Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1342 On the Yalu River
As for which part of the East River will rebel, the Foreign Intelligence Bureau believes that there are many suitable people, and the most suitable one is Shang Kexi among the "Three Shun Kings".

Although Shang Kexi, Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong are also known as King Sanshun, they don't have much relationship except that they came out of Dongjiang together.Shang Kexi inherited his father's career. His father was once a guerrilla under Mao Wenlong's command.Stationed in Guanglu Island.Judging from the division of the line, he is considered to be a member of the Huanglong camp.In history, when Kong Youde and others fled Liaohai, Huanglong sniped the rebels.

When the Manchus attacked Lushun, hundreds of members of Shang Kexi's family were killed.According to common sense, he and Man Qing had a deep blood feud, but he took the initiative to cross the sea and surrender to the Qing in the second year after Kong Youde surrendered to the Qing.Although historical records say that the main factor that caused him to surrender to the Qing Dynasty was that Shen Shikui, who succeeded Dongjiang General Soldier, attempted to trap and kill him.But the Foreign Intelligence Service believes that his surrender should be an outbreak of long-term dissatisfaction.And after he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, many Dongjiang generals came to the Qing Dynasty to see that Dongjiang's dissatisfaction with the imperial court had reached the point where it was on the verge of breaking out.From this point of view, Dongjiang's main generals don't need much help, they just need to follow the trend.

The Foreign Intelligence Agency decided to start with the gratifying discord between Shen Shikui and Shang Shang.

For the veterans on the Haitian, whoever surrendered to the Qing Dynasty was the job of the Foreign Intelligence Agency, and they had another important task to perform.

Haitian is gradually approaching the mouth of the Yalu River. According to the map, they are already in the Dadonggou waters at the mouth of the Yalu River, which is about 50 kilometers away from Zhenjiang Fort.

Regardless of Mao Shisan claiming to be a military household in Zhenjiang Fort, the real Zhenjiang Fort was never under the jurisdiction of Dongjiang Town. After the gold seized.Since then, although the Dongjiang River has been entrenched in North Korea and repeatedly crossed the river to attack and harass, it has never regained Zhenjiang Fort.

On the Yalu River in 1633 after Ding Mao’s rebellion and Mao Wenlong’s beheading, the garrison and households in Dongjiang Town actually ceased to exist. Zhenjiang Fort military households like Mao Shisan were all stationed at the mouth of the Yalu River. on the island.

"Put down the navigation boat, the whole ship is ready for battle!"

Following this command, Haitian put down a small boat, and then slowly entered the Yalu River at a speed of three knots under the pilotage of the small boat.The navigability of the lower reaches of the Yalu River is acceptable. In 1910, a 1000-ton ship could sail directly to the coast of Sinuiju.The Haitian, which has a full load displacement of only a few hundred tons, is not a problem as long as it sails carefully to the surface of the Zhenjiangbao River.

The river is wide, but the siltation is serious, and there are many large and small islands on the river.Most of these islands used to be the garrisons and fields of the Dongjiang Army. When Nurhachi was there, Houjin had launched sweeping operations many times to drive out the garrison troops and burn crops.Now these islands have become completely uninhabited islands.All that remains are abandoned fields and dilapidated houses.

Both sides of the Yalu River are also full of dilapidated scenes. In the past, there used to be quite dense human settlements and large areas of reclaimed fields.

Due to Dongjiang's harassing tactics, Houjin moved all the residents along the coast of Zhenjiang Fort into the interior, so except for a few Houjin's settlements, it has become deserted.It has simply become a military garrison area.As for North Korea's Uiju on the other side, it was also swept away by the Manchurians during Dingmao's chaos, and it became a lifeless place.

After the Haitian entered the Yalu River Estuary, it was soon discovered by various Houjintun Forts on the shore, and black smoke began to rise from the beacon.Xue Ziliang could see people and horses moving around the Tunpu through the binoculars.

Zhenjiang Fort soon appeared in sight.Zhenjiang City has a very long history.It is the former site of Laiyuan City in the Liao Dynasty, Posu Mansion in the Jin Dynasty, and Posa Mansion in the Yuan Dynasty.In the 24th year of Wanli (1596), in order to strengthen the frontier defense of Liaodong, the Ming court built a new city at the "Nine United Site".In October of the same year, Changdian Beiyu was changed to a guerrilla attack and moved to this city.Corresponding to the camp of the generals in Kuandian.Because the purpose of building this city is to guard the eastern fortress and protect the safety of the river and sea, so the name suggests, named after "Zhenjiang".

It leans against Zhendong Mountain in the north, Hengdao River in the west, Youzhi River in the south, Yalu River in the west, and Uiju, North Korea on the other side.The strategic position is very important-it is not only the transportation hub between Ming and North Korea, but also strategically blocks the four guards (Jin, Fu, Hai, and Gai) in the south and looks towards North Korea in the east. It is an important strategic support point for the defense of Liaodong.

Seen from the telescope, the scale of the whole Zhenjiang Fort is quite considerable, the whole city is square, with a circumference of 1040 meters.One should have complete defense facilities and be strict with others.After Jin expelled the Dongjiang army to reoccupy this place, it left 300 Manchu soldiers and 1000 Mongolian soldiers in Zhenjiang, and sent 4 Manchu and Mongolian officials to garrison it, which can be called a heavy defense.As soon as the Haitian appeared, the four doors here were closed tightly, ready for battle.

The Haitian docked at a deserted island in the river opposite Zhenjiang Fort that night.According to the map, the island should be Dazhi Island in North Korea.For the sake of safety, the sea soldiers went ashore to search. The island is not inhabited, but there are also traces of reclamation on the island. It seems that the Dongjiang Army once settled here.

There are many bones on the island, especially on the river beach facing Uiju, North Korea, where the bones are almost covered with the river beach. In August of 1624, Hou Jin raided the Ming army who were farming on the island and harvesting grain. The soldiers of the Ming army panicked and fled. There were more than 500 levels of beheading. The rest of the Ming army fought for the boat to cross the river. .The bones all over the ground were left by the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang at that time.

"It's so miserable." Huang Hua said standing on the deserted river beach.He seemed to be lost in some kind of thought.

"Finally we have to deal with wild boar skin." Wang Rui patted Huang Hua's shoulder and said meaningfully, "You just need to know what they are - it's up to you next time."

Huang Hua took a deep breath: "It's okay. I'm a businessman."

Considering that the garrison and defense officials of Zhenjiang Fort must do something the next day—whether it is to start a fight or send an envoy, the ultimate purpose of the Haitian's arrival here is to send Huanghua to land and establish contact with Houjin.Therefore, Huanghua must be prepared to land the next day.

Gifts and trade samples prepared for Hong Taiji and others were piled up in the cabin, the most eye-catching of which was a richly decorated Western-style two-handed epee.

"It's really a good sword, but I don't know if Huang Taiji can appreciate it. It's a hidden gem." Wang Ruixiang couldn't help pulling out the sword, "I hope this transaction will be worth it..."

This sword itself is not unusual, it is nothing more than cold forging of tool steel with a machine, but it is extravagant in shape and decoration, not only the hilt, guard, and scabbard are inlaid with gold and silver, but even the blade itself is It is also inlaid with various decorations-these are all made by the master craftsmen of Zimingzhai.

Originally, some elders wanted to get some luminous body of radioactive elements on the "King's Sword", so that Huang Taiji could die earlier, but considering that the processing of radioactive elements is not easy, it is really uneconomical to build a supporting production line for such a saber.In case something goes wrong, hang up first.

"How do you get this thing, Huang Taiji?" Huang Hua couldn't help asking, he was a little worried about whether his gift was in line with the customer's appetite.

Wang Ruixiang said nonchalantly: "He doesn't need to carry it himself, just let his followers carry it."

"I don't think he likes..."

"Hehe, this saber is meant to be a stepping stone. You send up the samples you brought. He will definitely treat you as a guest of honor, and maybe even give you a hug." Wang Ruixiang said.

It took a lot of thinking to prepare trade goods for the Qing Dynasty.The economic situation of Manchu Qing was very embarrassing, the domestic production level was low, and it was in a state of lack of materials for a long time.Everything is expensive, and there are almost no bulk trade items except ginseng and fur.And these things are meaningless to the Senate - they can only be used as re-export commodities.

Although the Manchu Qing was able to supply the most urgently needed horses, various metals, and population to the Senate, they were strategic materials after all—the Man Qing himself also needed these.

That is, lack of material, and lack of sufficient means of payment - so Huang Taiji has always been very strict about import and export trade, and the import of goods that have nothing to do with people's livelihood and national use is basically prohibited.Tobacco, which has been thought out in the past, is just one example.

As for the luxury goods and enjoyment supplies used by the upper echelons of the Eight Banners, the demand can be roughly met only by looting and a small amount of imports. It is obviously difficult for the Senate to sell them in large quantities.

As far as the Manchus are concerned, the commodities they most need to import are grain, followed by iron products and cloth.And for these commodities, the Senate itself has a great demand, and some of them have to be imported in large quantities.

After many discussions between the Planning Institute, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Foreign Intelligence Service, the final export commodities were mainly cloth, paper, and salt, and tea, spirits, and finished medicines were added according to the characteristics of Houjin.

In addition, after discussion, the elders believed that, in view of the extreme conservatism of the foreign trade of the Manchu Qing, if the Manchu Qing was willing to let go and sell its kidneys for it——to export materials that it itself urgently needed, it was necessary to get something genuine. To impress its top management.

Therefore, in the product catalog to be displayed to Huang Taiji, the last column "weapons" listed the products they could not refuse, and some products appeared in the export product catalog for the first time.

After careful consideration, the weapons exported to the Qing Dynasty included armor made in Lingao, in addition to the bows and arrows produced in Jeju Island.

Due to the fact that the Eight Banners have few soldiers and strong combat effectiveness, the soldiers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties have the heaviest protection. The soldiers of the Eight Banners all wear heavy armor, and some even wear double armor.Compared with the poor manufacturing of iron armor equipped by Ming soldiers, it is much better.In the battle, there are many examples of being hit by a dozen arrows without any harm, and even when facing the inferior light firearms of the Ming army, they have considerable protection.

(End of this chapter)