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Dongjiang, Guangdong, Shitan Town.

The sound of artillery rumbled, and the Qing army camp on the opposite side was blown into smoke and dust. Dozens of 12-pounder and 9-pounder cannons were lined up, solid shells piled up like hills beside them, and the gunners stripped their arms, loaded powder packets and shells into the chambers, and fired them like thunderbolts.

The officers and men of the Ming army, with battalions as units, formed a dense three-column horizontal formation behind the artillery position, all of them with high morale, waiting for their king Zhu Jishi to give the order for a general attack.

In the sky above the highlands and villages on the northeast and southeast of Shitan Town, the flags of the sun and the moon are now erected. The Green Battalion deployed by Seng Lingqin in these strongholds either surrendered or was destroyed under the onslaught of the Ming army. Every time the sun and moon flag is raised, the Ming army in the entire battlefield will let out a huge cheering sound, and even the people transferred from Dongguan and Bao'an counties can't help but cheer together.

"Daming Wansheng! Daming Wansheng! ”

Liu Peng, who had just been appointed as the right prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, chatted about the carriage curtains, looked out the window, and saw thousands of green battalion soldiers hanging their heads and walking south under the escort of a small number of Ming troops, they were all Qing soldiers who were captured in the Battle of the Dongjiang River yesterday.

Well, the surrender is naturally all green battalion soldiers, and the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are all good, and they would rather die than be taken prisoner! So the defeat of the Manchus in Guangdong was "really" caused by these rotten green battalion soldiers! In the recital to Emperor Daoguang by Seng Lingqin and others, they also declared conclusively: "The people of Guangdong are all traitors, and the Guangdong soldiers are all thieves."

"Brother. Later, when you see the king, you will have to help me talk about it. It also gives our 4th Brigade a chance to go into battle and kill the enemy. This credit can't all let Han Si, Su Yuniang and Luo Jun stand up, our brothers are old ministers who are from the dragon in Europa. ”

It was Liu Jiong who spoke, the commander of the Fourth Brigade of the Ming Wangjia Army, a very senior officer, but he had no prestige. The other three brigade commanders of the Ming Dynasty were all shot with a knife, but Liu Jiong was the only one who studied in a military academy in Britain for more than a year, and then he was parachuted down to become a brigade commander. This Dongjiang Battle was originally a good opportunity for meritorious service, but Zhu Jishi arranged for him to go to a "place of appeasement". That is, to guard the back road, and by the way, to exterminate some places that do not obey the Ming Dynasty.

Listening to his younger brother's words, Liu Peng just sneered, stroked his beard and said, "Mu Lin, what's the hurry?" This chaotic era of the Ming and Qing dynasties has just begun, and I am afraid that there will be no chance to make meritorious contributions? He paused and said, "Mu Lin, do you think the king recruited you and me from Bao'an County to be weishenme?" ”

Liu Jiong shook his head, looking confused.

Liu Peng smiled, looked at his younger brother and said, "It must be all taken from Guangzhou!" ”

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Although the battle of the Dongjiang River has not completely ended, Seng Lingqin is still carrying a stockade. But the big picture is already decided. Zhu Jishi is now using the method of encircling Sanqueyi, which is to force Seng Lingqin's Eight Banners soldiers away. Then chase all the way, how can you eat half of Seng Lingqin's troops, and the remaining remnants of the defeated generals will definitely not dare to stay in Guangdong and not leave.

This Guangdong province will undoubtedly be the world of the Zhu family. Therefore, it is not difficult to take Guangzhou, but it is difficult to take it all! The so-called all-entitled, not only the complete city of Guangzhou, but also Guangzhou's talents, capital and the status of China's first commercial port, all need to be completely preserved and fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty!

In the current Manchu Qing Daoguang years, Guangdong's handicraft industry is very developed, adjacent to Guangzhou Foshan is an important industrial and commercial town, known as "the world's businessmen gather, fireworks 10,000 thousands, department stores, Huicheng (Guangzhou) is less than one." Among them, the four major industries of smelting and casting, ceramic production, textile and silk, and lacquerware production are the most developed, and the products are sold at home and abroad, and the "working class" engaged in handicraft production in Foshan is no less than hundreds of thousands, and various factories and firms are also counted in the tens of thousands. The city of Guangzhou has long been the first important town of Sino-foreign transportation, with the convenience of a mouthful of trade, not only gathered a large amount of capital, but also has a large number of businessmen engaged in domestic and foreign trade, millions of huge rich can be described by the volume of vehicles.

In the past few months, the HSBC controlled by Zhu Jishi alone has absorbed a huge deposit of no less than 100 million taels of silver from the hands of wealthy businessmen in Guangdong! If such a huge amount of capital can be used to develop Guangdong's industry and commerce, Guangdong will certainly be able to attract a wave of so-called industrial revolution in the foreseeable future -- although most of these people have been reduced to compradors in semi-feudal and semi-colonial China in history, it is only due to circumstances, and if the "bourgeois revolution" led by Zhu Jishi succeeds, they will undoubtedly be glorious members of the emerging bourgeoisie.

"Mu Wen, do you still maintain contact with Wu Shaorong, the leader of the Thirteen Elements?" As soon as he saw Liu Peng, Zhu Jishi immediately thought of his late master Wu Shaorong, a wealthy businessman in Guangdong who had always been led by the Thirteen Lines, and the Thirteen Lines were led by the Jardine Behavior. Therefore, winning over Wu Shaorong is the key to taking Guangdong.

"No contact."

Liu Peng's answer made Zhu Jishi slightly disappointed, "Is it possible for this person to betray the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Liu Jiong next to him smiled and said, "Your Majesty, does this Wu Shaorong have any other way to go than to turn his back on Qing Xiangming?" His Jardine Bank has deposited tens of millions of silver in your HSBC bank, and this silver is not just their Wu family...... Many of the Eight Banners in Beijing have held dark stocks in the Thirteenth Bank, and this silver is going to be gone, and Wu Shaorong's family is a dead end even if they go to Beijing! ”

It's not one person who dies, it's the whole family that dies!

Zhu Jishi fully believes that the trading of the Thirteen Lines is not as difficult as Jishixing, and there is no Jishu barrier, and it all depends on monopoly to eat! But why is it their turn to do such a haode thing? Which of the thirteen lines does not have a net worth of millions or tens of millions? In the past few months alone, they have deposited more than 60 million in HSBC! It can be seen how rich these people are! If all this amount of silver were their own, they wouldn't believe it even if they killed Daoguang Emperor Zhu Jishi. These thirteen are just signboards floating on the surface, and behind them must be the relatives of Beijing. If all the money of these powerful people is lost, the Wu family will naturally die.

"As long as they turn their backs to Ming, the property of Jardine Hong belongs to the Wu family." Zhu Jishi looked at Er Liu Dao, "The rest of the lines are the same, I don't care who is behind them, as long as they do it with me, these industries are their own." ”

"Your Majesty, the industries of all walks of life are added together, I am afraid that it will not be 10,000,000, if it can be used as a military ......," Liu Peng looked at Zhu Jishi's face as he spoke. He does not have contact with the Wu family, but it does not mean that he is not worried about the Wu family's family business, the total amount of property owned by the thirteen lines headed by the Wu family is definitely worth the income of the Qing Dynasty for two years, and it will all belong to the Ming court, even if a million strong soldiers can afford it.

Zhu Jishi smiled faintly: "Mu Wen, copying merchants is always a hammer deal, in the short term, the financial revenue has increased, but the damage is long-term, if copying has become a habit, no one will dare to invest money in our territory." And what I need is an industrial revolution, just like Europe now, where industry is thriving, commerce is prosperous, and the country's income is naturally abundant...... Now the merchants of Guangdong are led by the Thirteen Lines, and if the Thirteen Lines are seized by us, I am afraid that the adverse effects cannot be overemphasized. ”

In fact, Zhu Jishi also has an idea, hoping to reorganize and upgrade Guangdong's handicraft industry through the Thirteen Lines. Although Zhu Jishi himself is a big capitalist, he can't do everything, which will only turn the four major banks into big but not strong big companies. Therefore, it is necessary to support national capital in addition to the four major banks. Moreover, in terms of communicating with the handicraft industries in Foshan, Chaozhou and other places to help them improve the industrial structure, the means of the Thirteen Lines are far more than Zhu Jishi. After all, Guangdong's handicraft industry is oriented to the Nanyang market, doing export trading, the thirteen lines are their customers, it is not an exaggeration to say that the parents of food and clothing, and there are many handicraft workshops themselves are operated by the thirteen lines, so as long as the thirteen lines are held, it will also hold the central nervous system of the entire Guangdong handicraft industry. Coupled with the capital of the Thirteen Lines and the jishu provided by Zhu Jishi, it is entirely possible to promote an industrial revolution in Guangdong!

Thinking of this, he looked at Er Liu with a smile, "Mu Wen, Mu Lin, this errand of taking Guangzhou will be handed over to you two brothers." (To be continued......)