my days with tyrants

Chapter 388 The princess is raising a noodle head
Humen.

On the newly built fort.

Hua Rong's younger brother and Humen Fort guard Hua Ying looked at Lao Lin in front of her...

"General Hua, I have made it very clear what I need to say.

Your Hua family also followed Taizu Emperor Gao to conquer the world. You only followed King Guangze because of your confusion. What's more, even if King Guangze arrogated the title, he was still the grandson of Taizu after all.

Your Hua family is still loyal to Taizu.

It's not that he betrayed Taizu or the Ming Dynasty, he was just confused and fell in love with the wrong person.

But there is no loss in the big festival.

Although your brother is attacking the capital, he is he and you are you. Not to mention that your brother still has the opportunity to abandon the secret and turn to the light. Even if your brother persists in his obsession, it has nothing to do with you.Wu Shou'an was involved in regicide and rebellion, but when he came to power, he still pardoned the Marquis of Jiangyin, not to mention implicating him, and even his title was not touched.I have watched your father fight for the country since I was in power. As long as you, the Hua family, can turn things around in time, not only will you be innocent, but you will also be the first to do it. "

Lao Lin said sincerely.

The content of the secret letter was to tell them that Ambassador Yang had escorted the ruler on his own expedition...

Of course, this is the content of the secret message.

Hua Ying can be told about the personal expedition of the ruling party, but Ambassador Yang’s escort of the personal expedition of the ruling party must be kept secret.

Their mission is to deal with Humen when the fleet arrives.

This fortress had just been built, and it was actually a bastion. It also had a large number of artillery. The Guangdong gentry spared no effort in guarding their own homes. Bastion-style fortresses were built at every gate in the Pearl River Estuary.Humen, Macau, and Yamen are all there, especially Humen, which can be said to be the most important. In fact, in comparison, it even surpasses the Sanshan Fort where the fierce battle is taking place.

There are hundreds of light cannons.

If we don't solve this problem, we will definitely not be able to enter Guangzhou.

"Brother Lin, look outside. Even if I am in power until Humen, I am indeed willing to do whatever it takes, but how can I pass this test in power?"

Huaying said.

As he spoke, he pointed outside.

On the dock outside, seventy warships of various sizes were lined up.

The largest of them were four battleships.

These giant ships with a displacement of nearly a thousand tons are all made of iron wood. Not only are the hulls indestructible, but they also have two rows of cannons, plus the deck is actually three layers of cannons. The largest cannonball weighs 24 kilograms. Although The previous trip north to Zhoushan was defeated and then had to be withdrawn, but all four battleships were only slightly injured...

The solid iron wood makes them immune to almost all attacks.

This thing is extremely strong.

Originally, during the anti-Japanese war in history, the Guangdong Navy's tactics against Japanese pirates were very simple.

They relied on the strength of their iron-wood boats to crush the Japanese pirates and ram them directly.

Until it breaks.

Of course, it's expensive.

Fortunately, it was built during the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao. It was prepared to suppress Nanyang and even sail to the West in the future. Therefore, after it was built and the sailors were trained, it was handed over to the Annan Navy at that time.

But then Emperor Taizu Gao died, followed by civil strife in the royal family, and was eventually brought back to Guangdong by the He family who commanded the Annan Navy at the time, and then became the maritime core of the Jianwen Dynasty. In these years, these four battleships can be said to have suppressed Nanyang, and even Blocking the straits became the pillar for the Guangdong court to control maritime trade, and earned the Guangdong gentry as much money as gold and silver.Now they and the remaining cruisers are the truly insurmountable barrier in Humen, so even Huaying is of no use anyway. As long as they are still blocked at the Pearl River Estuary, the ruling party will not be able to reach Humen at all.

"General Hua, do you need to worry about this?
As long as the ruling troops come to Humen, they will definitely be eliminated. "

Lao Lin said.

At this moment, a rocket suddenly rose from a battleship and then exploded in mid-air.

Then the sound of war drums was faintly heard.

"what happened?"

He and Huaying looked at each other.

"General, military order from the Ministry of War."

An officer reported.

Immediately after he handed over the military order, Hua Ying quickly took it and opened it directly in front of Lao Lin...

"They knew that the ruler had personally launched an expedition. The vanguard led by Zheng He had arrived in Fuzhou. The Ministry of War ordered the navy to go north to fight."

Huaying said.

"Well, aren't you cooperating with Humen to hold on?"

Lao Lin said doubtfully.

"Cooperating with Humen to hold on, what should the gentry of Huizhou, Chaoshan and other coastal counties do? If the ruling party cannot open Humen and lands in these places, it is not the same as confiscating their homes and killing them, and going north to fight and block the ruling party north of Penghu. These Local gentry no longer have to worry about being raided by the ruling party and having their homes confiscated.

The He family was also afraid that the government would land in Huizhou, and they would also copy their Dongguan at that time. "

Hwayoung sneered.

Then he turned around and looked at the fleet that had begun to raise its sails...

"You go back and tell Mr. Liu that I know what to do. As long as the government comes to Humen, Hua will be the pioneer of the government."

He said.

If the government reaches Humen, then He Di's fleet must be finished. If he doesn't defect at that time, he will be a fool. Can Jianwen's empire be preserved by just relying on Humen?Besides, he actually didn't tell Lao Lin that his brother Hua Rong had already confessed his sincerity to the capital, but it was just not the time to make a move yet.

At this time, more than 1000 miles away in Keelung, Yang Feng and the little princess were holding coconuts and holding straws in their mouths, sitting together on lounge chairs on the beach and admiring the sunset at the end of the waves.

Of course, not a swimsuit.

After all, the Ming Dynasty was in power. The de facto ruler of the Ming Dynasty, the swimsuit was still a bit appalling.

In other words, it cannot be worn in public.

But the atmosphere at the moment is still very beautiful.

But you need to ignore the guards around you carrying swords.

Female guard.

Of course, the ruling bodyguards must be women. They are selected from the daughters of military households in the capital. They are all tall and long-legged and handsome. They wear special plate armor and carry a sword that is as long as their height. However, the main purpose of this thing is It's for the sake of being cool, but actually when it's really necessary for them to fight, each of them has a pistol...

Real pistol.

It's not a flint-haired blunderbuss.

Also comes with grenades.

A total of three hundred female guards are like a pistol battalion in the Republic of China to protect Her Royal Highness the ruling princess.

As for the princess herself, there are eight automatic rifles in her armored carriage, including four specially used to launch grenades. Together with her several little maids, it is enough to block the attack of an army. As long as they are not facing cannons, they will No one should be able to get close until all the tens of thousands of bullets are fired.The princess's own marksmanship has been perfected, and even in modern times, she is good enough to be a sniper, and she often even brutally shoots death row criminals herself.

As for the method, she threw the condemned criminal to the execution ground of Yuhuatai, and she lay on the inner city wall to practice target.

Of course, this is extrajudicial favor.

After all, compared to beheading or Ling Chi, killing someone with one shot is still a complete corpse.

Somewhere between hanging and beheading!

However, considering that hangings are almost never actually carried out, and only guano is dug up on the Guano Island after paying a fee, applying for execution by the governor himself has become the main choice for death row inmates.

The ruler, who was holding a straw in his mouth, suddenly pulled out his pistol at a speed comparable to a Western movie, and then pulled the trigger against the sky. Then a poor seabird fell from the sky, and she blew into the gun smoke that was not there. Then he looked at Yang Feng proudly... "You are not afraid of being found out by Guangzhou. How can you succeed in the raid?"

King Liao, who was also sitting on the recliner on the other side, said.

In the harbor in front of them, there is now a forest of sails. Nearly two hundred warships of various types are moored quietly on the sea. The sailors who have been sailing for many days and the accompanying soldiers from the Beijing camp are all taking small boats ashore. On the shore are carnival-like businessmen and even women in the service industry.After years of construction, this place has become a large port with a population of tens of thousands. Because of the guano industry, sulfur, gold mining, camphor, etc., merchants, the slaves brought by the latter, and even the trading natives are all crowded in this place. A small town that still has no walls.

As for the service industry, it is necessary.

Japanese women, Korean women, and even businessmen brought beauties from the Western Regions.

Especially Japanese women.

Now sending those young women to engage in the service industry in the coastal cities of the Ming Dynasty has become a pillar industry for the Japanese country to obtain treasures. After all, they themselves are not allowed to use gold, silver, and copper coins for trade, but they are worthy of praise on this point.If they are not allowed to use gold, silver, and copper coins and are only allowed to use treasure banknotes, then they really only use treasure banknotes. Those famous people strictly prohibit the use of other currencies among the people.

Even if people barter, other currencies are not allowed to be used.

Therefore, this ancestral virtue of the Japanese people is still worthy of praise.

If you choose to be a dog, do it without reservation.

Of course, if he turns over, he will bite his old master without reservation.

In short, just like the Nanyang sisters later in history, the daimyo from all over the Japanese country are now organizing young women in their own territories, and then using their status as Ming vassals, they are sent to Ming cities to cooperate with local guards and generals, and then start Entertainment venues served the men of Ming Dynasty.

Even proud of it.

Transfer species!
They had already done this in the Song Dynasty.

Now it's time to go back to the old business.

There are several such businesses in Keelung Port. Shimadzu and other major names in Kyushu Island have this kind of business. However, Kyushu Island has changed its name due to the name ban, including the names of other banned places.

Their entertainment venues are constantly sending back precious banknotes to them.

Anyway, everyone passing by has been holding it in for a long time.

Business is booming.

What is gathered here at this moment is the fleet of the princess personally marching to Guangzhou.

They set sail from Zhoushan. The entire southern expedition team not only included the navy of Qi Bin and Zheng He, but also an army from the Beijing camp. After Zheng He defeated He Di, Her Royal Highness decided to summon the navy of the north and the south. , and then personally led the Beijing camp to attack Guangzhou.As for Yang Feng, of course he hasn't come back yet, and the man beside the princess now is just a mousou whom she found a new love to raise while Yang Feng was away. The emperor can have three palaces and six courtyards, so it is reasonable for her to have a mien. This looks a bit like Ambassador Yang, her latest love...

Can understand.

After all, Yang Feng has been gone for more than a year.

Who doesn’t need it yet?

Moreover, this matter has spread a lot, and the gentry looked happily at the green head of Yang Feng who was still in the Western Regions.

"What do they know? Do they know that I'm going south? I have more spies in Guangzhou than there are spies in Zhejiang who report to them. It is estimated that before I board the ship in Zhejiang, someone is already sending a message to Yunwen. The reason for concealing the raid in Guangzhou is Impossible. Although He Di was defeated, the four battleships were still there. He just knew that it was impossible to win, so he took the initiative to retreat. Now that I want to go south to Guangzhou, of course he has to fight. In this case, there is no need to hide. Let them know that I have arrived in Keelung, and then lure He Di north to fight. They now occupy Penghu, and He Di will definitely go there and wait for me.

Let him wait! "

said the little princess.

"So you stayed here in Beijing and let Zheng He go south to fight with him?"

said her brother.

She just smiled.

Now the only people in the port are those transporting the Beijing camp, that is, Qi Bin's Beiyang Navy.

His navy had no real combat missions to begin with, including two battleships that had been transferred to Zheng He's staff. Now they mainly used fast ships for transportation, which were a large number of two-masted schooner gunboats, or cruisers.There are also armed whaling ships that are actually similar to them. Nearly two hundred such warships carry the 5000-person Beijing Camp Third Army as a transport fleet heading south.

As for the naval battle, leave it to Zheng He.

He has led more than 60 battleships, including six battleships, to Penghu.

As long as he opens Penghu, the fleet here will go straight to Guangzhou.

"Alas, the fight finally started."

King Liao sat there and sighed.

"Your Majesty, don't you want Ming Dynasty to end the civil strife as soon as possible and the world will be peaceful from now on?"

Yang Feng said.

"I just wonder if you will fulfill your previous promise. I am the Nanyang Economic Envoy."

King Liao said simply.

In the past, the huge income from Nanyang trade was in the hands of the Guangzhou court. Of course Yang Feng generously handed over Nanyang to him for management. But now that the imperial court has control of it, it would be strange to give him the income from this trade!In the past, He Di's strength was limited, and he could at least make money out of the latter's control. But in the future, Yang Feng will control Nanyang trade. With the strength of the imperial court, it is estimated that it will not be so easy for him to make money again.

"Well, you'd better ask your sister about this!"

Yang Feng said.

his sister...

"Brother, it's hard for me to do this. Although we are brothers and sisters, as a ruler, I can't be too partial. Of course, you are still the Nanyang Economic Envoy, but we agreed at the beginning that you can only control those islands.

But trade is ours.

You can provide the goods and we will purchase from you in the future.

But you can’t monopolize it.”

His sister said with a embarrassed look on her face.

The King of Liao looked at his sister sadly, then stood up angrily...

"You are not married yet!"

He continued.

Then her sister smiled proudly and leaned against Yang Feng obediently.

The king of Liao left angrily.

"Speaking of which, can we keep it a secret from him? Even if we let him know, it won't matter. He won't secretly inform Guangzhou, right?"

Yang Feng said.

"He and He Di have colluded for a long time. The two have even divided the sphere of influence in Nanyang. Otherwise, how could you think He Di would tolerate him? Is it difficult for He Di's navy to land in Bengang? It will be difficult to come over and raze Keelung. Really? It’s just that we’ve already agreed.”

The little princess rubbed against his shoulder and spoke ill of her brother.

"Ah, then let's give him a surprise and send him the order to board the ship in three days.

I'll take you to the south to see whales. There are many whales there. "

Yang Feng said.

Well, they're not walking across the Channel.

It would be great to go east and south, and then go straight to Humen in Kaohsiung.

Zheng He only attracted He Di to go north.

(End of this chapter)