Chapter 361 Potential(1/2)
, Spring returns to the Ming Dynasty
The fleet that sent the invitation letter continued to go to Nanjing in a mighty manner, but Yang Dashuai himself took a fighting ship and returned directly to Zhoushan...
He can't really go to Nanjing.
It is impossible for him to hide his identity when he goes.
This is not how this drama was performed, in short, he returned to Zhoushan.
The fleet sailed directly across Jiangyin Fortress under the support of the Yangtze River Navy. The Wusong Navy had to choose to shrink when facing almost twice its opponent...
Protect the ship and defeat the enemy.
How can two Henghai ships and twenty bucket ships beat four Henghai ships and more than forty bucket ships upstream and downstream?
What's more, there are the water militias of the Red Turban Army eyeing them on the north shore.
In short, under the fearful gaze of the Wusong Navy, the fleet sailed across Jiangyin and went straight to Nanjing, and was warmly welcomed by Yingtian Commune in Nanjing. His Royal Highness, even the Regent Princess, personally met with the representatives and expressed understanding of the choices of the people of Zhoushan. After all, His Majesty the Emperor abandoned Zhoushan himself, and then she held a grand ceremony to receive the petition for protection on behalf of the King of Liaodong.
The petition was then sent to the capital.
It was sent to Haizhou two days later, and then in Haizhou it was sent to Dasongwei in two days with a centipede boat...
At this time, Du Song had already known that his brother was attacked by Ma Gui, and also that Yang Feng had avenged his family. He and his subordinates You Shigong and other generals had no intention of Yang Feng now, so together with the Dengzhou army controlled by the Qi family, they had quickly controlled most of Dengzhou Prefecture during this period. At present, only Laiyang is still in the hands of the Shandong Council. A new Shandong army that arrived in Laiyang prevented the surrender of the Laiyang gentry, but the scale of the battle between the two sides was not large.
As for the Qi family, the eldest son of Qi Zuoguo, is now the title of the title.
But he was nearly 60 years old. He was the commander of the Shandong commander of the Yindu Division, but at this time he was mainly staying in Dengzhou. The third brother of the Qi family was the real person in charge of the war. He was a martial arts master and was appointed as the deputy general of the Shandong Japanese army. However, Qi Jiguang's son had no military talents, and could only be said to be ordinary. However, the Yu family, one of his in-laws, had abundant martial ethics.
The latter is a gold mine.
Moreover, he is a martial arts master, so he has no shortage of gold miners who can fight and fight.
Of course, there is no shortage of money...
Gold.
In addition, the reason why Dengzhou can persist until now is more important is that Dengzhou’s hometown sages support the Qi family.
Because the head of the Dengzhou Township Sage Association was Qi Changguo's father-in-law, and Yan Chengwu, the former Shaanxi military commander, was actually the one who defended Qi Jiguang's family, Laiyang Zhang family, and the sons of the late former Dali Temple Minister Zhang Mengli, so both sides had never really fought a war.
They are all relatives and have disagreements in politics.
What to beat!
However, it can be seen that Marshal Qi's late years are really unfair. He was abandoned by Wanli. What is sick and not money to get medicine should be just rumors. The Qi family has long been the core of the gentry circle in Dengzhou. His in-laws have a strong local tyrants, a landlord, a gold mine owner, a high-ranking official of the Nine Ministers, a hereditary commander of his family, and his son, the Shandong Commander Commander, the Yindu Division...
It shouldn't be that he really didn't even have money to get medicine.
Moreover, his other sons also had hereditary positions. After Qi Chang passed the military imperial examination, he was also given the command of the Jinyiwei.
In short, most of Dengzhou Prefecture have raised the Wanli flag again.
At present, it is in a confrontation with the Shandong Council controlled area.
In fact, all fronts in the north were turned into confrontation, after all, those gentry did not want to start a war during the busy farming season.
They are more sensitive to this issue. After all, most of the gentry in the north are pure landlords. Once the farming season is delayed, they are still the ones who suffer losses. Since the Red Turban Army did not attack, they certainly did not dare to attack. The two sides confront each other at this time. Even if the commerce is relaxed, there is no way to do this. The Red Turban Army controls the largest salt-producing areas in the north and the south. If the commerce is not relaxed, it is impossible to even eat salt.
The petition was delivered to Dengzhou in one day in Dasongwei, and then it was delivered to Tianjin by the navy's centipede ship in two days.
So on the eighth day, the King of Liaodong should have been able to see this petition.
With the style of the king of Liaodong who loves the people as much as his son, he will definitely accept invitations and act as the protector of the Republic, which is undoubtedly.
As for the next days, Special Commissioner Yang will blockade of Zhejiang's coastal trade.
The entire coast of Hangzhou Bay, even to Wenzhou, the warships of the Republic's Navy swam from time to time, intercepting any merchant ships going to sea, and occasionally shelling the port to scare people. In short, in the following time, they completely blocked Zhejiang's overseas trade, but the maintenance was not long, and soon the gentry of Zhejiang knew what they should do.
Zhoushan.
"No king or father!"
Song Yingchang stepped onto Zhoushan Wharf with a melancholy expression.
A man with a beard in front of him, looking quite savage, was looking at him with a strange smile, but for some reason, he always felt familiar when he saw this person...
Of course, he could be sure that he didn't know this person.
"You are Governor Yang?"
He smiled and bowed.
"stand at attention!"
There was a sudden loud roar.
Then the soldiers in front of him stood up immediately, which scared him.
"Rise the gun!"
Then another loud roar was heard.
The soldiers' muskets with bayonets were immediately raised, setting up a cold passage between him and the guy.
Song Yingchang smiled indifferently, then walked in, between the rows of muzzles and bayonets on both sides, and walked to the man...
"Your etiquette is interesting!"
He said.
At the same time, the soldiers next to him raised the table and put it in between the two, and then brought a chair to the man opposite him. The latter sat down proudly. At the same time, someone brought a small stool to Governor Song. Governor Song sat down calmly. He was now also the Governor Yingtian, and the military affairs of Zhejiang and Susong were fully responsible for the military and political affairs of Zhejiang and Susong. Wanli had arrived in Guangzhou at this time and reiterated the revival edict in Guangzhou. Then he was welcomed by the people of Guangzhou and moved into the repaired Governor's Office as a staff.
Although he was very angry, the gentry of Zhejiang could do nothing.
Besides, they have no time to care about the emperor.
Compared with this, the emperor's escape is no longer a problem. Just leave. At least the gentry of Zhejiang has completed the identity switching by taking advantage of the welcome.
This is the real death.
Yang Feng tapped the table with his fingers, and Chen Jin came up with a document from behind. Yang Feng casually pushed Song Yingchang...
"Sign it!"
He said.
Song Yingchang took it and expanded it.
Article 1 above: All merchant ships from Zhejiang must receive water diversion issued by the Republic's Customs. Those who have no water diversion will be arrested and confiscated. Those who dare to resist will kill them. Each water diversion will have to pay a handling fee of 1,000 taels. Article 2: All exported goods from Zhejiang must be inspected at Zhoushan Customs and pay export tax according to the Republic's customs tariff rate. According to the situation of the goods, a tax rate table will be accompanied by a tax rate table.
Third, Zhejiang needs to carry all foreign tourists to Zhoushan, and no foreign tourists will be allowed to be allowed in the future.
fourth……
Song Yingchang took a deep breath and pushed the thing back.
"Your Excellency, don't deceive others too much."
He said slowly.
"Yes, I'm just bullying you. Master Song is well-read, come on, what is this word?"
Yang Feng didn't know how to find a log sign with a handful, and held it in his hand, with a word written on it...
"State!"
Song Yingchang said.
"Yes, momentum, upper sternness, lower sternness, grasp your strength.
If I catch your throat, I am qualified to bully you, I am qualified to ask what I want. You either sign this and give us money honestly in the future, or you don’t think about doing overseas business. Our fleet will sink all the merchant ships sailing from Zhejiang ports on the sea. You have no other choice unless you can defeat our fleet, but unfortunately you don’t have them at all. Since you are powerless to resist, we can only endure bullying you.
You are also old and not that kind of impulsive person.
Don’t talk nonsense there, sign it honestly, and it’s just right to continue doing business in the future. Now that the Thai merchant ships have arrived in Macau, they will arrive in large quantities soon. Do you want to miss a big business worth hundreds or even tens of millions of taels of silver?
We don't care.
We have only a population of more than 100,000 people. We have just transported hundreds of thousands of stones of grain from Nanjing. There are fish everywhere waiting for us to catch. We live a good life without doing business. But you better think about what will happen if you lose your business in this trade season? Countless factories in cities go bankrupt and countless workers are unemployed. They will become a torrent that swallows everything, rush into your garden, trampling you under your feet. In the countryside, sugarcane cannot be sold and can only be fed to pigs. No one can buy cotton and wait for mold and rot. Farmers who have no way to live are flattened your manor.
You have indeed begun a whole new era, which I call the era of capitalism.
But, you must also bear everything that follows this era.
Master Song, sign it!
We are not the kind of fishing that is exhausted, and will leave you enough profits. After all, these leeks cannot be cut and eaten. I also want to rely on you to raise them for the rest of my life."
Yang Feng said with a smile.
Indeed, he was just pinching the neck of the Zhejiang gentry.
The latter has no ability to resist at all, and the only thing they can do is accept fate.
Song Yingchang looked at him silently...
"Your Excellency, aren't you afraid that we will part? Why do you think we will listen to you?"
He said.
"A single beat? What are you going to take? Catch these brothers' relatives and threaten them? We have invited Yang Dashui to protect him and have obtained Yang Dashui's consent. Then you are not afraid of Yang Dashui's war crimes? At that time, we happened to take down you with the Red Turban Army and hang you all the masters.
Otherwise, you will build another fleet and come out to fight us for a decisive battle?
To be continued...