In a place called Anshan, which borders Liaoyang Prefecture and Jinzhou Prefecture, the mountains are full of people. Wagons and horses brought in large quantities of timber from the east and south. Along with these chariots and horses were large groups of Koreans and Han Eight Banners. The former was elated, with happy smiles on their faces - they were originally plundered by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and were to be given to the Manchu people as slaves, but now they were saved by the Great Tomorrow, not only regained their freedom, but also received wages and food for working for the Great Tomorrow, which was much better than serving labor in the Li Dynasty.

It seems that the Li Dynasty is severed, and the great emperor and the king of Joseon are still a good thing for ordinary Korean people. If it were replaced by the king of the Li Dynasty, would he go on an expedition of thousands of miles to kill all the way to the Tartars' lair in order to save the plundered people? If the Li Dynasty's deposed king had been replaced by the Great Tomorrow Son earlier, how could Korea have let the Qing Tartars ravage!

Therefore, these Koreans who were saved by Zhu Jishi all supported Zhu Datianzi and the king of Korea from the bottom of their hearts. And they have all heard that in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is a Korean! That's why Zhu Yuanzhang and his descendants will always treat North Korea well, so Zhu Jishi will send troops to Manchuria for millions of Korean people to be plundered......

Now these rejoicing North Koreans. He was shouting the trumpet, sweating profusely, dragging stones to level the place, digging pits and mud, cutting trees and digging foundations, and he was in full swing. Piles of Ming army engineer officers in gray uniforms, with interpreters who knew the two Chinese languages of Korea and China, were also sweating everywhere to do technical guidance—they were building a star fort called "Zhenliaocheng" as a large stronghold of the Ming army east of the Liao River. And such a star castle made of wood and rammed earth will be Zhu Ming's control of Manmeng. And even an important tool for expansion into Siberia.

And the surrender of the Eight Banners of the Han Army. There was a worried expression on his face. Although Zhu Ming's officers have explained their policies to them. As long as they work hard for the great son of tomorrow, the son of heaven will not hold them accountable for the sin of throwing the flag. However, there are many coats of the Internal Affairs Government in these Han Eight Banners, and the descendants of the great traitors who defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history. What do they don't know? Can the brain be flexible, and will be fooled by a few empty words that calm people's hearts? How did the men of Shi Jinghai's family die? Now that Zhu Ming has just arrived, he needs someone to lead the way, so he comforts them with words to comfort these Han Eight Banners, and when Zhu Ming has a firm foothold in Liaodong and Liaoxi in the future, he will probably settle accounts after the autumn, right?

Although I was uneasy. But he didn't dare to show the slightest expression on his face, and he had to appear more and more deferential, and not only sell his strength when he worked, but also use some ingenuity. As mentioned earlier, many of these Han Eight Banners were originally in Beijing to serve the Ministry of Internal Affairs, many of them were skilled craftsmen, and there was even a Lei Jingxiu, who was the head of the style house of the Qing Dynasty Internal Affairs Office, and in the words of later generations, he was the chief engineer. People are the masters who even know how to build the Summer Palace and the Old Summer Palace, and a small star castle can be difficult to fall? Therefore, he volunteered to bring a group of people from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty to "contract" half of the main project of the Star Fort and the construction of the barracks in the fort. The craftsmen employed were less than one-third of the North Koreans responsible for the construction of the other half of the Star Fortress. However, the progress and quality of the project are much higher than those of the North Koreans.

On top of a section of the newly built Star Castle wall, a group of people gathered. While inspecting the hot construction site in front of him, he talked and laughed in a low voice. In the middle of the crowd, Zhu Datianzi, who stood with a dragon robe and a golden crown.

"Your Majesty, there are still talents among these Han Eight Banners, and in less than half a month, this half of the Star Castle came out, and the half of the Star Castle made by North Korea only has an outline."

Luo Zenan pointed to a row of blacksmith workshops in Zhenliao City, close to the city wall, which were tinkling and working, and said: "The blacksmith skills of the Armed Forces Institute of the Manchu Internal Affairs Office are also good, and your subordinates have seen the flintlock pistols they made, and their refinement is better than the flintlock pistols made in Foshan...... Anshan also has iron mines and iron factories opened by the Manchu Dynasty Western-style yamen. Wang, it is better to set up an arms factory in Zhenliao, which will be under the jurisdiction of the Cabinet Office, and the craftsmen will use the people of the former Manchu Qing Internal Affairs Office, which can be regarded as making the best use of their talents. ”

Zhu Jishi smiled faintly and did not say anything. This Luo Zenan's thinking on industrial construction is similar to Zuo Zongtang's, both of which tend to engage in government-run enterprises, but Zhu Jishi is very optimistic about the efficiency of government-run enterprises.

He didn't refute Luo Zenan's meaning face-to-face, and turned the conversation to the ongoing Ming and Qing peace talks: "Military advisor, is Gui Liang still unwilling to give in on the food issue?" ”

Luo Zenan nodded: "There are always 800,000 Manchurian and Mongolian people in Manchuria, and Jilin and Heilongjiang have not yet been reclaimed, so it is not easy to feed so many people." ”

Zhu Jishi snorted: "Liaodong and Liaoxi were able to feed millions of people before they were occupied by the Qing Tartars, and there are fertile fields everywhere on both sides of the Liao River, look at what the barren ones have become now?" They are starving now, and their ancestors are also doing evil! ”

He paused for a moment and lowered his voice: "If the Manmeng Eight Banners want to drag it out until after autumn, it's okay, but the land of Liaodong and Liaoxi is not theirs, so they must pay rent and finish the autumn grain." ”

Luo Zenan shook his head, "Isn't this too forceful?" In case it arouses the spirit of the bannerman to fight to the death......"

"Fight to the death? Hmph, then die! Zhu Jishi sneered, "If the bannermen of Liaodong and Liaoxi had to fight to the death a month earlier, there might still be some trouble." But now 400,000 Koreans and 200,000 Han soldiers have been brought under the command of Gu Wang, and the 10th Army of Li Hongzhang and Zhang Jiaxiang has also driven over. Even if the flag man wants to fight, the lone king is also a sure winner! ”

As he spoke, his face suddenly sank again: "Military Division, this year, the Yangtze River is flooding, the grain harvest in Hubei and Jiangxi provinces has been decided, and the harvest in Jiangnan will also be reduced, only Jianghuai Dafeng (in history, the flooding of Huaishui was also a poor harvest, but now the Yellow River has been diverted, and the amount of Huaishui has decreased, so that a bumper harvest can be achieved), although it will not be short of grain, but it will not be too rich." North Korea was ravaged by the Manchus, and there will definitely be a shortage of grain this year, and there are still millions of Koreans and Han Eight Banners in Liaodong and Liaoxi to eat. They really won't, so let's fight again! ”

A big-headed and blistered lieutenant general of the Ming army on the side heard Zhu Jishi's words and shouted: "Your Majesty, your subordinates are willing to raise their own troops to kill all the animals of the Eight Banners, and you can't let these beasts compete with people for food, right?" ”

This person is Zhang Jiaxiang, the commander of the 10th Army, the general of the Tiandihui system, who used to be a robber in Guangxi, and Zhu Jishi came to take refuge with Luo Xuan, Feng Zicai and others after occupying Lantau Island. can fight and rush, he is considered a fierce general, this time he led the troops to the DPRK, and the soldiers were bloodless along the way, and he did not catch the battle, so naturally he did not have much credit to stand. Now I hope that the Northern Qing Dynasty will not surrender and fight again.

Zhu Jishi waved his hand, interrupted Zhang Jiaxiang, who was shouting and shouting to kill, and said to Luo Zenan: "In addition, Yixin has to hand over 10 million taels of silver, he has plundered a lot in North Korea, don't want to pretend to be poor!" And peace talks cannot be postponed indefinitely...... September 10 is the most late deadline, if Yi Xin still does not agree, then start a war, now the lone king has hundreds of thousands of Korean strong men in his hands, and then they will be used to attack Shengjing, Liaoyang, and Jinzhou. After the capture, the city will be slaughtered for 12 days! ”

The three cities of Shengjing, Liaoyang, and Jinzhou are the three largest cities in the entire Manchuria, and now there are at least 400,000 bannermen gathered in these three cities. In addition, there are still many county castles in eastern and western Liaoxi that have not been broken, and it is not clear whether the people of the Eight Banners can run away, even if they run to Jilin and Heilongjiang, it is difficult to ensure that Zhu Ming will not chase and kill all the way. In addition, Zhu Ming can also buy the Mongols in Outer Mongolia and let them kill the heads of the bannermen for money!

"Your Majesty, ...... It is to exterminate the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners! Luo Zenan frowned, "I'm afraid that Outer Mongolia and Tibet will have a sense of sadness about the death of rabbits and foxes, and if they are taken advantage of by the Russians, it will be very disadvantageous to me." It is better to let the remnants of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners settle down in Heilongjiang and the northeast of Jilin, and use them as the northern feudal screen. ”

Zhu Jishi snorted: "Use it as a screen? I'm afraid it's the Tsar's screen! However, the Lone King is not afraid that they will collude with the Russians, and it is a big deal that even the Russians will be defeated together! (To be continued......)