The return of the first batch of ships to the Americas did not cause much turmoil in Daming, although His Majesty the Emperor washed the dust of these warriors with a rare high standard, and Yang Huai, who led the team, was the earl, and all those who participated in this voyage were rewarded with 1,000 dragon yuan, and those who died were rewarded with 2,000 for their families, and all the goods were directly rewarded to them for sharing, but compared with the golden mountain on the deck when the Golden State fleet returned, the sandalwood they brought back was obviously lacking in irritation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The people of the Ming Dynasty are very realistic.

If you can't bring back something that is tempting enough, then even if His Majesty the Emperor supports it, it is useless, not to mention that almost a third of people die in a round trip, this ratio is too terrifying.

As for the legend of the Yin people's eastward crossing......

That one was hyped up in the newspapers, after all, this kind of legend is very suitable for after-dinner pastime, but it is limited to that, who would really do anything for this kind of relative 20,000 miles away? Compared with this kind of purely lace news, the people of Daming still care more about real things, such as the completion of the Luanhe Bridge, the first large railway bridge in Daming. The steel truss bridge, which is actually only 200 zhang long, was already an industrial marvel in this era, and in fact, it took two full years to officially complete the construction until now, and even divers were used in the construction process.

"Finally see this scene!"

Yang Feng stood at the head of the bridge and said with emotion.

In front of him, a large steam locomotive was rumbling past ten tin cars laden with goods behind him.

With the completion of the Luanhe Bridge, the Qinhuangdao to Tangshan section of the Jingshan Railway was completed, and on the same day, the Beijing to Tianjin section was also completed, and the Beijing to Juyongguan section has already been completed, so that the entire Jingshan Railway is only left from Tianjin to Tangshan, this section of the river needs to be crossed too much, and there are too many bridges that also need to be built, so it will take at least two months. Of course, this little time is not worth mentioning, this winter the materials needed by the various armies under the command of the Beijing Garrison will no longer have to land from Qinhuangdao and then be transported to Beijing little by little by four-wheeled carriages, and the rumbling train will completely solve this problem, and the biggest obstacle restricting the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the north has also been completely solved.

"Your Majesty, are you launching an attack outside the gates?"

Gao Huai, who was left behind in Beijing, asked excitedly.

"Outside the gates? How far have those two gotten now? ”

Yang Feng asked.

"The number of Russian troops under Yinchu has exceeded 10,000, and it is said that the vast majority of Russians in Lingbei have come to him, not only to help him fight, but also to make him munitions, and there are rumors that Yinchu learned that Shi Jingjiao recognized the Russian emperor as a godfather."

Gao Huai said.

"Yinchu is a good comrade!"

Yang Feng said with relief.

Indeed, Yinchu is a good comrade, he gathered all the Russians in Lingbei, and in the future, as long as there is a war, it can be solved all, and then the Ming army will directly take over the vast land of millions of square kilometers, at this time Peter actually can't take care of the East, there are not many Russians in the Far East, tens of thousands of people are up to the sky, no more, Yinchu has 20,000 Russian troops under him, and he has to basically clean up this land, what kind of behavior is this, this is completely an act of sacrificing himself, such a person is not a good comrade, who is a good comrade?

"There are also a lot of ghosts under Yinzhen, in addition to the church organization over the years, the Dutch in Nagasaki have also gone a lot, and it is estimated that there are no more than 10,000, and a large iron mine and a large coal mine have been found near Shenyang, and they are also making iron and steel by themselves, as for the total strength of the army under his command has expanded to 40,000, all of which are trained according to European standards, and even many officers are ghosts."

Gao Huai said.

"Yinzhen is also a good comrade!"

Yang Feng said.

Yinzhen is indeed a good comrade, he can work so hard to build the Northeast, and develop the Anshan Iron Mine and Fushun Coal Mine, and then wait for him to receive it, what is not a good comrade? As for the military strength of the fourth elder brother, that is not worth mentioning at all, and the army armed with smoothbore flintlock pistols is just a piece of in front of the breech-loading rifled guns.

"Let's leave it alone! They're all useful! ”

Yang Feng then said.

Indeed, they are all still useful, whether it is His Majesty the Qianlong Emperor or His Majesty the Emperor AD, they all shoulder a special mission, since they are useful, let's keep them first! Left and right are dishes on their own plates.

However, Yang Feng didn't know that someone was going to treat him as a dish now.

Far away Colombo.

"Warriors of God, with the will of God, the glory of Christ behind you, the darkness shrouded in the demon realm before you, your warships are the warhorses of ancient knights, and your cannons are the spears that carry out the will of God, go, go to the east, go to the kingdom of gold, go to the land ruled by Satan, go and fight for God, go and beat the evil demon king back to hell, let the glory of God shine on China, go, you are the new crusaders!"

On the Colombo docks, Duo roared excitedly.

In front of him was an extremely large fleet, a real fleet, in which there was not a single armed merchant ship, not a single indiscriminate number of cruisers and frigates, all of them were real battleships, and the middle four second-class battleships stood towering like mountains. Each of these four second-class battleships was flanked by two third-class battleships with seventy-four guns, and on either side of these eight powerful battleships, there were a full thirty third-class battleships with the smallest and more than forty guns. On the masts of these ships were the flags of five countries, including the Netherlands, Portugal, Savoy, Austria, and Spain, but there was another flag on the foremast of all the ships.

White Latin cross on black background.

This is a new generation of crusaders.

This is a new crusade, except that their goal is no longer the Holy Land, but the destruction of Satan in the East.

Well, this slogan is actually scoffed at by the vast majority of people, including the commander of the fleet who knelt in front of the Duo, the veteran of the Dutch Navy, Bank.

But believe it or not, what's the big deal?

After the Ming Dynasty seized the Spice Islands, the Netherlands was in mourning, and the sea coachmen mainly relied on overseas trade to make a living, especially spices, silk, tea, porcelain, sugar, and so on from the East, but they were all gone, and the capitalists who were about to go crazy had long thought of sending a fleet, but they were at war with France, and Britain, as an ally, firmly disagreed with them to leave the European battlefield.

Well, all the trade lost by the Dutch went to the British East India Company, and the British really couldn't agree to it.

Fortunately, at this time, Duo Luo returned.

And all over Europe to propagate that the emperor of China is the embodiment of Satan, he saw with his own eyes that the demon used the magic of xie evil, and even tried to lure him into hell, which he could swear to God, and now there is only one Tatar prince in the East, who is struggling to support and hold on to the last light, and he implores the monarchs of all European countries to put aside their contradictions, and form a new crusade together, go to the East to destroy the demon, rescue the brothers of the East, and let that ancient land and hundreds of millions of people completely get rid of the darkness.

Others scoffed at him, but the bankrupt capitalists in Rotterdam saw the light in an instant.

Although as a Protestant country, they were not originally a bird to the Holy See, but this time the Netherlands from the official to the civil society was like a chicken blood, desperately waving the flag for Dorau, and the Dutch parliament couldn't wait to announce that even if no one went, they would form a crusade on their own. The Portuguese, who were also persecuted by Yang Feng, immediately responded, and the King of Portugal shouted to join the Crusaders for the second time, and then the Dutch paid for allowing the participants to divide a piece of land in the Spice Islands at that time, and then pulled in the Habsburgs and the Duke of Savoy, who wanted to make a fortune in the East.

But their biggest allies, the British, refused to participate.

Although the British were also worried that Yang Feng's claws would extend beyond the Strait of Malacca, at this time the trade in the Far East was almost controlled by the British East India Company, and the shipwhen's shipment of goods from China and the Spice Islands to Europe made great fortunes for the British merchants, who would not let go of this good time to make money if they were kicked in the head by a donkey. Fortunately, at this time, the French navy was beaten to the ground, and the anti-French alliance on land also had an advantage, and even began to attack France, so the British were not easy to oppose, after all, everyone stood under the banner of faith.

Although the British actually wish that they and Yang Feng would fight to lose both.

But it's also an ally.

Therefore, in the case of the strong demand and even the threat of withdrawal from the war against France by the Dutch, the British still leased the four battleships that were originally built for Yang Feng but were never delivered to the Dutch.

The flagship behind Admiral Bank, the battleship Wilhelm III, was one of them.

His Excellency the Admiral bowed his head solemnly, and all the commanders and captains of the detachment who were also kneeling behind him also bowed their heads solemnly.

Alone in the Demon Realm and found the incarnation of Satan, Duo was dressed in a red robe representing the highest rank of the Church, with a little red riding hood on his bare head, and he was also solemnly sprinkled with holy water from a basin next to him on the heads of these holy knights, while constantly reciting verses from the Bible. Behind these captains, all the sailors on the ships who were about to go out stood on their decks and bowed their heads in prayer, and all around them there were only waves and seabirds chirping, and in a solemn atmosphere, people did not even notice that Bishop Duo's Little Red Riding Hood actually carried a pile of guano on it.

"Amen!"

Cardinal Dorau, who had completed the blessing, said solemnly.

"Amen!"

Admiral Bank and the captains in front of him said.

With that, Admiral Banks stood up with a resolute expression on his face, and quickly walked towards the William III, while the same captains boarded their own ships.

"Target, Malacca!"

Admiral Bank, who was standing on the tail tower, shouted. (To be continued.) )