The Soldier of the Ming Dynasty

It was late at night after the meeting with the officers.

After a busy day, Li Yuanqing was also a little tired. He was ready to let Xiaohe come out to rub his shoulders and get some food to fill his stomach. Niu Gensheng came to Li Yuanqing quickly and reported in a low voice: "general, we have got the schedule of those ladies."

Said, he is busy will a secret letter, respectfully handed to Li Yuanqing hand.

Li Yuanqing opened and scanned it again. A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He said with a smile: "Gensheng, it's hard. You go to the kitchen and let the firemen stir fry some dishes and make more meat. Let's have a drink

Niu Gensheng couldn't help but be overjoyed. It would be a great honor to drink with Li Yuanqing. He nodded his head to do it.

Playing with the secret letter in his hand, Li Yuanqing's eyes narrowed slightly.

According to the information from Manila governor's office, this miss megana will stay in Manila for half a year. At that time, if things go well, she will accompany the Spanish prince back to Europe, and then go to the new world to accompany the prince to take office in the new continent.

But if it doesn't go well, megana doesn't look up to the prince. In two months, the prince will return to Europe to take office in the new world, while megana will stay in Manila to accompany her father, Valen dagama.

I didn't even say a word to megana.

But Li Yuanqing has already understood that she and the prince will stay in Manila for half a year, and then go to the new world together.

Valen dagama, an old dog, has a shrewd abacus.

Later generations have said, "there has never been a free lunch."

If we follow the normal track of things, Li Yuanqing will never have too many contact opportunities with this miss meganna in his life. However, everything depends on people!

Niu Gensheng soon brought wine and vegetables. Li Yuanqing was also a little hungry. While eating, he chatted with Niu Gensheng about his feelings in these days.

Niu Gensheng, as the leader of Li Yuanqing's family soldiers, often takes on the role of an implementer, and his voice is not much.

But Li Yuanqing is very important to him, listen to his feelings carefully.

After drinking a glass of wine, Niu Gensheng looked at Li Yuanqing respectfully and said, "general, I think that no matter how much training you have, you can't compare with the last actual combat. Even though our fleet is backward in equipment, it is large enough. It is like ants that they may not be able to eat elephants! "

Perhaps because he felt the gap between technology and humanity in the west, Niu Gensheng's words were somewhat blunt, and he was obviously not reconciled.

After all, he has been following Li Yuanqing for so many years. It has always been their long life camp that they caught others to do it. When was it that they were so tangled that they had to look forward to everything?

Li Yuanqing lightly tasted a cup of wine, slowly nodded, "root rise, say it."

"Yes."

Niu Gensheng said: "general, I think our time is very tight. If we buy warships in Nanyang, silver is the second, but it will cost us a lot of time! If there is another war in Liao area and dog Tartars are restless, we will be passive! Humble opinion, we can separate the fleet, trade routes, as for combat training, we can't beat the regular army of these white monkeys, but we can take the pirates around! Just like when you were in Sanchahe. "

………

Niu Gensheng went back to have a rest, but Li Yuanqing fell into deep thinking.

At this time, he is too concerned about the situation.

According to the current market situation, if the fleet's goods are sold to the Persian Gulf, it is the guarantee of maximizing profits.

However, due to the issue of ships, including negotiations with the Dutch and Portuguese, it will certainly waste a lot of time.

Fish and bear's paws, it is always difficult to have both!

Especially in shipbuilding and casting artillery, they are also time jobs for slow workers. It is obviously impossible to realize the immediate benefits.

The French blacksmith that ED staft recommended was Mark Villon.

He is now serving in the Dutch shipyard in Jakarta. His annual salary is about 50.6 Liang silver, which is not too difficult to dig him up.

But Li Yuanqing knows that if you want to solve the problem, it is not only one or two craftsmen, but also a whole and a team!

Especially in the big strategy aspect, he must make the adjustment as soon as possible!

………

Time is in a hurry. Seven or eight days have passed. The time has come to the end of May, and will enter June soon.

After the hard work of shipmen and shipbuilders, these newly purchased Spanish second-hand warships have basically been repaired and can be used for deep sea navigation.

On the other hand, the trade with the local area has also ended. These magnates in the civil cabin also remind Li Yuanqing, both openly and secretly, that it is time to start and make a fortune in another place.After all, a day at the wharf is a day of leisure. All the money burned here is white!

After careful and careful consideration, Li Yuanqing finally decided to "divide" the fleet.

The first group, with half of Changsheng island's old warships and 3000 soldiers under the command of Yang Xiaobo and all the gentry's civilian ships, went to Jakarta first, had a face-to-face meeting with the Dutchman and made the first deal.

Li Yuanqing, on the other hand, led the rest of the warships, half of the cargo, and the 21 Spanish warships to stay in Manila for rest. After the ships had been completely rehabilitated, he transferred to Brunei, and then the two sides met in Malacca.

In order to further ensure the safety of their first team, Li Yuanqing specially gave the Portuguese pilot ship to Yang Xiaobo to guide them.

Then, he paid a high price to hire a pilot ship from Valen dagama to open the way for the boat Yang.

Early in the morning on May 29, Yang's fleet began to leave Manila port for Jakarta.

Li Yuanqing had sent them out ten miles away before ordering the Spanish warships to return.

Back at the dock, it was already in the afternoon. Li Yuanqing was preparing to inspect the repair of the remaining Spanish warships. At this time, the soldiers who had been staying near the governor's office in Manila brought a very important message to Li Yuanqing.

Just this evening, megana and the prince of Spain are going to a small island about 20 miles away from Manila for a holiday. They will leave soon.

Li Yuanqing also did not expect, the opportunity unexpectedly appears so fast.

As the old saying goes, "a man is rich without a windfall, and a horse without night grass is not fat."

I'm going to die from starvation.

If he did not use some extraordinary means, he would never have a chance to kiss megana fonze in his whole life.

However, the matter is too important, in the eyes of Valen dagama, his baby daughter, and a Spanish prince, Li Yuanqing would never dare to rush.

However, during these days, Li Yuanqing was not idle. He had a lot of information about the surrounding terrain, including the distribution of forces, and brief nautical charts.

At this time, for the European mainland, although there were opportunities everywhere in the overseas colonies, everyone could get rich, but not everyone could have such good luck. If they came to the colonies to do something, they could make a fortune.

Especially these European sailors and soldiers, most of them are drunkards who eat, drink, whore and gamble because they have been sailing all year round.

It doesn't take much effort to get information from them.

After a while, Niu Gensheng brought detailed information about the island for Li Yuanqing.

"General, this island, called Coconut Island, has a circumference of about ten miles. It is about 20 miles southwest of Manila. The island is rich in coconuts and sugarcane. Varun dagama has a plantation on the island. There are about 3400 indigenous and black slaves, all of which are his private property. The island is no longer on the waterway. It is secluded and has excellent scenery. Warren dagama goes fishing there every year. "

Li Yuanqing nodded slowly and pondered for a moment: "are there any pirates around coconut leaf island?"

Niu Gensheng was stunned. He understood Li Yuanqing's meaning for a moment and said, "general, there are so many pirates in the Southeast Asia. Where are there no pirates? However, there are about 340 Aboriginal soldiers on Coconut Island, all of whom are private slaves of Warren dagama. However, if Miss megana and the prince were to pass, there might be many ships, and the number of escorts would not be too small. "

Li Yuanqing nodded, but suddenly a smile: "root rise, this matter, what do you think?"

Niu Gensheng said with a smile: "general, this matter is actually very simple, let's take advantage of the dark, the fastest to rush over, quickly cut the mess, no chicken or dog left! There is no thorn in Valon dagama. "

No, Li Yuanqing nodded? Can we get the specific number of soldiers? "

"General, this matter may have to wait. They have not set out yet. We have people watching all the time

………

Night came quietly, busy day of the wharf, the noise dispersed, and gradually began to enter the quiet of the night.

The weather is good tonight. Although the moonlight is not too bright, it is very soft. The visibility is not too low. At least you can see the distance dozens of steps away.

On the sea, a Spanish ship, escorted by seven or eight medium and small boats, is slowly heading southeast of Manila.

On the bow of the ship, a beautiful figure, wearing a traditional Beige Spanish skirt and a delicate round cap, is supporting on the deck, facing the quiet sea breeze, quietly watching the deep sea.

From Europe, far away, to Manila, less than 10 days, not even fully familiar with her father, but her father let her go to the island "holiday.".

Megana really didn't understand her father.

In particular, there is this annoying prince with him.In Madrid, who doesn't know, he is a notorious playboy!

The reason why megana came to Southeast Asia to find her father was to avoid his harassment. However, at this time, her father would push her to the "fire pit"!