"The third child, there is no military salary this month, and there has been no military salary for three months."

Huang Laoba sat on the edge of the dock of the sailor camp with a bitter face, his old face wrinkled like old bark.

"If it goes on like this, in less than a month, the three cubs in the family will go hungry."

"Hey!"

He let out a long sigh and said to Liu San beside him.

"So what? We are all military households, not regular sailors, but we are just called to guard this water gate. ”

Liu San is a nearby military household, and he and Huang Laoba are often transferred to Dengzhou City to fill the shortage, make a show, and show the officials and masters who come to inspect.

It's not uncommon for people like them.

After all, before Zhu Youxiao crossed over and was reborn, all parts of the Ming Empire, whether it was the sailors, the guards, or the border army, were basically not full.

It has become a common practice for everyone to eat empty salaries.

If a higher-level official came to inspect and casually brought in some poor military households from the neighborhood, he would be able to cover up the past.

This situation is very common among the Dengzhou sailors.

Some generals do not even have 50 percent of the soldiers under their command, and they are paid empty salaries, which is shocking.

"Listen, the one who came to the Dengzhou Navy Camp this time is a senior official from Jiangnan."

Liu San suddenly lowered his voice, came over with his ear, and said to Huang Laoba.

"I saw that there were three Daifuku ships coming from the south, and the waterline was pressed low and low."

Liu San suddenly became excited, "Such heavy goods are still packed in large wooden boxes, Lao Tzu has never seen it!" It can't be silver, right? ”

As soon as the words fell, he covered his mouth with one hand, as if he had thought of something terrible!

"Military pay!"

"Silver?"

Huang Laoba and Liu San's eyes lit up in unison.

Indeed, except for ore, coal, iron and the like, this Dengzhou Navy Battalion has not had other heavyweight materials transported by sea for a long time.

However, how much silver should there be in such a large ship of great fortune to transport silver?

The more they think about it, the more reliable they become.

After all, the two of them had seen with their own eyes a large number of generals of the Nadengzhou Naval Division welcoming the three Dafu ships into the water gate.

It's not something heavy like silver, where do you need so many officials to come and greet you?

It's just that the two of them are getting more and more confused.

How could this military pay come from the south?

And it's so much as three Daifuku ships?

Having said that, in the past month or so, the number of all kinds of large ships coming from the south has increased by more than several times, which is incomprehensible.

During this period of the Ming Empire, the situation between the north and the south changed greatly, and all parties have been preparing for the outbreak of the period, and this kind of dispensable lowly military Hu Erzheng has not yet been transmitted

They are just busy running around for three meals a day.

To tell the truth, if it hadn't been paid for three consecutive months, the two might not have had the leisure to care about whether there were senior officials and a fleet from the south.

Just when the two of them were flickering with joy and sorrow in their hearts, Liu San, who had powerful eyes, suddenly discovered something, pointed to the sea in front of him, his mouth opened wide, and he was trembling and trembling!

"Ship...... You see...... Nima's! Good...... Lots of boats! ”

After half a ring, he trembled and burst out of his mouth.

"What ship? Another ship is coming? ”

Huang Laoba, who was a little sluggish, looked at Liu San strangely, and then muttered while looking in the direction of his finger.

"This ...... This...... This Nima's ...... What a boat! ”

He was truly stunned!

In the distance, an infinite and huge fleet suddenly emerged from the sea!

And, as time passed, more and more ships grew, and gradually the entire sea was covered!

Huang Laoba counted a little, there were hundreds of them!

Hundreds of big ships, gathered together, head-on, what kind of scene is this?

This is to fill the sea outside Dengzhou City!

Since Huang Laoba was born, he grew up by the sea, and he has lived for more than 30 years, and it is the first time he has seen such a shocking scene.

No, not the shock, he was already completely stunned!

Not only him, but even Liu San, who was usually very arrogant, was so scared that he couldn't even walk, and he couldn't even speak.

……

"What? Just after this hour, the Dengzhou sailors actually parked their boats on the Shuizhai wharf outside the water gate? Not a few soldiers guarding yet? ”

The commander of the Royal East China Sea Fleet, Zhong Jixiang, was in disbelief when he heard the report of the sentinel ship that had been reconnoitred in advance.

"Report to the general, it will definitely not be wrong!"

The captain of the sentinel ship nodded and confirmed, "Not only that, but there are many foreign ships in the sailor camp outside the water gate of Dengzhou City, and there are several Dafu ships inside the water gate of Dengzhou City. ”

"This ...... Are these guys going crazy? A huge Dengzhou Navy Division camp is actually empty? ”

At this moment, Zhong Jixiang was really a little confused.

"Isn't it ......"

He suddenly thought of something, and his eyes lit up, "Quick, our fleet, immediately approach the camp of the Dengzhou Naval Division, and the four Leopard cruisers will approach the water gate of Dengzhou City to see if we can occupy the water gate in one fell swoop!" ”

"If you can't occupy it, immediately open fire and destroy the Dengzhou Water Gate!"

"The rest of the ships, let the transport ship where the soldiers are located, land close to the dock as soon as possible, and after controlling the naval camp, immediately seize Dengzhou City!"

Although he didn't know that at this time, the entire Dengzhou Navy Division soldiers entered Liaozhou City and went to welcome the Lord Qincha who came from Nanming to receive military salaries and rewards.

So much so that he got a good opportunity by mistake.

However, this did not affect him, and he ordered to seize the enemy's sailor camp and the water gate of Dengzhou City in one fell swoop.

If these two important places are successfully seized, the officers and men of the Royal Navy's North Sea Fleet will be able to rush into Dengzhou City along the water gate in one fell swoop.

Next, he easily smiled at this extremely strong fortress city.

"Hahaha! Even such a good thing? ”

While laughing, he shouted and began to command, constantly shouting, and one flag after another orders were quickly conveyed.

In order to speed up the efficiency of the fleet's actions, after seeing that the order was delivered, Zhong Jixiang immediately asked the flagship under him to speed up, and rushed straight to the camp of the Dengzhou Navy Division Battalion in the lead!

Dengzhou City, at this time, is the first fortified city on the Shandong Peninsula, its scale is not the largest, but it is definitely the easiest to defend and difficult to attack.

Because of the past few decades, the continuous attacks on the sea area of the Ming Empire, the renovation and reinforcement of Dengzhou City has almost never stopped.

At this time, Dengzhou City is not an exaggeration to call it the first coastal city of the Ming Empire.

Moreover, because Dengzhou City is built near the sea, it is located in the northeasternmost protrusion of the Shandong Peninsula, and there is an extremely perfect double protection of the sailor camp and the water gate, so the business is naturally extremely developed and the economy is quite prosperous.

Dengzhou City is also the closest port city to the Liaodong Peninsula in the mainland, and has a unique geographical location.

As long as the merchants who take the north and south sea routes, whether they are people from the north and south of the river, or businessmen from all over the world, they will basically regard Dengzhou City as the first choice to settle down.

Although the Ming Empire has clearly stipulated that the sea is forbidden since the Jiajing Dynasty, who can really block such a long sea frontier?

Do the maritime merchants want to get rich?

Naturally, one set is above, and one set is done below.

The imperial court's ban on the sea only forbade the people of the phosphorus layer to live on the sea, and this order was like a fish in water for those maritime merchants.

Why?

Of course it's a monopoly!

Since ancient times, monopoly has been the best means and way to make a windfall.

Not to mention that it still monopolizes maritime trade.

Without the participation of those people at the bottom, the major maritime merchants could easily monopolize the maritime trade along the coast of the entire Ming Empire.

Yes, monopolizing sea trade is the biggest secret hand of those civil and military ministers, wealthy families, and wealthy businessmen who fool the emperor to ban the sea.

How big is the stake of sea trade?

The people of the earth in later generations will know it.

And the monopoly of maritime trade, the annual benefits, is absolutely an unimaginable number.

……

Zhong Jixiang's car was naturally a Leopard cruiser, and its speed was not needed, and it quickly approached the huge Dengzhou Navy Division.

Before the battleship could stop at the edge of the big pier, Zhong Jixiang flew and jumped off the battleship.

"Lay down your arms! Hold your head and squat! ”

He immediately shouted at the dozen or so soldiers who were standing guard on the big dock.

Huang Laoba and Liu San, before they came to their senses, were so frightened that they almost urinated on the spot!

The two of them and more than a dozen people on the side threw some rusty knives and guns in their hands beside them, and immediately squatted to the side with their heads in their hands, trembling, and did not dare to move.

Old!

What kind of immortals are these soldiers who came in white army uniforms and milky white warships, why are they so mighty?

It seems that these menacing and majestic soldiers are still the army of our Ming Empire!

It's just that since it is the army of the Ming Empire, why does it look like it is going to attack the camp of the sailor and Dengzhou City?

Rebel?

These military households squatting on the ground were even more panicked by fright.

It's just that they thought about it, there are at least five or six hundred big fleets and big ships attacking in front of them, what force can have such a big hand?

Court!

Only the imperial court sailors in the north can make such a big move!

Everyone thinks of the previous month, in the past month or so, those uninterrupted, more and more ships coming from the south, plus the three Daifuku ships that have just arrived in Dengzhou City, which are suspected to be full of silver......

Nima's!

It's a rebellion! The army of the imperial court has come to rehabilitate!

However, the anti-thief is Jiangnan's side!

Those three Daifuku ships were loaded with silver, which were used to buy the civil and military officials in the Dengzhou area!

Thinking about it like this, Huang Laoba, Liu San and the others, their bodies trembled more and more.