The Daxi Army surrounded Chengdu like an iron barrel, dug trenches on the periphery, and built Tucheng. When the Daxi Army built Tucheng, the Qing army in the city came out to counterattack several times, but were all defeated by the Daxi Army. After the Daxi Army's Tucheng was completed, several forts were set up and the cannons were set up, and the Qing army completely eliminated the idea of ​​breaking through.

But Chengdu is a big city with sufficient food and supplies in the city, and the Qing army was enough to last for at least one year.

Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo sent troops to occupy Jiange, cutting off the Qing army's path to reinforcement in Sichuan, making more than 100,000 Qing troops in Sichuan an isolated army.

In Nanjing, thousands of miles away, the first batch of people who immigrated to Oceania are ready to set off.

Zhu Changqing, the Lu King who received the pardon of the Queen Mother, boarded a passenger ship on the Yangtze River. He also set out with him. The original Hangzhou General Fang Guoan, former Zhejiang Governor Zhang Bingzhen, and the Governor Chen Hongfan, and a group of serious offenders involved in the Lu King's rebellion case. They all received pardon from the Queen Mother. Of course, this pardon is subject to conditions and must immigrate to Oceania and will never return to the Ming Dynasty.

During the rebellion, the Duke of Chu wiped out more than 5,000 troops, as well as their families, slaves from the Lu Wang Mansion, some tenants and their families were all sent onto the ship.

In addition, there are also scholars who voluntarily followed them with no hope for their future, such as Lu Lin, Wu Zhirong, Fan Xiang, Lu Qi and others.

Among these scholars, Wu Zhirong was the later county magistrate of the Qing Dynasty. In the original time and space, Wu Zhirong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and became a traitor after the Qing army went south. He was carried into the Han army flag because he made great contributions in the Ming Dynasty case. Fan Xiang, Lu Qi and others were all informants of the Ming Dynasty case. The future of these people was deprived of the future by Empress Dowager Zhang Yan. They were desperate and had to choose to follow King Lu to sea.

However, another key figure in the Ming Dynasty case, Cha Jizuo, was not only not exempted from fame and honor because of his contributions to collusion with Lu Wang, but also received a reward from the court.

The court distributed the property of some confiscated plotters to Cha Jizuo. At this time, the newspaper industry in the Ming Dynasty began to rise. Cha Jizuo opened a newspaper in Hangzhou called "Ta Kung Pao". Cha Jizuo himself had some talent, so he serialized it in the newspaper, making his "Ta Kung Pao" the largest newspaper industry in the Ming Dynasty.

The name of "Ta Kung Pao" was given to Cha Jizuo by Li Guodong. It was serialized by martial arts, and many outlines were also secretly provided to Cha Jizuo by Li Guodong.

Every time he saw the Ta Kung Pao, Li Guodong felt secretly amused: "I don't know if the descendant of Cha Jizuo can still become a famous artist three hundred years later? It is probably impossible. All the things he wants to write have been written by his ancestors. And there are several books that were impossible to be published in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties."

It is definitely impossible to come out. The Qing Dynasty had no chance to go south, and Kang Mazi had no chance to become the emperor of the ages. But Li Guodong still thought a little vulgar and gave the hero a chance, such as leaving Kang Mazi and taking him to the north to face the Rakshasa people. But that is the future.

"Prince, if you go there in the future, there will be land that is no smaller than that of the Ming Dynasty, and it will be yours in the future." At this time, Li Guodong was comforting the sad-faced Lu King Zhu Changqing.

Zhang Bingzhen, who was about to go to Oceania with him, also advised: "Prince, we can save a life, it is already the empress dowager and Chu who have given us such a large piece of land."

Zhu Changqing lamented: "It must be a wild place. If you go there, you will never come back to the south of Jiangnan in your life."

Li Guodong smiled and said, "If I do it well there, it will be no worse than Jiangnan at all."

"The Empress Dowager is here!" While speaking, a long shout came from behind.

Everyone turned their heads and knelt down to salute: "I will bow to the Empress Dowager!"

Empress Dowager Zhang Yan and Empress Dowager Zhou came to the riverside wharf surrounded by a group of soldiers, Jinyiwei, eunuchs, and palace maids.

"I am grateful to the guilty minister who can be given to the Empress Dowager himself!" Zhu Changqing knelt on the ground and bowed.

"Flat!" Zhang Yan made a gesture of inviting everyone to stand up, "Lu Wang, you are a royal family after all. Speaking of which, you are still an elder of this palace. In terms of seniority, you have to call you a cousin. Today, you travel thousands of miles away, and I have to come to see you off. But you can avoid death and you have to thank Duke Chu. When you go there in the future, the imperial court will send letters back and forth every six months. If you have any needs, you can write a letter back and forth, and the imperial court will naturally give you assistance."

"Thank you Empress Dowager!" King Lu kowtowed and thanked him.

"Okay, let's talk about it for a long time, that's all for me. It's time for you to set off!" Zhang Yan said.

Li Guodong said: "Don't worry, Prince Lu, we have sent people to explore this route, and there are islands along the way. A group of people have already gone up first before you."

Gongs and drums sounded, the military band played music, and the ships pulled up anchor chains and retracted the cables. The fleet Yang Fan set sail and slowly left the Nanjing Wharf. The fleet will enter the Wusong River from near Suzhou, arrive at Huangputang, and then dock on the riverside, so immigrants will take sea boats in Huangputang.

The reason why we cannot go directly from Nanjing to sea like Zheng He went to the West was because the estuary of the Yangtze River in this era was in a violent land-making movement. The hydrological conditions at the estuary were complex, with many shallows at the bottom of the river, and the winds and waves were high and rapid, which was very unfavorable for navigation. Although there was a military household in Chongming that could provide guidance for the fleet to enter and exit the Yangtze River, for safety reasons, I chose to go from Wusong River and then transfer to the sea boat to Huangputang.

The fleet sailed downstream and sailed at a speed of eight knots. It took only a day and a night to arrive from Nanjing to Wusong River.

In that era, waterways were the fastest transportation and the largest transportation mode. Where there were waterways, it was equivalent to the main line of passenger and cargo railways in later generations, and it was equivalent to the main line of Beijing, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and other trunk lines with a speed of 160 kilometers per hour, with fast speeds and large transportation volumes.

The next morning, the fleet arrived at a city. Lu Wang Zhu Changqing stood on the deck and looked at the tall buildings on the west bank and the wide riverside road, and was amazed: "What is this place? Why are they all such high buildings?"

"How can I get thousands of buildings and the wind and rain remain as peaceful as a mountain," Wu Zhirong said.

"Prince, this is a newly built city called Shanghai. We are going to transfer to sea boats from here." Zhang Bingzhen said.

Fang Guoan said: "Prince, we still have one day to stay here for one night. We will go out to sea early tomorrow morning. Let's have a last look at the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Changqing shed tears: "Yes, take a good look at our Ming Dynasty!"

After nearly ten years of construction, Shanghai has now become the largest city in the Ming Dynasty beyond Nanjing and the largest city in the world today. There are tall buildings and buildings. Although these so-called tall buildings are no more than six floors at the highest, they are already magnificent buildings in this era. Most of the buildings are made of Western-style buildings. The two floors of the lower buildings are piled up with stones and brick and wood structures on them.

After getting off the boat and walking into the city, I saw that this prosperous big city had no walls!

"There is no wall in such a wealthy city?" Zhu Changqing was surprised. "If the enemy attacked, wouldn't it be possible to enter the city without any effort?"

Fang Guoan said: "The prince doesn't know that if the city encounters war, then every building here will be a fortress! You see, these buildings are very strong and all brick and stone structures, and it is difficult to burn fire. During the war, as long as the doors and windows of the buildings are blocked, you can shoot guns and arrows from a high place. How will the opponent attack? Not only that, there are also turrets on the tops of some tallest buildings."
Chapter completed!