"Master, the reinforcements from Changnan have already controlled the county town. What should I do next?"

Changnan porcelain and Jingdezhen porcelain, there were first Changnan and then porcelain. Changnan is the name of the Qing Dynasty in Western countries.

But now the wealthy Changnan is a little declining. The porcelain capital began to go downhill before the Qianlong period. In the late Daoguang period, the imperial equipment factory that lasted for five hundred years from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty was also considered to have died.

The main reason for the decline of Changnan and Jingdezhen is its own problems. The rise of national strength and the rise of the Thirteen Pros are just external reasons. The types and shapes of conservative products are not suitable for market demand, which is the real reason for its decline.

In terms of craftsmanship, Jingdezhen is still a master in the porcelain industry. The court gave up Jingdezhen and the frequent appearance of masters from the Department of the Craft Office is one of the reasons. However, the Department of the Craft Office can only be regarded as a small workshop that produces high-quality products. If you really want to talk about large-scale production, you have to look at Jingdezhen!

The military aid to Jiangxi was the only time before Yang Meng had dispatched troops in accordance with the imperial decrees. Compared with the Green Camp, Yang Meng had a much greater freedom. Although only 500 people had been transferred to the country, he was still more than enough to control a county town.

"That's good! Let's build a green camp position for the troops! Tell him that he would wait for the managers to go in Changnan. During this period, his main task is to bring all the porcelain workshops near Changnan into our hands."

Porcelain is undoubtedly a good way to make foreign exchange. When it comes to the ability to make porcelain, it is considered that being a grandson in the West has a higher seniority. The export volume of porcelain from the Qing Dynasty is getting smaller and smaller, and the sales of Western porcelain are getting wider and wider. The main reason is the positioning of a product.

Why did the thirteen-row porcelain have a market? It was not that it met the needs of Western countries. Yang Meng occupied what Jingdezhen had to do, nor did he export cheap porcelain in large quantities. He wanted to export luxury-like porcelain in large quantities, which rekindled the craze of oriental porcelain in the West.

"Master, Changnan belongs to Jiangxi after all, and the Taiping Army is still rampant in Jiangxi. Is it dangerous for us to control Changnan?"

Unlike Gu Yayue, Wei Zhiqing would occasionally mention Yang Meng. Controlling Changnan or Jingdezhen, hundreds of times, it seems too few to practice bravery. There is such a lonely place, and I am afraid that it will be vulnerable to attack.

"It won't be there soon! Our focus is on Jingdezhen. We told the past managers that after the porcelain factory is built, the style produced by Xishan will be used, and the things that come out must be high-quality, top-quality, and craftsmanship! Just follow the rules.

Jingdezhen has a river connected to Poyang Lake. After the porcelain factory is built, people will be recruited. The waterway will be widened and deepened. As for the scale, it must at least allow the power barge to travel in both directions."

The two lakes in Anhui are busy guarding against growing hair, but Yang Meng is busy doing business and making money. Yang Meng does not pay much attention to the upcoming Taiping Army. Wu Wenrong stationed in Huangzhou is the first line of defense for the three towns of Wuhan. Although this guy probably cannot stop the Taiping Army, tens of thousands of official troops will have to fight for a month or two before the entire line will collapse, right?

In a province, the green camp's troops are at most 30,000 to 50,000 or 10,000 or 20,000. The situation in Jiangnan seems to be in a state of no soldiers everywhere, but if you really want to gather the green camps in a province, the number is still quite considerable.

In Guangxi, the court mobilized the province's troops, plus the reinforcements of militia, with a total of 100,000 troops. It was very simple to gather troops, but food and salary were a big problem. The official army went from 100,000 in Guangxi to 50,000 in Hunan to 50,000 in Hunan, and then to 20,000 to 30,000 in Tianjin, and the signs of exhaustion of the imperial court's financial resources have been slowly revealed.

This time, Wu Wenrong made up his mind to defend Hubei. When Zhang Liangji was in office, the vassal treasury and the reserved grain of the prefectures in Hubei were gathered. Wu Wenrong, who was stationed in Huangzhou, did not lack food and salary, and the number of soldiers gathered was increasing.

The first one to have the fighter was the Taiping Army, Lin Jili's Northern Expedition Brigade, who took the initiative to attack, but after approaching Luo Pass, he drove straight into Zhili, conquering Xingtai, Gaocheng, and Shenzhou, and headed directly to Tianjin Wei.

When the Taiping Army arrived in Shenzhou, he could not walk further north. Gaocheng and Shenzhou line were hundreds of miles away from Baoding. Baoding went a little further north, and Langfang was Langfang. Langfang was already the periphery of the capital. If there was no obstacle, in about ten days, Lin Jili's Northern Expedition Army would be approaching the capital.

It was impossible to stop it. In order to march quickly, Lin Jili avoided many big cities and only found small counties with poor city defense. Lin Jili's Northern Expedition Army did not cause decent killing and injury to the official army in Zhili. The defeated elite soldiers from the south came from the south; the Mongolian cavalry of monk fools blocked the north; and the local soldiers from Zhili, Lin Jili and the other three had already rushed into a huge encirclement.

With the lessons learned from Huaiqing, Henan, Lin, Ji and Li did not dare to attack those well-behaved big cities. The climate in Jiangnan and Jiangbei was different, and the soil quality was also different. The earth camp brothers who were accustomed to working in the south were also a little scared when facing the heavy land in the north.

Some of Senggelinqin's northern army were cavalry, which also made the Taiping Army a little scared. The passage directly to the north was blocked, and the three of them could only go to Cangzhou and head straight for Tianjin Wei.

If you don’t fight the capital and fight Tianjin, it is definitely a trick to make a move. As long as you cut off the sea routes and grain routes in Tianjin and there is no grain supply in the capital, you will be short of food on a large scale in less than a few months.

When entering Tianjin Guards, no matter what Lin Jili thought, it was a good choice in Yang Meng's opinion. Unfortunately, the defense in the Jingji area is not as sluggish as in Jiangnan. No matter how powerful the Green Camp or the Eight Banners soldiers are, as far as defending the city is concerned, there is basically no difference between waste and elite soldiers.

The big city did not dare to fight, and Senggelinqin's Beidu army was close at hand. Lin Ji and Li had no choice but to choose to capture Jinghai County near Tianjin Wei.

It is a good idea to attack Tianjin, but Lin Ji and Li have fewer military horses. Not to mention adding zeros behind 20,000 to 30,000 people, they want to attack Tianjin and the capital, and there are no 100,000 people, so they basically don’t even try it. As long as the military and civilians guarding the city are a little brave, 20,000 to 30,000 people are only worthy of filling the pit.

"My Master, the food and clothing arranged in Zhili before will not work. Do you deal with those things on the spot?"

The Taiping Army attacked Tianjin. Yang Meng had never thought of it before. He thought Lin Ji and Li would go north along the Baoding area, but he did not expect that when Senggelinqin's army arrived, the three of them chose Tianjin as the target. In this case, the first moves Yang Meng had done before would be a waste.

"No! Let the people from the sect contact Lin Ji and Li, but the encirclement has not yet been sank to death. Tell the three of us where we store grain. Let them snatch it!

In a few days, the defeated elite Jiangnan will arrive. Let our people prepare chariots and horses for the Taiping Army and pretend to be a fugitive team, so that it will not be too conspicuous.

What Lin Ji and Li lacked is not force, but just food, grass and winter clothes. As long as this batch of food is obtained, Lin Ji and Li will be defeated for one or half a year to fight against the monk fool. It is no problem.

I informed Ding Taichen of Guangzhou and asked him to take a trip to the sea route near Tianjin. Jinghai is in a good location. If you can, it would be impossible to replenish Lin Jili's team on the sea route.

But this matter needs to be done more properly, the ships exploring the way, use Western warships, and hang the English flag!"

Yang Meng did this matter when he asked the Taiping Army to steal its own food. The grain prices in the capital area are soaring. If the grain is dispersed and the profit will be doubled, it will be easy.

"Master, are you planning to let the Taiping Army rob our food?"

Gu Yayue, who was in charge of the order, was stunned. Before, the Taiping Army would not do the business of slaughtering people, and his third master would kill people. This time, he asked Lin Ji and Li to steal the Yang family's food. Was it because he said the wrong thing?

"Yes! Compared to the income we earn in Jiangnan, the food and clothing are just a drop in the bucket and there is no supply. Lin Jili's Northern Expedition Army will collapse in at most two or three months!

With this batch of food, although it is not enough to improve the combat power of the Taiping Army, I believe that Lin Ji and Li can still do it if they keep Jinghai for half a year to a year.

Half a year is enough for me to enter the Poyang Lake District. As for the other three major lake districts, let’s see the opportunity!”

Yang Meng did a good job of making the calculations. The grain transported to Zhili area and the winter clothes he bought were all the more than 100,000 taels of silver. Compared with the grain output in the Poyang Lake area, the silver is worth the money, let alone the profit after Poyang Lake.

As long as Lin Ji and Li were nailed to Jinghai for one day, the court would have no time to look south. Without the hands and feet of the court, it would be more convenient for Yang Meng to make arrangements in Jiangnan. He would rob several large households in the Poyang Lake area and could easily collect them. Why not do it?

Yang Meng supported Lin Ji and Li and had a deeper idea. He went alone and had no support. Will Lin Ji and Li and wait for death? After the sect and religion were related to them, the longer the three of them stayed in Jinghai, the weaker the belonging to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It is probably impossible for the entire army to instigate the rebellion, but it is still possible to instigate one-third of them.

Although there is no need for three people in China, it is necessary abroad. Taking the opportunity to immigrate may also be a good way to solve the Taiping Army.

The order was issued from the three towns of Wuhan and arrived in Zhili, which took four or five days. The situation of Lin Ji and Li was already a little difficult to reverse. Although the three vanguard troops once fought near Yangliuqing, Senggelinqin's counterattack was also particularly fierce.

The northern camp with Wang Qingtuo as its base is also slowly taking shape. Although the Mongolian cavalry, the elite Beijing camp, and the surrounding green camps are still limited in combat, they are still more than enough to defend Tianjin Guards.

Along the way, although Lin Ji and Li encountered many problems in the war, these problems were easy to solve. Only one supply was the most difficult to solve. The north was already in autumn, and the Taiping Army, dressed in short clothes, was also somewhat unacceptable to the nights in the north. The army has been sick a lot these days. If you rely on this death, you will have to retreat one way.

Lin Jili had long given up on this idea when fighting Tianjin or the capital. He moved rapidly, and the army was overly exhausted and lost all his heart to fight. This was the embarrassing situation of the Northern Expedition Army in the near future. If he could eat and drink enough, perhaps the three of them could still fight hard, but the shortage of supplies can only keep the army from starving to death.

On this day, a mysterious figure came to Lin Jili's military tent. After occupying Jinghai, a small number of people came to vote, but this person's words made Lin Jili and the other two overjoyed.

"I am one of the northern deacons of the Literature and Education. I was entrusted by someone to show you a way out for the three of you. We will not ask for any reward in the near future. As for the future? It's hard to say!"

Facing Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Ji Wenyuan, these three long-haired generals, this northern deacon of the Principles and Education who sat firmly in the lobby had no respect, and spoke in a high position.

"What way to live? Could it be that I'm going to invest in the clearance?"

Lin Ji and Li, led by Lin Fengxiang, have seen many lobbyists and killed many. Looking at the tone of this deacon, they are probably lobbyists who are about to be stabbed again.

"Food! Clothing!"

“How many? Where?”

"It's enough for you! Daliu River in Wen'an County and Longwan in Xiong County!"

When they heard about food and clothing, the three of them looked happy, but the three of them were a little confused about where Daliu River in Wen'an and Longwan in Xiong County were. The three of them knew the general location of Wen'an and Xiong County, but at this time, the army left Jinghai, which was a bit dangerous.

After taking a closer look at the deacon in front of him, the three of them felt that this seemed to be the detailed work of the official army. Without Jinghai's city defense, the three of them were probably defeated faster! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!