Chapter 789: Your Majesty, the minister can still lift the sword!
The leader of the Jinyi guard picked up the wooden stick in his hand and tossed the bonfire in front of him, and said expressionlessly: "In the next matter, don't worry about your Excellency, the less you know, the safer, and if you inquire too much, it will not be good for you." ”
Qiu Wenyuan was still a little unwilling: "The little general can definitely guess one or two of the business run in his next home, even if he can't guess it, with the ability of the little general, it is easy to find out."
Don't hide it from the little general, Boss Huo and I are both working for the Northern Ordnance Industry Group, although we belong to different yamen from Jinyiwei, but we can barely be said to be suitable. ”
The face of the leader of the brocade guard still did not change at all: "If you talk nonsense, you will stay here forever." ”
Maybe many people will be overjoyed when facing this kind of good thing, after all, no one will dislike their wife's mother's money, but this definitely does not include the people of Jinyiwei, especially the members of a team of twelve like this.
It's not that Jinyiwei can't marry a wife, the problem is that after marrying the daughter of this kind of big businessman, the only possibility he faces is to quit Jinyiwei forever, transfer to an ordinary guard, or simply be removed from the army.
This is absolutely unacceptable to the members of the Jinyi Guard, especially the members of this kind of team.
The meaning of the existence of these people is to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and dying for His Majesty the Emperor is the greatest glory of their own people, marrying a wife and having children?
These messy things are not within the scope of their own consideration at all, even if they are considered, they are considered and solved within Jinyiwei, and they marry the daughters of these businessmen outside? Inexistent!
Qiu Wenyuan didn't dare to say any more.
I even said that I would stay here forever, and if I got up again, what if I was really left here? That's not good, even if you die, you have to die in Daming, bury in Daming, die in the land of barbarians, don't you become a lonely ghost!
The news that Qiu Wenyuan and others were rescued soon spread to the Suez Canal fleet, and then to the shore of Emperor Chongzhen.
After putting aside the last scruples, Emperor Chongzhen didn't bother to continue to reprimand the three bastard sons on the Mughal side, and simply went directly to England with a large number of horses and boys in smoke.
The best way to reach England is via the Suez Canal and then to England, not the Cape of Good Hope.
It wasn't until he arrived at the Suez Canal with a ticket of horses that Emperor Chongzhen figured out why the European barbarians in history made the so-called Great Voyage and why they passed through the Cape of Good Hope instead of the Suez Canal.
The reason is actually very simple, if you want to pass through the Suez Canal, you must dig the Suez Canal, and the project of digging the Suez Canal requires more than just simple gold, silver and manpower.
Surveying and construction is not a big problem for Daming, after all, there are many talents in Daming, not to mention the Royal Academy and Guozijian, even those large academies can find a group of people to come out.
For the barbarians of Europe or for the Ottoman Empire, manpower and bonuses were almost impossible tasks, let alone surveying before construction.
Because the amount of work and calculations involved in the excavation of the Suez Canal is almost astronomical, without the support of a large number of scholars who are proficient in mathematics, there is no way to know how many people and how many materials will be used.
Unknown data is the most fucked up, and many times, this unknown data is capable of bringing down an empire.
Obviously, at present, there is no other country in the whole world except for the Ming Dynasty that can support such a huge project - maybe France can afford the relevant costs, but the relevant personnel support cannot afford it.
It is precisely because of this that there is the great voyage that the barbarians have advocated for centuries, and there is the Cape of Good Hope.
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After the first fleet was opened, four warships surrounded the flagship of Emperor Chongzhen's "Son of Heaven" in the middle and passed through the Suez Canal.
It's not that Zhang Zhiji, Zheng Zhilong and others don't want to arrange more warships to escort them, but the huge size of the "Son of Heaven" makes the river, which could have sailed several lucky ships side by side, become only three or five warships in parallel at the same time.
In this case, if you want to protect the flagship of the "Son of Heaven" where Emperor Chongzhen is located, you can't arrange more warships to protect it, otherwise it will have an adverse impact on the passage of the "Son of Heaven".
In fact, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, the worries of Zhang Zhiji, Zheng Zhilong and others were simply a bit of a superfluous move.
The "Son of Heaven" is good in the channel of the Suez Canal, but on both sides of the Suez Canal stand not only the soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, but also the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty on both sides of the river, some of them stand with their backs to Emperor Chongzhen, and the other part is staring at the river in front of them, and their eyes have been following the "Son of Heaven" where Emperor Chongzhen is located.
The breeze blew Emperor Chongzhen's clothes, the corners of the clothes that were swaying back and forth were a little hunting, and the whole person stood on the deck and looked ahead, and the Fangzheng behind him was like a wooden stake, protecting Emperor Chongzhen deadly.
As for the sky, Emperor Chongzhen could only regretfully say that he was a little embarrassed to the traverser, or that his current technology tree was obviously not good, and he didn't even have a plane to accompany him.
Imagine what it would be like to have a few more fighters flying over the huge aircraft carrier-like "Son of Heaven" to escort it.
However, although there were no fighters to accompany him, Emperor Chongzhen's head was not only left with the blue sky, white clouds and the sun, because there were also several airships flying with him.
The speed of the airship is not too fast, it is basically the same as the speed of the "Son of Heaven", and it always flies in the sky above Emperor Chongzhen.
The banks of the canal have long been crowded with people.
In addition to the soldiers who escorted the two sides of the strait, a large number of ordinary people crowded over to watch this grand scene that was rare for thousands of years.
Thanks to the geographical location of the Ottoman Empire, there were not only the Ming people, but also the common people of the Ottoman Empire, the Mughals, Turkey and some Europeans.
However, among the crowd, the chests of the people of the Ming Dynasty are the highest - look, in front of me is the fleet of the Ming Dynasty, and on the ship is my great tomorrow, for the people of the Ming Dynasty to seek revenge!
In the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty, there is endless pride, while in the hearts of others, there is something unpleasant.
They are all people, they are all ordinary people, these people of the Ming Dynasty can straighten their chests, no matter who they are facing in front of them, whether they are also civilians or officials of the Ottoman Empire, their attitude is the same.
There was no disdain in their eyes, but the feeling was more uncomfortable than contempt.
Except for the awe in the eyes of the Ming officials, at other times, they looked at anyone with a kind of equality.
This is by no means equality in the true sense of the word, because they look at each other as equals as they look at each other.
It was a kind of equality with a bird's eye, even when a mere merchant faced the consul of a city in the Ottoman Empire.
Yes, they have the right to see that everyone is equal, because their empire, their king, so they can be capricious, and there is no difference between the officials and the people of other countries in their hearts.
But what about yourself?
Is there any difference between being a citizen or an official? Will one's own country and its king conquer another country for the sake of oneself? Do you care about the grievances you have received overseas?
See what their family registration certificate says on it?
"It is hereby proved that the people holding this household registration certificate are the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Household Department and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies ask all countries, political regimes, and organizations to help and take care of the people who hold this household registration certificate as much as possible.
If he violates the laws of various countries, please return to the Ming Dynasty to be tried by the Ming government, in addition, this person is protected by the Ming Son and the Ming Empire's government and army. ”
Let's take a look at how the household registration certificate in your hand is written?
"Please comply with the laws and regulations of your country as much as possible......
This huge difference is where these Ming people can hurry up their chests!
And as the Son of Heaven where Emperor Chongzhen was located moved forward little by little, I don't know who on the shore took the lead in shouting "Long live Your Majesty!" Daming Wansheng! ”
When this sentence was shouted, the other Ming people began to follow spontaneously, and in the end, even the soldiers guarding the shore also shouted.
"Long live Your Majesty! Daming Wansheng! ”
The voice spread far away to the "Son of Heaven" where Emperor Chongzhen was located, and also reached the ears of Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen knew that he could hear the shouts on the shore because there were enough people on the shore and the sound was loud enough, and even if he shouted out his voice, no one on the shore would be able to hear his voice.
As for letting the soldiers on the "Son of Heaven" shout with him, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt a little embarrassed - is it too public?
Taking a deep breath, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly straightened his clothes, and gave a military salute to the soldiers and people on the shore, and turned his body slightly, so that the soldiers and people on both sides of the strait could see clearly.
Emperor Chongzhen's hand was not put down, and the shouts on both sides of the strait did not stop, even if his throat was dry and dumb, the soldiers and people on the shore were still roaring.
Precursor to the king!
The Son of Heaven can cross the sea to travel thousands of miles for the sake of the two Ming people, why should he not be the Ming people? If one day, he was wronged overseas, would the Son of Heaven go on an expedition like today?
Even if the Son of Heaven will not go on another expedition in person, will the military government and the princes of the court once again go on an expedition to uphold justice for themselves?
In the crowd on the shore, a man with a scar on his face had already burst into tears, and after the other people shouted for a long time, he suddenly tore the brocade robe on his body and threw it to the ground, and the whole person suddenly knelt on the ground, shouting with a crying voice: "Your Majesty, the minister can still lift the knife!" ”
The little guy behind him was already stunned, his master suddenly became like this, what should he do? To help or not to help?
And next to him, a Daming common man who was also all over Luo Qi did not have so many worries as a small man, so he stepped forward and grabbed the man who was kneeling and crying, and helped him hard but did not help him up, so he squatted down and comforted: "Brother Chen, don't cry, if there is anything, get up and talk about it." ”
When the man heard this, he also got up from the ground, but there was no sparkle in his eyes, and the whole person was like a walking corpse.
After being stunned for a long time, the man suddenly pushed away the person next to him, looked up to the sky and laughed: "Ximen don't go to his mother, his mother is not sad." The body is sweaty, and the boy will not return.
Brother Hu, brother, I heard these two lines of poetry from Your Majesty that day, and I only felt that my blood was boiling, and I hated to lift the three-foot sword and clear the universe for the Son of Heaven!
If I go out on this expedition today, if I enjoy this glory and wealth here, I am afraid that I will not be at peace when I go underground! If your brother doesn't come back, you will pass on your brother's business to my eldest brother. ”
The man surnamed Hu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Brother, what do you want to do?" ”
The man surnamed Chen gritted his teeth and said, "What are you doing?" Naturally, I went to England and followed His Majesty before killing the enemy! Today's glory and wealth are all killed by a knife and a shot on the battlefield, and they are all fought for me by my brothers!
To put it mildly, what should be enjoyed, what should not be enjoyed, brothers, I have enjoyed it, and I have no regrets in this life, I just miss those old brothers back then.
Now that Your Majesty is on an expedition overseas, just like when we went out with Your Majesty to the north, Your Majesty's ambition has not changed, and my Chen Ergou's blood is not cold! Isn't it just a little lame? I can still use a knife and kill someone! ”
The man surnamed Hu grabbed Chen Ergou and shouted, "Brother! Brothers! Look at the fleet in front of you! Look at the men on the ship and on the shore! It's enough to have them! You didn't go to help Your Majesty, you added to the chaos! ”
Chen Ergou knew that what the man surnamed Hu said was the truth.
The hamstring of his right foot is broken, and the speed of the march must not be able to keep up, no matter how superb the killing skills, no matter how experienced the battlefield experience is, in the face of inconvenient legs and feet, it has become a blank.
The army is fighting, it is impossible to stop and wait for himself, once he really runs to England, I am afraid that it will really be like what Boss Hu said, not to help but to add to the chaos.
Seeing that Chen Ergou finally calmed down, Hu Dalang's hand holding Chen Ergou's arm tightened again, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go back and have a good drink." For so many years, you have never mentioned that you once accompanied His Majesty on an expedition to Mobei, so now you have to talk to your brother! ”
Emperor Chongzhen on the "Son of Heaven" obviously didn't know all this on the shore, but the fire in Emperor Chongzhen's heart was the same as Chen Ergou's mood at this time.
England, I'm coming, Europa, I'm coming, you're ready, are you ready?