The Dutch battleship, which was caught in flames, could not care less about dropping off the starboard side and continuing to fire.

Galen and Ahat ships, in the midst of the strong northwest wind and the Ming military ships that stinged up like locusts, panicked and searched for a way to break out.

The commander of the Ming army, Yu Zhigao, led the naval ships that had been at a disadvantage in artillery fire not long ago, boldly rushed through the range of the cannons, and bombarded the Dutch soldiers on the Yahat ship with turtledoves.

For those who were close and nested in one place, the Ming army did not even have to wait for the strings, throwing oil porcelain mines, firing arrows and misses could cause lethality, forcing the Dutch soldiers who had no cover in the fire to jump directly into the sea and swim to the big ship.

In the first half of the night, the smell of sulfur formed by the cannon bombardment was blown away by the sea breeze.

The smell of blood permeated the deck of the Dutch.

Seeing that the small Yahat ships were about to fold in the sea of Liuluo Bay, and several Galen ships were also surrounded, Rufen, who was unwilling and fearful of being completely annihilated by the Ming army, finally gritted his teeth and ordered a retreat.

However, the small boats that the Ming army came with the wind were faster.

Just as the Dutch were flapping the flames and raising their sails, two hundred "water ghosts" of the Ming army, who had just joined the battle, jumped into the sea from small boats, flexibly found the gap between the fireboats, took out the chisels, and began to chisel the boats.

The Dutch were again dumbfounded. These conceited sea coachmen who are invincible in the world with their ability to drive boats, they didn't expect the Ming people to have this kind of operation.

In fact, as early as a hundred years ago in Tuen Mun, Guangdong, Wang Jun, a Ming official and deputy envoy of the sea route, used fireships to attack and "water ghosts" to scuttle ships, and defeated the Portuguese fleet, which was also strong and artillery.

"Sir, the people of the Ming Kingdom, everywhere, they are like woodpeckers!"

"Sir, they are at the bottom of the ship, and our arquebuses can't hit them at all!"

"But they chiseled strongly, sir......"

"Shut up, don't say anything!"

Michelle, the captain of the Victoria, angrily scolded the soldiers who came to report.

At this moment, Michel finally remembered his uncle, Wei Marang, who had also wanted to bring the Dutch to make the Ming people submit, and warned himself on his deathbed not to despise those Orientals, they are not as tall as our Europans, and their ships are not as new as ours, but their tactics, like the sea breeze and waves, are varied.

Michel decided not to ask the commander-in-chief of the Groningen, Rufen, in the flag, that he had to make sure that the Victoria would not sink to the bottom of the Ming territory.

"White flag! Raise the white flag! ”

Michelle shouted to the flag men.

……

On the hill of the Golden Gate Guard, Zheng Haizhu made a gesture, and the guards took Gulit farther away.

is also seeing that the victory is in hand, and the woman's look is not as excited as the men around her.

Zheng Haizhu said to Xu Xinsu: "Mr. Xu, we use tricks, one trick after another to show the red hair, to put it nicely, it is a good use of the art of war." But in fact, it is not because Mr. Yu's boats and firearms are not as good as Hongmao. ”

Xu Xinsu took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "Miss Zheng is a real person. ”

Zheng Haizhu said more and more directly: "Beautiful words, elevating words, and inviting merit and rewards, that is left to the civil and military generals when they report to the imperial court, we buy and sell people, we don't have to play false." I'm not here to share the meat in Mr.'s bowl, I'm going to serve another bowl of meat to Mr. Mr. Yu is Mr. Yu, the light arquebus bought from Japan, the Japanese call it an iron cannon, that is Mr. 's own source, I don't touch it. But if you want to buy cannons and heavy arquebuses, you will pass me, and I will never treat him badly. ”

Xu Xinsu had always dealt with the Japanese side, and in Hirado and Fujian, the arquebuses he saw were indeed light weapons with a caliber of less than an inch, which could be operated and moved by a single soldier.

He then asked curiously, "What is a heavy arquebus?" ”

Zheng Haizhu said: "It is a common firearm used by the Europa people today. I saw the Dutch defending on Baisha Island, with a larger caliber and a very heavy look, and they had to be placed on a stand to fire ammunition, and it was estimated that the weight of the lead bullets equipped with them was also three or four times that of the Japanese iron guns, and the lethality was definitely greater. This kind of arquebus is useful for carrying in field battles, and it will definitely be more useful if the Fujian garrison encounters offensive and defensive battles against foreigners or pirates. You see, this time Mr. Yu hit the Dutch ship, and most of them can be captured, he must be interested, you tell him that Miss Zheng's firearms workshop in Songjiang can supply him. ”

"Oh? Miss Zheng's firearms workshop can also make this? ”

"In order to fight the Jiannu Tartars, what can't be learned," Zheng Haizhu said without hesitation, "because Liaodong is also a fortress of the guards, west of Salhu, there must be a lot of offensive and defensive battles, and Jiannu is good at making fine helmets and thick armor, the range and armor-piercing power of the small musket are not enough, and our firearms workshop has the ability to make a combination of guns, this time let me and an official transport a few Dutch good things go back, and keep them better." ”

Xu Xinsu lowered his head and pondered.

He knew that the military industry system in the Ming Dynasty collapsed when Jiajing was a master, and except for the military war bureau of the Beijing Division, the other provinces basically paid the silver for service. Those military generals in various places, when they ate empty salaries to support their families, the armaments they were equipped with were mostly customized to the civilian weapons workshops.

Since the woman in front of her has made meritorious contributions to the imperial court in Liaodong by dispatching firearms, and has the care of this godfather and that eldest brother behind her, she, the proprietor who claims to be a merchant to the outside world, is mostly safe in the firearms workshop in Songjiang.

After all, Yu Zhigao is a military general, if he opens an arms workshop in Fujian, the big families in Fujian who collude with the Haikou will definitely go to Beijing and spend money to ask the officials to complain.

Besides, Yu Zhigao opened his own factory, how can he Xu Xinsu get oil and water from it.

Xu Xinsu immediately smiled and said, "Dealing with Miss Zheng is indeed comfortable. By the way, it's a pity that Xu's little daughter, although she is like a flower, is raised by her aunt and is not worthy of her nephew, otherwise, wouldn't it be a good thing for us to be a family of children and daughters. ”

Zheng Haizhu was annoyed by this kind of ancient rich man, and it was just a predatory resource in the name of having many sons and blessings, and he looked down on the so-called concubine's daughter so much. But isn't your wording just referring to me and saying that you want it? Do you think that sending a daughter to me as a niece and daughter-in-law will be able to trap my Zheng family?

The relationship between each other is just a penny, what do you do.

Zheng Shoukuan told his aunt with crampedness that he liked Fan Poyu, and every time he returned to Songjiang from Zhenjiang, Fan Poyu would stuff him with newly made robes and shoes. When Zheng Haizhu heard this, he immediately responded to his nephew and said, what a coincidence, my aunt also likes Fan Poyu, and when I return to Songjiang, my aunt will find Fan Tailor for you to propose.

Besides, regardless of whether the nephew already has a sweetheart who is happy with each other, Zheng Haizhu will not exchange him for commercial interests or political capital.

Zheng Haizhu then added new tea to Xu Xinsu, and said warmly: "Ling Lang Yilong, you have already recognized me as an aunt, Mr. Xu, what else are you worried about?" You see, this time, we took the captured Dutch muskets and went with them, saying that we were showing Mr. Yu the situation in the Songjiang Firearms Workshop. ”

Xu Xinsu was really worried, how to make Yu Zhigao not be too suspicious of his old Xu's sister-in-law leaving Fujian, but when he heard it at the moment, it was indeed an excuse for Shunxi.

In the Battle of Minghe, the two talked about business for a while.

At dawn, on the sea of Liuluo Bay in the distance, the sound of guns and shouts of killing no longer came and went, and the battle had come to an end.

Ten of Ahat's boats were burned to the shelves.

Among the large Galen battleships, the Groningen and Fort Middle, due to their large tonnage, finally broke out of the encirclement and sailed eastward.

Victoria and the other three damaged battleships that raised the white flag and surrendered, after connecting with the Ming army's naval division, sailed to Liuluo Bay.

"This time the red hair is a big loss, and the people who were tied to the shore looked at least two hundred, and those who were killed and drowned in the sea, how could they have this number, right?"

Xu Xinsu looked at the scene on the beach for a while, and when he turned around, he saw Zheng Haizhu in the morning light, still dignified.

"Is Miss Zheng worried about Yan Xuanfu?"

Zheng Haizhu said: "Let's go, go down the mountain, and ask Master Yu." ”

She got up, and as soon as she came to the mountain intersection, she saw the nearest beacon tower, and hurriedly ran up a Ming army.

"The carrier pigeon, the carrier pigeon from Penghu Island, also won over there!"