The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 291 United Dongjiang Town

Ten days later, Jin Sheng and Huang Long Le Zizi came back, and more than [-] ships loaded more than [-] shi of grain.

They were too poor and frightened, they wanted everything, even people's beds, pots and pans were shipped back, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and sheep were all caught by them.

Dongjiang soldiers and Denglai troops launched a surprise attack this time to ransack the house, and the Shen family was defenseless.

Shenjiabao is equivalent to an independent small city entrenched by clan armed forces, with a population of 8000 and [-] to [-] strong members of the clan armed with swords and guns for defense. It should be a local armed force of the nature of a militia.

Jin Sheng made a plan to steal the Shenjiabao. He was dressed in the regular uniform of the sixth-rank civil servants and brought his four servants and 24 servants selected by Huanglong to the Shenjiabao first to hand over the famous assassins to visit the master of the Shen family.

It is reasonable for civil servants who have just taken office to visit the local tycoons. It is not surprising that there are twenty or thirty servants. There are countless civil servants and military generals who come to Shenjiabao every year to fight the autumn wind. The master of the Shen family does not doubt that he is there. Angrily invite Jin Sheng and his party to enter the Shenjiabao.

When the scouts following Jin Sheng saw that the supervising army had successfully entered, they immediately went back to report the results. The two generals Zhang Tao and Huang Long waited for the results. It didn't take long for the [-] or so Ming troops who ran forward to surround Shenjiabao.

The result is self-evident, under the sudden incident of being cooperating with the inside and outside, the Shenjiabao fell instantly.

The militia basically did not dare to openly confront the imperial army, and they put down their weapons and surrendered without a city to rely on. Therefore, they basically took down this private fortress without causing any casualties.

Suddenly, the Shen clan was taken away from the lair that had been run by several generations without any precautions.

The food and gold and silver treasures hoarded in the fort were not transferred in time, so Huang Long and Zhang Tao reaped a lot.

Not only did they get food, in addition to the 7 shi of wheat and more than [-] taels of silver they were going to hand over to the court, Huanglong and Jin Sheng also received precious metals worth [-] taels of silver, furniture, cloth, cotton clothes, Quilts are also worth a lot of money.

The private fortress of the Shen family in Laizhou is more than [-] miles away from Laizhou City. If it hadn’t been confiscated by the Ming army headed by Huang Long this time, it would have been looted when Kong Youde made a fuss. Still the same.

Huang Long, who didn't want to eat alone, discussed with Jin Sheng and decided to give Huang Han a benefit of 2 taels of silver.

How could Huang Han ask the bitter Dongjiang Town to pay money, he politely rejected Huang Long and Jin Sheng's kindness, reminding them that it is best to distribute food and salaries to reassure the army.

Now that Huang Long knew that beating local tyrants was a shortcut to making a fortune, he finally understood why Huang Han had money and food to support elite soldiers, so he gave up seeing Huang Han's insistence not to share the benefits with him.He was not stupid to know that the Shen family's smuggling boat was probably swallowed by Huang Han.

Huang Long, who made a small fortune, was full of confidence, and he had a lot of chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep. He hosted Huang Han's banquet at the General Military Mansion, which had been simply restored, and it was also regarded as a welcome for the newly appointed military supervisor Jin Sheng.

Huang Han and Huang Long, as well as Shen Shikui, Li Weiluan, Shang Kexi and other generals who had just arrived with their troops, chatted happily over wine, and talked about their plans after drinking for three rounds.

Huang Han said: "The generals have been wronged these years, and the life of the soldiers and civilians under their command is also quite difficult. I know that all the Yizhou farmland in Dongjiang Town has been lost, and it is impossible to restore it in a short time.

There are too many soldiers and civilians on the island who need food, which has become a heavy burden for the generals. I thought that instead of shipping food all the way to the island, why not let the soldiers and civilians eat food nearby?
The saved transportation capacity alone can be used to transport timber to Funing for sale, which can earn a lot of food money back. "

The generals sitting here are thinking in their hearts, no one is a fool, how much profit can they make from trafficking in timber?Smuggling grain, leather goods, and Korean ginseng are the first choices.

Lieutenant General Shen Shikui is the in-law of Mao Wenlong, the former commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town who was wronged and died. The old department of Dongjiang Town persisted in fighting Jiannu for several years.

In the end, the army was defeated and lost its base camp, Pi Island, and retreated to Shicheng Island. In June of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Jianshou broke through Shicheng Island. Shen Shikui was captured and only wanted to die.

The moment when Shen Shikui died for the country meant that Dongjiang Town had since withdrawn from the stage of history. In the end, even Phi Island, the headquarters of Dongjiang Town, became an inherent foreign territory.

There are too many lieutenants, generals, guerrillas, and capitals in Dongjiang Town, most of which are worthless vacancies given by Mao Wenlong. Although Shen Shikui is a lieutenant general, the territory and the number of troops held by Huang Han, the emperor's personal seal of Yongping, are not the same day. language.

He was interested in Huang Han's words, and asked, clasping his hands: "Master Huang, there are many former Yizhou villagers under my command, and it is really difficult to give them a bite of food. I don't know what the lord said about the rules for eating food nearby?"

The other generals guarding the islands were also worried about the severe food shortage on the island, and they all looked at Huang Han with piercing eyes.

Huang Han said sincerely: "I suggest that Dongjiang Town and the Yongping Reinforcement Battalion communicate with each other and establish a good friendly military relationship. There are few people in Funing Guard, and Dongjiang Town has a lot of people and no land. Why don't you resettle the soldiers and civilians under your command and their troops?" The family went to Funing to discuss life?
This official dares to assure you that as long as you go to Funingwei, everyone will be well fed and warmly dressed. Even those who have lost their labor force will be able to guarantee two meals a day and have a warm place to spend the winter. "

The soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" are all red-faced and brightly armored. Compared with most Dongjiang soldiers with disheveled faces and beggar-like clothes, they are like heaven and earth.

The territory operated by Funingwei is willing to accept the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town. Generals such as Huanglong Monk Kexi and Shen Shikui certainly have no reason to object.

Jin Sheng, the censor of the army, is familiar with Huang Han's ability to Anmin, why is he not happy to see him accepting Dongjiang Town's soldiers and civilians?

He came to Phi Island to supervise the army for several purposes. Apart from looking for an opportunity to recover the lost ground, he was to reduce redundant troops, revitalize the farmland, and strive to restore Dongjiang Town's soldiers to be strong and vigorous.

Now it seems that Dongjiang Town is in crisis, and the revival of the farmland may be in the foreseeable future. The top priority is to be more realistic. It is important to solve the problem of food for the soldiers and civilians first.

Jin Sheng immediately stated: "It would be great if General Huang would accept Dongjiang Town's soldiers and civilians. In the future, the commander-in-chief and the generals will not be dragged down and focus on killing the enemy. I will do my best to support it."

The supervisory censor is only the seventh rank, and Jin Sheng has the title compiled by the six-rank official historian of the Imperial Academy to be the sixth-rank supervisory military censor, but this is already the largest civil official in the Dongjiang town system at this time.

Seeing Jin Sheng's full promise, Huang Long naturally would not object, and also agreed: "Master Huang is famous, and it is their good fortune for the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town to go to Funingwei to work in the fields. I will definitely handle this matter as soon as possible."

The two armies reached an agreement immediately. Jin Sheng, who was born as a Jinshi, liked to play with words, and he also asked the generals of the two armies to sign a memorandum written by him.

(End of this chapter)