I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 313 I am not afraid of suffering or tiredness
Chapter 312

Affected by the weather in the Little Ice River, the agricultural production environment in Liaodong is getting worse and worse. From May to July, there has been no rain for more than two months. This is the season when rain is most needed, but Liaodong has not received any water.

In fact, it is not only Liaodong that is affected by the drought, but also Northern Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong and Henan. Almost the entire north has been affected to varying degrees.

According to the calculations of Liaodong Agricultural College, Liaodong's grain production has decreased by nearly one-third. Fortunately, there are many ditches in Liaodong, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

In Cheng Shijie's memory, the continuation of the Little Ice Age is not yet the most serious time, but the most serious is in 1660, when the temperature officially entered the coldest period.According to the annual report of the Association of American Geographers, the period from 1660 to 1680 was the coldest period in northern and central China during the Little Ice Age.

According to relevant historical records, in November of the Gregorian calendar in 1654 (the 11th year of Shunzhi), the ice on the Wujiang Canal was more than three feet thick, and it was frozen from Wujiang to Jiaxing. It took strong men to dig into the ice to travel 11-3 kilometers a day.In November of the Gregorian calendar, the South Canal was frozen, which is rare in history. It can be seen that the weather in the south of the Yangtze River was cold during the Shunzhi period.In addition, at that time, there were also records of the Yangtze River freezing.There is even a record of snow in Guangzhou.

In this case, not only the slaves of Mongols need to go south to survive, but Ming also needs to go south. If only Cheng Shijie and Liaodong Ning Naval Group have Dayuan and Luzon, they can basically meet the needs of survival and development. But in the northern part of Daming, more land is needed.

To defend Liaodong and develop industry, agriculture must move south as soon as possible. As for the destination of the migration, Cheng Shijie thought of the Honghe Plain in the Indochina Peninsula. The weather here is hot and the rainfall is abundant. Of course, the Annan monkeys here are not so easy to deal with. Daming In June of the fifth year of Yongle (1407), Ming Chengzu Zhu Di sent troops to conquer the Hu Dynasty (Dayu Kingdom) in Vietnam, changed Annan to Jiaozhi, set up Jiaozhi Chengxuan Political Envoy Department, and formally brought Vietnam into the territory of Ming Dynasty to rule.

However, the Ming Dynasty’s rule over Vietnam lasted only 20 years. In the second year of Xuande (1427), the Chief Secretary of Jiaozhi was abolished, and the rule over Vietnam was officially abandoned.

The Ming Dynasty gave up its rule over Vietnam, mainly because the local people were extremely resistant to the Ming Dynasty officials and the army, and they were also unfamiliar white-eyed wolves.

Under such circumstances, Cheng Shijie needs Vietnam, but he does not need Vietnamese people. The only way is to adopt the same strategy as Luzon for the Indochina Peninsula, keeping land and not keeping people.

As the executors of the suppression plan, Xiao Riwu soldiers are just right.

Faced with the change of the strategic plan, Cheng Shijie carried out a new round of reorganization of the Little Day Mad Dog Corps. First, among the more than 30 captives, the Little Day Samurai and Foot Garages between the ages of 150 and 600 were selected. Every [-] people is a squadron, and every three squadrons and a supply squadron are a squadron.Each squadron has [-] people under its jurisdiction.

Every three squadrons and one supply squadron, that is, 400 people form a brigade, and a total of 22 brigades are organized.

These 22 brigades were mixed with the Death Battalion and assigned to the leadership of Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, and Li Dingguo respectively. .16 to 17 Brigade.

Due to the serious shortage of equipment in these 22 brigades, Cheng Shijie didn't like the rags of Xiaoyao, so he sold them to Kumamoto and Fukuoka. After that, implement the strategy of going south to Annan.

After Cheng Shijie decided to retreat, he told the Hosokawa and Kuroda clans of the Fukuoka and Kumamoto clans that the Tokugawa shogunate was preparing to assist Nagasaki in the small days.

Hearing that the Tokugawa shogunate sent troops, both Kuroda Yuuji and Hosokawa Tadori became nervous.

Fortunately, the Ning Navy possesses a strong naval power, sinking two-thirds of the shogunate's army troop carrier on an expedition to Kyushu. Seeing the good news from the Ning Navy, the Fukuoka and Kumamoto Fans could only desperately expand their armies and prepare for war.

Cheng Shijie followed suit and sold the seized equipment to the Kumamoto and Fukuoka feudal clans at high prices. This time, Cheng Shijie's expedition did not achieve the expected results. More than 34 small day warriors were brought with them.

Overall, the population alone captured 40 people. In addition to these people, the most important silver, together with the seizure and proceeds from arms sales, totaled more than 850 million taels, 28 copper coins, and more than 16 taels of gold.

On November [-]th of the eighth year of Chongzhen, the Ming army boarded and retreated with the captured young and strong population and belongings. little days.

Without the blocking of the Ning Navy and the Navy, when Tokugawa Iemitsu led [-] banner warriors to Nagasaki day and night, all he saw was a piece of ruins with numb bones and ankles soaked in blood, and some burning, killing and looting. It's so exciting, even the Ming army has withdrawn, and the samurai in the small days continues to kill and set fire.

The shogunate army wiped out these drunk guys without any effort, beheaded more than [-] people, and won a complete victory.However, such a victory was not what Tokugawa Iemitsu wanted.

Half of Nagasaki's population was either killed or robbed, and the port was razed to the ground. In addition to Kagoshima, Ogigi, Osumi and other cities, the number of people killed, injured and captured in this small day exceeded 200 million. Most of them are young and strong, and such a loss is enough to bring down the southwestern feudal clans.

However, the shogunate mobilized tens of thousands of troops and spent hundreds of millions of money on thousands of miles of expeditions, but did not even touch the hairs of the Ming army. How reconciled he was to such a result!

In anger, Tokugawa Iemitsu led the banner samurai to attack Kumamoto Castle. However, the Kumamoto samurai also learned a lot of real skills from the Ming army. They also learned to dig trenches and build parapets. Silly, just take a look.

The Kumamoto samurai first defended the camp, no matter how provocative the shogunate army was, they just didn’t come out. They just shot a large number of shogunate soldiers with cannons and crossbows, repelling the shogunate’s offensive. It was only the first day of fighting, and the shogunate soldiers lost nearly 3000 people !

Then, when the shogunate and Kumamoto clan were fighting to the death, the Fukuoka clan took advantage of the shogunate army and the Kumamoto clan army to fight fiercely. Assaulted across the board, the Tokugawa shogunate suffered a crushing defeat, with thousands of casualties. The survivors were driven to the flooded farmland by them. They were desperate and had to humiliate and surrender.

After more than half a month of fierce fighting, Tokugawa Iemitsu had to recognize the reality. The Kumamoto and Fukuoka clans joined hands to resist the Tokugawa shogunate. Negotiations, in which the Tokugawa shogunate recognized the interests of the Second Domain in Kyushu and at the expense of their annexation of the Satsuma Domain, ended the war.

Since then, the Battle of Kyushu has finally come to an end.

However, the Battle of Kyushu brought Tokugawa Iemitsu a political survival crisis, which also made other daimyos see that the Tokugawa shogunate was too empty.

As for how Tokugawa Iemitsu stabilized the situation in the small life, this was not Cheng Shijie's concern.

In November, Liaodong has already started to snow thousands of miles, and the wind is like a blade. Famous rivers such as the Liaohe River and the Yalu River are covered with thick ice, especially the Liaohe River, which is almost frozen to the bottom of the river.

The Han people in Liaodong also finished a year of hard work and began to spend the winter.As early as September, they transported a large amount of coal and vegetables. Each household stored thousands of catties of briquettes and pickled several crocks of sauerkraut. These things were exchanged for them with sea salt. In addition to the wheat and soybeans obtained from farming, the salted fish and bacon stored at ordinary times are enough for them to survive the long winter.

Although Shandong has been affected by the disaster, the problem is that many people in Shandong work in Liaodong. After earning money, they return to Shandong with purchased food, canned food, salt, cloth, etc., and life is not difficult.

Only the people in the south of Jifu, they are very afraid, especially the rich and powerful, there are tens of thousands of rogues gathered outside the city, and now the Dashun army has replaced Zhang Xianzhong, becoming the second of the rogues, even The new King Chuang also sent envoys to Song Xiance. Li Zicheng hoped to become brothers with different surnames and advance together with Song Xiance.

What the people of Jinan look forward to the most is naturally Cheng Shijie, the Haiguo Gong they don't like the most. They all hope that Cheng Shijie can lead the army to save them from the fire and water.

Cheng Shijie arrived in Lushun, and the current Lushun Port has also changed its appearance. The two trestle bridges built with reinforced concrete are magnificent, and a lighthouse with a height of more than [-] meters is like a giant pillar. Every night, the guards Soldiers at the lighthouse will light the blubber, and the raging flames can be seen for dozens of miles.

The wharf has also expanded a lot, and dozens of huge warehouses are under construction. As long as conditions permit, merchant ships from North Korea, Xiaori, Shandong, Jiangnan and other places will enter the port every month, using cotton cloth, raw silk, wheat beans, Medicines and other materials were exchanged for refined salt produced in Liaodong, iron and steel products, machinery, and of course meat, which made Lushun Port increasingly prosperous.

This place has already shown its potential as a major international commercial port. As long as it takes another ten years, it will definitely become one of the best big cities in East Asia.

Cheng Shijie is very satisfied with this, isn't it money that fights for war? Now Ning Haijun's money bag is getting bigger and bigger, and his confidence is gradually full.

The flagship Zhili docked, Cheng Shijie jumped onto the trestle, Sun Zhichen and Yang Yunniang rushed up to meet them, and put on one knee: "See you, Commander!"

"Meet the Master!"

Cheng Shijie stepped forward to help Sun Zhiqian, and said with a smile: "You, and you, you also do this for me?"

Sun Zhichen said solemnly: "The upper and lower must be distinguished, and etiquette must never be abolished."

Sun Zhichen looked at the fleet of ships entering the port one after another, and asked in surprise, "Why are there so many ships? Marshal, how many things did you rob in your childhood?"

Cheng Shijie waved his hand: "Not much, not much. When I was young, the place was poor. It cost me tens of millions of taels, three to four hundred thousand taels, and more than a dozen boats of treasures, so I couldn't make it to the table."

Warships berthed one after another, and a large number of fully armed soldiers boarded the trestle bridge and lined up to the pier. In an instant, the entire pier resounded with the sound of metal clashing. , the Liaodong people present felt that they had support in their hearts.

"Yunniang!"

"Big guy!"

"Have someone count the silver, it should be stored in the warehouse, and in addition, exchange it for two million taels of silver for me, and use ten taels of silver in the treasury!"

"Ok!"

This trip Cheng Shijie did not lose much, and naturally he needed to be exposed to both rain and dew.

Although Gao Qiqian is useless, Cheng Shijie still gave him a deposit check of 30 taels of silver. This deposit check can be withdrawn at any Liaodong Bank in Liaodong. The interest alone is as much as 8000 taels of silver in one year.

This account is high and potential will be calculated. In fact, this guy is a big accountant of the Liaodong Bank. The deposit alone is as much as more than 80 taels of silver. The interest alone is as much as 30 taels.

Of course, Cheng Shijie can make more money by lending money with a high potential. Even when the loan amount is only 80.00%, he can also make a net profit of 10,000+ taels.

In addition to the money prepared for Gao Qiqian, there were also 8 taels of silver for Cao Huachun, 6 taels of silver for Wang Chengen, and of course, the money for Emperor Chongzhen. Of course, Cheng Shijie had to personally deliver the money.

Cheng Shijie had a brief exchange with Sun Zhichen and the others on the pier before returning home.

On the carriage, Cheng Shijie clearly felt that the population of Liaodong had increased a lot. After passing through the most difficult stage of entrepreneurship in Liaodong, the population ushered in a new upsurge in production.

This era is different from the later generations. There are no entertainment activities these days, and no contraceptive measures are taken. The couple just turn off the lights at night. More importantly, Liaodong is not like the Central Plains. It doesn't matter how many concubines you have.

If you want to, you can learn from Chen Dayong. With 53 concubines, even if you have one person a day, it will take nearly two months to complete a circle, and the hard-working man will be hollowed out.

Cheng Jiayue, who was sitting in the carriage, was obviously a little unhappy. She was very excited to go to spend a little time, but it turned out to be good, just like traveling in later generations. She paid a card to Kyushu Island, but she didn't get anything.

On the contrary, Cheng Jialong still had some gains. He originally wanted to save a 1.4-meter-long samurai, but Cheng Jialong made a mistake. He was not a child, but an adult. He was at least 20 years old, but he had a baby face. As a result, the other party opened his mouth and bit towards Cheng Jialong.

In a rage, Cheng Jialong raised his fist and punched the opponent dozens of times... But Cheng Jialong changed, and he still hasn't recovered.

Zhou Ning found Cheng Shijie and said, "Marshal, what are your plans for the Annan Army?"

"First of all, we must form combat power as soon as possible!"

Cheng Shijie sighed: "The weather is getting colder and colder, we must be ready to go south!"

Zhou Ning thought for a while and said: "The method of co-organizing the Death Battalion and the Mad Dog Legion is too simple and rude. If you want to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, you must continue to let the warriors of these days use cold weapons, just like the horizontal knives and spears we have in stock. , There are still a lot of crossbows, and besides, they are used to fighting with cold weapons, and if they are replaced rashly, it will definitely affect the combat effectiveness of the troops."

"What are you going to do?"

"According to the formation of the brigade, it is fine, but I want to add a firearms unit of at least 4000 people. Many of the warriors in the small days are good at using iron cannons. You can consider sending the muskets in our inventory to let them use them!"

It's not that Ning Haijun doesn't have firecrackers, and there are quite a few of them, but Cheng Shijie doesn't like it. Sun Yuanhua originally cast as many as five or six thousand firecrackers. However, considering that the effective range is only fifty to eighty steps, no matter what Whether it is the rate of fire or the range, it is far inferior to the formation-breaking crossbow equipped by Ning Haijun.

"No problem, the equipment is ready, and the auxiliary force can be formed at any time. We will be stationed in Haizhou during this period, but we don't have much time, and war will break out at any time!"

Cheng Shijie led the Ning Navy to quell the rebellion of the Dashun Army. If Song Xiance had no intention of becoming king now, this battle would be just a formality. In other words, he would immediately accept a large number of prisoners of war and civilians, all of whom were immigrants.

Some of them can be relocated to Luzon, and the other part will be resettled in the Red River Plain. When Cheng Shijie returns from the capital, he will be dispatched, and the war will start within a month or two at most.

Very tight schedule.

Zhou Andao: "Commander, have you ever considered how many soldiers in the Death Battalion are willing to continue fighting? They have basically been freed when they went to Xiaotian this time. I suggest keeping the organization of the Death Battalion and adopting a voluntary In principle, let the soldiers choose by themselves, and at the same time, you can also place the soldiers of the death camp in Annan. Compared with Shaanxi and Liaodong, Annan is simply heaven and earth!"

"No problem, just do it!"

Cheng Shijie thought for a while and said, "Let Shen Mingyu and Zhang Yu come back and ask their opinions, if they would like to move the place!"

"I am willing!"

Shen Mingyu was so moved that he wanted to cry now, Cheng Shijie finally remembered him, although he had no feud with Xiaozizi, the problem was that this was a military exploit, if he went there and made a record of achievements, he could be promoted and make a fortune.

Now Jiannu is more honest than Fangzi, and he is directly suffering in Liaodong.

"Annan is very bitter!"

"I'm not afraid of suffering or tiredness, but I'm afraid of being idle in Liaodong!"

(End of this chapter)