Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 589 Lan Fang held a meeting and blew up the leaders~
Trees move to death, people move to live.

Heilongjiang, you’ve come to the right place.

Isn't it just colder than the southern part of Liaoning? Be diligent and go to the old forest to chop more firewood and you'll get by.

Human~
I'm not afraid of the cold, but I'm afraid of being hungry.

Southern Liaoning has been exempted from grain tax for five years, and Heilongjiang has been exempted from grain tax for ten years.

Therefore,
Many immigrants come here voluntarily because they are afraid of being hungry.

……

In the distance, on the official road, a cavalryman was running towards them.

Shouting:

"The commander has ordered that all garrison chiefs should go to Aihui for a meeting as soon as possible."

In Aihui City,

Hundreds of front-line garrison commanders were silent.

The commander of the 6th Corps, Zhao Erhu, was born into a miner family and spoke simply and straightforwardly.

"Right now, our fellow villagers in Heilongjiang have two major things to do: harvest in autumn and get through the winter."

"I don't need to say much about the autumn harvest. I just want to emphasize that every household must store more firewood for the winter. Without firewood, no one can survive the winter here. If each household prepares 5000 kilograms of firewood, we will have experience for next year."

"If there are any essential supplies that are in short supply, you can go to a few shops in the city and buy them on credit. You can settle with the shopkeeper after you sell the grain next year. This is also a grace from your majesty."

……

After the meeting,
Each village chief was given two flintlock rifles, two gongs, and five spears. They were also told to organize the villagers to resist in time if they were attacked.

There is a reward for killing or injuring the bandits.

The army will also provide reinforcements in time.

After receiving simple loading and shooting training in the military camp, the village chiefs left anxiously.

Today, Northeast China is peaceful and prosperous.

There were only two areas that were not peaceful: one was around Aihui City, and the other was Changbai Mountain. More than a dozen tragedies occurred there, and hundreds of residents were killed by horse bandits.

The 6th Army was preparing to counterattack.

With the autumn harvest approaching, the bandits would surely become more rampant. The soldiers prepared to chop off the heads of the attackers and make a memorial for them.

……

The surrendered tribes were warned that if any of their members attacked the immigrant settlements, they would face the most severe punishment.

The Russians in the city of Yaxica also received a warning from the 6th Legion.

This time, they were misunderstood.

During the autumn harvest,

The 6th Corps successively killed 248 horse bandits in the Heilongjiang River Basin and found that they were all Mongolian herdsmen from the west who were originally under the jurisdiction of the Hulunbuir Governor and the Uliastai General Defense Zone.

Life on the grassland has been difficult in the past two years.

The Qing court, the common leader, disappeared, and the various tribes on the grassland attacked each other, snatching cattle, sheep, and slaves. The people of Changshengtian had long forgotten what "unity" meant.

……

The horse bandits active in Changbai Mountain were not Koreans as the 6th Corps had speculated.

But an acquaintance!

After the Battle of Shengjing, some defeated soldiers of the Liaodong Corps took the captured supplies and went into the mountains to become bandits. They rode on fine horses and carried sharp swords, coming and going as fast as the wind.

Seeing Wu's army coming to suppress them, the horse bandits burned down their stronghold and fled away collectively.

How could a useless disciple dare to fight with his master? His master is ruthless and his guns are sharp. The disciple will definitely not have a chance of winning if he resists.

Goryeo's army was weak.

It’s better to cross the border and pick on the weak.

Order was quickly restored in southern Liaoning.

After completing the initial construction, Fushun Heavy Industry began to make its efforts. 80 large blast furnaces ran day and night, flames shot into the sky, and steel production soared rapidly.

Industrialization is terrifying.

The empire's industrial system does not cherish its own products and eliminates vague experience.

Everything is institutionalized, precise and open.

All workshops and all links cooperate in perfect harmony, and the process is precise and efficient.

As His Majesty said:

The first industrial revolution, based on coal and iron and accelerated by steam engines, had begun within the empire.

From 1775 to 1780,

Thanks to large blast furnaces, coke smelting, improved metallurgical processes, mechanical rolling, the use of steam engines and other factors, Wu's annual steel output has reached 100 million tons.

Among them, 7% came from the three major heavy industries and 3% came from private iron and steel mills.

The market price of steel has fallen to 1775% of that in 4.

……

100 million tons. Everyone in the Ngôn court was proud of this number, but His Majesty was the only one who was not very happy.
The Army Department was ecstatic. Steel is the strength of the nation and the military.

future,

The Imperial Army can completely defeat all opponents by using its advantage in steel production.

In the 18th century, as long as there was enough steel and silver, light infantry could be produced continuously.

50?
100?
It's just a number.

The empire has a population of 3 million and its war potential is endless.

At the instruction of their superiors, the staff of the Army Department were thinking about the plan of a million-man army every day in order to secretly suppress the navy.

They intentionally or unintentionally promote:
The Eurasian continent is connected, and the army can easily walk to the outskirts of Paris.

So, the navy is not that important.
……

The Northern Expedition made a huge fortune. The merchants of the empire joined forces to lend the court a second batch of money, totaling 2500 million taels.

Therefore,
Li Yu has been spending money very happily recently, like a tsunami.

Palace expansion? Yes!

The Army Department is applying for funding? Grant!
The Admiralty requested to buy warships? Yes!
The Royal Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Industry join forces to study multiple subjects? Give!
Immigration, disaster relief? Yes!
Give them all.

With the blessing of money, this little succubus, the empire is peaceful and prosperous, and everyone is full of hope and enthusiasm.

Every day~
The Emperor receives letters from all over the country, from the military, political, academic and civilian circles, openly praising His Majesty.

……

Henan, Shandong, Anhui and Zhili all sent Wanmin umbrellas.

Loud.

It is said that those who saw it wept.
There were no words on the Wanmin Umbrella when it set out. Along the way, people kept pressing their fingerprints and signing their names, and in the end, it was filled with words and there was no place to write.

The Northern Land Distribution Plan was an unprecedented success.

In Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, Anhui and Zhili regions, 9% of the households already own at least 30 mu of land.

Nearly 50% of households own more than 4 acres of land.

It makes sense.

On the one hand, nearly 2000 million mu of land (owned by the emperor, bannermen, and gentry) was released out of thin air. On the other hand, war and immigration caused 3000 million people to disappear from this land.

One goes from one to the other,

There is no pressure on each family to have 30 acres of land.

In the absence of oil and water, the normal per capita food consumption is 750 kilograms. Based on a household of five people, 4000 kilograms can meet the demand.

Under normal circumstances, the annual harvest of 5 mu of land in these five provinces is between 30 and 15000 jin.

After deducting the land tax, half of the harvest can be controlled, and the surplus grain can be sold in exchange for oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, cotton cloth and ironware.

……

Since ancient times, the road into Sichuan has been difficult to travel.

Although Sichuan and Shu do not have the power to compete for hegemony, they are in danger of secession.

Heshen's younger brother Helin joined forces with the general stationed in Chengdu and suddenly sent troops to kill the stubborn Qing loyalist, Sichuan Governor Sun Shiyi, and beheaded more than 300 of his confidants.

Afterwards, he dispatched troops to control the important roads in Sichuan and sent envoys to Xi'an and Wuhan to submit a letter of surrender.

The 1st Corps of the Wu Army stationed in Xi'an dispatched 5 infantry battalions and 2 field artillery battalions, and with the cooperation of the surrendered Qing army, attacked Hanzhong Prefecture from both sides and opened up the route into Sichuan.

after that,

The 1st Corps used the surrendered soldiers as the vanguard.

Wherever they went, cities opened their gates and there was little resistance.

In just one month, except for the mountainous areas of the western Sichuan Plateau, the plains and hills in eastern Sichuan all became Wu territory.

The surrendered soldiers were eager to encounter resistance somewhere, massacre one or two cities, and show their loyalty to their current master.

Unfortunately, no chance.

Confidence collapses, just like this.

Wherever the Wu army went, they would raise their flags.

Former Qing officials and local tyrants in various counties and prefectures knelt down and surrendered, begging only to sacrifice their wealth to save their lives.

……

"Your Majesty's order."

"The officials and gentry who voluntarily surrendered in Sichuan have confessed their sins, but their crimes are serious. The court has no choice but to punish them. All the fields, forests, and mines owned by you and your families will be confiscated, but you can keep your houses and shops." "The eight bannermen stationed in Chengdu and their families will surrender their weapons and cut their braids on the spot. They are allowed to keep their personal property and will leave within three days, sailing down the river to Yichang Prefecture in Hubei. After training, they will be collectively relocated to the Nanyang colonies to settle and cultivate land."

"Generals of the Eight Banners can follow their headquarters to settle in Nanyang, or they can bring their families to settle in Songjiang Prefecture."

"He Lin, go to Suzhou Prefecture alone."

No one resisted, no one complained.

The Qing Dynasty fell, and everyone’s spirit was gone.

The arrangement of exile to Nanyang for reclamation is not bad. At least, we can live. In the current situation, it is a good thing to have a chance to survive as a group.

As for,
Nanyang is so vast, where will they settle? There are many different opinions.

……

Lanfang, Borneo.

Four warships of the Wu army entered the port of Pontianak.

Governor General,
Wang Danwang convened a meeting of more than a dozen Lan Fang senior officials.

"Everyone, I summoned you here to tell you something. The Qing Dynasty has fallen, and the new emperor is a Han Chinese. He has sent warships to Pontianak. I don't want to see the lives of the people suffer, so I have agreed to change the flag. From now on, the suzerain state of Lan Fang is the Wu Dynasty, and I am the Governor-General of Lan Fang appointed by Emperor Wu. Hahahaha~"

Luo Fangbo looked at the smug Wang Danwang and was filled with grief and anger.

Asked rhetorically:
"Governor, are you going to surrender without firing a shot?"

"Correct!"

……

Luo Fangbo shook his head:
"I am a Qing citizen in life and a Qing ghost in death. Even if the Qing is destroyed, there are still loyal people overseas."

Looking at the stubborn Luo Fangbo and the people behind him, Wang Danwang's blood pressure started to rise.

He never expected to meet such a stubborn old man.

yelled:

"You bunch of idiots, you want to learn from Wen Tianxiang? Even the son of an official family like me has accepted his fate, so why are you a bunch of poor people pretending to be loyal ministers and good generals?"

"Emperor Qianlong passed away. Did you know?"

"The Wu Dynasty's fleet is already at the port, with its guns pointed at Pontianak. It's not too late for you to change your tune now. Otherwise~"

……

Everyone was sad.

Some people seemed to be hesitant to speak, while others were angry and hesitated.

Wang Danwang became anxious and took off his red tasseled hat and threw it on the ground:

"I am reminding you with good intentions because you have been honest and diligent in paying tribute to the emperor every month. Those who obey Wu will prosper, and those who resist Wu will perish. The Emperor of Wu is still good to the common people, so don't be shameless."

"What do you want to do with Lan Fang's few broken guns? What can you do?"

"Luo Fangbo, if you want to die for the Qing Dynasty, you can find a rope and hang yourself. Don't drag hundreds of thousands of Lan Fang people to die with you."

Luo Fangbo was trembling all over after being scolded, and pointed at Wang Danwang:
"The imperial court has nurtured scholars for a hundred years, and it has nurtured someone like you who is disloyal and unfilial? You are also a scholar, how come you don't have any sense of shame?"

"Fuck you." Wang Danwang suddenly kicked him in the heart.

Luo Fangbo was kicked and fell to the ground.

There was chaos at the scene.

……

In Pontianak city.

A group of "Qing soldiers" and the Lan Fang army engaged in an armed standoff.

The atmosphere at the scene was very tense.

"lay down your weapon!"

"Without the order of the Grand Commander, if anyone dares to get close, don't blame us for being rude."

200 Lan Fang soldiers also held up their homemade flintlock rifles and refused to be disarmed.

Li Xiaowu wore a fifth-rank military officer's robe and a red tasseled hat. With a sinister look in his eyes, he signaled the grenadiers around him to get ready.
He also didn't expect that even though his warships had entered the port, Lan Fang refused to surrender.

A true loyal person overseas.

At the beginning,

The Navy Department was optimistic that as soon as the warships arrived, the senior insider Wang Danwang waved his hand and said: Surrender!

Lan Fang's time has come.

……

Gululu~
Four round bombs, smoking and hissing, rolled into the ranks of Lan Fang soldiers and exploded violently.

"shot!"

The "Qing soldiers" fired the first shot. The front row knelt, the back row stood, and everyone emptied their guns.

Because the two sides were in close confrontation.

Whoever shoots first has a huge advantage.

The Lan Fang soldiers suffered heavy casualties and were ambushed.

The "Qing soldiers" used bayonets in hand-to-hand combat to eliminate the remaining soldiers.

The sound of gunfire reached the Governor's Palace.

Wang Danwang shouted: "Do it."

A group of swordsmen who had been arranged long ago rushed out from behind the hall. They were holding short swords and were all armored soldiers.

The Lan Fang guards waiting outside the lobby heard the noise and rushed into the Governor's Mansion, firing a round of shots with their pistols, killing many soldiers. The two sides started fighting in the narrow space.

The soldiers have obvious advantages.

……

In the harbor, the crow's nest of the main mast of the Wu army warship.

The lookout shouted:
"The fight started!"

Liu Wu was startled and ordered loudly:

"Bombard Pontianak. Be careful, avoid the Governor's Palace to the west."

Solid bullets flew in an arc and hit the city of Pontianak, causing thick smoke to billow.

The port artillery also joined the shelling of Pontianak.

After 5 rounds of shelling,

Liu Wu ordered:

"Stop the shelling, the Marines will go ashore, arrest the Lan Fang leaders, and kill all those who resist."

……

2 miles downstream from Pontianak Port.

A Royal Navy level 4 ship was anchored here. When the sailors saw the fight breaking out, they immediately burst into cheers and whistles.

Sailing was boring, and they just wanted to see rivers of blood.

Anyone can bleed, as long as it's not me.

Stern.

Several senior officers looked out through telescopes.

The ship's medical officer sighed:

"Our allies are cruel and ruthless. Those are their expatriates."

The Marine captain appreciated it very much:

"No, Mr. Surgeon, they are not immigrants, they are rioters. All the gentlemen in London should come here and see that they are too kind to the colonies."

Captain Nelson said nothing.

He had just defeated a Dutch fleet with a single ship in the Caribbean, achieving an unprecedented feat.

His benefactor in the Admiralty, who was also his uncle, was actively mediating, hoping to get him promoted to brigadier general so that he could independently command an overseas squadron.

At this moment, he was concentrating on observing the Wu army's warships and assessing their combat effectiveness.

Today’s allies may not necessarily be tomorrow’s enemies, so it does no harm to know more about the military strength of your allies.

……

After Li Ergou led his troops to defeat the Pontianak city defense forces, he turned around and attacked the Governor's Office.

There were screams in the house.

The battle between Wang Danwang's swordsmen and the Lan Fang people ended in a stalemate.

One side has cotton armor, the other side has muskets.

One side has the initiative, and the other side is more aggressive.

So, no one could eat anyone.

Li Ergou's eyes rolled:
"Grenadiers, blow up!"

One ball after another was thrown into the Governor's Office, causing walls to collapse and houses to collapse, thick smoke to billow, and screams to be heard.

When the smoke cleared, Li Ergou suppressed the upturned corners of his mouth:

"Brothers, come on."

"Protect the Governor."

(End of this chapter)