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Chapter 204 Taiwan's Envoy

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    After the battle of Wuchang was finally settled, although the Yunnan-Guizhou army had won a great victory, its strength was at the end of its strength. Although it knew that the elite main force of the Qing army had been completely lost, it also knew that the Qing army in several major provinces in the Central Plains  The military strength is already extremely empty, but the Yunnan-Guizhou army is unable to use any strength to expand the results of the war, and it also has to use all the strength to occupy other provinces.

    There is no way, the Yunnan-Guizhou army is really too tired. In four months, the main force plus the auxiliary army has a total of only a few hundred thousand Yunnan-Guizhou troops, and they have conquered such a huge territory as Pianyuan, Guangxi, Sichuan and some Huguang in one go.  Whether it is the speed of advancement or the speed of expansion, it has far exceeded the speed of advancement and expansion of the Mite Qing army after it entered the customs.  Unstable, every problem needs time to adjust, deploy and correct.

    Under such circumstances, even the generals of the Yunnan-Guizhou army, no matter how optimistic or greedy they were, would not have the guts to shout to continue the attack.  Especially when the construction of the navy has just started and the supply of firearms is cut off, even Lu Fatty, who has always been arrogant and bold, really has no energy to shout the slogan of launching another large-scale attack.  So there was no other way, the Yunnan-Guizhou army had no choice but to obediently fulfill the armistice agreement, stop to bandage the wound, recuperate, and wait for the vitality to recover before considering the next expansion plan.  The top management of the Pingxi Palace can only turn their attention to the internal and political levels of the army, and start to solve their own internal and external problems.

    Wu Jun currently has a lot of small internal problems, but there are two major problems. One is how to effectively control the suddenly expanded control territory several times, and the other is how to quickly restore and improve the overall strength of Wu Jun to make up for the shortcomings of the navy.

    ?The first internal affairs issue is very difficult. As we all know, the old traitor Wu uses the family power of his nephew and son-in-law to rule the army.  But in terms of the civil service system, this method does not work. When he was still in Yunnan and Guizhou, the old traitor Wu often felt deeply troubled by the lack of civil officials, even if he chose to use civilian talents in an eclectic manner.  However, it is still not enough for use¡ªthe failed scholar Fatty Lu is the beneficiary of the old traitor Wu's policy. Now the Wu army's territory has suddenly expanded several times, and the problem of insufficient civilian officials is naturally becoming more and more obvious, which seriously restricts and restricts the overall development of the Pingxi Palace.  develop.

    Fortunately, no matter what era it is, there will never be a shortage of backup candidates for officials and civil servants. After occupying Wuchang Mansion and northern Hunan, which are known to be talented only in Chu, the traitor Wu will not force local officials in Yunnan and Guizhou to choose  After hearing the advice of Hu Guozhu and Fatty Lu, the list of talents promulgated was posted in Wuchang City and Changsha City. Scholars in these two cities immediately flocked to the temporary Xingyuan of the old traitor Wu and the Changsha Governor's Mansion. Mao then recommended himself and expressed his willingness.  He worked for the old traitor Wu, among whom there were some well-known famous literati, and the old traitor Wu would not refuse anyone, as long as he had a little bit of talent and scholars, he would be appointed to an official position, sent to the local government to manage the people and monitor the demoted officials.

    Qu Dajun, a famous anti-Qing literati, was known as one of the three great masters in Lingnan. Hearing about Wu Jun¡¯s Lianzhan Lianjie, he felt that Wu¡¯s traitor might be the best hope of fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, so he resolutely bid farewell to his wife.  My sons and daughters and my Wanguan family fortune in Panyu, Guangdong, came to Guangxi alone to apply for a job with Wu Shizong, expressing their willingness to work for Wu Jun.  After Wu Shizongfei reported to Old Traitor Wu, Traitor Wu immediately awarded Qu Dadu as the Inspectorate of Guangxi, and took office directly with the third rank.  Qu Dawei was directly awarded the governor of Guangxi.  After the news spread, famous people in Lingnan began to think about their own future, and countless people were eager to try.

    As a semi-talented scholar and the only firearms expert in the Wu army, Fatty Lu did not participate too much in resolving the internal affairs of the Wu army. He only suggested how to select and appoint civilian talents in front of the old traitor Wu, and focused on the military and firearms  camp relocation.  After personally inspecting the site, Fatty Lu suggested that Wu Jun¡¯s new firearms camp should be established in Jijia Mountain, Ningxiang County, Changsha Prefecture, because it is not only close to Wujiang River and Pianyuan Official Road, with convenient water and land transportation, but also has three large-scale production in Ningxiang.  Coal mines can provide the necessary coke fuel for the production of firearms casting.

    After Fatty Lu's proposal was reported to Old Traitor Wu for approval, Fang Guangchen, who had been appointed governor of Pianyuan, immediately sent a large army of artisans to start construction, freeing up space to build warehouses, and prepared to hoard all kinds of firearms camps in Yunnan that had already been demolished and moved northward.  After Lu Fatzi led the local craftsmen to imitate the mother-child cannon, he hastily left the work of building a firearms camp to Fang Guangchen, and returned to Wuchang with a list of urgently needed raw materials to pester old traitor Wu and make old traitor Wu  try to solveHu Guozhu did not speak, but Hu Guozhu echoed: "Father-in-law, Yifeng's words are reasonable, and my son-in-law and Mr. Liangchen also think so. Zheng Jing is reliable and unreliable. Just keep in touch and make use of him a little, but you must not treat him  High hopes."

    "Then in your opinion, how should I reply to the Taiwanese envoy?" Old Traitor Wu asked thoughtfully.

    "Temporary refusal, keep in touch." Wang Shirong was the first to answer: "Confess to them the reason, our Yunnan-Guizhou army is very tired now, we have not gained a firm foothold in the newly occupied land, and at the same time, the food and grass promised by Mangou have not yet arrived in Huguang.  It is really inconvenient to openly form an alliance with them, and directly play the banner of anti-Qing and Fuming, asking them to wait at ease, and when the time is right, we will naturally live up to their expectations."

    "I want them to show their sincerity in forming an alliance." Hu Guozhu suggested: "One is to provide us with a group of water fighters to help us train the navy. The other is to help us build the Lianzhou seaport, guard our sea routes, and ensure our  sea ??traffic safety.¡±

    The old traitor Wu was very satisfied when he heard it, he nodded again and again, and then turned his eyes to his very insightful grandson-in-law.  Fatty Lu replied: "Strengthen their courage, strengthen their physique, and their ambitions, let them restrain the power of the dogs on a larger scale, and buy time for my Pingxi Palace to recuperate."

    "How can you build up your courage, build up your physique, and build up your ambition?" Old Traitor Wu asked.

    "Sell them a batch of our new firearms." Fatty Lu replied in a deep voice: "The most important thing about our new firearms is the formula of new explosives. Even if Zheng Jing got such a weapon, he couldn't imitate it.  By constantly buying and exchanging with our army, our army can not only make huge profits, but also obtain all kinds of scarce materials from them, and it can further prove the sincerity of our army's alliance with the Yanping Palace, which is the best of all three. And Zheng Jing  After getting these firearms to increase your strength, can you still be willing to live on a small island in the sea?"

    "At that time, Zheng Jing's navy will be even more powerful, and will naturally pose a huge threat to Mangou's coastal defense, forcing Mangou to invest a lot of power in coastal defense to reduce the frontal pressure on our army. After Zheng Jing's power has developed to a certain extent, I am afraid  Without the order from his grandfather, Zheng Jing would probably have the idea of ??cutting off the water transportation of Mangou or surprise attacking the throat of Mangou Gyeonggi, so wouldn't it be more beneficial to our army?"

    "Wonderful!" Hu Guozhu slapped his thigh and said happily: "Father-in-law, Yifeng's idea is great. Our firearm Zheng Jing cannot be imitated, so naturally there is no need to worry about Zheng Jing turning against us, and we sell firearms. Not only can we  Gaining huge profits can also serve the purpose of indirectly manipulating Zheng Jinghe and indirectly weakening Man Gou! It can serve multiple purposes, and my son-in-law thinks this plan is feasible!"

    "For Geng Jingzhong in Fujian and Shang Zhixin in Guangdong, we can do the same!" Wang Shirong said darkly: "The ambition of Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin is not inferior to Zheng Jing, and the financial strength is even higher than that of Zheng Jing. We openly sell new firearms to them.  Can they not flock to it? Can't they take out countless gold, silver and jewels to increase our financial resources and strengthen their strength? When their strength soars, can they still obediently submit to Mangou?"

    "Since you all agree to do this, let's do it this way." Old man Wu smiled treacherously, then turned to Fatty Lu and said, "Give you a chance to sell favors, you bastard, go see Chen Yonghua, and say that the king is on your side  After persuasion, I decided to provide strong assistance for their great cause of anti-Qing and Fuming! Strong assistance!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support,  It is my biggest motivation.) (Remember this site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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