"The latest military report, Huang Wang's army has broken through Tanzhou, and has taken most of the Hunan observation...."

"They were killed and captured, and all the others were defeated. The Li Shi, the garrison of Tanzhou, escaped and disappeared. The armor and machinery and goods they obtained were piled up like a mountain."

When this news arrived at the Guangzhou Left-behind Office, there was another great joy, and the market response to good news and prosperity came soon; because no matter how many seizures were ahead, it would not be possible to avoid Guangzhou, the only port and port that could be relocated.

The maritime merchants and shipbuilding companies in the city that were inherited under the rebel army, as the downstream distribution and the periphery of resale, can enjoy a lot of benefits and other aspects of sharing profits. While cooperating with the enthusiasm of the left-behind department, it is also equivalent to being tied to the rebel army's chariot in disguise.

Zhou Huaian was also standing in front of a map sand table in the lobby of the lecture hall, looking at many subordinates, students who were favored, and seeds selected from the early officials; explaining and analyzing them one by one in an easy-to-understand manner, and the many changes and possibilities of the process and situation deduction of the rebel army's northward war process and situation; as well as the impact and changes brought about in market circulation and people's livelihood.

This is also an inevitable means and process to cultivate and maintain a new group, centripetal force and collective cohesion; as the saying goes, it is similar to the three iron principles of life; in addition to the general direction of common struggle in daily publicity, a common mark and imprint that they are proud of is the qualification to receive personal teaching and the title of teaching.

Explaining these macro-level things is also a way to cultivate the basic overall view of the group and the strategic cognition; of course, there is no actual effect in this kind of thing in a short time; while constantly emphasizing and enhancing the overall sense of identity, it is also a talent discovery that can achieve a certain metaphysical probability by casting a wide net and fishing fishing style.

Therefore, after receiving the news that Huang Chao's army easily captured Tanzhou, he couldn't help but secretly thought in his heart that he had finally come to this point according to the historical process; then some of his arrangements and methods should also begin to play a role, such as obscure and indirect roles such as charlatans and prophets, and then gain some benefits from it.

Afterwards, Zhou Huaian received unexpected news from Chaoyang on the way home.

"The imperial court sent an envoy to recruit people?"

"No, is it the private messenger of Chen Yan, the governor of Fuzhou?"

Liu Liumao, the captain of the Ma Group, who came as a messenger, whispered.

"Is it Chen Yan, the town general who was born in the Turkish army?"

Zhou Huaian couldn't help but ask.

"It's this flirting..."

Liu Liumao nodded and said that he was right, and briefly introduced the other party’s background and reason to him.

After the mid-Tang Dynasty, the "Governors" that set up a series of "Governors" to prepare for stealing and protecting the territory. The specific structure was quite complicated, including the athletes recruited by the local government, as well as the united soldiers who "are the farmers when the slowest, and the soldiers when the urgent ones" appeared later, as well as the children who "bring their own resources to protect each other" in a specific period, and the subordinates of the township soldiers.

Chen Yan was a general of the Tumen Army who was born in Huanglian Town, Tingzhou (now Jianning County). At that time, Huang Chao's peasant army headed south from the north, arrived in Zhejiang through Jiangxi, and entered Fujian from Xianxialing to attack Jianzhou (now Jianou). Jianzhou Governor Li Qianyou abandoned the city and fled, and his successor Li Yansheng was killed. At that time, Chen Yan, a local wealthy and powerful man, took the opportunity to organize a village group, gathered thousands of people, known as the "Nine Dragon Army", and went to Jianzhou to fight with the Huang Chao army.

Because Huang Chao's troops were determined to march into Fuzhou, they evacuated with the Jiulong Army only after a little contact, so they asked him to take a big advantage of restoring the land. The court appointed Chen Yan's contribution to defending the land and ordered the establishment of the Yining Army in Huanglian Town, and appointed Chen Yan as the general of the town, "setting drums and horns, giving plaques and seals" to "cut out the other enemies and Fu'an Township Wells".

In December of the same year, the peasant army conquered Fuzhou. The Fujian Observer Zheng Yi, who was in a hurry to seek medical treatment, asked Chen Yan to be the deputy envoy of the regiment training and led his troops to resist. The rebel army stayed in Fuzhou for more than a month, then led his team to go south to Guangzhou. As a result, Chen Yan followed his tail and successfully occupied Fuzhou.

Then Zheng Yi regretted it because Chen Yan quickly expelled and forced him to leave on the spot on the grounds that Zheng Yi's military was weak and cowardly and incompetent, and submitted a report to the court to replace him. However, although Zheng Ai was not good at military affairs, he was very strong and quickly attracted foreign aid from southern Zhejiang before the court responded, and fought against him based on Jianzhou.

The governors and generals of other states in Zhang, Quan, Tinglong, Fujian also took advantage of the time to occupy one side and cause chaos. Therefore, they had no intention of going south to invade the sphere of influence of the rebel army. Instead, they wanted to avoid the possibility of fighting with the rebel army or even attacking because they were worried about being attacked.

Nowadays, Chen Yan, who is a local snake, is obviously unable to bear it anymore. In addition to the natural Fuzhou that has occupied, even Tingzhou, which started its home, is still unable to save it, so there is only one Huanglian Town left to persist. So he went to the rebels who were regarded as rebels by the court to find support and help.

As the nominal military leader, Wang Pan, after brief negotiations and contacts, he consciously could not understand the gains and losses inside, so he quickly handed over the matter directly. However, he also mentioned one thing, that is, when he was cutting off the rear of the army in the Nufeng Camp, compared with those foreign foreign troops who were chasing like tigers and wolves, his impression and evaluation of these local local troops was between "very fierce and courageous" and "pecking with each other".

Thinking of this, Zhou Huaian had some initial concerns; he then wrote a reply document to Wang Pan with several pages of content, which specifically explained and analyzed some favorable relationships, as well as subsequent statements and operation suggestions.

Although he was not interested in stepping into Fujian for a short time, he was obviously in a mud with frequent conflicts between thalassy and territorial tourists; but through external deterrence and communication, he took advantage of the fire and robbed some corners and gathered refugees to take advantage of the situation, and could still consider doing some things.

Not to mention the others, the large number of private maritime trade ships and corresponding shipbuilding capabilities along the coast of Fuzhang and Quanzhou prefectures, as well as the corresponding base of sailors and craftsmen, will be a very valuable and useful wealth. As the saying goes, it is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish. Even the rebel army also needs its own maritime trade fleet and escort force.

Therefore, after tapping the potential of the industrial and mining industry in the previous stage, one of his next major tasks was to gradually restore the production capacity of the local shipbuilding industry in Guangzhou to drive the prosperity and prosperity of some related affiliated industries; after all, Guangzhou's natural location is here, and any foreign merchant who wants to enter the East to make profits cannot avoid the key.

As long as a small offshore armed fleet can be maintained, it is easy to cut off and block the main routes entering Dongtu, and even conduct routine tax and inspections on the grounds of sea patrols; this is no longer a slower business than robbing money.

Thanks to the long history of the port in the South China Sea, Guangzhou's shipbuilding industry has a long history, which can be described as going back to the Qin and Han Dynasties. The local South Vietnamese regime was able to build relatively simple boat plates, and crossed the coastal small states on the Indochina Peninsula. After returning to the Han Dynasty, it received feedback from the Central Plains shipbuilding technology and developed a unique shipbuilding industry in the south.

To date, it has been established in more than 20 large and small shipbuilding production areas, including Xuan (Xuancheng), Run (Zhenjiang), Chang (Changzhou), Su (Suzhou), Hu (Huzhou), Yang (Yangzhou), Hangzhou (Hangzhou), Yue (Shaoxing), Tai (Linhai), Wu (Jinhua), Jiang (Jiujiang), Hong (Nanchang), Dengzhou (Yantai), Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, etc., which are officially established in the world; together with Yangzhou, Mingzhou, Fuzhou and Dengzhou, Dengzhou, are known as the five major sea capitals in the world...

Therefore, before the rebel army invaded Guangzhou, there were already people in Guangzhou who had overloaded 10,000 materials, and several watertight floating sea ships were built; there were also precedents that hundreds of ships were built for the court at one time in a certain year. According to the pictures and wooden samples that were not burned in the Guangzhou Ambassador's Office, it can be said that in the heyday of Guangzhou's shipbuilding industry, from the official Liubo style "street", "stealing ship", "fighting ship", "cargo ship", "cannon ship", "scattering ship", "scattering ship", to civilian "yachts", "snaking ships" and "sea swans" and "Thora" can be made.

Although there are now recession and abandonment in various places along the coast due to war and population loss, the basic foundations such as harbor ships and platforms are still there, and if you want to recover, it is not without a foundation.

Of course, if you take too much steps at once, you will still get rid of the bad luck; not to mention that the Guangzhou Left-behind Office is not the only one who has the final say in Zhou Huaian. So you can only slowly plan it and draw out a dozen small and medium-sized clutch ships in the existing ships that you have learned (all the big ships are rented and sold for the route); cooperate with the existing watermen, boatmen, and fishermen recruited from the coastal coast to train from the most basic ship driving to the short-range cruise ability;

Only after initially being skilled in the ship can you load some weapons with sufficient killing and deterrence, such as crossbows for defending the city and throwing tools for setting fire, strong bows and crossbows for fighting on the shore; and then with the restored maintenance and repair capacity, a relatively stable sea patrol force can be maintained.

After all, as long as the ship gets off the water, it is like being constantly under chronic loss. Once the future maritime trade fleet of the Rebel Army is also formed, as a commodity that Guangzhou can monopolize and specialize in disguise, it will have a completely different level from export price to meter price. This is also an important part of the planning preparation for a relatively long-term plan.

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Chapter completed!