"The old thief Shang Kexi Shang has ordered the various states in Guangdong to completely cut off our supply of garlic. We will never have garlic again... This old thief wants us all to die of diarrhea!"
When the strong men, Jinyi soldiers, and Qiu family soldiers heard the news that Zhu Heji loudly announced that "the garlic supply was cut off," they were all filled with indignation, and no one dared to laugh. Among them, the people standing in the front row were all the strong men Zhu Heji had rescued from the hell gate. They all looked excited and the muscles on their faces were twitching - Shang Kexi Shang, the old thief, was bullying people too much!
The one to two million he earns every year from the big market is not all made by a bunch of coolies carrying the work on their shoulders? But now he is killing the donkey and trying to cut off the life-saving garlic of the big guy. .....Is he still human?
Why does this non-human thing stay in the world?
Zhu Heji himself was full of murderous intent, blowing his beard and staring, looking like he was about to explode with anger.
He paused and then shouted loudly: "Since the old thief Shang entered Guangdong, he first massacred Guangzhou, then Chaozhou, and then Wen'an City. Then he forced the people in the coastal areas of Guangdong to leave their hometowns and become propertyless and jobless. The people who had no food and clothing, and even the slightest resistance, would go on a killing spree... They killed more than a million of our people one after another, leaving seven or eight out of ten people living along our coast. It was truly extremely cruel and desperate. My life path! Today my life-saving means has been cut off, what should I do?"
As he spoke, Zhu Heji had already raised the grenade hammer!
And his words, coupled with the grenade hammer and garlic life-saving medicine, have completely incited the thousands of people present - these thousands of people are representatives of the tens of thousands of coolies gathered in Guanzha Hebei. , most of whom are victims of coastal migration! Who would be willing to work as a coolie if their family's property and land were not deprived of their livelihood?
So this group of people were originally extremely hostile to Shang Kexi. Now when they heard that Shang Kexi wanted to embargo the life-saving garlic, it was really a combination of old and new hatreds, and they all became furious. Seeing the grenade hammer again...then I will be even more indignant!
In the past, they dared to get angry but did not dare to rebel. Now that they have the truth, why should they be afraid of purging troops?
"Ignore your mother, rebel!"
"Fight Guangzhou and grab garlic!"
"Enter Guangzhou and kill the old thief Shang and his family!"
"Revenge! Fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!"
There was a cry of rebellion!
At first, I just wanted to grab a head of garlic, but later, grabbing a head of garlic turned into killing Shang Kexi's whole family, and finally turned into rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty - rebelling against grabbing garlic heads was also a rebellion, and rebelling against the new Ming Dynasty came out to be the founder of the new Ming Dynasty. The hero is also the opposite. So guys, think about it and set your goals higher!
When Zhu Heji saw his "grenade-hammer move," his subordinates started to protest, and he felt a little dizzy.
Before, he had been thinking about the good thing of being "invincible", but after all this, the standing army under his command did not reach 2,000, and it was still 8,000 short of 10,000!
But the number of strong men gathered in front of him now seems to be four to five thousand. If they can be organized and put back to mobilize other strong men, tens of thousands of them can be easily obtained!
With tens of thousands of people, it would be too easy to sweep through the prefectures, counties and villages of Guangfu.
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji said loudly: "Commander Zhuge, Qiu Rong, Lin Ahu, and Guo Youde listen to the order!"
"I'm here!"
"The general is here!"
"The general is here!"
"I'm here!"
Zhuge Sanhe, Qiu Rong, Lin Ahu, and Guo Youde were all standing behind Zhu Heji. When they heard Zhu Heji calling them, they all hurriedly walked around to Zhu Heji and stood in a row facing Zhu Heji!
Zhu Heji said loudly: "Zhuge Military Advisor and Lin Ahu, order you two to expand the army to 90 leaders within five days, based on twenty Jinyi troops, plus 6,000 new recruits. The equipment and armor required for each hundred men...were taken from the storehouse of St. Paul's Fort.”
Although Zhu Heji now has the conditions to expand the army to tens of thousands at once, he does not plan to do it all at once... There are not that many cadres!
The people currently being trained by Zhu Heji as cadres are the more than 200-year-old soldiers under the four artillery leaders. These people are reliable, but they have only been with Zhu Heji for a short time and have not received enough actual combat tests, so they cannot be promoted too high at once. Moreover, they had to take care of the sugar pills and hammer-throwing cannons under Zhu Heji's command, so they could not be "lifted". At most, half of them could be sent to lead the troops. More than a hundred people supported the seventy new "Hammer Collar" and it was over.
In addition, the equipment stored in the St. Paul's Fortress warehouse is also limited. After all, there are only a few thousand Portuguese, half-blood Portuguese and black slave soldiers in Macau. Even if the Portuguese governor likes to buy and buy, he will not store enough weapons for tens of thousands of people.
After assigning the task of expanding Jinyi's personal army to Zhuge Sanhe and Lin Ahu, Zhu Heji smiled and called Qiu Rong to him, and said with a smile: "Brother Qiu, we agreed before that we would go out nine times and return thirteen times." ...I borrowed 3,000 troops and paid back 4,300, how about I pay you back 6,000 now?"
Qiu Rong has 3,000 troops and horses, and if he expands to 6,000, he will double his army. In other words, it is not difficult for one veteran to lead one new recruit on average. Therefore, after these six thousand soldiers are expanded, they will be able to be used as the main force immediately without any training.
"Hahaha, that's great." Qiu Rong nodded with a silly smile, but didn't talk about the actual problem.
Of course Zhu Heji knew what this guy was thinking...he wanted territory!
"Brother Qiu," Zhu Heji said with a smile, "when I conquer Guangfu, the territory of Chaozhou will be sealed to your family... How about your family staying in Chaozhou forever from generation to generation?"
The picture cakes in Yongzhen Chaozhou look big, but they are actually nothing. Because among the ten counties in Chaozhou, Zhu Heji only took half of Jieyang County, while Qiu Hui held two counties, Chaoyang and Chenghai, and Liu Guoxuan, under Zheng Jing, took Hui Lai one county.
In other words, Zhu Heji gave up only half of Jieyang County. And he would only give up the territory, but he would not leave the population to Qiu Hui, nor would he leave the five factories in the southeast, northwest, and north to Qiu Hui.
The population of more than 30,000 and five large factories in half of Jieyang County will also be moved to Guangzhou Prefecture... Zhu Heji has already thought about it. These people and large factories will be placed in Xin'an County under Guangzhou Prefecture. That is, the Shenzhen and Hong Kong areas in the future.
It was also a densely populated place during the Ming Dynasty, but due to the Ming and Qing wars and coastal relocation, it was completely abandoned. Now it is time for these 30,000 to 40,000 Chaozhou people to move there so that Shenzhen and Hong Kong can develop as soon as possible.
However, apart from the coastal areas, the population in other parts of Guangfu is still quite large! There are not even one million but seven or eight hundred thousand!
Moreover, there are also handicraft centers like Foshan in Guangfu! Not only ordinary iron tools of high quality can be produced there, but also muskets and iron cannons can be forged.
As long as Guangfu is captured, it will require people, guns, and artillery. It is only a matter of time before it sweeps Guangdong.
"Okay!" Qiu Rong calculated the gains and losses, smiled and cupped his hands to Zhu Heyi, "Your Majesty, if we win the Chaozhou Prefecture, I will conquer the Hao Qiu family, and I hope that your Majesty will follow suit!"
"Okay!" Zhu Heji patted Qiu Hui on the shoulder, "Let's conquer the world together from now on. When the Ming Dynasty is restored, your family will be the king of Chaozhou for generations to come!"
"Thank you, Sir!"
After winning over Qiu Hui, Zhu Heji called Guo Youde to him again and ordered: "Youde, I will leave the rest to you... I will give you twenty more knights, you go Take charge of all the strong men. Organize them into teams of hundreds or thousands according to their respective places of residence. Then chop trees into soldiers and raise poles into flags. The formation must be completed within five days, and then let them follow the army. , to show off your momentum!"
Master Guo was of great use this time, and he cupped his hands and said: "Master, don't worry, I'll hold you close to my humble position!"
"Okay!" Zhu Heji raised his voice and said, "Everyone, in five days, the Gu family will lead you to attack Guangzhou Fucheng! Go and kill the old thief Shang and his family... From now on, Guangdong will be our world! We will We share the blessings and suffer the hardships together!”
The people below are boiling again!
"Enter Guangzhou and kill all the old thief Shang and his family!"
"Conquer Guangdong, we will share the blessings and share the difficulties!"
