"The Commander is going to Hong Kong Island?" Wang Yue suddenly wanted to go to Hong Kong, which surprised Feng Yuanshan. It is said that the Zheng family provoked the Tiance Army this time, and they should go to Zheng Zhilong for trouble.

Wang Yue nodded and said, "There is a bit of chaos on Hong Kong Island, I have to rush there as soon as possible." ”

To be precise, there is chaos at the mouth of the Pearl River, and this chaos has threatened the security of Hong Kong.

A detachment of six merchant ships led by Captain Weddell sent by King Charles I arrived in Macao on 27 June, with the aim of breaking the Portuguese monopoly and opening up trade routes with China.

The Portuguese did not allow the British to share in Macau's trading privileges. And in front of the Ming officials, he tried his best to slander the British, saying that they were the Dutch, and tried to come to make trouble, and should be expelled. The Portuguese also sent patrol boats from Macao to patrol near the British ships to prevent the British from trading.

Weddell saw that there was no hope for trade with Macao, so he set off for Guangzhou at the end of July. On 12 August, the British ships arrived at Anunghai and anchored, and the defenders of the Humen Fort fired warning shots. Weddell deliberately provoked the incident, ordered the trade flag of St. George to be torn down, the military flag of the King of England was raised, and the fleet was directed to bombard the Humen Battery.

After resisting for less than half an hour, Li Dayong, a general of Humen, led the crowd to flee. After the British army captured the fort, they tore down the Ming military flag, hung the British flag, and dismantled thirty-five cannons and carried them to the ship as trophies.

Therefore, Guangdong was shaken. It just so happened that Xiong Wencan, the governor of Liangguang (and the governor of Guangdong), had been promoted and had already entered Beijing, while the new governor Zhang Jingxin was still on his way to office.

Therefore, Ge Zhengqi, the governor in charge of Cantonese affairs for the time being, contacted the Portuguese Noretti to negotiate the matter, and Weddell returned the cannon. Later, he bribed Chen Qian, the general of Guangdong, with a large amount of money, and Chen Qian privately promised to trade ashore, so Weddell sent three merchants to accompany Noretti to Guangzhou for shopping.

However, the British ships continued to penetrate the Pearl River, an inland river in Guangzhou, and approached Guangzhou, and this serious violation of sovereignty angered the Guangzhou authorities, who ordered the arrest of three British merchants who had gone ashore to shop. On 10 September, Zheng Jinguang, the deputy maritime envoy in charge of Guangdong's maritime affairs, sent three warships and several arsonists to attack the British.

Due to the unfavorable wind direction, the Ming warship did not cause any losses to the British army, but was destroyed by the British army. Enraged, Weddell ordered the shelling of villages on both sides of the Pearl River, looting livestock and food. Later, a large number of Ming troops counterattacked with rockets and artillery at the Yangtze River Guard Station, and the British army retreated.

Weddell not only showed no remorse for violating the river, but instead intensified his abusive abuse. On 19 September, the British set fire to three more Chinese sailing boats, burned down a town, and looted 30 pigs in the Humen area. On September 21, he again captured and blew up the Humen Yaniang Shoe Fort, and burned a galleon.

Later, he informed the Guangzhou authorities: "The soldiers set fire to the ship, I panicked day and night, and cut off the road, not allowed to take water, that is, I want to return to China, Nai first arrived at the ship because of the matter, secretly paid the money, and entered the province, but I don't want to hear for a long time, but I am afraid that people and money will be lost, and when I sail today, I dare not hide it, beg to return, I will sail back to China, never come again, if I don't pay it back, although I open the ocean today, I will not return to the country!" ”

The governor of the Guangzhou authorities, Ge Zhengqi and others, were at a loss for this, so they had to contact the Portuguese in Macao to continue the negotiations.

Weddell's fleet is still in the vicinity of Tin-Ting Ocean, a stone's throw from Hong Kong Island. The starting point city is under construction on Hong Kong Island, and there is a platoon of the Tiance Army garrison here, and most of the news received by Wang Yue is sent by this platoon to the starting point city, and then forwarded by the starting point city.

The British problem must be resolved as soon as possible in order to ensure the safety of Hong Kong Island, although this platoon has three mortars, but the British warships have at least 20 guns per ship, so the firepower is not superior.

On 29 September, Wang Yue led the dock landing ship of the Tiance Navy Fleet, two coast guard warships, and a passenger and cargo ro-ro ship to Hong Kong Island.

He was accompanied by the 1st Battalion of the 5th Regiment of the Army, carrying 1,500 Cheng family prisoners on ro-ro wheels to support the construction of Hong Kong Island.

After a day and a night of sailing, the fleet arrived at Victoria Harbour on Hong Kong Island, which later became Victoria Harbour, the port after which Wang Yue used the abbreviation.

At this time, there were more than 10,000 inhabitants of Hong Kong Island, most of whom lived on incense wood, agriculture and fishing, and the island was administratively under the jurisdiction of Xin'an County, Guangdong.

The starting point city spent a lot of money and purchased a large area of land near Victoria Harbour, the first to invest in the construction of the port and freight store. At present, more than 3,000 people have participated in the construction here, some of them are construction personnel of the port of the starting point city, and many of them are recruited from the island.

By the time Wang Yue arrived, the construction of the Victoria Harbour had been going on for half a year, and a three-kilometer-long port had been formed, and most of the materials of this port were made of stone and cement.

The cement invested in the city is limited, so it is mainly made of stone, so most of the current housing facilities in the area are made of stone. However, the starting point city has invested dozens of quarrying equipment and transport vehicles on Hong Kong Island, which has greatly reduced the workload. After Wang Yue arrives, he will transfer more cement and other building materials and construction machinery to speed up the construction progress.

When Victoria Harbour is completed, it will be more than 10 kilometers long, so everything is just getting started.

"Oh, dear Lord Wang, you are finally here!" Schozin said to Wang Yue with an exaggerated expression.

The harbor is still under construction, and Wang Yue is still used to living on the landing ship.

Wang Yue smiled and said, "Mr. Schozin, you should first talk to Lisa about parting, right?" ”

Schozin waved his hand and said, "Lisa has grown up, and one day she will leave her father to live with her beloved, so she should get used to the separation in advance." ”

As he spoke, he winked at Lisa next to Wang Yue, as if asking how was going with Wang Yue?

Immediately let out a European beauty in her thirties beside her and introduced Wang Yue: "Lord Wang, this is my wife Belinda." ”

Belinda saluted Wang Yue and said, "I've seen the respected Lord Wang! ”

Wang Yue saw that her eyebrows and eyes were indeed somewhat similar to Lisa's, and nodded politely: "Fortunately!" ”

Belinda raised her head and looked at Wang Yue with a smile, quite a bit of a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, Wang Yue was a little embarrassed, and Schozin said with a very eyed look: "Belinda, you take Lisa to see our new home first, I have something to talk about with Lord Wang." ”

After they left, Wang Yue said: "It seems that Mr. Schohzin should have gained a lot during this time." ”

"Indeed!" Schauzin said: "Lord Wang, you don't know the sensation I caused when I arrived in Manila and Batavia with samples and atlases. ”