Chapter 549: Silver Bullet Offensive
Wusongkou.
"Admiral Huang, don't forget your identity!"
Shang Zhouzuo held Shang Fang's sword in his arms and looked at the general in front of him with a straight face.
The latter looked tangled.
This is Huang Yinen, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division.
Although the Beiyang Naval Division is under the control of Yang Xin, it is not Yang Xin's private army after all, and the Admiral of the Naval Division still has to be appointed by the imperial court, this is not the Naval Division Battalion of the Gegu Coastal Defense Battalion in the past, it is just a small establishment that is not worth mentioning, the original Gegu Coastal Defense Battalion is more than 2,000 people in the land and water armies, but before Yang Xin took over, the warships of the Naval Army were gone, and his own trawlers were bought from there. Although the Beiyang Naval Division was developed from the Naval Division, the Admiral of the Naval Division was at the level of the chief soldier, and he had to be appointed by the Apocalypse, and according to the rules, he had to be at least the governor of the capital.
Nine thousand years old, asked Sun Chengzong to provide some candidates, and then he chose from among them.
Yang Xin picked Huang Yinen.
Originally, the deputy general under the general army of Denglai was given the rank of commander of the capital, and he was promoted to the rank of governor of the capital, and it didn't matter if the deputy general became the commander, the commander was just a position, not an official title.
The eunuchs are still a bunch of admirals!
This person was originally Shen Yourong's subordinate, mainly in charge of shipping, sensible, old fritters, don't expect him to command the war, the captains of the Beiyang Naval Division are all Yang Xin's people, who needs him to fight, Yang Xin chose him because he is sensible, he won't do stupid things, and he will stay aside if he really fights.
Anyway, the Beiyang Naval Division is completely invincible in the current Eastern Sea.
What about four battleships!
But now......
"Supervisor, the last general will be ordered by the governor of coastal military affairs to transport a batch of materials to Nanjing, and there is also a warrant from the Duke of Yingguo here."
Huang Yinen said in a low voice.
As he spoke, he looked at the adjutant general beside him, who took out Yang Xin's warrant with a blank face, and then showed it to Shang Zhouzuo, on which the seal of the governor's coastal military affairs was impressive, and even Yang Xin's signature that had always made people laugh.
"Yang Xin has rebelled, what other orders do you have?"
Shang Zhouzuo sneered.
"Inspector, the last general has not received the holy decree."
Huang Yinen said.
Of course he knew what was going on, but he belonged to Yang Xin's direct subordinates, and the two oceanic sailors were directly subordinate to Yang Xin's governor's coastal military affairs, and the emperor did not admit Yang Xin's rebellion, so it was useless to say anything here, before the emperor issued an order, Yang Xin was still the governor's coastal military affairs, and he also had to be under Yang Xin's direct command. Unless there is a holy decree, no one's orders are useless, because the two oceanic naval divisions are not controlled by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and they are also not under the dispatch of the Ministry of War, not to mention the Nanjing Military Department, Sun Chengzong's orders are useless, only the Holy Decree, or Yang Xin's orders can be commanded.
But......
This time it's different.
"Inspector, the Beiyang Navy Master only recognizes the Holy Decree and the Warrant of the Duke of Yingguo, and there is no Holy Decree, and the Inspector said that the Duke of Yingguo conspired against him?
What if the last general says that the overseer is rebelling! ”
The lieutenant said.
Shang Zhouzuo glanced at him unexpectedly, and immediately remembered the identity of this person, it is said that the sailors who sold smuggled salt with Yang Xin back then, and later went to Liaodong together and made meritorious contributions by Shenzong and were given Jinyi Wei status, and from Yang Xin founded the Geguhai Waterproof Division Battalion as the main officer in the water division. Over the years, under Yang Xin, he has been promoted to the commander of Jinyiwei Tongzhi, and the commander of Jinyiwei is the deputy general of the Beiyang Naval Division, which means that this is Yang Xin's cronies.
The lineage of the lineage.
Similar to Huang Zhen, at this time, Huang Zhen was all governors.
But so what?
The Beiyang Naval Division was originally from Yang Xin's lineage, and Huang Yinen was just an ornament, of course Shang Zhouzuo would not even think of it.
"Nonsense, Your Majesty is far away in the capital, how can you know all about Jiangnan, Yang Xin killed Wei Guogong in Nanjing, including one duke, nine marquis and eight uncles, Nanjing Xungui has not been poisoned by him, only Huaiyuan Marquis and Chengyi Bo, Chengyi Bo and Huaiyuan Marquis Shizi escaped with death, and now they are in Shanghai, is this not enough?
Admiral Huang, you have to understand your identity!
You are a military general of the imperial court, not a slave of Yang Reyi.
You are indeed the old department of Yang Rebellion.
But now that Yang Wei is openly rebelling, what you need is to draw a clear line with it, and this official will not embarrass you, here are the Songjiang gentry who have prepared 300,000 pieces of military silver, and quickly take your fleet and return to Weihaiwei with 300,000 taels of silver.
Otherwise, it is a rebellion! ”
Shang Zhouzuo shouted.
The soldiers in the back quickly grabbed a small box and opened it.
Inside is a stack of silver tickets.
At this time, because of the Shoucheng money bank, the major money banks that have long used a large number of exchange bills such as bills have also begun to create special silver bills, after all, this kind of thing is not difficult, and the establishment of a formal exchange system by Shoucheng money bank will definitely cause other money banks to follow suit. Shang Zhouzuo's magic weapon is silver bullets, with the strength of the Beiyang Naval Division, interception is definitely unstoppable, but artillery shells can't have silver bullets, the army can't have silver tickets, and the power of real money and silver is sometimes just as strong.
Huang Yinen took a deep breath.
Then he looked at the lieutenant general, he didn't count, this was the real word, but the latter's eyes also showed a hint of greed, but he shook his head slightly towards him.
He knew it right away.
"Inspector, it's useless for the last general to say, all the captains of the Navy Division are from the Duke of Yingguo."
He said.
Shang Zhouzuo smiled slightly.
Another soldier in the back stepped forward with a small box.
"Just as much as theirs."
He said.
Then he pointed to the Huangpu River behind him......
"Tell the soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division that if they return to Weihai, they will take the silver, and if they still want to continue to enter the Yangtze River, then they will rebel, and the warships and artillery here will make them regret it."
He said confidently.
As he spoke, he looked at the lieutenant, who bowed his head and said nothing.
"What does this brother think?"
Shang Zhouzuo asked with a smile.
"The last will be all who will listen to the admiral."
Said the adjutant general.
Admiral Huang raised his head and looked at the small cruisers and centipede ships on the Huangpu River, and then looked back at the four battleships in the distance, which looked like mountains, where two rows of gun doors on the side were open, and the muzzles of black holes were sticking out......
"Inspector, add another 400,000 to make up a whole number."
He said with a smile on his face.
"Admiral Huang!"
Shang Zhouzuo said angrily.
"Inspector, the last general thinks it's worth the price!"
Huang Yinen said.
Indeed, he was worth a million taels, four battleships and sixteen large cruisers, and had an absolute advantage over the small cruisers of the Caojiang Naval Division and the anti-smuggling team, the latter with the largest cannon on which was almost his smallest, the latter was cheap pine, and his battleships were all oak or even some teak, and the result of the war between the two sides was completely unilaterally crushed. Although there is also the Wusong Fort in front, which has just been loaded with 8,000 catties of cannons, it can indeed pose a great threat to his fleet, but the problem is that he does not need to go ahead at all when he enters the Yangtze River.
At this time, the main deep-water channel of the Yangtze River Estuary was the Haimen Waterway.
He only came here because Yang Xin's order was that he had to go to Wusongkou first.
But if Wusong Fort didn't let him go, he would have a big deal to turn around and take the Haimen Waterway, and the broken ships of the Caojiang Naval Division would fight him at sea without the support of the fort......
Admiral Huang could only smile.
Even if he is not good at water warfare, he knows that he can destroy this pile with one battleship.
Then you'll have to bargain.
"One million is one million, if Admiral Huang can join the rebellion, let alone one million, two million are available!"
Dong Qichang said.
It's only two million, and the crazy influx of overseas silver over the years has made the Songjiang gentry really not look down on this number.
Anything that can be solved with silver is not a problem.
Master Dong, who owns millions of acres of land at home, is more generous than anyone else at this time, after all, he is the number one big landlord in Songjiang Mansion, and if Yang Xin does not get rid of it, his family will be divided into fields sooner or later.
Huang Yinen hesitated, but the deputy general next to him still lowered his head.
"After all, the last general was promoted by Yingguo Gong, Yingguo Gong has the grace of knowing the last general, even if Yingguo Gong lives up to the holy grace, Huang does not dare to be an enemy with it, Huang should retreat to Weihai and disarm to wait for the holy judge."
He said.
"Just follow Admiral Huang."
Dong Qichang said with a hint of disdain.
After speaking, he nodded to Shang Zhouzuo, the latter waved his hand, and the two personal soldiers handed the box to Huang Yinen's personal soldiers, but the deputy general took it and held it in his arms in person, and then a person behind Dong Qichang stepped forward and also took out a box for him to stack, obviously they prepared a million. They are not afraid of Huang Yinen's remorse, this is a silver ticket, which needs to be cashed in the invoice bank, and the invoice money bank is opened by the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and it will take time to cash out such a large amount.
In fact, in the end, it is not really worth cashing out, if they still need Huang Yinen, they will cash out, if Huang Yinen is useless in the future......
That's a fart!
Admiral Huang greedily looked at the box in the hands of the adjutant general, one million taels, it's a big deal to take out half of it to buy officers and soldiers, and then half of it is shared with the adjutant general, even if the latter takes the lion's head, he will not miss 200,000, in the final analysis, the silver is the most important, and the rest is bullshit.
As for whether the captains and sailors will agree......
Who would refuse silver?
The lieutenant general didn't carry it, so he didn't believe that those people could carry the silver bullet.
"Inspector, the last general will take his leave!"
He said.
After saying that, he saluted Shang Zhouzuo and the others, and then turned back to the boat waiting on the shore, the deputy took off his cloak and wrapped the box, and followed without saying a word behind his back, Huang Yinen wanted to say something but was stopped by him.
Admiral Huang didn't talk nonsense.
This kind of thing has to be discussed by the captains of the ships.
However, with the deputy general taking the lead, there will basically be no surprises, in the end, everyone loves silver, and what about Yang Xin's lineage, it is not the same as falling in front of the silver bullet.
Then the two of them returned to the flagship and climbed up the rope ladder one after the other.
"Summoning the order to ...... the captains of each ship"
Huang Yinen said.
However, before he finished speaking, he noticed that the expressions of the officers and soldiers in front of him were wrong, he looked at them blankly, and then subconsciously turned his head, and a short gun suddenly hit his head, and the faucet of this latest flintlock pistol was falling......
(Today is the same as yesterday.) )
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