Chapter 1973

Li Ming was not unaware that Yan Mingjun included private goods in his explanation, but he didn't have much objection to it. Starting from Zhoushan along the way south, the Haihan people would always have similar arrangements like this during various visits and inspections. He

He has long been accustomed to this. Moreover, Li Bo really wants to study how Haihan officials incorporated propaganda into the process of receiving him. This routine must be learned by officials from his own country when he returns home.

So that in the future, we can promote our national prestige to the outside world like Haihan.

However, he had to admit that the officials selected by Haihan to accompany him were indeed very capable. Not only were they eloquent, but they also had a rich reserve of knowledge in the professional field. For example, Mr. Yan, who was said to have served as the local magistrate, was not only able to

He knows the local customs and people of Danzhou at his fingertips, and he also has profound cultural attainments. There are many famous literati in Dongpo Academy who have cherished the works left by Su Dongpo for hundreds of years. Yan Mingjun can tell about the author and creative background.

, which made Li Mu gain a lot of knowledge.

“Danzhou’s local academy organizes freshmen to visit here every autumn when they enroll, so that students can understand that the opportunity they have to study here today is all due to Mr. Dongpo’s kindness hundreds of years ago.

As well as the country’s strong support for cultural and educational undertakings.”

Yan Mingjun still spared no effort to promote the official measures to promote schools to Li Bo. He knew very well that his task was to let Li Bo form an understanding of Danzhou, that is, the prosperity of local culture and education came from the official development plan. Haihan

Only then can Danzhou's cultural and educational industry prosper.

After touting the achievements of the Executive Committee, Yan Mingjun changed the subject and introduced to Li Bo the "Po Immortal Lid and Clogs Picture" painted by the Southern Song Dynasty painter Qian Xuan. In this painting, Su Dongpo wears a bamboo hat on his head and wooden clogs on his feet.

With his trousers rolled up high, he was walking on a country road in the rain, looking very lifelike. While talking and laughing, Yan Mingjun turned the topic to the comparison of painting styles between the Song Dynasty and contemporary times, saying that he would introduce several people to Li Ming in the next few days.

The local calligraphy and painting masters seemed to treat him as a junior who came here to study.

Li Ming didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and even agreed to it. He knew that if these celebrities and literati were not introduced by insiders, he, a foreigner, would probably not be able to get in, and he would be able to interact with celebrities in Danzhou's cultural circles.

In-depth communication is one of the purposes of his coming here.

Li Bo came here in good spirits and came back with great pleasure. He was very satisfied with the visit to Dongpo Academy. He had recently visited many places under the rule of Haihan, and it turned out that Danzhou, which has a strong cultural atmosphere, was the most suitable for him.

Li Ming even thought that maybe when planning the itinerary, he should come to Danzhou first and then visit some industrial areas with relatively boring environments. The itinerary might be more relaxed and enjoyable.

Having said that, if Li Bo had really set his first stop in Danzhou, he might have left Xue Zheng and his group far behind. When they eliminated all the stops along the way and slowly reached Danzhou, Li Bo estimated that

It was time to end the trip in Danzhou and go to the next place. Maybe after Xue Zheng missed Li Fu, there would be no chance to launch an attack during the inspection.

However, the Ministry of Security will not consider this theoretical possibility. As the investigation proceeds, various clues are pieced together bit by bit, but the case does not quickly become clear.

, there is still a layer of fog shrouding the eyes of investigators, making it difficult for them to clarify the context of the case.

Zhang Qianzhi has discovered that Xue Zheng and his gang are more difficult to deal with than he previously thought. The credibility of the information confessed by these people has been greatly reduced due to repeated confessions, and there is no point in using torture to extract confessions.

No big deal, even if death is used as a threat, the Ministry of Security cannot yet confirm whether the confessions of these people are true or false.

The autopsy reports on the nine people who died in Yangyue Village have come out. The results surprised Zhang Qianzhi. Except for four of them who died from the rifles of the Haihan Army, the fatal injuries of the other five people were not caused by sea soldiers.

Most of the injuries caused by the weapons of the Han army were cold weapons. One of the fatal injuries was even a lead bullet that penetrated the heart from the back. However, no matching fire blunderbuss was found at the scene. Obviously, this

The weapons were also disposed of by Xue Zheng and others before surrendering.

After reading the autopsy report, Zhang Qianzhi confirmed one thing. Before Xue Zheng and others surrendered, there was an internal fight. The few people who survived naturally denied it, but whether they admitted it or not was no longer important.

Zhang Qianzhi believes that at this juncture, there will be internal conflicts, which just confirms his previous inference, that is, this group of people is probably not from the same camp. They have different opinions at a life-or-death moment and cannot communicate well, which is why this happened.

Weird situation.

But it is still quite troublesome to discover the true identities of these people. Zhang Qianzhi has ordered that the appearance of this group of people be recorded and sent back to Sanya to verify whether these people have been in the country before.

Settled in Sanya.

Zhang Qianzhi had a vague intuition in his heart. He believed that these people could follow the Joseon Prince at almost the same time as he set off from Sanya. It was obvious that they were waiting in Sanya in advance. And if they all arrived in Sanya from other places temporarily, they would

Their actions will probably not be so calm. It is very likely that some of them are resident in Sanya - or it is more appropriate to say that they are lurking.

During the investigation of previous cases, Zhang Qianzhi's intuition had already played an important role. It was precisely because he insisted that after the failure of Changhua, the group would rush to Danzhou to plan a new attack, and then they would carry out subsequent attacks in Danzhou.

He launched a large-scale plan to lure snakes out of their caves, and led Xue Zheng and his gang to the countryside outside the city for arrest. At this time, his intuition came out again, and he just wanted to find a few people in Sanya, a city with a large population flow.

The difficulty of this task for missing people who are most likely to be foreign temporary residents is not much easier than the arrest plan he had arranged earlier.

Of course, Zhang Qianzhi is not just guessing. The so-called intuition is also a judgment based on the various information currently available. However, even if the intuition is wrong this time, there will be no serious consequences.

The investigation work in Sanya was in vain. But if Zhang Qianzhi's conclusion can be confirmed through investigation, then perhaps we can follow the clues to find the origin of these people.

At this time, some strange things also happened in Jinzhou, Liaodong, thousands of miles away from Danzhou.

The confrontation between the Haihan Army and the Qing Army on the northern line of the Jinzhou Isthmus has lasted for about a year and a half. During this period, because the Qing Army knew that it was at a great disadvantage in terms of weapons and shifted the focus of the war to North Korea, it did not continue.

Take the initiative to launch an offensive. Since the Haihan Army launched the Battle of Manila at the beginning of the year, almost all the main ace troops were transferred back to the South China Sea, so they did not launch an offensive against the Qing Army.

Due to different reasons, the two sides tacitly chose a truce on the Jinzhou Peninsula, so no large-scale war broke out on this front in the near future. Of course, petty armed conflicts have never stopped during this period.

, but both sides are taking the initiative to control such conflicts of a military training nature and prevent them from turning into a war between the two armies.

Seeing that after a few heavy snowfalls, the Jinzhou front was about to enter a long winter break again, Sha Xi also felt a lot more relaxed. After several main troops were transferred from Jinzhou last year, he had never felt at ease.

Fortunately, this year, in order to rescue North Korea, several ace troops that had just fought in the South China Sea were hurriedly transferred to the north. Although they were stationed in North Korea, they were not too far from Jinzhou. If the situation happened, they would definitely be in time.

Initiating support made Sha Xi feel a little more at ease.

Sha Xi's area of ​​expertise is civil administration, which is the main reason why the Executive Committee transferred him to Jinzhou to take charge. He is not an expert in military matters, so after a group of senior generals in the army left Jinzhou, he still

A special report was made to ask Chen Yixin to be temporarily transferred from Shandong to Liaodong, so as to avoid the lack of senior generals in Liaodong.

However, as soon as they enter the winter break, the Qing troops north of the defense line will usually choose to cease their activities and retreat to the fortress defense line they built. They will not be dispatched again until spring to continue competing with Haihan's rangers. This period is also the period of sand.

I like the relatively relaxed days and don't have to worry about the enemies in the north causing any trouble during this time.

Sha Xi has already made a plan. Taking advantage of this relatively quiet period, he will seize the time to organize the people to complete some long-delayed infrastructure projects. For example, the segmented connection project of the official road from Lushunkou to the Jinzhou Isthmus Defense Line.

The second phase project of the military dock in Dalian Bay, the water supply and drainage project of the Nanguanling military camp, etc.

In addition, this year's winter recruitment in the Jinzhou area has been licensed by Fort Victory. It can recruit young people of appropriate age from the people of Dongjiang Town who have moved to areas under Haihan rule. Personnel who have served in the Ming army can also sign up on their own. And this is just

According to public statements, this measure was actually introduced to reasonably and legally absorb the military power of Dongjiang Town and turn the former Ming army soldiers into soldiers serving Haihan.

Of course, according to Haihan's standards, they will definitely not take over all of them. The soldiers in Dongjiang Town still have to actively sign up first, and only after being screened will they be given the opportunity to change their identities. As for whether these former Ming army soldiers will choose to change camps,

Sha Xi was very optimistic, because the pay of the Haihan Army was much higher than that of the Ming Army, and military merit awards were generous. Many Ming soldiers from Dongjiang Town were already thinking of ways to switch to the Haihan Army.

These Ming troops have been fighting against Hou Jin in Liaodong for many years, and are very familiar with the geographical environment and enemy conditions. They are exactly the men and horses that Haihan can use. According to military estimates, at least a thousand to 1,000 people can be selected from Dongjiang Town.

Fifteen hundred suitable personnel, who will then be retrained and, after learning Haihan's military techniques, continue to fight the Qing army in the Liaodong region.

The purpose of this kind of conscription is not only to strengthen Haihan's local military strength, but also to reassure the soldiers and civilians of the former Dongjiang Town, so that they can truly integrate into Haihan's rule.

In fact, the Dongjiang Town Ming Army has been cooperating with the Haihan Army for a long time. In the past two years of the Liaodong War, the Dongjiang Town Ming Army has basically participated in large and small battles. Until now, the Ming Army in Dongjiang Town is responsible for the defense line along the Jinzhou Isthmus.

Among the cavalry patrolling the northern region, there are still quite a few Ming troops from the original Dongjiang Town. Of course, since they are actually serving Haihan, most of their weapons and equipment have been replaced, and many of them use them.

Rifles and sabers made in Haihan. After they officially change their identities, they can also change their military uniforms.

Sha Xi had already made plans to go to the Nanguanling Military Camp in a few days to work for the army, and to send a batch of pigs, cattle and sheep purchased from Shandong a few days ago to the troops to beat and sacrifice. However, at this time, a message came back from the front line.

There was some unhappy news for Sha Xi.

A group of soldiers patrolling the north of the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line was attacked by the Qing army. Only five of the fifteen cavalrymen survived, and those who failed to escape from the battlefield were basically in danger.

In fact, such a confrontation is not a big deal. When the two armies are facing each other, even if the Haihan Army has a certain advantage in weapons and equipment, over time, the opponent will inevitably seize some opportunities to launch attacks. There are also patrols in the past.

An example of a cavalry squad being attacked by enemy troops.

But this time the situation was a little different. According to the soldiers who escaped, the Qing troops who launched the attack did not use the usual weapons such as bows and crossbows, but used muskets. The number was not just two or three, but three or five, which was very large.

It might be an established musketeer team - the patrol team that was attacked only heard a brief burst of gunfire, and then was knocked down by intensive gunfire from the nearby forest. Seven or eight people were knocked down. The remaining people did not dare to stay at all, and hurriedly

Urge the horse to leave the dangerous area.

In fact, there have always been muskets in the Qing army. During the Denglai Rebellion, the rebels who fled to Liaodong and took refuge with the Jin Dynasty kidnapped craftsmen who could make guns, so the corresponding manufacturing technology had already flowed into the Qing Dynasty. However, the Qing Dynasty could not

The firearms manufactured were quite primitive, and there were no large-scale deployment of organic troops. The threat they could pose in actual combat was extremely limited. The Haihan Army had never been afraid of the Qing army's methods.

However, according to the intelligence returned from the front line, the weapon used by the Qing army in this battle should not be a traditional matchlock gun, but some kind of standard flintlock gun. The soldiers who escaped brought back the bodies of two comrades, and the military doctor had already

The bullet was removed from the body and confirmed.

This is not a trivial matter for Haihan, because it most likely means that the Qing Dynasty has mastered the production technology of a certain flintlock gun, achieved mass production quietly, and also trained an unknown number of soldiers.

The musketeers were thrown into the battlefield when Haihan was unprepared.

Chen Yixin originally planned to go back to Majiazhuang, Shandong Province to live for a while after the winter came, but of course he couldn't leave as soon as this incident came out. He rushed from Lushun to the front line overnight. He had to verify the news as soon as possible. If it was true,

Yes, then you must report it as soon as possible.
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