The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Hongyu came out to meet the triumphant generals wearing a military uniform instead of the emperor's crown, which is to show that he attaches great importance to these generals.

It even shows that while Zhu Hongyu is the emperor, he is also a soldier!
He, Zhu Hongyu, is the supreme commander of the Ming army!
It is also the object of allegiance of all Ming soldiers!
Liu Shantai and his group saw the emperor from a distance, quickly got off their horses one by one, then untied the weapons in their hands, and walked quickly towards the gate of the imperial city.

After Liu Shantai and others walked outside the imperial city, they all saluted and bowed down.

"The final general will see His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Seeing this scene, Zhu Hongyu had a sincere smile on his face, stepped forward to help Liu Shantai up, and then spoke to the others.

"Your honorable family is free!"

After all, Zhu Hongyu took off the cloak behind Liu Shantai himself, and then spoke.

"The Qing family is going to cut Myanmar, the mountains are high and the rivers are long, it is really hard work!"

Hearing this, Liu Shantai said with some panic.

"Everything is for Daming!"

"This is what the last general should do!"

Zhu Hongyu laughed out loud, and then dragged Liu Shantai to the palace.

He wanted to give a banquet outside Fengtian Temple to these soldiers who fought abroad and returned triumphantly with glory and victory.

At the banquet, all kinds of delicacies, delicacies and wines were continuously brought up.

The maids and servants shuttled around the banquet, and singing and dancing were also played.

But the singing and dancing at this banquet was not some pornographic song, but the most upright military song of the Han family.

There is "Qin Feng Wuyi", "Man Jianghong", "Battle Song of the Red Scarf Army", and "The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Battle"...

The mighty and powerful military songs were played, all of which showed the might of the kings of the Han Dynasty and the majesty of the Great Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Hongyu strode back to the main seat, and then ordered the returning soldiers to take their seats.

"You generals fought abroad and put down the Burmese rebellion for my Ming Dynasty!"

"It can be described as hard work!"

"For this cup, I will respect all the generals first!"

After Zhu Hongyu finished speaking, he raised his wine glass.

Seeing this scene, all the generals at the banquet expressed panic.

But still a toast!

After Zhu Hongyu drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, they imitated Zhu Hongyu's actions and drained the wine in the glass.

After a glass of wine, amidst the mighty military songs, the atmosphere at the banquet became more and more enthusiastic.

Those who can come to this banquet are all fighters killed in the army, but no one will think that the military songs are vulgar and difficult to enter the elegant hall.

On the contrary, the emperor allowed people to play military songs at the banquet given to them, which showed how much he valued them.

There were sincere smiles on everyone's faces as they toasted and toasted each other.

Liu Shantai sat in his seat with some reserve, raised his glass to drink with the generals under his command from time to time, but rarely took the initiative to pull people to drink.

Kazuo Miyamoto and Wu Shicong hugged each other, the two drank in a daze, and agreed to become brothers of the opposite sex.

Holding a wine glass in her hand, Nalan Mingzhu drank with Chen Cheng, a general from the Annan Houli Dynasty.

The generals of Siam, Phnom Penh and other countries have already drunk under the table.

The atmosphere is extremely warm!
The great victory in the Battle of Myanmar made everyone feel very good.

Zhu Hongyu was also sitting in the main seat, with a decent smile on his face, no matter who he was smiling at.

Obviously, Zhu Hongyu was also very happy with the great victory in the battle against Burma.

At this moment, a young eunuch came in from outside and walked to Zhu Hongyu's side to report.

"Report to Your Majesty, Burmese King Mangbai walked halfway on his knees, and has passed out now!"

When Zhu Hongyu heard this, the smile on his face disappeared, and he spoke.

"Send a few imperial doctors to have a look and ask them to treat Mangbai's wound!"

"If Mangbai really fainted, then let him lie on the spot first, and when he wakes up, he will continue to kneel to the Taimiao."

"The matter will not be considered over until he kneels down to the Taimiao to plead guilty!"

Regarding Mangbai's treatment, Zhu Hongyu was not going to show mercy.

The little eunuch took the order and left.

Zhu Hongyu also regained his smiling expression.

……

A group of imperial doctors rushed to Mangbai's side, and after simply treating the wound on his body, they left.

After Mangbai woke up from the faint, he could only endure the pain and humiliation, and continued to kneel in the direction of the Taimiao.

As the kneeling distance continued to increase, the wounds on Mangbai's palms, knees, and forehead cracked again, and blood oozed from under the white gauze.

But even so, Mangbai couldn't stop.

At the same time, in the coalition army camp outside Jubaomen.

The imperial court set aside a large amount of wine and meat as rewards for the returning soldiers.

In the past, the meat that could only be eaten once every three to five days can be eaten freely today.

As long as you can eat, eat as much as you want.

Pork, chicken, duck, beef, sheep, whale meat... all kinds of messy meat were transported into the barracks.

Even good wine is enough!
However, before the banquet began, the Ming court first implemented the gold and silver rewards.

Boxes of silver dollars were pulled into the barracks in carts, and they were distributed directly to the soldiers according to their meritorious service on the battlefield.

The morale of the coalition forces is boiling!

From time to time, someone would kneel on the ground, kowtow in the direction of the imperial city with gratitude, and say long live.

Especially those soldiers from various vassal states, they have never seen such a generous court.

With credit, he really honored it!
……

After the banquet, Zhu Hongyu returned to his bedroom with the support of several servants.

Slightly drunk, he fell into a drowsy sleep the moment he lay down!
In his sleep, he conquered and flattened the grassland by himself, known as Tian Khan, and on the way back to the city, he also went to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen.

Then, Zhu Hongyu woke up.

Feng Chan?

What Zen?

Ever since Song Zhenzong, that ignorant guy, enshrined Zen in Mount Tai, Feng Chan's compulsion has been pulled to an unbearable level.

Zhu Hongyu didn't go to Fengchan, it wasn't because he was wasting money, he didn't care if he was rich.

But he really can't afford to lose that person.

No matter what he does, Zhu Hongyu won't be reduced to the same level as Song Zhenzong, right?

Compared with going to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen, he prefers to go to Yanran Mountain in person after the Ming army's northern expedition broke the grassland, and go to the birthplace of Genghis Khan by the Onan River to enshrine Zen.

While Zhu Hongyu was thinking about what happened to Le Shi Yanran, a young eunuch walked into the bedroom and reported.

"Report to Your Majesty, Anxi King Wu Sangui has a memorial to Beijing!"

Zhu Hongyu opened his eyes, rubbed his sore brows, and said.

"Submit the playbook!"

After Zhu Hongyu finished speaking, the little eunuch presented a telegram to Zhu Hongyu with both hands.

Zhu Hongyu took the telegram and started to read it.

As the telegrams continued to be read, the expression on Zhu Hongyu's face also became a little unpredictable.

"Hehe, interesting, interesting!"

"This Wu Sangui is going to let me, Da Ming, intervene in his war with the Mughal Empire, and then mediate from it!"

It was obvious that Zhu Hongyu could tell that Wu Sangui couldn't fight anymore.

The reason why Da Ming was asked to help mediate, apart from the idea of ​​showing loyalty to Da Ming, was more to use Da Ming to seek more benefits for himself.

But think about it, Wu Zhouguo is also a vassal of Daming no matter what.

This time the Ming Dynasty attacked Burma, Wu Zhou sent people to participate without saying a word.

If Daming wanted to mediate, he would definitely favor Wu Zhouguo.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Hongyu did not make a rash decision on the spot, but spoke.

"Pass down the order and convene all the ministers in the cabinet to discuss the matter!"

He knew that this final mediation might be a great opportunity for Ming Dynasty to expand its influence to South Asia.

Even if Ming's territory is temporarily unable to expand to South Asia, to a certain extent, Wu Zhou Kingdom can still represent a part of Ming's interests.

The suzerain-vassal relationship is not only about the suzerain state protecting the younger brother, the younger brother also needs to protect the interests of the suzerain state.

The current suzerain-vassal relationship of Ming Dynasty is like this. The entire East Asian Confucian cultural circle, and all the vassal states of Ming Dynasty, are now Daming's commodity dumping market and raw material supply place.

Basically, it belongs to the dairy cows that Daming Industry and Commerce are also thriving in!

Although East-West trade is also very important, after all, under the background of East-West trade, tens of millions of gold and silver flow into Daming every year.

Filling up Daming's gold and silver reserves!
However, most of the most important business in the East-West trade is luxury trade.

Such as tea, silk, sugar, porcelain, clocks, perfume... etc., almost all of them are luxury goods.

After all, the trade route between the East and the West is too far away. If you don't do luxury business, it will be difficult to make a profit.

After all, it is obvious which one is more profitable when you trade between the East and the West, a boatload of cloth or a boatload of silk.

To say that it can promote the development of Daming's industry and commerce, complete the dumping of cheap industrial products from Daming, and stimulate the industrial revolution, it must be these vassal states of Daming.

The same goes for Wu Zhou!

Daming's arms are being dumped continuously to Wu Zhou.

In exchange for a large amount of gold and silver, as well as the most important cattle and sheep livestock and strong labor.

That's right, now Wu Sangui has also started a population trade with Daming.

Wu Zhoujun fought in India and captured so many prisoners of war, Wu Sangui sold a lot to Daming in exchange for arms.

Daming got a scarce labor force, which can be used to develop the Northwest, and Wu Zhoujun also got the munitions he dreamed of, which can be described as a win-win situation.

Since it's a win-win situation, it's also right for Daming to take care of his younger brother.

Since Wu Sangui wanted Da Ming to help mediate, then Da Ming should help him.

Before making Zhu Hongyu wait long, all the adults of the Ming cabinet gathered together.

In the imperial study room, while drinking hangover tea, Zhu Hongyu brought up Wu Sangui's request for Daming to mediate.

"Everyone, let's talk about how Daming should mediate the war between the Wu Zhou Kingdom and the Mughal Kingdom."

Zhu Hongyu's attitude was very clear.

There is only how to do it, not what to do.

Those who can enter the Ming cabinet are all top-notch. The emperor's meaning is very clear, and they naturally have no objections.

A group of people began to discuss in a hurry, and even a map showing the current situation in the Indian subcontinent was hung in the imperial study.

A group of people are discussing who should be sent to preside over the collegial meeting!

Someone even suggested it.

"Your Majesty, after this collegial meeting, I, Ming Dynasty, may be able to accept the Mughal Kingdom as a vassal."

When Zhu Hongyu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He secretly said in his heart, I'm sorry Daying, starting from today, India will become the jewel in the crown of our Ming Empire.

It has nothing to do with you, Daying!

Although the present India is not as rich as Daming, but in terms of population, it is even more than Daming, which has not yet fully recovered from the war.

Today's India can almost be called the largest market in the world, excluding Daming.

If Ming can win the Mughal Empire and turn the Mughal Empire into a vassal of Ming, then the industrial and commercial development of Ming may reach a new level.

After all, only when there is a market can industry and commerce have the source of power to develop.

Only the Ming Dynasty can continue to move forward on the broad road of the industrial revolution!
Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while, then spoke.

"The Mughals are not a small country. If Ming wants to become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, it may not be possible to do so only through mediation and peace talks."

"Maybe, the court will have to send troops to fight with him!"

If you want others to recognize you as a big brother, you must first convince the other party.

"Is it possible for the imperial court to draw troops now?"

Zhu Hongyu rubbed his chin, and asked with an intentional move.

It's just that as soon as he said this, he was opposed by many people.

"Think twice, Your Majesty!"

"This Mughal country is thousands of miles away. If my Ming Dynasty wants to send troops to attack it, it will be an expedition. In addition, the strength of the country is not weak. My Ming Dynasty has no certainty of victory. Sending troops now is absolutely impossible. "

"Yes, Your Majesty, there is no dispute between the Mughal Kingdom and our Ming Dynasty. If our Ming Dynasty sends troops to attack it, it will be an unjust army and it will be unfavorable to public opinion in the world."

"My Ming army has just finished fighting Burma, and all the soldiers and horses are tired of veterans, and the anti-war sentiment among the people is growing. I hope Your Majesty will think twice."

"..."

Seeing this, Zhu Hongyu also nodded slightly.

"Forget it, I was thinking too much!"

"The matter will stop here, and there is no need to mention it again."

Zhu Hongyu's character is a bit thoughtful, but fortunately he listens to persuasion.

Since so many people opposed Da Ming's use of troops against the Mughals, and since it was true that there was no need for Da Ming to use troops against the Mughal Empire, he dismissed the idea.

Considering the current scale of industry and commerce in Ming Dynasty, the domestic and vassal markets are still abundant, and there is no need to expand new markets.

Without profit-driven circumstances, Zhu Hongyu would not be so self-willed and insist on mobilizing troops against the Mughals.

Besides, Mughal is not a small country, and it is much more difficult to conquer Mughal than Famen.

Didn't Wu Zhou see that even with 30 million cavalry, he couldn't break through the front line of Delhi, and could only see the Mughal Empire back and forth on the Ganges Plain?
Even if the Mughal Empire lost more and won less, it can be seen that its strength is not weak.

In this world, there are not many countries that can withstand the attack of 30 to [-] cavalry groups.

Needless to say, Daming, Wu Zhou was driven all the way to Central Asia by Daming.

Needless to say, the Mughals blocked Wu Zhou's cavalry group to the north of Delhi, and proved themselves with actual combat results.

The Safavid dynasty in Persia may be able to do it, the Ottoman Turkish Empire should be able to do it, and Tsarist Russia may be able to branch out.

But fragmented Eastern and Western Europe certainly won't do it.

If Wu Zhou's group of 30 million cavalry is brought to the mainland of Europe, except for Britain, which is isolated overseas, other countries may not be able to withstand the scourge of 30 million cavalry.

Even, so many cavalry don't need to attack the fortified city, just dispersing the looting places is enough for those European countries to drink a pot.

It can be seen that the Mughal Empire is really not weak!
Furthermore, rather than using troops against the Mughal Empire, Zhu Hongyu preferred the Northern Expedition to completely take down the grasslands and further control Siberia.

For China, the main threats in all dynasties have come from the north.

If the hidden dangers in the north cannot be completely resolved, wouldn't it be a waste of time for Zhu Hongyu to travel once?

Even after the industrial revolution, the grasslands in the north will no longer be a threat, and they will become able to sing and dance. It is impossible to really threaten the national security of Ming Dynasty, which completed the industrial revolution.

But after all, the historical inertia of so many years is still there!
Compared with the enemies in the south, west, and east, the people of Ming Dynasty still care more about the Tartars in the north.

If Zhu Hongyu wants to be an emperor through the ages, and if he wants to leave his name in history, he must not leave the hidden dangers in the north unresolved.

"Let's continue talking about how to mediate the war in India!"

Zhu Hongyu said.

When everyone heard the words, knowing that the emperor had listened to their advice, they stopped talking, but continued to discuss how they should mediate.

……

The sixth year of the restoration of Ming Dynasty, May!
After summer, the South Asian subcontinent is very hot.

The earth is chapped by the sun, and even some small rivers have stopped flowing.

Since the great battle outside Lahore at the beginning of the year, both Wu Zhou and the Mughal Empire have chosen to stand still and rest temporarily.

Because, both sides are already somewhat unable to fight!
In fact, it was not only Wu Sangui who wrote to Nanjing, asking Daming to mediate.

The Mughal Empire also sent envoys to the British in Mumbai, wanting the British to mediate.

Although the current Mughal Empire has not yet been reduced to a British colony, and the two sides have an equal trade relationship at most, the British power has also begun to infiltrate the Mughal Empire.

Now the British have not been able to take Calcutta, and Mumbai is their main stronghold in India.

The British encircled a piece of land by buying the land, and built a governor's mansion while building the bastion port.

In the commercial port of Mumbai, Didak, the envoy sent by the Mughal Empire, and Wells, the governor of Mumbai, sat opposite each other.

On the table in front of them, there was a pot of tea and several plates of snacks.

The table is a high-quality huanghuali wooden table, and the tea is Wuyishan Dahongpao from the Ming Dynasty, and it is even a tribute from the Royal Chamber of Commerce. Although it is not the tea leaves from the mother plant, it is not much different.

If placed in the British mainland, such a Dahongpao can be said to be worth a tael of gold and a tael of tea, and the price is quite expensive.

The teapots and teacups are all made of porcelain produced in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, the Ming Dynasty. The high-white exquisite porcelain is crystal clear and extremely beautiful.

The small snacks are still traditional western snacks, honey milk bread and macarons...

Wells picked up a can of white sugar produced in the plantation of Daming Nanyang, and added several spoonfuls to the teacup.

Then while stirring the tea with a small spoon, the spoon collided with the wall of the cup to make a crisp sound, which was very pleasant.

Asking with a calm expression.

"I don't know why Mr. Didac came to find the Governor?"

"If you are urging delivery, don't worry. The batch of guns and artillery you ordered last time should still be in transit."

“Just passed Malacca now!”

Well, from Daming to India...

Now Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries sell arms to the Mughal Empire, in fact, they are doing second-hand traffickers.

After increasing the price of the ordnance purchased from Ming Dynasty, they resold it to the Mughal Empire!

As for saying they made it themselves...

One is because it is too far to transport from the mainland, and the other is because the quality and power of the ordnance they made themselves is really not as good as the ordnance sold by Daming.

The Mughal Empire has already seen the power of Wu Zhou's firearms on the battlefield, but they can't see the garbage made by Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries.

Even if most of the ordnance sold by Daming are second-hand goods!
However, the quality of second-hand goods is much better than that of firearms from Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries.

Haven't you seen that Britain, France and other countries are now buying a large number of arms from Ming Dynasty, preparing to arm their own troops and preparing for war?

These second-hand goods are all active-duty equipment retired from the military.

Before joining the army, they are strictly inspected.

After decommissioning, it was put out for sale after simple repairs and maintenance.

The quality is certainly not bad!

Didak, with a big beard, shook his head when he heard the words.

"It's not about munitions!"

"I came here on behalf of the Great Khan this time, and I want to ask the governor to come forward instead of the empire, to contact Wu and Zhou, and discuss peace talks."

"If this can be done, the Great Khan will decide to open more ports to England to facilitate trade between the two sides!"

"Even the opening of Calcutta, which you have always wanted, is not unnegotiable."

After hearing Didak's words, the expression on Wells' face changed slightly, as if he realized something.

It seems that the Mughal Empire cannot be defeated!
Otherwise, they would not want the British to mediate.

Hearing this, Wells spoke after pondering for a while.

"Daying can send representatives to Lahore for the Mughal Empire, and even help the Mughal Empire and Wu Zhou to mediate."

"But the result cannot be guaranteed!"

All Wells can know now is that the Mughal Empire cannot survive.

But it's hard to say what the situation on Wu Zhou's side is.

In case Wu Zhou wanted to continue fighting, Wells couldn't help it.

Today's Great Britain is not what it will be 200 years later. It has not yet, and will never have the prestige that the whole world has to submit to Britain's strong ships and guns.

After all, he, Wells, couldn't command the British troops in India, so he also participated in the war with Wu Zhou, right?

Don't forget, Wu Zhouguo also has Daming as his backer.

The prince on Wu Sangui's body is the King of Anxi, who was conferred by the Son of Heaven himself. Even the title of "Zhou" comes from the imperial bestowal of the Son of Heaven.

Once Wu Zhou suffered a disadvantage because of the fate of the British, Da Ming might end up directly.

To be honest, the Son of Heaven summoned the vassal states from all over the world to form a coalition army, and the battle to destroy Burma really frightened many people.

Wells was among those who were terrified.

In the eyes of the British, Myanmar is not a small country.

There are millions of people in Burma, and the Burmese King Mangbai has many brave and savage soldiers who are good at fighting. Moreover, his country is vast and deep, and there are many steep mountains.

With the terrain and population of Myanmar, even if it is placed in Europe, it is still a fairly strong country.

But such a country was destroyed by the coalition forces organized by the Ming Dynasty in just over a year.

With such power, who can not be afraid?

You know, Myanmar is right next to the Mughal Empire.

The two countries are connected by territory!
In the battle of Ming's destruction of Burma, it wasn't just those vassal states that were shocked.

Neighboring countries like the Mughal Empire were also deeply shocked.

Originally, Britain, France and other countries also wanted to turn Burma into a muddy pond that disturbed Ming's footsteps, supported Burma to persist in fighting, and kept bloodletting Daming.

But after the war, they realized how outrageous their plan was.

The Ming Dynasty's war against Burma has been advancing steadily since the beginning of the war.

Several large-scale decisive battles have been won simply and neatly.

Even in the two battles between Ren'anqiang and Nay Pyi Taw, the Ming army did not fight in a muddle.

The speed of advancement is really too fast!

It took just over a year before and after, and Myanmar was subjugated under the attack of the coalition forces.

This big quagmire in the eyes of Britain and France was not able to tie Daming's hands and feet at all.

Therefore, what Wells can do now is to send someone to help test the tone and mediate.

As for using power to suppress Wu Zhou and the Mughal Empire for peace talks, it is not something that Britain in this era can do.

Didak heard this, nodded and said.

"That's enough!"

"Basically Khan's deduction, Wu Zhouguo should not be able to move."

"If the Governor-General is willing to help mediate, he will definitely be able to establish miraculous achievements."

Wells nodded, then raised his glass for Didak to drink tea.

Afterwards, Wells sent envoys towards the city of Lahore, preparing to mediate between Wu Zhou and the Mughal Empire.

……

John is a white native born in Mumbai.

His father was an orthodox British aristocratic officer, and his mother was a woman from a noble family of the Kshatriya caste in India.

The combination of the two gave birth to him.

Don't look at John as an Anglo-Indian, but he is a white man.

The local dignitaries in India are basically white people, Brahmins, Kshatriyas and other high-caste groups, most of whom are mixed descendants of native Indian whites and Mongolians.

Only the lower castes, even the untouchables, are the local brown people in India!

Therefore, even if John is of mixed race, he is still a white man.

John bid farewell to his maid and led the team to Lahore.

On behalf of his father and the British Governor's Palace in Mumbai, he would like to pay the highest respect to the respected His Excellency King Anxi.

After the group left Mumbai, the team headed northeast all the way.

Along the way, they passed through the vast plains of the Ganges.

It's just that the once rich Ganges Plain is gone.

Instead, it was a dilapidated, desolate scene.

A large number of skeletons lay dead beside the road, and flies flew around in the hot weather.

Maggots wriggling in the hole's eye sockets...

From time to time, wild wolves and dogs appeared, biting the corpses on both sides of the road.

Many people who were about to starve to death stood by the roadside in a daze, staring at John and his party with green eyes.

Due to long-term hunger, these people are basically thin and skinny, with their skin clinging to their bones.

The ribs on the chest can even be counted directly for fun!

Moreover, due to prolonged hunger, their bodies are so thin that their heads appear particularly large.

If it weren't for the fact that John and his party were all armed with muskets and everyone had horses, these hungry refugees would pounce on them and eat them alive.

To be eaten alive is not an exaggerated description.

But realistic!

Along the way, John has seen more than one corpse lying on the side of the road being dismantled and eaten by a group of refugees.

Some of the bones were even covered with teeth marks!

There are even refugees who are dying, but have not completely died, and are directly eaten by their companions.

Logically speaking, the flat terrain and the fertile Ganges Plain have a high food output, so so many people shouldn't starve to death anyway.

However, it can only be said that the war is too cruel!
Wu Zhoujun and the Mughal Empire fought fiercely for two or three consecutive years, sawing back and forth, turning the fertile Ganges River Plain into a ghostly ghost.

Well, what should I say!

The main responsibility is actually on the side of Guan Ningjun.

The Guanning Army was in order to raise food and pay for the army and to destroy the ruling order of the Mughal Empire in the Ganges River Basin.

In the past two or three years, there has been almost no farming development.

What the Wu and Zhou regimes did in terms of civil affairs was only a limited amount of land farming and the promotion of their military production system.

The army's combat depends entirely on hunting grass and valleys, and it feeds on the enemy.

To put it bluntly, it is looting!

What you do doesn't have to be as good as what I did in the Central Plains in the Qing Dynasty!
In addition, the military discipline of the Mughal Empire was not very good.

Sometimes in order to cover up their looting crimes, they will massacre places on a large scale.

The scourges of the two sides took turns, and in two or three years, the Ganges Plain became what it is now.

Almost exactly, as soon as the farmers here harvested, Wu Zhou's cavalry came to loot.

As soon as Wu Zhou's cavalrymen who attacked Caogu withdrew, the Mughal Empire tax collectors came again.

From time to time, there will be rebels from the Mughal Empire looting the place.

It is quite normal that the current Ganges Great Plain will be harmed like this.

No matter how prosperous a place is, it cannot withstand the back and forth battles of the army.

John couldn't bear to see the tragedy on the Ganges plain, so he could only urge the team to speed up.

"Hurry up! Let's get out of here quickly. I don't want to see such a scene again. May God bless these poor people."

"If only God's people were among these refugees!"

John sat on the horse and spoke.

Obviously, as a white man, a Catholic, John has compassion though.

But not much!

After all, God taught them white skins that killing heretics can go to heaven.

Just like that, can you expect these white skins to have any sympathy for heretics?
A group of people went north quickly, but as the team continued to go north, John found that the closer to Wu Zhou's territory, the fewer fallen corpses on the road.

Although the occasional refugees still look pale, they will not be staggering and will die at any time.

A large number of refugees are migrating to the control area of ​​Wu Zhou with the old and the young.

The closer to Wu Zhou's boundary, the more obvious this trend is.

John couldn't help being curious, and stopped a refugee on the road to ask.

"What's the matter with you? Why are you going to Wu Zhou's control area?"

……

Why did the refugees migrate towards Wu Zhou's control area?

The answer is simple!
Migrating to Wu Zhou's control area will allow them to survive.

The reason why Wu Zhou's control area allowed the refugees to survive was that after Wu Sangui was sure that the war would not break out for the time being, he asked Wu Yingxiong, who was in charge of civil affairs, to organize a porridge relief.

And the reason why porridge is needed is very simple!
One is that Wu Zhou is not short of food now.

Wu Yingqi led troops to loot almost the entire Ganges Plain, and captured countless grains.

And Wu Zhou's own population is only a few hundred thousand in total. Even with the addition of the cattle, horses and livestock that need to be fed, they still have a lot of food to spare.

Instead of letting these grains pile up in the warehouse, waiting to rot.

It's better to take it out to relieve refugees!

As expected by Wu Sangui, Wu Zhou's giving of porridge really won them a lot of popular support.

The original local resistance to Wu Zhou's rule has also become much smaller.

Of course, the reason why Wu Sangui gave food and porridge to relief was not just for the so-called popular support.

Wu Sangui's food was also obtained by the hard work of the soldiers below, not by the strong wind. How could it be possible for a group of Asan to eat for nothing.

After these refugees ate Wu Sangui's food, they were considered to be selling him to Wu Sangui, so they didn't even think about leaving.

The young and strong among these refugees will be taken to military camps, where they will undergo a certain degree of military training while farming, and be ready to replenish the army's battle losses at any time.

The next batch of young and strong people will be dragged to farm fields. While farming, they will also participate in Wu Zhou's construction of local cities and camps.

In order to ensure that his rule will not go wrong, Wu Zhou is now building a large-scale defense line to prepare for the counterattack of the Mughal Empire.

Wu Sangui even wanted to create another line of defense for Guan Ningjin!

Again, some young adults, including some women, will be packaged and bought by Wu Sangui to Daming.

As for the labor force, especially fertile women of the right age, Daming has as much as it needs.

Wu Sangui is going to take these populations and exchange them with Daming for arms and ammunition...

The little abacus made a crackling sound.

But, no matter what, it is true that Wu Sangui gave porridge, and it is also true that a large number of refugees who were about to starve to death after the war survived.

Although these refugees are about to lose their freedom, freedom is really not important compared to life.

Compared with those officials of the Mughal Empire who didn't care about the life and death of the untouchables at the bottom, Wu Zhou's action of giving out porridge really won them a lot of popular support.

Even if the war was originally brought about by Wu Zhou's army, their food for survival was also taken away by Wu Zhou's army.

What Wu Sangui did was to rob them of their food, give them a little bit of food, and save a small number of them.

But even so, Wu Sangui's move has greatly won the hearts of the people!
It can only be said that the people at the bottom are really forgetful...

Although the people of the third brother's family hardly know how to resist when facing the invaders and the oppression of the upper class, even if it is an outrageous system such as the caste system, they can accept it calmly and take it for granted.

Even spontaneous maintenance!
However, they also understand the principle of great terror between life and death, and the principle of following whoever can save themselves.

If you want them to elevate their status and turn themselves into masters, the third brother may not agree.

It will even help the original owner to beat you, and spontaneously protect the interests of the owner.

It can be called a model among obedient people!
But if you want him to live, he must be willing.

So, after Wu Sangui ordered the local government to start giving porridge to relieve refugees, a large number of refugees began to flock to Wu Zhou's territory from all directions...