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Zhao Han returned to Jiangxi, and just arrived in Ji'an, before his butt was hot, he received a military report from Yangzhou.

Daming dispatched officers and soldiers from Jizhen to quickly wipe out the uprising soldiers. He also dispatched Xuanda officers and soldiers to go south and ordered Jizhen soldiers to go west, trying to surround Li Zicheng to death in Henan.

At this time, the Tartars sent troops to besiege Jinzhou.

And this time is different from the past, Huang Taiji changed his tactics. He even ordered to farm outside Jinzhou City, as if he didn't intend to leave, and wanted to starve the Jinzhou officers and soldiers to death.

The Jizhen soldiers were quickly transferred back, and Li Zicheng escaped unharmed, and continued to deal with the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

"Jinzhou is gone, or Daming is gone." Zhao Han handed over the military newspaper.

After reading it, Pang Chunlai sighed.

Li Banghua looked at the military newspaper and said: "The way the Tatars fight is exactly the same as our way of conquering the fortified city. While besieging the city, we divided the land outside the city and formed a peasant association, turning the fortified city of Ming Dynasty into an isolated city. This time, the Tartars are garrisoning the fields after besieging the city, and the officers and soldiers in the city dare not come out."

"Once the siege exceeds half a year, Jinzhou soldiers may surrender." Pang Chun said.

Li Banghua added: "The court of the Ming Dynasty is likely to use all its forces to rescue the besieged Jinzhou. If the Ming army is defeated, the Ming army will be wiped out, and the northern rogues will definitely take the opportunity to become bigger."

Zhao Han said with emotion: "It seems that the Tartars robbed a lot of food and grass last year, otherwise they would not have the capital to besiege Jinzhou for a long time."

Since the reign of Tianqi, Jinzhou and Ningyuan have been the frontlines. The Guan Jinning defense line has been blocking the Qing army, and the Tartars can only take a long way to cross the Great Wall to invade the invaders.

It's not that the Tartars didn't think about long-term siege, but that there was not enough food to support this method of warfare.

Last year's robbing was too cool, and the Tartars had enough food and grass, so they used this deadly move with no solution. The Ming court either sat back and watched the Jinzhou defenders surrender, or mobilized a large army for a battle.

Once the battle fails, the Liaodong defense line will collapse!

In the Northern Zhili area, most of the places are full of Manchu spies.

The Ming Dynasty's finances collapsed ahead of schedule, and the Manchu Qing also encircled Jinzhou ahead of schedule. The reason for this is nothing more than bullying Daming's lack of food and grass, even if there is a battle, it can only be resolved quickly. The Ming army, which was eager to enter the army, must have made many mistakes and omissions. Huang Taiji was able to find all kinds of opportunities to attack.

Li Banghua said: "The court of the Ming Dynasty had to save Jinzhou. If they did not send troops to rescue, everyone in Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan would be in danger. Maybe the frontline generals would surrender directly. Rescue means defeat, and the slaves can fight all the way to Shanhaiguan." Zhang Xianzhong , Li Zicheng took the opportunity to grow stronger, and the Ming Dynasty has no more elite soldiers to use. We must quickly fight to Jiangbei."

Fei Chun said: "After the autumn harvest, we can't fight big battles. There are famines everywhere in Jiangnan and Zhejiang. This year's disaster relief has run out of food, and it will take at least half a year to recuperate. We hold the Dongting Lake granary and Jiangxi's grain production. We will harvest next summer After that, there will definitely be enough food to fight as you like!"

"Why is there no food again?" Li Banghua was a little depressed.

Fei Chun said helplessly: "Officers and soldiers can rob food, rogues can rob food, and Tartars are also robbing food. Not only can we not rob, but we have to take out food for disaster relief. How much can we have left over?"

"By the way," Zhao Han thought of a question, "Did the sea merchants come back from Annan to sell grain?"

Fei Chun replied: "We shipped a lot, but only enough for Guangdong to consume. Guangdong suffered another drought this year, and it was a major disaster for the entire province. Mr. (Pang Chunlai) ordered that the land tax be exempted, and Guangdong will not store a single grain of rice this year." All the grain brought back by Annan was used to fill the holes in Guangdong, otherwise the price of grain in the counties of Guangzhou would be so high that people would starve to death.”

"Oh, what a disaster." Zhao Han sighed.

The hellish weather in the late Ming Dynasty caused disasters either here or there. Zhao Han had the same headache as Chongzhen.

After discussing for a while, Zhao Han made a decision: "Then after the autumn harvest this year, we won't fight any big battles, just take Fujian. By the way, we will rectify the administration of officials and train more officials. If we expand too fast, various problems will appear."

"To attack Fujian, it is enough to send a few thousand people." Li Banghua said.

Fujian is sandwiched between Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Guangdong, and the surrounding area is all Zhao Han's territory.

In Fujian Province, there is also an uprising by Qiu Lingxiao and his son, who have already occupied one of the eight counties in Tingzhou Prefecture.

Under internal and external difficulties, Fujian officials tend to lie flat. They couldn't even defeat Qiu Lingxiao's rebel army, how could they dare to fight against Zhao Han?

The plan for the second half of the year is thus determined: consolidate the territory, recuperate, rectify the administration of officials, and win Fujian.

After the meeting ended, Zhao Han returned to the back house.

Fei Rulan and Pan Qimei, who were about to give birth, sat under the shade of a tree to enjoy the shade, occasionally standing up and taking a few steps.

"Little brother!"

Zhao Zhenlan stood up abruptly, looking at Zhao Han happily.

The younger brother has grown up, but he can vaguely recognize his father's shadow in his eyebrows and eyes.

Zhao Han came back last night, and sent someone to invite the eldest sister to come to the house as a guest today.

He completely forgot about the face of his elder sister. After all, he had never seen her at a glance after time travelling, only some residual memories of her body remained. Zhao Han held Zhao Zhenlan's hand and said with emotion: "Sister, you have suffered."

"I didn't suffer, my sister is fine." Zhao Zhenlan tried to laugh, but couldn't help crying.

Fei Rulan asked Xiyue to help her up, and took Pan Qimei to the back room to give the siblings a space to spend time alone.

"Sister, sit down." Zhao Han helped her sit down.

Zhao Zhenlan stared at Zhao Han obsessively, and said: "The more I look at him, the more I look like my father. My father is also the same height, but he is not as strong as my younger brother. Why doesn't my younger brother have a beard? If he had a beard, he would be more like my father."

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Growing a beard is too troublesome, and it needs to be trimmed every day, and it can be done as soon as the beard is shaved. How is sister doing?"

"I have always been good, and my husband treats me very well." Zhao Zhenlan said.

Zhao Han hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but said: "Sister is still young, you can choose to divorce, and choose a husband who is more pleasing to you."

Zhao Zhenlan shook her head: "This one is very good now. Even if I was a concubine before, I never treated me harshly. Now, I am even more caring. Even if I choose a new one, I am afraid it will be difficult to find a better one."

"Sister, as long as she feels at ease." Zhao Han didn't persuade her much.

As for Xu Zhiyuan, most likely he will reconcile with his main wife, and the main wife will remarry to someone else.

Zhao Han has already looked for someone to remarry.

Zheng Yu, the prefect of Taiping, his whole family was exiled into the army, his wife was sent to the Jiaofang Division, and he surrendered without a family. Maybe he can marry Xu Zhiyuan's regular wife.

Zheng Yu is quite talented and treats the people well. He will definitely have a bright future in the future. This marriage is not bad.

Zhao Han asked again: "What else is missing, sister?"

Zhao Zhenlan smiled happily: "I don't need anything. If you can find your younger brother and younger sister, you are all promising, and you never dreamed of it before. God favors me, such a good life is enough."

Zhao Zhenlan was really happy, as long as she was happy, it was not beautiful for Zhao Han to interfere too much, just get things done quietly.

"Is my sister always at home? You can go out and make more friends." Zhao Han said.

Zhao Zhenlan said with a smile: "I have, my little sister often takes me out to play. There is a snow treading club in Ji'an, which is a school run by Caide women in Zuojin. We often meet friends through literature and go boating on the river."

"Recently? I haven't heard of it." Zhao Han said.

Zhao Zhenlan said: "It was created last month, and now there are more than 20 members. As long as you are a woman, regardless of age or origin, you can join by writing a poem."

"That's interesting." Zhao Han said with a smile.

The social atmosphere in Jiangxi has improved again. Women openly set up literary clubs, regardless of their backgrounds, which would have been drowned in saliva in the past.

While the siblings were chatting, the maid serving Pan Qimei suddenly ran out in panic: "Chief Town, Madam is about to give birth, and the amniotic fluid is broken!"

"Quickly, please be gentle!" Zhao Zhenlan hurriedly stood up.

The maid said: "Yes, yes, last month I invited Mrs. Wen to live in the house and wait!"

Zhao Han said, "Then what are you waiting for? Go and call me."

All of a sudden, Zhao Zhenlan went in to help, and Zhao Han could only stand outside and wait anxiously.

After tossing until evening, Zhao Zhenfang came back before she was born.

Zhao Zhenfang was more anxious than Zhao Han, guarding the door and walking back and forth, chanting the Jade Emperor and Tathagata Buddha.

"Someone is here, Madam is about to give birth!"

Xiyue rushed out and shouted.

Zhao Han looked at Pan Qimei's room, then at Fei Rulan's room, and shouted loudly: "There are not enough Wenpos, go to the city and ask for Wenpos!"

Several personal soldiers rushed out quickly, and within half an hour, they dragged a Wen Po back.

Standing in the courtyard, Zhao Han couldn't sit still when he heard the shouts one after another, and walked up and down under the tree anxiously.

After tossing until the second watch, Xiyue ran out to announce the good news: "My wife gave birth, mother and daughter are safe."

Fei Rulan had successfully given birth, and Pan Qimei, whose amniotic fluid broke first, was still shouting in the room, and her voice became obviously weak.

Zhao Han went to the study to check the time, then went to Fei Rulan's room.

Fei Rulan was still very energetic, and smiled at Zhao Han: "It's a daughter."

"Hello daughter, hello daughter, don't think too much." Zhao Han comforted her by holding her hand.

Fei Rulan heard the shouts from the next door, and asked worriedly, "Is Seventh Sister still alive?"

"Soon." Zhao Han said.

After suffering for another half an hour, laughter finally came from the next door, and then Po Wen yelled: "There is one more, there is another one!"

Zhao Han hurriedly ran, and after a while, the room cheered and celebrated again.

Mrs. Wen ordered to deal with the first and last, opened the door and said to Zhao Han: "Congratulations to Zongzhen, the wife has given birth to twins, the elder sister is in front, and the younger brother is in the rear."

"There are rewards, there are many rewards!"

When Zhao Han walked into the room, Pan Qimei was already weak and drenched in sweat, smiling at Zhao Han with a pale face.

The next day, Zhao Han quietly issued an order.

The death row prisoners in Jiangxi Province were all taken to Linjiang Mansion to be hanged, and all their bodies were sent to Zaoge Mountain.

Taoist Liu Kaihua received the secret order and hurried to Ji'an to see him: "The main town, the Taoist holy place of Zaoge Mountain, how can we get so many autopsies?"

"If you don't dissect the corpse, how can you know the structure of a person's body?" Zhao Han asked back.

Liu Kaihua still didn't understand, and said, "But..."

"No, but," Zhao Han interrupted directly, "the dissecting room is built in Ziyang Medical College, so as to understand how the blood circulates throughout the body, and understand how the internal organs work. The "Huangdi Neijing" can be temporarily put aside, this is for Don’t think too much about curing diseases and saving lives.”

Liu Kaihua hesitated to speak, but finally chose to obey orders.

Zhao Han originally planned to let the doctors develop on their own, but Pan Qimei really scared him when she gave birth this time.

After more than ten hours of tossing and turning, it is lucky not to have one dead body and three lives. Modern medicine must start exploring in advance.