Zheng Damu is most concerned about the "Fujian Times" and "Hantang Times", and it can be said that this is the newspaper he must read every day.

When he came to the Chaoshan area to "collect grain", he also made this place a miasma.

The three cities of Chao, Shantou and Jiecheng have been developed for thousands of years, and they were originally regarded as granaries.

Many large local households have formed various fences according to the terrain, and the defense is still quite tight.

Zheng Damu levied grain twice before, but he did not take the big city of Chaozhou, but the general fence and stockade are still not too difficult.

He has no choice, if he buys food, it's okay to say, but where does he get money to buy it?

So he can only focus on righteousness, after all, he is ready to really fight the Tartars, and there is hatred between the family and the country, no one doubts this.

Therefore, those big families should also sacrifice some of them, and take out some rice and grain to achieve my great righteousness against the Tartars.

But the ideological work of these big households is not easy to do, and they don't even obediently take out the rice and grain in the warehouse!

There is no way to do this, but to forcibly levy, for the sake of justice.

The point is that the big ones are still resisting - but where are they Zheng Jiajun's opponents? Professional questions.

During this period, some people did die, this Zheng Damu has not shied away, for the sake of righteousness, it is nothing to die some people, even if my Damu dies, I am also willing!

These words are indeed loud and sound, and they are by no means false, and Zheng Jiajun sincerely admires them.

For the third time, with the help of the armament provided by his uncle Zheng Cai, after taking Chaozhou, it can be said that he also followed the advice of his uncle Zheng Cai and did not kill any prisoners, even if it was Hao Shangjiu, the Chaozhou guard general he originally hated to death, he did not kill him.

At that time, the southern Fujian region presented a chaotic situation, in addition to the official troops of the Ming and Tatar captives, there were local tyrants and bandits everywhere who supported the walled cities, competed with each other, and collected money and grain from the people nearby, just like the emperor of the soil; Compared with these local forces, Zheng Damu has relatively complete armaments, but because of the large number of troops and too little territory, he faces a major problem of raising food and wages.

However, this Chaozhou guard Hao Shangjiu, although he had rebelled against the Tartars with Li Chengdong in 1648, he always attacked Shi Lang and Zheng Hongkui, the Duke of Dingguo, to requisition the troops, and also refused Zheng Damu's request for a "coalition army", and sent troops to make it difficult for Zheng Damu when he attacked Xinxu Village, which was a blatant enemy of Zheng Damu's righteous behavior.

In June 1648, Zheng Damu's army arrived in Chaozhou, and sent troops to attack Chaozhou on the grounds that Hao Shangjiu's position was "unclear".

Hao Shangjiu's troops were defeated by Zheng's army, so they had to retreat to the capital city of Chaozhou; Jieyang, Puning, Huilai and other counties were all in the hands of Zheng Jun.

Soon, the Tatar army also invaded Guangdong again, so that Hao Shangjiu was in a situation of being attacked in Chaozhou, and surrendered to the Qing army in a fit of anger, leading the Qing army into Chaozhou City to fight against Zheng Chenggong together.

After besieging the city of Chaozhou for three months, Zheng's army not only failed to fight for a long time, but also faced the problem of food and salary, so it had to relieve the siege of Chaozhou and retreat to southern Fujian in August.

In October 1649, Zheng Damu decided to wave his troops south again, in addition to fighting the Qing army in southern Fujian, he also planned to subdue the walled cities around the country along the road as a source of food.

After more than a month, they captured Zhangpu, Yunxiao and other places from the Tartars, and also pacified Dahao, Xiamei and other villages; In November, Zheng's army attacked Zhao'an Buke, but decided to transfer to eastern Guangdong, and go to the area of Chaozhou City through the Fenshui Pass to conquer the sporadic forces that did not cooperate.

Fortunately, they captured Chaozhou City, in fact, if they still can't capture it, they will follow the strategy of General Shi Lang of the left and turn around to capture Xiamen Island!

In other words, history turned a corner here, Zheng Damu captured Chaozhou City, and Zheng Lian, the second goods, kept Xiang Shang's head.

When Zheng Damu sent General Zuo Shi Lang to exchange those prisoners for important armaments, he stabilized his anxious mentality.

The big city of Chaozhou is more important than Xiamen!

It's obvious, he has food.

Even if there is a great drought in the world, the rivers and ravines here have never been dry.

At the same time, after he successfully conquered other places where there was sporadic resistance, the Chao, Shan, Jie, and Nanao islands were all in his hands.

Without prisoners, he can exchange food for armaments!

Uncle Zheng Cai is there, and Taiwan Hantang Group is there!

Uncle Zheng Cai can always give more every time, and the Hantang Group is careful, what is the water content, what is the damage rate, and the deduction of this and that is not refreshing.

Zheng Damu once discussed with Shi Lang, they have so many good items there, is it possible to take advantage of their unpreparedness and take them in one fell swoop? For my own righteousness?

Who knew that Shi Lang was shocked after hearing this, and persuaded him not to think about it.

The reason is simple, they have unpredictable powers!

Zheng Damu smiled slightly, and looked at his trusted friends gently, don't be frightened by their appearance, when he went out, he changed a lot and became more stable.

But what is there to say.

Shi Lang thought for a while and said, "It's impossible!" Not to mention their strong guns, not to mention their palm mines and new muskets, they can give the arquebuses we use to the farmers at will!

They call it the Cadre Militia—"

Zheng Damu's face turned red with anger, and he said, "In this way, the armaments that we have worked so hard to exchange for rice and grain, they can actually distribute them to farmers?!" ”

Shi Lang said: "They are very widely distributed, I have gone to those places one by one, with our strength it is absolutely impossible to hit them with one blow, even the three brothers Zheng Cai, Zheng Lian and Zheng Bin have surrendered to them, and obediently exchange them according to their requirements, those black fire/medicine and rockets are all made by the three brothers they taught them, and there are extremely sharp marching cannons, which they exchanged for coal and pig iron from Longyan and Anxi, and I heard that they also helped them process flintlock pistols - and they can also provide them with food-"

Zheng Damu was angry in his heart and said, "Why are they so arrogant? Heavy weapons in the army can also be handed over to others casually?! ”

Shi Lang glanced at Zheng Damu meaningfully, he didn't believe that he didn't understand what was going on.

Zheng Damu really said sadly: "They must have sharper weapons, so they will be like this-"

Then he said: "What about your plan for Xiamen Island?" ”

Shi Lang thought for a while, shook his head again, and said: "No, no, then Zheng Cai will not leave Xiamen Island an inch, and it is heavily guarded, and there are many forts, and it is impossible to attack without 50,000 elite soldiers and hundreds of warships exceeding 1,000 stones." The key is that the Hantang Group is on the side, and there is no way to judge their reaction.

At just one wharf in Budai Town, I counted more than 20 thousand-stone ships -- the Anjiang Shipyard, which stretched for dozens of miles, and the slipways there built day and night for a long time. ”

Well, the previous plans are no longer considered.

So, what should I do?!

Shi Lang said firmly: "Farming, mining, and strengthening the army!" Zheng Cai in the inside, Han and Tang in the outside, stabilize Chaoshan, and guard against the Tartars! ”

The two of them held hands and shook hands, and they all said to their hearts!

Resisting the Tartars, that is necessary, this is the great righteousness, but neither of them mentioned how to deal with the Yongli regime.

Whether it is in real history or now, they have never thought of taking the Yongli Emperor and their ministers to their side, Li Dingguo can, but Zheng Damu cannot, the reason, you know.

The title of the national surname is the same as that of his uncle Zheng Hongkui's Dingguo Gong, which was given by Emperor Longwu, what does it have to do with Emperor Yongli?

Besides, there are many reasons why you can't be the king, and there are many ways to succeed.

Shi Lang brought back some armaments, which reassured them, more than a dozen large iron cannons were mounted on Chaozhou City, which immediately made people feel calm, and cement, this object is good, it can help the city defense!

There are also some seeds.

After the general policy of stabilizing Chaoshan is set, of course, you can't just collect grain, and even give some subsidies to the places that have been levied grain, such as those god seeds.

At the same time, it was also ordered that the army should not disturb the people and business, no matter what time and space, in a normal society, this is always politically correct behavior.

Zheng Damu's reputation was immediately greatly improved in the Chaoshan area, and he really thought for the people and sent a divine seed.

Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, once had plans to recover here, but after listening to the details, Chaozhou City is already a city with strong guns and artillery, especially since they also use cement-

This concrete thing left a shadow on him, and with it, the collapse of the city wall has become impossible, as evidenced by the battle of Canton.

He once ordered the Meizhou guards to try to attack Chaozhou, but found that they turned out to be sharp and unstoppable, but fortunately, the troops were not enough to fight back, and they did not dare to leave the city to fight!

Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, immediately ordered his men to stop harassing them, and now was not the time to overcome them.

During this period, there was a rare period of calm in eastern Guangdong, where everyone was gasping and gathering strength.

When all the Fujian areas were subdued by Zheng Cai, his uncle Zheng Hongkui, the prince of Dingguo, said: "Okay, that Zheng Cai is capable, and the whole place in Fujian belongs to the Zheng family, haha!" ”

Zheng Damu said: "Then they still want me to wait for me to import rice and grain before they give me arms?" How to count the Zheng family? ”

Uncle Zheng Hongkui, the prince of Dingguo, said: "It doesn't matter, he was a calculating person when he was a child - but he is not a vicious person, he still talks about relatives, I will also go to see if he has any other methods that I can't think of, I can't write two Zheng characters in one stroke-"

When he went to Xiamen, Zheng Cai really warmly welcomed him and let him walk around Fujian.

Zheng Hongkui, the Duke of Dingguo, finally saw a way in Putian.

They have minerals here, and I have them there!

Let's just say two things, I don't know what the feldspar (potassium) is used for, but the Hantang group wants to transport it over, and they will give a horse ticket; I don't know what the scale ore (phosphorus) is used for, but the Hantang Group wants to transport it over, and they will give a horse ticket!

What is a Horse Ticket? It's silver, it's armament, it's everything—

Zheng Hongkui, the Duke of Dingguo, didn't want to refuse Zheng Cai's plan to join forces, of course, the words were much more tactful.

Zheng Damu is a rare young talent, with good support, he will become a great weapon one day!

But if you come to Fujian now, it is Zheng Cai's subordinates, although it is a Zheng family, but it cannot be divided so simply.

Zheng Cai sent some black fire/medicine and some armaments before he left, which is affection, but what if he doesn't give it next time? Don't worry.

Zheng Hongkui, the Duke of Dingguo, was even happier that he understood the truth of Zheng Cai's beginnings.

It turns out that the objects in the underground can also be exchanged for many desired objects, isn't it just an exchange?

He brought back all kinds of ore specimens that the Han and Tang groups wanted, and he didn't believe it, the land of eastern Guangdong, rich for thousands of miles, how could there be no such objects?!

Don't talk about the coal, Meizhou has the most!

After he came back, he explained to Zheng Damu in detail-

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