Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 608 Wei's Economics ([-])

On the second day when Wei Boqiu was going to look for a boat to go to North Korea, several steam engine sailboats loaded with people and supplies entered Dabo Port, which shocked the people working on the pier—because there were quite a lot of things snatched back this time.

The five steam engine sailboats that entered the dock alone carried more than 4 Ming people and a large amount of supplies, and there were also [-] squadrons of volunteers on the same boat.The nearly [-] soldiers of the stand-up team came back after more than two months of expedition. Everyone's face was tired, but if only in terms of mental state, they were extremely excited.It's no wonder that you have repeatedly defeated powerful enemies outside, defeated the Qing army in the sky several times, and rescued a large number of people who were willing to escape from the "claw" of the Qing Dynasty, and captured a large amount of food, gold, silver and livestock. Very face-saving thing.

In fact, the self-confidence of the army is cultivated little by little in this way.Among these people are newly recruited mud legs, wild samurai and their descendants from Japan, remnant soldiers from Dashun, savages from the north, and some surrendered soldiers from the Qing army. After years of collective life, training and combat , Everyone's self-confidence is getting stronger and stronger, and their combat effectiveness is also getting stronger and stronger.At least they don't pay attention to those green battalions of the Qing army. Even the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty dare to fight face to face.As for the Eight Banners soldiers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, although they are still a little unconfident when facing them, at least they are not afraid to look directly at them like they were at the beginning. Now if the pre-war mobilization is done well, everyone will dare to fight against the Eight Banners soldiers. .

Gao Cuihuan didn't wait for the boat to stop, and jumped from the deck of the traffic boat onto the soft beach of Dabo Port.On the beach, more than 2000 people from Yangzhou Prefecture are struggling to pull bags of supplies to the shore, and on the wharf of Dabo Port, a large number of refugees from the Ming Dynasty in sky blue jeans are organizing the following The team went to the beach to prepare to receive the transshipment materials into the warehouse—well, the warehouse will be expanded again, who made this expedition gain a lot.

"Mr. Wei." Gao Cuihuan saw Wei Boqiu, who was wearing a gray woolen coat, approaching surrounded by his followers, and immediately stood at attention and saluted.Wei Boqiu is the deputy commander of the gendarmerie, and he has the right to monitor them, regardless of their size, so he still respects them.In addition, Wei Boqiu is also in charge of the economic work in the Heishui area. In Gao Cuihuan's eyes, he is like a think tank like a military adviser, and his old Gao has always respected scholars very much. There is a slight slight.

"Oh, Vice Captain Gao, you came just in time. Pack up your things quickly and follow me to Jeju Prefecture." Wei Boqiu said happily when he saw Gao Cuihuan, the deputy captain of the second brigade, standing in front.

"Yes!" Gao Cuihuan agreed loudly. After agreeing, he touched his head and said, "Mr. Wei, I have nothing to clean up. I have everything on the boat. Well, if you go to Jeju, do you want me to take it with you?" Is there a team of boys by your side? Qin Shangxing and Zhai Cong'e are untrustworthy, in order to prevent Mr. Wei from going alone and suffering losses, I think it is safer to bring all four squadrons with him."

"It's rare that you have the heart." Wei Boqiu looked at Gao Cuihuan with some approval, and said with a smile: "Brothers have been fighting for a long time, and they are a little tired. I can't bear to go to Jeju with me at this time. How about this, you choose two complete squadrons of 500 people to go with me, and the remaining two squadrons stay in Dabo to rest. Don't worry, just leave two squadrons here to maintain order."

"Then leave the 18th and 19th squadrons here, and take the 17th and 20th squadrons to Jeju." Gao Cuihuan quickly made a decision, and immediately arranged for his subordinates after getting Wei Boqiu's approval.

While waiting for Gao Cuihuan to settle down with his men, Wei Boqiu also stood by and observed these newcomers boredly.In particular, about [-] or [-] Eight Banners captives among them—all of them were a small number of wounded bannermen captured in the Battle of Yangzhou and later in the Battle of Baipu Town. It is the endless reformation of labor in the lumber mill.

"Leave your braids but not your hair, keep your hair but not your braids!" A prison guard from the Dabogang labor camp walked over with a saber dangling in his hand.According to the regulations, these Qing army prisoners first had to cut off the braids on their heads that were in the way—this was a non-negotiable hard stick. According to Marshal Mo's warrant, it was "keep the hair but not the braids", and no one could violate it!

Under the threat of reality, these Eight Banners soldiers who were still in shackles were much more realistic than the Ming people. They shaved their heads readily and were escorted by the guards to settle down in the lumberyard one by one.According to the East Coast people, the next day is for them to atone for their crimes against the East Coast army. If they behave well, they will be pardoned one day, and if they don’t work honestly, they will be hanged.

Gao Cuihuan quickly arranged his affairs, and led two squadrons of [-] spearmen to line up at the pier, waiting for Wei Boqiu's further orders.Wei Boqiu saw that it was getting late, so he asked his student Chen Shuo to support the daily work in Dabo Port, then he picked a ship that seemed to be in good condition, and under the escort of [-] soldiers, he turned around and sailed towards Jeju Island .

On July 7, the steam engine sailboat carrying Wei Boqiu slowly sailed into Jeju Prefecture, the largest port on Jeju Island.The wharf has just been relieved of its busyness, and a large amount of livestock and materials seized in this battle were sent to Jeju Island for storage-the materials carried by the four warships and 11 medium-sized fishing boats that came back earlier.Although Jeju Prefecture is Zhai Cong'e's defense line, its docks are managed by the people from the East Coast. The people from the East Coast built some wooden warehouses here for temporary storage of various materials.After all, many immigrants board the ship and set off for Australia in winter, so it is necessary to store a large amount of supplies in advance.

This time, a total of 22 ships that returned earlier brought back about 3000 shi of grain, [-] head of livestock, and more than [-] Ming people who voluntarily left the mainland (mostly Rugao County soldiers and their families anyway).These people were being placed on the pier at this time, and they were "accompanied" by the more than a thousand township soldiers brought by Sun Shouzhong.

Sun Shouzhong led his troops to capture and kill several Qing court officials who advocated resisting the East Bank army when the East Bank army approached Rugao County.Judging from the current meaning, Marshal Mo would probably let Sun Shouzhong take his subordinates to garrison in Jingyi County, which would be his lair in the future, as a reward for him, and by the way, to fill the vacancy after Wang Jiazhong led his troops to leave.I heard that after the people from the east bank left Jingyi County, the North Koreans there were quite dishonest, so let Sun Shouzhong lead his troops to suppress them and teach those North Koreans how to behave.

As for the richest Jeju Prefecture on the island, it is still under the command of Zhai Cong'e.This guy has been fighting with the army for more than two months, and the loss of 2000 troops under his command is not light.In particular, the two breakups during the battle with the Qing army's green battalion outside and inside the city of Yangzhou cost him hundreds of soldiers—including more than a hundred broken soldiers who were beheaded by Marshal Mo in order to correct the military law.If counting the attrition due to illness, only about 2000 of the 400 people who were fully loaded during the expedition had returned to Jeju Prefecture with him, which made Zhai Cong'e sad.

However, Marshal Mo rewarded and punished fairly, and he was never stingy with rewarding his subordinates who were willing to fight hard.Although Zhai Cong'e's performance in the war was not good, it was related to the quality of their troops, and it cannot be said that they did not work hard.At least from the perspective of a bystander, Zhai Cong'e himself did not passively avoid the war and preserve his strength during this expedition and the last attack on Gyeongsang-do, North Korea. About 500 soldiers from the Qing army were allocated to him to make up for the losses. In the end, he was allowed to recruit hundreds more soldiers, bringing the number of troops to [-], which is still the strongest of the three divisions in Jeju.

Wei Boqiu was not interested in these idlers on the pier. After asking an officer from Zhai Cong'e's Department, he learned that Marshal Mo himself seemed to be taking the remaining ships to Yantai Port for maintenance.Therefore, without hesitation, he immediately entered Jeju Prefecture surrounded by Gao Cuihuan and others, and then ordered Zhai Cong'er to come to see him.

Zhai Cong'er, a poor vassal general who came to vote, naturally did not dare to neglect the summoning of a powerful figure in the Heishui area like Wei Boqiu, so he rushed to meet him soon.Wei Boqiu didn't talk nonsense, and directly asked Zhai Cong'e to immediately count the number of Koreans in the territory of Jeju Prefecture, and then report it to him.He clearly pointed out in front of Zhai Cong'e that these North Koreans would be trafficked to Nanyang as piglets, and asked him to immediately organize soldiers to search for them according to the household register.

Today, more than half of the tens of thousands of Koreans on Jeju Island (about 2 people) are concentrated in Jeju Prefecture. They have to pay tribute to Zhai Cong'er and his subordinates every year, which is their source of income. How can Zhai Cong'er let them go.But when he saw Wei Boqiu's hesitant expression and Gao Cuihuan's dangerous eyes following him, the guy immediately agreed with the situation, and then ordered his subordinates to deal with the matter with a bitter face.

Considering that Zhai Cong'er was also an earlier foreign general of "Conglong", Wei Boqiu was unwilling to persecute him too much. He soon told Zhai Cong'er that the Korean women who married his subordinates and their families could continue to live in Jeju Prefecture.In addition, people from the East Coast will make up for his lost population. For every North Korean Wei Boqiu sold, he will be replaced by a Ming person to ensure that his interests will not be greatly lost.

In Wei Boqiu's "revitalizing the economy" plan, the trafficking of North Koreans to the Dutch was one of the three major policies of Wei's economics along with expanding domestic demand.As for the last of the three major policies, it is to manage North Korea and the Amur River region and incorporate these regions into the economic colonies of the people on the east bank-of course, this is a major project that takes ten years as a unit.

(End of this chapter)