Chapter 561: Troops Arrive in Liverpool
Cromwell was now a powerful military figure in England, and his status was only lower than that of Charles I, the king of England today.
However, the fame of him did not relax in the slightest, although in his opinion, the Ming Empire is far away on the other side of the ocean, and will not start a war because of his ban on smoking, even if he starts a war, it is impossible to threaten his English, and he has not yet reached the point where he can't deal with a distant enemy.
But in this anti-smoking campaign, Cromwell also offended a lot of Francois and Dutch companies, so he also had to strengthen his vigilance, so as not to catch himself off guard when these countries attacked.
Charles I's geographical knowledge was not necessarily much better than that of Emperor Daoguang, and after hearing Cromwell say that the Ming Dynasty was thousands of miles away, he didn't care and allowed Cromwell to buy forts everywhere, trying to compete with Franc and other countries for Europa hegemony.
There is no radar in this world that emits electromagnetic waves to detect the traces of ships, so even if the ocean-going fleet of the Ming fleet is about to enter the English Channel, the British navy has not yet discovered the slightest.
In charge of this naval battle is Heiwa, the former first branch of the South China Sea Fleet, who was the first capable officer under Gu Sanmazi, he also learned from his old boss Gu Sanmazi at this time to step on the railing, and looked around vigorously with a telescope, not worrying at all about whether he would encounter a round of cold artillery from the enemy ship and hit him.
At this time, England lost a lot of its naval fleet due to the defeat of the Combined Fleet on the island of Java, and now there is still a part to participate in the pacification of Scottish reaction, so the English Navy in the English Channel can only be described as weak.
"Back then, these Westerners bombarded my Daming Guangzhou Mansion, and now my Heiwa also bombarded Liverpool for him!"
At this time, Liverpool has been built into a military town by Cromwell, almost all important military supplies and new warships are here, and Heiwa also arrived here first according to the information provided by Jinyiwei, and directly ordered: "The general ordered that the Tanghe rushed straight at thirty degrees to the southeast, adjusted to a long shot, and must drop two base shells into its Liverpool city, and the Deng Yue was thirty degrees northwest of the direction, and also advanced in this way, shelling!" ”
Not long after he finished speaking, two huge ships set off a huge wave like a dragon out of the sea, and with full horsepower, they were like a speeding tornado, heading towards Liverpool City.
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At this time, Cromwell was coming to visit Wang Guangting and Cao Shiwen, who were still imprisoned in prison.
Cromwell wasn't very friendly with the two men, and he didn't think that the Far Eastern Empire would trouble the British Empire because of the disappearance of these two small figures.
So he decided to squeeze the value of these two people unscrupulously.
As an enterprising politician, Cromwell wanted to get to know the Ming Empire well, and the two people in front of him were his best informants.
The whip dipped in salt water hit Wang Guangting and Cao Shiwen, and the two couldn't help grinning and scolding that this group of Westerners was not a thing.
Cromwell, on the other hand, didn't care at all, and still ordered the interpreter around him to ask them: "How many standing troops do you have in the Ming Dynasty, what is the strength of the navy, where are the colonies, what is the temperament of the emperor now, and what is the relationship between the Meisheng Company and your king......"
Wang Guangting was born in intelligence, so naturally he would not reveal all his secrets, and Cao Shiwen also knew that it was powerful and did not want to reveal the business secrets of Meisheng Company that he mastered, so the two of them snorted at the same time and did not answer.
Cromwell couldn't help but be annoyed, and he couldn't help but scold: "Little dwarfs, don't make this Marquis angry at the end, or you won't want to live well!" ”
Wang Guangting and Cao Shiwen are indeed not tall, and Cromwell despised these two even more because of this, and stood in front of these two people and directly slapped Wang Guangting and Cao Shiwen.
Smack!
"Walker's Dog! Something that pigs and dogs are not as good as! ”
Cromwell patted his red right hand and spat on the faces of Wang Guangting and Cao Shiwen, two Ming officials.
Wang Guangting is a hundred households of Jinyi Wei and is the first assistant Wang Xijue of Wanli, and he can be regarded as a famous family, when has he been humiliated like this, even if he has self-cultivation, he can't help but hate his eyes and bones.
Cao Shiwen is the son of Cao Sicheng, the former imperial history of the left capital, and can be regarded as a child of the anointed man, and has excellent academic performance since childhood, and has always been in the eyes of no one, but now he is so humiliated by a Western barbarian, plus he is already young and vigorous, he can't help but break free from the chain and beat this Cromwell.
Cromwell smiled contemptuously, seeing that Cao Shiwen's skin was fair, and his appearance of wanting to eat people was even more seductive than those royal ladies, so he also moved Longyang Xing and ordered someone to escort Cao Shiwen to his room.
Wang Guangting saw a trace of unkindness in Cromwell's evil eyes, and couldn't help scolding: "Bastards, you unethical Western dog mongrels, you wait, even if we are planted in your hands today, I will definitely step on your English tomorrow!" ”
Cao Shiwen also struggled at this time, but unexpectedly, Cromwell personally grabbed an iron rod and hit Cao Shiwen's knee, and Cao Shiwen couldn't help but kneel.
At the same time, several other English soldiers took sticks and hit Wang Guangting, until Wang Guangting was covered in blood, and Wang Guangting fainted in pain before these English soldiers stopped.
Cao Shiwen looked at Cromwell angrily, wishing that at this moment, an Apocalypse Type 3 short-handled gun would explode Cromwell's head.
And Cromwell was even more proud when he saw that he couldn't eat himself if he wanted to, and couldn't help touching Cao Shi's buttocks, then straightened his white and bright tie, and said, "Wash it clean." ”
At the same time, Cromwell ordered someone to splash cold water to wake Wang Guangting up, and he himself went to get a soldering iron and walked beside Wang Guangting.
"I heard that you Daming has a brocade guard, there is an edict prison in the brocade guard, and the edict prison is the best at interrogating prisoners, there are all kinds of strange tricks, no matter how hard people are, they can't stand to tell the truth, the most common of which is this kind of soldering iron, and now this marquis has also learned from you Daming to create a soldering iron, or let you, a hundred households of brocade guards, taste the taste!"
Cromwell gritted his teeth fiercely as he spoke, pressed the fiery red soldering iron directly on Wang Guangting's waist, and spun it vigorously a few times, the good meat on Wang Guangting's body rattled, and it was carbonized in an instant, and the pain made Wang Guangting's eyes red and sweating profusely.