On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the first batch of soldiers taking annual leave began to take leave. Nearly 20,000 troops poured into the increasingly prosperous New Year markets near various counties, further stimulating the already very hot annual atmosphere.

With two months of military pay, rewards from several major victories, and two months of hard training in the military camp, these Zheng Army soldiers who almost had nearly a dozen taels of silver in their hands were all exhausted, except for the banned gambling houses.

, brothels, restaurants, and food shops are all crowded with them.

For this reason, Prime Minister Yang Shide had no choice but to send out the Grand Supervisor Wang Kongyan, and also mobilized some of the supervisory soldiers to assist in patrolling the New Year markets to prevent some of the soldiers from bullying the market.

After all, quite a few of these tough warriors were pirates. After training, they are indeed brave on the battlefield, but as long as they relax a little, military discipline is difficult to control, especially after drinking.

Zheng Chenggong arranged for three batches of rotating holidays, each with three days of vacation. Firstly, because military pressure still existed, he had to guard against it. Secondly, it was also to allow these hard-trained soldiers to spend the money they had accumulated and release their energy.

pressure while promoting the further recovery of Zhangnan's economy.

In fact, it was not just soldiers. In order to build this hard-won base area, Zheng Chenggong invested hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in just two months, and distributed food and cotton-padded clothes in exchange for work relief. Most of these wealth and materials were

Flowed into the hands of ordinary people.

Because Zhangzhou Fucheng became the political center of the Ming and Zheng Dynasties, it was home to a large number of families and servants of civil and military officials, which generated huge commercial demand. In addition to the "Cotton and Grain Comprehensive Trading Company" established by Zheng Chenggong under the supervision of Hong Xu in order to stabilize basic commodity prices, there were also

There are a large number of new stores of various types opened by local wealthy businessmen.

Most of the buildings where these stores are located are now owned by the government. Lu Ruoteng personally presided over the renovation after the war and recruited refugees. After the completion, he used his former status as a guarantee and rent discounts to introduce the first batch of merchants to settle in.

At this time, the situation in southern Fujian was still tense. Naturally, no one would spend a lot of money to buy these stores. However, the arrival of family members of civil and military officials from the Ming and Zheng dynasties gave businessmen who were watching the situation a shot in the arm. Faced with such huge business demand, every quarter

The risk of one payment of rent is simply not worth mentioning.

The streets of Zhangzhou Fucheng are already bustling with people coming and going. Starting from the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, there is a lively market here every day. People sing and tell stories everywhere in Goulan Restaurant, creating a prosperous scene.

Quite a few of the pedestrians who went to the streets to buy New Year's goods had put on new clothes, especially those officials and children of local wealthy families. With their brocade clothes, skirts, and gold and silver jewelry, they seemed to be the absolute main consumers besides soldiers.

Different from the bustling and noisy market, the inner courtyard of the "General's Mansion" is surprisingly quiet, with only a dozen soldiers on duty standing guard and patrolling.

Zheng Chenggong was lying on a wooden chair covered with bearskin in the house, looking at the new map he held up in his hand. He asked Cai Fu to arrange for someone to draw it. It marked the six counties in southern Zhangzhou and even further north.

Main towns, mountains, rivers and road conditions in the area.

He had wanted to organize people to draw such a practical map for a long time, but because everything was still in its infancy, manpower and funds were very tight, and reliable and capable people were sent to the army and civil affairs, so the matter was delayed.

Today.

A pair of jade hands gently pressed Zheng Chenggong's forehead, and then gently rubbed it. After Zheng Chenggong felt the friction of some calluses on his fingers, he smiled and put the map in his hand aside, and then closed his eyes.

"I told you not to be tired, but you just didn't listen. Don't let yourself be exhausted before the Tatars have killed them all." Dong You, a lady with a surname of Guo in a cloth skirt and a bamboo hairpin, gently pressed her husband.

On his forehead, he pouted and said: "Are you still worried about the peace negotiation?"

"It's not just about negotiating peace. Our game of chess is too risky. If we are not careful, we may lose everything."

Zheng Chenggong sighed softly. Although he had taken advantage of it, when the enemy was strong and we were weak, it would be too easy for the Qing government to reverse the situation. What he was most worried about was that Chen Tai would see through his plan to hide the truth and the Qing Dynasty.

Ting made preparations in advance at the Second Mansion of Chaohui, causing his long-planned Western Expedition to fall short.

"Moreover, the war is about to begin, and there are indeed many affairs in the army and the government. Hundreds of thousands of people are looking at this vassal. How can we dare to slack off in the slightest? The more caution we have, the less we will miss."<

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"I know that the feudal lord has great ambitions to revive the feudal lord, but no one in the world except the feudal lord can carry the banner of expelling the Tartars. If the feudal lord is exhausted, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of people living in Zhangnan.

, even if there are hundreds of millions of people from all over the world in the future, who can they rely on?"

Zheng Chenggong listened to Dong You's rainbow fart. Although he knew in his heart that the other party said it deliberately to make him happy, he still found it very useful. He joked: "Then the vassal will give up its ambition to revive the world and hand over the power to the fourth uncle."

,How about being a rich man with peace of mind?"

After hearing this, Dong You snorted: "If you were such an unambitious person, I wouldn't have even entered your Zheng family's door!"

"Hahaha, there is no one who is not busy or tired when it comes to military and national affairs. But you, Aunt You, don't bother yourself too much. Just leave the spinning and sewing to others, otherwise the government will not waste its employment money in vain.

Are you ready?" Zheng Chenggong patted Dong You's hand. After spending these few months together, he also understood the virtuous and tough character of this lady named Guo.

As early as Zheng Chenggong guarded Xianxia Pass under the order of Emperor Longwu, Dong You, as the wife of the country, accompanied the army. In order to meet the urgent military needs and support the frontline soldiers, he personally led his concubines and maids to weave cloth and sew every day.

Military uniforms and armor were made. Later, when the war became more and more urgent, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Dong You also took the initiative to donate gold and silver jewelry as military pay. He never wore silk or gold or silver jewelry again.

Dong You not only managed the family virtuously, but also monitored military supplies and comforted and cared for the families of civil and military officials. This allowed Zheng Chenggong to concentrate on fighting in all directions. As the woman behind Mr. Guo, Mrs. Guo also enjoyed high prestige in the military government.

, Hong Xu, Gan Hui and others all admire him, he can be called a "hero among women".

"How is Jing'er doing lately? Have you studied hard and practiced martial arts?" Zheng Chenggong asked again. He remembered that this boy liked wives, so he was particularly wary.

"With Fufu in charge and Xifan accompanying me, we will naturally make progress every day." Dong You said, seeming to have remembered something, and said with a slightly red face: "The wolfberry, Codonopsis pilosula and red dates have all been prepared."

Yes, they are all top-quality goods."

Zheng Chenggong was still lying on the rocking chair and did not see the change on Dong You's face. He just said calmly: "Well, that boy Gan Hui hasn't given birth to a son and a half yet. This vassal has to help him. You.

Sister, please bring this tonight, and I will personally give it to him tomorrow."

"Huh?" Dong You was stunned and looked surprised.

"Well, what's wrong?" Zheng Chenggong was just about to turn around and look over, when he was held down by Dong You's strong hands.
Chapter completed!