Six days later, on the twelfth day of the 11th month of the leap month, Linqing, the central commercial center of the Ming Dynasty, where goods from the north and south were exchanged. Ｘ

Winter is the busiest season for Cao Yun, and the Grand Canal near Linqing is full of merchant ships. Within a radius of 30 miles, there were nearly one million gentry and merchants.

Smoke rises everywhere, and a few children play by the canal, imitating the game of an adult war.

A military flag showed a hideous face on the distant horizon, and a moment later, more came into view. Tens of thousands of horses' hooves hit the ground, and the sound shook the sky.

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Sixteen days later, the collapsed battlements of the Linqing city wall were dismantled. The houses of the officials and people in the city were all burned down, and the remaining fires licked the wreckage, and the charred corpses were everywhere.

Outside the city, hundreds of thousands of naked corpses covered the entire Linqing ground. In a city with a population of one million, there are less than 100,000 survivors

Liu Zeqing, the chief military officer of Shandong, desperately defended Dongchang Mansion, which was close to Linqing, and survived the residents of a city.

Unable to capture Dongchang, the Jianzhou soldiers were divided into five routes.

Kong Youde's former Dongjiang Army and Zu Hongji's former Guanning Army killed Xiangguan Tao Gaotang. Mingguan Tao County Commander was determined to fight to the end, mobilized the whole city to build weapons, and sent five soldiers and civilians to each stack. Kong Youde attacked for a whole day and returned with a feather.

On the eighth day of December, the Jianzhou soldiers came to the city of Yanzhou.

Lu Wangfu.

Deng Fanxi, the prefect of Yanzhou, begged to see Zhu Yipai, the king of Lu, "Lord, the slave rides Bocheng, and Weichen asks the prince to help pay the army." ”

Zhu Yipai cried with a sad face, "Lord Taishou, Xiao Wang really has no money." ”

A wave of anger rushed to Deng Fanxi's head, and the whole Shandong knew that King Lu was the richest rich man in the province, a wealthy family, and the largest usury merchant in Shandong.

Although by the end of the Ming Dynasty, a distant clan like King Lu had almost no political status at all, and he did not dare to make a mistake in front of the civil prefect. Deng Fanxi decided to save some face for the vassal king, "Lord Wang, there were not many soldiers and horses in the city. If the prince gives a heavy reward to the sergeant to boost morale, the city can still survive. ”

Zhu Yipai looked like a ruffian, "Taishou, Xiao Wang really has no money." ”

Deng Fanxi gritted his teeth: "Lord Wang, the slave rode to break the city." As soon as the big event goes, I hope the prince will not regret it. ”

Zhu Yipai: "What is Taishou, you are the minister who guards the land, and it is your duty to defend Yanzhou." ”

The door was pushed open, and a woman in costume walked into Zhu Yipai's living room, she didn't pay attention to Zhu Yipai, and saluted Deng Fanxi, "Taishou, the slave family still has 5,000 taels of private money here, and Taishou can take it to the army." ”

Deng Fanxi bowed deeply, "Deng has thanked Concubine He for 100,000 people in the city. ”

Zhu Yipai rushed up, pushed away his concubine, and snatched the silver, "Oh, Lord Taishou." This woman is not sensible, and her 5,000 taels of silver were borrowed by Lone, and she will return it today. If it is really difficult in the city, you can take 500 taels and go. ”

Deng Fanxi laughed miserably when he heard this, didn't say more, put away 500 taels of silver and walked away. The old Zhu family can not care about their world, and Deng Fanxi is also responsible for the people of the city.

Jianzhou siege city, supervising the army Senator Wang Weixin, prefect Deng Fanxi, Tongzhi Tan Si and Deng Wenwei guarded the door. Jianyu set up a siege ladder, and the Eight Banners with heavy armor and shields rushed to the head of Yanzhou City.

Deng Wenming, the deputy commander in chief of the city, fought to the death.

When Wang Weixin was killed, he had 21 wounds all over his body.

The Eight Banners went straight to the Lu Palace, and under the guidance of the palace slaves, they caught Zhu Yipai in the basement.

Slaughter the city.

The four county kings of the city, more than 1,000 clans were captured, and the captives stripped off their clothes and beheaded.

Jianzhou temporarily left Zhu Yihai, and the four Bei Ziye and Zhenguo Gongye lived in the Lu Palace. The palace is really luxurious, and only King Lu knows how to have fun. The Bei Ziye live in the main palace of King Lu's mansion, and King Lu lives in the East Palace.

The Beizi lords recruit King Lu to drink at night every day, and all the concubines serve as usual. In front of King Lu, Bei Ziye did things with his concubines. Zhu Yipai could only force a smile.

Bei Zi pulled Concubine He, the most beautiful woman in King Lu's mansion. Pressed down on the table and pounced. Zhu Yipai saw contempt, pain, and hatred in Concubine He's eyes. The Jianzhou soldiers soon put an end to Zhu Yipai's nightmarish life and killed him.

A day later, the Eight Banners withdrew from Yanzhou. In the ruins of King Lu's Mansion, a young man pushed away the corpse on his body and crawled out of the pile of dead people. All the people lying around him were his relatives, and the naked body of his sister-in-law Concubine He was not far from him.

The young man fell to his knees and wept bitterly, his hands clenched into fists, his nails digging deep into his flesh.

His name is Zhu Yihai.

Zhucheng, the Ding family is a top gentleman in Zhucheng, his father and ancestors are all jinshi, Ding Yaokang's own career is not very smooth, and he only won the deputy list of the township test. He had just returned from Beijing, and he had arrived in Shandong a few days earlier than the vanguard of the Eight Banners. Ding Yaokang persuaded his eldest brother and younger brother, "Zhucheng is a big city, but the big families in the city are obedient, and they will definitely not be able to hold it." ”

The brothers were reluctant to leave.

Ding Yao stomped his feet anxiously, "Big brother, third brother, this Shandong can't stay any longer." You don't know, when I came back from Beijing, all the way was a convoy of big families from the north moving south, stretching for dozens of miles. ”

No one in the family still wants to go.

Ding Yaokang stayed up all night and said to his wife, "Let's go by ourselves." ”

"Where does the husband want to move to?" The wife is very well-behaved, and she only listens to men in big things.

Ding Yaokang hugged his wife tightly, "Go to Nanshan first, if you can't do it there, find a boat to go to sea, and then we will go to Jiangnan." ”

The wife's head was buried in her husband's arms, "No matter where we go, as long as we are together as a family." ”

The next day, Ding Yaokang loaded the most valuable belongings in the family into a carriage and took his wife and daughter out of Zhucheng County.

It's night, heavy rain and snow. On the South Mountain, Ding Yaokang hugged his wife and daughter tightly, and the cities and counties under the mountain were already on fire, and the Jianzhou army was slaughtering the city, and the fire was so great that even the rain and snow could not be extinguished immediately. Dozens of miles in the distance were dotted with fires, and the villages along the way were burned to the ground.

After dawn, Ding Yaokang braved the wind and snow to set off again. No big boats were found on the beach, only some fishing boats. Many children of the Shandong gentry who had a clear understanding of the situation like him gathered on the seashore to look for ships to escape from the sea.

There were many people on the boat, Ding Yao sighed, and brought his family with him, and walked with these gentry children, many of whom brought escorts. Ding Yaokang continued north along the coastline and arrived at Jimo County, Jiaozhou, a subordinate of Laizhou Prefecture. He is famous, and his father and ancestors are more famous in Shandong, so he entered the city without too much effort. The Ming army has a battalion here, the Jimo battalion.

The Jianzhou soldiers almost followed Ding Yaokang's pace and attacked the Laizhou Mansion. Looking at the soldiers in the Jimo battalion, Ding Yao was worried, how could this few hundred soldiers with poor equipment be able to defend the city. There were few large ships nearby, which made it impossible for him to make up his mind to go to sea. The waves are so big in winter, and the boat is too unsafe, Ding Yaokang doesn't want to get out of the wolf's mouth and into the belly of the fish.

Someone in the group hurriedly set off for the north, but Ding Yaokang stopped him, "Brother Tai, where are you going?" ”

"Weihaiwei, I heard that there are many sea ships there, you can go south."

After Ding Yaokang heard about it, he immediately went back to pack his things and headed for Weihaiwei. He left early, and more refugees were still behind him.

Shou Xiang was still on Liugong Island, and he stayed in Weihai longer than originally planned.

At first, because of the repair of the ship, the Liao ships brought back from Dadonggou withstood the wind and waves, and the rudders of all the ships were still there. The rudder of a Galen battleship such as the Nanhai uses metal rudder pins and rudder knobs, so there is generally no need to worry about rudder problems. The 8 Liao ships still use the traditional Chinese elevator, which is suspended by ropes and can be lifted and lowered. The rope binds the rudder and the stern of the ship, the lower end rests against the depression of the lower gold, the upper part is limited by the soft ribs, and the lower end of the front part of the rudder blade is pulled forward by the belly cord and carried until it is tightened by the winch in the bow.

This kind of rudder has a fatal birth defect, good luck in order, in the winter in the Liaohai frequent winds all the rudder has withstood the test, but the restraining rudder gold by the rudder back and forth, has been somewhat damaged. Now, if these Liao ships continue to run to the open sea, they have to take a big risk.

Jincheng now has a great demand for merchant ships, and Shou Xian does not want to give up the 8 strong Liao ships in his hands. He could only recruit shipwrights and carpenters on the spot to repair the ship. Weihai is not a commercial port, but the hydrological conditions of the Weihai anchorage are very good, and many merchant ships from the north and south will anchor in Weihai to rest. Over time, there were also some craftsmen engaged in ship repair work, many of whom were poor military families in Weihaiwei.

There is not much money in order. At that time, he sent the silver plundered by the Li Dynasty to the soldiers who returned to Taipei, and the 10,000 taels of silver paid to him by Zeng Ying, the governor of Denglai, were also distributed more than half, and he had to save the remaining thousands of taels of silver. The only replenishment during the stay on Liugong Island came from whaling. After the reunion, the officers and men of the South Sea took on the guard of the camp, and the Melville was able to free up her hands to take advantage of the modest good weather to go to sea to hunt whales.

In addition to satisfying the soldiers' consumption, whale meat is also used to pay for the outside world. Endless pickles are made into bacon meat. In winter, I don't worry that the meat will rot quickly, and I can handle so much whale meat, thanks to the hands that Jin Shiying left for the order. This once again made the order sigh that the population is the most important resource.

Whale oil and whale meat are piling up more and more, and there are not enough barrel spare parts and salt on board, so the order has to be purchased from Weihaiwei.

Shou Zhi set up a temporary bazaar on Liugong Island, and merchant ships passing by Liugong Island would buy some whale oil here to take away. He tried not to charge any money, and for every merchant ship that came to buy whale oil, he would ask the owner if he would be willing to give up a few sailors. In this era, many sailors were slaves of the shipowner, and some bold shipowners directly sold the sailors to Shou Order. This made Shou Xian clearly appreciate the benefits of the brand, and Jincheng's fame in the South Seas also spread to the merchant shipping routes of North China. The good reputation has brought him a lot of convenience.

Liugong Island has an abundance of grain and whale meat, which is very attractive to Chinese lower-class sailors. At the current rate, it will not be long before the orderly can gather the ordinary sailors who sail the ship, and then with some ordinary labor, the basic sailors will be enough. The trouble is technical positions such as captains and helmsmen. The junk ship does not have a complicated sail rope system, the maneuvering is relatively simple, and the orderly digging deep inside is made, and the technical post is made to meet the navigation of 3 ships, and the remaining 5 ships have to recruit the manpower required by the outside.

On this day, after inspecting the trade market in the south of the island, Shou Xian ascended to the commanding heights of Liugong Island, where he built a lookout.

The sentry reported to Order, "Your Excellency, there are more and more refugees on the seashore. ”

Pulling out the binoculars, I saw that there were more people gathered on the beach than in previous days, and many people gathered on the beach to pick up seafood at low tide.

Weihaiwei is a typical guard post in the late Ming Dynasty, and the fighting forces of the Ming army near Denglai are Dengzhou Town, Jimo Camp and Wendeng Camp. There are only a few dozen capable guards left in Weihaiwei, barely able to maintain law and order. It's okay every day, and now the abnormal flow of people has appeared one after another in the past few days.

Orderly asked the sentry, "According to your eyesight, how many more shacks are there today than there were yesterday?" ”

Sentinel: "Your Excellency, there are a third more shacks on the coast alone. There should be more people in areas of the mainland that we can't see.

The first mate of the Nanhai Rodna is now almost recovered, and he is on the lookout today along with Shou Order. It was the first time he had seen such a scene.

"Your Excellency, do you know what this is going on?"

Shou Xian let out a long sigh, "The Tatars have invaded. ”

The Tatars of Dadonggou impressed Rodna, who asked: "How many people are in the army of the Tatars?" ”

Shou Order, shaking his head, "I don't know the exact number. I asked the Weihai merchants who traveled to and from Liugong Island, and their accounts were different. Some say that the Tatars had tens of thousands of troops, others say hundreds of thousands. ”

Rodna hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, the Tatars are very strong in combat, and our strength is limited, so we can no longer fight them. ”

Shou Xuan smiled bitterly, everything in front of him filled him with a sense of powerlessness, "I understand. ”

"Your Excellency, what should we do? There is also a lot of food on the island, which is very eye-catching. ”

Shou Xuan put away his binoculars, "Let the soldiers be on guard, the cannons of the Nanhai should stop some people from taking risks." ”r