The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 475 Merchants Without Borders

"Your Excellency, what was the result of my army's battle last night?"

Tuhai said with a smile.

"It's ok!"

"Although two thieves escaped, most of the thieves were wiped out by my Qing Dynasty!"

"These damn water bandits will no longer pose a threat to our army!"

Hong Chengchou stroked his beard with a smile.

"My lord is wise and powerful, wise and decisive, I admire you!"

The two looked at each other, and laughed heartily almost at the same time.

……

Outside the city of Ningdu Prefecture, the war between the Qing army and the Ming army is still going on!

The armies of both sides lined up on both sides, with clear banners, drums beating constantly, and artillery roaring.

On the battlefield, soldiers from both sides collided fiercely and fought desperately.

The battlefield was full of corpses, and the soldiers of the Ming army launched attacks again and again, but they were all stopped by the Qing army.

Zheng Chenggong sat in the big tent, looking at the frontline battle report in his hand, his expression was not very good.

It has been nearly a month since he led his army to Ningdu Prefecture.

But the war is still at a stalemate!
Strategically speaking, his strategic goal has been achieved.

Dragging the main force of the Qing army in Jiangxi to Ningdu Prefecture shared part of the pressure for Geng Jingzhong.

Gave Geng Jingzhong a chance to fight back.

However, from the perspective of the war itself, Zheng Chenggong lost in a mess.

It was clearly a situation where one's own forces were superior, but the battle situation was deadlocked.

I can't attack!

What a shame!

In the past, he had cooperated with Zhu Hongyu in joint operations. Seeing the Guangfu army repeatedly defeating the Qing army in front of them with inferior forces, Zheng Chenggong was also a little bit flustered.

I think the Qing army is nothing more than that!

It wasn't until he led the troops alone against the Qing army that he realized it.

The Qing army is still the original Qing army, and the Zheng army is still the original Zheng army. The only ones who can fight are the Guangfu army.

The reason why I felt that the battle went smoothly when I fought with the Restoration Army was because the Restoration Army was strong enough.

Suppress the momentum of the Qing army!
"Mingjin retreat!"

After glancing at the sky outside, Zheng Chenggong gave orders.

At this moment, a messenger ran in outside and shouted for a report!
Zheng Chenggong frowned slightly and asked.

"Where did the news come from?"

The orderly replied.

"Reporting to my lord, this is a military report from His Highness Jian Guo from Guangzhou!"

Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong frowned and spoke.

"Bring it up!"

As his words fell, the messenger quickly stepped forward and presented a military report to Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong took the military newspaper and flipped through it.

Looking at the content of the military newspaper, Zheng Chenggong's originally frowning brows gradually relaxed.

The military newspaper mainly said three things.

One is the end of the Battle of Guilin and the end of the Great Ming Guangxi Raiders.

The second is the news from Kunming that Wu Sangui, who was bestowed with the surname by the Qing court and carried into the Manchu army banner by the whole family, officially raised his troops against the Qing Dynasty under the banner of the Qing emperor.

The third is that the Governor's Office of the Five Armies has finalized the Jiangxi Raiders!

When the soldiers and horses who attacked Guangxi return to Guangzhou, Daming will mobilize troops and horses to join the war in Jiangxi.

Before that, Zheng Chenggong must try his best to stabilize the battle in Jiangxi!

After reading these three messages, Zheng Chenggong had complicated thoughts.

The rapid success of the Guangxi Raiders gave him hope for the revival of the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Sangui's raising the flag against the Qing made him feel weird, after all, he and Wu Sangui are both lords of the country...

But it's just a little complicated. Zheng Chenggong has no intention of rebelling.

He is still very loyal to Daming!

The reason why Zheng Chenggong is so loyal to Daming is actually rooted in the education he received since he was a child.

Zheng Zhilong is a pirate, but he is a pirate with ideals and goals.

He knew that if his family kept being pirates, sooner or later they would overturn. The only way out for his Zheng family was to transform into a gentry class.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong attaches great importance to Zheng Chenggong's education.

He hired famous teachers since he was a child and gave him the most orthodox Confucian education.

Even after Zheng Chenggong grew up, he used his relationship with the Southeast interest group to let Zheng Chenggong study under the name of the great Confucian Qian Qianyi.

Zheng Chenggong was instilled with the Confucian thought of loyalty and patriotism since he was a child, and the thought of loyalty to the king was almost engraved in his bones.

There is also Da Ming's upcoming Jiangxi Raiders.

This actually made Zheng Chenggong breathe a sigh of relief.

After this period of fierce fighting, Zheng Chenggong still realized very clearly that Ningdu Prefecture could not be defeated by himself.

Instead of stalemate with the Qing army here, it's a waste of time.

It would be better for the Liberation Army to enter the field quickly to break the deadlock in Jiangxi.

It is also good to end the Jiangxi war quickly, so as to prepare in advance for the next battle against the main force of the Qing army going south.

……

The outer city of the capital!

In a private room of a restaurant, several businessmen in brocade silk sat around and discussed business.

"The price of cloth in Guangdong has dropped significantly recently. If we can buy a batch, transport it to the north, and sell it to the Mongols on the grassland, the profit will definitely be not small."

A very rich middle-aged businessman said.

His surname is Fan, Fan of Fan Yongdou.

His name is Fan Kangnian, and he is one of the several big shopkeepers of the Fan family.

With the entry of the Qing Dynasty, the eight traitors were named as imperial merchants by Shunzhi, granted various business privileges, and given official positions as rewards.

The upper echelons of the Fan family, such as Fan Yongdou, Fan Sanba and others, all began to transform into politics.

Although the family's business has not been let go, most of it has been handed over to the offshoot children to manage it.

It was against this background that Fan Kangnian became the treasurer of the Fan family.

A businessman named Li Wen who looked a little thin beside him asked.

"Over there in Guangdong..."

"Those cloths that have been reduced in price are probably the property of bright thieves!"

"If we go to buy those cloths in large quantities now, wouldn't it be an enemy?"

Li Wen is Fan Kangnian's downline, one of the small businessmen who rely on Fan's family for food, but because of his sweet mouth, he has a good personal relationship with Fan Kangnian.

Hearing this, Fan Kangnian rolled his eyes and said.

"As the saying goes, businessmen have no borders! My Fan family only cares about business and doesn't care about anything else."

His Fan family can act as a traitor for profit and sell Daming once.

So for the sake of profit, what's the problem with selling Daqing again?

Besides, he, Fan Kangnian, was just planning to buy some cloth from Guangdong, but he was not going to sell Qing Dynasty.

Fan Kangnian smacked his lips and continued.

"This matter must be done as soon as possible!"

"The army of the imperial court to suppress the bandits has already gone south. If we move slower here, the Ming bandits will be wiped out!"

"There is no need to do this business!"

It can be heard that Fan Kangnian is full of confidence in my Qing Dynasty.

Li Wen also nodded in approval.

"Treasurer Fan's words are good, but it's up to Shopkeeper Fan."

"For someone who is really dumb like me, it's always right to make a fortune with Shopkeeper Fan. Shopkeeper Fan will need to support and support him a lot in the future."

Fan Kangnian smiled and nodded, agreeing.

Another businessman on the side spoke.

"Have you heard? The Qing Dynasty seems to be abolishing the hair-shaving order recently?!"

"Someone in my family has some relationship with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I heard the news released there. I don't know if it's true or not."

Fan Kangnian said with a smile, first showing off his personal connections.

"wrong!"

"I heard from Master Sanba that the Qing Dynasty didn't want to abolish the hair-shaving order, but to exempt the shaving money, which seems to be ten taels of silver."

"As long as you pay the [-] taels of silver shave-free money, you won't have to shave your hair!"

The businessman said with interest just now.

"Is this thing reliable? Can you really not shave your hair?"

(End of this chapter)