The seal of Hainan Province was in Chen Kai's hands, as well as the official paper. Chen Kai even hired someone to copy Peng Sanyi's handwriting. As long as the official document distribution records of Daotai Yamen were correct, it would not be easy for the Qing government to figure out these petty officials.

Did the sons abandon the city after listening to Peng Sanyi? As for Peng Sanyi, since he is willing to die for the Qing Dynasty, it is natural that he should bear the blame.

After a round of gratitude, Chen Kai conveyed a message to these civilian and military generals, that is, the Ming army is coming, and surrendering in Kaicheng is the way to survive. It is that simple. He never thinks that killing is the most effective way.

, many times, it is more convenient for him and the Ming army to stay alive, especially those who have some seeds planted in their hearts.

After dividing his soldiers to guard Wanzhou, Chen Kai led his army to continue heading north. To the north of Wanzhou, across the Longgun River and Li Penshui, are Lehui and Huitong. The county seats of these two counties are not too far apart. Chen Kai went to these two counties.

After showing Liu Bolu's head and the seals of Hainan Province and Qiongzhou Prefecture, the civil and military officials of the two counties chose to accept Chen Kai's suggestion without hesitation - take a copy of Peng Sanyi's official documents and return to Leizhou. Of course, if anyone is willing to stay and serve for

Chen Kai also welcomed those who served in the Ming Army. Unfortunately, these people still seemed not to be very optimistic about the future of the Ming Army. They all expressed that they were tired of the officialdom disputes and wanted to return to their hometown to take care of themselves.

After sighing that Chinese young people in the seventeenth century could be so sluggish, Chen Kai no longer tried to persuade them to stay. He just encouraged them as he did in Wanzhou and arranged a boat to send them away.

Next, there are Wenchang County and Qinglan Qianhusuo on the banks of the Wenchang River. Of these two places, the former is in the middle reaches of the Wenchang River, and the latter is at the outlet of the Wenchang River. Chen Kai went north along the official road, but before he reached the place, he had already

I found that there was no need to go to these two places anymore, because the Qing army's civil and military forces in these two places simply surrendered to the Ming army after hearing the news about the fall of Qiongzhou City and the annihilation of Liu Bolu's army.

"This is a way to survive, why don't you think about it?"

"Thank you, Mr. Fujun, for your sympathy. We are willing to work for Master Wang. I just ask Master Wang to give me a way out."

A group of guys who were scared out of their wits by the rumors were not very honest. Chen Kai had no way to deal with them, so he simply took them back and resettled them. After passing Wenchang County, and then turning to the northwest, they could reach Qiongzhou City. Chen Kai was not there

After spending too much time on the road, I hurried over. Not only did I see the city, but I also got news that nearby Ding'an, Chengmai and Haikou counties were under control.

Hainan Island is shaped like a sweet potato-shaped oval. Arranged clockwise, Fucheng, Wenchang County, Huitong County, Lehui County, Wanzhou, Lingshui County, and then from the southernmost Yazhou to Ganfen County and Changhua County

, and then to Danzhou, Lingao County and Chengmai County. Except for Ding'an County, which is located south of Fucheng and on the bank of Nandu River, the other three states and nine counties are all in the coastal area.

After half a month of fighting, the Ming army had recovered seven counties in one state, including Qiongshan County, where the capital city is located. The remaining states were Danzhou, Yazhou, Ganfen County, Changhua County and Lingao County in the west and south.

county.

"The army has been transported by sea ship. If nothing else happens, we should receive news from Lingao County today."

While Chen Kai was sweeping the eastern counties, Lin Cha and Li Jianjie were not idle either. After Li Jianjie accepted the surrender of Haikou Qianhu Station, he went to frighten a wave of officials and defenders in Ding'an County and Chengmai County, and easily

Then he captured the city. On Lincha's side, while blocking the Qiongzhou Strait with his navy, he dispatched sea ships and fleet transport troops to go south from the west coast of Hainan Island to seize the counties.

"Is there a Bairen Beach in Lingao County?"

"Yes, this place does exist."

Chen Kai asked inexplicably, and then simply stopped mentioning it, as if this sentence had never appeared at all. The main body of Qiongzhou Prefecture is composed of an island, which was very difficult for the Ming army, which had an advantage in the navy.

Yannai is a natural anti-bacterial base.

This prefecture has a territory of 34,400 square kilometers, which is more than three times the size of the 10,900 square kilometers of Chaozhou Prefecture that Chen Kai currently controls. However, while the territory is more than three times the size of the Qiongzhou Prefecture, Chen Kai has surpassed the Qiongzhou Prefecture.

Records show that there are only more than 250,000 people in the entire prefecture, one-third of which are in Qiongshan County. For example, Lingshui County, the first target of the Ming army to capture Qiongzhou, has only more than 3,000 people, and the yet-to-be-recovered Ganfen County has even more people.

There are only more than 1,700 people. Such a number is simply unimaginable compared to Chaozhou, which had a population of more than 600,000 during the Song Dynasty.

There are hidden households and the government's inaction in counting the population. Of course, the Ming Dynasty's census only counted the taxpayer population.

Thinking of this, Chen Kai calculated the number of households in Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the number he got was indeed more than 56,000 households, which is a ratio of one to four to five people. In this way, each household has four to five

For a man, the family seemed a bit big, which made it increasingly difficult for Chen Kai to determine the approximate number.

I opened the statistical book with my backhand and saw that this population figure was from the 45th year of Wanli, that is, 37 years ago. This is not the biggest problem. The problem is that Qiongzhou Prefecture has not only Han people, but also a large number of Li people.

There exists, among them Shu Li and Han people live together, like Shouzhou County Bulle, but the Li people have a matrilineal clan society structure, which is completely different from the Han people!

There are a large number of Li people in the central and southern parts of Qiongzhou. The mature Li people live together with the Han people and accept Chinese culture, while the raw Li people belong to various large and small chieftains. These are all non-staff people.

As for the chieftain, Chen Kai can't count on it for the time being. It's good if they don't cause trouble. As for the Han people on the island, whether they are civilian households or military households, there were rogue bandits everywhere in the late Ming Dynasty, and they were wreaking havoc after the Qing army entered the customs.

On the contrary, the losses in the massacre were minimal. Even the biggest chaos they had ever seen in their lives was the Li rebellion. On the contrary, the Qing army's arrival on the island seemed more like a small incident like drizzle.

Population is of vital importance. In this agricultural society, the number of acres is also a matter of life and death. As soon as Chen Kai entered the city, he immersed himself in the documents, looked at the population figures, and fiddled with the abacus to calculate.

The number of acres is a more complicated project than the former. Fortunately, it is not a door-to-door calculation. It only needs to be roughly combined with the records left by Qing court officials.

"Three.83 million acres, this number is quite cute."

Picking up the pen, Chen Kai continued to calculate the number of acres. Speaking of which, acres were one thing, but for him, taxation was the most important thing.

"Each mu is about one dou of grain, and each dou is 18 jins, which is 68.94 million jins, which is 459,600 shi. By the way, we also have to count the summer and autumn taxes...

"

Chen Kai calculated according to the official calculation method. In fact, every stone on the market can never reach 150 kilograms. If you can get 123, it will be pie in the sky. In times of misfortune,

One hundred kilograms is counted as one stone.

"Each soldier's monthly military pay is one to two five cents plus one stone, plus annual rewards and necessary military expenses. In other words, the entire Qiongzhou Prefecture's official tax can support nine thousand soldiers.

Two years..."

After calculating such a number, Chen Kai shocked himself. What he brought in this battle was nothing more than a thousand soldiers from Zhongchong Town, 500 cavalry from Huiqi Town, 3,000 soldiers from Quanzhou and

The total number of Lin Cha's naval forces is so much.

"If I go, I can still make so much money with so many soldiers, right?"

Chen Kai once suspected that he had made a mistake in his calculation, because the ratio in Chaozhou was obviously not like this. But after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be correct. It did not include the preferential and exempted land of the gentry, nor the salaries of local officials, nor the military officers.

The military pay is not like that of ordinary soldiers. In addition, raising soldiers is not only enough to provide food, but also to make weapons, issue military uniforms, build forts, etc. The cost is really huge, even more huge than the military pay.

Of course, Chen Kai who should be subtracted is not included, and what should be added is not included.

"By the way, salt tax, commercial tax, and fishery tax, who said last time that Qiongzhou Prefecture's income from these three items is very large, especially the salt tax and fishery tax, which are more than the commercial tax."

Hainan Island has many ports, and "ships can be parked everywhere and ships can be landed to draw water." The existence of these ports has allowed maritime trade to flourish, which is a natural geographical advantage.

Chen Kai threw aside the books about population and land, flipped through the documents recording maritime trade taxes, and at the same time summoned officials from the government office to inquire. His eyes lit up.

The cash crops of Qiongzhou Prefecture are led by betel nuts and coconuts. The Hainan farmer's proverb "Betel nut is on the east and rice is on the west" refers to the prosperity of betel nut cultivation. According to records, betel nut in Qiongzhou Prefecture is "produced all around, including Wenchang and Qiongshan."

", Hui Tong Te Duo", Wanzhou "is a rich product, every family has a betel nut garden and a coconut forest". The betel nut produced in Qiongzhou accounts for three-tenths of the sales in Guangdong and Guangxi, Jiaozhi and Funan account for seven-tenths.

From this point of view, this crop is an excellent choice whether for export or domestic sales. In particular, its export proportion is huge and it will not suffer too much due to the frequent wars between Guangdong and Guangxi.

As for coconuts, the same is true!

In addition, the spices and wood from Qiongzhou Prefecture are also best-selling goods on the mainland. Taking the former as an example, the social customs of the Ming Dynasty used incense widely. Regardless of the folk, monks, officials, and families, incense must be used in every sacrificial ceremony.

.Hainan produces dozens of kinds of incense, with excellent texture. "The taste is clear and long", and "the qi is pure and gentle", while the imported products from Southeast Asia and other places are of poor quality, "not as good as the middle and low-grade products from Hainan", but "outstanding among all vassals"

", so Hainan's spices occupy a wide market share in the mainland. Among them, there are native agarwood, Penglai incense, partridge incense, Jian incense, raw incense, cloves, etc. There are so many names that it seems that Chen Kai is called one.

Dazzled.

In terms of wood, ebony, rosewood, hematoxylin, green osmanthus, etc. are quite famous in Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In addition, there are Jibei, ramie, Chupi, red and white rattan, Huaman, Li Jinmei, Hai

Specialties such as prunes, agarwood, water chestnuts, peppercorns, galangal, fish maw, yellow wax, stone crabs, green feathers, etc. are also shipped in large quantities to the coastal provinces.

In contrast, the coastal provinces and even Jiangxi imported mainly iron production tools and daily necessities to Qiongzhou, among which ceramics were the largest, and there were also a lot of crops and cash crop seeds. These things, not to mention the quantity,

In terms of single items, Chaozhou, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou can all be included.

"In addition to betel nuts, wood, spices, cloth and sugar, our Qiongzhou Prefecture also sells deer skins and horns to Japan, Ryukyu and Southeast Asia's Jiaozhi, Champa, Siam, Dadi, Manchuria, Luzon and other places.

, cowhide, sugar, tortoise shell, jackfruit, panzhi, beeswax and other items, Nanyang maritime merchants will arrive every year."

Chen Kai has a good reputation. Officials are the best at looking at people's orders. People like Chen Kai are not good at making mistakes. In front of him, no one dares to lie in front of him, even to the point where he knows everything and says everything.

to the point of exhaustion.

Chen Kai was secretly frightened when he heard this "all-in-one gift". According to his original plan, to seize Qiongzhou Prefecture, in addition to population and food, the biggest harvest would be wood for shipbuilding and weapons.

Iron ore, these two things he has coveted for a long time, and he finally waited for an opportunity, so he couldn't let it go. But now it seems that he has underestimated this Qiongzhou government!

Next, the officials talked about Qiongzhou's handicraft industry. In addition to the textile industry famous for Huang Daopo, the rattan industry, hemp industry, sugar industry, mining industry, shipbuilding industry, etc. in the Ming Dynasty also laid a solid foundation.

Deep foundation. Most of these are derived from local raw material output, supplemented by the financial resources, technology and other advantages of the Han people to achieve today's scale.

"I'm here today. I need to digest it well. If there is anything you have forgotten for a while, or if you have any comments or suggestions, you can also write a note and send it to me. The imperial court and Master Wang are now both

When you are employing people, work hard and don't let this great opportunity slip by."

After appeasing the relevant people, Chen Kai waved everyone out, leaving him alone with his eyes closed and meditating. After a long time, the door was lightly clicked. The servant said that there was military information sent to him, and Chen Kai hurriedly left the room.

After receiving the document reporting victory, I immediately said a big "good" word.

Lingao County surrendered without a fight, and Lin Cha's fleet was continuing southward, heading straight for Danzhou. A few days later, Danzhou, Changhua County, Ganfen County, and China's southernmost prefecture and county, Yazhou, successively recovered, and the entire Qiongzhou

All the three states and ten counties in the prefecture were returned to the control of the Ming army. The next step was nothing more than to intimidate the Li chieftains inward. As long as they ensured that they did not cause trouble, they could concentrate on "economic construction."

Lin Cha sent Quanzhou soldiers to guard the various states and counties while seizing them, while the local soldiers, just like Chen Kai when he swept the East Road, pulled them all back to the capital city, euphemistically calling them "rectification training".

By the time Lin Cha returned, Chen Kai's order had already been sent to Lingshui County. Everything was going on step by step. Whether it was Lin Cha who had just returned, or Du Hui and Li Jianjie who were in charge in Fucheng, they were all doing it for the sake of clarity.

The army was very excited to be able to quickly restore this place.

At this time, Chen Kai was most indispensable. As soon as everyone gathered, he jokingly mentioned the old story of pretending to be a staff member of the Fujian governor in Chaozhou and a businessman when traveling in the southeast. This time, he pretended to be a "remnant of the Song Dynasty" again.

", maybe he will pretend to be a Tatar in the next moment.

"No, you can't pretend to be a Tatar."

"What's the meaning of this statement?"
Chapter completed!