After the second industry ignored and seemed to play a role, the original seven or eight heavenly abyss Yaoci's petition documents were gone. Tang Yunwen was deeply afraid that the county town of Lingao had fallen, and if this was the case, if there was any opponent who would "see death and not save him", the matter would be troublesome. He sent people to investigate the yamen of Fucheng, and reported that the post road in Lingao was still passable, and the county seat was also haode. He breathed a sigh of relief. Since it's safe and sound, there's no need to worry about it.

Tang Yunwen simply ignored the matter of the big iron ship. Compared to this high iron ship. He had more nerve-wracking things to do: First of all, Liu Xiang, a rising star in the Guangdong ocean, harassed and robbed the sea of the Pearl River Estuary in an attempt to monopolize Guangdong's overseas trade, and from time to time he also came to Qiongzhou, Leizhou, and Lianzhou to take advantage of the sea, robbed salt ships and sugar brand pirates, and the old man was not to be outdone, and fought with him happily in the Guangdong ocean. The turmoil in the Fujian Ocean has also disturbed the coastal areas of Guangdong. For a while, you came and went, smoke everywhere, and the people who mobilized his people and horses to "suppress" came one after another, Tang Yunwen took his headquarters to fight everywhere, and turned to Yuehai, every day the banquet was not warm, and he was very busy.

With the defeat and death of Zhu Cai Lao in Nanri, Tang Yunwen finally had a chance to take a breather and collect his troops and return to the old camp to rest. But soon after returning to Baisha Water Village, he received disturbing news. The sporadic rout pirates captured by the patrol ship confessed that a remnant of the old Zhucai had gone to Lingao. There were seventy or eighty boats, more than a thousand people.

These remnants of the pirates who have gone to Lingao are now sending people to recruit rebels on the sea of Guangdong. Constantly luring the remnants of the original Zhucai Lao to Lingao, "defecting to the Australians" This is the first time that Yushu Wuwen has heard the name "Australian". He hurriedly sent spies to Lingao again to inquire about the news.

The news of the inquiry came back to his surprise, and it turned out that the Australians who came to Gao in a big iron ship not only did not leave. He also built a room and a wharf in Bopu, which seems to have the meaning of living in high school for a long time. This reminded him of the past when the Francois tried to build a city in Tuen Mun and stayed, and later they got their feet in Xiangshan Ao. Could it be that this Aussian also intends to do the old tricks of the Francose man?

This is a big deal that must be prevented. Tang Benwen became nervous, he knew very well that the imperial court's attitude towards these overseas people was absolutely not allowed to stay in the land of the Ming Dynasty except for Macao, let alone build the city wharf. Whether it was Shuangyu, Tuen Mun, or Penghu during the Apocalypse, the attitude of the imperial court was always the same, and there was only one word for a small Westerner to stay and build a city on the land of the Ming Dynasty

Thinking of this, he didn't dare to pretend to be deaf and dumb anymore. Counting from the arrival of the iron ship in Lingao, this group of overseas "Australians" has been in Lingao for almost a year, and they have gained a firm foothold in Lingao for about a year, so they will wantonly recruit the remnants of Zhucai Lao to expand their strength.

In this way, the situation of Lingao is worrying! Tang Benwen hurriedly sent people around to inquire about the news of Lingao. As a result, he was taken aback, and in the past year, Lingao not only did not send a single call for help from a pirate invasion, but also repeatedly presented the captured pirate heads and various seized letters, flags, and documents to the government. Among them, there are many notorious pirate leaders who are wanted by the government. Even the heads of the Westerners and pirates have been presented. "Lingao County Commander Wu Mingjin has been a first-class red member recently." Jiang Youling told him that the piracy activities on the high ocean were almost extinct at present, and the prefect was very important to him.

"What about the so-called Australians?"

"Here's where things get weird." Jiang Youling said, "There has never been such a thing as Australians in the letters sent by Wu County Commander to and from the government office. ”

"You mean," Tang Yunwen whispered, "Wu Xianling colluded with the Australians?" ”

"It's hard to say whether there is collusion, at least there is a tacit understanding that the two do not offend each other."

"Wu Mingjin is too bold." Tang Yingwen said. "Still. It seems that Lingao is quite quiet. ”

"It's more than quiet." Jiang Youling said that now Lingao has become a big place in Qiongzhou Prefecture, and there is an endless stream of local businessmen who go to Lingao to do business, and every day there are many businessmen from the mainland who transfer ships to Lingao in Shenying Port.

"Now in Shenying Port, there is an outer cabinet of Gao Guang Shipping Company. Anyone who wants to go to Lingao can buy a ticket on the counter and take a boat, which is very convenient. ”

There has been a rare prosperity and prosperity in Lingao, which is obviously related to the Australians. Wu Mingjin has been in Lingao County for several years, and there is no such situation, and the big iron ship has advanced by leaps and bounds after a year, and no one believes that there are no Australians here.

Tang Yunwen decided to go to Bopu to see the situation himself. There is always something unreliable about hearsay. We'll make a decision when the time comes.

This is the scene where he dressed up as Wang Min and personally drove a boat out to sea to listen to the reality.

"Raise the sails and go to Changgong Bay." Tang Wuwen instructed his subordinates.

Changgong Bay is just west of Lingao Jiao. It is a traditional light field in Lingao, and there are many fishing boats working. The sails on the sea,

Unexpectedly, the boat boss who was acting as a guide shook his head and said, "Vice Master! It's not that the little ones refuse to go. This fishing on the high ocean is to have a thing called a "permit", and to receive a small flag to hang on the mast. The small ones haven't done it. As soon as the boat passed, the clipper of the people of the Internet Aoyuan was about to come to investigate, and it would be confiscated at least the light, or even the boat would be confiscated

"That's what this license is all about?

The little one also heard that only after receiving the flag was allowed to fish on the high sea, and he had to pay one-fifth of the light catch as a tax every day. ”

Tang Yunwen nodded, Australians really have a way to make money. The seafood in this area of Lingao is very abundant, and the territory here is blackmailed to fishermen, and this income is very considerable. He himself can also receive more than three or four thousand taels of silver every year from all over the island.

"In that case, you don't have to go down to the net to fish, just keep the boat closer

The ship boss was helpless. He didn't know Tang Yunwen's specific identity. But they are officers and military officers in Baisha Water Village, this is undoubted. This person, the person who eats water and rice is naturally unprovoked, and he is greedy for the promise of "give more silver." and took the risk of heading the ship to the high corners.

The boat quietly approached Lingaojiao under the impetus of Dawu, it was the fishing season at this time, and there were many fishing boats on the ocean. The brig sneaked into the flotilla and was inconspicuous.

The captain of the boat was very worried, and from time to time he had to look around, and urged him to "hurry up". Tang asked secretly laughing at the boss of this ship, who is too bold for so many ships, how can the so-called Australians take care of it? I also used a telescope to look at the high angle.

In this place, Tang Yuntou led the patrol ship to pass by at least dozens of times. It is a natural rocky embankment. There is nothing on it. Now the view on the high angle has been completely changed, and a circular part has been built at the top of the sea, and there are many protruding bastions on the outside. The fort was not high, but it was built very strongly. The whole body is made of large stones. On the pier platform, a huge iron cannon can be faintly seen. It looks a lot bigger than the Hongyi cannon bought by the imperial court.

Many trestle bridges were built on the high corner, all of which were paved with large stones, as wide and flat as the avenue. There are large and small ships moored on it, and people and cars come and go on the embankment. It's not lively. There are also many identical tall wooden frames with large wooden wheels built on the embankment, and long booms stretch out to lift goods back and forth, which seem to be hanging and manipulating.

Tang Yunwen was secretly frightened, not to mention the power of this cannon, just to build such a strong pier on this high corner, as well as these stone trestle bridges, if the government came to do it, even if the money and food were sufficient, and there was no worries, according to his estimates, it would take at least two or three years.

"My lord, Beacon Key". Next to him, his personal general Zhang Wen reminded him in a low voice.

Fengwa has also changed. Originally, most of the bricks and stones on the surface of this beacon hydrocarbon had fallen off, and the soil had collapsed in some places, and it was overgrown with weeds and small trees, like a small dirt mountain. Right now. The bricks and stones had been rebuilt all over the body, the trees and weeds had been cleaned up, and a small house had been built on top, on which a large iron cannon could be faintly seen.

Tang Yunwen felt strange: although the beacon tower has a wide field of vision and can be seen very far, it seems that there is no point in setting up iron cannons on it, and the Hongyi cannon bought by the imperial court is only four or five hundred zhang at most, and it is not accurate at all. This beacon frog is five or six miles away from the sea on this side of Bopu, and when the cannon goes off, won't the cannonball hit the land?

Could it be that the shells could hit the sea? In this way, this cannon can be at least five or six miles away! Tang Yunwen is a military general with actual combat experience, and he has dealt with Europeans and made ink with Wuwen. The literati who scribbled the tactics of firearms warfare were different. He knew that the so-called Western French cannon was "ten miles away." It's nonsense at all, but this group of Australians in front of them has such heavy artillery! I can't help but shudder when I think of this. The largest cannon on their own ship. It's not as good as the Hongyi cannon of the Franco. If you go to Bopu to crusade against the Australians, it is estimated that you will be beaten to pieces without being next to each other.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be glad that he had listened to Jiang Youling's words. If you really come to crusade. It is easy to lose a battle, and it is possible for the whole army to be annihilated.

After thinking about it, his mood became very heavy again. Looking at this situation, the people of Aoyuan fought the same abacus as the red-haired people of the past Francois and the Apocalypse, and they were ready to build a city here in Bopu and stay for a long time. If this is the case, sooner or later the imperial court will issue an order to crusade.

But not this year, Tang Yunwen thought, recently Dongyu suddenly detoured to Mongolia to enter the customs. Fall into several cities. The soldiers pointed directly at Zunhua, and the Beijing division shook. The imperial court will probably not have the time to deal with this matter. If the local encirclement and suppression are carried out, most of them will be suppressed in Guangdong and Fujian."