Chapter 65: The Portuguese Are Coming

According to the urine nature of the earth's owner, how can he see his own interests being harmed? However, it also depends on whether the person facing is a rabbit or a bald person, of course, if it is a god whip door, it goes without saying.

"The rank of the headquarters is organized into three battalions of the New Army with the captured soldiers of the Ruan family, with a total of more than 3,000 people. With it as the forward and the Iron Shoulder Team as the backup, the rank commander led the Phoenix and Guard battalions to follow up, marching eastward along the long wall built by the Ruan family, and connecting the three cities within five days. Divide the troops to defend the city with the iron shoulders, and integrate the troops of the three cities into the new army. It is expected that within ten days, you can arrive at Hue City and the main guild master. At that time, the lord and the governor led the sea and land armies to attack Hue, and the city must be broken in one fell swoop. ”

"In the first battle, more than 200 Portuguese were taken prisoner, and they were all said to have laid down their arms on their own, which was an honorable surrender and should not be regarded as prisoners of war. According to the confession of its leader, the people hired by the Ruan family included gunsmiths, leaders of the soldiers, etc., who either cast artillery for the Ruan family, built ships, or trained soldiers for the Ruan family. When our army assaulted, they gathered their artillery and sat on the ground with their hands folded. The rank is foolish, the Ruan family jumps off the beam, and still knows the strengths of employing people,......"

On the bookcase, a copper incense burner with an ancient meaning was slowly smoking incense into the room, and in the smoke of the cigarette, Li Shouhan looked at the joint submission of Ye Qi and Wang Bao sent by clipper.

Picked up the gaiwan tea, took a sip very pleasantly, picked up the pen, and replied on the submission, "The Phoenix and the Second Guards Battalion fought bravely, and they knew that it was very good to win people's hearts and cherish manpower." , Wang Bao and Ye Qi's officers and soldiers each recorded their military merits once, and they were assigned to the battalions of Ye Qi's department, and the word "guard" was added to the battalion number. It is part of the Guards Battalion. In addition, the Portuguese mentioned by you and others dealt with it very well, and sent people to Ha Tinh to be used for cannon casting and shipbuilding. Salaries are paid monthly according to their skill level. Its leader can travel with the army, explain the use of military aircraft along the way, and discuss how to deal with it after conquering Hue. ”

Dropping the pen and briefly tidying up the text on the table, Li Shouhan pushed open the hatch and walked to the deck.

The atmosphere on the deck was completely different from the atmosphere in the cabin, the sailors were nervously packing up the sails, rigging, taking care of the vegetable oil drums and wool brushes on the gun emplacement, and under the inspection and supervision of the gun commander, the gunners were tidying up the barricade nets on the gun emplacement.

Similar work was going on on several nearby ships, but the carpenters on some of the ships were tinkling to mend the decks.

In the distance, a red sun is slowly setting below sea level. On the surface of the sea, the burning planks, the wreckage of ships floating on the sea, and the dead bodies of people, tell the people what happened here. The damp ship's planks burned on the sea, mixed with the salty smell of the sea breeze and the smell of gunpowder after the burning and explosion, making it clear to people that this was the battlefield of naval warfare.

During the day, Ha Tinh's sailors had a small contact with the Ruan family's sailors on the same river, and Ha Tinh's sailors were wounded by the Nguyen family, but it did not affect the battle much, killing and wounding more than a dozen sailors and destroying five artillery. Thankfully, the gunpowder did not explode.

And the Ruan family's sailor was not so lucky.

"The ship is small, the cannon is few, and the medicine is weak." This is the comment given by the general of the water division Xu Huanshan to the water master of the Ruan family.

The sailors, whose artillery was intercepted by the third son of the Nguyen family, were sunk seven ships, five were damaged, hundreds of sailors were lost, and dozens of artillery pieces were lost.

More than a dozen Ruan family sailors who were rescued from the sea by the Nanzhong Navy Division squatted on the deck and wiped the deck hard, buckets of seawater were splashed on the deck by them, and then carefully wiped clean with the cotton cloth in their hands, and the messy deck gradually became recognizable.

"After cleaning the foredeck, you can go to eat!" The gunner, who was wiping the double-barreled short firearm with a muslin cloth in his hand, sniffled at the smell of food coming from the cabin on the second floor.

"Salute!" With Mo Jin's broken drink, everyone on the deck put down the objects and work in their hands and saluted Li Shouhan, who had just come out of the cabin.

According to the military law of the Nanzhong Army formulated by Shouhan, soldiers must bow and salute when they meet a superior officer with a higher rank than their position, but they only need to pay attention to the salute during training and drills and battles. Shouhan didn't want to be like Nelson, who won the naval battle, but was killed by a bullet.

patrolling his ship, the Fubo; After the baptism of war, this huge ship with a draft of 1,200 tons has become more and more powerful. In the sea breeze, the sun and moon flags and the Li character banner on the top of the mast are hunting and flying.

The seven or eight wind-swept ships around were like stars and moons, guarding their leaders, as if a group of fierce tigers were crawling at the feet of the tiger king, and like a group of dragons waiting in front of the dragon king.

On one side of the deck, ten eight-pounder guns were neatly arranged, these were temporarily reinforced by the water supply division, and Shouhan used almost all his belongings for this battle, and below the deck, there were a total of twenty-two twelve-pounder guns.

There are also rockets that are not easy to detect in hidden places, and that is the real big killer.

Shouhan was ready to suddenly take it out in the future decisive battle, and the situation was decided in one fell swoop.

While he was thinking, the observer on the mast waved the small flag in his hand, "There is a ship approaching in the distance." ”

With his signal, the Hurricane ship guarding the perimeter quickly entered a state of combat readiness, and the gunners quickly loaded the medicine bag and shells, inserted the letter tube made of goose feather feather pipes into the ignition port, confirmed that it was above the medicine bag, and once it was determined that the person who came was the enemy, they immediately pierced the medicine bag and prepared to fire the shells.

"Blue and white flag!" Once again, a message came from the mast.

"My lord, it seems to be a Francophile."

"It's the Portuguese of the Franco!"

In the south and China, the contact with Western colonists was earlier than that of the interior, and people were able to distinguish whether the Franc machine in the mouth of the adults and gentlemen was Spaniards, Portuguese, or Luzon.

The blue-and-white flag has been in use since Alfonso I founded the Kingdom of Portugal, and although the pattern has changed, the main color has always been blue and white.

What are these guys doing with me?

The Shouhan was full of suspicion, but when he saw the comer drop the iron anchor outside the defensive circle, and release the salute, and lower the dinghy, he waved his hand and signaled, "Go to a small boat and bring these guys over, I will ask them what they are doing here!" ”

As a minor aristocrat, Alonso saw his trip to expand Malacca's influence in the southern and central regions, and to intercede for his partner or employer, the Nguyen family, who ruled southern Annam, as a light-hearted trip.

According to the Ruan family, their enemy was nothing more than a minor local officer in the Ming Kingdom.

Perhaps, he, Alonso, could also build a great cause for the great empire in Annam.

"I, the great Emperor of the Spanish Empire and the loyal courtier of His Majesty Philip II, King of the Kingdom of Portugal, Alonso, (Portuguese and Spanish names are too long to avoid suspicion of word fraud.) On behalf of the great Spanish Empire, I would like to make the following solemn request to you! ”

After saluting Li Shouhan, a minor officer of the Ming Kingdom who was sitting behind the bookcase, Alonso said his intention.

In his opinion, this petty officer is not worth mentioning.

Although he had huge warships, a huge fleet, and seemingly decent artillery, wasn't the huge Inca Empire conquered by the great Piero with more than a hundred people?

Great Spain, too, could conquer the eastern empire with a few thousand soldiers.

This earth, according to the division of His Majesty the Pope, belongs to the current Spanish Empire, and I, the loyal servant of His Majesty the Emperor, am the servant of the master of the earth! The little officer of the Ming kingdom on the opposite side should have heard his words, and immediately got up and left his seat, knelt at his feet, kissed his leather boots, and then wept bitterly and offered his hands land, spices, gold and silver, silk, porcelain, and an item that could create great wealth for the empire and him.

His blue eyes glared fiercely at Li Shouhan, as well as the seven or eight dishes on his table, from the burst of aroma, he knew that it should be the dinner of the young officer of the Ming Kingdom opposite. "Damn it! The barbarians of the East, facing the noble nobles of the Spanish Empire, did not even invite me to a drink, and then invited me to a sumptuous banquet! ”

So, with the anger in his chest, he raised the chin of the Europa, and said to Li Shouhan very arrogantly that made him regret his life, let the Spanish Empire deprive him of his noble title, and made the Spanish scholars in the future scold more than once.

"As the rightful ruler of southern Annam, the great Spanish Emperor Philip II, a loyal friend of Mr. Nguyen Phuc Nguyen, demands that you immediately cease the military assault on Mr. Nguyen Phuc Nguyen's army and return to your place where you were before the outbreak of war. In addition, Mr. Nguyen Phuc Nguyen will be compensated for all the losses incurred in this military conflict, including his army, land, towns, economy, taxes, etc., which is expected to be equivalent to ...... Spanish gold coins"

Listening to Alonso's words as translated by the interpreter, Li Shouhan tried hard to control his desire to laugh, picked up the wine glass placed in the corner of the table, and took a sip of the rice wine inside.

Well, it's smelly. It is very flavorful.

Nowadays, there are several wineries in Ha Tinh, because of the large supply of grain, the quality and variety of rice, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and wine are also more and more, and they are getting better and better. From a few taels of silver and a jar of high-quality rice wine, to a few pennies a pound of sweet potato roast and sugarcane wine, there are all kinds of things.

Shouhan naturally won't drink the sweet potato roast that only officials and slaves will buy and drink, he has money, and if he has money to engage in some petty corruption for himself, it is naturally okay. In front of him is the most expensive rice wine "Jade Pot Spring".

Tasting the dregs of fish fillets carefully cooked by the master, thousands of roast meat, and drinking a sip of hot wine, it is quite a bit of the pleasure of the king of the south.

It's a pity that there is a fly next to it that keeps buzzing, and the noise is annoying.

"If you are not able to pay these war reparations all at once, you can offset them with other products or goods from your territory. Your porcelain is produced, and we in the Spanish Empire can buy it at a discounted price of one gold coin per box of porcelain. ”

I am the elder brother of the father of your father in the Spanish Empire!

Xu Huanshan and others, who entered the cabin to report the military situation to Shouhan, listened to Alonso's conditions and requirements, and they all scolded in their hearts!

The porcelain kiln engaged in by Huang Qiying and others has begun to be mass-produced after testing, although it is not as large as Jingdezhen and Chaozhou, but it is also for everyone to see the prototype of another gold-sucking beast.

Moreover, this gold-sucking beast is owned by everyone!

At the beginning of the construction of the porcelain kiln, Shouhan consciously proposed to the people of Ha Jing that everyone could jointly fund the construction. "It's also a kind of joint-stock system! By the way, I will give you some benefits. ”

However, people who are accustomed to crossing the river by feeling the stones see that Huang Qiying and others kept failing in the initial trial production of bone china and kept losing money inside, and many people were discouraged.

However, Wang Bao, Xu Huanshan, and Ye Qi, a group of young officers, took out their salaries and family funds to invest in this "main public construction" industry.

But they didn't expect that soon Huang Qiying and Lin Arong would fire the kind of porcelain that the lord said, and an English man who passed by Hajing immediately bought a set of tableware with 20 gold judgments from the Japanese Kingdom, and signed a purchase contract with Huang Qiying, asking Huang Qiying to sell him at least 2,000 sets of utensils at a price of 15 gold judgments and at least 3,000 sets of tea sets at the price of 8 gold judgments every year.

In the blink of an eye, the money and food that everyone invested turned into yellow gold. Although it is said that to build a new kiln, Yichangxing Ceramics can not give everyone dividends, but let everyone see that their investment is about to become yellow and clear gold, which is not happy?

Nima's, you buy a box for the price of one gold coin? That's a set of cutlery!

Why don't you grab it?!

Shouhan looked at the officers who were fluctuating in his chest, and secretly laughed in his heart. Alas! Benefits!

"Said I forgot?" Shouhan wiped his mouth with the handkerchief that Yan Mei'er had put on him, and asked nonchalantly.

"You're done, it's my turn!" Shouhan sneered twice.

"Huzi! I ask you, would you like to give your money like this to this Francophone in front of you?! ”

"Back to the general, I don't want to wait!"

"Are you willing to give up the cities, lands, rivers, and mountains you have won in bloody battles to others?"

"I don't want to wait!"

"Are you willing to pay the enemy who killed your loved one, to encourage him, to have the opportunity to kill your brothers and sisters again, or even yourself?!"

"I don't want to!"

"Sue you! It is said that you are a vassal of Spain, the governor of Luzon in Spain, and you are also obedient to Lao Tzu! A few years ago, you started trading with the Nguyen family in Hoi An, helping the Nguyen family cast artillery, training soldiers, and slaughtering our Chinese people, and today you are here to blackmail Lao Tzu! ”

"Now I will answer you unequivocally!"

Shouhan waved his hand, and the two Mojin and Mo Yu brothers rushed up, and with a few personal soldiers, pressed Alonso to the ground, so that his face was in close contact with the floor of the cabin.

"You, go back to the Old Port, which you call Malacca, meet your boss and bring me a message. The old port, originally the seat of my Ming old port propaganda embassy, was occupied by you and others since the time of Wuzong, but my Ming army and people have not forgotten one day. The old port is the territory of my Ming Dynasty since ancient times. A certain body has received the grace of the country, and he should recover it. Get lost! ”

"You! Don't be complacent! The wrath of my Spanish Empire is not something you can bear! The interpreter was very dedicated to interpreting Li Shouhan's words to Alonso.

"Whether you'll make it back to your rabbit nest alive is a question!"

"These dozens of your ships will be sent to the sea god by several of our families! Let you face Poseidon's trident! ”

Alonso muttered a curse.

Mo Yu learned from the interpreter that this guy who was pressed to the ground and was wiping the floor of the general with his face, still scolded without knowing the height of the sky, picked up his saber, and slapped Alonso's chattering mouth with a hardwood scabbard wrapped in brass.

"My lord, he is right. Sentinel ships came to report that several flotillas had appeared about a dozen nautical miles away from our anchorage. Amid Alonso's screams, Xu Huanshan whispered to Li Shouhan.

"Drag it out!" Shouhan looked at the dirty bloodstains on Alonso's nose and mouth, snot, and saliva, and whispered in disgust.

"How many are they?"

"There are three blue-and-white flag ships, each with more than a dozen cannons. There were also four Japanese slave boats, and the flag hung on them was a cross in a circle. There are also more than 20 sand boats, etc., and the flag hoisted is the Li character flag. It seems to be Li Dan's team. ”

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