The rain in the mountains was dashing, and the raindrops gathered into small streams of water, dripping down the eaves and falling on the granite steps, making bursts of pleasant harmony. The robes prostrate on the wall, the spinning wheel dances in the corner, and the stone mill is silent in the courtyard.

Shou Xuan stretched out his hand to take a handful of rain and dew, and his thoughts flowed with the rain that slipped between his fingers.

The fleet in the harbor is ready to go, and sailors run between the docks to carry bags of supplies to merchant ships. It was the fleet of the Li Dynasty going north.

The main forces of the Taipei detachment and the home detachment were dispatched, and the chief and deputy commanders of the expedition were Collingwood and Allemand.

Not only the officers and soldiers of Taipei Province, but also many Ming troops sent men to participate in this expedition to subsidize their heavy losses in the war. The Zhoushan Ming army will also participate, one of the largest pirates in the south of the Yangtze River, and now Gu Rong, the general under Zhang Mingzhen, has made it clear that he will participate in this expedition, and there may be more people, which will not be known until the fleet arrives in Zhoushan.

Hui Xiang added a cup of piping hot coffee to the cup, smiled at the woman in order, hugged her and kissed her, and did not mean to shy away from others.

Putting down the cup, the white porcelain cup and the tray touch lightly, making a pleasant crisp sound.

"Mr. Lin, have you thought about it?"

Lin Qingye, the former commander of the Li Chaoshui Division and the commander of the Ping'an Dao Army, gritted his teeth and said, "I won't lead the way for you to rob my motherland." ”

Shou Xuan said lightly, "Mr. Lin, if I hadn't picked you up on the boat in Miaowan, you would have been presented to the Tatars in Beijing by Gao Jinzhong as a trophy by now." ”

Lin Qingye secretly assisted the Ming army in the Battle of Songjin, so that the king was later arrested and imprisoned. After successfully escaping from prison, Lin Qingye has been hanging out with the Dongjiang Army. Two years ago, Shou Xian rescued Lin Qingye from Liu Zeqing's remnants and placed him in Taipei. The Tatar situation is great, Lin Qingye has a family and it is difficult to return, and he is about to die in a foreign land.

"Since ancient times, no one has died."

"Mr. Lin, not only will you die, you will be put in a cage by the Tatars, marked as a traitor, and displayed in front of the people of Beijing and the envoys of your country. “

Without waiting for Lin Qingye to answer, Shou Xuan continued: "General Lin, because of your resistance to the Tatars, you are regarded as Yue Wumu by the Korean people, which is the ultimate of martial artists. But Wu Mu's ambition has not been rewarded, General Lin, you still have a chance. The Tatars are assimilating your homeland, and when they succeed, your story will be swept into the dung heap like garbage by the nobles and bureaucrats of Seoul. ”

Shou Xuan took a sip of his coffee, "Actually, General Lin, you have now been forgotten by Yi Yu (the 16th monarch of the Yi dynasty). In a few more years, you will be called a fool who does not understand the general trend of the world or knows how to be loyal to the king. ”

Lin Qingye was silent.

Shou Xuan smiled, "General Lin, look at the powerful fleet in the harbor. Your country has no power to stop them, and with or without your cooperation, tens of thousands of Li Dynasty people will be escorted onto ships and become slaves. If you cooperate with us to take Jeolla Province, I can promise you now that I will give you 1,000 households that will become your subjects in Taipei. You can even use them to rebuild a Revenate. ”

"Rely on them, fight back to your country, and make a name for yourself. Save the motherland from the iron hooves of the Tartars," Shou Xuan glanced deeply at Lin Qingye, who was kneeling on the ground, "Perhaps, you can become the general of the Korean army." ”

Lin Qingye staggered out of the bamboo garden, lost his soul.

Hui Xiang held the arm of the orderly and said softly: "General Lin is also a hero, are you too cruel to him?" ”

Shou Xuan patted the woman's finger lightly, "Drifting across the ocean, he has said goodbye to freedom." I could give him a manor for the rest of his life, but is that really what he wants? ”

Orderliness doesn't know the answer.

Under the changes of the times, every choice of a person may change the trajectory of a lifetime. During the voyage, Lin Qingye had plenty of time to think.

The Northern Expedition fleet set sail and sent a letter to Shen Tingyang in order to apologize to him. Because of the matter of the migrant boat group, in this southerly wind period, Shou Xiang has no time to go north to Zhoushan. Under the sealed red wax cover, the orca ring seal, at least Shen Tingyang is still alive now. The wheels of history have been pried aside, overcoming heavy inertia, and are deviating from their original trajectory little by little.

Ground communication between the southeastern Lu Jianguo regime and the Yongli imperial court in the southwest did not exist, and could only rely on sea links. The pressure from the Tatars was too great, and the central power of the Southern Ming Dynasty in Guangxi repeatedly tried to send envoys to Fujian to recognize the officials canonized by the Lu Jianguo and grant him the power to act cheaply. Yongli was actually no longer in the door at this time, and from the first day of its establishment, this regime had only one mission, to fight back against the Tatars.

The Yongli regime was unfamiliar with sea routes, and their emissaries encountered bad weather many times, and the success rate of sailing to the southeast was low. The communication between the two Nanming regimes was actually the responsibility of Qiongzhou-Taipei.

There are a large number of widowed sons of the Ming Dynasty in the Zhoushan Islands, and the Tatars could not stop the footsteps of these righteous men by taking advantage of the Xie Yaowen Tonghai case, and they went to the mainland one after another. The second letter was addressed to Liang Xiaobai. Qu Shiyun, who stayed behind in Guilin, expressed his deep longing for his children and grandchildren to Zeng Ying. Qu Shiyun's hometown is in Changshu, and Shou Xian wants to solve his worries, so he asks Liang Xiaobai in the code letter and picks up the possibility of Qu Shiyun's family.

……

After the autumn harvest, the north wind rose, and Maiden mobilized in Taipei Province.

6,000 men boarded the ship.

Farm implements, buffalo, sweet potato and rice seeds, and most importantly, cinchona species are loaded onto the transport ship. The bilges of each ship carried tons of iron ingots.

On the day of sailing, the commander-in-chief of the ship regiment and the chief of staff of the fleet, Harris. Acton stood side by side on the stern of the fleet's flagship, the Robotech One. Lieutenant Colonel Acton commanded with great skill, his lips neatly trimmed mustache and his dark hair smoothly combed back. He grew in fledgling and became famous.

Banner hunting, making a hula sound. All sorts of sailboats sailed around the group, bringing in the last men and supplies.

It's a busy scene.

"I really don't know if we're ready, what if something goes wrong?" ”

Harris smiled approvingly, "Your Excellency, we have drawn the best captain and the best crew, what could go wrong?" ”

Shou Xuan looked at the Chief of Staff and smiled wryly, "Maybe I'm not ready, Harris." ”

Shou Order's voice was hoarse, and Harris couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Archon, it's been 6 years, how long do you have to prepare?" ”

"Harris, perhaps, I'm not so brave to face the unknown anymore."

The McRoss One fleet is likely to change the historical ownership of a continent, far more than a few raids in Chinese mainland and North Korea.

Harris took out the bottle and poured a glass of tequila for Order. The wine has a light amber color, a favorite of the order.

The wine of the soul of New Spain reminded him of a lot of the past.

"Archon, you have created an enterprising team. They are not afraid of death and are eager to make a new history. You have to trust your captains. ”

"Harris, we built this country in the tropical jungle, and his resources are only for himself. You are well aware that the Federation needs a strong navy. We need money, more money to build an invincible armada in Asia. ”

"I'm well aware, Archon. The gold mines in Taipei, Borneo and the mainland can sustain their current operations, but to build a navy, we need world-class gold mines, and that is only available in Australia. ”

"So, Harris, you have placed many expectations on you."

"I am honored to accept this difficult task, and I assure you, Your Excellency, that the ship will accomplish its mission."

Shou Orderly picked up his glass and drank it all.

"Sir, the captains are here."

The orderly reported loudly, put down his glass, turned and walked down the stairs of the stern, Harris close behind.

The hull of the Robotech I was not large, and like the European Galen, the command cabin was on the first level with the gun deck. More than 30 captains packed the place.

"Lizheng - salute." The young officer said in a loud voice, raising his hand in salute.

At the forefront were the four officers of the Australian expedition, with Murong Parrot as the chief navigator of the expeditionary ship group, and Enzo and the Yang brothers as captains of the Yahat ship and frigate, respectively. The rest are the captains of the transports.

The captains of these modified Cantonese ships came from the Naval Academy, and each of them was a reserve for the captains of the Navy, and their common characteristic was that they were young and passionate. The captains were dressed in blue long-tail uniforms and leggings, with cross sashes on their chests and shoulder pads. Some are blonde, some are brunette.

These captains are the elite of the Confederacy.

"Gentlemen."

The shipwright's heels leaned together and made a neat sound.

"You all understand the importance of the task and the dangers that will be faced. If you succeed, the country will have a future! ”

"Yes, sir."

The sonorous and powerful response is intoxicating.

Shou Order, shook hands with the captains one by one, and wished the boat a smooth sailing.

Walk down the gangway and head back to Keelung Fort in order.

The boat group fired a gun salute, raised the blue sailing flag, and slowly sailed out of the harbor.

Keelung's wide inner Australia became empty.

"When the pebbles fall into the pond, the ripples will reach the far side."

Maiden: "We'll throw the stones, and they'll take care of the rest." ”

"Yes," Orderly lit his pipe, and saw the red document in Maiden's hand. Only messages from Chinese mainland will be marked with a red head.

"What's going on on the mainland?"

Some time ago, Lu Jianguo won a series of battles in Fujian, and Peng Yukai, a soldier in Funing, Jianzhou, was in Putian, Xinghua City, and led 30 cavalry and 400 infantry to raid Zhang Yingyuan, the general soldier of Xinghua, and opened the city gate to surrender to the Ming army. The Ming army and the righteous army attacked Jianzhou everywhere, and the situation was very chaotic. Taipei Prefecture did not dispatch the main army and navy, but selected several coastal guards and counties to attack, and collected some booty and immigrants. Many of the people in the expedition to the south were recent Fujian immigrants.

"The Tatar Jingnan general Chen Tai and reinforcements arrived in Fuzhou. The Ming army fought several defeats, and Wang Qi and Liu Zhongzao, who fought alongside us at the beginning of the year, were surrounded in Jianning Prefecture and Funing Prefecture respectively. ”

"It's not unexpected."

"Yes, that's not the point I'm talking about."

"Oh?"

"Our friend, Zheng Cai killed Xiong Rulin, the first assistant of His Royal Highness Lu, and they are fighting again."

Zheng Cai, the past year has almost been the pinnacle of his life.

"So, the fragile alliance between Lu Jianguo and Zheng Cai is about to break down?"

"Not yet, but we don't think that day is far off."

"What about Zheng Chenggong?"

He now uses the flag of his national surname to train in South Australia. Not long ago, Guo and his uncle Zheng Hongkui jointly carried out a landing operation, but suffered a lot of defeat. ”

"If necessary, you can pull Zheng Chenggong."

"I understand that he is the legitimate heir to the maritime power of Zheng Fan. But why are you so interested in him? ”

Shou Xuan smiled faintly, "We have a treaty with the Dutch and will not intervene in the Japanese route. I'm not going to break my promises, so we need a trade agent. ”

"You decided to choose Zheng Chenggong as your agent?"

"Yes, we supply goods, Zheng Chenggong has sales channels in Japan. Cooperate and share profits. ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to Nanao Island to discuss this matter with the national family."