The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 770 Arms Trade
The Zheng Yiguan pirate group not only dispatched dozens of warships to bombard the Turks, but also dispatched Zheng Zhibao to lead [-] musketmen to land and participate in the attack on Basra.

The Ottoman Turkish Empire fought against the Safavid dynasty established by the Persians for hundreds of years, and now it has occupied the entire territory of later Iraq. It was caught off guard by the sudden attack from the sea that tore through the defense line.

The Persians won a big victory and their morale was boosted. They sang loudly and made a terrifying momentum. The Turks' defense line collapsed and they lost their fighting spirit, leaving [-] to [-] corpses to flee to Baghdad.

Zheng Yiguan's pirate mercenaries had finished assisting in the capture of Basra, of course they would not go deep into the interior to fight, and he didn't care whether the Persians could take Baghdad.

But Zheng Yiguan can be sure that the Persians who bought a large number of "Nanming" smoothbore guns and smoothbore guns with gold will definitely have the upper hand in the short term.

Facts have proved that this is true. Dozens of "Nanming" [-]-pound smoothbore guns that can be transported flexibly fired a volley, and the explosive bullets fell accurately on the head of Baghdad. The Turkish army was caught off guard, and the Iraqi army seized the city. And down.

The battle for the city of Baghdad has taught the Middle East and even the countries of the world with hard facts that equipment is very important, and if weapons are outdated, they may lose in a muddle.

The world in the Middle Ages was in a dark age and it was not at all peaceful. Many countries were at war. "Nanming" made a name in the world's arms market very quickly. Although the price was scary, owning "Nanming" made it possible to embrace victory and became a warlord of all walks of life. Or the consensus of kings.

"Nanming" carried out expansive expansion. While conquering a large area of ​​the Indochina Peninsula, it also established dozens of colonies in Europe, Africa, and America to open commercial ports.

"Huaxia Development" buys raw materials at low prices, and sells products with high added value. Even so, it is not profitable. Now it focuses on promoting "Nanming"-made arms. It is so greedy that it is a bit like the [-]th and [-]th centuries. The United Kingdom is short of selling opium.

It is easy to do things with money, "Nanming" has developed rapidly driven by huge profits, and its economic level is a few blocks behind that of Daming. In the eyes of overseas Han people, it has long been Han orthodoxy.

Zheng Yiguan watched "Nanming" step by step towards glory. He sincerely worshiped Huang Sheng and was astonished as a heavenly man.

In fact, he is no longer willing to be a pirate, and wants to accept the "God of War" to whitewash himself, and strive to become a "Nanming" general, who can return home to worship his ancestors as an official of the imperial court.

Zheng Yiguan sent Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Sen to "New Hangzhou" many times to test things out, but Nan Wang just ignored them.

In the spring of the 15th year of Chongzhen, Zheng Yiguan was willing to neglect the news that the Southern King was about to make a northern expedition.

Zheng Yiguan sent his brother Zheng Zhibao and three bloody sons to lead an expedition fleet composed of nine battleships as the main warships and fifty or more warships of various types, and also brought more than one hundred armed merchant ships. There are three thousand pirate musketeers who can land and fight.

Zheng Yiguan's three sons are Zheng Sen, Tianchuan Qizaemon and Zheng Du.Zheng Sen is actually the well-known Zheng Chenggong in later generations, but history has changed, and he will never get the title of Lord of the National Surname or the name Zheng Chenggong.

Because in history, it was the Tang King of the Ming Dynasty, also known as Emperor Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty Zhu Yujian, who gave Zheng Senguo the surname Zhu, and the name change was successful.

In the current history, Tang Wang Zhu Yujian was abolished by Emperor Chongzhen six years ago as a common man and escorted to Fengyang. On the way, he was intercepted and killed by the Thieves Department.

Zhu Yujian under the pseudonym Zhu Chenggong participated in the "Nanming" civil servant recruitment examination. In the era of great development, not only many business opportunities emerged, but also many opportunities for promotion. Because the "Nanming" land area is expanding rapidly, of course the supporting land officials must keep up. .

Zhu Chenggong, who is capable and knowledgeable, has worked hard for three or four years and has been promoted one level at a time. Now he has been promoted to the seventh rank magistrate.

Originally, if the abolished king of the Tang Dynasty did not climb up step by step, it would be impossible to reveal his identity. When it comes to the "Nanming" political trial at the seventh-rank county magistrate, it is not possible to pass the test casually.

The agents of the Military Intelligence Department checked Zhu Yujian thoroughly, because although he concealed his identity.However, when "Nanming" was an official, he not only worked diligently and cared for the people, but also actively cooperated with the construction of major national projects. The Military Intelligence Department did not move him, and the memorial on how to deal with it was sent to the Nanwang for ruling.

How open-minded Huang Sheng is, he understood the situation and gave instructions. Zhu Yujian, the king of the Ming Dynasty who abolished the Tang Dynasty, is dead, and there is a good official in the "Nanming", Zhu Chenggong.

Soon after, Zhu Chenggong was promoted to the magistrate of Liaozhou in the new territory. He managed three counties and one Sanzhou, with a population of 10,000+ soldiers and civilians under his rule.

In history, Emperor Longwu of Nanming became Zhu Chenggong, the sixth-rank magistrate of "Nanming". Of course, it is impossible for Zhu Chenggong or Zheng Chenggong, the son of pirates, to appear.

Seeing that Zheng Yiguan had a correct attitude, he took the initiative to serve "Nanming" and brought his own food and salary. Knowing that if he refused, this big pirate would have trouble sleeping and eating, so he agreed to take the Zheng brothers and their warships and soldiers.

Zheng Sen has always been worried that the "God of War" would look down on his own pirate team. This time they were brought by selected good soldiers. Seeing that King Nan gave him the opportunity to participate in the action to fight for military exploits, he was happy to take his two brothers and uncle with him. Zheng Zhibao and other leaders kowtowed to thank them.

Since Huang Sheng decided to accept Zheng Yiguan's surrender, of course he would speak kind words to appease Zheng Sen, Zheng Zhibao and other generals of the Zheng Group, but it seemed that so many warships and navy were not needed to attack the Manchu Qing.

Even if Huang Mingdao escorted himself to Huangjiawan Island, he would not leave such a powerful sea force in Liaodong Bay, because there is no need for ironclad ships with such firepower here, and a hundred sailing warships are already invincible.

Huang Sheng arranged for Huang Mingdao to lead the navy to continue to conquer the four oceans after completing the escort mission, planning to go to England for artillery communication, and choose several coastal cities to go ashore for friendship.

Instruct Huang Mingdao to treat the British Isles differently, severely beat the English to win over the Irish, sell a large amount of arms to the Scots, recognize the independence of the Irish, and completely seize the island of Ireland by the Irish who supported the riots.

The Chinese fleet sailed northward with the wind and waves, and when it arrived at Zhoushan Port for supplies, all the civil and military officials of the Southern Zhili of Ming Dynasty and the nobles headed by Wei Guogong Xu Hongji had been waiting here for a long time.

Seeing that it was already the middle of the twelfth lunar month, Wei Guogong tried his best to invite Nan Wang to Nanjing to celebrate the New Year.

The battle in Liaodong is irrelevant, there is only a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

Huang Sheng had known for a long time that Jiannu had begun to hide and defend, and the siege of Jinzhou was withdrawn in August. Now everyone in the Qing Dynasty was in danger, and the children of the Eight Banners were all nervously waiting for the end to come.

(End of this chapter)