Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 810: Xiamen Bloodless Kaicheng 3
"How's the situation in Taiwan?" Yang Menglong suddenly asked when entering the city.

Zheng Chenggong was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, saying: "It's very bad! Xiyi took advantage of the opportunity of the fierce battle between my father and Lord Hou, and massively increased its troops. Now there are as many as [-] or [-] Xiyi warships in Taiwan, and even more infantry. There are as many as tens of thousands of people, and they are attacking the strongholds of the Han people recklessly, massacring immigrants, and now the number of people who died in their hands is probably more than [-]!"

Yang Menglong snorted and said, "Let them be proud for a few days first, and then deal with them after I replenish the shells. At that time, it doesn't matter if they are at sea or on land, I will kill them all, and no one will escape!"

Shi Lang's eyes lit up and he rushed to ask: "Is the Marquis really going to send troops to Taiwan to expel the Western barbarians?"

Yang Menglong said: "It's not expulsion, it's sending them to see God!"

Shi Lang said: "That's great! I'm willing to play the vanguard!"

Yang Menglong smiled: "Boy, there are too many people who are willing to be pioneers, you have to line up first."

Shi Lang blushed and shouted: "Even if I can't be the vanguard, I can always be a pawn, right? Anyway, I must participate in this battle!"

Zheng Chenggong said: "The subordinates are also willing to be pawns and atone for their crimes!"

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes: "Fart, you should study hard at this age, and leave the war to more professional people to do it well!"

Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang were 120 unconvinced, but considering that Yang Menglong had so many powerful generals under his command, it really wasn't their turn to show off... Oh, forget it, don't think about being a pioneer or anything like that, just aim to participate!

The team's momentum quickly conquered the entire Xiamen, allowing Xiamen's soldiers and civilians to have a more intuitive understanding of the Heluo New Army, and they were completely convinced.On the same day, Zheng Chenggong and the Tianchuan family held a banquet in Zheng Mansion to honor Yang Menglong. Local celebrities and businessmen from Xiamen came here in admiration. The seats were packed and they rushed to toast Yang Menglong. The atmosphere was extremely harmonious.Unlike Jiangnan, this place in Fujian is very poor and has a strong business atmosphere. Even the literati class is not so rigid in their thinking. The literati class in the country regard Yang Menglong as an enemy, but the Fujian people regard him as their savior. The scholar-bureaucrat class regarded Yang Menglong's arrival as an excellent opportunity.There is no way, Fujian's sense of presence is too low, and it has no influence at all in the DPRK. If we can have a good relationship with Yang Menglong, we will not only find many business opportunities, but also reverse this disadvantage with his help. How could they let go of such an opportunity to make their voices heard in the DPRK!

After drinking for three rounds, a highly respected old gentleman who was over eighty years old bowed his hands to Yang Menglong and said with a serious expression: "To tell you the truth, Fujian has many mountains and little land, the land is poor and the people are stubborn, and the people's livelihood is dying. I can't do anything! His ability to govern the region is no less than that of Guan Zhong, and even the extremely impoverished areas like Guangdong and Guangxi have improved a lot under the governance of your lord. I wonder if your lord can help Fujian so that the elders in Fujian can live a life of food and clothing?"

Yang Menglong was not polite, and said: "Let the elders in Fujian live a life of food and clothing? Isn't your request too low?" Before the old man could speak, he continued: "In fact, we want to change the poverty and backwardness of Fujian. The situation is also very simple. First, promote the silver dollar and purge the officials! We are no longer allowed to collect excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, such as those caused by fire consumption and drifting, otherwise they will all go to jail! Secondly, open a sea ban and encourage people to do business. This has been done all the time. As long as Just add more fire. Third, immigration! Fujian has many mountains and little land, and a large population. More and more people rely on less and less land to make a living. It’s hard to imagine, is it possible? Landless people should be strongly encouraged Or farmers with little land may immigrate to Taiwan. There is plenty of fertile land there, which can accommodate at least [-]% of the population of Fujian! Fourth, set up industries to rely on the mountains and the sea. Isn’t Fujian rich in black tea? Let’s build this black tea industry. Become bigger and stronger, export a lot, and earn back foreigners' money! In addition, some seafood processing plants can be built in coastal areas..." This guy must have done a lot of preparation work in advance. I was stunned for a while after listening to it, and I was fascinated. For the first time, I discovered that there are so many ways to make money, and there are so many ways to solve the current boss problem!
On the other side, Li Yan and Shen Tingyang are rapidly taking over the properties of the Zheng Group.The core of the Zheng Group has always been in Xiamen. Since Xiamen was not destroyed by the war, those industries have been completely preserved.After a rough inventory, both are dumbfounded:
The Zheng family is really too rich!
There are as many as 100 million taels of silver in stock alone!
My darling, what does it mean to be rich like an enemy?That's it!
However, Zheng's most precious wealth is not the silver in stock, but the huge team of shipbuilders that Zheng Zhilong spent ten years building up.There are as many as 4000 workers in this group. They manufacture a large number of warships and merchant ships for the Zheng Group every year. They are experienced and highly skilled. It is relying on them that Zheng Zhilong established a navy that has long dominated East Asia and suppressed the Daming River. divisions, East Asian pirates and European colonialists.Now this precious wealth has been taken over by Yang Menglong. With this team of workers, Yang Menglong can build a shipyard that is larger and more convenient than the Wuhan Shipyard, and can continuously manufacture more for his navy. Battleship!
Li Yan smiled and said to Shen Tingyang: "It's not unreasonable for Lord Hou not to attack Xiamen. If you really want to fight hard, I'm afraid we won't be able to get any of these things."

Shen Tingyang said: "Master Hou is such a shrewd person, he will never make such a low-level mistake. By the way, Mr. Li, how should the Zheng Group deal with it? Is there a charter? They can't continue to let it go, right? Although they suffered heavy losses, but After all, there are still 10,000+ followers, and something will happen if we leave them alone!"

Li Yan said: "Of course it is impossible to ignore it. My opinion is that the three elites of the Quanzhou Army, the Jinmen Army, and the Yingxia Army are selected to form a new army, and the Denglai Navy recruits five or six soldiers from among them. Thousands of sailors and [-] marines, and those who are willing to go home will be sent home, and the homeless will be allocated a piece of land in Taiwan for them, and let them immigrate there. "

Shen Tingyang said: "In other words, of the 20 members of the Zheng family, only [-] people will be left in the end?"

Li Yan smiled bitterly: "It's good enough to pick out [-]."

Shen Tingyang thought of Yang Menglong's conscription standard, and couldn't help nodding in agreement.According to Yang Menglong's standards, it is not easy to recruit 2 people in Zheng's group.He sighed: "It's a pity that so many sailors can't be used by me..."

Li Yan said: "Are you still afraid that they won't be able to run away? Let Lord Hou say hello to the maritime merchants in Guangdong and Fujian, and let them try their best to recruit sailors from Zheng's side. These sailors are experienced, brave and good at fighting. I think Those sea merchants will definitely like it. These sailors usually work on merchant ships, and if necessary, they will be recruited into the army immediately, won’t they have it?”

Shen Tingyang slapped his thigh and shouted repeatedly: "Wonderful, wonderful, really wonderful!"

Just as he was talking, Zhaji rushed in, and bowed to Li Yan with a strange expression: "Mr. Li, Lord Hou, please come over!"

Li Yan put down the documents in his hand, tidied up his clothes, got up and walked outside and asked, "What can Master Hou want from me?"

Zaji rushed to Weng with a look of wanting to laugh but didn't dare to laugh: "You will know when you go."

Yang Menglong usually liked to keep things under wraps when he had nothing to do. After staying with him for a long time, Zhaji Chongweng also contracted this problem, and Li Yan had no choice but to follow him.

When he came to Zheng's mansion, Yang Menglong ran out anxiously before entering the door, and when he met him, he called: "Li Yan, you are here, I am finally saved!"

Li Yan instinctively felt bad about seeing the savior, and asked, "My lord, what's the matter?"

Yang Menglong dragged him and ran inside: "Someone wants to fight against me...Damn it, how could I be against each other, so I have to ask you for help!"

Now Li Yan understood, probably because this guy was too familiar with himself, he quickly became friends with the crowd, and there were many well-educated people at the banquet, so they drank happily and couldn't help talking to him. Recite poems and write them right.The bad thing is that when it comes to war and economics, Yang Menglong is definitely the leader, but if he is asked to recite poems against him, he will be blinded all of a sudden, so he has to ask Li Yan for help.Li Yan smiled helplessly: "My lord, you should also learn to recite poems and compose poems, such elegant things as tasting wine and cooking tea..."

Yang Menglong curled his lips: "With you here, why should I learn these messy things?"

Well, he finally still needs Li Yan, and Li Yan doesn't know whether he should cry or be moved.

After parting the guests and returning to the banquet, Yang Menglong proudly said: "This is my military advisor Li Yan! There is nothing he doesn't know about astronomy, geography, official history and unofficial history. You just have to let your horses come here!"

Li Yan bowed to the guests present, and was surprised to find that Xue Siming and Zhong Ning were also there. These two arrived at some time, and there was a man and a woman sitting with them. The man was 24 or [-] years old. , a good-looking person, female left and right, combed sideburns, long hair shawl, wearing a light green dress, pink face peach cheeks, moth eyebrows Qiong nose, the person is as pale as a chrysanthemum, looking at Yang Menglong provocatively .He said: "I'm Li Yan, please give me your advice."

A group of old men nodded and praised: "Master Li is indeed a talented person!" Zhong Ning also introduced the man and woman to Li Yan. Well, the man's name is Li Xu. He fought a fierce battle with Xue Siming under Quanzhou City. Although he was defeated, the woman was honored. That’s Li Xu’s sister, Li Qiang. This name is really nice.Li Yan nodded to the brother and sister, and Li Qiang also nodded, which was regarded as saying hello.I don’t know what Yang Menglong just said that offended this young lady. This young lady, who was as pale as a chrysanthemum, looked a little angry. Before Li Yan could sit down, he shouted at Yang Menglong: "Master Hou, please move your reinforcements now." Come here, can we start?"

Yang Menglong said: "Okay, you can publish the Shanglian."

Li Qiang said: "Master Hou, please listen carefully. The first line of the little girl is..." Moistening her throat, she said word by word: "Yan Suo Pond Willow! Lord Hou, please read the second line!"

The whole living room fell silent immediately, and many well-educated people involuntarily took a breath and looked at Yang Menglong sympathetically. The soil is all in it, and it paints a beautiful picture scroll! Good, wonderful! Absolutely!"

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes at him, with a gloomy expression on his face: "I also know that this pair is very good and strong, but you don't have to be so excited, right? They are trying to make things difficult for your boss! Help me think about it!"

Li Yan whispered: "Sir, this pairing is not easy to match! Her five characters have metal, wood, water, fire, and earth as their radicals. If you want to match them, you have to pick such a pair. Five words, the artistic conception should not be bad... Forgive me for my ignorance, I really can't match it for a while!"

Yang Menglong was very disappointed: "You are also stumped?"

Li Yan said, "Let me think about it..."

Yang Menglong said: "Think about it quickly, it would be embarrassing if you don't come out!"

Li Yan thought hard, and after a while, he cupped his hands to Li Qiang and said: "The girl is really amazingly talented, unmatched by anyone, I searched my stomach, barely match, but the artistic conception is much worse..." dipped his finger in the wine, Five words were written on the table: Peach Burning Jinjiang Embankment.

Li Qiang read it several times, clapped her hands lightly, and said with a smile, "That's right."

Yang Menglong stretched his neck and looked again and again, and shouted: "Is this right? Is it that simple?"

Li Yan almost vomited blood, is that simple?My brain hurts thinking about it, okay?Li Qiang stared at this guy who didn't know how to write the word "death", and asked with a smile: "Why, did your lord agree?"

Yang Menglong said proudly: "It's a long time ago! Yansuo pond willow, right? I'm right——" imitating Li Yan, dipped his finger in the wine and wrote five large characters on the table stroke by stroke. Everyone stared at it without blinking, and he read out every time he wrote: "Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Tie, Ban, Shao!"

After finishing writing, the bastard said proudly: "Gold, wood, water, fire, earth, everything is available, right?

Li Qiang spit out a sip of wine without any ladylike appearance.

(End of this chapter)