In the secret and solemn ceremony, Ma Weisan presented 10,000 taels of silver. This was originally intended for Zongtan and Ma Weisan, but Zhang Yingchen accepted it without ceremony... It takes a lot of money to open up the situation in southern Shandong.
Money is also needed to take in refugees. Besides, I have been frightened for the past two months and need to be "comforted".
Then, he got the most important part, the roster of various incense halls of Nanwuliang Sect in Yizhou area and various related account books. This wealth made Zhang Yingchen more excited than ten thousand taels of silver. The entire Yizhou branch
There are more than 40 incense halls, and the number of registered believers who offer incense rituals is more than 30,000. Although most of them are middle and lower class people, there are only 4,800 taels of incense rituals offered to the main altar every year. Come to think of it,
There are also quite a few religious properties that are operated.
Needless to say, most of this religious property must have become Ma Weisan's "private property", but Zhang Yingchen is not prepared to tangle with Ma Weisan on this issue. Since he wants to get rid of him, these things will all be his own in the future. Now it is
When stabilizing the situation, it is most important to reassure him first.
Therefore, he was quite polite to Ma Weisan. In addition to praising him for "forsaking the darkness and turning to the light," he also hinted that the good situation here in Yizhou was due to his Ma Weisan, and he would still reuse him in the future. Ma Weisan said so.
Wei San was an old man, so of course he was doubtful after hearing this, but now he was scared to death of the Taoist priest, not to mention whether he would be reused or not, as long as he didn't need his wealth.
If he rebels against the sect, the sect will probably come to settle accounts with him. Leaving aside taking on heavy responsibilities and the like, the most important thing is how to save his life, so Ma Weisan repeatedly asked the Taoist priest to "move the law" to Majiazhai.
Zhang Yingchen rejected Ma Weisan's request to move the "Fajiao" to Majiazhai. Majiazhai was certainly good, but he had already made up his mind to use Dadianzhuang as the general base for New Taoist activities in Yizhou.
What's more, I will draw a clear line with Ma Weisan in the future, and it is inappropriate to get too close to the future "traitor".
However, he also comforted Ma Weisan's fear, saying that he would not let him suffer otherwise. Even if others were not in Majiazhai, they could still ensure his safety. Of course, if he left Majiazhai and ran around
It's hard to say.
Zhang Yingchen did not want Ma Weisan to continue to exert his influence, and it was most appropriate to use fear to trap him in Majiazhai. In order to reassure him, Zhang Yingchen privately drew a few charms after the banquet and gave them to Ma Weisan, asking him to
The reason why I post it privately at home is because Zhang Yingchen himself does not want to continue doing this set of charms and the like. It is just for temporary use at the moment.//**//
In order to break the mystery of the sect, he also led the incense owners to discover the mechanism with great fanfare - with the frightened envoy of the main altar in hand, everything would no longer be a secret. Soon they discovered the secrets of Xuande and
The "spell" arranged by Luo Saichun and others.
The five trigger bricks are in the shape of new ones, so you can identify them with a little attention. There is a set of ignition mechanisms under each brick. This set of ignition mechanisms is very sophisticated, and it is not used like the traditional "smouldering incense".
Delayed ignition, but a foot-operated steel wheel flint fire. Under the brick is a pedal and supporting thin wooden strips for insurance. When triggering, step on it with great force to start the fire, so as to avoid walking around normally.
Triggered by accidentally stepping on it.
Zhang Yingchen was surprised at first glance. This is actually comparable to a flintlock gun. It seems that many practical technologies are not not available in China, but that they have not been promoted.
The fire mechanism leads to fuses placed in the bamboo tubes. Each fuse controls a mechanism. There are five sets in total. Each set has a lot of ingenuity. Although in principle, the entire set of magic mechanisms is nothing more than
It is a combination of land mines and fireworks bombs, but Zhang Yingchen was amazed by the fact that he could achieve this step with extremely rudimentary technical skills.
One of the sets was installed under the Eight Immortals table where Zhang Yingchen was sitting. This made Zhang Yingchen break out in a cold sweat. If the other party hadn't been so obsessed with the effect of the spell, he might have blown himself to death.
This exposed Western scene had a great psychological impact on the still hesitant believers, especially the envoy of the main altar, who they regarded as a half-immortal, and the defeat and capture of the saint of the inner law hall, which made them even more suspicious
This "Zhenzhenren" is full of new admiration. All the people are in admiration.
With the defection of Ma Weisan and others, all the power of the sect in Yizhou suddenly collapsed. Except for a small part of the more than 40 incense halls that collapsed on their own, all others were taken over by Zhang Yingchen. Zhang Yingchen then followed his ideas on the organization
The structure was restructured, and the incense master was changed to the group leader. In addition, the size of the larger incense halls was reduced, and one hundred and thirty-eight study groups were established to replace the original forty-five incense halls. Each
The group has appointed a chief and deputy group leader to replace the original incense master and Si Xiang.
The original classics were abolished and all were replaced by three booklets shipped from the Hangzhou Printing House, which were compiled by Zhang Yingchen himself: "Introduction to Taoism", "Tibetan Questions and Answers" and "Collection of Essential Sutras".
These are three easy-to-understand New Taoist booklets written by Taoist priest ■ himself, the missionary form of Christianity. They cover the basic knowledge needs of ordinary believers and missionaries.
The leaders and deputy leaders of all the study groups gathered in batches at Yunshengguan to participate in the three-day crash course.
The general management organization of New Taoism in Yizhou is located in Yunshengguanli. It has specially set up financial personnel to manage the revenue and expenditure of funds and the management of religious properties. In order to show his loyalty, Ma Weisan handed over more than 300 acres of land to the "religious religion".
Produce".
As a new aspect of the new Taoism, Zhang Yingchen canceled the heavy burden of fixed incense rituals for each incense hall. Although this move would cause him great losses financially, he knew very well that the Senate had no regard for any "organized" religion.
I was very sensitive, so I decided not to accept the money. Besides, the current financial situation of Yizhou believers is also very poor, and they urgently need to recuperate.
The floods in southern Shandong would not reach the climax until 1632. Before that, Zhang Yingchen had to work hard to turn Yizhou into his own stable territory.
However, the matter of exporting the population can be started now.
He scooped up the money donated by Ma Weisan and received great support from the banker. Historically, the Dadianzhuang banker was very active during a series of natural disasters such as the flood in southern Shandong, and presided over the entire Yizhou area.
A lot of disaster relief work. They are also charitable in this time and space. At Zhang Yingchen's suggestion, the banker stepped forward and contacted a group of local gentry to set up a "Tzu Chi Hall", of which the master of the banker was naturally in charge. With medical skills, he
The famous Taoist priest Zhang also enthusiastically became the main deacon of the shantang.
Zhang Yingchen didn't care who held the leadership of Tzu Chi Hall. He mainly used Tzu Chi Hall's status to do things. It would be better if he could get some financial support from Tzu Chi Hall.
Lu Wenyuan on Qimu Island has already sent him news that the construction of Qimu Island has already laid a certain foundation. If the population is to be transferred, the current capacity of Qimu Island is one thousand people in the short term and three in the long term.
Hundreds of people.
"Qimu Island Fort and the Taiwan base are in urgent need of labor. If there are suitable laborers, please send them to Qimu Island as soon as possible." What Lu Wenyuan needs now is labor. Because of the landing in Taiwan, the people from Huang who were originally gathered on Qimu Island
The first batch of 1,000 refugees recruited from counties, Denglai and other places have already set off south to be shipped to Taiwan.
It is not difficult to recruit labor force in Dongsanfu. This place is very poor. No matter whether it is a good year or a famine year, the people are always half hungry and half full, and there are many people fleeing famine. However, as the Jeju Island strategy is about to begin, the Qimu Island base will also have to move to Jeju Island.
The large number of transported people in Dongsan Prefecture is very noticeable. After all, this is still Sun Yuanhua's territory, and both parties need to be considerate of each other.
"Humph, population, why am I braving the sun and dying here, isn't it just for the labor force?" Zhang Yingchen muttered. He has already started to take in refugees. He now has a complete set of organizational structures and sufficient resources.
With so much manpower, there is no need to do it yourself.
The first batch of buildings have been built on Qimu Island. Lu Wenyuan has now become the "island owner" to the letter. After Zhao Yingong returned to Zhejiang, he quickly recruited local long-term workers and tenants.
He recruited more than 100 local extremely poor households and placed them on the island as basic labor force to build farms. There used to be a fishing village with more than a dozen fishermen on the island, and Lu Wenyuan also took them in and counted them as his long-term workers.
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Although he doesn't think much of the fishermen's small fishing boats, compared with the fishing boats seen in the South China Sea and the coast of Zhejiang, the ocean fishing boats in the Denglaiqing area are too small, with a displacement of more than ten or twenty tons at best, which is basically the size of Longkou Bay.
There are activities in the nearby waters. But with more than a dozen boats, it is still a coastal maneuver force.
Lu Wenyuan also organized a hundred village warriors according to the standard of one Ding per household. In a place where public security basically depends on oneself, it would be difficult to sleep without some fully armed village warriors.
After Sun Yuanhua heard people in the church mention this, in order to express his concern and peace, he sent someone to send some knives and guns. Of course, he couldn't openly allocate firearms and gunpowder. But the person who came privately said that as long as Lu Wenyuan wanted it
, you can get bird guns, three-eyed guns and small cannons for a little money. Gunpowder pellets are also readily available.
Lu Wenyuan thought of Zhao Yingong's instructions to build good relations with the local officials, so he spent dozens of taels of silver to buy some three-eyed bird guns and two small cannons, and also got some gunpowder pellets. He asked Huang Ande to be his coach.
The team started practicing.
According to the plan, Lu Wenyuan originally planned to dig a 2-meter-deep trench on the sand embankment of Qimu Island to introduce seawater and cut off the land connection with the mainland. However, considering that the Bohai Bay is likely to freeze in winter, the enemy will not be able to
It is also very convenient to get up to the bay, and it is somewhat unnecessary to spend a lot of effort digging a trench alone.