The train from Songjiang Prefecture to Shanghai County was opened, and the people responded greatly, whether they had money or no money, everyone wanted to take this new thing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

A train every hour, from the morning to the evening dark, several trains a day, almost all the seats, from Songjiang Mansion to Shanghai County, about 40 kilometers, do not take an hour to finish, which greatly changes everyone's traditional concept.

As a result, teahouses, restaurants, streets and alleys, everyone talks about trains the most, everyone talks about trains, talks about their feelings about taking trains, and even some ordinary people are proud of having taken trains.

As soon as the train rings, there are 10,000 taels of gold, which is true, although the ticket price is not expensive, but there is a lot of silver in the account every day, because in addition to passenger transportation, there is also freight, for the delivery of goods for various merchants.

At the same time, the construction of the railway from Songjiang to Suzhou and then to Changzhou began to start in an all-round way, and it was learned that the train from Songjiang to Shanghai County had been opened, and the people of Suzhou and Changzhou who participated in the construction of the railway were very enthusiastic, and at least tens of thousands of people were building the railway every day.

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Oriental Ocean Trading Company, three 3,000-material steam-powered carriers, plus six 1,000-material steam-powered seagoing vessels, departed from Shanghai Port, loaded with various industrial products, such as textiles, daily necessities such as soap, various glass products, in addition to porcelain, tea, etc.

This was a tentative trip, because Korea was no longer a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but under the control of the Manchus, and for the sake of safety, everyone was armed with a large number of smoothbore flintlock muskets, six 1,000-ship ships with 70 mm guns, and hundreds of sailors accompanying them.

Here, it is necessary to briefly say a few words about the DPRK of this period.

The Joseon Dynasty, also known as the Lee Dynasty, was the last unified dynasty in the history of the Korean Peninsula, and the Joseon Dynasty during this period was the reign of the Lee Dynasty.

In 1627, Nurhachi's nephew Amin led 30,000 Jurchen troops to conquer Korea, known as the "Ding Mao Rebellion". The two sides finally negotiated peace and concluded a "covenant of brotherhood". North Korea stopped using the name of Tomorrow Qi and sent Prince Ri Kyaw to Houjin as a hostage. Houjin and North Korea do not invade each other's territory.

Due to the influence of Confucianism, the Korean minister believed that Ming helped Korea repel the Japanese invaders, and that Korea should make friends with Ming to fight against Houjin. This eventually led to the Emperor Taiji's attack on Korea in 1636, forcing Korea to become a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, known as the "Bingzi Rebellion" in history.

In other words, the current Joseon was ruled by the Yi dynasty and was a vassal state of the Qing dynasty.

Xu Liangyi personally led the team and went to North Korea in person, with the purpose of opening the North Korean market, which was a tentative trip, and in order to get nine out of ten, Zhang Feng would personally lead the navy as the second echelon.

A few days later, Zhang Feng arrived at Zhoushan Military Port, gathered the navy, and everyone was ready to set off, and the destination was also North Korea.

The whistle sounded for a long time, the flags of the Zhoushan Military Port fluttered, and the sailors wearing white naval uniforms were neatly lining up to board the ship at the huge military port wharf.

The most conspicuous is the "Shanghai" ironclad ship, Zhang Feng stood on the deck of the "Shanghai", watching the sailors board the ship, Zhang Feng's thoughts flew far away, thinking about this trip to North Korea.

"Lord Commander-in-Chief, Xu Liangyi, they should be arriving in Incheon soon, right?" Zhao Weibin calculated.

According to the range and speed, if there is no accident, Xu Liangyi and the others should arrive in Incheon soon, but because of the lack of means of communication, I don't know what is going on with them.

Zhang Feng said slowly: "They should be arriving in Incheon soon, and we are about to set off." ”

In addition to the Shanghai ironclad ship, there are ten 2,000-material sea ships and six 3,000-material transport ships, which can be described as a huge team and very spectacular.

In addition to the sailors of each ship, there were also 2,000 marines accompanying him, and Zhang Feng made complete preparations, if trade was blocked, then solve it by force, use force to knock on the door of Korea, and make Korea his own vassal state.

North Korea, Incheon.

After a few days of sailing, the fleet led by Xu Liangyi has arrived at the port of Incheon, which is far from being as large as in later generations, and is now just a small fishing port, with some large and small fishing boats docked at the port wharf.

Standing on the deck of the 3,000 material transport ship, Xu Liangyi looked at the Incheon Port in the distance, and said in his heart, it has finally arrived, and Incheon is in front.

Incheon is not far from Seoul, only a few tens of kilometers, and Zhang Feng naturally chose the destination of the fleet here with deep meaning, and he took a fancy to the geographical location of Incheon.

Not only does it have the conditions for building a good port, but the most important thing is that it is not far from Seoul, so if you want to use force, you can directly attack the opponent's city and point your sword directly at Seoul.

Where have the fishermen in the harbor seen any steam-powered sea boats, and when they saw these huge and strange boats coming, they immediately jumped for a while, and some fishermen even rowed their own fishing boats to run fast.

Xu Liangyi will not care about the fishermen, Xu Liangyi is looking at the situation of the wharf, the wharf is not large, it is estimated that only three or five boats can be docked, and the other ships can only anchor in the nearby waters.

Three 3,000 ships, six 1,000 ships, the movement was a little big, after a burst of chickens and dogs, with the arrival of Xu Liangyi and others, the dock gradually became lively.

Xu Liangyi's 3,000-material transport ship, the other two 1,000-material sea ships docked at the wharf, and the rest of the ships anchored not far away.

The boat stopped, Xu Liangyi led a large group of people to get off the transport ship, stepped on the dock, and felt the solid feeling coming from his feet, Xu Liangyi said, and finally arrived at Incheon smoothly.

"Little Liu, come over here."

Xiaoliu is a subordinate of Xu Liangyi, he is in charge, he is clever, and he is neat, and Xu Liangyi handed over many things to Xiaoliu to handle, so rest assured.

"Boss, you're looking for me." Xiao Liu came over right away.

Xu Liangyi nodded, "Little Liu, you take a few people to Incheon City, find the person in charge here, and send our greeting post, if you can, I want to have a good talk with the person in charge here." ”

For the first time, salute first and then soldier.

Xiaoliu immediately said: "Boss, there is no problem, I'll go." ”

After speaking, Xiaoliu brought several people, one of whom knew Korean and fully translated the role.

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Incheon Prefectural Government.

Referring to the local administrative system of the Ming Dynasty, the country was divided into eight provinces, and the provinces were set up below the provinces, and the "top leaders" of each province were left behind.

"What, a large fleet of the Ming Dynasty came."

Hearing the report, Li Yiguang, who was left behind in Incheon Prefecture, was shocked and continued to ask, "Is it a warship or a merchant ship?" ”

This is very important, if it is a warship, it is a big deal, because Korea is no longer a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but under the control of the Manchus, and if it is a merchant ship, then the problem is far less serious.

The person who reported said: "My lord, this fleet is very strange, it is said to be merchant ships, but it is not like it, because there are obviously cannons on some ships, it is said to be war ships, but it is not like it, because it looks a little like merchant ships, and in addition, these ships are very strange, there are no sails, and there is black smoke. ”

There is such a strange boat, Li Yiguang is also curious, walking around, thinking for a long time before saying: "Quick, send someone to Seoul to report this matter, and in addition, send someone to understand the specific details." ”

The subordinate was about to do what Li Yiguang asked, and another person hurriedly walked in and reported: "My lord, the Ming Dynasty fleet sent people, a total of seven people, I temporarily arranged for them to be in the palace hall. ”

Li Yiguang wanted to understand the situation and find out the details of this fleet, and heard that the fleet had sent people over, which was exactly what Li Yiguang meant, so Li Yiguang said: "Let's go, follow me to meet these people for a while." ”

The lobby of the government office.

Xiaoliu and they didn't sit down for a long time, and it was only about a cup of tea, and Li Yiguang took several people into the hall of the mansion.

Li Yiguang was quite enthusiastic on the surface because he couldn't figure out the details of this fleet, and after the two sides made a brief introduction through the translators, Li Yiguang got straight to the point and asked.

"So, you're here to do business?"

Xiao Liu said: "Yes, our purpose is to do business, this is a post, our boss is going to come over to visit Lord Li, and our boss will discuss everything with Lord Li in detail." ”

Li Yiguang waved his hand, signaled one of his subordinates to accept the post, and then said: "You are too polite, so let's go back first, I'll go to the dock, and I'll go to see your boss." ”

Li Yiguang's purpose was obvious, that is, to go to the dock to see the reality in person, so he said that he would go to the dock in person. Xiao Liu thought for a moment, and immediately arrived: "Lord Li, then I'll go back and tell our boss later, we will wait for you at the dock." ”

The two sides negotiated, Li Yiguang smiled, and personally sent Xiao Liu and the others out of the mansion, watching Xiao Liu and the others gradually move away, Li Yiguang, who was still enthusiastic, suddenly turned cold.

Seeing this, a subordinate next to him asked puzzledly, "My lord, what are you ......?"

Li Yiguang said slowly: "This fleet is not simple, it's not just as simple as coming here to do business. After finishing speaking, Li Yiguang arranged for someone to report to the Seoul side, and he took a group of subordinates and entourage, either on horseback or in a sedan chair, and also headed towards the wharf.

Not long after Xu Liangyi listened to Xiao Liu's report, a guy immediately came over to report, "Boss, they are here, and they are already on the dock." ”

Xu Liangyi said: "You go and pick them up, let them go to the cabin, I'll wait for them here." ”

Li Yiguang and others came over, and on the dock, seeing the big transport ship of 3,000 materials, Li Yiguang was secretly frightened, and thought in his heart, is this the ship of the Ming Dynasty, it is so big, and there is really no sail, such a ship is really strange.

Then, seeing the two 1,000-millimeter ships docked next to him, the 70-millimeter guns on board, and the sailors with flintlock muskets on their backs, Li Yiguang said in his heart, sure enough, it is not simple.

Boarding the 3,000 material transport ship, on the spacious deck, Xu Liangyi met with Li Yiguang and others, through translation, after an introduction by both sides, Xu Liangyi said: "Lord Li, we have come all the way this time to carry out trade with your country. ”

Li Yiguang didn't believe it at all.

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