Chapter 89 This money, do you take it or not?
In the cabin on the second floor, I told Zhang Yuanjing and Zhao Zili about the news that the Tianlang attacked Hengjiang Port tomorrow. According to Hu Zongxian, the five hundred warships that attacked Hengjiang Port this time would be Wang Heng, one of the three major bandits. But the news from the outskirts was only attacking seven or eight ships of Colonel Miyazo.
I said worriedly, will the information be incorrect? Should I find a way to notify Lord Hu?
Zhang Yuanjing said that in the current situation, even if we want to dock, we have no choice but to act according to the opportunity.
I was a little anxious. Now the main force of the Ming army is deploying in Hengjiang Port. If the warships of the three major bandits temporarily change their plans and dock from Yangzhou, Songjiang and other places, the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will suffer.
Zhao Zili, who has never been very talkative, suddenly said, I think the possibility of Japanese pirates attacking Hengjiang is greater. First, over the years, Wang Heng has been sending people everywhere to look for the treasure of the King of Qi. Now that the treasure of the King of Qi appears in Hengjiang, Wang Heng will not miss this opportunity. Second, the three major bandits are now in short supply of money and food. We implement the tactic of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields in other regions. Even if they attack Yangzhou and Songjiang Prefecture, there is not much oil and water, and Wang Heng will not do a loss-making business. As for third, Wang Heng is rumored to be an imperial guard, and there are rumors in the unofficial history that the late emperor was not bad when he was alive. Wang Heng was loyal to the late emperor and was determined to avenge the late emperor. Now that the emperor appeared in Hengjiang Port, Wang Heng is very likely to be in danger.
I couldn't help but look at Zhao Zili with admiration. These days, he rarely talks, but as long as he speaks, he can always hit the nail on the head. I asked, "It's easy to defend and difficult to attack when the naval battle is easy to defend and difficult to attack." If Wang Heng avoids the real and goes ashore from other places, and then leads Japanese pirates to besiege Hengjiang Port, so what?"
Zhao Zili said that the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Army had 150,000 troops, led by General Yu and General Qi. If we really wanted a tough battle, we were not afraid, just because we were afraid that they would flee everywhere after they got ashore. If this was the case, that would be the worst plan.
I said the court could not summon more troops?
Zhang Yuanjing sighed, Brother Su, it is true that the Japanese pirates are in urgent need of money and food, and our Jiangsu and Zhejiang army has no money. In order to increase taxes, the imperial court has implemented new policies in the past two years and has implemented the transformation of rice into mulberry areas in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, which has caused bad harm to the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
My strange saying is that if you change rice to mulberry, the south of the Yangtze River has abundant rainfall, the land is fertile, and the people plant mulberry. In theory, the income is higher, so why is it in deficit?
Zhang Yuanjing smiled bitterly. Brother Su still doesn't understand politics very much. It is true that changing rice into mulberry can increase income, but all this money has flowed into the hands of the big men in Jiangnan and the big men in the capital. The rice production decreases, so you have to buy grain from other provinces. The food prices have been rising again and again. People's lives are hard, and their lives are even harder to join the army. You might as well say bluntly that the 150,000 military supplies in Jiangsu and Zhejiang may not be able to support half a month.
I was shocked, what?
Zhang Yuanjing said again, so during these days, Lord Hu borrowed money and grain everywhere, but the big landlords in Jiangnan, who were the ones on the surface, secretly worked but did not work hard. Take the Xie family and Wang family in Jinling, the two families had tens of acres of fertile land in Jinling City, but Lord Hu borrowed it all the way, but only borrowed two thousand stones of rice. In desperation, Lord Hu sold official positions and titles in Zhejiang and Jiangnan, and only collected 100,000 taels of silver. In the past few months, the impeachment memorials on the Censorate have been like snowflakes, and there were also people in the capital who secretly stabbed the knife. If it weren't for the emperor's wise and wise, he would have lost the battle before he could use it.
I felt sad. Two thousand stones of rice were only ten thousand taels of silver. This money was not as expensive as the Wang family’s birthday party in Jinling.
I have long heard that Hu Zongxian has a bad reputation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In order to make money, he bought and sold officials, but who knows that this is also a forced act to fight against the Japanese. If he was defeated in this battle, Hu Zongxian would definitely be ruined. If he wins, there would be no good result. This governor and governor was a little angry.
I said these are not the issues we are considering. We will attack Hengjiang tomorrow, so we have to take action.
The next morning, the weather was clear and cloudless.
Seven Japanese pirate warships lined up, and under the command of Colonel Murata, they moved closer to Hengjiang Port.
Hengjiang Port is a natural safe haven with deep water and suitable for large ships to stop. Before the sea ban was implemented in the Ming Dynasty, it was an important port for the Maritime Bureau, but now it has been abandoned and has become a dead port.
The warship stopped five miles outside Hengjiang Port, and more than 1,500 outlaws began to take small boats and approach Hengjiang Port.
The creepy Zhongzuo stood on the deck and watched the Ming army on the shore with a diorama. Dao Benichi and the two masters from Jingdong were ready to go and asked, Lord Zhongzuo, the other ships had attacked, and Colonel Miyazo had ordered many times to urge us to send troops.
The creepy look of disgust flashed in the eyes of the creepy Zhongzuo. What's the hurry? If you want to die, you can choose a good day, wait and see.
The two majors immediately fell silent, and Zhongzuo asked me again, Su, what do you think?
I said that Master Zhongzuo was right, and I followed everything to the command of Zhongzuo.
Re Jingdong said disdainfully, flattering.
I thought to myself, don't let me catch you, otherwise I'll let you go and have a drink with Kato.
Dozens of small boats were heading towards Hengjiang Port.
The warship boarded 6, with the best mist weather. As today's weather is clear, the sea sight is excellent. In this way, these small boats were exposed to the sight of the Ming army. However, there seemed to be no response on the shore, and no beacon smoke was lit on the beacon tower.
I thought to myself that the information was wrong? I suddenly realized that no matter whether it was a palace or a creampie, I only knew that there was a treasure of the King of Qi in Hengjiang Port, but I didn’t know that the Ming army was ambushing here.
The Japanese pirate boat was less than a hundred meters away from Hengjiang Port. When they entered the shallows, some Japanese pirates had already begun to get off the boat and rushed towards the sixth place.
The two majors said, Master Zhongjia, our Tianlang cannot be snatched away by others. Colonel Miyazo's ship is about to dock.
Seeing that someone had already arrived ashore, Nakasa ordered to get on board and get on the shore!
The Tianlang also slowly approached Hengjiang Port.
At this moment, the cannons at Hengjiang Port were loudly heard, dozens of red-clothed cannons were fired, and countless shells were fired out from Hengjiang Port. The range of such cannons was only about one mile, and the sight was extremely poor, but they were better because of the dense firepower and several rows of fire were fired down, and there were actually two warships in the lane.
Wars were everywhere on Hengjiang Port, and countless Ming troops appeared on the mercedes, drawing bows and arrows, and countless arrows shot out like storms. Dozens of Japanese pirates rushing in front suddenly fell into the sea and waves came from the sea.
Seeing this, these Japanese pirates turned around and ran to the boat, and for a while, they pushed and snatched each other in order to steal the boat, even began to kill each other.
At this moment, the drums were loud, and thousands of Ming troops rushed out from Hengjiang Port, rushed out under the cover of archers, and chased behind.
A massacre began.
Over the years, the Ming army has fought against the Japanese, with fewer victories and more defeats. Today, they have the opportunity to ambush the Japanese pirates, so how could they miss this opportunity? They rushed up and killed them barely.
Screams were everywhere on the sea.
Creampie Zhongzuo cursed, Baga, that bastard Xie Donglai, frame us!
Colonel Miyazo's command ship also began to retreat.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Creampie Chungsu completely ignored the brothers who had already disembarked and ordered the Tianlang to anchor and retreat, and to move closer to Colonel Miyazo's warship. During the retreat, two more ships were hit with red-clothed cannon shells, lost their ability to march, and slowly sank.
In less than half an hour, the seven warships lost four, and nearly a thousand Japanese pirates were killed and captured. Among the Japanese pirates, everything was spoken with strength. This time, Colonel Murata's fleet lost more than half of its strength, and it would probably not take long before it was annexed by other Japanese pirates. The Tianlang sent troops late and lost only a few dozen people. Even so, the creepy central pirate had angered.
After running for five or six miles in one breath, Colonel Miyazo sent someone to pass on the message and requested an emergency meeting.
The Zhongzuo cursed on the boat, saying that the colonel who went to the aunt, I had many soldiers, so I asked him to come to see me!
Not long after, a middle-aged man in Japanese suit came to the Tianlang under the escort of the guards. This person was Colonel Murata. Colonel Murata angrily said as soon as he got on the ship, "Master, how dare you disobey the order!"
Without answering him, he waved his hand and immediately dozens of people seized Colonel Miyazo. Nakazo, Colonel Miyazo, you should be fully responsible for your information in this operation. I am ordered to remove your command and hand over the Tanaka and Raptor to me.
We were stunned by the sight of the crowd. The sect of the sect made a mutiny and seized the command of the sect.
Colonel Miyazo said angrily, "Cutting out the middle master, you have no right to do this according to the military rules of the Ransom Sea."
Zhongzuo sneered, "There is a saying in Zhongyuan, you are fish and I am a knife and a slaughter. On the Tianlang, I'm afraid you can't help it!"
Zhongzuo ordered people to seize Colonel Miyazaki, and immediately summoned Zhongzuo and the minors on the other two ships to announce their command. These Japanese pirates had an opinion on the command of Muyazaki, and now the cumshot Zhongzuo is the most powerful. Although they are a little dissatisfied, they succumbed to Zhongzuo's strength.
So after a friendly negotiation, after killing one Zhongsou and two tsunamis, the Cute Zhongsou was successfully promoted to the Colonel and obtained command of the fleet. The Cute Colonel ordered the fleet to sail south and meet with other fleets.
The creepy colonel was immersed in joy, but this joy lasted for less than half an hour, and the creepy could not laugh.
On the East China Sea, eight warships lined up in a row, and countless artillery guns were aimed at the Tianlang, the Tanaka and the Raptor. The Ming Navy's number was standing on the warship.
This is the Ming army's trump card.
Everyone stood on the deck, their faces turned pale, and they escaped from the sky, and they actually welcomed the god of death again.
The creepy collar looked around and asked, "Where is Mr. Wang?"
A subordinate replied, saying that just half an hour ago, Mr. Ba left in a boat with two followers.
The creepy colonel cursed, that bastard!
My subordinate asked, what should we do?
Creampie said angrily, what should I do, raise the white flag and surrender!
A white flag was slowly raised on the three warships.
The Ming navy hated the Japanese pirates, so how could he accept surrender? They did not fire the artillery for a long time because they wanted to seize these three warships.
The creepy colonel naturally understood what would happen after being captured, and he had already felt a desire to retreat.
The subordinate came over to report that Colonel, the Ming army was about to board the ship.
I am not a colonel when I debuted. From now on, you are the colonel.
Happiness came too suddenly, which caused the Japanese pirate to accept it for a while and waved his hands repeatedly. Sir, I can't be a colonel! I was cursing and cursing, there was no such a lot of nonsense, so I quickly took off my clothes!
The Japanese pirates said shyly, "Sir, it's time, you're still thinking about that!"
I slapped you and asked you to take off the clothes. There was so much nonsense. As I said, I took off my clothes and replaced them with the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirate said nothing, saying, "I have skin diseases, and I'm afraid of infecting you."
He went forward and slaughtered the Japanese pirate with a knife, changed his clothes, and said to me, Su, come and drive the boat.
I pretended to be puzzled, where are we going?
Creampie said, as long as you escape here, I promise you a bright future and a beautiful woman will have countless money.
I asked if I could call my two brothers together, their boat driving skills were higher than mine. I said, let's go together.
The four of them boarded a small boat and had just left for a while. The artillery fire broke out. The Tianlang, Tianzhong, and Raptor refused to surrender and were bombarded into the sea by the artillery of the Ming Navy. The colonel was glad to say that the people in the Central Plains were cunning, but fortunately they did not surrender. Hey, where are you three going, turn around quickly and turn around!
Zhang Yuanjing put a long knife on his neck and said, "Master Zhongzuo, our Hubutang has prepared a high-end prison cell and is waiting to invite you to live there."
In the battle of Hengjiang Port, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Army wiped out 1,500 Japanese pirates, captured two warships, captured Colonel Gongzang, and two senior Japanese pirates who were creepy, were sent to Haimen Mansion for interrogation overnight. After receiving confessions, they were escorted to the capital.
Zhu Runze in Jinling naturally did not appear in Hengjiang Port. After receiving the urgent memorial, he issued an order to praise Hu Zongxian and praised him as a pillar of the country. However, at this moment, Songjiang Prefecture received an urgent military situation. Wang Heng, the three major gangsters, led 100,000 Japanese pirates to attack Songjiang Prefecture.
I made an appointment with Xu Ruonan to meet in Songjiang Prefecture. After learning the news, I was about to say goodbye to Zhang and Zhao. Zhang Yuanjing saw me and said, "It happened that Hu Butang was waiting for you in the hall." I said I was here to say goodbye. Zhang Yuanjing sighed, let's talk about it first."
When we came to the hall, Zhang Yuanjing was about to report, but he heard the sound of a cup falling from the inner hall, followed by Hu Zongxian's voice, mobilizing troops to Songjiang Mansion, where is the money? We 100,000 soldiers couldn't even have a full meal. We wanted the horse to run fast, and we wanted the horse to not eat grass. Eunuch Feng, come and teach me what to do?
A sarcastic voice came from the inner hall. Lord Hu, what do you mean? Our family came to supervise the battle at the order of the emperor. Are you showing your temper to our family or the emperor?
Hu Zongxian snorted coldly, Mr. Hu dared not answer what his father-in-law said.
Eunuch Feng said justice, if Lord Hu doesn’t accept our family’s words, then you will accept this imperial edict or not. It’s better for our family to go back and reply to the emperor. If you don’t accept it, the next time you will be the Jinyiwei, and those people are not as easy to talk to than our family.
Hu Zongxian said, what about food and grass?
Eunuch Feng smiled and said, "Mr. Hu, since our family is here to supervise the army, how can he not prepare a big gift for Lord Hu? This is a 500,000 taels of silver borrowed from 119 major households in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the name of Lord Hu. Lord Hu remembers to repay it."
Hu Zongxian was finally furious, you are a thing without eggs!
Eunuch Feng said tepidly, our family has no eggs and is a slave who serves his master. Lord Hu is different. You are a magistrate and the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Now the emperor is watching in Jinling City. If you win this battle, you will have something to say. If you lose, you may be furious. It is not something you and I can afford.
Hu Zongxian remained silent.
Eunuch Feng said again, "Would you like to accept this money?"
Hu Zongxian said in a deep voice, you are digging a hole, let me jump inside!
Chapter completed!