According to Chen Kai's instructions, under the supervision and management of Shu Xuzi, the military uniform tailoring workshop quickly completed its expansion. The original tailors entered the rhythm of making cardboard and tailoring military uniforms for officers at all levels.

The production volume has increased, but as the female workers quickly adapted to the division of cutting and sewing under standard sizes, pairs of sleeves, front centers, back centers and collars, sleeves were constantly cut out from the cloth, and another

A group of people are dedicated to sewing, and the production speed of military uniforms is almost ten times, or even dozens of times faster than before!

The price of hiring a tailor is very different from hiring a female worker. After all, those with professional skills are more popular than ordinary people. But for Chen Kai, it is cheaper than hiring a large number of tailors as Ye Yiyun originally planned.

A large amount of funds can also be used to increase the income of some people in Nan'ao City. It can be said to be a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

The garment production of the military uniform tailoring workshop started at the fastest speed. Chen Kai did not expand its scale too much because he had calculated Zheng Chenggong's army expansion speed. Although the current scale is slower, it can still

It would be a bit unkind to complete the replenishment of military uniforms at an extremely fast speed, so as not to finish it all in one go, and then lay off people when there is no more work, forcing them to be laid off and re-employed.

Without competition, Chen Kai did not need to be so eager for quick success and quick gains. Everything unfolded in an orderly manner under his arrangement. However, after this incident, he suddenly discovered that there seemed to be no need for any emerging industries to drive regional development.

With the expansion and scale of some industries, many things will naturally get on the right track. Even immigration may not be necessary. Most of the strong laborers have gone to fight. Aren't there still a large number of women in the city and on the island?

, they are capable of many things!

On Nan'ao Island, a new trick was performed again. After Chen Kai returned to Nan'ao, Zheng Chenggong's troops quickly moved eastward, and soon left the Chenghai County area and headed straight for Huanggang Fort in Raoping County.

Huanggang Fort is located in the southeast of Raoping County, adjacent to Zhao'an County in Fujian. A walled city was built here in the Song Dynasty, and an inspection department was set up in the early Ming Dynasty. Later, the fort was rebuilt. Both the inside and outside of the city were made of stone, with a circumference of more than 1,200 meters.

Zhang, with four gates, is a very important military fortress in eastern Guangdong.

According to the local bandit Huang Hairu who caused trouble here, he worked as a minor official and served in the Ming army. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, he entangled a large number of local braves. The bandits caused trouble here and even captured Chenghai County. Later, he was Fu, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and

Li Chengdong is probably the only one who is inferior in terms of process, and he is a capricious villain.

When Zheng Chenggong focused on the two counties of Haiyang and Chenghai, he just asked Chen Bao to send people to persuade him. Zhu Yao directly chose to join the Raoping bandits, but Huang Hairu never made any move. Wait until this time Zheng Chenggong's army east

He pointed out that as soon as he appeared in Huang Hairu's control area, the latter ran directly to Zheng Chenggong's army, asking for forgiveness for anything he said, and he would give no end to anyone who stopped him.

Relying on his thick skin, Huang Hairu was forgiven by Zheng Chenggong. However, after entering Huanggang Fort, Zheng Chenggong did not hesitate to transfer some of the local men and civilians to strengthen the army, and even moved their families with them.

By leaving, it was clear that he wanted to weaken Huang Hairu's power.

Compared with Zhu Yao, Huang Hairu is indeed not a reassuring character, and Zheng Chenggong cannot trust him. On the contrary, Huang Hairu not only strongly supports him, but even expresses his willingness to serve under Zheng Chenggong, even if it is just to lead Zheng Chenggong's horse.

Falling pedals is also OK.

After appeasing Huang Hairu for a while, Zheng Chenggong did not agree to his request and just asked him to continue to guard Huanggang Fort. That was all. Since Zheng Chenggong entered the Chaozhou area in a different direction than history, Huang Hairu lost his role in advocating.

Without that outstanding performance of immediate surrender, Zheng Chenggong's trust in others was greatly reduced.

After pacifying Huanggang Fort, Zheng Chenggong led his army to Fenshui Pass. It was the junction of Fujian and Guangdong provinces, "connected to Wufu in the east and Guangdong and Guangdong in the west." The ancient road passed through the city. The pass city is located in the mountains.

There is a gorge in the middle of the mountain. The terrain is steep and dangerous. It can be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Fenshui Pass has a circumference of 370 meters and a height of 5.3 meters. It has two east gates and one west gate. There is a fort in the city. It was built by Zhou Lijiu Gong, the magistrate of Zhao'an County, in the second year of Tianqi.

This place is far away from the capital city, but it is only about 20 miles away from Zhao'an County in Fujian Province. As the commander-in-chief of Chaozhou, Che Renzhong sent troops to occupy Guancheng, which was once undefended, after Li Chengdong swept across Fujian and Guangdong, and launched an attack on southern Chaozhou.

The local tyrants and thieves formed a flanking attack.

However, first he was arrogant because of the rapid suppression of King Yi's army in Jieyang County and went to find Wu Liuqi's discomfort. Then after returning from the defeat and licking his wounds in Fucheng, he was plotted by Chen Kai. Chaozhou Town was once expected to unify Chaozhou.

It was completely declared ruined.

After hearing the news of Che Renzhong's death, the Chaozhou town soldiers at Fenshui Gate had no time to make a sad expression to show off the former coach's spirit in heaven. They resolutely relied on Huang Hairu's efforts to win over him.

He chose to defect to the Qing army in Zhao'an County, a neighboring province.

Now, it is guarded by the Zhao'an Qing army and has no longer been the original Chaozhou garrison. This place is also an important pass that Zheng Chenggong must win.

Zheng Chenggong had planned to use his military power to intimidate the local forces in Raoping. Local bandits such as Huang Hairu and Zhu Yao were also invited. It is precisely because of this that the army dispatched as many as six towns, except for the left

Outside Huzhen and Youhuzhen, Qinding Town, Zhongchong Town, Zuochong Town and Zuoxiang Town all followed.

The army was approaching, but to no avail in persuading them to surrender. Wolf smoke rose from the top of the city. Presumably, on the other side of the city, there were also many people riding fast horses towards Zhao'an County, which was more than 20 miles away.

"Stubborn."

After spitting out these cold words of murderous intention, Zheng Chenggong just waved his hand, and Zuohu Town and Youhu Town immediately launched an offensive against Guancheng.

Guancheng is very small, so the defensive surface is naturally reduced a lot. As the Ming army launched an offensive, the steel giants on the forts in the city began to roar.

Fortunately, there is only one fort, and the number of shells that can be fired is naturally very few. However, the terrain here is really not conducive to deployment. The city wall is only a few hundred meters short. The Qing army who defended the city made sure that there was no Ming army arrayed outside the city in the east.

Next, more power is concentrated here.

The Ming army did not carry any more effective siege equipment, so the defenders focused all their attention on the simple ladders. Huge stones were thrown down, and a Ming army soldier was hit before he could protect his head.

It fell. Under such a defensive equipment, the helmet was not much stronger than paper.

The first wave of offensive was very unsatisfactory, but Zheng Chenggong did not show any displeasure, as if everything was under his control, but he regarded "observers" such as Huang Hairu as unclear.

After a short rest, the second wave of offensive soon began, and a large group of Ming troops swarmed up carrying simple ladders. However, this time the momentum was not small, but it still did not produce any effective results. Apart from that,

, he didn’t even touch the top of the city wall, let alone climb it first. But Zheng Chenggong remained the same, especially when the third wave of offensive was about to be launched again after being repaired for a longer period of time.
Chapter completed!