In the next few days, the Zheng family stayed in Guangzhou, eating and chatting with Zhao Han every day.

Zheng Zhilong brought a fleet this time, and by the way, he could do business, and his subordinates were buying all kinds of goods.

On the fifth day of Zheng Zhilong's arrival in Guangzhou, the Ming Guangzhou Navy completely surrendered.

In fact, they had already descended, because the families of the officers and men of the naval division all lived in the shore guard post. Just ran a few boats, and now they are all back, and the warships are being received by Zhao Han.

Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Sen, father and son, followed Zhao Han to inspect the sailors, and after arriving at the military port, both father and son couldn't help but smile.

A very weird smile.

"The head town, the Guangzhou sailors are here." Wan Bangyan reported.

Wan Bangyan is the son of the Linjiang clan, who was the third person in the Jiangxi Water Division, and now he came to Guangdong to form a navy for Zhao Han with some officers and soldiers of the inland water division.

Zhao Han sighed and said, "There is a long way to go. ”

Wan Bangyan said in detail: "The Guangdong Navy Division is divided into three routes: eastern, central and western, with 600, 1,200 and 104 guards respectively, and the number of seafarers can be recruited is 500, 1,000 and 500. The Guangdong sailors on the East Road and the West Road have almost existed in name only, and only the Guangzhou Sailors on the middle road in front of them remain. There are three Xinhui boats, and dozens of small boats such as black ships and tugboats. ”

The Guangzhou sailor in front of Zhao Han can no longer be described as shabby, it is simply like being called Huazi.

There are only three two-story new ships, barely looking good.

As for those black-boats, commonly known as bird boats, they were fishing boats in the first place! At only 11 meters long and 2.3 meters wide, the single-story structure can only be used for offshore patrols, and there are only 13 of them, and the rest are just like fishing boats.

Zhao Han said: "Let them go ashore to practice for a month, train discipline, and disobey all the disobedient!" ”

"Yes!" Wan Bangyan took the order.

Zhao Han turned to Zheng Zhilong and said, "Brother Zheng, can you visit your ship?" ”

"Of course, Brother Xian, please." Zheng Zhilong said with a smile.

Zhao Han said to Wan Bangyan: "You also come, learn more." ”

Zheng Zhilong's ship is also a bird ship, but the bird ship cannot be compared with the bird ship.

It is a double-decked large bird ship with a multi-masted bow and stern layout, with guns on both the bow and stern sides.

"Good ship!"

After Zhao Han boarded the ship, he could only say this kind of vocabulary, and he didn't understand professional things.

"This is the Furlong cannon?" Wan Bangyan asked.

Zheng Zhilong said: "The improved ones can be played faster, farther and more powerful. ”

Wan Bangyan looked at those Franc machine guns, and his saliva almost flowed out on the spot. The Jiangxi Navy Division is also equipped with a small number of Franc cannons, but compared with the ones on this boat, it seems that the gray grandson has met his grandfather.

After visiting the broadside guns, Zheng Zhilong took them to visit the bow and stern.

Wan Bangyan was dumbfounded: "This ...... This is the Red General Cannon? ”

"Sort of." Zheng Zhilong smiled.

It's crazy, this thing can be used as a shore defense gun, or a city defense gun, I have never seen it used on a ship!

Wan Bangyan was surprised and shocked, but also puzzled: "There is no need to assemble a general's cannon in naval warfare." This thing has a slow rate of fire and a poor accuracy, and it has a slower rate of fire and worse accuracy when it is mounted on a ship. ”

"I didn't have it on a ship before, but I only installed it in the last few years," Zheng Zhilong explained, "These red-clothed generals run and are specially used to deal with the Red Fan Ghosts!" ”

Today's Portuguese have a very good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, although there are constant daily conflicts, but they are all generated around the management of Macao. If they encounter other places, Daming and Portugal will inevitably join forces, and even if Portugal does not take action directly, it will secretly help the Guangzhou sailors.

is so well-behaved because Portugal has declined, and it is stuck with food supply by Daming, and it must rely on Daming to survive.

In the entire South China Sea region, Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch competed for hegemony.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong's strategy and tactics must be improved around the Dutch.

Zhao Han asked, "This kind of big bird ship can deal with the battleship of the Red Ghost Ghost?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "It's this kind of big bird boat, I have built more than 20 over the years. The battleship of the Red Devil, come and clean up as much as you want! ”

"Why are you so sure?" Zhao Han asked.

Zheng Zhilong explained: "Brother Xian may not know that those warships of the Red Fan Ghost are different from the warships of other countries. Relying on the speed of sailing, he never lined up, just didn't rush forward. After rushing closer, it is suppressed with heavy artillery, and won with arsonist ships or gang jumping. My improved Big Bird Boat specializes in fighting red ghosts! ”

The weapons of naval warfare in the 17th century were first, second, and third class battleships.

However, due to its huge size, too many guns, and high center of gravity, it is mainly used for coastal operations, and ocean voyages are purely deadly.

The Dutch battleships, however, were an anomaly, abandoning the first and second class battleships and concentrating on building the third class battleships.

In addition, it is equipped with only a small number of heavy guns to maintain its center of gravity and reduce its own weight, making it very agile when sailing, and it can be driven directly to Asia.

The navies of Britain, France, Spain and other countries are accustomed to using battle line tactics. In the case of confrontation with the Dutch navy, the Dutch battleships rushed indiscriminately, rushed close and suppressed them with heavy artillery, and then jumped to the side or set fire to the ship to win.

In a word, punch the master to death.

Zheng Zhilong's big bird ship was not convinced, and its offshore flexibility was higher than that of Dutch warships, and the large general cannon in the bow and stern could suppress the Dutch heavy artillery.

After approaching, the Dutch were still preparing to release the arsonist boat, and Zheng Zhilong had already used the rocket-propelled arsonist.

The two sides fought many times, and the Dutch did not win once.

Of course, Zheng Zhilong's big bird ship has enough ocean-going capabilities. When it comes to the deep sea, if it encounters a complex situation, the performance will be greatly reduced immediately.

The big bird boat went out to sea along the Pearl River, and Zheng Zhilong pointed to a certain place on the shore and said: "That is the Humen Fort, which is almost deserted, and the virtuous brother needs to repair it well." ”

"Thank you, brother, for reminding me." When Zhao Han heard the word Humen, he immediately woke up.

Zheng Zhilong said: "The ruins of the Humen Fort were blown up by the Sexsons a few years ago. ”

"Sexons?" Zhao Han didn't understand.

Zheng Zhilong said: "That's what the Franz people are called, it may be a Saxon, or a Saxon, and sometimes it is also called an Indian country. ”

Zhao Han suddenly realized, this is the United Kingdom!

However, Zhao Han was even more puzzled: "The Saxons have also arrived in the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"A few years ago, I fought a fight, accompanied 2,800 taels of silver, and ran away before the goods were full," Zheng Zhilong shook his head and sighed, "There are more and more Xiyi in this Nanyang, and I don't know which country I will come to in the future." ”

Zhao Han wanted to laugh when he heard this, Britain came to Guangzhou to fight, not only lost, but also compensated Daqing 2,800 taels of silver?

"Who commanded that battle?" Zhao Han wanted to recruit this person.

Zheng Zhilong's expression was strange: "You know, I know me, we have all been recruited by him." ”

"Xiong Wencan?" Zhao Han asked.

"That's him." Zheng Zhilong nodded and said.

Zhao Han's expression was extremely exciting: "......"

During the Wanli period, the queen granted the British East India Company a franchise license for Chinese trade. At the same time, ****** also wrote a letter to the Wanli Emperor: "Elizabeth, Queen of England of the Mandate of Heaven, to His Majesty the Greatest and Invincible King......

There was an accident on the way, and the British fleet did not arrive, and the Queen's letter could not be delivered.

It was not until the Chongzhen period that the first British merchant ship finally arrived in Guangzhou.

The British, who were not familiar with China, found the Portuguese in Macau, hoping to help contact the Ming officials.

The Portuguese ostensibly agreed, but turned around and spoke ill of the British, slandering the Ming officials in every possible way.

Seeing that they could not get a response, the British attacked directly by force, captured the Humen Fort by surprise, and forced the Ming government to do business with the British.

Xiong Wencan was a peace-loving official, and as long as the British returned the 35 cannons in Humen, he promised to trade freely in the future.

After both sides negotiated, the British ships suddenly sailed into the river of Canton and tried to force the Ming to sign an unequal treaty by force.

Xiong Wencan was furious after being shabu-shabu and sent three warships to attack, which were the three Xinhui ships in Zhao Han's hands.

Two British battleships were damaged, dozens of British sailors were wounded, and the British fleet fled the Canton river in disarray.

The more the British thought about it, the more angry they became, and they burned three Chinese merchant ships halfway and went ashore to rob 30 pigs to vent their anger. Then he blew up part of the Humen Fort, and after leaving the Pearl River, burned a Chinese merchant ship.

Xiong Wencan was furious and summoned sailors and merchant ships to prepare for the conquest, and the British hurriedly fled to Macao for refuge.

Under the mediation of the Portuguese, China and Britain signed a settlement agreement, and the British compensated the Ming Dynasty 2,800 taels of silver, and the trade must be rolled out of the waters of Guangzhou immediately.

This was the first intimate contact between China and the UK.

After listening to this, Zhao Han looked at the bombed Humen Fort and felt that the British war reparations were too small.

Zheng Zhilong said: "These Xiyi, in fact, are all the same, and they can be honest if they are convinced." In the past, Francois was also very arrogant, and after being cleaned up several times, he is now shrunk in Macau like a dog raised by Daming. The Red Fan Ghost has repeatedly attacked the Ming coast, and Guangzhou has also been beaten twice, and it has not been completely subdued yet. ”

"Fear of power but not virtue, barbarians are like this." Zhao Han nodded.

Zheng Zhilong said: "How about we set up a cover? ”

Zhao Han smiled and asked, "What cover?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "It is announced that the Red Fan Ghost is not allowed to come to Guangzhou to trade, and the Red Fan Ghost will definitely come to attack, 100 percent, it will never be wrong, I know the Red Fan Ghost too well." When the time comes, I will ambush on the sea, and the virtuous brother will ambush on the inland river, and the inside and outside should work together to beat the red ghost to the pain! ”

Zhao Han thought silently, after the Dutch were disabled, Zheng Zhilong would be the only one at sea.

Zheng Zhilong suddenly said: "Brother Xian, I can send you some shipbuilders, and you can open your own shipyard to build warships." How is it? ”

"Brother is so sincere, the foolish brother is naturally willing to cooperate." Zhao Han immediately agreed.

The cooperation between the two sides has become even closer, because Zheng Zhilong has shown his heart.

This big pirate seems to really want to be obedient, and it is estimated that he wants to enter the court as a big official, or be named a prince to glorify his ancestors.