"In the latest military report, Huang Wang's army has broken through Tanzhou, and all of them are from Hunan to observe most of it..."
"Thousands of defenders were killed, and the rest were defeated. The defender of Tanzhou, Li Xi, fled and disappeared. The piles of armor and goods were piled up like mountains..."
When the news arrived at the Cantonese Department of Left-behind, there was a lot of excitement, and a favorable and prosperous market reaction that followed; because even if there were more seizures ahead, it would not be able to bypass Guangzhou, the only one that can be changed and reciprocated. Ports and ports.
These maritime merchants and shipping companies in the city, which were inherited under the rule of the Rebels, were able to enjoy a lot of benefits and other aspects of profit sharing just as the downstream of distribution and the periphery of resale. While cooperating with the enthusiasm of the left-behind division, it is also tethered to the chariot of the rebels in a disguised form.
And Zhou Huaian is also standing in front of a map sand table in the lobby of the workshop, facing many subordinates, as well as promising students and the seeds selected from the early officials; explaining and analyzing in-depth and simple explanations one by one, now the rebels are heading north. The many changes and possibilities of the war process and the deduction of the situation; and the impact and changes brought about by the market circulation and people's livelihood.
This is also the inevitable means and process of cultivating and maintaining a new group, centripetal force and collective cohesion; the so-called is similar to the three iron principles of life; in addition to the general common struggle direction of daily propaganda, it is necessary to maintain and create a common goal. The common mark and stigma that I am proud of; that is, I have received the qualifications of my own personal teaching and the reputation of preaching and teaching art.
Explaining these things at the macro level is also to cultivate the basic overall view and cognition at the strategic level among this group; of course, there is no practical effect of this kind of thing in a short period of time; it is constantly emphasized and While enhancing the overall sense of identity, it is also the excavation of talents who cast nets and fish for a certain metaphysical probability.
Therefore, after receiving the news that the rebels of the Huang Chao army easily broke through Tanzhou. He couldn't help but secretly said in his heart that he finally reached this step according to the historical process; then some of his own arrangements and methods should also start to work. For example, play the role of plausible gods and prophets implicitly and indirectly, and then get some benefits from it.
Later, Zhou Huaian received an unexpected news from Chaoyang on the way home.
"The imperial court sent an envoy for Zhao'an?..."
"No, it's the personal messenger of Chen Yan, the Fuzhou Economic and Strategic Envoy?"
Liu Liumao, the captain of the horse regiment who came as a messenger, explained in a low voice.
"Is that the town general Chen Yan from the native army?..."
Zhou Huaian asked involuntarily.
"That's it..."
Liu Liumao nodded and said, and briefly introduced him to the background and reason of the other party.
After the mid-Tang Dynasty, "Turkish troops" were set up in the south to prepare for theft and protect the territory. The specific composition is quite complicated, including not only the athletes recruited by the local area, but also the united soldiers who "relief for agriculture and emergency for soldiers" and the "earth regiment" that appeared later, as well as the large number of "self-financed" Grain is a member of the children and soldiers of the village.
This Chen Yan was a general of the Turkish army who was born in Huanglian Township (now Jianning County) in Tingzhou. At the beginning, the peasant army of Huangchao went south from the north, arrived in Zhejiang via Jiangxi, and entered Fujian from Xianxialing, and attacked Jianzhou (the prefecture governs the present Jian'ou). Jianzhou governor Li Ganyou abandoned the city and fled, and his successor Li Yansheng was killed. From time to time, a prestigious and powerful local, Chen Yan, took the opportunity to organize a township regiment and gathered thousands of people, known as the "Kowloon Army", to fight against the Huangchao Army in Jianzhou.
Because Huang Chao's team was aiming to march into Fuzhou, he only had a little contact with the Kowloon army and then evacuated, so he picked up a great deal of restoration. The imperial court used Chen Yan to defend the land and was ordered to set up the Yining army in Huanglian Town. Chen Yan was appointed as the town general, "set the drum horn and give the card seal" to "cut off the remaining bandits, Fu'an township well".
In December of the same year, the peasant army conquered Fuzhou. Fujian Observatory Zheng Yibiao, who was in a hurry and went to the doctor, asked Chen Yan as the deputy envoy of the regiment, and led his troops to resist. The insurgents stayed in Fuzhou for more than a month, and then they went south to Guangzhou. As a result, Chen Yan followed his tail and successfully occupied Fuzhou.
Then Zheng Yi regretted it, because Chen Yan quickly expelled and forced him to leave his post on the grounds that Zheng Yi was weak and cowardly and incompetent, and went to the court to take his place; but Zheng Ai was a backer even though he was inadequate in military affairs. It was very hard. The rush to attract foreign aid from southern Zhejiang soon before the court reacted, and Jianzhou played against it.
The other provincial governors and generals of Zhangquan Tinglong prefectures in Fujian also took advantage of the time to occupy one side and were in chaos; therefore, they had no intention of invading the sphere of influence of the rebels at all. Instead, they wanted to avoid fighting with the rebels because they were worried about the enemy. Even the possibility of being attacked.
Nowadays, Chen Yan, as a local snake, is obviously already a little bit tired. In addition to the fact that Fuzhou has been occupied, even Tingzhou, who has started his home, cannot keep it. There is only one Huanglian town who is struggling. Persevere. Therefore, the rebels who were in a panic went to the rebels, who were regarded as traitors by the court, to find reinforcements and help.
After a brief negotiation and contact, Wang Pan, as the nominal military leader, consciously couldn't understand the pros and cons inside, so he quickly handed over the matter directly. However, he also mentioned one thing, that is, when he broke the army for the army in Stormrage Camp, compared with the foreign troops who chased like tiger wolves, the impression and evaluation of these local troops was "very ruthless." It's just the occasion of "fighting courage" and "pecking at each other".
Thinking of these Zhou Huaian’s psychology, he already had some preliminary calculations; he then wrote a multi-page reply to Wang Pan, which specifically explained and analyzed some favorable relations, as well as the follow-up and Operational recommendations.
Although he is not interested in stepping on Fujian in a short time, this is obviously a quagmire of frequent conflicts between the poor and the poor; but through the deterrence and exchanges from the periphery, he used the fire to rob corners and gather the refugees to take advantage of it. Whatever, you can still consider one or two operations.
Apart from other things, just the large number of private maritime trade ships and the corresponding ship-repairing capabilities that exist along the coast of the Fuzhangquan prefectures, as well as the corresponding base number of sailors and craftsmen, will be a very valuable and useful asset. It is said that teaching people how to fish is worse than teaching people how to fish. Even the rebels also need their own maritime trade fleet and escort forces.
Therefore, after exploiting the potential of the industrial and mining industry in the previous stage, one of his main tasks in the next step is to gradually restore the production capacity of the local shipbuilding industry in Guangzhou, so as to promote the prosperity and prosperity of some related subsidiary industries; after all, Guangzhou This natural location is here, and it is the key point for any foreign merchants who want to enter the Eastern Territory for profit.
As long as it can maintain a small-scale offshore armed fleet, it is easy to intercept and block the main routes entering the East, and even conduct routine tax collection and inspections on the grounds of seaway inspections; this is no more money than robbery. Slower to make a living.
Thanks to the early opening of a port in the South China Sea, the history of Guangzhou’s shipbuilding industry can be traced back to the Qin and Han dynasties. The local Nanyue regime has been able to build relatively rudimentary boat boards and cross the coastal seas between China and South Africa. The small state of Fan on the peninsula; after returning to Han, it was fed back by the shipbuilding technology of the Central Plains, and developed a unique shipbuilding industry in the south.
So far, it has been established in Xuan (Xuancheng), Run (Zhenjiang), Chang (Changzhou), Su (Suzhou), Hu (Huzhou), Yang (Yangzhou), Hangzhou (Hangzhou), Yue (Shaoxing), Taiwan (Linhai), Wu (Jinhua), Jiang (Jiujiang), Hong (Nanchang), Dengzhou (Yantai) on the eastern coast, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou on the southern coast, among more than 20 large and small shipbuilding sites; Yangzhou, Mingzhou, Fuzhou, and Dengzhou are also known as the world's five great construction sites. .
Therefore, in the record before the Rebels invaded Guangzhou, there were already man-made floating sea giants with heavy loads and several watertight compartments in Guangzhou; there was also a precedent for building hundreds of ships for the imperial court in a certain year. According to the pictures and wood samples in the Guangzhou Construction Ambassador’s Yamen that were not burnt in time, it can be said that in the heyday of Guangzhou’s shipbuilding industry, the six ships of "loud ship", "stern boat", "fighting ship", and "walking boat" were officially designated , "Cao boats", "scrap horses", to civilian "yachts", "sea husks" and "Solo" can all be manufactured.
Although there are now varying degrees of decline and desolation in various coastal areas due to wars and population loss; but the basic old foundations such as harbor berth materials are still there, if you want to recover, it is not without foundation.
Of course, if you step too far at a time, you will still get involved; what's more, the current Guangzhou left-behind secretary is not Zhou Huaian's final say. So I can only take a quick picture, and from the existing ships, select a dozen small and medium-sized clippers with a good condition of less than a few hundred materials (the big ships are rented and sold out); in line with the existing ones under the name of the rebels The watermen, boat workers, and the fishermen and boat owners recruited from the coast will start training from the most basic ship sailing to short-range cruising capabilities;
Only after the initial mastery of maneuvering can be loaded with weapons with sufficient lethality and deterrence, such as crossbows for city defense, throwers for setting fires, and strong bows and crossbows for warfare. Only the restored maintenance and repair capacity can maintain a relatively stable sea surface patrol force.
After all, as long as the ship gets into the water, it is tantamount to being in chronic wear and tear all the time. And once the future sea trade fleet of the Rebels also takes shape, as a commodity that can be monopolized and monopolized in disguise in Guangzhou, the level from export price to CIF price will be completely different. This is also an important part of a relatively long-term plan.
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And to the north of Tanzhou, Cao Shixiong is leading a group of people on the road to the starry night. (End of this chapter)