It was already October 21st when Chen Kai came to Guangzhou again. This time it was still just Lin Cha’s fleet, with very little cargo. Chen Kai’s explanation to Du Yonghe was that Chaozhou’s supply of goods was running out, and there might be no supply in the next few months.

in this way.

However, according to Chen Kai's description, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai have already contacted the supply sources. It is estimated that the first batch should have departed from South Australia by now, and it will take as little as seven or eight days, or as much as one month, to arrive in Guangzhou.

That would be a big deal worth about one hundred thousand taels of silver, so Du Yong and them had to collect the money in advance.

The price of one hundred thousand taels of silver was given to Du Yonghe. If Du Yonghe resells it, it will not be as simple as one hundred thousand taels. Although the goods this time are less, in the past six months, Chen Kai has shipped several batches of goods.

When they came over, although the quantity was not very large, they did get a lot of benefits. With the temptation of a big deal, they even treated Chen Kai as a guest, hoping that Chen Kai, a boy who scattered money, could give him a lot of money.

They bring more benefits to come.

This time, Chen Kai did not leave in a hurry, but said that he would wait until the batch of goods arrived before returning together. After all, it is a big deal, and there must be someone in charge to keep an eye on it so that you can rest assured. In this regard, Du Yonghe and others also

He expressed great understanding, and Chen Kai once again lived a life of wandering around Guangzhou.

For Chen Kai, wandering was not only to get rid of possible stalkers, but also to record the city of Guangzhou in front of him from memory, because when the Qing army conquered Guangzhou, all this would cease to exist.

As the day progressed, there seemed to be a lot more beggars in the city, and even corpses lying on the road were seen several times. In addition, the atmosphere in the city seemed to be getting more and more tense, and there were many rumors that they were from outside the city.

There are signs of mobilization of the Qing army, and some people say that Du Yonghe, Zhang Yue and others are all foreigners and are ready to break away from the city and leave the locals in Guangzhou to be killed by the Tatars. These rumors are not enough.

In the afternoon, Chen Kai turned into Xianlin Lane again. The door of Haixuetang opened easily. Chen Kai walked in. Kuang Lu was no longer the only one in the study. There were several other people, who looked like ordinary Confucian scholars.

Dressing up, but from the bearing, one can tell that he is an official.

"It is truly a blessing in my life to be able to meet the talented people in Guangzhou."

"Prefect Chen doesn't need to do this. If it weren't for Zhanruo's efforts, we wouldn't be here today."

The civil servants in Guangzhou are not very fond of Chen Kai. After all, Chen Kai, a local official from Fujian, came to Guangzhou to stir up trouble. He has indeed exceeded his authority. However, now that the Qing army is besieging the city, they have very little choice.

There are so few, and Chen Kai represents not only the civil servant group in Fujian, but also the Zheng Group in eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian, so it is very different.

Chen Kai didn't care about this. He followed all etiquette and explained the plan to them straight away: "To be honest, when I first arrived in Guangzhou, I heard about his attitude towards Zhan Ruo and saw that he was late.

He has been reluctant to ask for help from Sanshui for a long time. He already knew that Du Zhijun regarded Guangzhou as a forbidden area, so he used this blind method."

Chen Kai sold goods to Du Yonghe at a low price. Du Yonghe and his generals were greedy for money, which gave Chen Kai a reason and opportunity to go to Guangzhou many times and even learn more about the situation in the city. The exchange of goods was normal.

At most, some common people can be used to pay for the goods, so that Du Yonghe and others will think that Chen Kai's real purpose is to buy and sell people, and they will let go of their wariness against him. After several rounds of this, their wariness has been almost worn away.

Chen Kai could use Kuang Lu's relationship to interact with the civil servants in Guangzhou.

"I set out from Datong Prefecture to go south. Along the way, I still vividly remember the tragedy of Yangzhou. I was also fortunate to meet a local member who once served in the Shige Ministry. He was also one of the survivors of the Ten Days in Yangzhou.

Instead of talking by candlelight at night, I also have some understanding of how Yangzhou was captured by the Tatars and what happened to the Yangzhou tragedy. Now Shang Kexi wants to copy the method of conquering Yangzhou, capture the situation of the army and the army for more than half a year, and then conquer the king of Ningxia anyway

, the captors will retaliate with massacre of the city. The people of Guangzhou are innocent, and we will never let history repeat itself again. I, Chen Kai, believe that you and I have no differences on this point, otherwise we will not risk being stopped.

The risk of military suspicion ends here.”

Chen Kai had already made it clear in his letter. Unfortunately, Chen Kai did not remember much of the content of "Ten Diaries of Yangzhou". Otherwise, it would have been more convincing if he had written some and falsely claimed that it was Wang Xiuchu.

Fortunately, the Qing army was brutal and no different from animals. This was the consensus. Now that they were here, they had no intention of dwelling on it. Even because of some internal news and changes during this period, they were faintly more inclined to Chen Kai.

judge.

"Not afraid of Governor Chen's jokes, news came from the court that Kong Youde had successively captured Zhenxiaguan, Guanyang, and Gongcheng in northern Guangxi, and was approaching Guilin. Before that, Yongguo Gong, who was guarding Zhenxiaguan, returned

At one time, because his subordinate Liu Chengyu, a tax collector, robbed the property of Lu Kezao, the governor of Guangxi who had returned home from Ding You, he almost had a military encounter with the disdainful Duke of Xuan."

"Like Guangxi, the situation in Guangdong is also very bad. Several surrounding counties have been occupied by Japanese troops, and you should know this. A few months ago, Liu Guochang's troops in the Zhongzhen Battalion were ordered to assist Guangdong. As a result,

On the way, he was suddenly accused of treason. He was besieged by Duke Qing, Marquis Wen'an, and the generals of Ma Bao and Ma Yinglong in the Sihui area of ​​Zhaoqing Prefecture. He broke through and fled, and his whereabouts are unknown now..."

The warlords in Guangxi are fighting among themselves, and Guangdong is attacking reinforcements. This is normal for the warlords in Guangxi, and it is not unusual. However, the things in Guangdong may seem sensational, but in fact the internal causes are not complicated.

Chen Bangfu wooed the Zhongzhen Camp, which can be regarded as a member of the Wu Party, but later Gao Bizheng and Li Chixin rejected the request to invade Guilin and expel Qu Shichun, which can be regarded as a kind of betrayal.

This was one of the reasons why the Wu Party was dissatisfied with him. The last time Li Yuanyin came to see him, Gao Bizheng and Dang Shousu also arrived. At that time, on behalf of the Zhongzhen Battalion, they proposed to hand over military power to the Ministry of War, financial power to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and personnel power.

The suggestion to be handed over to the Ministry of Civil Affairs was intended to integrate into the imperial court by enhancing its strength and completely clear the name of the thief.

However, this aroused the dissatisfaction of other military leaders, because once implemented, it would affect the cake of their soldiers as generals and separatist dominance. Naturally, it aroused the jealousy of the two warlords of Dongxun and Xixun at the same time. Wait until this

Once ordered to aid Guangdong, the two parties of Wu and Chu, Dongxi and Xun inevitably regarded them as wild dogs that came to cut down the vassal state on behalf of the imperial court and seize their territory.

As a result, Chen Bangfu first colluded with the chieftains to attack Gao Bizheng, Li Laiheng and other tribes, forcing them to withdraw to Nanning. This time, Liu Guochang was also besieged by the two factions. What's more, Liu Guochang also took over the preparations he had previously made in compliance with Du Yinxi's orders.

Going north to Huguang, the two parties can no longer tolerate him.

Lin Cha had received news about this matter earlier, but at that time it was rumored that Zhang Yue attacked the reinforcements. Now it seems that Zhang Yue was able to cooperate with Chen Qice in fighting. It was not this person who did it, but when the Qing army moved south in a large scale

, the Ming army is still engaged in internal strife, and is still attacking friendly troops who come for reinforcements. I really don't know how to write the word "death".

Thinking about it now, Shi Lang's previous statement to refute him about Li Chengdong's generals not being able to tolerate friendly forces was indeed true. Even if Zheng Chenggong really came with his entire army, with 16,700 soldiers from 14 towns, including absolutely

Most of the troops who have never participated in a field battle of ten thousand people are going to fight against Shang Kexi's troops, who have a minimum of 20,000 and are still increasing troops from southern Jiangxi and have rich combat experience. This alone is definitely not enough to defeat Shang Kexi.

As for the attitude of the friendly forces, it is true that he was too optimistic.

"Friends are not friends. I really don't know whether I should feel lucky or sad."

It's funny to say it, but in fact, most of the Guangxi feudal towns such as Cao Zhijian and Jiao Lian and their subordinates were still trying their best to resist the Qing army, and even preferred to die. Furthermore, Ma Bao, who participated in the siege of Liu Guochang, followed Li Chengdong to fight

During the Qing Dynasty, he followed Li Dingguo to resist the Qing Dynasty, and later surrendered to Wu Sangui. When the San Francisco Rebellion happened, he still followed Wu Sangui and Wu Shifan to resist the Qing Dynasty, and finally died heroically in battle.

These people are not like Chen Bangfu and Liu Chengyin. They are determined to resist the Qing Dynasty, but this does not affect them from continuing to fight among themselves in the face of a powerful enemy.

Thinking of this, Chen Kai couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. In the past, Cao Cao said that meat-eaters are despicable and have no long-term strategy. In fact, are meat-eaters really despicable? I'm afraid that's not the case. It's just that people think more about their own interests.

.Everything should be done in accordance with their own interests. That's why Lu Gong used Cao GUI to fight the Qi army, and that's why all the forces in the Southern Ming Dynasty continued to vent their energy on internal fighting in the face of a powerful enemy.

The bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. But no matter what, the people of Guangzhou City are innocent. They should not become victims of the battles between the superiors, and they should not die like this in the massacre of the Qing army. Already

Too many people have died, and every ounce of national vitality must be preserved. This is what Chen Kai did for Tongan and Outing Village. He also adheres to this belief in Guangzhou City.

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"Gentlemen, what are you doing when you read the books of sages? From now on, you have no regrets! Gentlemen don't need to worry about these dirty things. It's their business that they are willing to mess around. We just need to do what we can to save more for the country.
Chapter completed!