Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 3 Turbulent Central Plains

The first chapter of the famous general Jingbian control Yidi

The third quarter of the chaotic Ho Jing O

A few days later, the Qian family's fleet finally arrived in the open sea of Haojing O, Yuan Mingxuan was very excited after learning that the fleet was about to dock, and immediately ran to the deck and looked towards the shore in the distance, but the scene in front of him was very different from what Yuan Mingxuan expected, and Yuan Mingxuan was stunned.

I saw that in the distance, Hao Jing O was only surrounded by a very low city wall, which could not even be said to be a city wall, perhaps the word "courtyard wall" could be more accurately described; Most of the houses in Ho Kiang O are also low, and most of them are very dilapidated, except for a few tall and luxurious churches and other buildings in the center of the city, the rest of the houses are almost shacks; However, there are many sea ships in the harbor, such as the fortune boats of the Ming Dynasty, the small paddle boats of Japan and Korea, and the soft sailing ships of the Franc machine.

Yuan Mingxuan looked at Haojingao, which seemed to be a small fishing village, his heart was full of loss, and he said secretly: "Is there really a craftsman who is proficient in firearms manufacturing in such a place?" ”

Seeing this, Ma Wu on the side said, "Lord Yuan is very disappointed? Lord Yuan must have thought that Haojing Ao was the same city as Lushun, right? In fact, to put it bluntly, Ho Jing O is just a village where the Franc people live, but it has developed like this because in the past, maritime merchants would come here to buy supplies, firearms, and repair sea ships. However, Ho Kung Ao is not a tall city. ”

"What about the firearms makers?" Yuan Mingxuan asked with some concern: "Is there such a place?" ”

"Yes!" Ma Wu said: "This Haojingao can be said to be a place where three things don't matter, although the Ming government has jurisdiction over here, but as long as the Francophile people don't make things at will, the general government people will not come here, so Haojingao is a place where there are three religions and nine streams, and there are all kinds of people in the Quartet." And because the number of firearms required by passing ships is very considerable, and there are even people who come here to buy firearms, just like us, so many firearms craftsmen have gathered in Ho Jing O. ”

Yuan Mingxuan nodded, but then thought of a question and asked, "The imperial court has always been very strict about firearms and craftsmen, how did these craftsmen escape here?" ”

"Haha, Lord Yuan doesn't know anything." Ma Wu said with a smile: "The firearms craftsmen in this Haojing Aoli do not have craftsmen from the imperial court, and some of them are Franc machine people themselves!" The remaining Han craftsmen were some ordinary people who came to beg for a living, and after a long time, they learned the manufacturing process of firearms. ”

"If that's the case, our affairs will be easier." Yuan Mingxuan said: "It's just that the cloth shopkeeper before didn't say that there are rules here?" If we recruit craftsmen with great fanfare, will we run into trouble? ”

"Definitely, and in big trouble." Ma Wu also said worriedly.

As he spoke, the fleet had entered the harbor and was about to dock. Looking at Hao Jingao, who was close at hand, Yuan Mingxuan sighed and said, "Anyway, let's go to the shopkeeper of the cloth first, it seems that this matter needs to be summed up again." ”

After the fleet docked, Ma Wu stayed in the harbor to procure supplies for the fleet to return to Lushun, and took the ship's sailors to watch over the ships; And Yuan Mingxuan was preparing to take Cheng Shiyong and a sentry to the city.

At this moment, Blanco Mello came over with a few entourages and said with a smile: "Haha, how is Lord Yuan lately?" Finally, I have come to look forward to you. ”

Yuan Mingxuan also said with a smile: "There is a shopkeeper who is here, I don't know how things are going?" ”

"Well...... Blanco Mello smiled a little awkwardly and said, "I think it's better for us to think about it in the long run." ”

Yuan Mingxuan frowned and thought for a while, and asked, "Is it because the Franc machine people here don't agree?" ”

Blanco Mello looked at the surrounding situation and whispered, "Lord Yuan, let's go to the residence first, everyone is tired all the way, right?" After a break, I will explain the situation to Lord Yuan in detail. ”

Yuan Mingxuan nodded, and left with Cheng Shiyong and other soldiers, and led by Blanco Mello to the front of a two-story house in the city. Yuan Mingxuan looked up and down, and saw that this house was a relatively good house on this street, and there was a relatively large yard behind the house.

Blanco Mello said: "Lord Yuan, let's go in and talk, there are many people on this street, and it is not very convenient." ”

Yuan Mingxuan also noticed that everyone walked all the way and saw that the streets were full of all kinds of Yi people, drunk and fighting around, Japanese people with sinister smiles, Koreans dressed like Da Ming Zhen and pretending to be fake, Han people with weapons and poor faces, and many Yi people who didn't know where they came from, which filled the entire Haojing Ao with extraordinary hustle and bustle. The whole Haojing Ao is like a huge prison, as if all the fierce and ruthless people in the whole world have gathered here, and the fights are all pediatrics, Yuan Mingxuan and the others even saw two groups of Francophone people shooting at each other with firearms on the way here, so shocked that Cheng Shiyong was almost about to wave his army to kill him.

In order to avoid further trouble, everyone hurriedly followed Blanco Mello into the house and locked the door.

After Yuan Mingxuan entered the house, he and Blanco Mello went to the second floor to discuss matters alone, while Cheng Shiyong commanded his soldiers to carefully search the entire house, and after confirming that there was nothing abnormal, he led the crowd to guard the first floor.

After Yuan Mingxuan came to the second floor, he saw that the interior decoration was like the study of a big family in the Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't help but say: "The cloth shopkeeper is really interested, this room is very bookish." ”

"Lord Yuan, don't make fun of me, as long as there is a rich man in this Haojing Ao, he will decorate his house like this, after all, everything in the Ming Dynasty is very attractive to us foreigners."

Yuan Mingxuan smiled noncommittally and said, "Okay, the shopkeeper can talk about it this time, what went wrong with our affairs?" ”

Blanco Mello poured two cups of tea, handed one to Yuan Mingxuan, and said, "Lord Yuan, this Haojing Ao is very messy!" The sky of this Haojing Ao is the Ming court, and the land is the governor of the Franc machine here, but the area in between is changing in the constant conflict between the forces of all parties. Take the firearms craftsmen as an example, the firearms craftsmen in Ho Jing O are roughly divided into three parts: one part is the firearms craftsmen controlled by the Governor of the Franc Machine, mainly some Franc Mechanic people, these craftsmen are the best craftsmen in the whole Ho Ng Ao, and most of them are craftsmen who have served the ** team of the Franc Machine; Some of them are firearms craftsmen controlled by Franc machine merchants, both Franc machine people and Han people, and the skills of these craftsmen are at the intermediate level; The remaining firearms craftsmen are controlled by the Ming merchants of Haojing Ao, all of whom are Han Chinese, and their skills are also the worst, but they are better than the number of people. ”

Yuan Mingxuan was also taken aback after hearing this, he didn't expect that Haojingao, a land of projectiles, would be divided into so many forces?

"Which force did the cloth shopkeeper come into contact with?"

Blanco Mello said, "I'm looking for a Franco merchant here. We don't have to think about it with the Governor, and we have to find ways to hide it, otherwise, the Governor will stop us by any means. ”

Yuan Mingxuan nodded and said: "This is inevitable, how can a militaristic weapon like a firearm be shown lightly?" I would do the same. However, why didn't the cloth shopkeeper go and get in touch with the Ming merchants? ”

"Lord Yuan, it's not that I don't want to come into contact with those Ming merchants, it's that people don't trust me at all. In this Haojing Ao, the Ming merchants and the Franco merchants are life and death rivals, how dare I go and contact the Ming merchants without authorization? ”

"I can't think of it enough." Yuan Mingxuan pondered for a while and said, "According to the meaning of the cloth shopkeeper, it was those Franc machine merchants who rejected this matter?" ”

"Pretty much." Blanco Mello said with a wry smile: "Those Franco merchants have said that if Liu Qian wants to buy firearms, they can sell them to us at a discount; However, if they wanted to recruit craftsmen, these Franc machine merchants had to report to the Governor. ”

"Is that so?" Yuan Mingxuan fell into deep thought, and kept thinking about various solutions in his mind, but they were all denied by himself one after another.

In the face of such a situation in Haojingao, unless Yuan Mingxuan can break through with absolute force, there is almost no way to safely recruit enough firearms craftsmen under the existing pattern.

What to do?

Yuan Mingxuan's heart kept asking himself, but time passed little by little, and there was still no answer.

Suddenly, the sound of fierce firefights suddenly sounded outside, and countless Franco-Rang and Han people shouted loudly, as if two groups of people were fighting, and the street was suddenly lively.

Yuan Mingxuan was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly looked at Blanco Merlo, but saw that he was also at a loss, his heart couldn't help sinking, and he walked quickly to the window and looked out, only to see that the entire Haojing Ao was actually like a war, and there was gunpowder smoke from firearms everywhere, and the sound of fighting was deafening.

"What the hell is going on!" Yuan Mingxuan asked loudly.

Blanco Mello was also sweating profusely in a hurry, and hurriedly said, "Lord Yuan, wait a minute, I'll send someone to check." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw one of Blanco Mello's men running in and shouting, "My lord, those Ming merchants and Franco merchants are fighting!" ”