Guangzhou Governor's Palace, Shen Youlong already knew about the victory of Shaoguan City for the first time, and it can even be said that Zhang Xianzhong will not have the strength to attack Liangguang for at least half a year in the future.

The loss of tens of thousands of main forces alone is not enough for a while and a half, in order to avoid the sharp edge of the Australians, it is said that Lao Zhang has begun to deliberately retreat in the direction of Sichuan.

Although the Australians were not chasing them, the shadow left in his heart did not seem small. His current thinking is that the farther away from the Australians is the better, as long as he is far away from the Australians, there is definitely no danger.

The first battle of Shaoguan played the prestige of the Australians, so that all the anti-kings in the world were very aware of current affairs and did not dare to have any ideas about the two Guangzhou, and at the same time taught the generals of the unified army everywhere a hard lesson.

Let them know that in addition to the sneak attack, the war can also be played in a variety of ways, the most praised of which is that hundreds of Australian soldiers defeated Zhang Xianzhong's 150,000 horses, such a war history is very rare in historical Shanghai.

Of course, with the Ming officialdom, even if the Australians have great merit, they will not deliberately publicize it, and the key propaganda must be the Ming Army of Shaoguan City.

Jiang Zhixin is said to have been promoted to a thousand households because of this battle, which is a very gratifying thing for him, although it seems to be just a step away from 100 households to 1,000 households, but in the more than 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, how many hundred households have been promoted to thousands of households This is still only a handful.

In order to express his gratitude to Wei Yan and others, Jiang Zhixin set up a banquet to reward Australia's friends.

At present, the combat mission of the third company has been completed, but Shen Youlong is not in a hurry to let them withdraw the army, this meaning can be imagined, and it is estimated that he is still worried about Zhang Xianzhong's comeback.

However, after this battle, he was even more sure that the difference between firearms and cold weapons was too great, and the Australians only dispatched a few hundred people to beat Zhang Xianzhong's hundreds of thousands of people, and such a record was unique in any dynasty.

What's more, the Australians also carried out a division of troops in this operation, which is the impact of differences in combat weapons and concepts. He was now more and more sure of how wise he had been in building this new army of two hundred.

If the imperial court can allocate money to form a new army, I am afraid that the rebellion will not be quelled, and it will be easy to capture the Houjin in the north.

It's just that the imperial court doesn't have money, let alone training the new army, even if it doesn't have money to help the victims, where will the money come from to train the new army.

If it weren't for the help of Australians, it is estimated that such a team of 200 people would not have been able to train it, and in addition to the problem of lack of money, the biggest problem is that the difficulty of army reform is also very huge.

How could the big men of those guards agree to the reform if they regarded the hereditary guards as their own tenants.

It's useless to think about it so much, just don't want to, Shen Youlong is worried about how to pay the huge war expenses of the Australians.

Don't look at Wei Yan, they played very well. The cannonballs were shot out one by one, but it hurt in Shen Youlong's heart, and the cannonballs and bullets were money.

Zhang Tianwen has already sent the bill to his house, with a total amount of 430,000 taels of silver, which is simply an astronomical amount, okay, Lao Shen couldn't believe that he was carrying so much money.

The imperial court has always paid lip service to his rewards, and there are no rewards in kind at all.

Faced with this situation, it is strange that Shen Youlong is not worried, not to mention that there are rumors that he will be transferred to the capital, if this is the case. Giving such a huge amount of foreign debt to the next one will not be able to pass it in his heart. I'm afraid I won't be able to get a copy of ginseng at that time.

In addition to these things that worried him, that is, the court asked him to behead all these rebels as an example, but the Australians made it clear that these captives should be taken away.

On one side there is pressure from the imperial court, and on the other side there are Australians with a tough attitude. It's hard to explain on either side.

The Australians said that the captives were theirs, and they wrote off the account at the price of ten taels of silver per person. Lao Shen still agrees very much with this condition, after all, it is also a good thing to be able to reduce a sum of money.

The key lies in how he convinces the imperial court.

Emperor Chongzhen in the capital had been overwhelmed by Li Zicheng at this time, and he had no time to take care of so many things. It was directly left to the ministers below to discuss.

Some said that they should be killed, so as to set an example and show those rebellious parties. This is the end of the rebellion, but some people say that they should be let go and treated with magnanimity.

But if it is released, how will the laws of the imperial court be enforced, and the judgment of chaos will destroy the nine clans.

In the court, you fight for your death and my fire, but you haven't discussed a specific one.

Of course, the most important thing they avoided and didn't discuss, that is, the Australians needed these captives, and Shen Youlong didn't dare to announce the trade treaty he secretly signed with the Australians, in that case, he might not be able to live.

At the end of the discussion, Chongzhen may be annoyed, and the ministers were reluctant to say much about the handling of these captives, so they directly gave Shen Youlong a holy decree and decided to deal with it at their own discretion.

This holy decree seems to be a few simple words, but the aftermath is very big, if Lao Shen doesn't deal with it well, he will be the first to die if these people rebel again in the future.

But since it's up to you to decide, then it's better to sell it directly to Australians, and these people may not be able to come back when they arrive in Australia.

Thinking of this, Shen Youlong's frowning brows also relaxed a lot.

The number of captives is about 7,400 people, and Blackwater needs 2,000 people with actual combat experience, and these people will be loaded and transported to Blackwater City for selection first, and the rest will be sent to South America after selection.

In fact, that place in South America is also suitable for those who kill gods, after all, there is no garrison there, and it will become a joke in case of any rebellion, on the contrary, it is more suitable for those honest peasants, who follow Zhang Xianzhong just to make a living.

I believe that in South America, as long as they are not lazy to eat enough, this problem can still be solved, and as for the rest, it is not up to the Australian government to take care of it now.

After the handover formalities were completed, Shen Youlong invited Zhang Tianwen to have a meal with a rare smile, because he knew that the other party would return to China to take up his post, which could be said to be a high promotion, and he couldn't invite the other party to a meal last time, but he couldn't miss the opportunity this time.

After all, the time of cooperation between the two parties in the past two years has been relatively pleasant, and Shen Youlong also wants to increase the long-term cooperation between them through the accumulated friendship with each other.

In addition, it is rumored that he is going to enter Beijing, and if he proposes reform at that time, it will definitely be indispensable for the help of Australians, so it is very necessary to have a good relationship with some of their officials at this time. (To be continued......)