Chapter 205: The Merchant House is completed
Hundreds of buckshot balls formed a barrage and smashed down on them, a fear that far surpassed the solid lead bullets that had preceded them.
The Zhenla Fan cavalry, who rushed to the rear, watched in horror as the Quang Nam cavalry in front of them fell in pieces.
Just in front of it, there was an unstoppable elite army, and in just a few breaths, there were already corpses all over the field.
The forty or fifty cavalry of Guangnan cavalry all fell on the mud ground only a few dozen steps away from the Ming people****** the blood of the horses and war horses flowed all over the ground, and the wails of the undead fan horses and the sorrowful screams of the war horses rose one after another.
Pieces of lead bullets swept over, and the beaten men of the Quang Nam cavalry turned on their backs and wailed.
The most terrifying thing is the grape bullet used by the Akito, the projectile is not iron, but lead.
After penetrating the human body, it is instantly broken into several or even dozens of pieces, and countless lead slags remain in the human body and are transferred to various parts of the body with blood flow.
The Quang Nam cavalry, which had long since died under artillery fire, was lucky, and those who were not dead were doomed to die by the dense buckshot shots.
"Raise the gun." Seeing that several firecrackers saw the scene in front of them and lowered the firecrackers in their hands slightly, Li Liu shouted angrily.
At this time, there were still more than 30 Zhen La Fan riders behind the corpses of the Guangnan cavalry.
The Zhenla Horse Team had long forgotten the charge at this moment, and they were hovering more than a hundred paces away from the Ming army.
Looking ahead with an indifferent face, they hesitated and hesitated.
The artillery of the Ming people had completely chilled them.
They just wanted to find Li Youcheng, even if it was to take his corpse.
But the corpses of at least forty or fifty horsemen were piled up in the mud in front of him, including the corpses of the Quang Nam cavalry and the corpses of war horses.
Where can I see the Lord General Li Youcheng?
In the end, these cavalry had no choice but to ride away.
Seeing more than thirty Zhenla cavalry leaving quickly, the Ming gunners guarding the hill also exhaled a long breath.
The previous round of shelling was their last shot, and there would be no more sub-cannons.
In this artillery battle, the Ming army used ten Franc machine guns to kill at least 60 cavalrymen.
Seeing that the Zhenla cavalry fled in the wilderness, the Ming officers and soldiers on the hill let out an earth-shattering roar.
Li Liu only felt a cold swishing in his back, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the pitch-black artillery.
"My lord, Fanren's horse team was beaten back by us like this." A flag officer smiled helplessly.
In this battle, their firearms completely became a foil.
Not even a chance to put a shot.
Li Liu was stunned for a long time, and finally smiled bitterly and said, "We have a cannon, why do we need to use a gun!"
On the boundary of Dongpu, the battle was raging, and the sound of artillery was continuous.
In the city of Laoag, the street in front of the English Mercantile House is also full of firecrackers.
Today, the East India Company's trading house in Laoag finally opened.
After more than a month of negotiations between the Ming Court and the East India Company.
The merchants of the East India Company finally got their wish and opened a trading house in Laoag.
What is quite surprising is that this time even Liu Yu and Xiao Wu were present.
On the East India Company's side, Sir Gore had also arrived in Laoag a few days earlier.
Unlike the last time he came to Laoag, he was full of sorrow.
"Sir Gore, we of the East India Company have finally opened a trading house in Lasag, and after that, the sailors of the East India Company can finally settle and live in northern Luzon, and the merchants can also trade around Luzon as they wish, all this is simply a gift from God." Anderson was delighted.
In order to show respect and gratitude to the Ming Court, he and several members of the merchant hall also wore exquisite costumes.
Its fabrics are also specially spun from the Su family.
It can be said that it has given enough face to the Ming Court and the four seas.
"Lord Xiao, this English man is usually high-spirited, why is he so flattering to us today?" Su Langqing looked at the merchants in front of the gate of the English Merchant Hall and said with a smile.
"I guess there is a request for us." Xiao Wu looked coldly at the merchant hall with an endless stream of guests.
The generals of the Ming army were indignant about the fact that the East India Company took money but privately withheld the Ming artillery and warships.
It's just that Liu Yu had no choice but to press it down with one hand, and he didn't even hold the East India Company responsible.
"The red-haired ghosts are cunning and cunning, and now that the merchant hall has been built, so many red-haired ghosts have entered Luzon, I'm afraid it will lure wolves into the house." Xu Bin on the side said worriedly.
"Hehe, Lord Xu is too worried, these are businessmen, and they are not some kind of murderers who don't blink, so why be afraid." Su Langqing smiled, but there was a trace of unhappiness in his heart.
The completion of the English Merchant House also meant that the East India Company's spices, tea, woolen wool and other goods would also enter Luzon, which was a huge shock to the four seas that now controlled the trade of the entire northern Luzon towns.
While everyone was outside to celebrate the completion of the Merchant House, Liu Yu and Sir Gore slipped into the Merchant Mansion at some point.
"Congratulations, the Luzon Ming Court has finally gained a true friend." Sir Gore sat on the sofa, holding his glass and grinning.
"Sir Gore, why is it so unpleasant, you might as well speak it out and hear it." Liu Yu sat on the velvet sofa on the other side, looking at the layout of the hall of the merchant hall.
"Not yet a damn Alamgil (World Conqueror)." Sir Gore cursed angrily.
"Oh, it looks like the Emperor of India has caused the East India Company a lot of trouble!" Liu Yu said with a smile.
"Emperor Aurangzeb of the Mughal Empire was indeed a very ambitious and scheming emperor." Liu Yu said.
In fact, in the Far East of this time and space, all countries and monarchs are not weak, whether it is Guangnan or the Mughal Empire, or even Myanmar, which will fight with the Qing Dynasty in the future, is still in the rising period of national strength.
If there is one more ambitious ruler, even the Western colonizers who carry firearms will not be able to reap the benefits.
This is also the reason why Liu Yu dared to maneuver between various Western forces, because it was not only the Luzon Ming court family that was in the rising period in Nanyang.
Quang Nam has not yet annexed Champong, Dong Pu, and has not yet formed the present-day Vietnam.
The Mughal Empire was still vigorously suppressing rebellions among the country's major ethnic groups, and even had a wrestling with the East India Company.
As for Myanmar, it is still developing obscenely.
It was 200 years before the Western colonizers wanted to dominate the South Seas.
Sir Gore looked at Liu Yu in surprise.
Seeing Gore's incredulous eyes, Liu Yu didn't think so.
"Don't think that we Mingren are like those Tartars, and we are equally concerned about the world of our friends and foes." Liu Yu deliberately bit the enemy very hard.
During this time, he also recruited several translators, and even hired English people to learn English and Dutch at a high price.
It's also very effective, at least now Liu Yu can understand Gore's Old English and have some communication.
Of course, it is more important to bother the old man in the back.
At this time, behind Liu Yu was standing an old man in official uniform, who stood motionless beside Liu Yu, like a sculpture.
"I always thought that you Chinese only liked to guard your own one-third of an acre of land, and were not interested in anything outside the window." Sir Gore shook his head and took a sip of the wine in his glass.
"Gore, don't look at us with the innate paranoia of you Westerners, Daming has never lacked people who open their eyes to the world." Liu Yu said unhappily.
"Like this old man behind me, he has been to Venice, he has met the Pope of Rome, he has met the emperor of France, he has traveled in Europe for several years, he has also been to Luzon and Annam, and he has seen no less affairs than you." Liu Yu pointed to the old man behind him and said proudly.
"Really?"
"It's really surprising!" Only then did Gore notice such an old man standing behind Liu Yu.