1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 271 Find a Way to Fuck It

Although Xu Guangjin left, he was not at ease with Liang Yao.

Xu Guangjin left three supervisory battalions and the Guangdong Navy on guard in Xiangshan. Before leaving, he told Hong Mingxiang that if Liang Yao had any changes in Xiangshan, he would be notified as soon as possible.

Regarding Xu Guangjin's explanation, Hong Mingxiang nodded and agreed: "Master Butang, don't worry, I will take care of Xiangshan's affairs."

After watching Xu Guangjin leave, Hong Mingxiang looked enviously at Liang Yao's flagship Roland, thinking that it would be great if the Guangdong Navy had such a ship as its flagship.

Of course, Hong Mingxiang also knew that his ideas were just extravagant hopes. In recent years, the imperial court often defaulted on the payment of the Guangdong navy, let alone buying new ships.

"Hong Junmen."

Liang Yao walked towards Hong Mingxiang with a smile on his face. He saw Hong Mingxiang's thoughts and extended an invitation to Hong Mingxiang.

"You and I are from the same village, how about we two board the ship and talk about it?"

Admirals of the navy were first-rank officials in the Qing Dynasty. There were only three admirals of the navy in the Qing Dynasty. Apart from the admirals of the Guangdong navy, there were only the admirals of the Fujian navy and the Yangtze River admirals.

The admiral of the navy has a high status. In Guangdong, Hong Mingxiang is only controlled by the governor of Guangdong or the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Apart from the two governors, the only one who is higher than him is the general of Guangzhou.He's a character worth wooing.

Hong Mingxiang, who was born as a grassroots military officer, did not have as many concerns as Xu Guangjin, and Hong Mingxiang, who was born as a naval officer, was also very interested in Liang Yao's warships.

Facing Liang Yao's invitation, Hong Mingxiang rubbed his hands expectantly, and readily agreed.

Warships of Westerners in Guangzhou are not a rare thing, especially after the British occupied Hong Kong and established a solid naval base, British warships often appeared along the coast of Guangdong and even on the Pearl River.

However, Hong Mingxiang had only seen Western warships from a distance in the past, and this was the first time he had visited a Western warship in person.

The clean deck, spacious hull, towering chimney, huge paddle wheels on both sides, and huge naval guns left a very deep impression on Hong Mingxiang.

These are all new things that cannot be seen on the warships of the Qing Dynasty.

"The ships of the Westerners are indeed much better than the ships of my Qing Dynasty." Hong Mingxiang couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Although Hong is the admiral of the Guangdong Navy, he is aggrieved by the admiral of the navy, his mother! Yingyi regards my Guangdong coastal defense as nothing, and I will be angry with the English every now and then! If Hong With this ship, how can you be so envious of the British!"

Liang Yao leaned on the railing and looked from afar. At this time, there were ships of the British East India Company floating in the Lingding Ocean, but they were armed merchant ships of the British.

Seeing the British armed merchant ships approaching, the small Chinese fishing boats on the Lone Ocean hurriedly gave way to avoid the British ships so as not to be overturned by the waves set off by the British armed merchant ships.

Seeing the small Chinese fishing boats in front of them, these British East India Company merchant ships had no intention of avoiding them. Instead, they accelerated and continued to ram the surrounding Chinese fishing boats.

Seeing the panic of the fishermen, the crew of the merchant ship of the British East India Company became more and more excited. Scaring the small fishing boats of these Chinese fishermen was one of their recreational activities when they entered the Lingding Ocean.

"Sven, who is the best gunner on the Roland?" Liang Yao called the captain of the Roland, Sven.

"It's Heyman. Heyman was a very good gunner when he served in the Royal Navy." Sven thought for a while and replied.

"Let Heyman come to see me." Liang Yao said.

Soon, Sven called Heyman.

"Your Excellency, Colonel! Roland's crew member Heyman is reporting to you!" Heyman saluted Liang Yao with a British military salute with his palm turned outward.

Liang Yao has the establishment of two regular regiments of the army, but he does not have the establishment of the navy, so the crew members on the Roland, Chaoyong and Yangwei do not have the corresponding ranks of the navy, but only have the status of employees of the American Group.

"Did you see that East India Company ship?" Liang Yao pointed to the rampant armed merchant ship not far away.

"I see! What instructions do you have?!" Haimanda said.

"Find a way to shoot it. The shell can neither fall too far away from it nor hit it. Do you understand what I mean?" Liang Yao said.

"understand!"

"Very well, if you play well, I'll give you a monthly salary increase of 10 dollars."

"You have decided to increase my salary!" Heyman said confidently.

Heyman skillfully loaded the shells, stared at the armed merchant ship of the British East India Company, calculated the launch parameters in his mind, adjusted the muzzle, and then fired at the armed merchant ship of the British East India Company.

Hong Mingxiang on the side was stunned. Before Hong Mingxiang could react, there was a loud sound of cannonball. A beautiful wave.

"Good job!" Liang Yao couldn't help clapping his hands, "Gently, offer Heyman a new contract!"

"Thank you Colonel!"

Heyman was very happy to get a salary increase. Of course, he was even more happy that he had the opportunity to show his skills in front of Liang Yao and left a good impression on this employer.

As long as the money is enough, not to mention the armed merchant ships of the British East India Company, he dares to fight even the warships of the Royal Navy.

This cannon frightened the crew on the armed merchant ship of the British East India Company. Before that, in the waters of the Far East, no ship dared to fire at them. Divide, let alone have unreasonable thoughts.

Soon, the frightened armed merchant ship of the British East India Company lowered the boat and sent the first officer on board to protest to Liang Yao.

The chief mate approached the Roland in a small boat, and looked up at the Stars and Stripes flying on the Roland: "Damn Yankee, do you know what you are doing? You are firing at the ships of the British Empire!"

"Damn British guys, do you know what you are doing? You have broken into the waters where the US Navy and the Great Qing Navy exercised! Get out of here! Don't interfere with our exercise, the shells will not avoid the ships of the British East India Company!" Liang Liang Yao folded his arms and said condescendingly to the British first officer on the boat below.

"exercise?"

The chief mate of the British East India Company had an incredible expression on his face. It was the first time he had heard of such a new thing that the navy of the United States and the Qing Dynasty were conducting naval military exercises. He obviously didn't believe this kind of rhetoric.

"The person next to me is the admiral of the Guangdong Navy of the Qing Dynasty." Liang Yao snorted coldly, "If you don't believe me, you can let your ship continue to sail in the exercise waters, but I have to remind you that if the next shell If you accidentally land on your boat, you will bear the consequences yourself!"

The first officer looked at the Qing warship that was confronting the American warship, and was skeptical of this statement, so he had to go back to the ship and report the situation to the captain.

(End of this chapter)