Chapter 58 Qizhou Island
"We won't talk too much about this." Xu Yingxing also knew that he was happy today, so he missed it, and it was too easy to say it. He made up for it and asked, "Have you written an article recently?"
"No." Xu Zixian said honestly: "Where can you use your mind to train and raise funds?"
"I can't help you too much," Xu Yingxing smiled and said, "You always have to stand up for your own family. Remember that those who can lead troops must be able to raise funds. I can give you 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, but I can take it out, but this money was not found by you. What should I do if you lack money in the future? This time, you have to find a way for yourself! But you can think about the article, four or six words, flashy, and even I love reading your vernacular words. Changwenhou and others also highly praised it. Last time they met, they mentioned this matter and praised you."
After listening to this, Xu Ziwen knew the intention of King Qi. It would be best to take out another article to slowly consolidate his image of being able to be both martial and literary, so that officials and gentry can accept themselves more easily.
If the image is biased towards military generals, it may be related to bad things such as violence, bloodthirsty, cruelty, etc., and the standard of civility and military generals is the Confucian generals.
If you don’t propose marriage, just the image in the minds of officials and gentry, the proposal of King Qi is very correct.
"Thank you for your advice." Xu Ziwen was so moved. Looking at King Zhao with a gentle smile and gray hair, he could see his father's shadow in his heart.
After a while, the little sister and Xiuniang both came in and brought the servants to serve the food.
Li Yi was in a favor and was responsible for pouring wine for Xu Yingxing. In front of someone with the status of King Qi, he was a little restrained and uneasy.
They are all home-cooked side dishes, cooked snow-white mutton soup, freshly sprinkled green onion, mixed with the aroma of mutton, the aroma of mutton is really fragrant, making people suddenly feel excited.
There is also a fried flower dish, the meat is fried into a lamp shape, seasoned with green garlic sprouts and chili peppers, and you can tell at a glance that it is extremely delicious.
Then cut the chicken into diced, served with a few diced vegetarian dishes, stir-fry them out of the pan.
Cut pieces with fire and pour honey and juice. This is a sweet dish.
Then put clams in a clay pot, pour wine on it, and simmer it slowly over charcoal fire, so that the aroma of wine and seafood becomes more intense.
There are steamed fish, which are common dishes in Fujian. King Qi didn’t pay much attention to it, but instead ate mutton, clams, and fried meat, which made me feel very happy.
"I have never seen these dishes elsewhere." After dinner, Xu Yingxing said to Xu Zixian's brother and sister: "It's a pity that people say that I am the prince, and I have a good meal, but I end up eating worse than you brother and sister."
The little girl smiled with her lips, but she didn't look a bit rude and abominable. After all, the daughter of a marquis is very beautiful.
Xu Zixian laughed and said, "If my uncle likes it, I will ask someone to copy these recipes and send them to the royal palace."
"Of course this is necessary." Xu Yingxing said: "It's better to send the chef directly."
"The chef can't give it to you." Xu Zixian looked at Xiu Niang, whose face was blushing and smiled: "This is Xiu Niang's craft."
"I'm speechless." Xu Yingxing looked at Xiu Niang and said to Xu Zixian with a deep meaning: "Mingda, you really have good fortune. You should cherish your blessings and self, do you understand?"
"clear."
Xu Yingxing stood up and wanted to go back to the city even though it was not early. Before leaving, he said to Xu Zixian: "These dishes alone can also be overwhelmed by the storm before."
Xu Zixian smiled and said nothing, while Xiuniang felt a little proud and uneasy. Of course, she couldn't explain clearly. These dishes were completely inventions by Xu Zixian and had little to do with her.
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The night was low and the fishy sea breeze blew over. Lu Wenxian, the governor of Qizhou, slowly climbed from the foot of the mountain on the north side to the top of Qishan, surrounded by several healthy servants.
The altitude of Qishan is not very high, about five or six hundred meters. However, except for the gentle mountains along the coast in the south, the rest of the mountain that stretches for more than 20 miles are very steep and steep. There are only a few hunters in the long valley area to build several small villages, and there are also a gentle boundary of hundreds of acres. Military villages are built, namely Shangzhai in Qizhou. In the rest, there are only dense forests, rocks, shrubs, and not even a few small paths that can be walked.
From the foot of the mountain behind Lu Wenxian, there were also military camps that occupied a considerable area. The arrow towers, trenches and deer antlers were arranged very closely. After dark, wind lights were lit up above the military camp. Patrol soldiers were everywhere on the walls, and the barriers were very tightly guarded.
At the foot of the mountain is Zhongzhai. Zhongzhai and Shangzhai are both guarding the south of Qishan. Several mountain roads that can accommodate the army are within the control of Shangzhai and Zhongzhai.
Shangzhai has a commander, that is, a battalion, with each battalion of five capitals, with a total of five hundred people guarding it.
There were about 1,100 people stationed in the two camps in Zhongzhai, plus some pond horses, fire soldiers, etc.
Shangzhai was just outside Qizhou City, guarding the main road and port, with three battalions and two horse soldiers, with less than two thousand people stationed.
Qizhou was established less than a hundred years ago, because the dynasty was becoming more and more pirates, so a special county was set up on this Jiangkou island, and later it was upgraded to military prefecture. If the territory and people were calculated, it would be very difficult to set up a county.
Qizhou belongs to the Grand Governor's Office and the Fuzhou Prefecture, Civil Affairs is under the Fuzhou Prefecture, Military is under the management of the Grand Governor's Office, and military registration, merit, recruitment, resettlement, daily military preparation and training of soldiers. This is the management of the Grand Governor's Office, because the upper, middle and lower villages are all local wing troops, not the imperial guard system. If it is an imperial guard system, the Grand Governor's Office can only help recruit soldiers and resettle disabled and retired soldiers. The daily management training and officer system are all under the management of the commanders of the same route, and they are directly under the two prefectures in the capital. At the same time, the Privy Councillor of Jiangling also has the right to consult about military and political situations, but will not directly interfere in the management.
Qizhou has a magistrate who is in charge of military affairs, with a fifth-rank official position, and a military and political position. There are prefecture chiefs, assisting the magistrate, magistrate, supervising officials in the prefecture and the state, as well as the officials in the prefecture, including the magistrate, the magistrate and the state. There are also prominence officials, the envoys of the prefecture, the officials, the officials, the officials, the officials, the officials, the officials in the yaqian. Because it is important, although there are not many people, the officials are fully equipped and there are no provincial chiefs, but the defensive envoys, which is the position that Lao Nanhou Xu Yingbin once held, specializing in managing the three villages of the upper, middle and lower areas.
Shangzhai and Zhongzhai each have one military commander, which is equivalent to the commander. Shangzhai has a commander, which is also the front line facing the Qishan thieves.
The number of officers and soldiers in the state is slightly higher than that of Qishan. If they are ordinary bandits in the mainland, the number of officers and soldiers can easily eliminate bandits. However, pirates are different. In terms of looting, there are also trade means to increase wealth. In addition, it is easy to escape in Shanghai and difficult to pursue and suppress. As long as the pirates become powerful, it is difficult to be eliminated.
Qizhou is also surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea. The terrain is steep, so it is extremely difficult for officers and soldiers to attack. Xu Yingbin tried once. Because he was harassed and attacked by Qishan thieves in the mountains, he was difficult to transfer food and pay, and his troops were not allowed to continue, resulting in a great defeat and the soldiers lost nearly a thousand people. After this battle, the court also lost confidence in the extermination of Qishan thieves, and since then it became a confrontation.
Lu Wenxian was originally just cautious in defending his territory and did not dare to use any war with pirates at will. In Qizhou, nine out of ten people stopped at sea to make a living, either fishing or doing business, or doing business related to maritime trade. There were less than 3,000 households who were farming. The island was not large, and the land was not fertile, so it could not support too much population.
The same as Qizhou Island is Dongfan Island, which is more than ten times larger, but it does not feed much. The reason is simple. There are many breeding on the island, which is unsafe, and it is very malaria and easy to contagious. The land climate is very suitable, but it is really not easy to develop. In the past few decades, there were tens of thousands of people on the island, and many of them were merchants who were sheltering from the wind and port, as well as fishermen. When the season comes, they go to the island to fish, and after the season comes, they return to Fujian.
Lu Wenxian heard that the court intended to establish a prefecture in the Dongfan period. A big boss once wanted to recommend him to the Dongfan period as the prefect. The magistrate was of high authority and was originally a good thing, but he hurriedly took some channels and respected Xie Bumin.
This incident may have few supporters later, and it soon stopped.
However, Qizhou is actually quite rich. If it weren’t for Qishan pirates occupying the island, the state officials would have been very interesting.
When the news of Xu Zi capturing and killing Chen Yuyong first, beheading more than 70 levels, and defeating 200 Qishan thieves reached the island, Lu Wenxian was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.
The mainland bandits are by no means the opponents of officers and soldiers. The Qishan thieves are all bandits who have been around for a long time. After their long careers at sea, they not only develop a skill, but also have the courage to be far stronger than ordinary people.
In addition, he had money and bought good weapons and could also make his own armor. Two hundred Qishan thieves may not be able to fight with them. Besides, Chen Yuyong is a powerful general. In the formation, he was actually captured and killed by the Nan'an Hou Shizi led the Zhongya general of the mansion. This is really a strange thing that people can't believe and cannot refuse to believe.
If this happens, it’s fine elsewhere, but Qizhou is quite worried.
After Qishan thieves suffered such a great loss, will they do something on the island to vent their anger? This is not only a worrying thing, but also a very likely thing.
Lu Wenxian climbed the mountain and there was a place where a large platform was on the top of the cliff, known as the Star Cliff, you can see most of the south of the island, the ports and buildings of Qishan thieves, and you can see about 77888.
If there is any inappropriateness, of course, you must increase the defense level and report it to Fuzhou.
Even though the mountains are high and steep, they still reach the top by dawn.
The red sun in the east shines the red light on the sea, giving it a magnificent feeling. At the port in the south of the island, more than a dozen sea boats of different sizes are parked. Some have shallow drafts, some should be empty ships, and some have a deep draft. It seems that they are full of cargo and are ready to go out for a long voyage.
There are also some small boats, which are used as fishing boats, for fishing at sea.
Lu Wenxian knew that the pirates on the island had secretly colluded with merchants from Jianzhou, Tingzhou, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. Porcelain from Jiangxi, local porcelain from Jianzhou, iron from Tingzhou, raw silk and tea from Quanzhou and other places were all the best goods, sold overseas countries, and they were the most popular. As much as they had, they could take out as much as they could. When a ship of goods was released, they could always exchange for a ship of copper materials and copper coins.
There are also gold, silver, and spices, which are also very popular in China. When precious metals and popular specialties are shipped back, you can also make a big profit.
The pirates not only loot, but also do business like ordinary maritime merchants, because they drive the ships to the shore to grab the people's property, and snatch them up, and their income is limited.
When using ships to do maritime trade, the profits obtained are sometimes higher than those who directly grab, which is also a characteristic of Dawei's foreign trade, that is, the profits are higher than grabbing, so naturally there are many followers.
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