The Houjin aristocracy, who tried the power of Australian firearms, deeply realized that in addition to the need for brave soldiers, weapons are also the most critical point.

Take the siege as an example, dozens of artillery pieces were put under the city, and the generals of the Ming garrison were scared, if they fired the cannon directly, they would directly open the city gate and surrender before two hits, so the importance of weapons has been mentioned by Dorgon many times in military meetings.

Houjin's big artifact cannon is still being manufactured, and Dolgon has always been more concerned about such an artifact, thinking that just putting this cannon out can scare the other party into surrendering immediately, so he asked Houjin's builders to work overtime to study the Australian artillery.

It is said that not long ago they had already made a test firing, but it was a failed test firing, not only killed several craftsmen who had tested the fire, but the shell exploded directly in the barrel without going out, and if it wasn't far away at that time, Dolgon would probably have to follow his brother Huang Taiji with him.

Therefore, the test firing of new cannons is a dangerous job, and after Dolgon learned this lesson, he will let Han slaves do the test firing of imitation artillery, and the craftsmen are a rare commodity, and their safety must be guaranteed.

From this point of view, Dolgon is still relatively good to craftsmen, and has the same respect for scholars as he does for scholars, although he is sometimes a little fierce to them, but he also knows the role of craftsmen.

The news sent back from Guangzhou made Dolgon realize that things were not so simple, Shen Youlong formed a new army and shouted to expel the Tartars and restore my Ming Dynasty, such a slogan absolutely shows that he will not surrender, and it can even be said that this is a resolute opposition, and the common approach in the face of this kind of person is to defeat him, and then kill him, so that more people like him know that if they do not surrender, this is the only end.

Of course, the head-on conflict between Houjin and Shen Youlong is not so fast, after all, there is still the Hongguang regime to deal with in front, and the possibility of a head-on conflict with Liangguang is too small. Only they can be paid attention to now, but there is one thing that the Jedi can do in advance.

If you can cooperate with the Australians and ask them not to sell weapons to each other, it will greatly reduce the resistance in the future, but to say that the relationship with the Australians, Shen Youlong is obviously much closer than the relationship between Hou Jin and him, the two sides are not only close partners, but even the army is trained by the Australians.

If you want the Australians not to sell weapons to Shen Youlong, you must come up with greater profits to lure them out, otherwise the Australians will not agree so easily.

Take, for example, the actions of the Australians in Yangzhou now. Dolgon and Azig gave face to the Australians, and the army could have driven directly to Yangzhou, but it was detoured elsewhere to avoid direct conflict with the Australians.

Even when Wu Sangui went south to Jiading, he did not directly besiege the city, but stationed thirty miles away to observe the actions of the Australians.

Australian warships and hired merchant ships have been carrying people for a week, and more and more people have chosen to follow the Australians this week, as Houjin's army has approached. In addition, the atrocities reported by some refugees who fled from Houjin-controlled areas made some people who were greedy for life and afraid of death feel that they should leave as soon as possible.

Although they went to live in an unfamiliar place like Australia, at least they could save their lives, which was the idea of the rich gentry. Of course, some of them chose to go to Guangzhou and Hong Kong, and some of them who had a thorough analysis of the situation would go directly to Australia, believing that only there was the safest place at the moment.

Of course, there are also some poor people who have no choice, they either go. Either they are waiting to die here, and if they leave, the Australians can give them a house and land. He was also responsible for distributing seeds for farming, and such good things could not be found anywhere, and some people who were really unwilling to emigrate far away were arranged on Dayuan Island.

There is no problem for the Houjin where these people go, on the contrary, they feel that the population of the Ming Dynasty is really a bit large, and such a large population base is there, which is also a threat to them, after all, the population of the Houjin is too small, and once they don't have the support of the Han people, they can't rule this country at all.

Under such a premise, they naturally turned a blind eye to Australia's action to pull people, and secretly deliberately dared some people to the south.

Azig and Wu Sangui did not attack Yangzhou and Jiading respectively, which is fully illustrative, according to the news sent by Feng Zihai, the Houjin nobles were discussing the possibility of cooperation with Australia.

Of course, this cooperation is only in the business field, if it is military cooperation, it means that half of the Ming Dynasty will be divided into Australia, Dolgon is naturally unwilling, and finally entered the pass, and half of the country in hand is out, so why do you have to spend so much effort, it is better to collect troops directly.

The news has been sent back to China, and the country attaches great importance to this news, because Houjin wants to cooperate with Australia this time, and Australia should not cooperate with Houjin in any aspect, which will damage the image of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time will make Shen Youlong disgusted.

At this stage, although this old man is listening to Australia, but once Australia and Houjin cooperate, it may be uncertain, this is a nationalist, and he will never accept such a thing, so Australia must consider the pros and cons clearly.

The cooperation with Houjin is at most business, especially military weapons, this government must not participate, and now that Houjin has been in contact with the Ming forces in the south, Australian firearms cannot be sold in such a blatant way.

Shen Youlong is said to have asked about this matter, it seems that people don't know, just don't say it, in the past, Houjin didn't enter the customs, so naturally it can be sold, and it can't be controlled, but now that it has entered the customs, it is a head-on conflict, that is a different attitude.

The importance of this matter in Australia is no worse than that of Dorgon, and the businessmen in Daming in the near future are required to avoid direct transactions with Houjin as much as possible, so as to reduce the suspicion of the southern regime towards Australia.

Australia's tall image must be maintained, but it can't be ruined because of a little business, you must know that Australia is still preparing to immigrate from here.

Therefore, the cooperation with Houjin and the implementation of the artillery plan must be adjusted, and the Ming people cannot see that the Australian government is also involved in this matter on the bright side, and even if it is discovered, it will make people mistakenly think that it is just a private act of the people, so that it is conducive to Australia's preparation for withdrawal in the future.

Regarding the idea of the Houjin aristocracy, the Australian government decided to let Feng Zihai continue to monitor. (To be continued.) )