Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 325 Old Port
"My lord, Liu Xiang's flagship has been completely sunk."

At this time, Zheng Yiguan took a small boat and wandered around the place where Liu Xiang's flagship sank a few times to check the situation.

After a while, Zheng Yiguan returned to the treasure ship Yangwei.

"Liu Xiang should be dead, his flagship has sunk. Unless he has an indestructible body, otherwise, it is impossible to escape alive." Zheng Yiguan stood next to Zhao Wen, pointing at Liu Xiang's flagship. The sunken place said to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then don't worry about it anymore. The most important thing now is to encircle and suppress Liu Xiang's territory."

After a while, Liu Xiang's remaining troops were all brought under control.

After controlling Liu Xiang's remaining troops, Zhao Wen led the fleet under the guidance of these people to go to Liu Xiang's lair to clean up.

The suppression did not last long, only three or four days.

When Zhao Wen went to Batavia again, Liu Xiang's sphere of influence had been wiped out.

No matter how powerful Liu Xiang is, he cannot be Zhao Wen's opponent.

The fleet resumed its journey and headed for Batavia.

Originally, Zhao Wen chose the route along Luzon, but in order to eliminate Liu Xiang, Zhao Wen chose this route along Guangzhou, via Qiongzhou, Annan, Manga and other countries.

Compared with the route through Luzon, this route is slightly longer in distance.

The treasure ship was sailing on the sea, Zhao Wen stood on the deck and looked at the sea ahead, "Where are you now?"

Zheng Yiguan looked around, took out a map, and after a while, "Return to your lord, we are about to enter the territory of Annan."

"Annan?" Zhao Wen muttered, then fell into silence.

In this era of Annan, there are only a few Frangji people. In addition, Annan in this era is relatively poor, so these Frangji people only built a few ports on the southern coast of Annan, as a place for supplies. .

The huge ship sailed past the coastline of Annan, and was noticed by the Frang machine on the port.

"Where did this fleet come from? Where is it going?"

When the Fulang robot on the port saw Zhao Wen's huge fleet, he panicked for a moment.

"Everyone return to the port and pay attention to vigilance." The commander on the port looked at the mighty fleet and hurriedly shouted at the people working in the port.

After seeing Zhao Wen's fleet, several seagoing ships that were about to go to sea hurriedly lowered their sails and stayed quietly in the port.

"These ships look like ships from the Eastern Empire. What are these Easterners going to do? What do they want to do?"

Standing on the top of a bastion, the commander frowned tightly as he watched the mighty fleet on the sea.

After Zhao Wen's fleet sailed away from Annan, the commander at the port hastily dispatched troops to spread the news to Luzon.

After leaving Annan, Zhao Wen's fleet entered the sea area where Manlajia belonged.

In this era, there are Hongyi and Folangji people on the manga. After all, manga is in the most critical position of the Strait of Malacca.

Both Hongyi and Frangji are eyeing him.

When Zhao Wen's fleet approached the coastline of Managa, the port built by Hongyi and Flangji on the coastline quickly discovered Zhao Wen's fleet.

They looked at the battleships all over the sea and panicked for a moment.

"What's going on here? Why are there so many ships suddenly appearing? Also, why are the five ships at the front so huge?"

The Hongyi and Flang robots on the port looked at Zhao Wen's five treasure ships, and they couldn't be more horrified.

"Quick, quick, report this news to the governor." The commander on the port hurriedly urged his subordinates.

"But didn't the governor go to attack the city of Zeelandia? The governor hasn't returned yet."

"Regardless of whether the governor returns or not, first pass the news to Batavia. These ships are all ships of the Eastern Empire. These people must have come with bad intentions."

The commander shouted to his soldiers.

"Wait a minute, let people report after all these ships have passed.

If I go out at this time, I am afraid that I will be hit by them as soon as I go out. "The commander roared loudly.

Every time Zhao Wen passed by a place, Hongyi and Flangji in that place would be frightened.

If he hadn't been in a hurry to attack Batavia, Zhao Wen would have taken action against these people long ago.

A few days later, the fleet left Malacca and began to enter the waters of Java.

Today's Java is colonized by the red barbarians, and there are red barbarian garrisons in all important cities on Java.

Although the number of these garrisons is small, it is easy to deal with these natives in Java.

In Java, there is a place called Old Port, which used to be called Old Port Xuanweisi. It was a military base when Zheng He sailed to the West, and it was once under the rule of Ming Dynasty.

There are many Ming people living in Jiugang. Some of these people escaped from the war at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, some escaped at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and some escaped from the southeast coast during the Wanli period.

In short, the number of Ming people in the old port is very large.

When the Ming Dynasty was strong and powerful, the status of Ming people in Jiugang was relatively high.

However, with the weakening of Ming's national power and the rise of Hongyi and Flangji people, the status of Ming people in Jiugang also began to decline.

Nine years after Xuande, the imperial court no longer organized voyages to the West, and the imperial court's control over the Xuanweisi in Jiugang began to weaken.

After the change of Tumubao, the Xuanweisi of Jiugang completely broke away from the control of the imperial court.

Today's old port has completely become Hongyi's palm, and Hongyi's attitude towards Ming people is very bad, even worse than some local aborigines.

Therefore, when Hongyi arrived at the old port, the living environment of the Ming people on the old port became worse and worse.

Because of Ming people's hard work, no matter how bad the living environment is, Ming people can always create a lot of wealth.

However, without the protection of absolute force, these wealth are like duckweed on the water, which can be snatched by others at any time.

Since the Wanli year, the Ming people in the old port have suffered many large and small suppressions, and the blood shed by the Ming people in the old port can almost spread all over the old port.

……

In a dilapidated alley in the Old Port, a ragged old man sat on a stone at the entrance of the alley.

In front of him were three or four five or six-year-old dolls who were dressed in ragged clothes and were thin and yellow, squatting at the old man's feet.

"Grandpa, grandpa, can you tell me about that huge sailing boat again, okay?" A child tugged at the trousers of the old man coquettishly.

There was kindness in the old man's eyes, "Do you really want to hear it?"

"Listen, listen, I can't get enough of it." These children kept nodding like chickens pecking at rice, their eyes full of anticipation.

The old man took a deep breath and looked into the distance, recalling the old stories his grandfather told him back then.

After a long time, the old man sighed and said to the children, "Son, remember, this is not our home."

"Why isn't it our home? We've lived here for many years." A child didn't know the meaning of what the old man said, looked up at the old man with doubts on his face.

The old man stretched out his hand, touched the child's head, and said earnestly: "Our home is in the east, and only the east is our home.

Our roots are in the east, we will never belong here, we only belong to the east.Children, you must remember that if you have the ability in the future, you must go back. "

"Understood, I will definitely go back when I have the ability. I will also bring grandpa back when the time comes." The child didn't know the meaning of the old man's words, so he kept nodding his head as if it was to please the old man.

Looking at the child's appearance, the old man couldn't help but think of what he said to his grandfather back then. Unfortunately, if there were no accidents, I'm afraid it would never happen again.

The old man let out a long sigh, and a few tears appeared inexplicably in his eyes, "When you are old, you are useless."

The old man laughed at himself, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then started talking to these children, "There is a country in the east, his name is Daming.

Before that, he was also called Song, Tang, Sui, Han, and Qin.Our ancestors have always lived in that place.

Back then when the northern captives invaded and the world became a barren land, the ancestors couldn't bear the chaos of war, so they went all the way south and came here.

The ancestors originally thought that they and their descendants would never be able to see the people from their hometown again, but who would have thought that in just a short period of a hundred years, the people from their hometown would appear on the sea in a giant ship. "

The old man became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally he stood up directly, and danced to the children excitedly, "At that time, boats like hills covered the entire surface of the sea, and there were sails everywhere on the entire sea. It's a big ship.

At that time, the ancestors knew that the hometown had been restored, and the people in the hometown had defeated the northern captives, beaten them to death, and the newly established country was called Daming.

At that time, the giant warships covered the entire sea, who would dare to be our enemy?Anyone who dares to be our enemy will only end in perishment.

Countless kings scrambled to go to Daming to pay homage to our emperor, which is comparable to the glory of Tang Dynasty. "

The old man sat on the stone again, patting his thighs, as if he had seen it with his own eyes, "The envoy sent by the emperor came to the old port with the imperial decree, and on the old port, he personally read the imperial decree for the ancestors.

According to the imperial decree, the old port was taken over by the imperial court and became the propaganda department of the old port.After the ancestors at that time heard the news, they were very excited.The predecessors at that time had a backbone at once, and their enthusiasm rose all at once. "

"It's a pity, the good times didn't last long. Later, there was a little problem in the Ming Dynasty, and all the huge treasure ships on the old port retreated. Since then, it has never appeared again."

The excited expression on the old man's face disappeared suddenly, and turned into a lonely expression.

"When leaving, the envoys on the treasure ship once said to the ancestors that one day they will reappear on the sea of ​​the old port with the giant ship, and that day will not be far away.

But ah, it has been hundreds of years, and the giant ship has not appeared yet, and it is probably impossible to appear again. "

The old man sighed heavily and looked into the distance quietly.

"Grandpa, in the future I will build a treasure ship as you mentioned, and take Grandpa back to his hometown." The child under his lap looked at the lonely old man and comforted him.

"Haha, it's good to have this kind of heart. Child, no matter what time it is, you must remember that you are a member of Daming, whether you live or die." The old man stroked the top of the child's head and said kindly.

The child nodded heavily, with a firm gleam in his eyes.

The night gradually deepened, and the entire Old Port fell into silence.

The geographical location of the old port is extremely important, and the vicinity of the old port is also rich in spices, so the old port has always been a place heavily guarded by the red barbarians.

The manager of the Old Port was appointed by Cohen himself, and his name is Cordesal.

At this moment, Cordesar sat in his office with a worried expression on his face.

Sitting in front of him was a man in his 30s.

This man is the commander of the old port garrison, called Herder, who is under the jurisdiction of Cordesar.

There are more than 500 Hongyi soldiers on the old port. These soldiers are basically firecrackers, and the firecrackers they use are matchlock guns.

Herder looked at Cordesal with a worried expression, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you so worried, sir?"

Cordesal let out a long sigh, and said, "The governor hasn't heard any news since he set off, so I'm a little worried."

Herder smiled, "I think you are completely overwhelmed. The governor has almost transferred all the warships that can be mobilized this time. What surprises can there be?
It's just a small city of Zeelandia, what are you afraid of? "

"I hope so!"

A few days later, Zhao Wen's fleet appeared on the sea outside the old port.

As soon as Zhao Wen's fleet appeared, it attracted the attention of Hong Yi in the old port.

When the soldiers patrolling the port saw the sudden fleet, they hurriedly reported the news to Cordesar.

After hearing the news, Cordesal rushed towards the vicinity of the port with Herder and the soldiers on the old port.

At present, there are more than a dozen merchant ships loading and unloading goods in the port, and the port is full of workers loading and unloading goods.

These workers are mainly Ming people.

When these workers saw the fleet that suddenly appeared, they froze in place for a moment.

Cordesal stood on a watchtower in the port, holding up a binoculars and watching the fleet that suddenly appeared, his face sank to the bottom.

"This is not the governor's ship, the sails used by these ships are all hard sails, this is the Ming people's ship.

How did these ships get here?Why are they here?Why didn't I know until now, are those people along the way pigs?Why is there no news? "Codesar cursed sharply as he looked at the increasingly clear fleet.

In fact, those people can't be blamed for this. After all, Zhao Wen's fleet is huge. Even if those people want to pass on news, they probably won't be able to break through Zhao Wen's blockade.

(End of this chapter)