Luo Dagong, who has been a magistrate in Shanghai for more than ten years, and has become a wealthy man because of rising land prices and high land rent income (he was originally a large landowner in Shanghai, and some of the first batch of land occupied by commercial ports belonged to his family) has also seen many Western beauties, and there is a white slave girl said to be from the Ottoman Empire in his own mansion.

But of all the Western beauties he had ever seen, none of them could be compared to the bright color in front of him. The difference is not only in appearance, but also in temperament and upbringing. This Western beauty is by no means the kind of female slave who was trained by the slave traders of the Ottoman Empire and only knew that the man who escaped well could be compared.

If you have to find a foreign girl comparable to it in the mind of Grand Duke Luo, only the Western lady that Li Shaoyou hooked in the Holy Roman Kingdom can compare.

However, that foreign girl looks a little fierce, and it is not as delicate as the one in front of her......

"Mr. Mayor, your city is so big! Bigger and more prosperous than Paris......"

When Luo Dacheng admired the beauty, the beauty spoke, and as soon as she opened her mouth, it was Chinese, although the pronunciation was not accurate, but she was quite fluent.

Luo Da Governor himself has learned Latin and French, but it is not easy to learn foreign languages! This French lady (actually Italian) can speak Chinese so fluently, obviously not in a day!

What is she doing as a French chick learning Chinese? There are quirks!

"Ah," Luo replied with a smile after putting away his vigilant loyalty, "Shanghai has indeed developed relatively rapidly in recent years, but in terms of historical heritage, it is still inferior to Paris, the capital of France...... Fourteen years ago, it was a rural place! ”

"Really?" Mary. Mancini blinked his bright eyes and said in surprise, "Only fourteen years? God, this city is not as old as I am...... Mr. Mayor, the city's rapid development must be due to the success of your leadership? You're such an amazing mayor, better than all the mayors in France! ”

"Hahaha......" Grand Duke Luo laughed loudly by the sycophants of the little Yanmar, "I don't dare to be greedy for heaven's merits!" The reason why Shanghai can be so prosperous is that today's saint has a unique vision, and this treasure land was chosen on the Yangtze River. ”

"Holy ...... Today Referring to His Majesty the Emperor? Little Yanmar asked uncertainly.

"Yes, yes," Grand Duke Luo smiled, "It's His Majesty the Great Emperor!" ”

"What kind of man is he?" Little Yanmar's eyes showed a hint of expectation.

Grand Duke Luo took her expression into his eyes, and he already had a little number in his heart...... This little girl is the beauty plan of the French Prime Minister!

No, you can't let the great tomorrow be confused by this Western demon girl!

"Of course, the Great Emperor is the Lord of Weijiahai, the Hero of the Four Razors!" Grand Duke Luo sank his face, "As the male master, of course, there is a majesty that people dare not look at directly!" He thought for a moment and added, "If you want to find a similar king in the West, it is Mehmed II, who destroyed the Eastern Roman Empire!" ”

In the mind of the little Yanmar, of course, Mehmed II was barbaric and murderous - his maternal uncle was a Roman Catholic cardinal, and in the education provided to the little Yanmar, of course, he would not say good things about the "conqueror" Mehmed II.

However, little Yanmar laughed: "Mehmed II could not build such a prosperous city in such a short period of time, which shows that His Majesty the Great Emperor is more amazing than Mehmed II!"

Mr. Mayor, I'm already looking forward to meeting this great conqueror of the East! ”

"Meet?" Grand Duke Luo was stunned, "Miss Mancini, in what name do you plan to go to the emperor?" ”

"Actually, I came to Laoshan Middle School and Nanjing School to study," said Mary. Mancini smiled and said to Grand Duke Luo, "Mr. Mayor, I heard that Daming's middle schools and universities will admit girls, is there such a thing?" ”

Study? Grand Duke Luo laughed, you just pretend!

"It is true that female students are recruited," Luo Da said, "but you need to be recommended and pass the exam to get in...... Miss Mancini, do you have a letter of recommendation? ”

"Mr. Mayor," Mary. Mancini gave Grand Duke Luo a pleading look, "You're going to write a letter of recommendation for me, aren't you?" ”

"This ......"

Mary. Mancini smiled: "If a woman like me asks to see Mehmed II, any mayor of the Ottoman Empire will be happy to introduce me......

Even if I am a spy with ill intentions, I should be interrogated by His Majesty himself.

So the mayor of Mohammed II would only write his suspicions into a report and send it to His Majesty the Sultan! ”

Luo Dagong thought to himself: This woman is not simple! But she was right...... This kind of Western woman sent to the door, as a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, don't you hurry up and report it to the monarch? Do you want to take it privately?

Besides, when today's son is not a womanizer, he will never be fooled by a Western demon girl with ill intentions!

"Okay!" Thinking of this, Grand Duke Luo nodded lightly, "This official will play your request to the Son of Heaven!" ”

......

On the same day, Emperor Zhu Cihong of the Ming Dynasty was in the Laoshan Palace to listen to the report of the investigation results of the battle of Dinghai Anchorage by Huang Binqing, the commander of the navy, and Gu Rong, the admiral of the Yangtze River fleet.

"Your Majesty, it is certain that four Spanish warships were sunk, two of which sank in the Dinghai anchorage, and two of which sank in the sea outside the Great and Small Millstone Islands...... The two Spanish warships that sank outside the anchorage should have been scuttled by themselves. ”

"Your Majesty, the Westerner prisoners of war have also been tested one by one, and there is no doubt that they are Spaniards. Their account of the battle is similar to the report of the Dinghai General Army's Yamen, whose ship was destroyed by our flowering shells! And our ship was burned after being raided at anchor! ”

"Your Majesty, according to the training plan of the Oriental Fleet, the ships in the fleet are all going to sea in turn and taking turns to take vacations...... Eighty or ninety percent of the crews of the 12 warships that were destroyed were on vacation and were not in Dinghai. The rest of the crew were also allowed to go ashore to rest. So there were not a few people on board at that time, and it was impossible to organize resistance. ”

"Your Majesty, the Admiralty has also received a report from the Oriental Fleet that the Spanish Fleet has now withdrawn from the Ryukyus and moved to Kagoshima Bay in the Satsuma Domain of Japan......"

"What? Went to Kagoshima Bay? So the Satsuma clan has already taken refuge in the Spaniards? Zhu Cihong interrupted the report and turned his gaze to Zheng Zhilong, who was present.

Zheng Zhilong's face is quite solemn!

"Your Majesty, the Spaniards are going to fight a privateering war!" Zheng Zhilong said, "The terrain of Kagoshima Bay is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the strength of the Satsuma Domain is not weak...... If the Spaniards use Kagoshima Bay as a base and sail around, there will be no peace in the southeast sea, and tomorrow's trade will be unsustainable! ”

"What then?" Zhu Cihong asked rhetorically.

"Escort!"

"Only escorts!"

"We have to form a group of merchant ships, leave the port together, and then be followed and protected by warships!"

Zheng Zhilong, Huang Binqing, and Gu Rong agreed on the same opinion, but their faces were not good-looking.

Because they all know that it is much easier to rob at sea than to escort! Otherwise, before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, why did the Dutch East India Company supply Zheng Zhilong every year?

Zhu Cihong sighed, and he already complained a little about Zheng Jiangong in his heart, why didn't he succeed in anything?

If he had wiped out the Spanish Oriental Armadada, wouldn't he be at ease now?

"Is there any other way than escort?" Emperor Zhu asked.

"Hit Kagoshima Bay!" Zheng Zhilong said, "Plundering at sea also requires a stronghold, and the closer the stronghold is to the fairway, the better. There are many ships in the Spanish Eastern Armada, not that Palembang Grand Bay can't accommodate it, and now Manila Bay is blocked by us, and the Spaniards can't go back, and Kagoshima Bay is the best stronghold they can find. If Kagoshima Bay is taken by us, the Spaniards will have nowhere to go in the western part of the Pacific Ocean! ”

Zhu Cihong frowned: "Hit Kagoshima Bay...... Who's going to fight? How to fight? ”

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