At the same time in history, during the Battle of Haicheng, the Qing army bombarded the outlying strongholds and Haicheng County with hundreds of cannons. The Ming army responded by burying gunpowder in advance and then detonating it, and thus won the victory.

The victory in the Battle of Haicheng allowed the Ming army to finally secure the last stronghold on land - Haicheng County. After two consecutive battles and victories in the previous two years, they finally failed to completely lose all their gains due to the disastrous defeat at Fengchao Mountain.

, and also laid some foundations for subsequent development.

Chen Kai read the letter and couldn't help but sigh. Zheng Chenggong's army was stronger than at the same time in history, not only in terms of quantity, but also in terms of quality.

However, in the first few years after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it quickly occupied most of China. Whether it was the Dashun Army, the Hongguang Dynasty, King Lu Supervising the Country, King Lu Supervising the Country, Emperor Longwu, Emperor Shaowu, and many others who had left.

The Yongli Emperor, who had the best luck, was defeated too quickly. Now that these peripheral areas are competing with the Qing army, the huge gap in national power makes it difficult for the Ming army to achieve great results. For example, the Daxi Army counterattacked last year

The scene is also a total explosion of power accumulated over many years, and cannot be seen easily.

The two sides fought hard for a month, and finally ended with the victory of the Ming army. The Qing army suffered a lot of losses. According to Zheng Chenggong's letter, the number of beheadings should be between four and five thousand, and the number of prisoners of war auxiliaries also exceeded 20,000.

Pass, of which no less than two thousand were borne by the Han bannermen stationed in Hangzhou. As for the more than one hundred artillery pieces, in Chen Kai's opinion, they were not as important as the casualties of the Han bannermen.

However, the Ming army also suffered a lot of casualties in this battle. Ye Zhang, who replaced Chen Chaozhi, the chief military officer of Youchong Town who died of illness before the war, was killed in this battle. Many generals were also injured and participated in the battle.

Each of the twenty-one towns suffered light or heavy casualties, and it will definitely take some time to recover.

"Counter encirclement and suppression."

Sighing, Chen Kai shook his head subconsciously. Wang Jiang, who was sitting here, did not hear clearly what Chen Kai said, so he quickly asked. Chen Kai just replied that it was nothing, and then thought of another thing.

Things come up.

"Uncle Chang, do you know that His Highness Prince Lu went to supervise the country?"

This happened in March, when Chen Kai had already left for Qiongzhou Prefecture. Zheng Chenggong's letter was then sent to Qiongzhou Prefecture, but when it arrived, he had already taken a boat to Hong Kong, and finally followed him.

Chen Kai vaguely remembered that the fact that King Lu went to supervise the country seemed to be related to Zheng Chenggong's persecution. It seemed that someone had mentioned that after Lu Jianguo went to supervise the country, Zheng Chenggong once wanted to send Lu Jianguo to Yongli.

The imperial court's plan was even put into action for a time. But in the end it seemed that due to some special reasons, it failed to be realized. Finally, Supervisor Lu returned to Kinmen Island.

Of course, Lu Jianguo on Kinmen Island is said to have a difficult life. In terms of diet, this Prince Huang Ming was nicknamed the "Sweet Potato King" because he often used sweet potatoes. What is even more shocking is that according to my Qing Dynasty,

According to the theory, Lu Supervisor Zhu Yihai was sunk into the sea by Zheng Chenggong and died!

The old grievances of the Tang-Lu war seem to be somewhat reasonable from a rational analysis. However, the problem is that historical data records that Zhu Yihai died in November of the first year of Kangxi, while Zheng Chenggong died of illness half a year earlier than him. After Zheng Chenggong's death

Murder is not in line with scientific logic. In addition, after Zheng Chenggong took the blame for three hundred years, in 1959 AD, farmers on Kinmen Island discovered the tomb of Lu Jianguo while quarrying. Archaeologists found the tomb of Lu Jianguo based on the words on the tombstone and

Analysis of the grave objects confirmed the identity of the tomb owner as Zhu Yihai, finally exonerating Zheng Chenggong.

Chen Kai had no interest at all in the living conditions of the Lu Supervisor Kingdom. At this moment, because Wang Jiang was an official of the Lu Supervisor Kingdom, he asked about it casually. Unexpectedly, Wang Jiang Zichen knew about this, but

He has never seen Lu Jianguo's face, and he doesn't know exactly what happened.

"That year Wanxun went to Zhoushan for a trip, and he mentioned a few things when he came back. However, he hurried back to Dalan Mountain not long after he stayed there."

Wanxun is the cousin of Wang Yi, the manager of Zhejiang Province who worked with Wang Jiang in Dalan Mountain. This man was killed in the fifth year of Yongli, which happened on the eve of the Qing army's attack on Zhoushan. As for Wang Yi's audience

Yes, it happened earlier. If Chen Kai's estimate is correct, it should have happened after Lu Jianguo occupied Zhoushan.

The specific time is no longer important. Lu Jianguo's character, according to Wang Jiang's words reported by Wang Yi, should be a brave monarch. Chen Kai also has a vague impression of this, such as when Lu Jianguo first started his dynasty.

, Lu Jianguo personally went to the bank of the Qiantang River to boost morale; for example, during the Battle of Zhoushan, Lu Jianguo accompanied the army on the expedition, which proved that he was different from other monarchs in the Southern Ming Dynasty in courage. However, the failure of Lu Jianguo's dynasty was not just due to

In terms of fortune, Lu Jianguo also had a serious character weakness, which was his lack of independent opinion.

As Zhang Dai, a contemporary, said: "I have always been thirsty for virtuous people and received advice like a stream of water. These are the virtues of an emperor. If I were King Lu, I would suffer from these two diseases. When King Lu sees a person, he will rely on his heart; when he hears one,

When you speak, your faith is like a tortoise, with a sincere intention and an open mind, and everyone wants to use it. But when you look forward to it, it is not the same. When you see future generations, your predecessors will discard it like a piece of hair. When you hear the later words, the previous words will be regarded as ice. Later, many people

But the pawn cannot be used by one person."

The Zhang family was a very distinguished scholarly family in Shanyin, and his father was once the right chief historian of the Chief Secretary of the Lu Palace. Therefore, when Zhu Yihai went south, Zhang Dai welcomed him home. But soon, Zhang Dai said goodbye and left.

Go and live in seclusion in Shengxian County. At that time, Fang Guoan, the commander-in-chief of King Lu's system, extorted money from the Zhang family. Zhang Dai was unwilling to ask for help from this incompetent king in his eyes, which is evident from this.

In fact, it’s not just King Lu. There is another paragraph after Zhang Dai’s sentence: “The King of Tang knew little about writing and calligraphy;

Following Wen Wenshan's example of establishing two kings, who would have thought that a piece of Zhao's meat would turn rotten and rotten when he got it. Such a mediocre person, it is really impossible to achieve the goal."

The emperors of the Southern Ming Dynasty each had their own shortcomings, and none of them looked like the masters of ZTE. Fortunately, Chen Kai never expected any "Mingjun" to show his power. As soon as this incident came out, Lu Jianguo was regarded as

Officially withdrew from the stage of history. Even though Lu Jianguo Dynasty actually still has a lot of potential power.

"By the way, Uncle Chang, I just don't have much going on today. Can you tell me about the past events of the East Zhejiang Province's fight against the Qing Dynasty?"

Chen Kai was in high spirits, old things were unforgettable, and rejection was not Wang Jiang's habit, so he simply chatted with Chen Kai about the anti-Qing anecdotes that happened in eastern Zhejiang in those years, especially about the Dalan Mountains where they had fought.

After a long time, Chen Kai also had some understanding of this. But there were some things that he hadn't thought clearly about yet, and it was inconvenient to talk to Wang Jiang prematurely, so he was about to leave it at that. However, Wang Jiang came here to see him because he had something to do.

By Chen Kai.

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The Sanyang Gate of Chaozhou City was named after the three counties of Haiyang, Chaoyang and Jieyang under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou during the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

This is the south gate of Chaozhou Fucheng. Looking towards the Hanjiang Waterway, you can vaguely see the hydraulic workshop in the distance. There, the seeds planted by Chen Kai for industrialization are taking root and sprouting. However, regardless of

Whether it is in Chaozhou or other places in China, this is very rare. More often than not, agriculture is the foundation of the entire country.

At noon, a dung truck filled with excrement came out of Sanyang Gate. The direction of the dung truck was not the hydraulic workshop. According to regulations, the dung in Chaozhou Fucheng had to be transported to the dung and saltpetre accumulation yard, but it was unavoidable.

The amount of manure is too large and affects the fertilizer needs of farmers outside the city. Therefore, not all the manure and saltpeter are used to accumulate saltpeter every day, but a part is always left for sale to cover the government's labor expenses.

After the dung truck left the city, it did not immediately rush to the dung and saltpeter dumps. Instead, it arrived near a village, where people were already waiting.

When the car arrived, the people hurriedly stepped forward. Although the workers driving the dung truck were smelly and smelly, they showed no sign of inferiority. They sat arrogantly on the car, just waiting for the workers carrying buckets to come.

The people who came came forward.

"Brother Liu, I'm going to get fat again in a few days. You've come at the right time."

"It's not a bad time, but this time the price per barrel needs to be increased."

Agriculture has its own fixed production cycle, and each step of the process must be done according to the set time, which is the so-called farming season. When it comes to adding fertilizer, it must be prepared in advance, because fertilizer is not just thrown in by the feces.

The ground is enough, but fermentation is indispensable.

These farmers are all assigned to supply vegetables in the city, which is the main livelihood of their village. Now that the dung picker was talking about it, the vegetable farmers couldn't help but look unhappy, but no one dared to speak. On the contrary, the dung picker was talking about

This cold reception also showed a lot of impatience.

"Forget it if you don't want it, there are plenty of people who want it."

As he said that, the manure picker waved his hand, and the other younger man immediately responded. The animals pulling the cart were eating fodder, and the young manure picker got out of the car and put away the bag of fodder. This was clearly

They were about to leave. Seeing this, the vegetable farmer who had just said hello hurriedly stepped forward, just to say nice words, he only stopped them, and then reported his troubles.

"Come on, the prices of vegetables in the city have gone up, and they say they are not profitable. In your eyes, we brothers are not worthy of eating vegetables!"

The dung pickers showed no respect at all and wanted to leave angrily. The vegetable farmers had no choice but to accept the new price. Then they picked up most of the dung in the big buckets on the car and then looked at it.

The dung truck leaves.

"Old man, if this continues, sooner or later we won't be able to use the excrement in the city anymore."

One person said this, and the others also agreed. However, the village elder who took the lead glanced at them and shook his head: "This thing was only used as fertilizer in the past. It is easy to talk to each other, and the price is reasonable.

Now the government is using these for some purpose. It is said that they are also raw materials for gunpowder. Not to mention that they have additional uses. Even these guys are now members of the yamen. How dare you provoke them?"

"But……"

The vegetable farmers planned to ask the village elders to speak to the superiors, but the village elders had no plans to step forward. Everyone seemed a little anxious, but the village elders replied calmly, "They can increase the price, and we can too.

It’s not as if time has not passed.” When he said this, everyone was speechless.

Seeing this, everyone hurried home carrying dung. After all, it was not good to delay the farming season. As for the village elders, in fact, in their hearts, they did not realize that those who picked dung would kill the goose to get the eggs. The price increase was inevitable, but there would always be

There is a limit. After all, apart from the government's demand, this stuff is just used as fertilizer, and it can't be higher than the food and vegetables grown.

The people here are still busy with their work. On the dung cart that left first, the younger dung pickers drove the mule cart and looked back at the big barrels, with a little worry on their faces.

"Fourth brother, I usually have less, but not much. This time I don't have much left. I'm afraid I won't end up well at the saltpeter field."

The younger one was like this, but the other dung picker looked nonchalant and just asked him to keep driving. When the dung truck stopped at the edge of a stream, the two of them scooped it up with a bucket without saying anything.

water, and filled the dung buckets again. After everything was done, before the two of them got into the car, they saw two more dung trucks coming from behind. Everyone understood it tacitly, and without saying much, they just drove the car.

We hurried forward, and after about half an hour we arrived at the saltpeter field on the west side of the city.

When they arrived at the place, the inspector came forward, took a wooden stick and shook it. Then he didn't say anything, he just sneered, but didn't let anyone let him go. He just looked at the two people with big eyes and small eyes.

A manure picker.

The latter understood the idea and hurriedly stepped forward to pay some of the money they had just taken from the vegetable farmers. However, the inspection officer did not leave the matter as usual, but instead treated the two of them slowly.

He said, "Liu Si'er, on weekdays it's just one cart of dung and half a cart of water. I know you're working hard, so I won't point it out. What's more, you've learned to work harder. A cart of dung is more than half a cart of water. I think we all

Are you a fool?"

"Oh, look at what you said, how dare you, a villain."

The clerk looked worried, and the dung picker had no choice but to take out another copper coin and hand it over. The latter shook it before signaling to the guards at the saltpeter to let him go.

However, when the dung cart came in, a helper next to the clerk was a little worried. He lowered his voice and asked the clerk how he should explain things to his superiors. The latter only said, "The weather is getting hotter, and people in the city are drinking more."

"There is too much water, so there is too much pee" came up, so he excused himself.

………………

Gray income is completely normal. Things are happening outside the city. Wang Jiang is also talking to Chen Kai about the rising prices of grain and vegetables. Agricultural matters are his main responsibility.

, now there are signs that something is wrong, but it cannot be completely solved by his authority alone, so naturally he has to come to Chen Kai to make the decision.

In fact, this is nothing new. Just like when we were on Nan'ao Island, the price of eggs and radishes increased due to the purification of soil saltpeter. This was an inevitable chain reaction. Chen Kai had already expected it, and it was nothing more than a vegetable
Chapter completed!