The Sun Never Sets Great China

Although Zhang Huahan and Huang Zongxi once had conflicts, at the last national meeting, Huang Zongxi firmly disagreed with Zhou Manwen's proposal to donate the gold from the Huanglong Pioneering Group to the country, which made Zhou Manwen harbor a grudge. Zhou Manwen has a way to use countermeasures. He deliberately praised Huang Zongyan in front of Wang Xiaolong because he was young and promising, and he was stable and could be reused in the capital. He also hinted that Wang Xiaolong himself had a good relationship with Huang Zongyan. The meaning of Minister Huang Zongxi.

Wang Xiaolong and Zhou Manwen are very friendly, and the relationship is very harmonious. If the friendship is good, they want to strangle each other to death. Those who have a good relationship wish that the other party will be struck to death by lightning tomorrow. Zhou Manwen praises it, but Wang Xiaolong hates it. It had just been built, and there was still a lack of a land chief officer, so Wang Xiaolong simply sent Huang Zongyan to serve as the city guard of Priango.

In Wang Xiaolong's view, if Huang Zongyan were to be a small city guard in a barren place overseas, it would be impossible to participate in domestic political events, and it would count as one less lackey of Zhou Manwen. Who would have thought that after Huang Zongyan received the appointment, Wang Xiaolong just got Liu Xiaoliu's top-secret information, and Huang Zongyan and Zhou Manwen were not in the same relationship at all. He immediately summoned Huang Zongyan and said that he could be transferred to other better places. In fact, Wang Xiaolong was also doing it for Huang Zongxi's face, otherwise he would not have been like this Huang Zongyan expressed his kindness and support to Huang Zongyan, but Huang Zongyan resolutely rejected his kindness and took office happily. For him, staying in Hainan Island for a few years first, and then traveling overseas can greatly broaden his knowledge .

What's more, he was not exiled this time, but went to serve as a city guard, which just gave him a platform to perform, and it was better than staying in the capital's yamen as a small official who could not make decisions. Zhou Manwen and Wang Xiaolong mistakenly By mistake, the appointment of the city guard really did what he wanted.

Huang Zongyan's City Lord's Mansion is located on Chang'an Street, the most prosperous new main street in Priango. The entire City Lord's Mansion covers an area of ​​tens of acres. The walls of the City Lord's Mansion are built with huge stones and cement, one meter thick and one foot two high. There are shooting holes, and forts are built on all sides of the wall. The forts can include the entire Priango in the protection range, like a military fortress, forming an angle with the naval camp.

Samps just casually looked at Priango's City Lord's Mansion, and was secretly startled. As long as there are hundreds of people guarding this City Lord's Mansion, it may be difficult for ten times the force to break into it. The Chinese Empire obviously built this place. Fortress, in order to firmly control this place forever.

Two majestic lions stood at the gate of Priango's city lord's mansion, and there were two soldiers standing guard. Samps did not dare to make mistakes, and respectfully sent the greeting stickers to the guards, expressing the Portuguese tribute in fluent Chinese. Come to meet the city lord.

The guards of the two Chinese empires were not surprised by Samps and his party of Westerners. After Priango was built, there were not a few merchant ships from the West berthing here. It's a bit surprising to speak fluent Chinese with accurate enunciation, even the Portuguese sailors in their naval fleet can't speak Chinese so fluently.

Huang Zongyan was very surprised when he received Samps wood's greeting post. Although Huang Zongyan had only been here for less than a month, he was no longer like ordinary people and those scholars because he had studied geography and knew a little about various Western countries. They also dismissed the Westerners as Xiyi, knowing that they also have a long history and their own countries, but he never imagined that when Portugal would become a vassal state of the Chinese Empire, the other party would come to see him as a tribute envoy.

Huang Zongyan's first reaction was that the other party was a liar. In the previous Ming Dynasty, because of the ban on the sea, the imperial court did not allow foreigners to trade, and businessmen often pretended to be tribute envoys to defraud the rewards of the former Ming Dynasty.

It’s just okay in the name of some small countries that Huang Zongyan is not familiar with. The Portuguese have dealt with the Chinese Empire the most, and the Dutch have fought the most wars with the Chinese Empire. The two countries are already familiar to Huang Zongyan and all the officials of the Chinese Empire, unless they are just here. Western businessmen who don't know the situation will cheat in the name of the Portuguese.

Huang Zongyan thought about it several times, but he couldn't get a clue. After thinking about it, he decided that it would be better to greet him in person. If he was really a liar, he would be no easier to fool than those stupid officials from the previous Ming Dynasty. Whether it was a real tribute or a fake tribute, we had to see the situation first. .

Seeing that the city lord greeted him personally, Samps felt a little joy in his heart. It seems that Zhang Huahan has become a high-ranking official in this country. He arranged people here to welcome him, knowing that his true identity is Zhang Huahan. However, as everyone knows, Huang Zongyan has swept him into the ranks of liars.

Huang Zongyan couldn't see any letters of credence and seal, he looked at Samps wood strangely, Samps wood thought he knew himself, couldn't help but asked: "My lord, where is Deputy Commander Zhang Huahan? Is there anything wrong with your appearance?"

Huang Zongyan came back to his senses and said: "Oh, no, eh? Zhang Huahan? Deputy Commander? I don't know if your envoy came to find Zhang Huahan's Deputy Commander. Oh no, it's Chairman Zhang Huahan now. What do you want to do with Chairman Zhang?"

"Chairman? What kind of official is the chairman? Is it big? Is there the original deputy commander?" Samps was afraid that Zhang Huahan's official position would become smaller, and his high-ranking official and rich salary would also be in danger.

"Chairman Zhang is the chairman of the Military Commission. He is the most important official in the affairs of the Chinese Empire. Of course, he also has a lot of power in government affairs and various aspects." After hearing this, Samps knew that the city guard did not know that he was also Zhang Huahan. He didn't beat around the bush, but directly said that he was Zhang Huahan's spy, and asked Priango's Chinese Empire warship to escort them to the capital of the Chinese Empire to see Zhang Huahan.

The Dutch and the Portuguese had fought in Malacca for just four days, and Huang Zongyan hadn’t gotten any news yet. He had already guessed what Zhang Huahan was thinking about these Portuguese. The barbarian army, and it was a plan made several years ago, so Chairman Zhang Huahan has a long-term vision and is extremely cunning."

Huang Zongyan pondered for a while and ordered a soldier: "Go and invite Lieutenant General Zhao Zixuan, the commander of the fleet." The highest officer of Brother Pulian is Zhao Zixuan. Compared with the army, the rank of the commander of the navy is different. Except for Shi Lang, who is part-time commander-in-chief, only Hai Dafu, the commander-in-chief of the First Fleet and Pan Hongtu, the commander-in-chief of the Second Fleet, are admirals. The other naval commanders are all lieutenants. After making military exploits, he was transferred to the newly established Sixth Fleet of the Navy after the reorganization of the Navy to serve as the commander of this fleet, which can be said to be alone.

After Lieutenant General Zhao Zixuan arrived, Huang Zongyan waved his hand to make Sang Pusimu and others retreat first. Huang Zongyan told Zhao Zixuan about the matter, and asked, "Lieutenant General Zhao, how to deal with this matter needs to be decided by the Lieutenant General."

The administration and the army of the Chinese Empire do not interfere with each other, but although Huang Zongyan is the lord of the city, Zhao Zixuan is a lieutenant general, and he is several ranks higher than him in terms of rank. Although civil and military are not subordinate to each other, this matter is also considered military affairs. Zhao Zixuan's handling was reasonable.

Zhao Zixuan was very excited when he heard this. Since his fleet was established, except for destroying a few groups of pirates and once being a pirate and robbing a Dutch ship, he has never fought any battles. For more than a year, the navy has only been training, and the navy's military expenditure It has also been increasing, and the ships are always being remodeled, but how can the value of the navy be reflected if there is no sea battle for two years.

This time Chairman Zhang made a clever decision in the temple and thousands of miles away. If what the Portuguese said is true, then this dispatch of troops is a good opportunity for the navy to make contributions.

"Master Huang. Since these Portuguese said they belonged to Chairman Zhang and asked for an escort, then we will escort them. It is better to leave this matter to Chairman Zhang. I wonder what Master Huang thinks?"

Seeing the excitement on Zhao Zixuan's face, Huang Zongyan knew what this guy was thinking, and he said, "Okay, then Zhao Zhong will arrange it in the future."

Zhao Zixuan stood up from his chair with a "thump" and said, "So, Mr. Huang, then I will take my leave. Goodbye."

Three steel-clad warships set sail slowly from Priango's pier. Zhao Zixuan didn't want to wait for a moment. He sent his cronies as the main general, and dispatched a steel-clad warship equipped with 72 cannons plus two A steel-clad armored warship equipped with 48 cannons escorted the group of Portuguese, who were said to have taken refuge in Zhang Huahan, to the Bohai Sea, headed for Tianjin Port, and entered Beijing from there. The wrecked boat was temporarily left at the Pulian Gedi Wharf. They didn't bring the boat when they came, and they didn't care at all.

Sampus and Zhao Zixuan's confidant, Colonel Zhai Dong, sat together on the largest battleship with 72 cannons. Looking at the appearance of the steel-clad iron-clad ship, he felt relieved. Escorted by the navy, the safety of his party when they arrive at the capital of the Chinese Empire is absolutely no problem.

When the ship escorting Sampswood was sailing in the South China Sea, Madbeer, the governor of Batavia, the Netherlands, was furious in his study: "Damn Spaniards or that damn British, this is already robbed. No. 13 merchant ships have left, if our main force is not developing to support Malacca, I will definitely take the Spaniards’ Luzon Island and rob the British ships.”

It has not been three months since Ma Debier took office. During this month, the merchant ships of the Dutch were frequently attacked by Western pirate ships, and the combined losses were at least as high as one million taels of silver. If he doesn't come up with a solution, he, the governor, can only be kicked out of power in despair.

"Guard, guard, call Paul over here." After the fire, Madbil still had to find a way to solve the problem.Paul is Madbil's deputy and the closest confidant of Madbil. If there is no accident, Madbil will promote him to become the next governor, which means that with the support of Madbil, Paul will become the next governor. A popular candidate for Governor of Batavia.However, if this incident is not resolved, then Madbil may have to leave early, and Paul will soon become a chicken, and it is impossible to become a candidate for the governor. In this case, leave this matter to Paul to solve Best of all, in order to become the governor, he will work hard for himself, not to mention that this guy is indeed very loyal to him.

Paul arrived soon, and when he saw Madbil, he bowed humbly and said, "My greatest governor, what can you do for your most loyal servant?"

Paul is wearing a regular military uniform and his beard is clean-shaven. He is not yet 40 years old, and he is in the prime of his life. Bill had always been humble in front of him.

The governor of Batavia is undoubtedly a fat job, not only means that he can stand alone, but also has a salary of more than 2000 taels of silver every year, which is enough to compare with the income of a big noble in the country, and the secret income is ten times the salary At least Paul knew that in the short three months that Madbil had been in Batavia, he had no less than 5000 taels of silver in his personal pocket, and this was because some merchant ships were hijacked this month. few cases.

Whether he can successfully take over as the governor of Batavia, the recommendation of the former chief is undoubtedly the most important factor. Paul's future future depends on Madbil to help him. Before he became the real governor, Paul was in Madbil. I dare not show my humility and loyalty in the slightest.

Regarding Paul's respect and humility, Madbier nodded, he was used to it, and he said: "Paul, you also know that our merchant ships have been attacked one after another. These damned robbers, no matter who they are, we will take them out." Find them out and eliminate them, otherwise the losses will increase."

"My lord, according to the account of one of the sailors we rescued later, there is no doubt that this was done by the Spaniards or the British, but because the despicable Portuguese want to retake their Malacca, and now they are attacking our Malacca area, our A large group of people is supporting Malacca. In this case, we do not have the strength to fight against the Spaniards. Should we temporarily stop the merchant ships going to Japan? After the supporting army defeats the Portuguese, we will fight back."

Now is the time when the Dutch are at their weakest in Asia outside Malacca. 120 warships have been deployed to support the Strait of Malacca to attack the Portuguese army trying to recapture Malacca.However, even if those main warships are not taken away, the Netherlands may not dare to go to war with Spain. After all, Spain has been strong for hundreds of years. It is not an opponent, only the Dutch can occupy a place at sea. If there was no battle between the British and Spanish navies, and the Spanish navy was severely damaged by the British navy, the Netherlands might still be a vassal state of Spain, and the "sea beggars" would also become Not being a "sea coachman", Paul's proposal like this is also a forced show of weakness.

"Stop, never stop." Regarding his loyal servant's opinions that did not match his own ideas, Madbil almost roared out, and the anger that had been suppressed just now surged up again, and he said: " Do you know when the Strait of Malacca will fight and how long it will stop? One month or two months, or three or four months? How much profit does Japan bring us in a year? I call you here not to discuss, but to order, remember, You have one month to find the ship that attacked us and destroy them."

"Yes, Governor, your most loyal servant will definitely complete your most arduous mission, and it is not a pity to die in battle." Paul, who said it nicely, is now feeling bitter in his heart. The Little Treasure has already attacked more than a dozen Dutch ships. None of the merchant ships escaped back. Paul still rescued an escaped Dutch sailor who was not found by Wei Xiaobao's people and locals on a small island according to the traces of the missing ships. It’s a bit of a bottom line. This is a powerful warship with powerful firepower and thick equipment. What’s more, it has incomparable speed. Paul even doubts that if the Dutch sailor who fled to the desert island is not lying. It is this warship that can fight at least half of the Dutch fleet.

Seeing that Paul was still standing still despite what he said, Madbil said to him, "Is there anything else? My most loyal person, don't worry, take care of this matter. From now on, you will be my place." of."

"Nonsense, if I hadn't been greedy for your status, I would have stopped working with you, a pig." Paul cursed secretly in his heart, and said, "Thank you Governor for your love, if your most loyal servant wants to To destroy them, please allow your servants to mobilize all Batavia's current warships."

When Madbeer became the governor, he promoted Paul to the position of deputy governor. In Batavia, the actual military power was firmly in his hands. Without Madbeer's order , he can only mobilize five pitiful warships, and the artillery on these five warships adds up to less than one hundred pieces. If there is no support from the fleet of more than 40 battleships in Madbeer's hands, with a total of thousands of artillery pieces, Paul Even if they had the ability to find the ship that attacked them, they might not be able to take it down. Maybe they were the ones who wanted to flee for their lives.

"Okay, I can authorize you to mobilize the Bruce and the Serre, plus other supporting fleets. These warships are all under your command." The Bruce and the Serre are the only three remaining so-called warships in Batavia. The two battleships of the Chinese Navy are large ships with 72 guns.Of course, the so-called battleships at that time were very different from the ironclad battleships of the late 72th and early [-]th centuries in the time and space where Zhang Huahan was located. At that time, the ships with [-] cannons and the ship structure The larger ones are called battleships, and they are not at all the giant-like sea steel beasts that came later.

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