536. Visitors from Russia
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As one of the most famous fishing grounds in the world, Ezo provides thousands of tons of fish every year, but the Ainu people have extremely primitive technology and can only fish inshore, so this treasure is missed. Of course, the Chinese side is actually at the level of half a catty, but fortunately, as one of the practical courses of the Sailor University, one of the only two whaling fleets has set up Ezo Land, which can occasionally catch some deep-sea fish to improve the food for the garrison while catching many whales that cruise here to feed.
One day in August of the eighth year of Wucheng, there were no waves on the North Pacific Ocean, and under the clear sky, the whales happily spat out the water column, and it seemed so peaceful. However, at the beginning of the afternoon, the sailor military attachΓ©s, who were preparing to hunt whales, suddenly appeared in the distance, a striking white sail.
It's strange, because of military discipline, no one looks at the sail shadow repeatedly, but the young military attaches who are immersed in their work are all wondering, when did they send a ship to the north to investigate? If it weren't for its own ship, how could there be a foreign clipper in this hellish place? Or is it that Yangyi has infiltrated this forbidden territory and the Huaxia side is still unaware.
At this time. The letter ship guarding the whaling ship resolutely greeted it, the boat was still moving, and the ship commander Yang Chen also asked his deputy Zuo Shaoben suspiciously: "Shouldn't it be the clipper sent by the sailor to explore Kuai in the north?" β
Zuo Shaoben shook his head: "It shouldn't be, the clippers sent by the sailor to explore the north generally go to the inner ocean, and rarely appear in the outer ocean, and even if they take the outer ocean route, they will stop at Kushiro Port for replenishment, we have no reason not to know." β
"Is it possible to go north from the inner ocean and return from the outer ocean to the south?" Yang Chen suggested another possibility. "This or because of the messaging, we missed it."
"I'm afraid it's not right." Zuo Shaoben still shook his head. "Now that the official road connecting Ishikari River Port and Kushiro Port has been almost completed, the messenger sent by the town guard will be able to spread the news from Ishikari River Port to Kushiro within three days, so even if we count the delay in leaving and returning to Hong Kong, we can still know the news ten days and half a month ago."
Saying this, Yang Chen also understood: "That's right, I haven't heard of any exploration ships sent north by the sailor recently." β
At present, the main strength of the Northern Naval Division is concentrated in the three towns of Lushun, Fujiang, and Seogwipo, and the rest of the towns such as Mayang Island and Ezo have limited troops, and most of them are only supported by the town's own offshore fleet. Most of the efforts of the upper echelons of the naval division were concentrated on a few limited major events such as threatening the Qing court's defense line in the Bohai Sea, deterring Japan, and assisting in the defense of Korea, and the remaining small part of the Zhongmayangdao town guard government was more worthy of attention than Ezo, which had no external troubles.
Of course, this does not mean that the Ezo Town Guards are marginalized, in fact, because the relationship between the Ezo Land and the cold forests produced by the bitter land is the best material for the manufacture of the ships of the Sailors, the shipyards of the Ezo Land have always been the most important logistics unit of the Northern Naval Division, and as the future whaling fleet of the Naval Division, there is also a whaling fleet in the Ezo Land, so the strength of the Ezo Town Guards has been increasing unabated, but compared to other aspects, it seems to be insufficient.
Today, the core force of the Ezo Prefecture is the six Daifuku ships of 8,000 materials and the four Hirobunes of 7,000 materials, although these ships and ships are not suitable for naval warfare in the open sea, but there is no problem in cooperating with the forts to garrison the ports of Ishikari River and Kushiro; In addition, there are six third-class letter ships patrolling the whole island every other day, forming a waterway cordon; As for the whaling fleet of the Navy University Hall, it is not without a little escort power, no, Yang Chen and Zuo Shaoben said that the [Ghost Suzhou Eighteen] commanded and controlled was one of the four second-class letter ships guarded.
"Could that be Yoyi?" Yang Chen muttered. "The course looks a little wrong, didn't you go to the north, feel that something is wrong, and then you came back? But it's not right, Yangyi comes and goes to the sea, at least a three-masted ship, how can the sentry report only show one mast. Didn't you break in the wind and waves? β
"Don't guess, just take a closer look." Left Shaoben built yì road. "Even if it's a big ship of Yangyi, there's nothing to be afraid of right now." That's not true, naval warfare mainly relies on degrees, no matter how many artillery you have, it is useless if you can't catch up and fight. "Maybe we can also see how we play elephants with the fledgling little ones."
"That's a good idea, I like it." Yang Chen ordered the sail rope chief on the ship with a Qiu Ba face. "Tiger big, raise the full sails, let's go teach those Yangyi who don't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth??????"
[Onijuku Eighteen] and the incoming ship are getting closer and closer, but the closer they get to each other, the frowns of everyone on the ship are tightened.
How could this be a three-masted foreign ship, clearly a one-masted ship! If the Yangyi in the south used such a ship to explore the north, it was probably no different from killing himself. Then the question arises, whose boat does it belong to? How did you sail into this water, which was considered forbidden by China?
Seeing the face of the ghost who appeared in the telescope, Yang Chen said bitterly: "Yangyi seems to be quite happy to see us, what is this?" Do you want us to let down our guard? β
Yang Chen ordered: "The lookout post shouts, let them lower the sails, and if they don't understand, let the cannon teach them to understand!" β
In the rumbling of the cannons, the incoming ship, which was significantly smaller than the second masted messenger, tried to turn around and flee in a panic, but was soon broken by a flying chain bullet, and collapsed on the surface of the ocean like a dead fish. Zuo Shaoben then led a team of sailors to row a small boat with oars, and under the threat of the cannon of [Ghost Suzhou No. 18] at close range, the sailors on the dhow did not resist, and allowed the heavily armed Chinese sailors to board the ship and control the whole ship.
"I protest that we are a peaceful Russian geographical expedition commissioned by His Majesty the Great Tsar and His Excellency the Acting Governor of Siberia, and that you cannot and must not treat us in this way, that this is an affront to the Great Tsar, that this is an extremely serious provocation, which will cause war between the two countries!"
As soon as Zuo Shaoben boarded the boat, a person rushed out of the ghost pile and yelled at him, but the strange Russian language with a rapid sound was something that Zuo Shaoben and a group of Chinese soldiers couldn't understand at all, so Zuo Shaoben just raised the short gun in his hand, and the scolding ghost guy subconsciously retreated back into the crowd, which caused a burst of ridicule from the [Ghost Suzhou No. 18] sailors.
"What's so funny, don't you disarm them quickly, and then search the boat carefully for me, if there is any leakage, the amount of training will be doubled when I go back." Zuo Shaoben gave a stern order, and under his drive, the sailors quickly entered the battle state, and searched for a large number of weapons of all kinds from the Russians in front of them. "It's quite well equipped." Zuo Shaoben sneered. "Escort it away in batches, as for this boat, drag it back to the boys to practice their hands??????"
Escorting the Russians back to Kushiro Port, the deputy envoy of the town guard office who stayed there was also shocked, but no one in the port could understand the language of these unpleasant guests, so they had no choice but to escort these people to Ishikari River Port in one go. In this way, from Kushiro to Ishikari River, from Ishikari River to Seogwipo, from Seogwipo to Penghu, before the report was passed to Zheng Kezang's desk, this group of Hokudai ghosts had been escorted thousands of miles away, completing the "expedition" process they never dreamed of.
"The Yiwen Pavilion in Penghu used the known Yi language to investigate, and finally the people captured in Ezo Land could speak a little red-haired language and a little Latin." Yu Ping, the governor of the Yamen, is already scheduled to be transferred, this is a big case before he leaves office, so naturally he is not ready to share the credit with the latecomers. "That's how I got Caiyi's confession."
Zheng Kezhang looked at the report of the governor Yamen: "Oros, I didn't expect that, after going south from the 6th place and being blocked by the Qing captives, the country actually came up with the idea of coming from the sea, the country is aggressive, the tiger and wolf are more wild than the Qing captives, there is nothing to talk about with it, these Ganyi captives are all sent to the mines of Qiongzhou." β
Zheng Kezhang was about to end the matter, but Yu Ping said: "Holy Lord, Oros has met with the Qing captives, and since this is the case, it is possible for our dynasty to win them over to deal with the Qing captives. β
Zheng Kezhang asked with a displeased expression: "Yu Qing, do you know why the Song Dynasty fell?" β
"Ahh Yu Ping was taken aback. "What does the Holy Lord mean is that the Oros and our dynasty are not as different as the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jurchens, the Southern Song Dynasty and the Mongols?" Zheng Kezhang nodded lightly, and Yu Ping realized that he had almost angered Zheng Kezang, so he hurriedly corrected his mistake. "The minister is stupid, and the minister doesn't know that this will lead the wolf into the room."
"It doesn't matter." Zheng Kezhang waved his hand. "The world only knows the immediate benefits, but how can it discern the future evils." Having said that, Zheng Kezhang still knocked. "But as a minister, you must have a long-term vision, and you must know that the territory of the Qing Dynasty today must be the territory of our future dynasty, and there is no place to give it to others, not to mention that I have the ambition to restore the territory of the former Mengyuan Dynasty, which is bound to conflict with Oros."
"Holy Lord," Yu Ping couldn't help but admonish. "The bitter cold in the north is not suitable for my people to live in??????"
"Unconscious!" Zheng Kezhang suddenly interrupted Yu Ping's unfinished words. "Do you think I'm a reckless soldier?" Yu Ping was so frightened that he knelt down all of a sudden, Zheng Kezang didn't look at him, and said directly. "The bitter cold of the north is not suitable for human habitation, so aren't the Oros people living comfortably and abnormally? Besides, you are about to be transferred to the Minister of the Salt and Iron Yamen, how can you not know the benefits of salt and iron! This northern land is thousands of miles, there are treasures everywhere, if I don't take it, I will leave a disaster for my descendants! You get the idea. β
"Got it!" Even if he doesn't understand, Yu Ping has to explain it at this time. "The ministers discuss the national policy in vain, please punish the saint."
"There is no need for punishment." Zheng Kezhang asked Yu Ping to get up. "I know your loyalty, I don't want to make enemies everywhere, I have to eat food in one bite, I understand this truth??????"