The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 347 Gold Mercenary

One of the trade representatives of the Ming Dynasty, Ruan Dan, a Han Chinese who was born in Shunhua City, Annan, went to visit his relatives in Liu Guozheng accompanied by several soldiers to protect him.

He had been away from home for too long, and it was a true portrayal of things and people, and he found his remarried wife after many twists and turns.

It was an ordinary farmhouse, and the man squatted on the ground honestly and silently. This Houli Chaojing man could not speak Chinese. Seeing the official came to look for his wife, he was heartbroken. He looked at his woman pitifully.

Seeing that his wife had already given birth to a son and a daughter with this man, Ruan Dan seemed to be treating her well, shook his head and sighed, left her 200 taels of silver, and brought his ten-year-old son back to Feifu.

Just when Huang Sheng had achieved all his goals and was about to return to the voyage, Zheng Ting, who held the emperor in the north of the Annan Houli Dynasty and ordered the princes, who was equivalent to the version of Cao Cao in the Houli Dynasty, led the Yulin Army to the south again, advancing both by water and land, to fight the inheritance of Ruan Fuyuan Three generations of Guangnan Kingdom.

In order to fight against the Hou Li Dynasty, Ruan Fuyuan built the Great Wall of tens of miles to resist the attack from the north. He spared no expense to buy many large and small Portuguese artillery to manage the side wall. The main force of the Southern Kingdom.

However, Zheng Bing sent his navy to go south to bypass the side wall and approach Feifu Port. The Guangnan National Navy had few warships in a hurry to meet them and none of them returned. .

The sad news of the annihilation of the entire naval force came, and the small court of Guangnan Kingdom was in shock for a day. At this time, many ministers suggested that the king spend a lot of money to hire Portuguese to help the war. Guangnan Kingdom had already done this before, and they hired dozens of blonde The blue-eyed Westerners taught their country's soldiers how to shoot cannons and how to use arquebuses.

This can be considered, but there will not be more than 500 Westerners in Feifu Port, and the number of men who can fight should be less than [-]. Besides, it is impossible for them to put down their livelihoods and participate in the civil war in the Houli Dynasty. ah!

At this time, a minister named Hu Mingshan came up with a good idea, asking the lord to ask for tribute to Daming, the upper kingdom of heaven, to accept Daming's canonization, and Guangnan Kingdom will become a vassal state of Daming from now on.

Now by coincidence, there are hundreds of warships of the Daming Navy doing business in Feifu Port. Let us bribe the officials of the Ming Dynasty who lead the troops, and ask him to take on the responsibility of protecting the vassal state first, and send warships to stop Zheng Bing from going south. navy.

Huang Sheng didn't know that just in time for the Civil War in the small country of Da Viet, he was entertaining dozens of Western businessmen on the "Liaodong", not all Portuguese, but Spaniards, Britons, French, and Romans.

The delicious food and wine of Ming Dynasty opened the eyes of these Xiyi, and suddenly the music sounded, and the high official of Ming Dynasty actually danced the waltz. , but more graceful and moving.

The Celestial Empire is really extraordinary, their level of civilization seems to be many times stronger than that of Europe!These businessmen are all fascinated, and they all want to visit that civilized country in their lifetime.

At this moment, Hu Mingshan, the envoy sent by Ruan Fuyuan, disturbed the reception, and the guests knew that a war was about to break out here.

The Westerners got nervous, and they left one by one to go back to prepare for war. They didn't want to attack the northern army of Dai Viet, but needed to protect themselves.

Westerners know the nature of these indigenous warlords who fight back and forth. They are ruthless against their own kind, but they dare not do anything wrong to Westerners.

As long as the Westerners defend their homeland from being affected by the war, no matter which side wins, the North and the South will recognize their actual interests.

Hu Mingshan, the envoy of the Guangnan Kingdom, saw the general of the Ming army crying and kneeling, begging the heavenly kingdom not to ignore death, and asked Master Huang Sheng's warship to attack the fleet of Houli Dynasty in the north.

Huang Sheng patiently listened to Hu Mingshan's story about the decades of grievances and grievances between the Zheng family and the Ruan family in the Houli Dynasty. He knew that the navy of the Zheng family in the north was about to approach the city, and the lord of Guangnan asked his own navy to fight.

What a plan to drive away tigers and wolves, and the little barbarian can also play with IQ.

Fight against the arrogant Houli Dynasty power minister Zheng Bing, this is perfectly fine, the relationship between countries should be far away and close to attack, Guangnan Kingdom does not border Ming Dynasty in the south of Annan, and the Later Li Dynasty and Guangxi are indistinguishable from each other, of course we must weaken Annan's strength Northern regime.

How could Huang Sheng do a loss-making business? He wanted to kill two birds with one stone by sending troops, weakening the northern military power of the Hou Li Dynasty and extorting the wealth accumulated in the south at the same time.

Huang Sheng is not a bastard who doesn't feel sorry for his father. How could he be praised by others as a kingdom of heaven, voluntarily become a vassal state and become an emperor, and rush out to waste money and people.

The interests of one's own country and people are what one pursues, and the enemy is fighting a civil war, so why not make it difficult for them to win or lose?

Hu Mingshan, the envoy of Guangnan Kingdom, saw that he had spoken a lot, but this Ming official just kept silent.

Hu Mingshan sees that he is moved and understands it with affection, and others are indifferent, so he honestly understands it with benefit.

He took the initiative to offer a price and said: "Master Huang, I am willing to pay 5 taels of gold for the army of Zheng's fleet after the attack. What do you think, my lord?"

This Hu Mingshan is very fluent in Chinese, and he can also chew on words, so he made a condition and looked at Huang Sheng's face eagerly.

5 taels of gold are only 40 taels of silver for military expenditures. It’s a good idea. The current price of Huang Sheng’s fleet of warships and army equipment has exceeded 800 million taels. How much does it cost to train sailors and gunners to fight?
Huang Sheng saw that the minister of the Guangnan Kingdom finally decided to buy pancakes instead of falling into the sky, which was a little funny.

After a haha, he said, "Lord Hu, I'm going back to Daming tomorrow, and I don't really want to get involved in the fighting between you."

I don't want to, it's not impossible or impossible, this Hu Mingshan was born as a sea merchant, he knows how to talk about business by observing words and expressions.

He came to Huang Sheng, knelt down and cried: "Master Huang, the small country of Guangnan is in danger, please show mercy and lend a helping hand, the country is willing to give 8 taels of gold as a subsidy."

Damn, the barbarian is so cunning, it seems that it won't work if you don't induce his thinking.

Huang Sheng took a sip of tea slowly, and said: "Master Hu, please stand up and talk. Naturally, the more military pay the better in war, it's similar to buying things. The result you get is completely different at what price you pay."

"Master Huang, I don't quite understand, I would like to hear more about it."

"With 5 taels of gold, I can make the navy show up, and make the northern navy of the Houli Dynasty retreat. 8 taels can sink several Northern Army warships and let them know how powerful they are. If 20 taels With two pieces of gold in hand, no ship from the north can escape.”

Huang Sheng was definitely not asking for prices. War is the most wasteful thing in the world. Daming spends millions of taels of silver every year in Liaodong, which can be seen.

Huang Sheng only asked the southern regime of the Houli Dynasty to pay about 150 million taels of silver for military expenses, and he declared that he would wipe out the northern navy. This is a good deal with the final word!

If Ruan Fuyuan buys or builds warships, how much money will he need to accumulate the strength to destroy the northern navy?
How much time is needed?There is no guarantee that they will be able to achieve a complete victory. Besides, they are imminent. Where is the time like this?

(End of this chapter)