Fu Ning sat at the table and meditated, his thoughts were very chaotic. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info: It's the guard knocking on the door and reporting "They're back!" ”

Fu Ning was puzzled, "They? ”

The guard said, "Someone from the Intelligence Division! ”

"Let them in!"

So the guards brought a few people in.

Fu Ning looked at a few people with some confusion, the few people just now have all returned, and there is also one more deputy director of the General Staff Department, Li Fengxin.

"Emperor Qianping has died!" , it was Wang Su who opened his mouth first, "I just received the news from Yanshantang!" Then he put the letter in his hand on Fu Ning's desk.

Fu Ning picked up the letter and read it.

"On the second day of the first month of August, Hong Chi appeared in the Beijing Division, and the Holy Decree ordered him to be the imperial envoy of the Nine Gates, and cooperated with the Beijing Camp Jiedu to make Wang Ziteng block the Beijing Division; Jingbei Thousand Military Camp and Shenji Business have entered the inner city. On the third day of August, Emperor Qianping collapsed, and the fourth prince Jin Zheng succeeded to the throne. There was a rumor in Jingshi that 'Emperor Qianping summoned the Eighth Prince, but Shangshu ordered Song Dexiang, the governor of Zheng Xianhe Da Nei, to forge a holy decree'; in addition, the biological mother of the Fourth Prince and the Eighth Prince, Ya Guifei, had been martyred. ”

Fu Ning habitually tapped his fingers on the tabletop, sighed and said, "The whip is beyond reach!" ”

"It seems that the court is going to be in chaos for a while--! , such a good opportunity can't be used, it's a pity! Fu Ning said again.

"It's not that it can't be used--, taking advantage of the chaos in Beijing, we might as well plunder some people from the coast; Come to think of it, the British court can't take care of us now! This is what Li Fengxin said after some consideration.

"Good idea!! -- Notify the General Staff Department to immediately convene a meeting! The Intelligence Division attended! Let's discuss and brainstorm together! Fu Ning immediately slapped the table and applauded!

The guards immediately notified the ministries and departments to come to the meeting, and everyone quickly gathered in the meeting room of the General Staff, and the main topics of the meeting were:

1. Should Ryuqiu send troops to plunder the population along the coast now?

2. If you can send troops, how can you send them? Where to plunder?

3. How to arrange logistics?

4. How might the imperial court react? How does Ryuqiu respond?

First of all, the Secretary for Administration and the Department of Industry spoke in favor of sending troops, on the grounds that the island now has a total population of 3.5 million, and the industrial and economic development is extremely rapid, and there is a serious shortage of population, the most urgent of which is the agricultural population; Then all the divisions supported the dispatch of troops.

The Department of Military Affairs began to object, citing a lack of troops; The main fleet of the Navy and the four marine divisions were cleaning up the natives in the Wa Kingdom, and they couldn't come back for a while; Tian Yanwu's 3rd Division was supervising mines in Luzon and could not move; The Ryuqiu Guards Division in the chicken coop could not move, and the Ryuqiu Second Marine Division stationed in Chichi was redressed and retrained and could not move; At present, only the 1st Division and some naval auxiliary ships stationed in the chicken coop can be used, and the troops are not equipped with capital ships and troops.

Fu Ning immediately ordered that the Second Division immediately stop changing its outfit and prepare for combat on the spot; Ships are to be mobilized by other divisions for the Navy's temporary use.

So the Intelligence Department said that the best direction to send troops was Quanzhou, and the governor of Quanzhou Prefecture had secretly taken refuge in Liuqiu, and when the time came, he could assist Liuqiu in the raiding operation launched.

However, Lao Yue, the secretary of commerce, objected, on the grounds that the population of Quanzhou was too small, with a population of only 800,000; Lao Yue suggested sending troops to Zhangzhou, on the grounds that Zhangzhou had a population of 3 million and could replenish the population of Liuqiu at one time; Moreover, Zhangzhou is the capital of Fujian Province, and there is a lot of money and grain.

After listening to Lao Yue's speech, Fu Ning decided to send troops to Zhangzhou, "Hold the bold to death, starve the cowardly!" Fu Ning also felt that the plan was a bit crazy, but once it succeeded, it meant that there would be amazing results, and then the population of Liuqiu would surge to more than 7.5 million, and it would only take a year of stable development, and then use the fruits of industrialization, Liuqiu would have the strength to confront the British Dynasty in an all-out way, and all worries would disappear.

The participants were stunned by this plan, and immediately there was a wave of support, even Fu Ning didn't expect that there would be so many people as crazy as himself.

"The plan is crazy! The ending was very tempting", the venue was full of heated discussions, and some people clapped their hands and feet excitedly.

Fu Ningshang maintained a trace of calmness, because this trace of calmness contained a trace of sadness. lamented that Liuqiu still lacks the accumulation of spiritual civilization; All of them were tempted by the "prospect", expansion, plunder, the temptation of money, population, wealth drove all people into madness, and no one could calm down and think about whether Liuqiu could "eat" so many people? How many people will have to shed blood, sweat, and even their lives when such a big operation is rolled out? If the action fails, will there be a chain reaction that will bring down the livelihood and economy of Liuqiu, and will it plunge Liuqiu into chaos?

Ryuqiu and the British Dynasty are two extremes. The British Dynasty was a drumpan feudal empire, and the smell of decay and corruption permeated every corner; The people are numb and ignorant in their work, asking for the next meal, for the gods and Buddhas; And what the officials seek is fame and fortune, intrigue, glory and wealth, and slaves and servants. On the contrary, Liuqiu is centralized collective capitalism, the situation is like the newborn sunrise, everyone wants to learn and earn money, seven or eight year-old elementary school students are clamoring for expansion and plunder, and old ladies in their sixties know that if they know a few more words, they can get a load of food from the official.

Fu Ning felt like a "witch with a magic wand", tempting everyone to follow the path he designated, everyone was fascinated by industrialization, expansion and plunder, just like Germany or Soviet Russia before the Second World War, the centralized regime and economy exploded with a "200 percent" employment rate, but no one knows what kind of scene will be left behind when the madness fades!

But from another point of view, people are born to struggle, without fanaticism will only be depressed and numb, not the maturity and stability that people idealize, because maturity and stability means depression and casualness, which is better than depression and numbness; This is how history has always been played out since ancient times.

After the final decision of the meeting was issued, there was a frenzied mobilization of the whole Ryukyus, except for the large fishing fleets on the east coast, which continued to increase production capacity, and all ships began to mobilize and prepare as much as possible to go to Zhangzhou to transport the population; The Department of Administration, Commerce, Culture, Industry, General Staff and Military Affairs have all begun to operate like crazy.

On 15 August, no one had ever been to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the 310-kilometer light rail railway from the chicken coop to Chichi had been opened to traffic, the navy had begun to assemble in large numbers at the Penghu Hall to prepare for war, and a large number of transport and logistics ships of all kinds had gathered.

The Intelligence Department heard the news from the Minshan Hall of the Wind Pavilion, "Everything is calm in Zhangzhou, there is no abnormality", so Fu Ning ordered to start the operation.

On 17 August, the navy raided Zhangzhou, and the 1st Marine Division forcibly landed, defeating and capturing more than 7,000 people of the Zhangzhou Zhenhai Battalion within two hours, and capturing more than 500 ships of various sizes in Zhangzhou Port. Then the 1st Division marched into Zhangzhou, and the 2nd Division quickly rushed to the south, west, and north of Zhangzhou, cutting off the connection between Zhangzhou and Chaozhou, Longyan, Quanzhou, and other directions; Then they caught and sent people to the sea ships, and the population of Zhangzhou, silver taels, grain, clothing, etc. in the encirclement began to frantically transport to Liuqiu.

In August and September, when typhoons prevailed, the Liuqiu Strait did not experience typhoons; All typhoons bypass from the south or north, so much so that superstitious people believe that the "Dragon King" is begging for Ryu.

Not to be outdone, the Intelligence Department did not know what means it used, but finally instigated Qi Cheng, the prefect of Quanzhou, to rebel against the British Imperial Court and raise his own ships to organize the people to march to Liuqiu.

Fu Ning was furious about the unauthorized actions of the Intelligence Department, the operation against the Japanese had not yet ended, the Zhangzhou operation was in full swing, and Quanzhou's surrender to Liuqiu greatly increased the transportation workload. Both naval divisions are operating in Zhangzhou, and a large number of new immigrants have arrived in Liuqiu, and the consequences of any migration disturbance will be unimaginable. However, in the end, Fu Ning still did not get angry at the Intelligence Division, but urgently transferred the main fleet of the Navy to bring the 4th and 7th Divisions back to defend Liuqiu at the end of September; The navy left some ships to defend the Tsushima Strait, and the 5th and 6th divisions continued to clean up the Japanese natives.

The raid on Zhangzhang and Quanquan took more than three months, and the "harvest" of more than 3.8 million people and countless amounts of money and materials were "harvested." In November, Yanshantang sent a message that the situation in Beijing had stabilized, that the six princes had been sent to the west of Beijing to guard the imperial tomb, the eighth prince had been imprisoned, and the rest of the princes had bowed down to Jin Zheng. Liangguangtang sent a message saying that the Zhenhai camp in Guangzhou had gone north to the sea, and the land camp in Chaozhou had moved northward, and the Zhejiang Gantang sent a message saying that the Zhenhai camp in Hangzhou had gone to sea and the whereabouts of the Zhenhai camp in Wenzhou were unknown; At this time, Liuqiu's action against Zhangquan and Zhangquan had come to an end.

At the end of November, the navy escorting the last fleet exchanged fire with the British navy, and won the battle, capturing 60 imperial warships and capturing more than 5,000 prisoners before retreating to the chicken coop. Since then, the relationship between Ryuqiu and the imperial court has deteriorated across the board, and commerce has begun to shrink significantly.

At the same time, the Sixth Division sent a message from Hokkaido that the clean-up of the indigenous people of Hokkaido had been completed, and Fu Ning issued a notice to the General Staff to change the name of the four islands of the Japanese Kingdom, and renamed the four islands of Yingzhou, Abbot, Daiyu, and Yuanqiao, collectively known as Yingzhou Prefecture; Since then, Liuqiu has been subordinate to two prefectures and five places, including Liuqiu Prefecture, Yingzhou Prefecture, Luzon Prefecture, Penghu Hall, and Xiaoliuqiu.

Tian Yanwu, who was in charge of the third division of Luzon, had been completely furious, and had been stationed in Luzon for three years to supervise the mines, and the third division looked at the "outstanding" achievements of other divisions and could only take care of the iron mines, and the resentment of the whole division was very great, forcing Tian Yanwu to go to the chicken coop to find Fu Ning to "complain about grievances", and suing Fu Ning for not talking is a word. Seeing that Tian Yanwu Fu Ning, who ran to the chicken coop alone, had no choice but to appease him with a headache, and promised to transfer the Fifth Division to change the defense of Luzon, and after the third division changed the defense, he first went to the chicken coop to change clothes and training, and then went to Yingzhou Xiaguan to station combat preparations. So Tian Yanwu simply stayed in Fu Ning's office, saying that he would not leave if he didn't see the order, but Fu Ning had to give him an order on the spot, and Tian Yanwu jumped directly to the ceiling with joy.

There was no agricultural tax, no poll tax, no city gate tax and other harsh taxes, and there was also free distribution of land and a large amount of salted fish and seafood as food, so the hearts of the new immigrants were still stable; In addition, the medical, epidemic prevention, organization, and publicity work of the Department of Culture and Government Affairs are in place in a timely manner, so the new immigrants are actually still looking forward to a new life. The industrial and mining factories in various places have to leave another 500,000 strong workers, so the remaining 3 million people are relatively stable, but the pressure on clothing, housing, and various daily necessities is extremely great; Even the Hongxiang Textile Factory, which Yuan Qi was in charge of, had to work overtime day and night to produce clothes and tents, and tons of thick fish oil candles were consumed, and Yuan Qi worried about fires every day.

Yao Yun adopted another son, named Fu Sheng, a three-year-old boy who was lost in the process of being transferred; When the little boy hugged Yao Yun and cried "Mother-, Mother-", Yao Yun decided to adopt him by herself instead of helping him find his mother.

Yao Yun began to like to walk around the Yuan Mansion every day with her son in her arms, as if she was laughing at Yuan Qi for not having a son; And Yuan Qi is busy with the work of Hongxiang Textile Factory every day, and his feet do not touch the ground, how can he have kung fu and Yao Yun's knowledge.

Because I am worried about a fire in the textile factory where I work overtime at night, Yuan Qi has been going out early and returning late recently, and her daughter Fu Yi is mostly taken care of by two wet nurses, and Fu Ning also helps to take care of her in her spare time.

Fu Ning likes to "sleep" with Yuan Qi when he finds himself tired, but now the enterprising Yuan Qi often goes home tired and falls asleep, so Fu Ning has no choice but to go to Yao Yun to "pay public grain".

When the new immigrants gradually settled down, Yuan Qi had time to stay at home more, Fu Yi began to babble, "practice" on the case, and bite whatever she caught, a wet nurse held Yao Yun's adopted three-year-old daughter Fu Wei, Yao Yun held her three-year-old son Fu Sheng to "show off" to Yuan Qi, but Yuan Qi coaxed Fu Sheng with a sugar cube and began to shout at Yuan Qi "Mother!" ”； So Yao Yun angrily slapped Fu Sheng's buttocks, and Fu Ning raised his head and laughed!

"Are there many orphans among the new immigrants?" Fu Ning knew that Yuan Qi liked to go to the original nursery hall that had been renamed the orphanage, so he asked Yuan Qi.

"There are a lot, there must be more than 30,000 people, and they can't take care of it! ――, it used to be all baby girls, but now most of them are still baby girls, and boys are all vying for adoption! ”

"It's not easy to be an orphan!" , Fu Ning sighed.

"I am also an orphan, how can I not know the suffering of orphans!" Yuan Qi said, "I was abducted by a kidnapper when I was only eight or nine years old, and then became an Oiran at the age of sixteen, and I went to my mother at that time, but I didn't know that the one who killed a thousand knives had killed my mother." I still remember that my nickname was Jia Xin, the character 'Xing'; when I was a child, I lived in Jiangning, and I met my father once, and I don't know what his name was; now I can't remember what my mother looks like! ”。

"Jahin! ......, Xingzi! ......, Jiang Ning! ……； Why have I never heard you say that? Fu Ning felt as if he had caught some clues, but it was vague.

"It's been so many years, why are you talking about those bad things! My father who killed a thousand knives seems to be some kind of general, so he looked at me once, and left without even saying his name, I treated him as if he had no father! ”

"General? ......, Jiang Ning? ......, Jahin? ......, Xingzi? ......", Fu Ning lowered his head and paced in contemplation, and suddenly ran to his study, looking for the family tree left by Yang Ping.

Yuan Qi and Yao Yun both felt that Fu Ning was a little strange, and after a while, Fu Ning walked back with the family tree left by Yang Ping, smiled bitterly at Yuan Qi and said, "I seem to know who your father is?!" ……”。

"What!! -", Yuan Qi stood up suddenly.