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The fierce north wind fails to succeed. Chapter 44: Reversal

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    Although the phenomenon of acclimatization is inevitable, Huang Shi has always believed that a considerable number of patients are caused by diseases because the proportion of acclimatized patients in this era is too high.  The experience in Liaodong over the past six years has proven that Huangshi¡¯s judgment still makes sense. Hu Qingbai and others have also been constantly improving relevant health regulations.  In the past, when fighting in Liaodong, Changsheng Island's non-combat attrition was much lower than that of friendly forces.  Many officers who moved thousands of miles to Fujian this time were very worried about the physical condition of the soldiers. Some extreme people even believed that 20 to 30% of the soldiers would die due to acclimatization.  But Huang Shi disagrees with this view.  The official system pursued by the Ming Dynasty was that it was common for officials to be transferred to different places. However, these officials had never heard of such a high death rate.  Therefore, Huangshi judged from this that the high disease rate and high death rate of soldiers were mainly due to inadequate nutrition and poor management and care.  "Commander, the number of officers and soldiers reporting new diarrhea today has decreased by 50%, and the total number of patients has dropped by 20%." Hu Qingbai, the miracle doctor of Changsheng Island, reported loudly to Huangshi with a hint of pride. After arriving at Funing Town, Hainan Airlines  Hu Qingbai went up and down to implement strict health regulations.  All officers and soldiers must drink hot water and everyone must eat a serving of vegetables every day. Those who develop illnesses will receive immediate treatment and close attention.  "Yeah, that's good." Huang Shi breathed a sigh of relief at this news.  With the joint efforts of all officers and soldiers, the acclimatization disease has been reduced to a minimum of more than 20,000 officers and soldiers in Liaodong. Although there are currently more than 3,000 people suffering from the disease.  But the health regulations summarized by Hu Qingbai over the years have had a huge effect.  The sick patients were isolated and controlled, and their vomitus and excrement were cleaned at any time. They also had enough drinking water through caregivers. Under effective health regulations, the death toll was controlled to single digits.  "Commander, this is a herbal medicine mentioned by local military households in Fujian. We have documented its effectiveness and will also incorporate it into the health regulations." Huang Shi just glanced at this medical list and gave it back to Hu Qingbai. In fact,  Hu Qingbai handed it to Huang Shi just to let him glance at it.  Now with the continuous division of labor within the army.  Gradually Huangshi became ignorant in all fields.  Take for example the military training that He Dingyuan was in charge of. A few years ago, Huang Shi was He Dingyuan's master. He Dingyuan admired him so much with a plagiarized training method. But now Huang Shi is a complete layman compared with He Dingyuan.  Last time Huang Shi inspected the training on Changsheng Island, he found that there were already piles of military terms used in training that He Dingyuan had tinkered with, and most of them Huang Shi couldn't understand.  He Dingyuan actually seemed a little impatient with Huang Shi's constant questions. What He Dingyuan meant in words was-Commander, just know the command commands on the battlefield.  At that time, I will definitely give you a group of well-trained officers and soldiers. As for how I trained them, you can read the training regulations yourself when you have time. Don't hang around me.  Delaying my serious business.  Later, Huang Shi asked Song Jianjun of the teaching team for some questioning and found that the training regulations had indeed made great progress. Not only He Dingyuan alone but also the professional instructors from the teaching team had left Huang Shi behind a lot in this regard.  Huang Shi sighed and then gave up the idea of ??thoroughly familiarizing himself with the entire training process.  From now on, he also relaxed his hands and let the people below handle other professional regulations.   The envoys sent by Huangshi to Quanzhou and Xiamen have all returned. Both Zhu Yifeng, the governor of Fujian, and Yu Zigao, the deputy general of the South Road, responded to Huangshi very politely, asking him to rest for a month or two first and then arrange for colleagues to set up for him.  Feast to catch the wind.  Both letters greatly praised Huangshi's military bravery and reputation. Not only did Huangshi not see the slightest hint of civil official arrogance in Zhu Yifeng's letter.  Even Yu Zigao said that he had no problem with Huang Shi becoming the Fujian commander.  Although people are polite, it does not mean that Huangshi can be enlarged.  Now that the most urgent resettlement problem has been solved, Huang Shi hurriedly set off for Quanzhou to meet the governor. Then he had to go to Xiamen in person to eliminate the misunderstanding and estrangement between himself and Yu Zigao as much as possible.  Before leaving, Huangshi called in local experienced boatmen and shipbuilding carpenters to inquire about the shipbuilding situation.  Just as Huang Shi was worried, large timber in Fujian and Guangzhou is indeed very rare. Even in neighboring Zhejiang, it is difficult to find suitable large timber.  Transporting wood from Yunnan and Guizhou is very expensive and time-consuming. Therefore, in recent decades, the navy of Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang has mainly purchased large wood from Nanyang.  However, since the 35th year of Wanli Emperor Wanli sent people to carefully investigate the gold and silver mines in Luzon, the Spaniards have been wary of China. Therefore, it is said that the quality of the Nanyang wood purchased over the years is not very good because the Spaniards feel  The Ming Dynasty even used good wood with ill intentions, and it was a strategic material for the fleets of various countries.  After listening to these introductions, Huang Shi and Fan Le were exchanged.?A wink.  The hostility of the Spaniards had already erupted once in the thirty-sixth year of Wanli. After discovering that Wanli sent people to survey the terrain near Manila, they were worried that the Ming Dynasty's invasion was imminent, so they carried out a massacre of more than three thousand Chinese in Manila.  People were killed, and the Chinese businessmen who assisted Wanli in surveying the terrain were also hanged.  This massacre made Wanli very angry. He issued a decree for the cabinet to discuss the issue of the crusade, but was firmly opposed by the governor of Fujian.  At that time, it was confirmed that there were no silver mines in Luzon. The Spaniards brought silver to Luzon from other areas to trade with China. Therefore, even if they won by attacking Luzon, they would get nothing but cut off their own money.  Emperor Wanli seemed to think that what the Fujian governor said was reasonable, so in the end he just sent people to Manila with credentials to question him and said that he was just bored and had no malice whatsoever in sending people to Manila to search for silver mines.  The Spaniards seemed to agree with Wanli's explanation and apologized for the matter, but the gap between the two parties also appeared.  ?To commemorate the Ming Dynasty and the Dutch who fought another long-term war in Penghu.  The Ming army expended great efforts to drive the Dutch out of the Penghu Islands.  The current Dutch are also extremely unfriendly to the Fujian Daming Navy.  Therefore, even if the Spanish were willing to sell large logs, the Dutch might not be willing to let them cross the border.  This issue was still introduced by Fan Leyou and Desmond to Huang Shi, but Fan Leyou is very slippery. He said that now that he is an officer of the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely consider it for the Ming Dynasty.  That Desmond is also considering joining the Ming army. His views are basically the same as Fan Leyou. When they are employees, they will never fight with their motherland; but once they become an officer of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will be his motherland.  ¡°These two guys are Dutch tramps.  After arriving in China, Huang Shi suddenly became a nouveau riche. He believed in their loyalty, but if a war broke out in the future, he would definitely let them stay behind.  Huangshi decided to immediately send a team of couriers to Kuandian. This team of couriers would include three engineers and several shipbuilders: "It seems that we are going to discuss the lumber issue with Chen Jisheng." Chen Jisheng definitely does not have enough manpower to carry it from Changbai Mountain every day.  It was a big piece of wood, so the first thing Huangshi thought of was to use the river. Anyway, behind Kuandian is the Yalu River.  As long as Chen Jisheng chopped down the trees and threw them into the river, Mao Wenlong stopped them at the outlet and they could be shipped to Fujian.  Of course, all this can only be done after the weather gets warmer and the Yalu River thaws.  Huangshi sent several engineers in the messenger's team.  It was also to help Chen Jisheng study the terrain and water flow.  Chen Jisheng is already very poor in Kuandian. Huangshi believes that the idea of ??cutting down big trees and selling them for money will definitely interest Vice General Chen. The number of trees there is as much as the sand in the hands of Arabs.  As for the shipbuilders sent by Huangshi, they would naturally stay in Kuandian with the engineers. Huangshi planned to let them be responsible for instructing Chen Jisheng on what kind of trees to cut.  As a modern person, Huangshi is still somewhat resistant to deforestation.  He was worried that if he didn't send someone, Chen Jisheng would go crazy and chop down every tree he saw.  "We still need to find another ship designer, so we have to write to the Jesuits again." Huang Shi is a thorough pragmatist. Although he does not dare to say that China's Cantonese-style sailing ships will definitely have no future, in his history, the Western  The ocean-going ships have proven successful.  Therefore, Huangshi decided to take the path of large Western warships without much thought.  And his senior advisers Fan Leyou, Duncan and others were all Westerners, so they naturally firmly supported Huangshi's decision.  The main problem in manufacturing sea-going ships is to process wood. For this reason, Changsheng Island also manufactured a hydraulic sawmill.  This kind of machine sawing wood is certainly much more efficient than using human power.  It takes ten strong men to saw a wooden board for a day, but it only takes less than an hour under the hydraulic saw machine.  But this kind of hydraulic machine is the same as all other machines on Changsheng Island.  They are all facing a serious waste of production capacity. In the past, Changsheng Island had no money and no need to produce a large number of sea-going ships. The precious water resources were used on other heavy machinery.  Now that Fujian has sufficient water power and Huangshi is eager to build a navy, the hydraulic saw suddenly has a bright future.  After arranging the work at hand, Huang Shi immediately took people out to Quanzhou.  The mountainous Huangshi in Fujian felt that it would be better to take the sea route by boat instead of taking the winding official road.   "What a big fish!" "Who has a bow? Come on and get a bow." "No bow" "No bow? If you don't have a bow, just use a musket and a javelin." Waiting for Huangshi  When he was attracted to the stern of the boat by the noise, he saw Zhang Zaidi standing on the stern of the boat and pointing towards the sea. A firecracker was pointed straight at the sea. Xiao Zhang closed one eye and was carefully aiming at him. There were several people standing beside him, all standing side by side.  All the people were holding lit fire cymbals in their hands, as if they were doing shooting training.  In addition to this group of fire gunmen, people also boarded the small boat at the stern.Several people, each holding a javelin, seemed ready to throw it into the sea.  Everyone in the boat, including those who were preparing to go into the sea to catch the dead fish, looked nervously into the sea. Everyone was gearing up to kill the fish and have a big meal.  These Liaodong officers and soldiers were drooling from the corners of their mouths and stretching their necks.  So no one noticed that Huangshi was behind them.  Zhang Zaidi aimed at the target with concentration.  Regardless of whether his gun can hit a few javelins, he will throw them out of the stern of the boat at the same time, followed by several big fish. The boat will fish after them to avoid scaring away the fish.  "Stop!" A sudden shout came from behind, which made Zhang Zaidi tremble.  "Stop!" Huang Shi yelled again and walked to the crowd and ordered sternly: "Stop the match ropes and you guys, please get on the boat and don't touch this fish." After saying this, Huang Shi still had more to say.  An additional order was also issued: From now on, no one is allowed to touch the big white fish following the stern of the boat, otherwise he will be punished for disobeying military orders.  Although Zhang Zaidi is also a general, he is too young and playful, so he does not have the majesty of a general. Although Huang Shi himself tried his best to create an approachable image, his achievements were so radiant that none of his men dared to look up to him.  After the Prancing Horse Liaoyang this time, even He Dingyuan became more submissive and the number of backtalks and quarrels with Huang Shi decreased.  After hearing Huang Shi¡¯s order, everyone could only watch silently as the big fish that made them salivate swam behind the boat and swallow the saliva back into their stomachs.  "This kind of fish" Huang Shi remembered that dolphins are not fish in biological classification.  But as long as everyone can understand him: "This is the divine fish and you must not offend him." "Wow!" As soon as these words came out, everyone was like a pot exploding.  "You think this white fish is the incarnation of Mazu and the patron saint of sailors." A group of white dolphins jumped happily at the stern of the boat.  Huang Shi clasped his hands and solemnly saluted the dolphins. Mazu has been the patron saint of navigation in the Fujian Sea for thousands of years. During the Song Dynasty, the worship of Mazu expanded from the Fujian Sea to the Guangdong Sea and the Zhejiang Sea.  Although most of the Liaodong children on the ship were farmers for the first half of their lives, some well-informed people still remembered Mazu¡¯s name. Since the Ming Dynasty, the number of ocean voyages in China has greatly increased.  Many ministers of the Ming Dynasty, including Zheng He, would sincerely pray to Mazu before embarking on the sea journey.  With the Ming Dynasty becoming more and more powerful.  The Ming Dynasty built a large number of temples for Mazu around the South China Sea and erected a large number of stone monuments praising Mazu. By the time of Tianqi, Mazu had become the well-deserved patron saint of navigation in Southeast Asia and Central and South China. This was when the Spanish and Dutch first arrived in Malacca.  At that time, she also prayed to Mazu, the patron goddess of this sea area.  In the history of Huangshi, the Manchu Qing Dynasty almost completely destroyed China's maritime culture, and Mazu gradually degenerated from a goddess with widespread influence to a local god.  Although the ignorant barbarians caused China to lose its influence on Southeast Asia for hundreds of years, the seeds planted by the Ming Dynasty for the goddess took root outside China.  By the time of the Republic of China, the incense offered to worship the goddess was still going on in front of Mazu temples in Vietnam or Indonesia. Every descendant of Yan and Huang could proudly say: Look, this is the place our ancestors sailed to, and this is what they left behind.  civilization of this world.  "Although there is a lot of water in Fujian, most of the land is sandy soil, so the production of the land is limited and not enough to feed the people. Since ancient times, men in Fujian have mostly sailed out to sea, leaving women to stay at home and farm the land, so that they can have enough harvests and live a good life.  Days" Huang Shi told everyone the legend about Mazu that he vaguely remembered. The officers and soldiers around him listened with serious faces: "But there are unforeseen circumstances. Fishermen who go fishing sometimes just leave in order to catch more fish.  For a few days, many people never returned. Mazu was from Hui'an. Her husband and several brothers went fishing one after another, and none of them came back. Mazu waited on the shore, but no relatives ever came back.  Just jump into the sea and transform into this magical fish" "Dolphins often rescue sailors who have fallen into the water, and fishermen sometimes return them to the shore.  When fishermen are fishing, dolphins often follow the boat. At this time, the sailors and fishermen will shout loudly: Look, Mazu is blessing us.  "Mazu lives forever in the sea and can never come ashore again. She is not only the patron saint of brave and hard-working fishermen, but also the patron saint of wives waiting on the shore. She allows hard work to be rewarded and lovers can meet again bless the coastal creatures. Thousands  A hundred years are like one day." After listening to Huang Shi's words, the people on the boat said.  They all clasped their hands and bowed their heads in salute to the white dolphins behind the boat. Everyone, including Zhang Zaidi, the loyal and patriotic Catholic actual controller, prayed sincerely to the Chinese Ocean Goddess.    The golden sunshine slanted down from the sky, giving the South China Sea a pink color. The snow-white dolphins jumped out of the water one after another, happily bringing up strings of crystal water drops, as if they were dancing for these voyages.  Bring the blessings of the Ocean Goddess.  ¡­¡­After arriving in Quanzhou.  Huang Shi first went to visit the governor of Fujian. The next day, he led his men around the city. He had lived on Changsheng Island in Liaodong for too long. At first sight, Huang Shi was a little unaccustomed to a prosperous place like Quanzhou.  ¡°Now that you¡¯re in Quanzhou, you must go and see the East and West Twin Towers, otherwise it would be such a pity.¡± We walked to Kaiyuan Temple.  Huangshi once again looked up at the magnificent East and West Twin Towers.  Huang Shi has been here once before, but compared to the last time he came, Huang Shi is much older, but Kaiyuan Temple is more than 300 years younger.  This is really dumbfounding.  Just like in Shanhaiguan, Huangshi once again served as a tour guide for his subordinates: "This Kaiyuan Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of thousands of years. Since the Tang Dynasty, Quanzhou has been an important port in the southeast, traveling to the Western Regions, and there is a constant flow of big food merchants.  Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and other sects were introduced to China one after another. The Tang Dynasty treated all sects equally as long as they did not fight with each other. After the Song Dynasty, Quanzhou further became China's most important shipping port.  Goods are shipped from here to Vietnam, Thailand, India and other places.  Then came the Mongol-Yuan invasion, which plundered all the wealth China had accumulated over the past several hundred years.  After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the country had almost no currency that could be used for transactions.  Zhu Hongwu collected only 100,000 taels of silver from local taxes every year.  Amid severe shortages of hard currency, China's domestic trade has degenerated almost into barter.  Taxes have almost completely become taxes in kind.  Under this historical background, Quanzhou also declined rapidly and its business shrank to the point of almost disappearing.  However, at this time, the Quanzhou Port in front of Huangshi was a scene of thousands of sails racing by and hundreds of teams competing for the current.  Quanzhou changed again during the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Longqing of the Ming Dynasty was the father of Emperor Wanli. This emperor was a kind and honest man. Unfortunately, he encountered powerful figures such as Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng gathered in the cabinet.  During Long Qing's reign, the cabinet not only gave the emperor nicknames, but also repeatedly mocked him, saying that the emperor would rather go back to the harem and give birth to more princes than bother questioning the cabinet's views.  During the six years of Emperor Longqing's reign, he never dared to say a word to the cabinet other than "yes, yes" and "good job." At the end of Longqing's reign, cabinet minister Gao Gong had begun to preach: The Emperor of Heaven should not have "remain in the center or not" in voting for the cabinet.  "The power of land means that the emperor should not have veto power over cabinet decisions.  When the honest and kind Emperor Longqing came to court, he always heard that the cabinet was worried about money, so he sent eunuchs to Fujian to open Zhangzhou Yuegang to exchange Chinese silk for overseas silver. This sea route is what Westerners call the "Maritime Silk Road."  When Emperor Longqing died, he left Zhang Juzheng 30 million taels of silver earned through sea trade.  Zhang Juzheng relied on this wealth to complete the silver standard reform and changed the Ming Dynasty's physical tax into a monetary tax in one fell swoop.  After Wanli came to power, Emperor Wanli, who was shameless in asking for money, announced that he would abolish the ship tax and impose a tax on every cargo ship going out to sea.  At that time, some censors and ministers accused Wanli of competing for profits with the common people. They said that since Wanli abolished ship navigation and changed it to collecting sea tax, the sea people were "starving and suffering from cold and hunger." However, Emperor Wanli insisted on his shameless position of asking for money and argued that if the sea tax was collected,  If taxes will make maritime trade unprofitable, then people will not go to sea. Now there are more and more ships going to sea, which means that maritime merchants can still make money after collecting taxes.  Wanli also asked the censor and ministers: Are all the sea people fools?  Or do you think your family has too much money and you still have to pay me a sea tax even though you know you are losing money?  "When faced with this kind of emperor who regarded royal dignity as nothing, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty really had no choice but to abuse him.  The bells of Kaiyuan Temple echoed in the ears of Huang Shi and his party. The monks in the temple were beating the wooden fish and the treasures were solemnly reciting scriptures. The incense candles offered by the guests were rising, and the mist of green smoke seemed to be giving the masters in the temple another chance.  The cassock was covered with a layer of sacred brilliance.  Huang Shi and others also held their breath and walked quietly in this thousand-year-old temple.  Learn from other good men and women.  He respectfully offered a stick of incense to the Bodhisattva, left some alms and then left quietly.  "It's really amazing." Zhang Zaidi and others rarely saw such thousand-year-old monuments when they were in Liaodong, so now they are all excited.  "Exactly." After walking out of the gate of Kaiyuan Temple, Huang Shi breathed out a sigh of relief. When facing such a historic monument, he always couldn't help but feel inexplicable awe and a little bit of pride.  After leaving Kaiyuan Temple, Huang Shi took his men to eat.  After the Wanli Dynasty.  Quanzhou was at its peak, and now the streets were full of merchants. They spoke loudly in the Ming Dynasty¡¯s southern and northern accents, including white people with golden eyes and black people with ashen complexions.?It can be found everywhere.  The children of Liaodong pointed at these people and talked endlessly.  "Here in Quanzhou we can eat various specialties from Fujian." "Is it more delicious than pickled cabbage? No way?" Hong Antong immediately showed his hometown complex.  Huang Shi smiled after living in southern Liaoning for so many years.  He also likes the food there: "Each place has its own local characteristics. For example, in Dalian we eat green clams, in Tianjin we eat sesame clams, and in Fujian we eat clams." There are many snacks on the streets of Quanzhou.  Although the store is open at the end of October.  The weather is still warm, and you can see several strong men at the entrance of many shops, with their upper bodies exposed, each of them dancing with a wooden stick, desperately hitting something, making a loud crackling sound.  One of the guards asked curiously: "What are they doing?" "They are making meatballs and fishballs." Huang Shi guest-starred as a guide again.  He told his curious subordinates: Northerners usually add some noodles to shape the meatballs, but this is different here in Fujian.  A few young men at the meatball shop were patting the meat. They would beat the meat very vigorously before using it to make meatballs: "Fujian people like to use fish with stickier meat such as sharks to make meatballs. They always boast that Fujian meatballs are elastic.  It has to be thrown on the ground and can jump three feet high. Some meatballs in Fujian also have fillings in them, such as fish balls with pork fillings or something. It has the crisp texture of fish balls and the mellow taste of pork balls" "Okay, let's pick this one.  Sit down at home." Huang Shi pointed to a shop on the roadside.  The four young men at the door of the store were slapping them very hard, and you could tell that the meatballs in their store must have bites.  As soon as you sit down, the waiter will come to solicit business.  Zhang Zaidi and the others were troubled by the half-familiar Mandarin spoken by this waiter. Since their Mandarin was not good at all, Huang Shi had to deal with the waiter alone. In the end, Huang Shi even ordered a special dish in a serious manner: "Ou'a Jian Duo Shrimp!"  " Zhang Zaidi and Hong Antong were stunned by the weird sound. But the waiter nodded and said hello, then turned around and left Huangshi. He proudly told them: "It's just the oysters from Liaodong, but the oysters here in Fujian are better.  The Fujian people call it "Ou'a Jian", which is fried pearl rice with green onions and it tastes very delicious." Zhang Zaidi and the others looked at Huangshi blankly, as if they were looking at a stranger. Finally, Hong Antong said with a sigh:  "As expected of you, you have investigated all these matters clearly." Huang Shi refused to explain more and just laughed a few times. The guys quickly brought the leek box, taro buns and fried meat rolls to them while they were still hot.  Just started eating.  Since the Ming Dynasty opened the sea ban, merchants from all over the world have come to Quanzhou for trade. By the time of Tianqi, the total number of Arab and European merchants who chose to settle here has exceeded tens of thousands. In the past few decades, in addition to traditional Chinese temples, brand-new mosques and new mosques have been built in Quanzhou City.  church.  When the sun sets in the west, various temples ring loud bells, and clergymen of different religions also sing loudly and wave their arms to the sky to express their infinite praise and admiration for the gods.  Quanzhou Port is full of ships from all over the world. Although the sky is gradually getting darker, the market is still bustling. Shops are lighting candles one after another. A large number of citizens and business travelers are also lingering on the streets.  The grand scene of such a large commercial port naturally made Zhang Zaidi and Hong Antong and other frontier soldiers so amazed that they could not even eat. Even Huang Shi himself was equally amazed.  Records of China¡¯s prosperous maritime trade in Huangshi¡¯s previous life have been destroyed and very little remains.  Many times it can only be found through the notes of Europeans from the same period.  Only then can we get a glimpse of the southeastern coastal trade area at this time.  In the 40th year of Wanli, a Spanish in Manila once wrote: "The Maritime Silk Road is becoming increasingly prosperous. Chinese merchant ships from Quanzhou and Zhangzhou to Manila form an endless stream, forming a maritime channel. At first glance, a person almost looks  You can jump from ship to ship one after another, from Manila to Quanzhou. "Although piracy has become more and more popular since the Tianqi Dynasty, maritime trade has continued. This is the root of Huangshi's courage to borrow money.  If it were not the Ming Dynasty after the Longwan Reform but any other era.  It is simply impossible for Huangshi to carry out import and export trade that is not subject to government restrictions. He will never be able to pay back the money he owes in his lifetime.  "It's so good here that there are no wars and barbarians who don't even have writing and only know how to rob and plunder." Zhang Zaidi's sighs of approval aroused a sigh of approval, but it shattered Huangshi's good mood.  Just outside the window where he was seated, men and women with happy smiles on their faces passed by in an endless stream, and children could be heard laughing from time to time.  The crowd on the street is happy, serene, peaceful and carefree at the harbor entrance.  A late sailing ship is slowly sailing to the berth. The alum is gently falling. If you listen carefully, you can still hear the joyful songs of the sailors on the ship because they have arrived home.Sound If Huangshi had never come to this time and space, then the streets would be full of people more than twenty years later.  Whether it is a pale old man, an innocent and lovely child, a vigorous young man, or a happy young girl, on average two out of every three people will be killed Such tragedies do not only happen in  Quanzhou, but the entire land of China, will fall into a pool of blood. Hundreds of shipyards along the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang will be burned together with the ships. Every living person within thirty miles of the coast will be brutally killed Why should our nation suffer like this?  disaster?  Why are our defenseless people being killed?  Why should our civilization endure such a reversal?  Who is tolerating rape and raising tigers?  Who are these people who are betraying our country and pushing our people into misery? ?¡­ ?The last day of October in the sixth year of Tianqi.  Liaoyang.  The four Baylors are gathering together to discuss matters.  Amin said with a gloomy face: "Our envoys have returned from Horqin Mongolia. According to them, the leader of Horqin is still ill and there seems to be no sign of getting better for a while." Daishan roared angrily: "Lies!  These dishonest Mongolians are the most unreliable! " Logically speaking, with the close relationship between Horqin Mongolia and Houjin, their leader should come to Nurha Chitiao in person. But after the rumors started to spread in Huangshi, Horqin Mongolia's leader  Even his eldest son, who had been sick, suddenly had something to do and couldn't come. Huang Taiji invited him several times, but they refused to come.  Although Huang Taiji was anxious, he still had a confident look on his face. He turned around and asked the listless Mang Gurtai on the side: "Fifth brother, what do you think?" "Huh?" Mang Gurtai looked up as if he was startled.  At first, he stared at Huang Taiji with dull eyes: "What did you say? I didn't hear clearly." Huang Taiji glanced at his fifth brother with disappointment and then repeated what happened to Horqin Mongolia and Mang Gur.  Tai lowered his head as he listened. After Huang Taiji finished speaking, he just whispered a few words: "I have no idea." Ever since Nurhachi's death was used by Huang Shi, Mang Gurtai was almost a useless person. Huang Taiji once said  Several times, Mang Gurtai took the initiative to invite Mang Gurtai to go hunting with him, but Mang Gurtai calmly refused: "Brother, you can go and play by yourself, I'm not in the mood now." Only when the news came that Huang Shi had left Liaonan, Mang Gurtai  Ertai seemed to wake up from his hallucination for a moment, and his eyes burst out with almost crazy joy But it was only for a moment. Huang Taiji watched helplessly as the flame in Mang Gurtai's eyes gradually dimmed.  Flicker, flicker, flickeruntil it goes out completely.  In the end, Mang Gurtai became completely depressed again and just said in a low voice: "He will still come back." Huang Taiji always prided himself on being calm, but Mang Gurtai's tone was so sad and desolate.  The stone-like Huang Taiji still felt bursts of sadness after hearing this.  Now when Mang Gurtai was half-deadly participating in discussions all day long, he would always absentmindedly play with a strange-shaped simple ornament around his neck that seemed to be two metal sticks crossed.  "Masters, four masters!" A Hou Jinniulu stumbled in and shouted to the four Belles in a hurry: "Here comes someone from the Ming Dynasty. It's the governor of Liaodong from the Ming Dynasty. He has sent people to mourn the old Khan." Except for Mang Gu.  The three Baylors except Ertai all stood up. After Huang Taiji asked about the situation, his voice was shaking with excitement: "Please, please." Then Huang Taiji hurriedly turned around and looked at Mang Gurtai, who was still sitting there with his hands in a dull tone.  Huang Taiji, who was still playing with the cross unconsciously, shouted excitedly: "Fifth brother, go quickly and invite the businessmen, lamas and Mongolians from Liaoyang!" "Huh?" Mang Gurtai raised his head: "What do you mean?  What? I didn't hear clearly. "" The official sent by Yuan Chonghuan announced loudly: "Five hundred taels of gold and five thousand taels of silver." "Thank you, Ambassador Daishan, Huang Taiji and Amin."  He humbly returned the greeting and respectfully invited Yuan Chonghuan's envoy to the banquet. This time, a lama was entrusted by Yuan Chonghuan to come to Liaoyang with the Liaodong official. Naturally, the middleman was also invited to the grand banquet.  The celebrities in Liaoyang were mobilized again. Although the four Baylors are currently standing side by side, Huang Taiji is also the Great Khan in name only, so he personally brought Yuan Chonghuan's envoy to the throne, and Huang Taiji took the lead.  There were rounds of toasts.  After the banquet, Huang Taiji's mood suddenly became good again.  Yuan Chonghuan's envoy Ming Ting did not acknowledge Huangshi's contribution to killing Nurhaci.  Although the various tribes of Houjin and Mongolia were also early?I know and understand that the main reason why the Ming Dynasty did not recognize the credit was the superiority issue, but Huang Taiji believed that it would still be of great significance if he could induce the envoy of the Liaodong governor to say this in public.  "Send Dorgon to the Ming Dynasty as a hostage. We really need some breathing time." Both Daishan and Amin deeply agreed with Huang Taiji's suggestion. Amin nodded and did not forget to add:  "The great thing is that most Mongolians will think that we are about to be recruited. At least we have reached a preliminary agreement with the Ming Dynasty, so that we can at least do some business. Well, if it doesn't work, we can also add a Duoduo and send both of their brothers there.  " Mang Gurtai still maintained his usual silence during the meeting. His brothers were accustomed to this, so they did not ask for his opinion again. After the meeting, Huang Taiji walked up to Mang Gurtai and patted him on the shoulder:  "Fifth brother, let's go home. We've finished our discussion." "I know I didn't forget a word of what you just said." Mang Gurtai replied in a deep voice. When he raised his head, Huang Taiji was surprised to see what he saw in his eyes.  The long-lost sharp light.  "Eighth brother." Mang Gurtai suddenly stretched out his hand to hold Huang Taiji's arm and said quickly and firmly: "Let's take this opportunity to surrender!"
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