Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 435 Influence ([-])

After the messenger to Qingzhou set off, Mo Ming suddenly found himself idle.The six ships of the navy have already carried a large number of personnel and supplies to the port of Rishiri Island. The next time they come to Yantai, they will have to wait for more than a month before the port thaws.Today, five large dry docks have been built in the Rishiri Island Yuanbo Port, which can accommodate five ships for maintenance at the same time. This was a key project under the control of the Blackwater Pioneering Team. Almost everyone on Rishiri Island has invested in the docks, Breakwaters and docks are under construction.Moreover, the project is still expanding, because in the future, more and more ships will spend the winter in the only ice-free port in the Blackwater area. If the number of docks and berths does not increase, the efficiency of transporting immigrants may be delayed.

The small Rishiri Island simply cannot bear too many outsiders, so in addition to opening up [-] acres of dry land on the island, the people on the east coast have built the most facilities such as warehouses, temporary wooden houses, and reservoirs.Every winter, this small island in the Sea of ​​Japan, which is relatively calm in summer, suddenly becomes lively.A large number of Ming people transferred from Heishui and Dabo gathered here, waiting for the ship to transport them to an unknown distance.Of course, this moment is also the most tense moment for the military and police. If a large group of people gather in one place, it may end in riots. Therefore, some armed forces are dispatched from Sakhalin Island at this time every year to deter any Criminals.

Apart from Rishiri Island, people from the east coast now have the largest population settled in Yantai.Among them, more than 2 people have been resettled in the Zhifu Island area north of Yantai Fort, while there are still 4000 people on Kongtong Island, which can be regarded as the largest immigrant settlement.With so many people, it is natural that they will not be allowed to huddle in temporary wooden houses with nothing to do in winter. Apart from participating in some language and discipline studies every now and then, the most work they do is to use the building materials stored on the wharf to build Yantai Fort. The coastal defense forts, land defense forts, lighthouses, roads, barracks, warehouses and other facilities on Beizhifu Island.Of course, the necessary residential buildings are also being built, but that will have to wait until the above-mentioned facilities are completed.

The construction of the Yantai Fortress is a long-term project. At present, the main castle has been completed, and some buildings in the castle are in the final finishing touches.It will take more than half a year to complete the supporting facilities such as Zhifu Island Fort Area, Kongtong Island Fort Area, Wharf Area, and Resettlement Area.After all these are completed, the entire Yantai Port will become the premier fortified port in the Far East, making enemies both on shore and at sea daunting.

After inspecting all the work in the Yantai Fortress during this period of time, Mo Ming, who was extremely bored, pulled the volunteer team and the military team out for training.The food for the soldiers on the east bank is pretty good. Every meal is full of corn porridge, and there is also oily salted fish as a side dish. When they catch up with the slaughter of livestock, everyone can catch some meat to eat, so their physical strength is quite good enough to Brace them for outdoor training in the cold winter months.

The stand-up team suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, with nearly 200 casualties before and after. This time, the people from the east bank selected some soldiers who performed well in the army and added them to the stand-up team. The size of the regional stand-up team once again reached a full 2000 people.

This time the stand-up team followed the army's main force to fight, and their performance along the way was fairly qualified.Especially for some of the squadrons, the fighting enthusiasm is high, the will is tenacious, and they dare to fight and fight hard. Mo Ming decided to change the costumes of these three squadrons collectively.10 spears were drawn from part of the weapons delivered by transport ships in October and distributed to the three squadrons.If they performed as well as ever in the future, it would be no problem to distribute sabers and armors.

Just as the people on the east bank started their winter military training, the neighboring city of Dengzhou experienced new changes.Yang Wei, the deputy commander in chief of the city, was a little shaken by the repeated surrenders of Chen Jin, the governor of Qingdenglai. In addition, some wealthy businessmen and gentry officials in the city also had a positive attitude towards surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. Yang Wei's mind has become more active recently.He was originally a bandit, but he was recruited by Zeng Hualong, the previous governor of Denglai, and he has served Daming ever since.But who would have thought that this Zeng Futai fled across Hainan with the magistrate of Jiaozhou in the south without making a sound, leaving the civil and military officials in Dengzhou City, which was alone behind the enemy, looking at each other in blank dismay.

In fact, Chen Jin had already come to surrender once before with the support of Ke Yongsheng's army. Most officials in Dengzhou City were very open to it. Daming didn't want us anymore, so we simply voted for a big liquidation.I heard that the Qing Dynasty not only recognized the official position and fame of the Ming Dynasty, but even made it clear repeatedly that Ming people were not forced to shave their hair.Although Chen Jin himself has shaved his hair, he is from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and since Long Zao, he is different from everyone else.And didn't Fang Futai in Jinan also say that they don't shave their hair!Even the official uniform is still wearing the Ming Dynasty set, as long as the heart is in the Qing Dynasty.

The conditions are so favorable, so what are you waiting for?If it's too late, maybe Chen Futai will be unhappy, and everyone will go home after work, so what a joke!Therefore, a group of unscrupulous civil servants in Dengzhou City clamored to surrender, but the strange thing is that Yang Wei, the deputy commander-in-chief who was originally a bandit, had a little more integrity than them, and he didn't want to surrender!In other words, he is not willing to surrender for the time being, and seems to be still waiting and watching.

damned!What are you looking at at this time?Could it be that the mud-legged gangsters in Qingzhou City, headed by Zhao Yingyuan, a hypocrite remnant, will succeed?Don't be ridiculous, if they can succeed, wouldn't the yellow-clothed thieves from the east bank be able to fight to Shenyang?Well, when it comes to the yellow-clothed pirates on the east coast, everyone has a toothache. Which of the gentry in Dengzhou City has not been exploited and blackmailed by them, and which one has not been robbed of their tenants by them?It's really a bandit's nature, and it's the same way as that rebellion, no wonder he will be the defense envoy of Ninghai, and sooner or later he will be swayed by the master of the Qing Dynasty.

However, no matter how angry, entangled, and pained the civil servants and gentry in Dengzhou City are, they have no choice but to persuade Mr. Yang to figure it out sooner or later. , and then take everyone to surrender to my Qing Dynasty comfortably, can also keep everyone's future, right?The civil servants calculated well, but I didn't expect that my master Wang of the Qing Dynasty suffered a moderate defeat at the foot of Anqiu City a while ago, and now the situation in Shandong has become delicate again.

At least on the surface, Nanming’s army fought vigorously in Henan. For example, the landlord Xiangyong armed forces led by General Soldier Liu Hongqi, Xu Dingguo and others bullied the local Dashun armed forces with superior strength, and there were good news from time to time. Kill a certain puppet official tomorrow, defeat "tens of thousands of puppet troops" the day after tomorrow, and so on.These news will naturally spread to neighboring Shandong and other places. Although the local gentry can see that there is a lot of water in these so-called good news, for example, according to the good news, the number of puppet troops killed by the Nanming army has exceeded 30. ,How can this be!However, it is true that these Henan local brave armed forces have won some victories. Although they were all innocuous little battles, they also caused a wave of turmoil in their hearts.Back then, the Qing army also entered the customs several times, and they were also invincible, but they all retreated in the end. Maybe it will be the same this time?You see, they couldn't even deal with the pirates on the east coast, instead they lost troops and generals. I heard that even Zhang Ruxing, who was named a lieutenant general, was ruined and died. This is really shocking.If the Qing Dynasty continues like this, I'm afraid I really have to make plans early.

But the only thing that makes people feel a little regretful is that these victories in Henan were not fought by the four towns of Jiangbei, the masters of the imperial court, but by the local local village brave armed forces in Henan. This somewhat worried them.The regular army of the imperial court is so weak that it is not as good as Xiangyong, what can be done.

And this battle also caused an uproar among the various armed leaders in Qingzhou City.After the Qing army ran out of rations and retreated, the leaders, leaders, and leaders of all walks of life after the foreign troubles were gone, started arguing about the next move.Some people advocated taking advantage of the great opportunity of the Qing army's retreat to go to the vast countryside of Shandong to make troubles, while others advocated going east to Dengzhou Prefecture to join the people on the east coast. Of course, more people still advocated staying in Qingzhou.Although Zhao Yingyuan is the convener of this anti-Qing movement, his prestige is just that. He can't restrain these heroes from all walks of life who talk a lot, so he can only selectively win over some who have similar ideas to him. people.

To be honest, Zhao Yingyuan is a bit ambitious, which can be seen from the fact that he forcibly supported King Heng.However, this person's will is not firm enough. The Qing army would be servile and want to surrender if it is strong, but if the Qing army is weak, it will be dismissive.If the Qing army catches them, it is estimated that they will kill them all. This kind of people have great ambitions and talents, they have no ability, and they can't recognize the situation at hand.I heard that he is still in contact with Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty stationed in the Jianghuai area recently, and it seems that he intends to seek a position in Nanming.

But he didn't think about it either, he had already supported King Heng, and then hooked up with Nanming, who was from King Fu's family, this was the work of someone with an abnormal mind.It's no wonder that when Zhao Yingyuan wanted to support King Heng, he refused to agree to it. It's really that this person is really unreliable!If Nanming really promised you some title and military post, the premise is that you send King Heng to Nanjing, will you agree or not?If you agree, then how will King Heng deal with himself? If you don't agree, Nanming will obviously not give you a good look. This kind of logical confusion and inconsistency is only caused by Zhao Yingyuan, a vulgar martial artist whose political ability is infinitely close to zero. If you can do it, you won't make people around you feel cold.

(End of this chapter)