Great time travel

Chapter 135: No War in Lingnan

Guangzhou, Feieling, Changliu Temple
Feieling is located in the north of Guangzhou City, facing Yuexiu Mountain in Guangzhou City across the city wall. It is an important commanding height and transportation hub outside Guangzhou City, controlling the main roads in the north of Guangzhou City.However, since the "Australian" occupied this place, it was convenient for Feieling to build a lot of buildings and towers, named Changliuguan.As a result, Feieling in the north of Guangzhou City has gradually gained the new name of "Changliu Fairy Mountain".

In and around the city of Guangzhou right now, everyone from the rich and powerful to the traffickers and pawns, almost everyone knows that this Changliu Taoist Temple is a great sect created by Australian Kun people.The several Australian masters who are in charge of Changliu are said to be all powerful and omnipotent.More importantly, this sect is very prestigious in the imperial court of the Kun people in Australia, and the disciples in it can serve as errands for the government and receive official salaries.Therefore, relying on the strong support of the imperial court of the Kun people in Australia, the Changliu Taoist Temple and its subordinate Changliu sect developed extremely rapidly after the change of ownership in Guangdong.In this short period of less than a year, in addition to this "Benshan" outside Guangzhou, there are dozens of "fragrant halls" in various counties in Guangdong, and the momentum is huge...

——The reason why the traversers want to create this long-stay faction is mainly to solve the hidden dangers caused by the previous "peaceful takeover" of Guangdong.

Compared with Major General Sun Yang's Jiangnan Raiders who were completely ignored, because of the old leaders who have made great contributions to the party and the country, they are still vacationing in Sanya New City on Hainan Island in this time and space, and accepting the Doraemon plane. In the 22nd century, black technology props are used for medical treatment and recuperation.In order to ensure the absolute safety of these old leaders during the war, the resources and troops invested by the Allied Forces in the Lingnan Raiders can be called extravagant.

After the allied forces used a series of super killer weapons such as giant airships, steel battleships, and [random door] beheading tactics, the whole of Guangdong was almost spread.If you encounter a die-hard county magistrate with an elm-headed head and is determined to defend the county against the enemy, the attacker will also use some "immortal methods"-for example, using the method obtained from Doraemon. The [weather controller] who came here first adjusted the temperature in the county to forty degrees above zero, and a heavy snowfall; half a day later, adjusted it to minus forty degrees, causing a flood in the city; Adjust it back to [-] degrees above zero, and there will be another heavy snow... After several rounds of this, the soldiers and civilians in the city who could no longer bear it tied up the county magistrate and opened the door to surrender...

In general, in the first phase of the war to conquer Guangdong, due to the use of fierce tigers fighting rabbits, the opponent's will to resist was completely shattered. To two thousand, the entire conquest process can be described as bloodless.

But the problem is that the blood shed is too little, and it is not a simple good thing for the conquerors, but it will also bring a series of troubles.

——After completing the initial occupation of the entire territory of Guangdong, the overall governance policy of the Allied forces in the early days of the rule was to maintain stability over everything else.Carry out various modernization projects in major cities to absorb social idle labor.In the countryside, try to keep it as quiet as possible. Apart from refusing to recognize the tax-free privileges of the Ming gentry, demanding that the land be cleared again, and apportioning "reasonable burdens" to each village and town, it did not sacrifice the land reform as a big killer.

Because, for the Chinese League, which has tens of millions of square kilometers in Australia, South Africa, and North and South America, fertile fields are worthless at all, and precious metals such as gold and silver are not lacking for them. The only valuable thing that can really make the republics grab their heads is the population.If the land reform is carried out in Guangdong and the farmers are given the land of large landlords, it means that the farmers will be firmly bound to a small piece of land in their hometown, which will seriously weaken the mobility of the population, which is not conducive to the recruitment of immigrants by relevant departments. Work.

Moreover, unlike any previous conquerors, the traverser's army does not need to rely on Guangdong's local taxes to support them. As long as this land can continuously provide immigrants to the various republics, then even a penny of taxes from the occupying authorities will be worthless. If they don’t accept it, the occupying army can also rely on the support from the republics to live a very nourishing life... So in general, after the change of ownership in Guangdong Province, the tax level has been greatly reduced, at least the agricultural tax is even more subdued. The reduction was reduced to only a fraction.Although the relevant authorities also know that such a large-scale tax cut will only allow the landlords to take the opportunity to increase rents, and may not bring much benefit to the people—from ancient times to the present, the big landlords have always only passed on the burden to the peasants, but never Refusing to share the slightest benefit with poor mud legs.But now that they have taken so many benefits, these landlords and gentry should at least be more peaceful!

Unfortunately, the result of doing so is backfired.Even though the occupying authorities have used so much profit to buy off the old upper-class landlords and gentry in order to maintain a stable overall situation, the big landlords in the rural areas of Guangdong are still ungrateful, and instead continue to riot. The very important reason is that although the Allied forces did not carve up their fields, they were still recruiting immigrants and constantly luring a group of tenants for profit, which naturally also harmed the interests of the big households.The most fundamental reason is that this area of ​​Guangdong has been peaceful for too long, so that quite a few of the arrogant gentry have become severely rigid in their minds and have not adapted to the rules of jungle survival in turbulent times.These people not only stubbornly refuse to admit that fists are the greatest truth, but naively think that as long as they can write stereotyped essays, those lowly warriors should bow their heads to them... They even try to blackmail Australians to make money!The result was that all the demons danced wildly in the countryside of Guangdong for a while.

Among these thorny landlords, some relied on their fame in the Ming Dynasty and refused to pay any taxes, and even turned around to extort "Australians"; The people besieged the land surveying and taxing teams of the new government; some landlords and gentry even sent people to Guangxi to contact the chieftains of various ethnic groups in an attempt to overthrow the rule of the "Australians" by cooperating internally and externally, but they never thought about how to deal with airships and ironclad ships... There are even some careerists with broken brains, who collected hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled, and played the game of proclaiming emperor!

Although the relevant departments strictly handle such cases, they still can't stop the landlords and gentry in Guangdong Province from rushing to die one after another... At present, more than 1 people have been exiled to Africa to play survival games with the black uncle, and they have been exiled again Thousands of people went to the Pacific islands to be neighbors with cannibals, which made the landlords and gentry in the area near Guangzhou stable.But there are still undercurrents in the east and north of Guangdong...

Compared with these local rich lords with wrong brains and eager to die, what troubled the occupying army authorities even more were those Jianghu sects who were as slippery as loaches and as vicious as poisonous snakes.After ruling Guangdong for a few months, the occupying army authorities finally understood why they had to recklessly and ruthlessly destroy all the ways of feudal society when the new China was established. Intertwined, well-informed, hands-on, all kinds of sneaky tricks are scary, and it is hard to guard against.

Although these gang members are definitely not the opponents of the army in terms of frontal armed confrontation, but when it comes to various ghost tricks, it really makes people scratch their heads. It has only been a few months since the Allied forces entered Guangzhou, and the hideous big airship with a shark mouth is still there. Hanging above the heads of Guangzhou citizens!Some people are already bribing the military supply officials of the Allied Army, listening to military intelligence or stealing various logistical supplies; Such things as barracks, looting ordnance in vain and chaos can be done!

Therefore, after the occupation of Guangdong, the relevant departments immediately organized several crackdown campaigns, arresting all beggars and idlers in the city immediately, and sending them to the most difficult pioneering frontiers overseas to serve as coolies.But limited to the scale of available manpower, it only basically cleaned up the gang members in Guangzhou.But in places far away from the Pearl River Delta, there is still chaos everywhere... In the merchant servants in the city, the landlords and gentry in the countryside, and the temples and Taoist temples in the mountains, there are informants and protectors of these gang members everywhere. Almost everywhere!

Although the above-mentioned riots will not overthrow the Allied forces' rule over Guangdong, they can seriously interfere with the progress of various modernization projects.What's more terrible is that the foundations of many martial arts sects are all outside Guangdong Province.No matter how hard we crack down in Guangdong, it will only scratch their skins.

In short, because it is temporarily unable to resort to the three desperate measures of "land reform", "socialist industrial and commercial transformation" and "breaking feudal superstition", the occupying army can only bite the bullet and fight for a long-term law and order in Guangdong. war.Due to the various limitations in the use of military and police forces, relevant departments also ordered the formation of their own "patriotic associations" to fight poison with fire—thus, the Changliu faction was born.

To put it simply, the Changliu Sect is a "New Taoism" established by relying on the Hainan Island Travel Group. It faces the local people in the newly occupied area. The short-term goal is to deal with those martial arts sects who dare to make enemies with the "Australians".At the beginning, I don't know who had a brain hole, and randomly named it "Fist of the Big Dipper", which aroused strong protests - how can you beat someone's brick Sap with your fist?

Next, the relevant departments held an internal name collection activity, and a series of unimaginative names such as Jingwumen, Qionghuapai, Wanhuagu, Tiance Mansion, Hidden Sword Villa, Tianxiahui, Money Gang, etc. emerged. Weird name.In the end, Daoquanzi, the head of the new Taoism who couldn't stand it anymore, borrowed a school from a fairy tale TV series, and named this new school Changliu School after the Changliu Xianshan in "Shan Hai Jing".

Then, in order to highlight the "Australian characteristics" of the Changliu School and distinguish it from the local martial arts schools of the Ming Dynasty, the weapons used by the disciples of the Changliu School are also unique, which are the three-edged army thorn and the Western thin thorn sword!The lethality of the former has been proven in the modern battlefield.And that seemingly toy-like western razor sword actually has a good record in fighting. It should be noted that the earliest name of this thing was armor-piercing sword, which was a street fighting weapon developed from noble duels. The function of chopping has developed the fatal function of one blow to the extreme. The extremely thin sword body is not only light in weight and easy to carry, but also can easily penetrate the torso of the human body, causing serious organ bleeding and infection in the body cavity. It is a dead end.

Of course, this kind of weapon is indeed of limited use when the army is facing each other, but it is definitely a sharp weapon in the fight in the rivers and lakes. If this thing is really flashy and lacks practical value, how can Western gentlemen keep using it? It was worn into the twentieth century?

Even in the eastern street fighting battlefield, the lethality of this thing is not bad. Compared with Western swords that rely entirely on stabbing as a means of killing, traditional Chinese swords still retain some slashing and blocking moves, so The body of the sword cannot be made too long, at least it cannot cut to the ground when it is swung, and the blade length is not as long as that of Western swords.In this way, when a local "hero" in Guangzhou holds a traditional Chinese sword and is fighting a disciple of the Changliu School who holds a Western sword in the street, before the Chinese sword stabs the opponent, his side may have already been stabbed by the Western sword. Into the liver!This is fatal!

Although in the east, there are also some two-handed swords and miao knives that can be made very long, but after all, they are not something ordinary people can handle.

And more importantly, this Western sword is a compulsory course for nobles in the West for centuries, and it is also an international competition event. Therefore, there is a set of extremely complete training courses in modern times, which can be directly copied and applied-it is better than The moves that you think about with a martial arts novel must be stronger!
In addition, compared with traditional Chinese swords, this Western sword has another advantage, that is, it can be more conveniently hidden in umbrellas and crutches--the umbrella sword specially made by the disciples of the Changliu School for carrying out hidden tasks. It is about one meter long and weighs about one kilogram.Usually hidden in the handle of the umbrella, it can be used freely, but when drawn out, it becomes a Western sword - the design of this kind of hidden weapon has actually existed since ancient times, but such a design requires high steel materials for forging the sword body, and suitable materials are rare. Even if most people get good steel occasionally, they are reluctant to use it to make such a concealed weapon.

However, for traversers with the super productivity of modern industry, this small trouble is not a problem at all. The finished Western sword obtained after high-temperature modulation with ordinary spring steel and quenching the tip of the sword has both elasticity and hardness. It is excellent, and the cost is not expensive, so this kind of umbrella sword is in Changliu sect's hands. Even the most humble handyman disciple can get an umbrella sword or crutch sword after a few months of getting started. Come to defend yourself.

Although after watching the training of the disciples of the Changliu School, many traversers murmured that it felt very strange for a group of Ming Dynasty people with hair buns to poke and fight with people on Chinese soil with Western swords. Some fake foreign devils are awkward, but Daoist Daoquanzi said that this is normal-according to the description in "Shan Hai Jing", this Changliu Mountain was originally a western fairy mountain, so naturally it should teach Western martial arts...

Of course, since the goal of this sect is to assist the occupying army in massacring the Ming martial arts, it cannot rely on cold weapons alone to solve the problem, so most of the inner disciples who have passed the review are equipped with revolvers or double-barreled shotguns, and even some inner disciples The disciples also received training in blasting explosives from engineers, preparing to use them in sneak attacks to break through the tall walls of temples, Taoist temples and large mansions.

At present, this sect is still in its infancy stage, and many people in Huameng are not very optimistic about its future, denouncing it as apostasy.But in the future, this Changliu sect really flourished, claiming to be the Terminator of the martial arts, killing all famous sects, ancient temples and famous mountains, people's heads rolled, and corpses littered the field...

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When Xu Xiake and his clan brother Xu Zhongzhao arrived at Changliu Temple in a carriage, they saw a group of newly recruited disciples of the Changliu Sect, with sandbags tied to their legs and blue cloth robes, coming from the side of the road. Li Fugui, a former short-term worker who just passed the assessment in the morning, ran past sweating profusely.Impressively, there were also a few outer disciples behind them, blowing whistles and waving whips, urging and supervising them not to be lazy.

And in the martial arts field not far away, there are also many Changliu disciples who are sweating profusely lifting dumbbells, pressing horizontal bars, fencing each other and fighting with bare hands.

——Although the Changliu Sect is a decadent and backward "feudal society" on the surface, it actually adopts a formal military training method. All new disciples and outer disciples have to run 3000 meters every morning , and then [-] push-ups, [-] leg raises, [-] leapfrogs... plus cultural lessons.Although it is just an old technique of the physical education schools of later generations, if it is replaced by the general martial arts schools these days, ordinary disciples probably don't have so much food calories and protein intake to maintain such high-intensity physical exercise.Thanks to the "Australian" rich and powerful, three meals are full and all have meat, so that these poor guys who have been in a semi-starved state for a long time can spend their youthful calories so wantonly.

According to the arrangements made by the first "Xianzun" of the Changliu Sect, Dao Quanzi, after referring to the novels of Xianxia, ​​these new disciples will hold a competition within the sect after three months of training. Outer disciples.Then the former was assigned to various incense halls to do some chores, and the latter continued to learn various street fighting skills, and would serve as the main fighter in the future, and accumulate experience in battles until he was promoted to an inner disciple...

——On the official salary slip issued by the Huameng, the disciples of the Changliu Sect’s handymen are temporary workers, the disciples of the outer sect are contract workers, and the disciples of the inner sect are staffed by public institutions. class, is to enter the civil service establishment.

"...Hey, brother, as the saying goes, the poor are rich in culture and martial arts. Look at how many strong men and half-grown young men have been recruited by this Taoist temple. I’m afraid they’re about to vomit blood when they come down, but none of these people look pale and thin. And if they are allowed to run like this every day, I really don’t know how many pairs of shoes the Australians will have to pay…” Xu Zhongzhao stroked his beard, so muttered.

"...Brother Zhongzhao, although Australians act extravagantly, they are actually very shrewd! How can they keep so many idlers for nothing?"

As a traveler who has traveled all over the country and is well aware of the disadvantages of the world, Xu Xiake can see the meaning behind it at a glance, "...I can't see that for three months, the wharf merchants, car and boat shops in the whole province of Guangdong, Everyone will follow the lead of the Australians!"

Next, the two brothers of the Xu family went to meet with the Thief Quanzi "Xianzun" who presided over Changliuguan, and the other party also enthusiastically arranged for them to stay in a jingshe, and prepared a banquet to welcome the dust.However, when Xu Xiake talked about going north and returning home, Robber Quanzi showed embarrassment:
"...The two of you don't know that Huguang is about to start a war right now, and the road is not safe. If you plan to go north to Huguang from Shaoguan, and then go down the Yangtze River to the south of the Yangtze River, you may be detained by the Ming Dynasty's army. On the way..."

"...What? Could it be that the Australian Song court is so impatient and is already preparing for the Northern Expedition?" Xu Xiake couldn't help being surprised when he heard this.

"...No! No! Our army doesn't have the intention to conquer Huguang in the north right now. This is caused by the internal struggle of the Ming royal family!"

In response to Xu Xiake's startled question, Dao Quanzi waved his hands again and again and explained, "...According to reports, Emperor Chongzhen, who escaped from the capital and traveled to the north, left Luoyang at the beginning of this month and went south to Wuchang to stay. At the same time, they ordered to seal off the river and detain all ships on the river, preparing to transport troops to fight against the Yonghe Emperor's court in the capital (Nanjing). After hearing the news, the Nanjing court also abandoned the important town of Yangzhou, and took the original Jiangbei and Wenxiang All the soldiers and horses entangled by the congregation were transferred westward to southern Anhui, as if they were determined to fight to the death with Emperor Chongzhen on the great river..."

Speaking of which, seeing the shocking expressions on the Xu family brothers' faces, Robber Quanzi smiled again and suddenly changed the topic, "...Of course, you two don't need to worry. Even if the land route is impossible, there is still the sea route! It just so happens Pindao is about to send his disciples on a warship to set up a incense hall in Zhejiang, so he can take the two of them with him. Mr. Zhao Yingong from Hangzhou has admired His Excellency Xu Xiake for a long time, and he will definitely greet him ..."

——Xu Xiake and Xu Zhongzhao immediately looked at each other and smiled wryly... Although they already had the intention to contribute, they still kept a hand in case something happened.But right now, if you go to your hometown in the south of the Yangtze River on an Australian warship... this thief ship will never come down again!
Alas, no matter what, just treat it as having made up your mind in advance!
"...Since this is the case, I will trouble the Taoist priest..."