Great time travel

Chapter 1, The Leading Party on Phoenix Mountain
PS: Correction, the Xianxia Pass at the junction of Zhejiang and Fujian in the previous article should actually be Fenshui Pass. Although Xianxia Pass is also on the border of Zhejiang and Fujian, it is located in the inland direction, closer to Quzhou.The dividing line on the south coast of Wenzhou is Fenshui Pass, and I confused the two passes when I lost my mind.

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For the gentlemen of the Hangzhou Mansion, the sudden appearance of the Kun bandit fleet on the Qiantang River was a slap in the face for them.

Since the rampant Japanese pirate rebellion during the Jiajing period was suppressed by a generation of famous general Qi Jiguang, the city of Hangzhou has not experienced a real war for a long time.Therefore, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries, down to the ordinary people in the market, are unprepared for the sudden war.

What's more, the gangster who came to commit the crime this time is not comparable to ordinary thieves. It is said that they have thousands of warships and tens of thousands of minions.He also colluded with Huangshi, the rebel general of the imperial court, and learned the magic method of the Funing Army's military training-the Funing Army under Huangshi was the number one soldier in the world who once ran rampant in Liaodong and repeatedly broke the slavery!Now that the Jurchen Eight Banners have broken through Beijing, all of them were defeated by Huangshi in the past. Hearing Huangshi's name would make one's heart tremble, and the slave chieftain is not even worthy of carrying shoes in front of him!

In the minds of the gentlemen in Hangzhou, the evil name of this Kun thief is at least on par with the Japanese pirates, and the momentum of the Kun thief's attack this time is much greater than that of the Japanese pirates in history. There are more than a dozen ships, and there are countless small boats of all kinds. How many soldiers are there!

What's more terrible is that everyone knows that Jiangnan has been in peace for a long time, the military equipment has been weakened, and Wen Tianwu is playing, not to mention such tyrannical bandits, even ordinary civil uprisings, those useless government servants are very difficult to deal with, mainly The thugs who rely on the big landlords are suppressing the village.

But no matter how dark clouds are pressing down on the city in Hangzhou right now, and the dangers are overwhelming, the masters will eventually come up with a countermeasure...

"...Now that the bandits are rampant outside the city, a catastrophe is imminent. I wonder if gentlemen have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?"

The magistrate Liu Mengqian asked this, while walking around the hall with a sad face, while the gentry sitting at the bottom were watching their eyes, their noses, their noses, their noses, their hearts, and their hearts. No one was willing to stand up and be the top bird, and at the same time, they really couldn't take it. What a good idea—this time the gangsters are coming so fiercely, I'm afraid they can't be dismissed with a few small coins.But if they dispatched troops to fight to the death with them, where would they find such good soldiers?
After much deliberation, the only reasonable countermeasure.Only relying on the city wall to delay time, at the same time ask the Nanjing court for help.

"...My lord, I only know that the Kun thief is a vulgar and uneducated person, and he is a gang of murderers! However, I heard that this thief has invaded Guangfu several times, but he has not broken the city. It can be seen that although this generation is good at water warfare, wild land wave warfare Maybe it's okay, but attacking Jiancheng is absolutely impossible, just like the Japanese pirates in the past."

After a moment of silence, someone finally stood up and replied, "...for now, we have no choice but to stick to the city and wait for changes."

Although these words sounded a bit discouraging, but after careful consideration by Liu Zhifu, it seemed that this was indeed the case - such old, weak and disabled soldiers in Hangzhou city were obviously no match for thieves in the wild.However, although the thieves were strong and powerful, they could not go ashore after all... Therefore, Liu Zhifu, who had an idea in his mind, immediately distributed a "donation against the thieves" to all the gentry, and then served tea to the guests, and ordered all places to be sealed off. For the gates of the city, except for the two gates leading to the north, all other gates must be blocked with earth bags and bricks.In addition, Liu Zhifu also authorized the squires living outside the city to organize their own village bravery regiments, guard the villages, and wait for the opportunity to harass the thieves who landed.

——During the Opium War, when the local government of the Qing Dynasty dealt with the invading British fleet that circled half of the world, it probably did the same thing.

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At the same time, in the south of Hangzhou, beside the Qiantang River
Wave after wave of choppy and undulating waves beat the embankment repeatedly in a regular manner, arousing continuous rattling noises.

This is the famous Qianjiang tide—although there is still some time before the tide, it is already quite spectacular.

Just as Liu Zhifu ordered the closure of the city gate and decided to implement the tortoise policy, so as to keep the same in response to all changes, a huge fleet spewing billowing black smoke was slowly breaking into the vast water surface where the stormy waves crashed against the shore. Frightened, the fishing boats on the Qiantang River disappeared for a while, and the villages on both sides of the river were also in panic.

In fact, with the navigation and surveying and mapping technology of the current era, it is a very risky task for such a large ship of hundreds of tons or thousands of tons to leave the deep sea rashly and enter the waters of the Qiantang River, where the wind is high, the waves are high, and the shoals are densely covered. Things are like making fun of the lives of the sailors.

Fortunately, on the outskirts of Hangzhou City, the "relevant departments" have already pre-arranged a navigator for this fleet...or a leading party.

"...Hey, it's finally here... It really made us wait anxiously..."

Looking at the shadow of the sail gradually appearing in the sky from a watchtower in Phoenix Mountain Villa, Zhao Yingong, the person in charge of Lingao Group Hangzhou Trading Station, let out a long breath of relief, and then put away the high-power binoculars in his hand, "... Fire the signal flare immediately! The pilot boat starts to navigate immediately!"

——Phoenix Mountain is located in the south of Hangzhou City.The main peak is 178 meters above sea level, bordering the West Lake in the north and Jiangbin in the south, and looks like a flying phoenix, hence the name.In the Southern Song Dynasty, Fenghuang Mountain used to be the imperial city "walking" in Lin'an. The nine-mile radius centered on Fenghuang Mountain is full of magnificent palaces, pavilions, and artificially imitated "Little West Lake" and "Little West Lake". The garden scenery such as "Six Bridges" can be called beautiful and exquisite.

It is a pity that after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, the remaining palaces were also burned to ruins by a fire.Later, when Zhang Shicheng built Hangzhou City at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he demolished the remaining ruins to obtain stone and wood.After the Ming Dynasty, people continued to dismantle various building materials from here to build private residences.As a result, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, apart from the broken walls and ruins all over the ground, there was only a barren area left on Phoenix Mountain.

However, as the person in charge of the trading station dispatched to Hangzhou by Lingao Traverser Group on Hainan Island, Zhao Yingong, who claims to be a descendant of the Song Dynasty, immediately took a fancy to Fengshui Mountain, a treasured place of geomantic omen. Zhao Yingong personally has great historical commemorative value; secondly, the south of Fenghuang Mountain is the Qiantang River, as long as he is willing to invest in the construction, he can create a private port; thirdly, this place is an important commanding height in the south of Hangzhou, with dangerous terrain and abundant water sources , although the terrain is rugged and cannot grow rice, it can grow mulberry trees, fruit trees and tea trees, which can make some money.

Therefore, Zhao Yingong spent a lot of money on Fenghuang Mountain, managed to buy the huge Fenghuang Mountain, and invested countless manpower and material resources. After two years of construction, he finally made a Phoenix Mountain Villa look like it was full of people. The hillsides with weeds and miscellaneous trees were cleared out one after another, and turned into lush mulberry orchards, orchards and tea gardens.In order to irrigate these crops, a small reservoir was opened on the top of the mountain.The small flat land between the foothills and valleys has also been fully utilized, and several workshops have been built.Finally, at the foot of the mountain, near the Qiantang River, a private pier was built, and there was also a large shantang. This signboard was used to accommodate refugees, quarantine them, and then ship them back to the base camp in Hainan Island. .

Originally, all these undertakings were very prosperous, but after the Lingao Group got in touch with the central government of the modern world, Zhao Yingong got more investment, and it seemed that he would be able to make great achievements...Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a disaster. Jiang——The gang of deadly professional households of the Donglin Party actually took the initiative to provoke the war in the southeast. First, they forced the Funing Army in Huangshi to rebel, and then they issued the "Decree to Discuss Kun", which completely disrupted the overall plan of the traversers.

As for Zhao Yingong, who lives in Hangzhou, although he has already changed his hairstyle and clothes from the Ming Dynasty and did not reveal his identity as a "kun thief", but with so many "Australian goods" sold from him, at least There is also a suspicion of "Tong Kun"... So, facing the wolf-like officials and the Hangzhou gentry who tried to get a piece of the pie, Zhao Yingong, who was caught off guard, had to abandon the Ziming Building, Wanbi Bookstore and other properties in the city, and fled out of the city in a hurry Going to Fenghuang Mountain Villa, relying on the well-equipped village guard team brought from Hainan Island, they finally repelled the officials and did not end up with annihilation of the whole army.

But even if the battle is temporarily won, and the hoarded food and supplies are still enough to last for a long time, people in the Phoenix Villa are still in a state of panic. However, they are all Hangzhou locals after all, and their fear of the government is deeply rooted in their bones... As a result, some people soon stole valuables and fled down the mountain with their families; Actually quietly inciting riots in Zhuangzi!This made Zhao Yingong even more anxious for a while, and his hair was almost graying with anxiety.

Fortunately, the "Huameng" has been established at this time, and the newly wholesaled [Random Gate] has also been put into use...Facing Zhao Yingong's complaints, the relevant departments quickly made a quick decision to use the [Random Gate], All the Hangzhou locals in the villa were sent to Hainan Island to open up wasteland, so as to completely eliminate internal unstable factors.At the same time, we will send additional reinforcements to Phoenix Mountain Villa through [Random Gate] and build fortifications for long-term defense.

In this way, the Phoenix Mountain Villa was finally stabilized, but the losses caused were still heavy, not only those workshops were all shut down.Even the tea gardens and orchards on the mountain began to fall into disrepair because no one took care of them... This made the owner Zhao Yingong, who had put a lot of effort into it, resentful.

However, Emperor Tian paid off, after spending so many days trapped in Phoenix Mountain Villa, he finally waited for the time to take revenge!
Hmph, when you snatched my goods and closed my shop, you were very happy picking up "Yangluo", didn't you?

Now, if you eat me, you have to spit it out, and if you take me, you have to chop off your hands. See if you still don't kneel down and sing conquest!

Looking at the shadow of the sails on the Qiantang River, owner Zhao Yingong took a deep breath, turned around and picked up the satellite phone that had been prepared by his side.

"...Hey, is this Mr. Wen? The North American fleet has arrived, and the infantry assembled by you can also be sent over!"