On July 14, 1645, when a fleet of Qi ships arrived at Chongming Island, they were intercepted by more than a hundred small boats.

After some negotiations, they learned that the fleet from the east was the navy of the Qi Kingdom, a former friendly enemy of the Ming Dynasty. They had fought with the Zhenjiang Navy to build slaves on the Yangtze River more than 20 days ago, so they offered food and wine to the Qi fleet.

The person who now controls Chongming Island is Gu Rong, who used to be nicknamed Gu San Mazi. He was originally a pirate. In the 16th year of Chongzhen, he was recruited by the imperial court and named Nantong Jiangfang Guerrilla, stationed in Chongming. Since May this year, the Qing army has gone south, and the Ming Dynasty clan has Zhu Chaobu, the king of Yiyang, fled to Chongming. But when Gu Rong saw the chaos in the world, he had other ideas and planned to kill Jing Benche, who was appointed by the Hongguang court to go down to Jiang to supervise the army, and support him as King of Yiyang.

Although Jing Benche was a civil servant, his legs and feet were fast and he led a group of soldiers and horses to escape to Ningbo. Not long after, because he was unwilling to follow Liu Zeqing, the uncle of Dongping, one of the four towns, to surrender to the slaves, he had an affair with the Chongming squire Shen Tingyangsu. Due to friendship, General Tian Yang, General Zhang Pengyi and others led thousands of troops and more than 400 ships to Chongming to join Gu Rong's troops.

Together, they elected King Yiyang as the leader, Tian Yang as the governor, and Gu Rong as the general. They prepared to use Chongming as their base to raise the banner of anti-Qing Dynasty.

When Niu Jinming left Chongming, he made an appointment with Tian Yang, Gu Rong and others. If they were unable to gain a foothold here or needed ordnance and material support, they could send people north to Changshan Island, and Qi would definitely provide assistance.

On July 19, the fleet returned to Namjangsan Island and immediately began the evacuation of immigrants. It was planned to take advantage of the summer to transport some of the many hungry people gathered in Dengrai to Jeju Island. After all, the climate there is mild, the precipitation is abundant, and the land is It is considered fertile. If more people go there, we can harvest more food and reduce the material consumption in Denglai area.

In November last year, North Korea tried to send troops to retake Jeju Island, but was repelled by more than 100 Jangsan Island rural soldiers and more than 2,000 self-rescue troops on the island. After leaving hundreds of corpses, they did not dare to return again. Landed. As the number of Ming people on the island increases and their strength becomes stronger, North Korea's current weak military strength alone may not be able to recapture Jeju Island in a short time.

In addition, after hearing that many Ming people on Jeju Island obeyed the orders of the Ming Prince and implemented Ming rule, the Korean soldiers and civilians felt somewhat guilty, betraying their status as vassals and helping build slaves to attack the sovereign state. Such behavior also made them feel guilty. The monarchs and ministers of North Korea, who claim to be Confucian civilized, seem quite embarrassed.

Since the Ming people on the island have forced out our Korean army by force, we might as well let them occupy Jeju Island first.

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July 29, Nanchangshan Island.

The Ming Dynasty Prince Zhu Cixiang currently lives in Penglai County and handles military and civilian affairs in various counties with many Denglai officials. However, King Ding, King Yong and the two princesses have always lived on Nanchangshan Island.

When their Highnesses first came to the island, the commander of Changshan Island, Zhao Hongxing, not only gave up the former commander's palace as a temporary residence for the Crown Prince, but also organized hundreds of people to urgently build several more halls and residences for them. The nobles and their relatives lived and lived with the servants.

A not very tall wall roughly surrounded the entire Prince's temporary residence. The surrounding security personnel were first responsible for the Qi Marine Corps. Later, when Denglai Town was established, General Jiang Yongrui mobilized more than a hundred reliable soldiers. Replaced the Qi Marine Corps.

Ziying led a few servants to the corner gate on the west side of the camp, and saw several Qi Marine officers and soldiers standing in front of two carriages, laughing and talking. One of the heroic officers saw Ziying and others,

He immediately showed a look of eagerness.

"Our Qi State's first immigration fleet has arrived on the island from the mainland, bringing with it a lot of locally produced food and clothing supplies. We specially pulled two carts to share with several of your highnesses." A Changshan Island civil affairs official handed over to Ziying and others.

said.

"Thank you, sir." Ziying quickly glanced at the Qi Marine officer from the corner of her eyes, then bent her knees and bowed in salute, "Your Highnesses asked your servants to stay here to thank Qi Fan for your kindness. When His Highness the Crown Prince returns to the island,

, and return the gift."

"Please report back to your highnesses. This is the intention of our Qi State. There is no need to be polite." The Qi State official shook his head and said: "The Ming Dynasty was in chaos, and we also fled for this reason. Although we are serving as political deacons in Qi State, we still have deep feelings in our hearts.

Keeping the thoughts of the Ming Dynasty, I respect the virtues of the Prince of the Ming Dynasty even more. Now I only hope that His Highness the Crown Prince will work hard to restore the Ming Dynasty."

Ziying thanked her again, and then ordered several handymen to move the supplies on the carriage. Several Marines standing nearby also enthusiastically helped unload the goods.

"Is everything... okay with you these days?" Ziying calmly approached the Marine officer and asked in a low voice.

Gu Rui

Yue Zhongwu grinned and looked around. Seeing that no one noticed them, he quickly took out a mutton-fat jade from his arms and stuffed it into Ziying's hand. He also whispered: "I have been on the island recently.

Go and rest, naturally everything will be fine...but I keep thinking of you in my heart."

When Ziying heard this, her face immediately turned red and she lightly glanced at Yue Zhongwu.

Ziying is the personal palace maid of Princess Kunxing Zhu Yunuo. She entered the palace at the age of eight and has always been with Princess Kunxing. A year ago, she came to Nanchangshan Island with the prince and others. When the Marine Corps sent troops to protect their safety, she had a chance encounter with Princess Kunxing.

Yue Zhongwu met Yue Zhongwu and only chatted for a few words. He was surprised to find that the two were actually from the same hometown in Bazhou, Hebei Province, and they were once close neighbors in the same village. Then they gradually began to get acquainted with each other.

One is a young and heroic junior officer of the Qi Marine Corps, and the other is a handsome palace maid with deep talents. They are also from the same hometown, and a feeling of admiration gradually develops between them.

However, the two of them have very different identities and live in troubled times. They don't care about what the future will be like, they just miss each other in their hearts.

Returning to the military camp, Yue Zhongwu seemed extremely happy and excited, thinking about how to marry Ziying home in the future. As soon as he thought about this, he couldn't help but start to wonder, there seemed to be some obstacles to marrying the princess's maid. In addition, did he have to ask first?

I asked the company commander if a member of the Qi army got married, would there be any status or geographical restrictions?

"Why are there any restrictions on the marriage of soldiers of the Qi State?" The company commander looked at Yue Zhongwu, who quickly rose from a soldier to a platoon leader in less than two years, and said with a smile: "Even if you marry a princess,

We don’t have any taboos in the army. What’s the matter, which girl have you fallen in love with? I’m warning you first, don’t use force on the immigrant women on the island. The military police will keep an eye on us.

.”

"I am familiar with military regulations. I will never violate military laws." Yue Zhongwu quickly waved his hands and said: "I just want to understand the taboos on marriage in our military first, so as not to suffer any consequences later."

"In my opinion, it would be the best if you can find a daughter-in-law in the Ming Dynasty. If you return to Hanzhou and want to find a wife you like, it will be difficult!" Lu Bingyan said with emotion: "Like me.

I married my wife a few years ago,

It was an Annan woman arranged by the Immigration Department. My grandmother’s wife had been there for several years and she couldn’t even speak Chinese. I thought to myself, don’t wait until I get home. The almost three-year-old son in the house can’t even call me daddy.

That’s the end of it!”

"That's right, the woman I want to marry is naturally a Ming Dynasty woman." Yue Zhongwu said proudly: "The children I will have in the future will all be pure Han Chinese!"

"The best thing is that if you give birth to a daughter in the future, you must marry my son. In this way, my descendants will have more Han blood."

"Company commander, if the woman wants to marry me and someone stops her, how can she do it?" Yue Zhongwu asked carefully.

When I think about Miss Ziying being the princess' maid, if it weren't for the troubled times, I might never have met her in my life. Although the princess was in trouble and relied on the force of our Qi State to support her, she was, after all, the former royal noble of the Ming Dynasty.

Even being a maid is probably not something that a small soldier like me can expect casually.

But the young Mu Ai will not consider too many difficulties, and will only try his best to get together with the one he loves.

"There are tens of millions of refugees in Denglai. If a girl from any family is married by our Qi Marine Corps officers and soldiers, it will be her blessing." Lu Bingyan said loudly: "Although I cannot get married in the military, as long as I

The women in our army are interested in each other.

If so, we will naturally try our best to let him return to Hanzhou by boat and settle down, waiting to marry our military men... Hey, damn it, don't you have a crush on the lady of an official from Denglai?

If someone's parents stop me, there's nothing I can do."

Yue Zhongwu was stunned when he heard this. Although girl Ziying has no parents, she does have a master, and the master is the princess of the Ming Dynasty. If the princess does not agree to marry her maid to him, what should she do?

"Company commander, regiment commander informs all officers to go to the government office for a military meeting!" Suddenly, a messenger broke in.

"Oh?" Lu Bingyan stood up, grabbed the military cap on the bedside, and put it on his head, "What is the military discussion about?"

"There is news from Jiaozhou that Liu Zeqing in Huaibei has called!"

"What?" Lu Bingyan was stunned when he heard this, "Isn't that Liu Zeqing some kind of uncle from the Hongguang court in Nanjing? A few months ago, our fleet joined forces with the Zheng family to stop Jian Nu from the north of the Yangtze River and protect them from the south of the Yangtze River.

Our safety. At this time, we are considered friendly forces to each other, right? How could he attack us in such a stupid way?"
Chapter completed!