In total, it has been almost three months since Admiral Anne of the Li family of the Ming Dynasty left the waters of the Ming Dynasty and sailed to the Western Ocean.
At that time, she took away a fleet of five battleships, including the flagship 'Xiang Feihu' super battleship, but left behind a bearded Admiral of the East China Sea, fifteen ships of the same size and a whole fleet with Freshwater fortress city with complete ship building and cannon gun making crafts.
So, a certain bearded man started operating in the Daming Sea.
During this period, of course, a lot of good news came from Nanyang, such as: Admiral Anne defeated the Portuguese, surrendered the Dutch, recovered the entire Nanyang from those Westerners, and captured nearly all the Hundreds of merchant ships and warships, plus countless rare treasures and other legendary deeds?
Although no one knew how their great admiral accomplished such a feat with just five battleships, Big Beard and the others already knew that the news was true and had been verified.
Because, up to now, a steady stream of merchant ships are carrying the banner of the Li Family Chamber of Commerce from Nanyang to Daming Dynasty, transporting large quantities of valuable and in-demand spices, medicinal materials, gold, silver, sugar gum, pearls and corals, etc. The goods made the Li family caravan family, which was originally in a pinch due to expansion, become wealthy.
However, due to the wars in the Ming Dynasty and the obstruction of local government orders, the Li family's goods could basically only be sold in the coastal areas controlled by the Li family such as Hangzhou and Quanzhou, or in places such as Silla and Japan. The northern part of the Ming Dynasty was in chaos and basically There is no room for the sale of those Nanyang goods.
After all, compared to those luxury goods and condiments, the north, currently in the midst of war and turmoil, needs more filling rice, wheat or other edible staple foods, rather than those spicy condiments or Luxury goods that can only be looked at but not eaten!
Moreover, although the north is in great need of food, there is no trading environment at all during the war. Therefore, in addition to mainly conducting trade with the Japanese country, the Li family's caravan is also mainly transporting refugees and transporting those The people of the Ming Dynasty, who had no choice but to starve to death without anyone taking care of them, moved to the Xiaoliuqiu Island and their freshwater fortress city, which was never taken seriously by the Ming Dynasty, to pioneer.
During the more than three months of Anne's absence, the huge port fortress city had already housed nearly 50,000 people of the Ming Dynasty, plus the Ming Dynasty Princess Zhu Yuyao of Changping and her entourage.
Three months ago, when the old eunuch who was frightened by the rebels followed the Li family's bearded Donghai Admiral on a battleship with strong ships and cannons, they came to Tamsui and saw the fortress city that was even bigger than the capital of the Ming Dynasty. , after seeing those strong soldiers, terrifying cannons and more warships, they said they were unwilling to leave this safe place again.
Moreover, in order to repay the favor, they directly appointed Big Beard as the Navy Admiral and East China Sea Admiral of the Ming Dynasty in the name of the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty. Then, they lived and worked in the palace-like Governor's Mansion in the city. Refuse to leave.
As for the poor Ming Princess, the admiral of the East China Sea of the Li family, the bearded man did not make things difficult for her.
After all, for the Li family, which now has a large business and countless money, food and people, it is not a big deal to support an old eunuch, a Ming princess and several palace maids. After trying to persuade him once, he found that the other party said nothing. After Ken easily returned to Hangzhou, he had no choice but to let it go. He just ordered the officers stationed in the fortress to try their best to meet the other party's requirements and send people to strictly ensure their safety.
Up to now, the Li family has grown greatly!
The Li Family Chamber of Commerce controls countless ships and strong soldiers, has strong ships and cannons, and has a port and fortress city as a logistics base. They even 'control' the only surviving legal official of the Ming Dynasty royal family. The princess also firmly controls the coasts of Quanzhou and Hangzhou and radiates influence to the two inland provinces, making those merchants and bureaucrats who have been secretly involved in smuggling and maritime trade jealous and resentful, but they also treat them Nothing can be done.
However, although the Li family is very powerful now, there are still some obstacles.
For example, today, before Li Beard, who had just finished handling some defense matters in Hangzhou, had time to go to lunch, he was approached by a guy who claimed to be the capital master of Yangzhou.
The bearded man didn't know the other party, but the other party pointed out that he wanted to see him, so he had no choice but to meet him in his admiral's mansion near the river.
"Well?"
"Admiral Li, why don't you salute me when you see me?"
Yangzhou Governor Shi Kefa led his people to the hall of the bearded Admiral's Mansion. He first glanced at the strong sailors guarding around him, then turned to look out the window at the ten huge warships in the Qiantang River. Ship, in the end, he still darkened his face and spoke in a bad tone, as if he was preparing to give the bearded man a blow?
"salute?"
"strangeness……"
"I am the East China Sea Admiral of the Li family and the Navy Admiral of the Ming Dynasty. Why should I salute you?"
The bearded man was a little confused, so much so that he withdrew his hand that originally wanted to invite the other person to sit down, and then looked up and down with a puzzled look at the guy in front of him who came uninvited and claimed to be the supervisor.
"you!"
"presumptuous!"
"I am the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Scholar of Jianji Palace, and Secretary of the Ministry of War. I am ordered by the Emperor to be the Governor of the military affairs of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I am a second-grade naval officer. Why do you, a naval admiral who has no rank and is also in charge of military affairs, dare to treat me like this? rude?"
Shi Kefa was a little angry, blowing his beard and glaring at the bearded man with disdain.
You must know that the Ming Dynasty did not have the official title of Navy. The so-called Admiral of the Navy of the Ming Dynasty or the Admiral of the East China Sea are not serious official titles at all. Anyway, Shi Kefa did not know it. Before that, the ships of the Ming Dynasty It's just managed by the city manager.
Just like in his Yangzhou, the person in charge of ship sailors was just a small promotion from the fifth rank, and the so-called Admiral of the Ming Navy and the Admiral of the East China Sea in front of him was estimated to be only around the third rank at the highest level. And now, when the other party saw him, the Minister of War, he dared to be so rude?
"this……"
"Master Shi, you are the Minister of War appointed by the Emperor of Southern Zhili, and I am the Admiral of East China Sea of the Ming Dynasty appointed by the real Princess of Ming Dynasty of Northern Zhili. We are not subordinate to each other, why should I salute you?"
Shaking his head, he saw the forty-year-old man blowing his beard and staring in front of him. The bearded man sighed, and then he did not intend to continue arguing with the other party on this issue. Instead, he directly motioned for the other party to take a seat and left directly. Returned to his seat.
"Be bold!"
"You dare to say such rebellious words, you... do you want to rebel?!"
Hearing the bearded man's words, Shi Kefa couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then his rebuttal tone became more severe.
"rebel?"
"No!"
"It's you who want to rebel, right?"
"The heirs of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty are still there, but you have made Prince Fu your emperor. I would like to ask, what are your intentions?"
Shaking his head, the bearded man ignored the other party, just looked at the other party with a half-smile and asked in a bad tone.
At the same time, he was still a little confused and didn't know what the other party's confidence was. How could he want to use that condescending tone and attitude as soon as he came to the door, and also said that the superior officer spoke to the inferior officer in a tone and attitude towards him, the admiral of the East China Sea, who held a lot of troops?
"Absolutely ridiculous!"
"She is just the princess of the late Ming Dynasty, not a prince!"
"If we don't support King Fu, how can it be possible? If we support Zhu Ainao, let her do what Si Chen did?"
Shi Kefa angrily shouted angrily, like a furious tiger, glaring at the bearded man who was still rude and dared to ignore him, and took the lead to sit back on the chair.
If this was not Hangzhou, not his Yangzhou, and if this place had already been controlled by thousands of soldiers of the other party, and if there were still giant ships of the other party in the Qiantang River, he might have given the order to destroy this incompetent person in front of him. The arrogant man who has no father and no respect for his elders is thrown into prison and questioned.
"why not?"
"Didn't the Tang Dynasty also produce Wu Zetian?"
The bearded man's history is not good, and he hasn't read many books, but he only knows that the female emperor has never been in trouble. Therefore, looking at the old man in front of him who wants to boss him around as soon as he meets him, he feels guilty. I also had some vague ideas.
"you!!"
"That's it!"
"I won't tell you that!"
"I just want to ask you this time, what are your intentions in gathering a large number of troops here in Hangzhou, dispatching ships, and hoarding arms, weapons, and food?!"
Yes, Shi Kefa took the risk and came to Hangzhou in person this time just to ask what the Admiral of the Ming Dynasty Navy who had a princess in his hands and who seemed to want to do the ridiculous thing of 'taking the princess hostage to order the princes' wanted to do!
At the beginning, he actually wanted to slowly test and ask what was going on, but now that the two sides were having a falling out, he couldn't control that much for the time being.
You know, Hangzhou is not too far from Yangzhou and the South Zhili Gyeonggi area, and there are waterways and canals. The bearded man in front of him has heavy troops, huge ships and cannons, and they are all gearing up here, and at the same time... How could they feel at ease when they had been ignoring the orders of the new emperor supported by the Southern Zhili, and how could they not come to ask about the situation?
If the other side suddenly sends troops northward and uses force against Southern Zhili and Yangzhou, I am afraid that the fragile defense lines they have hastily deployed during this period to resist the intruders and slaves moving south will have to collapse immediately!
"ah!"
"So you're here to ask about this?"
After being stunned for a moment, the bearded man finally understood why the guy in front of him, who he had no friendship with, suddenly came to visit, and when he arrived, he glared at him and even made slanderous remarks. It turned out that this was what happened.
"Do not worry!"
"Supervisor Shi, I am not dispatching troops to deal with you. I am preparing to go north to Beizhili to cause trouble for those traitors and slave-builders!"
As he spoke, the bearded man suddenly laughed.
Yes, he planned to use ten battleships and some armed merchant ships plus large merchant ships to serve as troop transports and go north to Tianjin and Shanhaiguan to see if he could block Shanhaiguan and attack the vicinity of the capital, and then regain the capital.
"you……"
"You want to take back Beizhili?"
"That……."
"How many soldiers do you have?"
Unexpectedly, the bearded man really wanted to regain the capital. Shi Kefa was instantly stunned by this matter. Therefore, he opened his mouth first, hesitated for a long time, and finally asked carefully with an uncertain face.
"If you don't count the support staff and sailors..."
"About fifteen thousand soldiers, right?"
"And they're all Musketeers!"
Big Beard thought for a while, and finally gave the number that he thought was more accurate.
Anyway, he can only dispatch about 15,000 musketeers at most. No more. The most he can do is transport a few hundred newly cast cannons from the artillery workshop in Tamsui, and then recruit some assistants. Just artillery.
When the time comes, he plans to divide the fleet into two teams. One team of more than 5,000 people will lead five battleships to attack Shanhaiguan and land at Laolongtou to see if they can win the first level in the world.
The other 10,000 people landed from Tianjin and then took the land route to the capital!
In fact, Big Beard himself doesn’t know whether he can beat him or not, but anyway, the Li family’s warships are invincible. If he can beat him, he will continue to fight. If he can’t beat him, he will just retreat to the sea. There is nothing left or right. loss.
In short, his main purpose is not to make life easier for those slaves who committed crimes and became invaders! He just wanted to let those Jiannu know that the reason why their kind of barbarians outside the pass were able to attack the capital was just good luck, and they, the loyal souls of the Ming Dynasty, had never been afraid of them!
"laugh!"
"There are only 15,000 soldiers, all armed with muskets, so what's the use?"
"Listen to my advice..."
"Admiral Li, although your courage is commendable, now is not the time for the Northern Expedition. Jiannu is in full swing. I advise you not to seek death at this time!"
Shi Kefa couldn't believe it. The bearded man in front of him actually gathered more than 10,000 people and wanted to counterattack Jiannu, and also directly attacked the Gyeonggi area. This made him not know what to say.
"ha!"
"That's not an ordinary musket, that's a rifled flintlock Minie rifle!"
Rifled flintlock Minie rifle, the whole gun weighs about ten kilograms and has a caliber of 17.8 mm. Each bullet weighs 32.4 grams. The effective killing distance can reach thousands of meters, and accurate hits can be guaranteed within 600 meters and the power is quite huge.
Most people only think that the Li family's fleet only has strong ships and powerful guns, but they don't know that their muskets are also very powerful, much more powerful than those weird muskets equipped by the Ming army.
You know, in this era, the range of most artillery is only a few hundred meters, and the rifles of their Li Family Chamber of Commerce, their Grand Admiral Anne said, are the last glory of muzzleloader guns, and their range is absolutely It has a much longer range than Jiannu's artillery, and this colleague is also the reason why Big Beard dared to gather almost all the forces he can command to prepare for the Northern Expedition to Jiannu.
Although he had heard the nonsense about "the Jurchens are invincible if they are less than 10,000", he also felt that the cavalry of Jiannu might be really powerful, but he didn't believe it. With the Migne rifle firing at a rate of about three to four rounds per minute, how many cavalrymen could the Jiannu have rush in front of their musketeers?
"In short, Inspector Shi can rest assured. Although Mr. Li does not care much about your Nanjing court and does not respect your emperor, he will not easily attack you at this time. It will be easy for those who love you and those who hate you. If anything, just put your heart back in your stomach!"
"We'll see!"
"In half a month at most, when the big ships from our Chamber of Commerce in Nanyang arrive, we will be ready to go on the expedition."
During the recent period, Big Beard has only been mobilizing supplies here in Hangzhou. He has almost enough supplies to buy Tamsui City from Naha, Japan and Nanyang.
After two days, he will take some of the new people he recruited and a large amount of supplies to Tamsui. At that time, they will set off directly from the new fortress city and go north to expel the Tartars. And if he doesn't He said that these people who had just established the Nanming small court would definitely not know about it.
"..."
"In that case, I hope you can take care of yourself!"
Shi Kefa didn't talk much about it. Seeing that the other party was not only rude but also quite ignorant, he had no choice. Shi Kefa struggled for a while. When he saw that he couldn't be persuaded and finally knew that the other party was not targeting Yangzhou and Nanzhili, he snorted coldly. He waved his sleeves and walked away, not intending to say more to such a bearded rough man who ruled Hangzhou and Quanzhou separately.
Of course, at the same time, he also felt that it would not do any harm to the Southern Zhili court to let the power of the Li family fleet consume each other and test Jiannu?
"this……"
"Supervisor Shi, don't you want to stay for lunch?"
The bearded man suddenly stood up and pretended to stay with the other party. Unfortunately, the other party ignored him at all and led the person out arrogantly and angrily.
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While the bearded men in Hangzhou were gearing up for the Northern Expedition to establish slaves, in Calicut in the Indian Ocean, turmoil had been going on for several days.
The five ships of the Li family's fleet were directly outside the port. The black gun barrels were pushed out of the gun doors, directly blocking the entire port. Many sailing ships could only hide at a distance after seeing it. Drive or take a detour, and don't dare to approach Calicut at all.
Because, the prince and big businessman of the Mughal Dynasty in India, Chamenlin Afmad Nagopur, was tied up on the flagship of the flagship 'Xiang Feihu' by Anne Hasta, the chief admiral of the Li family from the Ming Dynasty. It had been three full days on the mast.
During this period, the people and fleets of Nagopur also tried to attack the Li family fleet and rescue their masters, but in the end, they all failed, and even the forts at Calicut Port were bombarded several times. , the entire fort was almost completely in ruins, and the wharf of this originally bustling port city was paralyzed for several days. People in Calicut were also panicked, and many people fled here.
No one knows how long this situation will last, because the ships of the Li family fleet of the Ming Dynasty are still anchored outside the port and have not left, and they will fire a few shots at the sea in the dock from time to time. It is not known whether it is a threat or something else. mean.
"Annie!"
"The fat man just said that he was convinced. He was willing to surrender. Let us put him down and give him food and drink as soon as possible?"
At this time, on the flagship of the 'Xiang Feihu', Song Yifeng suddenly broke into the captain's cabin, then lay down on the bedside and said to a troubled little girl who was in a daze.
"..."
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"It's only been three days since he gave in. It must be a fake and he definitely isn't sincere. Just hang on to him for a day or two and see!"
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After yawning and stretching, Annie finally answered like this.
"ah?"
"But……"
"What if he dies?"
"Didn't you say that you want his chamber of commerce and forces to help us keep an eye on the British and French here?"
Song Yifeng was a little puzzled. When they had a meeting before, they had decided to subjugate Nagopur and let him be the nail in the Indian Ocean for their Li family chamber of commerce. But now it would be better. When the fat man gives in, their chief admiral But refused?
"Do not worry!"
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"He is so fat and has so much fat and energy, he will definitely not die easily!"
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"We must let him suffer more, otherwise, we don't know what evil intentions he will have!"
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This time, Anne does not intend to directly use magic to enslave the other party, but intends to use violence to destroy the other party's spirit and will, so that the other party will never have the courage to resist their Li family!
Therefore, there is nothing wrong with hanging the opponent on the mast to bask in the sun for a day or two, and it will also help the opponent lose some fat.
Besides, Anne saw from the window of the captain's cabin that the clouds in the sky seemed to be very thick today, and it seemed that there was going to be wind and heavy rain soon. That was just right. The other party had been exposed to the sun for three days and three nights, and if it rained again later, it would be fine. Is it better to cool down the opponent and replenish water?
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