Updated: 0/27/20

On the afternoon of the 2nd, in the Dinghai General Military Mansion, Yunlan pushed open Bai Baoxiang's office, "Chairman Bai, there is a message from Dunan Island, and the Ryukyu envoy has sent it away." ”

Accompanied by the pot in the middle of the pot, Mao Hengde first watched the military training of Qinglongwei, and then visited the cement factory, brick and tile factory, cement prefabricated panel factory and other industrial zone projects, and after half a day of brainwashing and publicity, finally the pot Zhongzi gave him a copy of the "Natural Taoist Codex" and sent him out of Dunan Island.

"Okay, we can't take care of the Ryukyus side for the time being, and we don't have too many requirements for them, so let's wait until we capture Taiwan." Bai Baoxiang said with a smile.

"But this pot of neutrons has to be controlled." Yun Lan was a little worried, "I heard that many newcomers in Qinglongwei have begun to accept the propaganda of the Tao of Nature, so if the pot is so neat, will it conflict with our religious policy." ”

"It's okay, religion always has to be close and close." Bai Baoxiang disagreed, "I have passed this natural Taoist canon, which is basically to religiorate science, plus the doctrine of Confucianism and Taoism, as well as ancient Chinese legends such as Nuwa's five-colored soil to create people, I have written it very well." Mao Pi is in charge of ideological work, which can be referred to. ”

"But aren't we doing a secular society, a Baath Party? Will this natural way be too big to fall! Yunlan still insisted.

"Religion naturally has pros and cons. We're going to have to get rid of the pros and cons, just pay attention to it! Bai Baoxiang asked Yunlan with great interest, "Xiaoyun, you said that we put the Natural Dao abroad and compete with the Green Sect and the Roman Sect for the crowd, what about it?" ”

Yunlan's attitude was a little reluctant, "I think East Asia, Southeast Asia is fine, these places are deeply influenced by Chinese civilization. It's hard to say about other places. ”

As he spoke, a long telegram came from Dunan Island.

Bai Baoxiang carefully doubled and handed it to Yunlan, "This plan is going to change again." ”

Yunlan took one, and it turned out to be Wang Tiehammer's suggestion to seize Keelung in advance. He immediately became anxious, "Seize Keelung in advance, then we can't do the imperial examination in our plan, and the following proclamation has been issued inside and outside Dinghai City." ”

"Yes, change the plan, then it will involve all aspects of the team, and the executive committee will discuss it in the evening!"

After discussion in the evening, in view of the fact that Keelung will enter the rainy season in December, and many basic construction will not be carried out at that time, the proposal to seize Keelung in advance was generally agreed by the members of the Executive Committee.

However, since the imperial examination on the eastern part of Zhejiang will also be held in December, the Executive Committee, after careful discussion, decided to capture only a corner in Keelung, and first prepare clean and hygienic water sources, docks, warehouses, logistics and other infrastructure for the arrival of large troops.

Wang Tiehammer said on the radio on Dunan Island: "This logistics and sanitation is the key, last night, the chicken coop sent a few baskets of fruits, and at night loaded with coal, there was no time to pay attention to these fruits, as a result, some people were greedy, secretly ate a few, this morning vomited and diarrhea, after emergency rescue, only to get out of danger." ”

"Cholera? It should be cholera! ”

Bai Baoxiang immediately thought that during the Sino-French War, more than 300 people died in the chicken coop in France from cholera, typhoid fever, red dysentery and other malignant infectious diseases.

"Sima Ye and Zhu Ziyu, they think it's cholera! At present, the ship is undergoing comprehensive disinfection. ”

", this chicken coop is so dangerous!" Some members of the executive committee shouted.

"It's okay, as long as we bring enough medicine and do a good job of prevention." Lin Youde said confidently, "The main thing is the water source, we have to build a waterworks, and the water pipes are a problem, but now it is the middle of the 19th century, and the water pipes have entered thousands of households in London and Paris." Our Planning Commission has already ordered a batch of cast iron water pipes from Europe and the United States, and if we calculate the voyage, this batch of water pipes will arrive in Hong Kong in the next two days. ”

After listening to everyone's speeches, Bai Baoxiang made up his mind, "Okay, let's take Buxingyou now, these boat bandits gathered at the mouth of the Yongjiang River in Zhenhai, and it is also a threat to Dinghai." After pacifying eastern Zhejiang, the troops went to Taiwan. ”

"I agree!" Wang Tiezhu supported Bai Baoxiang's opinion, "I think that if you fight, you should fight harder, give them a deep impression, so that the Manchus will not dare to invade Dinghai easily." ”

"Agreed!" "Agreed!" Members of the Executive Committee agreed.

After the meeting, Bai Baoxiang immediately came to the duty room, issued an early warning notice to the first regiment and the coast guard, and prepared to act in the middle of the night.

Putting down the phone, Bai Baoxiang glanced at his watch, "It's already eight o'clock, and I only have to take a nap on the boat tonight." By the way, why hasn't Wang Xinglei called yet. ”

It is reported that the British merchant ship Inglewood has abducted 44 girls, the oldest of whom are only one years old, from Ningbo and is ready to be shipped to the Americas tonight. Wang Xinglei took two boats and intercepted them.

Suddenly, the shortwave radio sounded, and Wang Xinglei reported that the Inglewood had been controlled, and that there were indeed 44 girls on board the British ship, but there was a small accident, and the father of one of the girls chased him to sea.

In the evening of that day, a British-flagged three-masted sailing ship sailed to the Yongjiang River and headed straight for the southeast.

About ten minutes later, a sand boat also washed away the Yongjiang River.

"What about the British ships? And what about the Inglewood? At the bow of the boat stood a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar, looking around with a gloomy expression.

By this time the sky had darkened, and the visibility on the sea was getting worse and worse, and as far as the eye could see, there was a raging sea in front of you, and in the distance were black islands and reefs, and there was no trace of sails in sight.

The middle-aged man suddenly collapsed on the deck in despair, "My poor Mo Chou." ”

"Brother Zhiying, calm down!" Li Yeting, the owner of the ship, gently comforted the middle-aged scholar's shoulder with his hand, "They can't run far, whether this British merchant ship is going to the Western Ocean or the Eastern Ocean, they can only run in the southeast direction." ”

Saying that, Li Yeting ordered to take the Jintang Waterway and chased in the direction of the snail.

Li Yeting is the owner of the Ningbo Jiudasha ship, and he has been friends with Li Zhiying for many years.

Li Zhiying was a prisoner (a student of Guozijian, the highest institution of learning in the Manchu Dynasty), and a native of Dongxiang, Yinxian County, Ningbo.

Since the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the Ningbo government has levied high taxes on ordinary villagers; The year before last, he raised the price of salt and banned the sale of illicit salt, which provoked the civil uprising in Ningbo. Zhang Chaoqing and Yu Nenggui took the lead in gathering nearly 50,000 people, surrounded the Yinxian County Government and the Ningbo Prefect Yamen, and burned down the county Yafu.

At the beginning of the salt and grain case, Li Zhiying was agitated and indignant, and he also served as a military advisor to Zhang Chaoqing and Yu Nenggui for two days. Later, he felt that he couldn't continue to make trouble like this, and if he continued to make trouble, it would be a rebellion, so he helped Duan Guangqing, who was the magistrate of the county at the time, to make suggestions and pacify the people. After Zhang Chaoqing and Yu Nenggui were executed, Li Zhiying felt ashamed of her friends and lived in Fenghua Xuedou Temple, reciting scriptures and reciting Buddha for Zhang Chaoqing and Yu Nenggui.

Li Zhiying practiced alone in Xuedou Temple, leaving her wife and a pair of children at home. Two days ago, Li Zhiying's six-year-old daughter Mo Chou was accidentally lost. The family inquired around, but found nothing, only to hear one news, saying that the Yingyi merchant ship "Inglewood" was anchored at the mouth of the Sanjiang River, in addition to buying tea, porcelain, silk and other bulk commodities, in addition to buying many girls privately, Li Zhiying's wife quickly sent her family to find Li Zhiying.

When Li Zhiying arrived in Ningbo in the afternoon, she found that the "Inglewood" had sailed down the river, and in a hurry, Li Zhiying found the Qing'an Hall and asked Li Yeting for help.

"It's windy on the sea, let's go back to the cabin first!"

With the help of two sailors, Li Yeting pulled Li Zhiying back to the cabin.

"I'm sorry, I just lost my temper."

After venting her emotions, Li Zhiying drank some water and calmed down a little.

"Empathy, empathy." Li Yeting handed over the wet towel, "Whoever loses a child will be like this." ”

"Brother Yeting, thanks to you today, otherwise, I really don't know what to do." Li Zhiying said, "Grateful, grateful!" ”

"Huh!" Li Yeting stopped with his hand, "We are brothers who worship the master, and your family Mochou is also my daughter." Don't say any more of these unseen words. ”

Wiping her face with a cold towel made Li Zhiying completely calm.

"Brother Yeting, you are the North Boat Company, and you have always taken the North Road, so it's okay to take the South Waterway, right?"

"It's okay, my clipper ship has no cargo, the draft is shallow, the crew is many years of sailors, and they are quite familiar with the sea routes here, and they will definitely be able to intercept the Ingelwood before it leaves the shrimp gate."

Shrimp Gate is the main waterway of Ningbo and Dinghai into the East China Sea, and it is a vast sea out of Shrimp Gate.

When Li Yeting looked confident, Li Zhiying lowered his heart slightly, and it was already pitch black on the sea, and he was still not at ease, "Yeting, you give me a quasi-letter, can we still catch up?" ”

"Rest assured, the British merchant ship is fully loaded and cannot go fast. Our ship is not loaded with goods, and if we keep chasing it, we will definitely be able to catch up with your daughter! ”

At this moment, the lookout, who was standing on the main mast of the sand ship and holding a monocular telescope, shouted, "I have arrived at the ship, it is a three-masted sailing ship, just ahead." ”

The Inglewood was heading southeast laden with cargo, and had just exited the Jintang waterway when it heard a lookout report that a sand boat was closely behind it.

"Is it a merchant ship?" The captain asked warily.

"This ship has a shallow draft, not like a merchant ship!"

It was a necessary place for merchant ships from the north and south to pass through, and it was also a place where pirates haunted. The British captain was taken aback, "Pirates, they must be pirates!" ”

The Inglewood immediately picked up speed, and a group of sailors, under the organization of the boatswain, were in the aft deck.

The Inglewood ran fast in front, and the sandboat chased even more fiercely behind.

The two boats were getting closer and closer, and signal lights were hung on the masts of the sand boats behind them.

At the back, the sand boat hung up the signal light, and the lookout post shouted, "They are merchant ships from Ningbo, and they want to redeem a little girl at a higher price." ”

The owner of the ship said in his heart, "If I sell these girls to the Americas, the price will increase at least two or three times, and if you are lucky, it is possible to make ten times."

"It's a pirate, a trick to pretend to be a merchant." His face was full of hideousness, "Open the cannon and repel them." ”

The copper cannons on the aft deck had long been filled with gunpowder and projectiles, and the boatswain gave the order, and with a "boom", the shells flew out.

When he arrived at the back deck of the Ingelwood, there was fire and smoke, and Li Yeting on the sand ship knew badly, "The shells are coming, hide!" ”

Before the words fell, the cannonball grazed the mainmast and flew over, the rope was broken by the cannonball, and the sail fell in one fell swoop.

Although the sand ship slowed down, the guns on the back deck of the Inglewood did not stop.

Listening to the rumbling cannons, high columns of water splashed on the water from time to time, and the sailors on the sand boat were all frightened, and they no longer dared to chase after them.

Seeing that the Inglewood was getting farther and farther away, Li Zhiying slapped the bulkhead, "Damn foreign devils!" ”

He used too much strength, and his palms were swollen, but Li Zhiying couldn't feel the pain at all, and his heart was crying blood.

"Ships on the sea, listen." Suddenly, two ships came from the east, and there were loudspeakers on them.

"We are the Ming Empire Coast Guard, you must put away your weapons, stop the attack, and stop the ship for inspection. Otherwise, it will be severely punished! ”