The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 457
There was not even a place to hide under the city wall, and the Qing army watched helplessly as the thunder fell under their feet, followed by another loud noise.When the gunpowder smoke cleared, more than half of Bu Congshan's hundreds of generals had gone, and even Bu Congshan himself had a piece of shrapnel lodged in his left leg and had to flee in a hurry.

They had just turned around and hadn't taken a few steps when the volley of guns on the top of the city rang out.

In fact, there are only more than 2000 thunderbolts in Pinghu City. If they are used in this way, they will be exhausted in less than half a day. However, Bu Congshan's experience quickly spread among the Qing army. No one dares to approach the city casually after losing the hot potato.

Huang Ding was frustrated in attacking the city several times, so he had no choice but to order the small Pinghu City to be surrounded, and then sent a letter to Nanjing to ask Hong Chengchou to transfer the cannon...

At the same time when Jianlu was aggressively attacking Pinghu, the [-] troops of the Dragon Guards and the main force of the Polu camp were passing through Nanhui.

This is the famous Shanghai Pudong New District in later generations, and it is also the easternmost side of Songjiang Mansion, next to the East China Sea.

The "Dai Guogong Guo Ziyi" is a 20-ton driving boat. At the moment, it is moored on the shore more than 50 miles south of Nanhui along with more than [-] other ships of the Qiantang Navy.

The few cannons originally carried on the ship were left in Pinghu, but this enabled it to carry more grain and grass.The task of these more than 20 boats was to deliver grain and grass to the Ming army that was heading north along the coastline. However, since they left Wucao Island, they only unloaded grain on the shore once, and the rest of the time they moved large bags of grain and rice. into the cabin.

Miao Xu hopped on the communication boat, untied the cables tied to the "Guo Ziyi", and shouted to the other sailors, "Let's go!"

Immediately, the six people on the boat paddled together, and the boat sailed towards the shore quickly.

"How much space do we have on board?" A sailor with bushy eyebrows turned his head and asked, "I heard that the Li Gang was fully loaded yesterday, and even the gunpowder compartment is full of food."

Miao Jidao: "Our bilge is also full, we can still pile some on the deck."

"It is said that the people in Xinchangli alone sent sixty stones of grain and rice yesterday!" Another person said, "If we knew that the people are so enthusiastic about delivering grain, why would our navy follow us?"

Miao Ji smiled and said, "Brother Liao is wrong. The common people carry their hands on their shoulders and their movements are slow. If you teach them to send food and grass into the army, the speed of the army will be slowed down."

The sailor surnamed Liao also laughed, "This time we are responsible for harvesting grain."

While the few people were talking, they had already rowed to the shore. Hundreds of nearby villagers already had large bags and small baskets in their hands, or drove donkey carts.This has been the case for the navy in the past few days, receiving food from the people along the coast, and then Yang Fan caught up with the Ming army brigade ahead.

A man in his 30s wearing a bamboo hat handed a bag of grain to Miao Ji, hesitated for a while, and finally blushed and summoned up the courage to ask: "Master Jun, I just heard that our Daming wants to Three payments and one donation?"

"Three salaries and one donation?" Miao Ji asked in surprise.

"My mother died under the sword of Jiannu, and the court beat Jiannu, I will definitely pay for it!" The man in the bamboo hat hurriedly said, "I just want to ask how much I have to pay, so I can prepare in advance."

"Where did the salary and donation come from? Nothing!" Miao Ji waved his hand and said, "His Royal Highness has already made it clear that the people only pay a 'single tax', four per cent. Who dares to collect other taxes and donations? Hehe !"

As he spoke, he glanced at the sailor, who continued, "In June, Shicheng County overcharged 300 taels of 'Lupai'. As a result, from the county magistrate to the boss, all were dismissed from their posts and their honors."

What he said immediately attracted many people to gather around, "Really?"

"So strict?!"

"Zhao Lizheng didn't say that."

"He must have deliberately deceived us because we were unwilling to pay the 'Zhejiang donation'!"

"Yes! Eighty percent of the time."

Seeing that these sailors were quite easy to talk to, the common people immediately stepped forward, but spoke a bunch of dialects that Miao Ji and others could not understand.

The man in the bamboo hat hurriedly helped translate and said: "Master Zhao, brother Zhao, I heard that the imperial court sent troops to every village to check every house in order to prevent people from disobeying the government's dispatch and not paying food on time. It seems to be called 'police' '?"

Miao Ji and the others laughed again, "To scare everyone, Jiannu really farts on everything.

"The police are paid by the Ministry of War to maintain local law and order. Oh, no, the salary is mainly responsible for arresting robbers and arresting evil."

"The police replaced the original patrol battalion, but it is better than the patrol camp." The sailor surnamed Liao added, "If the family lost a cow or a chicken, they can help find it, even if the beam is broken, as long as they If there are people, they will come to help with repairs."

A group of people all stared wide-eyed, surprised: "Really? Didn't they come to supervise us?"

Miao Jidao: "Brother, I was a fisherman in Niutianchang before I entered the navy. I often saw the police patrolling the streets. The old man Huang lost his fishing net at the entrance of the village, and the police helped him find it, but I never saw them patrolling like before. Si Naban is domineering everywhere."

Zhu Linming set up the police system with reference to later generations, with strict management regulations and a special department responsible for supervision and assessment.Although it is not comparable to a real modern police organization, in the seventeenth century, as long as the public security department did not beat people at will, and did not eat or take cards everywhere, it was a "friend of the people".If they can help the common people do a little more, the common people will regard them as relatives.

After hearing the words, everyone discussed more enthusiastically, "I only hoped that the Ming army would not have to shave their hair and change clothes, but I didn't expect the court to be so sympathetic to the people now!"

"It seems that not only my third uncle's hatred will be avenged, but life will be better in the future."

"That is, even if half of what the military master said is true, it will be a hundred times better than it is now."

"I didn't say anything, I will continue to deliver food tomorrow!"

"Go back and tell the folks, Zhao Li is lying to us..."

Seeing this, Miao Ji quickly waved his hands and said, "Everyone, let's load the food onto the boat first, I'm afraid it will delay the sailor's itinerary. Later, the Propaganda Department will send missionaries, and everyone will be able to understand the various terms of the court."

"What is missionary work?" Someone immediately asked.

"This," Miao Ji thought for a while, and said, "It's about allowing everyone to listen to the opera for free, and in the middle of it, talk about new things in various places in Ming Dynasty, or notices from the court..."

"Listen to the opera? Don't you want money?"

"Is there such a good thing?!"

"Master Jun, just go here, you guys have to drive Jian Nu away!"

The people who delivered the food suddenly became more motivated, and within a short time, several small boats had been filled with food.Afterwards, the "Guo Ziyi" and other warships sailed upwind and headed towards Nanhui to catch up with the Dragon Guards and the main force of the Polu camp.

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In the east of Nanhui County, smoke rose from the temporary camp of the Longwei Army.

A soldier with thick eyebrows and big eyes stuffed a piece of fish into his mouth, and said to the older soldier next to him: "Instructor Mu, you said that we were fighting smoothly near Jiaxing a while ago, why did you suddenly drive to this place?" Is Nanhui here?"

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