"Surrender is just a decent truce, can my warship still fight? But I really lost so badly, my fleet, the heroic and warlike fleet, lost inexplicably! Ezeger smiled wryly as he looked at his battleships crowded together.

"Boom!" A loud bang far greater than that of an ordinary cannon shook Ezeg's body, and then he heard a rumbling sound, and in search of his voice, a large rock rolled down from the steep cliff of the harbor on the right, and fell into the sea with a cloud of dust, and rushed into the waves.

Ezeger gasped, his distance was at least five hundred feet, and the lethality of the cannonball was at least twice as great as his most powerful twelve-pounder gun.

"My God!" Is this big guy full of cannons equipped with such lethal cannons? Moreover, it was still covered with iron armor, and my cannon could only tickle it from five hundred feet away, while its cannonballs could smash a large hole in the deck with a single hit.

Such a battleship, clothed with iron armor, is an armed castle that moves near the sea, and when the armor is removed, it is a water monster rampant in the ocean, and one such battleship can double the combat effectiveness of the entire fleet, and if the Ming army has three such warships, it can devour our entire fleet.

The Ming army doesn't need to scheming, and my fleet is no match for it! This realization frustrated Ezeg. There was no need to discuss with other battleship generals, this cannon had already shattered the courage of all Portuguese soldiers, and the huge size of the "Mighty General" and Cao Yu's frightened mood of defeat made it difficult for them to seriously analyze the combat strength of the Ming army.

The power of this artillery, in their hearts, immediately increased the real combat power of the Ming army by more than two times, and fought against such a fleet? It was a warrior on a donkey who wanted to challenge God!

The huge disparity in strength made Ezeger completely give up the idea of resistance, and he immediately ordered the communication boat to be lowered, and as the commander of the fleet, he ordered the five warships carrying out the interception mission outside the harbor to immediately lower their mainsails and sail into the harbor to surrender.

The five battleships were in extreme panic, and the battleships pursued by the Ming army slowed down far beyond the effective range, but their blocking formation had just been set up, and from behind them, a group of Ming warships actually appeared from their harbor. And at this time there was calm in the harbor, and no sound of battle was heard.

The Ming warships that sailed out of the harbor did not take the opportunity to attack them, but quietly anchored in the distant sea, and the five warships heard a loud noise in the harbor in confusion, and after a moment's effort, they saw the herald boat of the fleet commander Ezeg hurrying over.

Five warships sailed towards the bay under the watchful eye of Ming warships in the distance, and the crowded Portuguese fleet was even more chaotic than a trading port, and the overcrowding made it easy for many fleet commanders to move from battleship to Count without having to set up a springboard.

The neatly assembled Armada in front of them remained motionless and did not stop their convergence. The captains of the ships had a most brief military meeting, and at the end of the battle, Ezeger straightened up his military appearance and said: "Alright, friends, I now order you, in my capacity as commander of the Royal Portuguese Far East Fleet, to restrain all your subordinates and give up useless resistance. Now, I will board this warship and surrender to the Ming commander-in-chief! ”

At this time, the pursuing Ming warships also sailed to the harbor, and they anchored outside the harbor, and only one main battleship passed by the Portuguese fleet and leaned towards the huge building ship. Ezegg ordered the captains of the ships to rush back to their ships at once, then descended the gangway, boarded a small boat, accompanied by two guards, and rowed towards the huge ship in front of them.

Standing on the deck to greet him was a dejected Louis Diego, and a middle-aged Oriental man with a mercenary face, and Ezegg recognized Jia Qingyou, a Ming merchant who had been detained by him and sent to convey his intention to negotiate with the Ming army, and his face could not help but show a smile that was more ugly than crying.

"Are you General Ezeg? We will meet you on the top floor of the ship, please! A Ming army general greeted him and said politely. This person has a beard and a burly and tall figure, which is none other than Liu's big stick.

Ezeger nodded heavily, and followed him up the stairs. Louis Diego looked at his fleet, shook his head and sighed, and walked up after him with his head down.

It's a huge battleship, and when Ezegg walked to the third floor, two Ming generals who had just walked up appeared on the gangway opposite. Aizeg saw the one in front of him, it was Han Wu, the commander of the Fujian Navy who had served as a hostage in his army, Aizeg's eyes fell on his dust-stained robe, and it was this general who had just fought with him at sea, right?

His gaze moved slightly, looking over Han Wu's shoulder, and just when he saw Adney's face, Ai Zeg couldn't help but be stunned: There are female generals in the Ming army? Her appearance and facial features are clearly of the European race, are there any mercenary officers in the Ming army?

As he hesitated, a scream suddenly came from behind him, startling Ezeg, and he hurriedly looked back, only to see Louis Diego's eyes bulging out and a ghostly expression on his face.

Ezeger was furious, and despite the defeat, he hoped that his soldiers would maintain a minimum of military dignity, and Diego was a valiant warrior who had always been favored by him, and he could not imagine such a useless one.

Ezeg held back his anger and rebuked: "Diego, maintain the last dignity of a noble gentleman, and don't disgrace your family!" ”

Diego turned a deaf ear and pointed to the other side and screamed in surprise, "It's her, Baron Ariadney, my instructor!" ”

"What?" Ezeger was also surprised, as an admiral, he was naturally familiar with the family of Yariadni, who was born in the naval department, and the quadrant, horizontal marker, compass and hourglass used by his fleet were all modified by the girl in front of him, of course he knew about this genius girl, and also knew about her family's involvement in the mutiny.

Yariadeni hesitated for a moment, and finally stepped forward to give him a military salute generously, and smiled in Portuguese: "Hello, Major General Ezege, I have long admired your great name, I am Yariadney, a former Portuguese Royal Captain. ”

"Former Portuguese Navy captain?" Ezegg repeated.

Han Wu whispered a few words to Jia Qingyou, then stepped forward with a smile and said loudly: "Yes, now Miss Adni is the military counselor of Lord Yang Lingyang, the governor of the Great Ming Dynasty, and is also his fiancée. The general could call her Lord Adney, or call her Yang now. Riyadh. Lady Adeney".

Two red clouds floated on Adney's pretty face, but there was a clear sparkle of contentment, happiness, and sweetness in her bright eyes. Aizeg was confused, how did she escape to the East, and how could she become the wife of a Ming official? In any case, her own defeat obviously had a role to play in it, and was there anyone more familiar with the tactics of the Portuguese Navy than her?

Thinking of this terrible giant ship and amazing cannons, Ezeg felt a little lucky: "Although it is inexplicable that I have been defeated because of this, if it is not for this, the losses of my own fleet must have been even greater, right?" ”

With Jia Qingyou's translation, Diego screamed again, and this time even Han Wu and Adney glared at him fiercely.

Seeing this, Louis Diego quickly covered his mouth and thought sadly: "The most beautiful angel in my heart doesn't remember who I am at all, this little swan escaped so far away, she actually flew to the far east."

Jealousy caused Diego to lose the demeanor of a gentleman, and looking at Adney, who was wearing a suit of armor but still walking with a graceful posture, he thought resentfully: "Although she did not become the wife of the indigenous chieftain, she is the governor of the Ming Dynasty?" Must be a fat, ugly old man, less than a tenth as handsome as I am! ”

His curse was shattered when he saw a handsome, slender young man dressed in a golden snake robe embroidered with fangs and claws. In front of the carved pavilion, Yang Ling sat on a handsome tiger skin chair with a golden sword, the two guards on the left and right were holding the sword of the monk Fang of the Qinchajieyin, and there were two rows of guards standing on the small deck.

Ezeger looked at the opponent who had negotiated several times with a complicated expression, stared for a long time before sighing, and reached out to untie his sword from his waist. With a "choking" sound, the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the high shipbuilding, and the steel knife in the guard's hand emitted a piercing cold light, and Ezeg's movements couldn't help but suffocate.

Yang Ling waved his hand with a smile to stop the guard's movements, and under the witness of Adney, Han Wu, Jia Qingyou, Diego and others, Aizeg dragged his long figure and walked towards Yang Ling step by step.

He stopped three steps in front of Yang Ling, bent his arrogant waist, held the command sword in both hands, held it high above his head, and said in a heavy tone: "I, Rear Admiral Ezeger, commander of the Far East Fleet of the Royal Portuguese Navy, on behalf of all the officers and men of the fleet, surrender to His Excellency Yang Ling, the Governor of the Great Ming Dynasty. And with the guarantee of my honor and the surname of all the officers and men of the army, we will surrender our weapons, give up all resistance, and ask Your Excellency Yang Ling to surrender! ”

There was a sound of footsteps, and a figure covered the falling voice shining on him, and then with a light hand on his hand, a hand reached over and took the command sword from his hand.

Aizeg straightened up, looked up, the red sun behind Yang Ling's shoulders stabbed his eyes narrowed, he saw Yang Ling raise his saber high, stopped in the air for a moment, then put away the sword, hung the sword hook on the jade belt around his waist, and said solemnly: "I, on behalf of the Ming Emperor and the Ming Navy, accept your surrender!" ”

Ezeg's eyes widened again, but he felt his head dizzy. The cheers rose and grew, and finally converged into a huge wave like a tsunami, and the royal palace was located in the ancient city of Malacca, and the northwest outskirts of the palace was a deep-water pier that could quickly enter the sea.

Exactly exactly a hundred years ago, the huge fleet of Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, had been here. On that occasion, he brought porcelain, tea, silk, and a kind smile to the locals, but the people of Manraka who had arrived to greet him were still a little trembling when they saw Zheng He's mobile 'sea kingdom' for the first time.

This time, Yang Ling brought artillery, muskets, bows and spears, as well as a murderous army in full armor, but the Manrakas sang and danced and cheered for the restoration of their kingdom with the help of this powerful army.

The lavish architecture of the palace has oriental features, as well as a bit of Indian and Arabic architectural style. In fact, the so-called royal palace is not very big, if only its houses are built. However, although the buildings are not high, but the special style of the buildings is hidden in a variety of tropical rainforest crops, but they are as beautiful as gardens.

In front of the palace is a large flat stone square, with a radius of only a few thousand square meters. On the side is the tall Malacca tree, a tall tree called Sweet Tree. Many soldiers in the square were busy carrying muskets and various loot, sorting them in the square, and then packing the boats.

Yang Ling led Han Wu and Cheng Qiyun and a few people hurriedly through the square, entered the palace gate, bypassed the main hall, and walked to the back among the green trees and flowers.

"My lord, it's just ahead, this is it", walking down the stone steps, the heavy stone door was pushed open in a rumbling sound, and the two personal soldiers walked into the secret room with torches first, and raised the torches high, Yang Ling stood at the door for a while, and then slowly paced into the narrow secret room.

Although he had never had a strong penchant for gold and silver, and although he had just witnessed the large amount of gold and silver treasures that had been looted by the Japanese and brought by the Japanese over the years, as well as the gold bars and silver bricks on Pedro's pirate ship, all of this wealth combined was less than a tenth of the secret chamber.

This is the treasure trove of the kingdom of Manraka, and there is also a large amount of treasure that Ezeg's navy has taken all the way east, from Persia and Venice and the Arabs, Yang Ling walked to the half-man-high sand pile, and the fire reflected on it, shining with golden light.

Holding his breath, he bent down and grabbed a handful of golden sand, then relaxed his fingers and let it cascade down his fingers. Look around: a one-man tall butterfly tree, all kinds of jade, plates, cups, saucers made of pure gold, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, cat's eyes, jade, and longan-sized crystal clear pearls mixed in a pile of necklaces and bracelets, piled up in a mess in a mouthful of boxes, emitting colorful and seductive light.

"Oh my God!" There was a light sigh from behind him, Yang Ling came back to his senses, turned his head to look, and saw Cheng Qiyun staring straight at the countless treasures, and his two eyes were about to turn into emeralds. Although Adney was not as exaggerated as she was, she also covered her little mouth, and her eyes were wide open, staring at the jewels with nice eyes.

Yang Ling smiled lightly: "In the fantasy story, it is said that the dragon clan likes jewelry the most, and the beautiful woman is a beautiful snake, a close relative of the dragon, no wonder she also likes jewelry so much."

"Ahem! Ahem! Yang Ling coughed a few times, and the two beauties and snakes came to their senses.

Yang Ling pointed to those jewels and said to Cheng Qiyun and Han Wu seriously: "This underground palace is too narrow, to prevent someone from fishing in mixed water." Move all the jewelry out and clean it up. All the property belonging to the surrendered army was brought onto our ship as spoils of war. Go and find out the books of the treasures of the king's house, which belong to the Sultan, Governor of Oman, and check them one by one, that they may be recovered."

"Yes, yes, thank you, Lord Yang, thank you Governor Yang!" Aman, the former head of the Manraka Palace, who had just been released from prison by Yang Ling's people, was grateful.

Yang Ling glanced at the dazzling treasures again, turned around and walked out, Cheng Qiyun immediately left generously, not caring about the many treasures behind him. Adney really wanted to touch and see these treasures from the hands of skilled craftsmen from all over the world, but Baron Yariadene reluctantly looked at the dazzling and drooling jewels, and then resolutely and resolutely turned around, took out the courage of a soldier, and forced herself to move her long thighs.

"You're done yelling? When you're done yelling, it's my turn to say."

Yang Ling took a sip of tea slowly: "General Ezeg, a loud voice does not mean that it is reasonable, if you want to be louder, this official, the guard surnamed Liu, can accompany you."

Jia Qingyou had just finished halfway through the translation, and Archbishop La Mario hurriedly said: "Lord Yang, please don't be angry, General Ezegg is a soldier, and his temper is inevitably a little bad. What I can guarantee is that the king of our country is very friendly to the Ming Dynasty, and I came to the East by the order of His Majesty the king to establish good trade relations with your country. ”

"It's just", he looked at Azeg embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "In our navy, there are some people who believe in force excessively, and believe that after this lesson, they will obey the king's will. At present, this Far Eastern Fleet is too important for us, very important, and we hope that Lord Yang will be magnanimous and return the warship to us."

"Hahahaha", Yang Ling laughed, and the generals such as Han Wu, Peng Shark, and Wang Meiren also laughed, and the laughing La Mario and Ezeger were a little at a loss.

Yang Ling leaned forward with a smile and said, "Your Excellency, of course I would like to believe in your sincerity, but what needs to be made clear now is that we are no longer negotiating. If, during the negotiations on Gulangyu, you can agree to the conditions for the withdrawal of troops, my fleet will escort your fleet away safely, and will treat you as friendly friends and give you exquisite gifts from the East. But unfortunately, you have chosen war."

Yang Ling spread his hands and said solemnly: "Now, you are the defeated army. As defeated prisoners, do you have the right to demand that we return our weapons and warships to you? It is true that the Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and we are not uncommon to your warships and artillery, but it is impossible to return your weapons. ”

"We are sincere in sitting down with your country to continue negotiations. I believe that after this conflict, we will be able to establish a stronger cooperative relationship in the future. But to return weapons to the aggressor, as a victorious power, does not conform to the practice of war in any country in the East and the West! ”。

La Mario's forehead also sweated urgently, and he said anxiously: "Lord Yang, let me tell you the truth, you promised our country to unconditionally release all the prisoners after officially agreeing to the trade contract, which is indeed very lenient.

However, it is very slow to rebuild a batch of warships, in terms of our strength. Without this fleet, the Indian Ocean will become a paradise for pirates, a paradise for adventurers, and the rest of our fleet will not be able to guarantee the safety of our merchants, and this maritime trade route will become a dangerous one, my lord."

Yang Ling's heart moved when he heard this, and a thought came to him: it is absolutely impossible to return the warships and weapons, and now the Ming Dynasty is also using money everywhere and lacking money everywhere, but for the sailors who are currently short of funds, they are lacking enough warships and artillery, and these captured trophies just come in handy.

However, what La Mario said is also true, a stable regime controlling this trade route is definitely more conducive to the development of commerce than the princes competing for hegemony. Is it really pirates that La Mario is worried about? I'm afraid it's the other Western countries that covet the Eastern trade routes, right?

Yang Ling glanced at him slyly and said with a smile: "This problem is easy to solve, you are worried that this safe and stable sea passage opened up will be destroyed, once you and I become trading partners, the loss of your interests is the loss of our interests, your Far East Fleet cannot guarantee the security of the Indian Ocean, our Daming Naval Division will shoulder this task." ”。

Aizeg was taken aback: "The Great Ming Sailor is also going to covet this sea passage flowing with gold?" ”

However, thinking about the powerful strike capability of the Ming fleet, he was sure that even without their provocation, it would be a matter of time before the Ming army sent troops to the Indian Ocean.

I heard that the Ming Dynasty was fighting in their north against the descendants of Genghis Khan, the terrifying demon king who swept across Europe in the past, presumably because of this reason, delaying their pace to the south.

Otherwise, with their powerful sailors, it will be like a crocodile rushing into a muddy pond where ducks are playing, and who is its opponent? If this is what will happen sooner or later, even if there is no war today, we will eventually have to cede the Indian Ocean. Ezeger judged, and his will began to waver.

Yang Ling is also making wishful thinking, and it will take some time for the construction of the water division to be regularized. The Great Ming Marine, who had never been to the sea, needed an experienced master, and there was no more suitable partner than the Portuguese Navy, which had lost its main fleet but was struggling to maintain maritime superiority in the Indian Ocean.

He said with a smile: "The Great Ming Sailor will use Manraka as a bridgehead to explore the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean is divided into two parts, and you and I will jointly maintain it, and with your naval strength, it should be possible to maintain half of the area, right? You may consider that His Excellency the Bishop may present my proposal to the King of your country when he returns home.

This is a condition that is completely advantageous to you, think about it, or you will lose the Indian Ocean altogether and sit back and watch it be occupied by other countries, including our Ming Dynasty. Or, we cooperate and share the benefits".

Ezeger sat back in his chair, and Yang Ling's words hit his soft underbelly: if they lose this fleet, they will lose the Indian Ocean, do they need to choose a Far Eastern power that has established trade relations with them as a partner, or choose a Western competitor as an ally?

"Cooperation is cooperation, and we will not sign an agreement on a military offensive and defensive alliance. The Ming trade object will not only be Portugal, when we are taught by your trading partner, familiar with the whole ocean, when our caravan can arrive in Portugal, we can establish trade partnerships with more countries.

At that time, as the trading partner of the Ming Dynasty and a competitor of Portugal, they will unscrupulously compete with you for control of that half of the Indian Ocean, and finally the qualified, capable, and long-awaited defender of order will be replaced by us. Maybe you will be the first to invite the Great Ming Sailor to enter this area to protect your own interests."

Yang Ling secretly thought in his heart, even if this cake was poisonous, Portugal had no choice but to swallow it.

Through Adney, he learned about the distribution of power of the Western countries on the sea and the strength of the armed forces of each country, and knew that the destruction of this Far Eastern Fleet had an important impact on Portugal, so he dared to open his mouth so firmly.

Picking up the grass and beating the rabbit, a little more is a little more, who calls me the initiative?

Ramario frowned tightly and muttered, "This, Lord Yang's proposal, I will explain it to His Majesty the King as soon as possible, and reply to you as soon as possible."

"Very well, I will also arrange for the safe return of His Excellency Bishop to your country as soon as possible, and as for General Ezeger and his men, as prisoners of war, we will guarantee their personal safety until you bring the goodwill of the king of your country."

"To garrison troops here, we need to build several large military camps, a special port for sailors, and other military facilities, and these thousands of Portuguese soldiers are all laborers who don't have to pay wages, but they can be used," Yang Ling thought to himself.

Lamario and Ezeger looked at each other helplessly, got up and said goodbye to Yang Ling and the generals, and the guards immediately escorted them back to the prison.

Although Yang Ling took good care of their diet and did not allow the soldiers to abuse the prisoners, he restricted the freedom of movement of all personnel, including their families.

Yang Ling and several generals discussed the military and political affairs of the garrison Manchuria, set up military camps, selected camp sites to prepare for long-term garrisons, and asked people to return to Beijing as soon as possible to explain the situation to the emperor, and escort the Sultan back to China to stabilize the situation.

After the discussion of the major event, Peng Xiaochao said to Yang Ling excitedly: "Lord Yang, seven of the nine Franc fighter warships were sunk by us, and two were dragged back, and more than 50 small and medium-sized guns were urgently snatched out of the seven sunken battleships. Uncle Wang has just come over and joined us, their ships and guns are so bad, can those new guns be left to us? ”

Peng Shark's face changed, and he immediately said: "You little brute, you are really ignorant, as far as those gangster soldiers under your command are concerned, they should be trained well, and they are still stealing chickens and dogs all day long, they are all immature things." Good steel is used on the blade, and Lord Yang is using military ships when he is using a ship, how can there be spare artillery for you to fill the façade? ”

Peng Shark is an old man, and their family is a person with a criminal record, so the court is not a little wary? Isn't that a fire? Lord Yang is willing to give so many artillery pieces to his sailors?

Wang Meiren's face twitched when she heard this, and her eyes wandered away from looking at Yang Ling, but her ears were stunned and she was also paying attention to his opinion.

Yang Ling smiled and said: "Okay, your fleet ships and firearms are indeed too poor, this batch of firearms will be left to you, Admiral Wang, go back and report the quantity and specifications of this batch of firearms, so that the Ordnance Bureau can provide you with ammunition."

Wang Meimei was very surprised, he stood up in surprise, clasped his fists, muttered for a long time, tears overflowed in his eyes, and he couldn't say a word in his mouth: Shi is the one who knows that he is dead, grandma's, this life will be sold to his Yang family in the future.

Although Yang Ling did this with the intention of deliberately beneficial, in fact, there was another reason, the specifications of these small and medium-sized artillery guns did not match the artillery developed according to Adney's design and Zheng Lao's participation, even if the artillery was given to them, as long as the ammunition supply was always in their own hands, there was nothing to worry about, I didn't expect Wang Meiren, a man with a blood surname, to be moved into this appearance.

Yang Ling got up and was about to say a few words of relief, when the door slammed open, and Aman, the chief administrator of the Manraka Palace, stumbled in, and as soon as he entered the door, he said angrily: "Lord Yang, Lord Yang, something is wrong, a group of robbers suddenly rushed into the place where the treasures were selected, snatched all the treasures, and went out to sea on a boat, quick!" Fast! ”

He stomped his foot before he screamed, "Go after it!" ”

At this time, Adney also hurried in, and said with a crying voice: "Yang, Sister Yun was injured by the robbers, the injury is so serious, you should go and take a look."

"What?" Yang Ling Huo Ran changed color, pulled out his legs and ran out.

Aman trotted after him, chattering: "My lord, chase the boat, it's so dark at night, you can't find it if you run away."

Yang Ling Huo Ran stopped, and shouted with a blue face: "Bastard, it's just some blockages, what's the matter?" This official will help you Sudan to restore the country, that is a big deal, and no matter how many lives you sacrifice, you will not hesitate to sacrifice your life. But are some cold gold and silver vessels not as important as human life? Do you want your official to ignore the lives of his subordinates and first grab some flashy things to use to stack up your treasury as a façade? ”

Seeing that he was furious, Aman couldn't help but be startled, and he didn't dare to respond anymore.

Yang Ling hurried to a house, where there were already soldiers waiting here, the wounded soldiers were carried away, Cheng Qiyun fell in the room, and there were a few palace jewelry account books on the ground next to her, her palm pressed her chest, blood oozed from her fingers, and she looked like she was dying, so no one dared to move her.

Yang Ling hurriedly rushed in, gently took her in his arms, and whispered a few times, Cheng Qiyun opened his godless eyes, saw that his eyes couldn't help but light up, grabbed his clothes, and gasped: "My lord, there are gangsters who have robbed the jewelry."

Yang Ling raised his head and shouted urgently: "Find Langzhong, quickly find Langzhong."

When the palace of Manraka was occupied, these Franc soldiers who did not believe in Oriental medicine had already driven out the imperial doctors in the palace, and Oman had no choice.

Yang Ling lowered his head, held her hand, and said anxiously, "How are you?" What is the hand that moves? ”

"It was a group of black-clad masked men who were using swords, and I heard someone shouting as they fled."

Aman couldn't help it and interjected: "Someone shouted 'Oshima Hikora, the ship has arrived', it should be the Japanese scattered on the island."

The island is ethnically complex with Chinese, Japanese, Arabs, Indians, and indigenous people, as well as exotic merchant seafarers who were forced to stay on the island after the Portuguese army invaded the area.

"Bold! Damn it! Damn it! Come on, Peng Qianhu, immediately lead the ship out to sea, and we must catch up with this gang of thieves! Admiral Wang, immediately count and interrogate the Japanese invaders, and see if there are people who have been captured and absconded, and they will help the Japanese overseas Chinese to commit crimes! ”

"Yes!" Peng Xiaochao and Wang Meiren agreed, rolled up their arms and sleeves and rushed out.

Yang Ling glanced at Aman, and saw that he looked unrelenting, so he said: "You should also go to sea with the ship, so as not to fight mercilessly and the treasure ship will be lost."

Aman finally heard this, hurriedly agreed, and hurriedly chased out.

Han Wu saw that Cheng Qiyun's breath was dying, and quietly glanced at Peng Shark's generals, everyone knew the relationship between Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun, and when they saw Han Wu's signal, they hurriedly tiptoed out. Adney opened her mouth and turned to follow with tears in her eyes.

Cheng Qiyun was lying in Yang Ling's arms, her face was facing the door, her lips were closed and she was breathing weakly, her eyes were obviously dissipated, and it seemed that life was disappearing from her little by little.

But when everyone retreated, the door was gently closed, her eyes moved, she slowly turned up and glanced at Yang Ling, and suddenly smiled, this smile bloomed like a hundred flowers, indescribably charming and moving.

She chuckled and said, "What are you doing, crying and mourning, just like the real thing."

Yang Ling sighed: "I'm really sad, your old man's house is too similar, I think you were really shot, how can you get it if you go on like this?" If you try to deceive me in the future, I will be sold by you, and you will be stupid enough to help you count the money."

Cheng Qiyun smiled "poof", sat up from his arms all of a sudden, glanced at him coquettishly, and said angrily: "If you are less here, I would have deceived you a long time ago." As for selling you, hmph, if no one can afford to pay me the price that pleases me, I can't bear it."

The two laughed for a while, and Yang Ling said: "You will go back early tomorrow morning, and I will tell you to send you back to Yanzhi." The jewelry and jade were handed over to Wu Jiyuan, and he helped to sell them, and the treasure with too obvious targets should be put aside for a while. As for gold and silver, the imperial court is now struggling to pay even the silver, and it is impossible to talk about the praise of meritorious soldiers, as well as the bereavement of dead and disabled soldiers, and the money cannot be delayed, and what should be paid must be paid as soon as possible, otherwise it will hurt the morale of the army."

Cheng Qiyun snorted and said, "What about the remaining treasures?" Is it delivered to the imperial court? ”

Yang Ling smiled and said: "It must be handed over, but only the treasures found on the Spanish pirate ships and the Japanese ships are handed over to the imperial court." Our country is too big, and the imperial court is too bloated, and all this gold and silver will not even be able to splash up.

Money has to be used wisely, and my request for the opening of a maritime academy for the training of officers has already been submitted, and if the emperor allows it, the money will be used to establish a school. ”

Cheng Qiyun sighed lightly: "The adults are too anxious, it is not trivial to start a military school, especially if you are not in the court now, if there is a villain who speaks, it will cause the emperor to be jealous!" ”

Cheng Qiyun had already told Yang Ling that it was too risky to scatter the more than 20,000 elites he had personally trained and brought out into the army of the six provinces. But a shrewd king would not sit idly by and watch such a situation arise.

As for the establishment of military schools, it is absolutely impossible in the face of the Ming monarchy system and those bureaucrats with rigid ideas. Although Yang Ling proposed that the current emperor should be the principal of the military academy to train the protégé of the Son of Heaven. But this flower head is estimated to be Zhengde, and the naughty boy emperor will be happy to agree.

How could the emperor really have so much time to preside over a school dedicated to training army generals, to be a teacher? Let the generals who lead the troops be more literate and read more, so as to compete with the civilian officials, is a situation that the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China try to avoid, and they will tolerate the situation that the generals will go out and many generals learn from one teacher, forming a huge teacher-student relationship and faction in the army, and shaking the foundation of the entire empire?

These two folds were sent to the capital, and it is estimated that it is now Zhengde, and if you change an emperor, you will immediately start to cut his military power and cut his wings, and those with black hearts will have to find an excuse to kill him. But even if it is Zhengde, he will never agree to something that endangers the imperial power.

It's true that he despises tradition, he rejoices in his achievements, he wants to be immortal, but he would agree to such a suggestion? Even if he absolutely trusted Yang Ling, he had to think about what would happen after Yang Ling once the system was formed? In the future, will the school general, who will be in charge of this special training general, form his family?

If Zhengde really didn't care about the imperial power, he wouldn't be so nervous about the rebellion of the King of Shu, and it can be seen from this that Yang Ling was reckless, and it was easy for him to fall into passivity.

It's a pity that although Yang Ling has always respected her opinions, these two things are bent on going their own way, and they can't be objected to at all, and Cheng Qiyun can't help but feel a little resentful when she mentions it now.

Yang Ling smiled and didn't answer, he also had a hard time saying these things. In fact, although he never mentioned it, as time got closer and closer, the incident in his heart was not forgotten, but always swirled in his heart.

He had planned to stay at home in the capital at the end of October, when he was about to reach the end of the day, and not go anywhere, and he must be safe to pass this time.

But who knew that the tour that was originally planned to return to the Jingshi before August had been delayed until now in the southeast alone, and whether he could return to the Jingshi safely, Yang Ling became more and more uncertain in his heart.

He also wanted to return to Jingshi as soon as possible, on the one hand, Liu Jin is now more and more powerful, of course, there are reasons for Yang Ling's intentional connivance, but with the expansion of his power, some uncertain environmental factors are also changing, Liu Jin's power circle is like the magnetic field center of the storm, which will attract more and more forces to join, Yang Ling raises tigers to kill tigers, not to cause trouble.

On the other hand, he was not by his side when Li'er gave birth, and he felt guilty in his heart, and he didn't want to be adrift when his young mother gave birth. But he couldn't help it, and now he felt more and more the taste of being involuntary.

Now according to the calculation of time, he is more and more worried that the trip to Sichuan may be the biggest hurdle in his life, and he will be safe and sound, if he can't pass, the land of Sichuan and Shu is the place where he is buried.

Because of such thoughts in his heart, he must not hurry up with some plans to lay the foundation in his own life, as for some misunderstandings and rash revelations, if he is really finished, some slander will disappear naturally, and his family will spend the rest of his life safely as a hero of the Ming Dynasty and a favorite of the emperor. If you are still alive after October, there are some things that you can think of to remedy and redeem.

Naturally, he was inconvenient to say these words, so he just smiled and diverted the topic: "Although this is an empty bomb, it also scares you, right?" I always wonder if this plan will be too simple, and it is easy for the Manraka to arouse suspicion. ”

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said, "For them, I'm really too lazy to think of any perfect plan." Besides, the treasure was lost in our camp, no matter what method is used, there should always be rumors, as long as there is no evidence, what can he do with you, the general of the restoration of the country?

Even if the Sultan had suspicions, not only could he not mention it, but he also had to arrest those who dared to spread rumors, and after a year and a half, the rumors would naturally disappear."

She rolled her eyes, and suddenly hugged Yang Ling's neck happily, and said in a nickname, "Why is this plan even hidden from Adney?" You trust me so much."

Yang Ling intercepted: "One goblin is enough, I'm afraid that Adney will learn from you."

Cheng Qiyun glared at him hatefully, and pinched his arm.

At this time, someone outside the door hurriedly said: "Lord Yang, the middle of the army has arrived."

As soon as Cheng Qiyun heard that the person she had arranged was coming, she immediately fell back into Yang Ling's arms softly, her face was dull, her eyes were hazy, and she seemed to be in a dying state.

Yang Ling glanced at her angrily and funny, then tried to lower the corners of his mouth, made a grief-stricken expression, and shouted in a deep voice: "Come in!" ”

(To be continued)