The sextant has not been manufactured so quickly, Wang Xinyu can't wait, he must rush back to Xiamen as soon as possible, take his mother and sister to Qiongzhou, transfer important facilities such as the artillery factory and the alchemy institute, and go to Kinmen to take his younger brother away. After that, I have to go to Taiwan to find King Yanping.

Time was running out for Wang Xinyu, so he left Singapore with a sketch of a trimaran fast sailing boat and took a clipper to Qiongzhou.

Trimaran fast sailing boat, the maximum speed can reach an astonishing forty-five knots, but the technology of this era is impossible to achieve, first of all, there is no nylon sail, to obtain a high-strength sail, can only be treated with silk, and then coated with a layer of glue to make the sail, this kind of sail is very expensive, and the strength is not as good as the nylon sail. Secondly, the hull structure did not meet such requirements, and iron ribs were adopted, and the wooden hull was laid, and the bow was laid with copper sheets, so that the hull could withstand a speed of more than thirty knots at most.

The trimaran fast sailing ship, which cost a lot of money to build, has a small displacement, only about 100 tons, which is obviously unusable as a cargo ship; Silk-made sails can easily catch fire, and they cannot be used as warships, but can only be used as fast mail ships, which are used to transmit official documents, send war reports, and carry passengers.

Some people think that this kind of ship is of little significance, because it can neither transport goods nor be a warship, and is purely used for escape.

Wang Xinyu said: "Although this kind of ship has a high cost, a small transportation volume, and cannot be used as a warship, it can transport important goods, quickly transmit military information, and can also send important people to the predetermined place in the shortest possible time." ”

So at the strong request of Wang Xinyu, the designers and craftsmen began the work of trial production of the trimaran fast sailboat.

Wang Xinyu boarded the clippers and left Singapore, but his sister-in-law and nephew refused to take the clippers for anything, so they and the maid took a Dutch East India ship with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons and much better stability to Qiongzhou, and Zheng Yun also took the East India ship to accompany her sister and nephew.

In the middle of the voyage. Wang Xinyu observed the sail and felt that the speed of the clipper boat could actually be improved, if the sail manufacturing method of the trimaran fast sailing ship was adopted, and the silk was coated with glue on the outside, the sail area could be increased and the speed could be increased, but the cost would be too high. But he came up with another solution: the weight of the hemp rope is too heavy, and the strength is not as good as the silk rope, and the sail can be sewn with the silk rope instead of the hemp rope, so that the weight is reduced. The strength can also be improved, and it is estimated that the speed of the ship can be increased by about two knots.

The clippers broke the waves at a speed of fifteen knots, and the battleships and East India cargo ships behind them had long been thrown away without a trace. Wang Xinyu's own main fleet was only six to seven knots, less than half of the clippers.

The clipper ship passed through the Strait of Malacca and entered the South China Sea.

After the ship entered the South China Sea, Wang Xinyu suddenly changed his mind: "We will sail directly to Dongfan Island, and we will not go to Xiamen first, and after meeting the king of Yanping first, we will go to Xiamen." ”

Let's go to Taiwan to meet Zheng Chenggong first. It was because Wang Xinyu first had to inform Zheng Chenggong about his being crowned king, and if he didn't report Zheng Chenggong about something as big as the relocation of the cannon factory and the alchemy academy, it would be impossible to say. There is one more important thing. It is to see if Zheng Chenggong has pacified the Potbelly Kingdom. If Zheng Chenggong pacifies the Potbelly Kingdom, Zheng Chenggong will definitely send troops to Jiangnan and cooperate with Zhang Huangyan to act together.

History has changed because of the arrival of Wang Xinyu. The Spaniards did not massacre the Chinese in Manila, and Zheng Chenggong would not have decided to go to Luzon for the time being.

If the butterfly effect had come more violently, maybe Zheng Chenggong would not have died. Then maybe you can take Jiangning Jiancheng. Three years ago, Zheng Chenggong's Northern Expedition failed, and when he left the mouth of the Yangtze River, he vowed to come back and take Jiangning with Zhang Huangyan to stabilize Jiangnan. As long as Jiangning wins, there will be major changes in Jiangnan.

But if history returns to the original path and Zheng Chenggong dies of illness, then Zhang Huangyan can only follow Wang Xinyu's original request, only open up the Yangtze River route, and be unable to capture Jiangning City.

After about ten days of sailing, the clipper ship arrived in Taiwan on the second day of the fifth lunar month.

The city of Gelansha has now been renamed Anping City by Zheng Chenggong.

"Report to the prince, there is a strange ship in the outer harbor! It seemed to be coming towards us, and the boat was running very fast! "Before the clipper ship arrived in Anping City, there were already personal soldiers who reported to the king of Yanping.

Zheng Chenggong walked to the top of the castle, picked up the telescope and looked at the sea, only to see a white, Western-style hull, but the ship was very short, unlike the Western ships of the year, this ship was slender and long, and the sails were particularly large, neither completely Western-style soft sails, nor completely Chinese-style hard sails, but like a kind of Chinese-Western sail ship was preparing to enter the port.

The ship gradually approached, and Zheng Chenggong saw that the ship was hanging the flag of the Daming Naval Division, as well as a flag with the word "Wang", and the logo of the Qiongzhou Army on the bow of the ship.

"It's our Ming ship! It's Wang Yu's! Let him in! "King Yanping said.

The clipper ship sailed into the harbor and docked at the dock. Wang Xinyu, who was wearing a red python robe, stepped off the flying clipper boat surrounded by a group of personal soldiers.

"The king of Nanhai has arrived!" Wang Xinyu's personal soldiers let out a long shout.

I heard that Wang Yu had become the king of the county, and then looked at the python robe on his body and the etiquette of traveling, and the Ming soldiers on both sides of the standing side bowed one after another. However, the soldiers were armoured, but they did not need to kneel on both knees to bow, but only need to kneel on one knee, sword to the ground, and bow their heads in salute.

"Get up! We're all brothers! Get up! Wang Xinyu hurriedly beckoned everyone to get up.

In the castle, Zheng Jing's confidant Wu Hao stepped forward and said to Zheng Chenggong: "Lord, this Wang Yu was originally a member of our Zheng family's army, but now he is a family of his own, where does this make the prince lose face?" What's more, this person is still in cahoots with King Jin, embarrassing the prince, since he is here, we should give him a little color to see. ”

"Nonsense!" Zheng Chenggong said angrily, "The person who came out under the command of this king, King Wanliqin, has made great achievements, and this is the light on the face of this king!" How can you say that you don't give face to this king? If he hadn't defeated the Burmese army and resisted Wu Sangui, I'm afraid the Son of Heaven would have fallen into the hands of thieves! I am fortunate to have such loyalty! The king is about to go on a northern expedition, and his army will be able to help the king at that time! ”

Zheng Chenggong personally led a group of personal soldiers out of the city to greet him.

Wang Xinyu stepped forward and arched his hand and said, "The younger generation will see Shibo!" ”

Zheng Chenggong stroked his beard and smiled: "Hahaha! This king really didn't look at the wrong person! The virtuous nephew is young, and he has been promoted to the king of the county by virtue of his own merits, and he can be on an equal footing with this king! ”

"The juniors don't dare! How to say that the prince is always an elder. The juniors came this time to prepare to send troops to Jiangnan. A junior division has gone to Jiangnan to cooperate with Master Zhang. Wang Xinyu arched his hand.

"Let's talk about it in first, please go inside the nephew!" Zheng Chenggong made a "please" gesture.

Step inside the council chamber in the castle. Sit down according to the size of the official position, although Wang Xinyu is already the king of the county at this time, much higher than Zheng Xingying's level, but Zheng Xingying is his father-in-law after all, so Wang Xinyu sits in the lower seat of Zheng Xingying.

After everyone sat down, Zheng Chenggong stroked his beard and smiled: "It's good that the virtuous nephew is here!" This king has just pacified the potbelly kingdom and is in full swing to prepare, and it won't take a month for this king to send troops to Jiangnan again! Hahaha! After three years, I, Zheng Sen, are here again! This time I went to Gangnam. You must behead Liang Huafeng, a thief! ”

As he spoke, Zheng Chenggong covered his chest and coughed a few times.

"The prince will send troops, and he will definitely be able to pacify Jiangnan in one fell swoop!" Everyone in the hall bowed their hands.

"That's right! Kill Liang Huafeng, Zhu Guozhi and other thieves, and avenge the soldiers who died three years ago! Avenge Jiangnan Shizi! Wang Xinyu said loudly.

Zheng Chenggong greeted: "Since the virtuous nephew is here, let's have a dinner first!" Today, General Liu Guoxuan has returned from the victory of the Big Belly Kingdom, and the king is preparing a celebration banquet, and the virtuous nephew is here, so let's celebrate together! The kingdom of Potbelly is gone. There are no more hostile forces on Dongfan Island, and the rear of our army is stable, ready to send troops to Jiangnan! ”

In Anping City, the lights are colorful. The Ming army prepared a grand celebration banquet.

After the dinner, Zheng Chenggong summoned Wang Xinyu alone.

listened to Wang Xinyu talk about sending troops to Burma and how to defeat Wu Sangui, and with the cooperation of Li Dingguo. forced Mang Bai to sign an alliance under the city and rescue Yongli These things, Zheng Chenggong sighed again and again: "The virtuous nephew is really a young hero!" If it weren't for the virtuous nephew this time. I'm afraid that tomorrow is already in danger! If I lose the banner of the Son of Heaven, and the hearts of my Ming anti-Qing righteous people are scattered, there will be no chance to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty! The virtuous nephew is the first hero of the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Shibo has won the award!" Wang Xinyu arched his hand.

Zheng Chenggong asked again: "This king is about to go north to the south of the Yangtze River, but this time the king can go to the army is not as good as last time, he can only send more than 20,000 land divisions, I don't know how many troops can be mobilized by the virtuous nephew?" ”

Wang Xinyu replied: "There are still more than 30,000 land divisions and 20,000 water divisions in the hands of the juniors, all on the way. The younger Clippers were more than twice as fast as they were, and they probably hadn't made it past Luzon yet. ”

"Not bad! This king has another 20,000 land divisions and 15,000 sailors here, plus 50,000 troops from the virtuous nephew, plus more than 30,000 horses on Zhang Shangshu's side, our army has nearly 130,000 horses! When the 50,000-strong army of the virtuous nephew arrives in Dongfan, our two armies will attack together! This time it's a must-win! We also have siege mortars and new flowering shells, and it will not be a problem to break the Jiangning fortified city! Zheng Chenggong nodded and said with a smile. As soon as he finished speaking, Zheng Chenggong suddenly coughed a few times.

"Is Shibo infected with the wind cold? Shibo should pay more attention to his body! If Shibo is unwell, then choose someone else as the head coach, such as the second prince, he has grown up and can help Shibo take charge alone. If the little prince wants to stay in Xiamen, it is better to let the second prince go to Jiangnan on behalf of Shibo. Wang Xinyu said.

Zheng Chenggong smiled and stroked his beard and said, "This little illness is okay!" In this Northern Expedition, this king must personally lead the army to avenge Xue's defeat three years ago! ”

Wang Xinyu said again: "Since Shibo insists on going by himself, the younger generation has a suggestion: it is better to let the second prince also come with the army, let him participate in the war, and with experience, he can also help Shibo in the future." ”

"Good nephew, this is a good proposal! Cong'er has also grown up, it's time for him to come out and see the world! It's just that he's still in Xiamen, so he has to send someone to pick him up. Zheng Chenggong felt that Wang Xinyu's proposal was very good, and nodded with a smile.

"Shibo, there is another thing, the artillery factory and the alchemy institute are in Xiamen, not only is it a long way to transport back and forth, but Xiamen is too close to the Tartars, Shibo transferred troops to the Northern Expedition, and the troops in Xiamen will be empty, in case the Tartars sneak attack, if the little prince can't resist it, our artillery factory and the alchemy institute will fall into the hands of the Tartars, it is better to move these facilities to Dongfan Island, which is also safer." Wang Xinyu put forward a proposal to relocate the artillery factory and the alchemy institute.

Zheng Chenggong agreed to Wang Xinyu's proposal: "It's okay! Bring these all over! For the unsuccessful dog, this king is also a little uneasy, so it is safe to move here. ”

"The juniors are more familiar with the artillery factory and the Alchemy Academy, so I'll leave the matter of picking up the second prince to the juniors this time."

"Good! Then the king will write you a handwritten edict, you take the king's handwritten edict back to Xiamen, bring the second prince here, and move the cannon factory and the alchemy institute to Dongfan. ”

Zheng Chenggong turned around and went to get pen and ink, wrote an order, stamped it, and handed it to Wang Xinyu: "This is troublesome for the virtuous nephew!" When you come back from Xiamen, you'll be almost ready here! Let's go north to the south of the Yangtze River together! ”

The next day, Wang Xinyu boarded the clipper ship and headed for Xiamen together, accompanied by six Zheng Jiajun's centipede clippers.

Thousands of miles away under the city of Jiangning, several Qing soldiers scouted and hurried to return to the city to report the news. However, the agents of the Heaven and Earth Society outside the city set up an ambush on the road and shot all the Qing scouts to death.

"The thieves saw that we did not dare to send troops, and they became more and more bold! At this time, the thieves are harassing everywhere, and there have been many Jiangnan Shi families who have been killed, many county towns have been breached, and the county has been martyred! Zhang Chaoxuan angrily accused Liang Huafeng.

Liang Huafeng said: "The thief is a trick to lure the enemy, we must not be fooled!" ”

Lang Tingzuo, the general of the Eight Banners Army, was furious: "You surnamed Liang are afraid!" If a large number of Jiangnan Shi clans who supported us are killed, it will have a great impact on the foundation of our Jiangnan! You don't dare to send troops, our Eight Banners are not greedy for life and afraid of death! We're going to send troops! ”

Lang Tingzuo was also the governor of Jiangnan, and the Qing court set up two governors of Jiangnan at that time, Liang Huafeng was a Han and Lang Tingzuo was a banner person. In fact, this is because the Qing court can't trust the Han people, so they use the Manchu people to contain the Han people.

"My lord, we must not act rashly! Wait until reinforcements arrive! Liang Huafeng persuaded hard.

"Last time you lost your land, the court saw that you later made meritorious contributions, so they didn't punish you! This time it's timid! How many counties have we lost in the past few days? Lang Tingzuo said angrily.

Liang Huafeng didn't dare to say anything, so he could only watch Lang Tingzuo pick up the generals of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, such as Kafona, Chadu, Tuohui, Buyan, and Xifone, and left the city with 2,000 Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banner Army, 5,000 Han Eight Banner Army, and 5,000 Green Battalion soldiers.

Seeing that the Qing army was menacing, the Ming army outside the city just resisted casually for a while, immediately abandoned the camp, and fled back to the ship "embarrassed", and even lost many cannons on temporary batteries to the Qing soldiers. (To be continued.) )

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