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This is a big deal, and Geng Jingzhong didn't forget to play with others. Although the bank belonged to most of his governor's office, he was not fully proprietary. Geng Jingzhong himself invested 30 million silver dollars, plus the banks scattered in various places, accounted for 80 percent of the shares as a whole, and the remaining 20 percent was openly raised from the public. In the end, they swore to follow Geng Jingzhong's Fuzhou Gu and Wang families, as well as Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, a total of eight large and small families, raised 10 million silver dollars, accounting for 10 percent of the shares. The remaining percent was unexpectedly snatched by the ten families in Guangdong who learned the news, they were all optimistic about Geng Jingzhong's future, or wanted to have a good relationship with Geng Jingzhong to do maritime trade, but I have to say that they made the right bet this time!

This time, all the officials in Fujian are responsible for publicizing the banknotes to the people, and the Metropolitan Governor's Office also promulgated regulations that all the people in Fujian Province who still have silver ingots cannot be used, and silver coins from other places cannot be used, and must be exchanged for the big silver dollar of Fujian in the Fujian Development Bank, for a period of two years, and after two years, the use of silver and other currency transactions is illegal, and once discovered, it will be directly locked in prison pending trial. During these two years, all exchange services are free of charge, and the fineness of the silver ingots and other silver coins is determined by the agreement of the bank. However, after two years, when you go to the Fujian Development Bank to exchange the Fujian silver dollar, you will have to pay a 30% handling fee. Since then, only coins or banknotes known as renminbi have been allowed in all transactions in Fujian, and copper coins produced by the Qing court can still be circulated for the time being. But the deadline is also two years. After two years, it will not be used. It must be exchanged for current banknotes. Geng's prediction is that within three years, the monetary reform will be officially completed.

In fact, with Geng Jingzhong's reputation and Geng Jingzhong's strength, he can be even more toothy, and he can order that within one year, all prefectures and counties in Fujian must use large silver dollars and renminbi, and no other currency can be bought and sold, otherwise it will be heavily fined and confiscated.

October 10th. After a month and a half of preparation, the Fujian Development Bank officially launched a new type of banknotes to the people of Fujian Province. The Fujian Development Bank has also undergone a new reorganization, and at this time, the Fujian Development Bank has only 50 million silver dollars in reserves, and there are still 4 million taels of gold deposited there

In the past month and a half, it has been still calm for Fujian and Guangdong, only a little turbulent in Jiangxi Ji'an Mansion and Fuzhou Mansion, but it has not surprised Geng Jingzhong's Hall Council. After the powerful reinforcements of the Mawei Army arrived, under the personal command of Li Guangdi, Hilgen on the side of Ji'an Mansion was so frightened that he retreated to Nanchang with 7,000 remnants of the army, and the Fuzhou Mansion did not withstand the artillery bombardment of the Mawei Army in turn. The generals defending the city also fled with 10,000 Qing troops, and the Mawei army symbolically pursued them and let them go. After all, they have to let them go back and fight Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses.

The Wu army near Nanchang Mansion in Jiangxi Province is facing off with the Qing army, and the Zheng army and the Qing army in Huzhou in northern Zhejiang and Jiaxing are still fighting back and forth, the Qing army took turns attacking the two cities but was not able to take it, the Zheng army followed up with reinforcements, and the two armies did not go to the field battle, and after the Qing army also had 20,000 troops coming, the war officially fell into a stalemate. However, when Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and even Yueyang, where the main forces of the Wu army and the Qing army were facing each other, were relatively peaceful, there were many major battles in Xi'an to the north.

Wang Pingfan's 50,000 soldiers and horses are now surrounded by the Qing army on both sides, and Zhao Liangdong and Zhou Peigong, who came from the northwest, have reached 70,000, of which Wang Fuchen's 20,000 soldiers and horses are also among them. There is not much difference in the strength of the two armies, and the combat strength of the two armies is also good, this battle has more than 100,000 troops, which can be said to be the largest battle since the beginning of the war!

In the battle the day before yesterday, because the Wu army was unexpectedly attacked by Zhou Peigong, it lost more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, and now Wang Pingfan himself has become much more cautious. However, when his subordinates knew that they were surrounded by the front and rear and occupied an unfavorable position, many grassroots soldiers were worried, and their morale was no longer so strong. In front of them, the two armies were officially facing each other, and they were attacking, although they knew that when they were close to each other, they should start to suppress their speed as much as possible, so as not to get the charge or not have the body after the charge, but the soldiers of the Wu army, and those elite veterans, unconsciously still slowed up a little.

The leaders of the Wu army in the front team were all shouting hoarsely, and the charge they were at the forefront was to the death, but they couldn't die in vain, and they had to rush to the other party. Three, two, and one miles were very fast, and the distance between the two sides was only seven or eight hundred steps. Although it was already close, the distance of a few hundred steps was not a short distance for a platoon on the battlefield.

At this time, the Qing army led by Zhao Liangdong in the northeast stepped forward in such a big stride, and the monotonous whistle was so harsh in the ears of the Wu army. This neat and unchaotic formation also pressed over like a mountain, and it also added a mountain-like pressure to the hearts of every soldier of the Wu army who had already had the will to die. This Qing army is the elite of a hundred battles refined by Zhao Liangdong, all of them are Han Chinese, and all the equipment is the best in the Qing army.

However, the number of this army is a little smaller, only 2,000 people, and it is a firearms battalion formed by Zhao Liangdong. It can be said that in the capital's instrument prison, the most exquisite bird guns were all picked out by him and brought to the army, and those Eight Banner generals did not look down on bird guns, they always felt that riding and shooting was the king. But Zhao Liangdong is different, his vision is first-class among all the Han generals. And the knowledge of firearms is far more than others. The main reason is that he has seen a squad of the Mawei Army shoot at the scene.

That was when he went to Guangdong on business six years ago. When I happened to go to Zhangzhou, Fujian, I met the Mawei Army for the first time to suppress bandits, at that time, the Mawei Army rifle was the most old-fashioned, and there was no rifling, but the power was still so considerable, and those mountain bandits had no ability to resist at all, and then he really realized that the power of the well-made musket was so great. But when he came back, he told others to listen, but no one believed him at all. It's no wonder that this firearm has been used by the Ming army for decades and is of little use, who would believe that the musket is so powerful?

Now his two thousand soldiers are armed with the best shotguns. In the first few battles, he didn't show much of his special force, and this time he wanted to win a battle in front of Tuhai and Zhou Peigong and defeat the Wu army on the opposite side, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to show his ability! So when the two thousand Qing musketeers were still two hundred paces away from the opposite side, the flag-holding soldiers at the front of the phalanx stopped, and the whistle was also two long whistles, and then it also stopped.

The two thousand musketeers were flanked by twice as many pikemen, and they were divided into a total of eight phalanxes to protect the musketeers, and at this moment they also stopped. At this time, these musketeers began to quickly inspect the muskets in their hands and make preparations. The flag bearer, who was waving the big flag, turned around and walked into the square. The standard-bearers of the Qing army trained by Zhao Liangdong were the most courageous soldiers in the army. Their duty is to protect the flag of their troops. In the past, in the Ming Dynasty, regular flag bearers were not allowed to move, but at this time the flag could be moved. If the flag cannot be moved, the function of the flag command will be weakened, so at this time, the flag bearer must carry the flag to the center of the safest phalanx. At this time, the Qing army saved this trouble.

Walking in the first row, Wu Junbing saw the fire gun raised by the other party, and their hearts were also a little frightened, a few days ago, there were already a lot of things in their army that had suffered from this fire gun. Although there was some fear in my heart at this time, I still pressed it down, and walked forward with a steady pace as much as possible. One hundred and ten steps, one hundred steps, ninety steps, seventy steps! Almost every ten musketeers had a captain who erected the musket, and they ordered almost at the same time: "Flat-end firecrackers!" Preparation! ”

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

In fact, this was the order to open fire, and the long front burst out with loud noises and gunpowder smoke at the same time, and the Wu soldiers who were walking in the first row fell to the ground without any suspense. This is the first time that Zhao Liangdong has sent out all the firecrackers, and this time it really opened the eyes of Zhou Peigong, who was watching the battle from the side.

Seventy steps, although it is not the best distance for a short-distance charge, these veteran Wu soldiers all understand this truth. But in such a situation, you can't help but rush, and no one can stand being beaten in vain! So the soldiers of the Wu army let out a heart-rending howl, raised the weapons in their hands, and rushed towards the Qing army formation dozens of paces away. The Qing army's side was followed by the second round of salvo and the third round of salvo, the three-stage style was the invention of Grandpa Qi, and it was already recorded in the war book, and Zhao Liangdong practiced decently when he was training. At this moment, the soldiers of the Wu army who were rushing forward were standing in a seemingly loose line, but the front and back were still quite close. Within a few steps of rushing, the soldiers in the first three rows, and even the fourth row, were knocked to the ground by the firearms.

But the footsteps of these Wu soldiers did not stop at all, and they still continued to rush forward. Don't hesitate at this time! The firearms of the Qing army are sharp, so if this side is one step slower, the Qing army will have one more chance to reload ammunition, and one more brother will die here! Unexpectedly, when the three salvos were completed, those Qing gunners stopped shooting. Due to the smoke produced when the musket was fired, the Wu generals in the back could not see the movements of the gunners clearly. However, they did not have the slightest happiness in their hearts, but felt apprehensive, feeling that the officers and soldiers on the opposite side still had some tricks to use.

However, those charging Wu troops did not care about it, no longer facing the metal storm, and did not take the opportunity to run a few more steps and face those officers and soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. The feeling of being beaten passively was simply too embarrassing. In fact, those people in the Wu army didn't pay attention, although the guns of the Qing army were firing in turns, the guns that shot were not replaced at all. Behind each gunner was two assistants, who carried several guns on their backs and constantly handed the loaded guns to the shooter.

If Geng Jingzhong sees this scene, he will definitely recruit Zhao Liangdong and these two thousand Qing army Han soldiers to his command, and if it doesn't work, he will find a way to destroy them, this is simply a talent, if you want to die to give them the rifles of the Mawei Army, the power is absolutely leveraged! At this moment, the pause after the three salvos of the two thousand firecrackers was not because there were no firearms, but because the range was too close, they were all waiting for the Wu army to get closer. Sure enough, when the charging Wu soldiers rushed into thirty steps, the sound of fire guns rang out again. However, this time the shooting was quite intensive, firing three rounds in a row, and five or six hundred of the Wu army, who were violently charging forward, fell to the ground again.

After shooting here, the musketeers did not continue to reload their ammunition and ran straight back. "Hurry up! The Tartars are out of ammunition! The officer of the Wu army at the front saw it very clearly, and immediately ordered the Wu army in the back row to press forward quickly, and at this time, some experienced veterans of the Wu army in front also had the courage to rush forward violently again. Although the nearly 3,000 Wu troops in front of them all joined the death charge, they can see whether they have experience or not at this time. Experienced veterans will hold down their speed when charging and duck as nimbly as possible to avoid coming to the front rows with the highest fatalities. However, when they found that the musketeers of the Qing army were running backwards, they rushed to the phalanx of the Qing army as soon as possible.

When the soldiers of the Wu army rushed into another forty steps, the pikemen standing on the left and right sides of the phalanx on the side of the Qing army all raised their spears, and Wu Hai, the general of the Qing army, immediately ordered to blow the copper whistle. As the bronze whistle sounded, the Qing soldiers who had originally raised their spears in the first few rows immediately lowered their spears. They are all left feet in front, leaning forward slightly, and the right foot behind the force, the stride is not large, but the left foot is always in front, just like this slowly forward, but this posture is convenient to exert force and resist each other at any time. The elite, it is obvious that it is the elite of the Han army, and even against the Tatar soldiers of decades ago, there is no problem!

At this time, the Wu army who rushed to the front was not afraid of hand-to-hand combat, they had been fighting like this for many times, and the Wu army that joined the death charge also dared to fight hard. The two sides finally collided violently together, at this moment, the shouts of killing and screams were raised at the same time, facing the spears raised forward, the Wu soldiers who ran in front couldn't dodge at all, they could only use their own flesh and blood to crash into it, even if they were afraid of the guns on the opposite side, and wanted to retreat, they would be squeezed up by the people behind them.

Wu Jun's equipment here is also good, but it doesn't work against spears at all. Even with a double layer of armor, the armor could not resist the piercing of the spear. The soldiers of the Wu army also had spears in their hands, but the length was far from enough, and a few of them rushed into the gap between the spears and spears with flexible movements, but when these people were ecstatic and were about to raise their knives to chop the spears beside them, they were stabbed by the second and third rows of spears. Among them, there was a small leader of the Wu army holding a big knife in front of him, he jumped into the gap, brandished the big knife and slashed left and right, and immediately cut off two spears, and saw that he was about to reach the other party. But at this moment, there was a tingling pain in his lower abdomen, and this pain immediately caused all the strength in his body to be drained in an instant. The spears in the back row were staring at him and stabbed at him all at once......

The Wu army is not so useless, the fire of the fire soldiers lost nearly 2,000 people and finally rushed to the front, the front Wu soldiers were also red-eyed, regardless of the rush to the spear array in front of them, after rushing up with the large group of men and horses, only a few minutes, the Qing army's military formation was also broken through, the two armies were entangled together, you have me, I have you to fight, this time who wins and who loses, it depends on the battlefield layout of the two sides who is stronger! (To be continued......)