Cao Dahao did not refuse to attack the capital city of Fuzhou, to be precise, this was his initiative to ask Ying to take the next step, in fact, even he thought that he and his soldiers and horses were the most suitable for this task, so after deciding to attack Fuzhou, he took the initiative to take it.

After having the right person for the task of attacking Fuzhou, Zhang Mingyang and Su Dingyuan began to discuss the war against Yang Jie's main force, Yang Jie's soldiers and horses were claimed to be 50,000, but in fact there were only more than 15,000 soldiers and nearly 30,000 people, and 3,000 of them had to be divided into troops to protect the safety of the supply line along the Fuhe River.

However, once Yang Jie learned the news that the Ming army was besieging Fuzhou, he would definitely immediately go north and rush to the aid of Fucheng, Zhang Mingyang and Su Dingyuan prepared to set up an ambush on the way north of the Qing army and intercept the Qing army on the road.

It is worth mentioning that the road leading from Fuzhou to Jianchang is not conducive to the march of the army, and the mountains on the west side of the Fuhe River are continuous and the terrain is steep, and the fastest way to pass by land and water.

After some discussion, coupled with the advice of two people who were familiar with the terrain, Jie Chongxi and Cao Dahao, Zhang Mingyang decided to set up an ambush in a place called Dangyanpo.

This is the bend of a section of the Fu River, where the sunken rocks are dense, the river is turbulent, the undercurrent is surging, and there are many whirlpools.

If the fleet is ambushed here and falls into chaos, the entire fleet will be in a dilemma.

At that time, the Qing army will be defeated by the fire of arrows on the shore.

……

While the war situation in Jiangxi was in full swing, Nanjing City, Su Yan also ushered in a group of guests with foreign faces.

Doge's Palace.

"Your Royal Highness, the contempt is Bernard Henryenke, the emissary of the Dutch East India Company, whose prestige is spread far and wide, and whose conquest of the Tatars is admirable."

In the lobby, a foreigner with red hair took off the hat on his head and bowed to Su Yan.

Although his tone was respectful, the stiffness and awkwardness of the Chinese he spoke still made people laugh.

After saluting, the Dutch envoy straightened up and continued: "Your Royal Highness, this is a gift prepared by our company for you, please accept it, I hope this will become a good foreshadowing for our mutual cooperation." ”

As he spoke, the attendant behind Henry Enke brought up the three chests, and the former walked over to the chests and opened them one by one, revealing piles of coral horns, ivory, and gems inside.

At the same time, he introduced with emotion: "Your Royal Highness, please allow the contemptible people to introduce to you, this is the Cape Coral from Java, the ivory of East Africa and the jewel of the Cape of Good Hope, this is the goods of the Great East India Company, from all over the world. ”

Su Yan's expression was indifferent, he nodded, like a majestic king, his thin lips opened lightly, and said, "This king accepts your gift, Dutchman, and tells you your conditions." ”

Seeing that the Chinese prince in front of him did not refuse his gift, Henry Enke's eyes flashed with joy, with his understanding of the Chinese, as long as he accepted the gift, it proved that the other party would accept his request.

He coughed lightly, and then said: "Your Royal Highness, since the Tatars occupied the port of Thornton (Quanzhou), the trade in porcelain, silk and tea with the outside world has come to a standstill. ”

"Monopoly?"

Su Yan popped up such a word in his heart, he looked at Henry Enke with a smile, and said: "The resumption of maritime trade is beneficial to both sides, and this king will naturally not refuse, but-"

He changed his words: "Don't you think it's ridiculous to want to exchange these three boxes of mediocre gifts for a monopoly on porcelain and tea?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, please don't be in a hurry to refuse." As if expecting Su Yan to refuse, Henry Enke was not in a hurry, he said unhurriedly: "Your army is fighting against the Tatars, and it must be in need of a sharper weapon to open the battle, please allow the contemptible to dedicate this weapon to you and introduce it to you." ”

Su Yan did not refuse, he nodded, and motioned to his loyal guard commander to let the foreigners outside.

A moment later, Henry Enck's attendant came in with a musket and stood beside him, who took the musket and spoke:

"Your Royal Highness, this is a musket called a flintlock pistol, which is fired through flint, and there is no need to ignite the medicine pool in advance, exposing its whereabouts......"

Before Henry Enke finished speaking, he heard Chen Ying next to Su Yan laughing, he glanced at the person who was laughing in surprise, and thought that the other party didn't believe what he said

As soon as he wanted to continue, Su Yan interrupted him and said, "Mr. Henry Enke, this king has to regret interrupting you, I think, you probably didn't observe the equipment of the soldiers under this king's command on the way here." ”

"What?"

Henry Enke looked puzzled, and a sense of foreboding suddenly rose in his heart.

Although he knew that the army under the command of the king of Nan'an County was equipped with a large number of firearms, he did not know much about it, and only thought that the Ming army was only equipped with a kind of arquebus called the bird gun.

It wasn't until he saw two tall, muscular soldiers enter the hall with a flintlock pistol in their hands that he realized how wrong the other man's actions were.

"This ......"

Henry Enke opened his mouth, and before he could speak, Su Yan said: "This is the guards infantry next to this king, they are all equipped with flintlock pistols, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers similar to them, Mr. Henry Enke, the so-called sharp weapons you brought are not new." ”

Although Su Yan's tone was flat and did not sneer at all, it couldn't help but make him blush when it fell into Henry Enke's ears, and he couldn't say half a word anymore.

Subsequently, Henry Enke took the initiative to take his leave, he knew that his purpose today could not be achieved, not only did he not let his own merchants monopolize the precious porcelain and tea, but also fell into three boxes of gifts, which really made Henry Enke a little painful.

However, he also got a valuable piece of information - the Chinese have begun to use flintlock pistols in large numbers, and if they can find out which country is selling weapons to them, perhaps the company can operate from it, seize the opportunity to sell weapons, and make a lot of money from it.

But what if Chinese made it himself...... What are you kidding, based on what Henry Enke knew about the Chinese Empire in his memory, it was impossible for them to make reliable and effective weapons, so they could only buy them from Western merchants.

Su Yan didn't know what Henry Enke was thinking, in fact, he didn't pay too much attention to this matter, he just ordered the city shipping department that had been moved to Fuzhou and abandoned for many years to be relocated to Quanzhou, and reopened the city shipping department to be in charge of foreign trade.

At the same time, Su Yan knew very well the importance of tariffs, the reason why the late Qing Dynasty was so rich, and a lot of the credit was due to the tariffs that foreigners were responsible for, so Su Yan naturally would not ignore tariffs.

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