The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 369
Huang Mingdao, who sailed to the South China Sea for more than three months, returned safely with his fleet. Since the route this time was all along the offshore sea, he did not encounter decent pirates at all, so he did not have many chances to fight.

They robbed more than a dozen merchant ships along the way and met no resistance at all, and the soldiers of the Huang family suffered no casualties.

Most of these are merchant ships built by the Dutch, sea coachmen, who have no force value and rely entirely on speed advantage to sail.

Previously, typical European merchant ships were built with platforms on which to mount artillery, which effectively prevented pirate attacks.The Dutch were the first to take the risk of building a merchant ship that could only transport goods but not mount artillery.

The price of this is that every voyage becomes a risky gamble of fate, but its advantage is that the cost of building the ship is low, the price is only half of that of the British ship, so the freight of the goods is also low.

Even so, the Dutch were not satisfied. In order to get as much profit as possible, they added a special design to the ship.

Its design is very unique, the cargo ship has a big belly, so the hull is very large and round.And the deck is small.This is done because, in Scandinavia, the tax paid on a boat depends on the width of the deck, and the narrower the deck, the less you pay, so Dutch-made boats have small decks and big bellies, The more profits.

To a large extent, it is this kind of boat that the Dutch have won the world-renowned title of "Sea Coachman".

It's a pity that the speed of these deformed Galen ships can be caught up by Huang's warships, and the sentry horse ships can easily outflank them. Although the sentry horse ships have a four-pound bow gun, it is not difficult to bombard the Galen ship's mast once. Causes several Soft Sails to drop.

The final result was that the Galen ship was getting slower and slower, and the adventurers of the Rundan Gang wisely chose to surrender, so the Huang family captured hundreds of Westerners.

Huang Mingdao sold porcelain, Songjiang cloth and other commodities in Feifugang, and transported back the 15 shi of rice that Hu Mingshan, the Minister of Guangnan State, hadtily purchased, and paid for the goods in full.

Because the Deming fleet arrived at Feifu Port a few months earlier than the agreed time, Hu Mingshan had no material preparations, and he stated that there must be at least 50 shi of rice supply on the agreed day.

After Daishan and Lingao got a large amount of equipment and technical talents to join, their development momentum will be seen immediately. The chief officials who stayed behind all wrote work reports to the Patriarch and asked Huang Mingdao to bring them back to Patriarch Chen.

After only staying in Huangjiawan Island for seventeen days, Huang Sheng told Chu'er that he was going to fight Jiannu with his command.

Isn't the husband at home Ding worry guard system?The imperial court did not allow him to seize love, so how could he lead troops?
Chu'er was puzzled, and asked: "My lord, now you Ding You, although you still have rank, you can't command the soldiers and horses of the court, how can you take the initiative to attack and build slaves?"

"My lady, Ding You is just to show filial piety. The tragic death of your husband's parents and the whole family are all thanks to Jiannu. Killing those animals is the best manifestation of filial piety. I will not bring the imperial army this time. All the soldiers who attack It's Huang Jiajia Ding."

"Husband, how many servants are there in our family?"

"Our family has more than a thousand ships, and there are more sailors and gunners. In addition to their calculations, there must be 3 to [-] horses. That's why I asked you to find ways to earn more money!"

Chu'er knew that the Huang family had a lot of private soldiers, but she didn't expect there to be so many, and she was a little dizzy.Husband has such strength, what is he going to do?Little Lolita was a little nervous, her little face turned pale with fright.

She stammered: "Husband, don't you have too many soldiers and horses, what should you do if the court is afraid?"

"That's why you can't talk to outsiders! You can't even tell your father. Don't worry, your husband will not cause trouble for the family."

Chu'er was born in an honorable family and it's not easy to be deceived, she said suspiciously: "Husband, if you are innocent, you are guilty of carrying a jade, you have to be careful!"

"If there really comes a day when the Holy Majesty is jealous of your husband, where are you going, Chu Er?"

Chu'er didn't even think about it, and immediately said firmly: "The husband is the sky of the concubine, no matter when and where the concubine will think about the husband, I am not afraid of betraying the world."

Huang Sheng felt very relieved and put his arms around his beloved wife and said: "Don't worry, the Holy Majesty will not let me down, I will definitely pacify Jiannu for him. But if he is divorced from morality, even if I bow my head and stick to my ear, the arrogant soldiers under my command will not agree! "

It was obvious that her husband was disobedient, and Chu'er began to tremble in Huang Sheng's arms.After a while, he said: "Husband, you and I are of the same heart, no matter what you do as a concubine, I will obey you."

This is the characteristic of the feudal dynasty, and it is actually more in line with human nature. The crime of treason should be punished by the nine clans, and the wife should bear the brunt of it.

In the feudal king, it is rebellious for a wife to expose her husband, for her son to inform her mother, and for a servant to accuse the master.

Chu'er is already the eldest wife of the Huang family, so she naturally shared honor and shame with Huang Sheng. Although she was worried, she was very happy to know that the Huang family soldiers are strong and strong.

"Chu'er, the Huang family mainly relies on the profits from the sea trade to raise soldiers, support the people, and seek development. Most of them are sailors and gunners who go to sea. There are actually not many soldiers who can land and fight. There are more than 4000 hundred generals in total. Three to four thousand people."

"Husband, don't comfort this concubine, I know how to measure, you have to be careful yourself!"

"Of course I will be cautious. The entire population of Jiannu has no less than 10,000+ soldiers. The Huang family has only a few thousand people, how can they fight head-on with them. This time, I will find their weak points in defense and sneak into the sea."

In the evening, Chu Er specially found He Xiangqian, who was going to go out with her husband, to exhort her, and asked carefully about the real casualties of the Huang family's horses in the last Ningjin victory, and finally felt a little relieved.

On April 21, at the estuary of the lower reaches of the Yalu River, in the discussion cabin of the temporary flagship "Guangning", there was a gathering of officers from the Huang family. There were already many real generals here.

Huang Mingli and Huang Mingdao are the third-rank guerrilla generals, and Huang Dongshan, Heihu, Li Dagang, Cheng Quangong, Gu Shanhe, and the Han brothers are all assigned to the third-rank guard commander Tong Zhixiang, and they are actually awarded the commander-in-chief or the defense military officer.

There are more than [-] officers from the fourth rank to the fifth rank, and there is also Liu Guozheng, the personal captain of the guerrilla general Patriarch of Dongjiang Town.This is just the beginning, and there will be endless stars in the Huang family system in the future.

Huang Dongshan already has the level of a general staff. He carefully analyzed the situation between the enemy and us, pointed on the sand table with a baton, and clarified the plan for this time to enter the DPRK.

The Huang family has always paid attention to on-the-spot reconnaissance and intelligence collection. All deployments are highly targeted, and they never take it for granted that there will be no encounters with large corps.

This time, it is not difficult to meet the tactical requirements. To achieve the strategic goal, it depends on whether the three aspects of Houjin, North Korea, and Dongjiang Town are developing in the direction of Bingqi's deduction.

The Jiannu who stayed in North Korea were only a thousand or so scattered, and they were more than enough to deter the Goryeo people. When they met the Huang family, they would die in an ugly way.

The key to this battle depends on whether the Yalu River can be blocked, so that Jiannu cannot send reinforcements with thousands of troops.If you can do it, you win.

There is no need to consider the support of the people. Everyone in North Korea admires the Han civilization. Since the war to aid Korea in the Ming Dynasty in Wanli is still fresh in the memory, North Korea has no doubts about the recognition of the Celestial Kingdom, and extremely despises the barbarians to build slaves.

(End of this chapter)