The cases of profiteers and gentry in Suzhou who viciously boycotted the market, swept goods, and smuggled prisoners began to be interrogated in the second half of the month. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After this battle, the four prefectures of Susong Changzhen, especially as the economic center city of Suzhou, the gentry and merchants have been hit hard, and the source of funds for the prosperous industrial and commercial industry chain has been cut off, plus a large number of gentry and businessmen have been arrested and brought to justice, and the shops and workshops under their names have also been sealed, which is a very depressed scene.

Fortunately, while the local gentry and merchants in Suzhou were hit hard, the gentry and businessmen in eastern Zhejiang have begun to land on the beach, purchase land, build factories, order machines, and recruit craftsmen. In addition, the gentry and merchants who did not participate in this series of confrontations in the four prefectures of Susong Changzhen also relied on the advantages of the proximity to the water to fill the market vacuum of Suzhou's commerce, mining, and handicrafts.

If nothing else, Suzhou will be just as prosperous next year, and even more prosperous in the market due to the large number of water, wind and animal power machinery that will increase the output of manufactured goods.

This year, the officials of the Yamen of the Criminal Department were busy eradicating the evil spirits, and the gentry and businessmen who had recently entered the market in Suzhou were also busy creating their careers, and even the ordinary people were also separated from the original commercial chain and allowed to enter the new environment.

At the same time as the great changes in Suzhou, the crackdown on smuggling was also being carried out, and the East China Sea Fleet, which was responsible for the maritime defense of Nanzhili and Zhejiang provinces, came out in large numbers to cooperate with the troops on the road to sweep all the private ports along the coast and islands of the two provinces. The order they received was simple, all the smuggling ships were sunk, it was as simple as that.

The coastal areas of the East China Sea are like this, the South China Sea Fleet, which is much smaller in size, has a much smaller defense area, but there is only one Guangdong. However, the intensity of smuggling here is not inferior to that of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, because there is a Macao here, which is actually controlled by the Portuguese.

With a "pop", a clear sound of slapping the table sounded on the round table of the Macao Council.

"This official only asks you and others, whether this Macau belongs to your Portugal or my Daming, tell this official now!"

Yao Qisheng, the magistrate of Xiangshan, shouted angrily at the Portuguese elites of Macau, but the situation was stronger than others, and they didn't dare to do anything, the white-bearded speaker coughed softly, and Bujialu had to stand up and answer Yao Qisheng's question.

"If you go back to Yao County, this Macao is indeed the land of the Ming Dynasty, but we have to pay rent every year and have the right to decide the right to use the land, which is recognized by the Ming Dynasty."

Bujialu was like a wronged little daughter-in-law, but Yao Qisheng didn't accept this, and said directly to everyone: "Since it is the land of my Ming Dynasty, why are you waiting to build those forts facing my Ming Dynasty, is it possible that you want to rebel?!" ”

Knowing that it was a threat, there was a unit of the Ming Army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang stationed in Guangzhou, not far away, and the army of tens of thousands of soldiers was equipped with more advanced mortars than Europe. However, Yao Qisheng's actions in the past two years are clearly not to use the military to counter them, and he knows it, but he has to explain it clearly so as not to cause greater misunderstanding.

"Yao Xianzun, we are all the people of the Heavenly Empire, and we will never dare to make trouble. When the captives attacked Guilin, the threat was there, and it was also us who sent troops to rescue and repelled the captives, and we were still in that situation at the beginning, not to mention that today, His Royal Highness the King of Qi has recovered half of the country, how dare you do this. ”

"Yes, Yao Xianzun, we are just some businessmen who want to do some business here. However, the battle for the restoration of the mother country did not go well, such as Spain, the Netherlands and other Taixi countries are eyeing this Macau, and we are also in order to protect ourselves, so we built the fort, and I also ask Yao Xianzun to be considerate. ”

For this Xiangshan magistrate, these Portuguese, including Bujialu, also have no way to take him. Bribes, don't, not only he doesn't want to, he also stares at an official, even a boss, and no one is allowed to take bribes; threatened, even more so that he didn't eat this set, and he was extremely stubborn.

And in the past two years, the officials guarding Macao have been re-stationed, and the judiciary has also been asked back by him pulling Chen Wen's tiger skin, and now the lawsuits between the Portuguese and the Han in Macao, and between the Han and the Han are all handled by the Yamen of the Xiangshan County Criminal Division, and everything has returned to the Apocalypse and Chongzhen years. But what they didn't expect was that this Yao Qisheng still had to inch in and forced them to dismantle the forts, which was a matter of life and death, which was really unbearable for them.

"This official has said that this Macao is the land of my Ming Dynasty, and my Ming Dynasty is naturally responsible for the defense. When you build a fort here, you are provoking the king of Guangdong and the invincible King of Qi, and this official will only give you one day to consider, otherwise, you will bear the consequences! ”

After the threatening words were spoken, Yao Qisheng turned around and left without waiting for Bujialu to explain. In this regard, these characters who come and go in the wind and rain on the sea, are merchants on land, and pirates on the sea, but they have no way at all, and they can't even say a cruel word.

"Mr. Governor, can those Tan people still be brought over?"

The Tan people are those Han people who live on boats along the coast and have made boats their home all their lives, and there are even a very small Tan people group on the Dongyang River, which is said to have some relationship with Chen Youliang.

In Macau, the Portuguese bribed local officials to obtain the right to use it in the name of lend-lease, but the administrative and judicial powers were still in the hands of Xiangshan County. However, the Portuguese wanted to eat and drink Lazar, and the grain, vegetables and vegetables here were basically sold by the Tan people, and the Han people monopolized the trade of grain, vegetables and other foods in Macao.

But now, it has taken Yao Qisheng two years to completely sort out the Tan people groups who come and go to Macao, and these people, under coercion and temptation, also obey the orders of the Xiangshan County Yamen headed by Yao Qisheng, and under the order of a grain embargo, they also have a strong fort here that is completely unbearable.

"Your Excellency Karl has also seen that this is the situation in Macau now, the Qi Palace's Mansion is too strong, even stronger than the Ming Dynasty back then, we are afraid that sooner or later we will be squeezed out by them, but it is a pity that our hometown is still in the hands of the Spaniards."

This Lord Karl in the Buga junction, whose full name is Karl von Habsburg, is a distant branch of the Austrian royal Habsburg family.

However, the status of the nobility is here, and these Portuguese have to be respected, and this meeting, he was allowed to attend the meeting, and he happened to listen to it full.

"What kind of king there is, what kind of mayor there is, this Yao Zhixian is very interesting, but I am more interested in His Royal Highness the King of Qi, this time I will definitely go to Nanjing to meet and see with my own eyes this hero who has grown from scratch and recovered a large number of lost lands."

Carl was a fan of Marco Polo, and he came from afar to see it with his own eyes

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In the second month of the twelfth year of the eternal calendar, the officers and men of the army and navy of the fleet that set off from Jinshan Weijun Port half a year ago were also about to be unable to return to their hometowns for the New Year. However, this is not the case for everyone, and some of them are returning to their real hometowns before the New Year.

"Zhao Shuai, the land in front of you is Lushunkou."

Zhao Qian, an engineer expert of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies, led this fleet north half a year ago, and the fleet landed on the Japanese islands of Goto, expelled the maritime merchants there, and temporarily stationed there to make preparations. During this period, the Japanese side, whether it was the Tokugawa shogunate, or Choshu, Satsuma and other feudal domains showed great concern for them, but the strength of this fleet was really not small, and they could only hide their ears and steal the bell as they called the powerful Chinese pirates as maritime merchants at the beginning, and acquiesced in their occupation of the Goto Islands.

Not so long ago, the army was ready and set off for the west. They had only one goal, and that was the southernmost Lushunkou in southern Liaoning, which was once the station of the Dongjiang Army's Left Association, but since the Dongjiang Army was destroyed, it had long since fallen into the hands of the Manchus.

"Captain Zheng, the brothers of the navy will cover the landing of the army in a while, and our department will take this place before the Jinzhou Tartars react, and there is no room for error."

"Please rest assured that Zhao Shuai, our ministry will live up to its mission!"

Under Zhao Qian, the person in charge of this fleet was Zheng Qi, who had gone to the Ryukyus, Japan, and Korea in the previous years to sell goods occupied by the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and now he is the captain of this fleet. His task this time is no longer to sell goods and buy materials needed by the army, let alone to escort this army, but also to have more important tasks.

After seeing Zheng Qi, Zhao Qian turned to Li Huixiang, who was standing next to Zheng Qi, but shook his head and smiled: "Li Yingguan, the front is Liaonan, you are going home, how do you feel?" ”

Li Huixiang is a native of Liaodong, but he has never really seen his homeland in Liaodong, because his hometown was occupied by Houjin as early as before he was born, and the family was forced to live in Guannei, and it was precisely because he was born in Guannei, and his father dreamed of returning to his hometown but failed to do so until he died, so he had the name of returning to his hometown.

Seeing that his boss asked like this, Li Huanxiang suppressed his excitement and couldn't suppress it, but before he could answer, Zhao Qian's face suddenly tensed, and then said to him solemnly: "Even if you are excited, you must remember that the military order is like a mountain, before the battle is over, these emotions must be put away by the commander, and after the battle is over, you can celebrate as you want!" ”

Zhao Qian was already an officer when he was in Dalanshan, and if it weren't for the limited number of troops, he would have been a general in charge. The army pays attention to military merits, but it is also the most seniority, and Zhao Qian is still the commander of this battle and this army in the next year or two. Seeing this, Li Huixiang also hurriedly tightened his complexion, and replied loudly: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

The sea breeze blew the sails of the ship, and the fleet moved forward at a very fast speed, and the Lushun Mouth, which was just a small black spot on the sea and sky line just now, also occupied a larger and larger area in the field of vision.

After a long time, through the telescope, they could clearly see the layout of the harbor, and the fleet was divided into two parts, one headed for a shoal about two miles from Fort Arthur, and the other went straight to the harbor, with the portholes pulled up and the guns aimed at the ships in the harbor.

"Why so little?"

In the Lushunkou port in the distance, the ships moored in twos and threes, one by one, were far apart, and the cold wind of Liaodong was blowing alone in the port, but they didn't know how to get together to keep warm.

Not to mention the fishing boats in the port, there are only three or two sea boats, which is completely different from the information obtained before. However, that information was also a few months ago, and it was much less time-sensitive.

"The last time the last time I came, I was like this from time to time."

Faced with the coach's inquiry, Zheng Qi shook his head, and then replied tentatively: "Zhao Shuai, could it be that the autumn tax of North Korea sent a wave before the year, and the Tartar ships in Lushun have all left the port?" ”

It is quite possible that the port of Arthur has been a bit more lively in recent years, but only because the Manchus destroyed Korea, and the collected taxes had to be transported back to the capital by sea, passing through Arthur as a transit point, and nothing more. The purpose is like this, for the sake of the autumn tax, it is understandable, I am afraid that it is only because the Qing army sailors learned about the behavior of the Ming army fleet in advance, and deliberately set a trap here, which is not a good thing.

The boss looked puzzled, and Zheng Qi also thought of this, but when he looked at the battleship under his feet, he was also arrogant, and he said to Zhao Qian: "Zhao Shuai, please rest assured, according to intelligence, none of the Tartar's warships in Zhili, Liaodong and Shandong can compare to this Roger Yang, just the thickness of the armor and the number of guns are enough to crush it, it is really a trap, and the last general can also blow up their belly!" ”

Today's Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming Army Naval Division, larger and newer warships than the Roger Yang is not nothing, but this double-decker running battleship, but Chen Wen personally gave the name, when the army attacked Nanjing, it was also the largest warship among the various naval divisions of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming Army, and it can definitely be called a giant in the Zhejiang Sea. Even now that it has arrived on the coast of Liaodong, it is not comparable to the tonnage of the warships of the Qing army's naval divisions. The era of giant ship cannons has arrived, and Zheng Qi is full of confidence in this battleship.

Zhao Qian was born as an engineer, when he was teaching martial arts school, while being an engineer instructor, he was also listening to the courses of other arms, although he didn't know enough about the sailor, but he still knew some truth. And now that there is a professional assurance, he has made up his mind.

"Well, order the fleet to go over and shell the port!"

The fleet of this division continued forward, and the range was soon enough to cover the anchorage of the port. At this moment, the defenders of the port of Arthur also reacted, and from the binoculars, they were scrambled to board the ship. Zhao Qian took a closer look, glanced at Zheng Qi, and saw only the wordless words in the other party's eyes.

"The ship is still useful, don't shoot to death, the point is to shell the Tartars in those ports, kill all the Tartars, the ship is still ours!"

As the captain of the fleet, Zheng Qi saw the defenders like this, so he gave the order to attack. However, this time, Zhao Qian, who never interfered in the internal affairs of the fleet on weekdays, added a sentence that made the herald almost not laugh.

"It's aimed at that side, there are a lot of Tartars over there, and the design of that place is unreasonable, and it will be demolished when I come back to repair the port, and now it is just a target to hit."

The shelling on this side began, and the other part, in order to prevent running aground, also lowered anchor and stopped at sea. The landing boat on the ship was waiting to descend, and Li Huixiang, who had already changed to the troop carrier, raised a bowl of water and wine, drank it in a big gulp, and then fell heavily on the deck of the ship, and then boarded the boat, and the other first batch of landing troops were also the same, and they fell over the wine bowl with pride, and boarded the boat as fast as possible.

Their task was to land at the first opportunity, seize the beachhead, resist the attack of the Qing army, and ensure the follow-up of the follow-up troops. This is an extremely dangerous combat mission, whether the enemy counterattack is too violent, the follow-up force is slow to follow, or the warship is attacked, they can fall into the dangerous situation of fighting alone.

Carrying out the mission of life and death, the landing boats of the Ming army left the fleet one by one and rowed towards the shallows in the distance.

The landing, formation, and cover for the follow-up troops to follow up have already been ripe in terms of tactics, and this landing force has undergone many trainings, and it can be said that they are very familiar with it. It's just that on the side of Fort Arthur in the telescope, the reaction speed of the defenders seems to be a little extremely slow, and it is too dull to be unsightly.