Jintang Island is close to Ningbo, only more than 40 miles away from the coast, with an area of 70 square kilometers, which is equivalent to a town, and you can overlook the mainland from the island when you stand on the island.At this time, there were actually a lot of rebels on Jintang Island, with four or five groups of men and horses, each occupying an area.Because they came late, Zhao Ming and his party could not occupy the fertile plain area, so they could only camp at the foot of Jintang Mountain.Nearly 3,000 soldiers and civilians landed on the island, cut down trees to build wooden huts when there were not enough tents, collected wild vegetables and fruits when there was no food, and prepared fishing nets for fishing.For a long time in the Ming Dynasty, the sea ban policy was implemented, and most of the coastal islands were not fully developed, and the natural resources were still quite abundant.After the people of Jiangyin landed on the island, they lacked food and clothing, and they were a little uneasy and panicked in their hearts.In order to make everyone stable, Zhao Ming got up early every morning, took a large group of men with axes into the mountains to cut down trees in the morning, dragged the felled trees back, built wooden houses, and went hunting and fishing with bows and arrows in the afternoon, bringing back some meat.It's not that Zhao Ming likes to work, but he must play a leading and exemplary role, nearly 3,000 Jiangyin soldiers and civilians, who came to the island with nothing, everyone didn't bring anything, and the government didn't provide much rations, but to live here, so many people's food, clothing, housing, transportation, eating, drinking, and lazing, the daily consumption is very great.Things don't come out, and the efforts of one or two people alone can't support so many people, so he must mobilize everyone's enthusiasm and mobilize collective strength to gain a foothold on the island.After escaping to the island, the morale of the soldiers and civilians was very low, but when they saw Zhao Ming full of energy, they were all infected by him unconsciously, and they joined the labor one after another.This is exactly what Zhao Ming wants to see, the current Zhoushan, just like the defeat of the national army in the southwest, the troops from all over the country, the people who fled have poured into the southwest, the government can't take care of it at all, and even can't give basic guarantees, the army can't get food, and the people can only fend for themselves.The finance of the Ming Dynasty has been bankrupt during the Chongzhen period, after the fall of Nanjing, the newly established Lu Jian State and the Longwu regime are short of money and food, and the money and food must be the first to meet the officials and soldiers, and the righteous army like Zhao Ming will give a letter of appointment at most, don't think about the money and grain.Of course, the Zheng family in Fujian is rich, but Zheng Zhilong is not a good person, and wanting to take money from the Zheng family is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger.At this time, Zhao Ming and his entourage had to rely on themselves, and under his leadership, everyone worked one after another, and in just a few days, a village was built at the foot of Jintang Mountain, and a simple wharf was built with stones in Liegang in the north."
Brother Zhao, drink water and eat two plums."
Zhao Ming was leading people to carry stones, and a crisp voice came from behind, it was Li Zhizhi who was talking.She carried a baby boy behind her back, carried water in her hand, and handed over a plum.Zhao Ming took it and drank it all, his face was sweating profusely, Li Zhizhi boldly took out a handkerchief to help him wipe his sweat, Zhao Ming looked at her forehead, a few strands of hair were blown and floated by the sea breeze, and when he was intoxicated, he was bumped into by Wang Deshun who came in a hurry, and shouted, "Oh, I'm Diniang!"
”Li Zhizhi was startled by the sound, hurriedly stuffed the handkerchief and plums to Zhao Ming, and left in a hurry.Zhao Ming looked at her back in the distance, and it was not chasing it, nor was it if she didn't chase it.At this time, he looked at Wang Deshun, who was about to slip away after snorting, and couldn't help but say angrily: "What's the matter!
”Wang Deshun was walking with his head bored just now, he didn't pay attention, he knew that he had ruined the good things of the hall master, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Hall master, Mr.
Yan called you over!"
”Zhao Ming came to Jintang Village, the village is built with the back of the mountain and facing the water, and it has begun to take shape, but the life of the people is still very difficult, the village lacks food and clothing, and even the iron pot is not enough, so it can only be supported hard.At this time, Zhao Ming came to a wooden house, and most of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, especially the residents in the city, had a skill, and many of them broke away from agricultural production and became a rising citizen class.The trees cut back by Zhao Ming, with the efforts of several craftsmen, have been turned into simple houses, and one of them is a large wooden house with high stilts and all woods, which is the place where everyone gathers to discuss matters.In the lobby, because there were no chairs, everyone sat on the ground, Yan Yingyuan saw Zhao Ming coming in, and hurriedly beckoned: "Bo'an, sit here." ”Zhao Ming rescued Jiangyin City, which made Yan Yingyuan greatly improve his opinion of him, and after leaving Jiangyin, Yan Yingyuan found that in the face of court officials like Huang Binqing, he was actually nothing at all, and he was still very weak, so he unconsciously wanted to keep Zhao Ming by his side, and only by gathering a group of capable people around him could he display his ambitions and let the court see them.Zhao Ming walked over, knelt down like them, and heard Chen Mingyu say gloomily: "I took stock of the rations, and I can eat for two months at most, even if I let people fish and collect some wild vegetables and fruits, I won't be able to eat them next year."
There is little arable land on the island, and it has been divided among several other rebel armies, plus spring ploughing will have to wait until next year, and the grain will not last until that time. ”Yan Yingyuan glanced at everyone and asked in a deep voice, "What can you do?"
”Everyone was silent for a while, and after Cheng Bi pondered for a while, he spoke: "Gong Yan, Gong Chen, there is a shortage of materials on the island, and there will only be more and more people on the island, and it will definitely not be able to feed so many people by relying on production alone."
In my opinion, only by trade. ”Yan Yingyuan said: "Trade requires silver money and ships, we have nothing, how can we trade?"
”Cheng Bi was originally a businessman and had accumulated thousands of family fortunes, but now he is penniless, let alone others, they all came empty-handed, and they had already thrown everything away when they fled.Cheng Bi solemnly handed over, "Actually, I have a way, which is to sell part of the current rations, and after exchanging them for silver, I will buy and sell other goods, earn silver, and then buy grain to come to the island."
In the past few days, I went to Zhoushan to have a look, and the most scarce thing on the island is food, and many rich families who came to the island with silver to take refuge had to buy grain at dozens of times the price.If Yan Gong and Chen Gong can trust me, they will give me a batch of rations, I will sell them in Zhoushan, take the silver and then go to eastern Zhejiang and Fujian, where the price of grain is much lower than that of Zhoushan, I can use the silver to buy grain, buy a batch of grain back, and the rest of the money, I can also buy some other materials, transport them to Zhoushan, and even sell them in the Japanese country, and continue to get silver to buy grain.If done well, I believe it will feed the people of us. ”Yan Yingyuan was still pondering, and Zhao Ming spoke: "Gong Yan, I think the method outside Cheng Yuan is feasible.Besides, we can also ask Cheng Yuan to go out to find Damu and let him help him.I went to Taihu Lake to see if I could get some money, food, and armor from Wu Xianggong. ”"Okay, then Cheng Yuanwai and Boan will go their separate ways."
Yan Yingyuan saw that most of the people agreed, and nodded, but then said: "In the past few days, I heard a news that the envoy sent by Lu Jianguo to Zhoushan was driven back to eastern Zhejiang by General Huang.The conflict between the two masters, which Boan had feared before, may have appeared.We are now living in Zhoushan, Huang Zongbing was enshrined in the Fujian Imperial Court, and we are naturally also the people of the Imperial Court. ”After the establishment of the two regimes of Tang and Lu, who is orthodox and who will lead the world to resist the Qing Dynasty has become a very serious problem.Soon after Longwu ascended the throne, after learning that the king of Lu was in charge of the state in Shaoxing, he sent Liu Zhongzao to Shaoxing to announce the decree, asking the Lu Jianguo regime to recognize the orthodox status of the Longwu court, but Zhang Guowei, Xiong Rulin and others in the Lu Jianguo regime strongly opposed, and Lu Jianguo finally rejected the edict of the Longwu court.After the failure of Liu Zhongzao's mission, Emperor Longwu made another effort, squeezed out 100,000 taels of silver from the already stretched treasury, and ordered Lu Qingyuan, the capital of the imperial history, to go to eastern Zhejiang, but was killed by the generals of Lu Jianguo.When the news came back to Fujing, the emperor was furious, and the situation of Tang and Lu contending was formed.Zhao Ming listened to Yan Yingyuan's words, sighed, and felt angry in his heart, "When will it be, there is still such a special infighting, how can such a group of pig teammates be brought in the future." ”()