Wan Qian refers to whether Feng can bear the fifty-fifth water master

In August of the first year of Chongzhen,

Last month, Mao Wenlong sent Kuo Ke to Jingshi, because this person was Huang Taiji's henchman Niu Lu, so Jin Yiwei asked a lot of valuable confessions from his mouth, and soon, the imperial court issued a general order to reward Mao Wenlong, and recognized Huang Zhongse's investigation, admitting that there were as many as 36,000 soldiers in Dongjiang Town. However, because of the problem of Liaozhen, the imperial court could not give Dongjiang Town a full amount of military salary for the time being, and the monthly salary of these 36,000 people was still half of that of Liaozhen, that is, seven yuan per person, and Dongjiang Town was paid 240,000 taels throughout the year.

After waiting for this result, Mao Wenlong scolded the Hubu in the Tang newspaper for having too much conscience, first of all, he claimed that he could not understand why the soldiers in Dongjiang Town could only receive half of the military salary, and secondly, Mao Wenlong revealed that Huang Zhongse only ordered the 36,000 soldiers on Dongjiang Island as the number of the whole town, and he resolutely asked the household department to send people to Lushun, Jinzhou, Changsheng Island, Gaizhou, Fuzhou, Tieshan, Kuandian and other places to re-order.

Mao Wenlong claimed that only half of the 36,000 people would starve hundreds of thousands of people in the Dongjiang River, so he resolutely opposed the move to Gaizhou, and in view of Mao Wenlong's strong reaction, the imperial court decided to suspend the discussion on moving the town and allow Mao Wenlong to continue to sit in Liaodong, and the Korean Gongdao was also located in the Dongjiang River.

Of course, the North Korean side is very dissatisfied with this, the king of North Korea once again sent an envoy to complain to the Ming Dynasty, according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, the tribute is to give a reward, but in the past eight years, Mao Wenlong has only given half of the North Korea's reward, and in the past two years, even this half of the reward, Mao Wenlong is also paying the bill with the Ming treasure banknote. However, the cabinet ministers believed that Donggang Town was more important than North Korea, so they could only use good words to appease the North Korean envoys. The matter of moving the town is finally over.

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September 10, Xiapu, Fujian

Fujian is probably the province where there is no shortage of poor fishermen in the whole Ming Dynasty, relying on the high salary of Huangshi, Yu Zhigao soon pulled up another sailor. In the past, when the Penghu Naval Division was abolished, some people did not go to be pirates but went home to farm, but now after hearing that Funing Town reorganized the Naval Division, these people rushed to join the army one after another.

In the past half a year, the Military Industry Department of Funing Town has been producing cannons like a desperate person. A total of 520 9-pounder guns and more than 150 12-pounder guns were produced. Even the eighteen-pounder cannon produced a dozen of them. The 50 warships of the Funing Army were equipped with many guns, 40 small ships with 4 or 5 guns, and 10 large ships with 20 guns. In order to operate these artillery, Huangshi also urgently trained more than 3,000 water artillerymen, of course, the quality of these people is still very poor.

Although the quality of the water war gunners is not very strong, the Funing Army's consistent tradition of artillery crews has helped a lot in this problem, and the artillery crew of 10 people is still a large number of people and a great strength after all. Yu Zhigao said that at present, the firing speed and accuracy of each gun are barely passable, but the most lacking thing in the Funing Army is not the sailors but the captains.

Although Kazuo Kuroshima and Shi Ce provided some sailors and captains, Yu believed that those captains were only suitable for the work of smugglers and captains of transport ships, and most of the captains were veterans urgently promoted by Yu. In Yu Zhigao's words, no matter how much training is carried out, the actual combat problem of the captain cannot be solved, and qualified sailors still have to rely on fighting after all.

Although the sailors in Funing Town are nerve-wracking, the overall situation in Fujian Province has stabilized. During these eight months, the Funing Town Headquarters worked overtime to train soldiers. At present, Fujian's army officers and men have reached nearly 30,000, and in all the ground conflicts with a scale of more than 1,000 people, the Haikou have all failed without exception. In one of the battles, a foot squadron of the Panshi Battalion fought against more than 3,000 pirates, and as a result, Zheng Yiguan's army was still defeated. At present, the Haikou have completely abandoned the idea of regular warfare and are concentrating on fighting guerrilla warfare with officers and men.

Ever since the Fujian Provincial Government Secretary categorically rejected Zheng Yiguan's request for recruitment in March this year, Haikou knew that they were planning to engage in a long-term confrontation. So they began to store food and supplies in their overseas bases, and the Fujian Buzheng Secretary and the Funing Army also imposed an increasingly strict sea ban on-for-tat.

"Marshal, martial law orders in various coastal areas have basically been implemented to the letter. A staff officer presented the August report to Yellowstone. In order to cut off the supply of pirates, Fujian's political secretary has ordered fishermen in coastal areas to suspend fishing and absolutely prohibit any ships from going to sea.

At first, after Zheng Yiguan's request for Zhao'an was refused, the other Haikou in Minhai held the posture of watching jokes, thinking that this was the Zheng family's own business, and felt that he was making too much trouble, so he angered the Fujian Political Secretary. During this period, there were even a few Haikou who sent people to Funing Town to test the problem of recruitment, hoping to take the opportunity to put on a tiger's skin and transform from Haikou to Funing Town officers and soldiers.

But to their surprise. The attitude of Huang Shi, the general soldier of Funing Town, was unusually tough. Fujian Buzheng Department and Funing Town have made several public announcements in succession. The imperial court only accepted the surrender of the pirates and would never recruit peace, and the leaders of the pirates could be pardoned if they surrendered early. However, their ships will be confiscated, and the troops must be reorganized in Funing Town, and they will definitely not reward the pirate leaders with official status.

This kind of stubborn attitude made the major Haikou gradually sober up, and this time the officers and soldiers had the idea of killing them all, so even Liu Xiangqi, an old enemy of Zheng Yiguan, put aside his personal grievances and went to Xiamen to join Zheng Jun. The main reason why Huang Shi is so tough is because he is unwilling to repeat Xiong's mistakes. In history, Xiong Wencan put on a tiger skin for Zheng Yiguan, and in ten years, he used the power of Funing Town to exterminate all kinds of Fujian Haikou including Liu Xiangqi, forming a dominant situation, and finally Funing Town could no longer control Zheng Yiguan.

In Huang Shi's view, the strategy of using Haikou to rectify Haikou is nothing more than to blow Zheng Yiguan away and turn him into Wang Yiguan and Li Yiguan. Therefore, he was bent on forming a naval division of officers and soldiers under the complete control of Funing Town, and pursued a tough line that would never compromise with the Haikou. Fujian Zhu Yifeng quarreled with him several times for this, but the two of them are now grasshoppers on a rope, and since they are stubborn in Huangshi, Zhu Yifeng has no choice but to compromise.

At present, 20,000 officers and men of the nearly 30,000 land officers and soldiers in Fujian Province belong to the field units of the firefighting, Panshi, Xuanfeng, and Tianyi battalions. The remaining 10,000 soldiers are coastal defense troops. Funing Town transported a large number of nine-pounder guns produced to major ports in Fujian and built coastal defense batteries one after another. Like the naval division, the army artillery in Funing Town is also the fastest growing branch of the army, and in just a few months, Funing Town has more than 2,000 coastal defense artillery personnel, which has exceeded one-tenth of the coastal defense force.

Yellowstone's strategy was to establish a series of ground-and-sea defense strongholds, which were used to monitor suitable locations for the landing of pirates, such as river estuaries and estuaries, and they relied mainly on artillery fire to defend themselves. The small group of pirates has no way to take them, even if they have the ability to hold out for a period of time in front of the brigade of pirates.

In this way, the field army of four battalions in Funing town could be deployed on the second line. This way, they can get time to rest, and they can also attack at any time to rescue those strongholds that have been attacked by the brigade of pirates. In May, Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xiangqi jointly attacked the official and military strongholds near Zhangzhou, but far before they gnawed the turtle shells of the officers and soldiers, the Tianyi Battalion stationed in Zhangzhou rushed to hear the alarm, and the Haikou who landed had no choice but to fall into the sea again and flee.

Since the Fujian Provincial Government Department and Funing Town issued a declaration of no compromise, the rapid development of Haikou has been controlled to a certain extent. Even a few former Funing officers and soldiers who were mixed in with the Haikou also sneaked home, and then defected to the newly built Funing Naval Division. Everywhere they go is to eat for a while, and since the imperial court seems unwilling to pardon the Haikou Kou, then some of them naturally refuse to go in a place where there is no future.

"Well, very good. "Huangshi is very satisfied with the report. In recent months, the Funing Army has set up more and more coastal guard posts along the coast of the mainland, but the total number of illegal sea trips they have discovered has become smaller and smaller. According to the report of the Military Intelligence Department, the grain reserves of Haikou, which are entrenched in Xiamen, Tongshan, and other islands, have not increased for three consecutive months, and perhaps a reversal will not take long to occur.

Zhu Yifeng had planned to use an executive order to force the coastal people to relocate inward. In addition to not killing people, Huang Shi felt that the whole plan was no different from the Manchu Qing Dynasty's ban on the sea. So he asked Zhu Yifeng what to do if there were fishermen who loved their homes and refused to leave, and Zhu Yifeng's answer was to send officials and soldiers to demolish their houses, and then escort them to the mainland as thieves.

Huangshi was adamantly opposed to the plan, because many Fujian fishermen relied on fishing to make a living, and forcing them to move inward would starve their wives and children. Huang Shi thought that this would definitely drive a large number of good people to the side of the pirates. So he promoted his theory of "righteous people" to Zhu Yifeng, and Huang Shi defined all the fishermen who responded to the call of the Fujian Provincial Government Secretary to evacuate to the mainland as "righteous people", and then raised money from the Jinghai loan to support them and their families.

Zhu Yifeng immediately felt that Huangshi was already unreasonable, once this plan was implemented, the demolition fee would be calculated in 100,000 taels: "If you can't level Haikou in one month, Huang Shuai plans to raise them for a month, and if you can't level Haikou in two months, Huang Shuai plans to raise them for two months?"

"Yes, if you can't level it for a year, you can raise it for one year, and if you can't raise it for two years, you can raise it for two years. ”

"How much silver will it cost? At least fifty thousand taels a month. ”

"Let's count it at 100,000 taels. Yellowstone doubled the number with a single mouth. He doesn't just want to feed the fishermen: "They are all righteous people, and we need to make them eat better than usual." I don't want the Fujian Political Secretary to do this matter, I, Funing Town, will be responsible, so that no one will take the opportunity to prey on the people. ”

"Huang Shuai, we don't have so much silver!"

"Borrow!"

Seeing Zhu Yifeng's face turn pale, Huang Shi reminded loudly without giving an inch: "Lord Zhu, if these ordinary people can't eat, they will go to the Haikou, or secretly sell them food, or run a lot to report to the Haikou...... Then, we won't think about Jinghai in any way for two years. If we can't collect the Jinghai tax, we won't be able to collect the Jinghai tax! As long as we can collect the Jinghai tax, we can repay it if we borrow more money now, but if we can't collect the Jinghai tax, we won't be able to repay it no matter how little we borrow!"

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In early September of the first year of Chongzhen, Zhu Yifeng of Quanzhou sent someone to inform Huangshi that he had sold out the third batch of 1 million Jinghai bonds, and that Jinghai had borrowed a total of 2.5 million taels of silver so far.

"Great. After hearing the good news, Huang Shi breathed a sigh of joy with joy. The 1.5 million taels of silver that I had borrowed before had almost been spent by Huangshi.

Zhu Yifeng finally reluctantly agreed to give compensation to the people. After the Fujian Political Secretary issued a notice to reassure the people, the Funing Army took action according to Huangshi's order. Whenever the fishermen in the coastal areas were willing to move inland, the Funing Army would buy their fishing boats and farmhouses at a high price, and the dilapidated fishing boats would be counted as new ones, thatched huts as mud houses, and earth houses as brick houses.

After these residents move inward, Funing Town will also issue each of them a set of righteous citizen certificates, with which they can go to the designated place to receive silver every month, regardless of men, women, old and children, one penny of silver per month. As a result, not only the fishermen in the planned area to be relocated enthusiastically responded to the call for internal relocation, but also the mainland people in the safe area identified by Funing Town. There is also a strong urge to move to a "safer" place. After Funing Town rejected their demands, some excited people even spontaneously marched and demonstrated in front of the Funing Town stronghold. The garrison can only dismiss them if they talk badly.

"Marshal, the people of Fujian have resolutely supported our army, and the manpower replenishment of the Haikou is close to being cut off, with the support of the people, the detailed work of the Haikou has now become very conspicuous, and the intelligence of the Haikou should have been almost interrupted in the past two months. ”

"Of course, if not for hunger and cold. Who among the people wants to go against the government?" Huang Shi was not surprised at all by this outcome, the common people of China have always been timid and duty, and how could they dare to compete with the army of the imperial court until they had to do so?

Another staff officer reported to Huangshi with a serious face: "Marshal, there is a new problem with the sailors of our army, which is very serious. ”

"Oh? ”

Huang Shi, accompanied by several staff officers and Yu Zhigao, inspected his own warships. The wood at the bottom of the ship had begun to deform, and the boats were made of fresh wood, but they had only been used for training for a few months. There is no earth load at all, but it is close to disintegration.

Yu Zhigao patted the boat gang, and the wood on it was also slightly deformed: "Dashuai, in two months at most, this ship will fall apart." ”

"It looks like we're going to have to build a new ship. ”

"Marshal, the last general feels that it is time to attack Xiamen. Yu Zhigao pointed to the fifty warships moored in the harbor. Most of them were made of fresh wood, and most of them didn't last more than three months: "While they are still usable, let's go and fight the pirates, and if we win, won't we have to build new ships?"

This idea made Huangshi also quite excited, once the shipbuilding is a lot of silver, even if the Haikou is not completely eliminated this time, as long as Xiamen can be recovered, the forbidden sea area can be greatly reduced, this in and out is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver: "However, it has cost a lot of money to train sailors and cast cannons, if you lose." We've lost more than just a few boats. Can Old General Yu be sure of victory?"

"Don't worry, Dashuai, I lost to Zheng Kou last time. That's because the armament is sluggish, and this time the general has 10,000 sailors and so many warships, and it is easy to clean up Zheng Kou. ”

Yu Zhigao looked full of confidence, and he didn't look down on Zheng Yiguan very much. However, Huang Shi attached great importance to Zheng Yiguan, and he hesitated and asked, "Old General Yu, didn't you say last time that our captain is not good?"

"There is a general, our captains and sailors are almost the same, and most of the thieves under Zheng Kou are trained by the generals, don't the generals know their details?" Yu Zhigao still looked confident, he saw that Huangshi was still hesitating, and couldn't help but be angry: "Isn't the commander not trusting the general?"

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In the end, Huang Shi still agreed to Yu Zhigao's plan, and handed over all 10,000 sailors to him with full command, except for the 50 warships, Huang Shi also allocated all the 20 sea ships he bought to Yu Zhigao's account without reservation. Yu Zhigao's plan was to first transfer the naval division from northern Fujian to Quanzhou, and then stationed in Zhangzhou, and after the naval battle of the naval division, he would transport the Panshi battalion to Xiamen and land.

After Yu Zhigao's team set off, Huang Shi still felt a little worried, for him, a man who did not know the water battlefield, Zheng Yiguan gave him no worse sense of oppression than Huang Taiji back then: "It's really depressing, I traveled to this era and first fought a land war with Huang Taiji, and finally got out of the way, and I was forced to play naval battles with Zheng Yiguan." ”

But Yu Zhigao is also a generation of famous generals in the navy, a few years ago the Ming Min Provincial Naval Division was also famous, Huangshi spent two days of worry, and finally completely figured it out: "Alas, I don't want to think about it, let's let these professionals make judgments, for Zheng Yiguan's ability, Yu Zhigao must have more say than me." ”

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End of September. Mao Wenlong sent his subordinate Governor Su Wanliang and others to Liaoyang, and three months after the first negotiation broke down, Mao Wenlong once again took the initiative to extend a "hand of friendship" to Huang Taiji, and he said that he would rebuild the "old friendship" with Huang Taiji and start peace negotiations again. As for the last Koko incident, Mao Wenlong gave a formal explanation in this letter, saying:

Koco and others were the grain ships that "strayed" into the Ming household. As a result, he was kidnapped by Huang Zhongse, but he Mao Wenlong is a very righteous person. After the incident, he paid a bribe of 40,000 taels of silver to the ministers of the DPRK and China out of his own pocket, which has already suppressed Koko's capital crime. Mao Wenlong also assured Huang Taiji that once the time was ripe, he would definitely come forward to get Koke out of the edict of Jinyiwei Zhenfusi.

Mao Wenlong said that he did not want this episode to affect the trust between Dongjiang Town and Houjin, and he hoped that Huang Taiji would quickly send an envoy to Dongjiang Island again to negotiate peace issues.

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September 25, Xiapu, Fujian

After Yu Zhigao disembarked at the port, he immediately sent people to the headquarters camp to report the news. And he first took a bath in water, and then changed into a new set of clean clothes, and also put on a neat armor on the outside.

One of Yu Zhigao's personal soldiers urged with some uneasiness: "My lord, let's hurry up and meet Huang Shuai, don't let him wait too long." ”

"There is no difference. Although Yu Zhigao said this, his subordinates' movements were faster, he wiped his helmet well, and his hair and beard were neatly combed. Yu Zhigao sighed: "The gentleman is dead." The crown is inevitable, anyway, my life was also saved by Huang Shuai, and I died a few months late. ”

When Yu Zhigao and a small group of his own soldiers walked outside the headquarters camp, Huang Shi, who heard the news, had already rushed out with the guards to greet them, and before Yu Zhigao could speak, Huang Shi jumped over and grabbed Yu Zhigao's shoulders: "Old General Yu is safe." General Yu is safe. ”

Huang Shi looked Yu Shigao up and down again, and then took his hand and said, "Old General Yu, please, I have already asked people to prepare wine, rice and hot water, you take a bath first, and then the meal should be hot." ”

This move made Yu Zhigao more and more uneasy, he took two steps back and apologized: "The commander, the last general will lose the army, and ask the commander to punish him." ”

"Take a shower and eat first, and then we'll talk slowly, and then we'll talk slowly. ”

This time, after Yu Zhigao led the sailor south. The sailors of Funing Town were soon discovered by the Haikou Group. After the officers and soldiers arrived in Zhangzhou, Haikou also completed the assembly and quickly came to challenge. Before the battle, Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xiangqi and other Fujian provincial giants tried their best to encourage their subordinates. Told them that this was an important battle for Zhao'an, and the Haikou believed that the government's refusal to compromise was because the government thought that it could rely on the Funing Town Water Division to regain sea power, so as long as the Funing Town Water Division was defeated, it would be easy for the government to reconsider the strategic issue.

The leaders repeatedly stressed to the pirates that as long as this battle could be won by a large margin, then there would no longer be a dead end in front of them. Their propaganda greatly boosted the morale of the pirates. And in recent months, Haikou has hit a wall on land again and again, and he has been holding his breath from top to bottom, but the Funing Town Water Division has been enduring in northern Fujian and does not come out, so they have nothing to be angry with.

On the other hand, Yu Zhigao was born as a general, and he was a veteran of Rong Ma's life, so he originally looked down on these pirates in his heart, and he always blamed the imperial court for the dismantling of the water division funds for the last fiasco. This time, Yu Zhigao had a large army under his command, so when he saw that the Haikou were gathered, not only did he not push the edge slightly, but actively accepted the challenge of the other party.

Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xiangqi dispatched large warships, including Western giant ships, to fight against the naval division of Funing Town, and the officers and men did not suffer much at this stage of long-range bombardment with naval guns, after all, the fleet of Funing Town had a total of more than 400 guns and nearly 3,000 gunners, and the distance was relatively relaxed.

However, after the arsonist dispatched the arsonist ships, the Funing army began to struggle, and most of the gunners were unable to stop the enemy from approaching due to nervousness and poor technology. The pirates were holding their breath in their hearts to let the government know that they were powerful, and most of the officers and soldiers did not have this will to fight, so when a large number of small ships rushed up to take over the battle, the Funing army collapsed.

Relying on Yu Zhigao to command naval battles for many years and rich experience, he immediately ordered a retreat as soon as he saw that something was wrong. Yu Zhigao saw that the Haikou seemed to think that the officers and soldiers would flee back to Zhangzhou. So he commanded the whole army to run desperately north, and although he was chased and beaten by pirates, he still managed to escape from the battlefield with some of his ships.

"Our army lost a total of four large ships, eleven small ships, more than 3,000 officers and men, and the twenty sea ships given by the adults were also robbed by the thieves. The more Yu Zhigao spoke, the lower his voice became, and finally said with a gloomy expression: "The last general should have judged himself." But I always want to report the gains and losses to the big handsome......"

"Fortunately, fortunately, General Yu was able to come back safely. It's really a great blessing for our army. Huang Shi hurriedly comforted Yu Zhigao. He listened to the whole battle from beginning to end, and it seemed that it was mainly a matter of experience and fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers, in addition to the fact that the power of the artillery was not strong enough. Although Yu Zhigao made mistakes such as underestimating the enemy, it seems that his command ability is not inferior.

"Old General Yu, don't worry, I will find a way to deal with the silver and the boat, and soon Old General Yu will be able to fight with Haikou again, although rest assured. ”

The more politely Huang Shi said. The more uneasy Yu Zhigao's heart became: "Marshal, meritorious service in the army must be rewarded, and mistakes must be corrected, so that you can ......"

"Old General Yu, to be honest, I don't know how to fight a naval battle at all, all I can do is find a way to cast cannons and build ships, and the rest depends on Old General Yu. "What Huang Shi said is indeed the truth, let him command the sailor to fight with Zheng Yiguan. That's not physiological. And the other people under him probably don't have this ability, such as He Dingyuan or something, and letting them command the sailors is no different from murder.

"Old General Yu, I have to count on the future life of Huangshi Land, the life and death of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in Funing Town, and the safety and well-being of millions of fathers and elders in Fujian Province. I'm going to go to Quanzhou to discuss the issue of silver with Master Zhu, and I will definitely be able to rebuild the water division. Old General Yu doesn't have to worry about it. ”

"The handsome man is serious, and the last general will definitely redouble his efforts to train the water master. ”

After sending Yu Zhigao away, Huang Shi called Shi Ce again. This time, he arranged for Shi Zhi to be in the same boat as Yu Zhigao, so that he could observe and learn from Yu Zhigao's command nearby. Huang Shi sent the irrelevant people away, and asked bluntly: "Brother Shi, do you think that Old General Yu's defeat this time is a matter of ability, or is it the mood of underestimating the enemy, the experience of sailors, and the quality of artillery?"

Shi Ce seemed to have been prepared for this question for a long time, and he blurted out without thinking: "Underestimate the enemy, too lightly underestimate the enemy, and I disdained Haikou when I used to train." After the troops were dispatched, they felt that as soon as the officers and soldiers arrived at the Haikou, they would scatter. ”

"Not a competence issue?"

Shi Ce replied categorically: "Absolutely not. ”

"That's good. ”

In addition to the policy. Huangshi also placed Neiwei, Zhongjun, patriotic Catholics, and Funing Town Werewolves (formerly known as Werewolves of Changsheng Island) in the fleet, and they all wrote their own analysis reports on the defeat. After reading it, Huang Shi handed it over to the General Staff to make naval regulations, and then set off for Quanzhou.

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27th, Quanzhou,

When Zhu Yifeng heard that the sailors had been defeated and that the fleet and sailors had lost thirty percent, the teacup in his hand suddenly slipped to the ground and fell into tens of thousands of pieces, and he couldn't say a word for a long time with his mouth open.

"Lord Zhu, Lord Zhu, Lord Zhu ......"

Huang Shi called for a long time to hook Zhu Yifeng's soul back. The governor of Fujian found that his nightmare these days had become a reality, and if he could turn back time, he would rather let Xiong Wencan pick up this mess in March.

"Huang Shuai, let's consider Zhao'an. ”

"Why Zhao'an? We should rebuild the Navy Division and send troops to clear out the pirates again. ”

"But...... But it will take several months, and during this period, we will have to support a large number of relocated people, and we may not have enough money. ”

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's definitely not enough. Huang Shi coldly broke Zhu Yifeng's illusion. Before coming to Quanzhou, he had already calculated the accounts, and Huang Shi threw the account book in front of Zhu Yifeng as soon as he shook his hand, and the latter hurriedly opened it and looked at it, and began to sweat down his forehead when he looked at it.

"It will take about six months to rebuild the water division, and the monthly military and civilian maintenance expenses will cost 150,000 taels of silver, and six months will be 900,000 yuan, and now we have so much silver on our books. Zhu Yifeng watched while Huang Shi reported to him: "And the rebuilding of the naval division also requires building ships, casting cannons, and consuming ammunition for training, um." We will probably need 500,000 taels of silver, and we will sell another 1 million taels of silver in bonds. ”

Zhu Yifeng looked up at Huang Shi pitifully, and didn't squeeze out a word for a long time, Huang Shi knew the meaning behind this gaze, so he encouraged him and said: "Lord Zhu, now Haikou is more arrogant. It is inevitable to put forward a demand for sea tax, and if we do not agree, we will definitely not be able to recruit security. If so...... How can we repay the money if we don't have Jinghai tax?"

Zhu Yifeng also knew that it was difficult to ride a tiger now, so he and Huangshi jointly wrote to Yu Zhigao, and asked the Fujian Political Secretary to guarantee Jinghai's big loan. It's about falling to the ground.

After a moment of weakness, Zhu Yifeng gritted his teeth, and his eyes turned red like a gambler: "Huang Shuai, this time it's just a light enemy, it's not that Yu Zhigao is incompetent, and it's not that Haikou is too difficult, right?"

"That's right. ”

"Okay!" Zhu Yifeng slapped it on the table: "Then sell bonds, and this time engrave the official's name." This official also borrowed it with Huang Shuai in the name of the Fujian parent official!"

"There's also a newspaper question. "During the Ming Dynasty, all provinces began to issue Di Bao, which was similar to the local newspapers of later generations, and the news on it was excerpted from the imperial edict and Tang Bao, and there were some rumors on the streets and alleys, which was one of the important ways for the people of the Ming Dynasty to understand the dynamics.

"What's wrong with Di Bao?"

"Lord Zhu. The last general estimates that there will soon be a report of Wang Shi's defeat, which may be detrimental to our sale of Jinghai bonds. ”

"Well, Huang Shuai said yes, we have to deny it first. ”

"No, Lord Zhu, isn't there a fight in the newspapers? "Huang Shi thinks that there is no benefit in denying it, and the Ming Dynasty Didi Newspaper is not all official, and it is difficult to completely block it.

"Isn't there no one to buy our bonds? ”

"Master Zhu Mingjian, rumors are the most difficult thing to stop, and now our local bonds have been circulated to Zhejiang and Nanzhili. If the people see us, they deny it. And if we start selling a new round of bonds, most people will suspect that we have indeed lost. The people are not stupid. ”

Huang Shi's words made Zhu Yifeng bow his head and think, and he asked in a deep voice: "What Huang Shuai means is that once the people start to doubt, everyone will be angry, and maybe the loss of thirty percent will spread to the annihilation of the whole army." ”

"Lord Zhu is high-minded, the last general is worried about this. In the opinion of the general, we might as well honestly admit the loss, and then explain our uncompromising position, and point out that we are only underestimating the enemy this time, well, it is me Huangshi who underestimated the enemy, and we will definitely win it back next time, and return the borrowed silver when the time comes. ”

Seeing that Zhu Yifeng was still hesitating, Huang Shi further persuaded him: "Lord Zhu, if the people doubt our honesty, then no one will definitely buy bonds anymore." By frankly admitting defeat this time, we are telling the people that we are honest people, and that it will be good for us to sell bonds. ”

Zhu Yi Feng Muran nodded lightly for a long time, and then let out a long sigh: "Alas, I hope it is as Huang Shuai expected!"

At the beginning of October of the first year of Chongzhen, Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xiangqi once again released a group of captured officers and soldiers, as Huang Shi expected, they put forward more stringent conditions for recruitment, requiring both of them to work side by side for the coastal defense guerrillas of Funing Town, and to classify Xiamen, Tongshan, Chaozhou and other places as their defense areas, and at the same time take full responsibility for the security of maritime trade.

"Rats, wishful thinking!" Zhu Yifeng snorted coldly, threw the letter into a ball and threw it to the ground, and asked his subordinates to beat the pirate's messenger out of the yamen.

Huang Shi and Zhu Yifeng's joint petition has been sent to Beijing, and they all estimate that Jingshi is at most severely reprimanded, first, this is only a small setback for Wang Shi; Second, this is within the two-year period; Third, Fujian has become like this, and no one wants to take over the governor of Fujian; Finally, the fame of Yellowstone can also stand up.

October, the ninth day of the new month, early in the morning

Zhu Yifeng held a newly printed Jinghai loan voucher in his hand, and gently stroked his name with his fingertips, Huang Shi waited for a while, and called softly: "Lord Zhu." ”

"Got it. Zhu Yifeng threw the bond into the box and waved at the officials: "Open the middle door and start." ”

Two days later, more than 500,000 of the 1 million bonds borrowed by Jinghai were sold. Huang Shi commanded the army to transport the silver away, and on the other hand, he sighed to Zhu Yifeng Dafa: "There are many righteous people and righteous people in Fujian, all of whom are educated by Master Zhu." ”

"Righteous ...... Perhaps. "Today, there is still an endless stream of people from outside the Yamen who buy bonds, and many people who have bought bonds before have also come to invest more after hearing that the Funing Army is going to regain its strength, and they also say that they must not let the blood of the fallen soldiers be shed in vain. However, Zhu Yifeng didn't seem to be very moved: "But the official thinks that they may be afraid that the previous money will be lost...... Jinghai's big loan is whether the thief ship is good or not, and this official has a deep understanding of this. ”

"Haha, Master Zhu laughed, the last general will go to rebuild the water division. ”

......

October 15, Kasumigaura

Drawing lessons from the past, the town of Funing decided to build ten larger warships this time. In the original plan, each ship was to be equipped with 10 18-pounder guns and 20 twelve-pounder guns, the bow and stern guns were abolished, and 15 cannons were deployed on each side, each ship was equipped with 150 men in 15 gun crews, plus 150 other sailors and sailors, all armed with guns and long knives.

The quality of the latest batch of 18-pounder guns has stabilized, and various indicators have exceeded the test data at the time of Juehua. Today, Bao Bowen showed Huang Shi and Yu Shigao the new weapon of the Funing Town Military Industry Division - the 24-pounder gun.

"Marshal, Vice General Yu, how is this artillery?"

After the exercise, Bao Bowenzhi asked the two people proudly.

In the past, all kinds of artillery were either based on the strength of Westerners or obtained prototypes from friendly forces, but this time the 24-pounder cannon was made by the Fujian Military Industry Department itself from beginning to end.

"Can this gun be used on our new warships?"

"Back to the commander, yes, the last general suggested that the new warship add two centerline gun mounts and two gun groups, and use twenty-four pounder guns. ”

"Okay, you discuss it with Old General Yu. ”

"Yes. ”

"Yes, Marshal, and the Department of Military Industry proposes to start trial construction of a thirty-two-pounder gun. ”

"Submit the report, and if there are no problems, I will approve it today. ”

"Yes. ”

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On October 17 of the first year of Chongzhen, Mao Wenlong's envoy arrived in Liaoyang and asked Huang Taiji to start a second round of peace talks, and at the same time he also claimed that North Korea had reached an agreement with him and agreed to establish an army of tens of thousands to cooperate with the Dongjiang Army to fight, preparing to attack Zhenjiang and Shenyang on a large scale, so the peace talks between Huang Taiji and Mao Wenlong were beneficial and harmless.

Huang Taiji refused to send an envoy to Dongjiang, but asked Su Wanliang to send a letter back. In this letter, Huang Taiji appeared extremely angry, and he accused Mao Wenlong of saying, "If a person does not break his word, it is a true virtue; The gains of power are true heroes. What is the benefit of inducing a few people to send a few people with false words?" At the same time, he also sarcastically mocked Mao Wenlong's bluff and said, "If it doesn't work out, you may attack the mountains and seas, Shandong." Everywhere, I know Kenling?"

After receiving the letter on November 9, Mao Wenlong immediately reported it to the Ming court on the same day, and sent the garrison Liu De to Liaoyang again on the 15th. In this letter, Mao Wenlong announced that he had long been rebellious to Ming, "no matter if you take Shanhaiguan, I will take Shandong", and agreed with Huang Taiji that "if you attack from both sides, then the major event can be decided", and at the same time anxiously persuaded Huang Taiji to quickly send a henchman envoy to Dongjiang Island for detailed talks.

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