Wu Liuqi is dead. The hard iron gun has no meaning in front of the soft lead bullet. This tycoon on the ground of Chaohui, one of the Five Tigers of Chaos Tide, the strongest among the seven bandits of Chaohai, once ordered

Che Ren, known as the King of Chaozhou Thieves, returned home with a heavy defeat. In front of the real regular army, he did not even last for half a day and died in the chaos.

After all, Wu Liuqi started his career from this regiment. Earlier in Fengshun camp and later in Sanheba, they were all dominant forces. But there were no more years than in history for him to eradicate Jianglong, Zhang Wenbin, Ye

Grandma, Huang Hairu, Liu Gongxian and many other Chaozhou bandits, as well as Hao Shangjiu, who under the wings of the Eight Banners Army attacked the dominant city of Fucheng, thus training a local green camp that could compete with the Zheng family's partial division. Now they are facing even more challenges.

Even Chen Kai was not surprised at all that Zheng Chenggong's army, which was the most powerful in history, could be like this.

When the head was delivered to Chen Kai, he had already followed Zheng Chenggong into the county government office in Dabu County. Zheng Chenggong only took a brief look at it and impatiently hung it on the flagpole with Jiang Long's head.

"Of the seven great bandits of Chaohai, only Su Li of Jieshi Guard is left."

Taking advantage of the excessive military pressure from the surrounding Qing troops, who had no time to pay attention, they fought hard for a year and finally almost regained the capital of Chaozhou. However, Hao Shangjiu's threat has not been eliminated, and there are still a large number of troops in northern Chaozhou.

The local tyrants have no clear attitude. Perhaps, a battle is needed to completely quell the chaos in Chaozhou.

"With Wu Liuqi and Jiang Long's head, he can deter thieves and local tyrants from all walks of life."

This was the established plan. The envoys set out, the army took a short rest, and left a small force stationed in the county town before returning to Chengxiang. This is the center of northern Chaozhou. Taking Chengxiang can officially establish the Ming army's presence in Chaozhou.

The ruling authority of the North.

The army went down the Tingjiang River and crossed the Sanhe Dam, leaving more troops there than in Dabu County to control this transportation hub. Then they moved westward along the Meixi River, and soon joined forces with Zhang Jin

The separate troops he led reunited.

"Reporting to Guosurname, according to the detective report, the thief Hao Shangjiu entered Chaozhou territory yesterday."

Hao Shangjiu came along the Xingning River, but he did not dare to go too deep. He seemed to be waiting to see the local situation in Chaozhou. Even according to Chen Kai, there was probably a mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind, which is also unknown.

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"He has no chance!"

Zheng Chenggong said this categorically, and the army immediately marched westward. Facing the menacing Ming army, the local tyrants in Chengxiang County did not hesitate to choose Kaicheng to greet them, handed over their deployment, and stood in line with a clear-cut banner. In this regard,

, Zheng Chenggong reciprocated by appointing him as the magistrate of Puning County in southwest Chaozhou, which completed the separation between local tyrants and local forces, and also achieved the effect of preferential treatment.

In the next few days, the local tycoons in Zhenping and Pingyuan counties also expressed their respect for Zheng Chenggong and were willing to serve under his command. Zheng Chenggong was inconvenient to visit these two remote counties and only gave them a name.

And after collecting a large amount of grain, grass and young men, the preliminary integration of this area has been completed.

With the gradual settlement of northern Chaozhou, news soon came that Hao Shangjiu had returned to the boundaries of Huizhou Prefecture. This war did not break out, which was a good thing and a bad thing for Zheng Chenggong - on the good side, he did not need to bear the consequences of the turmoil.

There is no need to fight with each other; but the bad thing is that Hao Shangjiu's military threat in the northeast of Huizhou, that is, the western border of northern Chaozhou, is always there, which will undoubtedly restrict a lot of Zheng Chenggong's energy and troops.

"Appointed Zhongkuangbo Zhang Jin to take charge of local affairs in Cheng Township; appointed Gan Hui, the chief military officer of Youchong Town, as the chief military officer of Qinding Town; appointed deputy general He De as the chief military officer of Youchong Town..."

The army was reorganized. Zheng Chenggong also had to form troops to guard the local areas in Chengxiang, Sanheba and other places. At the same time, he sent troops to attack the local tyrants and bandits who refused to surrender to further integrate the local area. Before completing these, he had no time to focus on other aspects.

He cares.

This expedition, leaving aside the subsequent campaigns and defenses, did not even last for a month. But compared to the effort, the rewards were huge.

The main output of southern Chaozhou originally occupied by Zheng Chenggong was grain, cloth, sugar and salt. This time he captured large areas of central and northern Chaozhou. Not only did the overall output increase, but the output also showed a trend of diversification.

In Guangdong Province, there were thirteen salt fields in the Ming Dynasty, and Chaozhou had three of them: Zhaozhuang, Longjing, and Xiaojiang. They were all in the southern region, and Zheng Chenggong had already occupied them. Similarly, Chaozhou's sugar industry was also based in Jieyang,

Puning is the largest, followed by Chaoyang, Huilai, Haiyang, and Chenghai, all in the southern counties.

But aside from these and the abundant grain and cloth in the southern coastal plain area, Chaozhou's mineral resources and related smelting industries, such as iron ore, are all located in Haiyang, Jieyang, Chengxiang, Dabu, Pingyuan and other five counties, with a total iron smelting

There are 65 farms, and Haiyang and Jieyang have long been in the hands of the Zheng family's uncles and nephews. However, the three counties of Chengxiang, Dabu and Pingyuan, which have a much larger proportion of real output, only realized the direct or indirect expansion by sending troops this time.

Control. In addition, ores such as tin, iron, silver, lead, etc. are also stably produced in Chaozhou, especially in the northern region.

In addition to these, the ceramic industry in Jiucun in the north of Raoping County and Gaobei in the south of Dabu County, separated by a mountain, is also extremely prosperous. Most of the products produced are blue and white porcelain for daily use. The name of Chao Ping porcelain is sold far away.

Overseas, Chaoyan from Dabu County is also a well-known best-seller in China.

Capturing the entire Chaozhou will be able to hold these in hand, which will be of great benefit to military supplies and maritime trade. In particular, the local handicraft industry in Chaozhou is also quite developed, and the most representative tinware is

It has the reputation of "like Gusu, Chaoyang craftsman, Jieyang's tin is the best".

After Hao Shangjiu withdrew his troops, Chen Kai took the lead in leaving Chengxiang and returned to Nan'ao Island by boat along the Hanjiang waterway. According to preliminary exploration, there are Fengshun silver mines in central Chaozhou and iron mines in the north. In addition, there are many

Other minerals, but these two are the most relevant to the army. For this reason, Zheng Chenggong has appointed Feng Chengshilai, a general from Jinjiang, Quanzhou Prefecture, to recruit generals to join the army, and a member of the Longwu Dynasty to be responsible for the mining and preliminary smelting of the ore.

Then it will be transported to Nan'ao Island via the Hanjiang Waterway for deep processing. In this case, Chen Kai needs to return to Nan'ao as soon as possible to prepare.

There are mature government-owned and private iron smelting plants in the local area for iron and steelmaking, as well as other things. Chen Kai intends to get involved. This time when he returns to Nan'ao Island, he must first plan the land, and Zheng Chenggong's side

Skilled workers are also being recruited, both from Chaozhou and from his hometown in southern Fujian. When these professionals arrive, Chen Kai will build factories and make the necessary equipment, etc.

Since being appointed as the magistrate of Zhangzhou Prefecture, Chen Kai has vigorously explored the production capacity of the controlled area from the perspective of military industry. Although it has not yet formed a relatively complete industrial chain, Chaozhou's local production, supplemented by South Australia's processing, has also

It can indeed meet the needs of the army.

To reach the current scale, it is nothing more than the expansion of the army, the maintenance of production and a slight increase, and that's about it. However, Chen Kai does not intend to be satisfied with this, because the current small fish and shrimps are not enough for him who was born in
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