As the western part of Guangdong was gradually occupied by the Qing army, not only were the Ming armies there either wiped out by the Qing army, or they were squeezed into a corner and lingering, the problems in Chaozhou became more and more conspicuous.

In fact, as early as the beginning of Chen Kai's departure, Su Li, the Jieshi general in the southeast of Huizhou Prefecture, and Hao Shangjiu, the Chaozhou general in the northeast of Huizhou Prefecture, had already launched an offensive against the Ming army's Chaozhou occupied area.

Su Li is an old rival of the Fujian Ming Army and the only remaining one of the seven great bandits in Chaohai. He now occupies Haifeng County, Jieshiwei, Shengjiesuo, Jiazimen Suo and Huilai of Chaozhou Prefecture in Huizhou Prefecture.

County, Jinghai and other places basically cover the area south of the southwestern part of the Lianhua Mountains and the angle between the coastline. Hao Shangjiu is still entrenched in Xingning and Changle counties in Huizhou Prefecture, and his territory is basically empty.

Change, it seems, is not as enterprising as Sully, the bandit.

Before that, they had many conflicts with the Fujian Ming Army. Especially since Shang Kexi first decided to use them to consume the Ming Army's effective strength, the scale and frequency of conflicts continued to increase. By this time, they were reprimanded and separated.

After arriving at Jieshiwei and Xingning County, under pressure, a new round of offensive broke out again.

As before, the spearhead of Suli's offensive was concentrated in Puning County. This was because Chaoyang County was in the hands of Chen Bin, and Chen Bin had two issues: attacking the Ming army-controlled areas and tolerating the transit of other Qing troops.

Things seemed to be of little interest. Geographically, Su Li could only continue heading north, hitting the Ming army's defense line in southwest Chaozhou again and again. As for Hao Shangjiu, he also headed east in a straight line as always,

Chengxiang is downstream, and it is also the only way for him, the commander-in-chief of Chaozhou, to enter Chaozhou.

Great wars are rare, but small-scale conflicts never stop. The Ming army needs to maintain its offensive in southern Fujian, so Chaozhou will inevitably go on the defensive. Du Hui, Zhou Quanbin and others will be in Puning, Zhang Jin will be in Chengxiang,

They were all working hard to fight against the Qing army. However, in the hinterland of Chaozhou, due to internal pressure, the work of dividing land for farming officially kicked off. Even if the farming season is no longer so favorable, at least they must prepare for next year's spring plowing.

Preparation is.

Nanyang Village in Chenghai County was once the settlement of the Xu Long family. As the Xu Long family withdrew from this place under pressure from the Ming army, Zheng Chenggong once returned some of the people's land that Xu Long had usurped to its original owners, which prompted the Ming army's call here

Its power and influence are extremely huge. Last year, Xu Long defeated Chen Kai in the Pearl River and the entire army was wiped out. Even the hero was stabbed to death in the river. After receiving the news, the local people cheered and expressed their gratitude to the Xu Long family for their help in the Qing Dynasty.

The worry that the army's momentum would return here has completely dissipated.

Being grateful is indispensable. But at this moment, the people here are looking at everything in front of them indifferently, looking at the officials sent by the government and the county, and the officials organized the people of Guangzhou to plan here

Fields, cultivated fields, watching these Chaozhou lands being reclaimed by the Guangzhou people who came to take refuge.

Indifference, from the outside in, from the inside out.

This is just the tip of the glacier. In Fucheng, in Nanyang Village, in Outing Village, and in many places with wasteland in southern Chaozhou, local officials and Guangzhou people gradually began to appear.

The number of people brought back by Chen Kai was so huge that it was almost the total population of a county such as Chenghai and Haiyang. Putting aside the tens of thousands of civilians and military dependents, this was transformed into tens of thousands of burdens.

Help is now urgent. The method of dividing land and farming was quickly implemented after Zheng Chenggong’s confirmation. It was precisely due to the shortage of military rations in the Ming army and the deterioration of the surrounding situation. Unfortunately, not everyone has this

The overall situation and overall interests are considered, or in other words, their interests are not the same as those of the Ming army.

After the order was issued to allocate land for farming, Chaozhou government offices and prefect Ye Yiyun never heard of voices of opposition. These voices all came from local officials, clerks, gentry, wealthy households, and lower-class people in Chaozhou.

There is no way to go to the "officials" to listen, but the officials sent down, especially those from Fujian and who have no interest relationship with Chaozhou and Guangzhou people, also treat them among the people.

Report everything you see to him.

Ye Yiyun has begun to understand Chen Kai's early warning. However, after the decree is issued, there is no turning back. For this reason, Ye Yiyun decided to do some redeeming work, such as letting the people of Guangzhou who were allocated to the land to work in the leisure time.

From time to time, he helped the people of nearby Chaozhou build canals for irrigation, so as to alleviate the conflicts between the two sides as much as possible, and strive to eliminate hidden dangers...

Ye Yiyun has a headache. Chen Ding, the teacher of the Fu School, is also one of the top two. The Fu School has academic fields, but there is no land distribution here, so it doesn't matter. The key is that the large number of students brought back by Chen Kai

Among the common people, there are many serious scholars. They may have fame or background. Places such as government schools and county schools are always arranged, and this is all squeezing out Chaozhou scholars.

education resources.

For this reason, Chen Ding separated the scholars in Guangzhou and Chaozhou. At the same time, he selected a group of gentlemen who could be teachers among the scholars who fled here from Guangzhou and asked them to teach the scholars in Guangzhou.

Separated. However, the purpose of studying these days is to become an official, and the areas controlled by the Fujian Ming Army do not have so many holes to fill these carrots. Especially among these common people, there are also Guangzhou officials like Ding Youyi, so further

This intensified the tension over the vacancy.

The distress in Chaozhou also affected Nan'ao Island. Here were the first batch of people transported to Chaozhou by Chen Kai. Most of them existed as tenants to make up for the shortage of agricultural labor after the large-scale recruitment of soldiers.

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This was Chen Kai's method back then. Ye Yiyun had not thought of it, but the population brought back by Chen Kai was too huge, so it would only be a drop in the bucket. But now, when the news came that Chaozhou was divided into areas for farming, these tenants became impetuous.

After all, returning to my hometown is still an endless dream at this stage. It is much more secure to farm your own land than to rent someone else's land.

As Hao Shangjiu's troops intensified their efforts to harass Chengxiang and its surrounding areas, some government-run mines were within its attack range, and output inevitably declined. On the other hand, Zhongzuo Institute, as a marine

As the position of the trade center becomes more and more stable, and with the establishment of the Five Merchants of Mountain and Sea, the Ming Army purchases more and more raw materials through sea trade, and this gap will widen in the future.

One waxes and wanes, and even more so as expected. After Feng Chengshi made a detailed list, he proposed to Zheng Chenggong that some of the functions of the Nan'ao Ordnance Bureau should be moved to the Zhongzuo Institute in order to better serve the current strategy of southern Fujian.

Suggestions on direction.

After a month of reflection and careful consideration, Zheng Chenggong finally relented and decided to move some of the functions of the Arms Bureau to the Zhongzuo Office to better serve the battlefield in southern Fujian.

After confirming Feng Chengshi's suggestion, Zheng Chenggong recalled his step-by-step progress over the years. After more than a year of fierce fighting since Chen Kai's outsmarting Chaozhou, he finally captured that area. However, due to the Zheng Group's maritime trade interests and the

The important position of the Center-Left in the Fujian Sea trade has nothing to do with the continued deterioration of the situation in Guangdong, and the move to southern Fujian has become inevitable.

In Chaozhou, as the strength of the Qing army in Guangdong continues to increase, the pressure is increasing. However, Zheng Chenggong has no skills and it is difficult to take care of both aspects at the same time. Now he has no choice but to order the Chaozhou generals to defend to the death. Strive to persevere on the Chaozhou battlefield.

Before settling in, open up the situation in southern Fujian. Then, with the support of the Zhangquan Second Mansion in southern Fujian, and with the huge profits from sea trade, there will be no need to be afraid of anything like being happy in the future.
Chapter completed!