Dominate the Country

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On the top of Jiangyin City, the pennant representing the flag of the Qing Dynasty drooped its head feebly, just like the thousands of loyal and loyal people of the Qing Dynasty in Jiangnan who had not yet awakened from the shock, they were dejected. Jiangnan in the twelfth lunar month is a little less spiritual, but a little more quiet, with bright pavilions, dark alleys and the fragrance of plum blossoms. Small bridges, flowing water, and people’s houses.

Chen Jigong has been in Jiangyin City for a while. He has money in his hands. Even though he is younger and has been despised, money is the first priority. During this period, the work he has to carry out has made certain progress. . We have a small foothold in Huangtian Port.

Today is the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month.

The boat gang affiliated with the Fuxing Grain Co., Ltd. founded by Chen Jigong had already rested.

Chen Jigong, who was very generous, took out ten taels of silver to prepare a table of good meals in the kitchen, and specially entertained the two captains and several ship bosses gathered by his men.

In Jiangnan, boat gangs cannot be formed casually. Chen Ming didn't know much about the situation in Jiangnan. Chen Jigong came to Jiangyin with a mission. After meeting with He Huazhang, he got a precise understanding of the local situation and found that whether it was a carriage shop or a boat gang, Jiangyin needed someone with solid skills. Only with the foundation and connections can we operate.

What Chen Jigong lacks is precisely time.

Of course, nothing is certain. It is difficult to set up a boat gang or a horse and carriage gang. Not to mention the official relationship, but the stumbling block caused by working together in private can make Chen Jigong fall into a pit and be unable to climb out. But if he builds a transportation team for his own business, then outsiders won't talk about it.

This is just like in the 21st century, when a company set up its own truck transport team to only do its own work. This is completely different from the boss starting a logistics or express delivery business to grab other people's jobs.

Although Chen Jigong's Fuxing store has only opened a few five stores, they are located in Wuxi, Jiangning, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou and his hometown Jiangyin. But this is a very successful cover. There are many men in Jiangyin who work on boats. As long as you give them money, some will work hard. So in a very short period of time, Chen Jigong used money to buy eleven ships, large and small. In addition to five make-believe grain stores, sixty or seventy people ate with him.

…

"Second Master is kind, and we men from Jiangyin are not scoundrels either. Don't worry, everyone will be here on the eighth day of the first lunar month."

"Second Master, please relax. Aren't you just running to Wuchang? We are not afraid."

"Yes, don't worry, Second Master, the tricks on the river cannot scare us. The Fuhan Army is approaching Wuchang, and things in Hankou will definitely be on sale as you said. It is indeed a good opportunity to make a fortune..."

Several captains and bosses looked at their 'unjust proprietor' with a new look. That’s it, that’s it. No wonder this proprietor hired them at a "big price" and bought those old boats at a "big price". It turned out that this man had such an idea.

"Second Master, we only have eleven ships here. How much can they hold if they are all full? Hankou is a very rich place. If you still have money, why not find two shipping gangs to work together..."

"Haha, you don't need to worry about this. I have already said hello to the Dong family and Zhou family..."

Chen Jigong, whose face was red from drinking, said with a smile, his face full of pride. This was done on purpose. The excuse he came up with was really powerful, and it immediately made his movements during this period of time 'perfect'. And he believed that within a few days, this 'news' would spread throughout Jiangyin and even further afield.

By then, he, Mr. Tong Litong, will no longer be a fool, but a representative of smart people. He is a smart man who sees the opportunity and goes to Hankou to buy the bottom.

And Chen Jigong believed that his news would definitely attract many ships to gather in the three towns of Wuhan. As for how many the Fuhan Army could capture, it would depend on the ability of the governor.

Chen Jigong's proud face turned to sadness after he had a full drink, "But if Chen Tie doesn't work hard, he won't be able to reach Hankou..." Some of Chen Ming's 21st century colloquial vocabulary has spread. In fact, many of these words are Chinese local dialects, but in the 18th century, an era when transportation, communication and communication were inconvenient, dialects were always the same. The most important thing is that these words make young people represented by Chen Jigong feel very powerful.

"Haha, the second master is worrying too much." After hearing Chen Jigong's "worrying" words, the captain sitting on the left hand side smiled proudly and happily, "You must have heard the news that came the day before yesterday. The imperial court transferred the capital of Jingzhou to If it is lost, the tens of thousands of banner people who have been born with hard-core crops will be controlled by that man. The sky in Huguang will fall. The government officers and soldiers in Huguang will really have a way to deal with that man. , How could Jingzhou City be lost?”

"That's the truth. The imperial court even lost the city of Jingzhou, and the souls of those idiots who dropped their book bags outside kept shouting about disaster, disaster, and now Wuchang has also been lost. I'm not surprised. Hankou, Fuhan The army will definitely be able to kill them..."

Chen Jigong noticed the words in the two people's words, which were the gentleman and the Fu Han Army, not the Chen thieves or the rebel army. There was also contempt for the scholars in Jiangnan: bookish idiots. Looking at the joy and excitement in the two people's tone, those who didn't know would think that they were members of the Fu Han Army. Chen Jigong smiled happily. "Yes, yes. We will definitely be able to fight to Hankou Town. Come, let's drink this cup, and on the eighth day of the first lunar month, we will sail westward."

After taking Jingzhou, the name of the Fu Han Army really shocked Jiangnan. Everyone realized that this was a real chaos, a chaos that broke the sky.

It was not comparable to the Miao chaos in Guizhou and Hunan.

...

Chen Jigong, who was drunk and confused, slept until dark. When he opened his eyes, his entourage reported: He Huazhang had been waiting in the flower hall for more than an hour.

When the two met, He Huazhang's first words made Chen Jigong smile: "Now, the whole Jiangyin knows how smart Mr. Tong is." After the New Year, there will definitely be more people who want to make a fortune in Jiangyin. I wonder how many ships will gather in the three towns of Wuhan.

...

At the same time, the Governor's Office in Wuchang.

Ding Chang fainted. After receiving the news of Alyajiang's defeat and seeing the news of why Alyajiang was defeated, he spit out a mouthful of old blood and fainted.

Fan Shishou's forehead was sweating in the winter. He begged God that Ding Chang could hold on, otherwise the burden of Wuchang and Hubei would naturally fall on his shoulders. This is not Ding Chang's trick to pass the buck.

Outside Jingzhou City, Chen Ming used the bannermen as shields and approached the Qing army's defense line directly. After all, Alyajiang couldn't be cruel. Although many of the garrisoned Eight Banners in Jingzhou Mancheng have been in Hubei for a hundred or eighty years, it doesn't mean that they have no connection with Beijing.

No matter how crazy Alyajiang was, he didn't dare to be cruel to these gray-haired people. Bannermen are not Han people.

The final result was that the Qing soldiers were defeated one after another. Alyajiang set up fifteen camps of different sizes on the bank of the Yangtze River, and eleven of them were broken by the Fu Han Army in one day.

Fortunately, the night gave Alyajiang a chance to breathe. In the dark night, he led the remaining soldiers, who were less than 5,000, to escape back to Mayangzhou.

Looking at the battle of the day, the gray-haired old men among the one thousand Jingzhou Bannermen who appeared at the beginning were not very important. The significance of their existence was more to disturb Alyajiang's mind and plant a seed of failure for the Qing soldiers.

What really made the seed of "failure" take root, sprout and thrive was the bravery and courage of the Fu Han Army.

Ding Chang never woke up from his coma.

The next day.

On the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month in the thirty-second year of Qianlong's reign, at the time of Chen. The governor of Huguang in the Qing Dynasty, Manchu Zhenghuang Banner, Irgen Jueluo Ding Chang, died in office. On the eve of Chen Ming's march to the three towns of Wuhan...