Chaozhou, including Nan'ao Island, is no longer the main strategic focus of the Ming army in Fujian. Under the background of the Qing army sweeping across Guangdong and Guangxi, the Zheng Group reunifying, and the center and left encountering surprise attacks, southern Fujian has become the main strategic focus.

direction, and Chaozhou had to take a back seat and became a supplement to the Fujian Ming army in terms of taxation, military rations, manpower and supply of goods.

Two months ago, the Ming army captured Yongning Acropolis and Chongwu Qianhu Station, Shi Lang was arrested and escaped from prison, but was intercepted and killed by Chen Kai, and the Cizao victory was staged in a series of dramas. The next five years of Yongli were destined to end.

There is no way to calm down for half a year.

Zheng Chenggong's punishment of Shi Lang's escape from prison further weakened the influence of the Shi family in the Zheng Group. At the same time, Shi Fu escaped. Not long ago, he also received news that he was surrendered. The appointment has not yet been issued, but there is news

It is pointed out that it is not groundless to say that Zhang Xuesheng used inducing Shi Fu to defect as a political achievement to claim credit from the Qing court, and at the same time suggested that Shi Fu should be appointed to replace Ma Degong, who was killed by Chen Kaiyin in Xiamen, as the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Right Army.

"If Shi Lang surrenders, Shi Fu will continue to live here for his old age."

When receiving the news, Zheng Chenggong said this to Hong Xu, and the latter also deeply agreed with this. Hedging your bets was the trend of the family. Zheng Chenggong was among the three people who could not accept him the most.

When his uncle did what he did in the Battle of Xiamen, it was not without suspicion that Zheng Hongkui and his father were hedging their bets. However, today, such suspicions have gradually dissipated. Instead, Shi Fu surrendered to the prisoners.

The news came, but my mind was aroused again.

The historical reality is exactly what Zheng Chenggong said, but for now, Shi Fu's ability is not as good as Shi Lang's, he is just more tactful. He has been "living his life" in Nan'ao and Xiamen for a long time. Shi Fu's influence on the Fujian Ming Army

His inside knowledge and influence are far inferior to that of his nephew.

For Zheng Chenggong, the loss has been avoided as much as possible. As for whether he will really have the opportunity to compete with Shi Fu on the battlefield in the future, he is even more looking forward to the day when he has the opportunity to clean up his family.

Before this day comes, Zheng Chenggong is still trying to increase his strength as much as possible. Zhongquan Town was originally planned to be commanded by Shi Lang. Now that Shi Lang has died, he does not intend to change the name and organization of the military town. In June

At that time, Huang Xing, an old general of the Zheng family who had recently come to vote, was appointed as the chief military officer of Zhongquan Town. At the same time, a Pinghe County official named Huang Wu killed the local magistrate and came to vote. Zheng Chenggong rewarded him with two hundred taels of silver and appointed him

He is the deputy general of Zuoying in Zhongquan Town.

In addition to Zhongquan Town and the earlier established Beizhen Cavalry, Zheng Chenggong appointed Chen Feng, the former deputy general of Rongqi Town, to be in charge of Liwu Camp, Lan Yan, the rear deputy general of Rongqi Town, to be in charge of Zhiwu Camp, and Chen Ze, the deputy general of Right Pioneer Town, to be in charge of Xinwu Camp.

Battalion, Wu Hao, the deputy general of Zuozhen, was in charge of Renwu Camp to assist in the suppression. Together with Yang Chaodong, who had been appointed as the chief military officer of Yiwu Town earlier, the five battalions of Renyi, Li Zhixin gathered together.

The strengthening of military strength is on the one hand. Economically, Zheng Chenggong restored the Zheng family flag system in the Zheng Zhilong era, and revised the original quota of three thousand gold per ship to both the East and West.

Two taels of silver and five hundred taels of silver for small boats were used as the new rate system, and officials began to be set up in various places for inspection, and flood guards were dispatched to inspect. If there is no rate plate or an old plate is used, the ship and cargo will be confiscated, and the owner will

Helmsman custody.

Xiamen Island, as a maritime trade center along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong, has gone through a brief period of turmoil and has now returned to its bustling scene with ships.

Among them, there are ships that come to pay royalties, and some that come here to trade. The prosperity of Xiamen's sea trade inevitably aroused Zhang Xuesheng's vigilance and jealousy. At the same time, in order to prove his ability to the Qing court and to make meritorious deeds, Zhang Xuesheng

He spent a lot of money to recruit pirate Chen Chun to Xiamen waters to harass the local maritime trade.

There is no doubt that maritime trade is the core interest of the Zheng Group. Therefore, Zheng Chenggong immediately dispatched the general military officer Huangshan of Youzhen to suppress Wanli of Qianfeng Town, Chen Liuyu of North Town, and Huangxing of Zhongquan Town.

He went to sea to pursue him. Chen Chun was defeated and fled to Xiaoqi, where he was killed and plundered by the Ming army. At the same time, the Anqing army came to rescue him. The Ming army lured him to Long Cave, ambushed him everywhere, wiped out all the reinforcements, and re-secured the sea of ​​Xiamen Sea.

Trade security.

When he received the document reporting victory, Zheng Chenggong was still in the festival hall handling official duties. Ye Yiyun's official document had been delivered, and the matter regarding the distribution of land for farming certainly aroused his deep thought.

For Zheng Chenggong, the pressure of food is no less severe than that of Chaozhou officials like Ye Yiyun and others. As the coach in charge of the overall situation, his pressure will only be heavier than others, and much heavier.

In an agricultural society, the daily grain intake of a strong laborer is one to two pounds, which is divided into busy farming and slack time. It is extremely reluctant to eat when busy and drink porridge during leisure time. Otherwise, if there is not enough strength, the heavy work in the fields will be difficult.

You can't do physical work. In this era, many people die of overwork because of insufficient nutritional intake.

After all, grain is grown. The grain yield per mu in southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong is not as good as that of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but at least the grain yield per mu is more than two stones. However, the Ming army in Fujian only controls Chaozhou, and Huilai and Chaoyang are missing.

The second county, Zhangzhou Prefecture, is mostly composed of coastal islands, and there is only one county, Zhao'an. In such a small space, tens of thousands of troops must be supported, and now they are carrying a huge burden of 110,000 Guangzhou people. If you calculate it like this

, Chen Kai killed Zheng Zhiwan and guarded the Zhongzuo Institute's warehouse. There were only hundreds of thousands of dendrobium in it, and when converted into stones, it was only half of this number.

Chaozhou's tax revenue is already beyond its means. The income gained from the Tubu warehouses in the process of regaining Chaozhou and the grain stored on Nan'ao Island will one day be used up, and they are more inclined to purchase more profits from maritime trade.

commodities, not food. Because of this, Zheng Chenggong had vigorously attacked Yongning Acropolis and Chongwu Qianhu Residence earlier, just for the sake of eating.

Chen Kai said earlier that if these people are not properly utilized, they will only become a burden. Now, after half a year of fermentation, the problem has begun to become clearer. Ye Yiyun turned to dividing the land for farming, while Zheng Chenggong

After receiving the official document requesting instructions, I had to think deeply.

"Yang Canjun, Mr. Guo, please bring me the inventory account book for the past year."

"I obey my orders."

After receiving the order, the household official Yang Ying found the account book of inventory income and expenditure from the archived records, and took the account book to Zheng Chenggong's official room.

Looking through the records carefully, last year's summer and autumn taxes in Chaozhou and Zhao'an County, the inventory of Zhongzuo Institute and Kinmen, the acquisitions of Daxing Institute, Yongning Acropolis, Chongwu Qianhusuo City and Cizao area were all recorded in

The income column of the account book has been included. In contrast, the daily consumption of military rations by the army, the nature of military pay, the salary of officials, the loss of King Qin along the way, the pension of the Battle of Xiamen, especially the daily needs of the 110,000 people, are also

There is a heavy pressure on the position of expenditure, which is particularly surprising at first glance.

Expenditures are greater than income, which is the most unbearable thing for him, because no matter how rich the family is, sooner or later it will run out. He is not a prodigal, and he has not even thought about Shoucheng. As far as Zheng Chenggong is concerned, his life is like Zheng Chenggong.

There is only one way for the group's future, and that is to expel the Tartars, and this undoubtedly does not require a huge amount of income to support it.

It has to be said that dividing the land for farming is the most practical way to solve the problem. The employment rate of the people in Guangzhou and the imbalance of food expenditures can all be directly reversed. But the problem is that Chen Kai seemed to have mentioned it earlier

In one sentence, he said that land must not be allocated to the people of Guangzhou. At that time, he was too busy with recruiting soldiers and did not bother to ask about it. Now it has become a problem.

"Yang Canjun, in your opinion, how should we solve the problem of food loss now?"

"If you return to the country, I believe that dividing the land for farming is the best way to cure the symptoms. Secondly, regain the lost land and control more prefectures and counties to increase food income. Thirdly, supplement it with sea trade..."

Zheng Tai is mainly responsible for the financial planning of the Zheng Group. Zheng Tai is also responsible for maritime trade, and the rest of the work must be shared with other soldiers. For example, Yang Ying is responsible for the collection of grain and grass during military operations.

, use. Regardless of the scope of work, Yang Ying is also inclined to divide the land for farming, which makes Zheng Chenggong think deeply about it.
Chapter completed!