Chapter 527: Zhangzhou Mansion

If you simply look at the people's livelihood on the streets of Zhangzhou City, you can't tell that this is a city occupied by foreign races, the shops are open as usual, the carts and horses pulling goods walk slowly on the streets of the city, and the inland rivers in the city are crowded with fortune boats full of grain.

The common people walked down the street without any panic, and the situation was no different from before, and many of them seemed to be doing better than before.

As for the signs of occupation by the Spaniards, you can see the construction site in full swing when you walk outside the city, or in Zhangzhou Bay, where many young and middle-aged people are busy, and if there are not white soldiers standing next to them with guns watching, you will think that this is a government project.

In this hotter area, earthworks are now easier, and the outer city and some fortress bunkers are already beginning to take shape. In the past, the Zhangzhou Mansion wanted to build a nullah from Zhangzhou to Changle Bay, and transferred the husband and servant Ding Zhuang, and worked with great fanfare for more than a year, and the channel was dug for three miles.

The government does everything at all levels, and those Ding Zhuang servants all leave their family work to suffer here, and no one is willing to work hard.

However, since the Spaniards came, no one wanted to participate in the project outside the city, although it was said that the price was clearly marked, and the money was given according to the earthwork.

For a while, Zhangzhou City was miserable and miserable, the cry shook the sky, Zhangzhou City was so close to the sea, and the deeds on the sea, these people all understood, thinking that after their men were captured, they were sold elsewhere as slaves, and there was still a possibility of coming back.

Fortunately, there was no one in the city to incite trouble, which was what made the nervous Yang Shi put his mind at ease, he was already in the inner city of the occupation army where the original prefect was located, gathered soldiers, and was ready to go out to suppress it at any time, fortunately, under the coercion of foreigners' guns and knives and guns, no one was willing to resist.

It is the facts that are the most convincing, these people sat tremblingly for a day's work under the guidance of the overseers on the first day, and even when they were called over for dinner at noon, these people gathered together and did not dare to go over, for fear of being tricked into selling piglets on the boat.

The day ended with such intimidation and intimidation, and in it was indispensable for the Spaniards to have a mess with sticks and whips, and when it was too dark, it was a miserable scene, and many of the families of the workers in the city tried their best to go out of the city to say goodbye to their families, for fear that this would be goodbye.

Of course, the result was very unexpected, although it was not good, but whether it was those foreign devils or those pirates in Guangdong, they actually paid their wages according to the pre-agreement, and then rushed back to Zhangzhou City like a duck, saying a thousand ways and ten thousand.

The image of the Spanish occupation army has suddenly become taller, these years the official family let people work, have money, have food, this kind of good thing to look for there, when the officials of Zhangzhou Mansion caught Ding to repair the canal last year, several people because they offended them, and they were forced to die with whips. What is this stick?

Of course, the common people are very suspicious, for fear that this is some kind of conspiracy of foreign devils, but after a month of trembling, they can get paid every day, eat lunch and dinner every day, and then return to the city, isn't it just working under the sun! After earning money, can't you endure this hardship?

A month later, the place opened by foreigners to recruit laborers was already crowded with people, and the title was changed from foreign devils to foreigners.

Everyone is willing to go to the construction site outside the city or the newly built wharf in Zhangzhou Bay to work, these foreigners give full money, and take care of food, as long as they are obedient and willing to work, they will not be beaten, the shops and workshops in the city, although they are also normal business, but these people have their own partners, and there is no need to recruit more people, at this time, a few projects after the foreigners occupy it has become the best choice.

The market in Zhangzhou City is also because of the existence of these projects, and the money earned by Ding Zhuang's servants, under the current blockade of civilians in Zhangzhou City, can only be spent on the city's business and business, and the market has also prospered.

Of course, the person who said this sentence must not have seen how Lin Zhi treated the surrounding natives in Malacca City, for Huazhou, Zhangzhou City is a Han city after all, and it can't be badly abused, and everyone has understood a truth over the years, if you want others to do things well, as long as you give a reasonable reward.

There was no shortage of silver in Huazhou, especially after taking control of Yuegang, and it was more than enough to pay those workers with a fraction of these incomes.

It was also that Zhangzhou City was too far away from the time when the Mengyuan Tartars occupied it, how could they have thought that if the so-called Spanish occupation army really came to Zhangzhou City and let them work, what wages would be given there, and if they didn't do it, they would be more ruthless than those officials, and they would be killed.

It turned out that the prefect's yamen was surrounded by high walls, and these bricks and stones were directly selected from the demolished houses, and thick rammed earth was used between the bricks and stones.

Anyone in Zhangzhou City, even if they pass by this vicinity, will be loudly reprimanded and driven away as much as possible. Over time, the ranks of the occupying army often drove in and out, and the people in the city no longer passed through here.

Yang Shishi's coming to Zhangzhou City these days is his most breathless period of time, he can only show his face in this inner city, every time he goes out, he pretends to put on a full set of armor and robes, every time he says something to the Han people in Zhangzhou City, he has to pretend to be profound to call the interpreter to his side, whisper a few words, and then the interpreter takes the trouble to translate the Chinese into Chinese.

Now the interpreters are all people trained by Huazhou themselves, and they are all their own people and have no scruples, a few young men can't help laughing, Yang Shishi can't help laughing, and then he simply arranged the interpreter to Jason Hogan, and he brought a pro-soldier to do the interpreter, which is more comfortable.

When he was in Yizhou, he was the garrison in charge, the leader of the entire Yizhou, and he acted freely, but in this Zhangzhou city, he could only hide and tuck, which was very sulky.

Yang Shi wanted to go out of the city and fight happily, just like the six thousand soldiers and horses from the local guard post in Fujian who came to attack Zhangzhou some time ago, but unfortunately these guards who could farm more land than fight were really unbearable, so he didn't enjoy it at all.

However, before Yang Shi was arranged to this place, he was personally ordered by Jiang Feng, saying that if there was no order from Huazhou, he would never take the initiative to fight and provoke, and he could only defend the city. And in particular, this matter must not be ignored, it is a military law order, to put it bluntly, if you want to violate it, you will lose your head.

The words are so heavy, Yang Shishi naturally knows how to deal with it, he has always been known for his flexible brains among Jiang Feng's cronies, and he also figured out the truth, since it is to defend the city, then do these things first, on the one hand, he hires the people to build the city wall fortifications, and on the other hand, he is in Yizhou to transfer warships and manpower and materials over.

In fact, even if Yang Shishi and these troops in the city could not hold the city, it would not be difficult to retreat calmly, after all, Zhangzhou Bay was completely under the control of the Yizhou fleet.

However, although it is the perfection of the plan, the changes have made everyone unable to deal with it, originally thought that after the defeat of the 6,000 Ming army, there will be a large number of soldiers and horses attacking the city, but since that battle, Fujian Province has suddenly quieted down, whether it is Fuzhou Quanzhou, or the soldiers of Guangdong, there is no move, everyone is really trying to treat Zhangzhou City as nothing happened.

On the one hand, Yang Shishi took advantage of this time to increase the intensity of the construction of fortifications, and on the other hand, it was convenient to send a messenger to Huazhou to explain the situation.

In fact, the governor of Fujian was already preparing to play the imperial court, and he was ready to ask the Nanjing Military Department Yamen to transfer soldiers from Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi into Fujian, and the local soldiers and horses were also being assembled, but at this time, the news of the Beijing division was sent to the various yamen through a hundred miles of urgent official documents.

The governor of Fujian is a native of Zhejiang, a standard Dongdang background, and his teacher is the official servant who is listed as a chaotic minister in the capital, although it is clear that the official document says that this matter is only for Beijing officials, and foreign officials will not be involved, but who will believe this officialdom.

The governor didn't make up his own mind, so he simply wrote a memora, first, to show his attitude, and secondly, to explain the affairs of Zhangzhou City in detail, waiting for the emperor to make an idea, the fall of the city, and the defeat of 6,000 soldiers is already a great responsibility, if it is not worth it because of rash disposal.

Among the local excerpts, the excerpts of how to deal with the Zhangzhou Mansion, and the excerpts that do not sing the praises of virtue This is the first in this period of time, and it also puts the problem in front of Emperor Jiajing......