In the past two years, although the Fujian coastal defense guerrilla battalion of Long Wu and Zheng Zhilong did not openly fight, Zheng Zhilong's group suffered a lot of hidden losses and lost many warships and merchant ships.

The credibility of the Zheng pirate group has been slapped in the face due to the disappearance of dozens or hundreds of ships flying the Zheng family's flag that paid protection fees, and now they can't be fat.

In the past few years, the Zheng family, which had a lot of money, gradually failed to make ends meet, and Zheng Zhilong needed to pay for his old money to be able to support his 30,000 or 40,000 horses.

The bandit group is a virtue, and the foundation of cooperation is based on the ability to make a fortune together, and now the situation has taken a turn for the worse, and there are not a few leaders in the Eighteen Zhi.

Zheng Zhilong gave Xiong Wencan a large gift, trying to talk to the general of the conquest, so that the two sides could sit down and negotiate the distribution of the benefits of the Nanyang trade calmly.

But Xiong Wencan is a big man with a high IQ, and he has a great ability to fool others, and there is no possibility of being fooled by Zheng Zhilong, and the gifts are all accepted according to the order, and the matter is not done.

Xiong Wencan served as the governor of Fujian for four or five years, successfully fooled the Zheng Zhilong group to defect to the Ming Dynasty, and defeated many pirates in the South China Sea.

He has been an official in Fujian and Guangdong for many years, and he is one of the spokesmen of maritime business, and he gets so much filial piety every year, and how he doesn't know the huge profits that Zheng Zhilong earns every year.

How strong was the general who promised to capture Pingliao for five years, and how much money and food was needed? With such a big interest in maritime trade, the "Red Flag Army" has been involved, and it is obvious that it has gained the upper hand, otherwise how would Zheng Zhilong bow his head and seek political negotiations?

Xiong Wencan, who is old and refined, can be the icing on the cake, and it is impossible to send charcoal in the snow, so he will not do anything after receiving Zheng Zhilong's gift.

He was at ease and thought that the filial piety given by Zheng Zhilong was what he deserved.

Xiong Wencan knew that because he gave Zheng Zhilong an official position when he was the governor of Fujian, and spared no effort to support his warships and artillery, Zheng Zhilong became the overlord of the South Seas, and the profits he earned were not more than tens of millions of taels of silver.

On one side is the general of the current dynasty who has outstanding merits and a strong army, and is a powerful minister who can bargain with the emperor.

On the other side was a lowly pirate leader Zheng Zhilong, the reason why the imperial court recruited him was because he needed stability in the south to face the Jiannu, and convicted Zheng Zhilong of plundering Fujian and Guangdong coasts and killing tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty.

The little pirate-born coastal defense guerrillas did not know how to accept it when they saw it, and when they couldn't defeat the Long Wu Naval Division, they actually came up with the idea of negotiating with the general of the conquest to divide the interests of the South Seas, is it possible that this kind of negotiation will be reciprocal?

Xiong Wencan was not confused, and it was a humiliation for himself to try in vain to make the Long Wushui Master give up the benefits of millions of taels of silver a year and take advantage of the Zheng Zhilong Group.

Moreover, the general of the conquest has the heavy task of eliminating Dongnu, and he is the Liaodong civil and military double strategy of Jinshi and the first, emotionally speaking, Xiong Wencan also has to stand on the side of the Longwu Water Division.

Zheng Zhilong waited and couldn't wait for the following, and he would not be able to bear it, and if he didn't explode in silence, he would perish in silence.

If he didn't try to defeat the Long Wu Shui Division, the Zheng family would be marginalized and forced into a corner, and Zheng Zhilong had to strengthen his training with the intention of duel with the Long Wu Water Division.

Eliminating all the pirates and the power of the Xiyi States in the South Seas was one of the main tasks of the Longwu Naval Division, and Zheng Yiguan did not choose to surrender and let him perish.

When Huang Kezao and Huang Yi led the fleet to Nagasaki, they had already contacted Li Dan's son Li Guozhu, whose home port was in the Goto Islands, and the two armies had joined forces to destroy a pirate's lair, seizing a number of real money and silver, and capturing dozens of warships and merchant ships.

Seeing the strong ships and guns of the Longwu Naval Division, and seeing with his own eyes the ability of the Marine Corps of the Naval Division, Li Guozhu had already decided to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and swore allegiance to the captured general.

The value of the precious metals confiscated by Huang Sifang has exceeded 20 million taels of silver, and this number is still growing as it continues to deepen, and the acres of land obtained have exceeded 5 million mu.

The merchants of this era made money without exception and chose to buy land, and it is not an exaggeration for the merchants of the Great Jin Dynasty to have thousands of acres of fertile land.

The land contradiction at the end of the Ming Dynasty not only existed in the forcible seizure by officials, but also had nothing to do with the large purchase and annexation of fertile land by these merchants.

The twin scourges of Jiannu and Liukou led to a sharp decline in Shanxi's population, and Huang Han accepted some of it to be sent to southern Liaoning to make equipment for the occupation of Korea, and the land output here should be able to feed the existing population.

Huang Han confiscated the private land and grain of the Jin merchants and the civil and military generals who accepted bribes from the Jin merchants to participate in smuggling and became protective umbrellas, and would not hand them over to the imperial court.

Grain is used to settle war refugees, and acres of land are directly counted as military production, and the military family of the garrison is arranged to be cultivated in the mode of military cantonment.

In principle, 50 acres per household should be distributed, and since the "Red Banner Army" has been involved in Shanxi, it will have done a good job, and even if the troops are withdrawn, they will leave some men and horses to deter them.

At the very least, it is necessary to let the effect of Anmintuntian be reflected, so that millions of soldiers and civilians under the management of the "Red Banner Army" can get their hands on the harvest next autumn, so that these people can experience the joy of harvest.

Only by doing so can we confirm that these Shanxi and Xuanda soldiers and civilians will not change to Liukou for the time being, and will these people sincerely recognize the "Red Banner Army".

The people of the "Red Banner Army" system in Yongping Prefecture have long received orders to raise a large number of seedlings at the beginning of spring.

It is not only necessary to make potato and sweet potato seedlings meet the needs of the system, but also to prepare 3 million acres of seedlings for Shanxi.

Huang Han never engaged in apportionment, and followed the market economy. The order was to agree on the amount of seedlings to be raised, and then in the form of purchases, and the people who raised the seedlings should not only be unable to suffer losses if they put in more labor, but should also be able to earn more silver.

In this era, the harvest of two acres of land in the north was not enough to feed one adult man, but one acre of potatoes could feed two adult men.

In the spring, it is imperative to vigorously promote new crops in Shanxi, at least planting potatoes on half of the acres of land that he has obtained from fighting profiteers and corrupt officials.

With a small part of the population, planting potatoes, sweet potatoes, and maize can greatly increase grain yields per acre, and it will not be a problem to solve hunger next autumn.

The "Red Banner Army" arrested tens of thousands of people, organized tens of thousands of Ming troops to retrain, and almost detained all the magistrates in Shanxi.

Huang Han came prepared, controlled the passes leading from Shanxi to Beijing, and relied on the "Red Banner Army" to provide food to more than 3 million ordinary people.

This number is still increasing, and that is because the common people who went up to the mountains and into the forests to escape the war learned that the Jiannu and Tartars had retreated and returned home one after another.