Chapter 239: Spanish Invasion

A few shareholders who went to Liuchun Garden to hand over the post to see were given a cold reception, and the post was handed in, but only one person came out, and after glancing at a few people, he said expressionlessly: "Prince Sui is not in the garden, and he will come back in a few days if he has something to do." As he spoke, he turned around and went back.

"Can you tell me where Prince Sui has gone?" A wealthy businessman named Li Yushu asked busily.

The guards glanced at him before he said, "I don't know the rules at all, and you can inquire about the whereabouts of the prince?" After speaking, he ignored a few people and turned back to enter the garden.

Li Yushu also dealt with local officials, so he naturally understood the truth of the prime minister's seven-rank official, and hurriedly took out a silver ticket of five taels from his sleeve, hurried up a few steps, and said with a smile: "Master Jun, I really have something urgent, and I hope that Master Jun will help spread the word." As he spoke, he quietly handed over the silver ticket that was pinched in the palm of his hand.

Unexpectedly, the guard didn't eat this set at all, so he pushed the silver ticket back, but his face was much better, and said: "The prince is indeed not in the garden, since there is an urgent matter, I left the post, and as soon as the prince returns to the garden, I will help you hand it over." ”

"There is Master Lao." Li Yushu hurriedly thanked him.

The news that several shareholders had eaten a closed door in Liuchun Garden soon spread, and a group of shareholders were not sure whether Yinzhen was really not at home, or avoided it, and as a result, in less than half a day, the news of "Prince Sui does not see shareholders and does not accept the withdrawal of shares" quickly spread.

As soon as the news spread, the shareholders who were already flustered could still distinguish the true from the fake, and they were all frightened, and Tang Degui of the Sand Boat Association was also shocked when he heard the news, and immediately changed his tone and suspended the acquisition of shares on the grounds that the money was not enough.

In this way, it is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, and a group of shareholders suddenly have a feeling of being deceived, co-authoring, at the beginning of the signboard to acquire shares, just to stabilize them, a group of people can no longer care about being reserved, and have begun to visit the shareholders who stayed in Shanghai.

For a while, the cars and sedans between the various halls on Yanghang Street were very lively, however, at this moment, one bad news after another came from the port:

"The two fleets of the Liang family in Guangdong and the Lin family in Fujian were robbed in the South China Sea, and the ships were destroyed and people died, and none of them survived."

"The Dongsha pirate 'Largemouth Shark' Luo Silin in the South China Sea was wiped out by the Greater Luzon fleet."

"The Greater Luzon fleet is heading north, looting wantonly, not even letting go of fishing boats."

"The Greater Luzon fleet wants to seize Taiwan."

"The Great Luzon fleet is coming to rob Shanghai."

Shanghai's prosperity was built on maritime trade, and even the common people were extremely concerned about these news, and there were people everywhere who were describing the murder and robbery of the Great Luzon fleet in the South China Sea.

For a time, the whole of Shanghai was in a state of panic, and all the big and small maritime businessmen were worried, not only the shareholders from other places, but also the local shareholders in Shanghai.

Fujian Quanzhang Hall, more than 20 shareholders of the trading fleet gathered together, the curator Lin Minsheng glanced around at everyone, cleared his throat and said: "All of you here are the owners of the ocean-going trade fleet, at present, the news from Nanyang is constantly changing, chaotic and complicated, making it difficult to distinguish between true and false.

My generation of businessmen, not afraid of anything, only afraid of war, war and chaos together, the trade route is cut off, we can only be at home to make fun of grandchildren, to live for a long time, however, no matter how chaotic the world, real money and silver can not be fake, your mind, the same as below, want to turn the shares in hand into silver, and the heart is solid.

But now we don't know if the prince is not at home, and we don't know whether he will withdraw his shares or not, there have already been owners who have gone to Liuchun Garden to ask for a post, but after eating the closed door, Lin proposed, everyone went to the gate of Liuchun Garden to wait, let the prince give us a specific charter, what do you think? ”

As soon as these words fell, everyone naturally applauded, and Li Yushu also stood up and said loudly: "Let's invest one or two million, in the face of such a big change, the prince must have a saying, you can't take the money and do nothing, everyone?" ”

Everyone applauded and shouted: "What you say is reasonable, and you should give an explanation in general." "Let's go, let's go to Liuchun Garden"

A group of people sat in the car, sat in the sedan chair, rushed all the way to Liuchun Garden, and caused a sensation in the county seat of Shanghai.

On the street at the gate of Liuchun Garden, a long carriage and sedan chair soon lined up, and dozens of people crowded at the gate of Liuchun Garden shouting to see the prince.

Seeing this situation, the guards in the garden immediately came out and shouted: "It is strictly forbidden to make noise in front of the door, the prince is not in the garden, if there is something to post, if you are willing to wait, wait on both sides of the door, and those who make loud noises will be sent to the official for punishment according to the law." ”

This voice immediately frightened the shareholders, and everyone looked at the guards standing at the door like nails, and suddenly felt timid, and discussed in a low voice for a while, and then scattered on both sides of the gate to wait, putting on a posture of not seeing Yinzhen and vowing not to give up.

Yinzhen is indeed not in Liuchun Garden, five days ago he went to sea with Yinxiang and Shi Shibiao to try the newly launched battleship, and he was on his way back at this time.

More than 3,000 people in the first batch of trainees have been training and manipulating warships for nearly half a year, and they have long been able to skillfully operate warships, and more than 1,200 newly recruited sailors can also skillfully operate warships after nearly two months of training.

Only the operation of the second-class battleship 'Nanhai No. 1' is still relatively jerky, after all, there was a lack of training before, but with the 'Nanhai No. 1' for training, it will be much stronger in the future.

To Yinzhen's relief, the naval cadets are quite familiar with the shooting of the guns on the battleship, and the accuracy is also good, which is the result of his extensive live-fire training. As for the navy going to sea to suppress pirates, he is now completely relieved, and what the navy lacks at present is to see blood and fight a few battles, and it is completely like that.

Yinxiang is not familiar with the sailor, but he was surprised by the firing speed and accuracy of the artillery, Shi Shibiao is different, he has been in the Guangdong Naval Division and the Fujian Naval Division for many years, it can be said that he has been rolling in the naval division for most of his life, this time it can be said that it is an eye-opener, this battleship not only has a large number of artillery, but also the artillery shoots fast and accurately, in three hundred zhang away, the hit rate of the artillery can reach eighty percent, where is there a chance for close combat? What's even more terrifying is that the rate of fire of the artillery is almost twice as fast.

He couldn't help but sigh secretly, the value of the money spent by the Fourteenth Master, although the navy is still a little immature at the moment, but he dares to guarantee that at present, there is no naval division in the Qing Dynasty that is its opponent, and when it encounters this fleet, it can only be beaten, and there is no chance to escape even desperately.

Two days later, Yinzhen led the fleet back to Shanghai, and as soon as he landed at Honggang, he saw Yan Haifeng and Fang Bao greeted them with a solemn face under the embrace of a group of people. Even if the shareholders of the ocean-going trading fleet want to withdraw their shares collectively, the two of them will not rush to Honggang, looking at the appearance of the two, they should have been waiting here for a long time.

Yinzhen and Shi Shibiao got off the boat, and there were two post guards in the crowd who came out of the crowd, and after saluting, they handed over two military newspapers respectively, and saw that it was an eight-hundred-mile urgent military report, Yinzhen couldn't help but be puzzled, and checked the fire paint, so he hurriedly opened it, and couldn't help but be stunned at a glance.

The military report was sent by the Guangdong Navy Division and the Fujian Navy Division, "Five out of 30 warships of the Greater Luzon Fleet fought fiercely with the Guangdong Navy Division on the Wanshan Islands, and Vice Admiral Zhang Lu and Staff General Lu Yujun were killed in battle, and the Great Luzon Fleet was blocked on Lantau Island and turned north. ”

The Spanish fleet actually hit the door and went north, where did they target? Taiwan? Shanghai?

Yinzhen's face was a little ugly, not because he was afraid of the Spanish fleet, but because this history had changed completely, and in his memory, Spain had never had a large-scale fleet to China.

It seems that it was the massacre in Manila and the flight of the trade fleet that caused Manila to cut off trade, and the Spanish fleet went north, not only to rob, but also to test the strength of the Qing Dynasty's sailors, and the goal was likely to be Taiwan, forcibly occupy Taiwan, and establish a new base for trade with the Qing Dynasty.

After reading the military report, Shi Shibiu's face immediately turned blue, he served as the commander of the Guangdong Navy, and drew the charts of the South China Sea, Dongsha, Xisha, Zhongsha, and Nansha Islands, and knew that sea area well.

Wanshan Islands is just outside the Lingding Ocean, can be called the gate of Guangzhou, although the battle report did not say victory or defeat, but was forced to Lantau Fort, died a general, the victory or defeat is self-evident, but I don't know how big the battle damage is? The Great Luzon fleet went north, either to Taiwan or to Xiamen and the Fujian Naval Division.

Yinzhen paused for a moment, immediately reacted, and said in a deep voice: "Wuge, immediately pick a fast sail battleship, replenish the ammunition supplies, complete the personnel, set off in half an hour, and send Shi Junmen back to Xiamen." ”

After Yan Haifeng and the others came up to salute, after getting up, he reported: "Jingfang's husband reminded me that I have given an order to the general managers of each factory to urgently transfer all kinds of war-ready materials to the Honggang warehouse. ”

"Not bad." Yinzhen nodded, groaned slightly, and said, "Ammunition, food, and water are enough for me." Depart early tomorrow morning. ”

"Honorable Order." Wan Yan Haifeng bowed and replied.

Yinzhen turned back to Wu Ge and Yande: "Tell the naval cadets that after this battle, the navy will officially build the army, and tell them that the opportunity to be knighted and make meritorious service has arrived, go back and prepare, and set off early tomorrow morning."

"Yes" Wu Ge and Yande stood up and saluted, answering loudly.

Chapter 239: Spanish Invasion

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