In the final battle of the millennium empire of Byzantium, the Ottomans besieging the city, in a total of 47 days of shelling, consumed a total of 55,000 pounds of gunpowder and fired about 5,000 shells.

The Battle of Jinzhou was far less strenuous than that. After a 12-jin cannon, a 15-jin cannon and the heaviest 20-jin cannon were transported to the Jinzhou battlefield, it took only three days for the Qi army to blast open the strongest shell of Jinzhou City.

"Fire!"

In the artillery position on the south bank of the Xiaoling River, more than 20 large-caliber heavy guns were lined up, spewing out scorching fury.

The smallest cannon here is also a twelve-pound cannon, and the cannonballs excited are not three or four times more powerful than the cannons of the three-catty cannon and the five-catty cannon, but a qualitative change.

No matter how much the Jinzhou city wall was thickened, the shells of more than ten catties or twenty catties hit it. With the bullet point as the center, the walls of a small chamber burst into cracks like spider webs. The crushed earth fell like raindrops, and the cannonballs could be embedded in the wall more than half a foot deep.

No matter how strong the old city is, it can't stop such encroachment. What's more, it is Jinzhou City, which is reinforced inside and outside on the basis of the original city defense, and the thick city wall does not look like a whole, but only a piece of plywood.

Yelu Ma Wu personally led his troops across the river, and the Qi army poured into the city like a tidal wave along the gap in the collapsed wall.

The sound of Jinzhou City shouting and killing shook the sky, puffs of black smoke fluttered over the city, the city lit an open fire, the streets and alleys were filled with the cries of the city people, and the golden soldiers in groups resisted bravely, but the collapse of the city wall was not trivial for the trauma of the defenders' hearts, and the encouragement of the Qi army on the besieging side was even more powerful. The Jin army resisted valiantly, but it could not resist the strength of the Qi army no matter what.

The helpless Jin soldiers could only set fire to the streets and houses to hinder the Qi army.

When the Qi army extinguished the open fire in front of them, the Jin army in the front line had already reorganized the military columns. But can it be resisted?

More than a dozen figures rushed out of the ranks of the Qi army, they worked in pairs, carrying tiger squatting cannons and firing fiercely at the layers of Jin troops on the opposite side, and a stream of blood arrows sprayed out, and the queue of Jin soldiers collapsed again, or turned around and fled with howls, or rushed around with their heads in a chaotic manner. The heavy armored soldiers of the Qi army on the opposite side took the opportunity to attack and kill, isn't it as easy as the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves?

Yelu Mawu, whose eyes were full of bloodshots, stood on the south city wall of Jinzhou, looking at the scene in front of him with a cruel smile, and most of the people standing around him were the generals in his old Japanese army.

But the Jinzhou Jin Army's guard, after finishing his face and silver skills, and the marshal of the right capital who came to help, didn't drink it, and his face was all iron-blue. The group of soldiers in front of them is not more numerous than the defenders in the city, but their tactics are flexible, they cooperate tacitly, and intrigues and tricks emerge one after another. At a distance, there are shields to resist arrows and crossbows, and when they are close, they use small cannons to open the way, and they frequently throw thunderbolts from the rear.

There are still a lot of golden soldiers in the city, but they can't resist at all.

If so, the Battle of Jinzhou came to an end briskly.

The forces trapped in crossing the river were limited, and the cavalry was even more limited, and Hu Yanzhuo and Yelu Ma Wu did not dare to let go of the pursuit. What's more, the Jin soldiers also set fire to the city when they retreated, and the Qi army had to put out the fire, so the battle in Jinzhou was not very traumatic to the Jin soldiers.

The significance of this battle was that the Qi army opened the door to attack Liaodong by land.

When the war report of Jinzhou reported the victory to Emperor Lu, it was also sent to Lu Qian with the secret report of the Espionage Department, but after returning to Liaoyang Mansion with sticky drinks and silverware, he was heavily reprimanded by Ah Guda. Sticky and silversmithing are Jurchen nobles, and fortunately, many of their Khitan and Liaodong Han generals were directly deprived of military power. Soon, Wang Bolong was also reprimanded by Ah Guda for something.

The Espionage Division believes that their 'pretending to be obscured' strategy has paid off.

Lu Qian raised his eyebrows, he didn't have a good impression of Wang Bolong, and of course he didn't have a bad impression. In his previous life, he didn't even know there was such a person. The Espionage Department wanted to use Wang Bolong as an introduction to force Yelu Yu to comply, and Emperor Lu agreed to it. As for whether this will cause Wang Bolong to suffer, he doesn't care at all.

A well-known Han general in the Jin army, he only knows one Han Chang. Who is Wang Bolong?

Therefore, this Wang Bolong should die. Regardless of whether he deserves to die or not, he cast the Jurchen horizontally and vertically, then he will not be wronged to die in the eyes of Emperor Lu.

This is also due to the fact that Emperor Lu is a historical novice, and a bottle is less than half a bottle dangling, otherwise, I don't know how many people will be remembered by him in the bottom of his heart. Just like that Liu Yu, don't look at the current people and still be beautiful, but such a position has come to an end.

But these are small things for the whole country. In the Xuande Pavilion, in the current Lu Qi court, the weight of the Xuande Pavilion is getting heavier and heavier. In the early days, the government affairs that had to be handled in the Wuying Hall of the Wenhua Hall were now moved to the Xuande Pavilion by Emperor Lu.

Li Ying, who replaced Hu Cheng as the transfer envoy, walked over with a thick stack of account books and said, "Your Majesty, this is the file obtained from the clean-up of local inferior gentry and tyrants in Fujian and Guangdong provinces. ”

The two places in Fujian and eastern Guangdong, which had long been taken by the Qi army, had only now been preliminarily dealt with with the inheritance of the local inferior gentry and tycoons. Because the land of Fujian was originally controlled by the Fang La army?

According to his regulations, the local inferior gentry raped the merchants' property and disposed of it in three parts, one into the local government, one into the provincial treasury, and finally into the national treasury, and some treasures inside, that is, could not be used as money, were charged into the emperor's internal funds.

The gentry, the rich, and the rich and the rich in the Fujian region were all given to Manichaeism by Emperor Lu as a reward for the southward march of the Fang La tribe. The latter suffered a worse tragic situation than that of eastern Yuedong, which was personally attacked by the Qi army. Just like the scenes of Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhejiang Road, even Manichaeism scavenged more carefully. Because this is their last 'turf'.

Therefore, when Emperor Lu took over the province, there were not a few big families on the surface.

Taking Fujian as an example, after the Manichaean army swept away, it was like a high-power tractor, and the deep ravine pulled out can be said to have completely destroyed the original social form.

But those big houses can be swept away, their floating wealth can be plundered by the Manichaean army, and even the Manichaean army has robbed a lot of people, but they can't take away the land, real estate, and flour shops.

Naturally, the big families in Fujian, the gentry and the powerful, etc., people can also escape. Many of those who fled were gone, and many of those who worked hard to escape the catastrophe did not dare to return to their nests afterwards.

In these years, it is natural for rabbits not to eat the grass by the nest, but there are not a few rabbits who only eat the grass by the nest. How dare some sinful gentry rape businessmen go back and die?

Only a small number of people who really have no bad deeds will return to their original places, but it is not "I, Hu Hansan, are back again". The Lu Qi government is the ruler of everything, and after determining its identity, it will give the property back, or a certain percentage of the real estate. But there are few people in this group after all.

And being plagued like this by Fang Lajun, the entire market in Fujian can be said to be very cold. Taking Quanzhou as an example, in a huge city, when the Qi army took over the power, the market was deserted, and there were no shops on the street. It is impossible to see that this is one of the most prosperous maritime trade centers in the south.

Therefore, how to restore the people's livelihood of Lu Qi, who took back the power of Fujian, is the top priority of the governance of Fujian by the government of the new dynasty. Even if many of the big maritime merchants who fled to eastern Guangdong one step earlier, or went straight to Luqi, returned to their lair, their number is still small. And the whole "fruit" to be processed is extremely rich.

Those ownerless storefronts and properties are now all owned by the government, and they are all owned by Lu Qi.

The acres of land are to be leased, and they cannot be counted as money, but the shop property is a good income.

Maritime merchants have money, but their money is a drop in the bucket for a large number of storefronts in coastal cities. Although the shops that were really manipulated by the Department of Transport, the Ministry of Households, the State Administration of Taxation and the banks were only the stores in the state and provincial capitals of the two places, and the power to deal with them at the county level was directly given to the local government, it was also a complicated and huge matter.

The Transit Department and the Ministry of Households, supplemented by the State Administration of Taxation and the Bank, worked together for more than a year in Fujian and eastern Guangdong, and only then did the whole matter be preliminarily handled, that is, the storefrontage of the important city in his hand was sold out on the fifth or sixth floor.

Lu Qian took the file, didn't bother to read it, turned directly to the back, looked at the total, and couldn't help but open his eyes wide even though he had already prepared in his heart. Those maritime merchants and ordinary peddlers who dared to take risks really borrowed a lot of money.

Fortunately, such a large sum of money is just handed over to the right hand for Lu Qiyan, and there is no need to really take it out, otherwise the imperial court will have to print money wildly.

Raiding the house and destroying the door is indeed the only way for the emperor to make a fortune. I don't know why, Emperor Lu thought of He Shen directly, and thought of a sentence that circulated later, "The gentry fell, and Jiaqing was full." "That's right.

It's not that he hasn't copied his home, and the Liangshan Army can be developed because he has the power to copy his family and eat a big family, but he came from one state and one county before, and the impact is naturally not as strong as it is now, and the windfall is far less than it is now. The reason mentioned earlier is that Emperor Lu's attitude towards the gentry is to "cure the sick and save people" - the rotten part is to be cut off, while Manichaeism is cutting the grass and eradicating the roots. The difference in attitude between the two makes the benefits very different.

What's more, China's current foreign trade policy is even more open, and coastal states and counties are beneficial, and the prices of shops in coastal cities in Fujian and eastern Guangdong have naturally increased a lot. Even if the government deals with shop properties at a discount, it can make up for some of it. Imagine how much silver can be exchanged in Fuzhou and Quanzhou alone?

Moreover, Emperor Lu was in pursuit of cash earlier, even food and cloth, and the shops and real estate in his hands were sold at a reduced price, just because in the early days of the expansion of the regime, the consumption of funds and property was too much. But now that he has abundant finances, he can cash in and harvest slowly. Then the benefits are even greater.

"Yes, Li Qing, it's been hard these days." Emperor Lu is very satisfied with the Sky Fighting Eagle, this guy is worthy of being a person who can turn from a heroic man in the green forest to a powerful landlord, and he is responsible for the transfer of money, grain, and straw, which is very suitable. Although the court is not short of money at the moment, Lu Qian's mood is naturally happy to receive such a big gift.

"Your Majesty is falsely praised. This merit is mostly in Huzhongcheng, and the minister just did his part. Li Ying hurriedly said humbly. He was the transfer envoy who succeeded Hu Cheng after his successive appointments, and Hu Chengcheng was already doing it long before he took over the transfer department of Fujian and Guangdong. It can even be said that the most difficult part has been completed, and Li Ying has purely picked up a credit. It can be said that it took a big advantage of Hu Cheng.

Although he took over halfway, it took a lot of energy to get familiar with and operate the store without twists and turns, but Li Ying must be modest, right? Ren Hu Cheng is one of the emperor's cheap brothers.

Putting down the file in his hand, Lu Qian asked, "It is said that the three feudal clans in the south have spent a lot of money to take the opportunity to acquire shops?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. The three princes all had a lot of cash in their hands, and took out some of it to buy the store, just saying that it was a sale. "The shops in Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou and other places don't need to be operated after they are bought, and they will be put aside for three or five years, and the investment will be earned back.

Although Li Ying has never been to the southeast, he has been to Dengzhou and Jiaozhou, and the shops and real estate in the two places are not just rolling in the past.

In China, which is undergoing great social changes, there are countless ways to make a fortune. If you have capital in your hands, you can earn it back in the same way. For the three feudatories, he could only say that the three of Fang La had made a good deal.

Lu Qian felt a little headache, and he subconsciously felt that this was the three feudal clans burying him. Unfortunately, it's hard to get a grip on this. Moreover, the country has changed, and the local order has just been organized from chaos, and if the three feudatories want to bury the shadows, they don't know how much they have been quietly buried.

"Are the ships of the Ryukyu immigrants and the Goryeo immigrants in contact?" Emperor Lu asked another thing in a blink of an eye that didn't match him at all, but this matter still fell under the jurisdiction of the Transshipment Division.