As for how to deal with the captured Dutch and Portuguese, Prince Xiong has never had an accurate idea in his heart.

Although I heard Li Xin, Miao Sanguan and Peng Wuying say more than ten years ago, the Dutch occupied Penghu in the Ming Dynasty and later occupied Taiwan, like a pesky fly, always entangled in the southeast coast.

But Xiong Chu hadn't seen these things, and he didn't have an intuitive impression in his heart, so he couldn't hate them.

Taking this time alone, the Dutch were not prepared to fight with themselves at all, and it was entirely Bourgud who took the initiative to provoke the incident, and then it became like this.

As for the Portuguese's forcible occupation of Macau, occupying various trading channels, and doing a lot of shady things during this period, Prince Xiong has heard of this many times.

Now that he has occupied the entire northern region of Burma, he has recovered the sovereignty of the Mengyang Propaganda and Comfort Envoys and Ava Propaganda Envoys, and the next step is to take back the Nandian Propaganda Envoys, so as to complete the campaign tasks of the entire Western Route Army.

If the Dutch and Portuguese are held in their hands, it seems inappropriate to kill them like this, and it seems that it is not possible to just let them go. If you can't go up or down like this, how will it be a game in the future?

Even more troublesome than dealing with Westerners is how to manage the newly occupied territory.

This time the front was pushed more than 400 miles to the south, and a large area of land was added, and the towns were in great need of trustworthy people to administer them.

The bear prince was fidgeting in a simple house in Ava City, when Mandeli suddenly rushed in and shouted, "Childe, look who's coming, the headache is much better now!"

Hou Mingde, according to the procurator of Zhennan Province, was a scholar who was "kidnapped out" by Yan Erniang by domineering means.

Hou Mingde is ancient and modern, jealous and hateful, and upright, but he has never participated in the imperial examination.

Seeing this person come in with a stern face, Xiong Chu was taken aback: "Lord Hou, why are you here?"

"Lord, if the students don't come, can you still pull it away here?" Hou Mingde hugged his fist at Xiong Chuwei, his face was frosty: "I think at the beginning, Mrs. Yan threatened to kill people and set fire without saying anything." Now that the eyebrows are burning here, can the students not come over quickly?"

Xiong Chu smiled: "Lord Hou, please take a seat, you are here, I will be much more relaxed." But after you leave, there will be no one in Zhennan Province, and Lord Sun Xueyi will be unable to support it alone. ”

Hou Mingde shook his head: "Quelling the rebellion in the south is the wish of the imperial court for more than two hundred years, as long as it is the people of the Ming Dynasty, they will fully support it." If Mrs. Yan had made her lord's ambition clear, and the students would not have dared to refrain even if they were willing to do so, would it be necessary to threaten to kill people and set fires?"

Xiong Chu also felt a little embarrassed: "If you want to talk about that matter, Erniang is indeed more reckless, so don't worry about Lord Hou." ”

Hou Mingde did not answer Prince Xiong's words, but shouted to the outside: "Come in, don't you dare to see people?"

Before the words fell, a military general with a full body came in and knelt on one knee outside the door, and then he clenched his fists and said: "The last general Fan Hu meets the lord!"

Xiong Chu was taken aback again, and hurriedly supported him with both hands: "Fan Hu, get up quickly! The safety of the entire Zhennan Province is entrusted to you and Qiao Rushan, why are you here?"

Fan Hu, a well-known member of Shuixi. When he was in Funiu Mountain, Prince Xiong had a life-saving grace for him, and he was also a celebrity on the order of killing in the rivers and lakes.

Later, An Bangyan rebelled and was killed, and when An Guoxiong and Fan Hu plotted against Wuding County, Fan Hu found that it was Xiong Chu's troops who occupied Wuding County, so he defected and killed An Guoxiong and led more than 10,000 people to take refuge in him.

When Xiong Chu left Yunnan that year, he promoted Fan Hu to the rank of captain of the barbarians.

When Wan Lian waved his division to the south, because Fan Hu was from Shuixi and knew the local people well, he was appointed as the chief soldier of Zhennan Province and commanded the 40,000 army to defend the rear.

Fan Hu said respectfully: "Lord Qiyu: Lord Sun, the governor of Zhennan Province, said that since the last general is a righteous captain, he should go to the army to listen to orders. Now Master Sun has appointed Qiao Rushan as the chief military officer, and has already trained 30,000 troops, and promoted a group of generals to colonel, which is enough to ensure that the rear is worry-free. ”

Hou Mingde said: "My lord, if there is no escort of General Fan with an army of 30,000 troops this time, it really won't work." Because we came here this time, we not only escorted 30,000 catties of gunpowder, 400,000 arrows, 200,000 copper crossbow arrows, 2,400 taels of crossbow carts, but also 50,000 immigrants!"

"Fifty thousand immigrants?" Prince Xiong was stunned: "Let the people leave their hometowns, won't that stir up a popular uprising?"

Hou Mingde shook his head: "What the lord has done in Zhennan Province is obvious to all, and the local people have heard that the lord has opened up territory in the south, and they are all vying to come over after the empty space. Because the locals know that the land here is fertile and abundant, as long as they can endure hardships, they can live a good life under the lord. ”

"To be honest, if it weren't for Lord Sun Xueyi's repeated suppression, the common people would have come over by themselves. This time, 10,000 people came from Shuixi Tusi, 10,000 from Zhang'e County and Shiping County, 10,000 from Yunzhou, and the other 20,000 were Henan victims from Yongzhou. ”

"The most important thing is that Lord Zhang Yuxiu urgently sent a message, and we need to send a group of our own scholars to come over, and we want to build a school here and undertake the important task of educating the people of Limin. To this end, Yongzhou, Hengyang Wangfu, and Zhennan City have transferred a total of more than 2,000 people. On the one hand, it is necessary to enrich the yamen, and on the other hand, it is necessary to run an official school. ”

Only then did Prince Xiong know that Zhang Yuxiu, Sun Xueyi, Hou Mingde, and even Miao Sanguan, Peng Wuying and others from Hengyang Palace, were involved in this great migration. This is a major shift in strategic focus, and it comes at a better time.

Xiong Chu nodded: "Lord Hou, I am preparing to build Ava Province, and the position of governor belongs to you. Fan Hu, the current battle situation is unpredictable, you don't know much about the situation here, you first served as the chief soldier of Ava Province, and the 30,000 people brought over were temporarily commanded by you to assist Lord Hou to fully operate here. ”

"Ava province is a cornucopia, whether it is the grain producing area of the two river basins, the fierce fire oil field of Ringanqiang, or the cotton producing area of Mitiera, it is the foundation of our future development. The 50,000 migrants must be resettled, and they have faith in us, and we cannot let them down. ”

"As for the food supply in the early stage, I have ordered the Bulgud elephant military camp to clean up the surrounding temples. There are more than 1,000 temples, each of which is a large grain household. I have already sent someone to secretly investigate, as long as the food in the temple is requisitioned, it can feed 300,000 people for two years. ”

The sudden arrival of Hou Mingde and Fan Hu, coupled with 50,000 immigrants, suddenly increased the number of more than 80,000 people in Ava City, which must not be affordable.

After Hou Mingde ran non-stop for half a month, he proposed a plan: all the original residents in Ava City were removed, and his 10,000 immigrants who were proficient in commercial trade were resettled.

Another 30,000 immigrants were resettled in the two richest areas, Bagan City and Magway City, and 5,000 were resettled in the Mithila area. Because they are proficient in cotton cultivation, and they are proficient in cotton weaving, and they are able to spin muslin.

In this way, it can form the core area of Ava City-Bagan City-Magway City-Mithila, and become the base camp of the Xiong Army.

Fan Hu's army of 30,000 was divided into three parts: 4,000 men in Ava, 10,000 in Bagan, and 16,000 in Magway City, and the main purpose was to defend the Rakhine Mountains to the west. At the same time, it is ready to reclaim the narrow area of the West Coast when the time comes.

In this way, Zhong Guozhu's sailors and the Burgud elephant military camp were in a mobile position, which could not only defend due south with all their might. You can also launch an attack to the south at any time to complete the final battle to recover the Nandian Xuanzhi Mission.

After the matter here was sorted out a little, Xiong Chu raised his fingers and counted it, only to know that he already had more than 100,000 troops under his command.

In addition to the front-line troops, the rear reserve force alone has 120,000 men. Thereinto:

Sun Xueyi, the governor of Zhennan Province, Qiao Rushan, the general soldier, directly under the local army of 40,000 regular troops, and 20,000 recruits in the supplementary barracks are being trained.

Zhang Yuxiu, the governor of Nankan Province, and the general army of Wei Shiori, directly under the regular army of 6,000 people, are training 24,000 recruits.

Hou Mingde, the governor of Ava Province, and Fan Hu, the general soldier, directly belonged to the regular army of 30,000 people. For the foreseeable future, Ava province will certainly also have its own reserve barracks.

Hou Mingde really belongs to the great talent, and in less than a month, Ava City has become orderly. The 1,200 people he brought with him were also arranged separately, and all the surrounding towns had their own yamen framework, and began to build management institutions according to the Central Plains.

However, for Hou Mingde's proposal to "build the four cities of Ava, Bagan, Magway, and Mitiera", Prince Xiong did not agree.

Xiong Chu's explanation was: "Lord Hou, this southern expedition, especially after forming his own sailor, I found that it is not advisable to build a strong city. Under the threat of powerful artillery, any castle is useless. Of course, the construction of the city walls was necessary for the convenience of daily management. ”

"My opinion is that if all four cities were walled according to the height of two zhang and the width of one zhang, there was no need to build a city. Each new city was two miles long, and then forty five-inch guns were placed on the wall of a one-zhang wide city to block the enemy's siege. ”

It is not difficult to build a city wall alone, but if you want to build an urn city, a castle tower, and an excavation moat, the amount of work is too large. Besides, this place is plagued by torrential rains all year round, and digging a moat is to make trouble for yourself.

Because of this, Hou Mingde spent all the labor calculated by digging the moat to build flood drainage canals, bridge bridges and roads across the river, and completely improve the transportation network.

Xiong Chu had a basic idea, that is, to build two main roads, the Irrawaddy River valley and the Chindun River valley, to effectively connect Nankan Province and Awa Province, and to immediately arrive with his sailors and cavalry in the event of a special change in all directions.

This is a huge project for the long-term peace and stability of the country, and Hou Mingde of course raised his hands in approval: "It is still the lord's far-reaching plan, and the students will start to build the main road from Ava City to Manmo City according to the lord's will." ”

"No, no, no, no!" Prince Xiong hurriedly stopped: "The official road we urgently need now is to build through Ava City, Wangse Town, Griwa, Sidang, Imphal, Sylhet, and Dispur. You must know that Huo Lianshan led the invincible battalion of Nali Burai and had already occupied that plain. ”

"That place is a cotton and jute producing area, and it is also an economic powerhouse. So your next task is to prepare for another province. Since it belongs to the lower reaches of the Brahmaputra River, it is called Yajiang Province, and Disbur City is renamed Yajiang City. The chief officer of the army was handed over to Nalibrai, but he was to be given six thousand troops. ”

Originally, everything was very good, and Prince Xiong and Hou Mingde also reached an agreement on the future strategic layout, but they didn't expect a bad news to come, and the first line of Ava City, Mitiera, and Bagan City was suddenly turned upside down!

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