"Knock knock knock...."

The millet gunpowder, which was a flash in the pan and was born at an untimely time, gave full play to its advantages of slow burning at this moment, and smoothly deflagrated in the chamber of the long-barreled heavy cannon that was most suitable for this gunpowder, pushing a round iron ball weighing more than 10 kilograms out of the breech.

32 powerful and powerful loud noises rang out one after another, smashing into people's hearts like heavy hammers; Plumes of smoke and fire erupted from the barrels.

At a firing range of less than 300 meters, the ballistics run almost in a straight line. The next moment, 32 iron balls smashed into Xu's house.

A continuous "boom" sounded.

The exterior wall of Xu's house was the first to suffer. The quaint walls made of green bricks and rice juice could not stop the shells at all, and when large puffs of dust and roar were exploded, the walls either collapsed or were pierced.

The gate of the Xu Mansion, which is painted with green paint and nailed with brass door nails, representing the prominent lintel of the main family, suffered a saturation blow for the first time.

Among the tiles and wooden blocks flying in the sky, the eaves of the door exploded, the beams and columns were broken, and the two gates that never opened collapsed first, revealing the rich and noble gentleman's house behind the door.

After the first round of shelling, there was no longer any obstacle between the fleet and Xu's house, and the people who ate melons had already crawled and retreated crying and shouting.

This was followed by a second round of shelling.

It was still the deafening roar, it was still the beautiful white smoke and fire of the platoon, and the officials and people standing on the city wall of the county town all opened their mouths wide at this moment, and they were shocked by the gorgeous visual + sound and light effects in front of them.

In the second round of shelling, the main unlucky was the front yard of the Xu Mansion. Because the exterior walls, gates, and sedan halls were smashed open and collapsed in the first round of shelling, this round of shells passed through the above-mentioned area and smashed into the vestibule.

The buildings in the vestibule are naturally irresistible. After a cannonball, large holes appeared in many walls of the lobby, where Taishi chairs, large vases, and famous paintings were hung on the walls The next moment was smashed into the scene of a car accident.

It seemed as if a long time had passed, and as if a moment had passed, a third round of shelling followed.

This shelling, probably because the muzzle of the cannon was raised a little, the shells went straight into the atrium.

This was followed by the fourth, fifth, and sixth rounds......

The magnificent shelling operation lasted a full ten rounds, and a total of 3.5 tons of shells were poured into Xufu.

Not to mention that the navy is a big money-eater, 3.5 tons of fine iron shells were all fired in just half an hour, which is no different from giving gifts.

And the Xu Mansion, which accepted the great gift of crossing the public, has become synonymous with the broken wall at this moment. There are not only many buildings and halls in the house that have collapsed, but also more open holes in the walls of the houses; Coupled with the debris of roof tiles everywhere and the broken porcelain chairs, it looks like a two-dimensional tragic scene after the apocalypse.

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After the Great War was silence.

When the muzzle of the gun stopped spitting smoke and slowly retracted into the porthole, there was silence on the turbulent Huangpu River, and there was silence in the county seat, including the city wall, even if the city gate was already crowded with people.

The crowd that was still desperately crying and crowding, begging for the city gate to open, was no longer noisy. Everyone was silently staring at the giant ship with a blue background and a golden thread, anxiously looking forward to the other party's next move.

What's next? After pretending, it's natural to run away, what else can you do?

In the midst of the uproar, the anchor chain was raised, the mud was washed down, the black smoke returned, the sails swelled, the fleet slowly turned around, and after drawing a large circle on the river, waved its hand, did not take a single cloud with it, and disappeared like this...... What was left for Shanghai County was 320 iron eggs full of commemorative significance.

When the sightseeing fleet retreated to the outside of Zhangsu Harbor, the operation was considered a complete success.

This shore bombardment mission was a powerful weakening of the authority of the Jiangnan landlord class within the scope of the rules. Although the 320 iron balls did not hurt anyone, the huge power behind them was completely displayed in the heart area of the enemy.

From now on, whether it is the pedantic and conservative landlord class or the insensitive low-level peasants, they will all be touched by today's living educational program. All the witnesses who were in and around the county that day, as well as those who visited the ruined wall afterwards, could no longer turn a blind eye to this force.

Just like the Opium War, the backwater of medieval society was smashed open with cannonballs, which caused great changes in people's hearts and minds. After that, some people may become more stubborn and conservative, but there will also be people who are willing to open their eyes to the world.

What the traversal crowd is doing today is to tear through the weak shell of the opponent at the same time,

By the way, smash down a nail of thought.

It's a subtle investment and a hint. In the future, when natural disasters and ** scrub the land of Jiangnan over and over again, there will naturally be many people who will think of today's scene and this power, so as to embark on the road of "seeking strength".

With each more such person, the basic plate of the old forces will shrink by one point, until the day of social change, and the crossing crowd will get everything done at the least cost.

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Although the fleet quickly left the scene of the crime after the loading, it was mainly to eliminate the public commotion and quickly calm down the situation, which did not mean that Cao Zongbing was afraid of anyone.

So Cao Zongbing next sat in the Zhangsugang Port Authority building and began to wait for a ** door-to-door questioner.

The first one naturally came from Chongming, and Qian was always rich and noble. After learning that Lord Cao had bombarded the county seat of Shanghai, the frightened Yu Fugui first thought that Cao Pirates had rebelled, and shouted in the camp that my life would be stopped.

Immediately after inquiring about the truth, Yu Qian was still frightened: theoretically, the fleet ran from its own defense area to Shanghai County, and someone was sent to deliver the message in advance. Now that the surname Cao has done such a shocking event, his surname Yu must not be able to get rid of it.

So Mr. Yu Qian came to the door to ask for the guilt.

But at his level, the so-called questioning is also a joke. Have you ever seen someone who knelt on the ground and asked for sin? Who in the court sued the officer?

So Mr. Yu Qian, who ran to ask for the crime, was sent away by Mr. Cao in a few words: "This is a personal grudge, don't do your business." As for the beginning and end of the matter, I will bear it with all my might, and I will not make it difficult for Yu Qian. Come on, look at the reward. ”

Mr. Yu Qian was sent out like this, and he didn't even arrive for 5 minutes.

The second one to come to the door was naturally Chen Changyun, the commander of Shanghai County. As a parent official, no matter what the internal situation is, Chen Xianzun naturally wants to seek justice for his people.

Cao Zongbing did not slack off here, after meeting and saluting and watching tea, the general soldier poured all the bad things between the bad gentry and his own industry to Chen Xianling, and then spread his hands very aggrievedly: "What can I do?" ”

Unexpectedly, Chen County's order ignored this fork: "Hmph, even so, adults operate a giant ship into Huangpu and bombard people's houses, for more than 200 years in the Ming Dynasty, such a rebellious act is unheard of." As a parent of a place, this official has the responsibility to defend the land, and he will still have a bullet seal to go to Beijing later. ”

Zhang Dongdong sneered when he heard this: "It is normal for civil officials to impeach military attachés, and Chen's parents can do their best." It's just that the emperor has been besieged in the capital recently, and I probably don't have the heart to look at your bullet stamp. ”

"Hmph, this doesn't worry about Lord Cao, and the official will leave."

"Don't send it!"

So between Shanghai County and Cao Zongbing, they broke up unhappily.

Next, it is theoretically that Songjiang Mansion should send someone to Xingshi to ask for guilt. However, due to well-known reasons, Fang Yuegong of Songjiang Prefecture pretended to be deaf and dumb about this matter, and was silent except for sending a painless document to ask.

After the first wave rebounded, it didn't take long for the second wave to follow.

Although the traversers have deliberately controlled the intensity of the shore bombardment incident, and have not done anything to fall for themselves such as wanton killing, but after all, this matter is too mysterious, and the most stable hinterland in the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty was bombarded by the giant ships of "their own people"?

Therefore, when the entire Nanzhili, especially Nanjing, learned the news, one after another sternly worded official documents and some envoys quickly came to the door. These people include, but are not limited to, the eunuchs of Nanjing, the Duke of Wei in Nanjing, the Nanjing Military Department, the Yamen of the Yingtian Governor, and the Nanjing Jinyi Wei Yamen, who had already turned against Cao Zongbing.

Without exception, these yamen, who had seized the military and political power of Nanzhili, expressed very serious concerns about this incident: This time, Cao Chuan can "mix" into the Huangpu River, so what about the next time, will you turn around and "kill" under the city of Nanjing? What are you going to do with the surname Cao?

So Zhang Dongdong began a wave of hard work to explain and communicate, but it was useless, and a large number of bullets were still on the way to the capital.

After all, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were not fools, and this breakthrough incident made the reputation of Cao Haipirate, the chief soldier of Zhao'an, who was already suspicious, even more unbearable, and the upper officialdom of the entire Southern Zhili was now extremely wary of him, and some military deployments, including Jiang Fang, also began to be slowly mobilized and strengthened.

This time, the black cannon tube that passed through the crowd really stabbed the old man's lung tube.

Fortunately, these rebounds were also within the advance plan of the crossing crowd, so Cao Zongbing's side was not in chaos. While doing a good job of explaining, he also gave generous gifts to all the bigwigs as much as possible: everyone blushed on official affairs this time, but it is still necessary to maintain personal relationships, after all, if you don't know each other, no one will get along with a Marlboro lighter, right?

While the aftermath is busy here, the three ships that were singled out to the north are also trying to replenish.

Since there was a full 1,000 kilometres of sea route between Shanghai and Tianjin, and this time there were no supply points on the way north, several sailing ships had to be loaded with as many supplies as possible in order to cross the long sea journey.

The most important of the supplies was coal.

With coal, the fleet has the confidence to transform at a critical moment, so this time even the deck is full of coal bags, which is a bit like the Russian fleet before the Battle of Tsushima.

Fortunately, in this plane, the enemy in the north will not have gunboats, and there will be no book fleet in the Tsushima Strait, so it is okay to pile a little coal ladle on the deck.