The "Leshan Restaurant" in Hong Kong, Taiwan, appeared with the emergence of this city. It is known as the first restaurant in Taiwan. For more than ten years, the Leshan Restaurant has been the most luxurious and exquisite restaurant in Hong Kong. On the third floor of the restaurant, Yin Feng has been A private private room is permanently reserved. Except for Yin Feng and his family, no matter how much money anyone pays, the restaurant owner Zhang Wan will not allow him to dine here.
Zhang Pan, Zheng Zhihu, and a large group of short-term training students who had met in the military academy rushed into the Leshan Building. The restaurant waiter ushered in a large group of officers with smiles on his face, and said loudly: "You military masters, this Tiger Master , you are just drinking and ordering food today, or you might as well ask this beautiful girl to sing a little song to cheer you up,"
Lord Tiger is Zheng Zhihu, he is the younger brother of Zheng Zhilong, a rising star in the Chinese Army, and his uncle is Huang Cheng; the chief director of the board of directors of the China United Company and the current director of government affairs in Quanzhou. He is a frequent visitor to Leshan Tower and is familiar with the roads. He led a group of brothers straight up. He went to the second floor and replied loudly: "You can have good wine and good food, but these are all my brothers, and all the bills are on my head."
A group of young officers drank and laughed loudly together, occupying half of the private rooms on the second floor of Leshan Building. Soon several cadets from the Naval Branch of the Military Academy joined in, and several beautiful singers from the south of the Yangtze River were invited to sing. The singers from Leshan Building They are singers who purely perform their crafts. In Taiwan City, there is also the Fireworks Willow Alley like the old courtyard of Jinling, but in the Anping Port area in the southern part of the inner harbor. The singers in restaurants and restaurants in Taiwan's Gangcheng District are basically performers but not their bodies. Many of them come from Jiangnan. Area occupied by the Chinese Army.
Although Zhang Pan was also smiling, he was still unable to integrate into the cheerful scene around him.
Although the officers of the Chinese Army are soldiers, their conversation is not rough. Compared with the officers and generals Zhang Pan saw in Liaoyang, their conduct is much better. The military class in Yin Feng's ruling area is in a social class structure. The upper class is the emerging military aristocratic group that enjoys political and economic privileges. They do not need to use obscene means and arrogant and unreasonable behavior to reflect their status.
Zhang Pan is a child of a wealthy family, and he used to hang out in restaurants, but he just couldn't mingle with the people around him here.
His heart is still in Liaodong, his hometown where the war is about to begin.
Zhang Pan walked out of the private room on the pretext of relieving himself, left the noisy wine table, and came to a secluded corridor on the second floor. He let out a long sigh and looked at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky. A gust of hot wind blew by. I feel the humidity of spring and summer in the air.
He suddenly remembered that it was already the end of June, and the Chinese army was about to begin attacking the Kingdom of Later Jin from northern Korea and southern Liaoning.
"Brother Zhang, what are you doing here?"
Suddenly, Zheng Zhihu appeared at the other end of the corridor.
Zhang Pan hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Brother Hu, I have offended you by leaving the table rashly. It is really because I am concerned and have no intention of drinking. Please forgive me."
The 16-year-old Zheng Zhihu is full of energy and has lofty ideals. He is brave and courageous. Together with his brother Zheng Zhilong, he is known as "Long Zhilong, Tiger is brave". He has a sense of loyalty and is eager to help others. He guessed what Zhang Pan was thinking. He laughed and said: "Brother Zhang wants to go back to Liaodong to join the war. Your grades in tactics and strategy classes are the first among this batch of students. As long as you pass the assessment next month, you can apply for early graduation..."
"There is still one month left, Brother Tiger. Zhang is very anxious right now. Our Chinese weapons are sharp and invincible in the world, and our battle formation discipline is also the best in the world. Our soldiers and officers are all fierce warriors. If...if then I After I graduated and returned to Liaodong, the war was over, but I was so unwilling,"
Zheng Zhihu blinked: "So you are worried about this. I heard that the king has postponed the launch of the attack. The original schedule of starting the war in July has been postponed. I think you don't have to worry about being late for the war."
Zhang Pan looked at Zheng Zhihu doubtfully: "How do you know this? This should be confidential information,"
Zheng Zhihu smiled secretly: "Don't worry, this news has spread throughout Taiwan and Hong Kong."
Zhang Pan was even more disbelieving: "How is it possible, Yin... The first lesson the king taught us is that we must have the concept of confidentiality in marching operations, and intelligence and sentry are the elements that determine the victory or defeat of the army, etc..."
Zheng Zhihu clapped his hands and smiled: "I admire Brother Zhang's ability to learn and memorize things. However, you should have heard stories about making false claims and attacking in the west. Okay, let's go have a few drinks together. Everyone is here. I'm looking for you. After we graduate, we will go our separate ways. There will be no time for gatherings like this again. Let's go,"
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Today, most of Liaodong is under the jurisdiction of the Jurchen Houjin Kingdom, and a large-scale enclosure of the Eight Banners is being carried out. Nurhachi implemented the "accounting for land granting" and distributed the former Liaodong Guards' farmland and Han people's fields to the Eight Banners' children. Nurhachi himself is in Shenyang Initiate a large-scale construction project and prepare to make Shenyang our new capital.
The original Liaoyang was the command center of the Eight Banners' Liaodong front line. The leader of the Zhengbai Banner and Nurhaci's most valued Sibeile Huang Taiji was in charge of the defense measures on the Haizhou and Gaizhou front lines.
Liaoyang City, the back residence of the former Liaodong Dusi Yamen.
Sibeile Huang Taiji was listening to several people in Han attire and Confucian attire kneeling on the ground talking.
"...Reporting to Sibeile, the jurisdiction of the pirate army is strictly controlled. All merchants entering the country must be registered at the border. There are no tax cards along the way. The jurisdiction of the pirate army only collects the so-called market transaction tax. Taxes are only paid when there is a transaction. That's right. Because of this, we can walk around in Taiwan, and no one will make trouble for us." The person who spoke a Liaodong dialect was a tall Liaodong native, a slave of Zhengbai Banner under Huang Taiji, and two others. It was also a detailed work sent by Sibeile to the area controlled by the Chinese army. They dressed up as Liaodong merchants and mixed in with the people who fled at the beginning of the year. They came to Jinzhou, and then took a merchant ship to travel to Taiwan Island.
Huang Taiji is a strong man under 30 years old, with a red face and a plump heaven. He sits upright in the Grand Master's chair. He looks at the slaves in front of him with a half-smile. He picks up a roll of paper in his hand and reads it. , shook his head repeatedly and said: "... Today's commodity price dynamics, today's exchange rate of silver dollars and European currencies, where can I buy enough gold and silver? It really smells like copper... And here, the king inspected the sugar mill today and ordered sugar. The factory manager wanted to prepare lunch for the craftsmen, and Mrs. Li went to the orphanage to cook for the orphans... What the hell is this nonsense?" Huang Taiji's face turned red, and he couldn't help but raise his voice: "Tell me, what are these so-called newspapers you brought? Now that the military is in urgent need and a war is imminent, what is the use of these waste papers?"
The three craftsmen looked at each other in confusion, and finally the tall man kowtowed a few times and replied bravely: "This is the Chinese Army, oh, the so-called news newspaper of the pirate army, but the Yinfeng Palace hired a special printing workshop every
One issue is printed every five days, and thousands of copies are printed and distributed to various places under the jurisdiction of the pirates. All government affairs and business matters in the jurisdiction of the pirates, the whereabouts of the pirate leader Yin Feng, etc. are all published. Sibeile requested
Watch the first side..."
Huang Taiji was the most learned figure among Nurhachi's disciples. He was proficient in Mongolian and Chinese. He was also the only Eight Banners general who could recognize Chinese characters. He could read many Chinese books, but how could he not appear in this "China Business News"?
Unable to understand what these Chinese characters were saying, he suppressed the impatience in his heart and opened the newspaper again: "...the latest order from the Jinghai Palace...local natives can study at the Chinese and Mongolian School for free, oh
, here is also... He ordered Han Jing to be the commercial manager of the company and the general manager of the household department of the royal palace. The king ordered to open a new branch to recruit people... The Taiwan fleet urgently dispatched more than a thousand sailors and marines to go north to Liaodong. This should be related to Liaodong military affairs... However, just
What can this mean? Hey, the king plans to attack Liaoyang in early August..." Huang Taiji frowned, put aside the newspaper, squinted at the three craftsmen kneeling below, and said with a sneer: "What else is there?
Useful news. These newspapers print and distribute more than a thousand copies at a time. Are they actually circulated to the public?"
"Reporting to Si Baile, this is the news: each copy of the newspaper is ten coppers and is sold to the public."
"So, how can such a major military event involving an army marching and fighting be openly circulated in the market? It's ridiculous, it's so ridiculous." Huang Taiji patted the armrest of the chair with an annoyed look on his face: "You and the other three are in Taiwan.
After half a year of lingering, do you get these newspapers? When will the Chinese army send troops to the north, how many troops will be mobilized, what weapons will be used, etc., what do you and others know?"
The next three people kowtowed, and the tall coated slave said tremblingly: "Reporting to Sibeile, this important place for Chinese military aircraft is heavily guarded. We really can't sneak into it. However, there are many rich people on the ground in Taiwan."
, they read this newspaper every day. They do business and work based on the news in the newspaper. Although the market news in the area under the jurisdiction of the Navy is complicated, there are many real things. The Chinese Army, oh, the Navy is marching in August.
There are many rumors in the market about wealthy merchants providing food and grass for the army heading north. We have verified that it is indeed true. The land in Liaodong occupied by pirates has gathered hundreds of thousands of fugitives, and there is no food and grass.
It cannot meet the needs of the large army for combat, so it is necessary to recruit grain and grass from Taiwan and go north."
Huang Taiji asked thoughtfully: "You said the pirate army is requisitioning grain and grass from merchants."
"When we go back to Sibeile, we don't recruit, but buy. The pirate army has military discipline. Non-emergency military affairs are not allowed to collect military rations for free. The grain shipped to Liaodong, except for some grain reserves of the Chinese Company, is provided by various large merchants, so
, we got the news from the dock: this batch of food and marines will arrive in Liaodong at the same time, in early August,"
"Really, pirates...early August..." Huang Taiji sat there and muttered to himself: "The pirates rarely use tricks in their battles, and mostly fight head-on. It seems that the rumors of sending troops in August are not