Chapter 122: Tacit Agreement (I)
Chen Kai began to enforce the license system at the mouth of the Pearl River, which caused an uproar among the owners of ships traveling to and from the waters. However, the Zheng group had a very high prestige among the Chinese businessmen in Nanyang, and Lin Cha's fleet was placed here, and any sea ship that refused to go to the official office on Hong Kong Island to pay or exchange for a license salary was detained, the goods were confiscated, and the personnel were detained.
"Shameless! Bastard! ”
On September 18, in Guangzhou City, on the main hall of Pingnan Palace, Shang Kexi jumped like thunder, and swept the four treasures of the study on the case to the ground.
This prince of Pingnan may have killed too many people in Guangzhou, and recently he has been superstitious about the Buddha and has spared no effort in building Buddhist temples. In the palace, it was also gradually begun to pay attention to the kung fu of nourishing qi, but the card salary system was implemented in the Pearl River Estuary for only ten days, and the two sea ships belonging to the Pingnan palace were intercepted by the Ming army one after another. It was all white silver, and it was robbed like this, so how could he not be angry.
Moreover, unlike other maritime merchants, the Ming army did not make any sense at all in the face of the sea ships under the banner of Pingnan Wangfu, and the artillery bombardment, the approaching of the ships, and the jumping of sailors, boarded the ship and directly killed all the people on board, and drove the ship directly back to Hong Kong Island. Even according to the descriptions of the shipowners who paid their salaries and continued to sail into the waters of the Pearl River, the two ships were confiscated directly, and the bodies were hung in front of the camps on the islands as a warning, while the goods were sold directly to the maritime merchants who went to the South Seas, and they were used as seizures.
It's a trivial matter to have a few ships hijacked, and even having some minions killed is not a big deal. But the Pearl River estuary was blocked, and the sea trade route was cut off, just ask him to take Guangzhou hard, and even have to go all out to guard against Kong Youde, isn't it all for these huge profits in the sea trade?
Shang Ke is so happy, Geng Jimao, the king of Jingnan who came to the meeting, is even more angry, he doesn't have a boat to go to sea in the near future, but the matter of being blocked by Chen Kai at the door of the house to collect the toll is really a solid slap in the face, how can he swallow this breath of such a dignified prince.
"Tell Gai Yipeng, that minion to kill!"
"Yes, just tell him to go, otherwise it would be better to raise a dog for such a vain money to raise his sailor!"
Geng Jimao's anger was uncontrollable, and Shang Zhixin's words found a way for him to vent. However, Shang Kexi didn't speak, and Shang Kexi's mastermind Jin Guang was still sitting there as if he was in a seat, so that it seemed to be a basin, no, two basins of cold water poured on the heads of the two.
"Virtuous nephew, those ships that cover Yipeng are not enough to stuff Lin Cha's teeth."
In July last year, the Qing court decided on the establishment of the Green Battalion in Guangdong, in which the Guangzhou Navy Division alone set the size of the 6,000-strong army. In addition, the naval division of this prefecture and the coastal defense guerrilla of that county add up, and the Qing court in Guangdong alone has set up a naval division of 16,000 troops, which is three times more than Fujian, which is facing the huge fleet of the Zheng group.
Perhaps, this time, the Qing court still had the intention of preparing for the establishment of a naval division in Guangdong, and then going to Fujian to suppress it after the naval division was formed. However, Shang Kexi's foundation for rebuilding the Guangdong Sailor was given to Shenjiang by Chen Kai, and now let a Gai Yipeng slowly toss here, so that a decent sailor can be tossed in the Year of the Monkey?
Shang Kexi got to the point, and now the Qing army and sailors at the mouth of the Pearl River really have nothing to do with the Ming army. Even to put it mildly, the Ming army would already be Amitabha Buddha if they didn't come to their trouble.
"Why don't you take the waterways of Xinhui and Jiangmen and bypass Lingdingyang?"
"It's useless, there are also Chen Kai and Lin Cha's boats cruising there."
"Otherwise, contact those Franc people and ask them to send ships to cooperate in the battle. It's amazing, when the time comes, give them that Hong Kong Island, it will be regarded as a thank you gift, and you can also borrow the Francophone to block the sailors from the east to the west, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”
As he spoke, Geng Jimao couldn't help but praise himself for the attention of his land and soldiers. But it's a pity that at this time, Shang Kexi shook his head and refused to say more, but the golden light that had been in the old monk's meditation for a long time took over the words: "The lower official has already sent someone to ask, and Fei Susha of Macau said that he and the Macau Council have promised the imperial court not to participate in the war between the imperial court and the puppet dynasty, and they have no intention of changing this principle." As for the matter of collecting cards, it is said that Chen Kai also gave them half a year to discuss with Zheng Yi, and they would not help. ”
"If you don't come, you will even kill them together!"
This is angry talk, Macao is full of forts, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If there were enough sailors to seize Macao, Lin Cha would have been driven back to Fujian a long time ago, and he still needed the help of the Portuguese? In other words, if they really have the strength to do this, they should keep these Portuguese to do maritime trade, after all, their fundamental purpose is to do maritime trade.
Geng Jimao was already so angry that even Shang Zhixin didn't seem to be much better. Shang Kexi looked at Geng Jimao, and then at his eldest son, and a trace of unteachable displeasure flashed in the corner of his eyes, so he dispersed the meeting. After a few days, Shang Kexi recruited them again, and explained his plan and plan.
"Sailors with Du Yonghe and Wu Wenwen, uncle, are they enough to see?"
"Let them try to meet with Gai Yipeng first, there will be at least two or three hundred boats, large and small. Even if Lin Cha's ships are all warships, their ships are really incomparable, but the Haikou must be fortified everywhere, and we just need to pick up those soft persimmons and pinch them in the special area where we avoid the real and the virtual. ”
Du Yonghe and Wu Wenwen are fellow villagers of Tongxu, Henan, although Wu Wenwen and Yin Zhirong first fell to Chen Kai in the first battle of Guangzhou, and then turned around and fled when the Qing army and sailors attacked, but with the relationship between their fellow villagers, after arriving in Qiongzhou, the two were re-encapsulated.
Fighting with the Qing army, fighting with the Li people Tusi in Qiongzhou, and fighting with the Ming army such as Li Yuanyin, Li Yuantai, Li Jianjie, Zhang Yue, etc., it is not possible to report to the regiment. When it came to the Qing Dynasty, he naturally came down with Tu'er, and now he is helping to suppress Gaozhou Mansion and Qiongzhou Mansion.
"What about those guys in Lianchengbi?"
On the way back to Guangzhou from Gaozhou Mansion and Qiongzhou Mansion, it was inevitable to pass through the defense area of the Ming Army in western Guangdong, and the first to bear the brunt was naturally Li Changrong, a staff general of Hailing Island, followed by Wang Xing and Chen Qice. Except for Wang Xing, the other two occupy the island, and the strength of the sailor is not bad, at least stronger than Du Yong and them, the original lost dogs, especially Chen Qice, who made a great contribution in that battle, and his strength should not be underestimated.
Geng Jimao was a little worried about this, but Shang Kexi glanced at Jin Guang, and then laughed and said: "As long as we show our attitude that we are going to trouble Chen Kai, will they still be nosy?" ”