Blood from Daming

Chapter 477 Navy
The [-] ships of the First Fleet led by Liu Ben, Wu Dahai and Wu Yang returned to the outer waters of Hangzhou Bay. According to the meaning conveyed by the lord Xue Yun, they directly let the two merchant ships returning to Hangzhou City enter the inland river. The first fleet of Wu Dahai and Wu Yang A fleet took two pirate ships to Dachangtu Island.

It just so happens that the Red Blood Princess of Manthorn Canada arrived at Dachangtu Island by boat. Xue Yun met the Red Blood Princess in Yan Sanniang's yard. There are a large number of ships, and even the sea route to the West has been basically cut off. If this continues, the regime in exile of Manchuria may not last long.

Princess Chixue smiled and said, "Is this Palace calling you Young Master Zhu, or General Xue?"

Xue Yun smiled slightly and said: "It seems that the princess is in a good mood, you can call her whatever you want."

The Scarlet Blood Princess said: "General Xue, the boats promised last time were not delivered, but it was all because Zheng Zhilong used his power to bully others to rob us of the fleet of Manstabana. I don't know how the general will handle this matter."

Xue Yun said: "Your Highness, what is the military strength of your Manchujia Kingdom in our Ming Dynasty?"

The Scarlet Blood Princess said: "Due to the pressure from the Ming court, the Manchuga Kingdom only has some escort capabilities on the sea, which is okay to deal with ordinary pirates, but not for big pirates like Zheng Zhilong. Thousands of families can be organized in various strongholds on land. I'm afraid they won't be able to reach the coast of Fujian, and they will be wiped out by the Ming Dynasty's army as bandits."

Xue Yun sat there silently after hearing Princess Scarlet Blood's words. Princess Red Blood asked cautiously: "General Xue, can you deal with Zheng Zhilong first and then recover Taiwan Island?"

Xue Yun raised his head and looked at it for a while. The Scarlet Blood Princess was a little embarrassed by Xue Yun's look. The Scarlet Blood Princess with a fierce face pretending to be delicate, I really can't stand it, but I also sympathize with the Scarlet Blood Princess, but Xue Yun will not give in for a woman on major issues.

So Xue Yun shook his head slowly to Princess Scarlet Blood, and Princess Red Blood blinked at Xue Yun and said, "Young Master Xue, can you find a way to get the best of both worlds between Zheng Zhilong and Taiwan Island?"

Xue Yun said in a low voice: "The general can consider it, but he won't make any promises to Her Highness the Princess."

At this time, the soldiers also came in to report, looking at Princess Scarlet Blood without saying a word, Xue Yun said: "If you have something to say, it's okay to say it."

The soldiers reported: "General, our first fleet has returned, and the captured pirate ships have also returned."

The Scarlet Blood Princess said: "General Xue, you clashed with that band of pirates."

Xue Yun said, "It's Yang Liu's subordinate."

Princess Chixue looked better when she heard this: "This Yang Liu is not a good guy either, he followed Zheng Zhilong to take advantage of the fire to rob."

Xue Yun said: "Speaking of which, you provoked it yourself. Which one of the people floating on the sea is a good stubble. After this general takes Taiwan Island, he will uproot Zheng Zhilong."

Princess Chixue smiled coquettishly: "Sister Yan has gone to Hangzhou City, brother Yun might as well stay here for a while."

Xue Yundao: "No problem, our Changtu Island has a house dedicated to receiving distinguished guests. After a while, the general will ask his personal soldiers to take Her Royal Highness there."

The red blood princess scolded coquettishly: "Xue Yun, what do you mean, Yumu head."

Xue Yun said with a smile: "Your Highness, I am afraid of the general's illness."

Scarlet Blood Princess stomped her feet angrily and left the courtyard where Xue Yun was. Xue Yun secretly laughed that such a woman really needs to be trained, otherwise if she gets attached to her, the backyard will catch fire. If she accepts that she has all the beautiful women, I have no possibility of letting go out of national interests and personal feelings.

Xue Yun met Liu Ben, Wu Dahai, Wu Yang and others in person, and asked about the situation of the Heishuigou naval battle. Liu Ben told Xue Yun frankly that the single-ship combat effectiveness of the Yang Liu pirates was obviously higher than that of the Xue family's navy. The 23 sea-going ships in the fleet are almost five to one against the five pirate ships, but the gunfire is not as good as that of the pirates, and the accuracy of shooting is also poor. In the end, we still rely on the tactics of pack wolves. The attack defeated the pirates, but unfortunately one of the pirate ships chose to sink itself. Xue Jiajun's navy killed 83 people and injured more than 100 people.

Wu Yang said ashamedly: "General, the combat effectiveness of our navy is much worse than that of the pirates. If it wasn't for the help of explosives and grenades, I am afraid that the pirates will suffer a lot."

Wu Dahai said: "General, we lack long-distance artillery, so many brothers were killed and injured, and the casualties were difficult to control, but we all ignored the pirate shipwreck, so half of the brothers who got on the shipwreck were not rescued."

After hearing this, Xue Yun said: "It is always a good thing to win a battle, and you will gain wisdom if you suffer from it. If there is a problem, you should summarize it well, mobilize the officers and soldiers on board to give more opinions, sort out the situation, study hard, and improve our navy as soon as possible. comprehensive strength."

Xue Yun looked at the list that Liu Ben handed to him. On the two captive pirate ships, there were 270 and eight captured pirates, 42 large and small cannons, and each ship had a large Francophone. Western goods, it is estimated that these pirate ships are greedy. After robbing merchant ships and gaining profits, they are still cruising on the sea to pick up cheap, and they insist on making a lot of money.

Liu Ben said: "Master, according to the pirates, the leader of the pirates is Yang Qi, but Yang Qi's ship abandoned some supplies and fled. In addition, these pirates claimed that they had already died and belonged to the officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy. Xue Jiajun let them go."

Xue Yun said with a smile: "Why are the officers and soldiers still robbing at sea? If the officers and soldiers really couldn't keep them, they will hand over the captives to Lou San to see if there are any talents that our Xue family army can use, otherwise they will all be rejected." Go to the East China Sea to feed the fish and shrimp."

After Liu Ben, Wu Dahai, and Wu Yang left, Xue Yun called Lou San and Medical Officer Lu, and asked Lou San to bring a batch of supplies and food to reward the First Fleet of the Navy and receive pirate prisoners, and asked Medical Officer Lu to bring a batch of special medicine to the dock Rescue the seriously wounded.

After the matter was dealt with, Xue Yun stood in front of the Da Ming East, West and Ocean charts in the room, sighing secretly in his heart. The navy he established was five against one, and he fought hand-to-hand with pirates. Does your own fleet still have a chance of winning? It seems that it is necessary to speed up the maritime armed training of the second, third, fourth, and fifth fleets that are still unable to conduct naval battles. Xue Yun is worried about the future Taiwan naval battle and Taiwan landing battle.

Knowing that Xue Yun had tricked Princess Scarlet Blood, she forced herself to eat some lunch arranged by the reception department of Changtu Island, and then plunged into Xue Yun's office. Princess Scarlet Blood spent the whole afternoon with Xue Yun, Xue Yun Nor did he let go of major decisions, but only expressed that his naval power is limited and he is willing to provide support to the Canadian merchant fleet if conditions permit.

However, the Scarlet Blood Princess is not without gains. Xue Yun entrusted the Red Blood Princess to deal with the supplies seized by Xue Jiajun's navy for the first time at sea out of reputation considerations and compensation for the Scarlet Blood Princess. This has left almost no business to do recently. The Canadian commercial system can start working again.

The Scarlet Blood Princess saw the considerable profits from handling pirate supplies, and immediately reached a long-term qualification with Xue Yun to manage the disposal rights of the Xue Family Army's loot. Finally happily left the courtyard where Xue Yun worked, and before leaving, he once again stated that the Manchujia Kingdom will always be valid for Xue Yun's land-cutting and marriage.

Xue Yun watched the Scarlet Blood Princess leave coyly, and secretly laughed in his heart. He hasn't seen any country that insists on giving away the country. He further tied himself to the chariot of Manthorn Jiaguo. In fact, Xue Yun didn't want to pull the Manthorn Jiaguo of the Scarlet Blood Princess on his chariot.

Yan Sanniang returned to Hangzhou City under the escort of five large ships. Yan Sanniang thought that it would be shocking for the three hundred soldiers to go back to the Yan Mansion together, so she asked the soldiers to stay on the boat and go to the manor outside Hangzhou to rest after dark. Then they entered the Yan Mansion in Hangzhou City in batches, so that Yan Sanniang took her original team to the dock and returned to Hangzhou City immediately.

Yan Sanniang, who had been away from Hangzhou City for more than two months, returned to Yan Mansion. Wang Defa, Min Chenglin, and Min Bo of the Hundred Households came to the inner room to report the situation to Yan Sanniang. Officially, the whole Hangzhou was relatively stable. It was also flourishing, but recently there were some rumors in Hangzhou that the Xue family was planning to plot something wrong, which made some officials and businessmen less contact with the Yan Mansion.

Next, Yan Sanniang met with Master Zheng and [Sanjiang Huitong] shopkeeper Xiao Du respectively, and learned from Master Zheng that there was indeed an undercurrent in the officialdom targeting the Xue family, mainly because of the ups and downs of the Xue family's status in the capital. Caused by it, but the merchants pay more attention to actual profit. The merchants of Hangzhou Prefecture who made profits in the [Sanjiang Huitong] trade and took advantage of the Datong Mansion have a good impression of the Xue family. According to the shopkeeper Xiao Du of [Sanjiang Huitong], although there are some official rumors, the monthly profit of the business of [Sanjiang Huitong] is increasing month by month.

(End of this chapter)