Karopa, Nanyang Governor's Palace.

The Governor's Mansion is large in scale, covers a vast area, the layout is rigorous, the style is majestic, although it is newly built, but the palace is full of green trees, deep and solemn, and the Prince of Dun Yinqi, who was ordered to come to Nanyang to see off the navy, stayed here.

Although the emperor is far away, there is no need to go to the early court, but Yinqi is still at the beginning of the morning to get up, he has been to the Karopa for about ten years, but he is still not very accustomed to it, this trip to his morning and evening thoughts, but for him it is like a nightmare, all the way to the south, he seasickness vomited seven meat and eight vegetables, a few days after landing on the shore have not been fully recovered, moreover, he is not very accustomed to the tropical climate here.

Although he was only ordered to see off the navy on an expedition, since he arrived in Karopa, he had to know more about the situation here, although Karopa was located on the frontier, but the geographical location was extremely important, not only the necessary place for Australia to return to Beijing, but also an important base for the navy.

Zhenwu attaches so much importance to the place, Yin Qi naturally will not be lazy, don't think about him also knows, after returning to Beijing, Zhenwu will definitely ask about the situation of Karopa, if you don't know, his face has no place to rest, get up early, he just wants to take advantage of the cool weather to go out for a walk, look around, understand the local people's situation, for the local officials' reports, he knows very well in his heart, they are all official articles, as long as he picks good words, he goes back to Beijing to say something concrete.

After breakfast, Yin Qi was about to leave the house, and the personal guards hurriedly came to report: "Master, Chen Pengnian, the governor of Nanyang, is asking to see you outside. ”

Coming to see you so early? Could it be that those restless things made trouble again last night? Yin Qi couldn't help frowning slightly, this time he went to Africa with the navy, and there were more than 3,000 people who were abducted and deceived by the crackdown and arrest in various places, these people were the eighth, ninth, and thirteenth of them who were specially prepared to go to Africa to catch slaves, none of these people were fuel-efficient lamps, although they were strictly guarded, but they were in Karopa for a month. But it still caused a lot of trouble.

As soon as he, the main master, arrived in the Karopa. Chen Pengnian spit out his bitterness to him, and he was also very annoyed, these people could not be completely treated as exiled prisoners, and when they arrived in Africa, they were expected to open up the situation soon, the Qing Dynasty was now in urgent need of slaves, and the old fourteenth had high expectations for the profits of the slave trade, and they had to be coaxed. But these iron-headed monkeys, all of them are like ghosts, and they haven't lived in peace.

Fortunately, the sail was about to start, and he couldn't be annoyed for a few days, and after a little hesitation, Yin Qi said, "Let him in." ”

Chen Pengnian soon walked in under the leadership of the guards. Seeing Yin Qi sitting on the top, he hurriedly took a few steps, stepped forward and said, "Xiaguan Chen Pengnian, please say hello to Prince Dun." ”

Yin Yi smiled slightly, raised his right hand, and said, "Chen Dutai doesn't have to be polite, watch and sit." After a pause, he smiled and said, "Chen Dutai hasn't used it earlier, right?" ”

See Yinqi's attitude. Chen Pengnian knew that he would be wrong. Hurriedly bowed down and said, "Xie Shiye is sympathetic, and the next official came early in the morning." It's because the pigeon letter from Kyoshi has arrived. ”

The letter of the Jingshi pigeon has arrived? So fast? Yin Qi immediately perked up and hurriedly asked, "The emperor agreed?" ”

"Go back to the prince." Chen Pengnian bowed and said: "The emperor agreed to merge the warships, merchant ships and sailors returned from Europe into the ranks of the navy to conquer Africa. So saying, he got up and presented the pigeon letter with both hands and the translated translation.

Yin Qian was not interested in the original, he couldn't understand it at all, and he also knew that Chen Pengnian didn't dare to lie to him about such a big thing, so he read the translation at the moment, and as Chen Pengnian said, Zhenwu completely agreed to their request, although the Spanish prisoners of war did not agree to release completely, but agreed to release half, which may be considering the insufficient loading capacity of the battleship merchant ship, and after a slight groan, he asked: "Have you notified Fu Han and Liu Zhisheng?" ”

"Back to the prince, it has been passed on quickly." Chen Pengnian bowed slightly and said, "In addition, Xia Guan also quickly passed on the commander of the Spanish Far East Fleet, Angel. ”

Yin Yi nodded slightly, Chen Pengnian had already passed the word quickly, they must have come to discuss it immediately, and after a little hesitation, he got up and said: "Since it is a military business, I can't slack off in the slightest, Chen Dutai will go to the second hall to wait, and this king will come after changing clothes." ”

The southern outskirts of the city of Karopa, Spanish military camp.

Since the news came that the Royal Navy of the Qing Dynasty and the Spanish fleet had joined forces to defeat the combined British and Portuguese navies, the entire Spanish barracks were filled with joy, and all the officers and men were beaming, completely forgetting that they were still prisoners of war.

Angel, the commander of the Spanish Far East Fleet, was also extremely excited, the Qing Navy really did what he said, allied with Spain and openly intervened in the war in Europe, this time, everyone's fate will be reversed, I believe that they will soon return to Spain, and be reused, not only will they not be held accountable for the crime of defeat, but will even be valued for bringing a turnaround to Spain.

After hearing that the prince of Dun Yinqi and the commander of the Qing navy had already begged for the rest of them to be included in the team of the expedition to Africa, Angel was even more excited, this is exactly the performance of the Qing navy treating them as allies, and the expedition to Africa with the Qing navy is much stronger than sweeping the natives of the South Seas here, and the Gold Coast of West Africa has long been known for a long time, not to mention that there is a chance to make war exploits on this trip.

Early in the morning, he received a message from Kuaima and went to the Governor's Palace, and Angel had a premonition that the Holy Decree of Emperor Zhenwu of the Qing Empire, the Holy Decree that would change their fate, and he was surprised by the speed of the information transmission of the Great Qing Empire, and hurried to the Governor's Palace.

However, he said that Yinqi changed into an official robe and strolled all the way into the second hall, and Chen Pengnian, Fu Han, Liu Zhisheng, and several generals who were already waiting in the hall saw him come in and hurriedly got up to salute.

Yin Qian waved his hand and said with a slight smile: "No need to be polite, sit down." As he spoke, he sat down on the upper seat, glanced at everyone, and then said: "This king is only ordered to send the army to the expedition, and he will not interfere in the military affairs of the navy, and now that the emperor's will has arrived, this king wants to know, when will the navy leave?" ”

"The navy has already been prepared, and with an order, it can pull out the anchor and set sail at any time." Fuhan said in a deep voice that his mission was to capture South Africa, expel or exterminate the Dutch who were entrenched in South Africa, and take control of the Cape Peninsula and the coastal seas. It is said that there are not many Dutch entrenched in South Africa, and most of them are immigrant civilians, and the navy and army are not large, and he is quite dissatisfied with this, and just wants to complete the task as soon as possible, and maybe go to Europe to catch the excitement.

Hearing this, Liu Zhisheng, who was in charge of the capture of West Africa, frowned slightly, and said: "The navy can be deployed at any time, but it takes time for all kinds of supplies to be transported and loaded on ships, and it also takes time for Spanish prisoners of war to assemble. ”

Seeing Liu Zhisheng mention the logistics supply, Chen Pengnian pondered for a moment before saying: "As soon as the supplies of food and medicinal materials are met, they can be loaded into the ship in three days, but the Spanish prisoners of war who are transferred again are afraid that it will take a few days to reach Karopa." After a slight pause, he continued: "Moreover, Wang Yinxiang of Yijun also sent a pigeon letter, and the emperor decreed that the news of the great victory in Europe, the opening of European routes, the naval conquest of Africa, and the detour to Europe was published in the Beijing Daily. ”

Everyone here was stunned, what does this have to do with the Navy's expedition? After thinking about it slightly, Liu Zhisheng said tentatively: "What Chen Dutai means, there will be merchant ships rushing to Karopa, how to follow the navy to Africa and Europe?" ”

"Not bad." Chen Pengnian said in a deep voice: "Africa and Europe are the largest objects of foreign trade in the Qing Dynasty, and maritime trade is the most important route. ”

As soon as the voice fell, a guard reported at the door: "Angel is here to see you outside." ”

"Just in time, ask him about the Spanish build-up." Yin Qi commanded, "Let him in." ”

After Angel came in to greet him, Chen Pengnian said: "In view of the limited number of troops carried by the warships, the emperor only allowed half of the Spanish officers and soldiers who remained in the South Seas to accompany the navy to conquer Africa. ”

Hearing that only half of the people were allowed to go out with the army, Angel couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed, but when he thought about it, he felt relieved that the carrying capacity of warships and merchant ships was indeed limited, not only to transport troops, but also to carry food and ammunition supplies, he hurriedly gave a military salute and said: "Thank you for the kindness of Your Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Empire." After saying that, he immediately said: "However, can the treatment of the Spanish soldiers who remained in the South Seas be improved?" ”

Chen Pengnian glanced at him and said, "General Angel, are the Spanish soldiers unwilling to conquer the natives of Nanyang?" ”

"No, no, we're happy to serve the Qing Empire." Angel hurriedly explained: "I mean control, can the officers and soldiers in the Karopa Wheel be allowed to move freely, the Qing Empire and Spain are now allies, isn't it?" ”

Hearing this, Fu Han couldn't help but laugh secretly, these poor Spanish prisoners of war confiscated the gold, silver, jewelry and goods obtained by the natives of the South Seas were nominally their own property, but in fact the money they got was all stripped of the outrageous expensive food and ammunition supplies in the barracks, and it was no wonder that they longed for freedom.

"Now that the two countries are allies, it will naturally improve, but now is not the time to talk about it." Chen Pengnian nodded and said, "How many days will it take for Sulawi's Spanish soldiers to return to Karopa?" ”

Angel groaned for a moment, and then said: "Seven days, it can be there in seven days, but now the 15000 people in the barracks can go to sea at any time." (To be continued.) )