Chapter 170 The Fight Never Ends!

How could the sordid and entangled affairs between civil and military officials in Lingnan be hidden from the business in Keelung and Lingnan?

To put it bluntly, as long as Qin Hao wanted to know, he would know exactly which concubine's room Governor Xiong Wencan spent the night in tonight, or which young husband he sang a song with.

As for Master Xiong's favorite posture and combat power, he knows everything clearly.

The secret agents of the merchant houses in Lingnan quickly copied the documents of the Liangling Civil War and the Tusi Tusi Rebellion, as well as the entire civil uprising and chieftain rebellion in the Liangling area, and completely presented them on the map drawn by the Qin and Han Dynasty merchants.

Soon, the situation report was sent to Keelung by boat and handed over to Qin Hao.

Qin Hao was relieved after carefully inspecting the paint on the envelope and finding that there was no trace of it being opened.

However, even if someone solves the problem halfway, they can't explain it clearly without a code book. The letters sent from the two places all use the binomial cipher used by Turing, the father of computers in the 20th century. Without a special explanation, it is just gibberish. .

Use the key to open the locked iron box and take out a palm-sized and thick book of cryptids.

With the help of the lingo book, Qin Hao spent an afternoon translating this secret note.

Be good! Unexpectedly, rice and vegetable oil are as powerful as a hundred thousand soldiers!

After three consecutive years of importing rice, iron products, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, etc. to the Liangling area, we finally got the result today!

"Weizhou! Weizhou!"

Weizhou, the commander of the Guards Battalion who was on duty outside the door, heard the call and immediately appeared at the door with a few steps, "Lord! Please give me your instructions!"

He was a student in the third phase of the Army Academy. Last year, Qin Hao went to the Army Academy for an inspection and saw that this boy and a few people wanted to go out alone, but Qin Hao happened to catch him.

I didn't know what was going on with Qin Hao at that time, but I thought this guy was interesting, so I asked him a few military questions, but he didn't expect that he answered fluently.

He also said that the previous expedition against Fusang was a big failure. Qin Hao still remembered his exact words at that time: "Although our generals are excellent, they are few in number. It would be unwise to sacrifice them in the small Fusang. If we take over the Ming Dynasty, we will China has millions of dawns and millions of armaments, and then the little fusang can be wiped out in one day."

Weizhou didn't know that what he said at that time made Qin Hao deeply understand it, which was why he did not continue to fight against the Tokugawa shogunate.

It is unwise to use my shield to attack the enemy's spear.

So Qin Hao transferred this young man to his side as the captain of the guard, and he did a good job.

Weizhou Pingqing saluted Qin Hao strictly, and then asked him about the tasks assigned to him.

"Let me know, the officials in charge of the Department of Household Affairs, the Department of Military Affairs, the Department of Warehousing, etc. are all here. I have something important to discuss with you!"

Weizhou moved quickly, which was also because he was familiar with everyone in the general's mansion. Before noon, everyone Qin Hao needed came one by one.

"Everyone! Today is the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month. I know everyone is very busy these days, and your life is going well!"

Looking at the room filled with officials from various departments, Qin Hao couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in his heart.

Look, these are my team, the subordinate officers of my general's mansion!

"However, I have to tell everyone that I am no longer looking at the profit dividends of Qinhan Company, and now we have another battle to fight!"

Although there were no big fluctuations, Qin Hao could see a trace of confusion and confusion in everyone's eyes and expressions.

Keelung had just decided to suspend the conquest of Fusang not long ago, and Qin Hao personally issued the order to cease the war.

"Okay, I know you all have concerns, fearing that our military strength will be overwhelmed and commercial development will be hindered." Qin Hao looked around, and then passed on the letter from the two ridges, "The people we are conquering this time are the thieves of the Ming Dynasty. , of course it will also enhance our influence in the Jiangnan region.”

As soon as this statement came out, it immediately caused an uproar!

For more than five years before that, the Keelung Army held high the banner of the Ming Dynasty and conquered all directions by pulling on the Ming Emperor's tiger skin.

Now I heard from the coach that troops were going to be used against Liangling. Isn't this a message to release troops to rebel?

Such a big twist made the civil and military officials in the hall unable to turn around for a moment, and they all looked at their chief officers. This made several chief officers also at a loss, as they had not received any notice in advance.

However, there are also those who are serious about fame and fortune and immediately feel that this is a good opportunity to follow the dragon.

"I will obey all orders! I am willing to be the vanguard! As long as the master gives the order, it will not take half a month after landing. The master of discipline will sit safely in the big city of Lingnan and give orders to the two mountains!"

"Nonsense!" Qin Hao glanced at the place where the discordant sound came from, and the place instantly became quiet.

Qin Hao also knew that he had made a mistake. Although he had the intention to take over, the time was not yet ripe. The Ming Dynasty still had people's hearts, even if they were few and far between.

"Everyone, when I talk about using troops against the two mountains, do I mean to rebel?!"

"Please make it clear, my lord, that I will make plans and share your worries with you." Zhuge Xuan, sitting in the first seat on the left, as the chief historian in charge of administrative affairs, actually plays the role of the prime minister, and his words are natural It's the weight that's different.

Look, this is a smart person.

Qin Hao glanced at the place where he had just spoken. He was so frightened that the speaker was afraid of his hands and feet. He did not dare to raise his head or look.

Fortunately, Qin Hao didn't stare for too long, otherwise the man would be really ashamed of himself.

"Now that there is a turmoil in the two ridges, there will inevitably be a large number of refugees and displaced people fleeing to Keelung. Your household registration office and patrol office must be prepared to accept these refugees. The first thing to do is to build transport ships. In addition, we must pay attention to the time when the epidemic is transmitted to each other, and do not let the previous bad incidents happen again."

The bad incident Qin Hao focused on here was that after the Fuso ceasefire, tens of thousands of Fuso people began to cross the river to Keelung to find job opportunities. However, with their arrival, the epidemic also came with them, which made the Keelung household registration office nervous for a long time and took several months to control. The last chief officer in charge of immigration work was dismissed for this reason.

"The lord means to send troops into Lingnan to help the Ming Dynasty quell the rebellion!" From a few words, Zhuge Xuan saw the deep meaning of Qin Hao.

"That's right. In order to help the two ridges quell the rebellion, the Keelung army must enter the two ridges."

This is already very straightforward. It is under the banner of helping to quell the rebellion, at least internally, but in fact it is still an act of expanding its own strength.

"Therefore, the Household Department, Inspection Department, and Military Department must formulate plans according to their respective duties and report them to the General's Mansion so that a unified plan can be made to raise military funds."

Several scribes from the General's Mansion sitting in the corner wrote furiously, recording Qin Hao's orders one by one in the book so that they could be checked and archived later.