Chapter 505
Zheng Zhilong finally left Quanzhou, not surprisingly. The clan elders have no interest in abandoning their ancestral business and going to the distant capital to be the minister of water and electricity. Their eyes are still fixed on the sea, the Zheng family has been like this for generations, and they also plan to rely on the sea to eat for the rest of their lives. And pass on this craft to their children and grandchildren, and the ocean has belonged to the Zheng family for generations.
Since he decided to go north, Zheng Zhilong had to step down as the head of the family. And Zheng Zhilong strictly stopped his younger brother Zheng Zhibao from participating in the competition for the position of head of the family, and the clan elders in the family looked at Zheng Zhilong with foolish eyes, and Zheng Zhilong looked at the clan elders with the eyes of fools.
Different perspectives lead to diametrically opposed perspectives on things. Since they believe that they can still mix in the South China Sea with their ability, let them mix.
The benefits given by the Li family are big enough, and Zheng Zhilong understands the word benefit exchange.
The giant ship left Quanzhou Port with a flute, and watching the departure of the giant ship, the clan elders celebrated with their crowns. From now on, this is the world of their Zheng family. But without waiting for them to be happy for a few days, Yuan Chonghuan took the second division of the Liao army and three garrison divisions into Fujian. Yuan Chonghuan's new official position is the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the standard feudal officials are incomparable.
As soon as he entered Fujian, Yuan Chonghuan issued an order prohibiting private armed fighting.
The hatred that has lasted for several years is far from being something that Yuan Chonghuan can ban with a single ban. The Hakka people and the indigenous Min people, who had already killed the red-eyed, took Governor Yuan's words as some kind of gas in the spirit of taking bean bags and not using dry food.
You can take bean bags as dry food, but you can take Governor Yuan's words as fart ......!
Just three days after the ban, the village of Zhaojia near Fuding was attacked again. The gangsters held the spirit of daring to leave their names for doing bad things, and specially erected a big sign at the entrance of the village, "The Gu clan exterminated the Zhao clan here."
Governor Yuan was angry, and the consequences were serious. Refusing the mediation of the elders of the Zheng family, the second division was in the spirit of killing chickens with knives. A regiment was sent to Gujia Village!
The arrogance of Gujia Village is justified, because their village is composed of a group of watchtowers. The towers are all equipped with Franco's cannons to form a crossfire. The Hakka attacked Gujia Village several times, and were killed and injured by the artillery fire on the watchtower, and finally collapsed. Since then, Gujiacun has acted more unscrupulously.
Song Dazhong, commander of the first regiment of the Second Division, just glanced at the watchtowers with a telescope, and ordered the newly equipped long-barreled copper cannon to be pushed up. A row of eight cannons lined up to bombard the damn, this latest long-barreled copper cannon, the biggest feature is the breech loading.
Because of the long body tube, it can hit far and accurately. The breech was loaded with a conical projectile, which also penetrated much more than a round shell.
Looking at the sturdy watchtowers, they were destroyed one by one by artillery fire. During this period, the Franc machine guns in Gujia Village tried to return fire. As a result, the shells could not reach even half of the range of others!
Someone came out with a white flag and wanted to talk about surrender.
As a result, three guys with white flags were torn to pieces by several mortar shells in an instant. Since you want to look like a baby, you have to have the consciousness of being killed.
The surrender failed, and the people of Gujia Village had no choice but to charge for their lives. At this time, fight your way out. As long as you live, you are not afraid that there will be no chance of revenge.
Song Dazhong did not give them this opportunity, and the current Second Division generally uses magazine-type rifles with fixed ammunition. Pulling the bolt of the gun can hold the fire, and a hundred and ten guns can suppress a large area. Moreover, the soldiers of the second division were extremely accurate in their marksmanship, and the demented dummy bullets hit their bodies, and the destructive power was very amazing.
In the telescope, Song Dazhong saw the bravery of the Fujian people. I also saw the corpses that were all over the place!
In the face of modern weapons, individual bravery has no effect. In addition to making the enemy feel the courage to see death as home, you can only see death as home.
The watchtowers were completely destroyed, and almost all the strong men were killed.
After the Liao search party entered the village and drove out the remaining people. began to pick out the remaining adult men, regardless of the cries of the women and children, kicked to the ground and shot the back of the head. Others, simply stabbed to death with bayonets. Bullets are precious and cannot be wasted.
No one cared about women and children, and Song Dazhong returned triumphantly after cutting off the heads of more than a dozen ox carts.
Jingguan, a tall man outside the city of Fuzhou, told everyone that Governor Yuan was angry and the consequences were serious.
Two more indigenous Min and one guest village were leveled by the Liao army. The man was killed, and the woman and child were left to fend for themselves.
All of a sudden, Yuan Chonghuan became famous. Mentioning this name in Fujian can have the effect of stopping children's crying.
In view of the ferocity of Governor Yuan, the two families of Fujian Tuke quickly put aside their grudges and expressed their hope for peaceful coexistence and common progress.
The elders of the Zheng family were shocked, originally thinking that Liao Jun was a cat that scared people. But I didn't expect that it was really a fucking tiger.
However, the elders of the Zheng family are not too worried, because they are dragons in the sea. According to the animal classification system, the Zheng family and Yuan Chonghuan should belong to the same class of creatures. In their respective areas of expertise, call for wind and rain.
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When the Zhenyuan arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, it was only anchored for a day. I saw a five-masted ship coming out of the Yangtze River, and although it had been repaired, traces of battle damage could still be seen.
Putting down the dinghy, Li Xiu was hoisted by the gondola to the town.
"How's the injury, it doesn't seem like a big deal." Li Xiao looked at Li Xiu, his swarthy chest was wrapped in a thick layer of gauze. There was also a bandage on his shoulder, and a scar on his face was cut from the corner of his mouth to the base of his ear, and the scab was still a little red and swollen.
"Those Englishmen don't know where to get the flowering shells, and one shot shattered the windshield of the Jianqiao Bridge. Most of these wounds were scratched by shards of glass. Only the front chest was inserted with a piece of shrapnel. Little things! Li Xiu said very carelessly, his eyes always did not stop in one place, and looked around at this battleship that he had never seen before.
"This is a problem, the process of glass needs to be improved. Don't look, these ships will be in your hands from now on. I originally wanted to give you a birthday present, but I didn't expect this English person to make a fuss and delay it.
Chen Laohu is your old subordinate, and he followed the ship from Tianjin Wei to Quanzhou. There was a battle in the middle, and if there was anything you didn't understand about this ship, you should ask him. I know this better than I do now!
Come and meet Mr. Zheng! Li Xiao pulled Li Xiu and pointed at Zheng Zhilong beside him.
"I've seen Mr. Zheng." Only then did Li Xiu see that it was Zheng Zhilong standing next to Li Xiao. Hurriedly bow down! For the number of courtesies that should be there, Li Xiu has never lacked.
"Huh! I haven't seen you for a few years, but I've grown into a big guy. Zheng Zhilong looked at Li Xiu with a smile and looked up and down.
"I don't know if the second master has a wife?" After looking at it for a while, Zheng Zhilong suddenly asked.
"This kid has been floating on water all year round. I'm afraid I'll have to worry about marrying a wife. When I go back this time, I'll find a good family. Li Xiao looked at Li Xiu with a smile, Li Xiu actually lowered his head rarely, looking very shy. If it weren't for the dark face, you should be able to see a hint of rosiness.
"Where do you need to go back to Beijing? The old man has a daughter-in-law, who is Zheng Sen's sister. If the handsome don't mind, how about you and me getting close to each other? Zheng Zhilong smiled and threw a hydrangea to Li Xiu.
Li Xiu's head is lower, and everyone who has run across the sea knows it. The Zheng family has an eldest lady who is known as the first beauty in Fujian. Although I haven't seen it, I've heard of Miss Zheng's name.
This old bastard wants to take advantage of Lao Tzu!
Listening to Zheng Zhilong's words, Li Xiao secretly hated in his heart. However, in these days, marriage is the usual means of tying two interested families together. As long as there is courtesy, it is equivalent to forming an alliance. Since then, the two have helped each other, both losing and prospering.