Great time travel

Chapter 7, 27 moments in the four years of Chongzhen ([-])

The Seventh Moment: The Shocked Warlord
November of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Shandong Peninsula, Dengzhou Township Office, Weihaiwei
Weihaiwei, located in Wendeng County, Ninghai Prefecture, Dengzhou Prefecture, 320 miles away from Dengzhou, was established in Hongwu 31. , is a relatively late group of guards, with three thousand households in the left and right, front and back, with only more than 3000 people, far less than the 600 people in the general guards. The step is three feet high and two feet wide, and the moat is one foot five feet wide and eight feet deep.Together with Lushun in the Liaodong Peninsula, they formed two pairs of iron arms guarding the entrance of the Bohai Sea.In the future, the Beiyang Navy will use Weihai and Lushun as bases to defend the sea and defend Gyeonggi.Marshal Qi Jiguang, who was famous all over the world in the past, was also born in Weihai in his early years.

However, at the end of the Ming Dynasty when maritime threats were not serious, Weihaiwei was far less important than during the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-]. Because it was located in the north and far away from the hardest-hit areas invaded by Japanese pirates, the pressure on coastal defense was also limited.In the years of Wanli and Tianqi, Weihaiwei, like other decaying inland guards, went from bad to worse. The fields in the military camps were either abandoned or occupied by the gentry, and most of the hereditary military households even fled for a time.

However, ever since the invincible Chen Xin was entrusted to work here, and he joined hands with Liu Minyou, the second leader in charge of civil affairs, to establish a Wendeng camp known as the world's number one strong soldier (Wendeng County is in Weihai City) , the decadent appearance of Weihaiwei changed rapidly—the abandoned fields were reclaimed, the silted canals were dredged, and neat Tunpu villages and towns were established one after another... Modeled on the construction method of a certain party’s base area in the future, a village with Tunpu and storefronts was built. The social system centered on the ministry (supply and marketing cooperatives) gradually took shape in this dilapidated land, glowing with amazing vitality.

And it was with the support of this base that Chen Xin could train an excellent and brave army, repeatedly defeating the Jiannu Tartars head-on in field battles and siege operations, which made the ruling and opposition parties look at each other with admiration, and even once overjoyed Chongzhen The emperor praised Chen Xin as "My Qi Shaobao (Qi Jiguang)"!
Of course, seeing the military settlements in Wendengying are becoming more and more prosperous, all kinds of ghosts and monsters in traditional society-mainly rentier parasites, naturally covet this and put it into action one after another.For example, last year, the gentry of Wendeng County made a noise and made a fuss, and sued Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai who had just taken office.They colluded with the petty officials, forged many land deeds, and wanted to swallow up the restored farmland in Wendeng Camp—these gentry were never willing to spend their energy on reclaiming wasteland, but if anyone opened up wasteland, they would be robbed of the cultivated land by fabricating charges; At the same time, he turned the subordinate civilians and military households of Wendengying into his own tenants, and then even planned to take all other income from Chen Xin and Liu Min, so he wasn't afraid to support himself.

It's a pity that they still underestimated Chen Xin's skills, contacts, and holy family, and the complaint was finally settled.And those gentlemen who tried to embezzle Wendeng's property, as well as the petty officials who helped forge the land deeds, were framed by the ruthless Chen Dashuai for crimes such as banditry and murder, and they ransacked their homes one by one and sent them to prison and killed them.Even for some gentry who are inconvenient to make false accusations, there will naturally be soldiers from the Wendeng camp disguised as bandits who come and wipe out their families with swords. By the way, they accept their property, fields and tenants with a smile, and further expand the base area of ​​the Tunbao system belonging to the Wendeng camp... Under the smell of blood, all the gentry in Ninghai Prefecture trembled - if they were not dead, no one would have the guts to make things difficult for Wen Dengying.

All the county magistrates in Wendeng helped Chen Xin get the title deeds for these bloody newly acquired lands. He has taken a lot of money from the Wendeng camp in the past few years, and he knows Chen Xin's temperament somewhat. Never dare to confront Chen Xin.Even if the matter of handling these land deeds is discovered in the end, he will not be beheaded, at most he will lose his official position and go back to be a rich man, but if he doesn't cooperate, he is a little worried that he will die and leave Wendeng.

Then, Chen Xin and Liu Minyou recruited agents from those gentry who had already obeyed, and gave them a certain degree of profit, and included the powerful among the gentry into the commercial interest system of Dengzhou Town, and differentiated those commercial gentry, so that They dealt with local clans and land-based gentry. "

Under such a combination of soft and hard, their fortress system finally crushed all blocking forces and became unimpeded under the banner of the Wendeng Camp.

After entering Chongzhen for four years, Chen Xin and Liu Min have developed this set of fortress systems, which have developed more smoothly after summing up the lessons, especially after Chen Xin and Marshal Chen, relying on his achievements in the victory of Mi Island this summer, came from Wendeng to participate in the fort system. After he was promoted to the general army of Denglai, and his Wendeng battalion was also upgraded to the Dengzhou Army, he not only took all Wendeng County, but also almost the entire Ninghai Prefecture (modern Weihai City) from Wendeng to Weihai. Plus a small part of Yantai City) have all become the farmland of Dengzhou Town, and there is also a lot of land in Dengzhou, and it is even slowly infiltrating towards Qingzhou to the west.

After exhausting all kinds of black, white, kind and cruel methods, Chen Xin and Liu Minyou finally had enough land to resettle the population.

Now that there is land, the labor force must of course keep up.Fortunately, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there will never be fewer refugees. The severe drought that spread across the Northland in the four years of Chongzhen also affected Shandong, and more refugees fled famine in various provinces in Shandong. Legend has it that everyone can eat The well-fed Wendeng camp naturally became their first choice for fleeing famine, and there are endless people fleeing to Wendeng every day.Those who can survive the long journey and successfully reach Wendeng are naturally mainly young and strong men and women.Therefore, Liu Minyou, who was in charge of civil affairs according to the division of labor, broke up the refugees' place of origin and organized them into military households. Set up a fort and divide the land into [-] mu.These people finally got their own land, and they were naturally grateful to Marshal Chen Xin, who was rebuilt by Entong. Many people erected the longevity tablet of Marshal Chen Xin.

Even in Wendeng County, many private households switched to Chen Dashuai's military settlement: they found that once they joined the Wendeng camp's fort system, they immediately had a big backer. to myself.After entering Tunpu, farmers not only have land to divide right away, they can also get discounts when they go to the Tunpu sales office (supply and marketing cooperative) to buy grain, ready-made clothes, salt, ironware, tobacco, and tea, and the youngsters in the family can learn for free. Literacy... Although as the price for obtaining all these benefits, the men in the family have to serve in the military for Dashuai Chen, but they are not dying in vain, but have a very generous salary and pension - so it is worthwhile to work for Dashuai Chen!

Next, several workshops under Dengzhou Town also started working at full capacity, and began to manufacture large quantities of agricultural tools, windmills and other items needed for farming, and completed the necessary preparations for the expansion of Tunbao within the system.And as agricultural production got rid of the destructive overexploitation of the gentry, the peasants had some spare money for consumption after satisfying food and clothing, and the commercial circulation in the Tunpu system of Dengzhou Town also developed greatly, and the days became more and more prosperous. It makes the people around look even more envious... and relying on the cigarettes named "Wendengxiang" and other special products, Dengzhou Town can earn enough military maintenance expenses from industry and commerce.

In this way, the fortresses that housed the families and subordinates of the Dengzhou Army were established all over the place like mushrooms after a spring rain, and scattered in the vast territory under the name of Dengzhou Town. With a brand-new social form, firmly Hold the land firmly in your hands.

Of course, the development momentum of Dengzhou Town is rapid and prosperous, but for the time being, Marshal Chen has not yet been able to say the same thing to the whole Dengzhou Town. He is already the commander-in-chief of Dengzhou, but in theory, except for a direct line of the main army battalion, he can't control the salaries and troops of the guerrillas, lieutenants and generals below. In order to command other ministries.The reason why Chen Xin and Marshal Chen is so authoritative today is that he has hidden his own system under the imperial court system. Through his additional military law, military supplies, training, staff and other institutions, on the one hand, he provides the corresponding officials. Auxiliary, on the other hand, control the defending troops, and then control the families and fixed assets of all soldiers through the fort, so that the entire Dengzhou army can be as stable as Mount Tai.

But on the other hand, if it was guerrillas, lieutenant generals, and generals outside the Tunbao system, Chen Xin would not be able to control them in normal times.For example, in Dengzhou Fucheng, there is a Liao army brought back from Dongjiang Town by Denglai Governor Sun Yuanhua, led by Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng and others, who usually don't pay much attention to Chen Xin.In Laizhou further to the west, there are also some troops that are still outside of Marshal Chen’s Tunpu system... and even if it’s just to fool the court, the entire Dengzhou Town can’t be turned into Marshal Chen’s monopoly—that would be serious It has become an undisguised feudal town.

Therefore, Chen Xin and Liu Min have a pair of civil and military partners who travel through. When building the base of Dengzhou Town, they deliberately spared the surrounding areas of Dengzhou Fucheng (modern Penglai City) for the Liaodong Army of Denglai Governor Sun Yuanhua and Kong Youde. A fairly large buffer space was left—anyway, our party’s strategy of “encircling the cities from the countryside” during the Republic of China, Chen Xin and Liu Min, who are modern time travelers, would not be clear.It is not particularly rare for them to have a consumption-oriented rather than a production-oriented Dengzhou city. They would rather place the base camp of Dengzhou Town in Weihai, a dangerous place since ancient times.

In fact, Chen Xin and Liu Minyou, the two travelers who are most worried about at present, are not the Beijing court and Governor Denglai's suspicion of their self-respecting soldiers, nor the Jurchen Jiannu, the great enemy of the country across the sea. , not to mention the backlash of the local gentry and the strife of colleagues in the army, and it is also not the rogue peasant army that has not yet entered Shandong, but a certain force that seems to be very far away from Dengzhou Town...

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On this day, Weihai happened to have a sudden heavy snowfall. Since Weihai is located at the tip of the Shandong Peninsula, land transportation is difficult, and merchants mostly rely on waterways. After the heavy snowfall, daily commercial activities basically stopped, even pedestrians on the road. Also a lot less.

In such a heavy snowy weather, obviously there will be no farm work or engineering to do, so the whole town of Dengzhou seems to be very leisurely, except for the officers and soldiers on patrol, training and a few shop assistants, almost everyone is working. Warm up "Cat Winter" in one's own house.

In the Daying Civil Affairs Department of Dengzhou Township in Weihaiwei, Liu Minyou, the second-in-command in charge of civil affairs in Dengzhou Township, was frowning and flipping through a book while warming himself by the fire in a fur coat.However, this booklet is neither a collection of classics and history, nor a contract account book, but a thick volume of handwritten miscellaneous notes of southern scholars—in the southern provinces at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the style of writing was prosperous, and scholars liked to write something other than the collection of classics and history to "stand out" and attract attention. , and the content and genre must be written in a different and more distinctive way to attract more attention. For example, the famous "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes" is one example.

And this Miscellaneous Notes of Lingnan Scholars that Liu Minyou obtained after passing through, also pursues unconventionalism: it seems that due to several times of changing hands and long-distance carrying, the pages of this Miscellaneous Notes are already a little wrinkled and damaged, and there are a few stains on them, Miscellaneous Notes On the cover of the book, there is such a strange title as "Kunshi Zhilu", and the author's name is already blurred, it seems to be some kind of "Master of Manhuazhai" and so on.

However, even though he was reading miscellaneous books, the face of Liu Minyou, the civil affairs director of Dengzhou Town, did not have the slightest sense of passing time and leisurely entertainment. Review statistics or intelligence intelligence in general.

Opening the slightly defaced cover, the opening chapter of the miscellaneous notes "Kunshi Zhilu" explained the origin of the title: "...there is no record in the history of Kunren, and there is no distinction between men and women, and all of them have their hair cut off. , the special girl has slightly longer hair, hence the name Kunren. The body is slim and long, and the clothes are short, and the language and writing are all like Chinese. Since Yun's ancestor was the Song Dynasty, after Yashan, he brought the trilogy and the family to the sea to escape the Yuan Dynasty. Thousands of miles away from the South China Sea, there is nowhere to be visited by people. There is a large continent, and its land is Da'ao, so it is named after Ao, and it is called Australia. Then it landed in Yan, and it is still called Song, because it is different from the Northern and Southern Songs. It has lasted for more than ten generations. The people in the country have acquired overseas secret arts, which can win the world, and are good at all kinds of crafts. Many of them have secret weapons, which are unpredictable. There are glass mirrors, magic machine fires, soft leather lamps, unbreakable bottles and other treasures. Gao, a wealthy merchant in Guangzhou, sold them for 10 taels of platinum, making him a wealthy man.

In the first year of Chongzhen, Yu Chang saw an Australian magic machine fire. It was as long as a finger and about two fingers wide. Extinction is the most convenient.There is also an indestructible bottle, the whole body of the bottle is transparent, I don't know what it is made of, it is neither cloth nor leather, nor is it glass or jade, it is soft and springy when touched, and it will not break when it hits the ground.There is a soft cover, which is screwed and closed, and the seal is impervious to dripping.Use it to store wine, not afraid of falling, and it can be played with.At that time, Cantonese merchants brought them to the capital and sold them on the thoroughfare, each asking for hundreds of gold, and the spectators were blocked..."

Seeing this, Liu Minyou couldn't help curling his lips, and muttered with both disdain and envy, "...the unbroken bottle...the magic fire...isn't this just a plastic mineral water bottle and a simple lighter? And what else? The soft leather lamp...could it be a fluorescent stick? It's just a scam!"

Looking further, the author wrote the beginning of the "Kun people" breaking into the gate of the Ming Dynasty: "... In the first year of Chongzhen, Wuchen, hundreds of Kun people drove more than ten iron boats, and they were moored in the sea of ​​Lingao County, Qiongzhou Prefecture. , went ashore to build a village. There is a huge ship, made of iron, more than a hundred feet long, several feet high, and looks like a city wall. The natives were terrified, thinking that the overseas giants were coming, and they all fled into the county. Wu Lingfa of Lingao County The townsmen attacked them bravely, and the Kun people defended themselves with blunderbusses. The Kun people's firearms were more powerful than those of our dynasty. For a while, the townspeople's bravery could not be counted against, and the matter was defeated. This is the beginning of the Kun incident and the source of all other incidents.

In the early days, the people of Kun built a village with a hundred renminins, and they were terrified at the height, thinking that when the giant bandits came, they would kill and loot.Therefore, Wu Ling went out of his hometown to chase him bravely.After the people of Kun set up their villages, they built palaces and buildings, built roads and embankments, developed markets and trade, did not disturb the people, did not raid the city, traded with the people, did not plunder, bait the people with small profits, and hired servants to give them generously. There are hundreds of poor households who live on their own.The people gradually settled down.Such a few months, there are pirates of all kinds, who know how rich the Kun people are, and attack hundreds of people with thousands of pirates.The Kun people dispatched hundreds of troops, handed over their guns and cannons, the pirates were defeated, and the Kun people beheaded hundreds of people.The Kun people take up lawsuits, pay taxes and taxes, and then count their mouths based on Zhang Tian, ​​and the gentry are afraid of power and keep silent.First of all, the banditry in Lingao was endless, and even the city was attacked and the village was destroyed, and the people suffered from it.In the name of protecting the land and clearing the countryside, the Kun people organized regiment training, trained soldiers, organized troops, made equipment and artillery, and used them to attack bandits. They smashed them and beheaded hundreds of them.With this achievement, the Kun people won the hearts of the people, so they took possession of Lingao. Although Wu Ling lived in the county seat, he had nothing to say about county affairs, and he was the only one in trouble..."

"...It turns out that the group of people in Hainan Island initially established their base in this way. The magistrate of Lingao County is really mediocre...but which official of the Ming Dynasty is not so Zhuanyu? Next, Probably we are going to talk about Wang Dezun, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, sending troops to attack the Kun bandits!"

Liu Minyou scrolled down while muttering, but found that there seemed to be a few pages missing, missing the content of Wang Dezun's expedition to Qiongzhou, and skipped directly to Qiongzhou's defeat in the crusade, Lingao crossed the sea to fight back against Guangzhou, and wiped out local forces along the way. The Kun people beat the Kun bandits" section:
"...The Kun people entered Guangdong at the beginning, entered the Pearl River, fell into Humen, and the officers and soldiers were defeated. The Kun people collected food along the way, and those who resisted were smashed. The soldiers were sharp and shook Guangdong. Xu Chou, a traitor from Dongguan, Wang Ruocheng took advantage of the opportunity to make trouble. He started his own actions, corrected hundreds of members of his party, and pretended to be "recruitment by the former enemy governor of the Great Kun Kingdom". People in the community heard that Kun's face changed, and those who dared not resist were allowed to be trampled.

There is Chen, a citizen of Dongguan, whose son was plundered for the Xu party and ransom fifty gold.Chen Gu's family was poor, and even though he had paid for his own farm, it was still not enough, so he went to the Kunren camp and begged for Shizi.At that time, Kun Shou Wen De Si Ye was puzzled when he heard about it, but when he heard the details, he was shocked, and then he was furious, and immediately sent hundreds of people to order Chen to lead them to attack Xu Dang.Chou waited for the party to set up wine, and made the looted women dance naked in the banquet, thinking it was a joke.

At the end of the night, the Kun army covered up and surrounded them for a long time, but no one in Xu camp knew about it.At dawn, the Kun people first fired a few cannons, and then formed an array to form a siege. Xu's party was in chaos. Dozens of people came out wielding swords and guns.The Kun people explained all the families they plundered, which made people return.But Xu Chou and Wang Ruocheng were killed, and their heads were hung up in the wild to be eaten by birds.Yu Dang ordered the villagers to admit it, and ordered those responsible for the murder to be brought out and tried before everyone, which was called "public trial", and those who were convicted would be hanged in the thoroughfare.So the villagers of Dongguan rejoiced, and each wore the virtue of Kunren.

About two months after the Kunren soldiers arrived in Guangzhou, more than a dozen groups of bandits pretending to be the Kunren bandits were destroyed in the surrounding suburbs.So when the Kun people retreated, southern Guangdong was settled, bandits and robbers were all gone, and the countryside was quiet, and the peace was better than before..."

"... Well, after this battle, the hearts of the people in South of the Five Ridges and Guangxi may gradually change hands!" Liu Minyou shook his head, and continued to look down, only to find that there were no current events after the three-year summer of Chongzhen. This miscellaneous note was written shortly after the war in Guangzhou subsided.So after talking about this war, I turned to write about the inside story of the "Kunren" forces, listing "false Kun", "Japanese Kun" and other entries:

"...First came the Kun people, all of them came from Australia. They are really Kun. Since they landed, they have been defeated in succession, and their momentum has been greatly improved. Many of the poor people from Guangdong and Qiong have returned to them. The Kun people accept everyone, regardless of gender. First shave it like a monk, and then change clothes like a kun. You must first sit and eat for ten months. The discipline and rules taught are called "Jinghua". Kun is no different. Employing people is for farmers, workers, and soldiers. Each has its own place. The system is well-organized and the rules are strict. Before employing people, you must first gather people. There is a real Kun to teach them, which is called "training", so everything in the Kun people's camp is organized. , things will be accomplished. After many years, there are thousands of people who are true and false, and the place where they live has become a city, called Dongmen City. The people of Lingao Township are following it, and the economy and physiology are no less than [-] people. They all live according to the Kun people By.

... When the Kun people first arrived at Qiongdao, there were only a few hundred people and dozens of boats.Later, fake kuns were widely collected, and scholars gradually gathered.However, there are many refugees in the false Kun, and there is no way for the strong soldiers and elite soldiers to come out.Therefore, from the East to the West, the Kun people gathered various large and small groups of pirates and Japanese pirates to extract their essence.They are good at fighting with Japanese pirate infantry, and they have an independent army.This generation grew up in Feng Dy, skilled in bow and horse, and died without hesitation.This army is composed of about several hundred people, and the Kunren is called the "Stand Up Team".When beheading generals and capturing the flag, in head-to-head confrontation, the army is often the vanguard..."

"...Damn it, you actually recruited the Japanese to kill the Chinese! Do you guys have any patriotism?" Liu Min patted the table angrily, and shouted sternly, but he didn't forget to go on. Let's review this book's explanation of the "Kunren" official position system:

"... There are also official positions among the Kun people. The official names are quite different from our dynasty. It is suspected that they learned from foreigners. The first name is "Chairman", the title is "Executive Committee", and the title is "Director", "Director", "Committee". The real kuns are all called "heads", and the fake kuns are all respected. Officials are not called officials, but "cadres". Officials do not have official uniforms, and they all wear short shirts and do not wear crowns. There is no distinction between officials and people, and respect is given to those with wealth. This is absurd. The chieftain of the Kun people has Wen Desi, Ma Qianju and many other people, all of whom are "executive committee members". He heard the name of He Jue, so I know it.

The Kun people claimed to be descendants of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, and they also had officials in the Song Dynasty, and they used them for sacrifices in the clan society.For example, the Chairman of the Executive Committee, Wen Gong, plus Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Guangnan East and West Road Economic Strategy Appeasement Envoy, Leader of the Privy Council, Taifu, and Qingyuan County Duke.Ma Gong, the executive committee member, was added as the transshipment envoy of Guangnan East and West Road, and the Duke of Chengde County. Little is known about this matter.The official position of the Song Dynasty is different from that of the current dynasty.Tokyo Menghua, a glimpse of the leopard in the tube.Water Margin golden plum, not sure enough.But most of the good things in the world regard the Water Margin as true,
In the third year of Chongzhen, Wang Zunde, the governor of Guangdong, sealed the Ziming Tower of Kunren as an excuse.When the soldiers of the Kun people crossed the sea and first arrived in Panyu, there were many water bandits in the area who used the banner of the Song Dynasty to plunder the place.Its old and new official systems are mixed, with various names and titles, such as Zhengming Pioneer of the Great Song Dynasty, Marquis of Dingyuan of Australia, Guerrilla General of Guangdong in Daao, Recruitment of the Capital of the Great Kun Kingdom, Pioneer of the Left Road in Australia, Pioneer Official of Zhengyin in the Song Dynasty of Australia, and Guangdong Zhengyin. tile dog.The water bandits in Xiangshan County, known as the Guangzhou Military and Horse Superintendent, engraved their own letters, made flags and drums, and the Cantonese people might think it was true.When the Kun People's General heard the news, he sent soldiers to arrest him and torture his mastermind.The confessor said: This name, from the Water Margin..."

Apart from rolling his eyes, Liu Minyou didn't have any special feelings about these dumbfounding contents, but after continuing to read the contents about "Curse Chariot Secret Art" and "Fire Steamboat" below, he suddenly He raised his heart again.

"...The Kun people are good at all kinds of crafts. They can use secret techniques to make iron carts. It is more than ten feet high. There is a huge iron shovel in front. When the Kun people get on the cart and curse it, the iron cart will move by itself. With the shovel, it can dig the ground. Thousands of catties of soil, and the flat ground becomes a huge moat. If this cart is enough, it can defeat a hundred men. It is also surrounded by several huge iron machines, and the money will be accumulated. If the man holds a mantra, he can move by himself, even though the boulder is like a cart. It can be broken into the palm of your hand in a moment. There are also organic bricks that can be made, and they can be cured by magic, that is, tens of thousands of bricks can be made in a day. Therefore, people in Kun do not take construction as a matter of fact. , referring to Gu Jian as a master, relying on this technique...

…The steamer boat is an Australian wonder, and everyone sees it differently.In the third year of the reign of Emperor Chongzhen, the Kun people entered Guangdong. The play said that Ni Kun invaded Humen with a fire steamer. The ship had no mast and no sails. Black smoke is emitted, sparks are emitted at night, smoke bursts into fire, and the drum beats the water to move the boat.The natives are terrified, saying that the Kun people know secret arts, and when they enter the boat, they will burn incense and offer sacrifices, and cast spells secretly, so there will be fireworks, and the wheel will turn on its own and the boat will move automatically, or the cloud and the wheel will be led by oxen and horses. All these are false. Birthday is not enough.

Guo Yi, a wealthy businessman of Kun, lived in Guangzhou and prepared a steamboat for entertainment.When he was swimming on the Yuejiang River, there was a crowd of spectators on both sides of the river. The gentry of Guangfu made many friends with Yi, and they all competed to see the wonder of the steamer.Li, a sea merchant I know, has experienced Qiongyue for a long time, and every time he talks about the matter, it is as if it is vivid.The Yunhuo steamer is long and wide, the hull is painted black, and the cabins are pink and white.There are two large water wheels on the waist of the boat, which are covered with iron plates to protect them. There is a smoke rush in the middle, and a steam engine below, which follows the principle of water and fire. When the water hits, the boat will go smoothly, and if the fire gets stronger, the boat will go faster.

In other words, a fire wheel cannot be used as a warship, and if one wheel is damaged by a cannonball, the whole boat will not be able to move on its side.However, there is still a dark ship, the wheel is placed on the bottom of the ship, the guns cannot reach it, and the speed is twice that of the paddle wheel.There is a saying in Shiliudu (Nanjing): The steamer of Kun is nothing more than the chariot and boat of Song Dynasty.Blocking the water wheel with wooden dry grass ropes and binding its spokes can break everything, this is what the real rotten Confucians have seen.Using grass and trees to tie ships may be used on chariots and ships in Song Dynasty. He used soldiers to tread on wheels to climb water, which is small in quality and weak in strength.The Kun people use a fire steamer more than ten feet long, with a fierce steam engine, water-driven wheels, fast and erratic, and a wooden raft with large chains that cannot be stopped, but they want to throw soft, dry and weak rotten grass with a size of one inch in diameter and leaves, into the vast expanse. It will be destroyed by binding its steel wheel, this true dream talk is not worth a moment..."

After reading this section of "Kunshi Zhilu", Liu Minyou's forehead was already dripping with cold sweat, and he muttered, "At least this has the strength of the British Expeditionary Force during the Opium War." , was stunned, and could not even speak: "...the thieves have a thing called 'electric wires' made of refined iron, no more than one point thick, placed on a wooden pole more than ten feet long, and the poles are covered with black oil. , derived from the "Bairen Hydropower Station" of the Kun thief, at first it only reached Bairen and Bopu, but now it is widely spread in Lingao. If you touch it, you will die. There is a rogue in the market who doesn't believe his words, and wants to steal the iron wire and sell it. It was a night of entanglement with several people and went to the pole. Unexpectedly, he was electrocuted on the spot as soon as his hands touched the iron wire. He fled in a hurry, but unexpectedly, the black oil on the wooden pole was extremely difficult to clean after being stained. Later, the "police" of the thieves relied on the oil as a record, and captured all the remaining criminals. I think, most of the thieves in human nature have secret methods, and they are afraid that they will die You have obtained the secret method of the creation of heaven and earth, and you can use the electricity from the sky for your own use..."

"...Good boy! Even with electricity, where has this technology tree climbed..." After being stunned for a long time, Liu Minyou let out a long sigh, took out a handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, Continue to turn down the book, and saw a short story about "Kun Ren is good at printing books":
"...My friend Chen Yanji has an addiction to good books. He reads very fast, and can finish an inch of books in a day. Every time he sees Yu, he will say: 'There is a shortage of books again.' Then he knocked on his head Guan, Yan and the days of the book shortage, there are many books sold by the people of Gaikun. What I have learned is unmatched, and I have also bought several volumes of classics and history. I can't put it down. The books of Gaikun people are also crisp and printed. It is excellent, the binding is firm, and I have never seen or heard it. Even if I don’t read it, I put it on the desk, and I feel the fragrance of the ink, and I feel relaxed and happy. Only its reading method is very different from that of Huaxia, and it is read horizontally from left to right. I was not used to it at the beginning, but I gradually got used to it.

Yanji tasted that Yu said that Huaxia books are read from top to bottom, and people look at them like nodding their heads, which is true; Kun people's books are read from left to right, and people look at them like shaking their heads, which is suspicious.Therefore, my Huaxia has followed the ancestral law as the law for thousands of years, and the Kun people have taken the new law as the law for hundreds of years.Although Si laughed, there are also merits..."

"...Hehe, it's just a method of changing the text from vertical to horizontal. It can also come up with so many tricks for these Ming Dynasty scholars. The association ability is too strong!" Liu Minyou couldn't help laughing. He said with a smile, his mood just calmed down a little, but he was taken aback by the title of the next chapter: "... what? 'Jin Yong Gu Long'?! God! Could it be that these two great gods also wear Are you here?!"

On closer inspection, this does not seem to be the case: "...the most popular secular novel in Guangdong Province is Jin Yong Gulong. Both of these are the pseudonyms of the head of Kunren. This head is the author of "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", which deals with current events in the Northern Song Dynasty, " The three volumes of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and "Yi Tian Shou Long Ji" describe the decline of the Song Dynasty, the disaster of Mongolia, and the prosperity of Zhu Ming, a total of 100 years. Among them, many of them are inconsistent with the history of the country. Qu Wuji, Duo Mingjiao especially..."

Seeing this scene, Liu Minyou finally couldn't help cursing: "...you short-haired thief! Not only did you copy books after time travel, but that's all, you even copied people's pseudonyms. Creativity is too lacking! And where is your integrity?"

Just when Liu Minyou was furiously scolding the case, Chen Xin, Marshal Chen, wearing an official robe and cloak, suddenly rushed in with the smell of wind, snow and sea, and was immediately confused, "...Old Liu, you What is this scolding? Could it be that someone in some village made false accounts and embezzled?"

"...No, Lao Chen, I just got a strange book, which is said to have been written by a Cantonese scholar in the past two years. It contains a lot of information about the transmigration group in Hainan Island, and there may be some exaggerated assumptions in it. , but it is already the most detailed information in our hands.”

Liu Minyou hurriedly replied to Chen Xin, and at the same time opened the "Kunshi Zhilu" in his hand and handed it over, "... If you are interested, you might as well take a look!"

Chen Newsyan blinked his eyes, and took the book of "Kun Shi Zhi Lu" in confusion, and read it, but happened to turn to the section "Kun women are good at fighting"-"...Kun people have a military system, and there is no six armies , and the genus of the brigade, regiment, battalion and company, those with the name "Jinwei" are suspected to be the elite of the Kun army, and those who hold the red flag and big banner in the battalion are all Kun women. It may be said that these people are the mothflies of the "Van Lao" of the real Kun. Conquer the secret technique, the best in wild warfare, and those who are in charge are all north..."

...Well, the wild land wave war... This word was common in the Ming Dynasty, but it seems to be able to deduce many different meanings in later generations, some between the enemy and ourselves, and some between men and women... Those people from Hainan Island To be so extravagant and voluptuous, has there already been so many flirtatious things?

Just when Chen Dashuai was full of embarrassment, Liu Minyou had already lifted the copper pot from the stove, poured him a cup of hot tea, and at the same time asked very familiarly, "...Old Chen, where are you going this time? After half a month of lingering in Dengzhou Prefecture, have you gained anything? Is the official document of the imperial court dispatching troops from Dengzhou to rescue the Dalinghe battlefield coming soon? Kong Youde, Li Jiuzheng and their Liao soldiers, what are they thinking? Is there any sign of rebellion?"

"...Ah...the imperial court has not yet decided to transfer troops from Dengzhou. It is estimated that we will not think of our corner until the relief armies in Zhili, Jizhou, and Guanning towns are all defeated by Jiannu! "Chen Xin stretched out his hand to take the hot tea, found an armchair and sat down, "...As for Kong Youde and his Liaodong Army...at this moment, where can we see any signs? Even if he launched it in the original history The Wuqiao mutiny was not planned for a long time like Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's yellow-robed Chenqiao mutiny, but was really forced along the way, so it was impromptu..."

——In fact, Chen Xin actually admires Kong Youde, the "San Shun King" who once voted against the Tartars in another period of history. At least when Nurhachi swept Liaodong and his army was at its peak, this Kong Youde dared to stand up and build Afterwards, Kong Youde performed well under Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town, and he was responsible for several victories.Especially in this time and space that has been greatly changed by the "Jiannu Buster" traveler Huangshi, as Huangshi's brother-in-law and ally, there is also a bright color of Kong Youde in the miraculous and brilliant achievements of Huangshi's immortal army.

It's a pity that under the joint efforts of many traitors in the court, any brilliant victory of Dongjiang Town is just a flash in the pan. With Huangshi transferred away and Mao Wenlong innocently killed, Dongjiang Town has no hope of counterattacking Liaodong. I had no choice but to continue fleeing to Dengzhou to make a living. From the beginning to the end, I felt an inferiority complex of being away from home—according to the information collected by Chen Xin in the past two years, Kong Youde and his men were far from the same level as the Guanning Army in Dengzhou. Domineering, in addition to enduring the common problem of the Ming army withholding their salaries, they also have to endure the hostility of the Dengzhou locals towards the Liaodong immigrants. This kind of exclusion and hostility is almost everywhere, so these Liao people have to be as cautious as little daughters-in-law. Carrying a hundred people to deal with civil servants and local gentry carefully, if this kind of patience reaches the critical point, the final burst of anger will definitely make these once honest soldiers become extremely cruel...

"...But I found out one thing. After Kong Youde came to Dengzhou, he still kept in touch with Huangshi in Fujian Province. He even told his generals about Huangshi's beliefs. All the generals in Liaodong cried when they heard about it. It seems that they really miss the happy days when they had to win battles and take attacks, when they defeated powerful enemies, and beheaded slaves like mowing grass... This is probably the most glorious period of their lives!" Chen Xin After thinking about it, he added.

"...Huangshi, Huangshi... Well, over the years, we have also collected some rumors about this senior who traveled to Liaodong. It sounds really upright and righteous! He is definitely a legendary hero! Compared with Now, the two of us seem a little despicable..."

Hearing Liu Minyou's admiration and praise, Chen Xin snorted disapprovingly, "...Judging from Huangshi's record in Liaodong, he might be called a hero, but it would be too much to call it a legend— ——It was just a clever trick to take advantage of Nurhachi's death in history and make a trip to Liaoyang. Besides, since he went to the south, he seems to be hooking up with the gang of "short-haired thieves" in Hainan Island. It's hard to say whether we are friends or foes... Wait! Old Liu! I was confused just now when you rushed to talk about it, and I almost delayed the big event!"

Just halfway through the talk, Marshal Chen Xin finally remembered something, jumped up suddenly, and said to Liu Minyou with a very serious expression, "... five days ago, I just left Dengzhou with six boats and returned to the port. On the way, I met a small wooden boat belonging to the navy of Dongjiang Town. There were hundreds of households in Dongjiang Town talking incoherently on the boat, saying that a group of short-haired pirates came to Dongjiang Town in a big iron boat, and seduced the military households to join the bandits with food, food and clothes. !"

Liu Min was a little surprised when he heard the words, and then thought of something?His face sank and he asked: "...the guys from Hainan Island sent a boat north"?
Chen Xin shook his head again, went to sit opposite Liu Minyou, stared into Liu Minyou's eyes and replied seriously: "...It is the Far East Company in Vladivostok!"

"...Far East Company in Vladivostok?" Liu Min was taken aback for a moment, thought for a while, and then asked: "...Could it be that those people from Hainan Island have already occupied Vladivostok?"

"...No, I personally visited Lushun by boat. They have Russian landing ships and armored vehicles. No matter how you look at them, they are much better than those in Hainan Island who are still playing with front-mounted artillery. Fortunately, according to According to the officers who have seen them, these short-haired pirates look similar to those from the Central Plains, with the same black hair, but they are taller, and they don’t see the Semu people with red eyebrows and green eyes, so they shouldn’t be Russians.” Chen Xin sighed replied.

"...That is to say, there is another transmigration force in Vladivostok. Not only is the group transmigrating like the people in Lingao County, Hainan Island, but also the equipment and firepower are much stronger?" Liu Minyou immediately reacted and stared. He closed his eyes and said.

Chen Xin stared at Liu Minyou, nodded, but did not answer.

Liu Minyou also stared at Chen Xin, and then suddenly jumped up from the chair and shouted: "...Damn, someone is trying to steal business from us again!"

"...Actually, that Far East company in Vladivostok is not the only one who is robbing us of business..." Chen Xin hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly, "...I saw a report from the imperial court at the governor's office in Dengzhou, saying There were two Fanyi named Dongan Kingdom and Huamei, who sent fleets of thousands of miles to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. And the Portuguese artillery instructors hired by Sun Yuanhua seem to know a little about these two countries..."

When Liu Min heard it, he almost fell down, and widened his eyes in frustration, "...What? Even crossed the United States?!"

"...No, judging from the contents of the Dibao, that so-called 'Huamei' also claims to be a descendant of the Central Plains. It should be a group of Chinese traversers who established a country on the ground in North America. In addition, there is an 'East Coast Country' in South America. ', seems to be the same origin..."

Chen Xin stroked his beard, and said with a vicissitudes and exhaustion on his face, "... Well, no matter whether they are enemies or friends, the East Coast Country and the Huamei United States are all far away thousands of miles away, and have little to do with us for the time being. But that How should the Far East Company in Vladivostok deal with it, we have to figure it out quickly..."

After finishing speaking, Chen Xin took out a box of Wendeng incense with a gold thread border with a sad face. There was a slogan on it, which he came up with himself: "Extreme Wendeng incense, the enjoyment of the elders in the pavilion".This is a limited-edition cigarette that was recently developed by the tobacco factory. It is tentatively set at two taels of silver per box and will not be sold outside. It is exclusively for the high-level people of Dengzhou Town to enjoy, and some are also given to the dignitaries in Beijing... Chen Xin handed it to Liu Min had a cigarette, and he lit it himself. Amidst the smog, the two of them lowered their heads and did not know how much they had smoked. Only then did Liu Min flick the cigarette butt in his hand, pick up his teacup dryly, and drank it. Taking a big sip of tea, "...at least we haven't found a special soldier named Xiang Shaolong ("Looking for the Qin"), which is considered a blessing among misfortunes. By the way, Lao Chen, about the Far East Company coming to Dongjiang Town this time. What do you think about the matter of La Zhuang Ding, the Denglai government and the Dongjiang army will deal with it in the end?"

"...how else can we deal with it? Of course it's just pretending to be deaf and dumb. It's nothing to do with it!" Chen Xin said with a bitter smile, exhaling smoke rings. It cannot be defeated. And this kind of thing that is beyond comprehension must not be reported to the court. At most, the memorial will mention that there are pirates coming to Dongjiang to recruit young and strong to join the gang... The question is how should Dengzhou Town deal with it? The Far East Company in Vladivostok is not comparable to the short-haired bandits in Lingao and Huangshi in Fujian, and it is directly on top of the big battle in Liaodong!"

Liu Minyou didn't respond, but just stared at the jumping flames in the brazier with his brows furrowed. The room fell silent again, and both of them felt the strange solemnity quietly.When Chen Xin was emptying the ashtray, he accidentally noticed a document dropped by his feet, picked it up, and saw that it was Liu Minyou's draft speech for the opening ceremony of Wendeng University:

"...the land under our feet is a very small part of a vast country. Some of your fathers and brothers joined the army. They may have been to Liaodong and Beizhili, but that is still only a small part. This is a rich and vast country. The country raises many people like you. They use the same language and wear the same clothes as you. This country has white snow flying in the northern part of the country, roaring Yangtze River and Yellow River, Jiangnan with small bridges and flowing water, and endless These borders are not obtained in vain, but our ancestors fought hard to get this land, so that we can take root here and pass it on from generation to generation, creating the most brilliant civilization with our hands. But civilization cannot lack words Books are also inseparable from spears and muskets. All our educational policies must be civilized in spirit and barbaric in body.

The reason why we in Dengzhou Town want to fight the Tartars, and everyone says we want to kill the Tartars, is that we don't have a kind of civilized identity for them.In addition to the differences in clothing and braids, there are also differences in the purpose of existence. We create rich objects and beautiful art to benefit life through hard work and technological advancement.But they came out of the mountains at this time, trying to use their brute force to enslave us. Looking at the actions of Jiannu in Liaodong, they can only bring barbaric massacres and cruel slavery. No matter how far the society has developed, Butchers like Nurhachi cannot escape moral judgment. This is the standard for my perception of good and evil, and it is also the reason why I cannot agree with Jiannu.

What they want to take away is the right we are born with, which is the right given to everyone by God, and no one has the right to take it away.This is the meaning of our crossing the sea to Liaodong to fight Jiannu, no matter how cruel Jiannu are, we must take up arms and fight them..."

Seeing these lines of righteous and strict words, Chen Xin suddenly felt a sudden enlightenment in his heart. Since then, his thoughts have become clear, and the originally entangled clouds disappeared without a trace, "...Forget it, Lao Chen, so what if these time travelers come? So what if they are stronger than us? No matter what, they are all Chinese! I have only one enemy now, and that is Huang Taiji and Jiannu. Get rid of them, get rid of them completely! As long as you are willing to fight side by side with us, you are friends, and we must serve you with good tea and wine; if you want to protect Jian Nu and fight against me, then don’t blame me for getting mad You're welcome; if you want to recruit us...you can't say absolutely not, but at least you have to see what they are, I have Tian Youbing in my hand now, so the treatment can't be worse..."

Speaking of this, Chen Xin's mentality has gradually relaxed, and the more he talks, the calmer he feels. Suddenly, it doesn't matter - there are more traversers. When the time comes, the soldiers will cover the water and the earth. , It is no different from the commercial competition of large and small companies in modern society.Driven and influenced by Chen Xin, Liu Minyou also gradually relaxed, and put this matter aside for the time being.

After discussing the affairs of other traversers, the two of them will discuss the errands assigned to Dengzhou Town by the imperial court. After all, they are still officials of the Ming Dynasty. One day, in Bieshanwei, Jiaozhou, there was a private salt dealer, Li Meng, who gathered a crowd to riot and ran amok in the countryside, defeating all the government inspections and military households in the guard.In view of the fact that the Jiaozhou government has failed in many campaigns, it ordered Dengzhou Town to send troops to help...

Although Chen Xin and Liu Min thought hard and didn't remember such a riot in Jiaozhou at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty during the Chongzhen period was really chaotic. The city and the county are not considered major events, so it is normal that there are not many records of such trivial matters in the history of later generations... So Chen Xin didn't pay much attention to this matter. He just sent a reserve battalion to Jiaozhou, which was regarded as actual combat training.

——Thus, before Marshal Chen Xin didn't realize it, a force of traversers that had just been born was snuffed out in the bud by him...