My son A Fei has the appearance of a sword master

Chapter 160 The Allied Forces of Ming and France Carve Up the Island of Great Britain

The Chong'an County arrest squad arrived very quickly. Shen Lang and the others rushed in within a few minutes of arriving at the Lin Mansion.

There are three classes of yamen servants in local yamen, namely Zhanban Zaoli, Catching Class Kuaishou, and Zhuangban Minzhuang. They are all retired Ming soldiers. They are assigned by the imperial court and receive national salary, five insurances and one fund.

Zhanbanzaoli were comparable to later bailiffs. They were responsible for maintaining discipline in court, escorting criminals, and executing torture and cane punishments. They were usually not equipped with firearms.

When the magistrate went to court to hear the case, they were the ones standing on both sides of the hall, holding water and fire sticks and shouting "mighty".

The arrest team is equivalent to the criminal police, responsible for maintaining frontline crime scenes, searching for clues, searching for evidence, summoning defendants and witnesses, arresting criminals, etc. They are equipped with handcuffs and revolvers.

The arrests and arrests can only be made by graduates of the Ming Dynasty Criminal Investigation College. They have received professional and systematic criminal investigation education. The arrests are all proficient in investigation, and the arrests are proficient in forensic science.

Zhuang Ban Minzhuang is equivalent to the armed police, responsible for guarding key parts such as city gates, government offices, warehouses, and prisons, patrolling urban and rural roads, and patrolling after night curfew. They are equipped with shotguns.

All in all, under Li Tianxin's reforms, the status and salary of the three-class government servants who originally had a low social status have been greatly improved.

Four quick catchers, led by a catcher, came to the ashen-faced Long Xiaoyun and surrounded him.

Three of the detectives drew their revolvers and pointed them at Long Xiaoyun, while the other took out his handcuffs.

The arrester showed him the arrest warrant and said solemnly: "Long Xiaoyun, formerly known as Long Minzhi, you are suspected of murdering Jinke Tanhua Li Xunhuan, and you are now under arrest."

"You have the right to remain silent, but every word you say may become evidence in court and be taken away."

The detective holding the handcuffs decisively grasped Long Xiaoyun's right hand, clicked the handcuffs on his wrists, then pulled them behind his back, and then pulled his left hand over to cuff him.

The other three detectives then fired their guns. One of them took his arms, one on the left and the other on the right, and took him away.

Long Xiaoyun didn't resist at all during the whole process. His eyes were empty and lifeless, staring at the ground in a daze, not daring to look at anyone.

All he wanted now was to leave this place as soon as possible.

The head catcher walked up to Lin Guozhi, clasped his fists in greeting and said, "Mr. Lin, I am responsible for my duties. Please forgive me for any offense."

Lin Guozhi let out a long sigh, clasped his fists and saluted, "That's a serious statement. You have done your duty faithfully. How can I blame you?"

The catcher smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Lin, for your understanding. I'll take my leave."

"Walk slowly."

After Long Xiaoyun was taken away, everyone subconsciously looked at Lin Guozhi and Li Xunhuan in the hall.

At this time, Lin Guozhi was quite at his wits' end. As a famous martial arts master and the once feared Wuyi Demon Sword, he had rich experience.

No matter how critical and complicated the situation is, he can face it calmly and in an orderly manner without frowning.

But he had never encountered such a situation in his half-life, and this made him feel helpless for the first time.

So while others were looking at him, he looked at Shen Lang, Li Wenliu, Li Xunhuan and others.

Shen Lang smiled when he saw this, and took the initiative to step forward and said: "Senior Lin, you and all the relatives and friends present are already aware of the whole story."

"If it weren't for Long Xiaoyun's conspiracy and obstruction, it would have been Xiao Li who was worshiping Sister Shiyin here today."

"Now that the mistake has been corrected, why not let things return to the right path? How about you continue to be your superior, and the lovers will continue to worship theirs?"

As soon as he said these words, all the guests present immediately started making noises.

"it is good."

"What Master Shen said is absolutely true."

"As it should be."

"Fortunately, the big mistake was not made in the end. Xiao Li Tanhua and Miss Lin are a match made in heaven."

"Welcome to you, we are still waiting for the wedding banquet."

Over there, Yang Yan pulled a piece of red cloth out of nowhere, and quickly and skillfully tied it into a big red flower.

"Brother Xiao Li, we don't have time to prepare the wedding robe, so let's use these red flowers instead."

Li Xunhuan was overjoyed when he saw this, and said happily: "Yan'er is still thoughtful, thank you very much, brother owes you a favor."

Yang Yan immediately tied the big red flower on Li Xunhuan's chest.

Over there, Xiniang lifted the red hijab off Lin Shiyin's head, who was crying with joy, and covered it again. Guard Yang Yan, whose sword had been taken away by Lin Shiyin, also took back his own sword.

The clever master of ceremonies once again shouted: "The auspicious time has arrived, the bride and groom worship heaven and earth."

Lin Guozhi looked at all this and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He finally didn't get off the stage.

Immediately he gathered his emotions and returned to his seat, but after all, the smile before was no longer on his face, which was quite a bit gratifying.

No matter, as long as my daughter can be happy, nothing else matters.

"First bow to heaven and earth... Second bow to the high hall... Husband and wife bow to each other... Send them to the bridal chamber."

……

This wedding with twists and turns became the talk of the people in Chong'an, and storytellers even made it into a story and told it in Juxianju.

Li Xunhuan and Lin Shiyin stayed in the Lin Mansion for three days, then said goodbye to Lin Guozhi and returned north together with Shen Lang, Zhu Qiqi, Li Wenliu, Leng Er, Jing Wuming and others.

The matter this time was impromptu, and he naturally wanted to return to the capital to report to his father. Fortunately, his eldest brother was his father, and with Li Wenliu present, it was not considered marrying without telling him.

Later, when Shen Lang and Zhu Qiqi go to sea again, he will take Lin Shiyin with them to the New World.

Yang Yan has since returned to the Feilong Escort Bureau. Now she has begun to take over the business of the Feilong Escort Bureau and officially supports the Feilong Escort Bureau's brand. Yang Tai will soon be able to live a retired life.

Shen Lang and Zhu Qiqi returned to Fenyang, planning to accompany their children for a few months before going to sea.

Li Xunhuan arrived in the capital, informed his father about his period, and then took Lin Shiyin back to Taiyuan, waiting for the day to go to sea.

……

Taiyuan Mansion, Li Garden.

Lin Shiyin's mood was completely different when she came to Li Garden this time.

I used to come here as a guest, but now I come here as the hostess.

However, a person she met in Li Yuan made her feel somewhat awkward.

It was Li Xunhuan who redeemed Lin Xianer and brought her back to Li Yuan in order to make Lin Shiyin give up on him.

Today, Lin Xian'er is only 16 years old. Although she has a beautiful face, because she is still young, her charm is not as good as that of the most beautiful woman in the world ten years later in the original plot.

Li Xunhuan made the matter clear to Lin Xianer and planned to give her a sum of money and send her to make her own future.

But Lin Xian'er didn't want to leave. She begged and would rather stay in Li Yuan as a slave.

She thought very clearly that her father was a bad gambler, and she was sold to Wanhua Tower by her father.

If she goes back with the family property donated by Li Xunhuan, she will definitely be defeated by her father, and she will not be able to escape the end of being sold.

She was a helpless and weak woman. If she wanted to live a good life, she could never return to that home.Li Xunhuan is not only the famous little Li Feidao, but also a Jinshi of the dynasty and the emperor's appointed Tanhualang.

Staying in Liyuan as a maid is better than working in a brothel.

After all, Lin Shiyin was a kind-hearted woman. After learning about her life experience from her, she couldn't help but feel pity for her, and finally decided to keep her, and because her surname was also Lin, she recognized her as her sister.

So far, Lin Xian'er has transformed from a brothel prostitute to Li Yuan's cousin, and will be able to marry into a good family in the future. This is Lin Shiyin's plan.

Even if she has a stunning appearance, if she is just a maid, it will be difficult for her to marry well in the future. If she does not want to be a concubine in a wealthy family, she will have to marry into an ordinary family.

But when she became Lin Shiyin's younger sister, it was completely different.

Lin Xian'er is a woman with hidden ambitions and very smart. She already understands Li Xun Huan's personality and temperament, so she has never thought of hooking up with him.

She knew very well what she could get from Li Yuan, and as long as she played her part, she could easily keep everything.

But once she does something inappropriate, it will only be self-defeating, and everything she has now will probably be lost.

Therefore, she will never act rashly until she has her own foundation.

Although to outsiders, she is Lin Shiyin's younger sister and Xiao Li Tanhua's aunt.

But in Li Garden, she positioned herself as Lin Shiyin's personal maid.

She is more considerate than any maid and maid, and arranges all daily chores in an orderly manner. She is simply more capable than a housekeeper.

But because she was Lin Shiyin's sister in name, she was equivalent to half the master, so the housekeeper couldn't do anything to exclude her.

Of course, there is no need to exclude the butler. A half-master is still a master after all, and it is impossible for him to really take over his position as a butler.

On the contrary, with Lin Xianer arranging trivial matters, he felt more relaxed.

……

In May of the 13th year of Chenghua, Shen Lang and Zhu Qiqi set sail again. Li Xunhuan entrusted Li Yuan to Lin Xian'er to take care of it, and took Lin Shiyin on the treasure ship going to sea.

At this time, the envoys of Wang Zhi and Wang Lianhua had just arrived in the English Channel and established a line with the French royal family.

France and England, across the sea, fought on and off for 116 years, known as the Hundred Years' War between England and France.

This period was also the era of the Black Death. Under the double blow of war and epidemics, the economies of Britain and France were greatly damaged. It can be said that people were devastated and people were in dire straits.

England lost almost all its territory in France, but this also led to the rise of nationalism in England and began to embark on the path of centralization.

Now that the Hundred Years War has only ended more than [-] years ago, Britain and France have just recovered and their national strength has recovered. It is the time when they need to seek overseas development.

Just at this time, Wang Zhi's envoy arrived, causing France's development path to take a big turn and move towards another path.

After having a general understanding of the situation in Britain and France, Wang Zhi and Wang Lianhua combined their efforts and finally decided to unite with France to destroy England.

After successfully defeating England, Ming Dynasty joined forces with France to divide the island of Great Britain.

The main reason is that the Ming Dynasty cannot mobilize enough manpower. Even if it defeats it, it does not have enough troops to occupy and rule, so it can only temporarily take advantage of France.

When the time comes, France will have to bear the bad reputation of suppressing the English. The Ming Dynasty will develop on its own and slowly win over the hearts and minds of the English.

When the time is right, the Ming Dynasty will be able to swallow up the entire Eurasian continent.

Not counting the New World, Great Britain is the westernmost edge of the Eurasian continent, and the Ming Dynasty is the easternmost edge of the Eurasian continent. It is of great strategic significance to take root here.

As long as this location becomes the second foundation of the Ming Dynasty, it means that the Ming Dynasty has surrounded the Eurasian continent.

At that time, the east and west sides will advance together, compressing inward, and supplemented by the blooming of the middle along the coast, they will be able to conquer Eurasia at the fastest speed.

Li Tianxin roughly estimated that it didn't need much. As long as the Ming Dynasty had a population of [-] million, it would be enough to rule the entire Eurasian continent.

The world's population in this era is only over 4 million, and it is basically concentrated in Eurasia.

During the war, the population will inevitably decrease significantly, and the decrease will be in other countries.

In this way, if the population of each country is filled with Ming people, then the entire Eurasian continent will be filled with Ming people.

The Ming Dynasty is enough to crush the whole world with the power of one country.

Today, the population of Ming Dynasty has grown to more than 2000 million.

With sufficient food and better and better medical conditions, it will take no more than 50 years to reach the goal of [-] million people.

And 50 years later, I believe that the Ming Dynasty has already fully entered the electrical age, and has even begun to transition to the digital information age. If done well, a pre-nuclear civilization is not impossible.

The so-called pre-nuclear civilization means that it has a preliminary understanding of the universe, but it is not yet comprehensive. It already possesses nuclear weapons, but has not experienced the baptism of nuclear war.

After all, China in later generations transitioned from the electrical age to pre-nuclear civilization in just four to fifty years.

That was still the result of crossing the river by feeling for the stones. Under the conditions of the Ming Dynasty, the first 30 years were used to lay a solid foundation and truly enter a pre-nuclear civilization, and 20 years were enough.

……

King Louis XI of the Valois Dynasty of France showed high interest in Wang Zhi's proposal.

His only doubt was whether this country from the east had the military strength.

Wang Zhi immediately proposed that the Ming Dynasty take the lead and capture the coastal cities of the Kingdom of England and establish a foothold before France enters the scene.

Moreover, in the subsequent war, the main force of the British army was entirely faced by the Ming Dynasty. The French army was only responsible for the aftermath of the war and small-scale battles in some local areas.

This proposal was so sincere that Louis XI could not help but be moved.

The Hundred Years' War between England and France caused deep hatred between the two countries. How could he let go of the opportunity to destroy the Kingdom of England and occupy [-]% of the land of Great Britain?

In the end, Louis XI signed an alliance contract with Wang Zhi and wrote all the terms they agreed upon into the contract.

Louis XI even took out a map of Great Britain and demarcated the Ming-France border with Wang Zhi.

The two agreed that after the matter was completed, Manchester would be used as the dividing line. The area north of Manchester would belong to the Ming Dynasty, and the area south of Manchester would belong to France.

The total area of ​​the island of Great Britain is about 24 square kilometers, and the Ming Dynasty can occupy about 11 square kilometers. France still has the advantage.

Unfortunately, what Louis XI didn't know was that most of the mineral resources in Great Britain were concentrated in the north. This was what Li Tianxin had told Wang Zhi and the others.

But because the southern part of Great Britain is adjacent to France, it is convenient for French rule and management, so Louis XI divided it like this.

In this alliance contract, there are of course some non-aggression pacts between the two countries.

Although both parties know that this type of treaty is bullshit, at least in the early stages of cooperation, it is a guarantee for both parties.

At least Wang Zhi and Wang Lianhua knew that Ming would not touch France for at least 30 to [-] years.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is too far away from the island of Great Britain, tens of thousands of miles away, and its rule is not easy. Maybe it will have to ask France for help.

This is also one of the reasons why Louis XI dared to sign this contract with Ming Dynasty.

Unfortunately, his vision was limited after all, and he had no idea what kind of behemoth he had recruited back.

(End of this chapter)