1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 578 Action Day ([-])

On March 1631, 3, the third day of February in the fourth year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty, Danzhou City.

The fourth day of February is the Awakening of Insects in the solar terms of the lunar calendar, and it is the time for spring plowing in the near future.The Ministry of Agriculture of Haihan has already shipped a large amount of rice seeds from Sanya early in the new year, and carried out seedling breeding in the Danzhou area. Part of the farmland outside the city of Danzhou that has been deeply plowed ahead of schedule has already started transplanting.

The ownership of farmland in Danzhou City is far more complicated than that in Sanya. There are both large and small landlords, as well as self-cultivators with a small amount of land. Therefore, the management committee encountered a lot of pressure when implementing the Haihan land system. .Fortunately, with the weapon of pirates seizing the city last year, most of the big landlords who were hostile to Haihan have been eliminated. Although the remaining people are not willing, most of them still choose to cooperate with Haihan and participate in Haihan. "Farm farming" organized by the Ministry of Agriculture.

The so-called farm-style farming means that Haihan provides excellent grain seeds, formulates regional crop planting plans, and uses large-scale collective farming methods and scientific operation methods to reduce the production cost of crops.As for the field owners who participate in this kind of cooperation, as long as they hand over the land under their name to the Ministry of Agriculture to take care of it, the tax rate they need to pay for the harvest on their land will be slightly lower than in previous years, and the Haihan Ministry of Commerce will pay a relatively Reasonable prices reserve these agricultural products in advance, so that farmers do not need to worry about the price fluctuations in the market during the harvest season affecting their due income.

In addition to these measures, the various economic crop planting methods in the hands of the Haihan Ministry of Agriculture are also one of the reasons why local landowners are flocking to them.At present, almost all the oils, spices, and novel melons and fruits on the market in Danzhou come from Sanya, and the price is much cheaper than the goods shipped from Nanyang in the past. In the propaganda content of the Haihan Agriculture Department in Danzhou, There is a plan to promote economic crop planting technology to cooperative farmers. This is indeed an irresistible temptation for farmers who want to rely on the fields to obtain more income. After all, the income of planting these crops is much higher than that of simply growing rice and vegetables. up.

For the agricultural society in the 17th century, appeasing the emotions of the agricultural population was one of the important measures to ensure social stability.Although there are many academies and prosperous culture and education in Danzhou, the agricultural population is still as high as [-]%. Therefore, if the management committee wants to maintain local stability, it must make achievements in agriculture.Considering that direct ownership of the land may attract strong resistance, the management committee decided to implement the Haihan collective farming method in Danzhou first after seeking the consent of the executive committee. After consolidating the local ruling foundation , and then gradually complete the reform of the land ownership system.

But for many local literati in Danzhou, how to plant the land outside the city, what to plant, and what the harvest will be, do not have much to do with them.These people are often concerned about the books in front of them, and the next imperial examination—of course, the recruitment and selection of the Haihan people must be added now. After all, as long as they can find a job under the Haihan people, they can also enjoy the comfort of food and clothing life.

But not every scholar's mind is on this. Zhang Qianzhi was woken up early in the morning by his roommates to make preparations. Today, he and five other academy students will go to the city with Huang Zixing and head to Nanhai Restaurant to participate The birthday party of Zhang Xin, Director of Danzhou Management Committee.Of course, although these few of them went there as bags-carrying boys, their actual task was to place some fire igniters inside and outside the Nanhai Restaurant, waiting for an opportunity to create chaos, so that the assassins mixed in with the guests would assassinate the leader of Haihan.

After everyone packed up, Huang Zixing appeared. He came here specially to cheer up these people before setting off: "My lords, today's matter is a righteous act to promote orthodoxy and safeguard my great Ming! And after the matter is completed, the court will also With the corresponding rewards, fame and fortune can be obtained with one stroke! Whether it is public or private, this matter is worthy of the lives of the kings! The old man went to the country with the kings today, and if there is glory and wealth in the future, the kings should also share it Of!"

Zhang Qianzhi bowed to the others together, and then checked the things they had brought.The firelighters they carried were inconspicuous, nothing more than strips of cloth soaked in oil, wrapped around their arms and calves, so that they could not be seen under their coats and trousers.When in use, untie it and form a pile, which can be ignited with an open flame.As for the kindling, it is even more convenient. Everyone is distributed a box of convenient matches produced by Haihan, which can be used at any time.Zhang Qianzhi couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it. He didn't expect that these guys who wanted to deal with Hai Han would actually use the things produced by Hai Han.

But what made Zhang Qianzhi feel a little relaxed was that none of these people, including Huang Zixing, carried any sharp weapons with them.Zhang Qianzhi was not afraid that they would bring sharp weapons in and hurt people, but rather that these guys were inexperienced, and their movements would be stiff if they carried sharp weapons on their bodies.

Huang Zixing continued: "Don't think that we are alone this time, gentlemen. In fact, a few days ago, the real volunteers who were actually responsible for the action had already lurked in various parts of the city. Within two days, the Haihan people's local institutions can be wiped out. This matter will be directed by the adults sent by the imperial court, so you can rest assured."

Seeing doubts on everyone's faces, Huang Zixing smiled and said: "In order to let the gentlemen feel at ease, I have invited Mr. Zhao, who planned this matter, to meet with the gentlemen today."

A moment later, a man in a blue cloth robe entered the courtyard, bowed his hands to everyone, and then took out a waist card from his arms and showed it to everyone: "This official is Zhao Ye, a thousand households of Jinyiwei Nanjing Town Fusi." , I was ordered to come to Qiongzhou to investigate and deal with all kinds of illegal things in Haihan, and I will report to the court one by one in the future for the righteous deeds of the lords today, and ask for credit for everyone!"

Zhang Qianzhi stared at this person, and thought to himself, no wonder the security department has been watching the outside for so many days, but still can't find the trace of Zhao Ye. It turns out that he has been hiding in Zhongming Academy!Zhang Qianzhi thought about the situation in the academy, and thought that Zhao Ye was probably hiding in Huang Zixing's courtyard before, and thanks to his patience, he didn't even show his face for so many days.If he had known that this guy was hiding here, the Ministry of Security should have made a fuss about Zhongming Academy, so there was no need to waste so much time.

After meeting with everyone, Zhao Ye went on to say: "I am sitting outside the city today. When the affairs in the city are completed, I will immediately launch an ambush to take over Danzhou. As for whether it will be successful or not, it depends on the performance of the lords today!"

Zhang Qianzhi thought that this Zhao Ye was cunning, he didn't go to the city at all, and he had to find a way to pass the news to his own people later, so that they could come to Zhongming Academy to catch talents as soon as possible.

A servant had already hired two carriages to take them from Zhongming Academy to Danzhou City for a banquet.This time, the Danzhou Chamber of Commerce spared no expense. It not only invited people from the local political and business circles, but also sent invitations to all the academies in Danzhou, inviting the heads of the academies to attend.Naturally, these officials, bosses, and academy masters also need to bring their entourage, which is roughly hundreds of people.

Of course, Yan Mingjun and Li Jin were also among the people going to the banquet. The difference is that their residence is not far from Nanhai Academy, so they don’t need to take a car, but the chamber of commerce still specially sent two sedan chairs over to pick up the two magistrates. .Yan Mingjun only brought He Qi and an old servant, while Li Jin brought four of his soldiers who had just recovered from their injuries—of course, Li Jin wisely did not let his soldiers bring any Weapons, so as not to embarrass everyone's faces again.

When the two of them arrived at Nanhai Restaurant, they were greeted by several merchants from the Danzhou Chamber of Commerce at the door, but Zheng Jianxin and others were not there yet.Yan Mingjun exchanged greetings with the members of the chamber of commerce while looking around, but he didn't see any people in the uniform of the Haihan militia nearby. People take it seriously?

Nanhai Restaurant is also one of the best in Danzhou City in terms of scale. It can accommodate more than [-] banquet tables on the four floors, which can barely accommodate the hundreds of people who are going to the banquet today.The top floor is all private rooms, which are arranged for today's protagonists and local dignitaries.After Yan Mingjun and Li Jin were taken into the private room and seated, someone brought the roster and asked them to sign, while their entourage and servants were arranged to sit on the bottom floor.

The two signed their names with a pen, and each took out the sealed gift money.Since Haihan Bank entered Danzhou, it is now convenient to give gifts, no need to carry heavy money, just put a Haihan Bank check in the envelope.However, the money they sent was not considered out of their own pockets, that is, the money that Hai Han sent before was sent back to the original family.

Although the two have no real power in the local area, the whole city knows that they are just two clay bodhisattvas, but the first guests still follow the etiquette and line up to greet the two, which is more or less satisfied A little vanity for the two of them.After all, they are usually empty-handed, and few people will take the initiative to visit them. Even if they go to the street, few people can recognize their identities.

But their relaxed mood soon became tense again, and Yan Mingjun touched Li Jin with his hand under the table: "Here we come!"

The person who walked up the stairs step by step was not Zhang Xin, but Huang Zixing.The position he came up to was just facing the chairman, and he met Yan Mingjun's eyes at a glance.Huang Zixing didn't know that a major change had happened a few days ago, so he nodded calmly at Yan Mingjun, and then walked over to greet the two of them.

"Craftsman Huang Zixing has seen the two adults!" Huang Zixing bowed.

Yan Mingjun cupped his hands and said, "I haven't seen Huangshan for a long time, how has it always been?"

Huang Zixing responded: "Master Xie Yan is concerned, everything is fine! Today is a grand event, the two adults can just watch!"

With Huang Zixing's status, he definitely couldn't sit at the main table. After he finished speaking, the waiter came over and led him to sit at another table.Li Jin then lowered his voice and said: "It seems that they will still do it."

Yan Mingjun nodded slightly and said: "It's okay, let them do it if they want to die, he also said, let us watch."

Li Jin glanced at Yan Mingjun's expression, seeing that he didn't seem to be sullen, so he responded: "Brother Yan has figured it out, right?"

Yan Mingjun replied: "If you can't figure it out, you can only do this! Brother Li, you are right, after all, saving your life is the most important thing, otherwise, if you lose your life, you will be reprimanded, it is really not worth it!"

If there is no accident, Huang Zixing and his gang will definitely be convicted of colluding with pirates to cause chaos, and although Wang Tom said that day that he would give Yan Mingjun and Li Jin a good reputation behind him, that was just lip service. That's all, Yan Mingjun doesn't dare to pin his reputation on the kindness of the Haihan people. When he dies, he will be charged with a crime, and he will be powerless to defend himself.Maybe in the future history books it will be recorded that "In the fourth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, Yan Mingjun, the magistrate of Danzhou, colluded with pirates, harmed the village, and died in the internal fighting of pirates."

Seeing that all the guests who were supposed to arrive had already arrived, but Zhang Xin and the others had not yet appeared, Yan Mingjun couldn't help but wondered if the Haihan people were afraid that they would not be able to control the situation, so for the safety of their own lives, they simply didn't show up at all. up?While the principal offender was muttering, there was a commotion downstairs, and then seven or eight Haihan people came up from the stairs surrounded by a group of strong men.

"Everyone, I'm really sorry for waiting for a long time. I have been delayed for a while due to business affairs. I'm sorry!" Zhang Xin greeted loudly and made a circle to the people around him.He didn't make up excuses to evade, he was indeed communicating with the base camp about the final action plan just now.

After nearly a month of investigation into the case of Danzhou, more than [-] people have been identified, and it is not limited to Danzhou alone. There are also such gangs in Qiongzhou Fucheng and many counties in Qiongbei. accomplice of man.The opinion of the Ministry of Security is to wait for Danzhou to take action, and all regions will take simultaneous actions to arrest these people, so as to avoid the fish that slipped through the net to the greatest extent.As the person in charge of Danzhou, Zhang Xin naturally has to assist the military and security departments to grasp the rhythm and measure of operations.

Naturally, the people present would not pursue Zhang Xin's responsibility sensibly. Anyway, high hats don't cost money, and it doesn't hurt to say a few more good words.

"Director Zhang is busy with work, and it is not easy to find time to have fun with the people. How can anyone blame him!"

"Director Zhang is too polite. Caomin himself came too early, just in time to have a cup of tea to digest food."

"Director Zhang is still busy with official duties on his big day. The prosperity of Danzhou today is also thanks to Director Zhang and the heads of Haihan who work day and night. This drive is really admirable!"

Although Yan Mingjun couldn't save his face and say some nasty flattering words, when Zhang Xin came to take a seat, he stood up with Li Jin to greet him very cooperatively.Zhang Xinchao and Zhang Xinchao nodded with a smile and said, "The two adults have been waiting for a long time, so please take a seat together! I have been waiting for many days for today's banquet!"

(End of this chapter)