The news that the Manchu army of 500,000 troops had assembled in Jiangyin spread far and wide, and for the Manchu army that was about to go south to attack Nanjing, the magnates and the common people fell into a panic.

Unlike the previous confrontation across the river between Dolgon, the number of the other side at that time was at most 200,000, relying on the comparison of the strength of the Nanjing court, in fact, it was still able to deal with it, at least they claimed to have 800,000 troops, but the actual number was only more than 200,000.

In addition, the battle is not good, and 50,000 of the 200,000 people who can fight are very good, but after the battle of Shaoguan, the loss of troops reached nearly 20,000, plus more than 10,000 people were captured, and later 10,000 people were missing, and the number of troops in the Nanjing court at this time was barely able to gather 150,000 people.

However, it is obviously impossible for these 150,000 people to face the attack of 500,000 people, and the gentry have already begun to move, especially the official eunuchs in Nanjing City, who are the first to start, and they all know what kind of urine the imperial court army is, so these people must at least find a way back for themselves.

If you don't look for a way back, you can't do it, tens of thousands of people were beaten all over the ground by thousands of people, and in the end so many people were captured, you say that such an army can resist the attack of the Manchu army.

The prestige of the Manchu army has spread all over the country, and the murderous Tartars do not care whether you are a literati or a writer, as long as they think you deserve to die, you must die.

At this time, although the Manchu army was still gathering, the people of Nanjing and the surrounding Yangtze River began to act.

They took out their own money and food, and fled further south with their families, and the place where fleeing south can give them a sense of security is estimated to be Liangguang.

The prestige of the army of Liangguang is already a household name among the people, and even as long as it is mentioned, they will unconsciously praise it.

In the eyes of most people, only the new army of Liangguang can protect them, and it is only up to them to recover the lost territory in the north.

Therefore, many people who have access or relatives and friends have begun to march towards Guangzhou.

The queue is endless. The fleeing procession of more than 10 kilometers ran on the official road to the south, and the government had the intention to stop it, but it had to let it go for fear of a civil uprising.

King Fu's big fat man wanted to die at this time, of course, he just wanted to think about it, he really wanted him to die, he was reluctant, he just regretted being this emperor, sat on the dragon chair, and looked at King Gui and King Lu were all right, and his power seemed to be strong. In fact, otherwise, the weakest belongs to himself, so he is a little envious of several other people.

Now people have not yet called, people are starting to panic, if they really call, then not everyone is going to run away, in recent days, there are even officials who have asked to return to their hometowns, this is not a clear desire to escape.

If he hadn't given a death order, it is estimated that everyone would have to leave at this time, in fact, he himself wanted to leave, but he could only stay here for the sake of face and his special status.

From the receipt of the Manchu army about to move south. The entire area south of the Yangtze River was in a panic, and almost all those who could walk were gone, and this flight was the largest population migration in the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Judging from the refugee camps in Liangguang and Fuzhou, the total number has reached one million. Even this total is increasing.

With the increase in population, it has also brought unprecedented pressure to the two Guangzhou, and the daily consumption of grain alone is very huge, facing such a huge food consumption. It can be said that Shen Youlong can't afford it at all.

He had no choice but to turn to the Australians again, and only the Australians could help him solve these populations, all of whom were mainly gathered in Guangzhou and other places.

For those gentry to come, it's okay to say. But for other ordinary people, it's a little difficult.

Ordinary people were almost always ordinary people, who did not have much money and could only survive on handouts, while the gentry and landlords could take refuge with relatives and friends, or even use their own money to buy.

For Shen Yulong, the Australian government is also caught in a difficult situation, the number of early developers in Malacca and Dayuan Island is increasing by 2,000 each time, incomplete statistics, the total number of immigrants in Malacca in recent months alone has reached 100,000.

Such a huge migration of people requires a considerable part of the food and money as the basis, and the supply of food in Australia is not enough for the local cities, and the supply of these overseas cities is completely dependent on the purchase of Luzon and Siam.

Not long ago, the Australian government began to reduce the number of migrants in order to solve the current situation, so as to alleviate the shortage of food and funds.

Siam and Luzon have almost all been bought up by Australians, so now the Australian government is encouraging settlers to cultivate not only sugarcane but also rice, and when these people can feed themselves, it will reduce most of the pressure on the government.

Now Shen Youlong's policy of accepting almost all the people who fled has not set up checkpoints, it can be said that the Ruyin system established by the Ming Dynasty has completely existed in name only.

"It's not a way to go on like this, we must let Lao Shen take some measures to reduce the inflow of people, and we must do what we can to take in refugees." He Yu looked at the new batch of immigrants at the dock.

As the Governor of Malacca, Zhang Wei nodded in affirmation, and it could be seen from his squinted eyes that the afterglow of the immigrants seemed to be more stressed than He Yu.

He Yu's pressure mainly comes from expanding the territory and relocating new immigrants, the arrival of these new immigrants has increased the number of battles of the army to a certain extent, but at the same time, it has also increased the territory of defense, don't look at the number of people has expanded to a battalion, but with the expansion of the territory, it is still far from enough.

The larger the territory, the more areas that need to be defended, so the shortage of troops has become very serious, and recently He Yu has been doing one thing, requiring adult men in every village to join the militia, and the implementation of the militia policy is to be able to protect themselves, and secondly, to recruit new soldiers in the future.

In addition to the training of the militia, the construction of the local national guard in the colony will also enter the implementation phase, so the capacity of the Viceroy of Malacca and the Christmas market is said to be declining at this time.

Therefore, He Yucai proposed to let Shen Yulong set up checkpoints to slow down the entry of refugees and form a time difference, which can reduce the pressure on the Australian government to a certain extent, and at the same time, it can also subsidize the funds and food of the early immigrants to subsidize the later ones, because of the time difference, the food planted in advance can be smoothly reduced in the harvest season. (To be continued.) )