1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 391 Desire and Obsession ([-])

The beginning of 1641, for the land of the Far East, seems to have continued the bad luck of last year. War, famine, and disorder followed one after another, causing countless ordinary people to fall into deep disaster.

On January 1 (the 13th year of Chongzhen), Li Zicheng conquered Ruzhou, and Qian Zuozheng, the governor of the prefecture, went to the city and refused to defend, and was shot by an arrow.More than a month later, a strong wind blew up, bombarded the building and burned it, the city fell, and Zuo Zheng died.

On January 1, Zhang Xianzhong arrived in Kaixian County, Yang Sichang led his army to Yunyang, and the rest of the generals went to Huangling City in Kaixian County.When Zhang Xianzhong ascended the height, he saw that there was no flag of the Qin army, and Zuo Liangyu's army had no fighting spirit.It is to choose a strong man to sneak in the valley and ride down on a tall horse.Zuo Liangyu's troops collapsed first, and the participating general Liu Shijie, the guerrilla Guo Kai, and Xianjie, the son of the general army who was as fierce as a tiger, all died in battle, breaking out like a tiger.

On January 1, Yang Geng, commander of Zheng Zhilong's Department of the Fujian General Army, had more than 17 boats and 60 land troops. They attacked Manila, Luzon for a few days and failed. More than a hundred, occupying it, thought to block the departure base of Xiyi's boats.In a few days, General Chen Hui led two thousand troops from Jiami Tei and set up another wooden village in the south of Manila to impoverish the western barbarians.

The Ming people on Luzon Island took advantage of the western barbarians to attack the city and plunder the land, sweeping more than ten towns and strongholds around the Great Lakes (now the inner lake of the Philippines), massacring all the Westerners.

On February 2, when Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng, Zhou Wanggong took out one million taels of treasury gold, recruited strong men to kill the enemy, and cooked rice to pay the army.Chen Yongfu, deputy general of Kaifeng, fought against the city and killed 3 rebels. Li Xianfeng, the guerrilla general Gao Qian, rushed to the rescue and killed another 700 rebels.Li Zicheng's army then retreated to Mi County, and Kaifeng lifted the martial law.

On February 2, Zhang Xianzhong went east to attack Xiangyang. Yang Sichang took Xiangyang as his military residence, and hundreds of thousands of salaries and armors were gathered in the city.Zhang Xianzhong's troops rode three hundred miles a day and night, killed the envoy of Sichang on the road, took his military amulet, and entered Xiangyang City with 5 riders.When the fire started in the middle of the night, the residents saw the fire and thought that the city was full of thieves, so they rushed out of the city and the city collapsed.Zhang Xianzhong held Xiang Wang Yiming at the Nancheng Tower and said: "I want to use the king's head to make Yang Sichang fall into the domain and subdue the law." Xiang Wang Zhu Yiming and Guiyang King Zhu Changfa were both killed.

On February 2th, Zhang Xianzhong was trapped in Gwangju. Sheng Yiheng, the county magistrate, led the crowd to shoot and kill 20 rebels. Later, Yiheng was injured and was arrested and died.

On February 2th, the last batch of Ming immigrants from Hanzhou 25-1640 arrived at Jianye Port. After isolation and reorganization, the new settlements in various counties and towns under the Jianye Mansion were successively enriched.The annual immigration started in December last year, and lasted for three months. A total of more than 1641 immigrants from Ming Dynasty were acquired. In addition to the new-born population, the native population of the entire Hanzhou exceeded [-], reaching more than [-].If so, plus Weiyuan Island (New Guinea Island) and several outlying island strongholds, the population of Hanzhou should be around [-], and its strength has been further improved.

In Jianye City, throughout February, the Hanzhou Commander's Mansion and the Civilian Government were making meticulous preparations for a wedding.According to the date planned last year, Qi Tian and Wang Zheng's granddaughter Luo Yuru will get married on March 3.As the general manager of the Hanzhou People's Government and the future Lord of Hanzhou, Qi Tian's wedding should be the most important event in Hanzhou this year.

However, as one of the parties involved in the big wedding, Qi Tian didn't seem particularly excited in his heart, and dealt with various affairs of Hanzhou's civil affairs according to the existing rhythm and process every day.

Welcoming a newcomer and starting a family, Qi Tian, ​​who has lived in two lives, has already experienced it. The baptism of the years has also made him a little less excited about love.Relatively speaking, it is more attractive to him to devote more energy to develop Hanzhou, expand Hanzhou, and then fight for hegemony in Nanyang and create a huge Chinese empire.

Power, iron blood, and conquest are probably the things that every man is most obsessed with.Of course, for men, sometimes the target of conquest is not just the enemy, women will also demonstrate the power of men.

Cao Xiong slowly slid off a Persian woman, and then lay face up on the bed.The raging passion was also gradually subsiding. Looking at the furnishings of the house, he was a little puzzled at first, but when he regained consciousness, he suddenly realized that this place did not seem to be the Commander's Mansion.

He sat up all of a sudden, and turned his head to look at the Persian woman beside him, who was naked and full of charm.

"Damn it, I drank too much and did such a scandal!" Cao Xiong was a little annoyed.

Last night, he and several old brothers from Dengzhou Navy gathered in Hu Wenjin's manor outside the city, drinking and having fun. Everyone couldn't help recalling the hard times in the past and imagining the prosperous life in the future.Vaguely, it seems that everyone drank a lot of wine, and they all seemed a little dissolute.Did he sleep Hu Wenjin's Persian concubine without knowing it?

In this way, I did something wrong. Although she was not Hu Wenjin's official wife and concubine, she was also a woman bought from Batavia, and she was already kept in the house.

Partly blaming himself, partly ashamed, Cao Xiong hurriedly put on his clothes, and without saying hello to Hu Wenjin, he left the manor eagerly with a few guards and returned to Jianye City.

And in front of the window on the second floor, Hu Wenjin looked at Cao Xiong who left in embarrassment, with a playful smile on his face.It is said that wine is a gut-piercing poison, and sex is a bone-scraping steel knife. Well, there are also heroes who are sad and beautiful. Hehe, Cao Xiong is no different!

In the past, Hu Wenjin also thought about giving Cao Xiong a woman, but he never had the chance. In addition, he was also worried that Cao Xiong would not pay much attention to women, and he was devoted to the wife who gave him children.

Until last night, I drank and had fun with a few old brothers from the former Dengzhou Navy, and tried to let a few Persian women dance to cheer everyone up. Then I discovered that not only the other old brothers saw the color and appearance, but even Cao Xiong also paid close attention to those sexy Persian women.

Therefore, Hu Wenjin secretly added some tiger and wolf medicine from the Ottoman court to Cao Xiong wine. Afterwards, as he expected, Cao Xiong rushed towards the prepared Persian wine in another room with an excited expression. woman.

"Deng Mazi, at night, send that Persian woman to the Commander's Mansion." Hu Wenjin turned to a guard and said, "Remember, send it quietly."

The guard bowed his hand and stepped back.

"Old Hu, do you think that if you give the commander a woman, he will turn to us?" Guan Zongxiang came to Hu Wenjin at some point, and asked sullenly.

"Try it." Hu Wenjin said: "In our Hanzhou, no, it should be said that among those people who arrived in Hanzhou first, we are actually the same kind of people. Except, that Qitian."

"Huh?" Guan Zongxiang looked at Hu Wenjin puzzled.

"They are all the same kind of people, and it is the best way to deal with them, because we think almost the same." Hu Wenjin said softly: "But if you are not the same kind of people as us, hehe, naturally what you think and do is just will be completely different from us.”

"What's the difference?"

"Boss, you are in charge of the black guards. Are you willing to use some subordinates who obey your arrangement, or are you willing to arrange subordinates who are not in the same mind as you? Sometimes, in order to do things better, eliminating dissidents is the minimum. .doesn't it?"

"Qi Tianhui will clean up us old people after inheriting the throne of Hanzhou?"

"What do you think?" Hu Wenjin said: "The rabbit dies and the dog cooks, the bird dies and the bow is hidden. There are too many examples of this kind passed down from our ancestors."

Guan Zongxiang twitched the corner of his mouth a few times, but he still didn't speak in the end.He can understand what Hu Wenjin said, but the main achievements of Hanzhou's current development are made by Qi Tian, ​​and these old people just do things step by step. It seems that they can't be regarded as good dogs or bows. Cooked, hidden?

"Some things have taken the first step, and we can only keep doing it." Hu Wenjin probably saw the hesitation in Guan Zongxiang's heart, patted him on the shoulder and said: "In order to have a good way out in the future , and for the prosperity of our descendants, sometimes it is necessary to fight."

That night, Cao Xiong saw the Persian woman being sent to the Commander's Mansion, hesitated for a long time, and finally waved his hand silently to drive away Hu Wenjin's guards, but left the Persian woman behind.

Without him, Cao Xiong's wife Gan Chunliu is pregnant again, so she can't work for the time being.Cao Xiong seems to have found a kind of manly happiness from the madness that night. Although he subconsciously felt that being addicted to female sex was wrong and belonged to the behavior of a "faint king", he couldn't control himself and couldn't help crawling again and again. On the belly of the Persian woman, he tried his best to show her the power of a man.

There are not many military and political affairs in Hanzhou. In addition to supervising the staff to carry out various affairs to attack the Netherlands, it is the daily training of the newly formed marines and the drill of new tactics. Basically, Yu Fukun can also handle it on his behalf. Civil affairs , and there is no need for him to manage it, Qi Tian will handle the affairs of Hanzhou in an orderly manner.

Then, I can still indulge once or twice, as long as I don't delay the major events of Hanzhou, there should be no accidents.Cao Xiong always thinks like this every time he slacks off having fun.

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"Uncle, your complexion is not very good recently."

Because the eldest son of the East King of the Sulu Kingdom, Abdul Razak, followed the immigrant fleet to Hanzhou, and brought a proposal that surprised the people of Hanzhou, that is, the Sulu Kingdom should be completely under the rule of Hanzhou.

Faced with this very tempting proposal, the senior officials of Hanzhou were a little moved, so they held this joint military-civilian government meeting in the commanding mansion to discuss how to deal with King Su Ludong's proposal.

When Cao Xiong heard Qi Tian's greeting, he couldn't help feeling ashamed, and said embarrassingly: "Recently, I feel a little unwell, maybe it's because I haven't had a good rest."

Qi Tian took a deep look at Cao Xiong and didn't ask any more questions.

"His Royal Highness East King Abdul Razak of the Sulu Kingdom sent his eldest son to Jianye City on our Hanzhou immigrant boat more than a month ago. Within ten days, accompanied by black-clothed guards and civil affairs officials, he visited and visited us. There are several counties and towns under the Hanzhou Jianye Mansion and many factories and mines. Yesterday, he suddenly sent a letter from the Eastern King to Hanzhou. His Highness the Eastern King pre-ordered Hele Island and the nearby islands under his control. All of them are under the rule of Hanzhou." He Yunfeng, an officer of the staff department, said loudly.

"The staff department conducted some research and deduction on Sulu's move, and believed that the reason why Sulu wanted to introduce Hanzhou to his land was because the East King was old and could no longer hold the power of Sulu's affairs. His sons are mediocre, and it is difficult to fight against the Sultan King of the country. In order to prevent the descendants of the family from being destroyed in internal disputes, the land of Sulu had to be sheltered in Hanzhou, so as to prevent the family from being invaded by foreign states.”

"In addition, the Sultan Kingdom of Majindanao, which is located in the northeast of Sulu, is eyeing Sulu and intends to annex Sulu. Therefore, at this time of internal and external troubles, Suludong King will take advantage of his death to protect Sulu and Sulu. Family, keep a chance of survival. However, in view of the distance between Hanzhou and Sulu and the local population is not yet rich, our staff recommends not to intervene for the time being."

"I agree with the opinion of the staff department." Qi Tian saw that some civil affairs and military officials thought that they could make achievements for nothing, and were about to refute the suggestion of the staff department. He quickly blocked the mouths of some people, "Our Hanzhou It is in a state of war with the Netherlands, and it is also partially involved in the attack on Spain in Luzon. Under such circumstances, it is really impossible to get involved in another unnecessary local dispute. You know, the territory of Sulu traverses Mindanao to the There is a vast sea in the southeast of Borneo, and there is still a ruled area in Borneo, if our Hanzhou is deeply involved in it, how will we allocate troops to garrison it?"

"Someone wants to offer soil, but it's not for us to get benefits for nothing. One mistake, maybe we will fall into the quagmire of Hanzhou, and we can't extricate ourselves. Besides, this Sulu Kingdom is a country that believes in God, and its people Will it agree with us to bring it under the rule?"

When talking about the religious country, Qi Tian couldn't help but glanced at Hu Wenjin, only to see that he was whispering something to Cao Xiong, with an inexplicable smile on his face.

"Sulu's move will undoubtedly place our Hanzhou in the disputes between several parties. It will greatly involve the limited power of our Hanzhou, and even consume our strength. Moreover, although Sulu has experienced the massacre of the Spaniards and the natives Kill each other, but its population is at least [-] to [-]. If our Hanzhou takes its land, how can we transform its people?"

(End of this chapter)