Wu Siyu noticed Wang Changsheng's slightly excited expression and felt quite moved.

This "Second Leader" who came from Chongming Island has been joining Beihai Town for ten years. When he met by chance on Flower and Bird Island, if he had raised his gun a little more inch, the other party would probably have been "fighted".

Of course, Wang Changsheng didn't know that he was almost turned into a eunuch by the person in front of him. After working as a secret spy for so many years, his personality became more and more calm and steady, and his excitement was fleeting. Thinking of the other party calling him over from afar, it was not just to tell him this.

Sure enough, Wu Siyu snatched the cigarette butts in his hand, asked with a squinted eye: "What is your layout in Jiangnan over the years? I mean the Green Camp and the Eight Banners."

Wang Changsheng pondered for a moment and replied simply: "Su Song Navy, Langshan Town, Fushan Town, Taihu Navy, Wusongkou and Jiangyin Fortresses, our people are in charge of the camps in each city. Some are inserted through relationships, and some are secretly surrendered to you. As for the Eight Banners in Jiangning and Jingkou, only a few subordinate officers have been developed, and the highest position is to take charge of money and grain."

Wu Siyu's eyebrows thumped and was very surprised. Unexpectedly, Zhao Xin had built such a huge intelligence network in the Jiangnan area. He wanted to ask in detail, but Zhang Zhang said and swallowed the words back.

Although the Intelligence Bureau has been a subordinate agency of the North Navy's General Staff since its establishment, in fact, Zhao Xin has always been involved in intelligence matters, and it never takes others' hands. Although Wu Siyu is an entrepreneur and close comrade-in-arms, he also knows which ones can be touched and what cannot be touched. Then he told the task that the Intelligence Bureau was to take on during this deterrent operation.

"Your task is to prevent the Qing army navy from jumping over the wall and sealing the river in Jiangyin. If Jiangyin cannot pass, the fleet's deterrence will be meaningless. In addition, the forts in Wusongkou and Jiangyin must also do work, and try to minimize the damage. Otherwise, if it is broken, we have to clean up the mess, which is not worth the loss."

Jiangyin is located in the throat area of ​​the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The river surface is only 1.25 kilometers wide. It is the narrowest part of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is trumpet-shaped and has a very dangerous terrain. It has been a must-fight for military strategists since ancient times.

Since the third year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent Japanese pirates from invading the Yangtze River, the Ming court set up the Jinghai and Chaoyang Passes outside the Chunhui Gate of Huangtian Port, and dozens of beacon towers were built along the river. During the Chongzhen period, eleven red cannons were installed in Dashiwan.

In the second year of Kangxi, in order to prevent the Zheng family from attacking Jiangning again in Taiwan, the Qing court set up forts at key points along the river, such as Huangshan, and rebuilt the beacon tower warning system from Huangshan to Xiaoshan. More than a hundred years later, there was no more war in the Jiangnan area and no worries about pirates. The Jiangnan Green Camp became increasingly useless, and the forts became a decoration.

In the 49th year of Qianlong's reign, Zhao Xin and his friends snatched dozens of "slim horses" in Yangzhou, and then swaggered across Jiangyin. The defenders and green camps along the coast were staring blankly, without a shot, and as soon as the news came out, the government and the country were shocked.

This move was like slapping the Qing court in the face. Lan Yuanmei, the newly appointed admiral of Jiangnan, inexplicably became the scapegoat and was locked up and imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice for several years. It was not until the Lin Shuangwen Rebellion that he was re-engaged.

In order to prevent Beihai Town from plaguing Jiangnan again, Min Eyuan, then governor of Jiangsu, reported that the Qing court had added a fort at Wusongkou since the 50th year of Qianlong's reign. At the same time, the scale of the Huangshan Fort was expanded, and many other forts were added, equipped with hundreds of newly cast cannons, including a 10,000-jin iron cannon known as the "General Yangwei" and several 5,000-jin iron cannons.

Unexpectedly, in the 55th year of Qianlong, the Qing court was slapped in the face again, and it was a slap in the face.

Beihai Town sent people to openly attack the government office and rob the prison in Yangzhou late at night, and then took Jiao Xun, Zhong Huai and Huang Chengji's three families with more than 100 people, rushed out of the north gate, took a boat down the river, and rushed through the blockade of Jiangyin Fort and Wusongkou Fort without any danger, which shocked the world again.

Qianlong, who received the apology at that time, was almost madly angry. Although he was furious, he issued an order to punish the relevant people, he also understood that it was difficult to stop the fast ships and artillery in Beihai Town by just the fort and the water camp.

While he was frowning, the new Jiangnan Admiral Wang proposed that dozens of large sand ships were stored along the Jingjiang River on Huangtian Port and the other side of the shore, and the cabins were filled with stones. Once the Northern Navy invaded, the ship would directly block the waterway and blockade it.

Okay, the Grand Qingshui Master dared not fight against the North Pirates in the foreign countries, so he could only huddle in the inland river to defend. He was really cowardly and opened the door for cowardly--cowardly and got home!

Although Qianlong was unwilling to accept it, he also understood that this was the only way to prevent the Northern Navy from entering the Yangtze River.

The wealth and wealth of Jiangnan and the grain and rice in Huguang were really important to the Qing court! Before the Qing Dynasty fled to the west, it must plunder sufficient money and grain in Jiangnan, otherwise it will be difficult to support millions of people and maintain hundreds of thousands of troops.

Besides, the results of the "Changxing Island Battle" have proved that even if you spend a lot of money to buy a sail battleship from the British, it would be useless. More than 200 carond guns were slag in front of the North Navy's rapid-fire guns.

While speaking, Wu Siyu took the ginger tea handed over by the orderly soldier, took a big sip, moistened his throat, and continued: "Also, you have to go to Jiangnan in person."

"Go to Jiangnan?" Wang Changsheng drank a sip of water and almost choked.

"Yes. This time we protected Yuan Mei and sent troops to Wusongkou just to shock the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty was full of autumn toads, and it took only a few days to struggle. Before we were ready for occupation, stability was the first priority. King Zhao was worried that the people in Jiangnan were not clear about it, and it was impossible to guarantee that some people would have any thoughts, and they would make things bigger and out of control without authorization.

Let you go, one is to represent Beihai Town to meet Zhao Yunsheng. He is a teacher at Anding Academy in Yangzhou. He has many old friends and family members, and he can communicate with him. If he speaks, Yangzhou can at least ensure stability. The second is to try to persuade him and his family to stay in Shandong for a while. Next year we will run a college, so you will say that King Zhao invites him to be a sacrificial wine. In addition, you have to go to the Shen family in Wuxing, Huzhou, talk to their heads, and don’t cause trouble."

By the way, since Qianlong learned that Zhao Xin's father-in-law Shen Jingdan was from Yangzhou, and the eight Wang Zhong and his family defected to Beihai Town, he had a sense of hatred for Guangling, and even Jiaqing was the same.

After the Yangzhou prison robbery incident, Qianlong's hatred reached its peak, as if he was stuck in his throat. Although he was not ready to flee west, he had a premonition about the future. So he took advantage of the accumulation of grain from various places in the country and was furious. The Ministry of Revenue raised the share of grain from many places from the 56th year of Qianlong to show punishment, including Yangzhou Prefecture.

That is, Kangxi had the so-called "never add taxes", otherwise, with Qianlong's carefulness, the share of the rice would definitely be increased.

The grains in the Qing Dynasty were divided into regular rice and modified rice. Among them, those transported and stored in the capital were called regular rice, and those transported and stored in Nantongzhou were called modified rice. In addition, there were various additional taxes, and light bribes were one of them.

The so-called "light delivery" means the consumption of rice, which refers only to the loss during transportation. This money is usually transferred to the Ministry of Revenue or the Tongji Deposit in Nantong Prefecture as a expense for handling the canal transportation. The Qing court required that the collection be converted into silver when it was collected, and the proportion depends on the distance. The further away from the capital, the higher the amount.

The share of grain in Yangzhou Prefecture originated from the early Qing Dynasty. The annual regular rice was 93,600 stones, and the annual regular rice was 46,990 stones, and the total amount was 140,590 stones. Although there have been adjustments over the past 100 years, it is only in the regular ones. There are increases and decreases between the two items, and the total number has not changed. In addition, the light delivery is collected at one qian per stone, and the proportion is in the Tongzhou Province of Jiangsu Province, so Yangzhou Prefecture is 18,276.7 taels per year.

After the light transfer, the proportion of Yangzhou Prefecture's collection increased to 0.22 taels per stone, which turned into more than 30,000 taels of silver, and the grain households were stunned.

In fact, if it is just like this, the people of Yangzhou can bear it. The problem is that in addition to the above three items, there are many additional taxes such as water and foot silver, reed seat tax, bamboo and wood tax, canal gifts, and foot silver. In addition, the extortion and extortion by various yamen and officials during the collection process, the actual output of grain households is several times higher. The so-called "one stone in the main grain, and three or four stones are paid by the people" is this truth.

In the past two years, in order to pay taxes, many grain households in Yangzhou have been forced to sell land and houses, and some even fled their families. The people complained and the public was very resentful.

As for Wu Siyu asking Wang Changsheng to visit the Shen family in Wuxing, it was because there was a private news circulating among the people in Jiangnan over the years that Prince Zhao's princess, the future queen, was from Yangzhou, and her surname was Shen.

Of course, there are also some more minor news, saying that Princess Zhao’s real hometown is Dongtai, and she was the orphan of the “Yizhulou Case” back then.

However, this statement was secretly sneered by many people from Huzhou - especially the middle-aged people in Wuxing, Shen family in Wuxing, and Shen family in Wuxing, Zhudun! So Princess Zhao is a member of the Shen family in Wuxing, and there is no objection!

Those who were familiar with the Twenty-Four Histories thought about it after hearing this statement and thought it was a good guy! The Shen family has produced four queens.

Shen Miaorong, the empress of Emperor Wen of Southern Chen, Shen Wuhua, the empress of Emperor Wen of Southern Chen, and Shen Zhenzhu, the empress of Emperor Daizong of Tang, are now included in the north, which is amazing!

Based on the above factors, Zhao Xin was very worried that the news of the fleet's arrival at Wusongkou would spread. Before the Northern Navy could attack, the people of Yangzhou and Huzhou Prefecture would kill officials and rebel, attack the government offices, and then other prefectures and counties would also make a fuss, triggering a large-scale chain effect. At that time, they would really become a mute who would eat Huanglian, and they would bite the bullet and not accept it, which would affect the plan of going south to enter the pass next year.

"I understand!" Wang Changsheng stood up and saluted, and asked, "Then do you think I will leave?"

Wu Siyu stood up and said, "You go back and arrange it and take a boat to Anping Port this afternoon. A company in the special operations camp arrived the day before yesterday and originally planned to send them to Shandong. I know that Xu Dayong has always been responsible for this kind of thing, so you can come to visit your home. But now he is in Guangxi and cannot get rid of it, so I have to work hard for you."

Before leaving, Wang Changsheng suddenly thought of something and asked Wu Siyu: "Chief, the fleet to Wusongkou is also in Anping Port?"

Wu Siyu rubbed his frown brows and said casually: "In Ryukyu."

"Oh. Is the commander Guo Xuexian?"

"Yes. Do you two know each other?"

"Know and understand." Wang Changsheng nodded, and a young naval officer holding the book instantly appeared in his mind.

After the end of the "local governance battle", under the instruction of Zhao Xin, the General Staff of the North Navy began to carry out large-scale organizational changes and personnel adjustments to the Navy. The Second Squadron commanded by Guo Xuexian was ordered to transfer to the North. The General Staff's plan was to form the Eastern Sea Fleet of the North Navy based on this. The command center was temporarily located in Naha Port, and after Taiwan took it, it would be moved to Fengshan County in the south.

Today, the Northern Navy has two anchorages in the East China Sea, one is the Naha Port in Ryukyu, and the other is in the Shishui County of Nankyushu, which is also the port for the transportation of ore from the Ryukari Kinshan.

In fact, according to Deng Fei's intention, the port conditions in the Shushui County were not good. He even took a fancy to the location of the Sasebo Military Port in another time and space. It is currently under the rule of Hirado, and it is still a small fishing village. The problem is that Beihai Town already has Anping Port at the entrance of Tsushima Strait. It is not very meaningful to run to more than 300 kilometers east to build a military port, so it was not very meaningful, so it gave up later.

On October 21, 1794, in the port of Ryukyu Naha, four thousand miles away from Beihai Town, more than a dozen Beihai Army with red armbands with the words "Gendarmerie" on their arms ran from the port to the entrance of the market.

When they stopped, the leader took off a tied red electric speaker from his shoulder, turned it on and debugged it for a while, and then shouted loudly as he walked: "Urgent order! All those who take leave and go out pay attention! Under the order of the Fleet Command, you will be limited to return to the team immediately within one hour! Emergency order..."

Seeing this, the people of Ryukyu around them retreated one after another, giving way to them.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! It is noon now, and a luxuriously decorated restaurant in the market is filled with diners. Many of these people are fleet officers and soldiers in casual clothes. They just returned from training yesterday. They were on holiday today and came here to have a tooth festival and have two drinks.

On the second floor of the restaurant, a thin middle-aged man was plucking Sanxian with a pluck. A beautiful woman stood beside him, holding a sandalwood board and tapping and singing. Her voice was graceful and graceful, gradually attracting the attention of the diners present.

"...The dark ocean is in the middle of the night. The northern sky is in the sky. The leading and directed. My grandmother gave her hair and skin to come to this world. If the snail and clam are not polished, why should the pearl be added? Do not be cowardly in life, you must be brave to move forward. If the hearts of people do not think about it, how can the world be carried out?"

"Okay!" After the song was sung, everyone upstairs and downstairs applauded.

On a table closest to the singer, a young man in casual clothes applauded and took out a shiny Beihai silver dollar from his shirt pocket, got up and walked to the middle-aged man, put the silver dollar in his hand.

"Snack more."

The woman looked shy and looked up at the young man, and said softly with red lips: "Duojia. Do you have time to have a drink today?"

"Yes, come and have a meal with your friends, by the way, listen to you singing."

The woman pouted and said softly: "Oh, it turns out that eating is the main business, and it's a way to see me."

"Uh...I don't mean that."

On the table behind the young man, several companions covered their mouths and laughed secretly.

"Go!" The young man turned his head and gave his companion a blank look, then turned around and said to the woman: "How about singing another song? I like to listen to you."

The woman nodded slightly with a blushing face, turned around and nodded to the middle-aged man who was playing Sanxian. As soon as she tapped the sandalwood board, she was about to speak when she suddenly saw the young man raise his hand to stop him and said, "Slow down!"

This move scared the singer. While he was confused, he heard a loud voice coming from the street outside, and the sound was getting closer and clearer.

"Urgent order! All those who take leave to go out are careful! Under the orders of the Fleet Command, you are limited to return to the team immediately within one hour!"

With a "boom", almost half of the people in the restaurant stood up and paid for the payment. Those who were drinking stopped drinking, picked up the bowl and stewed the rice tightly. After a few bites, they got up and left.

The young man took out a few Beihai silver dollars from his pocket and placed them on the table. Then he shouted to the dude who was stunned: "My man, don't look for too much!"

After saying that, he walked quickly downstairs with the three of his deskmates. The woman hesitated for a moment, then quickly walked to the stairs and asked loudly: "Hey~~家官网... May I ask about the name of the surname?"

"My surname is Lin, Lin Daosheng!" As he spoke, the figures of the young man and his companions had disappeared at the door of the restaurant.
Chapter completed!