This chapter is the first chapter of the Campfire Sellers

The annihilation of Siltai's entire army caused an uproar among the Jurchens, and when they learned that it was the Ming army that disappeared at the Hunhe River that had wiped out the Siltai tribe, all the Jurchens looked surprised.

It was not at all unexpected that the Ming army made such a feat, and Abatai had to stop just as he was ready to go to Changsheng Island.

Siltai's demise reminded him that he was not sure enough not to attack the idea of Immortal Island. Now that Immortal Island has grown, it is no longer something they can handle casually.

Nurhachi in the Shengjing Imperial Palace heard that the enemy who killed his son and grandson was hiding under his nose, and immediately led his troops to level Changsheng Island.

But his grade was so big that he fell ill all of a sudden. Helpless, he could only let Huang Taiji and Abatai lead 5,000 elite soldiers to attack Changsheng Island, which was sad for Huang Taiji.

If the Immortal Island was connected to the land, then he would definitely not hesitate to send troops to the Immortal Island. But it's an island! If you want to get to the island, you must take a boat. However, the Jurchens are naturally afraid of water, and no matter how brave the Jurchen armor soldiers are, as long as they get on the boat, they are like soft-footed shrimps, and they can't exert one-twelfth of their peacetime combat power at all.

Abatai was eager to try, "Old eight! That Changsheng Island is not a Longtan Tiger's Den, why are you worried like this! As long as our army arrives, we won't kill all the mud on the island! ”

"Brother Seventh doesn't know! Changsheng Island is not connected to the mainland at all, and the nearest Beixinkou is also 3 miles away from Changsheng Island. We really haven't been afraid of anyone in a war on land, but once we want to go down to the sea, we don't dare to say it! Huang Taiji said worriedly.

"How far should I go? It's just 3 miles, as long as you step up a little bit, it's over, it's not a thing at all! Abatai said with a big grin.

"I hope so!" Huang Taiji said worriedly.

Huang Taiji was not as optimistic as Abatai, if it weren't for Nurhachi's urgency, he would have planned to bring a few big generals' cannons.

If there is a big general's artillery in the 3-mile strait, it will be able to break through the blockage of the Ming army and calmly cross the strait. As long as they arrive on Changsheng Island, it will be the world of their Jurchens, and they will definitely be able to level Changsheng Island in one fell swoop.

In Zhang Dou's study on Changsheng Island, Zhang Dou and Sun Yuanhua sat opposite each other.

"The virtuous nephew wiped out 800 Jiannu in one battle, which is a rare great achievement, why did the virtuous nephew divide most of the war exploits in hand?" Sun Yuanhua asked puzzled.

People generals who have no military exploits in the war will find ways to falsely report their military exploits, in order to be able to collect credit from themselves as much as possible, how can there be a person like Zhang Dou who gives half of his military exploits to the Denglai Naval Army.

Although in this operation, the Denglai Navy dispatched more than 100 warships to help Zhang Dou transport the Changxing Army. But those battles were fought by the Changxing army with a knife and a shot, and there were 147 soldiers who were killed in this battle, and 300 were wounded. Almost half of the men and horses were disabled, and it was definitely a crushing victory.

Let the Denglai Navy get such a big benefit for nothing, Sun Yuanhua is really unwilling.

"Uncle Shi! The Denglai Navy is not going to fight in vain, it is 150 taels of heads, our soldiers who died and were wounded in the war need to be compensated, and the food has to be purchased from the merchants, what can we do if we don't sell the heads? Zhang Dou spread his hands and said helplessly.

Now there are indeed more merchants on Changsheng Island than before, and they collect a lot more taxes, but Zhang Douyang has a lot more people. The daily consumption of food alone is an astronomical amount, and the supplies transported by Denglai alone cannot meet the needs of Changsheng Island.

Therefore, he needs to come up with a large amount of silver to buy food, otherwise the more than 100,000 people on Changsheng Island will go hungry.

For the sake of food, Zhang Dou almost turned his hair white, and looking at the more and more people on the island, Zhang Dou was speechless for a while. If Changsheng Island continues to develop at this rate, the population will exceed 100,000 in two months.

At that time, even if Zhang Dou was sold, he would not be able to gather so much grain. In order to get the Denglai sailor to send him more food, he only sold half of the military merits.

"Uncle Shi! How's our own sea ship doing? Zhang Dou asked a question that seemed unrelated.

"The ship you kid is going to make is too much wood, and if it weren't for so many ribs, it would have been built a long time ago. Wait! In two months, you should be able to get into the water! Sun Yuanhua said.

Hearing that the sea ship that he copied from the dhow design of the later generations was finally going to be launched, Zhang Dou's heart was excited.

In later generations, every indignant youth has a dream of sea power, and seeing the old American aircraft carrier showing off its might at the door of China, the current Zhang Dou is tired for a while.

It's all this damn ancestral system, it's all this damn forbidden sea, that expelled the Chinese people from the Great Voyage. Zhang Dou wants to seize the last tail of this Age of Exploration and bring Huaxia back to the sea.

If he wants to develop on Changsheng Island in the future, he can't do without the navy, and he can't pin all his hopes on the Denglai Naval Division. If there were any changes in the future, he didn't want to starve hundreds of thousands of people to death by Yuan Chonghuan's warrant like Mao Wenlongpi Island.

As long as there is a navy, Zhang Dou can be handy whether he is transporting grain to Changsheng Island or immigrating from Changsheng Island, and he doesn't have to look at the faces of some people.

Sun Yuanhua said: "The 3-pounder cannon on the bird ship has been installed, and now the 6-pounder cannon is being cast with all its might. Now 10 forts have been cast and transported to the north and south of Xinkou, as long as these artillery soldiers are built, they will not want to land on the island. Ha ha!! ”

Zhang Dou is not as optimistic as Sun Yuanhua, and the one who led the troops this time was the talented Huang Taiji in the future. It can be said that without him, there would be no Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than 300 years, and this person could defeat Yuan Yingtai's 30,000 troops with only 800 armor soldiers, which must be outstanding.

"Uncle Shi! How's the last Blackstone experiment I sent over? Zhang Dou changed the topic and asked.

As soon as Sun Yuanhua mentioned Heishi, his eyebrows immediately fluttered, "What the virtuous nephew sent is really a good thing." At first, a little black stone was added to the molten iron, and the iron that came out of the oven not only did not become hard, but became unusually brittle. A slight drop will break into several pieces! ”

"More of them?" Zhang Dou asked.

"The opinions of the virtuous nephew and the old man coincided, and the old man made the decision to increase the amount of black stone. When the black stone reached the seventh layer, the high fierce steel that the virtuous nephew said finally appeared. The blades made of this steel are more sophisticated than iron, and they are completely sharpened like clay.

As a knife, the barrel and the gun pipe are much faster than the original, and with the windmill you made at the tuyere, now we can build 10 qualified gun pipes in a day. This new gun tube can not only be charged with more charges, but also has a lot of accuracy improved. Where did you find these magical black stones! Sun Yuanhua said.

"It was the businessman who was beaten by Yuan Chonghuan on the street that day, and he brought these black stones. Uncle Shi don't ask me how I know the magic of the black stone, the little nephew also saw it from the book! Seeing that Sun Yuanhua had a tendency to get to the bottom of things, Zhang Dou hurriedly took out his legendary encyclopedia to block it.

As for the book, it has long been lost in the years of war, and destroying the corpse is the safest.

Just as they were chatting hotly, Ergouzi walked in from outside. handed Zhang Dou a note and said, "Huang Taiji and Abatai have entered Fuzhou City with 5,000 armor soldiers. ”

It's coming so fast!

But then Huang Taiji's actions made Zhang Dou incomprehensible, they did not immediately attack Changsheng Island, but instead stood still in Fuzhou City.

In Fuzhou City, Abatai kept walking around in front of Huang Taiji. Seeing Huang Taiji's head big for a while, "Seventh brother, you can't take a break!" Walking back and forth like this, I can see that my little brother is dizzy! ”

"Eighth! Amma asked you to lead the troops, but you can't stand still! Could it be that you are afraid of that big fight? Abatai couldn't help it, and he had to ask what he was saying. They have been in Fuzhou for 3 days, and they don't know what Huang Taiji is waiting for.

"Seventh brother! Zhang Dadou has already built a fortress there in Beixinkou, and there are several cannons on the fortress alone, so if we really cross the sea, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties. Therefore, the younger brother took it upon himself to transport dozens of jacks of Franc machines from the ground, and with the help of these artillery, we can calmly attack Beixinkou. Huang Taiji patiently explained to Abatai.

After listening to Huang Taiji's explanation, Abatai also understood his impatience. Just as he was about to say something, someone outside came to report.

"Lord Belle! Maritime businessman Liu Zhenhai has arrived! ”