Chapter 405 Commitment

"What? You're going to dismantle the guns on these two ships? Peter asked, incredulous.

Lei Dayong glanced at Peter and said: "Yes, that's what it means, because you have two warships that can't go up and can't participate in the battle, which has reduced the number of our cannons by half, so we plan to dismantle the cannons on your two ships and refit them on our water camp warships, our water camp warships are small and easy to reach Zhenjiang Fort, so that our total number of cannons will increase by nearly a hundred, so that the possibility of us opening up a passage will be greatly improved." Lei Dayong said unequivocally.

"Oh, oh, oh, no, no, no, no, thunder, Shang, you can't do this, you know, although I am the commander of this fleet, but these ships are not my private property, you know, if the captains know that you are going to dismantle their ships, they will definitely not agree, they will throw us into the sea......" Peter panicked, if these two Qincha really did this, I was afraid that the end would not be so good, he, the commander, would immediately become the commander of the light pole, even if he didn't do anything to them, if these ships turned around and left, he had no choice, the ship's cannons, but the most important thing on this ship.

Peter panicked, these two chasers were young lads, the kind of people who would do what they said, and they might order it to do it immediately, and he would be finished. Peter hurriedly begged Shang Kexi for help with his eyes.

"This is really bad news, it can't be worse." Shang Ke smiled happily.

Peter was desperate, it seemed that the two Qincha had unanimously intended to dismantle the cannons on these two ships, so that he, the commander, might not be able to do it.

"Ray, you can't do this, please, Shang, you can say something, be sensible, be sensible......" Peter panicked.

Shang Kexi laughed for a while, and said, "Peter, didn't you say that there is good news?" Why don't you hear what his good news is? ”

Peter came back to his senses, indeed, he forgot, Lei Dayong still had a message to say, Peter immediately looked at Lei Dayong expectantly, and said: "Lei, I hope your news is good news, Lei, don't scare me again, I can't afford to be frightened like this......"

"The good news is that if we use this batch of cannons, then, if this batch of cannons is damaged, lost or other etc., we will compensate you for a new one, Peter, I know that your ships, the cannons on them have been some years, and some are even on the verge of scrapping, if you just borrow a period of time and return a new one, I think, this is definitely a good deal, Peter, you should also know that the thousand catties made by my Ming Dynasty are not worse than yours, it is brand new, think about it, Isn't that good news? Lei Dayong said.

Peter went through the news in his mind in an instant, what kind of goods is the thousand-pound Franc machine in the Ming Dynasty, he has seen it, it is all good things, a good cannon, the cannons on these ships, as Lei Dayong said, have been some years, some cannons, also wear out, in this far east, the cannon is broken, it is difficult to repair and buy, of course, except for the Ming Dynasty, of course, the Ming Dynasty cannot sell cannons to them, so, for them, cannons are quite precious things, If a batch of new cannons with excellent performance can be replaced in the East, and it is free of charge, this is undoubtedly a very rare thing, and the thought of that cannon is new, Peter's mind is alive again.

"Ray, I have to say, this news is indeed good news, I think, those captains, will be happy to accept this condition, but, Ray, is there anything else? Is it only the replacement of artillery with light? You know, a battleship is nothing without artillery, and it will be very dangerous for a battleship, so I suggest that these two battleships should be given higher compensation or something...... "Peter's mind came alive, he knew that these two Qincha were in dire need of artillery, so he wanted to make some benefit on this issue.

Lei Dayong was disdainful and said: "Peter, you should understand that you are hired by Your Majesty, so you should stand on Your Majesty's side and do things for Your Majesty, not for others, Your Majesty has given you wages, and someone else has given you silver?" "Lei Da has also been trained by the General Staff Department, and he still knows a little about Yiren, so he reminded Peter that you should work for the emperor and should stand on the emperor's side. ,

Peter was embarrassed for a moment, and said: "Yes, Ray, you are right, I am working for Your Majesty, however, removing the guns on the battleship, this is an adventure after all, after all, the battleship is nothing without artillery, and I am afraid that Captain Rykaz will not agree to do this." ”

"It's okay, you tell him that Your Majesty hired them to fight, not to have fun, and four of their warships had to go out and shoot guns, and even risked their lives and sunken ships to fight, and these two warships, now because they can't reach the battlefield, can't fight, so, this is obviously unfair, since they can't complete Your Majesty's explanation, can't fight, then, this mercenary thing, it hasn't been completed, then, the silver that hired them, will not be given to ......, Now it's just a matter of letting them out of the cannons, at least there will be no problems with their battleships, this is already a better condition than the other four, Peter, what do you say? Lei Da said with a forced look at Peter.

"This ......" Peter was dumbfounded by Lei Dayong's question, can it still be counted like this? If you follow the algorithm used by Lei Da, the other four ships are out of the ship, out of the gun, out of the man, to fight at the risk of sinking the ship and the dead, and these two ships are only out of the cannon, no need to go out of the ship, so you have to deduct the hiring fee, because your battleship does not appear on the battlefield......

"Ray, no, Ray, can't be counted like this, if we do that, we will definitely be thrown off the ship by Rekaz,...... I thought, I thought, okay, Ray, I'll try my best to convince Captain Rykaz to get them to agree to dismantle the cannons, of course, you have to promise to replace them with a new batch of cannons afterwards, I think, if there is this condition, they will definitely be happy, after all, in the East, it is quite difficult to replace the cannons of reliable quality......" Peter finally accepted the reality and began to think about the problem on the side of the Ming Dynasty.

Lei Dayong skimmed with disdain, and said: "This is about the same, this promise is valid, you should know the credibility of my Ming Emperor, how rich Your Majesty is, and I don't care about this cannon, besides, Your Majesty has already promised that the cannons and battleships damaged in the course of the battle, Your Majesty will supplement them for you, this promise, you should listen to Your Majesty talk about it, right?" Peter, do you know that my Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is a golden mouth, and since I have said this, I will definitely honor it......"

Peter's sweat has come out, and the recent days have been a little too luxurious, which makes him a little fluttery, and Lei Dayong's words make him think that he is in the East, and he is working for the emperor with the greatest power in the East, and if the work is not effective or fails, the end may be very miserable.

Peter pulled out his handkerchief and quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Ray, Shang, rest assured, I know what I do, and I know how to do it......," Peter said as he wiped his sweat away, this time with a little fear, and said solemnly.

Lei Da used this to put away his contemptuous gaze and said: "Okay, Peter, it's good if you can understand, do it well, Your Majesty has never disappointed the people who follow him, I hope you can understand the opportunity in this, this battle, we can't lose no matter what, if we win, everything will not be a problem, if we lose, we still have a chance to start over, you may lose everything, nothing, including your son in the Wa Kingdom......"

Peter accepted Lei Dayong's reprimand with a serious expression, and he didn't dare to take a breath.

"Now there are ten years left before the arrival of Your Majesty's reinforcements, we had better move quickly, and convert those cannons into the ships of our water camp as soon as possible, best, Peter, you have to convince those two captains, let their gunners also follow the cannons on the ships of our water camp, and be responsible for firing cannons, so that our cannons will be powerful, and when we get to the battlefield, so many cannons, I think, victory must be at hand, Peter, think about it, once victory, Your Majesty is likely to give you an errand for a brocade guard, and at that time, you will be an official, Peter, you should know what kind of treatment an official is in my Ming Dynasty, right? If this battle is successful, Your Majesty will definitely remember your merits, Your Majesty is the most affectionate person, you have to take a fleet to save your son, I think, my Emperor Ming will help you, and may even let you take the holy decree to save your son ......, with the authority of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I will definitely be able to rescue your son, if the country of the country disobeys the will of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, we will step on them......" Shang Kexi watched the excitement from the sidelines, Seeing that Lei Da used a few words to say that this more and more presumptuous Peter was sweating profusely, he was quite happy, so he increased the weight again, not only for the cannon, but also for the people who fired the cannon, of course, the benefits after the success were also fantastic. ,

"Woooooooooo......oo My poor John, hold on a little longer, and I'll come to your rescue......" Peter suddenly covered his face and began to weep bitterly.

Lei Dayong and Shang Kexi glanced at each other and said hello to each other.

"Peter, don't cry, let's hurry up and convince the two captains, remember, you are doing things for my Majesty the Ming Emperor now, and everything has to be considered for my Majesty the Ming Emperor......" Lei Dayong urged.

Peter wiped his eyes again and said, "Okay, both, you wait for my good news, I know how to do it." ”

Seeing Peter go out, Lei Dayong breathed a sigh of relief, this Yiren has indeed become a little more and more presumptuous recently, and he has been a little unaware of the height of the sky, some things, actually prevaricating them, when he asked him something, he was also vague, not as refreshing as before, if he didn't take the opportunity to repair him today, he didn't know what moth was going to come out.

Shang Ke was happy to see Peter go out, and he was relieved, this time, reinforcing Mao Dashuai must not go wrong, it must be successful, the emperor gave him such an important thing to do, his pressure can be imagined, although there is a Lei Dayong in front of him, but, if the support fails, the people of Dongjiang Town will not blame Lei Dayong, they will only blame him, because in the eyes of outsiders, the reason why the emperor uses you as a hairy young man is because of your relationship with Dongjiang Town, you represent Dongjiang Town. If the support fails, it will be pointed out by the thousands.

"Dayong, this time, thank you, if it weren't for your support, this time to support Mao Shuai, I'm afraid it would be difficult to do, there are not enough cannons, to suppress the Tartars, open a channel, I don't know how many Dongjiang men will die, Dayong, thank you" Shang Kexi bowed to Lei Dayong seriously.

"Yuanji, what are you doing here? This support for Mao Dashuai is His Majesty's will, we are all adhering to His Majesty's will to do things, you and I are Your Majesty's courtiers, naturally we should be loyal to the monarch, for the monarch's worries, how to thank the word? Mao Dashuai is our predecessors, but also our comrades-in-arms, Dashuai he is in front of the fight regardless of life and death, we do something within our ability, this is all within your and me, comrades-in-arms, not for abandonment, Your Majesty said, 'do not abandon, do not give up', we are Your Majesty's courtiers, people, among them, there are you and me, there is also Mao Dashuai, there is also a part of Dongjiang men, why is it so raw? Lei Da used a stern excuse.

Shang Kexi's heart was surging, the bitterness in his heart swarmed up, a word of comrade-in-arms, his eyes were red, before, comrades-in-arms were always abandoned and abandoned, and they were never saved when they saw death; The phrase "loyalty to the monarch and serving the country" is simple to say, but how difficult it is to do, some people keep saying that they will be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, but what they do is to deceive the monarch and betray the country; This sentence, some people say it, it is not worth a penny, bullshit is not; Some people say it, but it weighs a thousand pounds.

……

In the captain's room, there was silence, and Lei Dayong turned his eyes to the map to avoid Shang Kexi's gaze.

A long time passed.

Peter pushed open the door and came in, with a smile on his face, and said, "I did not disappoint the two, I persuaded the two captains that they would be happy to do so, and that they were willing to send the gunners to our warship, and that they were willing to fight with us, and that they did not ask for anything extra......" As soon as Peter entered, he hurriedly told the results of his work.

Lei Dayong glanced at the monk Kexi, with a hint of joy, it seems that this Yiren really has to be forced and pressed, otherwise, it will be lawless.

"Peter, how did you convince them? And they haven't asked you for additional benefits yet? Shang Kexi asked curiously.

Peter said very proudly: "Oh, actually, it's simple, I gave them two pieces of news, one good news and one bad news, and they agreed after hearing it." ”

"Oh, what kind of news is that?" Shang Kexi asked.

"Oh, actually, it's very simple, I'll tell them the bad news first, their warships won't go to the battlefield, so, His Majesty the Emperor promised, the broken cannons can be replaced with new ones for free, this one measure, they won't be able to enjoy, and the other four, whether it's the loss of cannons or the loss of battleships, everything will be compensated by the emperor for a new one, so they missed a good opportunity to replace the cannons for free......"

Lei Dayong glanced at Shang Kexi again, his eyes full of smiles.

“…… Then I told them the good news, and I said that the two Chincha lords had decided to dismantle the cannons from their ships and put them on smaller ships, so that their cannons could go into battle, and I told them that as long as they opened their cannons fiercely, and kept firing until they broke the cannons, they would get a new cannon for free, for example, those jack franc machines in our warehouse, so they were happy to remove the cannons from the battleship, and they were happy to send gunners to our battleship. They also hope that the enemy will sink their warship so that they can have a brand new warship......" Peter said quite proudly, this is the result of his complete side of the Ming Dynasty and his work for the Ming Dynasty. ,

Lei Dayong glanced at each other again, and couldn't help laughing.

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Zhenjiang Fort.

Mao Wenlong stood on the top of the point platform, holding a telescope, he had been looking at it for a long time, and the field of vision here was wide, and it was a good place to observe the enemy's movements. The wind in the early winter was already a little cold, and everyone's clothes and armor were also thicker, and the generals and relatives were clustered around.

After a long time, Mao Wenlong put away the binoculars and asked, "What are the new trends in the Tartars these days?" ”

Mao Da didn't sleep all night yesterday, his spirit was not very good, he saw his father ask, he quickly closed his yawn, and said: "Father, the Tartar is still the same, stay far away during the day, and close to the city wall at night, hehe, I actually think how tired we are in Zhenjiang Fort, two nights ago, there was really a large team of Tartars to sneak attack, who knows, ate a grenade, threw a corpse and went back, hehehe, father, this Tartar, I see what kind of donkey is poor, there is no way......" Mao Da yawned and yawned while talking, At night, he was keeping vigil again, and during the day, he naturally had no energy.

"Oh, what about the damage in the river?" Mao Wenlong asked again, the matter in the river is that Lei Dayong monk Kexi constantly sent small boats upstream, and Yin* Tartars opened fire, Mao Wenlong did not comment, but asked from time to time about the casualties.

"Back to Dashuai, so far, we have sunk a total of three ships, injured seven or eight, and killed or injured forty or fifty brothers......" Zhang Heng hurriedly reported, these figures, now, are in the hands of their staff.

"Oh......" Mao Wenlong asked, didn't say anything, his eyes continued to look into the distance, as if he was looking at the lower reaches of the river, as if he wanted to see where those boats sank.

"Marshal, otherwise, let's open the artillery, as long as we open fire, the Tartars will definitely withdraw the cannons and bombard us, so that the brothers downstream will not be afraid of the Tartars' cannons blocking the river." A subordinate general proposed that every time his own commander asked about it, he was silent.

Mao Wenlong frowned, did not agree immediately, and after a while, he said: "Forget it, the Tartars don't dare to attack the city with cannons, they must have guessed that there are cannons in our Zhenjiang Fort, and they are better than theirs, so they pulled the cannons to block the river, and took the cannons to bombard us, I think, Huang Taiji is not that stupid, and the Tartars can't make cannons......" Mao Wenlong muttered, which was an explanation for his subordinates.