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Sima De asked, "Does the general really want to do something to Changhua?" ”

Xia Nan replied: "I invited the prefect's yamen and the four counties of Lingao, Chengmai, Danzhou, and Changhua, and even the prefect's yamen sent the same knowledge, but Changhua County did not come, no matter what the reason, it must be punished, so that the whole Qiongzhou government can see the end of opposing us." ”

Sun Yuanhua was quite worried: "Changhua is the county seat under the Ming Dynasty after all, if it is only for this reason, is it not worth it?" ”

"I'm going to ask our groom officer." Xia Nan looked at Lin Weiye with a smile, "The newlywed Yan'er also brought you to a meeting, Steward Fu won't be angry, right?" ”

"Hehe, it's all old husbands and wives, it's just a make-up banquet, and she's also a sensible woman." Lin Weiye smiled and waved his hand, "On the surface, we made a move because Changhua County was not invited to the banquet and did not give face, but in fact, half of it was also for Shilu Iron Mine." At present, our iron ore sources all rely on Yazhou Tiandu Iron Mine, and with the current size of the army, it is not a big problem to maintain the supply of ore. But in the future, if the Qiongzhou battalion expands in size, the demand for artillery and rifles in the army and navy will increase exponentially, and with the manpower on Tiandu's side and the efficiency of long-distance transportation, it will be difficult to keep up with the consumption of the steel mill here, so taking Changhua is a rainy day......"

Sun Yuanhua interjected: "If it's just a matter of manpower, it's not enough to increase manpower, why bother to attack a county seat?" ”

Xia Nan shook his head: "I'll answer Mr. Sun's question." Relatively inland, Qiongzhou is sparsely populated, and the strength of the two battalions of the Qiongzhou battalion has reached the limit, and the major factories are not enough, so where is the spare strength to meet the needs of Tian Du? Moreover, Tian Du's side is a sparsely populated remote place after all, and ordinary people would rather do small jobs and chores on Lingao's side than go to that ghost place to mine. Another important factor cannot be ignored: Tian Du is far away in Yazhou, and he has to go around almost half of Qiongzhou Island at a time, and it is far less convenient to transport iron ore than Changhua. ”

"Could it be that laying down Changhua can solve these problems?"

"No matter how small Changhua County is, there are always hundreds of households in the city, and with a thousand households, it is no problem to make up thousands of young and strong laborers. Shilu is at their doorstep, so they don't need to leave their hometown, and their resistance is smaller. Let's put sweet dates and sticks together, and we will completely turn Changhua County into an iron ore base in Qiongzhou. According to the time cost of transportation, Changhua takes half the time less than Yazhou; Moreover, in addition to high-quality iron ore, Changhua's Shilu Iron Mine also has copper ore, which is a good thing. Xia Nan looked at Sun Yuanhua, "In addition, we have to correct Mr. Sun's misunderstanding: we are not going to openly attack Changhua County, but to help Changhua County suppress thieves." ”

Sun Yuanhua was puzzled: "The thief in Changhua is probably just a pretext, where can the thief come from?" ”

Xia Nan sneered: "I know that nine times out of ten it is a pretext, but the news of the thieves has spread, I just need to have a reason to send troops, and when the time comes, there will be no thieves in the city, and it will not be up to them if there are thieves......

Huang Hansheng, Wei Lianheng and others smiled. When the army arrives in Changhua, it is impossible to return empty-handed, as for whether there are really thieves, who cares?

Sima De asked: "Changhua County can't shirk it, of course it's hateful, but Chengmai Zhixian openly contradicts the general, do you want to give some color to take a look?" ”

"That's nature. However, I have already said in public that I will never interfere in Chengmai's affairs, and it is definitely not appropriate to do it openly......"

Sima De understood: "In fact, the general has already had a belly case, and this is to retreat as advance." ”

Xia Nan pointed at him with a smile: "I can't hide anything from Mr. Sima." Tell me, how do you use retreat as the way to advance? ”

"Isn't Changhua County a thief? Changhua can be thieves, and Chengmai can naturally be too. Changhua can be attacked by pirates, so Chengmai can be attacked by mountain bandits. Anyway, Chengmai doesn't need the general to intervene, so it's good to see the excitement. ”

Summer South high-fived and applauded: "Good! So how can the mountain bandits appear? ”

Sima De looked at the former proprietor Huang Mengjia: "This depends on Captain Huang." Although Lin Sanfeng is dead, Captain Huang is still very familiar with Chengmai County......"

Huang Mengjia understood, pinched his knuckles, and crackled: "I understand, this is not the first time I have done this kind of role." It just depends on what step the general needs his subordinates to do? ”

Xia Nan closed his eyes, as if he closed his eyes to recuperate, and said after a while: "This new magistrate doesn't know the current affairs, and it is a waste of the imperial court to keep it, and besides, Chengmai is so close to Lingao, it needs a sensible magistrate ......."

"Understood." Huang Mengjia reached out and made a spatula motion around his neck.

Seeing that such a few words decided the fate of a county, Sun Yuanhua couldn't bear it, it was not easy for a scholar to go from studying poetry and books hard to gaining fame, and then filling the gap to become the main hall of a county. Persuaded: "General, don't blame the old man for talking too much, Chengmai has already died a magistrate, and another one will die in a short time, which is too eye-catching." might as well let him suffer a little, retreat in the face of difficulties, and dare not be an enemy of the general from now on, so that the general's goal will be achieved. Killing too many officials will damage the general's reputation and be detrimental to the general's great cause. ”

Xia Nan thought for a while and nodded: "What Mr. Sun said is also reasonable, if you don't do it, you still won't take Liu Zezhong's life." "At least for a long time, the officials of the Ming Dynasty still have use value, if there is too much blood on the hands of officials, causing the resistance of the entire bureaucratic class, it will be more than worth the loss.

Wei Lianheng asked, "How many troops will you send to Changhua?" Is one special combat team enough for Chengmai? ”

Xia Nan asked, "Mengjia, is there enough manpower?"

At present, there are more than 100 members of the special combat team, all of whom are strong veterans, and in terms of individual hand-to-hand combat ability, they are the highest in the Qiongzhou battalion. Huang Mengjia replied confidently: "It's not an attack on the county seat, there are enough people." As long as I enter the county seat, I will definitely be able to turn him upside down. ”

Lin Weiye threw out a good news in a timely manner: "When I came back from Shandong, you asked me to get a pistol out, and now the sample has been made. ”

Xia Nan Daxi: "You don't say this good thing earlier!" It is much more convenient to engage in sabotage in the city with a short gun than a long gun. ”

"It's still in the testing stage, and I told you when I wanted to go into mass production. I'm going to have someone take a sample right now. ”

Soon Xia Nan saw the long-awaited pistol. In terms of appearance, it is a shortened version of the flintlock pistol, with barrel hoops, throughbars or pushers, and powder pools. He put it in his hand and turned it upside down, and the empty gun was only about two catties, which should be considered very light in this era. (To be continued.) )