Chapter 1139 Infiltration and Control

Compared with the previous combat environment in the south, the icy and snowy Liaodong is a completely different world for the Haihan Army. Although the Haihan Army undoubtedly has the upper hand in terms of strength, the Ministry of National Defense believes that it is unreasonable to enter Liaodong in winter.

This was a rather risky choice, so when we first made the plan, we never considered launching an offensive on the Liaodong Peninsula in the winter of the first year heading north.

However, dispatching the navy from Zhifu Port to assist the Ming army in Dongjiang Zhen to recover the abandoned Changshan Islands is within the scope of Haihan's capabilities, and the risk is relatively small. After all, the strength of the Houjin Navy is relatively limited.

It is also difficult to pose a substantial threat to the Haihan Navy. After completing this wave of operations, most of the Haihan Navy's combat ships will have to go south before Zhifu Port freezes and return to Zhoushan, Zhejiang for maintenance. After the spring

Then go north and return to Zhifu Port to station.

Another major thing that needs to be completed at the Zhifu Island base before winter begins is the exploration and mining preparations for the Fushan copper mine. If progress goes well, it is not impossible to start mining copper mines this winter.

The day after Tian Yeyou and others arrived at Zhifu Island, the good news came that the special operations battalion had defeated bandit forces in the inland mountainous area and captured the two bandit leaders of the Wanjia Army. This prompted Haihan to clean up the area in the southwestern mountainous area of ​​Fushan County.

The process was greatly accelerated. The next day, Zhifu Island sent a company of army troops to land from the upper reaches of Jiahe River and go to the location of Fushan Copper Mine to serve as a pioneer. Tian Yeyou rested for another day on Zhifu Island before landing and heading ashore to carry out the operation in the area.

Exploration mission.

Considering that there may still be many Wanjia Army stragglers in the area, the headquarters specially assigned Morgan to accompany him, and asked Chen Yixin, who was recruiting immigrants in Fushan County, to meet him near the county seat, and then headed to the location of the copper mine together.

Fushan Copper Mine is located fifteen miles west of Fushan County, just on the edge of the mountainous area, which slightly reduces the difficulty of mining. If it is located in a mountainous area, it will be quite troublesome to transport the ore or place the miners.

The start of construction will have to be postponed until after spring.

Tian Yeyou and Morgan took a boat from Zhifu Island to the temporary dock on the upper reaches of Jiahe River. After more than a month of development, this place has spontaneously become a riverside market outside the county. Haihan sells some cheap goods here.

Daily necessities and farm tools were also recruited here for a long time. Immigrants who voluntarily left the Ming Dynasty were recruited here. Some local people without money could also barter with vegetables, fruits, chickens, ducks and other agricultural products they harvested at home. Some people with a business mind

A bamboo shed has been set up next to the market to sell tea, snacks, etc., and they have started to make money through the increasing flow of people.

Because Chen Yixin hadn't arrived yet, Ge Yong, a naturalized cadre who is currently in charge here, took the two people to visit the market and introduced them to the business conditions here: "This place was originally managed by the military.

, but the security situation near the county has improved recently, and security affairs have been taken over by the newly formed security team."

The so-called security team is led by Haihan and consists of honest and reliable young men selected from locally recruited immigrants. After simple training, the military sends people as commanders to do some maintenance in this market.

Order work. Considering that these people have only been in Haihan for a short time and their reliability is not enough, they are not equipped with lethal weapons. They are only given a two-foot-long wooden stick as a self-defense device.

Because the supplies on Zhifu Island are currently limited, the uniforms of these security officers are not uniform. They just wear a red cloth hoop of the same style on each arm, with the word "Public Security" written on it in yellow paint to identify it.

the special status of these people.

Ge Yong continued: "In addition to the treatment of ordinary immigrants, these security guards can also receive one or two silver labor allowances per month, so they are quite active in their work. In the future, local police agencies and militia organizations will be established.

Security officers with work experience will be given priority for recruitment.”

If Haihan wants to take root in Fushan County and engage in mining, trade, immigration and other affairs, he must infiltrate and control the local officialdom and people, gradually establish a social order controlled by Haihan, and create and maintain the operation of this system.

In addition to the military means of Haihan, a large number of unarmed personnel are also needed to implement various high-level plans and ideas.

Haihan does not intend to directly enter the county to control the county government and local officials. Such behavior is no different from invasion and will only cause unnecessary trouble. Based on the operating experience in the south in the past few years, there is another establishment outside the local government office.

It is the wisest approach to maintain ties, implement local management on one's own, and gradually evacuate the government in a peaceful manner.

A market was established on the river bank outside the county town to attract people and promote trade. At the same time, it was logical to start promoting Haihan's social management system and economic and trade system among the local people. Over time, the Haihan colonial system developed to a certain scale in the local area.

, we can gradually reduce our dependence on the South in terms of security defense, material supplies, and operational fund raising.

Tian Yeyou asked: "How is the current response of Fushan County Government to these measures of ours?"

"The reaction... was quite peaceful!" Ge Yong hesitated for a moment before responding: "In the first few days, there were police officers coming to patrol the city, but after we brought out the security team, they stopped coming.

I guess I took the initiative to avoid it."

Tian Yeyou heard other people talking about the situation in Fushan County on the island two days ago. There are currently only a small number of garrison troops and security personnel in the city. After seeing how the Wanjia Army was completely defeated by the Haihan Army, these people will be more afraid of Haihan.

This is a reasonable thing. Since Haihan has organized its own security team, it will naturally not welcome the Fushan County police officers to come over and point fingers. Ge Yong was hesitant just now, and Tian Yeyou thought that this was probably not what he said.

So peaceful, I might as well have driven the other party back to the county seat.

However, these small things did not affect the overall situation, and Tian Yeyou did not continue to ask questions about it. What he was more concerned about now was that more and more people noticed them and started to watch. This was not just because their swarming scenes were more attractive.

Morgan, a man with a tall nose and deep eyes, is also one of the targets for people to watch.

Tian Yeyou smiled and said: "You came here at the right time. You see, everyone treats you as a star."

Morgan responded seriously: "It's not as exaggerated as you said. I don't think they will be too surprised by my appearance. After all, I also have a little bit of Latin ancestry, and my appearance is not much different from that of southern Europeans."

When Sun Yuanhua was the governor of Denglai, he organized a special force with more than 20 European soldiers. These foreign soldiers were basically Portuguese who were hired as military consultants and came to Dengzhou to train musketeers and artillery for him.

When they were stationed in Dengzhou, many local people had seen these "Folangji people". Therefore, although Morgan's appearance was obviously different from that of the Han people, he was not necessarily unfamiliar to the local people in Dengzhou.

The two walked around the market for a while, and Chen Yixin hurried over with the security team. After meeting, he confessed to the two: "I should have come here early in the morning to wait, but I was delayed because of some troubles.

Time has kept you waiting for a long time!"

"What's the trouble? Do you need help?" Morgan asked eagerly as soon as he heard this. One of the reasons why he applied to go north to Shandong was because there might be more frequent combat operations here. When Chen Yixin said this, he came immediately

Got interested.

Chen Yixin waved his hand and said: "It's not the kind of trouble you think... Sigh, I can't explain it in a sentence or two, let's talk while walking!"

Morgan and Tian Yeyou gathered their men, and then left the market with Chen Yixin and headed west. On the way, Chen Yixin talked about a minor trouble he had recently encountered, which made the two of them a little stunned.

Chen Yixin has been stationed in Fushan County for some time. His jurisdiction is the area west of Jiahe, and Harugong is responsible for the east. And the work he is responsible for is not only public security, but also civil affairs. The result is as follows:

A squire family saw that he was young and promising, so they had the courage to ask a matchmaker to find him, hoping to recruit him into their marriage. After Chen Yixin politely declined through an intermediary, the squire family still refused to give up, so they changed their approach.

, hosted a banquet and invited him to his home.

This squire also has some influence in the local area, and he also invited people from the local government to attend. Chen Yixin considered that he wanted to build a good relationship with the local dignitaries, so he attended the dinner yesterday. He drank a lot of wine during the dinner, so he

I stayed at the squire's house for one night. I originally wanted to say goodbye and leave early in the morning, but the squire dragged me to have breakfast with him, so I was delayed.

"Young man, you can do it!" Tian Yeyou praised after hearing this: "What a beautiful blessing that comes to your door! How is this girl? Are you satisfied with it?"

Chen Yixin shook his head and said: "I have no idea about this, so I didn't ask to meet the other girl. I just think this kind of thing is not appropriate, so it's better not to get involved."

"What are you worried about? Are you afraid that your father-in-law will seek personal gain through your relationship in the future?" Tian Yeyou asked with a smile.

"Brother Tian, ​​please stop making fun of me. My father-in-law has nothing to say about my father-in-law..." Chen Yixin paused, then nodded and admitted Tian Yeyou's guess: "If you marry a local powerful person, it will be equivalent to

I have become their protective umbrella. If they do some bad things outside in my name, I will still have to take care of the business. Think about it, why did this squire take the initiative to marry his daughter to me? Isn’t he just fancy?

Haihan’s strength, and the power in my hand! I don’t want to become a prop used by others because of this relationship!”

Tian Yeyou said: "Actually, it's not as serious as you think. Let's take myself as an example. My father-in-law was originally a wealthy businessman in Lianzhou Prefecture. After getting married, he became Haihan's business partner. Every year, he casually

Giving him some resources would be enough for him to make a living. The gentry of the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to marry us, simply because they wanted to gain benefits with the help we could provide, but why didn't we use this relationship to penetrate and penetrate the Ming Dynasty?

Control? Although I don’t know the specific situation of the family you met, but if the conditions are right, there is no need to deliberately exclude this kind of thing. After all, you have already reached the marriageable age, and it is also a good thing to start a family early. "

Tian Yeyou is the first person among the time-travelers to marry the people of this time and space. While he was stationed at Heitu Port, he married the daughter of a maritime merchant from Lianzhou Prefecture. Now he has a pair of children, which can be regarded as a time-travel family.

A representative figure of happiness. He has a much clearer view than Chen Yixin on intermarriage with the Ming Dynasty gentry and rich merchants. After traveling through time and space to this time and space, even if the first generation digests it internally and does not intermarry with the natives, the second generation will

It is inevitable that sooner or later they will form marriages with the indigenous people. The privileged class and vested interests formed by this are also inevitable products. Even if Chen Yixin is very repulsive now, he will inevitably face such a situation in the future.

Chen Yixin smiled bitterly and said: "I am new here and I am not familiar with the local situation. How dare I agree to such a big thing casually. If this squire hadn't been very cooperative with our arrival before, I wouldn't even have gone to eat."

Morgan asked curiously: "If according to Lao Tian's statement, this family should want to achieve some purpose through marriage, did they explain it to you when you went to the banquet?"

Chen Yixin said: "The other party didn't say it very directly, but he mentioned a few words intentionally or unintentionally, probably to test my attitude. From my understanding, he hopes to get our protection, and also wants to use our momentum.

, annexing land in Fushan County.”

Morgan pressed: "I can understand seeking protection, but what's the rationale for annexing land?"

Chen Yixin said: "It's very simple. A large number of people in Fushan County died or fled during the war. Therefore, there are currently many unowned lands in the county that are in a state of neglect. This squire hopes that we will come forward to negotiate with the county government and use a relatively low-cost solution."

He will acquire these lands at a certain price and then transfer them to him. Of course, we can then cooperate with him to jointly develop these lands.”

"Is there such an operation?" Morgan rarely dealt with Ming Dynasty officials outside and didn't know much about Ming Dynasty's land policy. He couldn't help but be surprised when he heard such an answer: "If we can reach a deal with the county government, then we can directly collect the money."

Wouldn’t it be great if we could develop it under our own name, why don’t we transfer it to him?”

"In Daming, we are all foreigners just like you." Chen Yixin explained: "If the local government sells the ownership of a large amount of land to a group of foreigners, do you think the county magistrate will be in trouble? The squire will know our plan.

, so I proactively proposed a solution that looked like taking off your pants and farting.”
Chapter completed!