Historically, the Qing court was not at ease with Hao Shangjiu, and once transferred him from the post of Chaozhou Commander-in-Chief to the deputy general of the Guangdong Navy. He failed to become the Tu Emperor and was demoted by the Qing court. Naturally, Hao Shangjiu would not give up.

, we might as well raise an army anyway.

Anyway, it happened on March 22nd in the third year of Yongli. At the same time, Li Dingguo's army entered Guangdong and prepared to launch an attack on Zhaoqing. Hao Shangjiu had heard about this and simply sent someone to contact Li Dingguo and at the same time led Zheng Chenggong to march westward.

, preparing to combine the three armies to attack the two vassals of Pingnan and Jingnan in Guangzhou from east to west.

Hao Shangjiu "proclaimed himself Marquis of Xintai in the seventh year of Yongli in the Yuan Dynasty" and "ordered the whole city to cut braids and wrap nets". He arrested Lu Zhenfen, the patrol patrol, Xue Xinchen, the prefect of Chaozhou, and the magistrates of Puning, Chenghai, Jieyang and Raoping counties. This is what he

As the area actually controlled by the "King of Chaozhou", the territory of Chaozhou is not limited to these counties. Wu Liuqi is eyeing Dabu Sanheba in the north; Nanyang Village in Chenghai in the south, Xu Long selects people to eat;

While occupying Huilai County, Su Li of the Jieshi Guards was also eyeing Jieyang and Puning counties. Hao Shangjiu had too much time to take care of himself, so how could he possibly cooperate with Li Dingguo in attacking Guangzhou?

Due to Chen Kai's long-term presence in Chaozhou and Hao Shangjiu's seizure of the county seat of Chengxiang County, the Qing government was quite tolerant of him. Not only was there much less suspicion, but there was also hope that he would continue to work hard.

Job relocation" in response.

At this moment, Hao Shangjiu was sitting in Chengxiang, Xingning, and Changle as the local emperor. Except for the annoying squires, merchants, and mine owners who were clamoring to increase trade limits every day, he was quite satisfied with the rest.

Who knew that there would be trading partners plotting against him secretly at this moment?

In Chaozhou Prefecture, the greedy Chaozhou profiteer representative Chen Kai issued a secret order to his former bookboy Chen Song, and the latter understood it clearly. It was only June at the moment, and it was estimated that it would be July before the news spread, but for

He was not in a hurry, just waiting for this resentment to tear the relationship between the Qing court and Hao Shangjiu to pieces.

Here Chen Song took the order and left. A few days later, Chen Kai also welcomed another person from afar. This person's arrival was actually what he had been waiting for for a long time.

"Zhanruo, you've had a hard journey. Sit down quickly and let's talk."

Kuang Lu has a dusty life, but she appears to be very energetic. When she met Chen Kai, she couldn't wait to tell her everything she saw along the way.

Speaking of which, Kuang Lu's trip for half a year was mainly to Jiangxi Province. Kuang Lu visited Tao Qian in Ganzhou, Zou Nan in Ji'an, and even the scholars who were sent to Jiangxi to lurk. Kuang Lu visited them one by one. Not only did he carry out activities

, it also broadened my knowledge and benefited hugely.

"All those scholars have gone through the initiation ceremony, and they have no hesitation about joining the Tiandihui. All in all, you have become a good professor. You are all called sir by these people."

"That's good, that's good."

In places like Guangdong and Fujian, Chen Kai has not yet started to work on the Tiandihui. He has only recruited some trustworthy friends. But in Jiangxi, Chen Kai wants to take the lead in building the foundation. This is the purpose of Kuang Lu's trip.

However, for the time being, this basis is only to establish the difference in identity, thereby enhancing the centripetal force.

"The teacher-student relationship is indeed a big killer."

The achievement of this result lies not only in the teacher-student relationship between Chen Kai and those Jiangxi scholars, but also in Chen Kai's early operations and preparations during the training period.

"Those new instructions and documents have also been issued, and they all stated that they will act in accordance with the instructions of Mr. Chen."

Documents and instructions are naturally difficult to enter enemy-occupied areas easily. These things all depend on Kuang Lu’s memory. If it weren’t for his talent and extraordinary memory, Chen Kai would not be at ease. Now Kuang Lu has confirmed that he has conveyed

, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

"How's the effect?"

"I walked in a hurry, but I didn't see much. However, those documents were indeed very well written, and they were quite excited after reading them."

There is no possibility that Chen Kai would not believe this, even if Kuang Lu had seen those things, let alone other people. Chen Kai had expected this, but after Kuang Lu's statement, he was even more convinced.

I was inexplicably excited.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's wash our hands and let Zhuo Jing cook some side dishes today. We brothers haven't seen each other for a long time, so we should have a good drink!"

"It's a great wedding that I haven't even congratulated yet. No, I have to go back. If I don't even have a greeting gift to meet my siblings, people will say that I, Kuang Lu, am ignorant."

Kuang Lu raised her palms and praised, but Chen Kai laughed loudly and said: "Brother Zhanruo, you are planning to give me the Green Qitai again. I have already said it before, a gentleman will not take away what others love. Wait until you get it back."

Guangzhou, just give me a wedding gift from those collections."

Chen Kai was like this, and Kuang Lu couldn't help but shake her head and smile. Both of them are relatively casual in temperament, and they are not very strict about these red tapes. At this moment, Chen Kai pushed him away, and he really didn't have any decent gifts in his hand.

I simply had no choice but to accept it and just said I was going to eat Chen Kai's meal for free.

"As it should be!"

Chen Kai laughed heartily. After laughing, he remembered something again, and then lowered his voice and said to Kuang Lu: "I just have a treasure. After today's wind and dust are washed away, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will open my brother Zhan Ruo's eyes."

Hearing this, Kuang Lu's interest suddenly aroused, and she immediately asked Chen Kai why she had to see it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, instead of today when her appetite was already whetted. Chen Kai always had some new tricks, and Kuang Lu had seen too many

, it will be fresh every time, just right for his appetite.

However, Chen Kai shook his head and said that it was not that he couldn't see it today, but that the thing was a bit disgusting and he was worried that it would affect Kuang Lu's appetite.

"Then just do as you say."

After returning home to wash away the dust, Kuang Lu returned to the governor's office. After entering the back house, Zheng Xiyuan was already making preparations. Chen Kai and Kuang Lu chatted for a while in the living room, and Zheng Xiyuan led the servants to serve the dishes. They drank happily until

Late at night, this long separation finally ended.

After a night of hangover, Chen Kai felt groggy when he got up from work the next day. Kuang Lu, on the other hand, seemed to be very excited. Before noon, she made a special trip to see something new.

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"All right."

There was nothing he could do about it. Kuang Lu came up spontaneously, and Chen Kai had no choice. It happened to be lunch break, so Chen Kai took Kuang Lu to the back house of the Governor's Yamen again, but this time it was not the living room, but a backlit wing.

There are many things in the ear room, but the most obvious ones are the several large flower pots placed on the side. There are no flowers or plants in them, but a lot of soil is put in them.

Kuang Lu was led to the flower pots by Chen Kai. Chen Kai scooped out some swill residue from another bucket, causing Kuang Lu to cover her nose.

However, Chen Kai never tired of it. He scooped out the swill residue and poured it on the soil of each flower pot. Then he simply moved two stools over and sat there watching what was going on in the flower pots.

Chen Kai always has some weird ideas, which Kuang Lu is familiar with. Kuang Lu even has a lot of expectations for this, otherwise she would not come here today. But Chen Kai is like this, but it still makes him feel

He was quite surprised. Apart from that, the smell in this room was really bad, but looking at Chen Kai's actions, it seemed that he was always here recently, which really made him confused. However, after thinking about it for a moment, Kuang Lu

His attention was quickly attracted by the movement in the flower pot.

Speaking of which, the sound was almost negligible, but with the dim light from the thickened window paper, Kuang Lu quickly noticed that the soil began to stir, and then strips of fleshy worms came out. Those fleshy worms, compared to

Vegetable worms are thinner and longer than maggots, and are often dark red in color. More and more of them gather on the swill residue, which looks extremely disgusting.

"Is this thing an earth dragon?"

The so-called earthworms are earthworms. Chen Kai nodded, and immediately picked one out with a clip, then strode out of the penthouse, and then turned into another yard, where there was a free-range hen eating vegetables.

As soon as Ye Zi saw Chen Kai throwing the earthworm on the ground, he immediately dropped the vegetable leaf and ate the earthworm into his stomach in three quick strokes.

Regarding the happiness of delicious food, even if they are not of the same species, Chen Kai and Kuang Lu who were present could clearly feel it from the hen. Seeing this, Kuang Lu turned her head and looked at Chen Kai, as if she suddenly realized it.

"Are you actually planning to expand the business of raising earth dragons and then use it to raise chickens and ducks?"

After hearing the song and knowing the elegant meaning, Kuang Lu drew inferences from one instance and received Chen Kai's hand in praise. Then she explained that when she was young, she was more excited when seeing chickens eating bugs than eating leaves, so she came up with this idea.

There is really no way to explain the basic protein to Kuang Lu. Apart from that, Kuang Lu only heard about the elements of the human body and those of insects. I guess he wouldn't believe anything he said.

"I have been feeding this chicken like this for more than half a month. It grows quickly, probably in the same way that people grow meat faster if they eat more meat."

"I see."

With this understanding, Kuang Lu immediately understood. Chickens grow faster, which means that the production of chickens increases, which is a good thing. What's more, Chen Kai said that this matter is not that simple. In addition to feeding

Besides chicken, there are other benefits that can be exploited.

"Then Brother Yu will just wait for the good news."

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In Chaozhou City, the current governor of Zhangquan Chaohui's Fourth Prefecture and the original Zhongshu Sheren, a powerful bureaucrat and a noble civil servant in the court, these two gentle and elegant figures are interested in worms.

At that time, the Eight Banners Army, which had been sent by the Qing government earlier to reinforce Shang Kexi to fight against Li Dingguo's army, was also on its way to Guangdong.

The Battle of Zhaoqing began on March 26th. Twelve days later, at the Battle of Longdinggang on April 8th, Li Dingguo was defeated and retreated to Guangxi to rest.

Speaking of which, the war was over long ago, but the distance between Guangdong and Beijing was long. Fortunately, an emergency was issued in March. The Qing government received the news and decided to send the four left-wing banners of Jiangnan and Jiangning as reinforcements. When the urgent imperial edict was sent to Jiangning

It was already the tenth day of the fifth lunar month when the entire city was filled with Aung Bang Zhang Kyung Kak Mu.

It has been a month since the war ended, but Guangdong is really not close to Jiangning. After receiving the news, Kakamu quickly dispatched more than half of the Manchurian Niulu, and together with some of the Han army flag soldiers who assisted in the defense of Jiangning, they set off by boat from the Yangtze River

Enter Poyang Lake, and then follow the waterway all the way to Guangdong.

Li Dingguo became king twice last year, which was really a great threat. When Kakamu received the order, the Qing government also sternly warned him not to go to war rashly - if Shang Kexi defeated Li Dingguo on his own, that would be the best, of course.

This possibility is not very likely; but if Shang Kexi cannot even maintain the front line, then he should try his best to coordinate the troops of the two vassals. Even if he abandons Guangzhou, it is good as long as he can hold the Meiling defense line in southern Jiangxi.

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Kakamu did not dare to hesitate, but not long after he left, he received the news that Shang Kexi had defeated Li Dingguo. At the same time, Prince Pingnan wanted him to lead his army to cooperate with the two vassals to capture Chaozhou and seize control of Chaozhou.

Chen Kai will solve it first and then talk about it.

In this regard, Kakamu is very willing to help. Apart from this, Chaozhou has been in the hands of the Ming army for five years. It is said that the two prefects before and after Ye Yiyun and Chen Kai are good at developing people's livelihood.

The people there must have plenty of food and clothing. As long as they slaughter one round, the profit will be unimaginable.

Kakamu did not change his marching route, and as a result, the Qing court's order to assist in the suppression arrived soon. For this reason, Kakamu accelerated his march, because as far as he knew, the Eight Banners garrisoned in Hangzhou in Jinli were also preparing to attack Zheng Chenggong in Fujian

Let's start, if that slave is allowed to rush ahead, his trip will be in vain.

At the end of July, Kakamu rushed to Guangzhou City, and the news of Jin Li's defeat was also received on the way. Seeing that the real Manchu reinforcements, which he had been waiting for for a long time, arrived, Shang Kexi quickly sent the Jingnan general Ang Bangzhang to Kaka

Mu and Meilezhangjing's Lai Daojia were invited to the palace to discuss countermeasures. In addition, they also specially invited people from the Jingnan vassal to come with them.

Jingnan Fan's right-wing commander Lien Decheng and several Jingnan Fan's deputy generals were present. Even Jingnan King Geng Jimao, who had been ill for a long time, came over specially.

Kakamu and others have heard about Li Dingguo's defeat. When asked about the details, they also praised his gratifying military skills. However, this is not the most important thing at the moment. Jin Li's defeat, but

It is said that it also caused a lot of damage to the Ming army. According to intelligence, the Ming army focused on southern Fujian, and there were not many troops in eastern Guangdong. Not long ago, Chen Kai also transferred some of them to regain Qiongzhou Prefecture. Now it is obviously the biggest weakness.

It is the most normal principle to take advantage of his illness to kill him, but there is a problem, that is, attacking Chaozhou from west to east, the best coastal plain area, the Ming army has used those two bastions to block the Luohe River line.

After the death of Geng Jimao, both of them were defeated. The Qing government spent a lot of effort to replenish the troops of Jingnan Domain, but the loss of combat effectiveness was not that simple.
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