Lu Ming

Chapter 414 Personal grievances

"Boom, boom, boom."

The short-lived and untimely chestnut-colored gunpowder in history took advantage of its slow burning at this moment. It deflagrated smoothly in the bore of a long-tube heavy gun that was most suitable for this gunpowder, and pushed out a round iron ball weighing more than 10 kilograms. barrel.

32 powerful bangs sounded one after another, hitting people's hearts like a heavy hammer; what followed were thick smoke and flames ejected from the gun barrel.

With a shooting distance of less than 300 meters, the ballistic trajectory runs almost in a straight line.The next moment, 32 iron balls slammed into Xu's house.

A series of "bang" sounds followed.

The outer wall of Xu's house was the first to suffer.The quaint walls poured with blue bricks and rice juice could not stop the shells at all, and at the same time as a large amount of dust and bangs burst out, the walls either collapsed or were pierced through.

The gate of Xu's house, which was painted with green paint and nailed with brass door nails, represented the prominent lintel of the main house, suffered a saturated blow at the first time.

Among the tiles and wooden blocks flying all over the sky, the eaves of the door exploded, the beams and columns were broken, and the two doors that had never been opened were the first to collapse, revealing the wealthy and majestic family behind the door.

After the first round of shelling, there was no longer any obstacle between the fleet and Xu's house, and the melon-eating crowd had already scrambled and scrambled away, crying for their parents and mothers.

Then came the second round of shelling.

It was still the deafening roar, still the beautiful white smoke and flames sprayed continuously, all the officials and people standing on the wall of the county seat opened their mouths wide at this moment, stunned by the gorgeous visual + sound and light effects in front of them.

The main unlucky thing in the second round of shelling was the front yard of Xu Mansion.Since the outer walls, gates, sedan halls, etc. were smashed open and collapsed in the first round of shelling, this round of shells passed through the above-mentioned area and smashed into the vestibule.

The buildings in the vestibule are naturally irresistible.After a shell shot, large holes appeared in many walls of the lobby. The meeting place where grand master chairs, large vases, and famous paintings were hung on the walls was smashed into a car accident scene in the next moment. Destroy all furnishings.

As if a long time had passed, and as if a moment had passed, the third round of shelling followed.

The shelling this time was probably due to the fact that the muzzle was raised a little, and the shells shot straight into the atrium.

After that comes the fourth round, the fifth round, and the sixth round.
The magnificent shelling operation lasted a total of ten rounds, pouring a total of 3.5 tons of shells into the Xu Mansion.

If not to say that the Navy is a big eater, the 3.5 tons of refined iron shells were all shot out in just half an hour, which is no different from giving gifts.

And Xu Zhai, who has accepted the great gift of crossing, has become synonymous with the ruined wall at this moment.There are not only many buildings and halls collapsed in the mansion, but also large holes exposed on the walls of the houses; coupled with the debris of roof tiles and broken porcelain chairs everywhere, it is like a two-dimensional tragic scene after the end of the world.

After the battle there was silence.

When the muzzle stopped emitting smoke and slowly retracted into the porthole, there was silence on the surging Huangpu River, and the county town gate was silent, including the city wall, even though the city gate was already crowded with people.

The crowd, who were still crying and shouting desperately, begged for the city gate to be opened, stopped making noise.Everyone was silently watching the huge blue ship painted with gold lines, anxiously anticipating the other party's next move.

What's next?After pretending to be forceful, it is natural to run away, what else can I do?

Amidst the roaring sound, the anchor chain was raised, the mud was washed down, the black smoke rose again, the sails swelled, and the fleet slowly turned around. After drawing a large circle on the river, they waved their hands and did not take away a cloud. What disappeared in this way and left to Shanghai County are 320 iron eggs full of commemorative significance.

The moment the sightseeing fleet retreated outside Zhangsu Port, the operation was considered to be successfully completed.

This shore bombardment mission is a strong weakening of the authority of the landlord class in the south of the Yangtze River within the scope of the rules. Although the 320 iron balls did not hurt anyone, the huge power behind them has been fully displayed in the heart of the enemy.

From now on, whether it is the pedantic and old-fashioned landlord class or the insensitive peasants at the bottom, they will be touched by today's live educational program.All the witnesses inside and outside the county that day, as well as those who went to visit the broken wall afterward, could no longer turn a blind eye to this force.

Just like the Opium War of that year, the stagnant medieval society was smashed open by cannonballs, which caused great changes in people's hearts and minds.After that, some people may become more stubborn and conservative, but there will also be people who are willing to see the world with their eyes open.

What the traveler is doing today is tearing apart the opponent's weak shell,

By the way, drop a thought nail.

This is a subtle investment and hint.In the future, when natural disasters and man-made disasters wash the land of the south of the Yangtze River again and again, many people will naturally think of today's scene and this power, and thus embark on the road of "seeking power".

Every time there is one more person like this, the base of the conservative forces will shrink by one point, until the day when the society changes, the crossover crowd will spend the smallest cost to get everything done.

Although the fleet quickly left the scene of the crime after pretending to be coercive, it was mainly to eliminate the public commotion and calm down the situation quickly, and it did not mean that Cao Zongbing was afraid of anyone.

So Zongbing Cao then sat in the Zhangsu Port Authority Building and began to wait for wave after wave of interrogators.

The first one who came naturally was Chongming Qianzong Yu Fugui.After learning that Mr. Cao bombarded the county seat of Shanghai, the terrified Yu Fugui first thought that the Cao pirates had turned against him, and shouted in the camp that my life was over.

Immediately after finding out the truth, Mr. Yu Qian was still terrified: In theory, the fleet was from Shanghai County, which ran from its own defense area, and people were sent to deliver the letter in advance.Now that someone surnamed Cao has done such a shocking event, his surname Yu must also be involved.

So Mr. Yu Qian came to the door to inquire about the crime.

But at his level, the so-called interrogation is also a joke.Have you ever seen someone kneeling down to ask a crime?Who in the hall will sue the official?
So Mr. Yu Qian, who went to inquire about the crime, was dismissed by Mr. Cao with a few words: "This is a personal grievance, and it is none of your business. As for the aftermath, I will bear it all by myself, and I will not make it difficult for Mr. Yu Qian. Come on, let's see the reward."

Mr. Yu Qian was sent out like this, and he didn't even arrive for 5 minutes.

The second person to come to the door was naturally Shanghai County Magistrate Chen Changyun.As a parent official, no matter what the inside story is, Chen Xianzun naturally wants to seek justice for the people.

Cao Zongbing did not neglect, after meeting and saluting and watching tea, the Zongbing lord gave all the bad things between the evil gentry and his own property to County Magistrate Chen, and then spread his hands in aggrieved way: "What can I do? "

Unexpectedly, the county magistrate Chen ignored this point: "Huh, even so, your lord entered Huangpu with a huge ship and fired artillery to bombard the houses. In the past 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, such rebellious acts are unheard of. As a local official Parents, it is the responsibility of guarding the soil, and there is still a bullet to go to Beijing later."

Zhang Dongdong sneered when he heard the words: "It's normal for civil officials to impeach military officials, Chen's parents can do as they please. It's just that the emperor has been besieged in the capital recently, so he probably doesn't have the heart to read your bullets."

"Hmph, don't bother Mr. Cao, let me take my leave."

"No delivery!"

So Shanghai County and Cao Zongbing broke up unhappy like this.

Theoretically, the Songjiang Mansion should send someone to Xingshi to inquire about the crime.However, due to well-known reasons, Fang Yuegong of Songjiang Prefecture pretended to be deaf and dumb about this matter, except after sending a mild document to intervene, he was silent.

After the first wave rebounded, it didn't take long for the second wave to come.

Although the crossing people have intentionally controlled the intensity of the shore bombing incident, and have not done anything like massacres, but after all, this incident is too fantasy. The most stable Jiangnan hinterland of Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the giant ship of "our own people". Boom upside down?

So when the whole of Southern Zhili, especially Nanjing, got the news, a series of stern documents and some envoys quickly came to the door.These people include, but are not limited to, the eunuch guarding Nanjing, Duke Wei's Mansion in Nanjing, the Ministry of War in Nanjing, Governor Yingtian's yamen, and the Jinyiwei yamen in Nanjing who had already turned against Cao Zongbing.

Without exception, these yamen, which hold the military and political power in Southern Zhili, expressed very serious concerns about this incident: This time you Cao Chuan can "bleed" into the Huangpu River, then next time, will you turn your face and "kill him?" "To the city of Nanjing?What are you going to do with the surname Cao?
So Zhang Dongdong began a wave of hard work explaining and communicating, but it was useless, and a large number of bullets were still on the way to the capital.

After all, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were not fools—this time the penetration incident made the reputation of Cao Pirates, the chief soldier who had been suspected of recruiting security, even worse. Some military deployments have also begun a slow mobilization and build-up.

This time, the tubes of the black cannons that traveled through the crowd really hit the lungs of the old men.

Fortunately, these rebounds were all within the advance plan of the traversal crowd, so Cao Zongbing didn't mess up his position.While doing a good job of explaining, he also gave generous gifts to all the bosses as much as possible: In business, everyone blushed this time, but personal relationships still need to be maintained. After all, if you don’t know each other, no one will It won't be a problem with Marlboro lighters, will it?

While this side is busy with the aftermath, the three ships that were selected to go north are also working hard to replenish.

Since there is an entire 1000-kilometer sea route between Shanghai and Tianjin, and there is no supply point on the way north this time, several motor sailboats must be loaded with supplies as much as possible in order to cross the long sea.

The most important of the supplies is coal.

With coal, the fleet has the confidence to transform at critical moments, so this time even the deck is full of coal bags-this is a bit like the Russian fleet before the Tsushima Sea Battle.

Fortunately, on this plane, the enemies in the north will not have gunboats, and there will be no notebook fleets in the Tsushima Strait, so it is no problem to pile up a few coal bags on the deck.

(End of this chapter)