In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the people in the official room were busy with their heels.

"My lord, the money and grain sent to the imperial court are about to be shipped, and the imperial court has come to six or seven official documents in a row to urge, and the wording of these two official documents has been very harsh recently!"

"My lord, the rations and seeds and farm tools to the farms in Denglaiqing and other places must be shipped, otherwise, if you can't catch up with the spring farming time, not to mention the sowing of seeds, if the rations of more than 200,000 people in these dozen farms are cut off, it will inevitably cause a big mess!"

"My lord! ……”

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"My lord, the weapons and armor that Long Shengxing sold to the buyer in Huguang, Zigui, Wuchang and other places will also be loaded and shipped away in time, and the delivery deadline will be missed, I am afraid that the buyer will die ugly!"

This pile of official affairs made the deacons of the public room so busy that the soles of their feet did not touch the ground, and they went back and forth between the big signing room and the signing room of Huang Xin, the head of the official room, who accompanied the Han guard.

Looking at the many matters piled up in front of him, Shouhan found a root cause from this intricate matter. That's the road to the north!

"Is there a reply to the official letter sent to Zheng Zhilong?"

He didn't say anything, asking the people around him. These people knew very well that whenever the Lord spoke in such a tone, he had to make up some kind of determination.

"He had a palindrome saying that he was seriously ill and had an old injury. I couldn't go south to come to the meeting and look at the Lord Gong Haihan. Along with the official documents, there were also two doctors brought by Zheng Zhibao, and they also said in unison that Zheng Zongbing was bedridden and could not travel far at the moment. ”

"It's another set of pretexts. Tell Zheng Zhibao. I'll take people to Fujian. First, Zheng Zongbing was unable to move, so we discussed in front of his sickbed, and second, there were also a few Lang Zhong with good medical skills in the Nanyue Army, who could diagnose Zheng together! ”

This was said politely and warmly, but everyone heard the murderous intent contained in it, especially when Shouhan said this, the muscles on his face twisted hideously, this is something that has never been seen in many years!

"I'll go back and tell my brother."

Listening to Huang Xin's relay, he relayed this. Zheng Zhibao didn't even go back to the museum to pack up. Quickly turned around and went out of the city and went straight to the dock to board the boat, he wanted to let Zheng Zhilong know about this unexpected bad news in the fastest time, so as to make corresponding preparations.

"You don't want to ask me, yesterday's ally. Why do we have to meet with artillery today? Ships intersect? "At a meeting of the joint generals of the land and water armies. Shouhan's face turned pale. With frosty eyes, he glanced at the people in front of him one by one.

He was to be before the start of combat operations. Correct the ideological understanding of these people, lest they still have a wrong understanding at that time and show mercy to Zheng Zhilong's subordinates. This. The purpose of defending the Han Dynasty was not only to teach a lesson to Zheng Zhilong, who had an extremely inflated strength and ambition, which seriously affected the development of the Southern Guangdong Army, but to uproot him and bring Fujian into the pattern and system of the Southern Guangdong Army. Let those landless and landless peasants in Fujian become the source of power for the great development of the Nanyue Army again!

"We are benevolent to the Zheng family. If they want cannons, we will sell them the newly cast cannons at cost price, and if they want gunpowder, we will sell them gunpowder, and we will have ash and ash, and we will have good iron. However, these guys forgot their righteousness for profit, and did not want to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, but for the sake of small profits, they wantonly transported grain to the north! Huamei! ”

"Father!"

Li Huamei, who was dressed in the uniform of the commander of the naval fleet, had a cold light flashing with her beautiful eyes inherited from her mother. Now the guerrilla fleet under her command can be regarded as a rising star in the naval division of the Nanyue Army, and the results and training level have amazed Zhang Xiaohu and his group of old guys.

"Tell me about your business in Baisha Waterway!"

"Your Excellency. The commander was ordered to travel back and forth between Hangzhou Bay and Tamluo Island, Wusongkou and other places to arrest the traitors at sea and prevent smuggling, smuggling, and evasion of funds from the enemy. On the left side of Putuo Island, Zhejiang, he met the northbound fleet of the Zheng family sailors, and the ships in the fleet had a very deep draft and moved slowly. Fearing that something would happen, the commander led the ship forward for questioning. Unexpectedly, this generation forcibly rushed through the level! Later, the captives confessed that the fleet was carrying nearly 200,000 stone grain and rice, ready to be sold to the north to the Jianzhou thieves! To make huge profits! ”

The family is the father and son, and the subject is the monarch and the minister. This family style of Cao Cao's family has also been fully implemented here in Shouhan. Although many of the people present are old people who participated in Li Huamei's Zhou Arrest Ceremony back then, in front of these people, Li Huamei did not have the slightest twist and pretentiousness, let alone the arrogance and arrogance of the children of ordinary official eunuchs.

"That's it! The fact that the lord was able to train the eldest lady and others to be so good shows that there are successors to the Nanyue Army! ”

Without waiting for everyone to wake up from this joy, Hua Mei took out the confessions of the ship's owner, sailor, and officer who were captured that day, as well as the logbook found on the ship. These written materials all show that the destination of the Zheng family's trip is Liaodong, but it is definitely not to trade with the Guanning army!

At this moment, everyone's emotions were immediately mobilized!

First, you are ungrateful, second, you are betraying the Lord and collaborating with the enemy, and third, it is not easy to say clearly, your Zheng family is between our Nanyue Army, so that our goods transportation in Tamna Island and Shanghai County must pass under your gun, this feeling, but it is really not good!

Blocking people's financial paths, such as killing their parents.

What's more, is it a group like the Nanyue Army, whose main economic sources are production, trade, monopolizing shipping routes, and collecting tariffs?

Thus, the mobilization of the Nanyue Army was completed!

It took less than half a day for the battle order issued by the commander to pass from the military division to the battalion office, to the officers of the towns and ships, and to every grassroots soldier until the next day's lunch.

According to the "three points and four determinations" standard implemented by the Nanyue Army, (divided into carrying, forward transportation, and liuzhi.) Fix people, fix things, fix cars, and position) to make preparations in two days.

The fleet directly under Shouhan was left to guard the waters from the border coast of Fujian to Guangzhou, and the right flank fleet took over the defense from the Leizhou Peninsula to Qiongzhou Prefecture to Ha Tinh and Hue.

The military and political affairs of Guangzhou were jointly controlled by Li Peilin, Ye Qi and others. Shouhan led nearly 200 gunboats and rocket boats, carrying nearly 20,000 infantry artillery from Chen Tianhua's Second Town, and with Li Huamei's guerrilla fleet as the vanguard, he went straight to the Jinxia Sea with murderous spirit, preparing to visit Zheng Zhilong's "illness"!

By the time the worst news reached Zheng Zhilong, the fleet of the Southern Yue Army had already left the mouth of the Pearl River.

"It's coming so fast! It took less than three days to prepare, and at most five days to travel at sea, and after only five days, the sailors of the Nanyue Army were able to mount the cannon under my nose! ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard such bad news, he couldn't help but be extremely angry. In the Shuaifu, several vases from the official kilns of the Song Dynasty were smashed to pieces. The people around him trembled like a mouse seeing a cat. But they didn't dare to say anything to dissuade them, they didn't know what to say, this is the huge difference between the army under the modern system and the ancient army in terms of the conversion efficiency of peacetime and wartime and the ability to run long-range!

"Handsome! People are knocking on the door! Whether it's a fight or a draw, you have to come out with a charter! ”

"Big brother. Now is the time! Let's do what the Shi kid said. Concentrate all the gunboats. Teach Li Shouhan a hard lesson, and then propose peace to him! Didn't he bring two hundred boats? Let's concentrate on the dozens of Western red-haired ships and big green heads in our hands, and load it with all the artillery that can be loaded. Set up an ambush on the water near Nan'ao Island and knock out Li Shouhan's striker there! Make peace with him later! Discuss and share the benefits of this sea! ”

Zheng Zhibao's brain is still quite clear, and he doesn't blindly shout and kill or his face is like earth, only trembling all over.

"Alright! Who is the commander of the Vanguard fleet? ”

"In detail, it is the guerrilla fleet of the Nanyue Army Naval Division, and the commander is Li Huamei, the eldest daughter of Li Shouhan!"

This sentence suddenly made the people in the hall burst into a burst of joy and laughter, a girl's house, embroidery, embroidery, fish and birds in the boudoir at home is almost the same. At sea, when artillery and projectiles are raining down, how can you compare with us men?

"Done with the fun?" Zheng Zhihu took a look at the gap and said something coldly, which suddenly turned the warm atmosphere in the hall cold.

"At the beginning of the Baisha Waterway on Putuo Island, it was this little girl who intercepted us! If it weren't for the Shi family's kid who saw the opportunity quickly and ventured around the waterway to attack her from the flank of Putuo Island, I am afraid that half of our ships would have rushed through the waterway! ”

Remembering that day, Li Huamei commanded the gunboats to constantly take advantage of her speed to launch surprise attacks from the sides and stern of the fleet, dumping dense cannonballs on the bows of the grain ships, and sending ships full of rice that could be exchanged for almost the same weight of silver to the bottom of the sea, these officers and shipowners of all sizes were much more honest.

"Handsome! In this battle, you have to go out in person! ”

"Joke! What is the status of the father? Personally go out to fight against a yellow-haired girl? It's also a shame that you came up with such an immoral idea! ”

"That's it! It's so cold, I smell a bad smell! ”

was beaten by Zheng Sen and Zheng Zhibao's uncle and nephew, and everyone also found that this idea was really a little inappropriate, originally, there was a girl in the mood for tricks on the other side, but Zheng Zhilong personally took action, and after winning the battle, Zheng Zhilong would also say that Zheng Zhilong was disrespectful to the old and bullied the small, and what was even worse was that in this way, it blocked the road to peace talks with the Nanyue Army, which was the most fatal thing for these shipowners who took maritime trade as their main source of income!

"He has this scarlet-winged tiger in the Nanyue Army, doesn't my Fujian Navy Division have a young talent?! His subordinates are not talented, and they are willing to accompany the young marshal to Nanao Island to play a game at sea with this Miss Li, thinking that you uncles will laugh! ”

Behind the crowd, Shi Lang's voice rang out.

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong's eyebrows jumped slightly, and his heart quickly calculated.

"Shi Lang, come here."

After a little calculation, looking at Zheng Sen's excited and somewhat red face next to him, Zheng Zhilong suddenly felt that this was the best of both worlds. It not only left a way for himself to retreat, leaving room for peace talks with the Nanyue Army in the future, but also established his son's prestige in the group, laying the foundation for him to take over the family business in the future.

"If I ask you and Sen'er to go to Nan'ao Island to meet the enemy, how many boats will you need? How many people? ”

"Handsome! In addition to the red-haired boats and the big green heads, I'm going to have at least fifty light clippers to use as arsonists! Shi Lang's words were calm and powerful.

"It's good! You pick the boats and people yourself! I sent you to accompany the young marshal, Zheng Zhihu, and Zheng Zhibao to Nanao Island to meet the enemy! ”

Night. Xiamen Island gradually quieted down, and a slightly fishy smell mixed with a bit of damp sea breeze blew from the sea, causing the patrolling soldiers to tighten their clothes again, so that the cold wind could get into as few gaps as possible through the neckline and other gaps.

Tranquility gradually returned to the front of Shi Lang's house, and the crowded scene during the day finally receded.

These people were all from various ship owners who came to make friendships and give gifts. There is only one purpose, don't choose our ship!

In this regard, Shi Lang, the little fox, was completely a gift, and he stayed with the post, and he slapped Ha Lu Ha in his mouth, and there was no truth in his mouth.

Sent away all the guests. Finally, the father and son can sit down and discuss the rise and fall of the family.

"Brother. This time, you went to fight with Fumatsu Maru against the Li family, how sure do you think you can be? Shi Lang's younger brother Shi Xian handed Shi Lang a cup of kung fu tea that had just been brewed.

"How many points? Not a single point! ”

Shi Lang calmly sipped the slightly hot kung fu tea in the purple sand quilt, and couldn't stop praising the aroma and deliciousness of the tea.

"You young boy! Knowing that he is going to die and still being able to do so in front of the handsome? "Shi Daxuan was a little shocked, his son's limelight is really bad! This is undoubtedly throwing the lives of the whole family into the sea.

"Brother. No way? To say that the Li family's ship cannons are powerful. I believe in that, too. But the marshal has pressed all our gunboats, how can he still not be sure of victory? ”

"Why? Brother, my brother didn't stay in vain during my years in the Nanyue Army. As soon as someone else's military order is issued, it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and you have to go up too. In front of you is the gold and silver paving, the beauty is like a cloud, and you have to retreat when you give an order! But, look at it. ”

Shi Lang pointed to the piles of prayers and gift lists on the table in front of him, a little helpless.

"This battle has not yet been fought, so they have come to tell the central government not to take their ships away, how can this battle be fought?"

Hearing his son's words, Shi Daxuan was also silent.

Fujian Sailors, or the Zheng Family Group, is actually a joint-stock company with the Zheng family as the backbone members and several large and small shipowners together, and each shipowner maintains a high degree of independence. This is also the reason why after Zheng Zhilong handed over the power to select ships to Shi Lang, the owners of the ships came to give gifts.

Without him, the ship is strength. No one wants to waste their strength.

"This is Li Huamei's ship!"

Shi Lang rummaged through a thin booklet in the rattan box that he was about to carry with him, and pointed to a copy of something on it.

"This is the number I secretly counted on Li Shouhan's ship back then, and when I chatted with a few classmates after returning to the school, I checked with their numbers, and I don't think it's much different! This ship is now Li Huamei's Aomei. ”

The Aomei was armed with 28 24-pounder guns and 10 12-pounder guns, with a crew of 400 men. This number surprised Shi Daxuan and Shi Xian, father and son.

"I fought with this boat when I was in the White Sands Waterway. This Aomei, with its high speed and fierce firepower, is completely a necessary weapon for knocking on sticks, engaging in sneak attacks, robbing merchant ships, and killing people and setting fires at sea! It's Li Huamei, who desperately takes advantage of it, and would rather die than suffer a loss! No matter how many ships you have, no matter how many cannons you have, you won't be able to take her! When your ship is unprepared, she rushes straight from nowhere, sinks your ship with a heavy artillery fire, or separates your ship from the fleet, and is obediently captured by her; By the time the team is ready to come and clean her up, no matter how fast you are, you won't be able to catch up with the Aomei. She's almost insane and can quickly turn around before our encirclement closes, and even if she does, she'll blast a gap with her unreasonable artillery fire, and she'll get out of the way! ”

Hearing that his son was going to face such a terrifying ship, Shi Daxuan couldn't help but hold his son's hands tightly, as if he didn't grasp it, his son would leave immediately.

"Brother, what about Li Shouhan who gave this boat to his daughter, what about his own boat?"

"When I returned, a large ship was being built in the dockyard that I had never seen before, and the keel of the entire hull was made of nine-turn steel. From Siam and other places, Li Shouhan's Siamese father-in-law felled a large number of giant trees in the mountains and forests for him, and I took a look, and there were thousands of square meters of wood that could be used for shipbuilding after drying alone! I don't know how many mountains and forests have been cut down! ”

Having said that, thinking of the giant ship that was moored in the dock and worked hard day and night, Shi Lang couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva secretly. His hand subconsciously pressed his left chest, which contained a letter written by his classmates in the Sailor Academy, which ostentatiously introduced the data of the Changsheng flagship that was currently in service.

The number of naval guns on the flagship increased to an outrageous level, reaching an unprecedented 1O4 guns. The whole ship adopts a three-tier gun deck installation, which is successively configured in 30, 28, and 30 configurations, with a total of 88 naval guns. The lowest guns were 32-pounder guns; Although slightly smaller in caliber than the 42-pounder gun, this gun had a longer range and greater penetration, making it best used to penetrate the waterfront decks of enemy ships. The middle gun deck was equipped with 24-pounder guns, and the upper deck was equipped with 12-pounder guns. The stern was replaced with a 12-pounder gun from 10 to 12 in the stern of the flagship, and the two 6-pounder guns in the bow were also replaced with two 12-pounder guns, in addition to the addition of two unprecedented 68-pounder guns in the bow, which could deal a devastating blow to enemy ships at close range.

In this way, the weight of the projectile reached a terrifying situation in one salvo of the Chang Sheng.

"Brother! Wouldn't it be a dead end for you to go on such a ship? ”

After listening to Shi Lang's introduction of the two capital ships on the opposite side like a few treasures, Shi Xian's face turned pale.

"Go, nine deaths. If you don't go, you're dead! We will be blocked in Liuluo Bay and become a target! One cannon at a time, send us all into the sea to serve the dragon king in the crystal palace! Shi Lang's face was extremely resolute.

Soon, though, his face changed again.

"I'll take someone to the beach to pick up a boat tomorrow, and you and Daddy will do such a thing on the island starting tomorrow."

Shi Lang pointed to the pile of names and gift lists of ship owners of all sizes on the table, with a somewhat strange smile on his face.

"You young boy! What are you doing? ”

Shi Daxuan now vaguely knows that his son is definitely not as simple as working for the Zheng family.

"It's easy, Baike!" Shi Lang's words were flat.

"I chose fifty boats from these people to set fire to them, and the rest, Daddy, owe our family a great favor. You and your second brother give them back their gifts, and tell them, don't want these mundane things, everyone is begging for a living at sea, and they should take care of each other. ”

"That's it?" Shi Daxuan instinctively felt that it would not be so simple.

"Then, you choose those small boat owners among them, there are at least five or seven boats under your command, and they are not very close to the Zheng family. Check out their voices and see if they can be used by my family! ”

"What are you going to do?!" Shi Daxuan hurriedly walked to the door, opened a crack in the door, and looked around, but fortunately there was no one in the middle of the night.

"Simple, Daddy, if we win, we can negotiate peace with the Nanyue Army, and everyone will end up decently. If defeated, Daddy, you will lead these people to surrender to the Nanyue army as quickly as possible. It's okay to keep my Shi family! (To be continued......)