Griffin Commander in the Late Ming Dynasty

There was a hint of disbelief in the girl's words.

"Of course you can. Look at me. Am I not also responsible for the resettlement of so many people this time? The master is not an ordinary person. He has great love for everyone in his heart. No matter if it is a scholar or people like us, he treats everyone equally."

People are good at deceiving themselves.

Especially when despair comes, if you don't deceive yourself, you will lose hope of living. Even if the reason sounds ridiculous, how is it possible to treat everyone equally without distinction?

But I still wondered, what if it was true? What if everyone was treated equally?

If that's the case.....that would be great....

There are also skirts, pomegranates, ⑧2, 7, wives, ①6 at night

Volume 190: Chapter Chapter : Sending troops to quell the rebellion

Although the loss of the post station made the transmission of information throughout the country a considerable problem, the fall of Yangzhou City was such a major event that it had the highest priority for national information transmission, so the series of court meetings in Nanjing did not last too long before the imperial edict from Beijing was received.

The content of the imperial edict was long and very elegant and subtle. It can be summed up in one sentence: "Send troops quickly and quell the chaos in Yangzhou City as soon as possible. If you can't quell it, prepare for the funeral."

After being fooled by civil servants for more than ten years, our brother Chongzhen has gradually turned from a taciturn and modest gentleman into an irritable old man. An emperor who has been eating steamed buns and pickles for more than ten years will make anyone angry.

As for the events in Shandong, the officials in the court also saw the determination of this gentleman. He meant what he said. This made them be more cautious on the one hand, and at the same time they felt more at ease in deceiving Chongzhen.

Look, this man is incompetent and incompetent, and he kills scholars like me at will. He is a complete tyrant. It is a just act for me to resist such a tyrant!

Let’s not talk about things far away for now. Now the emperor has issued an order that Yangzhou must be taken. Ordinary things can be fooled, but this matter cannot be fooled. He immediately ordered troops to go to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion.

In fact, the military attachés in Nanjing have been eager to get started for the past few days. For civil officials, promotion depends on political achievements, but for military attachés, they can only rely on martial arts.

A real man would take fame, wealth and honor immediately, but where could he get military merits in the south of the Yangtze River? Besides, they had seen the Tartars in Liaodong before. They looked like demons from heaven, so fierce that they could hardly muster the courage to fight, let alone martial arts.

But now, the opportunity to retake Yangzhou and gain promotion is right in front of them. They must consider whether this is the only chance in their lifetime. It is our responsibility to quell the rebellion for the country!

They are just small rebels, just a bunch of mud-legged people who shook off the mud on their legs from the fields and gritted their teeth to stand on the battlefield. If I can't beat the Tartars, can I beat you?

In their view, this battle is a machine for gaining military merits. The young models in the club will go to work in the adult industry. It's just a matter of time before they see it. How can they not be looking forward to it?

Almost as soon as the order was given to the barracks, the commander-in-chief immediately dispatched troops to prepare for the march. With an army of 30,000, he was determined to capture Yangzhou City!

Jiang Han knew the news even before the Nanjing court received the news.

As we all know, Lubyanka often gets information faster than Downing Street. The same is true for Jiang Han. This is not to say that there is a little Fengxian in the Ming army, but that he has the omnipotent UMP45.

Although he was mentally prepared, Jiang Han still felt that time was running out when he learned that the other party was about to send troops to attack - the time available for recuperation was too short.

Even with the continuous repairs by thousands of city defense troops, only a small part of the bastion construction work in Yangzhou was completed, and it could not achieve any defensive effect at all. The idea of ​​keeping the enemy out of the city was naturally impossible to achieve.

Now, there is only one way to ensure that Yangzhou will not be affected by the war, and that is to fight outside the city.

Putting the battlefield in the wild can ensure that the development of various industries and infrastructure in Yangzhou City will not be damaged to the greatest extent. You must know that when the army of this era attacks the city, they use catapults, artillery and ladders. The destruction of any facility in the city will make Jiang Han feel very painful.

Now, with Jiang Han's strong support, the Ming Dynasty's already prosperous industry has developed even more rapidly.

It’s not that the Ming Dynasty was without industry. On the contrary, its industry was actually quite well developed. Various inventions were already moving towards the Industrial Revolution. But no one expected that all of this would be destroyed in just a few decades.

Now Jiang Han has picked up all of this. The Industrial Revolution is not that simple. When it comes to the Industrial Revolution, the most concerning thing is undoubtedly the invention and improvement of the steam engine. But everyone knows that the steam engine is easy to use, but this thing is difficult to make.

In order to make a steam engine, you need steel plates. In order to manufacture steel plates, you need stamping and forging technology. One thing leads to another. The points added to the technology tree are often the sum of multiple disciplines to add a star. There is never a castle in the air, just like mathematics, if you don’t know how to do it, you don’t know how to do it.

Steel is not easy to make. Even in the Ming Dynasty, the method of forging iron was to burn the iron and then forge it repeatedly. This technology would definitely not work if you wanted to produce it on a large scale, so you had to build a blast furnace.

Look at the crystallization of human wisdom over decades. It is not something that can be achieved overnight. It requires continuous accumulation, and then on an accidental occasion, it suddenly bursts out with a light that is enough to cause a qualitative change.

But Jiang Han didn't have decades, not even three years. The continuous drought had already lasted for two years, and would not be alleviated until the 14th year of Chongzhen. In another year, the Dashun Army led by Li Zicheng would sweep across North China, followed by a plague that swept across the country.

Soon after, Beijing fell and the Qing army marched south. The entire Central Plains was almost covered with corpses. Everywhere you looked, there was nothing but yellow sand and gravel and white bones.

Every bit of development nowadays cannot have the slightest mistakes.

"Notify the volunteers in the city to pull up all the artillery and crossbows in the city. Except for the troops on duty in the city, everyone else should assemble outside the city."

In this battle, the main force will still be humans, but these ordinary people's soldiers also need to go through battles in order to grow. An army cannot just help old ladies cross the road or help old men pedal tricycles. Their main job is to defend the lives and property of the people, and they have to fight in blood.

An army that has not experienced the baptism of steel and fire is incomplete. Only by going through repeated forging can an iron army be forged.

This world is where Jiang Han lives, and it is also theirs, but in the end, it is still theirs. As a modern man, Jiang Han is completely different from these ancient people in terms of living habits and ideas. How to save them, perhaps only they themselves know best.

Jiang Han actually had no idea what political system or ideology it was. After all, he had slept through all his Marxism-Leninism classes in college, let alone the political systems of other countries.

The reason why he chose this path is simply because it has been tested and practiced on the land of China, and it has been proven to be feasible. He has no confidence in other methods. He does not want to gamble with the lives of the people to experiment and see whether this political system is feasible at this time. He can only find a correct answer that was once correct, and then believe in it and go all the way.

The people of the Ming Dynasty can no longer withstand too much turmoil.

The people in Yangzhou city saw a new bustle again. A large number of volunteer soldiers pulled cannons, lined up in neat rows, walked through the city, and quickly gathered outside the city. The sound of their neat footsteps rumbled, and every step seemed to step on people's hearts.

Since the formation of the Volunteer Army, their military training has been completely taught by the humanoids. They train in the same way as modern armies do, including discipline and physical training. Over the past few days, the results have been evident before their eyes, and the people in Yangzhou City are amazed.

"Hey, are these the soldiers under the command of the new lord of Yangzhou City?"

In the teahouse, many people were amazed at the sight of the army marching in formation on the street. After all, they had received many favors from Jiang Han, and as the saying goes, one should be grateful to the man who had benefited from him. Now, when the people discussed things in private, they no longer called Jiang Han a traitor.

"Isn't it? Look, the soldiers under the city lord all have a red scarf tied on their arms to identify them."

"Oh, it's true. Tell me how the city lord trains his soldiers? With such an army, I'm afraid the imperial guards in the capital are no better than this..."

"Instead of being amazed at this, you might as well think about why they went out. Maybe the imperial court received the news and came to quell the rebellion."

"It really is!"

Several people slapped their thighs and said, "It's been a few days since Yangzhou City was captured. The imperial court should have responded by now. It's about to happen."

"Ugh....."

Some people couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Why are you sighing? The imperial court has put down the rebellion, and Yangzhou can return to the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this a good thing? Why are you so sad?"

"I sighed. The city lord just allocated land to my family. My family is lucky. We and a neighboring family also received a cow. What do you think we should do if the imperial court attacks us and takes back the land?"

"Ah... this, can't be possible, the land is already in our hands, how can we take it back?"

"Humph, of course there is none. The land given by the city lord is not stamped with the seal of the Ming Dynasty. The government does not recognize it. What else can you do?"

"Alright, alright, stop arguing, both of you sit down first..."

A tea drinker came out to persuade: "Whether you admit it or not, we are no match for the common people, what can we do? However, I think that judging from the posture of the city lord's army, it may not be so easy for the court to quell the rebellion..."

Volume 191: Chapter Chapter : Trade

Although the war is about to break out, Jiang Han is more concerned about something else than a battle whose outcome is already known.

trading.

The Little Ice Age was not something that could be overcome in a day or two. In the eyes of many people, it is just four words, probably referring to the colder Little Ice Age. Its power can only be felt by experiencing it personally.

Apart from anything else, Jiang Han was enlightened. In the past few decades, he had never heard of the Yangtze River being frozen to the point of stopping its flow.

A considerable portion of the water in the country's two major rivers comes from frozen water melted from glaciers. But now the glaciers are not only unable to melt, but are also getting bigger. Even big rivers like the Yangtze River and the Yellow River have been frozen to the point of being short-flowing.

There was a severe drought all over the country, so severe that even in the south of the Yangtze River, where the Yangtze River meets the sea, there was almost no water.

You only know that the environment is bad, but only when you experience it yourself can you understand how bad it can be.

In such an environment, let alone potatoes, even magic beans cannot grow. This is our hope for the country's agriculture in recent years. The 10% tax collected previously was also to encourage farmers to farm more so that they can at least have something to eat. As for other property income, we must find a way to get it from others.

"Commander, the people are here."

Speak of the devil, here he comes. Jiang Han looked up and saw NTW walking in with a frightened man.

"Sir, what do you want from me?"

Jin Laosan walked in with a nervous mood. He was over 1.7 meters tall and looked like a little chicken when standing next to NTW. Where did this gentleman find this tough guy? Even Lord Qi’s wife is not as tough as her. How can the gentleman, with his weak arms and legs, defeat her?

The status of women in the Ming Dynasty was actually pretty good. Women were able to participate in major decision-making at home, and even daughters of generals could lead troops. It was much better than the later generations. The one that Jin Laosan mentioned was naturally the wife of our famous Qi Jiguang, Mrs. Ma. As a famous general who fought against the Japanese pirates, Qi Jiguang's fear of his wife was as well-known as his military achievements.

But Qi Jiguang also had something to say, what kind of wife am I looking for? A daughter of a general, what kind of background am I from? I was born in a peasant family, how can I fight a girl who has practiced for more than ten years?

I can’t fight. I don’t have the ability to do that, you know.

Yes, the main reason why Qi Jiguang was afraid of his wife was that he could not beat her. Mrs. Ma was even more pure than Qi Jiguang. She was the type that could knock out Qi in a one-on-one fight. Therefore, many Ming people nowadays, when they see such tall and strong women, can't help but guess that the man in this family must be afraid of his wife.

"Lao Jin, don't be nervous, sit down first, sit down first, come and get a chair for Lao Jin."

Jiang Han looked at Jin Laosan with a kind face, but in Jin Laosan's eyes, it was with this face that Jiang Han slaughtered 72 large and small wealthy families in Yangzhou City, which really made him unable to relax.

NTW brought a stool without saying a word, and Jin Laosan sat down tremblingly, not knowing what Jiang Han was up to. Could it be that he was going to hide the good bows when the birds were all gone?

"The main reason I asked you to come this time is because of one thing. I heard that a wealthy man I killed before had a trade route to Fujian, right?"

Hearing that it was indeed a serious matter, Jin Lao San immediately relaxed a lot: "It is true. This person specializes in collecting tea leaves in Fujian and making tea bricks, and then selling them to various places by water."

"Then, if this trade route is given to you, can you handle it?"

Hearing Jiang Han's words, Jin Lao San was stunned at first, and then he couldn't suppress his ecstasy: "Yes! You are so capable, sir! I have a lot of businessmen under me, and now everyone is trying to make a living. It will be no problem to take him down!"

"But I heard that pirates there are rampant. If you don't have a token from the person involved, you can't go with them. Is that true?"

Jiang Han is not ashamed to ask questions.

"It is true, but you don't know that although pirates are rampant on this sea route, there are differences in strength among pirates, and the Zheng family is the strongest among them. The so-called token is actually the Zheng family's token, not ours. As long as we show the Zheng family's flag, ordinary small pirate groups will not dare to do anything to us."

"So that's it..."

Nodding, Jiang Han put aside his worries: "It's like this, I want to reopen the trade route, especially Fujian and Guangdong, which are the top priorities. We can provide them with a large number of industrial products, porcelain, coal stoves, looms, soap, and even swords, bows, crossbows, armor, and artillery. I can sell them anything they want. What I want is a large amount of food, rice, tea, and a kind of sweet potato that is only available locally, especially tea. The more the better. I don't care if they robbed, took, or stole it. As long as it's there, I want it. Do you understand?"

The pirates are not good people. If they want to take down the arms order, they must provide a lot of food. Where does the food come from? In addition to the food in their own hinterland, they will rob the big families, Vietnam, India, and the Philippines. But Jiang Han doesn't care. I will give you cannons and weapons and let you rob. The Dutch are still eyeing the Philippines. It's better to fight. If the fight happens, I can provide weapons and do business at the same time.

"I understand...I understand, but for such a big business..."

"Of course I will ask someone to do it with you. If I leave it all to you, I'm afraid you won't even be able to trust yourself, right?"

"This... is indeed the case, it is indeed the case..."

Jin Lao San wiped the sweat from his forehead. He couldn't take such an important business by himself. If the master really gave it to him, he couldn't help but be tempted. What if he made a move and was discovered? Would he be able to keep his head? It would be much better if there was someone watching.

"Very good, go and prepare first. For this matter, you go find Manager Zhang and ask him to find someone to follow up. Let him hand over all the affairs in the city to Wang Dang."

"Ah...Yes, I will take my leave."

"Well, go ahead"

After seeing off Jin Lao San, Jiang Han let out a long sigh and lay down on the table.

"I'm so tired...I want to rest."

Looking at Jiang Han like this, Pei Huayu couldn't help but chuckle. Due to the fact that Jiang Han had taken over Yangzhou without bloodshed and his subsequent actions, Pei Huayu had always been more in awe of Jiang Han than friendly to him. In her opinion, Jiang Han was a man of great talent and strategy. However, after a few days of actual contact with him, she found that this was not the case.

He was indeed decisive in killing. He would kill evildoers without any hesitation. He was also extremely capable and all affairs in the city were arranged in an orderly manner by him. In the eyes of many people, the new Lord of Yangzhou was just like Mr. Wolong in ancient times, who was full of wisdom and strategies.

However, in private, he is a very easy-going person. He would complain about too much work, could not help being lazy, could be a little eccentric, always had some strange ideas in his mind, and... was also a little lustful.

It is said that the city lord is fond of women. Pei Huayu thinks that it does make sense. After all, the lord is surrounded by women of certain roles, and they are very...how should I put it, diverse.

It was also the first time that Pei Huayu knew that human hair is not only black and white, but also red, blue and gold, and pupils also come in different colors. However, these strange looks on the young girl next to the gentleman seemed completely natural and there was no sense of incongruity at all, as if it was supposed to be that way.

Humans, aren’t they amazing?

"Please cheer up, Commander. New guests should be arriving soon."

NTW persuaded Jiang Han who was determined to lie down. He was also troubled by the commander's laziness, but there was nothing he could do. He was just a commander. What could he do? Just spoil him!

"Okay, okay... Hey, how can I, a small commander, become a leader? I think I should become a professor."

"Shut up, you don't want the book anymore?"

Looking at the two people fighting in front of her, Pei Huayu felt like an outsider for the first time in her life.

Jiang Han naturally would not expect to revitalize the Ming Dynasty through Guangdong, Guangxi and southern Fujian. His appetite was bigger.

The government of the Ming Dynasty had already been conducting a considerable amount of trade with overseas countries, with silk alone providing an annual income of three to four million taels of silver, but the main source of income was still tribute.

These Westerners came to the Ming Dynasty to do business through middlemen and smuggling.

But since I can do business, if others can do it, I can do it too.

Although Europe today is also affected by the Little Ice Age, due to the development of the Industrial Revolution and the discovery of the New World, it has been able to live a very good life by sucking blood from the whole world.

You play a Phase Charge Vladimir, and I play a Bloodthirster Aatrox. That's not too much, right?

It has only been a hundred years since the discovery of the New World, and it is still a very beautiful land with rich resources and abundant products. A large number of black people have been forced to grow cotton and sugarcane. It is simply a superior target for trade, so how can we let it go?

If one wants to survive in this difficult era, one must learn to suck blood. He must use commodities such as tea, silk, and porcelain to exchange for large amounts of food and meat, corn, potatoes, and sugar to help China get through this most difficult period.

Animals like the guinea pigs from South America are animals that must be introduced. As rodents, these little creatures have soft fur and can give birth to a large litter every few weeks. They are the main source of meat for local residents and are not difficult to raise. More importantly, although they are rodents, according to his understanding, these little creatures are different from house mice. As farmed animals, guinea pigs have no possibility of carrying the plague. There has been no case of plague outbreaks in these creatures for hundreds of years. As long as they are raised properly, they can be used as the main alternative meat.