After the messenger to Qingzhou set off, Mo Ming suddenly found himself idle. The six ships of the navy have already carried a large number of personnel and supplies to the port of Rishiri Island, and the next time they come to Yantai, it will be almost a month before the port thaws. Today, five large dry docks have been built in the port of Yuanmarari on Rishiri Island, which can accommodate five ships for maintenance at the same time, which was a key project under the original management of the Blackwater Pioneer Team, and almost everyone on Rishiri Island has invested in the construction of docks, breakwaters, and docks. And at present, the project is still expanding, because in the future, the only ice-free port in the Blackwater region is bound to have more and more ships wintering, and if the dock and berths are not increased, it is likely to delay the efficiency of transporting migrants.

The tiny island of Rishiri could not withstand too many outsiders, so in addition to cultivating 2,500 acres of dry land on the island, the people on the east coast built the most facilities such as warehouses, temporary living houses, and water reservoirs. Every year in winter, the small islands in the Sea of Japan, which are relatively quiet during the summer season, come alive with life. A large number of Ming people who had been transferred from Heishui and Dabo gathered at this time, waiting for the ships to transport them to unknown distances. Of course, this is also the most tense time for the military and police, when a large crowd gathers in one place, and one bad thing is the end of riots, so every year at this time of year, some armed forces are transferred from Sakhalin to deter any lawbreakers.

With the exception of Rishiri Island, the East Coast is now home to the largest number of people living in Yantai. Among them, more than 20,000 people have been resettled in the Zhifu Island area north of Yantai Fort, while there are still 4,000 people on Kongtong Island, which is the largest immigrant settlement. With so many people, winter naturally doesn't make them huddle in makeshift cabins with nothing to do. In addition to participating in some language and discipline studies every once in a while. They do the most work. It is to use the storage of building materials on the zài pier to build coastal defense forts, land defense fortresses, lighthouses, roads, military camps, warehouses and other facilities on Zhifu Island north of Yantai Fort. Of course, the necessary dwellings are also among the buildings, but only after all the above facilities are built.

The construction of Yantai Fortress is a long-term project, and the main castle has been completed, and some buildings in the castle are in the final form. It will take more than half a year to complete the supporting facilities such as the Zhifu Island Fort Area, Kongtong Island Fort Area, Wharf Area, and Resettlement Area. When all this is completed, the entire port of Yantai will become the premier fortress port in the Far East, and will be intimidated by enemies both on shore and at sea.

After inspecting the work of Yantai Fortress during this time, Mo Ming, who was extremely bored, pulled out the standing team and the military team for training. The food of the soldiers on the east coast was not bad. The polenta is full at every meal, and they are served with oily salted fish, and they can catch some meat to eat when they are slaughtering livestock, so they are quite good enough to train outdoors in the cold winter months.

The detachment suffered considerable losses in the previous battle, with nearly 200 casualties before and after, but this time the people from the east coast selected some of the soldiers who were good in the squad and added them to the squadron, so that the size of the contingent in Yantai once again reached 2,000 men.

This time, the team followed the main force of the army to fight, and the table xiàn along the way was quite qualified. In particular, several of these squadrons. The fighting enthusiasm is high, and the will is tenacious. Dare to fight, Mo Ming decided to change the three squadrons collectively. 750 spears were drawn from some of the weapons brought by the transport ship in October and distributed to the three squadrons. If they are as good as ever, then they will be issued with sabers and armor.

Just when the people on the east coast started the winter training, the neighboring city of Dengzhou had a new change. Yang Wei, the deputy commander-in-chief of the city, was a little shaken by the repeated surrender of Chen Jin, the governor of Denglai, and some wealthy merchants and gentry officials in the city also had a positive attitude towards surrendering to the Manchus, so Yang Wei, who originally had more than 7,000 soldiers under his hands, has recently become more active. He was originally a bandit, and was later appeased by Zeng Hualong, the previous governor of Denglai, and since then he has served the Ming Dynasty. But who knew that this Zeng Futai quietly fled with the Jiaozhou Governor in the south, and the civil and military officials in Dengzhou City, who were left behind the enemy, looked at each other.

In fact, Chen Jin had already come to surrender once with the support of Ke Yongsheng's army, and most of the officials in Dengzhou City wanted to open it, and the Ming Dynasty didn't want us anymore, so we simply voted for the big liquidation. I heard that the Qing Dynasty not only recognized the official position and fame of the Ming Dynasty, but even repeatedly made it clear that the Ming people were not forced to shave their hair. Although Chen Jin himself has shaved his hair, he is a Han Baqi, and he is different from everyone since Long Zao. And didn't Fang Futai in Jinan also say that he doesn't shave his hair! Even the official uniform is still wearing the Daming set, as long as the heart is in the Qing Dynasty.

The conditions are so generous, so what are you waiting for? If it's late, maybe Chen Futai will be unhappy, and everyone will go home in the future, so it's a fart! Therefore, the undisciplined civil officials and officials in Dengzhou City are clamoring to surrender, but the strange thing is that Yang Weiyang, who was originally a bandit, has a little more discipline than them, and he is unwilling to surrender! Or that he is reluctant to descend for the time being, and seems to be still waiting to see the wind.

! What are you looking forward to at this time? Could it be that the mud-legged and Jiangyang thieves in Qingzhou City, led by Zhao Yingyuan, a pseudo-obedient remnant, will succeed? Don't laugh, if they can succeed, won't the yellow-clothed thieves on the east coast be able to hit Shenyang? Well, when it comes to the yellow-clothed Haikou on the east coast, everyone has a toothache, which of the gentry in Dengzhou City has not been exploited and blackmailed by them, and which one has not been robbed by them? It's really a thief, and it's the same way to go against it, no wonder he will be the defense envoy of Ninghai, and sooner or later he will be swept away by the Qing Dynasty.

However, no matter how angry, entangled, and painful the civil officials and gentlemen in Dengzhou City are, if Lord Yang Wei, who holds the handle of the knife, does not surrender, they have no choice but to persuade them on the side, hoping that Lord Yang will figure it out sooner or later, and then take everyone to surrender comfortably to my Daqing, and it will also be able to save everyone's future. The civil officials calculated well, but I didn't expect that a while ago, the king of my Qing Dynasty suffered a big defeat under Anqiu City, and now the shape of Shandong is delicate again.

For example, the landlord Xiangyong armed forces led by Liu Hongqi and Xu Dingguo, the commanders-in-chief, bullied the local small Dashun armed forces with superior forces, and from time to time there were good news, such as recovering a certain place today, killing a certain puppet official tomorrow, and defeating "tens of thousands of puppet troops" the day after tomorrow, and so on. Naturally, these news will also spread to neighboring Shandong and other places, although the local gentry know at a glance that there is a lot of water in these so-called good news, for example, according to what the good news says, the number of puppet Shun troops killed by the Nanming army has exceeded 300,000 people, how is this possible! However, it is also a fact that these local township warriors in Henan have won some battles, although they are all innocuous small battles, but they also make a little wave in their hearts. The Qing army also entered the customs several times back then, and it was also overwhelming, but in the end they all retreated, maybe this time it was the same? You see that they can't even clean up the gang of East Coast pirates, but they lose their troops and lose their generals, and I heard that even Zhang Ruxing, who was named a deputy general, was killed in the army, which is really shocking. If this Qing Dynasty continues like this, I am afraid that I will really have to make plans early.

However, the only thing that makes people feel a little regrettable is that these victories in Henan were not fought by the four towns of Jiangbei, the division of the imperial court, but were completed by the local township brave forces in Henan, which made them a little worried. The regular army of the imperial court is so weak that it is not as good as the village bravery.

And this battle also caused an uproar among the various armed leaders in Qingzhou City. After the Qing army ran out of food and retreated, the leaders, leaders, and alliance leaders of all walks of life who had exhausted the external troubles began to debate the next move. Some people advocated taking advantage of the opportunity of the Qing army's withdrawal to make trouble in the vast countryside of Shandong, while others advocated going east to Dengzhou to join the people on the east coast, and of course more people still advocated staying in Qingzhou. Although Zhao Yingyuan is the convener of this anti-Qing action, his prestige is like that, he can't suppress these gossiping heroes from all walks of life, so he can only selectively win over some people who are closer to his ideas.

Zhao Yingyuan is still a little ambitious to be honest, which can be seen from his forcible support of King Heng. However, this person's will is not resolute enough, the Qing army is strong and wants to surrender, if the Qing army is weak, he will disdain it, who can look down on him for this kind of rebellious person? When the Qing army caught it, it was estimated that it was a chop, this kind of person was ambitious and talented, he had no ability, and he couldn't recognize the shape in front of him, and it was only a matter of time before he was defeated. I heard that he was also contacting Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty stationed in the Jianghuai area, recently, and it seemed that he was planning to find a position in Nanming.

But he didn't want to think about it, he had already established King Heng, and then hooked up with Nanming of King Fu's family, no matter how you look at it, this is all done by people with abnormal brains. It's no wonder that when Zhao Yingyuan wanted to support King Heng, people refused to agree, this person is really unreliable! If Nan Ming really promised you any title and military position, the premise is that you send King Heng to Nanjing, do you agree or not? If you agree, then how will King Heng deal with himself, and if you don't agree, Nan Ming will obviously not give you a good look, this kind of logical confusion and inconsistency will only be done by a vulgar martial artist like Zhao Yingyuan, whose political ability is infinitely close to zero, and it will not make the people around him cold. (To be continued......)