In the Yamen of Nanhai County, Foshan Town, there was silence.

When the reform touched its core interests, the capitalists in Foshan fell silent. These rich guys in Guangdong have already begun to calculate, although everyone hates Shang Kexi, and they can't wait to arrest him with a thousand cuts.

But if they want to take out a large amount of land to invest in Wang Datou's revolution, and at the same time pay for Foshan's commercial taxes to support Wang Datou, this price is a bit big. And the risk seems to be a bit big, I wonder if I will end up folding my net worth and my life into it?

Isn't that a good calculation?

First of all, taking out a large amount of land in exchange for residential land and commercial land in Guangzhou City is actually a very risky investment, with little or no negative economic returns.

Because the land they took out is really high-quality assets, all of which are distributed in Nanhai, Sanshui, Shunde and other counties, and there are also some in Xinhui, Xiangshan, Xinning. However, they have all been treated as "ownerless fields" by Wang Zhongxiao's people!

And the land inside and outside the city of Guangzhou, which Wang Zhongxiao is preparing to replenish to them, will look like it in the future, but what about now? Now these assets are not even in Wang Zhongxiao's hands!

This Guangzhou is still surnamed Shang now!

Even if they are optimistic about the real estate in Guangzhou, can't they buy it after Wang Zhongxiao conquers Guangzhou?

The current Guangzhou is not the incomparably prosperous Guangzhou city in the Ming Dynasty, but the Guangzhou city that was slaughtered once by Shang Kexi, and the population is far worse than Foshan.

Moreover, Guangzhou's status as a thousand-year-old maritime trade center has also been lost and replaced by Macau.

Even if it can be developed in the future, it is still necessary to count on them, the big businessmen of Foshan, to invest and operate.

So there is no economic value to this investment. But no economic value is not the same as no political value!

Secondly, it is also unprofitable to take the Foshan port to engage in tax package. Because Foshan is not a trading center, but an important iron smelting town and a handicraft center. The main supply market for Foshan's iron and handicraft products is not overseas, but domestic.

This customs tariff. It doesn't seem like they should be handed over!

Wang Shikai now proposed to set up a Foshan port, and also hinted that the port would be contracted to the Foshan Chamber of Commerce, which means that the Foshan Chamber of Commerce will pay the business tax of Foshan, and the most feared thing is to find a business to negotiate the tax package.

Wrap up a few thousand taels a year, who do you look down on?

This Wang Shikai is not sitting in the Beijing court, he is now in Foshan, how prosperous Foshan is, you can know it with a glance with your eyes.

It's nothing to pack hundreds of thousands of taels or tens of thousands of muskets a year.

I want everyone to give out land to support Juntian, and I want to pay business taxes with silver, this investment is a bit big!

If Wang Zhongxiao can really kill Shang Kexi and become the king of Guangdong, then everyone can support him, and the current chaos in the world may last for many years!

There are dozens of years before and after the five dynasties and ten kingdoms in history, including the fifty-four years of the Southern Han Dynasty!

And the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty also lasted for seventeen or eighteen years! The chaos here in Guangdong is not terrible, and there is also a Dongguan Bo He Zhen who guards the safety of the party.

If before the world is unified, you can get the protection of the king of Guangdong, can't everyone make money and do business with peace of mind?

Moreover, this Wang Shikai seems to be very enthusiastic about opening the sea and going to the South Seas, and he also wants to find the Dutch Hongmaoyi to rent an island in Malacca as a trading base. If this can be done, it will be great!

Foshan's iron tools and various handicrafts must not completely win the Nanyang market?

Just when a group of rich people in Foshan were thinking, Wang Zhongxiao's master Zhou Changle came in, leaned into Wang Zhongxiao's ear and muttered a few words, and then Wang Zhongxiao laughed: "Okay, please let him in!" ”

"Yes."

Zhou Chang quickly retreated, while Wang Zhongxiao smiled and said to a group of capitalists from the Foshan handicraft factory: "The Fu prefect of Guangzhou has come to sue for peace on behalf of Shang Zhixin!" On behalf of Shang Zhixin, it's not a little interesting for Shang Kexi, let's see you together! Remember, don't kneel and kowtow when you see Fu Honglie later, you are all my friends! ”

It's all friends!

The Foshan capitalists in the hall pondered, that Fu Honglie is from Guangzhou, that represents Shang Kexi, Shang Zhixin, Shang Jia, and Guangdong's big businessmen are inseparable, if they learn that the people of the Foshan Chamber of Commerce are already Wang Zhongxiao's guests, then Shang Kexi and Shang Zhixin will turn the tables in the future, and they will not slaughter Foshan?

It's a thief. The king's ship is gone!

Before a group of Foshan capitalists could react, Zhou Chang had already slipped out of the smoke, and soon led Fu Honglie, who was dressed in the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty, in. Fu Honglie walked in with a frown and a sad face.

Because as soon as he arrived in Foshan Town, he found that something was wrong!

The Guangdong township troops stationed in Foshan Town all wore round-necked robes with red turbans and red hoods. This kind of red turban army seems to be dressed like Wu Sangui's army!

Moreover, Fu Honglie also noticed that the officers and soldiers in the Guangdong Township Army did not have braids!

This is a rebellion!

And when Fu Honglie saw Wang Zhongxiao, his heart sank to the bottom. Because Wang Zhongxiao also changed into a round-necked gown, with a bare head and no hood, but he showed a head of "hair", which was not very long, and he couldn't comb his hair in a bun, just scattered there, which looked messy.

"Shikai, why did you grow your hair? Are you going to rebel? ”

Seeing Wang Zhongxiao's hairstyle, Fu Honglie finally couldn't help but question.

Wang Zhongxiao was not happy when he heard this, and slapped the table and said, "Fu Zhongmou, can you control it?" I think the bald head is too ugly, and I have a pigtail with a money rat tail. It's unsightly! Tell me, am I right? ”

A group of Foshan people at the bottom haven't cut their braids, but they only have braids on the back of their heads now, and they don't have them in their hearts - the Qing Dynasty hasn't completely finished Guangdong yet, and they haven't had a day!

Because the anti-Qing forces in Guangdong have always stood so much and lost their territory, and the fire will not be extinguished!

So when they heard Wang Zhongxiao talk about hair accumulation, they all nodded in agreement.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Braids are ugly!"

"It's not convenient yet."

"It's better to grow your hair!"

"Fu Futai, why don't you also grow your hair!"

As soon as Fu Honglie heard this, he became angry, and pointed to a group of Cantonese Yankees in the hall who were neither big nor small with him, and they were about to scold when they saw the officials, but Wang Zhongxiao was the first to speak: "Fu Zhongmou, if I remember correctly, you are my Aunt Kong's coat, right?" According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, you are not qualified to call yourself a slave in front of Kangxi! ”

Fu Honglie still roared, "You, what do you call Gege?" ”

Auntie, aunt, and aunt can all be interpreted as the mother's sister, but the word aunt doesn't know what's wrong, so it's used by filial sons to call their father's concubine.

"It's called Auntie!" Wang Zhongxiao glared, "I call it that in front of Aunt Kong. She has no objections, you are a slave, what do you care? ”

"You" Fu Honglie is about to blow up Wang Zhongxiao.

"Fu Zhongmou," Wang Zhongxiao snorted, "what are you doing all the way from Guangzhou City to Foshan?" Does it matter if I have my hair or not? ”

Fu Honglie snorted, and had no choice but not to mention the matter of hair Although the Qing Dynasty had a rule of keeping hair without a head, and keeping a head without hair, but now there are more and more Han people with hair, Wu Sangui also left, Li Zicheng also left, and their heads are still there-can't be cut!

"Wang Daotai," Fu Honglie arched his hand and said, "Xia Guan was ordered by the prince of Pingnan to negotiate peace with Ling Zun. ”

"My father just let go of Zu Zeqing's 5,000 defeated army, and he is coming to Guangzhou, and it will take ten days and half a month to arrive." Wang Zhongxiao smiled, "Why don't you wait a few more days in Foshan?" ”

Fu Honglie was stunned, "What?" Ran away from Zu Zeqing? ”

Wang Zhongxiao nodded: "Shang Kexi, the old thief sent troops to attack me, I will tell my father that I am in a hurry, so my father can only let Zu Zeqing go north to Hunan!" Hehe, there's a lot of pressure in Hunan! It's Wu Guogui again, it's Li Zicheng again, and now there's one more Zu Zeqing. It's probably over! ”

"You guys." Fu Honglie said, "Wang Shikai, don't forget, you also have a share in killing Wu Shilin!" ”

Wang Zhongxiao smiled: "So what? Who is not sure about the subordinates on this day! ”

"Not necessarily? You, who the hell are you now? Fu Honglie asked.

Wang Zhongxiao asked rhetorically: "Where is Shang Kexi's letter to the monk?" Did he make a persuasion to Wu Sangui two days ago? ”

"You, you know?" Fu Honglie was stunned again.

"Of course I do!" Wang Zhongxiao said, "Wu Sanwei has the eyeliner I arranged by his side. If this eyeliner hadn't blinded me, you would have given Wu Sanwei a million taels of silver and 200,000 stone white rice, right? ”

"It's just a delaying tactic from the prince." Fu Honglie explained for Shang Zhixin, "The prince has already petitioned the emperor for guilt, and asked the emperor to mediate the war between the two families."

Wang Zhongxiao smiled: "Why does Kangxi need to mediate in this matter?" Shang Zhixin wants to stop the war, right, now in Guangzhou City, Shang Zhixin has the final say? ”

Of course, he knew that Shang Zhixin had seized Shang Kexi's power in history, so at this time, listening to Fu Honglie only mentioning Shang Zhixin's order, not talking about Shang Kexi's order, he guessed that the old Shang family was filial piety to his father and son!

Fu Honglie looked at Wang Zhongxiao: "Wang Daotai, as long as you promise to stop the war, the prince can also give you one million taels of silver and 200,000 stone white rice!" ”

The Shang family is really rich!

"Want a truce?" Wang Zhongxiao smiled and stretched out two fingers, "One is to give up Guangzhou Mansion and retreat to Shaozhou!" The second is to hand over Shang Kexi to me, this old thing, killed millions of Cantonese people, the most evil, not killing is not enough to anger the people! ”

"What? You asked the prince to hand over his father to you to kill? Do you want to hand over the Guangzhou Mansion? Fu Honglie immediately shook his head and said, "This is impossible!" ”

Wang Zhongxiao laughed: "When my father arrives with the army, the two will join forces, and there will be 340,000 troops!" Will Guangzhou be able to hold on to it then? If you can't keep it, it's not Shang Kexi who will die, but the Shang family! ”

"You" Fu Honglie said angrily, "You really want to rebel!" ”

Wang Zhongxiao shook his head and said with a smile: "Fu Zhongmou, whether I am the other way around is something Kangxi has to consider!" Shang Zhixin now has to think about whether to accompany his father to die in Guangzhou, or to go to the north to live a few more years! ”

Wang Zhongxiao's words were so arrogant, in fact, he was scaring people, he could scare Shang Kexi and Shang Zhixin away, and he could just take Guangzhou without blood.

At the same time, he also said this to the Cantonese people present!

I have to let the Cantonese people know that he wants to avenge the killing of Shang for everyone - today's Cantonese people are divided into three major ethnic groups: Tu, Hakka, and Chao, and the relationship between them is not very good, but they are unanimous on the issue of opposing Shang Keg.

With Shang Kexi, a public enemy of Guangdong, Wang Zhongxiao can easily integrate Guangdong's manpower and material resources.

As long as Guangdong can be rectified, then Wang Zhongxiao will have enough strength to launch the Northern Expedition, although the Northern Expedition from Guangdong in history will not happen until more than 200 years.

However, considering the withering of all parts of the country in the early Qing Dynasty, the proportion of Guangdong's power in the whole country is actually greater than that of more than 200 years later!

It's just that Wu Sangui, Kangxi, and Li Zicheng didn't realize it

In their opinion, even if anyone can occupy the entire territory of Guangdong, or even Liangguang, he is just a warlord in troubled times who has divided one side. Their main opponents are still each other!

Just when the situation in Guangdong began to evolve towards comprehensive separatization and feudal towns, the situation in Huguang and Shaanxi and Gansu was also changing rapidly.

First of all, of course, Wu Sangui has been preparing for nearly a year of "the Battle of Qishan", which finally kicked off after the autumn harvest of the forty-fifth year of Chongzhen, that is, the eleventh year of Kangxi.

However, unlike the way Zhuge Liang played when he came out of Qishan in history, Wu Sangui did not adopt the tactics of a large-scale attack, but came to a "small attack", just let Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong, father and son, lead four guards of Wu soldiers, a total of 20,000 people, out of Luoyang and Fengxian, and attack Chengxian, Huixian and Liangdang counties in Gansu.

These three counties are roughly located in the southeast of Qishan, and the terrain is relatively awkward, so Yue Le did not dare to deploy a large army, but only placed some Gansu green battalions to monitor the Wu army in the direction of Hanzhong.

After Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong sent troops, the green battalion soldiers in these three counties all came to "flee when they saw a thief".

Brave is brave, but Chengxian, Huixian and Liangdang counties still let Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong easily win!

And after these three counties were returned to Wu Sangui, it was naturally impossible for Jiezhou, which was located in the south of Qishan, to be preserved, and it was not long before it was also obtained by Wu Sangui!

After seizing Jiezhou, Wu Sangui's road to Qishan was also accessible. However, at this time, the weather had turned cold, and Wu Sangui did not continue the Northern Expedition, but began to winter in the cat!

This cat winter, that is, Yue Le who garrisoned Qinzhou and Kangxi, who was far away in Xi'an, were a little passive.

Because Wu Sangui obviously adopted a step-by-step strategy - there are not many troops, and the consumption is not large. The consumption is not large, so it is conducive to solving the supply on the spot - Liangdang County and Hui County in Jiezhou and Qinzhou still have some cultivated land and people who have not been forcibly relocated by the Qing army.

Therefore, Wu Jiajun can sow wheat in Liangdang County and Hui County in Jiezhou and Qinzhou in the spring of the next year, and after the autumn harvest, it should be able to support Wu Sangui's main force out of Qishan.

Although this style of play is relatively slow, it is very stable and conducive to longevity, which seems to be a little better than Zhuge Liang's method in history.

For the Qing army, it would be good if they could hold Qishan, and it was impossible to cross Qishan to attack Chengxian, Huixian and Liangdang counties. I can't beat it even if I go! But if you don't fight back, you can only watch Wu Sangui in the Tuntian Valley south of Qishan!

Wait until next autumn, the Wu family's army, which is well stocked with food and grass, may dispatch 100,000 troops to attack Qishan at a time. At that time, Gongchang Mansion and Qinzhou may not be able to keep it!

And after Wu Sangui took Gongchang Mansion and Qinzhou, he could continue to paint the scoop according to the gourd and make another field.

After the autumn of the thirteenth year of Kangxi, I am afraid that Lanzhou and Pingliang will be lost.

Secondly, the enemy in the Huguang direction is also very stable!

To this day, Li Zicheng is still between the Yuan River, the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake, slowly setting up a military government and a flat field to look like he wants to retire in Lizhou. Up to now, the territory is the entire Lizhou, half of Jingzhou, half of Yichang, half of Changde, and half of Yongshun.

And Wu Guogui, who came out of Guizhou, didn't seem to be in a hurry, and slowly took Yuanzhou, Chenzhou, and Jingzhou, and now he has just invaded the territory of Baoqing Mansion. It's also a look that I'm not in a hurry, I have time.

Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng are still so stable at a great age, but Kangxi is a little at a loss

His current strength is not stronger than Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng, if these two old guys attack lightly, it will be easier to deal with, but they are now stepping forward, Kangxi will have no recruitment.

And just when Kangxi was a little out of tricks, news came from Guangdong that made him unbelievable - Wang Fuchen's twists and turns and Guangdong Governor Li Rotten almost arrived in Xi'an on their front and back feet!

And what Wang Fuchen and Li Rotan want to tell Kangxi is that the Qing Dynasty has now entered a new era - an era of feudal town separation!

A local governor supports the army and fights a civil war, but it can still be regarded as a good era for loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty!

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