Win the Ding 1617

On the avenue from Heihe Street leading to Shuri Castle, there are two colorful archways erected high, decorated with red silk and other things, and on the plaque of the colored archway are four lacquered characters, "Welcome to the Holy Grace."

Obviously, the supplies used to welcome the canonized envoys and other imperial envoys were temporarily taken out of the warehouse for emergency.

However, on the top of Shuri Castle, more than a dozen frames taller than a person were tied with pine branches, and inside were written with red silk and gold powder.

"The South China Army has shown its might for thousands of miles", "The Ryukyu Kingdom has long expressed its deep kindness".

Along both sides of Pinghe Street, countless incense tables were set up, with incense burners, wine, fruit and other items listed on them, and the people in the city knelt by the roadside with incense burners on their heads.

On some incense tables, in addition to the incense burner, there is a dragon tablet enshrining the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Behind the incense table, the gentry and officials of Ryukyu kneel in full robes and crowns, holding notebooks in their hands, and the family servants and women behind them are holding Drinks, meat, etc., ready to welcome the arrival of the soldiers of tomorrow.

On the pier, Ryukyu Wang Shangfeng, dressed in a crowned robe, knelt in front of the gangway of the Changsheng ship, holding a jade pendant in his hand. Behind him, 15 people, including the son of the prince, the prime minister of the country, the three ministers, and the Biao, lined up on both sides.

Behind these high-ranking officials kneeling on the pier, various ceremonial deacons of the Ryukyu King, such as flags, gongs, umbrellas, fans, etc., are lined up neatly on the road from the pier to Shuri Castle. .

The son-in-law Weng, Mao Sihai and Zeng Lin, temporarily acted as tribute officials.

"kneel!"

"bye!"

Amidst Mao Sihai's loud praise, Ryukyu Wang Shangfeng bowed down to Li Shouhan on the Changsheng with strict etiquette.

After kneeling and knocking three times, Shang Feng raised the jade jade in his hand and began to chant loudly.

"Sir! King Shangfeng of the Ryukyu Kingdom. I would like to lead the officials and people of the Ryukyu Kingdom to welcome the President of the Southern China Army of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Shouhan, who is also in charge of money, grain and civil affairs!"

"Free gift!"

A boy's voice on the gangway floated down with the sea breeze with a little excitement.

Because Zhang Ergou beheaded two Japanese people with one knife, he won a lot of face for the Nanzhong Army, and was regarded by the whole fleet as an act of raising his sword. Shouhan specially gave him this opportunity to represent himself.

"Who is coming?!"

"My minister, Ryukyu King Shangfeng."

"Why?"

"I'm here to welcome the general into the city."

"Get up!"

After the question-and-answer session between Zhang Ergou and King Shangyi, all civil and military members of the Ryukyu Kingdom stood up and lined up with the prince, preparing to drive into the city with Li Shouhan and the Ryukyu King.

Amidst the sound of drumming and music, Shou Han Shi Ran appeared in front of the Shang family father and son and the ministers of the Ryukyu Kingdom.Behind him, dozens of military officers were dressed in military uniforms.In front of the soldiers of the South China Army.Everyone in Ryukyu seemed to be overwhelmed again.

"Prince Shang, I have been in Nanzhong for a long time, and I don't know much about it. I don't know when which emperor of Ming Dynasty bestowed His Highness the crown?"

He glanced at the crowned robe on Ryukyu King Shangyi.With a smile on the corner of Shou Han's mouth, he stabbed Shang Yi in a serious manner.

According to etiquette.The Ryukyu King can only wear leather flat clothes.It is obvious that the father and son of the Shang family have overstepped in clothing.

Said that my clothes are presumptuous, I think you, the general, are also appointed by yourself!

Shizi Shangxian muttered something in his heart.But dare not say anything.Last night, Zeng Lin had a talk with him, which touched him very much.

"In terms of rank, Li Shouhan is just the son of a thousand households with the rank of guard. Even if he has inherited the world position, he is only a fifth-rank official. Let the prince welcome him with a full set of banners and honor guards, but it is not the same. It's absurd. But, my son, please think about it. What kind of official position was the Shimadzu family in the Satsuma domain in the Ming system? Even in other countries, they were just the leaders of a region, but the former king was going to be taken away by him , why? The strength is not as good as it!"

"My Ryukyu is lonely in the sea, between Daming and Fusang, so it's a big deal since I came here. I can't survive without it."

What he said made Shizi Shangxian break out in cold sweat, he got up and bowed respectfully to Zeng Lin, "Everyone talks about Mr., but it turns out that they are all talking about it."

Taking a peek at the strong and strong soldiers behind Shou Han and stretching all the way to the gate of Shuri City, Shang Xian felt that it was extremely wise and correct to choose to join the Nanzhong Army.Any one of these soldiers can be pulled out, and they can serve as the banner in the Shimadzu family and the role of Captain Curry in Ryukyu.

There are also those cannons lined up on the pier with black muzzles at intervals of more than ten steps. I am afraid that Shuri Castle will fall before the end of the round of artillery fire.

He stepped forward with quick small steps, raised his wide robe sleeves, and gave a deep salute to Li Shouhan who was chatting happily with King Shangyi.

"My lord, Ryukyu Prince's son Shangxian, please board the car and enter the city with father and king."

"That's good! Just ask the prince to lead the way for us."

have to!In a word, the prince became the leading official.

The battalion officer of the Right Battalion of Jinwei brought Shouhan's mount over. It was an Arabian horse that had just been imported from India, and it was trained to be the most suitable for riding.

The whole body is snow-white, the fur is as shiny as satin, the hooves are the size of a bowl, the ears are flexible, and the hoofs made of unknown type occasionally emit cute yellow metal flashes with the horse's small movements in the sun .The trimmed short mane and long tail were also braided into a beautiful whip by the groom who raised it, and the new bridle and reins all showed the different identities of this horse.

"What a horse!"

All the people who saw the horse up close praised it secretly.

"My lord came to Ryukyu in a dangerous situation. The sea is bumpy and he is not feeling well. Please ask the Prime Minister to control the mount for my lord."

Lin Sihai's Fujian accent was like a thunderbolt that exploded in the ears of the Prime Minister and the audience.

"What? Ask me to control the mount for him? It sounds nice, isn't it just to lead the horse and fall?"

The prime minister kept cursing in his heart, but hesitated in the crowd.

"Thinking about it, someone must have leaked the fact that I advised the king not to meet this guy that day, and this guy is here to take personal revenge! He deliberately bullied me in front of the people of the country!"

One hand held the horse's bridle, and the other hand gently stroked the horse's cheek twice.Zeng Lin went to control the horse.He smiled at Lin Sihai on the other side.

"Please get on the horse, the general! Please get on the chariot, the prince!"

"There is Lao Guoxiang. Lord Shang, please board the car."

"Oh! Good! That, Zeng, no, Prime Minister, you have to control the horses well, and don't startle the general and the tiger."

Under the guard of Jinwei Youying, Ryukyu King Shangyi's chariot followed behind Shouhan's horses step by step.At the front of the line is Shizi Shangxian who holds a scepter and acts as the leader.

"If they say a word, I will no longer be the Prime Minister of the country?!"

The leader of the team walked into Shuri Castle.Many Ryukyu civil and military warriors followed the brigade step by step.Only the former prime minister was left standing there blankly.

At this moment, he suddenly returned home and summoned his family members, stormed into Shuri Castle, and killed King Shangyi and Li Shouhan together.Afterwards, the idea of ​​self-reliance as emperor.Then he glanced at the Nanzhong Army soldiers who had taken over the defense of Shuri Castle since the day before yesterday.He shook his head mockingly again.

"Anyway, I'm still a nobleman in this Ryukyu. I have a lot of land and sugar cane gardens. I can be a rich man if I can't be a prime minister."

In the city of Hue, in Chang Shi's signing room.Li Peilin wished he could kick the greedy guy in front of him to death.

The guards on duty at the door also hated their teeth so much, they gestured to each other, and as soon as they heard any movement in the room, they rushed in immediately and chopped that damned guy into pieces!

Shou Han led the fleet to Ryukyu, and Basten, who was dissatisfied with his desire, went all over the world to dig holes in order to find some more bargains.First, I approached Lin Huofeng, the big shopkeeper of the Han Yuan Company, but Lin Huofeng declined politely: "The boss is not at home, so I can't make decisions on my own. Besides, why didn't you raise the issue of the price when you delivered the goods that day?"

"%&(*#￥...*(" Basten rode ten thousand alpacas in his mind and sent sincere greetings to Lin Huofeng's parents and elders. But what can be done? Shouhan gave him The goods have far exceeded the cost he paid several times.

Still unwilling to give up, he entangled Li Peilin, who was a long history and held the sword seal on his behalf when Shou Han went out to patrol the sea.Hope to get some expected compensation from him.

"My lord, I know the trust the governor has in you, and I also know your ability and the power in your hands. I just hope that you will be magnanimous and let me, who gave up business opportunities for the entrustment of a friend, minimize some losses as much as possible. "

Nima's!And the loss of shit? !

There is almost no room in your boat!What else do you want?

Even though Li Peilin had a good upbringing from an aristocratic family on weekdays, but faced with Basten's rascal face, he couldn't help but feel disgusted in his heart, and couldn't help but want to call for someone to come in and let the soldiers outside come in to help him. Mr. Basten performed a baptism from the body to the soul.

However, he still tried his best to calm the anger in his heart, and he couldn't help persuading himself with the words of his ancestors in his mind, "There must be a prime minister's understanding, and a prime minister's understanding."

"Mr. Basten, I would like to ask you, as far as I know, according to the figures reported by the tax officer at the port, your ship is already fully loaded with all kinds of goods from our South China Sea, and it has reached the limit of overloading. If you If you want to safely return to your hometown to enjoy, you should wait until the next time you come to ask for compensation! Remember! We only need people with skills and skills, and those who live by mouth and pen will be fine! "

"What about slaves? I have a business partner who can get the best black slaves from Africa! If your army is interested, I can get them for you. It's much more cost-effective than your buffaloes!"

As soon as business was mentioned, Basten's expression changed again. He hoped to firmly grasp all the opportunities and clues that could exchange for money in his own hands.

Speaking of black slaves, and thinking of the East India Company from the slave trader, Basten's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly saw a clue that could bring him huge benefits.

"Lord Li, if you can make the decision for the governor, and pay me a thousand sets of armor, two hundred muskets and ammunition, six cannons with more than eight pounds of ammunition, and fifty barrels of gunpowder, I have a very important thing here. news for you."

Hearing Basten's determined tone, and looking at the reassuring expression on his face, he seemed to be telling Li Peilin, "I'm sure of you."

"What news? How dare you offer such a sky-high price?"

Li Peilin was also a little angry.This damned Dutch businessman is nothing but a scoundrel, a rascal!Stalking to such an extent!

"Can you call the shots?"

"When my lord went out to inspect the sea, he entrusted me with the sword seal. I can deal with all matters such as conquest, punishment, reward and punishment, promotion, life and death." Pei Lin's tone also became solemn and serious, and deliberately put life and death together. The two words accentuate the tone, indicating that Tongshi should translate it easily.

The implication is that if you come to me to blackmail, I can turn your head into a material for repairing the Beijing Temple!

but.After Basten spoke.This made Peilin's attitude take a 180-degree turn.

"Before I came to Hue, I had a brief supply and unloading in Batavia, and arranged for my manager to purchase spices such as pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, etc. for me there. At that time, there were two More than ten armed ships of the East India Company anchored there."

"The day before yesterday, my manager wrote to me. When reporting on the acquisition of spices, he also mentioned this incident. According to his description in the letter, there are currently at least seventy armed ships of various types berthing there. Preparatory activities before the battle. Many of them are Chinese ships."

"My lord, as a shareholder and director of the East India Company, I feel very ashamed of leaking the important internal military deployment of the company. However, I am very calm before God, because I am not attacking my friends in their sleep I was slaughtered. Even if it hurts my business reputation, I don’t hesitate. I don’t know this way of expressing friendship, do you think it is worth a thousand gold in line with the friendship that your country has always advertised?”

You anti-bone boy who eats noodles at the bottom of the bowl!

After thinking about it again, Pei Lin felt relieved.He is a rebel against the Dutch, but not ours. What he sold was the interests of the so-called East India Company, not our South China Army's interests!

However, what he said was very terrible!

The Dutch assembled so many ships and men, and so many pirate gangs, what were they going to do? !

Batavia is within easy reach of Lijiapo, Manjaka City, Penang Island, Lingjiawei Island, and Chai Stick. Once the Dutch make any moves, they are probably contributing tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver to the South China Army every day. This waterway will be cut off!

What's more terrible is that the ships traveling between Telugu and Goa will be harassed and intercepted by the Dutch. Needless to say, those ships carry valuables such as gold and gems, as well as the cotton and horses that the South China Army urgently needs All will become delicacies on the lips of others.

"There is no joke in the army! Mr. Basten must not joke about such things."

Looking into Li Peilin's eyes, Basten suddenly felt that he had never been so timid when encountering a storm at sea. This seemingly frail and gentle guy turned out to be just his disguise!Once the disguise was stripped off, his whole body exuded a terrifying smell from the inside out!

"I still want to save this life and go back to Amsterdam to enjoy life!"

It took a while for Mr. Basten to answer Peilin's question with such a sentence popping out from the tip of his tongue.

"Come here! Serve Mr. Basten a new pot of tea! Desserts are waiting for you!"

"Convene the Military Division, the Camp Affairs Division, the divisions responsible for the administration, and the meeting office to discuss matters in the conference hall! The principals of the Law Enforcement Division, the Business Intelligence Division, and the Statistics Division come together!"

After repeated orders, Basten's dazzled plates of delicious and delicate snacks were brought up. Those beautiful little snacks made him feel like he couldn't bear to talk.

"What do you think should be done?!"

Combining the information disclosed by Basten and the information collected by intelligence agencies such as the Business Intelligence Office and the Statistics Office, people came to the conclusion that this group of Dutchmen has gathered so many people, and they are definitely going to fight a big battle!Even Liu Laoxiang, whose sea strength is comparable to that of Zheng Zhilong, has appeared in Batavia. Isn't this a big battle?

"The whole army is on alert! All young men everywhere are mobilized! Prepare to do a big job!"

The faces of several young staff officers of the military division were flushed with excitement, and they kept rubbing their hands together, as if they could go straight to Batavia with just one order!

"My lord, I don't think the red-haired barbarians may want to start a war with us."

Chen Tianhua, who has been in charge of the affairs of the camp affairs office, put several summary reports on the table, and expressed his opinion in a shocking way.

"War is the same as doing business. You must first calculate your own capital and calculate the pros and cons. How much you can earn if you earn, and how much you will lose if you lose. Then look at the capital and strength of your opponent, will you Not a single scum that was swallowed by the opponent remains."

"Although the Dutch are somewhat dissatisfied with us occupying the Managa waterway and setting up customs on both sides of the waterway to collect taxes, we have never touched their spice planting business on the Java islands. River water. We can even escort his ships for part of the voyage, as long as they pay their taxes at customs."

"Similarly, when their so-called East India Company came to Nanzhong to purchase various commodities, we also treated them equally."

Several officials of the Husi also kept nodding their heads in agreement.

"However, the hearts of the people are not enough to swallow the elephant!" Chen Tianhua changed the subject, "The Dutch regard the trade with the mainland, Dayuan, Japan and other places as a taboo, and Zheng Zhilong and we both have conflicts with these red-haired barbarians in this area. Right now, although this generation is hindered from purchasing all kinds of materials from our Nanzhong and transporting them back to their hometown to sell for huge profits, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhilong are at war with each other!"

"General Chen means that the purpose of the Dutch gathering a large number of gunboats from the East India Company and entangled Liu Laoxiang's bandits this time is to monopolize the trade activities with the mainland and Japan?"

"Master Chang Shi, this is just my humble opinion. I think that this generation's wolfish ambitions have been revealed many times over the years, asking my Ming Dynasty to only conduct trade with the Dutch family. And they have repeatedly harassed the coastal areas."

. . . . .

After eating a few plates of dim sum, Basten was still a little unsatisfied, "If this kind of dim sum is brought to Paris, I'm afraid that if I eat a plate of dim sum, that shitty princess from last time will run into my bedroom by itself. Raise your ass and beg me!" He thought about the scene in his mind, and couldn't help but smile twice.

"Mr. Basten, I have been busy with mundane affairs and kept you waiting for a long time."

Li Peilin, who was full of vigor, walked in accompanied by Tong Shiran.

On his desk, he took a piece of letterhead with the words General's Mansion printed on it, Peilin wrote a few lines on it, and asked Tong Shi to hand it to Basten.

"The things you want, I have approved for my lord. You can take this warrant to the Hanyuan Company to handle the delivery. After you are done, return to Batavia. If there is any situation, please send someone to the Hanyuan Company in Lijiapo. Say yes, and we will remember your friendship!"

Orders were sent from Hue by speeding messengers and ships along the roads and routes, "Officials at all levels must be on duty, soldiers cancel their vacations and control going out, artillery is put on combat readiness, and battalions go to the warehouse to collect ammunition! "

"The first batch of strong men should report to the village official!"

"Villages and villages must be strictly inspected to guard against spies!"

The South Central Army entered a state of combat readiness. (To be continued..)