Daming Military Empire

Chapter 460 Terrifying Speed
In June, the Eurasian Canal is flowing like gold, and the rolling heat waves are raging on the wasteland with a faint salty smell. It is best to hide in the house or simply set up a pergola outside to cool off in this weather.

However, the Asia-Africa Port in Daming was crowded with people and extremely lively.

With the opening of the canal, more and more merchant ships choose the Eurasian Canal as a passage. Although the Eurasian Canal also charges, compared with detouring the Cape of Good Hope, this fee is less than half. More importantly, It can also save more than half of the time, and even the merchant ships of the anti-Habsburg alliance countries gradually gave up detours and went straight to the Eurasian Canal.

Regarding this point, the Ming Empire, Spain and Portugal were very open-minded. The canal was built not only for their own convenience, but also for making money. If someone came to send money, why not accept it?

Therefore, none of the three countries prohibited the passage of merchant ships from any country. However, all merchant ships of the Habsburg Alliance of Ming Dynasty only charged ordinary fees.

Qin Gongming stood on the top floor of a bastion, slowly scanning the scene in front of him with his binoculars, finally he was able to return to Daming, and finally saw his younger brother, younger sister and newborn nephew. In his heart, There are joys and expectations, but more of them are reluctance and pain.

This reluctance is understandable, after all, the Eurasian Canal was slowly built under his guard, but why does he feel pain in his heart?

The reason why he felt pain in his heart was because Taifu Sun Chengzong had passed away, and he had received the news of Taifu's death before the order arrived.

Qin Gongming can also be said to be a general in the Liaodong line. His Dingliao Army was formed in Liaodong. When he thought of Sun Chengzong's guidance and advice to him during the battle in Liaodong, his heart felt like a needle prick. .

Just as he was scanning the scene on the canal with complicated emotions, a huge fleet appeared on the distant sea, leading by a huge treasure ship, on which was the Sun Moon Dragon flag of the Ming Empire.

When it finally arrived, Qin Gongming immediately ordered: "Command, everyone, assemble on the spot and prepare to hand over the defense."

The personal guards sent out orders, and the entire canal quickly heard intensive assembly commands. Merchants from various countries in the port, sailors on merchant ships, and even coolies who were moving goods stopped their movements and looked around nervously.

What is Ming Jun doing?Why did they start gathering all of a sudden? Could it be that there is an enemy invasion!
However, they all breathed a sigh of relief soon, because the warships of the Ming Empire appeared on the sea, and no one knew the Sun Moon Dragon Banner. It seemed that they were ready to welcome their comrades.

Sure enough, Qin Gongming, the general of the Ming Empire Army, soon appeared at the port. Behind him, there was a neat row of Ming troops. One could tell who he was going to meet, but the identity of the person who came should be Not as tall as him, because the port didn't have flags or anything, and everything was as usual.

Soon, the giant treasure ship sailed into the port and docked at the pier, which was exactly where Qin Gongming was located, and this pier was also the largest pier in Asia-Africa Port, and only this pier could dock the giant treasure ship.

As soon as the hanging ladder of the giant treasure ship was lowered, groups of soldiers from the Ming army quickly ran down from the ship. Along with them were South China Sea Fleet Commander Zheng Xing and Wuwei Army Commander Li Mingfu.

Waiting for the assembly number of his personal guards, Li Mingfu immediately led the phalanx of personal guards and walked to the opposite of Qin Gongming.

Immediately afterwards, he stepped forward, gave a standard military salute, and then said loudly: "Commander of the Wuwei Army, three-star General Li Mingfu of the Army has been ordered to take over the defense of the Eurasian Canal."

Qin Gongming solemnly returned a standard military salute, and then said loudly: "Commander of the Dingliao Army, four-star general Qin Gongming was ordered to hand over the defense of the Eurasian Canal, please accept it."

After the solemn handover ceremony was completed, Qin Gongming immediately patted Li Mingfu on the shoulder and said, "Mingfu, long time no see. Let me take you to understand the defense here."

At this time, Zheng Xing also joined together, and the three of them chatted and laughed around the port, bastions, and forts, and the defense of the Dingliao Army and the Wuwei Army were almost handed over.

About an hour later, the three of them returned to the port pier together. At this time, the Wuwei army had all disembarked, and the Dingliao army was boarding.

Groups of soldiers, horses and horses, quickly ran onto the battleship. Cannons and boxes of luggage were also quickly hoisted onto the battleship. After about an hour and a half, the Dingliao army basically boarded the battleship. , the giant treasure ship returned to the pier.

Qin Gongming and Zheng Xing bid farewell to Li Mingfu, boarded the giant treasure ship with their personal guards, and then the giant treasure ship left the port slowly. The Dingliao army on the other side of the lake has completed the handover and came over by warship.

When all the battleships were assembled, the South China Sea Fleet lined up in a neat formation and began to return.

At noon on the third day, the South China Sea Fleet arrived at the port of Mumbai in the west of South Asia. Qin Gongming led the Liao army to disembark from the ship and rush to the local railway station.

There, twenty of the latest trains have long been parked.

With the development of technology, the power of Daming's trains is getting stronger and stronger. Now there are not only ten carriages hanging behind a locomotive, but at least twenty carriages. Like the latest steam-powered train that stops at Mumbai Station, the rear is full 25 carriages were hung!

In other words, one train can carry almost 5000 people, and twenty trains can hold one hundred thousand Ding Liao troops!
When they arrived at Mumbai Station, the Dingliao Army quickly boarded the train and rushed all the way to the north of Daming.

Nine days later, the train arrived at the capital of Daming. Qin Gongming got off the train with a hundred personal guards, while the Dingliao army rushed straight to Zhenzhenhewei without stopping.

This is a special benefit Zhu Cijiong gave him, because he has not seen his younger sister, the current queen Qin Mingyue, let alone the prince Zhu Hegui for a long time, so Zhu Cijiong asked him to get off the car in the capital to meet Queen reunion.

Also receiving the same treatment as him are Qin Yiming, the commander of the Second Army of the Expeditionary Army, and Ma Xianglin, the commander of the Second Army of the Frontier Defense Army. They are also the elder brothers of Queen Qin Mingyue, but one is a biological brother and the other is a cousin.

Qin Gongming was the latest to arrive, because Qin Yiming boarded the train directly near Delhi, leaving two or three days earlier than him, and Ma Xianglin was directly received by the East China Sea Fleet to Dongdaying. Less than five days.

After Qin Gongming arrived in the capital, Empress Qin Mingyue specially hosted a banquet in Kunning Palace, and received her elder brother graciously. Of course, Qin Yiming and Ma Xianglin were also indispensable, and even their younger brother Qin Weimin was invited.

Seeing his brother and sister whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and hugging his little nephew, Qin Gongming couldn't help sighing: "The speed of the train and ship is really terrifying. If there were no train and ship, I would lead the army back from the Eurasian Canal. At least half a year!"

(End of this chapter)