Great Ming National Teacher

Chapter 103 The Finale

When the Ziwei approached, the Ming army had already established a supply point on the west coast of America. The scale was like a small fishing village, with straight streets and rows of barracks, all of which were soldiers.

When the Ziwei entered the port, Yuan Shu came out to greet him personally. Li Yunya and Zhu Youjian disembarked and asked Yuan Shu to arrange a room for him. He washed and rested first, and then came out to ask about the situation here.

Yuan Shu is the son of Yuan Keli. He is 43 years old this year. He has a long history of education and is very good at leading troops in battle. He is also a calligrapher, painter, poet, and connoisseur of collectors. He is full of elegance within the iron-blooded majesty of a soldier.

"It has been more than seven years since the Manchus took root here. They built a Dining City on the other side of the mountain. There is Tianqing City in the south as the capital. There are Manchus, Mongolians, Koreans, and Hans living together. Teacher Shaoguo said that there were more than [-] Indians here, mainly hunting, grazing, and farming. They also had contact with European countries. The French were on the east coast of the mainland, and the Netherlands was in the south. People and Spaniards, etc. What's interesting is that they fought wars on land and fought all over the country, forcing the Dutch who originally wanted to occupy here to move south, and the French did not dare to go deep into the mainland... "

The firearms of the Europeans at this time were not particularly advanced, and they were still at the stage of flintlock guns that were further advanced than matchlock guns. Some of the more powerful ones bought from Ming Dynasty were used in the European battlefield. There are not many Manqings, and the weapons are not as strong as against the sky. Naturally, they cannot do Manqing. Compared with Asia, North America has a much flatter terrain, with endless prairie. , Let it gallop, and specifically select the best place to occupy, Dorgon also wants to establish himself as a suzerain country, so that the local Indian tribes and European countries will submit to him.

Over the past seven years, they have conquered many Indian tribes. At the time when the Manchus entered the customs, they were satisfied with too few people and too many Han people, so the Manchu-Mongolian marriage suppressed the Han people. One, suppressing the Indians, the four tribes in front of them merged into the Eight Banners, and the Indians became coated slaves... But in the long run, it is much better than being genocide by the Europeans.

Population problems!The Ming Dynasty had a total population of more than 2 million people. It looked like a lot. After the territory became larger, it was found that it was not enough. Siberia and Australia needed people to fill it, and America needed it even more. Chinese people are different from Europeans, and the most common method used by Europeans It is to establish a colony, as long as the resources are plundered, transported back to fill the country, and if there is no population, slaves will be trafficked from Africa to produce for them, and then shipped back to the country.

If China takes a fancy to this territory, it will completely occupy it and bring it under the central management, or it will require the locals to pay tribute and become a vassal state. Of course, there are also small local chieftains who are self-governing. It is the first way, but there are no people in the area, so they have to immigrate. Chinese people are not willing to leave their homes. Migrating thousands of miles to an uncivilized wild land is equivalent to exile. He is unwilling to bring a group of criminals here, let alone just let new The Koreans, Japanese, and Mongols who were collected came over. In that case, they would be independent in a short time, and they would waste their efforts in making wedding dresses for others.

The policies adopted by Li Yunya are, first, preferential policies for immigrants, such as no taxation for land contracting, which will remain unchanged for 100 years, but with little effect. The second is to build a production and construction corps. Fortification and smelting are similar to the army’s garrisoning fields, but these soldiers cannot be forced to stay in the local area, they can only be given benefits as much as possible. We can only use this method to solve the urgent need. The Australian Corps has already entered three branches, with more than one million people. The American side has also been preparing for construction since last year, but across the sea, we have to wait until the second half of the year to come.

"Send a letter to Dorgon." Zhu Youjian said, "Tell him that Houjin was originally a tribe under the command of Nuer Gandu of the Ming Dynasty. Later, it rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and entered repeatedly for decades, killing tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty. However, if he is willing to surrender again, I will never blame the past. The Manchu people who stayed in Liaodong in the past are now living very well. Every family can eat and wear warmth. If you are willing to surrender, I will make them kings and rank them alongside the King of Ryukyu and the King of Japan, otherwise, I will definitely send troops to suppress them, and I will destroy the Manchus as far as the ends of the earth!"

This is Zhu Youjian asking Yuan Shu to send a letter to Dorgon, which is not an imperial decree. Yuan Shu wrote a letter in his own name and read it to Zhu Youjian. After he was satisfied, he sealed it up and sent it to Dining City. sent.

After they left, Zhu Youjian asked Li Yunya solemnly: "Do you think they will surrender?"

Seeing his expression, Li Yunya knew what he was worried about, and held his cool hand: "Don't worry, everything will be carried out according to the plan that was made at the court meeting at the beginning of the year, and nothing will go wrong."

Zhu Youjian shook his head: "I'm not worried now. The enemy chieftains have only so few people in total. How can they shake the current Ming Empire? What I worry about is that in the future, ten years, one hundred years, or even two or three hundred years later, I want to drive out the Ming Empire when I am out of date." How powerful were the Tartars when they restored China? Later, they gradually declined to the point of almost destroying the country, and if a hundred years later, the Manchu Qing had grown stronger and counterattacked China, what would happen then?"

Li Yunya smiled: "You really think far enough! Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. We left them such a large family fortune. It's okay if they can't bear it. What can I say? If it is destroyed, it will be destroyed! You don’t have to worry so much. There is no real dynasty in the world, only a civilization that lasts forever. Life is too short. We only have so many years to live. Too much is useless, who can control what will happen hundreds of years later? It's better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes."

Hearing him say "It's better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes", Zhu Youjian felt more and more uneasy.

Li Yunya saw that his face was not right, and comforted him: "If you are really worried, we can use another strategy of 'driving tigers and swallowing wolves'. I predict that Dorgon will not agree to surrender, so we will send troops to fight, are they not Is it very capable of fighting? Let’s drive him, a big tiger, to annex wolves in other places, especially France, Holland, and Spain. Wherever the footsteps of the Qing Dynasty go, our army will follow, and wherever the Ming army goes , where the people in the city behind will be filled."

Yuan Shu heard from the side: "If tigers and wolves combine to attack us, what should we do?"

"So we have to use diplomatic and economic means to keep them from getting mixed up. In the future, we will take down the Southeast Asian countries and control the Strait of Malacca. Sooner or later we will turn against these countries, but that's okay, the European steam engine It has just been put into use, and has experienced a brutal and bloody 30-year war, with dead bones everywhere, which can be said to be a serious injury. Let's take advantage of this time to finish all the things that should be done. When they calm down, our layout has already been completed. Now, as for how to combine vertical and horizontal, that is the business of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and I am not good at it."

The two lived here for nearly a month. Yuan Shu asked them to name the place, and Zhu Youjian finally named it Fengyuan City.

Continuing to set off, the Ziwei went all the way south along the west coast of America. At this time, Zhu Youjian no longer had the interest he had when he first came out to play. Instead, his face was full of depression and worry all day long. Li Yunya rubbed his face vigorously: "If you do this again, You are going to be a little old man! Come out to play, why are you so sad? What is the difference between you and worrying?"

Zhu Youjian sighed and didn't speak until one time he saw a big whale floating on the sea spraying water, which made him feel better.

When they met a suitable island, the two went up to play, ran barefoot on the beach, picked up shells, caught lobsters, and dug pearls. Gradually, Zhu Youjian's mood improved.

On this day, the Ziwei arrived in Panama, a Spanish colony with a relatively large population and dense towns. The giant iron-clad ship with a displacement of more than 1 tons caused a great commotion. The Spanish warships lined up more than a dozen ships. Welcome out, like a newborn baby in front of Ziwei...

After the two sides exchanged semaphore and confirmed that there was no malice, the Ziwei took over the ship and let the envoy of the other party board the ship. When he learned that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was on the ship, the envoy was excited and incoherent, and immediately went back to report. The local governor Kurt Li came out to greet him in person.

"Oh, my respected Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty the Master..." Kutri could not speak Chinese, but fortunately there was a Spanish interpreter on board, and the communication was smooth, "It is a great honor to see you coming! I have heard that The Ming Dynasty is currently the most powerful and rich country in the world. Everyone who comes back from the Ming Dynasty is talking about the beauty there, just like the heaven where God is. Many poets in Europe and America are Singing the grand sights of the ancient eastern empire...I, Kutri, please allow me to act as your guide and spend a pleasant time here..." This guy's mouth was as sweet as honey, and what he said was even a little bit Sweet and cloying.

It belongs to the place where the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean are relatively close. The main body of the city is on the east coast, and there is also a port on the west coast, but there are not many people. A cobblestone road is used to build a post station in the middle, and the horse-drawn carriage rides all the way to the east coast. In the nearby city, there are quite a lot of people here, Europeans, Africans, Indians, all kinds of skin colors, all kinds of accents, come and go, shoulder to shoulder.

Kutri told Zhu Youjian: "If your Ziwei continues to go south, bypass the southernmost tip of the mainland, and then come back, it will eventually reach me. Our government is trying to find a way to dig here. A canal, but it is more difficult, and it is still only in the planning stage. Oh, by the way, there is an annual chamber of commerce here, and world-renowned companies will conduct transactions here. Your Majesty, tell me what you like, I am willing I bought it as a gift for you." After speaking, he looked at the translator who was winking, and added, "The same is true for His Excellency the National Teacher."

"It's okay to buy things, but we have something to sell."

"What is your majesty going to sell? Is it oriental porcelain? Or silk?"

"All of them, and some other things, such as clothing, cosmetics, bicycles, etc." Li Yunya added, "I originally planned to ship all of them to Europe, can they be sold here?"

"Of course! My God, do you still have bicycles? The price in Europe is 12 silver dollars for a bicycle. It's even higher here. You can buy 17 taels."

"Is it more expensive here than in Europe?"

"Of course! Europe is at war, the rich are out there, you know, we found gold and silver in this New World, ha ha, ha ha ha." The red-nosed guy let out an ugly laugh, "If you If you have any, you can sell them to me, 17 taels each, as many as you want!"

Li Yunya brought out 13 bicycles this time, and the ones that sell for 17 taels of silver in China can be sold for 20 taels here. They are indeed sold, but Li Yunya guesses that what this guy is talking about is definitely not the real price here, maybe the price in Europe is better than here. It's also expensive, he said flatly: "Don't forget, our country has exchanged ambassadors with many countries in Europe. Don't we know what's going on in Europe? How did I hear that the bicycles there can be sold?" To more than [-] taels?"

Kutri touched his nose in embarrassment: "I'm talking about the price of the most common Fengyuan Xiaoyan, which is indeed 17 taels. If you buy more, it will be cheaper. Of course, if your Majesty the Emperor has a newer model Yes, such as a fringed parrot, it will naturally be taller."

"Can the Fengyuan Parrot be sold for 17 taels? How much can the better Fengyuan Feihong be sold for?"

"Do you have Fengyuan Feihong? I heard that it is the latest bicycle developed by the Ming Dynasty. It can be changed by changing the speed. Because the workmanship is not easy, the number is very rare. If you have any, no matter how many, I will give you 24 bicycles." two!"

Li Yunya headed: "We don't have a Feihong bike. Let me tell you, that thing is not the most advanced. What we have on board is the more advanced Fengyuan Fenghuang, the Phoenix bike. The best bicycles in the world today are sold in our country. 25 taels of silver for one car, and there is still a price but no market, if you want it, I will sell it to you for 30 taels of silver.”

Kutri had only seen one of the Feihong cars, and he asked to see the goods, but Li Yunya refused to let him board the ship, so he sent someone to carry out a Phoenix car from the warehouse: "This is a red car, with fenders and There are phoenix feathers on the frame, using the best light steel, the best paint, and the tail of the phoenix behind the seat, do you see it? In terms of performance, it uses disc brakes. Look, here is a □□, this way the braking effect is the best, and the tires are made of the best heavy-duty rubber, which is very wear-resistant..."

Li Yunya Barabara talked about the benefits of the Phoenix car. Kuteri was really envious, because this car is so beautiful. There are reliefs on it, and you can clearly see the eyes of the Phoenix, the feathers, the handlebars are the spread wings, and the front fork It is the claw of the phoenix, and even the rim is decorated. He can predict that once this kind of car is shipped to Europe, it will definitely fetch a higher price: "30 taels of silver, I want it!"

Li Yunya asked his staff to unload the trucks and move down [-] vehicles. Kutteri did not expect there to be so many. They are all Phoenix vehicles. The difference is the color. There are blue phoenixes, purple phoenixes, black phoenixes, red phoenixes, and golden phoenixes. , which one looks good.

Li Yunya wanted the cash, and if he didn't give the money, he didn't hand over the cart, so Kutteri had to ask someone to pull the silver, a total of 6 taels of silver, and it was pulled over by several carriages. Li Yunya saw the greed in Kutteri's eyes, and he wanted to show his hand , with a simple swipe, all the silver that came across disappeared box by box, and the Spaniard standing in front of him almost dropped his eyeballs to the ground. For the national teacher of the Ming Empire, he is well-known in Europe, and he is famous in America. I have also heard about it here, but it is only said that he is a very shrewd person. He hooked the emperor's favor through bed kung fu, and since then he has monopolized power. Unexpectedly, he can also use magic. They looked around and looked around for the missing silver.

Li Yunya has silver on his wrist. When he asks the clerk to call a taxi, he flips his wrist and has a gun in his palm. At present, the pistols produced by Daming can be miniaturized. With a clip that can hold ten bullets, Li Yunya raised his hand and fired.

"Crack!" A small flagpole thick as a thumb was folded ten meters away.

Li Yunya handed over the gun: "My lord governor, let's see how much our latest shooting gun is worth?"

Kutri's eyes started to shine again, he took the pistol, tried casually, aiming at a distance and wanted to fire a shot, but there was no bullet in it, so he fired an empty shot.

Li Yunya asked for the gun back, showed Kutteri how to load the magazine, took out another bullet and put it in, and handed it to Kutri. Kutri fired the gun at another flag, turning the waving flag Make a small hole: "Good gun! Good! No flint, no thick smoke, and it can fire continuously. This gun is worth at least 100 taels of silver. Sell it to me as much as you have!"

"100 taels of silver? Not for sale." Li Yunya asked for the gun back and sent it back to the space, "We don't have too many, except for us guards who are equipped with two guns each. If you are sincere, Take 1000 taels, I’ll sell you this one, and I’ll give you ten bullets.”

"1000 taels!" Kutri screamed, "That's silver! More than 400 ounces of silver!"

"That's right, you can use brass if you want, but for this company, gold is also fine, and nothing else is fine."

Kutri looked at Wang Zhennan's group standing upright with their guns behind them, looking full of murderous intent, and tried not to spit out a mouthful of old blood: "1000 taels is 1000 taels!"

In the end Li Yunya sold the pistol and ten bullets in exchange for 1000 taels of silver.

The Ziwei did not stay here for too long. They all returned to the ship that night. After replenishing fresh water and food the next day, they set sail again and continued to sail south along the west coast of Beinanzhou.

The development of the American continent by Europeans is currently mainly concentrated in the east, and the west is quite desolate. After sailing for a while, there are no human settlements again. As far as the eye can see, it is all vast wilderness and virgin forest. There are few shells, corals, interesting stones, strange plants, and many animals that have never been seen before. The micro-phone is big enough and strong enough, with enough food and drink on it, and landed at any time to hunt and gather, and finally there is no shortage of water and food. It goes around from the southernmost tip of South America, reaches the east coast of America, and then goes north along the coast. Quickly, back to the Panama area, according to the latitude, less than a hundred miles away from Panama, the Ziwei encountered a pirate ship.

A total of more than 30 Spanish galleons with a displacement of about [-] tons surrounded them head-on in the shape of a fan.

Li Yunya used a binoculars to see the outfits of the other ship's crew and the weapons in their hands: "It doesn't look like a pirate."

Zhu Youjian also raised his binoculars, and angrily beat the railing with his fist after reading it: "It's the Spaniards! I think it's the Spanish army. Are they coming to rob us?"

The captain immediately gave an order to put everyone into a fighting state, and all the ministries were ready. Many people started to run, putting down their work, pulling the sails, and controlling the electricity. This kind of thing has been practiced many times. Everyone is familiar with the road.

Li Yunya smiled and said: "This is great, Lu Song can get it, and Java can too!"

Zhu Youjian said bitterly: "Not bad! This time we must make Spain vomit blood!"

On the "pirate ship" opposite, the captain is also looking this way with a binoculars. He is a naval officer directly under Governor Kutri, and this time he was specially ordered to rob this Ming royal ship, which is said to be full of gold and silver. According to the governor, even the emperor and the national teacher of the Ming Dynasty will be killed, and no one will be left alive on the ship, and they will all be thrown into the sea to feed the fish. Of course, they will not want Ziwei, they will only carry the things on it. It was empty, and then tried to scuttle it. This place is thousands of miles away from Daming, as long as it is done cleanly, no one will know... This kind of thing they used to do in the past. Many times, the navy was legally robbed. At this time, European countries are doing this, and everyone is the same, so there is no psychological pressure.

The Ziwei opened up its full horsepower and rushed towards the opponent's encirclement net. Such a behemoth rammed forcibly. Although the Spanish warships were not too small, they were not enough to look at in front of the Ziwei, and they were all wooden-hulled ships, like It's a 1.9-meter-five beating an average 1.5-meter-[-], and this big man is still wearing armor.

The Spanish warship hurriedly stepped aside, and then fired, aiming at the sails on the Ziwei. Their shells shot out solid iron balls, which could not hit the Ziwei's armor at all.

The Ziwei rushed to the center of the Spanish warships, and the hatches on the left and right sides were opened, revealing a cannon. They were all the most advanced sky-watching cannons of the Ming Dynasty. The Spanish ships then fired successively.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" With a salvo, four Spanish warships were hit. There was a big ball of fire, and the smaller ship immediately disintegrated, fragmented, sawdust flying, and shrapnel shot. With repeated screams, the second round of shelling came again.

A series of ships were hit and became silent. The artillery of the Ziwei was too powerful, and the solid iron ball from Spain hit it, at most it hit a hole, it could not cause effective damage at all, and soon the ship was left The three ships, not daring to fight any more, turned around and fled. Li Yunya asked the captain of the Ziwei to chase them up one by one, fired more powerful bow guns, and sank them one by one.

A total of 120 four captives were caught, a small number of them were Spaniards, and the rest were Asians and Africans. Through interrogation of the Spaniards, it was found out that they were indeed sent by Kutri. Zhu Youjian was so angry Kill them all, but was dissuaded by Li Yunya: "No need to do this, let's release these Africans and Asians, leaving only these seven Spaniards, take them to Europe, reason with the Spanish royal family, and talk to him Luzon is required to make up for the trauma in his heart. If he does not agree, we will immediately help the Protestant League in Europe, and let the people in the country send troops to take Luzon by themselves, which will benefit anyway.

Zhu Youjian was so angry that he asked someone to take the wooden shackles and put the seven Spaniards on the deck to work.

This time I didn’t pass through the Panama area, and went directly from the Caribbean Sea. I didn’t meet any other pirates along the way. The Ziwei is really too big and has metal armor. Although I didn’t see the cannon, this kind of ship is not good against small boats. Rushing directly without using a cannon is like "a cart running over a praying mantis". Ordinary pirates simply don't have the courage to rob Ziwei.

On this day, the ship sailed to the Gulf of Mexico. Due to the fog on the sea and the lack of fresh water, it was decided to dock for supplies.

Li Yunya took Zhu Youjian ashore to breathe. Li Yunya lit a fire on the shore, took out a big lobster from the space and roasted it on the fire, and Zhu Youjian sat on the rock next to him and was responsible for spreading the seasoning.

After eating two lobsters, the fog became thicker and the surrounding was quiet. Zhu Youjian suddenly felt bad: "Zhengnan! Wang Zhengnan? Commander Wang?" He called several times, but there was no answer.

Li Yunya also became alert, quickly took out his pistol and gave it to Zhu Youjian, both of which were loaded with magazines. He held the gun in one hand and put his arm around Zhu Youjian: "Don't be afraid, no one can kill Wang Zhennan silently." They killed it, and if it was a beast, it would at least make a noise, so let's go back to the ship first."

The two walked to the boat. Because the fog was getting thicker, they couldn't see their fingers after walking for a while, and no one answered no matter how much they shouted. Li Yunya comforted Zhu Youjian: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, no matter what comes out, let's go out first." Give him a shot."

As soon as he finished speaking, he bumped into something, and Li Yunya almost shot, but found that it was a piece of wood that hit his leg, which hurt a lot.

"I hit someone? Who's in front?" A familiar but unrememberable voice came out of the mist.

Li Yunya said: "Who are you? Are you from Daming?" How could there be ordinary Daming people here?And it's still this accent... Li Yunya's heart began to beat excitedly.

"It's Xiao Lizi? Why didn't you come out on your bike?" A middle-aged man in a blue shirt came out of the room, "You go out early to deliver the courier?"

Li Yunya finally recalled from his 18 years of dusty memories that this man was Uncle Zheng, a tofu seller in a neighboring village. It is well-known in ten miles and eight townships, and the way he sells it is also very unique, called "tofu-pure brine tofu-soy milk!"

I am... back to modern times?Li Yunya was so excited that he had difficulty breathing. After 18 years in Ming Dynasty, I came back again!Li Yunya turned his head to look at Zhu Youjian, but found that Zhu Youjian had changed. He was no longer the Zhu Youjian who was in his 17s in Chongzhen in 30 years, but returned to the time when he first saw him, in the seventh year of Tianqi Zhu Youjian, who was only 16 years old, looked like a young man full of heroism, and Zhu Youjian also looked at Li Yunya in surprise at this time: "You, you, you...you are rejuvenated!"

Li Yunya walked over and asked Uncle Zheng: "What year is it today? What date is it?"

"October NO.19, what's the matter? Don't you have a mobile phone?" Uncle Zheng wondered.

"October NO.19? Is it really October NO.19?" This was the day that Li Yunya traveled through. He took out a mirror from the space and looked at it. It was not the 37-year-old self in the mirror, but Back to the appearance of not yet twenty, he turned back and hugged Zhu Youjian, turned around twice, and kissed his fair and tender face twice, "I'm back! Check! I'm back !Ha ha!"

Zhu Youjian was also a little excited: "Is this Feng Yuanxing?"

"That's right! This is Feng Yuanxing! I remembered, this is the way to Donggou, I'll take you home right now! Let's go!"

He released the three-wheeled electric car from the space, hugged Zhu Youjian and sat behind the car, letting Zhu Youjian put his arms around his neck: "You must catch me, remember not, let me feel your love exist……"

Starting the car and starting to drive, Li Yunya recalled the past 18 years of ancient life, and it seemed like a dream, but it was indeed real. He had an extra emperor boyfriend, and there was more than one ton of gold and fifty tons of silver in the space. , as well as various grains, snacks, and valuable wood... These are not what he, an ordinary courier, can save.

There is no need to worry about expanding the territory for the Ming Dynasty, national education, scientific development, medical care, physical reform... these things!I want to be here, with the inspection, to start a new life that only belongs to the two of us!

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