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  Chapter 382 Chapter 380 [Zhang Xianzhong in exile in Taiwan] (addition for the penguin boss)

  Li Dingguo surrendered?

   This was a bit beyond Zhao Han's expectation. Although he ordered the surrender, he didn't hold much expectation.

  If Li Dingguo does not surrender, he can lead his troops to flee to the hinterland of Henan, and go to accompany Luo Rucai who is entrenched there. If he dares to stay, he will be surrounded by five regular divisions, and a large number of peasants and soldiers will also participate.

   It doesn’t matter if you surrender, tens of thousands of horses!

   There are thousands of good horses equipped by the cavalry, and thousands of bad horses equipped by the cavalry—although those good horses are not much better than the horses in Jeju Island.

   After Li Dingguo surrendered, Huang Yao took over the entire Runing Mansion.

  The Datong Army occupied half of the Runing Mansion before, but now they have swallowed it all up, adding another burden to Zhao Han. Even Luo Rucai didn't like this dilapidated place, and even if they immigrated there, the drought continued and they couldn't grow any food.

  In the first three years, taxes must be fully exempted, and in the next few years, taxes must be halved, so as to slowly restore vitality.

  Nanyang Prefecture is not far behind, but the drought is less severe and the population is larger.

  Runing Mansion and Nanyang Mansion belong to the territory of Henan Province, and Zhao Han occupied it purely for military purposes.

  Zhang Xianzhong's main force is gone. Although there are defenders in Hubei, most of the cities choose to surrender. A small number of cities chose to resist, and some defenders fled and became bandits. The next step is to slowly attack the city and suppress the bandits.

   Also, encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong in the Dabie Mountains!

  Zhang Xianzhong's life was very difficult. When the Datong Army occupied Yingshan and Luotian counties, his army rations were completely cut off, and he only had to rob the mountain people for food to survive.

  Many war horses were also starved to death, but horse meat was often eaten.

   Li Dingguo rode into the mountain alone, and the Datong Army provided information, and it took a month to meet Zhang Xianzhong.

   "Why are you here?" Zhang Xianzhong asked.

  Li Dingguo sighed: "The army was defeated, Bai Wenxuan surrendered to the enemy, and Zhacheng blocked the way back. The enemy army surrounded them on three sides, and the boy did not want to lead his troops to flee Henan, so he ordered the whole army to surrender."

   "Bai Wenxuan chooses this bastard!" Zhang Xianzhong gritted his teeth.

  Li Dingguo said: "Father also surrender, the king of Wu promised not to kill them all."

  Sun Kewang said: "Do you believe his nonsense?"

  Li Dingguo said: "The King of Wu is trustworthy."

  Zhang Xianzhong told Sun Kewang to shut up, and asked, "How does he want to deal with us old thieves?"

  Li Dingguo said: "Does father know Dongfan?"

   "Never heard of it." Zhang Xianzhong said.

Li Dingguo said: "Dongfan is a big island with a territory larger than ordinary mansions. It is not far from Qiongzhou Island. There are Han people on the island, and there are also many raw people. What King Wu means is that we old thieves all go to the island. Snatch the land from Shengpan."

  Zhang Xianzhong was furious: "I have been in the Central Plains for more than ten years, but I was asked to deal with savages!"

  Sun Kewang laughed: "I now believe what Zhao Han said."

Li Dingguo said again: "The king of Wu asked the child to bring his father a message and went to Dongfan Island. As long as the land was snatched from Shengfan, it will belong to us. Regardless of paddy fields and dry land, each person can occupy up to 20 mu. Each household can have up to ten people. In this way, each household can have 200 mu of land, which is enough to be a landlord on the island.”

   "Is two hundred acres considered a landlord?" Zhang Xianzhong said disdainfully.

Li Dingguo continued: "After each person occupies 20 acres, they can continue to grab land from Shengfan. Regardless of whether the land is good or bad, grab ten acres of land and hand it over to the government for seven acres, and the remaining three acres are ours. In this way, Each person can have 50 mu of land. More than 50 mu, you can continue to occupy land. For every ten mu of land you grab, you can get two mu. If it exceeds 100 mu of land, you can get one for every ten mu you grab. Mu, and there is no upper limit."

  Zhang Xianzhong was angry and funny: "This is using us like mules."

Lao Hui suddenly said: "In fact, this is not bad. One hundred mu per person, ten people in each family, this is a thousand mu of land. Have more children, divide the household registration, and continue to rob. Twenty years later, who If there are no children and grandchildren, who is not a big landlord?"

  As soon as these words came out, the old thieves looked at each other in blank dismay.

  Although he can't be distinguished in front of others, it seems to be a good day to be a big landlord on the island and have many children and grandchildren.

  Li Dingguo said: "If the father is willing to surrender, the king of Wu promises to return his wives and concubines. But he can only take away one wife and one concubine, and the other concubines must stay and remarry others."

  After Zhang Xianzhong settled down in Hubei, he already had offspring, including one son and two daughters.

   But wives, concubines and heirs, it doesn't matter to Zhang Xianzhong.

  In history, Zhang Xianzhong decided to go out of Sichuan to fight against the Qing Dynasty. When he left Chengdu, he killed all his wives and concubines, and even killed his only son. The reason why he killed his wife and son was to prevent his wife and children from being captured by thieves after the defeat of the army. At the same time, he also wanted to appease Sun Kewang, saying that the position of son must be reserved for Sun Kewang.

  Seeing that the generals under his command were quite moved, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't refuse at all.

   In the past, there was no retreat for being a bandit, but now Zhao Han has given a retreat, and he can even become a landlord with many children and grandchildren. How many old thieves who are in desperate situation don't want to live?

   In July, Zhang Xianzhong led his cavalry out of the mountains to surrender, and Zhao Han kept his promise to send their wives and children.

  Hanyang Fucheng.

It was the first time Zhang Xianzhong saw Zhao Han with his own eyes. Although he was surprised by his youth, he still said with a straight face: "The winner is the king and the loser. Although I am not convinced by the loss, I lost in the end. What do you have to say? Let’s finish it together, and you can kill me if you change your mind!”

Zhao Han was too lazy to argue with this guy, so he just reminded: "There are many savages in Dongfan Island who like to hunt heads, and they are called headhunters by the islanders. The places where you are resettled are all closer to the headhunters. Put each of you Thirty households are grouped together and scattered all over the island. If you want land, you can fight it yourself. You are not allowed to rob and kill Han people! If there is not enough food, you can send someone to the government to borrow food. I will not let you starve to death. Every three In the first month, there will be ships arriving, and the fur and wood you get in the mountains can be sold to merchants."

   "I knew nothing good would happen." Zhang Xianzhong said depressedly.

  With so many rogues, it is of course impossible for them to get together.

  A rogue general, accompanied by twenty-nine old thieves, and thirty households were placed in a group to keep warm.

   It can be understood that a colony of 30 households is scattered all over the island, allowing them to develop by themselves. Life must be difficult in the early stage, Zhang Xianzhong may be killed by headhunters, or died of a disease in the southern mountains.

  When they occupy enough territory, they will have to give some to the government, and Zhao Han will organize the people to emigrate there.

  The speed at which these children are born can catch up with the speed of Zhao Han's immigration?

  The more territories the rogues lay down, the more land the government controls, and the number of immigrants will be countless times that of the rogues.

   Waiting for immigrant villages to form farmers and soldiers, you are not afraid of bandits becoming bigger.

  When there are enough immigrants, you can recruit soldiers on the spot and drive the Dutch out of Taiwan!

  As for Li Dingguo...

  To be honest, Zhao Han was reluctant to let go, mainly because of a heroic feeling.

  Leaving Li Dingguo alone, Zhao Han asked: "I want to expand the cavalry, will you be a hundred generals?"

   Li Dingguo was a little stunned, and asked: "Why does the king of Wu treat me so favorably?"

  Zhao Han smiled and said, "Your military discipline is good."

  Li Dingguo's military discipline is really good. After his cousin Ma Siliang led the cavalry across the river, he looted villages and towns everywhere despite lack of food. However, there were not many killings, mainly robbery, and there was no intentional killing or destruction.

   Moreover, Li Dingguo raised his troops to surrender and persuaded Zhang Xianzhong to surrender, which can be regarded as a great contribution.

  Even Bai Wenxuan, who is greedy for life and afraid of death, does not need to be sent to Taiwan to fight savages because of his meritorious deeds.

  Bai Wenxuan must bring his silver and his family to live in Nanjing, and the silver he brings must not exceed one thousand taels. No other property is allowed, so that his property can be easily searched.

   After thinking for a while, Zhao Han said again: "You can choose ten people to stay as Datong cavalry. But they are not allowed to be officers, they can only be ordinary soldiers. From now on, no one will be discriminated against for military promotion or promotion."

  Li Dingguo thought carefully, and he kept his favorite general Jin Tongwu and his cousin Ma Siliang, and selected eight other generals who were good at cavalry.

   After the matter of Zhang Xianzhong is settled, it is time for Zhao Han to return to Nanjing to proclaim himself emperor. The news of Chongzhen's hanging has spread to the south.

  Although Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, a lot of mess was left behind.

  The main reason is the excessive consumption of food and the serious overdraft of people's resources. There will be large-scale immigration and disaster relief in the future. Just thinking about those things is enough to give Zhao Han a headache.

  I hope there will be no more catastrophes next year, that is...impossible!

  If the history remains unchanged, this year has been regarded as the peak of the drought during the Chongzhen period.

  The national drought area will be halved next year, but the affected provinces will move to the south. Taking Zhao Han's territory as an example, the roughly affected area next year is as follows: three-fifths of Hunan, two-fifths of Hubei, one-half of Anhui, one-third of Zhejiang, and one-quarter of Fujian.

   There will be another more severe drought in the next year, when Hunan will be severely drought-stricken again, and Jiangxi's drought-affected area will reach three-quarters. And the north has completely slowed down. The most severe drought in the country is all in Zhao Han's territory!

  Zhao Han has to endure another two years of major disasters, and then a few more years of minor disasters.

  The Manchu Qing Dynasty in history is really the destiny.

  After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the plague in the north subsided, and the drought in the north also eased. On the contrary, the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty continued the drought, and the areas with severe drought were all transferred to the south.

  Hanyang Wharf.

  Zhang Xianzhong took one wife, one concubine, one son and two daughters, and twenty-nine old thieves with their families, becoming the first batch of rogues to sail south.

  He looked back at the city, feeling a little lost, and soon hardened his heart.

   Surrender is forced to do so, because all the people want to surrender. According to Zhang Xianzhong's own thinking, he wants to go out of the mountain and continue killing to his heart's content.

  Since he is not dead now, then go to Dongfan Island, and he will definitely be able to make a comeback!

  He didn't dare to rebel, because it was definitely useless, but he thought he could definitely do it after earning thousands of acres of land.

  Zhao Han doesn't care about this, the more land property Zhang Xianzhong has, the more land property the government has. What's more, Zhang Xianzhong is also divided into household registrations, and each household registration book can have up to ten people. After the division of households, who will listen to him in the next generation?

  Li Dingguo stayed in Runing Mansion and joined the newly formed cavalry team. His position was the cavalry post of the Datong Army, and he commanded a hundred cavalry.

  The Datong Army still only has six divisions, but each division has expanded to 10,000 people, of which 2,500 are dragoons.

  In addition, a new independent cavalry regiment was formed, with a number of 5,000, all of whom were armored cavalry, and Lu Xiangsheng served as the commander.

  The war horses mainly came from Zhang Xianzhong's surrendering troops, which was also one of the main reasons why Zhao Han persuaded him to surrender. The rest were collected by the people one after another, and some of the horses came from Jeju Island.

  At this moment, the Qing army had already entered the pass, drove Li Zicheng all the way to Shaanxi, and quickly sent troops south to Shandong.

  Then, Huang Taiji caught the plague...

   (Hey, I keep saying that Lao Wang’s war is badly written, so let’s speed up the completion of this part. Ask for a monthly ticket.)

  (end of this chapter)