In the faint morning light, Humen Village was shrouded in a fog.

The rain that had been intermittent the day before had turned into a non-stop drizzle, soaking everything wet.

Further down the beach are the old, irregularly shaped fields where herds of war horses stroll leisurely and nibble on the fat grass.

Due to the relocation of the border and the ban on the sea, these abandoned cultivated land became the land of grazing and war horses of the two feudal domains of Guangdong.

For 10 years, the people of Canton and the Tatars lived together, and it was just an ordinary occupation day.

Humen Zhai Bureau, Guangzhou Haiphong Tongzhi Lan Qinzheng and his immediate boss Fan Chengzu, deputy envoy of Guangdong according to the inspection, Zhang Guoxun, chief of the Guangdong Naval Division, and Humen guerrilla Huang Tingqi played an all-night mahjong.

Fan Chengzu is Fan Wencheng's nephew, a member of the Fan family in Liaodong, and can be regarded as a well-rooted figure on the ground in Guangdong.

The house was full of smoke, Fan Chengzu's face was full of red light, and he ate three and was a big name.

Zhang Guoxun's face was full of gloom, "Today's luck is really amazing, just like this ghost weather, it's not good." ”

Fan Chengzu said while collecting the money, "Zhang Zhentai, don't blame the weather for poor technology." ”

Lan Qin smiled and said, "Observe, Zhentai, do you want to stop here today?" If I lose again, my brother will take my salary for nothing this year. ”

Fan Chengzu laughed, "What the elder brother said is, let's rest today, and we'll fight again when you earn enough money." I said, brother, you need to practice your poker skills again. ”

Lan Qin arched his hand and said, "You still have to observe and give more advice." ”

Fan Chengzu laughed.

The maid came in and exchanged for new tea and served Cantonese morning tea.

Fan Chengzu picked up a piece of dried steamed crab roe and sold it and ate it deliciously.

"I'm from Liaodong, and I've been an official in the north before, and when I came to Guangzhou, I just thought this refreshment was good."

Zhang Guoxun: "I have a chef who is quite good at making refreshments, and he will send it to the observation house another day, please observe and taste." ”

Fan Chengzu: "It's easy to say, Zhang Zhentai is polite." ”

Lan Qin chatted with Fan Chengzu for a few words and asked about the construction of the coastal defense fort.

"Observation, now the Pearl River coastal defense is only Zhang Zhentai's subordinate Haizhu, Haiyin and my Humen, 3 Macao-style forts, the number of soldiers, the red-clothed cannon is not enough, I have repeatedly asked the prince to add ships and artillery to us, and there has been no response."

Zhang Guoxun and Lan Qin glanced at each other and said, "Observation, the situation in the Pearl River is the most dangerous in Humen. Shajiao and Dajiao are too far apart and do not care, as long as the brick and stone forts are built on both sides of the rung, Dahushan and the Pearl River, and 500 Hongyi cannons are erected, Guangzhou's coastal defense can be guaranteed. ”

Lan Qin nodded frequently: "Observe, Shajiao and Dajiao are the natural letter batteries, once the enemy ships appear on the Lingding Ocean, the two batteries can immediately fire cannons to warn the main battery, and our army can prepare for battle in advance." ”

Zhang Guoxun said: "Only the two forts of Haizhu and Haiyin are larger in the inland rivers of the Pearl River, and the rest of the Wuyong, Yongjing, and Dahuangjiao have few small cannons, which are all unusable. The Yi ship entered the Pearl River and went directly to the city of Guangzhou. ”

Li Qifeng was in Zhaoqing, and the energy of the two feudal domains was all on the Moyang front, but they neglected the defense of the Pearl River Estuary.

Fan Chengzu: "The construction of the fort is urgent, you can rest assured, Li Zhengtai and I have already gone to Beijing, and there will be a decree soon." ”

Fan Chengzu is very confident, this is the benefit of having big roots in the emperor.

Since ancient times, infrastructure construction has been one of the best ways to make money.

As the deputy envoy of the Guangdong Sea Road, the coastal defense of the Pearl River Estuary is in charge of Fan Chengzu's affairs, and there are too many facts that Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao, and Li Qifeng have to manage, and it is conceivable that once the Humen Fort Group is built, a considerable part of the project will fall on Fan Chengzu's head, in this sense, although Fan Chengzu never knew Zhang Guoxun and Lan Qin before, they quickly became allies under a chain of interests.

Before Zhang Guoxun came to Guangzhou, he was a deputy general in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, Lan Qin was a native of Huizhou, Jiangnan, and Fan Chengzu was a native of Liaodong.

In Guangzhou, the second feudal clan covered the sky with one hand, and the needle could not be inserted, and the water could not be splashed. It is common for people under the domain to bully foreign officials, and a big soldier under the domain dares to pick up the big ears of the county, and no one dares to care. Under this pressure, Fan Chengzu, Zhang Guoxun, and Lan Qin, who are also in the coastal defense business line, quickly approached.

Lan Qin drank tea and said: "Observation, it is rumored on the sea, hundreds of Nanyang Yiren splint ships have been stationed in Qiongzhou, and the news has spread amazingly, and I don't know whether it is true or false." ”

Zhang Guoxun sighed and said: "There are 7,80 cannons in a ship, and the cannons are heavy and heavy, and my 100 ships and tanks can't beat one of them, not to mention that I only have 63 ships." ”

Fan Chengzu had a relative, "I saw the Yiren plywood ship in Macau, and I heard that the Nanyang Yi's ship is bigger than the Francophone man?" ”

Zhang Guoxun: "Looking at it is like a castle, and firing cannons is like a volcano." ”

Lan Qin: "Observe, you must make it clear to the imperial court, we can't fight at sea, we can only repair the Humen Fort, and the silver must not be saved." ”

Fan Chengzu: "Guangdong's money is all used on the Moyang River front, and the construction of the Humen Fort can only be funded by the imperial court." ”

"Please observe."

"This official matter, you can rest assured."

Zhang Guoxun: "Observation, everyone knows that the Yiren ships are strong and the guns are strong, but they have tens of thousands of land divisions, is this true?" ”

Lanchin: "That's what the Francois in Macau say. ”

Fan Chengzu: "Recently, the thief army on the front line of Moyang River has been like fighting chicken blood, and Geng Jimao personally went to the front line to stabilize the battle situation. It should be true. ”

Lan Qin sneered: "Lord Geng lost all 20,000 troops in Leizhou last time, I thought he wouldn't dare to come out." ”

Fan Chengzu: "Jing Fan's vitality has recovered recently, and Geng Wangye's voice has begun to grow louder again. ”

Lan Qin: "The last time he fled back and said that there were 100,000 Yi people, first scared the Guangdong officialdom to death, and then laughed people to death, there were really 100,000, and the Yi people had already come to fight Guangzhou." ”

Fan Chengzu: "Brother Lan, don't worry, Yiren can't fight on land, and he is not the opponent of our Eight Banners elite soldiers." Even if there are tens of thousands of people, they are just a rabble, and the last defeat of the official army was just Geng Jimao's incompetence. ”

Zhang Guoxun: "That is, the observation is right, the defeat of the official army in Leizhou was all under the blind command of Geng Jimao. ”

Fan Chengzu drank his tea with satisfaction.

"Two, I'm going to change your defense zone."

"Observation?"

"Humen is about to be built when he sees it, and the power must be unified. There are many soldiers in the fort, and Zhang Zhentai can only be commanded, and Lanqin and your people go back to guard the second fort of Haizhu and Haiyin. ”

Zhang Guoxun's face showed joy, "How can this be embarrassing?" Lan Tongzhi finally built Humen Village, how can I win people's love. ”

The so-called county officials are not as good as the current management, Humen Zhai controls the Pearl River estuary, and Lan Qinguan is not big, but he can get a big piece of cake from the smuggling and sea trade in Guangdong by staying here.

Lan Qin remained silent: "There is an order to observe, and the lower officials should obey it, and Humen Village will be given to Zhang Zhentai as the chief military office." ”

Fan Chengzu: "Brother Lan, the inland river fort is going to be expanded, and I will hand over the inland river to you." ”

Lan Qin arched his hand and said, "Thank you for your observation. ”

Fan Chengzu snorted, "They are all brothers, you don't need to see outside." ”

Zhang Guoxun said excitedly: "Follow and observe that there is meat to eat." ”

Lanchin: "That's for sure. ”

Fan Chengzu's face sank, "This year's south wind is almost over, and the Yiren from the sea can only wait for next year, and there is still more than half a year." I'll give you the money, and things must be done. ”

"Observe with confidence."

Lan Qin sent Fan Chengzu and Zhang Guoxun away and stepped to the head of Humen City.

The rain paused, and at the head of Humen City, the military flag was blown by the wind and pulled to the south.

Since Qin Shi Huang opened up Lingnan, in the past 2,000 years, there have been countless vicious battles in the Pearl River Estuary, and there will be countless battles.

The collapse of Dianjing, the Son of Heaven hunted far away, and the imperial court allocated the Eight Banners army and 10 million taels of silver to invade Burma, and the southwest imperial court was finished.

The Ming army of Qiongzhou supported the establishment of the Hui Domain, ruled the six ministries with Zhongshu Province, and rebuilt the central organization, and the new imperial court sent an edict to the Ming army of the coastal provinces, as long as those Ming generals accepted the edict and read it, it meant that they recognized the central court of Qiongzhou.

There is no problem with this, only Hainan now has the army, food and ammunition to fight this war. Even Zheng Chenggong, if there were no supplies from Hainan, he would immediately run out of food.

The wind direction is uncertain, the monsoon is changing, and the northerly wind season is coming.

Lanchin lit the letter in his hand, 16 years of waiting, coming to an end.