Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 612
The news that King Lu Jianguo destroyed the Qingjiang Waterproof Division in Zhenjiang soon spread to Nanjing. At this time, the Dongting Navy raided Guazhou Ferry again. The Guazhou Fort that was destroyed by King Lu in August has not yet been reported. After the repair was completed, it was destroyed again by Man Dazhuang.

In late September of the third year of Longwu, King Lu and Man Dazhuang joined forces in Yizheng County in the east of Nanjing City. There were more than a thousand boats and [-] troops, and there was a great earthquake in the south of the Yangtze River.

According to the original plan, the two armies took advantage of the defeat of the Manqing Jiangnan navy and the Qing army's inability to compete with the Ming army on the river, and swept up the Qing army's forts along the river, completely destroying the Manqing river defenses, so that the Ming army's warships could be used at any time. In and out of the Yangtze River.

The Ming army took Yangzhong, Jingjiang and other sandbanks in the middle of the river as temporary water fortresses. Warships moved around, cutting off the Manchu and Qing water transport, and attacking weak points of the Qing army everywhere, destroying all forts along the river.

For a time, the Yangtze River was full of beacon fires.

The warships of the Ming army moved from east to west, and the Qing troops everywhere were in fear. The Manchu Qing changed the southern Zhili of the Ming Dynasty into Jiangnan Province, nearly a thousand miles along the river, ten prefectures and more than thirty counties, from Chizhou Prefecture in the west to Songjiang in the east The government is within the attack range of the Ming army.

Although the Qing army still has 13 people in the south of the Yangtze River, it is impossible to divide the troops to control so many places, and the small counties are guarded by less than a thousand people, while the Ming army has [-] sailors. They attack together, except for Nanjing and Yangzhou Big cities like Zhenjiang, which are heavily guarded by troops, cannot be attacked, and other small cities are not pointed out.

In Jiangning city, Hong Chengchou couldn't sleep or eat, nor could the upright officials and green battalion soldiers in various counties and counties in the south of the Yangtze River. They were worried that at some point, the Ming army would suddenly come to the city and take their heads.

Hong Chengchou has no countermeasures for this. His previous decades of experience, whether against the bandits or the Manchus, were all in the north. He was at a loss for this kind of boat warfare and mobile raids. He could only write to many Duo, "Since the pirates first entered the Yangtze River in August, people in the south of the Yangtze River have been floating. Now the pirates have entered the Yangtze River for the second time, destroying our boats, and recruiting rebels from Huguang to help. The Yangtze River is no longer owned by our Qing Dynasty. Only the current plan, There is only a false peace negotiation, so that the bandits withdraw from the Yangtze River, and then reorganize the defense of the river. I hope the prince must make this happen as soon as possible, otherwise, the three years of success in the south of the Yangtze River will be wiped out. .”

Thousands of miles along the Yangtze River, every place can become the attack point of the Ming army. In order to deal with it, Hong Chengchou could only send Eight Banners cavalry along the river to monitor while urging Duoduo.

At this time, the soldiers of the Eight Banners still maintained the majesty of landing on the land, with their iron hooves rolling, galloping on both sides of the Yangtze River. However, the Ming army took a boat, which saved time and effort. The master of the Eight Banners ran with the boat every day. After a long time, his buttocks were blistered, but he couldn’t bear it. up.

The warships of the Ming army harassed along the river, the fast boats attacked everywhere, and the cavalry of the Eight Banners were exhausted. An overlord on the top, a landlubber on the water.

The Eight Banners cavalry could only pull out their horses and leave, but they did not go far. They clinged to the Ming army navy like a stinky plaster, watching from a distance. They would not go into the water, nor let the Ming army go ashore.

Fortunately for Hong Chengchou, the navy of the Ming army did not attack the city except for destroying the Jiangfang fort. This also made him more sure that the Ming army must have a conspiracy. Aiming at Man Qingshui's weakness, Hong Chengchou knew there was nothing he could do about it.

As time passed and time passed, Hong Chengchou still hadn't resolved the Ming army's threat to the local government, and another problem came up on the table.

The economy in the north is destroyed, people's livelihood is in decline, there is a riot in Yuyuan in Shandong, more than [-] bannermen in the capital have to support, Ming army ships are blocked on the river, ships going north are blocked in Zhenjiang, and ships going south are blocked In Yangzhou, the water transportation has been completely cut off, and the Manchu Qing court has issued an edict to reprimand him, ordering him to restore the water transportation as soon as possible, which makes him even more worried.

On the first day of October, the Winter Clothes Festival, Lidong arrived in a blink of an eye, and Jiangning City became deserted and desolate as if it had entered winter.

At this time, a person came in from the city gate, looking a bit embarrassed, it was Yan Congnian, the big treasurer of Qing Yongchang who was captured by Man Dazhuang in Tongling more than a month ago, and this time he was sent back to Nanjing by the Ming army.

When the Ming army entered the Yangtze River, water transportation was blocked for more than half a month. The canals of Yangzhou and Zhenjiang were crowded with merchant ships traveling from south to north, most of which were ships from Shanxi merchants.

Food was the key to the activities of the Ming army on the Yangtze River. Some gentry in the south of the Yangtze River secretly provided a batch of food for the Ming army, but the Ming army had 3 people, and the consumption was really huge. The family does not have much surplus food, and the food and grass for support are limited.

It was also inconvenient for the Ming army to transport grain from Huguang. The grain ships were not warships. The army occasionally destroyed a small county, but food was still scarce.

Man Dazhuang asked Huguang for food several times, and the Lu Jian Kingdom had a small land and a lot of people, so they also needed food and grass, so Wang Yan turned his idea on Shanxi merchants.

Jiangnan is rich in products, and the Grand Canal blocked countless cargo ships. For merchants, they lost tens of thousands of dollars every day. Among these materials, iron, copper, and grain can be embargoed, but silk, cotton cloth, porcelain, and tea can be severely extorted by the Ming army. , and then release.

Yan Congnian was released to make a suggestion to Fan Yongdou and other Shanxi merchants, asking them to use Jiangbei's grain or money to buy roads.

Not long after, Yan Congnian came to Nanshi.

The water transport was cut off, not only the north was in a hurry, but the economy of Jiangnan was also affected. In the past, most of the materials in Jiangnan were sold to the north, and there was a stable market. North Korean merchants, or colluded with Eastern Zhejiang maritime merchants to sell to Japan and North Korea through the power of King Lu.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty saw that the water transportation was cut off by the Ming army, and there was nowhere to sell the goods in Jiangnan. If they did not sell them, the Jiangnan merchants would have nowhere to sell. They naturally lowered the price. Chaotian, can only temporarily suspend business.

In the entire Nanshi City, most of the shops have been closed, and only a few are still open, but if the water transportation continues to be interrupted, it is estimated that they will close sooner or later.

As the chief treasurer of Qing Yongchang, Yan Congnian was very familiar with the situation in Nanjing, and he was a little surprised by this depressed scene.

He watched all the way and came to a shop with a large area. The three big characters "Qing Yongchang" on the plaque of the shop were shining golden, and a big "Dang" was written on the walls on both sides of the door and on the banners hanging. , is also golden, full of the smell of copper.

As the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing has a large population. I don’t know how many princes, nobles, nobles, and ministers gathered here. With the Ming Dynasty being pushed to the southwest, these old veterans in the eyes of the Qing Dynasty must have a hard life. inevitable.

Qing Yongchang knew how to do business, and most of the surrounding shops were closed. His pawn shop was the most prosperous, and he easily pocketed the treasures accumulated by the nobles of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years.

Yan Congnian walked into the pawnshop and knocked hard on the small window at the counter a few times. After a while, the window opened, and a high-spirited voice came out, "What are you doing, bring it here."

"It's me." Yan Congnian frowned and said angrily.

He was not in a good mood. He was imprisoned by the Ming army for almost a month, watching other people's faces every day. He didn't expect that just after he came back, a pawnbroker would dare to show his face to him.

"Hey~ You're making fun of me, right?" The person inside seemed more impatient than him, "I don't care who you are, whether you like it or not."

With a "snap", the small window was actually closed directly.

Qing Yongchang was an imperial merchant of the Qing Dynasty, and the relationship between the government and the government was in place. There were many gifts from Governor Hong. They were the only ones in the whole street who could do pawn business. You can't accept it, otherwise you won't give Qing Yongchang face and break the rules of the imperial business, so the buddy doesn't have to worry at all.

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