March 10 of the first year of Hongguang, Daishan Island

The heads of military and political affairs gathered together to discuss various matters. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the various institutions of the shogunate and the inspection department are becoming more and more perfect, there are also special personnel in charge of various matters. But when it comes to all kinds of important matters, it still needs to be discussed by everyone.

"Spring ploughing is now underway, and half of the spring rice has been sown on Daishan Island. This year, the average farmland on the island is planted with rice, and the other half will be planted with wheat. Spring planting is also underway on other islands, and 28,000 acres of arable land have been reclaimed on Jintang Island, but because the reservoir has just been repaired in winter, the water storage is very small, so it is impossible to grow rice, only wheat. ”

Sha Fu, the head of Hu Cao, reported to Ren Siqi about spring planting, which is related to the grain plan and cannot be ignored.

Daishan Island and its affiliated islands have cultivated a total of 60,000 acres of cultivated land, and although the land on the island is barren, there is guano in it, and the grain output is no worse than that of the cultivated land in the interior. Last year, the yield per mu of cultivated land was one and a half stones, which was about the same as the grain output on the mainland.

60,000 acres of cultivated land, summer and autumn, can produce almost 150,000 stone of grain. The immigrants from Daishan Island, together with the original islanders of more than 100,000 and 25,000 soldiers, although these grains were not enough to eat for a year, they also greatly reduced the pressure on Daishan grain.

After Sha Fu returned, the other directors of the inspection department also reported on the work they were responsible for.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thanks to your efforts, the situation in Daishan is getting better day by day."

Ren Siqi looked around and said slowly.

"Recently, everything has been complicated, and spring plowing is one of them. In addition, it is time to go to the Luzon Sea Trade again. The profit of sea trade is the biggest reliance of my Daishan, which should not be underestimated. Director Chen, how is the preparation of the goods? Ren Siqi asked Chen Zhongdao.

"Back to my lord, the goods have been prepared. However, due to the contradiction between the Ningbo gentry and us, we can only buy raw silk through Cen Gang, and the quantity is only 500 quintals. However, there were many other goods, including 10,000 pieces of porcelain, 50 quintals of tea, 1,000 horses of silk, all of which could fill two sea ships! ”

Because of the robbery of the gentry's sea ships, Daishan and the gentry of Ningbo formed a mortal enemy, although the Daishan army with strong troops had no choice, but the gentry privately resisted Daishan in every way, which directly led to the shortage of sea trade goods, and the goods purchased in one winter were just enough for two sea ships.

"Brother Sima will go to the sea trade this time!" Ren Siqi said to Sima Nan.

"Yes, General!" Sima Nan was overjoyed when he heard this, and let him stand alone, which meant that Ren Siqi completely trusted him.

Mao Shiba's face sank when he heard this, but he didn't say anything.

"All battalions should intensify their training and run in as soon as possible. Sima Nan went to Luzon, and his subordinate naval army was temporarily under the responsibility of the Eighteenth Brother. Eighteenth brother, you and Olier discuss and step up the training of inland river warfare for sailors. ”

"Do you want to fight?" Mao Eighteen was stunned when he heard this.

"yes!" Ren Siqi nodded, "The situation in the north is getting more and more chaotic, and the Qing army has already occupied Guide and is about to attack the Huai River." The war is about to break out, and although our Daishan Army is alone overseas, how can we stay out of it. It is estimated that soon the imperial court will issue an order to transfer us to Nanjing! ”

"Okay, after training for so long, it's finally useful!" Jin Yufei said in surprise.

"I have long been looking forward to the day when I will send troops, kill all the **** people, and avenge my dead brother." Ren Xingfan said fiercely.

In the first battle of Qingzhou, less than 200 people survived the 1,000 Daishan infantry, and how many compatriots died at the hands of the Manchurians, which made the survivors not hate!

"This time I will send troops, I will definitely fight with the Manchurians, and there will definitely be a chance for revenge." Ren Siqi said with a smile.

Ren Siqi expected it very accurately, and five days later, an envoy from the imperial court went to Daishan Island.

A eunuch entered the port of Gaoting on a sailboat under the protection of a dozen brocade guards.

After receiving the news, Ren Siqi led all the officials to greet him at the wharf of Gaoting Port and welcomed the envoy into the city of Gaoting Town.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, the house of goodness, there will be afterglow. Those who have not bowed to the good and are not tired afterwards are also depressed. I don't skimp on praise.

Coastal defense guerrilla Ren Siqi, loyal to the country brave and good at fighting, specially named Ningbo General Army.

Ren Siqi led his subordinates to the north and arrived in Kyoto to listen to it.

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"General Ren, the Holy Lord has a lot of praise for you, from a small guerrilla general to a chief military officer, the Holy Lord's kindness to you can be described as sky-high. Be faithful to your kingdom and live up to your grace! ”

The eunuch closed the holy decree, handed it to Ren Siqi, and said with a smile.

"The emperor is kind to his ministers, and it is difficult for his ministers to repay their kindness!" Ren Siqi said with a grateful look.

With a wave of his hand, Xiong Er walked up to the eunuch with a wooden plate covered with a red cloth.

When he lifted the corner of the cloth, his eyes were full of yellow light, and the two eyes of the eunuch immediately smiled and narrowed.

"Or to ask your father-in-law's name?"

"Our family's surname is Lu Mingfang, and we work in the celebrant supervisor." Eunuch Lu said with a smile.

"The situation in the north is in crisis, and General Ren is invited to send troops quickly!"

From the mouth of Eunuch Lu, Ren Siqi knew that the Qing soldiers had occupied Guide and were marching to Huai'an, and the Ming troops defending the Huai River had surrendered one after another, and it was estimated that soon the Qing soldiers would be under the city of Yangzhou.

The situation is already so dangerous, no wonder the imperial court is so generous, and it actually raises itself to the high position of the general army.

Ningbo General Soldier! This is good, with this holy decree, you can enter Ningbo justifiably, and eastern Zhejiang will be your own world!

Eunuch Lu did not leave, but stayed in Daishan in the name of the prison army, so as to urge Ren Siqi to send troops as soon as possible.

After receiving the holy decree, Ren Siqi immediately sent the generals and ordered all the departments to gather in Daishan as soon as possible.

After receiving the military order, the infantry battalions stationed on Jintang Island, Lantau Island, and Changtu Island returned to Daishan by boat. The sailors of the three detachments also gathered at the port of Gaoting.

The Qing army is strong, and this time the troops must be sent with all their strength.

After consulting with Li Yanzhi, Ren Siqi decided to take all the infantry and 10,000 sailors to the battle.

Because it was inconvenient for large sea ships to travel on inland waterways, most of the three-masted sailing ships stayed in Daishan. There were only 10 large ships equipped with cannons, such as the "Princess" and "Flying Fish", and most of the other ships were flat-bottomed sand boats, as well as warships suitable for inland river navigation after modification, and most of them were galleys and sails.

After deliberation, the Olier fleet was ordered to stay in Gaoting and be responsible for the defense of Daishan. Olier has 5,000 sailors and hundreds of sailing ships, half of which are three-masted galleons, and Wang Zhiren's Dinghai has been crippled, and there is basically no opponent in this sea area.

The civil affairs of Daishan were in charge of Shafu, and the military administration was in charge of Olier. These two are old men who have followed Ren Siqi for a long time, and Ren Siqi is very relieved to hand over Daishan to them.

On 17 March, the 20,000 Daishan troops set out from Gaoting Harbor with more than 300 boats, their sails spread, and they rode the wind and waves to the north. (To be continued.) )