Blood from Daming

Chapter 272 Long Paint
Mr. Jiang was silent for a long time before replying: "Xiaguan has been educated by his elders since he was a child, and he is determined to inherit the will of his ancestors to restore the legal system of the descendants of Jianwen. Fighting for power and killing each other, the lower officials are already disheartened, and they just want to live a normal life in peace."

Yan Sanniang: "Master Jiang wants to live a peaceful life, but your identity is not visible. Once the court finds out that you will be ransacked and killed, Master Jiang and his family members will be killed."

Lord Jiang stared at Yan Sanniang and said, "Is Lord Yan threatening to dismiss you?"

Yan Sanniang: "Master Jiang, you have misunderstood. I have absolutely no intention of threatening you. I just think that it may not be the best way for Mr. Jiang to run away blindly. I just want to show you a clear way."

Mr. Jiang laughed: "Your official understands what Mr. Yan means. Now that the Xue family is strong and strong in the Ming Dynasty, does it have the idea of ​​aspiring to the Central Plains? However, although the official is hiding in the dark, he has always served the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty, right? Anyone can make a subordinate official belong to him."

Yan Sanniang: "It seems that Lord Jiang misunderstood my Xue family. Does Lord know the true intention of my official coming to Jiangnan to form a fleet?"

Master Jiang: "Master Yan, you are really confused about what you did in the Hangzhou Mansion, but Lord Yan doesn't look like a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty."

Yan Sanniang said with a smile: "Master Jiang, are you and your family all arrested? I am a loyal minister of the imperial court."

Master Jiang was noncommittal, Yan Sanniang said: "Master Jiang has something to say, I must explain it clearly in person, as for whether the Lord agrees or not, that is the difference of opinion between you and me."

Mr. Jiang hesitated for a while before he said: "Master Yan murdered the Wu family and the Qian family unjustly. Others may not know about it, but the officials are very clear about it, and their final death is also very strange."

Yan Sanniang picked up the teacup on the short table and took a sip of tea, she reasoned her thoughts secretly and said, "The death of the Qian family was really an accident, the ancestors were just angry that the Qian family bullied the daughter of the Xue family, and they just took action to repair the Qian family." Mr. Wen, a white-clothed scholar, is a descendant of Jianwen. Presumably Mr. Jiang has nothing to doubt. There are not a few people in Hangzhou, including the Wu family, who are involved with Mr. Wen. Mr. Wu is causing trouble in Zuixianlou. How could I let it go? What about Mr. Wen and the Wu family, but the rest of the people have hardly moved, and I am not very clear about the prison."

Mr. Jiang was silent for a long time and said: "I just think that the Qian and Wu families died unjustly."

Yan Sanniang: "Master Jiang, you and I both have backgrounds in criminal cases. Are there still few unjust cases in this world?"

Master Jiang: "Master Yan, this is why the lower officials handed over the fleet to you. Now the lower officials are of no value. I hope you don't come here again to make things difficult for the lower officials."

Yan Sanniang: "It is my responsibility to wipe out the hostile forces of the court. If Lord Jiang promises not to harm the court again, I don't want to be stained with blood, but I can find you, which means that you still have loopholes. If someone else finds out Master Jiang's peaceful life is still a picture."

Lord Jiang held his head and shook his head: "Oh, I don't know what to do, I just have to live with it."

Yan Sanniang: "If Mr. Jiang's former master finds you, why do you continue to do with them?"

Master Jiang shook his head, Yan Sanniang: "I organized the fleet to attack the Jianzhou Jurchen in Liaodong from the sea. This is a battle between the Han people and the barbarians that will determine the fate of history. I hope Master Jiang can join this ranks." In the future, the Ming people will no longer be bullied by foreign barbarians like the Han people in the Mongol and Yuan dynasties. The successful Japanese officials will ask the emperor to pardon your Jiang family's status as a criminal minister, so that your family can live a peaceful life with peace of mind. "

Mr. Jiang said after a while: "Master Yan and General Xue's integrity is really admirable. Jianlu deceived me too much. Mr. Jiang wanted to seek thieves for the country, but the official is a civil servant, and he has no chance to go to Liaodong to serve the country. Guarding the border, Mr. Yan, you have lofty aspirations. It is not extravagant to join Jiang. As long as Mr. Yan needs the place of the lower officials, the lower officials will do their best to help. When the Ming Dynasty is prosperous and the people are safe, please ask Mr. Yan to keep this secret for my Jiang family. , the Jiang family will not deal with two masters."

Yan Sanniang was very satisfied when she heard that Mr. Jiang was willing to help her. This matter must not be too urgent. After a while, Mr. Jiang will not be obediently joining the group. Yan Sanniang said: "Mr. After all, we are all working for the Ming Dynasty, Mr. Jiang, do you think this is the case?"

Mr. Jiang hesitated for a long time before he said: "Mr. Yan, if you rely on the two ships of [-] materials given to you by the lower officials to travel in the open sea, I am afraid that you will not even be able to go to the edge of the Black Water Ditch. This is a plan to send troops on the sea to attack Liaodong." It's really unreliable."

After hearing Master Jiang's words, Yan Sanniang asked, "Master Jiang, is there anything wrong with this outside sea?"

Mr. Jiang said: "My lord Yan, at sea, victory is not won by strength and strength, but by the strength of ships and cannons. The reason why the lower officials withdrew from the trade between Fujian and Guangdong is that they are no match for pirates. Artillery, coupled with the fact that you are alone, can calm down the mentality of fighting for victory."

Yan Sanniang: "Master Jiang, please tell us about the situation in the open sea."

Master Jiang: "Master Yan is facing south from the sea and there are many pirates in Fujian and Guangdong. There are one or two small ships, dozens of large ships, and even more than a thousand warships. There are countless pirate ships in the East and Japan. It ran across North Korea, Ryukyu, and the open sea, and occupied a lot of land on Taiwan Island to the east of Heishuigou. There are still many Westerners on Taiwan Island. It is said that those Westerners have built a city on Taiwan Island since last year. There are also countless pirates and Westerners, and it is said that the nearby sea mirror of Guangzhou Mansion is also occupied by Westerners."

After hearing this, Yan Sanniang felt that her head was getting bigger, why the sea is more chaotic and complicated than the land, Yan Sanniang rubbed her forehead and said: "Wait, Mr. Jiang, you mean that we don't have the ability to drive on the sea at all. "

Master Jiang: "Master Yan, there are as many sea-going ships with [-] or [-] materials in pirates' hands. There are also Western sailing ships, which are fast. What's even more terrifying is the artillery on these ships, and some have small Francois machine guns. , and fought fast and accurately, if you encounter a Westerner's three-masted sailing ship, and there are big Francois machine guns on board, this battle will be impossible to fight."

Yan Sanniang was speechless after hearing this, Master Jiang said: "If Master Yan can combine the naval forces along the south coast of the Yangtze River, it will still be able to make a difference. If we only rely on our few merchant ships, even Hangzhou Bay and Yingtianfu will be able to reach you." The cargo ships of those maritime merchants in Shandong are much stronger than ours."

Yan Sanniang felt that the pressure she was facing was too great, but when Xianggong Xue Yun told her at the time, she didn't say how complicated it was. Now she has no space, but Xianggong Xue Yun is far away in Datong, Shanxi. You can't do this, you have to calm down Come down, deal with the matter in front of you first, and then send someone to Datong, Shanxi to ask Mr. Xue Yun for advice.

Yan Sanniang took a deep breath and said to Master Jiang: "Our goal is to build captives in Liaodong, and we have no direct conflicts with these pirates and Westerners. If we think about it, they will not take the initiative to attack Daming's navy. Wait until we accumulate a certain amount of strength. In the end, the sea will definitely be wiped out."

In the afternoon, Yan Sanniang's five ships passed along the outer waters of Daishan Island, and it didn't take long to see the shape of Changtu Island. Yan Sanniang and Master Jiang also came to the bow and looked at the sea. The boat approached the land of Changtu Island little by little.

Mr. Jiang introduced the situation of Changtu Island. Changtu Island is located in the east of Daishan Island. It is adjacent to Xiaoban Island in the east and Heishuigou in the south.The land area is about the same as a small county on land, among which the Dachangtu Mountain is the largest, and the Xiaochangtu Mountain is the second. The sparsely populated area is a good place for Tibetan soldiers to smuggle by sea.

Listening to Master Jiang's introduction, Yan Sanniang soon entered the deep port of Changtu Island. There were a few boats parked in the deep port, and there were indeed two sea-going ships that were much larger than her own. Next to it are two sea boats of about [-] materials, and the others are fishing boats of [-] to [-] materials. There are also many small boats that are probably used for paddling around Changtu Island.

Yan Sanniang looked at Shengang and asked Master Jiang: "Master Jiang, I don't think there are many ships in this port. If you can build ships, that would be great. As for the firearms, I will let Xianggong think of a way, and he will definitely solve it." this question."

Master Jiang heard that Master Yan was so superstitious about his husband, and secretly sighed that a woman is a woman after all, it is really unreliable, but Datong Xue Yun was indeed a figure who could perform miracles in the Ming Dynasty. Curious and ambitious.

But now Mr. Jiang still has to patiently explain the shipbuilding to Yan Sanniang: "Mr. Yan, the beach three miles away from Shenzhen and Hong Kong used to be a shipbuilder. I still have a group of craftsmen who made it, but they all built a ship. A ship worth less than a thousand dollars."

Yan Sanniang: "Oh, Master Jiang, Changtu Island can't build a ship with more than a thousand materials."

Lord Jiang said: "Lord Yan, it's not that Changtu Island can't be built, but Changtu Island doesn't have the materials to make ships with more than a thousand materials. If there are materials, I believe that the craftsmen under Xiaguan will be able to make countless large ships. "

(End of this chapter)