Dragon Sea Empire

The Chinese Army fought two consecutive battles in one day, winning both battles, but the number of casualties reached more than 1000, which was the largest casualty in a single day since the war with the imperial court. In the battle in the eastern suburbs of the capital, the Chinese Army also suffered more than a thousand casualties. , but the statistics after two consecutive days of fighting at that time.

The second brigade came from Wuqing County to replace the first brigade as the rear guard. The infantry of the Chinese Army withdrew from the Hexiwu battlefield and retreated to Wuqing County the next morning. Wu Qing.

A large number of captive officers and soldiers were taken to Tianjin Wei. Now, the Dajiaochang west of the original Acropolis has become a prisoner camp.

On the coast of Dagukou, in a temporary camp stretching for more than one mile, a large number of captives are waiting to be transferred. Hundreds of small sampans, local fishing boats and even simple rafts are busy on the Dagukou estuary and on the beach. A large number of people were transferred to the fleet of the Chinese company three miles away from the coastline. On the Bohai Sea where drift ice was still floating, hundreds of galleons with Chinese flags on a blue background were busy "loading" there.

Waiting on the beach were thousands of locals who wanted to immigrate to Ryukyu, Taiwan, Luzon, or the Nanyang colonies. Most of these North China farmers were tenants of Huangzhuang and Guanzhuang near Jingjinwei. The Chinese Army did not Yin Feng never thought of touching the land system. As for the general landlord class, as long as they don't make trouble, the Chinese Army will not touch them. The principle of the Chinese Army is to attack the Zhu Ming royal family and the royal family As relatives of the country, Huangzhuang and Guanzhuang all confiscated property, burned the land deeds, and dismissed the tenants. Many Huangzhuang tenants and servants were worried about retaliation by the government and decided to evacuate with the Chinese army.

However, those waiting to go to sea on the beach are more captives of officers and soldiers.

After the previous battles on the northern front, more than 5 officers and soldiers were captured. When the Chinese army fought against the Dutch, Spaniards, and Portuguese, they often used the captured enemy officers and soldiers to make money. Because the Ming army did not take money to redeem Going back to the tradition of its own officers, the Chinese Army treats these officers and prisoners differently: all middle and senior officers with martial arts achievements are released to create an atmosphere of reconciliation with the court; those officers who rely on military merit are all shipped overseas ; They, like most soldiers and captives, need to do two years of hard labor in the Chinese company colony to redeem themselves. After that, they can do whatever they want, and they can go back to their hometown if they want.

Of course, there are also some junior officers and soldiers who voluntarily join the Chinese Army. There are quite a few of them. Among the more than 5 captives, more than 8000 are willing to join the Chinese Army. I didn't want to discourage the "enthusiasm" of the soldiers of the Ming army to surrender, so they formed a few unarmed auxiliary troops composed of captives on the spot, which were actually coolies in the barracks. The six relatives do not recognize them. Moreover, if they want to join the regular Chinese army, they can only join the local security team-Zhuang Ding team as soldiers at the beginning, and must pass the military academy study and pass the examination, or participate in garrison combat missions in overseas colonies. The possibility of entering the regular army and being promoted to an officer.

In Chen Zhongji's view, after going through these procedures, those who can still insist on joining the Chinese Army's field troops should have been almost assimilated by the Chinese company's philosophy.

After the battle along the North Canal ended, the officers and troops stopped their operations across the board, and all the local troops and King Qin troops in Jingqu Zhili rested on the spot. The battalion troops were beaten to almost annihilation, which disappointed the bureaucrats of the main combat faction.

The faction that advocated appeasement jumped out, and the momentum suddenly rose.

At this moment, the situation on the southern front was very calm. After the Battle of Anqing, Yan Siqi led the Fifth Brigade to fight south to the city of Huzhou after the Battle of Anqing, and then Shi Shiran returned to Suzhou. He once again defeated the tens of thousands of troops assembled by Zhang Heming. , including thousands of Guizhou Miao chieftain soldiers.

In the following months, both the official army and the Chinese army ceased operations.

The Commerce and Trade Department of China United Corporation has almost transferred all the staff from the headquarters to Jiangnan. While celebrating the New Year in the prosperous Jiangnan, they are doing business. Zeng Jingshan brought people from the Luzon branch to Jiangnan. Several members of the company's board of directors The giants also came, claiming to sweep away all the silk goods, tea, cloth and other handicrafts produced in Jiangnan this year before the winter north wind changes.

Cotton and other economic crops were widely planted in the Jiangnan area at this time, and the derivative products produced from this promoted the commercial prosperity of these areas, and their income was higher than that of pure grain production. From Huating and Shanghai in Songjiang Prefecture to Jiading, Taicang, In Kunshan and Changshu, most of them are "[-]% suitable for rice and [-]% suitable for kapok". The farmers "various types of kapok" and "professional textile". The income from cotton planting and related textile industry has become the main source of income for the farmers here. The income from cotton farming has already surpassed the income from rice farming, and the income from spinning and weaving is even more impressive: "Rural textiles are especially exquisite. During the off-season, tens of thousands of cloth are produced, and weaving helps farming."

Xu Guangqi said in "Nongzheng Quanshu": "The (Songjiang) land is only a hundred miles away, and the income of farmers can not be added to other counties, and the gift of millions of dollars has survived for 300 years. For those who are interested, it all depends on one machine and one stick.” There are actually not many farmers who only grow food crops. The development of trade has made agriculture, especially food production, no longer the main production activity in the Jiangnan area. The textile industry is the main production activity. The representative handicraft industry has become the economic pillar of the Jiangnan area. Therefore, although Jiangnan is said to be a land of fish and rice, it still needs food from other places to adjust the market. There are often no grains left at home, so that when it is time to go to work in the fields in May, they take winter clothes and pawn rice to eat.

It was also the first time for soldiers of the Chinese Army to be stationed in a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River. War always causes damage, especially in Suzhou and the southeast coast of Taihu Lake. Many villages were burned in the tug-of-war between the Chinese Army and the official army, and the crops were also destroyed. , and because of the war, the government and the army blocked all the main roads, and the food in Huguang could not be smoothly transported to the south of the Yangtze River, and food shortages appeared in some areas.

Fortunately, Zhonghua Company has Taiwan and Luzon as its bases. The Tuntian farms in Taiwan have been developed for many years and have entered a high-yield period. Crops such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes have begun to be sold to all parts of the interior.

Yin Feng ordered the company to organize hundreds of large transport sailboats before winter, carrying a large amount of grain to the Jiangnan area. The major shareholders of the Zhonghua Company also organized many of their own ships, taking advantage of the opportunity to do business in the south of the Yangtze River , By the way, helping the hungry and buying people's hearts.

In Nanzhili, there are many high-ranking officials and rich people who have made great contributions to the founding of the country. From the beginning of the country, "rich families and rich families competed to buy land and houses". There are 28 tenants, and the land tenants of heroes and high-ranking officials are even more innumerable. In the south of the Yangtze River, the Chinese army only pointed the finger at these troublesome nobles, and those nobles who were honestly hiding at home The Chinese army did not touch their interests. All these easing measures, in fact, did not cause much shock to the economic interests of the officials and gentry in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River.

The biggest impact of the Chinese army on the gentry class is: the Chinese army has shown good military discipline and clean style to the most economically developed regions in the country, and shown a powerful force to the gentry across the country, a political force that can subvert the existing ruling order , and it is an armed force dominated by businessmen.

This has completely disrupted the traditional order of scholars, farmers, businesses, and commerce, and has also shaken the ideas of how to govern the country in the minds of many scholars, which is also in traditional culture. Paoli, this did not arouse too much resentment among the gentry and literati, because it was interpreted as the foreign barbarians' skill and obscenity, which was not enough to shake the cultural confidence of these literati. Do not pursue power and strategy; the fundamental plan lies in people's hearts, not in skills." However, the Chinese Army and the Chinese company's government and education have cultivated people's minds, bought and sold trade fairly, lightened taxes and reduced taxes, even repaired Confucian temples and schools, and developed water conservancy. What he did when he was governing the world was outrageous.

Under Huaxia, the state of ethics and ethics is the only place where people in the Ming Dynasty can rely on self-confidence and self-defense. If this point is shaken, the foundation of belief of the Chinese people will be shaken. However, the remarks and performance of the Chinese company have just shaken this point. They were not as good as others when they came out of the imperial court, from the utensils system to the knowledge and people's hearts, which made some literati feel like they were mourning and concubine, feeling that the world had fallen.

These days, Yin Feng is wandering around the Jiangnan occupied area. Zeng Qi, Zeng Jingshan, Han Jing and others come to help with government affairs and business affairs. Ye Hua, Li Xing, Lin Shuisheng and others are worried about military affairs. Xu Hongji and the others were organizing, while Yin Feng himself was concentrating on inspecting the Chinese army stations in the south of the Yangtze River. In fact, he was traveling around the south of the Yangtze River with beauties.

Tonight, in a luxurious mansion under Tiger Hill in Suzhou, multiple charcoal braziers raised the temperature in the study room to the point where he could wear unlined clothing.

This is Yin Feng's habit when he spends winter in the south of the Yangtze River. He has been used to staying in tropical places for many years, and he is not used to the winter temperature in the Yangtze River Basin.

On the mahogany desk, Mei Xinlan, a beautiful woman from the south of the Yangtze River and the head of Qinhuai River Danyan Bookstore, is painting with splashed ink, drawing a picture of plum blossoms. Yin Feng is sitting inside the desk, next to Mei Xinlan, and he smells the unique girlish body on her body. fragrant.

In the past two years, Mei Xinlan, as a music teacher in the family of a senior company employee in Taiwan, actually had very few opportunities to get in touch with him. However, everyone knew that this Jinling beauty was brought by Captain Yin Fengyin, although there are many males in Taiwan. A young girl, but absolutely no one would dare to think of her.

Yin Feng watched Mei Xinlan paint, but his mind was not on the painting. The room was very hot, so Mei Xinlan took off his coat.

Yin Feng knew that Mei Xinlan was wearing a tube top under her thin silk shirt. He had indeed noticed Mei Xinlan. Hidden in the compartment, the tube top in winter is made of crepe. When Mei Xinlan unbuttoned her shirt just now, an intoxicating fragrance enveloped Yin Feng lightly, almost making him uncontrollable. live,