Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2063 Lian Wu ([-])

It is said that Qiu Lin was originally Li Chengdong's subordinate, a native of Ningxia Prefecture, Shaanxi Province. He was brave and good at fighting at a young age, and was selected into Li Chengdong's personal army.Later, he was released to lead the army and made a lot of contributions, so he was appointed as the general soldier of Gaozhou, which can be regarded as a complete achievement.

However, Qiu Lin is not a kind-hearted person. In fact, this person still has complaints about coming to Gaozhou, especially when some old brothers stay in prosperous places like Guangzhou and Huizhou. He also received soft hands, which made him very jealous.As for Gaozhou, it was so poor that he couldn't get much money if he wanted to, so Qiu Lin was very dissatisfied.As the grievances accumulated over time, it happened that the Nanming court was wooing him, so he was pulled over at once, and gradually alienated from Li Chengdong's system.

After Huiguo Gong Li Chengdong died of illness, and his two sons turned against each other, Qiu Lin was left alone, and basically became the third separatist force in Guangdong.It's just that because Gaozhou is poor, the strength of his separatist forces is a bit weak, and he can't get on the stage.

This time the people from the east coast attacked Lian, Wu and other prefectures with lightning speed, and Qiu Lin was also greatly shocked. He was afraid of being directly annexed, so he checked the troops and horses in the prefectures and made some preparations in advance.At this time, Jiandao, the envoy sent by Shunguo, arrived at Maoming, the state capital, and met Qiu Lin.

The envoy of Shun State directly asked Qiu Lin for a price. As long as he changed his flag and surrendered to Dashun, he could stay in Gaozhou and serve as Gaolian's defense envoy, leading Gao, Lian, Lei, and Qiongfu.Qiu Lin was a little moved by this offer. He only had one mansion now. If he accepted Dashun's appointment and Dashun successfully expelled the people from the Eastern Kingdom, wouldn't he, Lao Qiu, become the head of the four mansions?However, Qiu Lin is also an old, treacherous and cunning person. He has been in Guangdong for many years. Although he has never seen the strength of the army on the east coast, he has also vaguely heard about it, and his impression is good.Moreover, these people are good at boats and cannons. It is still unknown whether the Shun country army can really sweep them down.Therefore, after Qiu Lin received the letter of appointment and official position from Dashun, he did not immediately change his banner, but continued to fish in troubled waters under the banner of the Southern Ming court.

The object of his fishing in troubled waters is Lianzhou.This mansion close to Guangxi originally had a chief soldier, who was also from Li Chengdong's department, and was almost divided and drawn by the Nanming court along with Qiu Lin.It's just that later this person was unlucky and died of illness suddenly. He gave up the huge Lianzhou, and was controlled by the civil servants of the Nanming court, which is also a shame.

This time, after the army from the east bank landed in Qinzhou and then occupied the entire territory of Lianzhou, the main force moved westward and northward. There were not many troops left in Lianzhou. In many cases, there were only a hundred soldiers in a county. It can be described as extremely empty.Under such circumstances, Qiu Lin moved his mind and wanted to gather troops and go to Lianzhou to try his luck.

I have to say that although Qiu Lin is almost 70 years old, he really lived his age as a dog.Even though Gaozhou Mansion is relatively remote in Guangdong, he is not so blinded to such an extent that he dares to hit the people on the east coast.

In the middle of 1688, Qiu Lin gathered more than [-] people and arrived near Yong'an Station in Lianzhou, with unruly intentions.It just so happened that the main force of the Sixth Division of the New Army on Denglai's side arrived in Hepu County, the capital of Lianzhou, and Qiu Lin led the troops back overnight, like a frightened bird.

After the Sixth Division was transferred westward and entered Nanning Mansion, Qiu Lin, under the urging of the envoy from Shunguo who sneaked over, assembled his troops again and planned to attack Lianzhou.It turned out that the second mercenary army sent by Macau arrived, and Qian Jinbao's troops also came back from the front line to make up for it, so this guy was discouraged again and retreated with his troops.

That is to say, Qiu Lin spied on Lianzhou twice, but he failed to do it. It was a joke to say it.However, Jiang Yunfan, the director of the Lianwu Management Committee who just took office, doesn't think this is any fun.On the contrary, he took a serious attitude towards the unstable factors behind this, that is, Qiu Lin, the general soldier of Gaozhou, was extremely stupid, and he was bewitched by Shunguo, so he was a serious hidden danger that must be eliminated.

For this reason, Jiang Yunfan thought of cooperating with Li Yuanhao in Guangzhou to send troops to wipe out this guy when his own troops were seriously insufficient.Qiu Lin is greedy and stupid, and has no international vision. He doesn't know how powerful the people on the east coast are, so it's not bad for Li Yuanhao to be the master of Gaozhou. At least this person still understands who is in charge on the southeast coast of.

However, Gaozhou Mansion can be given to Li Yuanhao as a sweetener for dispatching troops, and by the way, to gain some commercial benefits, but Jiang Yunfan has not yet figured out how to deal with Leizhou Mansion, Qiongzhou Mansion and other places that are close at hand.These two prefectures have always been under the direct control of the Nanming court, and there may be some small powers and princes in the local area, but they are not successful and can be regarded as "high-quality assets."Li Yuanhao from Guangzhou must have been eyeing these two prefectures, wanting to swallow them up quickly. After all, this place was under the management of their Li family during Li Chengdong's era, but it was later divided and drawn over by Kunming.

Of course Jiang Yunfan also knew that Li Yuanhao wanted to take this opportunity to swallow Gao, Lei, and Qiong's houses, but he didn't intend to completely satisfy him.In his opinion, giving Gaozhou Prefecture is already the limit. As for Leizhou Prefecture and Qiongzhou Prefecture, well, let’s leave it to the Ming court.As for where is the Ming court?That's not easy, of course it's the Lu Wang regime in southern Zhejiang that is currently under the protection of the East Coast people!At present, the king of Lu is called Zhu Honghuan, he is the eldest son of the late Lu king Zhu Yihai, who took the title in the Wentai area a few years ago, he is about [-] years old, and he is full of energy.

Jiang Yunfan thought, now that the Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty has nowhere to go, most likely because of an accident, then looking at the entire continent, only the King of Lu in southern Zhejiang is qualified to inherit the throne and support the mess of the Ming Dynasty.Therefore, he felt that the two prefectures of Leizhou and Qiongzhou might be left under the jurisdiction of King Lu's regime to strengthen their momentum.As for the fact that Wentai and Leiqiong are separated by thousands of miles and are not easy to govern, in fact, with the help of the East Coast Navy, it is not an insurmountable problem at all.

Of course, some people will say that the king of Lu had to rely on the east coast navy to send people, troops, and food from southern Zhejiang. Wouldn't that lead to the fact that the Lei and Qiong mansions were actually controlled by the people on the east coast?Regarding this argument, Jiang Yunfan has to say, isn't that some kind of nonsense!King Lu’s regime has been able to persist until now, relying on the help of people from the east coast. It is a puppet regime in itself. Wenzhou and Taizhou have been firmly infiltrated and controlled by people from the east coast, let alone Lei and Qiongfu, which are thousands of miles away?The main reason why the people on the east bank worshiped King Lu's broken signboard was to reduce local resistance and better capture benefits.To put it bluntly, they only want to gain benefits from trade, and they don't want to take up territory and be responsible to the local people. What's more, the local executive committee members should not allow them to expand their territory indiscriminately, so they should indirectly control it through the King Lu regime.

Therefore, from this point of view, you can only feel sorry for Huiguo Gong Li Yuanhao.After all, you are a courtier. In the future, King Lu supervises the country and even ascends the throne, and you will be a proper monarch and minister.As a subject, how can you grab the land of the lord?It is better to leave the Leizhou and Qiongzhou mansions to the imperial court. Having a Gaozhou mansion is enough to pay for the merits, so don't be dissatisfied.In order to prevent Hui Guogong from making a big mistake on the spur of the moment, after much deliberation, Jiang Yunfan still had to send a troop into Gaozhou Mansion to separate the way for Li Yuanhao's troops to go south to the Leizhou Peninsula. Turn against the people on the east coast.

After making the arrangements for the Gao, Lei, and Qiong houses, Jiang Yunfan stopped wasting energy on it, and he began to think about the future of the Lianwu Management Committee.

To be honest, the fifth feudal clan in the Far East was originally not intended to be established in the mainland.Especially the members of the executive committee in charge of finance, agriculture, transportation, etc., criticized this very much, thinking that it would encourage officials in the Far East to initiate border quarrels, expand their territories, and finally involve the local people to wipe their asses. Therefore, they tend to oppose the establishment of this feudal town.

Fortunately, both the army and the navy are very supportive, and Ma Wenqiang, the chairman of the executive committee, agreed to build a new feudal town for some unknown reason, so the Lianwu Management Committee was established in such a thrilling manner!Jiang Yunfan, a middle-aged man who has worked hard in the Far East for decades, finally seized the opportunity to ascend to the top in one step and took up the leadership position of a senior official. His luck is indeed very good.

Jiang Yunfan has also inquired about the twists and turns through some friends, so he understands his policy program for a period of time in the future, which is to keep calm, strengthen the foundation, and develop the economy.To put it simply, it is just not to cause trouble for the superiors, but to develop steadily.

It's actually easy to understand calmness.Now the major battles in Lianwumian and other places have basically ended, and the defense line has basically been fixed. What is left is to organize troops to station at various key points, to peacefully confront the Shun army, and to ease the damage caused by the "Guixian Incident" in the previous stage. somewhat tense relationship.

Deepening the foundation is actually about developing agricultural production, improving people's living standards, and thus increasing their support for the regime on the east coast.This matter requires the assistance of other clans, such as funds, technology, equipment, etc. After all, Lianwu clan has nothing to ask for, and everything can only rely on alms.

Economic development refers to trade with Guangdong, Vietnam and even Southeast Asia.The location of Lianwu Fan is actually quite good, and Qinzhou Port is a very good port in the Beibu Gulf. If it is properly rectified, it can actually be positioned as an important commercial port in the future.These days, if you want to be rich, it is obviously impossible not to develop trade.Jiang Yunfan has served as the boss of the North Korea Company on the East Coast and the head of the Haizhu Island Commercial Station. He still has some unique insights in trade, so he plans to focus on the development of trade in order to quickly obtain urgently needed development funds.

As for the development of trade with the Guangxi part of Shunguo, it is not impossible.But Jiang Yunfan reckoned that Changsha might not be able to swallow this breath for the time being. The trade with Guilin, Liuzhou, Nanning and other places is destined to exist only in the form of smuggling for a long time to come.

(End of this chapter)