Chang Kaisheng refused the Qing court's reconsideration proposal, and even the conditions were too lazy to listen. This attitude naturally made the Qing court extremely angry. After the Qing court was furious, well, the year-round war of unity greatly consumed the Qing court's national strength. The northern provinces that had just recovered from the chaos had to raise the man of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners who were extremely lustful, and also provide money and food for hundreds of thousands of troops on the front lines of Jiangbei, Huguang and Shaanxi-Gansu. This made the provinces that were still in the Little Ice Age breathless, and they all expressed their desire to recuperate before continuing to support the war, otherwise it would cause civil unrest.

Dorgon and others were all knowledgeable people, so they naturally understood that years of war had left the northern warehouse empty. Now, the plan was to suspend the full attack and select the battlefield to focus on key strikes to wait for changes in the situation. So, starting from the end of October 1656, Prince Ying Ajige, who was originally in charge of Xiangyang, returned to the court; the old friend and defeated general of the East Coast people and his defeated general Luke Dehun urgently went to Hangzhou to take office, replacing the seriously ill Jirgalang, and governing the military affairs of the two provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian. As for Nanjing, the traitor, Prime Minister Hong Chengchou, was responsible for the military affairs of Nanzhili and Jiangxi, intending to collect and disperse, reorganize the masses, slowly restore the Qing court's rule in Jiangxi, and oppress the flanks of the Shunjun Group.

It can be seen that the Qing court realized that the opportunity to win quickly and unify the country was missing. They lacked enough strength and supplies to fully blossom on the front thousands of miles across the country. Therefore, it was natural to select some areas that they believed could make breakthroughs and were of great significance to do key strikes. This also means that the situation in China has finally changed a little after being stirred up by the East Coast people for 13 years.

"Do you think that Wu Sangui is lacking in food, grass and weapons if he doesn't stay in Sichuan? Haha, second brother, you are so naive! Look, Wu Sangui's old fox may have smelled something wrong and was just watching the style. Warlords are this virtue. They value their capital more than anything else. The only thing they care about is how to use the army at their hands to speculate. Humph. Although the Qing court seemed a little difficult, it was still no problem to have the advantage. Wu Sangui's behavior in Sichuan is probably going to be a loser. Second brother can learn from it and learn some principles of being a person and doing things." Liao Jiangong, who is only more than 20 years old in Yantai Anti-Qing Military and Political University, said to his younger brother in an old tone. Liao Degong, who has just turned 18 this year.

Liao Jiangong and Liao Degong brothers are the sons of former Army Minister Liao Meng. The eldest graduated from Corps Fort and the younger graduated from Dingyuan Army Military Academy. Now they are both assigned to Far Eastern Service (Plated) Service (Gold). One teaches at the Anti-Qing Military and Political University, and the other serves as a training staff officer in the Yantai Army system. They are considered to be more ambitious among the second generation.

On that day, the second brother Liao Degong went to Fushan County to train militia and returned. He had nothing to do and came to the Anti-Qing Military and Political University to play with his elder brother. As they were playing, they talked about the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, so they had the words of the eldest brother just now.

"By the way, second brother, I will draw cadres in a while and officers to go north to the Amur River War Zone. I will sign up for you. You are a professional student who graduated from the artillery department of Dingyuan Military Academy. It would be a pity not to go there to get a level. And this opportunity is really good. Commander Chang Kaisheng Chang predicts that there will be a war in the Model Fort after the New Year (actually the size of thousands of people), which is what everyone dreams of. That Kurhan, you know, right, it is the captain of the security team. The former confidant of Mo Dashui, had more than 500 elite scouts under his command. Now you have to transfer to the Model Fort to accumulate military merits. You have to seize it. Brother is a civil servant, and there are not many places for you to use your skills here!" Liao Jiangong put his hand on his younger brother's shoulder and said with a serious face.

"In addition, don't always get along with the second boy of Wei Boqiu's family if you have nothing to do in the future. Do you understand?" Liao Jiangong continued, and as he spoke, he seemed to remember something. He asked again: "I don't seem to have seen Wei Mingxing for a long time. What has he been doing in the past year? I heard that he is working in a Japanese company. What are you busy with?"

"I don't know. Last year he told me that he was going to go to the Kuril Islands to inspect the Kuril Islands. It was a task assigned by his father. I don't know if it was completed. However, a while ago, Xiao Qi said in a letter from Kushiro Port that Wei Mingxing seemed to have returned from the Kuril Islands. He was dark and had some wounds on his hands and body. He seemed to be doing something bad outside. I don't know what they did." Liao Degong said carelessly, and finally added: "I haven't seen him for more than a year, and this matter was also something that others said. Xiao Qi said that Wei Mingxing might be going to the inland wasteland of Esiao in the near future. This person is really miserable, and his father is really cruel."

It is said that since Wei Mingxing and others crossed the North Pacific in 1655, they finally discovered the Cod Island and spent the winter here due to bad weather. The harsh cold winter in the North Pacific caused these uninvited guests to suffer. More than 100 people died for various reasons throughout the winter, which made everyone who set sail extremely depressed. If the leaders had not been to comfort everyone, their morale would have collapsed long ago.

In the first half of this year, Wei Mingxing left dozens of people in poor health on the island, and at the same time sent dozens of strong and strong men to take care of them. After repairing the ship, he took the 650-ton "Baobab" out of the port and continued to sail eastward. They only brought a small amount of food (most of the food, seeds and livestock were left on the cod Island), and with the idea of ​​not succeeding, he began a desperate and tragic sailing along the west wind and ocean currents.

On May 17, 1656, this flute-shaped ship built by Xinhua Shipyard finally saw the outline of the endless land, which made the more than 280 people still on the ship extremely excited. They were wearing tattered clothes and rushed to the deck, looking at the endless land with tearful eyes. This must be the legendary Alaska! Many people were thinking.

Of course this is not Alaska. In fact, when they first saw the outline of the land, they were already on the ocean west of the Bay of Yakutat. However, the towering snow-capped mountains deceived them, making them think they were still in high latitude areas. However, as the navigator announced his latest latitude calculation results, everyone realized that they might have "missed" Alaska in the legendary middle and high latitude areas and moved to low latitude areas.

On May 19, the ship sailed to the coast of Yakutat Bay and landed on the anchorage. Wei Mingxing sent people ashore to absorb some fresh water. At the same time, the lucky young men also hunted two deer, which made everyone's morale even more high.

After a delicious meal of venison, the Baobab continued to set sail south, and finally found a picturesque place (Vancouver Island later) on the last day of May. The tired people unanimously requested to settle here. Wei Mingxing agreed to this matter as he was so kind.

Then Wei Mingxing sent people to row a boat and explored roughly along the surrounding coast. Someone reported that this was a peninsula that protruded south from the mainland (actually an island). As for the place where they docked the ships (near Sooke Port in later generations), they were unanimously named "Hope Port", which means that this place will become a place of hope for all the people to travel east.

On July 1, after a month of rest, Wei Mingxing left almost all the remaining supplies at Hope Port, and then led dozens of well-selected sailors, under the command of the experienced Captain Jonathan, all the way south and then west. It took three or four months to drift back to Hope Island like a life-threatening death. At this time, only 21 of the 46 sailors left at the Baobabies departed from Hope Port, which was still alive, which was extremely tragic.

However, even though he was miserable, it was not difficult to speculate that Wei Mingxing and others would make a second trip to the east next year. In order to realize the ideal of Wei Boqiu, a socialist, on the west coast of North America, his whole family is working hard enough.

"We should not get involved with Wei Mingxing in the future. Liang Xiangjian, member of the Standing Committee of Liang, said that he would review the finances of Japanese companies. Now he is fighting with Deputy Commander Wei. We must keep a distance and not get trapped in." The Liao Jiangong brothers naturally did not know the "magnificent ideal" of Deputy Commander Wei. They only knew that because Wei Boqiu and Songqian were fighting enthusiastically, Liang Xiangjian was very dissatisfied and kept yelling that Wei Boqiu transferred his interests to the Songqian family in order to allow his youngest son to be adopted by Songqian family.

I have always wanted to review the financial status of Japanese companies. However, Deputy Commander Wei has been operating in the Far East for many years, and his disciples are full of old friends. He is also a person with certain abilities and skills. How could he easily suppress Liang Xiangjian? So the two are still dead at the moment, and Chang Kaisheng has started to do peace with them. The matter of reviewing Japanese companies' finances will probably not be able to continue for a while. In fact, even if it is a review, it is probably useless. The accounts that should be made have basically been flat. How could he find any clues if he is not an insider?
Chapter completed!