Chapter 270 Determination
The Ming army had never used the Zhennan General's cannon to attack the city wall.
The red cannon is a powerful weapon for siege.
After the Qing army entered the pass, whenever they encountered obstacles in the city pass, they would always use red-clothed cannons to smash the city wall with red-clothed cannons.
The Zhennan General Cannon used by the Ming army was better in texture than the mainland, and its performance was better than that of the red cannons equipped by the Ming Dynasty.
However, due to limited production capacity, except for the earliest few pieces equipped with Army Towns, all the artillery produced subsequently were equipped to various water towns.
This time, in order to prevent the rebellion, Xiao Wu specially transferred all the several Zhennan General cannons equipped by the Navy Zhenfu ship to land and walked to Meidicheng by the waterway. Now he was still halfway, so Xue Wenjing had to wait for the arrival of the Zhennan General cannons under the city.
On the second day, Yang Yandi, who received Xiao Wu's pardon, hurriedly led the coastal defense battalion to provide reinforcements.
Su Langqing, who was staying in Haikou, looked at the officers and soldiers of the coastal defense camp who were hurrying towards Midi and frowned.
"Don't worry, it only takes ten days to wipe out the rebels. Within ten days, our Ming army will surely be able to pacify Meidi." Seeing Su Langqing's face look sad, Li Tu comforted.
Su Langqing shook his head in response to this.
"I'm not worried about whether the rebels in the left and right camps can be wiped out as soon as possible."
"It is impossible to rebel against the Ming Dynasty with the left and right camps. I heard that the reason why the left and right camps were able to rebel successfully was because Guangnan sent a navy south to threaten Haikou, so Lord Xiao had to send officers and soldiers from Liwu Town to suppress the rebellion, which gave the left and right camps an opportunity to take advantage of it." Su Langqing looked at the sea in the distance with a serious expression.
"I heard that you went to Guangnan this time to encourage the Ming court to reconcile with Guangnan. Now I think about it, I am afraid it won't work." Duke Li said.
This time, Fuyang Town escorted Minghai merchant fleet to Guangnan Gouhe and Du Li was not aware of the matter. After all, Du Li escorted Chen Shangchuan and Yang Yandi back to Jiading a little earlier.
When they met on the way, Du Li learned about Su Langqing's purpose of this trip from Su Langqing.
After all, Duke Li is also Liu Yu's confidant general, and there are many helpers on the way.
"No, I can't wait here." Su Langqing looked at his merchant fleet with a firm look.
"Notify the fleet that we will set sail and set out to Hoi'an early tomorrow morning." Su Langqing ordered the sailors beside him.
"What are you going to do? Su Langqing." Li Du, who was standing beside him, was shocked after hearing this.
"Don't you know that Guangnan Navy warships are everywhere in the northern waters now?"
"You are leading the fleet north now, like a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger." Li Du cursed.
"It's okay, even if it's a tiger's den, I, Su, want to make a breakthrough." Su Langqing smiled and looked calm.
"General Li, Naval Town, Fuyang, and Fubo Towns No escorts are required. We can just go to Hoi'an by the Minghai Merchant Fleet. However, if it is a matter of time, the Land and Sea Chamber of Commerce will send a merchant ship to take us to Hoi'an." Su Langqing's journey to Wang Li, who was rushing to the side.
After hearing this, Wang Li did not stop him and just nodded.
At this moment, Guangnan did not really break up with the Ming court.
Even the naval warships on both sides were patrolling and on guard several nautical miles apart, and no general dared to take the lead in firing.
Even merchant ships from land and sea can travel from Hoi'an to Jiading.
However, double tariffs will be paid and Guangnan officials will be allowed to board the ship for inspection.
This is also the fundamental reason why the Ming army can still stand in Haikou after losing most of Meidi's urban land and Dongpu has not yet recovered its vitality and cannot provide supplies and food for the Ming army in Haikou.
I have to say that the land and sea in Annan area have indeed made great contributions.
It can be seen that the army was pushed ashore entirely by merchant ships from land and sea.
"So, do you want to go to Hoi'an to meet Lord Ruan of Guangnan?" Xiao Wu looked at the businessman in front of him with a little surprise.
You should know that today's Guangnan and the Ming court may go to war at any time.
Some Chinese businessmen in Hoi'an have begun to flee from Hoi'an with their families and their families, and have fled to Luzon through land, sea and merchant ships.
At this time, Su Langqing chose to lead the Minghai Merchant Fleet in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and South.
I have to say that the courage of the rich businessman who looks like a scholar in front of me is admirable.
"Huang Jin's rebellion must be related to Guangnan. In any case, we must let Guangnan form peace with the Ming court so that the second Huang Jin will not appear." Su Langqing said truthfully.
"And now, both Dongpu and Meidi have suffered wars in Jiading, which undoubtedly greatly hindered the Ming court's plan to expedition the north. Since this is the case, the Guangnan link must not be lost. Not only can we not go to war with Guangnan, we should try our best to appease Guangnan, so that Guangnan can become the support of the Ming court in the Annan area." Su Langqing put forward his own ideas to Xiao Wu.
"The original intention is good, but do you and others think that Guangnan will really make peace with the Ming court?" Xiao Wu said coldly.
"If the villain loses, it is just Ruan who is the villain's head of the villain, and it will have no impact on whether the Ming court will be in the future, whether it will be a war or a peace." Su Langqing said with a smile.
"Give wine." Xiao Wu was silent for a while and spoke.
Su Langqing took the bowl of warm wine brought by the soldiers, drank it all, saluted Xiao Wu, and then strode away from the camp.
Xu Bin looked at Su Langqing, strode away from the main military camp, and said to Xiao Wu.
"This person is the head of Minghai, and he is also a celebrity around Lord Liu Yu. If something really happens, it will be unfavorable for us."
Xiao Wu waved his hand disregardlessly.
"This trip to Guangnan was originally what Liu Yu's son asked him to do. He was willing to go at this moment, but he would not let Liu Yu down on his trust in him. If Guangnan and the Ming court could really make peace, it would be a blessing."
After the Midi rebellion, Xiao Wu's mentality also changed significantly and he no longer shouted and shouted and killed like before.
Early the next morning, three lucky ships in Minghai began to sail out of the estuary and headed towards Guangnan.
The Fuyang Town fleet also received news yesterday, and Qin Yu did not object to this, and escorted the Minghai fleet all the way until it left the Jiading Sea.
This time, Lu Haiwangli personally led the Minghai merchant fleet to Hoi'an. With him there, Guangnan officials blocking the waterway were easy to deal with. Even the search was just sent one or two officials to go around and take a look and fool them.
From this we can also see that the officialdom in Guangnan is also quite corrupt.
"I really didn't expect that even Lord Su came this time." Wang Li whispered on a lucky boat after watching Guangnan's officials get off the boat.
"It's all for the Ming court." Su Langqing sighed.
"We Lu Hai and Ming Hai wandered around for the Ming court, but we also forgot that we were a businessman." Wang Li smiled bitterly.
"Yes, like the far sea, we have already gone to Batavia to conduct trade."
"I heard that Zhao Tianming has purchased a large amount of land in Batavia to build a plantation, and in Nanyang Shutang is a tough currency." Su Langqing said with great envy.
Which industry, sugar or cotton cloth, is huge profits?
Then Su Langqing would rather choose Shutang because the textile industry needs a lot of land to plant and raise cotton trees and mulberry silkworms, and also a large number of textile machines and workers who can make perfect. Although the sugar industry is also cumbersome and intensive labor production.
But everyone needs sugar, while civilians don’t need much for textiles such as cotton fabrics and silk.
Especially high-end cotton cloth and silk, only high-ranking officials can afford it.
Chapter completed!