The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 154 Offense
Compete with Spain for global trade.

Tang Qing'an was not in a hurry.

Some things, when the time comes, it will happen naturally, and when the time is not enough, it will be twice the result with half the effort.

It is not difficult to defeat the Spanish fleet in the east, only the size of the current Jinzhou Navy, [-] warships.

Even if Spain's warships in the east are powerful, they are not something the Spaniards can deal with.

The difficult thing is how to establish business stations in major regions of the world, which cannot be accomplished in a few years, ten years, or even two to thirty years.

What's the use of defeating the Spanish fleet without a trading channel.

The Spaniards fought against the Portuguese in the past because they wanted to destroy the Portuguese fleet in order to compete for the commercial station.

Not to destroy the Portuguese fleet for the sake of destroying his fleet.

Establish business stations on the land of other countries, develop business routes to the interior, and reach a tacit understanding with various dignitaries in other countries.

Don't look at how easy Tang Qing'an is in North Korea. One is that the two countries are the suzerains, and the other is that they have borrowed the general trend.

But changing a country is not so easy.

Western countries have spent hundreds of years relying on negotiation, force, deception, etc., massacre, confrontation, and bloodshed. The two sides were exhausted, and finally reached a tacit understanding with each other and reached a division of interests.

If I want to replace these commercial sites, I have to go through all these experiences.

This process is a steady stream of consumption, and only at the end can there be harvest.

Tang Qing'an didn't want to wait for so many years, nor was he willing to waste so much energy, because he had a shortcut to take.

The west laid the foundation step by step, and then Portugal established prototypes all over the world, becoming the coachman of the sea.

Spain defeated Portugal and obtained most of Portugal's business stations in the world. Because of its stronger land and population, its strength is far stronger than Portugal.

but.

Spain can't laugh for long.

His greatest rival, Britain, is about to show his claws to him.

and so.

For Spain.

It is necessary to hurt him, get rid of his arrogance, and win him over.

Unless Spain is willing to surrender to Britain, it is a country that has invaded its homeland, so this is where Tang Qing'an can take advantage of.

Tang Qing'an put down the future plan in his heart, and explained to Tang Zhan Wang and Leng Zixing step by step what needs to be done now.

What needs to be done now is to first establish the status of Jeju Island as a trade center.

Because of the sea ban in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Spain's trade volume in the Oriental Galleon is far less than the historical scale. It must first use Jeju Island's trade to bring back its original share.

In the future, commodities such as silk worth millions of taels of silver will also be a big burden on Jinling. Sangtian, Sangmin, and weavers will need time.

However, more mulberry fields and more mulberry weaver households will not only increase the demand for food, but also lead to less farmland.

With this plus and minus, there is an extremely large shortage of food. The dispute over mulberry fields and farmland occurred in history. It is not because of this, but Tang Qing'an needs to consider it.

and so.

Open the Chinese law and change it.

It can be used against Portuguese, Spaniards, even Japanese, and merchants in Southeast Asia.

Because Tang Qing'an had a lot of things to do, it took several days to discuss these things one after another.

Zhou Ji had nothing to do, so he went to find Chen Kaiwu, an old acquaintance of Donghaibao.

As for Li Shenghu, Zhou Ji was not familiar with him.

After being brought in by Chen Kaiwu's personal soldiers, he happened to see Chen Kaiwu burning paper money.

"Who is this burnt for?"

Zhou Ji asked puzzledly.

Chen Kaiwu didn't let go of what he was doing. He and Zhou Ji had a good relationship and didn't need too much etiquette.

"You also know him. It's Ma Xuan from the Hundred Households in our Right Tunwei."

Zhou Ji thought for a while in a daze, but still didn't remember.

During the few years in Jinzhou, it was like two worlds were separated from the first half of my life. Although it was only three years, it seemed like a long time.

Even acquaintances are strangers, let alone just impressions.

He was no stranger to the name Ma Xuan, but he couldn't remember who it was.

"It's the one in our guard who has a bad temper."

After Chen Kaiwu's reminder, Zhou Ji suddenly realized.

"So it was him. He died? When did he die? I really don't know. Tsk tsk, it's a pity.

I remember that he is a very powerful person, even Li Shenghu is his disciple. "

"No."

Chen Kaiwu also sighed.

Everyone in the entire guard hates Ma Xuan, and Ma Xuan has the best relationship with him, except for his disciple Li Shenghu, who is himself.

"Didn't he take the initiative to go to Shenyang to answer the call, and the general was still in Donghaibao at that time.

The general once came back from Liaodong Dusi, and mentioned to me that he had seen this person in Bingbei Road, and the few of them had a drink together.

Later, Shenyang fell, and he also died in battle with the general soldiers there. "

Chen Kaiwu explained.

At that time, the general was still a hundred households of Donghai Fort, and the Donghai Camp had not even been established, and he was also a hundred households.

After a few years, who would have thought that there would be today.

"If he hadn't been so impatient at the beginning, but waited for a while, the general established the Donghai camp, and if he followed the general, he would definitely be the leader of the first camp."

After listening to Chen Kaiwu's words, Zhou Ji nodded in approval.

Although this person is hated by thousands of households in the guard, it is just that this person is unwilling to join forces, and he is a rare person who is clean and self-sufficient.

And he treats the military households in his own hundred households very well, not only does not bully them, but takes good care of them.

If he could have followed the general at that time, based on Zhou Ji's understanding of the general, he would definitely like this person very much and would definitely reuse him vigorously.

Later, many of the military households in his hundred households entered the Donghai Camp, and many outstanding ones had the status of military officers.

"This is the fate of the old saying, he will definitely be promoted to the general because of his temperament, but it is also because of his temperament that he took the initiative to go to Shenyang to answer the call.

It can only be said that it has no fate with us, what a pity. "

After Zhou Ji finished speaking, he squatted down and picked up a stack of paper money beside the brazier.

"Ugh."

Chen Kaiwu let out a long sigh.

"I heard that the second master sent people to Fujian to pick up Mr. Yang's descendants?"

After the Ming money was burned out, Chen Kaiwu clapped his hands, pulled his clothes, and chatted about Jinzhou.

"Ah."

Zhou Ji affirmed.

"Mr. Yang died miserably, and the second master has been blaming himself for it, and Mr. Yang was not a high-ranking military officer, and the rank of a thousand households was not hereditary.

I also heard that most of Old Yang's salary was given to his deceased Paozhe's family. Because he died in battle, the imperial court rewarded his descendants with a hundred household officials.

But the second master thought it was not enough, so he sent people to Fujian to pick up the descendants of Mr. Yang, planning to pick two good ones and cultivate them vigorously. "

Chen Kaiwu smiled.

"Second Master has a good heart, but he is afraid that people will not appreciate it. No one in the customs would like to come to this bitter cold place, and it is also a place where wars have been fought year after year."

"This is a personal opportunity. Anyone with insight can seize the opportunity. A mediocre person, it doesn't matter if you don't come, so as not to embarrass the second master."

Zhou Ji laughed.

"Come on, I'll buy you a drink."

Chen Kaiwu laughed loudly, put his arms around Zhou Ji's shoulders, and the two of them ran to drink in a flash.

After seeing off Tang Zhanwang and Leng Zixing, Tang Qing'an began to inspect the military fort in person.

With such a large-scale inflow of refugees from all parts of Zhenjiang, the barbarian guards in front are not blind, and there will definitely be tit-for-tat actions.

Jiulian City, Tangzhan Fort, all the way to Danshan Fort.

Going forward, we will go out of the Great Wall. Outside the Great Wall, there are Changdian Fort, Yongdian Fort, Dadian Fort, Kuandian Fort, Xindian Fort and other forts.

Although these places were recovered, it was dangerous to leave the Great Wall, and it was too close to the front line. No one could guarantee whether there would be a surprise attack by the barbarian army. Everyone prevented the general from moving forward.

Tang Qing'an thought for a while, but he didn't insist on going his own way. He obeyed the wishes of the generals and stayed in Danshan Fort.

Dangerous Mountain Fort.

Between Fenghuang City, Zhenjiang, and Kuandian, the military fort guarding the pass of the Great Wall is also the largest fortress in the surrounding area. There are seventeen piers and abutments, with a circumference of [-] steps.

Those small forts outside the Great Wall were originally under the assistant management of the guards of Danshan Fort.

Tens of thousands of soldiers from Jinzhou raided Zhenjiang back then, and as soon as they went ashore and recovered several small forts, hundreds of barbarians in Zhenjiang city slipped away when they heard the news.

When Xianshan Fort was in the hands of Da Zhou, there were more than [-] guards in Guangbao, and hundreds or nearly a thousand of the surrounding small forts were used to guard against barbarians.

When the barbarians captured Liaoshen, because of the connection with the surrendered generals, they all surrendered before the barbarians came to attack.

The barbarians took Liaozuo without any effort, and there were no enemies to guard against. Therefore, there were only a few hundred soldiers left in this fort, and the troops were surrendered by the Han people.

Facing the tens of thousands of soldiers in Jinzhou, of course they took the initiative to fight anyway before they came to attack, which was no different from Mao Wenlong's recovery of Zhenjiang in history.

The difference is that Tang Qing'an has no shortage of soldiers, so these surrendered soldiers were disbanded as civilians and sent to various places to farm.

Mao Wenlong's army is not strong, and there are also reasons why he has gathered too many surrendered troops.

These surrendered soldiers were afraid of barbarism like tigers, how dare they go to battle, and after recruiting Liao people as soldiers in the later period, their combat power began to rise.

Time is also life.

Not to mention specifically.

Drawing lessons from history, Tang Qing'an's army expanded from the very beginning, and gradually eliminated the original generals and troops.

Except for those who were forced to surrender, they were recognized through their performance on the battlefield, and the generals who dared to fight were retained.

Taking advantage of last year's reduction of 1 troops, most of the original generals and soldiers were eliminated, and only those who dared to fight were retained.

For example Huayan, Li Bosheng and so on.

As for Zhao Gouyong, he really has his heart for the imperial court and dares to fight.

Although he was restrained by various means, it would not be as Liu Chengmin said, just send him back to the pass.

It is easy to send Zhao Gou away, but it is difficult to deal with the follow-up. This will arouse the suspicion of the court, which is not good for him at present, so staying in Jinzhou and freezing him is the most beneficial situation.

Dangerous Mountain Fort is close to the Da Chong River and guards the main road. There are a lot of refugees passing through this place. Tang Qingan was on the fort and saw groups of refugees coming out of the mountain from time to time.

Because this is an important military area, only two mouthfuls of dry food were left on the wall.

Let them replenish their strength, go straight to Zhenjiang in the rear, tell them that there is a porridge shed there, and give them hope.

In front of Danshan Fort, Fengcheng is on the left and Xin'an Fort is on the right, both of which are in the hands of the barbarians.

"Fengcheng is only forty or fifty miles away from here, and there are thousands of troops stationed there, so the gates of the city are closed and we dare not come in disorderly, but Xin'anbao is eighty miles away from us, and the two places are separated by a dangerous mountain, so they wantonly intercepted and killed refugees. .”

Hearing the guard's report, Tang Qing'an frowned.

"The old slaves are afraid of my reputation, shrinking their defenses and abandoning the east of Changbai Mountain. Who is the guard of Xinanbao? How dare they provoke me."

Tang Qing'an asked.

(End of this chapter)