Just in the prison of Changguo, even when the jailers and prisoners lined up to take turns to comfort Yinren, in the yamen of the governor of Hangzhou, Zhang Zhidong, the new governor of Zhejiang, was about to cry.

Ten million taels!

How did he get that 10 million taels?

And it had to be done in a month.

He is a famous minister of the Kangxi Dynasty, from a humble background, he is considered a grassroots class, almost step by step to climb to the high position of governor, full of gratitude to Kang Mazi's kindness, knowing that if this matter is played publicly, then it will put the holy lord Mingjun in his mind in an extremely embarrassing situation, as a courtier, he should share the worries of the lord, and he also knows that in that case, the emperor will definitely be thunderous and angry, it can be said that the Zhejiang front line is not good from top to bottom, and then it will be difficult to get people rolling.

In fact, Dan Dai was already waiting for death at this time.

Therefore, Zhang Zhidong did not play directly, but went to Hangzhou Weaving Mansion to find Hangzhou Weaving Ulinda Morson, and he played it in the form of secret folding, and at the same time explained to Kangxi that it was best for the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River to find a way to raise this money and secretly exchange the prince back. As for the fact that there is no need to admit this matter to the outside world, just find someone to pretend to be Yinren to act in Ningbo, even if there are rumors among the people, as long as the court does not admit it, it is all rumors, who said that the prince was captured, and the words of the demon can be believed? The crown prince has the blessing of the gods, how can the demon touch it? It's all rumors, whoever dares to spread this kind of rumor is disrespectful, cut off his head directly, in short, even if he talks nonsense with his eyes open, he must continue to tell this nonsense.

As for how to raise this money......

That is our responsibility as a courtier, no need to be a saint, set the power of Huguang, Liangjiang, Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, want to collect this 10 million taels is not a big deal, it is nothing more than to make up a few charges to copy a few rich merchants, 10 million taels only, Yangzhou salt merchants can copy a few is enough, and now at this time, in order to save the prince, it is indispensable for them to make some sacrifices.

Of course, this kind of thing can't be told to Kangxi openly, and he will naturally understand it when the time comes.

This secret fold was quickly sent to Beijing in 800 miles, and at the same time, Zhang Zhidong also picked out the actor of Yinren in the shortest possible time, and asked him to put on Yinren's full costume and walk around Ningbo openly under the guard of honor, and then returned to Ningbo Mansion and summoned a few local gentry, and then took a few Ming army spies who spread so-called rumors, pulled them to the yamen and beat them to death, and then issued a notice, who dared to slander the prince and directly punished him for rebellion, but also quickly controlled the situation in a short time. At least on the surface, no one dares to talk about it anymore.

"I can't see that this Kang Mazi is really talented!"

Yang Feng said with some surprise.

"Zhang Zhidong is a ten-year jinshi of Kangxi, from Hanlin, Yushi, Daotai, Zhentai, Fantai to the governor of Fujian, and this year he was reappointed as the governor of Zhejiang, without any backstage, but when he was the imperial history, he offended a lot of people, and he was able to get to this day all by his own ability to be appreciated by Kangxi, and those bannermen are of course different."

Huang Baijia said.

"They offered a maximum of three million taels."

Then he added.

"Tell them, let's say as much as we want, and the prince is not a commodity, how can they be allowed to bargain? 10 million two months, if it can't be delivered, we will pull him to the street and feed the dogs, so that Kang Mazi can rest assured that the master will give him a share. ”

Yang Feng said.

"Okay!"

Huang Baijia nodded and said.

Now it's a bargain, and the cards are in their hands, of course, they have the qualifications to make a bid, saying that 10 million taels will be 10 million taels, at least in the short term, there is no need to reduce the price.

"Marshal, the British are here!"

As he was talking, Zheng Jian hurriedly walked in and said.

He is the admiral of the Keelung detachment, the Ming Navy is also Yang Feng's fifth-level military rank, the supreme commander is the marshal, of course, this is Yang Dashuai himself, the following is divided into generals and commanders of each fleet, the current four admirals, the battle fleet, the cruiser fleet, the coastal defense fleet and the Keelung detachment, and Zheng Jian's responsibility is the Taiwan Strait, in addition to dealing with the Qing army naval division, he also works part-time maritime patrol.

"Coming with a fleet?"

Yang Feng asked.

Calculating the time, Howard is almost there.

"Yes, two large ships with two layers of guns, one with seventy-four guns, eight medium ships with two guns with forty or fifty guns, and eight single-layer guns, with only twenty guns, which is about the same as our battleships."

Zheng Jian said.

"Uh, so messy?"

Yang Feng was stunned for a moment.

However, this problem can be ignored for the time being, and the most important issue now is how to avoid being hacked.

"Order all ships in port to set sail!"

Yang Feng immediately ordered.

He must guard against the British to do him all at once, although this possibility is not very likely, but it is not impossible, he doesn't want to be Zhang Peilun He Ruzhang, after giving the order, he immediately led the army to board the Valkyrie, and then the nine battleships and ten cruisers of the Ming army in the harbor all sailed out of the military port, in fact, even so, the strength of this fleet is still far inferior to the British, when the two fleets met south of Changguo, the captains and sailors of the Ming ships were startled.

Although they ran rampant on the sea and beat the Qing army to the ground, they immediately became shorter in front of these warships.

Especially the giant battleship in the middle.

"This is the main battleship of the Westerners?"

Shao Tingcai, who came running together, said in amazement.

"Well, it's not, it's just creeps."

Yang Feng said.

"Creeps?"

Shao Tingcai said in disbelief.

"The ten two-story guns are all third-class ships, and the other eight are cruisers, third-class ships are considered petty officers and soldiers in our army, and cruisers don't count, they can only be said to be civilian men who follow and do miscellaneous work."

Yang Feng said.

"What is the general?"

Shao Tingcai gasped and asked, This means that the battleship of the Ming army like the Valkyrie is a miscellaneous man on the other side.

"Second-class ships, ninety guns on the third floor, and then first-class ships on the top, more than a hundred guns on the third floor, and the largest cannonball weighs fifty or sixty pounds, but the number of such warships is very small, each of them is the treasure of the town, as for these are cannon fodder on the battlefield, there are more than 100 ships like this in Britain alone."

Yang Feng said.

At this time, the division of sixth-class ships had not yet appeared, in fact, Britain still followed the old division standard, basically all battleships, but the number of cruisers or cruisers was not much, so this time there were only four, and those small third-class ships were counted as cruisers for him, which Howard had told him before. As for the future, they will rush to build him a batch of the latest cruisers in Bombay and other places, and Yang Feng wants cruisers mainly because he has to go into inland rivers most of the time, relatively speaking, battleships are not as good as cruisers, after all, a draft alone is enough trouble.

"And what if they invade us from the sea?"

Shao Tingcai said.

"Well, you have a long-term vision, but don't worry about it yet, because it's too far from their homeland to here, and it will take almost half a year to sail on the sea alone, and they don't care about invading us, and there are countless good places waiting for them to invade on the way. In addition, there is not only one Britain in Europe, there are a bunch of robbers in this bandit den, none of them are good at stubble, and they often fight each other because of the issue of sharing spoils, and they will fight again soon, so it is estimated that it will take more than 100 years to take care of the invasion of us. ”

Yang Feng said.

At this moment, the two fleets had stopped more than a mile apart, and a third-class ship sailed out from the opposite fleet, and quickly leaned close to the Valkyrie, stretching over the gangplank at the same time.

"Your Excellency, we meet again."

Howard said as he stood on the deck and waved.

"Mr. Howard, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Yang Feng said.

"Your Excellency, first of all, please accept our gift."

Howard walked across the gangplank, pointed to the eight subordinates carrying the boxes behind him and said, and then the four boxes were placed in front of Yang Feng, and after the lid of the box was opened, there was a golden light inside that dazzled people's eyes, all of them were gold coins.

"Looks like our goods must be in demand in London?"

Yang Feng said with a smile.

"Okay, you know there's always something new there, it's £20,000, and we're hoping to be able to buy a two-year franchise for the time being, and we're going to have to buy another batch of goods, and here's an order for the kind of goods we want, and some of them are custom-made by the customer, and we need to be careful about the price."

Howard said as he handed a large notebook to Yang Feng.

"Well, since we're friends, we'll have to take care of you."

Yang Feng looked at the contents of the notebook and said, after seeing that several patterns still carried the British royal insignia, he could already rest assured about the safety of this transaction.

"So how do you want to make the next move?"

Howard said as he looked at the battleships around him.

"Let your people, drive all the ships given to me into the port over there, one by one, and then my soldiers will board the ships to receive them, and your people will get off the ships and go to the city from the land, and I will arrange for people to receive them, and after all the ships given to me are delivered, your fleet will sail to Changguo, which is the former port of Zhoushan, and load the things I gave you there, and if you are willing to give me both large ships, I will also give you an additional new firing device for artillery, which can be like a flintlock pistol without any delay."

Yang Feng looked at the two seventy-four-gun battleships and said.

He is talking about the rope flintlock device of the artillery, which was available during the Napoleonic Wars, and the kind used in the battle of the angry sea, which is similar to the flintlock pistol, but the reliability is not as good as direct ignition, and the naval guns at sea are used to avoid ignition delays in shaking, and now Yang Feng has also equipped his naval guns with all of them, this thing is not as popular as direct ignition before there is no fire cap, but it is a fashionable technology.