In the spring of the tenth year of the Ming Dynasty, when everything recovered, Nanjing, the republican capital of the Ming Dynasty, was already tense and busy before the great war.

The smell of gunpowder of war has begun to permeate the air in Nanjing, and there are more and more people wearing military uniforms on the streets, and all the military camps inside and outside Nanjing are now full, and officers and men are being pulled out for training every day.

The 10 dry docks of the Jinling Shipyard on the Yangtze River in the north of Nanjing have all been built, and each dock is busy, but what is being built is tightly blocked by the net of the brown rope pulling the city and the transparent gauze. Only the sound of clanging and the energetic labor trumpets of the workers and masters can be heard.

The iron workshops and copperware workshops in Pukou, Jiangbei, are also extremely busy, with dozens or hundreds of tall chimneys filled with black smoke and coal ash dust everywhere. The sound of wrought iron pounding never stops all day long!

After more than ten years of slow but uninterrupted efforts, the iron, copper and shipbuilding industries of the Ming Dynasty. At least in terms of scale, it is already quite large, perhaps already the first in the world!

In addition to the huge iron, copper, and shipbuilding industries, in the southeast of the outer city of Nanjing, the former site of the original large altar has now appeared a heavily guarded ammunition factory, and its products include gunpowder, cavity bullets, mini bullets, wooden-handled grenades, and shells of various calibers and types - most of these products are hand-rubbed, requiring a lot of labor, and the area around the original abandoned altar has also become an increasingly prosperous new town.

Several ports in Nanjing have been busy since last winter, and even during this year's Spring Festival, they are working overtime. Grain from Hunan and Hubei, wood from Jiangxi, nitrate from Haizhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Tongzhou (Nantong) and other places made from nitrate collected from the saline-alkali land by the sea, pig iron from Xuzhou, sulfur imported from Japan, saltpeter smuggled from India, and mules and horses from unknown places, all pulled by boats to various wharves in Nanjing, and then by the officers of the Yamen, the logistics director of the General's Palace, and the workers hired by them, they were pulled away by trucks or directly and sent to the designated warehouses.

With such fanfare to prepare for war, of course, it can't hide the Great Qing Kingdom, the Great Zhou Kingdom, and the spies of foreigners! Moreover, it is not only Nanjing that is making all-out preparations for war, but Daming, a large country with a population of 60 million and nine provinces of Liangjiang, Huguang, Liangguang, Fujian and Zhejiang, has entered a state of preparedness for war, and a huge war machine in the world today has begun to turn!

The seven or eight hundred thousand countrymen and scholars scattered on the territory of the nine provinces of the Ming Dynasty have already received conscription tickets - the strongest part of them will be called into the twelve armies directly under the General's Mansion, and the rest will become township soldiers who do not leave the house in principle, and only need to take turns to serve, and if it is not their turn, they can stay at home and defend their hometown by the way.

Of course, if you are particularly wealthy, but you are more afraid of death, and do not want to make meritorious contributions to the army, you can also donate a military salary in exchange for the qualification of exemption from military service.

In addition, the various state capitals under the nine provinces of Daming have opened recruiting stations. For those who have not caught up with the Ming Dynasty and revived their military exploits, and cannot afford to buy the status of Chinese and national soldiers, but want to make meritorious contributions in the army and get ahead, now they have the opportunity to earn military merits, become a countryman, and divide the land!

A group of carriages and horses passed through the most prosperous area of Nanjing City, and walked out of the Sanshan Gate of Nanjing's inner city. This team of chariots and horses has attracted the attention of many people, and the front and rear guards are all wearing cuirassiers, and the cuirassiers of the Shanzi battalion are riding war horses, and many of them have knife wounds and gunshot wounds on their faces, revealing fierceness from their eyes. The carriage they guarded was a four-wheeled carriage with translucent glass windows.

The glass of the window of this carriage is produced by the Ming Dynasty, not imported from Venice, and can transmit light but is opaque. But the windows could be opened, and from time to time inside the car, the head of a blonde girl poked out, with bright light blue eyes, looking at everything around her.

This blonde and blue-eyed beautiful girl is a Rakshasa Cossack from Ukraine, Natalia. Petrovna. Lesinskaya.

That's right, this is Li Yat-sen's convoy home from work. Natalia, a free man and a close interpreter of the General's Mansion, could have been working in the accommodation of the General's Mansion, but Li Yat-sen, Zheng Jing, Ke Tangtan, Luo Wenzao, Feng Qi, Yu Qilin, and Guo Jinbao were about to go home from work after a meeting, but they saw Natalia waiting there for a while at the door of the capital room (office).

This really likable-looking beauty told him that he was scared in a dormitory living in the General's Mansion. I want to go home with General Lee!

Ah, what a coward!

Of course, General Li couldn't let Natalia be frightened alone in the huge General's Mansion, so he took her home.

Looking at Natalia's likable appearance, Li Zhongshan just smiled. Now I don't know if Xiaosu, Xiaohuan, and Xiaogang in the family can get along with this Natalia?

Natalia closed the window: "Master, your city is really big!" Bigger than the Sultan's Constantinople! ”

This Natalia is really good at talking!

Although she is "free", when she is alone with Li Zhongshan, she still screams "master" one by one, and her voice is still sweet and greasy, and her bones are crispy when she hears it. Those big eyes are also very pleasing to people, looking at Li Zhongshan's eyes, that is called a worship from the heart!

Li Zhongshan said with a smile: "Nanjing is not my city, but the city of the Ming Kingdom, it should be the largest city in the world, with a population of 500,000 people living in the city alone, and it also produces the best silk in the world, and it is also the center of the banking industry in Shenzhou. The cities of Sudan are incomparable! ”

Natalia smiled charmingly and said in a worshipful tone, "It's great. Only a great general like the master can rule a great city like Nanjing! ”

Li Zhongshan just smiled and nodded, this beauty is really good at coaxing people, and I don't know if she was trained by traffickers in Constantinople, but with this set of "kung fu", it is estimated that she can please the three of them.

Thinking of this, Li Zhongshan stretched out his big hand and hugged Natalia's small waist, and Natalia leaned on Li Zhongshan's broad and sturdy shoulders very cooperatively.

Neither of them spoke on the rest of the journey, until the driver suddenly shouted, "Stop! ”

Li Zhongshan patted Natalia's body at this time, and then said in a low voice: "It's here. Natalia. Petrovna, do you know my Ming monogamy and polygamy? ”

"I know," Natalia said with a smile, "Master, the slave has heard what Master Feng and Master Guo have said. ”

Li Zhongshan nodded: "But the situation in my family is different, my eldest lady is the county lord of the Xiwang family, and at the same time the princess of the Great Zhou, and my second lady's brother is the ruler of the Korean State, the big banker, Yang Qilong, the Duke of Sui." My third lady's brother is the Great Zhou Emperor, although my second and third ladies are also concubines, but you have to treat them as ladies. ”

"Well, the slave knows." Natalia smiled and nodded, looking very coaxing.

Li Zhongshan smiled with satisfaction: "Okay, you can sweeten your mouth when you see my three ladies later!" ”

Natalia sat up straight, nodded, and said "um" again.

The gate of Li Yat-sen's British Palace has no thresholds and steps, so the carriage can drive directly into the gate, go directly to the back of the inner shadow wall, and stop in front of the gate of the second palace.

When the car door was opened and Li Yat-sen came out of it, his three wives were already waiting to greet him under the gatehouse of the Second Palace Gate. Although it is said that Li Zhongshan's three wives all have backgrounds, and their mother's family has people. But Wu Xiaosuo's status in this big house is more stable than Mount Tai, whether it is Xiaogang or Xiaohuan, she is obedient, and whether it is the petite beauty of Xiaogang or the plump beauty of Xiaohuan, resting next to Wu Xiaosuo, there is a feeling that flowers have turned green leaves.

It is precisely because of this "eight-faced Guanyin" that Li Yat-sen's back house has always been very stable. Of course, after Wu Xiaogang, there have been no newcomers. So when Natalia followed out of the carriage, Wu Xiaosuo, Wu Xiaogang, and Yang Xiaohuan were all stunned. But he didn't be stunned for long, Wu Xiaosu was the first to react, and then greeted the two sisters with a smile and said, "Xiaohuan, Xiaogang, hurry up and salute the master." ”

Wu Xiaogang and Yang Xiaohuan reacted at this time, and hurriedly gave a blessing to Li Zhongshan together with Wu Xiaosuo, and said in unison: "Master has worked hard." ”

Li Zhongshan nodded, which was regarded as a return salute, and then greeted with a smile: "Is the family okay?" ”

This time, it was the housewife Wu Xiaosu who replied alone: "Okay, it's all good." Then she looked at Natalia, who was following Li Zhongshan with a well-behaved appearance with low eyebrows, and asked with a smile: "Master, who is this foreign girl?" ”

"Her name is Natalia. Petrovna. Lesinskaya. ”

"Yo, that's a long name." Wu Xiaowu frowned, "I can't remember!" ”

At this time, Natalia hurriedly took two steps forward, also made a blessing, and said with a smile: "Princess Niangniang, you can call the slave and maid Xiaona, the slave and the maid are the female slaves given to the prince by Prince Fuquansky and General Guanyin Baoguan, and the prince saw that the slave and maid were pitiful, so he exempted the slave and maid from slavery, and let the slave and maid be his translator, but the prince and the princess will always be the masters of the slave and the maid." ”

Wu Xiaosu saw that this Natalia's posture was so low, and it was not easy to make it difficult for her anymore, so he smiled slightly and said: "Xiao Na, don't just salute me, the second lady and the third lady are also your masters!" ”

"Yes." Natalia answered, and gave a blessing to Wu Xiaogang and Yang Xiaohuan.

Wu Xiaosu said to Yang Xiaohuan again: "Xiaohuan, you arrange for Xiao Na to live in Qingzhu Courtyard." ”

"Yes." Yang Xiaohuan agreed, and then said to Natalie with a smile, "Cortana, come with me." ”

"Yes, Second Lady." Natalie replied and followed Yang Xiaohuan.

But Li Zhongshan felt a little bad in his heart, Qingzhu Courtyard was not close to the Tongtian Pavilion where he lived, and when he wanted to learn a foreign language at night, it was not convenient to find someone! Why didn't Xiao Su arrange for Natalia to live in Wenxinxuan?

Looking at the back of Natalia leaving with Yang Xiaohuan, Li Zhongshan was a little reluctant.

"Lord Wang," Wu Xiaosu spoke again at this time, "Ask Xinxuan to have a guest." ”

"Ask Xinxuan to have a guest?" Li Zhongshan was stunned, "When did you arrive?" ”

"Today at noon. I came in through the third gate of the east," Wu Xiaogang took over the topic, "Except for the slave and the eldest sister, no one in the family knows." ”

Li Zhongshan nodded and said, "I'm going to ask Xinxuan, don't let the idlers wait to ask Xinxuan!" Xiaogang, you can bring me dinner, two servings, just a few side dishes. ”

After saying this, Li Zhongshan mentioned that he ran and walked quickly into the second palace gate, and then went all the way to the depths of the palace, passed through several gatehouses one after another, turned a few corners, and finally entered the back garden next to Mochou Lake, stopped outside the door of a locked small courtyard, and then took out the key, poked the door lock, and then pushed the door and walked in. As soon as I entered the door, a lazy female voice came from a small building with a few windows open in the courtyard: "Who? ”

"It's me, Li Zhongshan!"

Li Zhongshan closed the moon door of the small courtyard, turned around and was about to walk into the small building, the door closed by the small building had already creaked open, and out of the door came a beautiful woman wearing a white gown, a green bijia and a green horse-faced skirt, and a little powder, and when she arrived in front of Li Zhongshan, she knelt down: "The slave family respectfully invites the king Jin'an." ”

Li Zhongshan smiled and stretched out his right hand, helped the beautiful woman, and said with a smile: "Shuying, which gust of wind blew you here?" ”

This beautiful woman is actually the princess of Pingnan of the Great Zhou, Shang Shuying, the head of the Mongolian East India Trading Company.

Although Shang Shuying's position as the head of the Mongolian East India Company was arranged by Li Yat-sen, she took this position as the princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the lord of the Qing Dynasty, and it was Wu Guogui who officially recommended her to be the head - outsiders don't know the inside story, and they think they have some special friendship!

Moreover, after Shang Shuying became the governor, she did not officially go south to visit Li Yat-sen, nor did she publicly say anything about "the hatred of killing your father, why worry about it". Otherwise, she would not be able to move in Da Zhou and Da Qing.

But in private, she had come to Nanjing to ask Li Zhongshan for her guilt, and after the guilt, Li Yat-sen released her suspicions with her, and it was quite frank to meet each other frankly!

After this, Shang Shuying officially took refuge in Li Zhongshan and began to collect intelligence for Li Zhongshan in the Qing Dynasty.

"King, this is not the place to speak. Inside, please. ”

Shang Shuying did not answer Li Yat-sen's question immediately, and took his arm into the small building, and then closed the doors and windows tightly, and then invited Li Zhongshan to sit down, and poured two cups of tea for Li Zhongshan and himself with his own hands, and then sat down next to Li Zhongshan. Next, she told Li Zhongshan a shocking news: "Wang, the slave family went to Beijing this time, and spent a lot of money from a very trusted first-class guard in Prince Gong's mansion to get a copy of the battle strategy of the Northern Qing Dynasty!" ”

"The combat strategy of the Northern Qing Dynasty?" Li Zhongshan was taken aback, "Can this be done too?" Really? ”

Shang Shuying said: "The authenticity cannot be fully confirmed at the moment, but there are many signs that can still be verified." ”

"Oh, really?" Li Zhongshan asked, "Where is the copy of the battle strategy?" ”

Shang Shuying said with a smile: "Such an important thing, of course the slave family will take it out for the prince to see." ”

Saying that, she didn't avoid Li Zhongshan, so she untied her clothes in front of him, until she took off the gown and only had a close-fitting coat left on her upper body, then took out an envelope in a small pocket on the inside of the gown, and then put her hands in front of Li Yat-sen.

Li Zhongshan glanced at her, and then took the envelope with a smile, the envelope was not sealed, so Li Zhongshan easily took out the letter paper inside, which was two thin sheets, and it was not a strategic format, but a draft of a chapter. Look at the tone of the Chinese characters, as if it was Prince Gong Changning to Kangxi on the fold.

The content of this "excerpt" is a rough battle plan. The focus of the plan is two, one is to "borrow teachers to help suppress", that is, to use the strength of the Spaniards, the Dutch, the English, and the Portuguese to deal with the Ming! A specific method was also proposed, which was the Japanese Bandit Tactics!

Taking advantage of the foreigners' maritime superiority, they transported the Japanese to the southeast coast to cause sabotage, attracting the main force of the Ming army to divide and defend.

And the second key point is to lure the enemy deep, clear the wall, and defend a city with one country! Specifically, the main battlefield of the decisive battle of the Ming and Qing dynasties was placed around the city of Beijing!

Lure the enemy deep first, and clear the field in the territory of Beizhili, making it difficult for the Ming army to raise supplies on the spot. At the same time, the Qing Dynasty concentrated the strength of the whole country to defend the city of Beijing. Strive to let the Ming army stop under the fortified city of Beijing, and then use light cavalry to plunder the rear grain road of the Ming army, so that the Ming army fell into a desperate situation of attacking the city and running out of grain and grass.

At the same time, the richest southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty was attacked and destroyed by foreigners and Japanese invaders. Li Zhongshan can only regret retiring from the army at that time. And after Li Yat-sen withdrew from the army, the Qing Dynasty gathered the whole country's troops, and then covered up and beat the water dogs!

After reading this manuscript, Li Yat-sen had already fallen into deep thought.

This plan is still relatively difficult to deal with!

If the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty wants to achieve greater results, it must at least be pushed to the front line of the Great Wall of Beizhili, that is, Beijing City must be taken!

Moreover, if Kangxi really adopts the strategy of "one country defending one city", then Li Zhongshan has no reason to give up the opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Qing Dynasty. Annihilated the main force of the Qing Dynasty, then it was not to push to the Great Wall line, but to take the Northeast and Monan Mongolia and Mobei Mongolia together.

The Zhou State in the west will also be greatly frightened, and may end up in Central Asia without a fight

Thinking of this, Li Zhongshan turned his gaze to Shang Shuying, who was already dressed neatly: "Shuying, is this really Kang Mazi's combat strategy?" You just said that you can verify one or two, what is going on? ”

(End of chapter)