Fanwai 1, "The Great Smash Bros. at the End of the Ming Dynasty" Copy of the Great Demon Kingdom Chapter [The Great Sage Marries] (I)

Early summer 1653, Huaibei, Haizhou (Lianyungang)

Since the collapse of the Ming Dynasty and the turmoil of the world, Haizhou has become the territory of the so-called "Great Holy Country", and it has been 18 years so far.

- Of course, outside of Haizhou, it is generally renamed and derogatorily referred to as the "Great Demon Country".

Because, even among the so many demons dancing and bizarre separatist regimes in the Central Plains today, Haizhou's "Great Holy Country" can definitely be called the most magical, or the most magical one: this "country" is actually structured according to "Journey to the West"!

When the Ming Dynasty collapsed, the Ming Dynasty official army, the Wenxiang Sect rebel army and the Manchu Eight Banners killed each other in the two Huai lands, and finally the Qing army was victorious, and even the Wenxiang Sect leader Wang Ke was once defeated and captured, and then escaped back to Hebei, and established the "Mahayana State" in the chaotic times at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, the remnants of the Wenxiang Sect stayed in Lianghuai, supporting the "Holy Aunt" Xu Xin'er as the main one, and retreated to Haizhou to continue to resist. Because they sold themselves in time to take refuge in the "Australian" traverser on Huaguo Mountain outside Haizhou Port, and the place where they were located was quite remote and desolate, they finally survived and gradually formed a mini-vassal state that nominally respected Xu Xin'er as the empress, but in fact was fully dependent on the traverser.

When the time-travelers began to establish a system for this vassal state, they found that this country was too small from any point of view, with a population of only a few tens of thousands, which was only equivalent to a 100,000-stone feudal state of Japan's Warring States. And the regime was scattered, and the titular empress Xu Xin'er was just a Lori at the time, and she was thrown to the traverser on Huaguo Mountain as a hostage, and she had no real power at all. The six big leaders below each have a bunch of minions, and their forces are roughly similar, not only are the six of them dissatisfied with each other, but they even lack control over their own subordinates, so they can't pinch them at all.

As a result, this congenitally deficient "Great Sage Kingdom" of Haizhou had no choice but to admit the reality and adopt a feudal system similar to that of the Japanese Warring States Daimyo.

However, the place where the "Great Holy Country" was founded happened to be next to Huaguo Mountain, where the legendary stone monkey was born. So under someone's bad taste, when the relevant departments were planning this small semi-colonial country, they actually used the Monkey King's routine to divide the seals - the six leaders of the Smelling Fragrance Sect in Haizhou were respectively named the Pingtian Great Sage (Bull Demon King), the Great Sage of Covering the Sea, the Great Sage of Chaotian, the Great Sage of Moving Mountains, the Great Sage of Ventilation, and the Great Sage of Exorcising Gods, and they were on an equal footing with each other, regardless of their status. And Xu Xin's female emperor, who lives in Huaguo Mountain, naturally inherits Sun Wukong's name of "Monkey King...... Then under these great sages, also in accordance with the system of "Journey to the West", a large number of cave masters, mountain masters, altar owners and village owners were sealed.

- Although it sounds very magical and terrifying, in the final analysis, it is actually just a change of the positions of the Japanese samurai feudal country, such as the elder, commissioner, and ground attendant, to a title rich in the color of "Journey to the West", at most, plus the perennial power of the feudal lord and the fact that he has never been able to govern himself.

However, in the eyes of the feudal literati doctors of the Ming Dynasty, such a demonic and strange regime is still really unacceptable, not to mention that these guys are still puppets supported by the "Australian thieves", so they unceremoniously depreciate it as the Great Demon Country. At that time, scholars with good deeds wrote countless revelations, and gave the leaders of the "Great Holy Kingdom" derogatory titles such as demon heads, demon heads, demon girls, and witches.

Next, after waiting for the news about the establishment of the "Great Holy Kingdom", after passing through a few hands, it was transmitted to the inland provinces, under the false rumors, combined with the traditional folk stories of gods and monsters, many terrifying legends about the "Haizhou Demon Kingdom" evolved - for example, the demon head of the Haizhou Demon Kingdom likes to use human skin to make drums, use human bones to make magic weapons, and practice various evil methods all day long in order to live forever, for which a large number of people need to kill people and ingest souls to sacrifice to evil gods; And the demon girl of the Haizhou Demon Kingdom is to stay young forever, bathing with the blood of boys and girls every day, etc. almost described Haizhou as a lion and camel country dominated by demons in "Journey to the West". It even attracted many monks and Taoist leaders who tried to "subdue demons and eliminate demons...... Of course, after these eminent monks and Taoist chiefs came to Haizhou to "subdue demons and eliminate demons", they were either beaten to death with a stick on the street, or they were invited to prison to eat prison food.

However, although most of the above absurd rumors are nonsense. But to say that the "Great Sages" of Haizhou are not good, it is indeed not wrong to say that in order to make profits and hug their thighs, the "Great Sage" of Haizhou has long undertaken the business of helping the traversers recruit immigrants. However, in today's chaotic era of slaughter, most of the people that Haizhou can get are not from legitimate sources, but displaced people who have been captured and escorted by warlords and bandits from all walks of life like slaves. Behind every strong man sold to Haizhou lies countless burned towns and slaughtered villages.

Travelers who occupy the vast expanses of Australia, the Americas, and Africa have an insatiable thirst for Chinese immigrants and are never hesitant to pay high prices for their arrivals. On the contrary, the land of Lianghuai, where there has been a war and fire for many years, has reached the limit of the people's livelihood, and the year is not as good as the year. In order to survive and grow, the soldiers and horses from all walks of life, who were short of money and food, naturally became more and more interested in wantonly selling slaves to Haizhou, and as a result, the scale of the slave trade business in Haizhou became bigger and bigger, and more and more old and weak skeletons died on the way to Haizhou. Subsequently, under the smear and sewage of feudal literati doctors and false rumors, it became a terrifying legend that the demon heads of the "Haizhou Demon Kingdom" sent minions to capture people's blood sacrifices every year.

Of course, in the chaotic world of princes swarming and soldiers and horses, the Great Sage Kingdom (Great Demon Kingdom) of Haizhou itself has also become the target of the enemy army many times. And the performance of the great saints of the Haizhou Great Sage Kingdom, who are outnumbered, on the battlefield in the field can only be described as unsightly.

However, although they fought in the field and fought in the streets, their thick legs were really powerful, and every time they encountered a strong enemy, they abandoned the countryside and retreated to a strong fortress built in advance by the sea to defend it for a long time. The various military leaders in the Central Plains did not have fleets, and they could not completely encircle these port fortresses with their own docks. However, the Haizhou defenders could rely on the sea route to obtain supplies from the traversers, and finally dragged down the enemy's logistics alive and had to retreat.

After coming and going, the leaders of the surrounding armies understood that Haizhou, a hard bone with a backer, was not easy to gnaw, and if it was not sure to be won, it was better to do business honestly. The Great Sages also understood their own weight, and they no longer dared to think of any grand causes, but were very satisfied with their respective seaside corners, and even half of the Haizhou Mansion, which was far away from the coastline, was voluntarily given up by the Great Sages of the Great Sage Country.

In this way, relying on hugging his thighs and knowing the current affairs, this small country finally survived in the whirlpool of the troubled times in the Central Plains.

Then, eighteen long years passed in a flash, and as a temporary transitional regime in which the global Chinese Traveler Alliance indirectly ruled the areas controlled by Chinese mainland under the condition of insufficient strength, Haizhou's "Great Holy State" finally ended its historical mission and came to the end of the national throne.

However, compared with the tragic and bloody scenes of the death of the country in ancient and modern Chinese and foreign history, Haizhou, an extremely strange "Great Holy Country" in the late Ming Dynasty, came to an end calmly and steadily in an unusually peaceful and even festive way......

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The capital city of Haizhou, the palace of the Great Holy Kingdom

Although it is a royal palace, but as a miniature "county-level country", the imperial palace in Haizhou is naturally not very big, from the appearance, it is just an ordinary two-story Western villa, surrounded by lawns and iron fences, and there are no elaborate garden flowers and trees, clear spring ponds, just the simplest shrubs and green spaces, at first glance, it is almost the same as the middle-class community housing in the United States in later generations.

At this moment, the owner of this miniature palace, the contemporary successor of the Monkey King's name, the "Monkey King" Xu Xin, who was scolded by countless gentry as a female monkey demon woman, is wearing a plain cheongsam, sitting in front of the dresser, and the three maids take turns to serve and dress up in front of the mirror.

With the passage of eighteen years, this little empress, who was once played with and bullied by the big sister of the traverser, has now become a beautiful ** person with a light and elegant temperament like a lady, and charming and plump like a ripe fruit. It's just that she still hasn't been able to become a qualified monarch - the embarrassing environment in which the small regime in Haizhou has always been in internal and external difficulties and trying to survive in the cracks really does not allow her to really hold any power.

However, other than that, she has basically lived a stable life for half of her life. Moreover, today, Xu Xin'er is even more excited.

Because, today is her marriage...... Well, to be exact, it was the day of remarriage as a widow - as early as fourteen years ago, Xu Xin'er, who was still a girl at the time, had a marriage, and her husband was a time-traveling teacher who was ordered to be sent to her as a governess...... Fortunately, although it was "married to a son", the result was basically satisfactory.

Eight years ago, in order to annex the "Great Sage Kingdom", which was in the same vein as the Wenxiang Sect, the "Mahayana Kingdom" in Hebei Province sent a large number of assassins to infiltrate Haizhou in an attempt to assassinate the empress. Xu Xin'er herself was unharmed, but her husband was unfortunately killed, so the empress became a widow from then on.

Fortunately, under the cultural infiltration of the Global Chinese Traveler Alliance for many years, things like widowhood and chastity archways have become unpopular among the natives of the Ming Dynasty, the original plane of "Australiaization". A few years later, the widow Xu Xin'er successfully met the second spring of her life in Beijing's Chinatown (Perth) in Australia - because of her love for flowers and plants, she met the director of the Australian Capital Botanic Garden, a middle-aged widower who lost his wife, and then quickly became acquainted. After a few years of love marathon, it is finally time to achieve positive results.

“…… Mom! Haven't you dressed up yet? I've even packed my suitcase back to Australia! ”

With the above loud words, a tall girl in a blue dress broke in in a hurry, followed by a middle-aged maid with a wry smile on her face - she is the only daughter of the "Monkey King" Xu Xin's empress and the little princess Jin Xuezhu of the "Great Sage Kingdom".

It seems that thanks to the excellent genes of the traverser's father, as well as the sufficient nutrition of the "Australian diet", coupled with the proper exercise of "new school life", this underage little princess Jin Xuezhu is far taller and stronger than her mother. And Jin Xuezhu has learned taekwondo in the Australian school club since she was a child, and she can be called an invincible opponent in the whole school among her peers, so much so that she got an inexplicable nickname "Monkey Gohan......

(Those who can understand this stalk are retro anime lovers who have watched "Dragon Ball".) ）

According to the Ming Dynasty feudal scholars who like flat-chested loli and deformed little feet, pay attention to the aesthetics of "weak willow supporting the wind" and "step by step lotus", this little princess of Jin Xuezhu, who is tall and big, is simply an unsightly strange species. But in Australia, the base camp of the traveler, Jin Xuezhu, an athletic girl with a model body, is a popular figure in the school, and her beautiful photos are often on the cover of school magazines, and she has countless fans in school and society. So every time I followed my mother back to Haizhou, the boss was reluctant, and he complained that this place was too boring after staying for a few days.

Fortunately, if nothing else, this should be the last time she has to follow her mother back to Haizhou......

“…… Xiao Nizi has itchy skin again, isn't it? It's not stable at all when it's so big! It's only been a few days, and you're thinking about going back to Australia again? ”

Xu Xin'er turned her head angrily and glanced at her daughter, "...... Take a closer look at the scenery on the ground in Haizhou! You won't be able to see it again! ”

——Since her husband was assassinated, Xu Xin'er, who became a widow, moved out of Haizhou and lived with her daughter in Chinatown (Perth), the capital of the Chinese League, Australia, and came back to live for a month or two at most every year. Anyway, as a puppet empress, she doesn't have any actual government affairs to deal with.

But despite this, when she really wants to give up this "imperial inheritance", she will still feel a little melancholy in her heart.

“…… What's there to see in this place? Besides, you won't let me run outside the palace, not even on the beach, saying it's not safe! ”

Little Princess Jin Xuezhu pursed her lips, "...... There is nothing to play at home of several uncles and uncles (the rest of the great sages), and every time they don't get it in the past, they will be pointed and poked by the women in their families who are strangely shaped (referring to the small feet and the noblewomen of the Ming Dynasty), or they are embraced by a group of self-proclaimed amorous sons and brothers to offer courtesy, which really makes the family feel depressed! The scenery on Huaguoshan Island is good, but we have lived on the island for so many years since we were children, and we are even familiar with the position of every stone and tree, and the places where we should take pictures have already been taken, what else is there to see? Mom, you better hurry up and get married to your new father, and then let's go back to Australia together as a family and go to the Great Barrier Reef for honeymoon diving and watching tropical fish, okay? ”

“…… You...... How can you talk like that! It's really no big or small! Alas, it's all my fault for spoiling you......"

Listening to her daughter's nagging complaints, Xu Xin'er couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry, her daughter, after staying in Australia for a few years, she really became the kind of real Australian who didn't know how to respect and humility from head to toe! Immediately, she smiled helplessly - just as the little princess said, in the territory of the Great Holy Country, which is only the size of a cat's forehead, there is indeed no scenery worth seeing.

Looking out of the palace window, as soon as you look out of the iron fence of the courtyard, you will see a dilapidated and dirty scene. Except for a fairly imposing church in the distance, and a salt company run by "Australians" in the suburbs, which still has the appearance of a modern city, the entire Haizhou capital city is basically left with all kinds of strange-shaped slums and shanty towns, which at first glance look like a refugee camp......

There is no way, the frequent wars at the time of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty have already razed the former Haizhou capital city to ruins. After the establishment of the "Great Sage Kingdom", the "Great Sages" did not want to spend money to repair the dilapidated Haizhou Mansion City, but often dismantled the bricks and beams of Haizhou Mansion to build their own manor fortresses, so the city appearance was even more dilapidated. Before the official annexation of Haizhou, the traverser was not interested in overstepping his responsibilities and doing any infrastructure for the Great Sage Kingdom, but only concentrated on the operation of the Huaguoshan Concession located on the overseas islands, and at most added the salt industry company jointly established with the "Great Sage".

Nowadays, except for the imperial palace, the dock area and the salt industry company, which have their own generators, there is no running water, no electricity, no street trees and street parks, no playgrounds and libraries, no shopping plazas and cinemas that teenagers and girls like, and even cement roads and asphalt roads. It also exudes a disgusting stench.

It's early summer, when the sea breeze is strong, and the fresh sea breeze from the Yellow Sea can also dispel the foul air that permeates the city. In autumn and winter, choking soot and foul stench pour over the city, making it unbearable to be in the palace.

Since the city's appearance and environment are so dilapidated, the law and order situation is naturally a mess, and even the police do not exist in the Great Holy Country, relying on gangs to maintain underground order, basically similar to the modern Brazilian slums, if the "upper class" people break in and wander around, they will be robbed and kidnapped as fat sheep in the future. So where did Xu Xin'er dare to agree to her daughter going out of the palace to go shopping on the street?

“…… That's it, it seems that Haizhou is indeed a place where there is really nothing to be nostalgic about. After your mother signs the gift of the country to the Huameng government, you will sell this palace for a price, and you will stay in Australia for the rest of your life, and never come back! ”

"Monkey King" Xu Xin's Female Emperor sighed a little melancholy, then smiled at her daughter again, pointed to a hanger behind her and asked, "...... Come on, help mom see, which style of wedding dress looks more beautiful? ……”

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On the other side, at the wedding celebration venue of the "Monkey King", the auditorium of the Huameng garrison base was already full of lights. It was still early before the wedding, and most of the guests had not yet arrived. However, several local "great sages" in Haizhou came over early.

After eighteen years have passed, today's Haizhou's "Six Sages" have also successively alternated between the old and the new, and have been passed on to the second and even third generations. However, during this period, the infiltration and control of the Great Holy Kingdom of Haizhou by the traversers also deepened. Today, the leaders of all walks of life in Haizhou have been gradually dismissed by the traversers, and they have taken away the salt pans and most of the cultivated land in the form of "joint stock companies". In addition to the nondescript title of "Great Sage" on their heads, they were left with only shares in their respective estates and salt companies, plus a few shops and workshops.

In this regard, some people are naturally reluctant, why can't they twist their arms around their thighs, and finally have to pinch their noses and accept their fate. Among them, the group of people who jumped the highest once colluded with the "Mahayana State" in Hebei to cause chaos in an attempt to "expel the thieves", but they were crushed and slaughtered in the blink of an eye. At present, among these "Great Sages" and the "Cave Masters" and "Mountain Masters" under their hands, a few of them are still using their connections with the traversers to do some business, or to camp in the new court of the Huameng. And those mediocre people who have no ambitions, simply rely on the inheritance of their fathers and ancestors to sit and eat empty, and become rich idlers.

And after today, the name of the Great Sage, which has long been reduced to a joke, on their heads, will also disappear along with the Great Sage Kingdom itself.

“…… Brother Huang, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you have cleared it again. Could it be that there is something to worry about in business? ”

At the round table in the corner of the venue, the "Great Sage of Moving Mountains", who had just returned from trading in Japan, first exchanged a few words of greeting with old acquaintances such as Dai Shu, the Great Sage of Ventilation, and Zhang Yonglong, the Great Sage of Exorcising Gods, and then asked curiously to Huang Hainuo, who had lost a lot of weight for some reason and looked sad.

——This "Great Sage of Moving Mountains" cat fatigue, his real name is Mao fatigue, because he has two very individual cat beards, and his face is round and chubby like a cat face, and he is called a cat by the idlers in the market, so he is also called cat fatigue. Over time, people almost forgot his real name.

I saw that Mr. Mao Ti of the Great Sage of Yishan said this slowly, while reaching out to lift the Australian Linglong pot (transparent glass teapot) on the table, poured a cup of black tea into the teacup in front of the Pingtian Great Sage Huang Hainuo, and then added another cup to himself.

“…… Alas, this ...... Brother Cat is tired, it's really hard to say! I can't say it, I can't say it! ”

Although the Pingtian Great Sage Huang Hainuo took the teacup, he still refused to tell the truth, but then, he couldn't stand the ventilation Great Sage Dai Shu's words pierced his old bottom, "...... What else could be unspeakable? Naturally, the grape trellis in our Bull Demon King's house has fallen down again! ”

(The Great Sage of Pingtian is the Bull Demon King in Journey to the West.) ）

“…… That's right, brother Mao is tired, you came back one step late, and you didn't see the scene of Lao Huang being raided by his wife the morning before yesterday! Eh, our Bull Demon King, but he was running around the city shirtless with two delicate Persian orchids, and was chased by the Iron Fan Princess with a whip for three streets! It was a ...... scene Hehe, I don't know how Lao Huang later bowed low and became small, kneeling on the washboard for a few hours, before surviving this catastrophe! ”

Zhang Yonglong, the Great Sage of Exorcism, who was sitting on the other side, also smiled, ignoring the flushed face of the Great Sage Huang Hainuo, and described the ugly thing of this thing to Mao Wei with added fuel and vinegar - in fact, almost similar things are already well-known and commonplace in Haizhou. The reason why this "Pingtian Great Sage" Huang Hainuo is so sluggish and suffers from the roar of the Hedong lion in three days is because his title of "Pingtian Great Sage" and the manor industry are inherited from his father-in-law and master, but he can't change his lustful prodigal nature, and always thinks that home flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers.

And his wife Hu Guangyan, before following her father-in-law to rebel, was a girl in the rivers and lakes who ran horses and sold solutions, not only practiced a good kung fu and was good at all kinds of strange weapons, but also murderous, domineering and fierce, a female man who belonged to a female man, and she didn't know anything about female virtues, and was called "Iron Fan Princess".

Huang Hainuo was originally an orphan and apprentice adopted by his father-in-law, but he was beaten up by Hu Guangyan, a little junior sister, from childhood to adulthood, how could he be angry in front of his wife after marriage? As a result, "Princess Iron Fan Violently Beats the Bull Demon King" has become the most talked-about street scene among Haizhou folks.

“…… Hey, Brother Huang, it's not the first time that you've been caught by your wife raising a woman outside, why do you still put your outer house in the city? ”

After listening to the cause and effect, the cat couldn't help but smile tiredly, "...... There is such a small place in Haizhou City, a little bit of wind and grass, gossip, where can I hide it from someone who cares? Isn't this waiting to be raided? Wouldn't Brother Huang make a small manor in the countryside and hide Jiaojiao? ”

“…… Alas, it's not a secret, this rural house has also been purchased below. It's a pity that only a month later, it was attacked by Huaishang who didn't know which group of horse thieves and rogues took advantage of the night, killed and plundered, and burned to the ground. The two West Lake boat girls who spent a lot of money to buy are also missing......"

Pingtian Great Sage Huang Hainuo said with a wry smile, "...... No matter how chaotic the city is, there is still some order. It's really the jungle outside. ”

Hearing this, all the great sages were also silent. As a very small semi-colonial regime, the effective control of the Great Holy Kingdom of Haizhou has never exceeded the scope of twenty miles from the coastline. Just a stone's throw beyond the walls of the city is the lawless purgatory on earth...... Due to the abandonment of large tracts of cultivated land into grasslands, on both sides of the Huai River in the hinterland of China, there were bands of horse thieves and wild horses like Mongolian cavalry......

However, if it is compared with the ground in eastern Henan and northern Anhui further west, even the northern Jiangsu region near Haizhou is already less than the above, and more than the bottom. In particular, the Kaifeng area in eastern Henan, since the Qing army attacked Kaifeng 20 years ago and picked up the embankment of the Yellow River, it has not been able to block it until now, forming a yellow flood area that stretches for thousands of miles. If Cao Cao was born in this era, looking at the appearance of his hometown, I am afraid that he would have to chant with tears again, "The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles".

The two Huai in the south used to be the main battlefield of the Qing army and the Dashun army for many years, and many prosperous cities dotted along the canal during the strong period of the Ming Dynasty have all disappeared with the devastation of war and the silting up of the canal. In particular, Yangzhou, the most prosperous and wealthy, was set on fire by the rebels in the infighting of the Qing army, and it is still a scorched black ruin, and the famous "Yangzhou Thin Horse" has since broken its inheritance.

As for Shandong in the north, the same cities were reduced to ruins, the canals were completely silted up, and the once fertile cultivated land became lush elm forests, and there was even a peasant army of tens of thousands of people who claimed to be the king of the elm forests.

- Although it may sound interesting, you must know that when the elm forest in western Shandong Province stretched for hundreds of miles was still farmland, it was enough to feed millions of people...... But to this day, no one can say where so many people who disappeared have gone......

“…… Hehe, Brother Huang is really suffering. I think that when the reduction of the feudal domain is completed today, after the land is changed and returned to the stream, there will be Australian soldiers who will land and station, clean up the law and order, and the ground in Haizhou will be more peaceful. I just happened to buy some nuns from Japan this time, so I might as well send you two to put out the fire! ”

After a while, Mao Ti barely smiled, and changed the topic to talk about what he had seen and heard in Japan not long ago - it turned out that the Maori family who believed in Catholicism fought a fierce war for more than 20 years, and killed two generations of family governors successively, and finally crushed the desperate resistance of the Buddhist gate and the Kanto wealthy clan in the spring of this year, and destroyed the old lord Tokugawa family, and slaughtered all the old and young people. Seeing that the price was cheap, Mao Ti bought more than 20 young nuns to try the water......

“…… So the whole of Japan is now a kingdom of God? Oh, thank God Almighty......"

The Great Sage Crow Daoist, who was originally sitting on the side and was silent for a while, couldn't help but have his eyes light up when he heard the words, and he drew a cross on his chest again and again.

- This so-called crow Taoist is certainly not a crow-like monster, or even a Taoist. It's just that because he looks black and thin, he has been nicknamed a crow since he was a child. Later, he somehow converted to Catholicism, put on a black robe and became a priest, trying to preach in Haizhou, so he was called a crow Taoist by the natives who did not know it. However, although this "crow man" was pious in his beliefs, his communication skills were very bad, and in addition to his hoarse throat like a broken gong, there were very few idlers willing to listen to his preaching, and his missionary career in Haizhou was never opened.

However, although his missionary career was not going well, his personal fortune was quite good. Eight years ago, the "Mahayana Kingdom" of Hebei, which had once expanded to Shandong, sent assassins to infiltrate Haizhou in order to annex the "Great Sage Kingdom", which was also related to the Wenxiang Sect, and not only attempted to assassinate the empress, but also attacked several other Great Sages. As a result, because of the betrayal of his henchmen, the former Chaotian Great Sage caused his own fortress to be breached, and the whole family was killed, and none of them were spared. And the Crow Daoist, who was originally just a side concubine, ascended to the sky in one step after the fact, inheriting the name of the Great Sage of Chaotian and the remaining family property. The overjoyed Crow Daoist immediately thanked God first, and then spent a lot of money to take out most of the inheritance and build a luxurious cathedral in Haizhou.

However, although the magnificent Haizhou Cathedral was built, the missionary career of the Crow Daoist still did not improve, which made him frown all day.

For such a fanatical believer who chattered with gods and gods, the rest of the great sages obviously did not have any common language with him, but only reluctantly echoed a few words, and then moved on to other topics, such as after the revocation of the Great Sage Kingdom, where did their families go, whether they would continue to stay in Haizhou to settle down, or move to Lingnan, Taiwan and other peaceful realms that were more far away from the war...... Just as everyone was expressing their opinions and talking, Mao Ti suddenly noticed that something was wrong, "...... Huh? Why does it seem that there is one person missing? What about our great sage who covered the sea? ”

“…… You say the waves are turning upside down? He's waiting for the Australian chief on the docks! The Great Sage of Pingtian Huang Hainuo replied with a pout.

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At the same time, on the wharf of Haizhou Xingang, the third president of the Huameng, Mr. Qi Jianjun, who was born in North America, who came to watch the ceremony, was smiling and congratulating Liu Daoxiao, the groom official who was about to marry the "Monkey King" Xu Xin's children, and the director of the Huameng Capital Botanical Garden was flattered for a while - although as the director of the botanical garden of Chinatown, the capital of the Huameng, Mr. Liu Daoxiao is also an official in the system, but compared with a big man like the president, it is really a world of difference, and he can be received once. It was enough for Director Liu Daoxiao to be excited for half a month.

After sending away the groom officers who came to greet him, Chairman Qi Jianjun turned around and saw a group of Huameng marines wearing light blue summer combat uniforms, stepping on the gangplank and stepping off the transport ship one after another, and then gathering in batches on the empty field by the dock, with all kinds of whistles, passwords, and whistles endlessly. Defense Minister Marshal Huang Shi, who also came to observe and inspect the ceremony, drove slowly in a jeep.

“…… Marshal Huang, how does the situation look on Haizhou's side? Watching Huangshi jump out of the jeep, Chairman Qi Jianjun asked with a smile.

“…… The hydrological conditions of the bay on this side of Haizhou are okay, which is better than that of Lianyungang in later generations. However, the port facilities are far from sufficient, and the land roads are in poor condition, and it will take at least four months to rush to expand the supply needs of more than 100,000 regularized troops for long-term operations. ”

Marshal Huang Shi, Minister of Defense of the China League, who was already gray, raised his hand to give a military salute to Chairman Qi Jianjun, and replied lightly, "...... Of course, with the engineering and transportation capabilities of our army, it is not at all a problem to overcome the above troubles. The real question is, is the government really up to it? This time it was not a short and quick surgical strike, but a real conquest and governance, and even a quagmire of law and order warfare! ”

-- In the past few years, in view of the fact that its territory is vast and sparsely populated, and although its material strength is strong, its human resources are stretched thin, the overall strategy adopted by the Huameng on the Chinese battlefield has always been "closed operations along the coastline of Chinese mainland." In short, by means of maritime invasion, from the Honghe Estuary and the Beibu Gulf at the southernmost tip of China's traditional territory to the northernmost Liaodong Peninsula and Vladivostok, a separation belt encompassing the entire coastal area of China was established in a combination of direct rule and indirect control, so that all the foreign trade and communication channels in the Chinese mainland were in the hands of the traversers, preventing other Western overseas forces from intervening in the war situation in China and causing any unplanned variables.

Although for various reasons, there were also two small stretches of coastline at Tianjin Wei and Songjiang (Shanghai) that could not be controlled by the Huameng, after taking control of the Shandong Peninsula, the Liaodong Peninsula and the Changshan Islands, any unauthorized Western ships could not enter the Bohai Sea, and the port of Tianjin was useless. The Huameng fleet was also stationed on Chongming Island north of Songjiang Prefecture, making this outlet to the sea, which was controlled by the Qing court, also fall into a cage.

In addition, the Huameng Army was content to occupy the coastal areas and avoid going too deep into the densely populated inland areas of Chinese mainland, so as to save troops and reduce the pressure on law and order, and at the same time provoke the internal army lords and princes to fight each other, so that through the destruction of wars and frequent natural disasters, a large number of displaced people could be "squeezed out" from the land of the homeland of China, so that they could be recruited and absorbed by the crossers entrenched in the coast, and used for reclamation and development of many desolate areas around the world.

Generally speaking, this is a rather ruthless and rational strategy, which has allowed the Huameng, which has gained more than 20 million Chinese immigrants before and after, and after years of reproduction and breeding, as well as the replenishment of immigrants and naturalized people of other nationalities, the total population of the Huameng has reached 40 million, completely getting rid of the dilemma of having an empty territory but lacking a population in the past. But behind all this "war money" is the devastating catastrophe of China's local society.

Behind every Chinese migrant who goes abroad and runs to the vast world, there are at least two or three people who have died of starvation and sword-fighting.

Just as the rapid formation and expansion of the Yellow River Delta in Dongying City, Shandong Province, inevitably means severe soil erosion upstream.

Obviously, given the length of the human cycle, this blood-sucking process cannot be sustained for a long time.

And now, the previous strategy of only absorbing manpower and not seeking land seems to have reached the time to completely stop and update the strategy......

“…… Marshal, you should understand that as long as we still regard ourselves as Chinese and have a Chinese heart dancing in our chests, then unless the actual situation really does not allow it, the battle to recover Chinese mainland and conquer China's homeland will definitely be fought! Especially now that we already have the capital to do so! Twenty years ago, we had only 3 million people, but Daming had 200 million people, and technological superiority alone was not enough for us to be small and large, and even if we occupied the vast Chinese mainland, there were not enough grassroots cadres to carry out social reforms. And now, we have a population of 40 million, but the population of the Ming Dynasty has dropped to 50 or 60 million. In the past 20 years, Huameng has also educated a grassroots civil servant with new knowledge and enough to undertake local governance and reform! Even if there are other fronts in the way, we can give it a go!

In addition, according to the assessment of the intelligence department, after more than two decades of chaos and famine, with the rapid decline of Chinese mainland's population and the large-scale desoration of the country's land, the war inducement and destructive energy contained in China's local society are almost exhausted. Since the collapse of Li Zicheng's Great Shun Dynasty, the frequency and intensity of wars across China have decreased dramatically, and we have been able to recruit fewer and fewer displaced people. ”

Chairman Qi Jianjun said, "...... In other words, the land of China is no longer densely populated, but vast and sparsely populated. Even if the princes from all walks of life still want to fight again, they are already exhausted, and they have no soldiers and no pay. In that case, we can make up our minds to enter the battle.

The turmoil in China itself lasted for so many years, and the princes and warlords of the Central Plains experienced years of chaos, famines, and plagues, and their military and financial resources were weakened to the limit, and the people's will did not support them much. However, we have opened up thousands of miles of fertile land in the Americas, Australia and Africa, and our strength is far from comparable. Even the feudal literati doctors who once controlled public opinion and the hearts of the people, and were bent on opposing us, have been almost killed after so many years of war, and they can't be disgusting anymore. If such a good situation is not dared to fight, then when will it drag on to recover China? ”

“…… Alas, as long as the Central Committee of the Huameng League can reach a consensus and stick to it to the end, the rest of the technical problems will not be a trouble. ”

After listening to Chairman Qi Jianjun's explanation, Marshal Huangshi replied with a sigh, "...... To be honest, I am also looking forward to being able to reunite the broken rivers and mountains of China with my own hands in my lifetime! Otherwise, there will always be a feeling of being a ********......"

At this moment, there was a commotion outside the wharf, and it turned out to be a group of unkempt and ragged indigenous strong men, under the supervision of sticks and leather whips, dragged by the local "militia" of the Great Holy Country with ropes, and forcibly driven to the wharf. Then the military doctor broke his mouth like an animal to check his teeth, then pinched the muscles of his legs and arms, and slapped the crooks of his legs and armpits with bamboo poles, forcing them to make some jumping and tumbling movements. After these basic examinations, the strong men were driven to several different camps, where they were given a shaved head, bath, and a rest......

And behind this group of sloppy homeless people, Haizhou's local head snake, the "Great Sage of the Sea" Chu Richuan, was rubbing his hands and smiling at Marshal Huangshi and Chairman Qi Jianjun, "...... Two leaders, I have already gathered all the strong coolies you asked to collect, so it should be okay, right? ”

- This sea-covering sage Chu Ri ship, nicknamed the Waves. He was once an outstanding graduate of the Huameng Hong Kong Naval Academy, and was promoted to the rank of Patrol Captain of a Major. The reason why he has such a domineering nickname is not because of how good he is at navigation and naval warfare, but because after he became the captain of the ship, he actually hid two Indian female slaves on the warship in a frenzy, so that he could enjoy himself at any time after patrolling at sea. It led to the fall or demotion of more than 200 officers...... Because of the death of this lustful bastard, hundreds of people in the navy fell into bad luck, and the name of Chu Ri's "Turning the Waves" suddenly spread and became famous.

Next, after being fired out by the navy, Chu Ri's ship returned to Haizhou in ashes, inheriting his father's title of "Great Sage of Covering the Sea", as well as his manor and property in Haizhou. But despite this setback, Chu Richuan's yearning for fame and fame is still undiminished, and he always wants to find an official position in the Huameng government. It's a pity that the "waves" deeds of this product are too notorious, and no yamen has dared to hire him for so many years.

Just when the "Great Sage of Covering the Sea" Chu Richuan was camping everywhere, trying to regain but there was no way to enter, he suddenly heard that the Huameng was preparing to take advantage of the opportunity of the marriage of the "Monkey King" Xu Xin's Sons and Daughters to officially revoke the "Great Sage Country" and return to the land, and even the Minister of National Defense and the President of the State came to watch and inspect the ceremony...... So this "great sage of covering the sea" Chu Richuan suddenly became excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and took the initiative to come up and want to serve, serving the people from the central government. From recruiting strong men, surveying the terrain, and requisitioning land, no matter what happens, they take the initiative to move forward, and they are extremely active. On the other hand, in order to recruit local powerful factions in the next mainland strategy, Chairman Qi Jianjun is also preparing to erect a typical benchmark of "horse bones in Qianjin City".

In this way, Chairman Qi Jianjun maintained a kind and smiling expression, listening to the "Great Sage of Covering the Sea" Chu Richuan chattering about his merits, and raised his eyebrows to make a look at Marshal Huangshi. And although Huang Shi didn't like this guy who couldn't control his lower body, he had to obey the political requirements, sighed and paced up, and said in a slightly cold tone, "...... Comrade Chu Richuan, thank you very much for your help to our army, and the country will always remember your contributions. Then, out of consideration for the future war in Chinese mainland, the Ministry of Defense plans to set up a military labor company in Haizhou, I wonder if you are interested in taking the position of the first general manager? Well, if you take office now, I can give you the rank of temporary captain right away, and if you do well in the future, you will have the opportunity to transfer to the regular engineering corps and get the full rank......"