The case of vicious businessmen in Suzhou, evil gentry, vicious sacking markets, sweeping goods, and smuggling prisoners began in the late 12th lunar month. Officials, minor officials and even yamen runners at all levels in Susongchang Town, one counts one. The New Year of the 13th year of Yongli is not something that you should not want to go home for the New Year.

After this battle, the four prefectures of Susongchang Town, especially the economic center of Suzhou, gentry and merchants have been severely damaged. The source of funds for the prosperous industrial and commercial industry chain is out of stock. In addition, a large number of gentry and merchants have been arrested and brought to justice. All the shops and workshops under their names have been sealed, which is very depressing.

Fortunately, while local gentry and merchants in Suzhou were severely damaged, gentry and merchants in eastern Zhejiang had already begun to land, purchase land, build factories, customize machines, and recruit craftsmen. They were busy, and even the people of Suzhou made a lot of money before the New Year. In addition, the four prefectures of Susongchang Town, those gentry and merchants who did not participate in this series of confrontations also relied on the advantages of being close to the water to fill the market vacuum of Suzhou's commerce, mining and handicrafts.

If nothing unexpected happens, Suzhou will be equally prosperous next year. Even due to the application of a large amount of hydraulic, wind and animal machinery, the output of industrial finished products will rise, and the market will be even more prosperous.

This year, the officials of the Criminal Office were busy eliminating evil spirits. In Suzhou, the gentry and merchants who had recently entered the market were also busy starting their own businesses. Even ordinary people were separated from the original business chain and included in a new environment.

While Suzhou is undergoing great changes, attacks on smuggling are also being carried out. The East China Sea Fleet, which is responsible for maritime defense in Southern Zhili and Zhejiang provinces, came out together, and cooperated with the troops on the road to sweep away all private ports in the coastal and island areas of the two provinces. The orders they received were very simple, and all smuggled ships were sunk, which was that simple.

This is the case with the coastal areas of the East China Sea. The South China Sea fleet is much smaller in size, and their defense areas are relatively smaller, but there is only one in Guangdong. However, the smuggling force here is no less than that in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, because there is a Macau, which is actually controlled by the Portuguese.

With a "bang", a clear slap on the round table of the Macau Council of Councils sounded.

"I will just ask you one sentence. Is this Macau from Portugal or my Ming Dynasty? Let me tell you now!"

Xiangshan magistrate Yao Qisheng shouted at the Portuguese Macau elites present with a fierce look. However, the situation was stronger than others, and they did not dare to do anything. The white-bearded speaker coughed softly, and Bugalu had to stand up and answer Yao Qisheng's question.

"If you go back to Yaoxianzun, this Macau is indeed the land of the Ming Dynasty, but we pay rent every year and have the right to decide the right to use the land. This was recognized by the Ming Dynasty."

Bugalu was like a young wife who was wronged, but Yao Qisheng didn't like this and said to everyone: "Since it is the land of my Ming Dynasty, why are you building those forts facing my Ming Dynasty? Could it be that you want to rebel?!"

Even though they knew it was a threat, they were stationed in Guangzhou not far away. The army of tens of thousands of war soldiers was equipped with more advanced mortars than Europe. If they really got furious, they might not be able to keep this place. However, Yao Qisheng's actions in the past two years were obviously not to use the military to fight against them. He knew it well, but he had to explain it clearly to avoid causing greater misunderstandings.

"Yaoxian Zun, we are all vassals of the Celestial Empire, and we will never dare to infringe on the rebellion. When the enemy army attacked Guilin and threatened to exist, we sent troops to rescue them, and we repelled the enemy army. The situation was like this at the beginning, not to mention that today, His Highness King Qi has recovered half of the country, so how dare we do this?"

"Yes, Yaoxianzun, we are just some businessmen, and we want to do some business here. However, the battle to restore our mother country was not going well. For example, Spain, the Netherlands and other Thai countries are eyeing Macau. We built a fort for self-protection. Please understand Yaoxianzun."

The magistrate of Xiangshan, including Buga Road, had no way to deal with him. He didn't want bribes, not only did he not want, but he also stared at all the officials and even his superiors, and no one was allowed to accept bribes. He threatened him, even if he didn't take this trick, and he was extremely stubborn.

In the past two years, the officials guarding the Macau were stationed again, and he took Chen Wen's tiger skin back in judicial practice. Now the lawsuits between the Portuguese and Han people in Macau, and the Han people and Han people are handled by the Xiangshan County Criminal Office. Everything has been returned to the Tianqi and Chongzhen period. But unexpectedly, Yao Qisheng still had to be more and more arrogant and forced them to demolish the forts. This is a major matter related to life and death, which really makes them a little unbearable.

"I have said that Macau is my land of Ming Dynasty, and the defense is naturally the responsibility of my Ming Dynasty. You are building a fort here to challenge my Guangdong King's Army and the invincible King of Qi. I will only consider it for you for one day, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences!"

After saying the threatening words, Yao Qisheng turned around and left without waiting for Bugalu to explain. In response, these figures who were coming and going in the wind and rain on the sea, merchants on the land, and pirates on the sea, but there was no way, and they couldn't even say a harsh word.

"Mr. Governor, can those gangsters still be attracted?"

The Han people who lived on the boats along the coast who lived on the boats all their lives. They were found in all coastal provinces, and there was even a very small group of Han people on the Dongyang River, saying that they had some connection with Chen Youliang.

In Macau, the Portuguese bribed local officials and obtained the right to use it in the name of renting, but administrative and judicial powers are still in the hands of Xiangshan County. The local old Guangzhou in Macau is very resistant to the Portuguese, and even prostitutes are willing to serve these barbarians. However, the Portuguese have to eat, drink, defecate, and scatter. The food, vegetables and vegetables here are basically sold by the gangsters. The Han people monopolized the trade of food, vegetables and other food in Macau.

But now, Yao Qisheng has spent two years to thoroughly clarify the gangster groups coming and going to Macau. Under the coercion and temptation, these people all obeyed the orders of the Xiangshan County Government headed by Yao Qisheng. After a grain ban, they were also in a strong fort here, which was completely unbearable.

"Your Excellency Carl also saw that this is the case in Macau now. The Qi Palace is too strong, even stronger than the Ming Dynasty court back then. We are afraid that we will be squeezed out by them sooner or later. We are pitiful that our hometown is still in the hands of the Spanish."

The full name of the Lord Karl at the intersection of Bugat is Karl von Habsburg, and is a distant branch of the Austrian royal Habsburg family.

However, the identity of the nobles is here, and these Portuguese have to respect them. This meeting allowed him to attend the audience, and he happened to be full of ears.

"There is any kind of king, there is a kind of mayor. This magistrate Yao is very interesting, but I am more interested in the King of Qi. This time I will go to Nanjing to see this hero who has recovered from nothing to something."

Carl is surrounded by Marco Polo. This time he traveled far away, so that he could see it with his own eyes.

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The army, which was also the late twelfth lunar month of the 12th year of Yongli, set off from Jinshan Guard Port for the sea half a year ago, was about to be unable to return to his hometown for the New Year. However, not everyone is like this, and part of it is to return to his real hometown before the New Year.

"Zhao Shuai, the land in front is Lushunkou."

Zhao Qian, an engineer expert from the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, led the fleet north half a year ago. The fleet landed on the Five Islands Islands in Japan and expelled the maritime merchants there, so he temporarily stationed there for preparations. During this period, the Japanese side, whether it was the Tokugawa Shogunate, Changzhou, Satsuma and other vassals, expressed great concern to them, but the strength of this fleet was really great, and he could only cover up the bells like the powerful Chinese pirates who were originally called the maritime merchants, and acknowledged their occupation of the Five Islands Islands.

Not long ago, the army was ready and set off westward. They had only one goal, which was the southernmost Lushunkou in southern Liaoning. It was once the garrison of the left alliance of the Dongjiang Army. Since the Dongjiang Army was destroyed, it has long been in the hands of the Qing Dynasty.

"Captain Zheng, the navy's brothers will cover the landing of the army in a while. Our troops will take this place before the Jinzhou Tartars react, and there is no need to lose."

"Please rest assured by Zhao Shuai, my army has fulfilled its mission!"

Zhao Qian, who was in charge of this fleet, was Zheng Qi, who went to Ryukyu in the past few years, and Japan and North Korea to sell goods occupied by the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He is now the captain of this fleet. His mission this time is no longer to sell goods, acquire the materials needed by the army, and not only to escort this army, but also to have more important tasks.

After seeing Zheng Qi, Zhao Qian turned to Li Huanxiang who was standing next to Zheng Qi, but shook his head and smiled: "President Li Ying, Liaonan is ahead. How do you feel when you are going home?"

Li Huanxiang is from Liaodong, but he has never really seen his hometown in Liaodong. Because his hometown was occupied by the Later Jin Dynasty before he was born, the family had to live in the pass. It was because he was born in the pass that his father dreamed of returning to his hometown but failed to get what he wanted until his death that he had the name of Returning to his hometown.

Seeing his boss asking this, Li Huanxiang suppressed his excitement and could no longer suppress it, but before he could answer, Zhao Qian's face suddenly became tense, and then he said to him solemnly: "Even if you are excited, you must remember that the military orders are as high as a mountain. Before the battle is over, these emotions must be put away for me. After the battle is over, you can celebrate it as much as you want!"

Zhao Qian was already an officer when he was in Dalan Mountain. If it weren't for the limited military branches, he would have been a general in charge. The army paid attention to military merits, but it was the place where seniority was the most important. Moreover, Zhao Qian was the commander of this battle and the next one or two years. Seeing this, Li Huanxiang quickly tightened his face and replied loudly: "The last general should obey the order!"

The sea breeze blew the sails and the fleet moved forward at an extremely fast speed. The Lushunkou, which was just a small black dot on the sea and sky line, also occupied an increasingly larger area in its field of vision.

After a long time, through the telescope, they could clearly see the layout of the port. The fleet was divided into two parts, one heading towards a shallow about two miles from Lushun Fort, while the other was straight thin on the port, with the porthole lifted up, and the muzzle was aimed at the ships in the port.

"Why are there so few?"

At the Lushunkou Port in the distance, the moored ships were in groups of three or three, one by one, and they were separated by a long distance. They were blowing the cold wind from Liaodong in the port, but they didn't know how to get together to keep warm.

Not to mention the fishing boats in the port, there are only a few sea boats, which is completely different from the information I received before. However, that piece of information was from a few months ago, and it was much less timely.

"I'll be like this from time to time when I came here last time."

Facing the coach's inquiry, Zheng Qi shook his head, and then replied tentatively: "Shuai Zhao, could it be that North Korea's autumn tax was sent to him before the New Year, and the Tartars' ships at Lushunkou left the port?"

This is very likely. Lushunkou has become more lively in recent years, but it is only because the Qing Dynasty destroyed North Korea and the tax collected had to be transported back to the capital from sea to Lushun as a transit station. That's all. In this case, it is understandable for the autumn tax. I am afraid that the Qing navy learned about the actions of the Ming fleet in advance and set up a trap here. That would not be a good thing.

The head coach showed doubts, and Zheng Qi also thought of this place, but after looking at the warships under his feet, he was also proud and proud. He bowed and said to Zhao Qianyan: "Super Zhao, please rest assured. According to the information, no warship in the Tartars in Zhili, Liaodong and Shandong can compare with this Roger Yang. The armor thickness and number of artillery alone are enough to crush them. Even if there is a trap, the last general can also destroy their belly!"

Today's Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army Navy is a larger and newer warship than the Roger Yang. However, this double-decker-run warship was named by Chen Wen. When the army attacked Nanjing, it was also the largest warship among the various naval divisions of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army. It can definitely be called a giant on the Zhejiang Sea. Even now, it is not comparable to the tonnage of the Qing Navy warship. The era of giant ships and cannons has arrived, and Zheng Qi is full of confidence in this warship.

Zhao Qian was born as an engineer. When he was in the martial arts school, he was also attending courses of other troops as an engineer instructor. Although he did not know the navy well enough, he still knew some of the principles. Moreover, there were professionals who promised him, so he made up his mind.

"Okay, order the fleet to push over and bombard the port!"

The fleet of this group continued to move forward, and the range was soon enough to cover the anchorage of the port. At this moment, the defenders of the port of Lushunkou also reacted and looked from the telescope and wanted to board the ship. Zhao Qian looked carefully and looked at Zheng Qi. All he saw was the word "silence" in the other party's eyes.

"The boat is useful, don't bombard it as much as you die. The key is to shell the Tartars in the ports. If all the Tartars are killed, the boat will still be ours!"

As the fleet captain, Zheng Qi gave an order to attack when he saw the defenders. However, this time, Zhao Qian, who had never interfered in the internal affairs of the fleet on weekdays, added, which made the messenger almost laugh.

"I aimed at the other side, there were many Tartars there, and the place was unreasonable. I had to demolish it when I came back to repair the port. Now it was just a target."

The shelling began here, and the other ships also got anchored to prevent stranding and stopped on the sea. The landing boat on the ship was waiting to descend. Li Huanxiang, who had already moved to the troop transport boat, raised a bowl of water and wine, drank it heavily, and then boarded the deck. Then he boarded the boat, and the other first landing troops were the same. They threw the wine bowl and boarded the boat as quickly as possible.

Their mission is to land at the first time, seize the beachhead position, resist the Qing army's attack, and ensure the follow-up of the follow-up troops. This is an extremely dangerous combat mission. Whether the enemy counterattack is too fierce, the follow-up troops are slow, or the warships are attacked, they may fall into a dangerous situation of fighting alone.

Performing a life-and-death mission, the Ming army's landing boats left the fleet one by one and rowed towards the shoals in the distance.
Chapter completed!