1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 410 Journey to Liaodong ([-])

On February 1641, 7, Hanxing Island (today's Miyako Island).

In Hanxing Fort, in a large official hall, Qi Dajiang and other people who failed to return to the mainland of Hanzhou, after listening to Luo Rucheng's talk about the shocking incident in Jianye City in March, all looked dull and froze on the spot.

In the official hall, one could only vaguely hear someone's excited and somewhat heavy breathing.Everyone has mixed feelings in their hearts. Hanzhou, which has been developing relatively smoothly, and the high-level leaders who have always been united, unexpectedly have such a thing happen.

Hu Wenjin tried to conspire to assassinate Chief Executive Qitian, and the black guard commander Guan Zongxiang and other departments and personnel participated in it.Unexpectedly, the commander-in-chief was mistakenly injured and died on the day of Qi Tian's wedding.

Although Guan Zongxiang was killed by Hu Wenjin's guards, and then Hu Wenjin committed suicide, Yu Fukun also felt guilty and committed suicide in front of Cao Xiongling, no greater chaos occurred in Hanzhou.However, this matter caused the people of Hanzhou to be suspicious to some extent. Everything happened suddenly and violently, but ended very quickly and with a twist. It seemed that there was always something... not normal.

People with a slightly heavy mind will inevitably develop various associations because of this.With thousands of years of Chinese history, dynasties change and successors succeed each other, there will always be various conspiracies and various dirty things happening.Was the March Incident in Hanzhou really as it appeared on the surface?

Although Zhang Wenqi also felt a little sad for the inexplicable death of the great commander.But he secretly applauded Qi Tian's succession to the position of Grand Commander as soon as possible.In his mind, Qi Tian should be more able to promote the development and progress of Hanzhou than Cao Xiong.If it is a taboo, without Cao Xiong's supervision, Qi Tian will take greater steps, Hanzhou will advance faster, and the foreign policy will become more radical accordingly.

After studying with Qi Tian for more than three years, he knows how vast the world is and how cruel it is.Once a country or a nation falls behind others, what awaits is a long period of sinking and darkness, with people being enslaved and wealth looted.

In this world of great strife, Hanzhou must develop rapidly and run fast, not to fall behind, let alone stagnate.Westerners have already sailed warships and began to search for wealth all over the world, robbing and monopolizing various resources.Relying on a steady stream of commercial profits, it quickly accumulated national power.In a few decades, they will drive more warships, and all over the world will start to enclose land and establish their own colonial forces.

Qi Tian has warned them countless times that this period is the best of times and the worst of times. In order to allow their descendants to live in the best times, they must work hard to become the most powerful and advanced One of the countries, to rob and share limited resources and wealth with Western powers.

Whenever thinking of what Qi Tian said, Zhang Wenqi would feel that she has shouldered an infinite mission, which is so sacred and even more arduous.But he has firm and full confidence in this. As long as Hanzhou develops as it is currently, it will definitely become one of the world powers that Qi Tian said.

"Clatter!" There was a sudden loud noise, which shocked the hearts of everyone sitting in the official hall.

Following the prestige, he saw Qi Dajiang standing up with a sad face, and the table in front of him was kicked to the ground by him.He looked at the crowd and staggered towards the outside, obviously feeling extremely sad for Cao Xiong's death.

After Qi Dajiang left, all the people present were relatively silent to each other. After a long silence, they got up and left.

"Wen Qi, you've done a good job on Hanxing Island." Chen Dalang couldn't help but praise when he saw that the city was planned in an orderly manner and the people who settled here were well-behaved.

"Without him, it's just because of the large number of people." Zhang Wenqi smiled. "For more than half a year, thousands or even tens of thousands of people will stay here. If you want to do something, it will naturally be much easier."

"Even if there are many people, it depends on you to organize carefully and coordinate with all parties to achieve results." Chen Dalang patted Zhang Wenqi on the shoulder and said, "You are talented, and I am not as good as you. Now, Feng Commander-in-Chief's order to succeed you in managing Hanxing Island and several nearby points. To be honest, I am under a lot of pressure. This is the first collection point to accept immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, and I have to face local forces such as Daming, Zheng Zhilong, and Japan. , and many passing ships, if something goes wrong and delays immigration, I am a sinner in Hanzhou!"

"Da Ming and Japan are nothing to worry about, the only one to be on guard against is Zheng Zhilong." Zhang Wenqi reminded: "Although our Hanzhou has a close relationship with Zheng Zhilong at present, there is no guarantee that things will go wrong in the future, and there may be troubles At that time, it will be the time to really test Hanxing Island. However, after more than two years of large-scale construction, anyone who wants to capture Hanxing Island will probably pay a huge price."

"So, I still rely on the good foundation you laid." Chen Dalang said with a smile.

"Boss Chen, don't flatter me." Zhang Wenqi cupped her hands and said, "You are the first commander of our overseas territory in Hanzhou, and your ability and vision are also first-class. If it weren't for the complete construction of your new village Two years ago, our Hanzhou may not be able to successfully capture the city of Dili, and then vigorously provided material and personnel assistance to Dili, so that the Dutch were frustrated. Now, our Hanzhou will be in the Look for and establish strongholds in the Liaodong and Shandong areas, thinking that after the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, the focus will be on. The commander-in-chief specially sent you here, I am afraid it is to rely on your pioneering ability and ability to grasp the overall situation."

"Well, to be honest, I don't agree with the fact that the commander-in-chief wants to find a stronghold in Shandong and Liaodong of Daming, as a starting point for interfering in the situation of Ming Dynasty in the future." Chen Dalang sighed and said, "How powerful is our Hanzhou?" , How can we intervene in the complicated situation of Ming Dynasty. Not to mention Jiannu is strong, but the army of hundreds of thousands of refugees in the north at every turn, we may not even be able to make a splash if we invest in it with this strength. At best, from the coastal areas Just get some people."

"Mr. Chen, don't underestimate the power of our Hanzhou." Zhang Wenqi said: "Guangnan has hundreds of thousands of people, its land is thousands of miles away, and its soldiers are tens of thousands. Isn't it because our Hanzhou invaded it for two consecutive years?" In the counties and towns along the coast, they defeated thousands of troops and plundered countless gold and silver supplies, as well as more than [-] women that our Hanzhou urgently needs."

Chen Dalang's face froze when he heard the words, he couldn't help being dumb, and asked with a strange expression: "This year, will we still send people to Guangnan Kingdom?"

"Of course!" Zhang Wenqi said, "I've been there once or twice, and I'm already familiar with the way. Anyway, I'm going to send ships to Champa and Cambodia to buy grain, so it just happens to be on the way."

Is this Guangnan country so easy to handle?Our Hanzhou can attack its coastal counties and towns again and again, but we never worry about being blocked ashore.If so, then the Jiannu in Liaodong is also like this, that would be great! ——
August 8th, Daming, Penglai County, Laizhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, South Changshan Island.

Three large ships floated on the sea, rising and falling as the waves surged.Qi Dajiang carefully observed the situation on the island with a binoculars. There were two small fishing boats parked on the shore, but there was no sign of human activity on the island.

"Send soldiers from the village to visit the island." Qi Dajiang ordered.

More than half a month ago, with the successive arrival of Hanzhou immigrant boats, as many as [-] boats gathered on Hanxing Island.After Qi Dajiang waited for the ships and personnel to rest, he ordered four professional warships led by Wan Changshu to go to the vicinity of Nagasaki, Japan, to intercept and kill Dutch merchant ships.

Luo Rucheng led five large ships to Xinsheng Island, sent Zhang Wenqi to Hu Pingjiang for the handover of duties, and then joined forces with the Champas to carry out annual looting activities against Guangnan Kingdom.

Qi Dajiang led the remaining nine armed merchant ships and special immigration ships to the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Lianghuai, and Shandong areas of Daming to enlist hungry people and at the same time look for an outlying island stronghold close to Daming.

Because Qi Dajiang and many other naval officers were born in the Dengzhou Navy, they are more familiar with the coastal conditions in Shandong.So they directly separated three large ships and sailed over to the waters of Penglai, because there are a series of small islands (Changshan Islands), some of which are slightly larger in size, and after they are occupied, they are enough to hoard tens of thousands of people.And it happened to be guarded between Shandong and the Liaodong Peninsula, whether it was going north to attack Jiannu, or going south to collect refugees and buy supplies, it was all convenient.More importantly, the nearest island is sixteen or seven miles away from the coast of the mainland, so it is very easy to defend.

Because there are almost no decent naval warships in the entire north of Ming Dynasty, as long as two or three armed merchant ships stay here, they can completely block any enemy's attack.As for Zheng Zhilong, the north is dilapidated and the economy is collapsing, so he doesn't like it here.

Qi Dajiang led the fleet to find and establish an outlying island stronghold this time. He specially loaded two ships of bricks, stones, cement and other building materials. He also dispatched more than 100 construction-savvy immigrants and more than 70 township soldiers on Hanxing Island. It is planned to build a small fort with preliminary defensive functions as quickly as possible before winter begins in October.

After Fang Xiquan waited for the boat to run aground on the beach, he immediately called the soldiers on board to get off the boat.Afterwards, holding a musket in his hand, he waded through knee-high seawater, leading a dozen or so soldiers who had landed earlier to stand guard with guns.

"There are some fishermen there, go and catch them!" Fang Xiquan vaguely saw a few people running in the front right, and ordered immediately.

When Qi Dajiang landed on the island, the township soldiers had already searched the area within a radius of two miles, and captured six fishermen who were temporarily resting on the island.Other than that, no living creatures were seen.

"I remember that there were people living on this island in the past. Although there were not many people, there were several villages with hundreds of people. Why does this place seem to be an uninhabited island?" Qi Dajiang looked at the man happily. Several fishermen said.

"Back to General, seven or eight years ago, after the Dengzhou Rebellion, because the thief Kong Youde became a slave, he took many ships to Liaodong. In order to prevent the slaves from attacking and plundering the people on the island, the officials of Laizhou sent everyone Moved to the mainland." Sha Laosan replied respectfully.

Sha Laosan and five other people went out to sea to fish in a fishing boat. After a busy day, they harvested a lot. They sailed to this small island yesterday evening, rested for a night, and prepared to continue fishing the next day.

But one of the companions was greedy for the bird eggs that inhabited the island, so he beckoned his companion to climb the tree to get them.So time wasted.When they wanted to leave the island and sail away, they saw three big ships approaching.Fearing that pirates would attack, he tried to hide temporarily, but was captured by vigilant village soldiers.Fortunately, after some exchanges, they learned that the other party was not a pirate or a Japanese pirate, and that they were from Hanzhou, which is far to the south, and they were a little relieved.

"Do these small islands often have slaves coming by boat?" Qi Dajiang asked in surprise.

"The villain often fishes here, but I have never seen Jiannu come here by boat." Sha Laosan said: "This place is not close to Liaodong where Jiannu lived, and there is nothing produced on the island. I think the Tartars who came to Liaodong are not It will take a lot of effort to come here."

"Will Penglai County on the shore send people to inspect the island?"

"These small islands are already deserted, and the masters of the county will naturally not come here."

Qi Dajiang nodded, raised his eyes and looked around the small island that had been deserted for many years, and made a plan in his mind, we Hanzhou will occupy this place.

(End of this chapter)