Chapter 1139
Infiltration and Control
Chapter 1139 Infiltration and Control
Compared with the previous combat environment in the south, the icy and snowy Liaodong is a completely different world to the Haihan army. Although the Haihan army is undoubtedly superior in terms of strength, the Ministry of National Defense believes that entering Liaodong in winter is a risk. This is a rather risky choice, so from the beginning of the plan, it was not considered to launch an offensive on the Liaodong Peninsula in the winter of the first year in the north.
However, dispatching the navy from Zhifu Port to assist the Ming army in Dongjiang Town to recover the abandoned Changshan Islands is within Haihan's capabilities, and the risk is relatively small.After all, the strength of the Houjin Navy is relatively limited, and it is difficult to pose a substantial threat to the Haihan Navy.After completing this wave of operations, most of the combat ships of the Haihan Navy had to go south before the freezing of Zhifu Port, return to Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province for maintenance, and then go north and return to Zhifu Port to station after the beginning of spring.
Before winter, another major event to be completed at the Zhifu Island Base is the exploration and mining preparations for the Fushan Copper Mine.If things go well, it's not out of the question to start mining copper this winter.
On the second day after Tian Yeyou and others arrived at Zhifu Island, good news came that the special warfare battalion broke through the bandits in the inland mountainous area and captured the two bandit leaders of the Wanjia Army.This greatly accelerated Haihan's process of clearing the southwestern mountainous area of Fushan County. The next day, Zhifu Island sent a company of troops to land from the upper reaches of the Jiahe River, and headed to the location of the Fushan Copper Mine to act as a pioneer.Tian Yeyou, on the other hand, rested on Zhifu Island for another day before landing ashore to carry out exploration tasks in the area.
Considering that there may still be many stragglers of the Wanjia Army in the area, the headquarters specially appointed Morgan to accompany him, and asked Chen Yixin, who was recruiting immigrants in Fushan County, to meet him near the county seat, and then went to the location of the copper mine together.
The Fushan Copper Mine is located fifteen miles west of Fushan County, right on the edge of the mountainous area, which slightly reduces the difficulty of mining.If it is located in a mountainous area, whether it is transporting ore or relocating miners, it will be quite troublesome. It may be delayed until after the beginning of spring.
Tian Yeyou and Morgan took a boat from Zhifu Island to the temporary pier in the upper reaches of the Jiahe River. After more than a month of development, this place has spontaneously become a riverside market outside the county seat.Haihan sells some cheap daily necessities and agricultural tools here, and has been recruiting immigrants who voluntarily left Daming here for a long time.Some local people who have no money can also barter with agricultural products such as vegetables, fruits, chickens and ducks harvested by themselves.A few business-minded people have set up bamboo sheds next to the market to sell tea, snacks, etc., and start to make money with the increasing flow of people.
Because Chen Yixin hadn't arrived here, Ge Yong, a naturalized cadre who is currently in charge here, took the two of them to visit the market and introduced the business conditions here: "This place was originally in charge of security by the military. , but the security situation near the county has improved recently, and the security affairs have been taken over by the newly formed security team."
The so-called security team is led by Haihan, and is composed of honest and reliable young men selected from the immigrants recruited locally. After simple training, the military will send someone as the commander to do some maintenance in this market work in order.Considering that these people have been in Haihan for a short time and their reliability is not enough, they were not equipped with lethal weapons, but each was given a two-foot-long wooden stick as a self-defense device.Because the supplies in Zhifu Island are limited at present, the uniforms of these security officers are not unified, but everyone wears a red cloth hoop with the same style on their arms, with the word "security" written on it in yellow paint to identify them. the special status of these people.
Ge Yong continued to introduce: "In addition to the treatment of ordinary immigrants, these security officers can also receive a labor allowance of one or two silver per month, so they are quite active in their work. In the future, local police agencies and militia organizations will be established. Security officers with work experience will be given priority in conversion and employment.”
If Haihan wants to take root in Fushan County and engage in mining, trade, immigration and other affairs, he must infiltrate and control the local officialdom and folks, gradually establish a social order controlled by Haihan, and create and maintain the operation of this system In addition to the military means of the Haihan military, a large number of unarmed personnel are also needed to implement various high-level plans and concepts.
Haihan did not intend to directly enter the county seat to control the county government and local officials. Such behavior would be no different from an invasion and would only cause unnecessary trouble.Based on the operating experience in the south in the past few years, it is the most sensible approach to establish a separate system outside the local government, implement local management on its own, and gradually lift the government in a peaceful manner.
A market was established on the river bank outside the county seat to attract people and drive trade, and at the same time, it also logically began to promote Haihan's social management system and economic and trade system among the local people.In time, after the Haihan colonial system develops to a certain scale locally, it will be able to gradually reduce its dependence on the South in terms of security, defense, supplies, and financing for operations.
Tian Yeyou asked: "Then how is the current Fushan County government's response to our measures?"
"The reaction...is pretty peaceful!" Ge Yong hesitated a little before responding: "In the first few days, there were police officers who came to patrol the city, but after we pulled out the security team, they couldn't come. Thinking about it, he should have taken the initiative to avoid it."
Tian Yeyou heard other people talking about the situation in Fushan County on the island two days ago. At present, there are only a small number of garrisons and security personnel in the city. After seeing how the Wanjia Army was completely defeated by the Haihan Army, these people will be more afraid of Haihan. Reasonable things.Now that Haihan had pulled up his own security team, he naturally wouldn't welcome the Fushan County police officers to come over and tell them what to do.Ge Yong was hesitant just now, Tian Yeyou thought that this was probably not as peaceful as he said, and he was probably driving the other party back to the county.
However, these trivial matters did not affect the overall situation, and Tian Yeyou did not continue to ask further questions.What he cares more about now is that more and more people have noticed them and turned on the spectator mode.It's not just that their ostentation is more attractive, Morgan with a high nose and deep eyes is also one of the targets of the crowd.
Tian Yeyou said with a smile: "You are right to come here, you see everyone regards you as a star."
Morgan replied solemnly: "It's not as exaggerated as you said. I don't think they will be too surprised by my appearance. After all, I also have a little Latin blood, and there is not much difference in appearance from southern Europeans."
When Sun Yuanhua was the governor of Denglai, he formed a special force with more than 20 European soldiers.These foreign soldiers are basically hired as military advisors, Portuguese who came to Dengzhou to train musketeers and artillery for him. When they were stationed in Dengzhou, many local people had seen these "Francobots" .Therefore, although Morgan's appearance is obviously different from that of the Han people, he may not be unfamiliar with the local people in Dengzhou.
The two walked around the market for a while, and Chen Yixin rushed here with the guards. After meeting, he confessed to the two: "I should have come and waited early in the morning, but there are some troubles that I can't get away from and delayed." Time, let you wait for a long time!"
"What's the trouble? Do you need help?" Morgan eagerly asked after hearing this.One of the reasons why he applied to go north to Shandong was because there might be more frequent combat operations here. Hearing what Chen Yixin said, he immediately became interested.
Chen Yixin waved his hand and said, "It's not the kind of troublesome thing you think... Sigh, I can't understand a sentence or two, let's talk as we walk!"
Morgan and Tian Yeyou gathered their men, and then left the market with Chen Yixin and headed west.On the way, Chen Yixin talked about a minor trouble he encountered recently, which made the two of them a little dumbfounded.
Chen Yixin has been stationed in Fushan County for a period of time. His jurisdiction is the area to the west of Jiahe, and Harugong is in charge of the east.And the work he has to be responsible for is not only about security, but also about civil affairs.As a result, a family of country gentry, seeing him as young and promising, dared to entrust a matchmaker to find him as a matchmaker, hoping to recruit him as a bride.After Chen Yixin politely declined through the intermediary, the squire still refused to let it go, so they changed their method and invited him to their home for a banquet.
This squire also has some influence in the local area, and at the same time invited people from the local government to attend. Chen Yixin thought about building a good relationship with the local dignitaries, so he went to the dinner yesterday. Stayed one night at the squire's house.In the morning, I originally wanted to say goodbye and leave earlier, but was dragged by the squire to have breakfast together, but the time was delayed.
"Young man can do it!" Tian Yeyou praised after listening to it: "A beautiful blessing delivered to your door! How is the girl? Are you satisfied?"
Chen Yixin shook his head and said, "I don't have any thoughts about it, so I didn't ask to meet the other girl. I think this kind of thing is inappropriate, and it's better not to get involved."
"What are you worried about? Afraid that the future father-in-law will seek personal gain through your relationship?" Tian Yeyou asked with a smile.
"Brother Tian, don't make fun of me, what kind of old man, you don't even have a word..." Chen Yixin paused, but nodded to admit Tian Yeyou's guess: "If you marry a local dignitary, it is equivalent to It has become their umbrella. If they do some bad things outside under my banner, I will have to deal with the matter of wiping their ass. Think about why this squire would take the initiative to marry his daughter to me? Isn’t it fancy? Haihan's strength, and the power in my hands! I don't want to be used by others because of this relationship!"
Tian Yeyou said: "Actually, it's not as serious as you think. Just take me as an example. My father-in-law was originally a wealthy businessman in Lianzhou Prefecture. After getting married, he became Haihan's business partner. Giving some resources will be enough for him to make a living. The gentry of Ming Dynasty took the initiative to marry us because they wanted to gain benefits with the help we can provide, but why didn’t we use this relationship to achieve penetration and Control? Although I don't know the specific situation of the family you encountered, but if the conditions are right, there is no need to deliberately reject this kind of thing. After all, when you are old enough to marry, it is a good thing to start a family earlier. "
Tian Yeyou is the No.1 intermarriage among the time-traveling crowd and the people of this time and space. During his stay in Heitu Port, he married the daughter of a sea merchant in Lianzhou Prefecture. Now he has a pair of children, which can be regarded as a family in the time-traveling crowd. A perfect representative.He has a much more thorough understanding than Chen Yixin about intermarriages with wealthy gentry and businessmen of Ming Dynasty. After traveling through the crowd and coming to this time and space, even if the first generation digests it internally and does not intermarry with the natives, the second generation will be inevitable. Sooner or later They will marry the natives.And the privileged class and vested interests formed from this are also products that will inevitably appear. Even if Chen Yixin is very repulsive now, he will inevitably face such a situation in the future.
Chen Yixin smiled wryly and said, "I'm new here and I'm not familiar enough with the local conditions, so how dare I agree to such a big event casually. If this squire hadn't been very cooperative with our arrival before, I wouldn't even go for dinner."
Morgan asked curiously: "According to what Lao Tian said, this family should want to achieve a certain purpose through marriage. When you went to the banquet, did they explain it to you?"
Chen Yixin said: "The other party didn't say it very bluntly, but he also mentioned a few words intentionally or unintentionally, probably to test my attitude. According to my understanding, he hopes to get our protection, and also wants to use our momentum , to annex land in Fukuyama County."
Morgan pressed: "I can understand seeking protection, but what's the point of annexing land?"
Chen Yixin said: "It's very simple. A large number of people in Fushan County died or fled during the war. Therefore, many unowned lands in the county are in a state of neglect. The squire wants us to come forward and negotiate with the county government. Buy these lands at a high price, and then transfer them to him. Of course, we can cooperate with him to develop these lands together.”
"Is there still such an operation?" Morgan seldom dealt with the Daming government outside, and he didn't know much about Daming's land policies. He couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard such an answer: "If we can reach a deal with the county government, then directly accept Wouldn’t it be good to develop it under our own name, and still need to transfer it to him?”
"In Daming, we are all foreigners just like you." Chen Yixin explained: "If the local government sells the ownership of a large amount of land to a group of foreigners, do you think the magistrate will be in trouble? The squire knows our plan , That's why I took the initiative to propose such a solution that looks like taking off my pants and farting."
(End of this chapter)
Compared with the previous combat environment in the south, the icy and snowy Liaodong is a completely different world to the Haihan army. Although the Haihan army is undoubtedly superior in terms of strength, the Ministry of National Defense believes that entering Liaodong in winter is a risk. This is a rather risky choice, so from the beginning of the plan, it was not considered to launch an offensive on the Liaodong Peninsula in the winter of the first year in the north.
However, dispatching the navy from Zhifu Port to assist the Ming army in Dongjiang Town to recover the abandoned Changshan Islands is within Haihan's capabilities, and the risk is relatively small.After all, the strength of the Houjin Navy is relatively limited, and it is difficult to pose a substantial threat to the Haihan Navy.After completing this wave of operations, most of the combat ships of the Haihan Navy had to go south before the freezing of Zhifu Port, return to Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province for maintenance, and then go north and return to Zhifu Port to station after the beginning of spring.
Before winter, another major event to be completed at the Zhifu Island Base is the exploration and mining preparations for the Fushan Copper Mine.If things go well, it's not out of the question to start mining copper this winter.
On the second day after Tian Yeyou and others arrived at Zhifu Island, good news came that the special warfare battalion broke through the bandits in the inland mountainous area and captured the two bandit leaders of the Wanjia Army.This greatly accelerated Haihan's process of clearing the southwestern mountainous area of Fushan County. The next day, Zhifu Island sent a company of troops to land from the upper reaches of the Jiahe River, and headed to the location of the Fushan Copper Mine to act as a pioneer.Tian Yeyou, on the other hand, rested on Zhifu Island for another day before landing ashore to carry out exploration tasks in the area.
Considering that there may still be many stragglers of the Wanjia Army in the area, the headquarters specially appointed Morgan to accompany him, and asked Chen Yixin, who was recruiting immigrants in Fushan County, to meet him near the county seat, and then went to the location of the copper mine together.
The Fushan Copper Mine is located fifteen miles west of Fushan County, right on the edge of the mountainous area, which slightly reduces the difficulty of mining.If it is located in a mountainous area, whether it is transporting ore or relocating miners, it will be quite troublesome. It may be delayed until after the beginning of spring.
Tian Yeyou and Morgan took a boat from Zhifu Island to the temporary pier in the upper reaches of the Jiahe River. After more than a month of development, this place has spontaneously become a riverside market outside the county seat.Haihan sells some cheap daily necessities and agricultural tools here, and has been recruiting immigrants who voluntarily left Daming here for a long time.Some local people who have no money can also barter with agricultural products such as vegetables, fruits, chickens and ducks harvested by themselves.A few business-minded people have set up bamboo sheds next to the market to sell tea, snacks, etc., and start to make money with the increasing flow of people.
Because Chen Yixin hadn't arrived here, Ge Yong, a naturalized cadre who is currently in charge here, took the two of them to visit the market and introduced the business conditions here: "This place was originally in charge of security by the military. , but the security situation near the county has improved recently, and the security affairs have been taken over by the newly formed security team."
The so-called security team is led by Haihan, and is composed of honest and reliable young men selected from the immigrants recruited locally. After simple training, the military will send someone as the commander to do some maintenance in this market work in order.Considering that these people have been in Haihan for a short time and their reliability is not enough, they were not equipped with lethal weapons, but each was given a two-foot-long wooden stick as a self-defense device.Because the supplies in Zhifu Island are limited at present, the uniforms of these security officers are not unified, but everyone wears a red cloth hoop with the same style on their arms, with the word "security" written on it in yellow paint to identify them. the special status of these people.
Ge Yong continued to introduce: "In addition to the treatment of ordinary immigrants, these security officers can also receive a labor allowance of one or two silver per month, so they are quite active in their work. In the future, local police agencies and militia organizations will be established. Security officers with work experience will be given priority in conversion and employment.”
If Haihan wants to take root in Fushan County and engage in mining, trade, immigration and other affairs, he must infiltrate and control the local officialdom and folks, gradually establish a social order controlled by Haihan, and create and maintain the operation of this system In addition to the military means of the Haihan military, a large number of unarmed personnel are also needed to implement various high-level plans and concepts.
Haihan did not intend to directly enter the county seat to control the county government and local officials. Such behavior would be no different from an invasion and would only cause unnecessary trouble.Based on the operating experience in the south in the past few years, it is the most sensible approach to establish a separate system outside the local government, implement local management on its own, and gradually lift the government in a peaceful manner.
A market was established on the river bank outside the county seat to attract people and drive trade, and at the same time, it also logically began to promote Haihan's social management system and economic and trade system among the local people.In time, after the Haihan colonial system develops to a certain scale locally, it will be able to gradually reduce its dependence on the South in terms of security, defense, supplies, and financing for operations.
Tian Yeyou asked: "Then how is the current Fushan County government's response to our measures?"
"The reaction...is pretty peaceful!" Ge Yong hesitated a little before responding: "In the first few days, there were police officers who came to patrol the city, but after we pulled out the security team, they couldn't come. Thinking about it, he should have taken the initiative to avoid it."
Tian Yeyou heard other people talking about the situation in Fushan County on the island two days ago. At present, there are only a small number of garrisons and security personnel in the city. After seeing how the Wanjia Army was completely defeated by the Haihan Army, these people will be more afraid of Haihan. Reasonable things.Now that Haihan had pulled up his own security team, he naturally wouldn't welcome the Fushan County police officers to come over and tell them what to do.Ge Yong was hesitant just now, Tian Yeyou thought that this was probably not as peaceful as he said, and he was probably driving the other party back to the county.
However, these trivial matters did not affect the overall situation, and Tian Yeyou did not continue to ask further questions.What he cares more about now is that more and more people have noticed them and turned on the spectator mode.It's not just that their ostentation is more attractive, Morgan with a high nose and deep eyes is also one of the targets of the crowd.
Tian Yeyou said with a smile: "You are right to come here, you see everyone regards you as a star."
Morgan replied solemnly: "It's not as exaggerated as you said. I don't think they will be too surprised by my appearance. After all, I also have a little Latin blood, and there is not much difference in appearance from southern Europeans."
When Sun Yuanhua was the governor of Denglai, he formed a special force with more than 20 European soldiers.These foreign soldiers are basically hired as military advisors, Portuguese who came to Dengzhou to train musketeers and artillery for him. When they were stationed in Dengzhou, many local people had seen these "Francobots" .Therefore, although Morgan's appearance is obviously different from that of the Han people, he may not be unfamiliar with the local people in Dengzhou.
The two walked around the market for a while, and Chen Yixin rushed here with the guards. After meeting, he confessed to the two: "I should have come and waited early in the morning, but there are some troubles that I can't get away from and delayed." Time, let you wait for a long time!"
"What's the trouble? Do you need help?" Morgan eagerly asked after hearing this.One of the reasons why he applied to go north to Shandong was because there might be more frequent combat operations here. Hearing what Chen Yixin said, he immediately became interested.
Chen Yixin waved his hand and said, "It's not the kind of troublesome thing you think... Sigh, I can't understand a sentence or two, let's talk as we walk!"
Morgan and Tian Yeyou gathered their men, and then left the market with Chen Yixin and headed west.On the way, Chen Yixin talked about a minor trouble he encountered recently, which made the two of them a little dumbfounded.
Chen Yixin has been stationed in Fushan County for a period of time. His jurisdiction is the area to the west of Jiahe, and Harugong is in charge of the east.And the work he has to be responsible for is not only about security, but also about civil affairs.As a result, a family of country gentry, seeing him as young and promising, dared to entrust a matchmaker to find him as a matchmaker, hoping to recruit him as a bride.After Chen Yixin politely declined through the intermediary, the squire still refused to let it go, so they changed their method and invited him to their home for a banquet.
This squire also has some influence in the local area, and at the same time invited people from the local government to attend. Chen Yixin thought about building a good relationship with the local dignitaries, so he went to the dinner yesterday. Stayed one night at the squire's house.In the morning, I originally wanted to say goodbye and leave earlier, but was dragged by the squire to have breakfast together, but the time was delayed.
"Young man can do it!" Tian Yeyou praised after listening to it: "A beautiful blessing delivered to your door! How is the girl? Are you satisfied?"
Chen Yixin shook his head and said, "I don't have any thoughts about it, so I didn't ask to meet the other girl. I think this kind of thing is inappropriate, and it's better not to get involved."
"What are you worried about? Afraid that the future father-in-law will seek personal gain through your relationship?" Tian Yeyou asked with a smile.
"Brother Tian, don't make fun of me, what kind of old man, you don't even have a word..." Chen Yixin paused, but nodded to admit Tian Yeyou's guess: "If you marry a local dignitary, it is equivalent to It has become their umbrella. If they do some bad things outside under my banner, I will have to deal with the matter of wiping their ass. Think about why this squire would take the initiative to marry his daughter to me? Isn’t it fancy? Haihan's strength, and the power in my hands! I don't want to be used by others because of this relationship!"
Tian Yeyou said: "Actually, it's not as serious as you think. Just take me as an example. My father-in-law was originally a wealthy businessman in Lianzhou Prefecture. After getting married, he became Haihan's business partner. Giving some resources will be enough for him to make a living. The gentry of Ming Dynasty took the initiative to marry us because they wanted to gain benefits with the help we can provide, but why didn’t we use this relationship to achieve penetration and Control? Although I don't know the specific situation of the family you encountered, but if the conditions are right, there is no need to deliberately reject this kind of thing. After all, when you are old enough to marry, it is a good thing to start a family earlier. "
Tian Yeyou is the No.1 intermarriage among the time-traveling crowd and the people of this time and space. During his stay in Heitu Port, he married the daughter of a sea merchant in Lianzhou Prefecture. Now he has a pair of children, which can be regarded as a family in the time-traveling crowd. A perfect representative.He has a much more thorough understanding than Chen Yixin about intermarriages with wealthy gentry and businessmen of Ming Dynasty. After traveling through the crowd and coming to this time and space, even if the first generation digests it internally and does not intermarry with the natives, the second generation will be inevitable. Sooner or later They will marry the natives.And the privileged class and vested interests formed from this are also products that will inevitably appear. Even if Chen Yixin is very repulsive now, he will inevitably face such a situation in the future.
Chen Yixin smiled wryly and said, "I'm new here and I'm not familiar enough with the local conditions, so how dare I agree to such a big event casually. If this squire hadn't been very cooperative with our arrival before, I wouldn't even go for dinner."
Morgan asked curiously: "According to what Lao Tian said, this family should want to achieve a certain purpose through marriage. When you went to the banquet, did they explain it to you?"
Chen Yixin said: "The other party didn't say it very bluntly, but he also mentioned a few words intentionally or unintentionally, probably to test my attitude. According to my understanding, he hopes to get our protection, and also wants to use our momentum , to annex land in Fukuyama County."
Morgan pressed: "I can understand seeking protection, but what's the point of annexing land?"
Chen Yixin said: "It's very simple. A large number of people in Fushan County died or fled during the war. Therefore, many unowned lands in the county are in a state of neglect. The squire wants us to come forward and negotiate with the county government. Buy these lands at a high price, and then transfer them to him. Of course, we can cooperate with him to develop these lands together.”
"Is there still such an operation?" Morgan seldom dealt with the Daming government outside, and he didn't know much about Daming's land policies. He couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard such an answer: "If we can reach a deal with the county government, then directly accept Wouldn’t it be good to develop it under our own name, and still need to transfer it to him?”
"In Daming, we are all foreigners just like you." Chen Yixin explained: "If the local government sells the ownership of a large amount of land to a group of foreigners, do you think the magistrate will be in trouble? The squire knows our plan , That's why I took the initiative to propose such a solution that looks like taking off my pants and farting."
(End of this chapter)