Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1212 Future Planning

"Hahaha..." Liao Xiaoyao burst into tears while holding a piece of information sent by the gendarmerie on the ground in Chongming.The letter was written by several heavyweight veterans of Dashun Zuoying. These people have been under Liu Fangliang's command for many years, and they are extremely old and powerful.The reason why I wrote this letter this time is mainly because Liu Fangliang unfortunately died of illness in Yunyang Mansion at the end of last year, but the ownership of the more than [-] soldiers in the Zuoying Army has not yet been determined. For a while, it was impossible to decide on the next General Quan.

At that time, Li Guo, the nominal Emperor Dashun and commander of the Houying and Zhongying, planned to send Zhang Neng, the veteran general of the Zhongying, to the throne of General Zuoying Quan.Reluctantly, the generals of Zuoying resolutely opposed, and publicly elected Liu Fangliang's adopted son, General Guoyi of Zuoying, General Liu Zhonggui as the general of Zuoying, and temporarily took charge of military affairs with the veterans.

Moreover, the killers in Zuoying were afraid that they would not be enough, so they wrote to the people on the east coast to ask for pressure and urge Liu Zhonggui to take over. For this reason, they also promised considerable benefits. Liao Xiaoyao couldn't help being overjoyed, he couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

There is a reason why the generals of the left camp did this.Over the years, the focus of the Qing government's attacks has always been on the Huguang and Jiangxi areas, and the Shun Army can be said to have borne the brunt.After these many tragic battles, even though Hubei and other places were originally rich, they became a piece of white land, local production was greatly destroyed, and they did not have the ability to support hundreds of thousands of battalions in long-term battles.

Therefore, on the one hand, the Dashun military and political group reduced the number of troops that had swelled to more than 30—all the ministries randomly recruited strong men, filled with soldiers with various low combat capabilities—and dispatched most of the eliminated soldiers to Hunan, At the same time, they also made compromises with the local gentry, engaged in "revisionism", and even opened courses to obtain scholars (although there were only a few applicants), which effectively eased local conflicts and enabled them to no longer use A large number of troops and energy have been invested in suppressing the place, and the pressure has been reduced.

Of course, if you want to fight against the 20 Qing army for a long time, the above alone is not enough.Maybe Dashun's own reclamation can solve the problem of grain, fodder and part of the money, but it can't fundamentally solve the problem of ordnance consumption-this has always been a huge advantage of the Qing Dynasty-the blacksmiths collected by Dashun can certainly forge, Some cold weapons have been repaired, but the quantity is not enough. The repair workshops set up by people from the east coast in Yangma Island, Jeju Island, Heishui, Chongmingsha and other places often have to deal with a large number of damaged weapons.That’s not to mention, last year (1658), the East Bank sold [-] carburized iron spearheads, [-] standard spear shafts, and [-] bows (produced in Jeju Island) to Dashun Group. ), [-] muskets, [-] large and small cannons (the muskets and cannons are all used to replace the damaged parts of the Shun army), [-] pieces of armor, and some ammunition, medicines and other sundries. It was of a semi-aid nature, and it strongly supported the successive battles between the Shun army and the Qing army.

It can be said that without the assistance of the people from the east coast, the Shun army would only become weaker and weaker after several times of back and forth, and finally be defeated by the Qing army.Of course, the Shun Army itself is clearly aware of this problem. Therefore, even though he is very disgusted with the behavior of plundering people on the East Bank, General Guo Sheng of the Shun Army still cooperates with the people from the East Bank in Jiangxi. He did not hesitate to earn a considerable reputation (local people in Jiangxi would doubt whether the Shun Army could protect them, and thus doubt the legitimacy of the regime).

After the disarmament of Dashun Zuoying generals, there are still more than 5 generals left. They live in the area of ​​Yunyang Prefecture, but they have always been closely connected with the east bank (Liu Guochang, Liu Shijun, and Zhang's brothers are all Zuoying generals), so this interview Regarding the change of power in the Zuoying system, they subconsciously wanted to attract people from the east bank as Austrian aid, regardless of whether this violated Li Guo's taboo.

People from the east bank will naturally not let go of this opportunity brought to them. Liao Xiaoyao has already decided to write to Commander Chang in Yantai immediately, asking him to make a plan immediately and evaluate the current situation as soon as possible.You know, this is a good opportunity to beat the Shun army. The people on the east coast must let the Shun army know that even if the North and the South are trying to negotiate a peace, you don't have any capital to challenge us. Attack Nanming Baoqing, Hengzhou, Yongzhou, Jian The military operations of Chang, Fuzhou, Nan'an, and Ganzhou must be stopped, otherwise we have plenty of means to sanction you.

To be honest, the Mingshun disputes that the people on the east coast are now mediating are a bit weak.For Li Guo, the war launched by tens of thousands of the main force of the Second Battalion of the Central and Rear Battalions was an inevitable move to improve his authority, and no one should allow it to be destroyed.But from the standpoint of the people on the east bank, they don't want a war between the Shun army and Nanming at this juncture. You know, don't look at Nanming's scum, but Dashun won't be able to wipe them out in a year or so. And this undoubtedly gave the Qing army a chance.Therefore, this kind of behavior must not be tolerated, and must be severely reprimanded, otherwise the overall situation of the Anti-Qing Dynasty is very likely to collapse.

"Send a copy of my reply letter to Commander-in-Chief Yantai." Liao Xiaoyao lit up a copy of the reply letter to Dashun Zuoying generals and said.After reading it, the adjutant answered loudly, then carefully took away the letter paper, and started writing furiously aside.

Liao Xiaoyao pushed open the window, and not far from the window was the muddy river water. It was already dusk, and the tide was rising very rapidly.More than a dozen small boats that had been stranded on the tidal flat for a day floated up unsteadily, and then headed towards the large ships moored in deep water—a large material storage warehouse and a small coal storage yard were built on Chongming Sands, and there were often ships To transport all kinds of materials back and forth, these small boats are enough.

The big ships moored in the deep water are two newly arrived immigration transport ships, belonging to the Department of Local Immigration.It is said that the East Coast government has not invested in the construction of new immigration ships for two consecutive years, but after the "big news" of 45 immigrants in the Far East came back to the mainland, the members of the Executive Committee sighed and suspended many construction projects. (such as the launching of multiple settlements and the renovation of water supply facilities, etc.), investing the squeezed out funds into the construction of new ships-this is naturally not a short-term result. These two so-called immigration transport ships are actually still It was modified with the 1200-ton large flying shears of the Nanhai Transportation Company.

With these two large clipper transport ships and supporting ships for other voyages, the total tonnage of the ships used by the people on the east coast for immigration transportation has reached more than 9.3 tons-this is also an impressive figure in Europe. The figures are extremely astonishing. At this time, the total tonnage of ships in England is only a mere 20 tons-a record high.However, Liao Xiaoyao and others still clearly knew that it would take six years to transport the 45 Huai'an immigrants with such a small tonnage.And even considering the increase in capacity, it will take four to five years, which is undoubtedly a huge burden for the Blackwater Pioneering Team.After all, no one would like to raise people who are destined not to belong to them in vain.

"However, the Heishui area may not lose any benefits. According to the rules, those who are not fit for long-distance voyages must be resettled there, not to mention that the number of 45 people will not change for more than five years. Not necessarily!" Liao Xiaoyao took a puff of a cigarette and thought to himself: "The Chinese are really the nation with the most tenacious vitality and the best adaptability, and they can face life positively no matter what the situation is. I heard It’s amazing to think that even in the collective farms in Dengzhou, many of the immigrants sent last year have married.”

"The super big cake of 45 immigrants has almost spread to all places on the route." After exhaling a smoke ring, Liao Xiaoyao thought with a smile: "Rabaul is now under control, and the local officials I have always complained that the Melanesians, Papuans, and Kukukuku people are so ugly that they urgently need a large number of Ming people to settle down, and they may be detained; the same is true of the two settlements in Australia, and Dongao dare not say. After all, immigrants were always extracted by Chile, but Western Australia has recently expanded its territory, and it should need population to fill it; Commander Zhang of Tahiti has written repeatedly before asking for the exile of prisoners or immigrants to fill his colonial career. Recently, the islands he conquered are too large. There are so many, no one comes to fill in, it has almost become a heart problem; well, the most important thing to forget is Xinhua Island, a large household that devours and intercepts immigrants. I heard that in recent years, the construction of the island has entered the fast lane, and the economy has developed rapidly. It is thriving and has a great demand for manpower, especially when the local policy requires that the slaves (even Malays) who have expired from major plantations be sent to the North American Free State, the gap is even bigger; I haven't heard about the situation in South Africa for a long time, so I don't know very well, but they must have long had the ambition to expand, and the demand for manpower is naturally not small. Ha, after all the calculations, the 45 immigrants from Huai'an Prefecture have a huge impact on the local population. The benefits are not small, but it is the real tonic pill for our country's overseas colonies, the big tonic pill that can really accelerate the local development!"

On April 1659, 4, Liao Xiaoyao, who had been lingering in Chongmingsha for several days, left the pier and headed for Ningbo Dinghai Port.Next, he will sit at the Yin County Command and take care of the affairs of the southern theater.During the days when the Allied forces were reorganizing the Huai'an Mansion in the north, many strongholds in the southern theater of the Dong'an people were captured by the Qing army due to the lack of troops, including counties such as Cixi and Ninghai.Now that the army has withdrawn to Ningbo Mansion one after another, it is time to stabilize the situation in Ningbo Mansion, so as not to be taken advantage of by the Qing army.And at this moment, the Shun Army, which had just captured the Hengzhou Mansions and Baoqing Mansions in Hunan Province, and the Fuzhou Mansions in Jiangxi Province, also stopped here under the pressure of many parties, and each ceased fire in front of the actual control line with Nanming. Developing in a positive direction is in line with the future planning of the people on the East Coast for this land.

(End of this chapter)