Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1991, Zhu Houjun
The shameless King Xing, the story of asking Emperor Hongzhi for money and things has already spread, and Emperor Hongzhi has always taken good care of his relatives and relatives, and he did not give less to these overseas vassals. Help, this King Xing is the younger brother of Emperor Hongzhi, and he has received a lot of help.

If you want money for money, for food for food, for arms and weapons, for arms and weapons, and even a few warships, you are afraid that your younger brother will suffer, suffer, suffer, or be wronged overseas.

The reason why the Spaniards were afraid of King Xing was not because they knew that he was the younger brother of Emperor Hongzhi, so even if King Xing made progress, the Spaniards would not dare to do anything to him, otherwise, Xingguo would have been destroyed long ago.

Li Meng felt that the Son of Heaven could not be expected to uphold justice.

"I think it's more realistic for us to ask for help from the South African colonies, the Western Union and other colonies."

"Their prince surnamed Zhu can annex our Golden Island today, and the colonies of other people tomorrow. If everyone sits idly by, all the colonies in the world will belong to their prince surnamed Zhu."

"I don't think the other colonies will just watch it like this. They should feel the crisis!"

"You are right. I have also sent a telegram to the South African Governor-General Du Hou Ye. He replied that he had sent a telegram to Mr. Liu, the Chief Assistant of the Ming Cabinet, and asked Mr. Liu to uphold justice for us."

Huang Chong nodded in agreement with Li Meng's words. To be honest, he still hoped that the Son of Heaven would uphold justice. After all, in the hearts of soldiers like them, the Son of Heaven has always been the object of allegiance, and he has undergone systematic brainwashing education. Yes, it is the Holy Son of Heaven who is holy and wise, grand and strategic, and loves the people like a son.

Emperor Hongzhi has always been a good emperor. He loves the people like a son, works hard, and cares about the people. He will not sit idly by and ignore all this.

But what Li Meng said was very reasonable. The enemy in front of him was the emperor's own younger brother. Perhaps the emperor would most likely favor his younger brother.

"If Liu Gong is willing to speak for us, there is great hope."

"Mr. Liu has always been upright and far-sighted. He must know that once this is done, the overseas feudal states and colonies will no longer be amicably arguing at the negotiating table if they have conflicts. Use cannons and guns to decide the level."

"Where we have come, we don't know how many people will die. This has an extremely bad impact on our Daming's overseas system. He can definitely see this."

When mentioning Liu Jin, Li Meng was also in awe. He once wanted to follow Liu Jin to fight in Nanyang, and thousands of people looked at Liu Jin from afar.

When I followed Liu Jin to fight in Nanyang, everyone knew one thing very well, that is, Liu Jin has always pursued the strategy of the king outside and the saint inside, be kind to the inside, pay attention to order and rules, and formulate a reasonable rule system. Everyone follows this rule system. By doing things, everyone can get their own cake from it, and they can also make the cake bigger and stronger.

Externally, it pursues hegemony, and the pursuit of truth is only within the range of cannons.

Wherever the army passed by, there were bound to be countless slaughters, until the barbarians of different races were frightened and could not resist at all. Even a small country like Malacca was severely beaten and had to sign an alliance under the city. Repaying Ming's war reparations.

Liu Jin believes in plundering foreign resources, wealth and land to nourish his own people, so he vigorously promotes overseas colonialism.

The current overseas colonial system of the Ming Dynasty was established by Liu Jin alone. The vassal state was established by Liu Jin who encouraged the vassal kings to go to sea, and the colonies were established overseas by Liu Jin.

There are always conflicts between overseas colonies and vassal states, and there are always competitions for land, but everyone has always followed the rules of the game formulated by Liu Jin.

That is, first come, first come, whoever occupies first will belong to whoever has problems internally, and everyone can resolve them peacefully through negotiation. You can quarrel at the negotiating table, but you can’t use force to fight and solve the problem.

Officially based on such rules of the game, overseas vassal states and colonies can bloom everywhere. Large and small vassal kings, families and dignitaries within the Ming Dynasty have established hundreds of vassal states and colonies overseas.

Many colonies and vassal states are actually very small. There are many vassal states and colonies the size of a state, but everyone has never worried about their own comfort or being annexed or invaded.

As a vassal state and colony of Ming Dynasty itself, Spain, Japan, and North Korea did not dare to make any attempt at the colony and vassal state of Ming Dynasty.

There are also rules and rules of the game between the vassal states and colonies within oneself. You can't just annex people randomly if you are strong, and there is someone stronger than you.

This whole set of systems and rules of the game was formulated by Liu Jin, and he certainly would not sit idly by and ignore all of this.

"Liu Gong will speak for us, but the premise is that we can survive and protect our Golden Island."

"If it was occupied by King Xing before this, even if someone speaks for us, it would be meaningless."

Huang Chong looked at the sea area outside Jindao, and saw that between the water and the sky, more than [-] large ships could be seen faintly, and they were coming towards Jindao in a mighty and aggressive manner.

"It is the flag of Xingguo!"

Li Meng took a look through the binoculars, and immediately shouted.

"Sound the alarm!"

Then, without the slightest hesitation, he quickly ordered.

Immediately, at the port of Jindao, clanging sirens echoed continuously, making the originally busy port even busier and chaotic.

Women, children, and the elderly quickly evacuated here, and evacuated to the mountainous area in Jindao Island, where they stored a large amount of food and built a large amount of defense relying on the dangerous terrain.

Once they can't hold on here at the port, they will retreat to the mountains, where they can persist and fight guerrillas. In short, it will not make King Xing feel better.

As for the young and strong, they took up weapons one by one, entered the fortifications, forts, bunkers, towers and other places, preparing for a bloody battle with the army of Xingguo, and swore to defend their homes and land.

"woooo~"

The howling sound echoed everywhere in Jindao Port, and the sound of clanging and clanging was endless.

Huang Chong and Li Meng looked stern, watching Xingguo's army with binoculars.

"As expected of the Son of Heaven's own brother!"

"I heard that the emperor was worried that King Xing would be bullied by the Spaniards, so he specially rewarded King Xing with a steam steel warship and several battleships eliminated by the Ming Navy."

"Look at how powerful and domineering these warships are!"

Li Meng looked at the warships on the sea with a binoculars, and couldn't help feeling envious.

People are so popular. So far, Jindao has not been able to organize its own navy, because on the one hand, the number of people is too small and there is not enough population. On the other hand, the navy really burns money. A warship The price is too expensive.

Having money is not as good as improving the life of the people on the island. You can build more houses, repair more roads and ports, and earn more money.

But this King Xing, who has a big brother who is a son of heaven, directly rewarded steam battleships and a few obsolete warships. The naval strength of this Xingguo is very strong. In this corner of West Africa, such strength can go sideways. .

"Pass it down!"

"Let everyone hide in the bunker and don't show up easily. Look at the cannons on this warship. Many of them are actually used by the Ming army."

"The power of this cannon is extremely powerful, and it can also be loaded with explosive ammunition, which is extremely powerful."

"It's not at the same level as the artillery used by our soldiers at that time. Once the artillery attacks us, the casualties will be very heavy."

Huang Chong couldn't help frowning when he saw the cannons on the battleship.

Emperor Hongzhi also favored his younger brother too much. He not only gave battleships, but also gave some such powerful cannons. If these cannons were fired, their power would be terrifying.

"Yes!"

Li Meng also hurriedly replied, and then passed on the order.

"Although our artillery is also the Miyun cannon, it is a product that was eliminated by the Ming army. It is estimated that the range is not as good as Xingguo's cannon."

"While waiting, don't rush to fire. Wait until they are close before firing. Try to damage a few of their warships first. It is best to sink a few of their ships."

"It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt his ten fingers!"

"This King Xing wants to annex our Jindao, and we will bite off a piece of his flesh even if we try our best."

Huang Chong looked at the Xingguo battleship approaching aggressively, and it seemed that the other party didn't take Jin Dao seriously at all.

In fact, Xingguo did not pay attention to Jin Dao.

At this time, among the more than twenty warships, on the steam and steel battleship Daxing, Zhu Houcong, the son of Xingguo, was supervising the battle with the army.

This Zhu Houcong is the famous Emperor Jiajing in later generations. Of course, he will never be the emperor of Ming Dynasty now. He is just the son of Xingguo, and he will inherit the throne of Xingguo in the future.

Zhu Houcong was wise since he was a child, and King Xing loved him very much. King Xing, who had only one son, loved him extremely.

In the words of King Xing, sooner or later, Zhu Houcong should be exposed to these things, and it would be good to let him participate in military and state affairs, and to get familiar with the things in the army.

"Your Highness, the Golden Island is ahead!"

Beside Zhu Houcong, the Minister of Xingguo Mao Qian and the general of Xingguo Jiang Ting stood on the left and right.

Jiang Ting is Zhu Houcong's uncle. Zhu Houcong's mother Jiang and the Jiang family contributed a lot to the establishment of Xingguo. Zhu Houcong's grandfather was a senior general of Ming Dynasty, and accumulated a lot of wealth and connections through years of wars in the South and North.

The establishment and development of Xingguo was fully supported by the Jiang family. Naturally, the Jiang family also had a considerable status in Xingguo. The army of Xingguo was built by the Jiang family alone.

"The geographical location of this Golden Island is really good. It's on the important route of Golden Bay. The island is big enough and the scenery is extremely good. It's really a good place."

Zhu Houcong looked at Jindao in front of him with a telescope. The island was covered with mountains and clouds, and the scenery was very good.

Look at the port of Jindao, a small city stands, the city is not big, but it looks very delicate, the port, docks, roads, and reinforced concrete houses built with cement, everything is built not bad.

"Your Highness, this Golden Island is indeed a good place."

"There is a large gold mine on the Golden Island, which can produce a large amount of gold every year, which is one of the most important incomes of the Golden Island Colony."

"Secondly, there are a lot of merchant ships berthing here in Jindao, and Jindao is also very profitable by providing supplies, ship repairs and other services to these passing ships."

"Although our Xingguo also has a port, the ships that come and go will not berth at our Xingguo port, and we have no way to get benefits from it."

"If we can win this golden island, our Xingguo treasury revenue can increase by at least [-]%!"

Mao Cheng also introduced the island in front of him to Zhu Houcong in detail.

Regarding the teenager in front of him, he did not dare to be careless in the slightest. This son of Xingguo is extremely intelligent, as wise as a fox.

Although he is small, he is very knowledgeable and good at strategizing. Many things in Xingguo are actually planned by this Zhu Houcong, such as robbing the colony with the Spaniards. Constantly making progress and getting a lot of land from the Spaniards.

The annexation of Jindao this time was actually Zhu Houcong's strategy. He felt that if Xingguo wanted to grow stronger, it had to seize the opportunity to expand its land and population.

Jindao has a small population and is an important transit point for port trade. If it can be annexed, the strength of Xingguo will definitely increase greatly. At that time, it can follow the example of Qin State in the Warring States period and continue to grow its own strength through external expansion. , and eventually became the most powerful vassal state in West Africa.

"An increase of [-]% is not much income. After all, our population is still too small, and we don't have any resources. The annual income of the national treasury is so little, which is not enough for road construction."

Zhu Houcong smiled, not caring at all about the so-called increased income.

The foundation of rejuvenating the country is really too weak. Up to now, the territory is small and the population is small. The key is that the economy cannot develop.

A lot, a lot of money was thrown out, but what was returned was drizzle. If this continued, King Xing's underwear would leak out, and he had to find ways to get money.

"Send someone to discuss the next step with the people from Jindao, and tell them that if they are willing to merge with our Xingguo now, our Xingguo can also add officials and confer titles to them."

"He who understands the current affairs is a hero, don't die under the cannon of our Xingguo, then nothing is worth it."

Zhu Houcong put down the binoculars in his hand, and after thinking about it, he ordered Mao Cheng.

"Your Highness, Huang Chong, Li Meng and the others just don't cry when they don't see the coffin."

"We have sent people to negotiate with them many times, but they have all been sternly rejected. In my opinion, there is no need to waste any more time."

"Go straight to the warships, the cannons open the way, and they will be afraid after killing them fiercely."

Jiang Ting, who was at the side, felt that it was completely unnecessary. He had already talked about it several times, but was rejected every time, so there was no need to continue the conversation.

"It's easy to shoot the cannon, but the shells are all silver."

"Besides, the artillery shells destroyed this place, and it will cost a lot of money for us to rebuild it. Therefore, it is best not to fight. It is best to plan for the army, and it is naturally the best to be able to surrender without fighting."

Zhu Houcong shook his head slightly and said.

Xingguo is poor now, and the poverty is clanging, and money is needed everywhere.

This cannon is worth tens of thousands of taels of gold as soon as it is fired, and every shell is real gold and silver. If you can't fight it, don't fight it. Xingguo doesn't have much silver to fight.

Although there are many warships and they are quite powerful, Xingguo is actually almost unable to spend much money to buy shells.

"What Your Highness said is true!"

"The minister will send someone over immediately."

Mao Cheng, a civil servant, naturally felt that what Zhu Houxuan said was reasonable, so he quickly flattered him, and then sent people to take a small boat to Jindao port.

Here in Jindao, Huang Chong and Li Meng were already ready for battle, but they saw a small boat quickly approaching with several people on board.

"Humph~"

"This King Xing has already reached this point, do you think we will be afraid of them?"

"It's a dream to annex our Golden Island with a few so-called titles."

No need to think about it, Huang Chong knew what the other party was here for.

They must have come here again to persuade them to surrender. It is really a good idea to annex Jindao without a single soldier.

They didn't like the so-called titles that King Xing saw at all. The good Jindao was built by them with hard work, and they could make decisions by themselves and live a small life.

These families live here not to mention how comfortable they are. Things are discussed and handled by everyone, and the income has been shared by everyone. The life is enjoyable, unrestrained, and very comfortable.

More than [-] people are like a paradise here, who would be willing to do bullshit for King Xing, not to mention the title of Xingguo, even the title of Daming.

Soon, the Xingguo envoys on the small boat came to Huang Chong and Li Meng, and said condescendingly and arrogantly: "Mr. You are well treated, high officials and high salaries are not a problem."

"But if you are stubborn, when the cannon fires, it will be too late to regret it!"

"Humph!"

"Go back and tell you King Xing that the Golden Island was brought down by us through hard work. If you want to seize our Golden Island, then come. Although we are not as strong as you, we will definitely not make Xingguo feel better for you."

"And you guys have to think about it clearly. If you start this thing today, if you break the rules, don't blame Daming for the severe punishment in the future!"

Huang Chong and Li Meng naturally turned back unceremoniously, thinking what the hell, their own good life is not good, do they have to treat you like King Xing?

I am stupid!
PS: There is only one chapter of 2 words today, I am too lazy to split it into [-] chapters~
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