The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 337 Foreshadowing
Yu Zigao understood, and immediately asked for a price.road:

"My lord, I know that you have spent a lot of money on the expedition. Fujian soldiers and civilians are willing to subsidize 10 taels of silver for the army under your command. It will be delivered to the Zhongzuo Office within three days."

Huang Sheng made up his mind, he didn't even pay five taels of silver for beheading a head, it seems that this Yu Zigao is not greedy enough and needs to be trained.

Master Huang's face was watery and noncommittal, Yu Zigao couldn't calm down anymore, and said: "If you are not satisfied, please tell me the amount, the lower officials can't make the families of the brave and dead soldiers hungry."

Seeing that Huang Sheng didn't make a sound at all, Yu Zigao gritted his teeth and said, "20, I'll find a way to make up 20 taels."

This price only made a little sense, Huang Sheng finally spoke, saying:

"I want to support a few subordinates. Can Lord Yu use my subordinate Ma Chengshi Qianhu as the general of the Kinmen Guerrilla? The three generals of the Kinmen Guerrilla are Li Guozhu, Xu Xinsu, and Shang Muming. Is there any difficulty?"

Ma Chengcheng was one of the first three sailors to join Huang's family. He was from Gaizhou Wei and had always worked hard. The eldest son, Ma Mienu, was now Huang Sheng's loader.

Huang Sheng is ready to run this excellent captain. It is still too early to station his own navy in Kinmen, but he can get an official position first, so as to lay the groundwork for coming here to grab the territory in the future.

Mr. Huang asked for prices all over the sky, and Yu Zigao was in a dilemma. Although he was the commander-in-chief, he could only control the generals and guerrilla generals during wartime. no.

At the end of the bargain, Yu Zigao promised that Ma Cheng would be given the false title of commander of the fourth-rank guard, but actually be awarded the title of Qian Zong under the command of Jinmen Guerrilla General. Shang Muming was appointed as the general manager of the five-tier thousand households.

Yu Zigao has the credit for defeating Zheng Yiguan's pirate group, so he doesn't know how much benefit he can get. A guerrilla general who manages a battalion of soldiers and horses out of thin air is beyond his reach, and it is not difficult to operate a few low-level military officers to take positions. After all, These people are not even generals.

Huang Sheng wanted to get an official position under the Kinmen Guerrilla, not to garrison Kinmen, it was too far away from Liaodong, it was too early, it was just a layout of Xianqi, a thousand troops and warships here temporarily let Xu Xinsu, the second in command Responsible.

It is estimated that Li Guozhu will not stay as an official, he should just keep an official status and have a lot of retreats.Shang Muming is not a military officer at all, but the head of the Huang family's propaganda team. Of course, he only gets paid and doesn't lead soldiers.

After all, Yu Zigao has been in the officialdom for decades, so he suggested that Ma Chengqianhu should change his identity to facilitate operation.

Ma Chengcheng became a big merchant active in Japan's Goto Islands. He had more than [-] warships under his command and more than [-] dead soldiers. Because he couldn't understand Zheng Yiguan's pirate group, he took the initiative to contact Fujian General Army Lord Guan Yu Zigao is ready to join Daming.

Master Yu Zigao, who wholeheartedly served the imperial court, greeted him backwards, and temporarily conferred the post of chief officer. After Ma Cheng surrendered to the Fujian Navy, he took the lead in every battle. There are two lucky boats on Guan No. 420 and five grass boats. They killed more than a thousand pirates and won the [-] level three.

Directly use military merit to operate Ma Cheng as the superior, so as to prevent a Qianhu from Liaodong from going to Fujian to do things in Fujian, which is a bit blatant and unsightly.

Huang Sheng had infinite admiration for Yu Zigao's level of storytelling, and he deeply believed in it. It seems that Yu Zigao's commander-in-chief was as good as Wu Xiang, and they were all talents who could not fight and were good at other things!

A dignified military officer needs to use some crooked brains to operate a four-rank military officer, but it is always effortless to operate two. After all, Yu Zigao has more than [-] gains in his hands.

It is impossible for him to reject his official document of victory and the commendation given to the meritorious soldiers to the Ministry of War.

Yu Zigao was also particularly interested in the confessions of the more than 200 pirates. He was always frustrated in the confrontation with Zheng Yiguan, and almost lost his life. He also hated the pirate leader very much. Now he was knocked to the ground , Of course, you have to go up and step on your feet.

In history, Yu Zigao was defeated by Zheng Yiguan many times and learned that the imperial court had sent Jin Yiwei to take him into prison. He was afraid of being humiliated and punished, so he chose to commit suicide.Certainly not now, with Huang Sheng intending to promote him, he should still be the commander-in-chief of Fujian for many years.

Yu Zigao said that not only will these confessions be reported to the imperial court, but also circulated to the prefectures in Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi to let everyone know the ferocity of Zheng Yiguan's pirate gang. The adults in the coastal areas are requested to be highly vigilant so that the coastal navy and civilians are united in the same hatred.

The general soldier of Fujian made such a statement, and Huang Sheng was of course happy to see it succeed, so he asked Yu Zigao to put more effort into making Zheng Yiguan a bad smell.

Of course, none of the warships captured by the Huang family would be given to Yu Zigao, not only that, but even the captured Ming army warships and the captured Ming army Huang Sheng were prepared to take away.Anyway, the Fujian General Soldier suffered heavy losses in the bloody battle against the pirates, and the imperial court would replenish him with troops on the warship.

Yu Zigao was very knowledgeable, and didn't even mention whether it was seized or not. Instead, he mobilized people, money and food to repair Xiamen Port and the Zhongzuo Office, preparing to take over the place.

This time the sea battle plus the land battle, the Huang family was lucky because of opportunism, the casualties were not too large, and the main casualties occurred in the sea battle.

Shelling each other in this era is no joke. Although the enemy hit solid iron balls, 14 of the gunners and sailors of the Huang family were killed. There were 29 seriously injured and more than 150 slightly injured.

This is entirely because the sailors and gunners did not wear armor, and the soldiers who fired on the ship had very few casualties, and most of them were minor injuries, because their top helmets smashed their armor.

Also because the artillery of this era is a close-range attack, you can see the direction of the muzzle, and when you find that the opponent's muzzle is facing you and start to ignite, it is still effective to dodge to the left and right immediately. Most of the lives are safe without being directly hit by iron bullets.

More than [-] warships of the Fujian Navy are moored in Xiamen Port, and they can't justify it in every way, and the military officials at all levels in Fujian can't hold back the face. It's just a naked face-slap!
Huang Sheng decided to simply send all of them to Daishan Island, where the shipyard should be almost completed, Zhao Shimin has already arranged for master craftsmen to work, and every base of the Huang family will have the ability to repair and build large ships.

In the future, not only will they serve the Huang family, but they will also open to the outside world. All the seagoing ships that come and go can be repaired and maintained in the Huang’s dock.

It is better to be happy alone than to be happy together. When many nobles and big bureaucratic landlords find that overseas colonization can bring more money and faster than grabbing the land of poor peasants in the interior, they will bring their family members to join the vigorous age of voyage!

For safety, ten straw boats, five No. [-] blessing boats, new warships 'Jiading' and 'Jiangyin', as well as forty horse boats that have been refitted and accelerated, were sent on this trip.

By the way, they escorted more than [-] pirates who were reformed through labor, and transferred more than [-] family members of fishermen and sailors from the family of the Ming army and some shielded battlefields, as well as the wounded who needed long-term recuperation, to Daishan Island for resettlement.

The coffins of the fallen soldiers were taken over by Daishan Island, and then brought back to Huangjiawan Island by the Huangjia ship that delivered there to be buried in Shuangdingshan.

(End of this chapter)