When the general family faces a crisis, there will always be fools jumping out. Xie Zunyuan is used to it. In the past, he was able to resolve the crisis, but he could slap these fools in the face and swell their faces afterwards. This time, he really lacked confidence.
He didn’t take the news of Cao Xiaowan’s suicide to heart because of this diplomatic dilemma, or that the rumor was not enough to attract his attention. Is it meaningful to spill this dirty water? At this point, he doesn’t think this gossip will really have any substantive impact on him.
Before Cao Xiaowan died, she left a legacy that her body was polluted and she was not qualified to be buried. She asked the fire to incinerate the ashes and scatter them into the sea. After the funeral, she burned the coffin and then searched the ashes and shipped them out of Hainan’s capital. Many people survived. It is difficult to complain that this flower-like beauty has withered with the wind in this southeast scholar Xie Zun.
Cao Cao’s parents, brothers and sisters-in-law cry like tears, but there is no cursing or pleading. They kowtow to everyone. This kind of kowtow has inspired many people to be warm-hearted and some people want to do something in series.
Yang Chengzu, the big ship in charge of dumping ashes, was a brother and sprinkled ashes for his little sister. As soon as the ship went offshore, Cao Xiaowan disguised himself as a slave and came to him to worship Yingying. "Grace is a living dead man from today. It is grace for him to eat a bowl of leftovers in grace’s home. He dare not expect it. I hope that grace can not forget Xiaowan."
"What’s the silly girl’s name? Call her husband. I can’t give you a birthright or give you more love. The only guarantee is that no one dares to bully you at home." Yang Chengzu took Cao Xiaowan up and hugged each other. "You paid too much this time."
"I don’t care if I pay more for my kindness."
Cao Xiaowan also has Yang Chengzu’s wives and concubines in Yang’s house. Liu knows that others don’t know anything. I feel that this woman can give up the imperial concubine position first and then even the whole family has given up. Since Liu has fallen to her, she thinks highly of three points. Although there is no birthright, the treatment is better than that of ordinary concubines.
Master Cao and others didn’t know that her daughter was faking her own death. When she was really polluted by Xie Zun at the beginning, she was relieved that Yang Chengzu refused to give her daughter a birthright, but felt a little guilty and directed her anger at Xie Jia.
The report on this matter was sent to the capital as soon as possible through the Royal Guards’ post. As far as Xie Jia’s layout is concerned, this step has entered the final stage, or there is so much that Yang Chengzu can do.
For a noble family with hundreds of years of influence in officialdom and literary circles, Yang Chengzu, a noble family, did not dare to act without authorization although he mastered the flag card of Wang Ming. It is not that there is no such limit, but that this limit comes from Tianxin himself. If he moves this limit casually, he will leave an impression such as domineering.
The more you have this handle, the less you can make a cautious attitude. The emperor doesn’t care about himself.
He doesn’t care about the delay in this process or the delay in military aircraft. Xie Jia is a dead dog, and it is impossible to change the situation one by one. To put it bluntly, Xie Jia has few cards to turn over and no money at present.
According to Yang Chengzu’s message, once and for all, even if you add Xie Gujing’s division to find someone to soothe your cheeks, you will have to wait for a month to copy the imperial edict of Xie Jiaman, but before he waited for the imperial edict, an unexpected intelligence was sent to his desk from Ningbo news channel.
Cold frost looked at intelligence and looked at Yang Chengzu "when will you go back to Ningbo or Hangzhou? Xu Yang, the Neptune, moved faster than we thought. I’m afraid this battle will be very troublesome. He is not like the Black Sharks. The action area is much larger than those sharks. Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces can travel together. This battle will almost determine the overall situation of suppressing Japanese pirates in the southeast. You must sit in the seat. "
"Don’t worry, Xu Yang generation, no matter how many people, ships or guns are just rough rivers and lakes, I never trust to really interfere with our maritime trade and build big ships. There are pirates, but they may have to be honest. Without pirates, they will really jump out and make Xu Yang disgusting. Well, if he hides in his lair, I will not move him. This time, he will come out to die himself, so I will send him on his way. It seems that God has mercy on Xie Jia and ordered him to live more time to prepare for departure."
Chapter seven hundred and seventy-one Hostility from a foreign country ()
Let’s temporarily turn our eyes from Nanjing to the Pearl River Sea of the Great Empire. A complete western-style battery is built on the coast of Lantau Island. The muzzle of the gun shines on the sea, and the metal light reflected from the gun body is as sharp and shining as the fangs of a giant animal.
Behind the battery, Portuguese soldiers wearing red-cut military uniforms and carrying matchsticks and swords on their backs patrol in a neat pace and full of energy, while the tall and towering Portuguese warships at the dock are quietly moored there. The huge sails and dense side guns ensure that the Portuguese navy can make a cross engraved with the family seal of the Portuguese king in this era. The discovery monument stands in the middle of the island and declares that it has been regarded as the territory of the Portuguese empire.
In Datu, Dongguan County is under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Minister of State, but because of its large eyes, it is mainly an agricultural empire, and coastal defense is also offshore, so the land defense guidelines do not pay attention to island control
Including the later famous Hong Kong Little Eye Stop Empire, the temple height is a very important place, so that the uninhabited island will not attract many people’s attention, and no one really wants the court to control it.
Because the yamen was not really brought into play, all the imperial institutions were on paper, and no one would really come here, it gradually became a foreign island that was not actually controlled by the imperial court in the picture. There were both fishermen who made a living by fishing and some people who were embarrassed. When they lived here for a while, they quietly left or disappeared.
A place like this has its own law of life, order, and the whole island is supported by several powerful people with knives and fists. Even if the government really comes here, the natives and fishermen will not buy it, but this order was completely changed a few years ago. A group of powerful foreigners took the island into their own hands, and the indigenous powerful people either eliminated it or chose to have the whole island completely attached to Portuguese management.
A large number of houses are lined up at the foot of the mountain. A European-style stone castle stands on the mountainside. The soldiers’ muskets on their shoulders represent the new order here, and a huge granite dome church not far from the castle echoes from afar. Several heavy and loud bells resound through the island.
Outside the church, a five-story archway stands like a wall, where the top cross is carved and the sun shines brightly.
On the third floor of the five-story archway, the sculpture pattern includes the seven-wing faucet of the tree of wisdom, and the five conspicuous characters of "the virgin stepping on the faucet" are carved in Chinese next to the statue of the virgin Mary served by Catholicism.
Merchant ships or tribute ships from the East and the West at the dock are moored here to take shelter from the wind and wait for the arrival of the monsoon suitable for ocean currents, and then they enter the land trade. Fishermen from coastal villages in Guangzhou risk being arrested and beheaded by the government to transport food, fruits and vegetables for trade, and even some villages where business is bleak also lift their skirts to sell themselves to foreign sailors.
Although there is a market company with a big eye, it is not active in dealing with trade with foreign businessmen, and there are many restrictions. Most merchant laws get tribute, so that the imperial trade of identity law can meet with luck here to buy the goods they need or sell their goods to Tuen Mun, which has been occupied by the Portuguese and has been built into a well-known free port in the sea.
Strong Castle A short and thin old man over fifty wears a nine-Gun Zhang and a nine-beam crown. He looks like a grand prince’s imperial clan, but it is obvious that the grand imperial clan will not appear here to have tea opposite westerners, and he will not take a group of people like this old man to know that he is a robber from the guard.
Opposite the old man is a tall and well-proportioned European man in his early thirties, wearing a brand-new naval cuff, and the gold thread at the neckline shines brightly, while on the other side is a short and stout red priest in his fifties, who is fluent in Chinese.
"Dear Xu Yangge, we will sincerely pray for you here and hope that the Great Lord will bless you and your department to win the final victory and finally realize your wish to become a real prince or governor."
The old man wearing a prince’s skull is the most powerful pirate leader in the East and West. Although the number of Xu Yang Department claims to be 10,000, it actually includes women, children and other non-combatants and some of them are nominally included in other departments, but in fact, the two are merged but not really subordinate.
For example, this time, he invited Deng Tong and Li Qilai, both Fujian pirates, to honor Xu Yangshou in the name of their own strength or trade interests, or whether they were actually black sharks themselves. After the collapse of the Black Sharks Gang, there was no such big territory on the surface of Zhejiang, and no pirate force would give up the fact. For most businessmen, it would be more dangerous for Zhejiang’s sea surface not to change after the Black Sharks Gang was finished.
Like stepping on Zhejiang territory, Li Qi and others will do it whether Xu Yang agrees or not. Saying hello in advance can be regarded as Jianghu morality or respect for predecessors, even if Xu Yang really wants to stop it, it may not be able to stop it.
Even the pirate’s nominal leader, Hai, has a strong enough prestige. Although the Portuguese commander Bartolo is the highest military and chief executive in Tuen Mun at present, he has to be courteous to Xu Yang. Regardless of the future generations, Portugal praised the ship’s strong guns and excellent equipment at this time, but it is an undeniable fact that their population and launching ability are badly damaged. Even if Nanyang recruits indigenous soldiers, there are no more than 1,000 troops in Portugal.
More importantly, they are businessmen who pursue interests. Without Xu Yang, the free port of China goods will not last long. Both sides belong to each other’s most important partners. Xu Yang converted to Catholicism in the name of Xu Yang, while Xu Yang changed his birthday stickers according to the big rules.
Xu Yang looked at the priest named Perez devoutly. "Thanks to the great Lord for saving me, the lost lamb. All the glory belongs to the Lord. I believe that the Lord will bless me to win the final victory and defeat the barbaric pagans. Let the official from the north know that Xu is not a waste like Xie Ao. They are arrogant and don’t let them know that they will not sit down and negotiate. If he is willing to sit down and talk about the commander, he can join in this time. Maybe even you can solve the Tuen Mun Island problem together."
Chapter seven hundred and seventy-two Hostility from a foreign country ()
Bartolock shrugged his shoulders with a so-called expression. "Come on, man, I don’t agree with your emperor. I don’t care if I want to be the prince of your country. I’m sure he will be happy to meet me when the cannon is aimed at his palace. I’m not thinking that Tuen Mun will be supported by five warships and 100 soldiers in three days, which means I can command nearly two thousand people. Do you know what this means? It means that I will be a governor, a real governor, like Da? ? Like gamma India. "
Reverend Perez looked at the young commander beside him. He was a devout believer but also a crazy adventurer. He followed the Portuguese Expeditionary Force from Rees to Goa and experienced many battles, but he was not an excellent businessman. Now he was too arrogant. Xu Yang finally wanted to woo him. To belittle the emperor like this is tantamount to belittling Xu Yang with him.
He smiled and said, "Xu Yangge, I believe that God bless you and your warriors to defeat all pagans, but I have a little question. Why did you leak part of your battle plan to your enemy? Is there any explanation for the art of war in your country? "
Xu Yang laughed and was quite complacent. "Priest Pavilion, you know how to communicate with God, but you don’t know how to fight. I’m not leaking military information, but digging a hole for him. I want to see if he jumps or not."
At present, the Portuguese are the least likely to be reconciled with Xu Yang, and there is no reservation in front of them, pointing to the map hanging behind them and pointing out "Deng Tong, Li Qi and his men have hundreds of capable and hard-working players. This time, they have found some real Japanese to keep up the show. There are nearly 2,000 people. That’s the real blood that has killed 2,000 people. Those wastes are not black shark island. I believe that the government has exaggerated their strength twice. They have to send two battalions to guard against them. According to my intelligence, the new army can fight in the government. There are only five battalions in total. They will guard against Li Qi and others. If they remove the defense, they will leave Ningbo with no more than half a battalion, and I will lead the department to go to Ningbo to make a big
Ningbo Port has quickly restored order and the trade is booming day by day, which has seriously damaged the interests of Xu Yang’s entire Tuen Mun Freeport. As for his willingness to send troops to attack Ningbo, when several people welcome it with both hands, Ningbo will probably be devastated if it is slaughtered again, and no business will be done in the future.
A cannon in the port can’t achieve this goal. If the port is blocked for a long time, the pirates won’t be allowed to do it without the consent of those foreign businessmen.
No matter how weak the imperial ship is, how many ants bite it to death. If Xu Yang wanders outside Ningbo and doesn’t go to the imperial court, he will eventually be able to solve his fleet even if he fights for his head.
After the struggle for tribute, Ningbo’s prosperity now brings a sense of security to the establishment of a new army. To be able to defeat the new army head-on, regardless of the input of troops from both sides, the final battle damage can destroy Ningbo’s trade environment.
There are many opponents in the southeast who are constrained by the formation of the new army. However, the new army has won a great victory in Black Shark Island and there are people like Yang Shen. The public and Taiwan opponents have nothing to say. If they can let the new army suffer a defeat or seize the defense from them, then those who oppose the new army can make a big fuss about it. It is Yang Chengzu’s choice to suppress the new army, and if Taizhou loses the city, it will be passive.
Sending troops to Taizhou for protection will make Ningbo’s defense vain. In the final analysis, it is still because of Xu Yang that there are local gentry and great families in Zhejiang who have tipped off the official troops. It is difficult to escape. He has a better command of military intelligence than the official troops. Even if he loses, he can withdraw to Fujian. The new army belongs to Zhejiang and cannot enter Fujian to stop bandits, which makes them have enough turn around.
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