Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 374 Geng Jingzhong, you are not Geng Gongdao!You are Geng Lunbu! (Seeking a monthly pass, asking for a subscription)

Brother Tian was born on August 1677, 8.

New Spain, City of Acapulco, Castle of Santiago.

Just like the previous two days, the mayor of Acapulco, Don Fernandez, stood on the wall of the Santiago Castle at dawn, staring intently at the vast Pacific Ocean.

The blue water of the Pacific Ocean is like a shimmering blanket, undulating layer by layer.The sun shines on it, and the eyes are full of rays of light.It is the most spectacular and beautiful scenery in the world!

However, Fernandez has long been tired of looking at the scenery of the Pacific Ocean. He spent so much money to move to this mayor through the route of the deputy king of New Spain, not because the scenery here is better, but to make money!
The mayor of Acapulco is the most lucrative and stable position in the entire Governorate of New Spain.Compared with oil and water, this position may not be the first, but compared with stable oil and water, this position is definitely the first.

Even the English pirates, who are least afraid of the dangers of the sea, cannot go around from the Atlantic Ocean to Acapulco in North America to rob.This road is too far away, and the Pacific coast of the New World belongs to the Spanish-ruled ports, all of which are closed to the outside world. Although Europeans like to advertise free trade, in fact they prefer monopoly free trade. Resolutely monopolize where monopoly is possible, strive for monopoly where possible, and seek free trade where competitors have an advantage.

For example, Spain's possessions on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean in the New World are basically unique to Spain, and it is difficult for other countries to get their hands on it.Therefore, what Spain implemented on the Pacific coast of the New World was a firm monopoly.Foreign ships are strictly prohibited from entering the port!
And because there are not many ports on the Pacific coast, the nearest non-Spanish port is on the Atlantic or on the other side of the Pacific!So there are no private pirates or smugglers operating on the Pacific coast. In the past 100 years, except for very few expedition ships from Europe or Japan (Japan once), no other foreign ships have come to the port of Acapulco. .

Therefore, the rich city of Acapulco has not only never been attacked by foreign enemies, nor has it been threatened by any foreign enemies. Moreover, the city's law and order is also very good, and it is probably the most reassuring city in the entire Age of Discovery. , the citizens are very wealthy, believe in the Father, and have good education, even the Indians on the outskirts of the city are very honest.

Even so, the New Spain Governor's Mansion still spared no expense to build forts and fortresses for this city, which was surrounded by hills and the sea and was so safe that it couldn't be any safer. It also recruited a Spanish phalanx infantry regiment to stay here. Nothing will go wrong. The only worry is that the Spanish galleon, which comes only once a year, is shipwrecked!
It only comes once a year, and it will be a disaster if it sinks into the sea.Not only is this year's business lost, but next year's business will also be affected if it is not done well-because it is not so fast to transfer ten or eight galleons from the Atlantic coast of New Spain.Otherwise, you will miss the sailing months in the North Pacific. Then you will have to wait until the next year for the galleons from the Philippines.

Mayor Fernandez's term ends at the end of next year.
In addition, he spent a lot of money on the galleon trade this time. If the galleon was shipwrecked, he, the mayor, would go bankrupt and return to Europe empty-handed!
According to the original plan, this batch of galleons should have arrived in early August, which was 8 days late. Could it be some accident?

When Mayor Fernandez thought of possible accidents, he suffered from the old habit of dizziness, his heartbeat accelerated, and the sea level of the Pacific Ocean in the distance had a double image.

He quickly leaned on the city wall, closed his eyes, took a deep breath of the salty air from the Pacific Ocean, felt a little better, opened his eyes again, looked into the distance, and suddenly saw A few small white dots appeared. Is this blindness, or are those big sailboats that hold the happy life of the rest of his life coming?

Mayor Fernandez quickly took out a monocular, pulled it out to the longest position, and stared at the distant sea level for a while, then his whole body trembled.Because one after another, the sails are appearing in his telescope one by one!

"Here they come, here they come." Old Fernandez put down the binoculars, his eyes were filled with tears, he hurriedly wiped away the tears, made a sign of the cross on his chest, and then turned to the Indian standing behind him The servant shouted, "Go and call Commander Rodriguez!"

"Yes, Mr. Mayor."

The Indian bowed respectfully to the old Fernandez, but he didn't wait for him to turn around and look for Juan Rodriguez, the commander of the Spanish phalanx infantry regiment stationed in Acapulco and also the commander of the San Diego Fortress. come here.The bell of the fortress had already rang "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom" in total, which meant that ten galleons came from the Pacific Ocean!
As soon as the bell rang, old Fernandez heard a particularly loud and loud voice shouting: "Haha, the galleon is finally back, thank you Heavenly Father!"

As soon as the old Fernandez heard the voice, he knew that it was Captain Rodriguez who came.This guy has a total of [-] book soldiers, but the actual number is about [-] to [-]. The military pay and military expenses saved are all used by him to invest in the "free trade" in the Pacific Ocean, and the money he earned from trade A considerable part of the money will be used to honor the deputy king of New Spain.Otherwise, based on his civilian background, a veteran who has fought bad battles in Germany and the Netherlands throughout his youth and adulthood, is also worthy of his current position?

Although the old Fernandez, who was born in a noble family, looked down upon the veterans who worked with him, he was still very polite. After all, they were all business partners - they were all working together to poach the Spanish world empire.If the Spanish world empire did not have officials like them, it would have serious consequences for the entire world. This means that the military expenditures in the hands of those crazy kings in Spain would be several times higher!
"Captain, you came just in time," Old Fernandez said to Rodriguez. "Those ships are indeed Spanish galleons, right?"

"Let me take a closer look," Captain Rodriguez said as he raised the telescope, squinted one eye, and looked through the telescope with the other eye. "It's a Spanish galleon. That's right. One Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. That’s not right!”

Old Fernandez was nervous: "What's wrong? I remember eight galleons!"

"It was eight but I saw ten ships!" Rodriguez said. "Two of them seemed to be English galenic ships."

"What? The English galleon? Could it be?" Old Fernandez frowned, "It must be our warriors who captured the armed merchant ships of the English East India Company! Spain is now at war with England!"

In fact, England and Spain are now allies - in the Franco-Dutch war, the Netherlands organized an anti-French alliance, Spain, Austria, Prussia, Lorraine, Palatinate and other countries, plus a Netherlands, big guy Beat Louis XIV together.

England and Sweden are allies of Louis XIV. Since England and Sweden are both capable of fighting, and Louis XIV's France is also full of martial virtue, the situation is extremely unfavorable for the anti-French alliance.So William III, the hereditary lifelong consul of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, resorted to "bed politics" that could turn things around. He married Princess Mary of England and suddenly became Charles II's niece-in-law.

Because this Charles II has no legitimate children to inherit his throne, his brother James II is the first in line of succession, and James II's daughter Princess Mary is the second in line of succession. If nothing else, it is The future Queen of England.

The future Queen of England will be ruled by the Netherlands. Of course, Britain will change its stance and stab Louis in the back!
However, Acapulco is a bit far away from Spain and Europe, so the old Fernandez doesn't know that the British are already Spain's allies.
Although Rodriguez didn't know that Spain and Britain had turned enemies into friends because the Dutch ruler slept with a British princess, he still couldn't believe that eight Spanish galleons could capture two British Galenines of similar size - The Spanish galleons sailing in the Pacific had [-]% empty seats for soldiers. Could this also capture the British ships?Does the British East India Company also have so many vacancies in its armed merchant ships?
I really didn't expect it!Britain. It's as corrupt as Spain!

When Rodriguez thought of this, he suddenly felt that the future of his beloved Spanish motherland was much brighter!

Then he took a closer look, and at this time the ten galleons were getting closer, and he could clearly see the "red cross" on the sails, which was the Spanish "Cross of Burgundy" and the emblem of the Spanish army.

Then you can't go wrong!

"It's the Burgundy Cross, it's our ship!" Rodriguez gave an affirmative answer.

"Okay," Fernandez laughed, "then arrange the welcoming ceremony!"

The city of Acapulco makes a fortune from the trade of galleons once a year, so whenever a galleon comes to Hong Kong, the citizens of Acapulco will organize a welcoming ceremony, hold the icon of protecting merchant ships, and sing "Germany". Deuen" hymn, singing and dancing to welcome. This business is actually not too big, not even a fraction of the Dutchman's, but the sense of ceremony is directly full!

However, the citizens of Acapulco would never have imagined that these ten galleons brought them not silk and porcelain from East Asia, but heavily armed invaders!
"Here we are, General, we are here!"

"General, if you hold on a little longer, we will reach the shore soon!"

"General, as long as we get ashore, everything will be fine."

"General, you have to cheer up!"

On board the English-style galleon ship Louis the Magnificent produced in Quanzhou, a group of Geng Jingzhong's men, who were pale, thin, and a bit dirty looking, were surrounding the dying Geng Jingzhong, reporting good news to him, encouraging him He pulls himself together.

Geng Jingzhong really suffered a lot during this journey. He was not very able to adapt to life at sea—he was very seasick. Others got seasick for a month or two, and they either got used to it or were buried at sea.But he was dizzy for three months, and kept throwing up, and he could spit out half of the food that was forced into his mouth.

At the beginning, someone took good care of him, but after going to sea for a month or two, the whole ship was smelly, so no one took care of him.He was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, and he was an emperor for a period of time. When did he suffer such hardships!

When the ship drifted to the North Pacific Ocean, he had already recognized the reality—he turned out to be Yuan Shu and Yuan Gonglu in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!
No, he was worse off than Yuan Jiujiu. Yuan Shu would have died in poverty at most, but he was going to die at sea. After his death, he would not even have a chance to rest in peace, so he could only be thrown into the sea.
Just when he was disheartened and was thinking about asking for a bowl of honey water, someone came to tell him that the boat had already docked.

He turned his head to look at his military adviser Yu Renying: "Really. Are you here? Do you have honey water now?"

"Honey water?" Yu Renying was stunned and asked, are there bees in this new world?

"Yes, yes, as long as you capture Acapulco, you will have everything!" His confidant Zeng Tianyang was going to be picked up by Zheng Jing from Dayuan Island and sent to Ryukyu Island before. Having seen the New World alive, I am full of confidence now.

This new continent is really big!They have already seen the coastline of the mainland. After seeing the coast, they sailed all the way south. If they can be captured for [-] miles, what do they want?Not to mention drinking a bowl of honey water, every day there is a pool of meat!
"Can we defeat it?" Geng Jingzhong was still a little doubtful, "How many of us still have to disembark to fight?"

This long voyage was very difficult for Geng Jingzhong and his men, as hundreds of them died of seasickness and acclimatization!Nowadays, there are probably not even a thousand people who can still carry weapons to fight, and some of them have to spend some time looking at the Spanish sailors on the eight large sailing ships.

"Eight hundred!" Zeng Tianyang said, "There are eight hundred strong men!"

After all, there are three thousand defenders in Acapulco, and there is also a fortress!
It seems that the New World is about to die!

When Geng Jingzhong felt that his life was coming to an end, he suddenly heard the singing of "De Deuen" and the cheers of people.

He hurriedly supported himself to get up from the bed, and with the support of others, he staggered to the window of the cabin.He found a sea of ​​people outside the pier, at least tens of thousands of people gathered. Among them, there were two or three hundred people carrying muskets lined up on the pier, and a dozen people who looked like officials and priests stood These musketeers ahead.

Geng Jingzhong also found that the "Louis the Magnificent" he was on had approached the pier, and the cable had been thrown down, and was picked up by the Spaniards on the pier and tied to a pillar. It seemed impossible to run!
Since you can't run, you have to fight!
Geng Jingzhong gritted his teeth, and ordered: "Anyone who can hold a flintlock gun, go to the deck and fight the Spaniards!"

"Yes!"

Zeng Tianyang became excited when he saw Geng Jingzhong revived, he replied, and then strode out of the cabin to arrange a surprise attack.

But Geng Jingzhong had already forgotten at this time, he had already given the task of commanding the dead soldiers to raid the port of Acapulco to Huashan Jiuqin and the mediator Kiyohisa, the two little Japanese and their samurai.

Just when Zeng Tianyang walked out of the cabin, on the Louis the Great and another English-style Galen ship named King Edward III, Huashan Jiuqin and Kiyohisa had already arranged a surprise attack.

They each led a team of devil warriors to lead the battle, and each ship also arranged hundreds of musketeers to shoot with flintlock guns and hollow shells.

The raid was first launched by Master Pill's apprentice, the master swordsman Kawayama Kuaki.I saw him holding a bayonet-mounted flintlock gun, and shouted to the two small warriors beside him: "Mr. Dongxiang, Mr. Yamamoto, the time has come to conquer the New World!"

"Hay!"

With a roar, the two little devils each took up a flintlock gun, boarded the diving board, and rushed towards the land of North America one after the other. There were a dozen other little devils who followed them. Devil.

These little guys are all from Satsuma, and they often travel between Kyushu Island and Ryukyu Island, so naturally they don't get seasick.And when they thought that they were going to land in America, their spirits immediately reached their peak, and they started to charge after screaming "Half time! Half time!"

And the Spaniards on the pier were stunned by this scene—where did the child come from?Still holding a gun. What about my lord?No matter?No, they are East Asians!
This is the invasion of East Asians!

Rodriguez, a veteran who participated in the war in the 30s, reacted very quickly. He immediately knew that he was going to play, so he grabbed Fernandez, the mayor of Acapulco next to him, and blocked him in front of him.That Fernandez didn't understand what was going on, and was grabbed by the people around him and asked, "What are you doing? What are you doing?"

The unlucky mayor of Acapulco had just asked the question when something hit him hard on the chest, followed by a burst of cramping pain. Why did he look down and saw blood pouring from his left chest? The clothes leaked out and instantly turned a large area red!Immediately afterwards, he was thrown away by Rodriguez, and he fell limply to the ground. Gunshots, shouts, exclamations, and screams were heard in his ears, but he could not make any sound. .

In the end, he only heard a series of exclamations from Captain Rodriguez: "Here they come, they come, they come to compete with us for the New World."

them?They were Fernandez, before he could figure out who they were, his eyes went dark, and then he lost consciousness.

Rodriguez, who fought the Thirty Years' War, is much better than that useless mayor of aristocratic background. He knew right away that something was wrong, and he knew that Acapulco would not be able to hold it—he ate 30% of the vacancies. What the fuck?Gotta run!
(End of this chapter)