open sea

Chapter 1407
No matter what Yingming thinks about it, he can't think of it.

When he saw the city walls and towers on fire, he ordered two suspected soldiers to fire cannons on the northeast and northeast sides of the city. The situation inside the water gate was completely different from what he had imagined.

Ying Ming sent fifty carefully selected soldiers to Lin Deng, intending to let them enter the city through the water gate to fight a bloody battle with the enemy and seize the city gate for a while.

The battle was bound to be fierce, and the fifty chosen fighters had no more armor in order to keep them hidden, and all the suicide notes were left behind.

There are 75 children of all ages in the family of the [-] Alan fierce men. Ying Ming promised to send all of them to study in Asia, and to see what Da Ming looks like in the future.

Of the 36 Muye warriors, 23 requested that their bodies be transported back to Muye, and their families be compensated with [-] Tongbao; the other four requested to stay in the City God Temple in London after their death to serve as black and white impermanence and bull-headed horse noodles.

There were only nine people who had a good chance of winning this trip, and they asked to put themselves in the Puli Camp as the chief post and assistant post in charge of 100 people after the victory.

It is common sense to be promoted after meritorious service, but normal promotion is not so easy, but since they said they were going to Puli Camp, Ying Ming agreed.

When the army was quietly stationed in the western suburbs outside the city at night, the scouts who went to the city returned on horseback and brought back Linden who had come out of the water gate.

"General, there is no battle in the tower. After the negotiation, if the general can guarantee that the soldiers who surrender will have six pieces of bread every day." The Spaniard Linden paused, raised his head and pointed his arms into the city, and said, "There are 820 soldiers Waiting for your inspection."

"Is there a famine in the city?"

For Linden, Ying Ming's question was a joke, and he laughed twice before realizing that no one responded.

Under the moonlight, the young general of the Ming army showed a very serious expression on the lower half of his face. Then Lin Deng said seriously: "For the poor, they will always be in famine. Most of the soldiers are poor people."

"They are generally heavily in debt. Boys from rural areas outside London who are engaged in agriculture can afford a breastplate after three months of work, but their years of work may not be able to meet the rations of the whole family."

"Especially because of our war."

Linden mentioned "we" deliberately, and tried to speak the word naturally, but it was still a bit blunt: "The warships blocked overseas, and the army approached London, which doubled the price of food in the city."

"So maybe they're not loyal enough, but fewer enemies are better than many."

In Linden's understanding, everyone in the Ming army ate well, and even the rations of the Puli Battalion composed of surrendered soldiers ate better than the London army.

Unless they don't have any long-term plans, the Ming army must have sufficient military pay and food.

That's certainly plenty.

There is no one who should be clearly responsible for the military salary in Puzhou.

The military pay of the Eastern Banner Army was naturally taken care of by the Eastern Army Mansion. During the first half year of their expedition to Alan, the military pay was counted by the Eastern Army Mansion, and then it was simply paid locally with part of the war profits.

The military pay of the Alan Army was paid by King Alan; the military pay of the Muye Camp was paid by Li Yuxi for half a year as early as the time of recruitment. Now, although Puzhou is in charge of it in name, Li Yuxi is actually spending the money.

The military pay in Puzhou basically followed the war into a virtuous circle. Ying Ming went to war, confiscating the property and land of nobles, monasteries, and wealthy merchants, as well as gold and silver utensils, decorative goods, or anything that was valuable to Ming and was not used. Everything should be handed over to Li Yuxi.

Puli County, as a transit point for Muye to go to Europe, has now been used by Li Yuxi, and his tobacco fleet was still in operation during the war.

It's just that because of the need to carry grain and grass, the capacity of 120 boxes of tobacco per ship has been reduced to [-] boxes per ship.

Their route has not changed, and Makino still sails northeast to northern Europe and arrives at Daming Port. The profit of each ship after deducting all costs has dropped from 9000 taels to 600 taels.

But in fact, Li Yuxi did not lose money, because his ship was not empty after unloading food and grass in Puli, but filled the ship with spoils that Yingming and Puzhou could not use.

These works of art, antiques, and treasures will be appraised by professional craftsmen hired by Li Dan in Daming Port, Spain, and will be priced, and then sold in packages or auctioned through various channels, and the precious things will be sent back to Dongyang The military mansion was transported back to the country by Chen Mu.

A complete war accessory dumping industrial chain.

It is precisely because of the profit that Li Yuxi, who seems to have spent the most money and looks like the number one bully in the world, is the most supportive of this war.

Even the tobacco tycoon was afraid that the soldiers would starve and freeze in a foreign land, and almost gave them whatever they wanted.

No one is looking forward to war more than him. Li Yuxi has already sent people to fully investigate the situation on the islands of England. Yingming's information on the economy and population of this land comes from Li Yuxi.

In addition to tobacco, Hexingsheng can also dump a lot of things here... What the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are best at is not plundering such unskilled work.

Only Chen Mu can do this well.

The foundation of Fujian-Guanghe's prosperity and fortune is to use all the goods to bring the people and nobles of the Nanyang countries, from birth to burial, from children to old men, from men to women and children, from poverty to wealth, from survival to enjoyment, what they need Everything is arranged.

It was this kind of vision that inspired Li Yuxi to deliver hundreds of thousands of stones worth of rice noodles and pickled vegetables to Puli.

Yingming's food and grass were so sufficient that he stretched out a finger and said to Lin Deng, "Go back and tell those people to open the city gate, and the auxiliary soldiers will get three pieces of bread every day."

"Those who make military exploits, or who are selected to become soldiers after the war, will be paid three stone noodles and three thousand Tongbao a month, and the food price will also be quelled. Fighting for Ming Dynasty will not let their families go hungry."

In fact, the last sentence is enough for the defenders in the city.

When Lin Deng heard the news, after a moment of confusion on his face, he asked Wei Si to be taken away to explain the value of Tong Bao and Shi to him on the road, and ran happily all the way back to the water gate.

Not long after, with the sound of creaking hinges, London, a majestic giant city founded by the Romans and reinforced several times, opened the west gate to Yingming's troops amidst the intermittent sound of gunfire in the distance.

820 The defenders of the west gate, city wall, and three towers stood neatly on both sides of the street below the city, expressing their surrender to the Ming army entering the city.

Almost at the same time as Ying Ming entered the city, the sound of horseshoes came from the end of the street.

A team of cavalry belonging to Baron Charles Howard had not yet reached the city with the order of strict defense, but they were greeted by two teams of defenders who opened their bows and shot a merciless rain of arrows.

The heavy body of the horse carried the rider who had not yet died and fell into a pool of blood. Linden, wearing a high helmet, left a muddy bootprint on his face, and led the [-]st London Battalion, which was assembled on the spot, to march to them First goal of the night - Westminster Abbey.

　Good morning! Chapter 2 a little later

　　
　
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