After the first month's holiday, everything on Nan'ao Island returned to normal, with cruises on the sea, school drills, and the sound of ping-ping-pong-pang-pong forging coming out of the weapons workshop again. As for the saltpeter dump outside the city, it was even more stinking.

Xuntian has not changed at all even during the Chinese New Year, let alone now.

The army is training, and the new recruits who are added to the old army must not only practice martial arts, but also integrate into the battle formation; in the three newly built towns, everything is started from scratch, and there is more to do. In the first month, put aside the New Year's celebrations

Heaven, the army has been training all the time. This was the case in the first month, and it was also the same in February. Even in March, there was no movement of troops at all, not even a sound. There were only ships coming and going, constantly attacking China.

The goods are sold to Nanyang and Japan, and the goods from Nanyang and Japan are transported back to China to earn the price difference, purchase military supplies, and enhance their own strength as much as possible.

In late March, two sand ships from Fujian waters bypassed Nan'ao Island and entered Chaozhou territory from the Hanjiang waterway. The sand ships flew the flag of the Fujian Governor's Yamen. Since they were official ships of the Qing Dynasty, the unknown ships along the coast

The local tycoons and pirates of the Qing Dynasty also retreated. They did not send people to contact them to please them, nor did they send troops to intercept and attack them. They just passed by without knowing it.

The official ship sailed slowly, and when it approached Chaozhou City, an envoy was sent into the city. Chaozhou is under the jurisdiction of Guangdong. Logically speaking, even if the Fujian Governor's Yamen has something to do, it should directly contact the Guangdong Governor's Yamen instead of sending people directly to Chaozhou.

Come on. This kind of behavior destroyed the tacit understanding between local officials, and it also deviated from the establishment of the imperial court system.

Che Renzhong didn't understand this, but after hearing the report from the officer guarding the gate, he felt that something was not right, so he simply sent someone to invite Huang Menglin, the prefect of Chaozhou, to come over and discuss countermeasures.

Huang Menglin was a native of Fujian. When the Qing army entered Guangdong the year before last, he was the prefect sent here by Tong Yangjia, the governor of Guangdong and Guangdong and the governor of Guangdong, and Li Chengdong, the admiral of Guangdong. He was also responsible for preaching the mighty virtues of the Qing court and recruiting local bandits and pirates.

, in order to maintain the rule and authority of the Qing court here.

Che Renzhong was supposed to cooperate with him to achieve this goal, but he was originally a bandit, and his subordinates were called Chaozhou Zhenbing. In fact, they were a group of bandits who had changed their official status. The old bad habits were hard to change, and they disturbed the vicinity of Chaozhou City.

The living people cannot live in peace. In terms of military, the attack on the local tyrants and bandits seems to be somewhat inadequate. So far, that is, last year, the suppression of King Yi's army in Jieyang County has been able to win some favors from the court and Shangguan.

He received praise from others, but even Wu Liuqi's regimental trainer couldn't beat him. At most, he could only defend the city with his thousands of "thieves".

To be honest, Huang Menglin didn't like the commander-in-chief at all, but in the officialdom, one had to give face, and it was unusual at this time, so he had to follow the car to the sewer gate to see what was going on.

Chaozhou City is located on the bank of the Han River, with Jinshan Mountain in the north, Bijia Mountain in the east, Hulu Mountain in the west, and fertile plains in the south, forming a geographical pattern of "three mountains and one river protecting the ancient city" on the plain. The city is two feet and five feet high.

, 1763 feet long, with seven gates, including Shangshui Gate, Bamboo Wooden Gate, Guangji Gate and Xiashui Gate, all concentrated in the east city facing Hanjiang River.

The official ship of the Fujian Governor's Yamen was moored at the pier in the east of the city, and the visitors entered through the water gate. They had contacted each other in advance, so they soon saw Che Renzhong, Huang Menglin and others.

"Student, Liu Yizhou, a staff member of the Fujian Governor's Yamen, has met Che Zongzhen and Huang Fuzun."

The visitor claimed to be an aide of Tong Guonai, the governor of Fujian, and was ordered to come here to wait for the results of the grain purchase matter between the governor's office of Fujian and the governor's office of Guangdong, and to transport the first batch of grain back to Fuzhou.

They had never heard of this matter, but the matter between the governor's yamen and the governor's yamen really did not have much need to discuss with them before it was decided. It's just that this man's accent was very weird, a bit like Mingshi

The Mandarin dialect is also somewhat like the dialect of Liaodong. Even when Huang Menglin thought about it carefully, it seemed that there was something like the Manchu Mandarin accent, which made it difficult for him to distinguish it for a while.

"This is an official document. Please verify it with two superior officials."

Che Renzhong didn't know a word of Chinese characters, but Guanwen knew him, but he didn't know the dense text on the official document, let alone the authenticity of the official document's writing format, seal, paper, etc. This matter can only trouble Huang Menglin.

, Che Renzhong just took it first, looked at it pretentiously, and then had to pass it to someone else.

The format of the official document was awkward, and there was nothing wrong with the paper or printing. It was just that things were a bit unexpected, which made him always feel that something was not quite right.

"I would like to ask, why does the governor's office of Fujian come to Guangdong to buy grain?"

Huang Menglin asked this question with a smile, but when Liu Yizhou heard it, he immediately frowned and asked angrily: "Prefect Huang can't trust our Fujian Governor's Yamen?"

"No, no, Mr. Liu, please don't misunderstand me. I'm just curious."

In the officialdom, there is no need to offend people for no reason, let alone the staff of a high-ranking official such as a governor. Who knows, today he is still the prefect of Chaozhou, and when the transfer order comes tomorrow, he will have to take up a post in Fujian.

If he fell into someone else's hands, they would have to give him little shoes.

"snort."

Even though he is just a staff member, Liu Yizhou has never been less imposing than the commander-in-chief and the prefect before him since he entered Chaozhou City. It is not unusual for him to be a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, let alone a staff member. At this time,

At this moment, when Liu Yizhou heard Huang Menglin's explanation, a sigh of relief came out of his nostrils, and his strange and sinister tone came back.

"So that Magistrate Huang knows that the bandits of the former puppet King of Lu, who is the orthodox leader of Haidong, are fighting fiercely with our Fujian officers and soldiers. Bandits and bandits are out in all directions, making it difficult for the people to live. Not to mention that Fujian is not a grain-producing province in the first place.

We usually have to buy grain from other provinces, but this time we are here to buy military grain for the large army."

Huang Menglin had heard about the chaos in Fujian. There were the Lu clan, the remnants of the Zheng family, the rebels under the banner of Longwu, and a certain vassal king from the Ming court who had raised an army, and there were even some who didn't even have a banner.

Those who fought directly with the Qing army were in complete chaos. At first, he was worried about whether they would cause trouble in Chaozhou. Later, he got news that the Zheng family had encountered obstacles in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou and suffered a huge defeat.

After returning home, most of the other activities were in northern and central Fujian, so I felt relieved for the time being.

What the staff said was reasonable and reasonable, and the official documents were all ready. At this time, a close officer of Che Renzhong also came over and whispered to Che Renzhong.

Please go to the government office and talk to me. At least, you can't just let people stand here near the water gate.

After entering the government office, they both bowed and took their seats, and then the conversation began. Liu Yizhou claimed that he was originally from Shanxi, and that he had joined the dragon family fourteen years ago and worked as a servant in Tong Guonai's home.

However, Liu Yizhou didn't care about his status as a slave, and was even vaguely proud of it. Huang Menglin calculated carefully that it was probably the time when the Qing army broke into Shanxi in the seventh year of Chongzhen that this man was nothing more than a plundered person.

The Han people left, but the situation was stronger than the others. Now that the Qing Dynasty had taken control of the Central Plains, these original slaves also began to gain power.

"These two brothers are Bai Hansong and Bai Hanfeng, the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Navy. They originally worked with the Zheng family to earn a living. Later, when Zheng Zhilong surrendered to our Qing Dynasty, they were transferred to serve under the Fujian Navy. This time, if their brothers had not attacked Zheng

I know something about it, but I’m afraid we may not be able to get there smoothly.”

There were two official ships belonging to the Fujian Governor's Yamen, and there were more than a hundred sailors and guard soldiers on board. Obviously, they were worried about the maritime security of the Fujian Sea.

In fact, these things are not important. The key is that this time, Fujian is short of food, so it has an official document with Guangdong to purchase a batch of military rations in Chaozhou.

The official documents from this aspect have not yet arrived, which always makes Huang Menglin feel that something is not normal.
Chapter completed!