In a hurry to give the land to others, Liu Xiaoyao has not seen it, and it is said that there is Burma in the near future, and there are also Ryukyu and Korea in the distance, when the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, there were not a few requests attached to it, and it was not strange to see it.

But throughout history, all the requests for attachment are basically the Central Plains Dynasty was very prosperous, and it would only exist when the Central Plains Dynasty was coerced, and when the Central Plains Dynasty declined, no one was attached to it, only the border was smoky, and the people were crying.

Even North Korea, which has already completed the attachment, was only attached when the Ming Dynasty completely killed Jiannu, and when the Ming Dynasty fought with Jiannu to death earlier, why didn't they ask for it?

Tsarist Russia and these Cossack barbarians invented a new way of playing - before Tsarist Russia itself could figure it out, the scum of Eastern Ukraine ran to ask for it?

The barbarians are really good at playing - even if they are used to all kinds of messy methods in Jinyiwei, Liu Xiaoyao has to say admiration to these barbarians.

But before Liu Xiaoyao could pass on the news, Alec Cobham, who came after Lansing, brought another news - Nigel Ellis, one of the seventeen gentlemen of the East India Company, whose eldest son had been arrested in Ireland on charges of arms trafficking.

Before Liu Xiaoyao could fully react, Lan Xin exclaimed, "This is impossible! The British, this is crazy! This is all a frame-up, and little Ellis is not in charge of the arms business at all! ”

Liu Xiaoyao asked with a confused face: "What is going on with this little Ellis?" ”

After sorting out his thoughts, Lan Xin spoke: "Little Ellis is the eldest of the old Ellis, and the first heir of the Ellis family in the future, now that the old Ellis is old, most of the business is handed over to Little Ellis to be in charge."

Ellis Jr. took over the iron business that Ellis Sr. was in charge of, and his profits increased by 30% compared with before, which can be said to be the hero of the entire East India Company. Unexpectedly, now those British guys are blatantly tying up little Ellis. ”

Liu Xiaoyao was still a little confused: "What do these English barbarians want to do?" It's useless to catch a little Ellis alone, right? ”

Lan Xin shook his head and said: "It's not useless, according to the rules since ancient times, they caught little Ellis and arranged a crime for him, then the Ellis family can only choose to let little Ellis accept their trial, or pay a certain ransom to ransom people back." ”

Liu Xiaoyao nodded and said, "Then how will old Ellis decide?" Now that we all know the news, then the old Ellis must have gotten the news earlier than us, so I wonder how he will decide? ”

Alec Cobham said: "Ellis Sr. has decided to give in and pay the fine, hoping that Ellis Jr. will come back safely. ”

After finishing speaking, Cobham continued: "However, I can understand the feelings of old Ellis, after all, among his sons, little Ellis is the most competitive one, and the other sons are too far behind little Ellis, as for his illegitimate children, they can't be counted on at all." ”

After Liu Xiaoyao nodded, he planned to ignore this matter again.

Even if Cohen's son has an accident, he will have a headache, as for little Ellis and old Ellis, he has a fart relationship with himself?

But Cobham apparently had something to say: "Arrested by Ellis Jr. are two other businessmen of the Ming Dynasty, who will face the same charges as Ellis Jr."

Now I have to ask the adults to decide, should I pay the ransom to redeem the people? Or let them be commanded?

Of course, now that Old Ellis has decided to pay the ransom, the ransom of these two Ming merchants can also be borne by Old Ellis, and he must be happy to do so. ”

Liu Xiaoyao's face immediately changed.

Liu Xiaoyao will never forget what Emperor Chongzhen said when he rescued him: "It's too late for me!" ”

is such a sentence, Liu Xiaoyao plans to sell himself, including the lives of his children and grandchildren, to Emperor Chongzhen, because following such an emperor is steady!

After hehe sneered, Liu Xiaoyao opened the lottery in front of him, took out a booklet, and said: "Little Ellis's full name, birth time, place of birth, detailed names of his parents, and what he looks like are all told to the captain of this school." ”

Cobham finished talking about little Ellis's situation one by one, and Liu Xiaoyao quickly wrote something on the booklet, and only after he finished writing it did he sneered and said: "You go and tell old Ellis that he doesn't have to worry about his son's affairs now."

If his family has too many silver coins to spend, he can use them for good deeds, or he can pay tribute to the great emperor, these are his freedoms.

The captain of the school promised that not a single hair of his son would be missing, because from this moment on, his son Ellis Jr. has legally owned the household registration of Daming.

Of course, the rest of the Ellis family can't get Daming's household registration, because this matter involves Daming's businessmen, so they will do a special thing, only this time, not as an example. ”

After Cobham wrote down Liu Xiaoyao's order and left in a hurry, Liu Xiaoyao wrote the information with a cold face - little Ellis doesn't care, it involves a Ming businessman, and this matter is absolutely impossible to end easily.

The speed of the carrier pigeons was very fast, coupled with the fast East India Company's merchant ships to transmit the news, and within a few days, Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, received the information.

Liu Wenbing, who had just received the information, almost jumped up from the recliner - finally no longer had to continue to bask in the sun here as a salted fish!

Oh his mother! Ever since he came to this damn Ottoman, he's been working as an overseer, except for digging rivers and digging rivers until the rivers are all dug up, and he still has to stay here?

Where's that cousin? That's how you treat your cousin? Could it be that my cousin deserves to die?

Okay now, those English barbarians are looking for their own death, but it's not Uncle Ben who framed you, right? All of them have sent military skills to the door, if Uncle Ben doesn't accept it, won't it hurt your heart?

After calling his henchmen, Liu Wenbing directly ordered: "Inform the detachment of the South China Sea Fleet stationed in the Suez Canal to enter combat readiness from now on, and send a message to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, saying that the situation is urgent, and this Marquis will personally lead the troops on an expedition against him."

In addition, let the secretary in charge inform the Cairo consul Motley that this incident was provoked by the English barbarians first, and Benhou had no choice but to take advantage of the canal channel to go on the expedition, and the taxes that needed to be paid would be settled with him after Benhou returned. ”

After a series of orders, Liu Wenbing hurried to the detachment of the South China Sea Fleet that had left behind to escort the Suez Canal with the remaining henchmen.

According to the long-standing practice of the surface fleet, the commander of the detachment is the Qianhujiang Navy, because the scale of a fleet is far from the scale of a thousand households, but the commander has the rank of a thousand households.

After Jiang Haijun read the information handed over by Liu Wenbing, he was about to laugh in tears: "Since Master Hou is going to lead his troops on an expedition, he didn't say anything, he just followed him all the way!" ”

Jiang Haijun never dreamed that he would get such a good thing - the reason why Zheng Zhilong left his detachment in the Suez Canal was to escort the army, and secondly, to deter other countries to ensure the safety of the Ming people.

But after staying on this side of the Suez Canal for a long time, the Jiang Navy, which is about to rust, has not found any chance of war, and it seems that all the barbarians are very well-behaved?

Now he finally jumped out of a person who took the initiative to find death, if he didn't follow Xin Lehou to kill these barbarians, he wouldn't be able to forgive himself until he died!

Liu Wenbing was also laughing wildly: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, those English barbarians are really good, they haven't wiped off their buttocks, and now they dare to arrest my Ming people?" It's like people sitting at home, pies falling from the sky! ”

The two daring guys, neither of them cared that the size of the Suez Canal Detachment was too small - there were only six main station warships, four supply ships, three supply ships full of weapons and ammunition, and one supply ship full of all kinds of food and daily supplies.

Compared with a reorganized fleet of the Ming Dynasty, the sub-fleet is really a little inadequate, because an integrated fleet is 24 main warships, 12 weapons and ammunition supply ships, and 6 material supply ships.

In such a comparison, the Suez Canal Detachment is simply like a child, but Liu Wenbing and Jiang Haijun are not worried at all.

English barbarians?

Judging by the recent intelligence, this barbarian country is a bit bigger, and the navy has been taught how to behave in several encounters with the South China Sea Fleet.

Even, even its weapons and ammunition were purchased from Daming through the East India Company, and now he has the courage to grow hair? The Suez Canal detachment can block the entrance to the sea of this barbarian country, so that they cannot sail into the sea!

With Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, the big man in charge of the Suez Canal fleet, on board, the passage of the detachment through the Suez Canal was really a simple matter, and even the necessary inspections were omitted - in fact, no one dared to come to inspect them.

First of all, the Ming people will definitely not inspect their own fleet, even if the fleet is going out to cut people this time, then let the fleet killers cut talents, what do you do so much?

Even the civilian officials who don't deal with Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, will not care about the matter of the detachment going out to scare people, because the detachment has won the battle, and these civilian officials can also earn a certain amount of military merit.

The Ottoman inspectors were even more lazy to check - their own family's situation was clear, the only few warships in the navy were still purchased from the Ming Empire, and all the personnel were also trained by the Ming Empire, and the Ottoman officials were really worried that Liu Wenbing would drag the Ottoman Navy into the water in the name of military training.

It would already be a good thing for these Ming people not to go out with the Ottoman Navy, so why should they jump out and make trouble by themselves at this time?

After a few days' sailing, the Canal Squadron reached the port of Southampton and successfully rendezvoused with the East India Company fleet sent by Cohen.

As soon as he saw Liu Xiaoyao, Liu Wenbing patted Liu Xiaoyao on the shoulder and said, "Five hundred years ago, it was a family, a brother!" This time it's a good thing, you can pull my brother, and my brother is full of hospitality! ”

Liu Xiaoyao nodded and said: "Master Hou is really too polite, those English barbarians actually dared to arrest my Ming businessmen and ask for ransom, I really don't know whether to live or die!" ”

Liu Wenbing said: "Don't worry, the current Ming Dynasty is not the previous Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty have been bullied overseas, and several fleets of the Ming Dynasty have come to seek justice for them."

If these fleets can't do it, His Majesty will personally come to ask for an explanation for them, and in short, they will not be punished in vain. By the way, what happened to the people who were arrested? Have you been punished? ”

Liu Xiaoyao opened his mouth and said: "The Jinyi Guards who are lurking in the English barbarians are not so capable now, and I am not sure if these people will be punished.

But from the time the news spread to the arrival of the fleet led by Hou Ye, it has been a full sixteen days, and now it is really difficult to say whether these people have been punished. ”

Liu Wenbing sneered and said: "Pass on the general order of Benhou, aim at the South Cape Town port of the barbarians, and fire three rounds of live ammunition and rapid fire!" ”

Liu Wenbing's general order was quickly executed, and the cannonballs with the light of the fire were shot out of the barrel, dragging the long flames like a long tail, whistling towards the port.

England had a navy, and it was not weak.

Of course, this strength is not weak, but only relative to the rest of Europe, even compared to the Netherlands, the number one maritime power in Europe at the time.

But compared with the fleet of the Ming Dynasty, even compared with the Canal Squadron, which has been reduced by several times compared to the reorganized fleet, it is a bit inadequate, at least, the whole of England can not pick out a battleship comparable to the treasure ship!

As early as when the Canal Squadron fired the first round of shells, the English Navy planned to counterattack, at least to force the Canal Squadron back, because after such a few more rounds of shelling, the entire port of Southern Cape Town would be finished!

But in many cases, courage and determination are of little avail, especially when there is a generational gap in weapons.

As soon as the English Navy was discovered, the Canal Squadron divided two warships and met the English fleet, while the remaining four warships were still carrying out Liu Wenbing's order and continued to shell the port of South Cape Town.

Gerald Nimitz's eyes were on the verge of splitting - no one wanted to see what was in front of him, and his own side could only launch a decisive charge while the enemy bombarded his country's ports.

And what made Nimitz most unacceptable was that the Ming Empire fleet on the opposite side only divided two warships to meet the fleet of more than ten warships on his side!