Lu Ming

Chapter 380
The sound of "bang bang" rescued the people who traveled through from the crowd of the melon-eating party.The fast fleet towing the pirate ships was inconvenient to move, and it was prone to accidents if they were surrounded by spectators. Therefore, when the fleet commander Wang Bo found out that the situation was not good, he quickly ordered to fire empty guns to drive away the people.

The effect of the empty cannon was very good. Anyway, the old bustard didn't know that there was no iron ball stuffed into the cannon bore. So the melon-eating crowd screamed amidst the thick smoke and loud noises, scattered and retreated, and got out of the way.

Due to the low berthing efficiency of the old-fashioned docks and the dragged down by pirate ships flooded, it took a lot of time for the fleet to enter the arena, and it was not settled in the dock area until sunset.

During this process, the city of Guangzhou was not idle.

He Rubin was the first to react.Although the General Soldier of Guangdong is said to be the capital of Chaozhou, there is also the Guangdong Metropolitan Yamen in the city of Guangzhou.He Rubin is not only one of the planners behind the guest army's aid incident, but also the military counterpart unit that issued the invitation in name, so he has been in Guangzhou recently.After receiving the letter, Lao He immediately ordered his generals, rode out of the city, and came straight to Baietan.

The flagship observed the horse team coming from afar with dust billowing in the distance.So without waiting for the rest of the ships to enter the port, General Cao, who is in charge of role-playing, and Sha Zhengming, the "monk general" with a big bald head who is already well-known in Fujian and Guangdong, have already put on the official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty. The guards in big red fat jackets got off the board and stood at the entrance of the trestle bridge, ready to welcome the guests.

Hurrying to get off the horse, He Rubin stepped forward a few steps, raised his head and laughed and held Zhang Dongdong's hand: "Hahaha, not to mention rushing thousands of miles to help, the ability to search for gifts in front of the door is so clever! It's really famous! It's better to see, brother Cao is indeed a famous general in the dynasty!"

Although it was the first time for the two parties to meet, at this moment He Rubin didn't look outside at all. He held someone's hand and said a few nice and obedient words very affectionately.

Since Zhang Dongdong crossed over, he spent most of his time hanging out with the officials of the Ming Dynasty, so he was already familiar with the current scene: "He Zhen killed the last general. What happened today is all due to He Zhen's reputation. The last general is safe." Dare to claim credit?"

"Otherwise." He Rubin's expression became a little serious at this time: "A strong ship and sharp guns are not enough, and you must have a strong soldier to help you accomplish anything. I have also led soldiers before, and I know all about the difficulties. This famous general always Say, my brother deserves it!"

In the second year of Tianqi (1622), He Rubin became an official guerrilla general in Jining, Shandong. Later, he was promoted to general of Ningshao and moved to Zhoushan.

He Rubin, who sits in Zhoushan, is not a soy saucer.At that time, pirates were rampant at sea. During his tenure, he trained sailors and wiped out pirates. He was a front-line general who had actually fought land and sea warfare.

It is precisely because of his actual experience in leading troops that Lao He praised Cao so much today—Old He, who is well aware of the current decline of officers and soldiers, knows how difficult it is to take a group of pirates lightly. not much.

After feeling Lao He's kindness, Comrade Zhang Dongdong was naturally full of enthusiasm, trying to push the credit to Lao He: Lao He is the commander in chief guarding Guangdong, and the final credit for all sea and land battles that took place in the province in name He already had one.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Zhang Dongdong introduced General Sha Zhengming to Lao He, and the generals happily set up a Longmen Formation on the pier.

There is a reason for setting up a dragon gate array: because we have to wait for the civil servants to arrive.

Military generals ride horses, civil servants sit in sedan chairs, and literati gentlemen usually appear on stage slowly.Even if a powerful guest army came to such an important event, the main halls of one prefecture and two counties in Guangzhou city still meandered over in official sedan chairs.

After several masters got out of the sedan chair one after another, it was another round of polite greetings.The county magistrates of Nanhai and Panyu counties in the middle are too low to talk about him. On the contrary, Hong Yunzheng, the prefect of Guangzhou, is considered to be a person who has been greatly influenced by the crossing crowd.

Hong Yunzheng was a Jinshi of the Gengxu Division in Wanli. Historically, this person served as the governor of Huizhou Prefecture in the seventh year of Chongzhen after serving as the governor of Guangzhou Prefecture.In the second year of taking office, under the order of Xiong Wencan, this gentleman went to appease Liu Xiang with several other officials, but Liu Xiang turned his face and placed him under house arrest.

After more than a year of house arrest, Liu Xiang finally had nowhere to go and was surrounded by Zheng Zhilong's army.Liu Xiang saw that the general situation was over, but ran to Hong Yunzheng to express his willingness to submit to the court. Hong Yunzheng immediately burst into anger and cursed.Liu Xiang became angry from embarrassment, and after killing Hong Yunzheng on the boat, he also committed suicide not long after.

So, the time traveler is actually the savior of the prefect Hong in front of him. However, this is the sorrow of the time traveler: no one believes the truth.

Although General Cao is a military officer of the third rank, and even though he came here with his troops thousands of miles away to help him, for the civil servants in Guangzhou, the magistrate from the third rank (the prefect who pays more than 20 shi for grain is the upper mansion, and the magistrate is from the third rank) to greet him. It's already giving Cao a big face.

Fortunately, General Cao behaved modestly, behaved politely, and talked wittily, unlike the usual qiu ba that made people hate people, so the first impressions of several civil servants on General Cao were not bad.

Now that everyone is here, it's time to do business: a group of civil and military officials first boarded the prize pirate ship.

The pirate ship is very busy now: the officials of the two counties are picking up the corpses and parts of the pirates one by one, and then chop off the heads for the adults to see - civil servants in this era are very fierce: when the battle is over, The civil servants are responsible for checking the heads and crediting the military officials.

So at this moment, several civil servants stood on the blood-stained deck of the Big Bird ship indifferently, chatting and laughing with the two generals, and at the same time inspected the heads.

Next came the additional program: a circle of yamen guards with hooks and sticks surrounded the sealed hatch, then opened the hatch, and caught the pirates who were still alive in the water one by one, and first beat them with sticks , and then bundled up.

At this time, General Cao stepped forward in time and distributed the spoils he brought: all the heads were at the disposal of the commander-in-chief, and these heads were enough to recommend a confidant for promotion.

The rest of the pirates who are alive can be taken by the prefect for a few days. After Caishikou chopped off his head and hung it on the city gate, it can be regarded as an explanation to the officials and gentry in the city who have suffered from pirates, and it can also be regarded as a political achievement.

As for these ships, they were given to the government offices of the two counties, and they were sold for a sum of money.

General Cao's knowledge, interest and generosity made several civil and military officers admire him.So after a little humility, several pirate ships and their original owners were inadvertently eaten up.

After that, a group of civil servants who had a more harmonious atmosphere left one after another: the scene has been done enough, the benefits have been pocketed, and it is enough to leave the subordinate officials here to socialize.

As for He Zongbing, he intends to continue to stay: there are still warships to visit.

He Rubin, a Confucian general in history, ran the army rigorously and was proficient in military affairs. He not only compiled "Zhoushan Chronicles", but also wrote the book "Bing Lu".This book covers [-] volumes of military aspects such as "Discussion on Generals", "Selection of Scholars", "Military Formation", and "Equipment". It is an important document on military logistics in the Ming Dynasty.

However, the book was finally listed by Qianlong as a series of forbidden books in the Siku - the Tartars never relent when they castrated the Han people.

In He Rubin's "Bing Lu", there are not only descriptions of all warship models in the Ming Dynasty, but also descriptions of various artillery and ordnance.Therefore, for this research scholar, visiting the unique motor sailboat and the armaments on it is an essential item.

The result of the visit did not disappoint He Zongbing: the exquisite artillery retreat system opened the eyes of old He.

But that's all there is to it.When the technological gap has widened to a certain extent, the ancients would not be able to understand it even if they looked at it openly.He Rubin didn't know anything about the most critical communication system on the ship, and he didn't go to the bilge to see the gas engine. For him, those exquisite cannons and the slender and fast ship shape were the biggest gains.

"This exotic craftsman is worthy of praise." After hearing that the artillery mechanisms on the ship were all made by some unknown craftsmen in the distant "Eastern Region", He Rubin was also filled with emotion.

What else can Zhang Dongdong say at this time?I had no choice but to deal with Mr. He with a haha.

After all the official entertainments are done, it will already be the summer night in the treetops on the moon.At this moment, the breeze is blowing on the White Goose Lake, the waves are calm, the lights gathered in the surrounding painting boats are brightly lit, and the sound of silk and bamboo singing is endless, which is a scene of peace and prosperity.

Naturally, the fast fleet that had come from afar did not dare to be careless at this time, whether it was on the pier or on the water surface around the fleet, there were enough patrols and lookout posts with night vision goggles.

The night passed in a hurry, and the fleet began to officially rest the next day.

The first is the number house.Theoretically, there are barracks and school grounds inside and outside of Guangzhou city, but the crossovers don’t plan to live in those dilapidated houses—but any government property, you can know what it is with your heels.

So the Tiandao Temple by the White Swan Lake was requisitioned by Qiu Ba and others.

Tiandao Temple is a famous historical temple, which existed in the Tang Dynasty and covers a large area.Because they provided all kinds of superstitious rituals and psychological counseling services to the sisters in the painting boat all the year round, the bald donkeys of Tiandao Temple were very rich, and the interior rooms were carefully decorated, which happened to be used as dormitories for the soldiers.

With the acquiescence of the bayonet and the government, the abbot, who claims to have infinite mana, can only admit that he is dead.But soon Fang Zhang will not be depressed: the crossing crowd is very generous, not only gave the old man half a day to facilitate the transfer of the treasure hidden in the Buddha's stomach, but also gave him a seven-treasure glazed Buddha lamp as a monthly rent. Now the old man is happy broken.

While the house was being numbered here, General Cao had already entered Guangzhou City in a carriage with guards and gifts from the Marlboro series.Zhang Dongdong needed to contact all the big bosses from the chief executive down one by one, and make an evaluation report afterwards.

Guangzhou is not a place where barbarians rule like Tainan. It has a dense population, powerful government, rich resources, and a superior geographical location. It will be here, so the cabinet attaches great importance to this place, and the preparatory work required is also very heavy.

(End of this chapter)