Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

The anchor of the Lookout had already been raised, and when everyone gathered, Huang Ding immediately gave the order to Captain Ferreira to set sail.The captive sailors began to work under the pressure of pistols and knives.A sailor deceived the soldiers and wanted to play some tricks, but was immediately stabbed on the deck by the soldiers of the marine regiment who were watching.

"So these pirates know how to sail!" Captain Ferreira exclaimed inwardly.He didn't want to suffer such inexplicable casualties anymore, so he ordered to his sailors: "Sail the boat well." Then he begged Huang Ding: "We surrendered, can we guarantee our lives?"

Huang Ding glanced at Captain Ferreira and replied, "Surrender! Don't kill!"

There was no doubt about the departure of the Lookout in Dayuan Port.In fact, at this time, many nearby ships are also lifting anchor and sailing. There is a lot of gunpowder on the two burning ships. When the gunpowder explodes, the nearby ships will also harm the fish in the pond, so these ships must avoid to a safe distance. Read the full text of Soul Alone.

But Huang Ding's heart was in his throat.The speed of a ship that has just set sail is quite slow, and the fort near the port covers the entire port. As long as there is something wrong with your ship, the artillery on the fort can easily sink your ship.

Fortunately, those Dutch colonists were particularly reassured about the safety of the officers, and they didn't even think about the enemy's surprise attack.Otherwise, two ships in the port caught fire one after another, which is enough to make people vigilant, and they thought it was just an accident, just a coincidence.Therefore, those Dutch colonists would never have thought that someone would hijack a ship.

After dawn, the Dutch governor of Taiwan learned of the surprise attack from the survivors.The surprise attacker knew without thinking that it was the Runing Army outside the fortress.It's just that the raiders' method of getting in and out of the port is quite puzzling.It can only be considered as swimming.

If you are attacked in a hostile state, you can only consider yourself unlucky, and it is impossible to go out of the fortress to retaliate. The last fiasco caused the Dutch colonists to suffer too many casualties.The governor can only strengthen the port guards to prevent surprise attacks from happening again.

The Dutch colonists had no idea that another ship had been hijacked.Even if someone told them, they would not believe it.Because this is too far-fetched, to steal a ship from under their noses without any movement?Could it be that the people on that ship were all dead?There will never be such a thing. [

Moreover, the Lookout was about to set sail at dawn, and the Dutch colonists thought that the Lookout was just leaving early and was on its way to Kyushu, Japan.As for the Dutch ship that later arrived in Kyushu, Japan, they did not find out the news of the Lookout, and they only thought that the Lookout was wrecked at sea.

It wasn't until the ship caused a sensation in Nanjing and the news spread back to Fujian that the Dutch colonists didn't know that their merchant ship had been hijacked by the Runing Army.But at this time.The Lookout had already set sail for Huanggang.The Dutch colonists could only reach beyond their reach.

"Treasurer Wei! This is not very good! It's good for you to get on the boat. But with so many people, the villain is afraid that something will change!" Huang Ding said pitifully.

"Come on! Don't you see that the people who boarded the boat are all the heroes and everyone from Jinling City? They are all powerless, what is Company Commander Huang afraid of? Could it be that they will still snatch the boat and the family? Besides. Have you seen that Mr. Hou? His father is the teacher of the lord; look at the two masters there, they are all lord's sweethearts! They want to board the boat, can we twist our thin arms?" The shopkeeper Wei is also helpless.

The Voyage's voyage along the way was quite logical.After all, the soldiers of the Marine Corps were not familiar with driving a brig, but they had no problem identifying the course.Besides, the course is easy to recognize, just go north along the coastline.So the Lookout entered the Yangtze River Estuary very logically.

But as soon as it entered Wusongkou, the Lookout was immediately discovered by the local fort and navy.In order to prevent Japanese pirates from going up the river, the imperial court set up naval forces and forts here.Although the Ming army here has been somewhat extinct due to the corruption of the military system, it is still no problem to find a Western sailing ship that is completely different from the Ming Dynasty ship.

The Wusongkou Fort and the Navy are in a mess.What is this?Could it be that Xiyang Fanzi tore up the agreement with Daming and entered the Yangtze River?Could it be that the Japanese pirates have stopped and there will be riots?But all of us are busy farming and growing vegetables.There are not many who can even shoot cannons, and the navy's ships have been in disrepair for many years. I don't know if they will fall apart when they reach the mouth of the Yangtze River?

It was the guerrilla of Wusong's saliva division who reacted first.If it was a Fanzi invasion, there wouldn't be only such a ship!Or send someone to contact you first!This contact shocked the officers and soldiers of the fort and navy at Wusongkou.

After seeing the contact person sent, Huang Ding was very polite, he explained the situation truthfully, and also sent a articulate soldier to take Huang Ding to report the president and go to the naval guerrilla to contact .

After inquiring about the situation, the naval guerrilla realized that it was Zongbing Wu from Runing, Henan, who sent General Huang to Yizhou to fight against Xiyangfanzi, and took one of Xiyangfanzi's boats. The ship was captured.

Seeing that the confession was true, he sent someone to the Lookout to verify it, and the naval guerrilla was elated. It turned out that he was not a fan, but an officer of the Ming Dynasty!Don't fight now.As for why the Runing General Soldier in Henan sent people to Yizhou to fight against the Western Fanzi?That kind of thing is still a headache for the court, anyway, it has nothing to do with me.

After he was relieved, the naval guerrilla immediately became gossipy, and he asked the liaison soldier of the Runing Army about the battle situation.The soldier had a good eloquence, and the thrill of this special warfare could be adapted into a movie. Besides, this incident was extremely advocating the country's prestige and aspirations, which made the naval guerrilla excited and amazed.

Afterwards, the navy guerrilla even sent a batch of fresh melons and vegetables aboard as rewards.Of course, he also immediately sent a message to explain the situation at the checkpoints along the Yangtze River, and escorted the Lookout to Nanjing on the only [-]-material ship in the navy.

It is better to pass the news by land than by water, so when the Lookout came to anchor at Nanjing Wharf, this legend had already been spread throughout the city of Nanjing.And the troublemakers have long been waiting for the arrival of this ship.I just want to witness these heroes and Western ships with my own eyes.

And Huang Ding also needs to berth in Nanjing, he needs to sell the goods on the ship in Nanjing, and the shopkeeper Wei is the big shopkeeper of the Nanjing branch of the Four Seas Commercial Bank, and he is responsible for selling these goods. [

It is conceivable what happened afterwards, as the most annoying group of people in Jinling City, scholars like Hou Fangyu and everyone wanted to board the boat for a visit, so they threw the problem to the shopkeeper Wei.

And how dare shopkeeper Wei not agree?Not to mention the relationship between Wu Shigong and Hou Fangyu's Hou family, just Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo, these days Jinling City has been spreading: In order to rescue the two of them, Wu Shigong even disregarded his own safety in Runing, and sent tens of thousands of troops to Nanzhi The hero came to save the beauty.So how dare Shopkeeper Wei offend these two future mistresses?

But Huang Ding was not happy, this involved the principle of confidentiality of the Runing Army, and no one should be allowed to visit the warship casually.But when he heard that Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo were the mistresses, Huang Ding was immediately dumbfounded, and he didn't dare to stop them anymore.

So when Huang Ding organized soldiers to line up to greet him, Hou Fangyu felt that he had more face among the scholars and everyone, so he was the first to board the boat excitedly, but Huang Ding and the others only bowed to Hou Fangyu for a while. Dali, but when they saw Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo who were wearing veils, they knelt and kowtowed together in salute: "Greetings to the mistress!"

This unexpected episode made the scholars like Hou Fangyu laugh out loud, and it also made Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo blush.It was the shopkeeper Wei who immediately smoothed things over, took the scholar and everyone to visit the ship, asked the articulate soldier to tell the story again, and then took Captain Ferreira and the others as gorillas, and came out for everyone to visit.Finally, I gave some gifts to everyone. Of course, Hou Fangyu, Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo gave the most important gifts, and everyone was happy.

Afterwards, there is no need for a detailed list of how the treasurer Wei made public relations in Nanjing, how to send a heavy gift to thank the naval guerrilla, anyway, after unloading the cargo, the Lookout set sail again, and arrived at the Runing Army in early November of the tenth year of Chongzhen. Huanggang Pier.

In Nanjing City, there was also a person who noticed this incident.It was Bishop Wren who was Catholic in Nanjing.For this reason, he called his right-hand man, Father Lai, and he arranged: "Father Carrera in the interior of the Ming Dynasty has been writing letters, saying that his place is the Holy Land of God, and General Wu there can't help preaching. But because of the war there , I have not sent anyone there. Seeing that General Wu has seized the Dutch merchant ship, I am curious. You can work hard and take a group of believers to Father Carrera's place to observe carefully. Can you spread more? Some light of God."

"Yes! My lord bishop!"

The Bishop of Wren didn't care about the Dutch ship captured by the Runing army.In the eyes of a devout Catholic priest like Father Wren, these Puritans in the Netherlands are simply dirtier than pagans. In his heart, he wished that the Runing Army could hit the Puritans more.

After the navy division of the Runing Army learned that they had seized this western ship, they immediately felt like they had found a treasure.Although the ship is a merchant ship and the cannons on the ship are not placed in the cabin, the structure of the ship, the style of the sails, and the method of operation have greatly inspired the shipbuilders.Coupled with the help of the captured Dutch sailors, the shipbuilding technology of the Runing Army immediately took a leap forward.

And the Runing Army has another unexpected harvest.When Wu Shigong learned that Huang Qifa had seized the plate armor used by the Dutch colonists, he immediately ordered the plate armor to be sent to Runing.Seeing the Western plate armor with simple craftsmanship and low cost, the workshop director of the Runing Army was immediately shocked, and they immediately started imitation work.

But as soon as the imitation was imitated, the workshop director discovered a big problem. The plate armor was too large, and it was labor-intensive to hammer it, and it was a test of the blacksmith's skill, so the workshop director immediately started technical research.