Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 718 Nine-character policy, pirate nature

After hearing Hu Youcheng's words, the clan elders were stunned again, and then they all showed surprise.

Chen Min hurriedly asked: "According to what Hu Xiaoqi means, is the imperial court going to support us with a batch of muskets?"

The powerful guns of the Ming Dynasty have now spread throughout Nanyang.After all, the Dutch, who were in the limelight in Nanyang before, were all scared by the Ming army in the battle of Dongfan Island.

Now the eight-linked settlement lacks even cold weapons, not to mention muskets—this is one of the reasons why they are unwilling to confront the Spaniards.

But if they had muskets supported by the imperial court, they would have much more confidence in the Spaniards.

Hu Youcheng smiled and said: "Yes, the imperial court has prepared a batch of flintlock guns, ten tiger squatting guns, and some grenades.

The first batch has arrived in Manila, and the others will follow. "

Manila has customs inspection procedures, but even in later generations, there are still various ways to hide the truth. In this era, it is easier to evade inspection or make people unable to find out.

Therefore, Chen Min, Lin Lide and others did not have any doubts about Hu Youcheng's words, but were excited.

Lin Lide said: "Hu Xiaoqi said that there is a way to decipher the eight couplets of death, but is it true?"

The rest of the sect elders also knew that the key to deciphering the death of the eight couplets was the key, so they spoke one after another.

"Balian is surrounded by Western forts and fortresses, how can we break it?"

"It's a pity that the forts and fortresses are stationed in Westerners, not Japanese or natives. Otherwise, we can send people to mix in and solve them from the inside."

"There are dozens of large and small forts, and there are eight fortresses. It is very difficult to break through."

"···"

After the Zong elders finished their discussion, Hu Youcheng smiled and said: "It is really difficult for us to break through these forts and fortresses. But it is not difficult for us to just hold on to these Eight Union settlements for a period of time.

The above gave us the nine-character policy - dig deep, accumulate food widely, and train the people to be brave! "

Dig deep pits, accumulate food widely, and train people to be brave?
Everyone chewed this and thought for a while.

Although Lin Lide is a businessman and clan elder, he usually pays attention to the training of Spanish soldiers and dealing with the rebellious natives. At this moment, after thinking for a while, he said, "Is this deep digging to deal with the shelling?"

"That's right." Hu Youcheng nodded, "As long as the bomb shelters and artillery trenches are dug well, artillery isn't that scary."

Lin Lide shook his head, "The method is a good method, but it's a pity that it doesn't work well in the Eighth League—didn't Hu Xiaoqi explain our terrain to the above?
Balian is located near the city of Manila, on the south bank of the Pasig River, originally called Jiannei.What is a stream?Mountains and rivers.

As far as the ground under our feet is concerned, it only takes a few feet to dig down, and water will seep out. How can we dig deep? "

Chen Min had a different opinion, and said, "As long as we can avoid the shells, it's okay for us to stay in the puddle."

Lin Lide said: "But..."

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Hu Youcheng said with a smile: "Mr. Chen and Mr. Lin Mo Zheng, the higher-ups are so concerned about Manila, why don't they consider the terrain of the Eighth League?

So when we transport weapons here, we will also transport a batch of cement.

Westerners may not know its function, even if they know it, it is convenient to smuggle it over.

It is only necessary to build a few key cement fortifications in the eight-linked settlement before the Westerners engage in massacres, together with the bomb shelters and trenches, it is enough to deal with the artillery fire and attacks of the Westerners. "

cement?

The elders were a little puzzled after hearing this.

However, although the matter of Daming's prohibition of cement was published in various newspapers, rumors still spread outside the people.

Chen Mindao: "I heard people say that the domestic government has a magical building material, which is suspected to be related to the breath soil brought by the emperor from the fairy world. It congeals when it sees water, and after a few days it can turn soil into stone and be indestructible. Could it be true?"

Although Hu Youcheng knew that the so-called Xiyang theory was not credible, he did not point it out at this time, but laughed and said: "Yes, this thing is exactly cement."

The elders were suddenly excited.

"The imperial court is willing to provide such treasures to help. Now we, the Ming Dynasty, can be regarded as safe."

"The Son of Heaven really cares about us overseas people, but we haven't been filial to your father for many years. I'm ashamed."

"Xiyi trapped us in this eighth couplet, so they thought they were going to get us, and this time they were going to make them look good, haha..."

After some exchanges, Hu Youcheng completely won the trust of the clan elders, and also got the promise of full help from the ten surnames of the Eighth Alliance.

Later, he discussed with the elders of the ten surnames how to select and train the brave men, how to cover up the transportation of weapons, the construction of cement fortifications, and how to communicate with each other, and other matters, and then dispersed. meeting.

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The Spaniards are not unaware of the anomalies in the eight-linked settlements, but they just don't have time to investigate.

Because Ming's envoy is coming to Manila.

The current Governor of Spain in Manila and the entire colony of the Greater Luzon Islands is Diego Fajardo Chacon.

This person took office in 1644 and is exactly 50 years old this year.Because of long-term enjoyment of research and beauty, he has already begun to bald, but his figure is still relatively strong, and his bearded face still retains the fierceness of his youth.

On this day, he stood at the top window of the Governor's Mansion, looking at the sea in the distance, and asked, "Do you know who the envoy from the Ming Kingdom is coming this time?"

Nestor, a young affairs officer at the side, said, "Your Excellency, I think it's very likely that it's Kuang Lu who won over the Dutch at the negotiating table."

"Then what do you think the envoy of the Ming Dynasty is going to do?" Diego asked again.

Nestor thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "Maybe it has something to do with the rumor that the Ming people wanted to take Luzon?"

Diego sat back at the table, cut a cigar and smoked it himself, and said, "The envoys from the Ming Dynasty must have come this time with malicious intentions, and for what purpose, we will know when they arrive in Manila tomorrow.

Now there are two things that need to be done—the first thing is to let those bastards under Oscar stop going out to drink and find women tonight, and have a good night's rest, so that they can cheer me up when they meet the messenger tomorrow.

Let the Ming people know that we Spanish soldiers are not as easy to bully as those water shrimps in the Netherlands. Our army is a strong army, which is well-known in Europe.

The second thing is to ask the people below to keep a close eye on the Ming people of the Eighth Alliance, and if they find that they have contact with the people of the Ming Mission, they should immediately report to the Governor's Office.Remember? "

"Remember, Your Excellency!"

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Zhaowu five years, June nineteenth.

Because the weather in Nanyang was already very hot at this time, the iron-clad ship Qiongzhou on which the Ming Dynasty envoys were boarded arrived at the port of Manila at around [-]:[-] in the morning.

The Spanish Navy had seen the iron-clad warships of the Ming Dynasty at sea long ago, but most of the Spaniards, as well as the natives and Japanese in Manila, and a large number of Ming people, saw the iron-clad warships of the Ming Dynasty in the port of Manila for the first time.

Although Spain deployed troops to stop the people a mile or two away, there were still many people watching from a distance.

"Is this an ironclad ship? It's covered with iron!"

"It's Baotou Steel!"

"Da Ming is really rich."

"Ming people are so good at making money, how can Daming not be rich?"

"Such an ironclad ship, I'm afraid the Spanish fleet in the bay can't stop it?"

"Combining with the fort, it is definitely possible to take it down, but it is impossible to capture it—I heard that the soldiers of Ming Dynasty are not afraid of death. If they are in a hurry, they will probably blow up the ship."

"···"

Diego, who came to the pier to meet the Ming mission, greedily looked at the Qiongzhou iron-clad ship, and was really thinking about whether he could snatch it directly.

Western countries have been sailing for two or three hundred years, and Spain is an old-fashioned sailing colonial empire. As the governor, Diego knows very well what the appearance of a brand-new warship means.

He heard that the Dutch once wanted to buy an ironclad ship, but the Ming people directly refused, and they didn't even give them a chance to negotiate the price.

It can be seen that this kind of warship should be imitated, so smart people are not willing to sell it.

Now the opportunity to snatch one is in front of him, should he do it?

When Diego was thinking about this matter, Nestor, the affairs officer, leaned into his ear and said: "Your Excellency, the envoy who came is indeed that Kuang Lu. In addition, according to the report from the navy, a huge Ming fleet is on the way." In the open sea, there are at least ten ironclad ships like this!"

　First more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)