to dispatch an operational cluster of 12,000 field troops and 5,000 volunteer militiamen, in addition to about 50,000 men to transport supplies, and a small naval fleet and transport fleet to transport some of the troops and supplies to the vicinity of the Molong River, first expanding the original footholds there.

The number of remnants of the Wanyan Sect is not large, and it is estimated that all the old, weak, sick and disabled people who can go into battle add up to less than 8,000.

The reason why such a large number of troops was dispatched was because the imperial side intended to eliminate and deter some of the Jurchen tribes along the way, and improve the security environment for the immigration work in the two provinces.

For this reason, Xu Shiyang planned to personally conquer as the crown prince, so that he could reward or punish the Jurchen tribe on the expedition on the spot.

Correspondingly, some of the Jurchen tribes who had already taken refuge in China before were also required to send troops this time, according to the size of the tribe's population, each tribe sent 100 to 500 troops, and the total number of servant troops was expected to be 8,000.

The total number of troops at the time of departure was 76,000, and it was expected that other Jurchen tribes would join him on the way.

As for the operation against Taiwan, of course, the navy is the mainstay.

Xu Shiyang sent Sun Sheng, the secretary of the military department, to preside over the work, and Luo Haitao, Li Feihu, Li Feilong, Li Feifeng, Li Feihuang and other senior generals of the navy each led a detachment to set off.

The navy's five detachments consisted of 150 warships and transport ships with 9,000 troops, and the First Field Army of Qi Province assisted in sending 5,000 troops, 200 civilian transport ships of 5,000 men, and 2,000 Ryukyu civilians.

The total strength was 350 ships and 21,000 men.