Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

As one of the most famous fishing grounds in the world, Ezodi can provide tens of thousands of tons of fish catches every year, but the technology of the Ainu people is extremely primitive, and they can only fish in the offshore, so they missed this treasure for nothing.Of course, Huaxia's level is actually half a catty. Fortunately, as one of the practical courses in the Naval University, one of the only whaling fleets is set up in Ezo. While capturing many whales that cruise here for food, , and can also occasionally catch some deep-sea fish and go back to improve the food for the garrison.

One day in August of the eighth year of Wucheng, there was no wave on the surface of the North Pacific Ocean. Under the clear sky, whales spit out water jets happily, and everything seemed so peaceful.However, at the beginning of noon, the alternate military officers of the navy, who were preparing to hunt whales, suddenly noticed a striking white sail in the distance.

It's strange, because of military discipline, no one looked at Fanying repeatedly, but the young military officers who were immersed in their work were all wondering, when did our side send ships to the north to investigate?If it wasn't his own ship, how could there be a Yangyi fast ship in this ghost place?In other words, Yangyi has infiltrated this forbidden area and Huaxia doesn't know it yet.

at this time.The messenger ship escorting the whaling ship went up decisively, and the ship was still sailing. The ship commander Yang Chen also asked his deputy Zuo Shaoben suspiciously: "Isn't it the fast ship sent by the navy to explore the north?"

Zuo Shaoben shook his head: "Probably not, the fast boats sent by the navy to explore the north usually go inland, and rarely appear overseas, and even if they take an overseas route, they will stop at Kushiro Port. Supplies, we have no reason not to know."

"Is it possible to go north from the inner ocean and return to the south from the outer ocean?" Yang Chen proposed another possibility. "This may be due to the relationship between news transmission, let us miss it."

"I'm afraid it's not right." Zuo Shaoben still shook his head. "Now the official road between Ishikarigawa Port and Kushiro Port has been repaired almost, and the messenger sent by the tutelary government will be able to transmit the news from Ishikarigawa Port to Kushiro within three days, so even if you count us The delay in leaving and returning to Hong Kong, at least we can know the news ten and a half months ago."

After saying this, Yang Chen also understood: "That's right, but recently, I haven't heard that the Navy has sent any reconnaissance ships to the north."

Today, the main forces of the Beiguo Navy are concentrated in the three tutelary forts of Lushun, Fukang, and Seogwipo. The rest of the tutelary forts, such as Mayangdao and Ezodi, have limited forces and are mostly supported by their own offshore fleets.Most of the energy of the upper echelon of the Navy was concentrated on a few limited major issues such as threatening the Qing court's Bohai Sea defense line, deterring Japan, and assisting in defending North Korea. Ezo, which has no foreign invasion, is more worthy of attention.

Of course, this does not mean the marginalization of the tutelary fortress in Ezo. In fact, because the frigid forests produced in Ezo and Kunai are the high-quality materials for making naval ships, the shipyard in Ezo has always been a The most important logistics unit of the Beiguo Navy, and as the future whaling fleet of the Navy, there is also one in Ezo, so the strength of the Ezo guarding the government has been increasing, but compared to other aspects, It seems to be insufficient.

Today, the core forces of the Ezodi tutelary fort are six 18-spec Daifuku ships and four [-]-spec Hirotsu ships. Although these Fu ships and Canton ships are not suitable for naval warfare in the open sea, they are used to defend Ishikarigawa Port and Kushiro in conjunction with forts. In addition, there are six third-class messenger ships patrolling the entire island every other day in the tutelary mansion, forming a waterway warning line; as for the whaling fleet of the Naval University Hall, it is not without some guarding power. No, Yang Chen and Zuo Shaoben said that the [Ghost Place NO.[-]] commanded and controlled was one of the four guarded second-class letter ships.

"That would be Yang Yi?" Yang Chen muttered. "The course looks a little wrong. Could it be that I went to the north and found something wrong, so I came back? But it's not right, at least there are three-masted ships on the sea, and the report only found one mast. Could it be? Broken in the storm?"

"My lord, don't guess, just take a closer look." Zuo Shaoben suggested. "Even if it's a big ship from Yangyi, there's nothing to be afraid of right now." That's right. Battle at sea mainly depends on speed. "Maybe we can also see from those fledgling little guys how we play civet cats with elephants."

"It's a good idea, I like it." Yang Chen ordered to the cable captain on the boat with a smile on his face. "The tiger is big, raise the full sail, let's teach those foreigners who don't know the height of the sky and the depth of the earth"

[Ghost Place NO.18] We are getting closer and closer to the incoming ship, but the closer we get to each other, the tighter the brows of everyone on board.

How could this be a three-masted foreign ship, it was clearly a single-masted boat!If the Yangyi in the south use such a boat to explore north, it is probably no different from seeking their own death.So the question is, who owns this boat?And how did they sail into this piece of water that China regards as forbidden?

Seeing the ghostly face in the binoculars, Yang Chen said bitterly: "Yang Yi seems to be quite happy to see us, what is this? Do you want us to let go of our guard?"

Yang Chen ordered: "The lookout post shouted, let them lower the sails, if they don't understand, let the cannon teach them to understand!"

Amidst the rumble of cannons, the incoming ship, which was significantly smaller than the two-masted signal ship, tried to turn around and escape in a panic, but was soon interrupted by a flying chain bullet, and collapsed like a dead fish. on the ocean.Zuo Shaoben then led a team of sailors to paddle a small boat and approached. Under the threat of the cannons of [Ghost No. Get on board and take control of the entire ship.

"I protest that we are a peaceful Russian geographical expedition commissioned by His Majesty the Great Tsar and his agent, His Excellency the Governor of Siberia. You cannot and must not treat us like this. This is an offense to His Majesty the Great Tsar. This is an extremely serious provocation. , This will cause a war between the two countries!"

As soon as Zuo Shaoben boarded the boat, a person rushed out from the crowd of ghosts and yelled at him, but Zuo Shaoben and the Chinese soldiers couldn't understand the weird Russian language that he pronounced quickly, so Zuo Shaoben just raised the short gun in his hand, and the cursing ghost subconsciously retreated back to the crowd, which caused a burst of ridicule from the sailors of [Ghost Place NO.18].

"What's so funny, don't disarm them quickly, and then search the boat carefully for me. If anyone slips through the net, the amount of training will be doubled after returning." Zuo Shaoben sternly ordered, and under his urging, the sailors They quickly entered the fighting state, and found a lot of weapons of all kinds from the Russians in front of them. "The equipment is quite complete." Zuo Shaoben sneered. "Take them away in batches. As for this boat, drag it back and let those boys practice their skills."

Escorting the Russians back to Kushiro Port, the deputy envoy of the tutelary government was also shocked, but no one in the port could understand the language of these uninvited guests, so they had to be escorted to Ishikarigawa Port as a last resort.In this way, from Kushiro to Ishikari River, from Ishikari River to Seogwipo, from Seogwipo to Penghu, before the report was passed on to Zheng Kezang's desk, this group of northern ghosts had been escorted thousands of miles away. They completed the "expedition" course that they never dreamed of.

"The Yi Wenguan in Penghu used the known Yi language to inquire, and finally found out that the people captured in Eizi could speak a little red-haired language and a little Latin." It was a big case before he left office, so he naturally didn't plan to share the credit with the latecomers. "That's how we got Gai Yi's confession."

Zheng Kezang looked at the report from the governor's yamen: "Eros, I didn't expect that after going south from the land and being blocked by the Qing, the country actually came up with the idea of ​​coming from the sea. The country is aggressive, and the tigers and wolves are wild. Even better than the Qing captives, there is nothing to talk about with them, and all the dry barbarians will be sent to the mines in Qiongzhou."

Zheng Kezang was about to end the matter, but Yu Ping said: "Your Majesty, Eros has met the Qing captives before. If so, it is possible for our court to win him over to deal with the Qing captives."

Zheng Kezang asked back with displeasure: "Yu Qing, do you know why the Song Dynasty perished?"

"Ah!" Yu Ping was taken aback. "Your Majesty, what do you mean is that Eros and our dynasty are just like the Northern Song Dynasty and Jurchen, Southern Song Dynasty and Mongolia?" Zheng Kezang nodded lightly, and Yu Ping realized that he had almost offended Zheng Kezang, so he hurriedly corrected Wrong Way. "I'm stupid, I don't know that this will attract wolves into the house."

"It doesn't matter." Zheng Kezang waved his hand. "People in the world only know the immediate benefits, how can they see the future disasters." Even so, Zheng Kezang still knocked. "However, as a minister, you have to take a long-term view. You must know that the current territory of the Qing Dynasty must be the future territory of our dynasty, and there is absolutely no place to hand over to others. What's more, I have the ambition to restore the former Mongolian territory. , which is bound to conflict with Eros."

"My lord," Yu Ping couldn't help admonishing him. "The bitter cold in the north is not suitable for our people to live in"

"Stupid!" Zheng Kezang interrupted Yu Ping's unfinished words. "Do you think I'm being aggressive?" Yu Ping knelt down in fright, Zheng Kezang said without looking at him. "The bitter cold in the north is not suitable for people to live in. Don't the Oros people live very comfortably? Besides, you are about to be transferred to the minister of the Yantie Yamen Association. How can you not know the benefits of salt and iron! There are thousands of miles in the north! Bao, if I don’t take it from the court, I will bring disaster to my descendants! You understand.”

"I understand!" Even if he didn't understand, Yu Ping wanted to explain it now. "I ask the sage to punish you for discussing state policy indiscriminately."

"Punishment is unnecessary." Zheng Kezang asked Yu Ping to get up. "I know your loyalty, I don't want to make enemies everywhere, I have to eat every bite, I understand this truth"