Although Zhang Huangyan agreed and asked Wang Xinyu to help him train his troops, he still had a pimple in his heart, he felt that Wang Xinyu must have been ordered by Zheng Chenggong to gradually eat away at his army! Thinking of the contradiction between himself and King Yanping, Zhang Huangyan's knot could not be solved. For so many years, his subordinates have died and descended. Most of those who did not surrender to the Manchus had already gone to the king of Yanping, and there were almost no usable people in their hands.

Speaking of Luo Zimu's father Luo Yunzhang, Zhang Huangyan has never known Luo Yunzhang's life and death. But Wang Xinyu seems to have heard that Luo Yunzhang is currently in Zheng Junzhong, and it seems that he is in Kinmen.

Thinking that Zhang Mingzhen was dead, Liu Shixun, Zhu Yongyou, Zhou Hezhi, and Ruan Jin were all killed in battle, Ruan Jie and Wei Bin surrendered to the Qing court, and Zhou Rui, Ma Xin and others also defected to the king of Yanping, Zhang Huangyan was depressed. Now there are only Luo Zimu, Chen Wenda, Ruan Mei, Ruan Jun and others left around him.

"Although Zhou Rui defected to King Yanping, he was martyred more than a month ago, and he is also a generation of loyal martyrs." Zhang Huangyan said to himself. But he was obviously very dissatisfied with King Yanping digging his corner.

Wang Xinyu could see that Zhang Huangyan was depressed in his heart, so he comforted: "Master Zhang, the student thinks that whether it is here for you or here for the King of Yanping, they are all loyal to the country!" What's the difference? ”

Who knew that Zhang Huangyan took off the hat on his head, pointed to his short hair and said, "The old man doesn't want to say anything!" If it weren't for King Yanping leaving the old man and escaping back to the sea by himself, why would the old man have to shave his hair? Last year, Nanjing was defeated, and the old man dressed up in disguise, but fortunately, he was helped by the righteous people in Jiangnan and escaped back! ”

Wang Xinyu was stunned, this Huangyan's hairstyle was similar to the later short hair, but it was a little longer. It turned out that after the defeat of Nanjing last year, Zheng Chenggong actually led the fleet to escape from the Yangtze River despite Zhang Huangyan. Zhang Huangyan was abandoned under the city of Nanjing, and had to flee all the way west. In order to avoid the eyes and ears of the Qing army, Zhang Huangyan had to shave his hair and keep braids, disguise himself, but fortunately he was helped by righteous people in Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei and other places, so he fled back to Anhui and returned to Zhoushan by boat from Xin'an River.

After coming back, Zhang Huangyan cut the braid at the back of his head with a pair of scissors, so he became a big bald head. After a year, the hair grew back back, but it couldn't be too long, much like the short hair of later generations.

Although Zhang Huangyan sat down again, he was very excited, and said in a trembling voice: "Although General Wang, you are the person of the King of Yanping, but the old man is depressed in his heart, and he has to say something, please forgive General Wang!" Zhang Huangyan arched his hand, "The parents of the body, the old man did such an unfilial act for the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty!" The old man's wife and children also fell into the hands of the Tartars and are still in prison! The Tartars threatened the old husband and wife to surrender the old man, but the old man resolutely refused to surrender! ”

No matter whether the Qing court lured high-ranking officials with generous profits, or threatened Zhang Huangyan with the lives of his wife and children, he resolutely refused to surrender. That's admirable!

In fact, Zhang Huangyan is not ruthless to his wife and children, on the contrary, he is a loving and righteous person. Because Zhang Huangyan's wife and children were captured by the Qing court, some people persuaded him to marry the daughter of Linhai Chen Hanhui, but Zhang Huangyan refused because he was unwilling to take his wife in prison. But such a person can sacrifice his wife and children for the sake of righteousness.

"It's been seven years! It's been seven years since his wife and children fell into the hands of the Tartars! How many times have they sent people to recruit the old man! Zhang Huangyan said that he was sad and shed tears.

After Wang Xinyu had the intention to rescue Zhongliang: "Master Zhang, do you know where they are being held?" ”

"Hangzhou Mansion! The Tartar prison is heavily guarded, and the old man knows that his wife and children are suffering, but he can't do anything about it! Zhang Huangyan wiped his tears.

"It just so happens that the students are going to form a special forces unit, and after training, they can rescue Master Zhang's family! The students also wanted to select a group of people from the Zhejiang children who could help rob the prison at that time. ”

"The old man has lost his temper!" Zhang Huangyan stood up, "It's getting late, the old man will say goodbye first!" ”

The next day, Zhang Huangyan asked the Zhejiang army to assemble at the seaside wharf, and asked Wang Xinyu to select a group of people to go to Xiamen. Although he was very dissatisfied with Wang Xinyu's behavior of "digging up the wall", but thinking that his Zhejiang army's equipment was too poor and the training was insufficient, Zhang Huangyan still took his heart and promised to let Wang Xinyu pick a group of people. As for whether this group will come back again, let's talk about it later! Even if they can't come back, how can they say that it is still an anti-Qing force. It is better to take refuge in the king of Yanping than to surrender to the Manchus.

Wang Xinyu walked up to the stage and looked at these Zhejiang soldiers gathered in the audience, only to see that their clothes were tattered, their faces were dark, their mental outlook was not good, and their weapons were even more tattered. However, what made him happy was that when he asked who was good at water, almost all the Zhejiang soldiers answered in unison.

"General Wang, they all grew up by the sea! On water-based, they are all first-class good hands! Luo Zimu bowed his hand.

"By the way, Ben will hear about the Ruan family brothers, they are all very good in water! Why didn't you see them this time? Wang Xinyu was puzzled.

Luo Zimu replied: "The Ruan brothers are not here, they are all in Linmen. ”

In the end, Wang Xinyu selected more than 500 people from the Zhejiang army to prepare to bring them back to Xiamen for training. Among these more than 500 people, among them, 30 were selected for the special forces of the Marine Corps! Although it is impossible for each of these thirty people to pass the training and assessment of the Marine Corps special forces, looking at their perseverance, at least half of them can pass.

Zhang Huangyan looked at Wang Xinyu's appearance, and seemed to be suspicious, so he said: "If General Wang is interested, please go to Linmen with the old man!" ”

Wang Xinyu asked, "When will the adults leave?" ”

"When the general leaves to return to Xiamen, he will take the old man to Linmen on the way."

"Let's leave tomorrow!"

Zhang Huangyan sneered in his heart: This Wang Yu is young, but when he digs up the corner, he is much more ruthless than King Yanping! That's it! As long as the disciples of Jiangsu and Zhejiang can complete the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, let him go! This shaft is right, it is not the same anywhere, it is all anti-Qing and Ming!

On the wharf, the Zhejiang soldiers and Zheng soldiers were busy carrying boxes of tea, ceramics, silk and other goods onto the ship. Although Wang Xinyu has opened up Xu Shichang's way, and he can get these exported goods without Zhang Huangyan taking risks in the future, Xu Shichang has not yet taken office as the governor of Fujian, and it is not certain that that guy can help him get the goods. If you want to build a navy in the future, it's a gold-swallowing monster! At least for a period of time, Zhang Huangyan needs to provide goods for himself.

Wang Xinyu went to sea to trade, and the money he earned was not all his own, most of which had to be handed over to the king of Yanping, and he could only keep a part of the profits. Wang Xinyu really wants to have a large amount of money, and he still needs to trade at sea many times before he can save enough money to do it on his own.

Albert looked at the boxes of goods that were carried onto the ship, and his heart was already tickled like a cat's scratch, you must know that if these goods were transported back to Europe, he would send them in just one trip! Although these goods are not his own, or even his boss's own, but the big boss above the boss, the profit of a trip to Europe is very amazing, even if he can only get one percent of it, no, even half of it, it is enough for himself to live a prosperous and rich life!

"Mr. Albert, what are you thinking?" Wang Xinyu didn't know when he walked to the back and patted Albert on the shoulder.

"Boss, I'm wondering how much money I can make if these goods can be shipped to Europe! It's a pity that we have a ship in our hands that can go to the sea. The Strait of Malacca can't go, we have to take a detour south of Sumatra, then cross the Indian Ocean, and go around south of the African continent. How long will this take! Albert sighed.

Wang Xinyu seemed to suddenly remember something: "Mr. Albert, come, come to the captain's room!" ”

The two walked into the captain's room, Wang Xinyu drew a nautical chart, pointed to the nautical chart and said: "I have a plan for the future, we don't have to go through the Strait of Malacca in the summer!" We could build a supply base in Vladivostok and go all the way north, and there's a strait at the junction of Asia and North America, and we'll build a supply base there as well. After that, you'll be able to take advantage of the summer ice melt and cross the Arctic Ocean to your UK! And there is an advantage to this path, that is, you can get fresh food in the strait, and in the cold polar regions, the food will not go bad! The ice floes on the surface of the sea also provide you with fresh water! And this route is also the closest! Whether it's to go to the Americas or Europe, it's convenient! ”

"Boss, how do you know that you can walk all the way north? I don't think anyone has been there yet. Albert was amazed.

"Mr. Albert, I haven't been there either, I've only heard from people." Wang Xinyu explained.

"Well, that's good! But where we haven't walked yet, we need people to explore again! If the polar route can be taken in the summer, we will go there in the summer! So you don't have to go through the hateful Malacca and you don't have to bask in the sun in the Indian Ocean in the summer! That's so uncomfortable! Albert laughed.

Although it is said that the polar region is very cold, for people who can't take a bath for a long time, the cold is always much more comfortable than the heat, and the cold can preserve fresh food, and the sea surface has ice that can melt into fresh water for eating, and if it is cold, just add more clothes. Isn't such a route much more comfortable than the Indian Ocean route? But there is one point, if there is too much ice floe on the sea, it will pose a threat to the navigation of the ship, which needs to be explored by people.

"By the way, Mr. Albert, you have come ashore, you should go to the bath more!" Wang Xinyu reminded Albert.

Albert said, "Dear boss, it's a crime for us to take a shower without permission!" Only by going to church can you receive holy water bathing. Because the church tells us that bathing dilates pores and makes people more susceptible to the Black Death! So we all rarely take a bath. Only when he fell into the sea and was covered in salt did he have to go ashore and wash it with fresh water. ”

"Actually, it's easier to get the Black Death if you don't take a bath! I don't care what you do in your Europe. But with me, you have to get into the habit of bathing often! Wang Xinyu said with a straight face. Next, he explained the reason why bathing is not easy to get sick: because bathing can wash away the dirt on the body, and clean skin will secrete a substance that kills germs. Once the skin is dirty and the pores are clogged, the human body is unable to secrete bactericidal substances, making people more susceptible to illness. As for the Black Death, the main thing was to exterminate rats.

"Oh my God! Is everything the church saying wrong? The church says that cats were infected with the Black Death! Let's also kill the cats, especially the black cats, because that's the evil devil! Albert thought it was incredible.

Wang Xinyu knew that it was very difficult for Europeans to deny the church's claims, so he could only come step by step: "No matter what the church says, as long as you are with us for a while, you will know whether I am right or the church is right!" The Black Death, also known as the plague, was spread by rats! Cats can hunt mice, which happens to be a defense against the Black Death! But if you kill all the cats, no wonder the plague is rampant! ”

Albert smiled embarrassedly: "But we still have cats on board, otherwise, there are too many mice." But the black cat really doesn't dare to raise, that thing is terrible! ”