Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

On the third day of February in the 15th year of Huaxia Wucheng, a two-masted letter ship carrying the flag of the Huaxia Western Navy sailed into the waters near Dawei, a port in southern Myanmar.As if an unexpected shark had disturbed the whole school of fish, several fishing boats that seemed to be casting nets quickly surrounded them, and some of them looked very much like bird boats that are common in southern China.

Seeing these slow-moving guys approaching, the Xinbao ship did not use its speed to throw off the opponent, but lowered the speed and stopped the ship, but the eight guns on both sides had all been opened, and looking inward, the black hole The muzzle was aimed in the direction of the incoming ship.

Different from the tense atmosphere of the gunners and sailors, the commander of the ship at the helm talked and laughed with the people around him very firmly: "In the past five years, the 36 Western families have made progress. They dared to block the imperial court's military flag. If it weren't for There is just a lack of pilots for Dawei, so I really want to do it with them."

Regarding the self-confidence of the second-class lieutenant, the interlocutor with a higher status laughed it off: "Cong Shilang, you [Jingsu No. 27] still want to fight against the brigade's fire attack boat, forget it, and wait for you to do it." Let’s wait for the cruiser’s ship command.”

The ship commander smiled awkwardly: "If you can't win, you can always run away. Besides, you can take advantage of your speed to clean up slowly." [

"If this is the open sea, maybe what you said makes sense, but," the interlocutor pointed to the faintly visible land. "I rushed to the shore with this rush, how do you turn around? When you have no time to turn around, they will rush forward like a pack of wolves. The small body of [Jingsu No. 27] is really not enough for them to swallow alive."

The ship commander shrank his neck: "Master Hua, is it as exaggerated as you said, I can completely move along the coastline in parallel."

"Do you know where are the shallows and where are the hidden reefs?" the Master Hua asked back. "Still know that the wind direction can't change suddenly or stop? What? I don't know, so why do you use the speed of the ship to attack the enemy's complete formation in the offshore? That's suicide, and it's suicide with a boat of brothers." Looking at Being blushed by the thick-necked boat commander, Mr. Hua taught him as someone who had experienced it. "In just a few years, have you returned all the things you learned in the Naval University to the teacher?"

"Isn't that what the officer said, sir, why do you take it seriously?" The ship commander felt a little aggrieved. "Only when you're in a daze, the officer will come to fight these flat-bottomed galleys close to the sea."

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"When you mentioned the word "fighting", you already fainted." Master Hua pointed out. "Now is not the time when three thousand material ships propped up the defense line of Minhai more than ten years ago. The letter and report ship, you know what it means, sending letters and reconnaissance reports! Your task is not to fight against people, but to use speed to serve the fleet. Even naval service."

Master Hua was teaching the backwards, at this time, the lookout post on the Xinbao ship reported: "My lord, a small boat is approaching."

Master Hua then stopped, walked to the side of the boat and took a look, but it was a crab boat that is common in Southeast Asia. Looking from a distance, the sailor whose skin was dark and shiny under the sun was rowing the oar vigorously. The sixteen oars were raised and lowered in unison, and the boat moved quickly towards [Jingsu No. 27].

Mrs. Hua commented: "The sailors seem to be well-trained, and the 36 Western companies really deserve their reputation."

After waiting for a while, the crab boat approached [Jingsu No. 27]. Someone on the boat shouted in Hokkien: "Put down the rope ladder."

Master Hua glanced at the ship's commander, who comprehended the sailors to lower the rope ladder. After a while, a man who looked like a small boss climbed up: "This is the territory of the king of Burma, why did you break in at will?"

Before the words were finished, Master Hua shouted: "Presumptuous, this is a Chinese warship, which symbolizes the majesty of our emperor. Who are you, you dare to speak nonsense this time, you must know that even the Lord of Burma has to be respectful when seeing our envoys! My dear, let alone you are a Chinese citizen, don’t forget your ancestors just by wearing Burmese clothes, don’t you know that the imperial court never forgives traitors, or the 36 western families have already decided to treason! "

The little boss was stunned by what he said, and it took a long time to come back to his senses: "This official, this is in Myanmar now, you, what kind of prestige are you playing, who, who is afraid of you?"

Before he finished speaking, the ship commander who received the hint from Master Hua ordered: "Throw him into the sea."

The Xia army sailors swarmed up like wolves and tigers, grabbed the desperately struggling little leader and threw it into the sea. The sound of the body falling into the water made the sailors on the crab boat flustered, but they heard the Xia army sailors on the [Jingsu No. 27] going down. Spread the word: "Next time find someone who can speak human language."

Three days later, in the Governor's Mansion in Dawei, a fat guy complained to several people in the seat: "I was called from Zhuangzi in such a hurry that I ran to the ground and killed two horses. If you don’t say anything, what’s the matter!”

One of the few people in the seat said: "Master Qi, please stay calm, this matter has exploded, it cannot be resolved by just you and me, we have to wait for everyone to arrive."

Master Qi is also a person who licks blood with a knife head. Hearing this, he was shocked: "Everyone is here, what's the big deal?"

No one responded to him, Master Qi had no choice but to wait helplessly. As time went by, people arrived one by one, but because of the long distance, everyone's face was not good-looking, but seeing people gathering more and more Too many, this time I have to endure the dissatisfaction in my heart and wait for the host to announce the meeting. [

"Everyone, except for Mr. Zhao's family from Shengxing affiliate who returned home to worship ancestors, and Mr. Li from Guangfa affiliate who went to Xilan to buy goods, everyone else has arrived." As the lights in the room were lit, the meeting finally began. "The reason why all the big guys are invited is because of an earth-shattering event, which is related to the future of our Xiyang 36 family, so I can only wrong everyone for their hard work."

The so-called 36 Western companies refer to the maritime merchants who are also engaged in pirates in the Strait of Malacca and around Tianzhu. The number was originally more than 36. The sum of those who have issued private plunder certificates from the Chinese government and those that have not issued private plunder certificates will total five , NO.60 ship owner.However, as time went by, some people lost their hands when committing crimes, some people were wrecked when encountering wind and waves at sea, some people changed to other routes, and some people made enough money to wash their hands and go home to become Taiping millionaires. Some ship owners were annexed by their own people, so there were only nineteen left in the end.

These nineteen shipowners combined have hundreds of large ships, including Galen-type, Clark-type armed merchant ships, and large ships such as hybrid military transport ships eliminated by the Huaxia military. There are more than a dozen first-class letter ships of the [-] material class, which can be said to be a huge maritime force between Tianzhu and Lingyamen.

It is precisely because of the strength of the sea that the 36 Western countries have not only controlled the entire Mergui Islands from the sea to the land, but also went further to land and seized from the Burmese a large area along the Tanintharyi River to the west of Bilao Dongshan on the Siam-Myanmar border. The land even defeated the crusade army of the Burmese governor in Mawlamyine, and included both sides of the Tuwei River.

Since the territory of Myanmar occupied by the 36 Western families is far away from the core area ruled by the Taungoo Dynasty, the Burmese court felt that sending a large army to attack the above two places was not worth the loss, so it had to silently ignore the occupation of the above two places by the 36 Western families, and appointed the most powerful of the 36 Chinese families. Fang Yunchun was the provincial governor of Dawei, and the other families also received the noble status conferred by the King of Burma.

However, with regard to the fact that the Western 36 Families had separatist regimes in southeast Myanmar, there were always voices within the Toungoo Dynasty calling for peace. Therefore, when Fang Yunchun said that life and death were at stake, most people's first reaction was that Myanmar sent troops.

In this regard, the impatient ones immediately jumped out: Nana's, the tiger didn't show his power and thought we were sick cats, what else did he discuss, and gathered his hands to besiege Mawlamyine, so anxious, I even took down Daguang (Yangon) . "

Fang Yunchun watched everyone's performance calmly, he would not believe that the people present would be so impulsive. You must know that the surviving Western 36 families are all cunning and cunning, those who are really reckless, died long ago Not even the bones were left.

Sure enough, after a while of commotion, the noise subsided, and Fang Yunchun continued, "It's not the Burmese court."

Except for a few people who knew about it in advance, most people were stunned, and many people were whispering, this is not the Burmese court, so where is the crisis coming from?Could it be that the East India companies from the West and West are preparing to join forces to open up the Malacca route?

Still guessing left and right, Fang Yunchun revealed the answer: "Three days ago, the court came."

It was the imperial court, not the Burmese imperial court. After being stunned, everyone became terrified. Compared with the Burmese who have no water power, the strength of the Huaxia Navy is well known to everyone present. Don’t look at the 36 companies with hundreds of boats, a small half of them are Those who are eliminated from the Xia Army Navy are really going to fight against the Huaxia Navy. A cruise fleet of six ships or two cruise fleets of the same size is enough to knock them down---this is not a simple number How many and whether you can fight against artillery fire is a matter of courage, but the difference in training, discipline, and the resulting endurance -- not to mention that the Chinese court does not need to do it yourself, as long as it cuts off the 36 Western countries that sell stolen goods and buy ships. The method is enough for 36 families to drink a pot.

Immediately, someone asked in fear: "The imperial court? What is the imperial court looking for?"

Fang Yunchun said with a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "It's a good thing, the imperial court has decided to recognize your achievements in the colonization of Burma, and grant the status of prefects and prefects to each family according to the internal feudal clan."

The house suddenly became chaotic. The imperial court's recognition of the Nei Fan was an affirmation for most of the people that the cultivation had been completed. However, some sober people asked, "What conditions, what does the imperial court want us to do?"

"It's the imperial court's request." Fang Yunchun said calmly under the expectant eyes of everyone. "First, the imperial court wants to open the southern Burmese town guard house, build a port at the mouth of the Tanintharyi River, and station the Fubo Army. Of course, the imperial court does not want to turn against the Burmese, so the signboard of Myelao has to be kept. , I, the famous governor, still have to hang up."

Fang Yunchun didn't give everyone time to discuss, and went down to himself: "Second, the imperial court wants to recruit our ships to attack Xilan and capture Trincomalee or Colombo under the eyes of the Dutch red barbarians. .”

Fang Yunchun added: "Of course the Western Navy will also send troops to participate."