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According to the information sent back by Japan's Xunfengwei, the corner currently occupied by the Eastern Qing Dynasty in the northern part of Honshu Island was roughly within the scope of Aomori Prefecture in later generations.

Initially, when the Eastern Qing Dynasty captured the territory of Matsumae Domain on Ezo Island, the Tokugawa shogunate did not pay much attention to it.

After the Eastern Qing Dynasty made an effort and crossed the sea to capture large areas of land such as Aomori in later generations, the Tokugawa shogunate realized how aggressive the Eastern Qing Dynasty was.

So they hurriedly organized an army to fight Dongqing.

In this era, the average combat effectiveness of the Japanese army under the Tokugawa Shogunate was not as good as that of the Qing army.

But there were many people under the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Although Dorgon led hundreds of thousands of Qing people to go eastward to Ezo Island and took in many Japanese and Ezo subjects or slaves, even with the accompanying slaves, the number of the army was only a few hundred thousand.

The Tokugawa shogunate recruited three to four hundred thousand troops in one fell swoop.

Another local battle.

Therefore, the two sides have been fighting back and forth in the northern part of Honshu Island in recent years.

At the beginning, although the Qing army was small in number, it still won consecutive battles and occupied a land that was four or five times larger than it is now.

But as the Tokugawa shogunate later reacted and the army became familiar with the Qing army's combat methods, the Qing army's shortcomings of weak logistics and insufficient stamina became apparent.

As a result, the Qing army lost several battles, and now it has stabilized its position. What it really occupied was Aomori County and the surrounding land in later generations.

Under Liu Sheng's instruction, Da'ei currently has no intention of attacking Ezo and Japan.

Therefore, Liu Sheng is quite looking forward to what kind of situation the war between the Eastern Qing Dynasty and Japan will develop in the future.

If the Eastern Qing Dynasty completely took over Japan and implemented the policy of shaving their hair and changing clothes, what kind of spectacle would it be like in the future when all Japanese people would have a money rat tail?
After Liu Sheng finished reading the telegram and dealt with some matters related to the expeditionary force, he went to have dinner.

He did not eat alone, but the six concubines who came with him ate together.

These six concubines are Li Xiangyun, Li Lingfei, Zheng Haizhu, Li Yue, Yang Zhi, and Wu Yunna.

In other words, among the girls in Liu Sheng's harem, only Hong Niangzi, Bai Taiwei and Xu Wan are left with Da'ei.

Li Xiangyun and others naturally do not live in the expeditionary army camp, but in a separate camp not far away, and the female guard battalion in the Guards sequence is responsible for the camp defense.

The six people do not live together, but each has a barracks (small courtyard).

Unless there are special circumstances, Liu Sheng usually takes turns eating with the six people.

Tonight it happens to be Concubine An Zheng Haizhu's turn.

"See Your Majesty."

Seeing Liu Sheng arriving, Zheng Haizhu saluted with a smile on his face.

She dressed up specially today. Her dress was not as serious as before in the palace, but was similar to the Fisher Girl on the Seaside of Fujian (hardcover version).

Although she has been in the palace for many years, she is only thirty-three years old now. Because she is so well maintained, she looks like a young woman in her twenties, which is the period when a woman is most charming.

Needless to say, Liu Sheng was really moved when he saw her dressed as a fisherman on the beach.

But even if his heart is moved, Liu Sheng will not do anything in a hurry, but will eat with Zheng Haizhu as usual.

The dinner prepared by Zheng Haizhu is mainly seafood - the most indispensable thing here in Longshou County is seafood. Although you can get it in Nanjing, it is not as fresh as here.

Therefore, after coming to Longshou County, Zheng Haizhu was able to fully utilize his seafood cooking skills.

During the meal, Liu Sheng said: "I am going to transfer your eldest brother to the expeditionary army. What do you think?"

Zheng Haizhu's eyes flashed, and he said calmly: "This is a state matter, I have nothing to say."

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "Since I'm asking you, I must be right, so don't be afraid of this or that."

"I'm not afraid." Zheng Haizhu retorted briefly at first, and then said: "After all, he is my eldest brother. He has traveled tens of thousands of miles to Chu. It would be best if he could accompany me. Yes." Liu Sheng nodded slightly.

Speaking of which, although Zheng Zhilong was unwilling to allow the Zheng family to completely surrender to Da'ei in the early years, when Da'ei's two major navies, the East China Sea and the Nanhai Navy, gradually matured, and later formed the Nanyang Navy, and the iron-clad ships also showed their style, Zheng Zhilong knew that it was impossible for the Zheng family to Let’s keep that overseas force.

In addition, as he grew older and lost his ambition, he gave up all his miscellaneous thoughts and allowed Zheng's overseas navy to submit to Dawei, and conveniently reported on a wave of overseas residual forces.

Naturally, the Zheng family navy overseas did not surrender in the name of the Zheng family, but pretended to be a big pirate.

But Liu Sheng and the important officials in the imperial court knew very well that it was Zheng's naval forces overseas.

Since then, the Zheng family has completely surrendered to Dawei.

The trust of Liu Sheng and the Da'ei court in Zheng's family has also been greatly improved.

After Zheng Sen graduated from Nanjing University, he wasted two or three years in officialdom because of his status as the legitimate son of the Zheng family.

After the Zheng family completely surrendered, he immediately became prosperous in officialdom. He was continuously promoted in a few years. Now, at the age of thirty-four, he is already the general judge of a government, equivalent to the third-in-command of a city in later generations.

Historically, although Zheng Sen was a national hero who took over Dongfan Island from the Dutch, his military talents could only be said to be average.

However, in this life, under the training of Nanjing University, he became a quite outstanding civil affairs official.

Liu Sheng's expedition to Da Chu not only required fighting, but also required management after he conquered the territory.

Therefore, a group of outstanding civil servants and officials will also be brought in to be responsible for logistics and local governance.

At the same time, we will also bring a group of outstanding craftsmen and other talents, such as experienced farmers, veterinarians, grooms, etc....
Time flies and comes to the spring of the second year of Yongxing in Damei (1659 AD).

Liu Sheng led more than 50,000 personal guards and more than 10,000 other accompanying personnel, and went out to sea from Longshou Bay and entered the Atlantic Ocean (the Pacific Ocean is called Dongyang and Dadongyang in Chinese custom, and Japan borrowed the name from China).

The fleet consists of an ironclad ship worth 8,000 yuan as the flagship, five other ironclad ships worth 5,000 yuan, and twelve ironclad ships worth more than 3,000 yuan.

These eighteen ironclad ships are all sail and steam hybrids.

In addition, there are ten non-ironclad ships with 5,000 materials, and thirty-six non-ironclad ships with more than 3,000 materials!

These non-ironclad ships are not entirely wooden. In some places, steel plates or metal components are added.

And in order to integrate the sailing speed of the entire fleet, these ships are also hybrid powered by sails and steam.

In this way, Liu Sheng led the "super fleet" composed of fifty-four large ships, along the channel opened by the previous exploration fleet, riding the wind and waves, and sailed towards the distant Dachu.

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Dachu, Jiahua twenty-sixth year.

Henan and Shandong experienced severe drought for several months. The land was red for thousands of miles, and hungry people were everywhere.

In August, the weather is still hot and there is no hint of coolness.

By the almost dry river, a group of hungry people were slowly moving forward. Their faces were numb and lifeless, like zombies.

The land above the river has long been dry to the point of cracking. Although the grass roots and tree bark are old, they have been almost completely eaten away.

Zhao Zhenwen and his family of five mingled among the hungry people, with equally confused faces.

He was originally a scholar in Qingzhou. His family had dozens of acres of farmland, and his life was pretty good.

However, the situation has deteriorated year by year in the past ten years. First, my father and mother died of illness, and last year my youngest son also died of illness and starvation.

There were droughts in Shandong the year before last, last year, and this year. However, the government not only did not respond to the disaster, but used the emperor to cultivate Taoism and resist border invasions and other reasons to impose excessive taxes.

Seeing that he could no longer survive, Zhao Zhenwen had no choice but to take his wife and one remaining son and two daughters and abandon their home and business to flee.

However, in this age, where can we go to escape from famine?
The reason why they went this way was that they heard that the drought in Laizhou was milder, and most of it was near the sea, so there were more ways to survive. (End of chapter)