On this day, when the morning light was faint, Zhu Houzhao had just gotten up and practiced Tai Chi, when he saw Li Tianzhong running over with sweat on his head: "Your Majesty, a large number of Japanese robbers have appeared ten miles outside the city, the prefect Zhang Juzheng has ordered the evacuation of the people, and all departments of the Praetorian Guard have been ordered to attack!" ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't speak at first, and it wasn't until after playing Tai Chi that he took the Jinpa from the eunuch's hand and wiped his hands: "In the end, it's here, tell Qi Jiguang, let him teach this group of widows a good lesson, don't let anyone go!" ”

"Obey".

Li Tianzhong left here.

Zhu Houzhao also returned to the Nanmu chair and did it, looking at the creeper under the white wall, he couldn't help but smile slightly, it was naturally difficult to hear the noise of gunshots in the mansion.

Therefore, he couldn't help but order to prepare a sedan chair and go to the city gate to see the so-called widows.

The Japanese were indeed prepared this time.

5,000 people!

The leader was the Japanese Jitian, who personally led 5,000 Japanese to capture the prosperous city of Ningbo in one fell swoop, robbed it for three days, and captured the legendary Zhengde Emperor by the way.

Ji Tian was dressed in a very strange samurai costume.

If civilians see it, they can be frightened even if they don't fight.

Although he was the leader of the Japanese Bandits, his clothes under the samurai were obviously very rudimentary, and he was not as wealthy as the middle-class people of the Ming Dynasty.

The other pirates are the same, they look very simple, but because of this, in the eyes of Zhu Houzhao and the Ming army, they look more like a group of battle-hardened and vicious bandits.

Ji Tian looked at Ningbo City very arrogantly, and said a long list of words that people couldn't understand.

At the same time, he led his own Japanese robbers to hunt down and kill the Ming people outside the city.

In their eyes, these gorgeously dressed people who don't know hunger and don't know the fierceness of the sword are the fattest lambs.

"Kill!"

This Jitian rushed over with a group of would-be robbers, they ran very fast, one by one like jackals, and they had a lot of experience in besieging the people, and then they rushed not long after, they surrounded a bunch of people in the middle, and then, a leader of the would-be robbers surrounded these Ming people in the middle.

These would-be pirates knew that their mission was to capture the city of Ningbo, so except for a few who were responsible for the massacre of civilians, the main force of the other would-be pirates continued to move forward.

And these left Japanese robbers did not have the energy to plunder these Ming people, and directly took out butcher knives and prepared to kill them all, in order to create panic and deter the Ming army in Ningbo City.

At this time, a widow named Xin Liulang raised his knife and prepared to cut it at the Daming child who fell to the ground and didn't run, and before chopping, he also kicked the young child, directly kicked the young child into the puddle, and then directly raised the knife and cut down on the child's head.

Bang!

A gunshot rang out.

Wang Wu, a soldier of the Ming Praetorian Guard, arrived here in time and accurately hit the head of the widow from a hundred paces away.

This is called Xin Goro's widow who was killed on the spot!

Seeing this, the rest of the would-be robbers were naturally furious, and picked up their swords and slashed at Wang Wu.

There were about a dozen or so Japanese robbers, and these were also quite well-trained, holding knives and fanning in the direction of Wang Wu's place, obviously knowing that Wang Wu had firearms in his hands and scattered to charge.

Wang Wu was the only one in this area, because there were not many officers and soldiers who came with Zhu Houzhao, so Qi Jiguang only sent a battalion of sharp soldiers to sweep the Japanese invaders outside, with the purpose of protecting the Ming people living in the towns and villages outside the city.

However, Wang Wu was not afraid of these dozen or so widows, because he was holding a bolt-type breech-loading rifled gun, and the gunpowder used was already the latest smokeless gunpowder, which could prevent the smoke from affecting his shooting vision.

Moreover, the modern rifle is extremely easy to operate, Wang Wu skillfully killed the two Japanese robbers on the left and right sides of the front, and then threw a grenade backwards, blowing off the leg of one of the Japanese who ran from behind on the spot.

However, these Japanese robbers really deserve to be samurai, they are really not afraid of death, and continue to rush towards Wang Wu, Wang Wu squatted on the ground and solved three, and then threw out a grenade to solve one.

The remaining three would-be robbers were a little stunned, and Wang Wu took advantage of this to immediately shoot one of them!

Immediately, Wang Wu continued to skillfully pull the bolt of the gun, killing the other Japanese again, and the last Japanese had to run away when he saw this.

Wang Wu did not shoot again, but chased after him, and the widow accidentally fell to the ground, and Wang Wu unceremoniously cut off the head of the widow.

Meanwhile.

"Kill!"

In another place outside the city of Ningbo, a dozen or so Japanese robbers who were trying to create panic saw a group of Ming civilians, and they were women, and they rushed over excitedly with Japanese knives.

At this time, Sun Jiu, another commander of the Praetorian Guard, arrived with his soldiers, and immediately protected these people who were about to go to the town to gather behind him, squatted on the ground and immediately opened fire.

Crackling gunshots rang out.

The brave Japanese still had to be shot in front of the Ming rifled rifles.

Guns kill!

Shoot and kill!

After killing more than a dozen Japanese pirates, Sun Jiu and other officers and soldiers of the Ming Praetorian Guard continued to patrol, specifically hunting down these small groups of Japanese pirates who were trying to create panic.

At this time.

Ji Tian had already led his main force of the Japanese Invaders towards the outside of Ningbo.

Moreover, Ji Tian saw that there were still people coming in and out of Ningbo City, and there were even hawkers selling at the city gate, and he couldn't help but feel very proud, thinking that his army had really achieved the goal of being a soldier and a god, so that the current Ningbo City had no time to take precautions.

"Kill!"

Ji Tian immediately rushed towards Ningbo City with his main force of Japanese Invaders, but when Ji Tian rushed towards Ningbo City with a large number of Japanese Invaders, the people at the gate of the city immediately scattered and fled, and they fled quickly.

But as soon as he rushed into the urn city, Ji Tian found that the city gate in the urn city was closed quickly and orderly.

Meanwhile.

The people, who were initially outside the city, immediately took out their rifles at the designated positions and surrounded the city gate in all three directions.

Qi Jiguang also took the Ming officers and soldiers to emerge from the mouth of the city wall, and then Qi Jiguang waved his hand, and more than 500 guns immediately began to shoot, crackling bullets rang out, like fried peas, these Japanese robbers were shot and died one after another!

In addition to this, there are grenades that are dropped, and they explode in one piece.

Ji Tian knew his plan: "Baga, this Ming man named Cao Cai!" How did he do it! While scolding in his heart, Ji Tian immediately fled with the remnants of the army.

And at this time, the Ming army, who was waiting at the city gate, also immediately opened fire.

On that day, none of the more than 3,000 Japanese robbers outside Ningbo were spared, and all of them were killed!

Zhu Houzhao looked at these widows coldly, and only ordered: "Prepare cement, cut off all the heads of all the widows, and build a Beijing view at the lighthouse outside Ningbo Port to remember this achievement!" ”

Click!

Click!

Click!

Like chopping melons and vegetables, the heads of these would-be robbers were cut off one after another, and some of them were not dead, but only injured, but they were also going to be cut off, so they let out a scream when they were cut off.

Zhu Houzhao listened to the sporadic screams as if listening to a song, he believed that only in the Ming Dynasty under his own governance did this kind of voice that showed the majesty of China sound, and if in the original history, this rich land would only be the wailing of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, only the widows are wailing, which is undoubtedly the greatest meaning created by coming to Daming.

Buzzing!

A long whistle sounded.

The ironclad battleship "Chengdu" from Songjiang Mansion was anchored in Ningbo Port, and Zhu Houzhao boarded this battleship specially used as his own imperial ship, and looked at the Ningbo Port that had solidified the Killing Japanese Beijing Tower, and did not give the order to sail for a long time, only the nearby merchant ships sailed and entered the port in an endless stream.

The Japanese from Shuangyu Island and other islands did not succeed in attacking Ningbo City, and the morning light in Ningbo City still seemed peaceful and peaceful.

Zhu Houzhao breathed in the sweet air and waved his hand.

The "Chengdu" set sail at this time, and the Xuanxi ironclad battleship split the waves like a Xuantie heavy sword and came towards Shuangyu Island.

The reason why Zhu Houzhao went to Shuangyu Island was naturally to see for himself the port developed by smugglers, the so-called free port.

Zhu Houzhao didn't plan to destroy Shuangyu Island, after all, Shuangyu Island should also be regarded as the wealth of the empire, shouldn't it.

Zhu Houzhao decided to make Shuangyu Island truly a free port in the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the free port in Zhu Houzhao's eyes is naturally not the so-called free port where smugglers are concentrated.

Therefore, even if Shuangyu Island were to become a free port under the administration of the imperial court, all intruders on the island should be executed!

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Federes's decision to proclaim himself the governor of Shuangyu Island was already aware of the destruction of his country by the Ming Dynasty, which made him extremely angry, and even made him think of using Shuangyu Island as a base to expand his army and restore his country.

"Master Li, as long as you are willing to help me restore the country of Franc Ji, I will make you a duke at that time, and let you become the nobles of our Franc machine royal family!"

Feders couldn't help but say to the great pirate Lee Baldhead.

Li Guangtou smiled and said: "Your Excellency Fedes, let's wait for Jitian to come back, if you can help me become the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I can make you a nobleman of my Middle Earth!" ”

This Li bald head laughed out loud as he spoke, and no one knew that he was laughing at his own delusions, and he was still laughing at Fedes's delusions.

However, at this moment, another pirate leader, Xu Dong, ran over with a few Japanese pirates: "Master Li, and Your Excellency Governor Fedes, it's not good, the officers and troops are here, and they have surrounded us!" ”

Li Guangtou's expression became solemn: "Has Jitian come back?" ”

"Not yet, the people I sent out only found many officers and soldiers, and did not see Jitian's ship."

Xu Dong said.

"What a good thing this is!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a bang, and a Ming ironclad battleship "Quanzhou" pointed a howitzer at this Li Guangtou, sending him to the sky with a warship that had just been moored behind him, and it turned into ashes and sawdust in an instant.

At this time, Xu Dong and Fedeers were already deaf, and they didn't react for a while.

In fact, the entire Shuangyu Island smugglers did not react.

The ironclad battleship of the Ming Dynasty played again, and the howitzer cannon overturned the shell again, directly destroying the coastal defense facilities of the smugglers, and immediately, the ironclad ship brutally rammed into the warship of the Japanese pirates, and a cannon directly bombarded the barracks built by the Portuguese here, and some of the Franco-machine people who did not have time to escape were all blown away.

At the same time, countless landing ships rushed in, and the Ming army had already begun to rush to the beach.

By the time Zhu Houzhao arrived at Shuangyu Island, the entire sea near Shuangyu Island was full of billowing smoke and scattered gunshots.

Zhu Hou took care of these rows of houses, and even some high cathedrals and gardens, and for a while had to admit that the gentry group behind the pirates and pirates on Shuangyu Island was so powerful that it had formed such a prosperous port by smuggling in these years.

When Zhu Houzhao landed on Shuangyu Island, all the people and residents of Shuangyu Island had already been detained, and all of them were forced to kneel down to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Hou looked at these people and felt very strange.

Because these people are not like the people in the mainland, their eyes will reveal their heartfelt respect for him, the emperor.

This made Zhu Houzhao very angry, and he even wanted to question these people, obviously that he, the emperor, had opened the sea, and also provided low-interest loans and strong national security to encourage them to go to sea to do business and make a fortune, why did they still violate the law and engage in smuggling trade! Why fight against the entire court?!

Zhu Houzhao could see that some of these residents were very rich, these people were dressed very gorgeously, their hands were full of all kinds of precious stones, even the inlaid teeth were golden, and they were all very fat, as if they could squeeze out a thousand catties of oil.

But these people are in the minority, and many of the residents are also very poor, wearing straw sandals, unclothed, unkempt, and shivering with cold on their knees.

"The discipline of the officers and soldiers is very good, and you are also a good leader!"

Zhu Houzhao said first, and then asked Zhu Kun: "According to you, the scale of smuggling on Shuangyu Island is more than 3 million silver dollars a year, but why are most of these residents still so poor?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, they are Han people who were sold here by some scholars on the coast of the mainland through human traffickers, they are slave laborers here, responsible for transporting goods, they have no rest all day long, they are not paid, they are naturally poor, and they will be thrown directly into the sea when they are tired, but if they are religious, they do not need to be slave laborers", Zhu Kun said and pointed to the church in front of him.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and couldn't help but look coldly at these smuggling pirates and pirates in brocade clothes and many Westerners, and he realized that this might be a kind of resistance of the gentry class to their equality in the country, so he turned Shuangyu Island into a paradise for capitalists to live freely, where they could ignore the laws they had drafted, and enslave others at will, including the Han people of the Ming Dynasty, as before.

Because Shuangyu Island is close to the mainland, it is natural that more Han people can be obtained, so now there are the most Han slaves on the entire Shuangyu Island.

"Drive all these people who have enslaved the Han people to the sea to reclaim and build a bigger port, whether he was a Han or a Japanese man, or a Western fan, now all of them are regarded as Japanese pirates, and when they are reported to the imperial court, it is written that these Japanese captives need to serve until they die of exhaustion!

In addition, interrogate them carefully, and find out which scholars are behind them, and all these scholars are sent here as slaves! ”

Zhu Houzhao commanded in a cold voice, he showed unprecedented ruthlessness, he didn't understand how he could do something to make his compatriots slaves, but because of this, he was forced to do so.

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