Dragon Sea Empire

The Chinese Army's Seoul Garrison Battalion was formed by the fifth division of Yan Siqi.The fighting power is very strong.But no heavy firearms.They were training in a playground outside the city during the coup.So the coup d'état succeeded in seizing the royal palace.Immediately block the entire city of Seoul.All North Korean defenders defended on the city wall.

The same moment when the coup was launched.The defenders of the Chinese Army who stayed in the barracks in the city were raided by the North Korean Army ten times their size.Due to the sudden incident.The Chinese army garrison was negligent.As a result, more than 100 soldiers from the Seoul Garrison Battalion of the Chinese Army were killed and captured.The ammunition baggage stored in the barracks.Including hundreds of new flintlock guns were all taken away by the North Korean army.

The troops of the Seoul Garrison Battalion outside the city of Seoul did not go to attack the city.Instead, they seized the fort on the north bank of the Han River from the North Korean Army.Building fortifications here intends to wait for help for a long time.An officer of the Korean Imperial Army loyal to Lord Gwanghae delivered a distress letter to the Chinese Army Garrison in Seoul.Dressed up and sneaked to Pyongyang.It turned out that the Chinese army here was also surrounded by North Korean coup forces.

At the same time as the coup in Seoul.The North Korean garrison in Pyongyang also suddenly attacked the Chinese army and Chinese companies.

Since the Chinese company forced the Kingdom of Korea to sign a trade treaty.Pyongyang is the most important stronghold of the Chinese Army in North Korea.

At this time, the city of Pyongyang was divided into four parts: the inner city, the middle city, the outer city, and the northern city.There is Beicheng at the northern end of the inner city.There is Zhuanjin Gate in the south.There is Xuanwu Gate in the north.This small northern city was completely occupied by the Chinese Army three years ago.All local aborigines are not allowed to live within the scope of the North City.The barracks of the Chinese army garrison and the Chinese company's business hall are all in Beicheng.The city walls were reinforced and raised.Cannons and several "Thunderbolt Cell Guns" - manual machine guns - were housed.On the Xuanwu Gate of the North City.The Chinese Army also built castle-like forts.so.The garrison and company staff of the Chinese Army in Pyongyang and the immigrants of Chinese businessmen.When the North Koreans suddenly attacked.Basically, they hid in the barracks and business halls in time.They also sent out a distress letter in time through the Datong River waterway.

at this time.The rest of the Eight Banners and the Horqin tribe of Mongolia are harassing Tioryuan and other places in the north of Liaodong.Zhao Tie, Yan Siqi and the main force of the Liaodong Army Road of the Chinese Army are all on the front line.A large-scale attack on the Eastern Mongolian grasslands is being planned.

Therefore, the Beiyang Fleet of the Navy was the first to respond to the North Korean coup.but.Most of their main forces are along the Yangtze River.so.It was Chen Zhongji who received the request for help from the Liaodong and Beiyang Fleet immediately.

According to the Chinese military law system stipulated by Yin Feng.Each individual theater commander.The so-called "March Chief".It is not possible to mobilize troops without authorization to attack beyond one's own theater.It's just that in the Jiangnan Campaign, the warships of the Beiyang Fleet were placed under the command of the Jiangnan Marching Chief.Then the Beiyang Fleet is in an emergency.Request the warships to return to the organizational system.It should also be reasonable.Chen Zhongji is now facing this problem: due to the North Korean coup.A considerable part of the combat forces in the Jiangnan Theater must go north.There must be a truce in the Jiangnan theater.

that night.Zeng Yue, Chen Zhongji, and Luo Quanxiu discussed and decided.Take the issue to the top decision maker.the next night.The communication ship moored in Zhenjiang left the dock.Speeding towards the mouth of the Yangtze River.at the same time.Five homing pigeons were released in the direction of Taiwan.

Once the Chinese army ceases fighting and withdraws its troops.The imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty went to Taiwan Island to negotiate.Negotiations between the two sides have stalled at this critical point.Zeng Yue and the others were very depressed.After all, the initiative in recruiting negotiations has not been fully grasped.can resolve this negotiating impasse.Only Yin Feng's decision.

actually.While Chen Zhongji sent a letter to Taiwan.Plans for a gradual withdrawal of troops have already begun.At the same time, five three-masted cruisers of the Beiyang Fleet were sent back to Port Arthur.Return to Beiyang Fleet Command.

In addition to the four strategic points of Wuchang City, Wuhu, Hukou and Anqing.Chinese troops have already started withdrawing from cities along the Yangtze River.but.The encirclement of Jinling City has not been lifted.Chinese warships cruising on the Yangtze River.From time to time, they fired a few shots at Jinling City.

Xu Guangqi also made a gesture of relaxation.Together with Sheng Yihong, he issued orders to the Ming army along the Yangtze River in the name of the governor of Jiangnan.It is required to temporarily stop fighting with the Chinese army.Although.The number of proactive attacks by the Ming army during the entire war was few and far between.

It will take at least 20 days to wait for feedback from Taiwan.And more than 40 members of the Daming Mission have been locked in the weaving government office.It is indeed inappropriate.

then.On the second day of the temporary suspension of negotiations.The Chinese Army sent people to the door to inform the Daming Mission that they were allowed to go out and move freely.It's just that no more than ten people are allowed to go out each time.certainly.Xu Guangqi, Sheng Yihong and other recruiting imperial envoys were free to take to the streets.

When they walked on the streets of Suzhou.There will always be more than a dozen soldiers of the Chinese Army accompanying him in front of and behind him.But it's okay.These soldiers are just accompanying them.It does not interfere with the actions of Xu Guangqi and others.Even when Xu Guangqi proposed to visit the Chinese Army barracks.The officers of the Chinese Army who were responsible for the mission's security did not object either.

After the Chinese Army lifted the ban on the imperial mission of the Ming Dynasty.The members of the Daming Mission were cautious at first when they took to the streets.However, they found that the Suzhou market seemed completely unaffected by pirates.Markets everywhere are thriving.All the weaving households and silk weaving workshops started working with all their strength.We are producing silk fabrics for overseas trade for Chinese companies.The large-scale cotton spinning and silk weaving factories opened under the name of Huaxing Union are also starting to recruit people.Those peasants who make a living as part-time laborers and weavers in Suzhou are waiting in line to work.

A large number of overseas products are also listed in shops all over Suzhou.Cozhi silk, tortoise shell, turtle tube, emerald feather, crane top, glass, nanxiang, agarwood, instant incense, sandalwood, crane egg cup, bird's nest from Nanyang.Western cloth, Jibei cloth, silver coins, glasses, diamonds, and Western rice from the West.

Extremely precious are rhino horn, antelope horn, ivory, and amber from Africa.Benzoin, musk, frankincense, clove, sliced ​​brain, rose water, styrax oil from West Asia and Arabia... There are also publicly traded Japanese products-Japanese screens, Japanese swords, etc.

There are also white sugar, ironware, bronzeware, chime clocks, glass mirrors, Jiawen mats, and rattan flower mats that are marked as produced by the Zhonghua Company factory.Antlers, otter skins, horsetails, peacock tails, yellow wax, white wax, rosewood, black nanmu, sumac, palm bamboo, vine, garcinia, myrrh, and dried blood produced in Taiwan, Hainan, Luzon Island, and Java Island , aloe vera, pepper, baby tea, crab meat, jackfruit, coconut... Most of these things were never seen by imperial envoys of the Ming Dynasty.Some have never even heard of it.Some officials in the mission couldn't help but regret not bringing enough gold and silver to Suzhou.The stuff here is of good quality.And the quantity is sufficient and the price is cheap.The same for these overseas goods.Put it in the capital for trading.The price has risen several times at least.

What surprised Yuan Chonghuan and Jin Yiwei Qianhu Zhang Ye the most.It is the iron and bronze wares produced by the factories of the Chinese company.Mostly household appliances.The degree of sophistication is comparable to that of the Imperial Palace of the Ming Dynasty.The quality of the knives is also comparable to the best weapons of the three major battalions of the Ming Army.

Xu Guangqi was quite shocked.It is the management of Suzhou City by the Chinese Army.There are newly formed urban management and security teams and tax officials.It replaced the original servants and subordinates of the Ming government.The powers are clearly defined and each performs its own duties; taxes are collected on market trade.It also maintains market order.The "Daxing" underworld organizations that had caused chaos on the streets of Suzhou were all suppressed.The hooligans who bullied the city disappeared without a trace.

Chinese companies here fully reflect the characteristics of commerce.In the past few months, several professional markets have formed in the south of Suzhou City: cotton, silk cocoons, grain, aquatic products, etc.In particular, a large amount of rice produced in Java, Taiwan, and Siam hit the grain market in the south of the Yangtze River.The price of grain in the south of the Yangtze River has plummeted; ordinary small farmers can't make much money by selling their surplus grain.Can only be eaten at home.To subsidize the household.These self-cultivating farmers came to the city to work and earn money during the slack season.

In terms of silk weaving workshops.The Chinese company broke the restrictions of the guild regulations.There is a unified organization that integrates production, purchase and sales.The factory of the Chinese company.It breaks through the limit of the number of people in the workshop.At the same time, five or six hundred people were working together.Hundreds of looms were started together.The noisy sound of looms could be heard a mile away.Because Suzhou is located in a plain.It is not possible to drive machinery with water power.The engineering department of Zhonghua Company is trying out a set of animal power drive mechanism using donkeys, cattle and horses here.Looks like a simple machine.But it contains the principles of mathematics and physics.Among the imperial missions of the Ming Dynasty.Only Xu Guangqi and his students can understand the technological content of these animal-powered machines.

Xu Guangqi has been advocating the promotion of "Elements of Geometry".I want China's mathematics level to keep up with the world's advanced trends.It's a pity that he has been high-spirited.The entire Ming court.He is the only one who can understand the essence of modern technology: axiomatic mathematical knowledge is the basis of advanced technology.Xu Guangqi looked at the textile machine driven by animal power machinery in front of him.With a sigh: design and manufacture such machinery.It is not a technical level that can be achieved by pure manual workshops.Xu Guangqi deeply felt an invisible pressure.The Ming Dynasty seems to be in every way.Both have begun to lag behind Chinese companies.

Several people including Xu Guangqi and Yuan Chonghuan felt that the Chinese Army's attitude towards them had changed.It used to be a straightforward show of force.Seems to be changing to a more flexible one.Demonstrate strength in economic management and governance capabilities.

A few days after the ban was lifted.The imperial court of the Ming Dynasty came to visit the Chinese Army barracks in the north of Suzhou City.This is the result of Yuan Chonghuan instigating Xu Guangqi.

Yuan Chonghuan did not follow Xu Guangqi to investigate the people's livelihood in Suzhou these days.Instead, he wanted to go to the Chinese Army barracks to find out the situation.He has been followed by several Chinese soldiers.Some unidentified people in plain clothes followed him secretly.No matter how hard Yuan Chonghuan tried.It was impossible to inquire about the news of the Chinese Army barracks.Even if you look at it from a distance, you will be stared at.at last.Yuan Chonghuan encouraged Xu Guangqi.He directly proposed to the guarding officers of the Chinese Army: The imperial envoys would like to visit the barracks.

I thought this request would be a little troublesome.Unexpectedly, the small officer of the Chinese Army immediately nodded in agreement.It's just that it's too late to notify the barracks today.Unable to apply for barracks pass.So I can only go tomorrow.