open sea

Chapter 1428 Hand in Hand
On one side, there is still the deafening sound of cannons from the Tower of London in memory.

On one side is the field that is about to belong to him and is waiting to be reclaimed.

And, of course, there's Belle, in a fancy dress, uttering seductive words under a large hat with a drooping brim.

According to Liu Zhi's order, she said to every struggling visitor: "Your war is over, everyone will get three acres of land, and the imperial court only collects a three-point tax."

This was almost the last straw that overwhelmed these defenders. No one could refuse such an offer, let alone... no one likes war.

Baron Charles, who was trapped in the isolated city, was forgotten in a blink of an eye. People stayed with the refugees at ease, and accepted the assignments of various farms to start farming the land.

The old superstructure and economic foundation were overthrown almost at the same time, and the not-too-distant war is still firmly in everyone's heart like a brand, but it will never be mentioned again, leaving only the peaceful and peaceful small-scale peasant economy.

From Ying Ming's point of view, even if all aspects of Puzhou are disabled to a certain extent, the people will not rebel because of this.

They can even bear the supportive nobles who were so cheating in the past, but now they are rebelling when they share their land?Rebellion can only be against Ming and Tudor by emotion, by incitement.

Never because of the system.

Even if two arms and two legs were broken in Daming's system, and only one jaw was left to function, the wild people here would still be very comfortable.

It's not all smallholder farming actually, but it's definitely peaceful and serene.

The Ming army first set up countless farms in the vast wilderness, and then used several market towns to connect these farms together. Factories for iron, stone, leather goods, textiles, and canning.

It’s just that these have nothing to do with the common people, and profits have nothing to do with them. Even the shipyard in Southampton was picked up by Ying Ming... It was indeed picked up, and there was no one there. The merchants and nobles ran away at the beginning of the war. It was clean, except for some boatmen who were ordered to stay behind.

Those boatmen were frightened away by the Muye Army stationed in the city during the war. Later, Yang Ce's Western Han United Fleet briefly occupied the port, but the pirates and the Spaniards had no interest in resuming production, they just wanted to fight.

So these things are now owned by Yingming to resume production.

The siege and street fighting in London were jointly in charge of Yang Ce and the Spanish Legion.

In fact, they did not fight in England. The Spaniards and Yang Ce have the same opinion on this point. They all know that England with the presence of the Eastern Banner Army is not a good stage for them to display their traditional plundering skills. The Netherlands or the Dutch Republic is their hope. place.

Most of Yang Ce’s officer corps among the Han pirates are Han Chinese, and they are mainly composed of old pirates and guard deserters. The most elite force in his hands is called the Han Barracks. The general in charge used to be the general of the northern frontier defense. , named Yang Jizhong.

In the third year of Longqing, Yang Jizhong was a guerrilla Shi Ruqing's subordinate, and they entered the bandits when I answered them. They were the frontline troops. Yang Jizhong was unlucky and was not captured. Instead, he was almost beheaded as a deserter at Zijing Pass.

Later, afraid of being convicted, he took his cronies to the mountains for a long time. After the limelight passed, he went all the way to the south with the merchants who sold goods in the north, and then went to sea, thinking about going to Nanyang to find a place to make a living, but Lin Dao did it at that time. The pirate buckled, and finally joined Yang Ce's army.

Up to now, relying on his three family members and six deserters, he has become the elite of Yang Ce's subordinates, and the five surviving subordinates have also become rare generals in Yang Ce's eyes.

Yang Ce's requirements are low. If he can understand people's words and be obedient, he is a good soldier; if he can understand some tactical matters, he can even lead the troops not to retreat when they should advance, and not collapse when they should retreat. He is an absolute warrior.

Not to mention that Yang Jizhong and his group are very brave, especially they can chat with the Spanish Legion, the nobles, and the soldiers.

There is no other reason, there is a common topic.

The two armies were originally very divided. Even though they lived together on the sea by boat, they were still distinct and wary of each other.

Until one time after drinking, the Spanish soldiers cursed and said that Bald Fei Fei owed them their military salary, which ignited the enthusiasm of Yang Jizhong's old department, and went over with a wine bowl: "You also owe salary?"

"Well, you owe it too?"

"What are you talking about? Of course I owe you. How long is the longest you owe?"

"Two and a half years!"

"Hey, that's why you guys are so ruthless. The longest we owe over there is one year and nine months. When the northern captives go south, they will be paid."

This is the common language. Originally, there were many resistances to the Han army with the blood of the Ming army, but the soldiers on both sides pulled the distance almost instantly in a few words, chatting over cups and cups, "Beilu is a kind of horse riding on a horse." Friendly topics such as a macho man who can shoot arrows' and 'The Netherlands is a group of tough guys charging with sampans at sea'.

How do you say that?Whether they are close or not, they are classified according to class. They are all owed wages.

After chatting in detail, YouQi deeply regrets seeing each other so late.

The personal military literacy on both sides is not bad. They are good at fighting and fighting, and they can face life and death. They are all good men, and they are good at fighting in large groups. Losing battles, even the faults are the same.

The imperial court and the imperial court did not pay military salaries, were dragged by military officers to do odd jobs at every turn, took care of the maintenance costs of weapons, and sold military weapons secretly.

Yang Jizhong envied that the Spanish phalanx was accompanied by small traders and prostitutes wherever they went in Europe. The Spanish soldiers envied the troops that Yang Jizhong had served in the past and marched 330 miles on the grassland in two days and nights without logistics.

They have so much in common, they all look down on themselves, and when they talk about it, they just curse, what kind of rubbish can't even be paid by the military?
He looked down on others even more, looked at the English troops huddled in the Tower of London, and even cursed. What kind of garbage is a feudal army that is not even counted as a standing army?
Whenever you see the defenders in the streets and alleys, you will rush forward and beat them hard. Not to mention that the Han army and the Spanish army are better equipped than the defenders. Even if they have the same weapons and armor, the defenders can't beat them. .

These two legions are indeed far inferior to the Beiyang Banner Army in training, but their training is called an army formation in the Han army, and a phalanx in the Western army.

This alone is enough to beat the defenders to the brim in street fighting.

After besieging the English troops, they returned to the besieged camp. The brothers of the Han army and the Western army happily unsealed the wine they had just looted from the city, set up the looted pot, roasted the looted sheep, and looked forward to the near future. , They set foot on the land of the Netherlands hand in hand to carry forward these ancestral crafts.

(End of this chapter)