Lying in bed at night, Wang Xinyu tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

Zhang Huangyan is indeed a tragic hero who makes people cry, he can fight alone for Nanming for 20 years, even if his family is captured by the Qing court. Until in the end, he was also captured, and his family was killed at the same time as his attendant Yang Guanyu. It is said that Zhu Changzuo, the governor of Zhejiang, was still persuading him to surrender at the last moment, but was sternly rejected by Zhang Huangyan. The executioner first killed Zhang Huangyan's wife and children, and then killed Zhang Huangyan. When it was time to punish Yang Guanyu, Zhu Changzuo also asked: Thinking that you are young, as long as you make a statement, you will be loyal to the court in the future, and you will be let live. However, Yang Guanyu angrily reprimanded: The master is dead, how can I live alone! He was generous and righteous.

Since he came to this world, Zhang Huangyan, Luo Zimu and Yang Guanyu can't die! They are all loyal!

I don't know how well my special combat team is training, it seems that the first thing is to rescue Zhang Huangyan's wife and children and take them out of the tiger's mouth. But after rescuing Zhang Huangyan's wife and children, it is estimated that Zhang Huangyan can no longer stay in Zhoushan, and the Qing court will definitely attack like crazy.

But Zhang Huangyan has a lot of opinions about himself, maybe King Yanping dug him too hard in the corner before! However, Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Mingzhen supported King Lu and fought against the Longwu Dynasty, which made Zheng Chenggong, who was loyal to Emperor Longwu, very angry.

In fact, it is also a matter of strength, Zheng Chenggong dug into Zhang Huangyan's corner, basically digging a quasi; Zhang Huangyan wants to dig into the corner of Zheng Chenggong? It was a dream.

Now Zhang Huangyan sees himself as a person who digs the corner, in fact, Wang Xinyu does have the idea of digging the corner, he not only wants to dig up the Zhejiang army, but even Zhang Huangyan has to dig up! When he finds Zhu Cihuan in the future and pushes him out, he will definitely be crowned king and be a prisoner. As for Zhang Huangyan, it is up to him to establish the civil service system and form a cabinet.

Although the navy is a gold-swallowing monster, buying a battleship is as difficult as buying an aircraft carrier in later generations, but the ocean is the place that can bring the greatest benefits. a strong navy that can guarantee itself to make money at sea; Earned money, and maintained a strong navy.

What's next? Don't take the ancients for fools, do something yourself, and your intentions can't be too obvious. Otherwise, don't talk about King Yanping now, even if Zheng Jing wants to pinch himself to death, it is as simple as pinching an ant to death.

If the big thing is not accomplished, but the edge is too exposed, Zheng Jing will inevitably be regarded as his number one enemy! Now there is no capital to fight against Zheng Jing at all!

At present, with his own strength, that is, he can "bully" Zhang Huangyan, who has no strength at hand, but he can't make the appearance too ugly, and he must not show that he is anxious to eat Zhang Huangyan and his Zhejiang army, because he wants to contact Jiangnan Shizi and put his hand into the Jiangnan area, he needs Zhang Huangyan's help. If you rush too much, it can only backfire.

In a daze, Wang Xinyu still couldn't bear the sleepy insect and fell asleep.

Before dawn, the soldiers got up, lit a fire to cook, and prepared to sail.

After a few days of repairs, the Drake had all the masts repaired and the broken planks had been replaced. Although the ship still needs to be sailed to Chennai for major repairs, it is now barely usable. Of the one hundred and sixty-two crew members on board, eleven were killed and twenty-three wounded that day. All the wounded were left in Zhoushan for treatment, and the remaining 129 people were divided into two groups, one group was 49 people, including the captain Albert, who were used as instructors, and then arranged for their own 120 sailors to be on board and trained by the British. Later, these 120 people were his first batch of sailors on soft-sail warships. The rest of the ninety Britons were temporarily assigned to serve as sailors on their own hard-sail ships.

At Wang Xinyu's strong request, all the British were dragged to take a bath. Although many people were unhappy, Wang Xinyu forced the British to take a shower honestly. And Albert also felt that after taking a bath in the summer, his body was indeed much more comfortable.

On the second day of the seventh lunar month, the fleet full of cargo pulled anchor and set sail, leaving Zhoushan Dinghai and sailing along the coastline to Nantian Island in Xiangshan, Ningbo.

In summer, when sailing to the southwest, the sea is southeast wind, which is a cross wind, and the wind at sea is not small, and the speed of the ship is quite fast.

Zhang Huangyan thought that the smell on the foreign ship was too bad, so he did not follow Wang Xinyu to his Drake, but got on Wang Xinyu's original ship. In fact, at this time, the Drake has been cleaned and rinsed with clean water several times, and there is no unpleasant temperature for a long time, but there is a fresh fragrance of century-old oak. Coupled with the perfume sprayed by the foreigners themselves, the environment on board is very good.

Wang Xinyu put his hands on the railing, standing on the bow of the boat, overlooking the sea.

On the rippling sea, white seagulls fly happily, and a huge number of yellow croakers in Zhoushan Fishery flicker golden light on the sea. You must know that in the 21st century, the price of a pound of wild yellow croaker can reach thousands of yuan! But in this era, there are so many yellow croakers that you can catch them casually. People can't eat it at all, and most of it becomes a delicacy for seagulls and sharks.

Looking at the schools of fish all over the place, Wang Xinyu said to himself: "There are a lot of fish! If we had brought a few more nets, we would have enough fish to eat! ”

"Lord Wang, although there are a lot of fish, we can't eat them all after we catch them, either they stink, or they can only be made into dried fish." Li Rui didn't know when he appeared in the back.

Wang Xinyu suddenly had an idea: "We can open a canning factory and canned the fish that can't be eaten, so that it can be stored for a long time!" The same goes for pork, which can be canned to solve the food problem of seafarers, who will not have to eat stinky meat every day. ”

"Canned?" Li Rui paused for a moment.

Wang Xinyu smiled: "Actually, it's very simple, let's get some clay pots and put the fish and meat in it to heat." The heat is used to expel the air inside. While hot, seal with a lid and dirt. Because the heat kills the bacteria, and there is no air in it, the bacteria cannot multiply, and canned fish and meat can be stored for a long time! When there is more iron in the future, you can use tinplate to make cans. ”

"Bacteria? What are Bacteria? Li Rui's eyes widened.

"Forget it, I don't understand it when I tell you! Anyway, this set of methods can allow seafarers to stop eating stinky things! I'm going to find Albert right now. Li Feng turned around and walked back to the cabin.

After finding Albert, Li Feng proposed that the method of sealing with clay pots and soil could preserve pork, beef and fish for a long time, and that a canning factory could be opened, so that seafarers who went to sea would no longer have to eat stinky meat. In addition, the problem of fresh water, the fresh water brought on the ship can only be stored for about a week before it stinks, so I designed a device for distilling and desalination seawater. Although more coal needs to be brought on board, it can reduce the amount of fresh water carried and allow seafarers to avoid drinking stinky water.

"Great! These two methods are a good way to make money! Albert immediately saw the business opportunity, "Ceramics are the best in your country, you use clay pots to fill food, open canneries, sell food to our country, and we sell it to other countries in Europe." As long as this secret is not revealed, they will not be able to figure out how you made the cans. They will heat the food outside, let it cold and then put it in a clay pot to close it, so that it stinks for a few days, haha! In the end, they had to come to us to buy it. But the desalination device, I'm afraid they will imitate it. ”

Wang Xinyu said: "They will imitate it, so we don't want to sell it!" We'd rather make less money than let the Dutch and Spaniards continue to drink stinky water. Otherwise, if they succeed in copying, we won't be able to sell it, so it's better to set up technical barriers at the beginning and not sell them these things! ”

"Not bad! Technical barriers, sounds great! Damn the Spaniards and Dutch, let them never know our secrets, let them drink stinky water! Albert laughed.

"But the cannery hasn't opened so early, let's wait to take Luzon."

"Luzon is in the hands of the Spaniards, and it may not be so easy to seize Luzon. What if the Spaniards come to attack you? ”

Wang Xinyu frowned, thought for a moment and said, "It seems that at the beginning, we had to get the consent of the Spaniards and promise us to grab a piece of land from the natives. ”

Albert laughed: "The Spaniards are insatiable, and if you want to go to them, I'm afraid you will be blackmailed!" ”

"Don't think about it so much for now, let's think about it later! It's best to be able to sneak around and occupy a place! At first, I didn't want to be an enemy of the Spaniards. Wang Xinyu said.

Albert laughed and said, "Actually, don't be afraid of them! If the Spaniards dare to make trouble after you occupy Luzon, we can find some redcoats to deal with them! ”

However, Wang Xinyu didn't want the British soldiers to come, as the saying goes, it's easy to invite God, it's hard to send God, those lobster soldiers are coming, it's difficult to dare to go! When the time comes, Luzon will become a condominium with the British, which is not a good idea. At most, they could only lease a port to the British, giving them supplies en route. I'll think about those things later.

The distance from Zhoushan to Linmen is very close, less than 100 kilometers. The fleet sailed at a speed of six knots and arrived at Nantian Island in the afternoon.

The fleet docked at the dock on Nantian Island, and someone had already seen the Zhang Shangshu flag played by the fleet, and Ruan Jun and Ruan Mei and others came to the dock with soldiers to greet them.

After getting off the boat, Wang Xinyu walked behind Zhang Huangyan and came to the Chinese army's tent on the island.

On the way, Zhang Huangyan said: "The land on Nantian Island is fertile, and it can grow rice and wheat, and it is no problem to feed thousands of people. In addition to the grain produced in Zhoushan, the grain we procured from other places, and the grain exchanged for the king of Yanping, we can feed tens of thousands of people. ”

Wang Xinyu said: "Lord Zhang, but if the Tartars move to the sea, you will be short of food!" I am afraid that I will no longer be able to get food from the land. ”

"Humph!" Zhang Huangyan sneered, "You want to dig the corner of the old man's wall, and the reason is still grandiose!" The old man blushes for you! If it weren't for the overall situation, the old man would not agree to them going to Xiamen. ”

After entering the lobby of the Chinese army and sitting down as the guest of honor, Zhang Huangyan first chatted a few words with the generals, and then stepped into the whole.

"Everyone!" Zhang Huangyan said in a righteous manner, "For the sake of Zhongxing and my Ming Dynasty, this official has now decided to let you go to Xiamen in batches, and General Wang will train you!" Wait until you have developed your skills, and then you will come back to serve the imperial court! ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the lobby.

"General Wang has such a good heart? He was the man of the king of Yanping. ”

"That's it! The weasel greets the chickens for the New Year, and they are uneasy and kind! ”

"King Yanping is really so kind, why did he leave us and run away by himself when the war was unfavorable?"

"Yes! How many of our brothers have been killed by the king of Yanping! He's too selfish! The war was unfavorable, so he fled for his own lives and threw us all to the Tartars! ”

"We're not going!"

"That's right! Resolutely not go! We won't go to the king of Yanping to get angry! ”

These soldiers and generals didn't care about Wang Xinyu's presence at all, and they were all talking about the king of Yanping. In this regard, Wang Xinyu has nothing to say. Indeed, they are right, King Yanping is more selfish, and he refused to assist Li Dingguo at first, and then Li Chengdong, Jin Hengsheng and others Anyway, he refused to help. Although Zhang Huangyan has been persuading Zheng Chenggong to open up the Yangtze River route and unite the thirteen families in Kuidong, Zheng Chenggong just didn't listen, resulting in a great opportunity missed again and again. In the end, the situation deteriorated, and Zheng Chenggong came forward on the Northern Expedition.

Although the responsibility is not entirely on Zheng Chenggong, mainly because the various factions in the Southern Ming Dynasty have complex relationships and compete with each other, it cannot but be said that King Yanping has a certain responsibility.

Wang Xinyu looked at Zhang Huangyan and wanted to see what he was going to say.