Since this trip will take at least two or three months, Shang Yi also has to make some arrangements for Zhejiang affairs before departure.
Generally speaking, there are not many changes in government affairs. Now the administrative management of the merchant army in Zhejiang is basically on a normal track, and after the events of Majiazhai and Haisha Saltworks, the wealthy and powerful households in Zhejiang are
It was also a very powerful shock, which made them all become more honest. They no longer dared to violate the orders of the Merchant Army, but respected them honestly.
However, two days ago, a group of residents and family members of soldiers were transferred from Muling Pass, totaling more than 60,000 people. Under the escort of the Fourth Regiment, they had arrived in Zhejiang. Shang Yi also ordered Zhou Shiqi to transfer these
The personnel were placed in the area at the junction of Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Ningbo, in the form of people's communes.
Set up a village, allocate land and farm tools, and start production. Fortunately, the merchant army has made full preparations to welcome the migration of residents from Shandong. In addition, these residents have a strong sense of dependence on the merchant army, so
There was no chaos. It just took a lot of effort to place them.
Among the accompanying personnel, there are also more than 2,000 young students. After receiving nearly a year of education in Mulingguan, these students are already literate, and a group of them have also initially mastered some mathematics.
He has basic knowledge of astronomy and physics, and is very loyal to Shang Yi. He is the reserve force that Shang Yi has prepared for the future support of the merchant army.
Shang Yi first selected students over the age of 18 and assigned them to various departments to supplement personnel. The rest of the personnel are still studying in the new school established in Hangzhou. In addition to the original students, there are also more students in the school.
Nearly a thousand local students were recruited, most of whom were children of soldiers from the Merchant Army, because now
There are two major construction projects of an arsenal and a shipyard under construction, so Shang Yi's plan to build a new school building can only be temporarily postponed. He first found a few large houses in Hangzhou, opened up the courtyard walls, and temporarily used them as school buildings. First, let the students have
A place to study and a standardized distribution will be decided in detail after Shang Yi returns from Shandong.
The affairs of the school were administratively under the control of the Education Department. Shang Yi ordered Wang Fuzhi to take charge of this matter and also teach in the school. Wang Fuzhi also happily accepted this task.
Compared with government affairs, in terms of military affairs, the adjustment of the Merchant Army is relatively large. Currently, the Merchant Army has gathered six regiments in Zhejiang. Except for one regiment that still stays at Muling Pass, among the original five regiments,
Four of them are in Zhejiang. The other five regiments are stationed in Suzhou, the sixth regiment takes turns guarding Majia Village People's Commune and Haishayanyan, and the seventh regiment takes turns guarding Taiwan. Other cavalry regiments, reconnaissance regiments, and foreign corps are all stationed in Hangzhou.
Shang Yi first ordered that after he left Hangzhou, Cheng Jin would act as the acting military commander and be fully responsible for the military affairs of the entire Zhejiang region. He also selected two regiments from the prisoners who had been reformed through labor, merged with Cheng Jin's three regiments, and organized
The First Division of the Merchant Army was formed, with Cheng Jin as the division commander, and the headquarters of the third regiment was also upgraded as a whole to the headquarters of the First Division.
The Second Regiment and the Fourth Regiment will return to Shandong with Shang Yi, and the fourth regiment will return to Zhejiang with Shang Yi. The Second Regiment and the First Regiment, together with the nine battalions organized by Youkuo in Mulingguan, will be merged and reorganized to form the Shang Army.
The Second Division and the Merchant Army's independent regiment stationed in Mulinguan, Zhou Shaohuan served as the commander of the second division, and Tong Dayong served as the commander of the independent regiment. They will mainly bear the responsibility for the future Shandong theater.
The other troops accompanying Shang Yi back to Shandong include a cavalry battalion, three reconnaissance companies, a Spanish mercenary battalion, and a black escort company. Alessandra will lead the Spanish mercenary company to accompany them, and the navy is also preparing to sail.
Set off by water and go to Dengzhou to meet up with Shang Yi.
At the same time, the day before departure, Shang Yi summoned all officials in Hangzhou to formally announce the personnel decisions and arrangements. He also determined that after he left Zhejiang, Ye Yaoyu would replace him and be in charge of all affairs of the Shang Army.
The power to decide any matter.
After everything was arranged, the army began to prepare to set off, and Shang Yi took three reconnaissance companies, a Spanish mercenary company, and a black guard company. Together with Chen Yuanyuan and Lin Fengwu, they rushed to Suzhou first to arrange
Prepare to deal with the raw silk war. Also going at the same time was Li Gefei, who was responsible for handling Wang Bai and Cheng Xiexiang's affairs, and also brought 300,000 taels of silver.
Moreover, Shang Yi also ordered that four post stations be set up from Hangzhou to Suzhou, each with five horses. In this way, once there is news from Suzhou, it can be transmitted to Hangzhou in up to half a day.
And in the evening of the same day, the reply from Hangzhou can be sent back to
To Suzhou. In ancient times, inconvenient transportation was a very troublesome problem. Shang Yi also thought of raising homing pigeons to solve it. However, firstly, there are currently no talents in this field in Shang Yi's camp. Secondly, homing pigeons themselves also have too many instability problems.
factors, so it is still very necessary to build a post station.
During the few days of preparation in Hangzhou, Suzhou sent letters to Hangzhou every day to report on the situation. Generally speaking, nothing else happened, except that more and more silk farmers came to sell raw silk, and the amount of money paid every day was also increasing.
The more.
The march of an army is slower than that of an individual, not to mention the fact that they are accompanied by women. Therefore, it was not until the evening that Shang Yi's large army arrived in Suzhou. Therefore, Shang Yi also decided to garrison the army in the military camp first and store the silver he brought with him in the military camp.
After dawn tomorrow, we will transport it to the silk factory.
After arriving at the military camp, Luo Yuanbin was not there. After asking the soldiers guarding the camp, he found out that there was a riot in the silk factory this afternoon, and Luo Yuanbin led a battalion of soldiers to protect the silk factory.
When Shang Yi heard this, he couldn't help being shocked. He quickly left most of the soldiers and Bai Yin in the military camp, and rushed to the silk factory with only a reconnaissance company and a black guard company. Chen Yuanyuan, Lin Fengwu and Alexandra also
Went along.
When we arrived in front of the silk factory, it was indeed a mess. There were broken bricks and tiles on the ground, as well as broken raw silk, piles, baskets, etc. scattered everywhere. There were also many injured silk farmers lying on the ground. Apparently something had happened.
There was quite a commotion. Chen Yuanyuan and Lin Fengwu were sitting in the car. Seeing this scene, they couldn't help but be very frightened. At the same time, Lin Fengwu was also worried about the safety of her brother and sister-in-law, and she couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Over at the silk factory, soldiers from the Merchant Army were standing in a row in front of the door, each holding a long gun in their hands, ready for battle. Seeing their large group of people approaching, the soldiers were nervous for a while, but after seeing it clearly, they immediately cheered.
Luo Yuanbin also rushed over to salute Shang Yi.
Shang Yi said: "Captain Luo, what's going on? What happened? Why are there so many silk farmers lying outside."
Luo Yuanbin also gave a bitter smile and said: "Sir, it's really hard to explain. Today, the silk farmers were picked on by others, and they attacked the silk factory. Fortunately, we arrived in time and finally saved the silk factory."
Shang Yi said: "Where are the personnel? Are there any injuries?"
Luo Yuanbin said: "More than twenty brothers among the soldiers were injured, but they were not serious. No one in the silk factory was injured, but two of the bodyguards were injured, but they were not serious."
Only then did Shang Yi feel relieved and said: "As long as everything is fine, treat the injured people well, and treat these injured silk farmers first."
Just as he was talking, Lin Xusheng also came out of the factory, bowed to Shang Yi and said, "I don't know if I've provoked you, so I apologize for not returning the favor."
Shang Yi waved his hand and said: "Brother Lin, there is no need to be too polite. You have worked hard these past few days, but what exactly is going on today."
Lin Xusheng also smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, it's a long story, so I'd better go inside first and let me report slowly."
Shang Yi nodded. At this time, Chen Yuanyuan and Lin Fengwu also got out of the car. Seeing that Lin Xusheng was safe, Lin Fengwu felt relieved and hurriedly came up and said, "Brother, are you okay?"
Lin Xusheng was very surprised when he saw his sister, and said: "Feng Wu, why are you here too?"
Lin Fengwu said: "I won't be able to say this clearly for a while. Let's go in first and then talk about it."
"Yes! Dad, my son has just received the report. Shang Yi arrived in Suzhou and went to the silk factory as soon as he entered the city. He immediately came to report to you. What should we do now? He must have come with bad intentions this time.
Ah!" Zheng Fuxian said while wiping his sweat.
Zheng Jinggao snorted and said, "You are too useless. If you rush in and smash the silk factory today, wouldn't everything be over? As a result, you will end up like this."
Seeing that his godfather put all the blame on himself, Zheng Fusheng also felt very aggrieved, but he did not dare to talk back, so he could only shrug his head and remain silent. At this time, Zhao Ping said: "Uncle, things are getting bigger and bigger now.
If the quarrel continues, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with. In my opinion, we still..."
Before he finished speaking, beside Zheng Jinggao, Xi Yan, who had transformed into Yun Niang, softly snorted and said: "What will happen if Shang Yi comes? Unless he wants to rebel, otherwise, he can still kill
Do you want to join this silk manufacturing bureau? What are you afraid of if things get big? The bigger the better, we will keep making trouble until the New Silk Road Silk Weaving Factory can no longer establish itself in Suzhou."
Hearing what Xi Yan said, Zheng Jinggao straightened his back and said, "Yes, why are you afraid of him? What else can Shang Yi do to our family. When things have reached this point, no one can step back." Then he turned to face him.
Xi Yan said: "Yun Niang, tell me, what should we do tomorrow?"
Xi Yan said calmly: "Tomorrow, send more people to continue to make trouble at the New Silk Road Silk Weaving Factory. Didn't Shang Yi bring his troops? Then we will make a big fuss with him. Even if we can't destroy the silk factory, we will still turn the world upside down.
.It is best to let Shang Yi's soldiers kill a few silk farmers, but then there will be no way to deal with it. Once all these tens of thousands of silk farmers are forced to mobilize to deal with the New Silk Road Silk Weaving Factory, let's see how Shang Yi handles it."
After hearing this, Zheng Jinggao was very happy and said: "What a great idea, let's do it like this." Then he said to Zhao Ping and Zheng Fusheng: "Did you two hear this? Why don't you hurry up and make arrangements."
Zhao Ping and Zheng Fusheng complained secretly, but they had to do as Zheng Jinggao ordered.