To be honest, Hong Chengchou actually enjoys his current position. Finally, I can lead troops to fight, and it is also a war to expand territory. In the future, at least his illustrious reputation will remain on this side of Tianshan Mountain.
In this way, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting would not be thrown away too much. If he can make more meritorious deeds against Tsarist Russia in the future, with the emperor's generosity now, he might even get a title.
Hong Chengchou thought this way, and in terms of specific work, he was preparing according to this vision. For those in Central Asia who do not obey the great power of Ming Dynasty, all the young and strong people will be captured to build roads. The rest of the population will be used if they can be used, and it is best to submit. Those who dare to resist, or disobey orders, and violate the orders he issued, they will He was also ruthless so that he could have more time and energy to deal with Tsarist Russia.
Even though Hong Chengchou was a civil servant, his decisiveness and ruthlessness at critical moments had actually been reflected in his early suppression of the bandit rebellion.
Hong Chengchou knew that if those thieves were captured, it would be difficult to deal with them later. If you let them go back, because they have nothing to eat, they will inevitably become bandits again; if you don't let them go back, the court will not have so much food for them to eat; therefore, Hong Chengchou basically takes no prisoners. On the battlefield, he was all about killing. Unfortunately, if he caught many prisoners, he would kill them immediately without keeping them overnight.
Not to mention, Hong Chengchou's method was really useful in dealing with the bandits, and he eventually rose to fame in the process of suppressing the bandits. His career as an official was as fast as flying, and he soon reached the position of governor of Yansui. superior.
Now, as soon as Hong Chengchou's iron-fisted strategy was implemented in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, it immediately shocked the people here, the kind that can stop a three-year-old child from crying. In addition, when Emperor Chongzhen personally conquered the Tianshan Mountains, the tribes of the Oirat tribe he rescued regained such a wave of popular support, and the population in the region was gradually migrating. It can be said that the Ming Dynasty became famous in Central Asia. broadcast. No tribe or country dared to come to Hong Chengchou's territory to cause trouble.
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In the blink of an eye, another year passed. In May of the 24th year of Chongzhen, a large wave of fleets appeared outside Tianjin Port. These fleets, without exception, all fly the flags of Portugal and the Ming Dynasty.
On the flagship, a crowd of people surrounded the two people at the front. One of them was introducing the other one, a little girl: "Your Royal Highness, we will land at the port in front, and then it will take about three days to reach the capital of the Ming Empire. The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is far more prosperous than other countries in Europe. Although I have never been to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, I have heard a lot about it when I was in the Far East. It has only been a few years now, so I believe it is not much different. I am happy to introduce it to Her Royal Highness the Princess."
This princess is the second daughter of King Joao IV, named Catherine. The first daughter died in infancy, so Catherine was actually the eldest daughter. If it is the original history, she married Charles II of England, and later returned to Portugal as regent queen after Charles II died. Her reputation in history is good.
I wonder if Queen Catherine in Heroes was created because of her?
At this time, Catherine was only thirteen years old. But on the surface, she was serious and reserved. However, when she was in Lisbon, including on the road, and when she briefly replenished supplies in Haojing'ao, she had already heard about the Ming Empire in the Far East, and all she heard was how prosperous it was. How rich.
But in her heart, she still didn't believe it. Could it be that no matter how prosperous the Ming Dynasty was, it could still be as prosperous as Paris?
Catherine was thinking in her mind when she suddenly saw a fleet of warships sailing out of the distant port, lining up and waving flags at the same time.
When Anders saw it, he said to Catherine: "Your Highness, you have to meet the Ming Navy's inspection. I will make arrangements first."
After hearing this, Catherine followed her father's example, nodded calmly and said: "Go!"
This Portuguese fleet actually has only three warships. The others are armed merchant ships, and most of them transport goods. When they saw the warships of the Ming Navy approaching, they all lowered their sails honestly and did not dare to open the gun windows, waiting for the Ming army to inspect them.
Anders has credentials, and this time he visited the capital of the Ming Dynasty. When he replenished supplies in Haojing'ao, he had already notified the Ming Dynasty. I believe this side should already know about it.
Sure enough, the Tianjin Coastal Defense Guerrilla General personally boarded the ship to inspect it, and after verifying credentials and other items, he said to Anders: "Your Majesty has a decree. The chief of Honglu Temple is already waiting at the port to welcome your princess. Visit.”
No matter what, we are a country of brothers, and we still have the proper etiquette. However, there are also rules that should be followed.
Therefore, the flagship of the fleet, that is, Anders and Catherine's ship, followed the Ming warship into the port, and the other warships had to follow the Ming warship to the military port. Of course, except for the merchant ships that gave gifts to the Ming Dynasty.
Catherine doesn't care about all these arrangements, but no matter what, of course she is sizing up the Ming army.
She found that these warships of the Ming army were very ordinary, not even sailing warships. She felt that they were not very fast, and she couldn't help but feel a little contemptuous in her heart. As far as the navy is concerned, Portugal is probably much stronger. But this was in the Ming Dynasty, so there were a lot of warships.
She still has some feelings about this. At least all the way north, she saw many ships from the Ming Dynasty coming and going along the coastal waters from time to time. The lively places were indeed more lively than those in Europe.
For this reason, when the Tianjin coastal defense guerrilla general came to greet him, she praised him out of politeness and said: "Looking at the many merchant ships in the Ming Dynasty, it is indeed very prosperous and desirable!"
After hearing this, Anders turned around to translate, and then added a sentence himself: "I remember that in the past, there were not so many ships in the Ming Dynasty. This shows that the Ming Dynasty is really getting more and more prosperous!"
When the coastal defense guerrilla general heard this, he was a little surprised, and then he couldn't help but said with a smile: "That's all because of the old calendar! Since the train was connected between the north and the south, there have been a lot less ships."
Anders was stunned when he heard this. With his level of Ming Dynasty Mandarin, he didn’t understand what Lao Huangli meant, and he also didn’t understand what train meant. However, he probably understood the meaning.
After seeing the salute, the coastal defense guerrilla general said goodbye and left, returning to his flagship.
Catherine noticed the face of the Ming army general and asked Anders curiously: "What did he say? Why does he seem a little disapproving?"
After hearing this, Anders thought about it for a moment before replying: "He said that after burning the car with paper like the old almanac, the number of ships on the sea has been reduced a lot. Otherwise, there would be more."
Catherine was stunned when she heard this, a little disbelieving: "What do you mean? Could it be that there are more ships than we have seen before?"
"I don't know!" Anders actually felt that the Ming general was exaggerating, because he didn't have so many when he was in the Ming Dynasty. But he couldn't tell the princess clearly, so he explained, "It's possible that there was a sea-going ship carrying the car, but the car caught fire, so that type of sea-going ship disappeared. So there are fewer sea-going ships seen today. "
After finishing speaking, he was proud of his quick wit and perfectly explained the reason of the Ming Dynasty general!
Catherine still felt that this reason was a bit strange, but she stopped asking and just stared at Tianjin Port in the distance.
Anders stood next to her and said to her: "This Tianjin city, about ten years ago, there was a famous war called the Tianjin Counterattack. At that time, the Ming army hid five thousand troops in Tianjin city. , relying on the Wei River to intercept Jianlu..."
Catherine was really interested in hearing about these wars, but after hearing it, she was still a little puzzled, so she asked Anders: "Why don't you hide more troops in Tianjin City? In that case, there is no need to guard Weihe River." Doesn’t it have to be so hard?”
As soon as Anders heard this, he immediately replied: "Tianjin City is so big. If we hide more people, we will be discovered by the Jianlu."
"Oh!" Upon hearing this, Catherine accepted the reason and continued to listen to Anders' explanation while looking at Tianjin City in the distance with her eyes wide open.
As she looked at it, she had another question. She couldn't help but point to the Tianjin Port in the distance and said, "That's not right. With so many ships docked, the port can already be seen faintly. It's very big. Compared with Tianjin City, it's definitely Not too small, right?"
By this time, Anders had also seen it. He was a little surprised that Tianjin Port was larger than he thought. However, in front of the princess, he was unwilling to admit that he was wrong, so he explained: "The war has subsided in recent years, and with so many ships coming and going, the expansion of the port is inevitable."
After hearing this, Catherine felt a little dissatisfied. Even if it were expanded, could it be expanded so much in less than two years? This is several times larger than the port of Lisbon!
Fortunately, because she was young, she was afraid that her lack of experience would lead to biased perceptions, so she didn't say anything more.
Slowly, the battleship got closer and closer to the port, and the prosperous atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty suddenly hit our faces.
Ship after ship was coming and going near the battleship, and the port was being dispatched one after another, and the flags were commanding, although there were many, there was no chaos. After the warship fell into the sea, it felt its own insignificance.
Led by the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense guerrilla warships, they sailed into a special dock to avoid the noise of the port. It wasn't until she got off the ship that Catherine came back to her senses. It turns out that the port can still be so lively and orderly?
When she came to her senses, she was immediately stunned again. She turned to look at Anders and asked, "Didn't you say that there are five thousand soldiers and horses hidden in Tianjin City? How can we hide this?"
When she finished asking, she realized that Anders stayed there with a shocked look on his face.
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