Chapter 269 Meeting in Wenzhou
Zhao Ming claimed that he would take out 500,000 taels to start an Europa company, which was a complete bubble.
At this time, Zhao Ming's financial situation was not optimistic. The army needed money and food, and Taiwan was not developed. It was the time when the young and yellow people were not in charge. Where could they take out any money and food?
However, Zhao Ming did have a batch of goods, but most of them were products he failed to stockpile.
After the Qing army occupied Jiangnan and Jiangxi, marine trade was interrupted, and foreign exchange-making products such as cloth, silk, tea, porcelain and other foreign exchange products were reduced in a cliff-like manner. If this continues, China will lose its traditional market.
For this reason, Zhao Ming wanted to use some products to replace the original products, but he could not sell them after making them, causing backlogs and losing all his money.
Zhao Ming founded the Europa company in the hope that the Europa company could help him deal with the backlog of goods. After the company developed, he could use the company to purchase raw materials from the colonies and then dump cloth, blankets, and leather products into Europe, thereby destroying the potential competitor, England.
Kuiyi and He Bin returned to Chikanburg, Tainan, and the senior executive of the East India Company immediately asked Zhao Ming whether he accepted the mediation and let the Spanish go.
Although the Netherlands is hostile to the Spanish, the Dutch are worried that Zhao Ming will attack the Dutch again after defeating the Spanish, so he hopes to maintain the current situation.
Kui Yi hurriedly explained that the target of Pinglu Hou was only in northern Taiwan and would never attack Tainan.
The Dutch were skeptical about Aoi's words, but their losses had not recovered so far, so Zhao Ming wanted to pull out Spain, but they had no choice but to hope that Zhao Ming's ambition would only be in Taipei and would not attack Tainan.
If they had the strength, the Dutch might interfere directly, but now they can't do it, so they can only implement appeasement policies.
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Shangrao Prefecture, Jiangxi Province.
It is located at the junction of Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, and is full of mountains.
In Fujian Province, a Wuyi Mountain Range is spread across the country, making northern, northwest and northeast of Fujian all have continuous mountain ranges, and only a small number of plains are located along the southeast coast.
Zhu Yihai's army occupied western and southern Zhejiang, blocking the Qing army's advance along the coast and attacking Fujian. The Qing army could only cross the mountains in northern Fujian to attack Fujian.
At this time, outside Shangrao City, the Qing army camps were surrounded. Looking into the eyes, they were covered with white tents, and they were countless.
In the military camp, the Eight Banners soldiers wearing armor and armor in various colors, as well as the Green Camp soldiers wearing straw hats and bloated jackets, were densely packed through the camp.
At this time, in Shangrao City, a stove was set up in the lobby of a wealthy family's house, and the Eight Banners soldiers and the Green Camp generals gathered.
A fat pig was mounted on the stove, and the skin was roasted golden. Drops of grease dripped down, and the flames immediately rose up, roasting the fat pig with a fragrant smell.
The wind was howling outside, but it was a little hot inside. The generals of the Green Camp stood on both sides, and the Eight Banners generals surrounded the stove, all took off their helmets, exposed their blue scalp, and discussed military information.
This time, the Qing army gathered 200,000 troops on the north of Fujian, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, preparing to cut off the Ming army in half.
There were not many people within the Qing Dynasty who could command such a large-scale war. As Dorgon trusted the most, Duoduo became the commander of the Southern Expedition without hesitation.
In November, Jiangxi was in a severe cold, which made the Eight Banners soldiers who thought they could tolerate the cold tremble with cold.
The coldness of the south is not the same as the coldness of the north. The cold weather in the south is everywhere. Duoduo was wrapped in a marten and felt the warmth brought by the stove with his hands. He said, "Zheng Zhilong has agreed to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. The army will soon enter Fujian. At that time, if you catch the fake Tang King, I will destroy another fake emperor, and you will be rewarded by the Regent!"
Everyone smiled, but Tong Tulai said, "Prince, we stationed our troops here, and Zheng Zhilong is not intimate. I'm afraid that the pseudo-Ming Dynasty had heard the wind for a long time. Will they make any moves!"
Duoduo suddenly inserted the dagger that was cutting flesh in his hand into the desk table, showing a cruel look on his face, "If Zhu Yihai dares to move, Zhang Cunren from Hangzhou and Ma Guanghui from eastern Zhejiang will also move, and Zhu Yihai can only return to the army to defend his nest. On the side of Ganzhou, Luke Dehun and Jin Shenghuan attacked fiercely, and the Ming army in Huguang and southern Ganzhou cannot come. Now the pseudo-Tang King is already a turtle in the jar."
Tong Tulai said: "The prince said it is reasonable, but in order to avoid the long nights and dreams, I suggest that Zheng Zhilong should switch it in the near future and amplify the Qing army into Fujian!"
Duoduo frowned slightly, pondered for a while, and nodded, "You are right. I can't be too happy. That Manzi Zhao has not had any news for a long time, and I don't know if he will make any moves to destroy my plan."
Zhao Ming has been in Taiwan recently and has not plagued the Qing coast, which has made Duoduo a little uncomfortable.
As he said that, Duoduo raised his head and said to a goatee-bearded traitor: "Huang Shu, go to Fujian immediately and urge Zheng Zhilong to turn on and let him capture the fake Tang King to see him."
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November, Wenzhou.
Zhao Ming, who had just got off the dock, sneezed, "Mom, who is the grandson scolding me?"
Zhao Ming walked off the boat, and the guards pulled down the miscellaneous horse from the boat. Zhao Ming flew up and rushed to Wenzhou City under the escort of more than a dozen cavalrymen.
The defenders at the city gate let go, looking at Zhao Ming and his group of people, they couldn't help but talk, "That's General Zhao from the East China Sea!"
Zhao Ming rode a horse in front, and behind him a group of generals were behind. People in the city saw a group of generals wearing mountain patterns entering the city, which attracted the people in the city to stop and watch.
At this time, the sound of hooves in front of him was loud and dust was flying. But when a cavalry led several officers to come to Zhao Ming, he rushed to the front of the horse. Li Yuanyin bowed his hand and fisted on the horse and said loudly: "According to the order of His Royal Highness the Prince, come to welcome the governor, please!"
When Zhao Ming saw Li Yuanyin in a white horse and silver robe, his face was full of smiles, "No need to be too polite, go to the prince's palace as soon as possible!"
At present, the two teams cooperated to go to Zhu Yihai's palace together.
On the way, Zhao Ming asked, "Brother Yuan, are your father and commander here too?"
Li Yuanyin nodded, "All the officials of the Zhejiang Army have arrived, just wait for the governor."
Zhao Ming was a little embarrassed when he heard this, so he asked, "He Wencheng is here too?"
Li Yuanyin said: "Brother Chang Geng has gone to Fujian alone to meet the Zheng Guo family a few days ago."
Zhao Ming nodded. At this time, he had arrived at the gate of the palace. Zhu Yihai personally led a group of generals and schools to greet him.
Seeing this, Zhao Ming was shocked and quickly turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to Zhu Yihai, and then knelt on one knee, "Your Highness!"
"Boan!" Zhu Yihai lifted him up with a hot look, "I knew you would come."
Chapter completed!