Along the smooth road paved with gravel, the officers led the farmers through Hsinchu City. Although Hsinchu City has just been founded, it is already quite large. The four city gates are four stories high and have wide door openings below. The eight-mile-long earthen wall surrounding the city has been repaired, and the cross roads in the city are all paved with bluestone slabs. Like Tianjing New City, Hsinchu City also has drainage ditches on both sides of the road, and there is a trash can every two hundred steps on the road.
Compared with the messy county towns in Cangzhou, Hsinchu City is much cleaner and tidier. Yao Minle walked on that clean and wide road, feeling like he was walking in a paradise. In the center of the city, there is a majestic and dignified "Prince Yan's Mansion". The two large stone lions at the door are taller than one person. The officer told the peasants that the place to do business was not here. The place to go to the government to do business was in the "General Office" in the south of the city, where Mr. Zheng was in charge. This Prince Yan's Mansion is Yang Peng's residence.
At this time, Hsinchu City had just been built and there were not many shops in the city. The more lively one is the cheap grain store in the middle of the city. Farmers who have harvested early rice come here pushing large carts and small carts of rice to sell. The farmers who had sold out their grain got the money and happily looked for something to buy in the city. Therefore, the shops on both sides of the cheap grain store are doing very well.
Yao Minle looked at the small shops on both sides of the cheap grain store and saw that there were butchers selling meat, tea, tobacco, shochu and rice wine, and even children's toys. These shops are bustling with people at this time, and the doorways are full of farmers who have enjoyed a good harvest and have money in their pockets.
Yao Minle secretly sighed and sighed that the farmers in Taiwan were really rich. Passing through Hsinchu City, farmers walked into the temporary resettlement site. The resettlement sites were several large yards built on small hills, with rows of brick houses built inside. Yao Minle held his wife with his left hand and his daughter with his right hand. As soon as he walked into the resettlement site, he smiled happily.
Look at the sturdy house, the rows of wooden bunk beds in the house, and the complete set of sheets, pillows and other items on the bed. This is simply the life of a master. This is just a "temporary" settlement. Then if you officially settle down in the future, what kind of good life will you live?
After the officers brought a hundred farmers into the settlement, they began to assign rooms and beds to them. In the resettlement site, sixteen people share a room, husbands and wives are separated, and men and women are placed in separate courtyards. The first thing after allocating a bed is to take a shower.
The peasants were taken to the large bathhouse by the officers. As soon as Yao Minle entered, he was startled by the mist-filled bathhouse. He took a closer look and discovered that there was a large pool built in the bathhouse, which was filled with warm water and was constantly emitting water vapor. Dozens of men were taking a bath in the bathhouse.
The officer gave each farmer a piece of soap, briefly explained how to use it, and then asked the farmer to take off his tattered old clothes. The old clothes were thrown into a big basket. Yao Minle asked the officer, what to do with the old clothes? The officer replied: "Burn it!" Yao Minle sighed secretly, jumped into the bathhouse and took a clean bath.
After taking a shower and walking out of the bath, Yao Minle had just wiped himself clean when he saw a clerk coming in with a large basket of new clothes. The clerk walked up to Yao Minle and asked, "How tall?" "Five feet, two inches." The clerk took out two sets of brand-new Chinese coats from the basket, and stuffed two sets of brand-new cotton round collars into Yao Minle's hands. , said: "Put it away!"
Are you giving out new clothes? Yao Minle grabbed the new clothes in his hand and couldn't restrain a smile on his face.
Yao Minle worked in Hsinchu for a month. Every day he followed the team leader to burn wasteland, level the land, dig and ram soil to build canals. Although it was hard work, Yao Minle worked very hard, because the resettlement site had enough food to eat. The temporary resettlement site provided three meals a day, including snow-white rice, a lot of vegetables, and occasionally meat.
At dinner on September 15th, the day Yao Minle's family of three had meat, Yao Minle cried. This is how people live. In the past, in Cangzhou, a family of three would not be willing to cut a piece of meat even during the Chinese New Year. Yao Minle felt very guilty after his wife had been with him for three years and had children for him. She lived a miserable life for three years and did not eat meat during the New Year for three years. However, when we arrived in Hsinchu, it was just an ordinary meal, and my uncle gave meat to the land reclamation team.
Yao Minle was reluctant to eat the large piece of meat. He wiped his tears and gave the piece of meat to his wife, saying, "I don't like eating meat. You can eat it, wife!" Yao Minle's wife smiled and took the piece of meat. He handed it to his daughter and said, "The bird eats meat!" The bird looked at the two large pieces of pork belly in the bowl and said, "The bird has meat!"
Yao Minle's daughter-in-law touched her daughter's head and said, "The bird eats the bird's meat, and the bird eats daddy's meat as well." Yao Minle's daughter then burst into laughter and bit into the pork belly. It smells so good. Seeing the happy look on his daughter's face, Yao Minle shed a few more tears. He secretly said that he would work harder to repay his uncle for his kindness.
What shocked Yao Minle even more was that on October 10th, after breakfast, Yao Minle was about to go to work when he heard the squad leader yelling, "Go to the yard, we are paying you monthly wages!" Yao Minle was at that time. Are you stupid, giving monthly money? What kind of monthly payment should I pay to myself when I can open up wasteland and have a house with bricks and tiles to live in, food to eat, new clothes to wear, and meat to eat?
Seeing Yao Minle standing there dumbly, the squad leader pushed Yao Minle and said, "Yao Minle, why don't you hurry up and line up to get the money? If you don't want it, you can give it to me if you get the money!" Yao Minle Then he put away his shovel and shovel and ran out to collect his monthly payment.
In the yard, hundreds of land reclamation farmers gathered in front of a small platform in the yard, waiting for the team leader standing on the platform to hand out money.
The captain shouted: "You farmers who opened up wasteland were transported to Taiwan by the prince's fleet. Prince Yan organized and distributed new clothes and rice. You have decent houses to live in and meat to eat. How are you living?"
The farmers below shouted in unison: "Have a good life!" "Good life!" The captain who distributed the money said: "Not only that, the prince will also give you monthly money. Each person will receive two taels of silver a month. This month's work Those who work hard will get bonuses!" When the farmers below heard this, their faces were full of surprise and their eyes were shining.
After the captain finished speaking, he started calling names. The farmers whose names were called came up one by one to receive their money. When Yao Minle was called, he walked up to the team leader and saw the team leader stuffing an envelope into his hand: "Yao Minle, you work hard and your performance is considered to be top-notch. You will be paid two or two months' salary, five yuan." The total bonus is twenty-two-five cents of silver."
Yao Minle actually became a little nervous. He took the envelope with trembling hands and walked off the platform. He opened the envelope and saw that there were two to five pieces of silver in it. Yao Minle worked in Shandong with his back to the sky and the loess. When did he get so much money? I just feel like I have a huge sum of money in my hand. He took a bite of the silver and felt that the silver was soft and of excellent quality.
Yao Minle felt that Taiwan was giving him surprises one after another. Yao Minle was excited there when he suddenly saw a dozen soldiers from the Zhenhai Regiment rushing into the yard. They checked the yard back and forth to confirm that no one in the yard had offensive weapons, and then controlled the entrance and exit of the yard. After a while, two soldiers wearing gilded full-body armor stood at the door of the courtyard and shouted:
"The Prime Minister is here!" Seeing this posture, the captain was the first to kneel on the ground. Under his leadership, all the farmers who were opening up the wasteland knelt on the ground, prostrate themselves and kowtowed. After a while, the guards walked into the courtyard holding gorgeous flags and pumpkins. Uncle Xing Guo, who was surrounded by hundreds of guards, rode in on a tall horse and was guided by Mr. Guan in red official robes. In the middle of the yard, Lin Qing'er jumped off her horse and looked at the farmers clearing land with interest.
Lin Qing'er walked into the farmer's house, inspected the living environment of the farmers who opened up wasteland, and then walked back to the yard. Lin Qing'er looked at the kneeling farmer and suddenly asked Yao Minle, "What's your name?" Yao Minle looked up and saw Lin Qing'er looking at him, and quickly replied: "The younger one is Yao Minle. !”
Lin Qing'er asked: "Yao Minle, stand up and talk. What did you eat this morning?" Yao Minle stood up, swallowed his saliva, and replied nervously: "The little one ate two large bowls of white rice. Porridge, an egg.”
Lin Qing'er nodded and asked: "Is it hard to open up wasteland?" Yao Minle shook his head and said: "Here we have good food, good clothing, good housing, and monthly payments, so there is nothing to do even with a lantern." Looking for a good life is not hard at all." Guan Shan, standing behind Lin Qing'er, shouted loudly: "Yao Minle, the prince has given you such a good life, how will you repay the prince in the future?"
Yao Minle's face turned red and he said with some excitement: "My uncle has given Yao Minle such a good life. Yao Minle will definitely work hard in the future. My uncle asked Yao Minle to go east, but Yao Minle will never dare to go west!" Lin Qing Hearing Yao Minle's words, Er laughed heartily, waved his hand and said to the farmers, "Get up." The farmers got up from the ground.
Lin Qing'er didn't stay long. Surrounded by her guards, she mounted her horse again and left the yard on horseback.
Lin Qing'er left the temporary resettlement site on horseback and said to Guan Shan with a smile: "Guan Shan, you organized well in Taiwan, you have contributed!" Guan Shan cupped his hands and said: "Hsinchu can be built like this only because of the material supply from the prince, Guan Shan dare not Take credit.”
Lin Qing'er asked: "Is there any problem?" Guan Shan thought for a while and replied: "There is a problem, that is, the red hair covets our wealthy people in Hsinchu and always wants to rob us. From last year to this year, the Zhenhai Regiment has been repelled twice Hong Mao's team." Lin Qing'er listened to Zheng Hui's words and said lightly: "If you are not of my race, your heart must be different! Hong Mao has Relanzha City in the south of Taiwan Island, and he sailed to Hsinchu to rob many people. convenient."
After thinking about it, Lin Qing'er said: "There are two thousand soldiers from the Zhenhai Regiment who came to Taiwan with me this time, plus a thousand soldiers from the Zhenhai Regiment stationed in Hsinchu, and there are three thousand soldiers. Let's go to Relanzha and take the red Mao's stronghold has been removed!" Guan Shan cupped his hands and said, "The Prime Minister is wise. If Hong Mao had no stronghold in Taiwan, he would not be concerned about the prosperity of Hsinchu."
On October 21st, Lin Qing'er's fleet of 20 large ships arrived ten miles north of the city of Relanje. From there they boarded land and headed for the city of Relanje.
The troops participating in the battle this time included not only 2,000 soldiers from the Trap Regiment, 1,000 Hsinchu garrison troops, and 1,000 naval artillerymen. The crossbowmen unloaded the one hundred and eighteen powerful crossbows from the ship and became the Marine Corps, accompanying Lin Qing'er to conquer Relanze.
Lin Qing'er wanted to officially start a war with the red-haired people who were plundering the southeast coast. The red-haired people are not a small enemy, you know, it can be said to be the century of the red-haired people.
Red Hair had previously conquered Spain, which dominated the European continent, gained independence from Spain, and developed into the number one shipping and trade power in this century. At this time in the Hampyeong year, the number of Hongmao's merchant ships exceeded the total number of merchant ships in all European countries, and he was known as the "Sea Coachman". After a fierce battle.
There was no defensive force in Fort Relanje at this time. As soon as Lin Qing'er's army arrived, the gate of Fort Relanje was opened. The remaining more than a hundred red-haired crossbowmen, women and children in the fort knelt on the ground, begging Lin Qing'er to let them live. Lin Qing'er waved her hand and said: "These red hairs are all habitual pirates. They have robbed many places and killed many Han people. Women and children were left behind, and the soldiers shot them all."
Two hundred soldiers from the Trapping Regiment rushed forward, tied up the crossbowmen, and took them outside the fort to be shot. The remaining soldiers searched the fort to see what the red-haired man had left behind. In the end, Lin Qing'er found 110,000 taels of silver in the fort. This silver was probably earned from Japanese trade, and is all Japanese-style silver. Lin Qing'er waved her hand and gave five taels of silver to each of the three thousand soldiers and two thousand fleet artillerymen who participated in the battle, making the soldiers raise their arms and shout with joy.
Only one soldier was injured in this battle, and the others suffered no casualties at all. I was really happy to get the bonus. After capturing Fort Relanje, Lin Qing'er was not prepared to occupy it. To occupy such a fortress, the defense requires at least several hundred people, which is a heavy expense. Lin Qing'er has a base in Hsinchu. Whether traveling south or north, there is Hsinchu as a transit point. There is no need to add a foothold like Relanzhe.
There were some residents in the town next to Chikan Fort. After liquidation, it was found that there were 2,400 Han Chinese who had been reduced to red-haired slaves, 300 Chinese traders, and 1,100 Southeast Asians. Of course, the Han slaves were immediately freed. Those who were willing to go to Hsinchu could go to Hsinchu with Lin Qing'er. Those who were unwilling to go to Hsinchu should go to Hsinchu first and wait, and then take a boat back to Fujian. But it is expected that most of these people will stay in Hsinchu after seeing the prosperity of Hsinchu.
Chinese traders are treated the same way. Eleven hundred Southeast Asians stayed in Relanje and were responsible for demolishing Fort Relanje and Chikan Fort. Although Lin Qing'er was not prepared to occupy this stronghold, he did not want the Dutch to come back and occupy it again. Southeast Asians were temporarily used as hard labor by Lin Qing'er, doing manual labor in demolishing cities. After demolishing the castle, Lin Qing'er will pack these Southeast Asians to Hirado. There is a red-haired trade house in Hirado, and Southeast Asians can return to the red-haired colony from there.
Lin Qing'er dealt with the Dutch in Fort Relande, and had nothing to do in Taiwan. She returned to Tianjing New City with the fleet.
His eyes turned back to the capital city of Liao Kingdom. Yelv Guanyin frowned and said: "I'm worried that this operation will not go very smoothly. I don't know why, but there is always a faint worry in my heart, but I can't figure out what the problem is!" Looking at Yang Peng, "Brother Come and help me think about it, is there anything I haven't considered?"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Your plan is perfect, there will be no problems! You are just a little nervous!" Yelu Guanyin smiled. Yang Peng said: "Don't worry about anything. We have been planning for so long, and there is no way anything will go wrong!" Yelu Guanyin nodded, and then said with a look of longing: "Everything is ready. I, Daliao General, will be reborn here!" Yang Peng asked: "Xiao Duoli has already gone to the Beiying Military Camp?" Yelu Guanyin nodded, "As long as he succeeds here, he will take action immediately, and then Beiying will be under my control!"
"Where is Ye Luchun?" "His troops have been secretly mobilized." Yang Peng thought for a moment and smiled: "It seems there won't be any problems!" "Absolutely not! I won't allow any problems to happen!"
The happy time is always short-lived. The hustle and bustle of the day gradually calms down, and night falls before you know it. Everyone was camping in the wild, and people who were still enjoying themselves were dancing and singing by the campfire. Empress Dowager Xiao's huge tent is located on the only high hill in the middle of the plain. The tents of the royal family, princes, nobles and ministers surround it, like stars holding the moon. The people's tents are scattered around. Looking from a distance, the firelight on the grassland complements the starry sky. Suddenly, people can't tell whether they are in the human world or in the starry sky?
Yang Peng was talking to Yelu Guanyin in the big tent. An officer under Yelu Guanyin rushed in and saluted, "Your Highness, Queen Mother Xiao did not return to her tent, but stayed in the imperial tent."
Yelv Guanyin frowned and looked at Yang Peng, "He hasn't left his mother's side all day long. This is not normal!"
Yang Peng thought: "I think he may have discovered something!" He quickly looked up at Yelv Guanyin, "Little sister, I think we should change our plan!" "What do you think we should do, brother?" Yang Peng said: "Immediately Send someone to notify the outside army to come in and directly attack and kill the Queen Mother Xiao, and then ask the Queen Mother Xiao to entrust the important responsibility of the general and the country to her younger sister. At the same time, send someone to the Beiying to investigate the situation. If there is nothing abnormal, immediately order Xiao Duoli to capture the Beiying. Camp, if anything unusual happens, wait until this side is over and then assemble the troops from the West Camp and the East Camp to suppress it!"
Yelv Guanyin hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Just do as big brother wants!" Then he called a few trusted guards and ordered them to inform the Xiying and Dongying armies to take action at midnight tonight to raid the camp and kill Xiao Tian. Left, and at the same time ordered another person to go to Beiying to check the situation. Several trusted guards took the order and ran down.
Yang Peng said to Yelu Guanyin: "Little sister, I'm going to go down and prepare. I'll come back at the second watch." Yelu Guanyin nodded. Yang Peng left Yelu Guanyin's camp and returned to his own camp at the foot of the mountain. He was pacing back and forth in the tent, frowning tightly.
Han Bing, Yang Xiong, Shi Ping, and Kou Yan opened the curtain and walked in, clasping their fists and saying, "Master!" Yang Peng stopped, glanced at them, frowned and said, "I'm worried that things tonight won't go according to our plan. If it continues like that!" Kou Yan quickly asked: "Did the head of the family discover anything?" Yang Peng told what he had just discussed with Yelu Guanyin. Kou Yan frowned and said, "The master's decision is very correct. The situation may indeed have changed!"
Yang Peng said: "Although in terms of the current comparison of strength, we still have an absolute advantage. Even if Queen Mother Xiao discovers something, it should not be able to change the outcome. But there are no absolutes in everything, and we must prepare for the worst!"
The four of them clasped their fists together and said, "Please give me orders from the master!" Yang Peng said: "We have to assume that Xiao Tianzuo wins in the end. What should we do? Our Six Hundred Hidden Killers must be prepared to cover the evacuation of important people! Yang Xiong and Kou Yan, You lead four hundred people to the post station twenty miles to the south and prepare horses, carriages, water and dry food. If an accident occurs, we will rush to meet you immediately." "Yes!"
"Shi Ping, Han Bing, you lead the remaining two hundred people to follow me." "Yes." "If there is no problem, let's all go down." The four of them looked at each other, bowed to Yang Peng, and left quickly. . The four of them had just left when a charming and graceful maid in prairie clothes came in. When she saw Yang Peng, she behaved like a prairie woman and said, "Boss Jin, the master invites you to come over."
Yang Peng looked her over and asked, "Are you the maid beside the emperor's aunt?" The maid smiled and nodded, urging: "The master is waiting for Boss Jin. Boss Jin, please come with me." Yang Peng nodded. , he followed the maid out of the tent, explained a few words about the hidden murder outside the tent, and then followed the maid towards the hill.
After a while, we came to a tent full of Han customs. The decoration inside, from screens to calligraphy and painting, to guqin, to Boshan stove, everything was so exquisite and the essence of Han culture; a palace The pretending beauty is sitting behind the guqin, looking like a peerless beauty from the Han nationality. She is as beautiful as the green mountains and flowing clouds, or the bright moon in the sky.
Yang Peng couldn't help but admire secretly. The maid saluted and said: "Master, Boss Jin is here." Yelu Hanyu raised his head and saw Yang Peng, with a smile in his eyes, and then said to the maid: "Go down, no one is allowed to leave without my call." Come in." The maid responded, glanced at Chen Xiao with a strange expression, bowed and retreated.
Yelu Hanyu stood up and walked to Yang Peng. Yang Peng was not polite and hugged her slim waist. Yelu Hanyu rolled her eyes at Yang Peng, and then her face turned red. Her beautiful eyes looked at Yang Peng, clearly filled with infinite love. Yang Peng couldn't help but kissed her red lips, so he couldn't stop kissing her from her red lips all the way down. Yelu Hanyu originally wanted to speak, but **** came to his heart and wanted to say What he said has long been forgotten.
Yang Peng stopped, looked at the peerless beauty with rosy cheeks and spring waves in front of him and asked with a smile: "You asked me to come so late, do you want to have a bridal chamber with me?" Yelu Hanyu rolled her eyes at Chen Xiao, He said angrily: "I almost forgot about the business due to your disturbance!" Yang Peng stroked Yelutri's waist and said with a wicked smile: "I think this is the business!"
Yelu Hanyu said angrily: "At this time, you still have such thoughts!" Yang Peng's heart moved, "What? Did you find anything?" Yelu Hanyu frowned and said: "You have to deal with Xiao Tianzuo. But Xiao Tianzuo has not left the Queen Mother's side all day today, including now, and you have no chance to make a move! This matter is very abnormal!"
Yang Peng nodded, "We think so too, so we plan to change our action plan." Then he told what he had discussed with Yelu Guanyin before. Yelu Hanyu thought: "In this case, it is actually best for King Feng Jin to take the throne. I'm just afraid that Meier's heart won't be able to get over that hurdle!" Yang Peng sighed, "Who says it's not the case! So we can only settle for the next best thing. Yes!" Yelu Hanyu said: "There is no other way." After a pause, he frowned and said: "Judging from the current situation, although there have been changes, it should be under your control!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
