The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 209 Changes in History

After Xu Fuzuo came, he told Ding Yi that according to what Ding Yi said, he re-verified the Liao people and hoarding soldiers on Phi Island after going to Phi Island.

After careful verification, there are currently 13 soldiers in Pidao and 15 Liao people, a total of [-]. Adding in the [-] soldiers and horses of several associations under Xu, it is just over [-].

There is no such thing as the legendary 30 million.

Ding Yi was a little puzzled. During the peak period, Phi Island was known as a million Liao people. Unexpectedly, there are only 10,000+ now.

However, he has brought over 3 people from Phi Island over the past year, or there would be nearly 20 people there.

"Kong Youde and those bastards took away thousands of people and defected to Sun Yuanhua." Xu Fuzuo said angrily.

And they are going through the transfer order, the official channel, and he can't do anything about it.

But Xu Fuzuo also has a problem right now, that is, like Mao Wenlong, he can't support so many people.

When Mao was there, the priority was to raise soldiers, then hoard soldiers, and finally Liao people.

After Yuan cut off Phi Island's food for a while, Mao couldn't even control the people of Liao. During that time, many people might starve to death.

Xu's ability is naturally far inferior to Mao's, and Shen Shikui, a man who can do business, is now interested in Ding Yi, so the logistics support is gradually falling behind.

Of course, at present, Sun Chengzong is supervising the affairs of Liaodong, and the food and salary of the court can barely keep up, but it is only for the registered soldiers.

His ability to hoard land is of course not as good as Ding Yi, and hoarders will not work as hard as Lushun. Now there are fields on the island that claim to be more than [-] mu, but in fact there is not even [-] mu, and most of them are not fertile land, nothing at all. harvest.

In fact, most of Phi Island itself has poor geology, and it is very difficult to store land.

Finally, he said, I heard that when Chen Jisheng was here, he sent [-] Liao people to you every month in exchange for money and food.

We are brothers, I don't want money, I will give you three thousand a month.

He actually wanted to send Liaomin to Ding Yi.

Ding Yi smiled wryly: "Brother Xu, look at my little Lushun. Now I have more than 2 people. I support more than 2 soldiers and civilians. I can't make ends meet. What's more, I have nowhere to put it?"

Xu Fuzuo was right after thinking about it. Ding Yi now occupies Nanguan, and the land is finally bigger than Pidao, but he can't store farmland near the sea, and there are many mountains and forests in Lushun. The place where he can store farmland may be similar to Pidao.

Seeing his distressed expression, Ding Yi had no choice but to say: "We are brothers, Brother Xu is in trouble, I will help."

"How about this, I can't afford it right now, so what if I collect another [-] mu of land next year?"

Xu Fuzuo was overjoyed, this is the only way right now.

"Brother, let's have a drink."

Then Ding Yi's tone changed, and he turned to Chen Jisheng's matter of chopping wood.

After Chen Jisheng's death, Phi Island was suspended.

Xu Fuzuo immediately patted his chest, wrapped it around his body, and said he didn't want money.

Ding Yi hurriedly said: "I'll exchange it for grain, and you who chop wood will also have to eat grain."

At that moment, the two agreed that every ten big trees would be exchanged for half of the grain.

This is much lower than Chen Jisheng's request.

After dismissing Xu Fuzuo, Ding Yi stayed with his newlywed wife Ruan Wenyan and concubine Shen Chuying in Lushun for a while.

After only half a month, I couldn't take it anymore, my legs started to feel weak, and I hurriedly prepared to go to sea again.

Now he runs with the sergeant every morning to practice physical fitness, and supplements with wild sea cucumbers every day, which can't stand it.

After much deliberation, let's go to sea quickly.

He also has tasks for this trip to sea, one is to sell a lot of Japanese goods, the other is to find craftsmen who can make glasses, and the third is to continue to look for craftsmen who can make boats.

He wants to build a shipyard in Lushun to prepare for his own shipbuilding.

From [-] to the middle of next year was a very good development period. After this period of time, there was no war between the Jin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong had just emerged and remained unknown.

It is now August, and there is still nearly a year until the middle of next year. Ding Yi will take advantage of this blank period to speed up and develop Lushun well.

Therefore, on August [-], Ding Yi prepared to take five merchant ships, Ruan Siqing, Ruan Wenyan, and the personal army to Xiang Huailai, and a hundred personal soldiers went to sea again.

Unexpectedly, they had just arrived at the pier and were saying goodbye to everyone and explaining their affairs.

Suddenly, a cloud of smoke rose into the sky in the distance.

Wang Weizhong's face changed drastically: "Lord Ding, the Tartars are coming."

Ding Yi hurriedly turned his head and saw thick smoke rising into the sky and a red light a thousand meters away behind him.

This is their Lushun special Chuanxun smoke.

Ding Yi built simple piers along the road, one every five miles from the South Gate to here, for sending messages.

"There are two streams of red smoke, and there are at least five thousand Tartar soldiers and horses." Zhang Jing's face changed drastically.

"Three times, close to [-]." Wang Weizhong called again.

Everyone's face changed drastically.

"Damn it." Ding Yi cursed.

Historically, during this period of the Later Jin Dynasty, he did not come to fight Lushun at all. I did not expect that his arrival would also affect the changes in history.

Under the scolding, he secretly rejoiced that he didn't board the boat.

You have to board a boat, go to Dengzhou, and it may be too late to come back. Although Lushun may not be broken, the South Pass will definitely not be defended.

The hoarding of fields and the construction of forts over there, the painstaking efforts of the past year will be destroyed.

"Mobilize troops and horses immediately." Ding Yi didn't dare to board the boat, and immediately ordered one after another to go down.

Qu Haibo's garrison troops stationed in Lushun did not move.

Wang Weizhong's [-]th Battalion, Mao Xin's [-]rd Battalion, and Zhang Jing's [-]st Battalion immediately went to the South Pass.

Half of the [-]th Battalion of Xilao Jing took charge of firing the guns, and the other half took the bow and followed Ding Yi. At first, he wanted to unload the dozen guns on the ship. Thinking about it, when the guns were transported over, they might have finished firing them, but they still didn’t. .

"All the armor is for the Gunners."

"The spear and shield soldiers each carry two shields."

Ding Yi ordered to go down, and Quan Lushun mobilized nervously.

After giving the order, Ding Yi looked at Ruan Siqing and Ruan Wenyan: "I won't go out this time."

"You go to Nanjing first, and then go all the way to Fujian along the river."

"A variety of craftsmen were bought along the way, especially shipbuilders. During Yongle, the Daming Navy reached its peak, and Nanjing may have powerful shipbuilders."

"If you can't find it, go to Fujian and ask Zheng Zhilong." There will definitely be business on this road, but Ding Yi doesn't need to worry about it. The Ruan brothers and sisters can do well. What he worries about is whether he can bring back a large number of craftsmen.

Ruan Siqing nodded one by one, but he immediately frowned and said, "My lord wants to build a ship, I'm afraid that Zheng Zhilong will have an idea?"

"It's okay, if I don't say it and let him know, it will make him more suspicious. Just say, I have more than [-] ships now, and I need shipyard craftsmen to repair them."

"Couldn't it be broken and shipped to Fujian for him to repair?"

"Navy craftsmen in Dengzhou don't repair ships outside. My boat is not owned by the navy."

Ruan Siqing nodded.

Ding Yi thought for a while, and then said: "If Zheng Zhilong is not here, don't look for Shi Yong."

He has met Shi Yong many times, and he always has a feeling that Shi Yong seems to have some opinions on him.

"clear."

Before he boarded the boat, Ding Yi finally said: "We are still doing business now, making money and hoarding supplies. If you can't find craftsmen, don't force yourself. Next time you go, don't conflict with Zheng Zhilong's people."

Ruan Siqing nodded heavily, and walked away with fists clasped.

Ding Yi turned back to mount his horse and looked around at the generals. Seeing that their faces were very excited and their eyes were extremely firm, he raised his whip and shouted in satisfaction, "Let's go, let's beat the Tartars."

"Hit the Tartars." The generals shouted at once.

In terms of war, we, Mr. Ding, have never lost.

(End of this chapter)