"When did the Han people get moved? The clothes gradually become language..." Dinghai Port was already a little hot in mid-June. In a newly opened high mountain flowing teahouse, two young men wearing long gowns were chatting.

The Gaoshan Liushui Teahouse is located near the pier and is a three-story wooden building, which is rare in Ningbo. It is already three or four o'clock in the afternoon. Generally speaking, people should come to have tea, but the business of the Gaoshan Liushui Teahouse does not seem to be very good, and its popularity is poor, far less than that of the old teahouses that have been opened diagonally across the street.

Many of those teahouses were reported from the previous year. The family had been operating for generations, with good reputation and popularity, and no major changes. This is a steady business that was simplified and steady. From this we seem to be able to taste it. In a society with a deep foundation and a long history, people are more traditional and have not received much from new things. On the other hand, because the East Coast is a piece of white paper, such as interlocking teahouses (high water flowing water), interlocking supermarkets (state-owned department stores, Sun Chunyang South Goods Store), and interlocking hotels (state-owned Oriental Hotel Group) have developed very rapidly, and their business models are also very different from those in the mainland. People are more accustomed to consuming in these standardized service venues. There are still many differences.

However, Ningbo is the most open-minded area on the mainland today. Children's amusement parks, zoos, modern hospitals, new-style schools, railways, gas lamps, steamships, various factories, etc. are all difficult to match in other places. Moreover, this land has been evolving. Through decades of persistent education, Ningbo people now have a broad vision and can get information from the world from newspapers and magazines (although they have been lagging behind for a year or two), and have a high acceptance of new things. Narrow-sleeved tight-fitting Eastern clothing can be seen everywhere on the streets, not to mention that the official text here is simplified Chinese characters. Everyone is already familiar with this kind of text that has existed since ancient times and is very convenient for most people to use.

The only thing that has not changed is probably the only language. Ningbo dialect is still mainstream. Although the government and corporate senior management are both Mandarin, most of the middle and lower-level cadres and ordinary people still speak dialects. However, if you want to be motivated, you still have to learn Mandarin on the East Coast. There are many dialect schools on the streets, which are not expensive. If you learn it, you will only have the benefits but no harm.

These two young men came from the south of Nanjing. Because the relationship between the East and the Qing dynasties has eased for many years. If you ignore the armed conflicts that break out from time to time in Manchuria and they use money to manage the money, they will follow a grain ship to the east coast and stroll around Dinghai, the first-class bustling city.

But as they walked around, the more they looked, the more they became, the more they became more and more disgusting they looked. Although Ningbo only had a single mansion, it was well-managed. After years of transformation, the city was very different. There were shops or vendors doing business inside and outside the city walls, and there was no garbage on the streets, but it was definitely not like the smoky and smoky groups in Nanjing. The overall situation was relatively clean and the odor was not very bad.

In addition, machines inside and outside the city roared, and various materials were produced at an astonishing speed, and then transported to ports or train stations outside the city. There were a lot of laborers who transported materials, but it could be seen that life was pretty good. Their face was rosy and there were a few taels of meat on their bodies. They were not as skinny as they were, which surprised them. You should know that when they first came, a flood broke out in Dinghai, Yinxian, Cixi and other places. At that time, a large number of villagers flocked to the city. The East Coast government was not overwhelmed, but responded calmly. On the one hand, it allocated grain and relief, and on the other hand, it helped them find jobs so that they could support themselves during this period. The result was that the social order was well organized, and the harsh impact of a natural disaster that might have shaken the order of rule was minimized, which was amazing.

These two young men are not nerds who turn a blind eye to the outside world. In fact, they know a lot from an official family. For example, a flood broke out in Nanjing and some surrounding counties last year. What was the scene at that time? They can clearly remember: "The hundreds of thousands of people who were affected by the disaster were all gone. Not only did they have no food to eat, no land to cultivate, and no house to stay. The victims mostly eat grass roots, tree bark and Guanyin soil. Those who eat are sick and hungry to live on their pillows."

The Qing court at that time adopted a countermeasure to work instead of relief, that is, after the water retreated, the people organized the people to build river embankments. However, the number of victims was too large, and the court could not save them all. The victims "mooned everywhere", "mostly rushed to Nanjing and begged for food in Zhenjiang", and "the poor people built huts and lived in less than 20,000 households."

To be fair, the Qing Dynasty was already good in feudal society, at least not causing large-scale deaths. But I was afraid of comparison in everything. How did the East Coast government operate when facing the same disaster? How did the Qing Dynasty operate? Both families opened textile factories, and even knew that the elders in their families were hoping that the disaster would be more severe so that they could get enough cheap labor to work. Whenever they thought about this, they were a little embarrassed, which was much worse than what the people of the Eastern Republic did. Therefore, the only thing they were proud of now was probably that they claimed to be the orthodox Chinese and had an indescribable sense of superiority towards the "hot-wind-hu" Ningshao region.

"The court has wiped out Galdan. Next, when the government can be refreshed, the Qing Dynasty will have more time to develop industry and commerce. In time, it may not be worse than the Eastern Kingdom." After looking at the bustling street scenes for a while, one of the young men put down the teacup and said, "Brother Liu, as long as industry and commerce are rising, the national strength will definitely increase. At that time, facing the Eastern Kingdoms people will not be as cramped as it is now. Humph, I want to see one day the King's army will completely drive the Eastern Kingdoms people into the sea and give the world a bright world."

It is said that since the Mongolian hero Galdan was trapped in Mongolia in the south of the desert, he has been extremely cramped. His hometown was occupied by his nephew, and he was surrounded by forces that were hostile to him. The more he fought, the fewer the troops, and the less ammunition was used. Therefore, although he had won and lost each other in the battle with the Qing army and had not suffered a fatal blow, he finally couldn't hold on after a few years.

Last year (1696), an epidemic broke out in Galdan's army, with many soldiers killed and injured, and his morale was extremely low. Seeing that this was not a solution, Galdan decided to fight with the Qing army after the beginning of spring, and the Qing army was unable to find it.

In April, a total of more than 100,000 people on both sides fought north of Xifengkou. Galdan won first and then lost, and most of more than 30,000 people were wiped out. Galdan himself fled west with more than 5,000 remaining soldiers, but was intercepted by the Qing army on the grassland north of Ningxia. After a great battle, Galdan, who had been traversing the grassland for decades, was shot dead by the Qing army, and the remaining troops were also scattered. The Galdan tribe, which had been hustle and bustle on the grassland, disappeared.

When the news came back, Kangxi, who was patrolling the Yellow River channel, cried with joy and knelt down on the Yellow River embankment to thank God. Although judging from the previous situation, it was almost inevitable that Galdan's troops would be destroyed, Kangxi could not afford to lose the battle for the Mongolian grasslands, and the pressure on his shoulders was actually very great. This time, he suddenly received the news that Galdan was awarded the title of the head. In a state of excitement, he made a move to kneel down to thank God, which shows that it was obvious.

The news that Galdan's power was wiped out soon came to an end at Kangxi's instructions, and 800 miles of speeding up to build the world, and it was widely publicized in every prefecture and county across the country. Yuan Weiting, who personally led the army to intercept Galdan and shot him to death, suddenly became famous. Not only was he promoted, he was also the commander of a new army in a town. The general of Ningxia can be said to be soaring and his future is limitless.

Of course, the death of Galdan does not mean that Junggar Mongolia has been eliminated. In fact, their roots are still there. Galdan's nephew Cewang Alabantan still firmly grasps the large area of ​​the Junggar Khanate and has just returned from a great victory in the battle to fight against the Kazakhs. His strength is still quite strong, and it is still a dark cloud covering the heads of the Qing court.

However, Kangxi has not had time to go to treat Cewang Alabutan. On the one hand, the relationship with the Qing Dynasty is quite good. On the other hand, the middle school also needs to rest and recuperate after years of war. Silver, food, and military capital cannot be transformed in a short time. Although the national industrial and agricultural production efficiency has been greatly improved compared to before, this is also the biggest secret for the Qing Dynasty to defeat the Junggar Mongolia. Its productivity is stronger than before. The strength of the army that has carried out modernization reforms cannot be underestimated, but it still takes time to accumulate so that when deciding to move troops in the future, we can avoid being in a hurry. This is lacking.

Of course, based on the current situation, the Qing Dynasty could not find a countermeasure to Alabutan in a short period of time. Now the Shun Ni in the south has initially cleared the internal affairs of Xinde. Although there are tens of thousands of people in Li Sixing's troops on the border of Guangxi and Vietnam, they lacked both wages and equipment, which was just a disease of scabies, and it was difficult to pose a threat in a short period of time. Therefore, the Shun Army now has the capital to gather a large army to fight the northern expedition, if they ignore the already riddled finances.

So, the pressure on the Qing Dynasty was still very heavy now. There was Dashun in the south, the eastern coastal people in the north, and the elusive attitude in the northwest. Cewang Alabutan, who could become an enemy at any time, was far from relaxing. In addition, this years of tug-of-war with Galdan, also brought Han armed forces to the stage. When dealing with the Mongols with advanced weapons and biking and shooting, the traditional Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia suffered consecutive defeats and suffered heavy casualties as soon as they came up. In the end, the Han armed forces came forward to rescue the situation. Not only did the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp show the qualities of daring to fight, but the new army of the six towns (two towns are children of Manchu and Mongolia) that spent a lot of money to train even showed superior combat power, which made Kangxi quite afraid of it.

The Han generals have already emerged, and they will definitely not be able to suppress them at this time, otherwise they may be in chaos. But if they do nothing and watch their forces gradually expand, they will not do it. How to separate and disintegrate and win over and attack later, but not let their combat effectiveness drop rapidly, is still a headache. Kangxi has been thinking about this recently, and even put down other matters for this, which shows the degree of attention.

The sharp whistle of steam tugs sounded on the dock. The two young men who were worried about state affairs raised their heads and saw the three-masted sailboat of the "Antarctic Wolf" slowly approaching the port. This old sailboat looked staggering and very old, and seemed to be exactly the same as the Qing Dynasty today.

The wind and rain are shaking! The two of them sighed at the same time. They wiped out Galdan, but they also made the country's financial difficulties and poor people. Now, seeing the extremely prosperous scene in Ningbo again, it is really disappointing. Where will the world in the future go?
Chapter completed!