The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 226 Luzon Hanmin
The soldiers knew that the patriarch would treat every Han Chinese well, and they were especially interested in those Han people who had been living overseas, so they quickly brought these people to meet the patriarch.

Huang Sheng was overjoyed to meet the Han people in Lusong. This Spanish colony seemed to be a good place. There were already many Han people and overseas Chinese living there in the late Southern Song Dynasty.

In the fifth year of Longqing, the Spanish colonists invaded Luzon. They were quite afraid of the Han people, because the Han people had civilization, writing, and more organized concepts, and they were absolutely unwilling to accept the colonial rule of the Spanish.

And the Han people in Luzon are much richer than the local aborigines. The most fundamental reason for every Nanyang anti-Chinese is: the Chinese have property but no force.The Spanish colonists were no exception. They organized looting and murdered many Han Chinese living in Manila. No less than 20 Han Chinese were killed.

Huang Sheng said kindly to the six kneeling people, Yan Yuese: "Don't be afraid, I am a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, I will definitely not hurt you, and you should speak slowly like I do."

The accents of these people are difficult to distinguish, and it is really hard to understand when they speak quickly.

One of them imitated Daming's Mandarin accent and said: "My lord, I understand, what you need to know, I will tell you the truth."

It turns out that Luzon's maritime trade is also very developed. This lucky ship set sail from Manila Port to transport goods to Edo and handed it over to a Japanese daimyo surnamed Tsugawa.

The ship was equipped with eight six-pound copper-cored iron guns and had a crew of 57 people. It was flanked by three pirate Zhuin ships in the waters of Fukue Island. Those pirate ships swarmed up from three directions. Their artillery only had time to fire two rounds before they began to fight on board. .

The Japanese ronin who became pirates were too powerful to fight, and the result of the resistance on the No. [-] Fuchuan was that they only killed three or four of the other party and were cut in half by others.

In the end, everyone was terrified and knelt down to beggars. After a few sailors who caused pirate casualties were chopped off, they were tied up and thrown in the darkened hold.

It has been more than a whole day, no one is in charge of them, and there is no water to drink. If the Ming army did not find out, they should die within a day.

Regardless of who they delivered to, the Huang family is now all spoils of war. Huang Sheng was a little amused when he saw that these people thought it was the Ming army who rescued them.

If the pirates wanted to kill them, they would be killed on the spot, and they wouldn't bother to tie them up one by one. The reason why they were ignored was that the pirate ship could return to the home port in less than an hour.

Huang Sheng asked without explaining, "You speak clearly, what's your name, what do you do on the ship, and what do they do?"

"Back to your lord, the young one is called Li Ximing, who is a tent, the big one is called Li Xihan, he is an arquebus shooter, he is the younger cousin who knows how to punch, and that one is a gunner called Huziwei..."

"What are your plans now? How are you going to live in the future?"

"My lord, it's a good thing that the little one survived. Naturally, I will obey my lord's arrangement and work as a slave."

These people are all out to sea, know the rules, the captives can contact their families, and the ransom they sent can be returned, and they have to find a way to go home by themselves.

Their homes were thousands of miles away, and if they were released at this time, these people would not be able to go back. Besides, the captured people were the property of the victors, and it was up to them to keep them as coolies or sell them.

"Secretary He Xiang, you draft paperwork for them and leave them as servants!"

These people knew who the servant was, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to recognize the master.

Huang Sheng said: "You work hard in the Huang family. In the near future, I will take you to Luzon and let you return home. Tell the other dozen people to work hard for the Huang family in the future. I will not treat you badly."

There are no weak men who go to sea. They should all have a skill. Of course, they stay and work for themselves. To develop maritime trade requires a large number of sailors and gunners. Naturally, these skilled hands cannot be let go.

Li Ximing saw that the official of the Great Ming Dynasty who commanded so many warships took him in as a servant to work for him, and immediately adapted to his identity. He said to Huang Sheng:

"My lord, the little one hid the ledger when he was caught by the pirates. The ship didn't suffer too much bombardment, and the cargo wasn't damaged. This cargo can be sold for 210 taels of silver to the Tsugawa daimyo."

No wonder there are so many pirates, and the harvest of robbing a merchant ship is too great.Seeing that Li Ximing took the initiative to tell the value of the goods, Huang Sheng comforted him with nice words, and told him to do a good job for the Huang family in the future, and he would be given an official job in the future.

Li Ximing was overjoyed when he got the promise from the patriarch, and he knelt down and kowtowed: "The young one must do things seriously, the young one can settle accounts, speak Japanese and Spanish, and has already taken the flight from Luzon to Japan seven or eight times."

Huang Sheng asked Liu Guozheng to take Li Ximing down to rest, and asked him to appease the Luzon people who were on the same boat as Li Ximing and leave them on the horse boat as sailors.

There is a naval battle here, and the rumble of guns has already alarmed the pirates' home port. The Huang family is doomed not to launch a surprise attack, so they simply proceed step by step.

All warships are cruising outside the firepower of the enemy's fort, and dozens of fixed telescopes carefully observe the battlefield.

The largest known enemy warships are eight Zhuyin boats and two No. [-] Fuchuan, and now five of them have been captured by the Huang family. One of the three warships that participated in the attack on Luzon No. [-] Fuchuan went to Xiaocheng There are at most four warships in the pirate den on Zuomae Island, the home of the island, which is about to attack.

It's a pity that you can't see it. The pirate port is blocked by a small hill. You have to go around the hill along the waterway to get a clear view of the port area. The pirate's fort is built on the mountainside, and the artillery can just shoot at the enemy ships that try to enter the port area.

The three Hongyi cannons should be [-]-pound cannons. It is impossible for the armed merchant ships traveling here to install such large cannons on board, and neither can the No. [-] Fuchuan. Shatter.

The [-]-pound gun equipped on the No. [-] Fuchuan of the Huang family is a steel gun with a barrel hoop, which reduces the weight of the gun body by half, reduces the recoil, and adds a shock-absorbing spring to the base.

The No. [-] Fuchuan has been reinforced and speed-upped. The range of the rifled gun is double that of the smoothbore gun. The fort, which is so well-armed by pirates, will be at a disadvantage when encountering other Asian warships.

Therefore, the development of the army must keep pace with the times. Too many historical battles tell us that advanced weapons can completely change the outcome of a war.

How could the Ottoman Turkish Sultan Mehmed II have stormed Constantinople if he hadn't been given heavy artillery?The destruction of the Byzantine Empire was due to the failure to purchase the most advanced heavy artillery at that time.

It is said that those merchants and craftsmen first approached Constantine XI to sell their new design and costly artillery and then persuaded Mehmed II to buy it after being rejected.

The Huang family has a [-]-pound rifled gun and nine [-]-pound rifled guns, which can completely cover the enemy's fort without being hit by the Hongyi cannon of the pirate fort. How can the pirates win such an offensive and defensive battle?
The observation came to an end, and the preparations began to be perfected. Huang Mingdao assigned combat missions, and Mr. Huang Sheng listened. The warships of the Huang family are the lifeblood. There are cannons that cross the age. Let the enemy see the rifling in the barrel.

There is no country without skilled craftsmen. They just lack an idea. After seeing the appearance, go back and think about it for a year or so, and maybe a product will appear.

It can be dealt with without qualified steel, and increasing the wall thickness of the artillery can completely make up for it. At worst, it will be bulkier, and it will be better than being unable to hit the opponent by oneself, and being beaten exclusively.

Huang Mingdao is the best candidate to be the commander of the Huang family's fleet. He and Huang Mingli are both sons of the Huang family, and they share the same illness as Huang Sheng. All three relatives died on the way to escape from the Jiannu-controlled area.

His hatred for Jiannu is unforgettable, and he is the genuine Huang family. It is impossible for anyone to instigate rebellion, not even the emperor of Ming Dynasty.

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