Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 83 Mission
"En Mansion, we are heading to Sooji Island in front of us, and we will be arriving in Dengzhou in a few days. Please take the time to visit us next time."

On the mission ship, Yuan Jin, the guard of Dengzhou Shuiyouying, stood carefully beside Hu Liangfu and awkwardly invited the popular eunuch to his home.

"It's easy to talk, but Yuan Shoubei doesn't want to spend any more money. Our family appreciates you, not just for this. You also met in North Korea. Our family does not lack this kind of filial piety. It is only right to handle errands well." The dead eunuch's voice was shrill. It was a bit harsh, but Yuan Jin was like Feng Lun, smiling and nodding aside.

He was originally a pirate from Southeast Asia, and joined the command of Fujian General Shen Yourong in the 47th year of Wanli.Two years later, Shen Yourong was transferred to Denglai, and Yuan Jin also went north. Over the years, he had repeatedly made military exploits, and his title was promoted from commander-in-chief to garrison. However, he was still a member of the Zha committee and did not receive actual recognition from the court.

Yuan Jin was a pirate and didn't understand the twists and turns of officialdom at all.Fortunately, his immediate boss Shen Yourong was known for his integrity, and the former Denglai governor Yuan Keli was also a practical person, so he could do well as long as he was willing to work hard.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Yuan Keli was impeached and resigned from office last year. In anger, Shen Yourong sealed the sword and returned to his hometown to enjoy Linquan.Now Yuan Jin was dumbfounded. He wanted to find a new backer. Firstly, he had limited financial resources, and secondly, he was from a bad background, so he was never able to get in.

Just when he was depressed, a piece of great news suddenly fell from the sky. Wu Zhiwang, the new governor of Denglai, actually ordered Yuan Jin's general to lead his own warships to protect the envoy enthroning the King of Korea.This is a good job that many people dream of. There is not much risk, and they can take the opportunity to curry favor with the powerful officials in the DPRK.

Yuan Jin burst into tears with gratitude, thinking that Master Futai was finally going to reuse him, but he didn't know that Wu Zhiwang had no such intention at all. He just didn't give his subordinates the chance to climb high.

The governor of Denglai had jurisdiction over not only Denglai, but also Dongjiang, but Lao Wu could not convince Mao Wenlong, who was in the heart of the emperor. The two sides were even competitors in the Liaohai trade, and they often quarreled with each other in memorials. He absolutely He won't allow such an awesome person to emerge from his subordinates again.

As for Yuan Jin, Lao Wu wasn't worried at all. He was a dull man who didn't even know how to live on his own. How could he have the money to climb to another level?What's more, Yuan Jin's Shuiyou camp is indeed capable of fighting. If it encounters a Tatar warship, the safety of the mission will be guaranteed.

Of course, Yuan Jin is not really a fool. How can he stay clean in the big dye vat of the Ming army?After all, he was not Shen Yourong. He was a child of an aristocratic family, with a number one scholar in his family. When he was young, he only interacted with celebrities such as Wang Shizhen.

Yuan Jin is not qualified to stand alone in the officialdom. Once he has no backers, it will be difficult to survive, so in the past six months, he has also begun to drink the blood of soldiers, but he is not ruthless enough.After all, many of his subordinates were his younger brothers back then, and he really couldn't kill him.

On this mission, Yuan Jin was bleeding heavily, and he scraped together 500 taels of silver to pay his respects.Wang and Hu didn't mind the meager price of [-] yuan each, so they accepted it with a smile in the spirit that mosquito legs are also meat.

At first, Yuan Jin was happy and thought he was in his arms. But when he came to North Korea and saw the courage of these two people, he immediately knew that his situation was small. Those 500 taels were probably wasted by a blind man lighting a lamp.

Yuan Jin learned from the painful experience and determined to recover the losses, so he led his own soldiers to perform desperately and serve the two angels' wool harvesting business.

This enthusiasm did not impress Wang Minzheng, but it was noticed by Hu Liangfu.This dead eunuch was on his way to Dengzhou to supervise the army, so he wanted to find a confidant in advance. He praised him very much and let Yuan Jin and his soldiers board the mission's ship when they returned.

When the mission set out from Dengzhou, there were three ships in total. Among them was a military vessel, which was the only three-masted sand ship in Shuiyou camp in Dengzhou. It is now commanded by Yuan Jin's deputy general Li Zhong. The two have been sworn brothers for many years. They surrendered to Shen Yourong together back then.

Although it is said to be a warship, it is actually not much better than the pirate ship of Yuan and Li. It is just a big gun on the bow, and there are folangji and Baizi blunderbuss on both sides, in addition to some bird blunderbuss. , spray cans and other things that are not considered cannons at all. When it comes to firepower, it is the eldest sister. Don’t laugh at the second sister.

The mission's ship looked much more majestic, with seven masts and a length of twenty feet. In addition to the forecastle and stern tower, there was also a quarter tower. From a distance, it looked like a floating city on the sea.But this thing is just a silver-like wax gun head, and its maneuverability is appallingly poor. It is just to show the majesty of the heaven.In addition to Wang, Hu and a few young eunuchs on the ship, they were sailors and volunteers recruited to operate the ship. In addition, there were about two hundred soldiers from the Beijing camp who were "selected from thousands of people".

In order to compete for this spot, the honorable ministers of the capital are competing for it. Who doesn't want their servants to follow the mission to North Korea to harvest wool?
That's right, the soldiers in the Beijing camp these days are basically occupied by the honorable ministers. They are laymen in marching and fighting, but they are top masters in bullying and dominating the market.

More than two years later, Li Banghua, then associate director of the Jingying Rongzheng, was ordered to rectify the Jingying, and achieved good results for a time.As a result, he was impeached by the ministers headed by Xiangcheng Bo, and was eventually dismissed from office and lived idle.

Wu Zhiwang knew the quality of the Jingying camp clearly, so he sent Shuiyouying to escort them. Although Jiannu's navy was not helpful, he really didn't trust these veteran soldiers of the Jingying camp.

If something happened in his jurisdiction, it would really be enough for him, Lao Wu, to drink a pot of water. By the way, he also sent a few domestic slaves to follow him to collect wool.

As for the other boat, it was purchased by some big guys from the capital who were close friends with Wang and Hu, including eunuchs and civil servants.Everyone fell in love with the fat sheep of North Korea, and sent their trusted slaves to travel abroad with the mission at their own expense.

Calculated in this way, the envoy team has a total of 700 people. Locusts usually roar through Beizhili, Shandong, North Korea and other places. Wherever they go, there is a wailing sound, especially the business people of North Korea who are tormented. Desire for immortality and death.

However, some people are happy and some are worried. At this time, everyone on the three boats is beaming with joy. After all, everyone's pockets are bulging, and they are about to return to the colorful world of the Ming Dynasty. They are quite a bit like riding a crane down to Yangzhou with a hundred thousand guan. spirit.

Yuan Jin is so beautiful that he forgets himself. This place is far away from Jinzhou, and the probability of encountering Jiannu Navy is extremely slim.Now he only hopes that Hu Liangfu will come to Dengzhou to supervise the army as soon as possible. Then it will be time for him, Yuan, to stand up.

Thinking of this, Yuan Jin even more flattered this damn eunuch, and Hu Liangfu also appropriately showed the approachability of a superior person.

The two sides were talking about entering the harbor when a soldier suddenly ran in and shouted to Yuan Jin: "Brother, something bad is going on. A strange ship is coming ahead."

Yuan Jin deeply blamed this man's recklessness and couldn't help but said angrily: "Who cares about the bird ship? Liu Zuojie of the Beijing camp has his own cuisine. What do you want to do with this cheap guy? It scares the angels. I'll take care of you carefully." A slut is tied to an anchor and fucked."

The soldier was Yuan Jin's confidant. In a moment of impatience, he called him big brother in private. When he heard Yuan Jin getting angry, he quickly knelt down in accordance with the military rules: "You deserve to die! General, that ship... seems like It’s Bangui’s duck butt!”

Yuan Jin's expression suddenly changed. He was a pirate from Southeast Asia and was no stranger to the old foreign lock ships. Hearing this, he hurriedly left Hu Liangfu behind and ran to the poop door.

Suddenly, an old lock ship more than ten feet long came into view, approaching from the sloping spur on the left front of the ship's bow.Due to the direction of the wind, the ship's hull tilted slightly to the left. The cannon windows lined up on the starboard side were turned upwards, and eight bronze cannons protruded from them, like a row of bloodthirsty fangs.

Seeing the scene in front of him, the color on Yuan Jin's face suddenly faded away.

(End of this chapter)