Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 719

No broom, no dust.If you want the British to bow their heads, you have to see the truth on the battlefield.

At present, the strength of the servant army of the Northern Navy in India has reached 8000, that is, three regiments.Two of the regiments were stationed in the southern part of the British Madras area, facing the tens of thousands of British troops.In addition, there is also a battalion in Gudelore, which governs the south of the local area, which is also a French colony, and the anchorage of the South Asian Fleet of the Northern Navy is located there.

For the British army, Ding Guofeng's strategy is to keep the enemy moving.As long as tens of thousands of British troops are restrained, it is enough to ensure that they cannot devote their troops to the melee of the three Deccan regimes.

Although the French Governor-General Leclerc has returned to the throne of the Governor-General, he is a polished commander, and this guy belongs to the Royalist Home Returning Group, and he has not received support from Europe for the time being.As part of the agreement between Zhao Xin and Mrs. Elizabeth, in January this year, Beihai Town provided Leclerc with a loan of 1 Spanish silver coins through the Bacheng Military Control Committee to fund his recruitment activities.

In the past few months, Leclerc visited Ding Guofeng in Paza Yalai three times, trying to persuade him to launch an attack on the British army, and then through the naval blockade, forced Madras to surrender, and then the two divided up the British colony.

He thinks so with a historical complex. During the "War of Austrian Succession", the French briefly occupied Madras, and it was returned to Britain after the signing of the "Aachen Peace Treaty".

The problem was that Ding Guofeng didn't want to shed blood for the French, not even the blood of the servants.A soldier of the servant army has to go through six months of uninterrupted training from entering the barracks to going into combat, and it takes eight months for junior officers. During this period, the cost of personnel, time and equipment is very high.Especially for these guys from peasant backgrounds to master formation warfare and bayonet warfare, the training department of the North Navy is very worried.

Furthermore, Beihai Town is not interested in occupying large colonies in India.It is enough to have a small stronghold here, to rest for Chinese businessmen, and to be a transit point for transoceanic trade.That location has been chosen long ago, which is Tranqueba, the stronghold of the Danes in the south.

According to Zhao Xin, if Leclerc has the right to transfer Louisiana to us, then it’s okay to beat him, but unfortunately he doesn’t have the right to fart.Not to mention him, even Louis Charles has no right to transfer at present, the first thing he has to do is to get it back from Spain.

So let's go to sleep for the French, they are just a trick in this war.

On the third day after Dundas left, a huge transport team composed of 3000 Tamil natives and more than [-] horses and oxen carried a large amount of gunpowder and weapons made in Beihai Town. Escorted by a thousand French mercenaries, they set off towards Binggram in the west.Tipu Sultan's son Prince Ali will meet there with a large number of people, and then transport the supplies back to the capital.

Now Mysore has regained the Salem area ceded to the British, coupled with the secret agreement between Ding Guofeng and the Sultan of Thanjavur, the material transportation line from local governance to the Kingdom of Mysore has been completely smooth.

On the same day, five large transport ships belonging to the South Asia Fleet of the Northern Navy lifted anchor and sailed from the port of Fort St. David in the south of the local government. Jalalabad port along the coast.

Also at the beginning of this year, Zhao Xin ordered the five junks captured and repaired from the Dutch to be assigned to the South Asian Fleet, and two motor sailboats and gunboats were transferred from Zheng Wenxian's First Squadron.This greatly increased the strength of the South Asian Fleet and became the maritime hegemony in the western part of the Bay of Bengal.

In another month, the rainy season in South Asia is coming.Every year at this time, there is no way to fight any war, and we can only wait until November.Therefore, Ding Guofeng had to hurry up and deliver something to Tip before the rainy season, otherwise all land transportation would be interrupted when the flood flooded.At sea, since the Kingdom of Mysore has no navy at all, it is unable to deal with the British naval blockade in Mumbai, so Ding Guofeng can only send land and water to support him from thousands of miles away.

Since most of the troops had to watch over the British, Ding Guofeng had no time to take care of Tranquiba, who was determined to be in his pocket.After he came to the local government, he learned from the French that the Danes built a large fortress in Tranqueba - Dansburg.Relying on a lot of information collected from French businessmen, Ding Guofeng deduced that in order to completely occupy there, at least one regiment of troops would be enough.

So now he can only wait patiently. When the rainy season comes and everyone dies down and everyone goes back to their homes, he will be free to deal with the Danes.

The bigger the territory, the more things to do, press the gourd to float the ladle, the west side stopped temporarily, and something happened to Jinmen on the other side of the ocean.

In mid-May 1794, Zhao Xin, who had just disembarked from Khabarovsk and was about to inspect the steel plant, received a telegram from Lu Qi.Three thousand Spanish troops came to invade, and he promised to wipe out the invading enemies and teach them a heavy lesson.

The reason why Lu Qi dared to say this was because the number of overseas corps currently stationed in the Kinmen area has exceeded 1000 to [-], which is quite strong.In addition, when Zhao Xin went to pick him up before the Spring Festival, he also brought a large amount of ammunition and living supplies.As long as you don't wave, it's easy to beat your opponent.

He proposed in the telegram that since the goal of this operation was not only to defeat the Spanish army, but also to take the Central Valley in the east, he requested to send at least [-] to [-] immigrants to Jinmen.

Zhao Xin discussed with Chen Qingsong who was accompanying him, and the other party expressed his embarrassment.Now the civil administration has devoted most of its energy to the agricultural development of the Nenjiang Plain. Currently, the immigrants from Jiaodong will be sent to Heilongjiang City and Mergen for resettlement, and there will be no extra people at all.But this kind of thing can't be hard for Boss Zhao. After the inspection is over, he already has an idea.

A few days later, half of the members of the "Committee of 29" held their monthly regular meeting in the city of Fuldan.At the meeting, Zhao Xin came up with a plan, proposing to recruit North Koreans to immigrate to Kinmen in the south bank of the lower reaches of the Tumen River.After discussion, the participants finally reached an agreement, but the number of people and the proportion of personnel were adjusted appropriately.That is to say, the first batch will be transported to 1000 households, and the number of people will be controlled between 1500 and [-]; if the effect is good after half a year, another [-] households will be sent there.

It is said that although the south bank area of ​​the lower reaches of the Tumen River was obtained, Beihai Town also carried a big burden. The reason was that the five northern towns under Li Chao's rule were too poor and basically had nothing they wanted.The stationing of the Qing army in the past few years has caused local officials and people to complain.

After the Beihai Navy moved in, it was discovered that ordinary local people lived on quince (a wild traditional Chinese medicine) for food. Many people did not even have decent clothes, and could only wear clothes made of dog skins to keep out the cold in winter.In the past, although the Manchu and Qing Dynasties held mutual markets in Qingyuan and Huining every year, because the Li Dynasty only allowed designated merchants to participate, and did not allow people to trade, ordinary people could not enjoy the benefits of the mutual market at all, but were oppressed instead.

Originally, because of the war, many people of the Li Dynasty on the south bank of the Tumen River fled to Funing County; some villages, let alone people, could not even see chickens and dogs.However, just over a month later, when the secret agents of the intelligence bureau began to spread the news that the Beihai Navy was distributing relief in Qingyuan Mansion and Wencheng, many families who could not survive came back secretly one after another, and there were even many people who fished in troubled waters. guy.

Li Chao was angry and annoyed by this, but the magistrate of Funing County was secretly happy because the pressure on the refugees was relieved.

However, these people did not know until they arrived at the place that the Beihai Navy’s relief was not a one-off food at all, but a food card, and each time they could only get three days of rations; Registration with the Yellow Book and a temporary ID card with a photo is issued at the same time.

In this way, those who come from Funing County, Xishuiluo, Jingcheng and other places to make a living are faced with a choice, should they stay in the local area and settle down, or run away with three days' rations?
The post roads leading to various places have been set up by the North Navy to check checkpoints, and the entry is wide and the exit is strict. Basically, it is impossible to leave when you come back.If you want to run, you can only go to the mountain, but even if you walk in the mountain, when you go back, the rations will be eaten up on the way.

As more and more people from the Li Dynasty stayed on the south bank of the Tumen River, how to resettle them in the next step became a problem for Beihai Town to solve.When the spring plowing began, the problem of insufficient land and people became more and more prominent; there was not much arable land suitable for planting on the south bank of the Tumen River, and coupled with the poor soil fertility and low yield, it was not enough to feed so many people.In the past, Zhao Xin's idea was to send some people to East Siberia, but now it's all right, let's develop a new continent.

When Lu Qi received a telegram from Beihai Town, his first reaction was that it was me!The co-authoring committee treats him as a trash can, and sends all the unwanted ones to Jinmen.The reason why he complains is because the population composition of Kinmen today can be described as a hodgepodge of east, west, north and south.

There are the teaching company of the Northern Navy, the interns of the military academy, the members and their families of the Kuye Island security team, the Hakka people of Jiaying nationality in Borneo, the troops and their families who surrendered from the Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and the green battalion. Captives, ex-Bailian believers, ex-bandits, Miwok Indians, and even black slaves who escaped. If there is another group of Koreans, it can be described as "a gathering of heroes, and a meeting with carrots."

Beginning in February 1794, as the news of the discovery of the Coloma gold mine spread back to Beihai Town, Zhao Xin decided to increase the population transfer to Jinmen.Except for the miners supported by Borneo, there was no one in the civil affairs department. In the end, 2 people had to be transferred from the labor force in Ezo and Kuba Island, and then sent over by the Jinglei.

Although Lu Qi felt "sorrowful and indignant", he still accepted the reality helplessly.

This telegram signed by Zhao Xin clearly stated that the new immigrants in the customs must first meet the agricultural development strategy of the Nenjiang Plain, and at the same time send personnel to the oil exploration project on Bitter Leaf Island.We must know that food security is the top priority. The reason why Beihai Town dares to spread food to feed so many people is due to large-scale agricultural mechanization investment and sufficient oil supply.Once the oil can't keep up and the food production is reduced, although it won't be "booming", a lot of money will have to be wasted to buy food.

"What you said is all right and reasonable!" Lu Qi slandered Zhao Xin in his heart, handed the telegram to the staff for filing, and then turned his attention to the war with the Spaniards.

Jinmen was able to learn of the Spanish army's attack, but it was actually the news brought by the two black slaves.

In the 1825th century, like the United States, the Viceroyalty of New Spain still practiced slavery, which was not completely abolished until Mexico became independent in 8.In addition to Indians, there are also a large number of African blacks among these slaves.From the beginning of the 50th century to the mid-[-]th century, more than [-] blacks were transported to Mexico, and since then, the number has exceeded [-].

Black slaves were widely distributed in coastal plantations in Mexico, and some served in the army, belonging to the private property of soldiers and officers, and their status was worse than that of Indians.Due to overwork, hunger, disease, and inhuman treatment, slave escapes and rebellions occurred from time to time, but most cases were mercilessly suppressed.

The same is true of the two black slaves.Because they couldn't bear the hunger, they went to the kitchen to steal a few pieces of bread at night, but they were discovered by the sentinels, and they were hung up and whipped twenty lashes each the next day.Afterwards, the two became more and more angry, and decided to escape; going south was tantamount to throwing themselves into a trap, so they went east into the Santa Clara Mountains.Unexpectedly, the two fools lost their way in the mountains, and when they were discovered by soldiers from the overseas regiment who went hunting in the mountains, they only had half their lives left.

Knowing that [-] Spanish troops are coming to attack him, Lu Qi's little heart is also jumping wildly.This is different from bullying a stronghold with only a few dozen defenders. The Spaniards are serious.

Fortunately, the officers of the Overseas Corps are the backbone of the Northern Navy who have experienced many battles. Although they don't know the strength of the Spanish army, they are no better than Tsarist Russia. plan of.

That is, through small-scale step-by-step resistance, abandoning San Jose Guadalupe and Santa Clara de Assis, retreating in large strides to the north, and luring the main force of the enemy to the hilly area south of the Golden Gate Fortress for a decisive battle.At the same time, using the narrow and long terrain of the Golden Gate Peninsula, a battalion of troops was ambushed in the San Bruno Mountains. When the time came, they would outflank the enemy's flanks and cut off their retreat.

As the war drew closer, the atmosphere inside the Golden Gate Fortress also became tense.In order to alleviate the anxiety, many family members of the overseas military regiment went to the unfinished Taoist temple to offer incense and pray.And among those who burned incense and worshiped God, there were actually several Indian men and women wearing animal skin clothes.

It is also very interesting to talk about this Taoist temple.Among the immigrants sent at the beginning of the year was an old Taoist priest named Ma Benchu.When Lu Qi looked at the roster, he thought it was amazing, but he didn't know until he found the Taoist and asked him. I dare say that this person was arrested by Zhao Xin and the others from Guangdong.

Well, Ma Benchu ​​was the Taoist priest who was invited by Sun Shiyi, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, from the Sanyuan Palace seven years ago, and planned to use the "Yin Gate Formation" to destroy the Thunder God's cannon.Not to mention the failure of the unexpected method, he himself was captured by Zhao Xin and others together with Vice General Sun, Li Dagang and others, and sent to Yezo to dig coal.

Although Ma Benchu ​​failed in "subduing the demon", he is indeed the descendant of the Longmen sect in Luofu Mountain.Not long after arriving at the Ezodi Coal Mine, he stood out with his proficiency in medical skills and herbal medicine, and was assigned to the medical center on the coal mine as a doctor.Regardless of the white beard and hair of this person back then, it was actually dyed for the purpose of creating a human figure, and his real age was only 45 years old.

Life in the coal mine is bitter. Although Beihai Town does not treat poorly in terms of food and clothing, life without spiritual sustenance can really drive people crazy.So a year later, Ma Benchu ​​took the opportunity to ask the guards if he could build a Taoist temple here.

The guard asked what kind of god you plan to offer?Ma Benchu ​​said that Pindao would worship Doumu Yuanjun.This deity is the mother of all the stars in the sky. It has three eyes, four heads, and eight arms. It is the innate yin energy of Yuanshi Tianzun.

After Zhao Xin learned about it, he looked up "Dumu" and thought it was not a big deal, so he agreed.

With the completion of the small and simple Taoist temple, the hard labor convicts who dig coal have since had spiritual sustenance. Not only have there been fewer fights, but even many Bailian believers have converted their beliefs.In this way, Daoist Ma spent six full years in the mining area while guarding the Taoist temple and treating people, during which time he took in more than a dozen disciples.If it weren't for the Civil Affairs Bureau not allowing him to issue an ultimatum, he might really be able to establish a sect in Ezo.

In view of Ma Benchu's contribution to stabilizing the mental state of the hard labor group, Minzheng ended his sentence three years ago, and sent him to Beihai Town Central Hospital for a period of time. Did some research and benefited a lot.

At the end of last year, Daoist Ma heard that he was going to recruit people to Jinmen, so he took two apprentices to sign up without thinking about it.When he was in the Beihai Town Central Hospital, he was once fooled by Hong Tao, saying that the other side of the sea is the "Fusang in the east of the East China Sea" mentioned in "Shan Hai Jing".He felt that he was not yet sixty this year and was in good health, so it was a worthwhile trip to have a look.

After Lu Qi chatted with Daochang Ma, he moved his mind and wanted to use China's native religious beliefs to counter the Spanish missionaries, and in addition to cure diseases and save lives, he wanted to attract more Indians.Ma Benchu ​​also had this intention, so he did what he said.

Only three months later, seven rough houses exuding the smell of cement inside and outside were completed in the southeast of the Golden Gate Fortress.Although the courtyard and interior and exterior decoration of the temple have not yet been formed, several statues of gods carved with wood and clay have been rushed to the altar.

The Jade Emperor, Doumu Yuanjun, Cihang Daoist, and Guan Shengdijun are all indispensable, but in one of the side halls, there are also two unknown statues with red silk covering their heads, which look mysterious Xi's.

On the day when the god statue was unveiled, when the priest took off the red silk, Lu Qi looked up and down at the two kind-hearted guys with five long beards, wearing Taoist robes, and wearing wolf-headed and eagle-headed crowns on their heads. For a long time, he asked Ma Benchu ​​curiously, "What kind of god is this?"

"Infinite Heavenly Venerate."

Ma Benchu ​​flicked his fly whisk, put on a fairy-like appearance and said: "Didn't your lord want to recruit Indian believers? These two statues are the Eagle God and the Wolf God, and they were designed for them."

Lu Qi laughed loudly, and said in his heart, "I have accepted U", he gave Ma Laodao a thumbs-up and said, "I really have you!"

Ma Benchu ​​hand stroked his long beard, without changing his expression, he thought to himself, what is this, if not for that King Zhao who insisted on not allowing him to have a statue, he even wanted to build a special temple for him!
　Jalalabad is now Mangalore.Having said so many grievances and grievances between Mysore and the British, in fact, the source of the early disputes also originated from there. In 1763, Tipu's father Hyder Ali conquered Mangalore and it remained under his administration until 1767.From 1767 to 1783, Mangalore was ruled by the British East India Company. In 1783, Tipu Sultan took it back from the British and changed its name.

　　
　
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