Win the Ding 1617

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The whip strikes the golden stirrup, and people sing triumphant songs to return.

It is talking about the current state of Wu Liuqi's new brigade.

After receiving official documents and supplies, Wu Liuqi happily led 3000 people on the road all the way to the provincial capital of Guangzhou.

The scenery along the way is naturally very different from when we came.

The flags of the South China Army were flying over the villages. In some villages near the main road, the staff members could be seen organizing village self-defense training.

Seeing a large group of people passing by, and it was their own family, these villages boiled hot water and sent them to the roadside.The news spread that the villages along the way had set up tea stalls beside the road for the army to drink.Wealthier villages also prepared some snacks, fruit, wine and food to display on the roadside.

Marching along the way, although Wu Liuqi's troops were no longer on guard like the Sixth Security Brigade, for fear of being ambushed by others, they still let the scouts and sentries on the two wings far away.Naturally, he was very clear about the situation in the various villages he had experienced during the march.

Although it is almost the end of the year, everyone is busy preparing for the new year, buying chicken, goose, duck, and fish; making new clothes; buying furniture and utensils; buying New Year pictures, couplets, etc.In particular, oranges, green olives and other fruits are very popular as good fruits that symbolize good luck and welcome and send off relatives and friends.Some impatient families have already started cleaning their houses, washing clothes and quilts, which is called "hoarding".

Before the Chinese New Year, it has always been a good time for businesses to make a fortune, and it has been so for thousands of years.

There have long been those nimble merchants who organized caravans to go deep into various villages.Together with those shopkeepers who travel from village to town sporadically, we will invigorate the market supply before the Spring Festival.

The one who did the most work was Long Shengxing.

On the heels of the Sixth Security Brigade, the chariots and horses of the brigade marched into eastern and northern Guangdong, selling all kinds of farm tools made of wrought iron, fine cloth woven by fruit and horse looms, exquisite porcelain, canned meat, etc. .

"Look, this is a hoe made of wrought iron! Digging mud, digging sweet potatoes, and digging roots is extremely light! Good stuff!"

"Brother! Look at this cotton cloth! How fine and dense it is! How strong it is! It's only five cents a foot! You can't weave it yourself that cheaply?! What's more, you have to sizing and dyeing it? Cut some clothes? It's Chinese New Year!"

"Look, what a great plow! The whole body is made of wrought iron, and the plow is added with steel. My brother, you bought such a plow and paired it with a buffalo. This year, your grain will increase by [-]% , you came to talk to me!? What? The things are good. But you don’t have money to buy them? It’s very easy!”

Long Shengxing introduced the concept of credit consumption guarantee very considerately.In the eyes of the people.That is, you can buy on credit.But you need to find a stamp from the work team in the village to prove that this person is a good citizen in the village and has always been of good credit, and then find two neighbors to be guarantors.A new plow stick shining with blue light, faintly shining with dragon patterns and cloud water, will be carried home by the farmer like a treasure, wiped spotlessly with precious care, and then hung on the wall.

These methods, like the division of clan land, compulsory education, and the simplification of ancestral hall functions, are all part of the methods researched by Shou Han and his staff to control and transform the rural areas of Guangdong.

Such a lively scene naturally made Wu Liuqi, Wu Biao, Wang Jin, Yang Zhen and others envious, and they were glad that they were part of this team.

For a while, the mood became more and more urgent. When he learned that the troops staying in Chaozhou had completed the handover and marched to the city of Guangdong Province, Wu Liuqi urged the troops to speed up the march. Arrived in Guangzhou before.

In fact, he needn't be so anxious, Shou Han didn't talk about sealing it here.

There is a saying that two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.

During the period when Ou Dapeng led his troops northward to conquer the clan forces, Shou Han was also very busy.

A military order was issued, and the Xiangshan garrison led the way, locking up all the adult Portuguese men in Haojingao and taking them to the provincial capital for interrogation.At the same time, someone sent a message to Father Alfonso, the representative of the Portuguese Restoration in Hue, "You Portuguese colluded to attract these Albion pirates to come to my territory to loot their homes. What is your intention? Are you planning to terminate my Aid to you?"

This sentence immediately scared Father Alfonso to the point of urinating.

The current restoration of Portugal is just like a chicken blood. Relying on the assistance of the navy's right-wing fleet and the anti-smuggling fleet at sea, it is showing off its might in the Indian Ocean.

From Goa to Ceylon, from Ceylon to Madagascar, many islands were pulled out of the flag of the Spanish Empire and replaced with the blue and white flag representing the Portuguese Empire.Afterwards, these desolate islands, together with the ignorant natives on the islands, were accepted by the South China Army in exchange for various materials and money needed for the restoration of Portugal.

Of course such a deal has been done!

But now, this group of bitches from Haojingao!Under et al!For the little profit in front of him, he actually offended Governor Li!

After cursing a lot, Father Alfonso packed his bags and went to Guangzhou to plead guilty, and confessed the crime of lax discipline to Governor Li, and ordered a two-masted clipper at the port to rush to Goa to report to Gonzalez. The general reported.Explain in detail how the Portuguese in Haojingao seduced the Albion pirates to plunder Guangdong.

Hearing such news, General Gonzalez, who was working hard on a belly dancer sent by an Indian maharaja in the fortress of Goa, was so frightened that he almost lost his penis.

"Quick! Prepare the boat! I want to go back to Hue, no! Go to Guangzhou! Plead guilty to the governor directly!"

Facts have proved that whether it is God or Shiva, Muhammad or Taishang Laojun Nanhai Dragon King Xitian Buddha, they are all very respectful to General Gonzalez, the commander of the Portuguese restoration.He set off from Goa, passed the coastline of the Indian mainland and went south to Lingjiawei Island. After hitting a nail in front of Ye Qi, he rushed eastward through the Managa Strait.

However, when he arrived, Mr. Van Basten, head of the Dutch East India Company, had already been drinking tea with the guard for several days.

Many years of oriental life, this land with 5000 years of cultural tradition.It quickly assimilated Mr. Van Basten, a Dutchman with only a few hundred years of civilization.Not only can he speak fluently, at least he can make people understand the Nanzhong mandarin that his intention lies in. He is also completely orientalized in eating habits and festival customs. He can even use his sensitive tongue to distinguish bleeding swallows from official Yan gap.

Of course, as a man at the tip of his tail in his prime, Mr. Basten could not help accepting the oriental marriage system of one official, two equals and multiple concubines, completely forgetting his Catholic identity.

He put down the small purple sand teacup in his hand, and took a peek at Shou Han who was reading a new army newspaper, from the slightly upturned corners of his mouth to the stretched eyebrows.Relaxed face texture.It can be judged that this is good news.

"It seems that good news has reached you again? My victorious general."

Basten just flattered Shou Han.

This flattery is indeed of a good level, and the scale of severity is well grasped.

"It's nothing. The staff office reported the progress of several military horses to me."

Guangdong.Since Liao Dongzhi changed to the banner of the South China Army.The biggest armed force is Wu Liuqi.Now Wu Liuqi from Dongjiang has also become the brigade commander of the South China Army.The rest of the armed forces encountered the cannons of the South China Army when they hesitated. They had to choose a civilized way and surrender to save their lives and property.Troops accept adaptations.Or choose the brutal way, and the cannon will have a lively exchange with you.

In the face of such multiple-choice questions, most areas of Guangdong have settled down, and the power of clans entrenched in the countryside has also been weakened.

But in Guangxi, Shou Han took another approach.

A stick with candy means.

In the name of General Dragon and Tiger and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, they carried out disaster relief activities in Guangxi, distributed medicine and bait, cured diseases and saved lives, and treated various diseases that were prevalent in villages and towns.

However, disaster relief also takes the form of work-for-relief, employing young men of all ethnic groups to carry out public projects such as river dredging, city repairs, road and bridge construction, and recruiting a large number of young men in Zhuang areas as auxiliary troops. After training, it depends on the level of training. Supplementary soldiers in the march.

For children, the best and most novel thing is that they can go to school with their schoolbags on their backs like the children of rich families.Similar to Guangdong's policy, ancestral halls everywhere have been transformed into schools. The slight difference is that Guangxi, as a province that cannot be fully self-sufficient in food, is faced with the temptation to enjoy free lunch when going to school. It was cheering.

After the candy was sprinkled, it was the big stick.

For those chieftains, local officials, and local magistrates, the South Central Army will send notices in advance, asking them to hand over their armed forces, population, and land, and the South Central Army will use monetary compensation to redeem them.

However, there are always some people who rely on the high mountains and steep roads, guard against danger, and resist Wang Shi.However, those fortresses built with stones on the steep slopes of high mountains can still resist cold weapons, and they are the best targets for mortars specially used for mountain assaults.

What's more, before the attack, the Nanzhong Army's trade sanctions began.

The trade in this area is blocked, the special products cannot be exported, and the needed food, salt, ironware and other items cannot be imported, which will consume the war potential of the area to the greatest extent.

Education, relief, trade, war.Taking several measures together, the part of Guangxi near the Xijiang River has begun to be gradually controlled by the South China Army.The momentum of another road advancing from south to north has also gradually reached the Guilin area.

"There's no special good news either. It's just a battle report ahead. I just signed an order to start building the road from the provincial capital to Guangxi next year, and the road from Nanzhong to Guangxi."

"Alas! It's a pity that I'm a businessman, not an engineer, otherwise I would have devoted myself to the construction of this magnificent project."

Basten, who has been in Nanzhong and Guangdong for many years, naturally knows how difficult it is to build the two roads that Shouhankou said lightly, and it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources.

"It's not your part to build roads! However, if you plan to donate some money to build roads, I can consider it."

Basten made a haha, and exposed the sarcasm of the guard.

"My lord, the Portuguese Gonzales is kneeling outside the door to beg to see you."

"Hmph!" Shou Han snorted lightly through his nostrils, "Let him kneel at the door for a while longer!"

. . . . . .

"Please come. Besides discussing the defense of Batavia with Mr. Basten and the status of the Dutch in our south-central region, we also need to discuss how to deal with the English harassing our Guangdong coast. Looting, burning and killing."

Gonzalez rubbed his knees, puffed out his chest and tried to maintain the demeanor of a general, listening to Father Alfonso's translation for him in a low voice.

"I have interrogated the captured Englishmen here these days, and they have explained the key points clearly. Huh! Under the three trees, why not ask for it! There are still many powerful punishments in the Ming Dynasty that have not been used! "

The watchman glanced at Gonzalez and Alfonso, and suddenly they seemed to see the various instruments of torture and the executioner with a smirk in the interrogation room.

"Originally, I planned to take this group of people to the street and kill them with a knife, but I realized that God has the virtue of being good at life. These people were either driven by others or seduced by others. Although they were charged with crimes, they did not deserve death. They sent them back. However, the official ordered someone to draw up a document and write it to his King Charles of England. Please wait and listen to it today."

"Daming Dragon and Tiger General Zhiyuan Yiying King's book:

I have heard the way of survival.The strong eat the weak.The weak avoid the strong, so wolves eat deer and rabbits, dogs and sheep far away from bears.Rats and civet cats have never been heard.The matter of sheep swallowing tigers and leopards.However, the other country ignores the majesty of the upper country, raises troops to invade the country, shows off its might on the sea, and is fierce and stubborn in Humen. How is this behavior different from the above-mentioned things?Therefore, the sailors of the other country have all disappeared at sea, and widowed mothers and orphans are still crying.Check the reason, it is all because the king is ignorant of practical affairs, if he is peaceful in the pastoral joy, and understands each other's existence, how can it lead to the disaster of overthrowing the teacher and losing the army?Recently, I heard that the other country does not want to correct its mistakes, but intends to retaliate. Does the king think that the orphans and widows in the country are not enough?Mr. Kuang's ships are already hard to get close to Humen, and the Nanyang islands are all in my hands. The huge cannon ship, the forest and the south, and the armored warriors are more than a million. Where does the odds of winning come from?And once the war broke out and trade was blocked, why did the countrymen buy tea, sugar and spices, and why did they wear silk?What does he mean, is it possible that death is the result of longevity?I heard that the country is protected by God, but God protects the good people and does not protect the tyrant. If the king does not want to correct his mistakes, disasters will happen, and the death of the king will not exceed ten years.However, if you can meditate on your mistakes and make up for them, you may be able to prolong the years.If not, it will be too late to regret when the single clothes are double-use! "

This letter from Li Shouhan to Charles I has undoubtedly become one of the most important documents in the history of exchanges between the East and the West.For this document, Western historians have mixed opinions.

"published an insolent proclamation comparing himself to mighty bears and tigers, and the British to weak rabbits and sheep. Except that he foretold the fate of the king (only Chinese A commonly used verbal intimidation method), he only shows an Eastern warlord's destruction of free trade and the trampling of early international relations full of interaction and controllable conflicts"

Some military historians wrote: "(This arrogant oriental warlord) claims to have 100 million soldiers and powerful warships in the declaration... Although people generally doubt the combat effectiveness of the East Asian army at that time..." ( Create an image of a brutal and powerful Mongolian Khan to readers)

As for the recipient, Charles I himself, when he saw this letter after a year and a half of tossing and turbulence at sea, he couldn't help laughing dumbfounded after listening to Sir Weddell's explanation of the contents of the letter. The idea of ​​going to the toilet with this letter.

Still, years later, in war-torn England, at the "buy and sell" moment, when he put on two shirts that day, he recalled the letter countless times in his mind.

However, these things are attributed to two words by historians, "coincidence!" Amazing coincidence!

Let's pan the camera back.

Hearing this Genghis Khan-like letter accusing King Charles I of England, Basten and Gonzalez were secretly delighted.

"These damned Albion pirates should have cleaned up a long time ago! How dare they compete with us Dutch for business!"

"Well, blame the English, and we Portuguese are less responsible. I hope the general's anger will not be burned on us."

"This time the English harassed Guangdong. Although it was a series of disasters and disasters, and people were devastated. But it also made me discover the chaos of maritime trade. Dragons and snakes are mixed with mud and sand. Merchant ships are equipped with firearms, which can be used for self-defense. But once sailing On the vast sea, if there is something wrong, who can tell whether it is a merchant or a pirate?!"

"In order to maintain the order of trade at sea, strengthen the protection of ocean trade, and promote the healthy development of trade. This officer has drawn up this regulation, and I invite you to discuss it together today. See if there are any omissions. "

After speaking some lofty words, the guard of the Han Dynasty distributed several copies of Chinese and Latin texts to the three of them.

The three of them opened the document suspiciously. The document printed with movable type on the clean white paper exuded the smell of ink, and there was a faint fruity smell, but the three of them didn't bother to comment on the appearance of the document, and just looked at it at a glance.

Only ships owned and manufactured by the Nanzhong Army and its allies can go to Nanzhong and Daming through the Managa Strait for trade activities. During the trade period, all weapons are sealed up, and the safety of the ships, personnel and property is guaranteed by the Nanzhong Army Navy, and the Insurance companies carry out property insurance.

The Nanzhong Army encourages allies to transport some designated materials to Nanzhong through the Managa Strait.Such as cotton, wheat, horses and so on.At the same time, ships carrying textiles, furs, sugar, etc. are provided with the treatment of passing through the Managa Strait as soon as possible.

For ships carrying gold and silver from the Americas to the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, the document also clearly stipulates that any gold and silver, whether it is gold and silver bullion or gold and silver coins, must first be converted into Nanzhong gold and silver coins. Carry out trade activities in Nanzhong, Daming, Japan and other places.When passing through the gate, the exchange certificate will be inspected as an important part of the inspection clearance document.

The document also stipulates that all goods belonging to the allies of Nanzhong and arriving in Nanzhong through Manga must be transported by Nanzhong ships or ships produced, registered and manufactured by allies in Nanzhong; The goods in the islands of Nanzhong and the areas flying the flag of Nanzhong Army must be controlled and transported by ships manufactured and registered in Nanzhong or sailors registered in Nanzhong.The fishery import and export goods in and out of the various ports of Nanzhong and Daming, as well as the coastal trade goods from the mouth of Heilongjiang in the north to the east mouth of the Manga Strait in the south, must be transported entirely by ships in Nanzhong.If anyone is found to violate the above-mentioned articles intentionally, the owner of the ship will be shot immediately.Ships, sailors, and goods immediately became the property of the South China Army.

This regulation guaranteed the interests of those who signed the contract, thus limiting the right to conduct trade activities in the Daming region to a few countries or groups.

Such a thing, even if Basten and Gonzalez wash their wives and daughters and give them away with their hands, it is also a wishful thing.

"What do you guys think? If there is no problem, I will sign this regulation. After New Year's Day next year, this document will be implemented in the eastern and western regions of Managa."

sign!Such a good thing, why not sign! ?

General Gonzalez and Mr. Van Basten, as representatives of the two major forces, signed their names on several documents and used their seals.

Since then, the last procedure for the control of trade activities between the East and the West, the Navigation Regulations have been formally completed.

The four couldn't help toasting and celebrating for the common fortune.

However, just as the four crystal glass carved wine glasses collided together, making a crisp sound, and when the four hands holding the wine glasses were about to drink happily, there was a loud noise outside the door.

After a while, the office official on duty hurried in.

"My lord, Nobuzuna Matsudaira has come again. He threatened that if you don't meet him today, he will have no face to explain to his master, and would rather have his abdomen cut open in front of your house. To fulfill the duty of a courtier." (To be continued.) ..)