"There are many more 'foreign people' in the city (the Ming people call overseas visitors)." Tian Xing sat in the preparation office of the Taiwan Bank in Dinghai County and said jokingly: "Some gentry in the stability maintenance meetings in each township have begun to do raw silk and tea trade. You can contact them. Well, Director Huang (Huang Yi) knows better than me in this regard. After all, he went to the countryside to visit every few days, and often drank with the local tyrants and evil gentry in the stability maintenance meetings in each county. If he could speak, there would definitely be many merchants selling face to sign contracts with the Taiwan Bank."

"Thank you, Brother Tian." There were only two or three big cats in the preparation office at this time. Shao Shuguang was very idle all day long. He was planning to send everyone out to investigate the production and sales of raw silk in Ningbo Mansion in the past few days. Now, after hearing what Tian Xing said, he felt a sense of clarity, so he immediately expressed his gratitude.

"What are you thanking? You will naturally know after staying here for a long time. It's not difficult to inquire." Tian Xing smiled and said, "When will your preparation office be converted into a real bank branch?"

Shao Shuguang's so-called "preparatory office" near Dinghai County Government is actually not as small as one office, but a large mansion with more than a dozen houses in front and back. The house in front can be converted into a store when entering the front, and the house in the back can be used as a vault and staff dormitory, which is very convenient.

"I will start planning in a few days. You can start it almost before the end of many years. Well, in fact, the business has been started now, but only one salesperson, Commander Liao Xiaoyao sent someone to deposit 3,000 yuan in cash a while ago, saying that it was to support the establishment of our Taiwan Bank and the first deposit business of our bank." Shao Shuguang said, "At this time when everything is in trouble, Commander Liao's deposit has really helped a lot."

"Haha, the Taiwan Bank has policy support. The general's trade with the Netherlands will have a good prospect as long as there is no change." Tian Xing said: "Let's do this, Commander Liao supports the development of your bank. I will save 2,000 yuan. You will ask the salesperson to come to my residence to find me tomorrow. Don't be too late. The day after tomorrow I will go south to eastern Zhejiang. The 1st Division of the New Army, seconded from Jeju Prefecture, fought for several months with the assistance of artillery, and only restored Cixi County. The Qing army has strong military strength and sufficient logistics in this generation. If the troops want to go further, such as capturing Guanhaiwei, it is quite difficult. Commander Liao was furious about this and ordered that the South be in order to go further.

The situation is opened up and the Qing army will be taught a lesson! At present, the 10th Division of the New Army, the 11th Division (the temporary 11th Division was changed, with a 4,000 personnel, Bogdan was the division commander, and the defense area was North Korea's Yuanshanjin). After recapturing Ninghai County, 7,500 people have begun to march southward, trying to capture Tiantai and Linhai counties under the control of the Qing army. However, the mountain roads in this area are difficult and dangerous, and the troops cannot be deployed, and the progress is slow for a while. Therefore, Commander Liao ordered Hu Xingbang's independent regiment (2,000 personnel) to land in the area of ​​Haimenwei, Taizhou Prefecture, and joined forces with more than 10,000 troops from the King of Lu, intending to open a second battlefield on the flanks to attack the Qing army in order to cooperate with the main force to capture the above two counties."

Tiantai County and Linhai County are administratively affiliated with Taizhou Prefecture and have always been the thorn in the eyes of the Southern War Zone Command. This time, the Qing army took advantage of the fierce battle of tens of thousands of allied troops in Huai'an Prefecture and sent troops from Tiantai and Linhai to attack Ninghai County. With the assistance of the local "reactionary gentry", they quickly captured the empty county town, captured and killed seven "progressive gentry" including the chief and vice president of the Stability Maintenance Association, destroyed two East Coast Commercial Stations, and killed more than 20 people (five of them were cadres who graduated from the Corps Fort). This was really a serious crime and must be severely punished!

Therefore, after the two main divisions of the Southern Route Army recovered Ninghai County - annihilated more than 3,000 enemies in this battle, they began to march towards the hinterland of Taizhou Prefecture, intending to carry out retaliation against the Qing army. However, as Tian Xing said, the mountain roads here are difficult to provide for supply, and it is difficult for the Qing army to attack, and it is difficult for the people on the east coast to fight! The two divisions of the new army spent several months in the mountains, fought more than a dozen major battles, but they were unable to touch the edge of Linhai County. Moreover, due to the long-term war (the unit had fought in Huai'an Prefecture for a whole year before, and did not rest well after returning), the soldiers of the two divisions complained, their morale was low, and they were reluctant to fight, so it was not difficult to understand that they played hide-and-seek with the Qing army in the mountains and fought tacit understanding.

But how could Liao Xiaoyao accept such a thing? He specially asked Chang Kaisheng to transfer the Independent Regiment from Shandong and changed its defense to Changguowei (from then on, it was incorporated into the Southern War Zone combat sequence), and then led the Fifth Battalion of the Stand-Up Team from Yin County to Ninghai County, and handed over the 10th Division and the 11th Division to rectify the law on the spot. This move greatly purged the discipline of the front-line troops. Later, since the main force of the Qing army began to attack many forts established by the people on the east coast from Yuyao County, Liao Xiaoyao had to lead troops back to the Yin County base camp to command the battle. As for the battle situation in the south, he could only entrust him to the experienced Captain Junior to command.

Captain Junior has been fighting in the Far East for many years and has a deep understanding of all forces. After integrating the information sent by the military police, he formulated a frontal feint attack to attract the main force of the Green Camp of Taizhou Prefecture. Then he took advantage of the naval advantage to suddenly land in the rear of the Qing army, conquering the empty Haimen Guard, Huangyan County, and marched forward to the Linhai County of Taizhou Prefecture. If it is done well, it would be no problem to capture most areas of Taizhou Prefecture in this battle, but the political risks are not small. After all, it is very taboo to openly expand the army and expand the territory. Commander Liao is extremely optimistic about the political prospects, and he may not dare to take this risk. Therefore, in the end, it is mostly to plunder and move the population and materials to the area controlled by his side. As for the territory of Taizhou Prefecture, whether it is the King of Lu or Zheng, whoever wants to take it, the people on the East Coast are too lazy to care.

To be fair, the success rate of this plan is still very high. It is because there are many mountains and small lands in southern Zhejiang, and the population and products are not abundant, so there are only a few troops that can be supported. In addition, the war in Fujian was intensified at the beginning, and many elite soldiers and generals in eastern Zhejiang were transferred to northern Fujian to garrison, and have not returned yet. Therefore, it is normal for Linhai County, Haimenwei, Huangyan County and other places to be empty. People on the east coast mobilized more than 10,000 troops to land on the flanks, and there was a navy transporting supplies to block the battlefield, so there was no reason to fail. Therefore, it is highly likely that the rapid advance to Linhai County, Taizhou Prefecture, was unable to take care of each other, and failure became an inevitable thing.

Of course, the war in eastern Zhejiang has not stopped over the years, and the small number of local people may have been hiding everywhere. In addition, for more than half a year, Lu Fang has been sending people to "tempt" immigrants to the east coast to go to the east coast (the Chen family who immigrated to the east coast in the early days, and the Xu family also moved a large number of village party and relatives). Therefore, it is difficult for the people on the east coast to get any more oil and water. However, no matter what, this battle must be fought, because once the King of Lu's troops restored eastern Zhejiang and southern Zhejiang, the Qing army in northern Fujian will be under the unfavorable situation of attacking on both sides. At that time, the Qing army in northern Zhejiang will inevitably mobilize troops to go south to reinforce, and the pressure on the people on the east coast to the Ningbo Prefecture will be greatly reduced.

After listening to Tian Xing talk about the situation in Zhejiang, Shao Shuguang was speechless. However, this had little to do with him. The Taiwan Bank did not plan to conduct business in southern Zhejiang or eastern Zhejiang. As long as there was no trouble in the rear of Ningbo Prefecture. Ninghai, Fenghua's tea, Yinxian, Dinghai, and Cixi's raw silk are what he paid the most attention to. After all, it was not easy to trade with the Dutch without these things.

Therefore, after listening to Tian Xing's words, he immediately said: "Then I wish Brother Tian a victory in Zhejiang East Banquet and another new contribution. If you change something good to you at that time, don't forget our Taiwan Bank, haha."

"Haha, let's talk about it." After handing over the promissory note of the Northwest Reclamation Bank (the establishment fund given to the Taiwan Bank by the Blackwater Development Team government) to Shao Shuguang, Tian Xing chatted casually for a while and then said goodbye.

After Tian Xing left, Shao Shuguang sent someone to the county government office to find the county magistrate, asking him to use the corvee collection power to help build a large warehouse and grain warehouse at the wharf. At the same time, the renovation of the bank store in the county town must also be carried out at the same time. Because of the official letter issued by Chang Kaisheng, the county magistrate who was a cadre from the Corps and Fortress agreed without refusal. However, the matter must be coordinated by the county to send people to the Long March of the stability maintenance committee to purchase supplies (well, the material money will naturally be distributed to the "patriotic gentry" of the stability maintenance committee). Therefore, it will take about a week before the materials can be taken.

After this matter was settled, Shao Shuguang recruited several newly hired employees, leading the leader of Han Yin, the son of Han Keda, the third son of the Han family who surrendered in Huai'an Prefecture. This guy can write and calculate and have experience in managing shops, so Shao Shuguang planned to send them to the Rhlanzhe Castle in advance. When he set out from the local area, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce had already negotiated with him. The Netherlands would basically not refuse the requirement to trade on Formosa Island. Therefore, although the orders of the Dutch government and the East India Company have not yet arrived in the Far East, it does not prevent the East Coast people from preparing in advance.

If possible, Shao Shuguang also asked them to purchase a real estate there as the future residence of the Taiwan Bank. In order to ensure the safety of this trip, he also called Nobushibashi Guini Nobusuke, who was hired on Rishiri Island, and asked him to take more than a dozen ronin to follow Han Yin and others. I believe that as long as the Dutch were not turning against each other, with these more than a dozen guards, they should be able to protect the property of the bank in the local area.

"The Dutch will not receive news from The Hague and Amsterdam until the end of June, so before that, you can only operate various business there as merchants. In more than two months, I will also take people to the city of Jelanzha by boat and transport the first batch of goods here." Shao Shuguang said to Han Yin, "So it is best to complete the matter of purchasing real estate near Jelanzha and building warehouses in advance. Of course, if the Dutch refuses us to buy real estate there and start trade, we will naturally stop going back home first, but I don't think the Dutch will be so unwise."
Chapter completed!