Lord of Ming Dynasty

The most powerful person here is Zheng Hongkui, followed by Zheng Tai, Huang Wu and others, then Zheng Cai, Wu Liuqi and others, followed by Zheng Chenggong and others, and then some Zheng's pirates like small bosses.

Zheng Hongkui has settled in Quanzhou Prefecture, while Xiamen is controlled by Zheng Cai and Zheng Tai. Zheng Chenggong avoids living in Kinmen, echoing the Lu Dynasty court. At this time, Zheng Chenggong is busy integrating the "inheritance" left by his father to win over some small boss pirates , at the same time take over Taiwan’s foundation, dredge Japan’s business routes, and at the same time guard against the Dutch. The purpose of coming to Zhang Qiang’s place is to stabilize Zhang Qiang, the biggest warlord leader of the Longwu Dynasty, and not to cause trouble for them, so that he can have time to do the above To achieve a series of things, Zheng Chenggong's vision and ambition are far superior to those of Zheng Cai and others.

Zheng Fu is Zheng Cai's housekeeper and master. This time, he followed Zheng Cai to find out the reality of Zhang Qiang's Jinhua Rebel Army, "Master, do you think the Jinhua Rebel Army will fall out with us because of King Lu?"

Zheng Cai looked at the streets of Taizhou County, which had been restored. The streets were crowded with people, and they were quite prosperous. On the streets, there were government servants wearing Ming Dynasty costumes patrolling with water and fire sticks. From time to time, they saw a team wearing red turbans , armed with bamboo guns, hanging bamboo knives on their waists, and patrolling militia teams with rattan armor on their backs, walked by. On the city wall, regular soldiers of the Jinhua Rebel Army of the garrison, holding Ming army waist swords in their hands, wore Ming army red battle robes. Guarding two white characters, wearing a cotton armor and a Ming army hat, scanning the pedestrians on the street with vigilant eyes.

Zheng Cai listened to Zheng Fu's words, still staring at the guarding soldiers, and said casually: "He may not necessarily fall out, after all, Zhang Qiang is a subject of the Longwu Dynasty, and I am also a subject of the Longwu Dynasty, but I stepped on two feet At the same time, the boat was at King Lu's place, holding King Lu hostage and wanting to stand on its own court, but this is something that Long Wu, who is also part of the clan, would not allow. Maybe Long Wu would order Zhang Qiang to attack me and rescue Lu for the sake of the clan's face. Wang, so I have to come to investigate this time, so I have to prepare early."

Zheng Fu looked up at the guarding soldiers on the city wall, and said: "The Jinhua Rebel Army is not too powerful, you see, they are only wearing cotton armor, and what they wear are old weapons and equipment captured from the previous Ming army. Maybe the fighting power is not that high, with the skills of our old pirates, one might not be able to fight ten, but one can fight five."

Zheng Cai shook his head, "According to the detailed report, these are just some garrison soldiers. The real and capable soldiers of the Jinhua Rebel Army are stationed in the camps inside and outside the city. Those soldiers wear leather armor, officers wear iron armor, and even more elite Soldiers and officers in chain mail and full body armor, all veterans of at least ten battles, there are a lot of them, so we can't underestimate them."

"Guest officer, come in and have some food. The stir-fried dishes in this small shop are famous throughout Jiangsu and Zhejiang." A waiter dressed as a waiter stood next to a restaurant and greeted Zheng Cai and Zheng Fu with smiling faces.

Zheng Fu waved his hands impatiently, "Go, keep busy, don't disturb our lord's pleasure."

Zheng Cai looked up at this small shop, it seemed that the business was very good, the shop was full of customers, and there were even a few tables and long stools outside the shop, she couldn't help being envious, how much this would bring to the Jinhua Rebels Taxes.

It would be great if I could own this place. After all, Xiamen is an island, and it is shared with others. Even Zhoushan and other places are also shared with others. When I receive taxes, I have to honor the two courts of Longwu and King Lu. Although he has the final say on where King Lu is, Zhang Huangyan and other ministers are also watching closely, so he has to give them some, so there is not much left.

Most of his income is from maritime trade and robbing some passing merchant ships, or the "protection fees" of those merchant fleets handed over to Zheng, and these incomes can only be obtained by brothers licking blood with knives and tucking their heads in their belts. Obtained, the income is quite unstable, so he is particularly envious of those who have some territory on the mainland, they can support their army by sitting and collecting taxes.

In comparison, except for the threat of the Qing army, they can be said to have no major risks, but they have to fight the sea, the sky, the Dutch, the Portuguese, even the Japanese, the Spaniards, and the land Fighting with the Qing army on the battlefield, the risk is great.

Zheng Fu guessed his thoughts, "Master, Zhang Ying's navy is not at the same level as ours. Let's destroy their navy and let them give us "protection money". Let them have a boat to go to sea, so that they will not have a stable business income.

If not, we will land on the coast and loot their villages and fishermen. They are so rich, we must make a lot of money once we come here, and then we will wait for a while until their villages and fishermen recover, and we will loot them again. Don’t worry about them Don't obediently give us "protection money".

Even if it is given, if we are unhappy, we will loot their fishermen and villages along the coast, and we can even break into inland counties and loot their counties. They have no navy, so they can't do anything to us? "

Zheng Cai was very happy, she nodded slightly, squinted her eyes and smiled and said: "This method is not bad, sir, I also have the same idea. When I find out clearly, I will start implementing it. Before implementing it, let's send a letter to our Governor Zhang. Letter, tell him that if he is wise, he will give us half of the tax, if he is not, just wait for the coast to be restless."

Chapter 129 Rest

Most of the imprisoned surrendered generals took refuge in Zhang Qiang, and the people of King Lu also came to seek refuge in Zhang Qiang, which enriched Zhang Qiang's general team, and reported Zheng Cai's affairs to Longwu, which caused some troubles for Zheng Cai. Zhang Qiang Still working hard to restore the troops lost due to many battles and the territory damaged by years of war.

It's just that Zhang Qiang didn't know that Zheng Cai would be so cruel, or that Zheng Cai would treat his territory like that.

The next day, Zhang Qiang met Mi Chun.

Mi Chun has been busier than Zhang Qiang these days, because he is the magistrate and in charge of civil affairs. He does not have the skills of a professional official like Jin Sheng, who was trained by the Ming Dynasty. Anyone who can be a scholar in his studies can do well in officialdom In fact, they are not as unbearable as those written in the novels of later generations. They still have real skills, but people like Mi Chun, who come from the bottom, can see that they only see one side of things when they do things. , they don't have the ability to look at this matter from the overall situation, so their work efficiency is far behind Jin Sheng's.

"My lord, there are 23 mu of land in Jinhua Prefecture. Currently, 20 mu of land has been restored to cultivation. The other [-] mu cannot be cultivated temporarily because no one is farming. In addition, there is no manpower to reclaim the wasteland."

Mi Chun reported to Zhang Qiang.

"Aren't there still those prisoners?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Mi Chun said in embarrassment: "My lord, the prisoners we have fought several times and recruited from the captives many times have almost exhausted them. At present, there are still 3000 prisoners of the stubborn Han army flag, and more than 800 prisoners of the Tartars. The Mongols captured more than 500 people. Except for some prisoners of the Han army flag who knew how to farm, these people did not know how to farm. They could only do some coolie work, repair city walls, dredge rivers, widen roads, etc. There was not enough manpower. .”

"Then how are the resettlement of refugees and refugees going?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Mi Chundao: "My lord, previously Lord Jin Sheng had already organized them all into households and resettled them almost. Now it has shown results, and they have become regular residents of the three prefectures. However, some foreign refugees who came from the old Ming Dynasty , the villain has nowhere to settle, and there are some landlords and tyrants from the original three prefectures who came back from other places.

They returned to the original place, held the title deed, and had a dispute with the resettled refugees. According to your disposal plan, the villain has already refuted their request and asked them to choose another wasteland and resettle the unowned house by themselves, and then report to the government However, these people are still unyielding, often causing trouble, besieging the government office, and the villain is very annoying. "

"Nonsense," Zhang Qiang patted the table, "Didn't you explain our policy to them?"

Without waiting for Mi Chun to answer, Zhang Qiang said again: "All land, including barren mountains and wild mountains, as long as it is under my control, it is all owned by the government, and all their original properties will be taken into public ownership. , all are not allowed. Poor families can receive a mansion from the government after writing a letter of allegiance, with five acres of resettlement land. Rich people must pay for it. After signing a contract with the government, the government will protect their property. New Real Estate, do you have any opinions on this?"

Mi Chun said: "My lord, they don't understand. Although the subordinates have explained many times and even used the government servants, they always make trouble for the villain openly and secretly."

Zhang Qiang glared angrily, "Let Wei Wuji send troops to arrest all those who want to make trouble, put them into a hard labor camp, and release them when they have figured it out, and kill all those who dare to make trouble."

Mi Chun said: "My lord, will this arouse public anger?" Zhang Qiang was even more furious, "There is no public anger, and anyone who refuses to listen or cooperate will be arrested. This is my territory and I brought it down. They can They ran away and wanted to return to their land when they came back, they didn’t fulfill their responsibilities, they wanted to eat and drink for free, there was no door, just do what I said.”

"Yes, my lord." Mi Chun withdrew helplessly.

Just as Mi Chun left, Wei Wuji came again.

"My lord, according to your instructions, one thousand households in each county will guard the county, and three thousand households will be stationed in the prefecture. The main force of our Jinhua rebel army is stationed at the pass. Fighting for power, not competing for profit with the people, the army sets up military fields to raise food by itself, and the auxiliary soldiers in the army cultivate it, and the regular soldiers train and patrol."

"Well, how many soldiers are there in our army?" Zhang Qiang has been in control of the overall situation, withdrew from the military and civil affairs, and let the people below do the work.

"Our army has 1 main soldiers in Jinhua Mansion and 8000 auxiliary soldiers. Most of the troops are stationed in the Jindong Camp."

"Go on, I know, continue to strengthen training, guard against Qing soldiers, send more secret agents to the other side of the river, scout horses, and understand the opponent's strength and strength changes."

At present, the Jinhua Rebel Army has controlled the waterway from the seaside to the Lingjiang River, and then to the Jinhua River. The continuous flow of materials is transported to various places in the territory through the waterway every day, but Zhang Qiang thought that he would go to the edge of the Yangtze River to enjoy the convenience of the Yangtze River water transportation. , a share of the Yangtze River water transport.

However, this idea can only be shelved for the time being, because it will attract attacks from the Qing army in Anhui and Jiangxi, and it will also be attacked by the Qing army in Nanjing.

At present, the Qing army in Jiangxi is still very large, and the Qing army in Nanjing is also very large. It is not something he can provoke. The reason why everyone does not attack is because both sides are unable to attack. Zhang Qiang needs to rest and the other side needs to face. more opponents.

Training troops, increasing the number of firecrackers and artillery in his firecracker troops, and expanding the army are what Zhang Qiang is currently doing.

If I rashly go to war with the Qing army, I have to take into account not only my own territory, but also the safety of the Longwu court. The Qing army has already swept over half of the Ming Dynasty, the north is relatively peaceful, and the enemy has a stable rear. The province's economy and army supported the south's war to wipe out the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, and after many wars in the south, it lacked soldiers, people, people's livelihood, and people's hearts.

Zhang Qiang supported Longwu because he wanted to attack the Longwu court after the Qing army defeated the Yongli Nanming regime, annihilate the Nanming forces of King Lu, and then come to settle accounts with him, a young man who is not a representative of the Ming forces. At that time, I am afraid that I have developed enough to reverse the strength of the Qing Dynasty, so I don't have to be afraid of the other party.

Zhu Da ran in again after a while, "My lord, in the past few days we have discovered that the Navy of Zheng Caibu has not changed."

Zhang Qiang said displeasedly: "There is no change, what are you doing here?"

Zhu Dayou said aggrievedly: "My lord, but we found that Zheng Cai seems to have entered our territory."

Zhang Qiang sat upright, "Then find him, follow him, and see what the hell he's up to."

"Yes, my lord."

Zhang Qiang stood up, moved his body, looked outside, and murmured, "It's time to train my soldiers personally. No matter how strong his navy is, he can't come to land. On land, I'm still here." world."

1 Thirty Chapters Training

A week passed.

After inspecting Jinhua Mansion, Zhang Qiang began to train soldiers and continue to strengthen his military strength.

After a lot of fighting in the later period, his commanding skill has reached level ten.

The tenth level not only tripled the number of troops, but also compensated him with an additional 3000 troops, so that the number of people he could command reached an integer of [-] troops.

Level [-] doubled the strength of troops, but did not compensate for it. Level [-] tripled the strength of troops and compensated another [-] troops.

Domination skills are really powerful.

But when he heard the sound of the system prompt, he froze.