Gao Hongtu was not pretentious, but suddenly had the feeling that the sky was falling. Wei Guogong: Who is that? It is the founding general Xu Da, after the Wanli, Tianqi, Chongzhen three dynasties, by the current saint as the suppression of chaos, after more than ten years of leisure re-enabled out of the mountain, sitting in the capital of Nanjing. Now he was beaten by the rebel thieves in Jianyangwei and cried for help, and the shock caused by this can be imagined.

Unlike Gao Hongtu's gaffe, Zheng Sanjun, the head of the household department in Nanjing, quickly calmed down from the initial shock, and he suddenly figured out why the battle situation in Taiping Mansion was suddenly tense. After all, it was a series of victories won by the official army in Jiujiang, Nanchang and Raozhou, which cut off the back road of the thieves in Taiping Mansion and Ningguo Mansion, and the thieves were obviously unwilling to follow the Huai King and lose away, so desperate bets became the only choice.

Jianyangwei is the last barrier west of Nanjing, and once this place falls, Nanjing will face the bandits. And once the Wei Guogong stationed here is defeated, or captured, or beheaded, it will cause a huge blow to the imperial court, and what can the Nanjing army resist under the low morale?

But these are just wishful thinking of the thieves, they don't know that Nanjing's defense is now a long time ago. The prosperity of the Three Guards is rare in the world, not to mention these rebel thieves in the Jiangnan water towns, even the Manchu Tartars outside the gate have to retreat for three points, they don't come, but if they dare to come, let them be like the red-haired ghost Wallace, there is no return.

Thinking of this, Zheng Sanjun was not in a hurry, he wanted to see what Li Xin would do.

At this time, Mi Yan's shout suddenly came from under the city, and all the civil and military officers knew that this was the ceremony of the prisoner of the supervising army on behalf of the general army. Originally, Li Xin meant to be the presiding officer of Wallace, who was the chief soldier, but Wallace was born without this blessing, and two days ago he was still on the Yangtze River, he had a high fever of wind fever that did not go away, and it is difficult to get out of bed today.

Today's grand occasion, one to welcome the triumph, the other to show the military might, if because of this urgent report for help and died halfway, wouldn't it be worse? Li Xin immediately said to Zheng Sanjun: "Ministry, please preside over the ceremony first!" When Wei Guogong asked for help, Li Xin already had a countermeasure. ”

Hearing Li Xin say this, and seeing him so determined, the worried officials quickly calmed down, and they had unconsciously pinned their hopes on this man who would call him a soldier in every word.

Zheng Sanjun suddenly came to the women's wall, raised his chest and abdomen, and shouted out the words that he had prepared a long time ago.

Li Xin was not interested in these goods, he only hoped that the red tape would end sooner so that he could gather his subordinates to deal with this sudden change. In fact, not only the city Chinese Wu, but even Li Xin was full of confidence in Wei Guogong, believing that there would be no danger in having him in the Taiping Mansion. But what Cheng thought, he actually overestimated this father, and after making trouble for a long time, he was also a silver-like pewter spearhead. According to the plan, after this triumph, he will officially develop a maritime strategy.

The so-called open source and reduce expenditure, the emphasis is on open source, the land of the Ming Dynasty is limited, even if the land in the south of the Yangtze River is fertile, the population is large, and the grain production is only two seasons a year, raising taxes and developing new taxes, this kind of stupid thing of exhausting the water and fishing, Li Xin would never think of it.

In fact, the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty were all guarding the cornucopia of money and crying that there was no money. The Ming Dynasty had a long coastline from western Liaoning to Guangxi, and the profits from maritime trade were no less than the income from the grain grown on the land.

And with such a long coastline, the Ming Dynasty only set up three city divisions, so what about other places? Could it be that without the City Shipping Division, there would be no trade with foreigners from the sea? Of course not, so there are thousands of smugglers active along the long coastline, and the pirates who rise with smuggling are naturally maggots, and the two are often interchangeable, and those who go ashore are people, and those who go to sea are thieves. This situation has grown to the point of no further than it has in the weather years.

Although after Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he tried to pacify Haijiang, and adopted Xiong Wencan's strategy of appeasement to govern Kou with Kou. But Xiong Wencan did not have the ability to control it, and after Zheng Zhilong was recruited, he used the name of the imperial court to eradicate dissidents among the pirates, and he had already dominated the coastal areas of Fujian in a few years.

Moreover, Li Xin also recently got the news that due to natural disasters and banditry, every province has produced a large number of displaced people, and Fujian Province is no exception. So, Zheng Zhilong took the opportunity to recruit displaced people to move to Taiwan Island at a price of three taels of silver per person.

In the eyes of the local civil officials, Zheng Zhilong is a disaster to the east, and the displaced people who have lost their property are the hidden dangers of the imperial court, and they are all sent to the barbarian island, and the territory under their jurisdiction will be peaceful. But these things fell into Li Xin's eyes, but it was a different matter, thinking that while Zheng Zhilong was developing his strength in Quanzhou, Fujian, he was also developing Taiwan, just to have a spare foothold in case he turned against the imperial court in the future.

This person dominates the coastal areas of Fujian, fighting pirates on the one hand, and smuggling on the other. If you want to open up sea trade along the coast of the south of the Yangtze River, then Zheng Zhilong is a stumbling block that cannot be avoided in front of you. Even if he controls the Zhejiang City Bo Division, there are also Fujian City Bo Si and Guangdong City Bo Si within Zheng Zhilong's sphere of influence. Then there is no way to talk about the benefits of opening up sea trade. If we can unify the maritime frontiers, crack down on the smuggling of pirates, and then classify all kinds of commodities that the West needs, then the power of the city will be amazing.

"Marquis of Zhenlu, Marquis of Zhenlu?"

Under Zheng Sanjun's repeated calls, Li Xincai recovered from his contemplation.

"It's time to go to the town to lecture the marquis!"

Li Xin's lecture was just a formality, and he had already sent someone to pass the message below, and after the parade was over, all the three guards who participated in the parade would board the ship and sail to Taiping Mansion. Each of the three guards who participated in the parade was fully armed, and they were all carrying more than 40 pounds of weight on their bodies, from their uniforms to their weapons. Although Li Xin's orders seemed hasty, they were prepared for the three guards who were always ready to fight.

After an impassioned lecture, the battalions began to board the ship in an orderly manner. The civil and military officials in the city watched the phalanxes turn into long snake formations in the blink of an eye, walked into the river in an orderly and orderly manner, boarded the connecting boats, and launched a long boarding operation.

In fact, if these operations were carried out at the military port wharf built outside the Shangyuan Gate, all the soldiers would only need to pass the guò gangplank to board the ship, which not only saves time, but also reduces the chance of accidents. Not everyone of these three guards knows how to be water-based, and if someone who doesn't know water-based falls into the water, there is likely to be an accident.

However, the reason why all the qiē activities were placed outside the Jubao Gate was not to boost the morale of the city's Chinese military officials and the people, so as to save these officials from doing nothing, and only knew that the officials who were noisy all day long would not succeed enough and lose more than anything.

The original military parade showed the might of the soldiers in an instant and turned into a performance of boarding the ship and heading to the battlefield after the parade, but I didn't expect the effect to be surprisingly good.

The military discipline and morale of the Three Guards were all taken seriously by various civil and military officials, which greatly increased their confidence in the battle situation, and some even patted their chests and rejoiced.

"Thanks to the Marquis of Zhenyu in Nanjing, otherwise it would be ...... at this moment" He seemed to be difficult to speak, and only sighed repeatedly: "Unthinkable, unimaginable!" ”

There are many people who hold this view, and it is not without those who hold opposing views.

"Humph! If it wasn't for Li Xin to sit idly by, why did Wei Guogong end up in today's defeat? ”

This obviously puts all the blame on Li Xin, and if this statement is true, it can barely make sense, but then there is another statement that makes people laugh.

"If the Marquis of Zhenyu is no longer fooling around in Jiangxi, the Duke of Wei who is sitting in the Taiping Mansion will not have a sudden increase in pressure......"

"What? Do you mean, is it wrong to regain Jiangxi? ”

Officials at all levels gathered, and gossip quickly turned into arguments, and arguments soon turned into quarrels, not asking about right and wrong, but only about success or failure.

Li Xincai didn't have time to watch the performances of these various officials, and after greeting a few Shangshu, he quietly left Nanjing Jubaomen, he was too tired to play this scene, and he was too tired to watch. All kinds of accidents came one after another, which made him a little overwhelmed.

It is said that one heart cannot be used for two purposes, but the pacification of the sea is imminent. Therefore, the role of the Pingbo fleet this time was only to play the role of a transport ship in Li Xin's plan, and he was not worried about the battle on land. But what he was worried about was whether the Pingbo fleet was ready to go to sea for the first time at this moment?

Therefore, Li Xin left the city and went straight to the flagship of the Pingbo fleet, where he had to have a thorough exchange with several of the main generals of the fleet, as the basis for his final decision. After passing the boat ferry, he came to the galleon, but found that the fleet commander Wallace was very sick, lying in a relatively spacious cabin, coughing constantly, and having a high fever. This cast another shadow on Li Xin's heart.

After all, Wallace is the only commander who has commanded a large fleet, and no matter whether it is Deputy Chief He Bin or Overseer Mi Yan, they can only be a cadet of fleet command. The former was a former pirate, and later a Dutchman, and although they had a lot of experience at sea, it was not the same thing as commanding a fleet. As for Mi Yan, before he became the overseer of the Pingbo fleet, he couldn't even swim, and even now he could only splash a few times in the water.

"How is Wallace so sick?"

Li Xin whispered to Mi Yan, who was following him. Mi Yan sighed, "Actually, Wallace was already unwell before he set out on the expedition, and he didn't pay attention to it until he returned to the division two days ago, and his condition was serious, and he found that the high fever did not go away." ”

Li Xin whispered to Mi Yan, who was following him. Mi Yan sighed, "Actually, Wallace was already unwell before he set out on the expedition, and he didn't pay attention to it until he returned to the division two days ago, and his condition was serious, and he found that the high fever did not go away."