Win the Ding 1617

In the twelfth lunar month of the 12th year of Chongzhen, a series of official affairs made the people in the office busy on their heels.

"My lord, the money and food delivered to the imperial court are about to be shipped. The imperial court has sent six or seven official documents to urge them. The wording in these two official documents is very strict recently!"

"My lord, the rations and seed farm tools to Denglaiqing and other farms have to be shipped, otherwise, if the rations of more than 20 people in these dozen farms are cut off, big troubles will inevitably arise. !"

"grown ups!....."

"grown ups,....."

"My lord, the weapons and armor that Longsheng sells to buyers in Huguang Zigui, Wuchang and other places have to be shipped out in time. If the delivery deadline is missed, the buyer may die in a very ugly way!"

This one after another official business made the deacons of the office room so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground, they went back and forth like butterflies wearing flowers between the signing room and the signing room of Huang Xin, the head of the office room who accompanied the Shou Han. .

Looking at the many matters piled up in front of him, Shou Han found out a root cause from this intricate matter.That is the problem of the road going north!

"Is there any reply to the official document sent to Zheng Zhilong?"

His voice was not loud, and he asked the people around him.These people are very clear that whenever the lord speaks in this tone, it means that he has to make some kind of determination.

"He has a reply, saying that he is seriously ill and has an old injury. He can't come to the south to come to the meeting and look at the master Haihan. Along with the official document, there are also two doctors brought by Zheng Zhibao. They also said in unison Zheng Zongbing is currently ill and unable to travel far.”

"It's this excuse again. Tell Zheng Zhibao. I'll take people to Fujian right now. Firstly, Mr. Zheng is unable to move, so we will discuss the matter in front of his sickbed. Second, there are several doctors with good medical skills in the Southern Guangdong Army. It just so happens that we can treat Mr. Zheng together!"

These words were extremely polite and warm, but everyone could hear the murderous intent contained in them, especially when Shou Han said these words, the muscles on his face twisted ferociously, this was something unprecedented for many years!

"I'll go back and tell my brother."

Hearing Huang Xin relay this.Zheng Zhibao didn't even go back to the post to pack his bags.He quickly turned around and went out of the city to go straight to the pier to board the boat. He wanted to let Zheng Zhilong know the expected bad news as soon as possible so that he could make corresponding preparations.

"Everyone doesn't want to ask me, yesterday's allies. Why do we have to meet each other today? Soldiers and ships meet?" At the meeting of the joint generals of the land and water armies.Shou Han's face was livid.He glanced at these people one by one with frosty eyes.

He wants before combat operations are launched.Correct the thinking and understanding of these people, lest they still have misunderstandings at that time, and show mercy to Zheng Zhilong.this time.The purpose of Shou Han is not only to teach Zheng Zhilong, whose power and ambitions are extremely inflated, which seriously affected the development of the Southern Guangdong Army, but to uproot him and incorporate Fujian into the structure of the Southern Guangdong Army.Let the landless farmers in Fujian become the source of power for the further development of the Southern Guangdong Army!

"We are extremely benevolent to the Zheng family. If they want cannons, we will sell them the newly cast cannons at cost price. If they want gunpowder, we will sell them gunpowder. If they want ashes, we will sell them. If they want ashes, we will sell them. If they want good iron, we will have good iron. But , This group of guys forget righteousness when they see profit, and don't want to be loyal to the king and serve the country, but instead want to transport grain northward for mere petty profits! Huamei!"

"Father handsome!"

Li Huamei, who was dressed in the uniform of the naval fleet commander, had a cold gleam in the beautiful eyes she inherited from her mother.Now the guerrilla fleet under her command can be regarded as a rising star among the navy of the Southern Guangdong Army, and the results and training level of the old guys like Zhang Xiaohu amazed them as the acme of perfection.

"Tell everyone about your incident in Baisha Waterway!"

"My lords. This commander was ordered to travel between Hangzhou Bay, Tanluo Island, Wusongkou and other places to arrest traitors at sea and prevent smuggling and stealing from the enemy. I met the northbound fleet of the Zheng family navy near Putuo Island in Zhejiang Province. The ships in the fleet were extremely deep and moved slowly. The commander was worried and led the ships forward to question. Unexpectedly, this man forced his way through the customs! According to the confession of the captives, nearly 20 stone grains were carried in the fleet Rice, ready to sell to the Jianzhou rebels in the north! To make huge profits!"

The family is father and son, and the affairs are monarch and minister.This family tradition of Cao Cao's family has also been fully implemented here in Shouhan.Although many of the people present here are old people who participated in Li Huamei's Zhou Catch Ceremony back then, in front of these people, Li Huamei did not show the slightest pretentiousness or pretentiousness, let alone the arrogance and domineering of the children of ordinary officials and eunuchs. .

"That's all! My lord's ability to train the eldest lady and others to such a good quality shows that there are successors in the Southern Guangdong Army!"

There was no basis for her words, and before everyone could wake up from the joy, Hua Mei took out the confessions of the captain, sailors, officers and others captured that day and the logbook found on the ship from the protective book she carried. etc.These written materials all show that the destination of the Zheng family's trip is Liaodong, but it is definitely not trading with the Guanning Army!

This time, everyone's emotions were immediately mobilized!

Firstly, you are ungrateful, secondly, you are betraying the master and collaborating with the enemy, and thirdly, it is hard to say clearly, your Zheng family is between our Southern Guangdong Army, and we have to transport goods to and from Tamna Island and Shanghai County from yours. Passing under the muzzle, this feeling is really bad!

Blocking people from making money is like killing one's parents.

What's more, the Southern Guangdong Army is a group whose main source of income is production, trade, monopolizing routes, and collecting tariffs?

Thus, the mobilization of the Southern Guangdong Army was completed!

The combat order issued from the Xingyuan, it took less than half a day to go from the military department to the battalion office, to the officers of the towns and ships, and to every soldier at the grassroots level, and it was only before lunch the next day.

According to the "three points and four determinations" standard implemented by the Southern Guangdong Army, (divided into carrying, forward transport, and retention. Determination of people, objects, vehicles, and positioning) to prepare for departure in two days.

Leaving the direct fleet defending Han to guard the waters from the Fujian border coast to Guangzhou, the right wing fleet took over the defense from Leizhou Peninsula to Qiongzhou Prefecture to Hejing, Hue and other places.

The military and political affairs in Guangzhou were jointly controlled by Li Peilin, Ye Qi and others.Shou Han led nearly 2 gunboats and rocket boats, carrying Chen Tianhua's Second Town's infantry artillery of nearly [-] people, and with Li Huamei's guerrilla fleet as the vanguard, they headed straight to the sea of ​​Jinsha in a murderous spirit. , ready to visit Zheng Zhilong's "condition"!

When the detectives lurking in the city of Guangzhou risked their lives to bring the worst news to Zheng Zhilong, the fleet of the Nanyue Army had already left the Pearl River Estuary.

"It came so fast! It takes less than three days to prepare, and at most five days to travel by sea. After only five days, the navy of the Nanyue Army can put the cannon under my nose!"

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help being extremely angry when he heard such bad news.In Shuaifu, several vases from official kilns of the Song Dynasty were smashed to pieces.The people around trembled like a mouse seeing a cat.But they dare not speak out to dissuade them. They don't know that this is the huge difference between the army under the modern system and the ancient army in terms of conversion efficiency and long-distance attack capabilities!

"Master! He's calling! Whether it's a fight or a draw, you have to bring out a charter!"

"Brother, now is the time! Let's do what the Shi family boy said. Concentrate all the gunboats. Give Li Shouhan a hard lesson, and then make peace with him! Didn't he bring two hundred boats?" ? Let's gather dozens of western red-haired boats and big green heads, and load all the artillery that can be loaded on it. Set up an ambush on the water surface near Nan'ao Island, and knock out Li Shouhan's forward there! Then follow him Make peace! Discuss and share the benefits of the sea!"

Zheng Zhibao's mind is still clear, he didn't blindly yell and kill or his face turned pale, only trembling all over.

"Okay! Who is the commander of the vanguard fleet?"

"In detail, it is the guerrilla fleet of the Nanyue Army Navy, and the commander is Li Shouhan's eldest daughter, Li Huamei!"

This sentence immediately caused the people in the hall to burst into bursts of joyful laughter. A girl's family, embroidering flowers and raising fish and birds in the boudoir at home is almost the same.At sea, when the artillery shells are densely covered like rain, how do you compare with us guys?

"Is the music over?" Zheng Zhihu took a chance, and suddenly said something, which immediately turned the warm atmosphere in the hall into ice-cold.

"At the Baisha Waterway on Putuo Island, it was this little girl who blocked us! If Shi's kid hadn't seen the opportunity quickly and took the risk of bypassing the waterway and attacking her from the flank of Putuo Island, half of our boats would have been able to attack her. It's good to cross the waterway!"

I remembered that day when Li Huamei commanded the gunboats to continuously use her advantage of speed to launch raids from the sides and tail of the fleet, pouring dense shells onto the bows of the grain transport ships, and loaded them with rice that could almost be exchanged for the same weight of silver. The ships were sent to the bottom of the sea, and these officers and ship owners, big and small, became much more honest.

"Marshal! You have to go out in person for this battle!"

"Joke! What is the status of the father-in-law? Going out to fight a yellow-haired girl in person? It's thanks to you for coming up with such a wicked idea!"

"Exactly! It's so cold, I can smell a bad smell!"

After Zheng Sen and Zheng Zhibao's uncle and nephew quarreled, everyone also found that this idea was really inappropriate. Originally, the opposite was a girl with tricks, but Zheng Zhilong shot it himself. Don't respect the big and bully the small, and what's more terrible is that in this way, the road to peace talks with the Southern Guangdong Army will be blocked. This is the most terrible thing for these ship owners who rely on maritime trade as their main source of income!

"He has this crimson-winged tiger in the Southern Guangdong Army. Doesn't my Fujian Navy have young talents?! The subordinates are not talented. They are willing to accompany the young marshal to Nan'ao Island and play games with Miss Li at sea. Smile, uncles!"

Behind the crowd, Shi Lang's voice came out loudly.

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he began to think quickly in his heart.

"Shi Lang, come here."

After a little calculation, looking at Zheng Sen's blushing face with excitement, Zheng Zhilong suddenly felt that this was a way to get the best of both worlds.Not only did he leave a retreat for himself, but also left room for peace talks with the Southern Guangdong Army in the future. At the same time, he established his son's prestige among the group and laid the foundation for him to take over the family business in the future.

"If I let you and Sen'er go to Nan'ao Island to meet the enemy, how many ships do you need? How many people?"

"Master! In addition to those red-haired boats and big green heads, I plan to have at least fifty light clippers to serve as fire boats!" Shi Lang said calmly and forcefully.

"Alright! Go and pick the boat and people by yourself! I'll send you to accompany the First Young Marshal, Zheng Zhihu, and Zheng Zhibao to Nan'ao Island to meet the enemy!"

into the night.Xiamen Island gradually became quiet, and there were bursts of humid sea breeze blowing from the sea, which made the soldiers on patrol tighten their clothes tightly so that the cold wind would be as little as possible from the sea. Get into the gaps in the neckline and other places.

The tranquility gradually returned to the front of Shi Lang's house, and the crowds during the day finally receded.

These people are all ship owners who come to make friends and give gifts.There is only one purpose, don't choose our boat!

In this regard, Shi Lang, a little fox, is completely a subordinate of the gift, so he asked to leave the post, and he laughed and said nothing.

Sent away all the guests.Finally, the father and son can sit down and discuss matters related to the rise and fall of the family's honor and disgrace.

"Brother, this time you are going to fight against the Li family with Fu Songwan, how confident do you think you can be?" Shi Lang's younger brother Shi Xian handed Shi Lang a cup of freshly brewed Kung Fu tea.

"How many points? Not a single point!"

Shi Lang calmly sipped the slightly hot Kungfu tea in the purple sand quilt, and couldn't stop praising the fragrance and deliciousness of the tea.

"You young man! Knowing that you are going to die, you are still showing off in front of the commander?" Shi Daxuan was a little horrified, his son's limelight is really too bad!This undoubtedly threw the whole family's life into the sea.

"Brother. No way? If you say that the Li family's cannons are powerful, I also believe that. But the commander-in-chief put all our cannons on board, why is there still no chance of winning?"

"Why? Brother, brother, I didn't stay in vain for a few years in the Nanyue Army. When the military order is issued, there will be mountains of swords and seas of fire, and you have to go up. There is gold and silver paving the ground in front of you, and beautiful women are like clouds. When the order is issued, you have to return! But, look."

Shi Lang pointed to the hill-like pile of greeting cards and gift lists on the table in front of him, feeling a little helpless.

"This battle has not been fought yet, and they have come to plead not to take their ships away. How can this battle be fought?"

After hearing his son's words, Shi Daxuan was also silent.

The Fujian Navy, or the Zheng Family Group, is actually a joint-stock company with the Zheng family as the backbone members and a number of large and small ship owners. Each ship owner maintains a high degree of independence.This is why after Zheng Zhilong handed over the power of selecting ships to Shi Lang, the ship owners came to give gifts one after another.

Without him, the ship is strength.No one wants to waste their strength in vain.

"This is Li Huamei's boat!"

Shi Lang searched out a thin booklet in the rattan box that was going to be carried on board, and pointed to an article transcribed on it.

"This is the number I secretly counted on Li Shouhan's ship. After returning to the school, I checked the number with a few classmates while chatting with them. I think it's not much different! This ship is now Li Huamei's proud ship. May."

傲梅号上装备28门24磅和10门12磅火炮，额定船员400人。这个数字令施大瑄、施显父子二人很是惊讶。

"I fought against this ship when I was in the Baisha Waterway. This Aomei has a high speed and fierce firepower. It is a must-have weapon for sap at sea, sneak attacks, robbery of merchant ships, murder and arson! But the commander of it is another It's Li Huamei, the little girl who is desperately trying to take advantage and die rather than suffer! No matter how many boats and guns you have, you can't do anything to her! When your boat is unguarded, she will come directly from nowhere and use a meal The fierce artillery fire sinks your ship or separates your ship from the fleet, and you are captured by her obediently; when the big team is ready to come and deal with her, no matter how fast you are, you will not be able to catch up Aomei. With her almost crazy speed, she can turn around quickly before our encirclement is closed, and even if an encirclement is formed, she will blast a gap with her unreasonable artillery fire, causing her to retreat completely!"

Hearing that his son was going to face such a terrifying ship, Shi Daxuan couldn't help holding his son's hands tightly, as if his son was about to leave immediately if he didn't hold on tight.

"Brother, then Li Shouhan gave this boat to his daughter, what about his own boat?"

"When I came back, a large ship that I had never seen before was being built in the dock. Among other things, the keel of the entire hull was made of nine-turn steel. From Siam and other places, Li Shouhan's Siamese father-in-law A large number of giant trees in the mountains and forests have been cut down. I looked at it, and there are thousands of square meters of wood that can be used to build ships after drying! I don’t know how many mountains and forests have been cut down!”

Having said that, Shi Lang couldn't help but secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva when he thought of the huge ship that was moored in the dock day and night to rush to manufacture.His men subconsciously pressed the left side of his chest, there was a letter written by his classmate in the Naval Academy, which introduced the various data of the Changsheng flagship currently in service. .

旗舰上舰炮的数量增加到了令人发指的地步，达到了前所未有的1o4门。全舰采用三层火炮甲板装置，依次是30、28、30的配置方式,总共88门舰炮。最下层的火炮为32磅长炮;这种火炮虽然口径比42磅炮略小,但射程更远,穿透力更强，最适合用来击穿敌舰的吃水线下甲板。中层炮甲板装配24磅长炮,上层甲板为12磅长炮。船尾比照原先的旗舰装配的6磅炮更换为12磅短炮,数量从10门增加到12门,舰首的2门6磅炮同样被更换为2门12磅短炮,此外还在舰首增加了2门前所未有的68磅重型短炮,能在较近距离上对敌方战舰构成毁灭性打击。

Calculated in this way, the weight of the projectiles in a salvo from the Changsheng reached a terrifying level.

"Brother! Then if you go on such a boat, wouldn't it be a dead end?"

After listening to Shi Lang's introduction of the situation of the two capital ships on the opposite side like a few treasures, Shi Xian's face turned pale.

"Go, you are close to death. If you don't go, you will die! We will be blocked in Liuluo Bay and become targets! We will be sent into the sea one by one to serve the Dragon King in the Crystal Palace!" Shi Lang said. Extremely determined.

However, soon his face changed again.

"I'll take Tianming to the beach to choose a boat, and you and Dad will start doing such a thing on the island tomorrow."

Shi Lang pointed to the pile of name cards and gift lists of various shipowners on the table, with a weird smile on his face.

"You young boy! What are you doing again?"

Shi Daxuan now vaguely knows that his son's appearance this time is definitely not as simple as working hard for the Zheng family.

"It's very simple, guest!" Shi Lang said calmly.

"I picked fifty boats from these people to set fire to, and the rest, father, owe our family a great favor. You and your second brother return their presents to them and tell them, don't want these Vulgar things, everyone is discussing life at sea, and they should take care of each other."

"That's it?" Shi Daxuan instinctively felt that it would not be that simple.

"Then, you choose those ship owners who are not big or small. They have at least five or seven boats under their command, and they are not very close to the Zheng family. Go check their mouths and see if they can help my family. Used!"

"What are you going to do?!" Shi Daxuan rushed to the door, opened a crack in the door, and looked around, but fortunately, there was no one in the middle of the night.

"Simple, father, if we win, then we can negotiate peace with the Nanyue army, and everyone will end decently. If we lose, father, you will lead these people to surrender to the Nanyue army quickly. You can also save me The Shi family!" (to be continued...)