On the day of the cannon test, in order to have a deterrent effect, Zhao Xin specially asked each of Hyundai Zhong, Lu Pan, seven Sheng Haizhou, and Serdan and his son to fire a cannon.
Although it is a bit wasteful, it is very effective. Except for the modern crowd, everyone else knelt down in front of Zhao Xin and once again expressed their loyalty.
In fact, what Zhao Xin is most worried about is the people in the island country.
After landing at the mouth of the Xila River, he will lead a six-member team from the Ministry of Security to go to the island country to win over the refugees from the island country to farm. And this large-scale immigration will inevitably cause conflicts with the feudal lords and the shogunate. If Katsu Kaishu and the other seven people are accompanying them, if someone is tempted by the shogunate and is shaken, although it will not cause much damage, it will have a negative impact on morale and people's hearts. certain influence.
For this reason, Zhao Xin deliberately held a review meeting on the night after the gun test. The participants included himself, Liu Sheng, and Sheng Haizhou.
At the beginning of the meeting, Zhao Xin explained the next step of immigration plan. Sheng Haizhou and others all agreed, because this was originally the plan that Zhao Xin had already decided on in October last year.
Next, Zhao Xin mentioned the conflict with the vassals and the shogunate.
"If we take a large number of refugees away this time, the first one that will conflict is the Sendai Clan. Because the Northeast is the richest region of the Sendai Clan and Ishinomaki Port is prosperous in trade, there will be a lot of refugees fleeing here. My plan is Five thousand refugees will be taken away from the area around Ishinomaki Port, not single ones."
After saying these words, Zhao Xin paused and then observed the reactions of the seven Sheng Haizhou people. Among the crowd, except for Sheng Haizhou who looked at Zhao Xin as if he had something to say, Li Ji and the other six people all looked at him seriously with excitement on their faces.
It is said that today's test cannon had a great impact on everyone. As everyone fired frequently, large holes were blown out one after another in the frozen sea, and the blown ice shards and splashing water were more than ten meters high.
Not to mention the previous complete victory of eleven against more than one hundred Qing soldiers under the leadership of Zhao Xin, after the seven Sheng Haizhous personally witnessed the powerful weapon capable of "destroying the country with one shot" today, in addition to fear, they were left with nothing but fear. All are excited.
With such a powerful weapon of the country, who else can stop the lord's ambition? We just need to be dedicated to the public. One day the Lord will reward us with Miao characters and the knowledge and deeds passed down from generation to generation. Life can't be too beautiful!
"Lord, what should we do if the Date family stops us?" Katsu Kaishu bowed and asked.
"Then beat him until he doesn't dare to stop him." Zhao Xin said lightly, with a very relaxed tone. In addition to needing to temporarily avoid the Manchu and Qing Dynasties and concentrate on developing agricultural bases, other countries such as North Korea, island countries and even Tsarist Russian armed expeditions are all losers!
"The second person who will conflict is the shogunate." Zhao Xin continued to see Sheng Haizhou.
There was silence in the room. This is preparing to start the film like a general!
But everyone understands that they are people who left their country and left their hometown. To the shogunate, they were not even "inhumans". In this case, follow the master with all your heart and fight to the end.
It is said that the reason why the Tokugawa Shogunate was able to maintain its rule for more than 200 years was that it relied on the "three up and three down" hierarchical system, which made the domestic class extremely solidified. It is precisely through this division of social classes that its rule is very solid, which can be said to be as solid as a rock.
The third one is the daimyo, the emperor, and the samurai; the third one is the peasants, town residents, and marginalized people (brothels, monks, Ezo people, and foreigners). Of course, in addition to this, there are also a large number of untouchables (filth and non-human beings).
Among the "Seven Samurai" present, except for Katsu Kaishu, who is a former samurai, Rikichi and the others are actually "non-humans", that is, wandering beggars who have lost their fields. (Don’t be fooled by the unrestrained romance of daily life in period dramas. Those are all deliberately created appearances.)
Now following Zhao Xin, they have gotten rid of the "inhuman" class. If the quasi-samurai master doesn't do it, does he have to go back to the Tokugawa family and become a pariah? That would really be "the third among the eighteen weapons".
Katsu Kaishu looked at Liji and the others, and then suddenly realized that the lord was worried about him! No, I have to show my loyalty immediately.
"I follow your lord for the sake of justice in the world, not for the sake of the general and the vassal family!" Sheng Haizhou leaned over and saluted, impassioned.
Zhao Xin nodded slowly. Since you have expressed your loyalty, let’s not mention it for the moment and let everything depend on actions. He planned to find Jiuzang in private after the meeting to give further instructions.
After the council meeting, Zhao Xin was about to go to Wang Yuanfang to talk about something, when Lu Shoushan came with Serdan and his son.
By the way, after Liu Siting came and rebuked Zhao Xin for being a Mongolian doctor, Zhao Xin also knew that he had menstrual cramps and made a lot of jokes when he gave Serdan a tetanus skin test, and even misled little A Miao. .
Because of this mentality, Zhao Xin is always a little embarrassed when facing Serdan, a simple hunter.
"Sit down, everyone." Zhao Xin asked the three of them to sit down and asked casually, "What's the matter?"
None of the three dared to sit down. Lu Shoushan glanced at Serdan and then said cautiously: "Master, after Serdan recovered from his injury, he saw that other men in the camp had short hair, so he and Elu also wanted to follow suit. .So I hope you can allow it, sir."
"If you want to ask me for a haircut, can't he just find someone by himself?" Zhao Xin asked strangely.
"Master, Serdan wants to become your servant as a domestic slave." Lu Shoushan explained with an embarrassed look on his face.
I go! It turned out that he was sent to his door as a slave.
Zhao Xin was dumbfounded. Although I have accepted your allegiance, I did not ask you to be my slaves!
He immediately asked Lu Shoushan to translate for him, and after explaining for a long time, he finally made Serdan understand that the rule in the camp was that there were no slaves, and he himself did not need slaves.
Although Li Ji and his wife had taken refuge in him, Zhao Xin did not let them work around him all day long, doing whatever they should do.
Regarding Elu, Zhao Xin meant that he should first follow Wang Yuanfang and the others every day and then train for a period of time. There was no need to follow him like a tail all day long. This kid sometimes even follows him to the toilet, which makes Zhao Xin very embarrassed.
"Everything depends on the master. Whatever you ask me to do, I will do it. But the master is still the master." Erlu expressed his thoughts without hesitation.
After hearing this, Zhao Xin nodded helplessly. Take your time, it's not easy to change these people's stereotypes.
Regarding Serdan, Zhao Xin hopes to be responsible for communicating with the local aborigines after arriving at the new camp.
In fact, the aborigines in the outer northeast are not that simple. They make a living by fishing and hunting and do not do farming. Whenever fishing resources cannot meet demand, plundering occurs.
It is said that in the Kashin year (1644), the year when the Manchus entered the customs, Takeuchi Toemon and others, a businessman from the island nation of Echizen, took a boat to Matsumae. Due to wind and waves on the way, the boat was washed away near Huiharu. As a result, after these islanders landed, they were deceived by the local indigenous people and planned to exchange rice for ginseng.
The next day, three indigenous people came to the island merchant's boat. In order to ensure smooth business, the merchants entertained them with food and wine, and then sent more than 40 people to follow the indigenous people up the mountain.
When they reached the halfway point of the mountain, the indigenous people hiding in the surrounding grass took the opportunity to shoot these island businessmen with bows and arrows. In the end, only thirteen people escaped because they hid in the grass, and were later captured. Then, these natives returned to the island nation's merchant ship, robbed the ship's cargo and attacked other people on the ship.
Later, the indigenous people distributed the captured fifteen island businessmen to various villages to serve as slaves. Later, in order to please the Manchus, the indigenous leaders presented the fifteen captured people, Japanese knives and other items to Shengjing. (Note 1)
Three days later, the temperature began to rise, and the large pieces of broken ice on the sea gradually disappeared and melted. After consulting Liu Sheng and Deng Fei for their opinions, Zhao Xin decided to break camp and leave the island two days later, heading for the mouth of the Xila River.
Although the current total number of people in the camp is less than two hundred, considering the more than two hundred Mongolian horses, Zhao Xin still activated the Thor cargo ship.
At this time, the three characters "Thor" have been painted with waterproof paint on the right side of the bow and the stern. The refugees and the dozen or so prisoners of the Qing army were shocked as they looked at the mountain-like ship anchored in the bay. Some people were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed, thinking that the gods and monsters in the sea had appeared.
To those ten prisoners, the Hunchun Water Camp's sailing boat was like a mosquito to a tall horse. There was no comparison. The originally arrogant prisoners were so frightened that they peed and collapsed on the beach one by one. When they were escorted onto the patrol boat later, they thought Zhao Xin was going to send them to be eaten by sea monsters, and they were so frightened that they even shouted for mercy.
Lu Shoushan, Pan Xiucheng and Serdan's gang were even more shocked by Master Zhao's methods. They determined that Mr. Zhao, Mr. Liu, and Mr. Wang must be immortals, otherwise how could they control such a mountain-like giant boat to come and go freely.
Among these people, it was a group of "well-informed" island country refugees who quickly calmed down after being shocked by the sight of the Thor. The main reason is that the refugees from the island country have seen the magical methods used by Master Zhao more than once or twice.
"A bunch of bumpkins." The refugees from the island country looked at the frightened prisoners of the Qing soldiers and Lu Shoushan and others on the beach with disdain, feeling a burst of contempt in their hearts. Where is this? We adults have many magic tricks. Let’s take a look.
Transporting people back and forth is nothing, but transporting more than 200 horses back and forth is quite a struggle for Zhao Xin and the others.
At first, Zhao Xin tried to use the jade pendant to take away the horses and take them on board. Fortunately, he found a horse to test. After getting on the ship and taking it out, he found that the horse was dead.
So with the help of Serdan and his son and Hengji, everyone spent half a day tossing and frothing before transporting all the horses to the warehouse on the freighter.
When Zhao Xin was halfway through transporting them, he wanted to throw all the horses on the island and wait for the Qing soldiers to take them away. However, Wang Yuanfang reminded him that these horses will be valuable labor force after arriving at their new home, and at least they don't have to spend money to buy them.
Yalha, who had just recovered from a serious illness, kept comforting the frightened horses in the warehouse after boarding the ship. He will be responsible for taking care of these war horses during the voyage together with veterinarians Liu Zheng, Serdan and Hengji.
Taking one last look at the empty camp, Zhao Xin turned around and boarded the patrol boat driven by Liu Sheng and headed for the freighter.
(Note 1: What is more interesting after this is that after officials in Shengjing found out the whole story, they sentenced the three natives who participated in the deception to fifty lashes each, and treated the fifteen island captives kindly and gave them clothes. and food and sent them to the capital.
This group of fifteen people received more generous treatment in the capital. Each person received three liters of white rice, one pound of pork, clothing, bedding, shoes and hats, etc. every day. In addition, the Qing court also sent servants to take care of their daily life. , if he felt slightly unwell, the Qing court would send people to diagnose and treat him. Later, they were summoned and given banquets by princes and ministers. Emperor Shunzhi and Prince Regent Dorgon also personally summoned them and comforted them personally.
A year later, the Qing court asked North Korean envoys to bring these people back to North Korea, and then returned to the island country from North Korea.
It was not until these fifteen people returned home that the Edo shogunate learned that Korea had become a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and that the Ming capital and Nanjing had fallen.
The Edo town magistrate compiled a book called "Tatar Drifting" based on the oral accounts of these merchants.
At that time, Tokugawa Iemitsu also summoned important ministers to discuss whether to send troops to support the Ming Dynasty. As a result, a report was later received from the Nagasaki Town Chief, saying that Fuzhou had fallen and Zheng Zhilong had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Only then did the Tokugawa Shogunate notify the princes who were preparing to send troops to cancel the dispatch.
In 1646, the Kyoto governor Itakura Shigemune wrote to his nephew Shigemiki, revealing the information that the shogunate was preparing to send troops: "Send to the Ming Dynasty by ship, prepare to capture the city formation, be sure to be ready to march at any time... Departing from the Ming Dynasty will be nothing." For other changes, the boat you are traveling on must not be destroyed. Please notify me first, and please burn this letter after reading it."
This was obviously because the shogunate had clearly issued some kind of order to his close confidant Itakura Shigemune, and Shigemune disclosed this internal intention to his nephew accordingly.
In fact, according to the analysis of various documents from later generations, the Tokugawa shogunate at that time was actually afraid that the island country would be attacked by the Qing Dynasty like North Korea, so it was prepared to strike first. )
