The moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time.

A bright moon rose from the sea level, and the microwave sea surface was instantly sprinkled with silver light.

The 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the grandest festivals of the Chinese.

At the mouth of the Jiulong River, the large and small warships of the Zheng family army were decorated with lanterns, and the officers and soldiers on board surrounded a large bowl and competed to play the game of cake invented by King Yanping. On the warship, there was laughter and laughter, and the officers and men were beaming with joy. Dinner has already been added, with fragrant braised pork, soy sauce-grilled sea fish, prawns caught in the sea, and fragrant rice. After the afternoon cake, everyone finished dinner, and in the evening they began to gather together to make cakes.

The Qing army on the opposite shore had a sad face. This year's grain harvest in Fujian must have failed, and in the days when the grain was ripe, Zheng Jun was able to let the Fujian Qing court collect grain with peace of mind, which was already blessed by the Bodhisattva. As for after the grain harvest, will Zheng's army land somewhere and attack one or two county seats? Only God knows.

The Fujian Governor's Mansion was first moved from Fuzhou to Quanzhou, and then from Quanzhou to Zhangzhou, and Li Shutai and others were restrained in Zhangzhou and did not dare to move. The Ming army occupied Yunxiao and Zhao'an, and just a few days ago they conquered Pinghe, Zhangpu, Nanjing and other places, and even stretched their hands to the water pass. Knowing that the grain in the area occupied by the Ming army was about to mature, the Qing army did not dare to leave the capital city of Zhangzhou. If Zhangzhou is lost for the sake of a few small county seats, it will be more than worth the loss. In particular, Li Shutai lost the city where the governor's palace was located, which was a crime of losing the land, even if it was a banner person, it was inevitable that the whole family would be assigned to Ningguta. If it is a Han official, a crime of losing the land can be connected to the nine tribes.

The crime of losing the land stipulated by the Qing court, for example, the county order lost the county seat, and the prefect lost the capital city, regardless of whether your other county towns have not been lost, it is the crime of losing the land; The governor lost the seat of the governor's palace, and the other provinces were not lost, which is also a sin of losing the land.

Yunxiao Jiancheng has been almost demolished, and the Ming army that captured southern Fujian was simply stationed in Zhangpu County, which is the only way for Zhangzhou to reach Yunxiao, and echoed with Nanjing, Pinghe and other places, and also posed a threat to the back of Yuegang, and formed a flanking attack with the Ming army at the mouth of the Jiulong River to the Qing army in the area of Yuegang. Moreover, the county seat of Zhangpu is directly close to the river, once the Qing army comes to attack, if it cannot be defended, the Ming army can immediately take advantage of the water division to withdraw from the river into the sea.

In Zhangpu County, the Ming army camp was decorated with lanterns, and the officers and soldiers were also celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival. At the head of the city, the soldiers on duty watched the city vigilantly to avoid a sneak attack by the Qing army.

On the two islands of Jinxia and Xiamen, the soldiers and civilians on the islands are also celebrating the festival.

"I don't know how my brother is now, is he okay in the distance?" Wang Xinyu's sister Wang Xiangyu held a piece of moon cake in her hand and looked up at the bright moon.

Wang Xinyu's younger brother Wang Zihao also returned from Kinmen, and he and Zhang Yan quickly became acquainted. The new beautiful little sister added to the family made Wang Zihao fall in love with her very quickly. Although the young Zhang Yan didn't understand the relationship between men and women very well, she saw that this little brother was very handsome and good to herself, and she soon had a good impression of him. At this time, the two sat side by side on the beach and enjoyed the bright moon together.

In Zheng's mansion, Zheng Yun and Liu Er were sitting in their own small garden, and Zheng Yun was looking at the table full of melons, fruits and pastries in a daze.

"Miss, are you thinking about her again?" Liu Er held her chin with both hands, looked up at the sky and the bright moon, and seemed to be heartless and said.

Zheng Yun's face turned red as soon as Liu Er said it, but in this moonlight, she couldn't see her crimson face. She jumped up and slapped Liu'er: "Okay, you dead girl!" Let you chew your tongue again! Hum! Who's thinking about him? It's clear that you're in a hurry to fill the house. ”

"What's so good about the house-filling girl, I'm not rare!"

"Okay, then Miss Ben will call the shots, and you will be married to Xibo's personal soldiers! In the future, a litter of little relatives will be born to protect Miss Ben. Zheng Yun pretended to be angry and slapped Liu'er again.

Liu Er replied with a smile: "Miss, Liu Er is thinking, when can I change my name to Countess?" Ah, it's wrong, when Xibo makes another military exploit, it's the Hou Ye! In the future, I have to call Mrs. Hou. ”

"Good for you, a soldier lady! Go and choose a pro-soldier to go back! Which do you think is better? Is it the Black Tower, or the white-faced one? Miss Ben still thinks the Black Tower is good. ”

The two frolicked and patted, you chased after me, laughing and laughing. Zheng Yun was tired of chasing, sat down and looked up at Mingyue, and said secretly in her heart: Childe, are you okay over there? The concubine misses you.

Wang Xinyu is on the island of Borneo, and he is also celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival at this time.

In the barracks, fine wine was put on the table, and the soldiers served plates of smoked fish, white chopped chicken, roast goose, fruit platter, moon cakes and other cold dishes, melons and fruit cakes. The hot dish has not yet been served, because the groom will not be served until after the wedding ceremony. Today is not only the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also a good day for Jiang Zhiping and Miss Liu to get married.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, a screen was pasted with big red characters, and Wang Xinyu sat in the center as a witness. On the chairs on both sides sat Aunt Liu and Jiang Zhiping's parents. A large red carpet stretched out inside the tent that stretched to the entrance of the barracks.

"The bride is here!" Someone outside shouted.

Wang Xinyu stood up, walked outside, led the bride and groom over the brazier, and then introduced the Chinese army tent.

"Worship heaven and earth!"

"Second worship high hall!"

"Husband and wife worship each other!"

The bride was then sent to the back tent, which served as the cave house, and the bridegroom and the high hall went outside to sit down at the main table.

"It's coming! Sweet and sour fish is coming! The soldiers shouted and brought up plates of sweet and sour fish, braised pork, fried crab, salted shrimp and other delicacies.

That Yang Runqing also came, he sat at the end of the seat, and sat with some local people.

As soon as the wine and food were served, Liu Qi stood in front of the stage and made a gesture to signal everyone to be quiet: "Everyone be quiet!" Listen to General Wang! ”

Wang Xinyu stood on the wooden platform, first said a message for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then said a blessing for a couple, and then began to get to the point: "Everyone, are you satisfied with today's dishes?" ”

"Satisfied!" The soldiers spoke one after another.

"It's so hearty! It's even better than the New Year! A local small businessman said.

"Oh my God! We haven't had such a sumptuous banquet in many years! A resident of the city said.

"It's so hearty! We were in Guangdong, and there were years of war, and it would be nice to have white rice during the New Year. A villager said.

"That's right! We are in western Fujian, and we can't even eat white rice. ”

"If life is good, who wants to come here!"

"Although General Wang is good, this is not his hometown after all!" Someone said sadly.

One villager said: "It would be great if we could go home and live a good life!" ”

Those people in Jiang Zhiping's same village exchanged heads and talked about each other.

"That's it! Everyone, be quiet! Wang Xinyu looked around, "Ladies and gentlemen, General Ben is here to open the Nanyang Company in order to allow all of us Han people to live a better life!" Not only to let everyone live a good life here, but also to one day, let everyone return home! At that time, we expelled the Tartar puppet court in the north and let everyone return to their hometown with honor! ”

"Good!" Everyone applauded.

At this time, a villager stood up: "General, you are developing here, how can you let us return to our hometown?" ”

"yes!" Another person also said, "This place is thousands of miles away from my hometown, no matter how good I live here, what can I do when I go back?" ”

Wang Xinyu said: "General Ben not only wants to open up wasteland here, but also build a weapons factory here and open a mine here!" As the saying goes, soldiers and horses go first before they move grain and grass! There is no food, and our soldiers are hungry and fighting with the Tartars? Without weapons, our soldiers went to war with the Tartars with stones and sticks? To recover the homeland and the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, a large amount of grain, grass and weapons are needed, and a large amount of silver is needed as military expenses! As long as there is a foundation, General Ben will definitely take everyone back to his hometown! As long as you go back, General Ben will evaluate according to merit, and let those who have merit be promoted! ”

Next, Wang Xinyu promulgated the establishment of the Nanyang Company's escort team and the merit point system.

The escort force is also a four-four system, with various units such as brigades, battalions, hundreds, squads, and captains. Brigade-level officers are generals, battalion-level officers are battalion officers, 100 officers are generals, squad officers are team officers, and 5 people are a team.

The Navy has a fleet commander, who is a staff officer; Under the fleet there is a sub-fleet, and the commander of the sub-fleet is equivalent to the battalion officer of the army; The captain of each warship is equivalent to the commander-in-chief, and the rank officers on the ship, such as gunners, boatswains, etc., are equivalent to the officers of the army.

Whether it is a soldier fighting a war, a craftsman, or a farmer and a mine, there is a meritorious system. If he is a soldier, he kills an enemy or captures an enemy, and one point is counted; Two points for killing an enemy soldier or capturing a junior officer of the enemy; Kill or capture an enemy general for 10 points. There is also collective credit, etc. The promotion is calculated according to merit points, and two points can be promoted from a small soldier to a captain; It takes three points to go from captain to officer; It always takes five points for the team officer to arrive; Eight points are needed to bring the total to the battalion officer; It takes fifteen points for a battalion officer to be promoted to a general.

The military merits of the soldier are not only a sign of promotion, but also a sign of dividing the field. If a soldier is disabled and can no longer serve, and can only retire, then his merit points can be exchanged for land, or shares in the company, and a little merit can be exchanged for one acre of fertile land, or three taels of silver shares. For fallen soldiers, merit points can be left to their families, and fallen soldiers will enter the martyrs' shrine and be worshiped by future generations. Ordinary soldiers can also exchange merit for land or shares, but after the exchange, merit points will automatically disappear and the upgrade mark will no longer be counted.

Craftsmen also have merit points, and the merit points are calculated by the size of the contribution, the role of the weapon produced. Merit points are exchanged in the same way as soldiers.

Farmers and miners also have merit points, which are counted in terms of the number of productions. The more grain a farmer sells to a company, the higher the merit points; In the same way, the ore excavated by the miner every day is also counted as meritorious. As long as the accumulated merits are reached, they can be exchanged for official positions, or in exchange for fields, or shares.

"Good!" The crowd erupted in thunderous cheers.

Although these ordinary people do not know how to fight, they know that they cannot win the enemy when they are hungry; Although they didn't have much concept of a country and a nation, everyone wanted to return home. Wang Xinyu's series of policies have given hope to these people.

As a great contributor to assisting the Ming army to save the groom, Chu Hachi, although he was an indigenous, was also invited to participate in this wedding.

So much good stuff to eat! This Han delicacy is indeed too good! In the future, you will have to follow the Han people, there will be rewards, and there will be delicious food! By the way, so many things, can they eat them all in a while? If I can't finish eating, should I ask the general and ask him to bring me some back? Chu Hachi thought to himself.

"You, why don't you drink some?" Chu Ba got up from the last seat, walked to the door, and said in stiff Chinese to a soldier guarding outside.

The soldier stood motionless in the doorway, with a loaded flintlock pistol in his hand, like a stake.

Li Rui walked over, patted Chu Ba's shoulder and said, "He is standing guard tonight, and he can't drink it now!" You can drink a little after a shift change. Originally, you can't drink alcohol in the barracks, but today is an exception! I'm going to change shifts later, and I haven't been drinking yet! ”

Although it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, the vigilance of the military camp was not relaxed, Wang Xinyu not only arranged a clear post, but also arranged several secret posts in the woods in front of him to prevent a sneak attack.