After the peace talks with the imperial court, more and more people opposed Yin Feng within China Company. Some old shareholders on the board of directors often opposed him; Han Ping was the most prominent one. His shares were in the original shares of China Company. They accounted for nearly one-eighth of the total. He had always opposed Yin Feng's plan to vigorously develop the armed forces. After the imperial court recruited An, he felt that his family did not get official positions in the imperial court. All official positions were taken away by people from the Zeng family. From Very dissatisfied with this.
Lin Xiao said: "Shipowner, in fact, you have invested a lot of money in the process of building the escort team in the past few years. Our army was completely built by you. We only act according to your words. You can completely ignore that. You are a small businessman who is ignorant of current affairs. Do your own thing. No one can stop you..."
Yin Feng knew that Lin Xiao was hinting that he could make full use of his absolute power in the armed forces of China Company. He slowly raised his head, smiled bitterly and said: "I set the board of directors system myself. Of course I have to do it myself. Observe. As long as these people continue to oppose me within the scope of the board of directors, I will not use the army. No matter what, I cannot take the lead in breaking the institutional laws I have established."
Lin Xiao did not understand this concept. Traditionally, all institutional laws in China were immune to the framers themselves. The saying that "princes and common people are equally guilty" has never been true. However, Lin Xiao also knew Yin Feng's temper. At the moment He stopped discussing this point. He opened another document on hand and said with a frown: "This is an emergency notice from the Business Information Department of the Ryukyu Chinese Merchant Store: Lu Yun, the shopkeeper of the store, was injured by a Japanese samurai at Naha Port. "
Yin Feng grabbed the document in surprise and buried his head in reading: "What? The Samurai warriors asked the King of Ryukyu to expel my Chinese merchant house. What is this?" Yin Feng raised his head and asked Lin Xiao seriously: "Chen Zhongji came from Luzon Are you back? What are you doing now?"
"Ji Zai came back last month. Dadu Fanguo cut off the coal transportation channel from Taipei to us last month. Ji Zai took the indigenous auxiliary soldiers of the Xingang Society and followed Mai De northward to quell the rebellion of Dadu Fanguo. ."
Chen Zhongji worked in Luzon for a period of time to put down the indigenous rebellion. Because he had a good relationship with the indigenous people in Taiwan, he was transferred back to Taiwan to work in the Security Section of the Ministry of Agriculture of the company, specializing in dealing with the indigenous people. During this period, due to the Han people A large number of immigrants immigrated to Taiwan. Conflicts between Han Chinese and indigenous people over various issues such as land and hunting are increasing day by day. Therefore, Chinese companies have spent a lot of effort to deal with the indigenous people of the island.
Yin Feng shook his head and said: "Chen Zhongji is a flexible man. He is best at business and diplomacy. When he was in Luzon, he did not rely solely on force. He used his diplomatic ability more. Let's do this. We are overseas and There are already many problems in the mainland. We need to stabilize the interior of the island as soon as possible; temporarily transfer Yan Siqi out of the military academy and take his student army to deal with the big-bellied country. The north-south passage of Taiwan Island is always intermittent. This is not acceptable. We will transfer Ji Zai back from the Big Belly Country and let him be the special correspondent of the Military Intelligence Department. He will immediately go north to Ryukyu."
Everyone knows that Chen Zhongji and Yan Siqi, who both came out of the Yin Feng Personal Guard, are completely different in character and ability. Yan Siqi is like a "war general", while Chen Zhongji is more like a scribe or businessman. Lin Xiao understands that moving Yan Siqi to the front line against the natives of the island means that Yin Feng has lost patience with the big-bellied country.
Yin Feng once checked the information he transcribed. He knew that the Dadu Fanguo was the only tribal alliance with relatively strong organizational and mobilization capabilities among the various indigenous tribes and villages in Taiwan. In the original historical time and space, the Dadufanguo had always been hostile to the Netherlands. People, Zheng Chenggong’s army persisted in resisting. They persisted for fifty or sixty years. In the end, Zheng Chenggong’s army almost killed the entire nation. Yin Feng lamented the will of this embryonic indigenous “country” to persist in resisting. But now they and the Chinese Company The needs for development have become incompatible with each other. Yin Feng has no good measures at all. He has no choice. He can only use force to quickly and forcibly quell the internal unrest on the island.
In the morning, the humid water vapor blowing from the sea filled the eastern plains of Taiwan. The rising sun had not yet had time to tear through the morning fog. More than 1,000 soldiers of the Fourth Infantry Regiment of the Chinese Army were marching in a water network area. A group of auxiliary soldiers were using trees and straw. Build a pontoon bridge to transport several cannons forward.
Chen Zhongji, who had just received his transfer order, stood in a rice field. He watched the soldiers of the Fourth Infantry Regiment of the brigade pass on the field ridge and walk towards the north. From time to time, among the ranks, there were non-commissioned officers and student soldiers he met in the military academy waving to him.
"Ji Zai, are you leaving now?" The speaker was a sentry commander, a member of the Zhao Tie family. As he spoke, his pace did not slow down at all. Soon his back disappeared into the morning mist.
"Ji Zai. I heard that the captain is going to arrange a wedding for you. When we come back from the war, we must come and have a drink." This was a non-commissioned officer he met during his studies at the military academy. He was a son of a fisherman from the coast of Fujian.
"Ha. Ji Zai. Where is your little girl from Xilan? Why didn't you see her coming?" There was a burst of laughter in the team.
Chen Zhongji smiled and waved to the retreating team. He sighed deeply: "I can't fight with you anymore. Take care, everyone."
Yin Feng imitated the Spanish non-commissioned officer system. With the addition of later recruit training systems, reserve systems, etc., a complete non-commissioned officer system has been established in Taiwan. In the army of the firearms age, non-commissioned officers will be the core of the military organization. Therefore, the non-commissioned officers trained by military academies have already A large number of people were able to enter the escort team for internship. Chen Zhongji studied in the military academy on and off for more than half a year. Because he was the ship owner's personal guard, he was flexible and good at communication, so he was very popular. He got to know many non-commissioned officers and officers of the escort team.
Chen Zhongji is twenty-one years old. He is not tall but his eyebrows reveal a calm expression that belies his age. Originally, his ambition was to do business. After the Manila massacre, he studied with Yin Feng for four years. In the end, he made a fortune for himself. His father took revenge, but he will never become a businessman again. Yin Feng opened the door to a greater world for him. Young Ji Zai is eager to start at a new starting point in his life.
Chen Zhongji returned to Taiwan Port. First of all, the well-behaved local shipowner Xiang Yinfeng's family sent a gift to the eldest wife Zeng Qian to congratulate her on her happiness.
This will be the first child of the Yin Feng family. In southern Fujian, pregnancy is called "having happiness" and "having status". Generally speaking, pregnant women have many taboos during pregnancy. For example, they should not eat shrimp, goose, and "muscovy duck". Taboos Weddings, funerals, cutting and sewing, bleaching and dyeing, breaking ground, etc. Chen Zhongji regarded himself as his nephew and gave Zeng Qian a pair of Spanish silver bracelets. He got them from Spanish colonials in Manila. Zeng Qian liked Chen Zhongji's sensible nature very much. She happily accepted his gift and told him that she had brought Xilan to her home and taught her Chinese characters.
Zeng Qian is really very happy. She finally has an advantage that no one else can compete with her: she is about to give birth to Yin Feng's first child. In the past few days, she has put aside her usual reserve and made public appearances and receptions. People from all walks of life send congratulatory gifts.
There was an endless stream of people coming to Yin Feng's house to congratulate them. There were also many ordinary fishermen, boatmen, and small merchants. It was almost crowded. Yin Feng avoided the noise of the crowd. He took Chen Zhongji to his study and handed him some documents. He took pictures. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "When you come back from Ryukyu, you and Xilan can arrange the wedding. My wife and I will arrange it for you."
Chen Zhongji was brought back by Yin Feng from the Manila Massacre. He and Yin Feng were also masters, disciples and friends. In his mind, he regarded Yin Feng as his elder brother. To a certain extent, "the eldest brother is his father". Subconsciously, Chen Zhongji regarded Yin Feng as himself. A replacement for my uncle and father who died in Manila.
He blushed slightly and said: "This...happy event or something, it all depends on the captain."
Yin Feng chuckled: "You should have started a family long ago. In your hometown in southern Fujian, there are many men who became fathers at the age of 18. But remember my words. If you get married in the future, if you give birth to a daughter, you will never give it to me. She bound her feet."
Chen Zhongji blushed even more. He quickly changed the topic and asked: "In that case, if the captain, the first lady, gives birth to a girl... bah bah. I'm just talking..."
Yin Feng nodded and said seriously: "Girls from my Yin family are not allowed to have their feet bound. Regardless of gender, my children will ride on the sea in the future."
Chen Zhongji scratched his scalp. He was full of doubts. But he was embarrassed to ask again. In the concept of southern Fujian people, there is a saying that "the one with tied feet is a woman, and the big feet are girls." As the saying goes, that is to say, a woman with bound feet can become a lady, and a woman with natural feet can be a maid.
In the countryside along the coast of Fujian, because the children of fishermen have to go to sea to make a living, most of their girls do not have their feet bound. And those city dwellers who consider themselves to be superior to the country people do not have to force their wives and daughters to have their feet tied up in their livelihood. In the case of feet, they naturally adhere to the traditional ethical viewpoint and do not allow their women to put their feet the same as those outside the city. They also psychologically despise women's move to engage in agriculture. Therefore, the way of livelihood in the city ensures that they can preserve the old traditions; at the same time, the ethnic gap between inside and outside the city also prevents them from imitating those outside the city; moreover, the so-called superiority mentality of people in the city makes them despise the customs of households outside the city. In Tong'an and Anhai The children of military households in the area insisted on intermarriage among military households and also insisted on binding the feet of their own girls, ensuring their isolation from people outside the city. They were different from civilian households outside the city in various forms. Chen Zhongji originally lived in a wealthy family. A lovely small businessman family lives in the city, so they cannot understand Yin Feng's thoughts.
Among the existing Han immigrants on the island of Taiwan, the ratio of men to women is seriously imbalanced. It has reached a level of 10:1. Therefore, no one cares about whether women have their feet bound or not. Yin Feng plans to form a stable community and class after immigrants form a stable community and class. .To enact a law prohibiting women’s foot binding.