The journey from Koriyama-juku to Naganohara Town of the Takasaki Domain is long. Although the distance between the two places is only more than 500 miles from the map, the traffic conditions on the island country's roads are too backward. Let alone Amiu and the others, even if the daimyo goes to Jiang
Households are diligent in reporting, and there are often delays on the road due to traffic problems.
No, the group encountered heavy rain two days after setting off. They stayed at the camp for one night. When preparing to set off the next day, the guide learned from the townspeople that the river five miles ahead had swollen due to flash floods and could not pass.
Li Wenqing didn't believe this evil, so he asked the village chief of Shuchang Town to lead the way and went to check the situation himself. When he arrived at the place, he was dumbfounded. He saw that the water depth in the place where he could pass had exceeded one and a half meters, and the current was so fast that it was obviously impossible to pass.
"Where's the boat? Are there any boats around here?"
Among the accompanying guards were naturalized residents from Mutsu. After listening to the other party's translation, the village chief explained embarrassedly: "Sir, we are in the mountains and there are no boats."
Li Wenqing asked: "Then what would you do if you encountered this situation before?"
"We can get over it when the water recedes."
"How long do we have to wait?"
"It's really hard to say. The water receded when the rain stopped. According to past experience, it might be two or three days, maybe five or six days. I'm really sorry for delaying Mr. Tianchao's schedule!"
After receiving such an ambiguous answer, Li Wenqing rolled his eyes helplessly. He had no choice but to go back to the dormitory and explain the situation to everyone. There was nothing to do, just wait.
Although A Miao and his party's trip was delayed, the village chief of Shuba Town was secretly happy. Even though A Miao and his party were only more than thirty people, they spent a lot of money on food and accommodation. Everyone lived in
For medium- and upper-class houses, the daily rent for each room is 180 to 200 Wen. In addition, there are more than 50 horses, and the supply of horse feed is a lot of money.
However, what makes the townspeople even more happy is what happens next. The people in the security platoon have either left the island country for many years, or they have never been here. They had nothing to do and had to find something to kill time, so they went to hang out in various shops in the town. Good guys.
! Apart from wine, they didn’t buy any other local specialties, refreshments, and snacks. They bought almost everything they could find. They also gave them shiny silver coins when they paid the bill, which made the boss crazy.
You must know that the shukucho town under the rule of the shogunate in these years was not open for half a year, and open for half a year. The annual attendance report was its main source of income. The rent for ordinary travelers was not enough to live between their teeth. You can meet
The people of Shangbeihai Town spent so generously, and the townspeople benefited from it from top to bottom, and they laughed out loud in their dreams at night. They wished that such distinguished guests could stay for five, six, seven or eight days.
Li Wenqing had no interest in visiting the shop. He would get up early every morning to box in the yard and get sweaty. Then he would go back to the house and take the trouble to dismantle and clean his pistol. Fortunately, his wife, Chen Jishan's sister, also came. Although the couple did not
Living together, we always have the opportunity to talk and even have sex, so we won't feel too depressed.
A Miao was also anxious. Zhao Xin had said before she came to the island country that after paying homage to her relatives this time, the two of them would settle things when they got back. Although Zhao Xin was a bit sentimental and could not give her a status, he could not
There was a wedding party, but she didn't care. No matter it was Shen Xuan, Wang Zhenyi or Tang Xiao, she felt that she was the only one who could accompany Zhao Xin until the end.
"Duofu, what do you think he is doing now? I miss him. Do you think he is also missing me?"
Hearing the "slave" question, Duofu, who was lying in A Miao's arms, closed his eyes and groaned. A Miao sighed and said, "Oh, you don't understand even if I say it."
Duofuxin said that I don’t understand? I have a lot of wives and concubines in this king, okay! The person you asked about may be wandering around somewhere now.
...
Well, Zhao Xin is indeed wandering outside, but he is not wandering around.
After inspecting the steel plant in Khabarovsk at the end of May, he took the guard company aboard three modified armed speedboats and headed west along the Yangtze River, then turned into the Songhua River and passed through Sanxing, Hulan, Alchukha and Boli.
Dune and other places, he landed ashore to inspect the spring plowing and sowing conditions in various places. By the time he arrived at Linjiangmen Wharf outside Jilin City, it was already mid-June.
Linjiangmen Wharf used to be the site of the Manchu Shuiying and shipyards, located outside the west gate on the southwest side of Jilin City. After the Northern Navy captured Jilin City, the Shuiying camp was transformed into a garrison station.
Because he had been notified in advance, when Zhao Xin disembarked, all officers from the garrison regiment and battalion level came to the dock to greet him. The leader was his former guard company commander and current Jilin garrison commander Chen Jishan.
"salute!"
Zhao Xin returned the salute, smiled and greeted Chen Jishan and others one by one. Whenever he shook hands with the officers present, he called out their names without waiting for the other officers to introduce themselves, which surprised and delighted the officers.
It is said that officers above the Beihai navy camp must attend short-term training courses hosted by Zhao Xin before being promoted, and before each class begins, he must read the resumes with photos of the trained officers over and over again and write them down in his notebook.
After he had memorized it by heart, he asked Shen Xuan and A Miao to help block the text and guess the name only by looking at the photos. Therefore, despite the fact that there are hundreds of officers at the battalion and regiment level of the Beihai Navy, Zhao Xin would know who they are as soon as he sees them, and
Can tell the number accurately.
Zhao Xin asked himself that he did not have the gift of photographic memory, so he could only use stupid methods to do this without any opportunism.
"How's it going? I made you the contractor when you first came here. You don't blame me, do you?" Zhao Xin patted Chen Jishan on the shoulder and continued looking towards the north of the city: "Has the wooden city wall to the north been demolished?"
Chen Jishan said: "They were all demolished. The wood was sent to the brick kiln to be used as firewood."
Zhao Xin asked again: "How are you doing with the publicity to the residents in the city?"
The deputy leader in charge of missionary work on the side said: "There are broadcasts every day in the city and Guanxiang, twice in the morning and afternoon. The people didn't understand it at first, but later they understood the truth and supported it. Many people even took the initiative to go to the brick factories outside the city to find it.
If you work hard, you can wait until you live in a big house with blue bricks and tiles."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhao Xin smiled and nodded: "Before winter this year, Jilin City must complete at least half of the house renovations. If there is a fire, I will only ask you.
"After that, he turned to the officers on the side and said seriously: "The same goes for you."
"Yes. Promise to complete the task."
What they were talking about was the comprehensive reconstruction project of Jilin City. The reason for the major reconstruction was that local fires were too frequent. Basically, there would be a small fire every two years and a big fire every four or five years. From 1790 to 1791,
Fires broke out in Jilin City under the Qing Dynasty for two consecutive years, destroying more than 8,000 houses. If it were not for the rich local timber resources, tens of thousands of people would have been displaced.
The former Jilin general Hengxiu even followed the advice of a staff member who knew Feng Shui and had someone make a "fire avoidance map" on Xuantian Ridge outside the north gate, trying to suppress the fire with the Kan hexagram representing water. It was simply ridiculous.
After Jilin City was captured last year, the Civil Affairs Bureau quickly sent people to inspect. They found that wooden buildings accounted for more than 99% of the city and Guanxiang. Not only were the main streets paved with logs or wooden boards, but even the gutters on both sides of the streets were paved with logs or planks.
They are all inlaid with wooden boards. In addition, except for the government grain storage warehouses, other private houses, large and small, are all made of wooden boards as walls, and the roofs are covered with bark or thatch. Because they need to burn fires for heating in winter, residents usually store a large amount of firewood in their yards.
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That’s it, what are you waiting for if you don’t wait for it to burn?!
The team responsible for the inspection wrote a report after returning, recommending a major renovation of the entire Jilin City. Otherwise, there is no telling when there will be another fire next year, and it will be too late to cry. In fact, it is not only Jilin City, but also cities like Ale.
Chukha, Lalin, and Dashuula City all have the same problem, but because the population is not as large as Jilin City, the fire problem is not as prominent.
So after the beginning of spring, the engineering team sent by the Civil Affairs Bureau selected a site outside the city; when the ground thawed in April, they began to build the necessary large-scale brick factories. In addition, brick kilns alone are not enough, there must be supporting charcoal factories and even coal factories.
.When there is a project, there must be people to work, and the large number of Qing troops who have nothing to do because of the surrender have something to do. When they have money on hand, they have to consume, buy grain and cloth, and support their families. The originally bleak market in Jilin City also follows suit.
prosper.
Zhao Xin stayed in Jilin City for five days. In addition to inspecting spring plowing, he also inspected the brick factory under construction accompanied by Chen Jishan. The most important project of the entire brick factory is the two oval deep pits for burning bricks and 20
The meter-high chimney made local people amazed after hearing about it. Many people came to the construction site together to watch.
On June 20, Zhao Xin left Jilin City, took a boat south, passed the Songhua River and transferred to the Huifa River. After another three days of land trek, he arrived at the base camp of the Northern Navy's Eastern Front Command, Weiyuan, on June 27.
fort.
This is commonly known as the "wicker edge". The so-called side wall is not a city wall at all, but a dike made of soil that is three feet wide and three feet high. Three willow sticks are inserted every five feet on the embankment, and each willow stick is connected horizontally with a rope.
A willow branch is also called a "willow knot rope". On the outside of the earth embankment, a deep trench is dug to prevent pedestrians from crossing.
As soon as he saw Deng Fei, he asked with a smile: "Have you brought everything?"
"That is required."
"Okay, I'm eagerly looking forward to your arrival so that I can wait for the rice to be cooked."
"Has the troop mobilization been completed? Has the mission letter been distributed?"
"Confirm your arrival time. The mobilization meeting was held yesterday."
"Well, I'll go to the warehouse again in the evening."
"learn."
The two of them spoke like secret words to each other, but they were actually talking about the summer and autumn battle plan of the Eastern Front Army. This was a huge battle plan drafted by the Northern Navy Staff Department, revised many times, and finally signed and confirmed by Zhao Xin.
There are as many as fourteen regiments of troops, including migrant workers, etc., and the number of mobilized people is as high as more than 50,000. In addition to the garrison regiments, garrison battalions and some new recruits who stayed in various places, the North Navy can be said to be in full force this time.
More than ten days later, the Eastern Front troops will dispatch a huge force of eight regiments to launch a general offensive against the Qing army entrenched outside the Pass in a vast area stretching from Liaohe River in the north to Daling River in the south. This time, Zhao Xin will completely solve the problem.
Qing troops outside the Pass.
According to the battle deployment, the Eastern Front troops will first launch an attack with six regiments on Changtu, Kaiyuan, Tieling and other places south of the Willow Border Wall, and then go straight to Shengjing; secondly, they will attack Lu Shoushan Station stationed in Hunchun.
The Ministry dispatched two regiments, took a boat from Mokuowei, went around the peninsula, attacked Lushun first, and then attacked Fuzhou, Xiongyue, Gaiping, and Niuzhuang, and finally captured Jinzhou and forced other prefectures and counties in the inland areas of Liaodong
surrender.
In order to cooperate with the offensive outside the pass, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were unable to transfer most of the troops within the pass to the north. Four regiments were also dispatched from the Jiaodong area, under the command of Sheng Haizhou, to launch an attack on Laizhou, Qingzhou, and Wuding, and recover them in one fell swoop.
Among them, Wuding Prefecture is located in the northernmost part of Shandong, bordering the Bohai Bay to the east, Tianjin Prefecture to the north, and Jinan Prefecture to the south. It is only more than 500 miles away from the capital. Once it is captured, the Qing government will be very uncomfortable.
The closer the war comes, the calmer the atmosphere will become. Although Zhao Xin and Deng Fei have been very careful, even the military supplies are brought by Zhao Xin personally to avoid attracting the attention of Manchu spies, but Chang Tu and Kaiyuan
The Qing army on the side still smelled something unusual. First of all, there were many more drones flying in the sky than in previous days, and secondly, the activities of the Northern Navy reconnaissance team were very frequent.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Bei Navy had been fighting for so many years. Although they were defeated every time, their experience points kept increasing. They were very familiar with the behavior of the Bei Navy before taking action.
Release the strange birds! Sentries are everywhere! Then the cannons blast! When you wake up, the soldiers have already arrived with repeating muskets.
So two days later, the urgent reports from Changtu and Kaiyuan were sent to Shengjing almost at the same time. Five days later, the military aircraft office in the Old Summer Palace received a six hundred mile urgent message from Shengjing General Shu Liang late at night.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the past, emergency military reports from various places were sent directly to Qianlong's imperial court. No matter day or night, even if the eunuch slept, he had to wake him up. However, since the beginning of spring this year,
, the eighty-three-year-old Qianlong became more and more energetic, sometimes sober and sometimes confused, and he was already unable to deal with many things. Therefore, He Shen, who had the power and monopoly, made his own decisions. All memorials must be reviewed by him first, and then based on the urgency of the matter, He Shen made his own decisions.
Presented by him personally.
He Shen did not go back to his garden today, but stayed in the duty house in Guajiatun. He slept very lightly, and he woke up as soon as Liu Quan entered the room. He turned over and sat up, and saw Liu Quan holding a cup in his hand under the candlelight.
Holding a letter, he asked casually: "Where did it come from?"
Liu Quan asked his son Liu Yin to hand over a hot towel to He Shen to wipe his face. He bowed and said, "Sir, there is an urgent report from Shengjing for six hundred miles. The envelope is stamped with a purple seal of 'Express', and there are three chicken feathers pinned to the seal.
It was just brought in a stick of incense ago."
"What time is it?"
"It's just past the second day of the Chou Festival."
He Shen took the hot towel from Liu Quan's son Liu Yin and wiped his face. Then he took the letter from Liu Quan's hand, put on his clothes and sat under the lamp to open it. Because he had just woken up, his face looked dull at first.
However, after taking a few glances at the memorial, his expression dimmed and his face became gloomy and pale. He put down the letter, got up and walked back and forth in the room, sighed, and shook his head: "Whatever I fear most is nothing.
What are you doing! Change your clothes, I have to go see the emperor."
"Master! The emperor is still asleep at this hour, why not..."
Before Liu Quan finished speaking, He Shen raised his hand to stop him. He approached him and whispered softly: "Zhao Ni is going to attack Shengjing."
"Ah!!" Liu Quan was so frightened that he was speechless for a long time.