open sea

Chapter 138 Pretty Beautiful
"Amazing, awesome!"

Chen Lin was still the same, with the phoenix-winged pocket and the blue shoulder-baring broad robe and iron armour. When the navy took the general ashore to rest and resupply, he landed in Macao, and was immediately attracted by Chen Mu's centipede boat that was parked at the shipyard for repairs.

"Two centipede boats, a blessing boat, a two-masted Fanyi plywood boat, these four small boats, and the five fast boats from Xiangshan. I heard that Mr. Yu will send you another big blessing boat. .”

"You've already arrived, Chen Erlang."

From the stern of the boat, Chen Lin patted the seventeen bronze Francois cannons and walked to the bow. Looking back, he pointed at Chen Mu with a hint of ridicule, but his outstretched hand was not contemptuous. He spread five fingers and said with a smile: " I said, why do you ask the governor's office to issue an order to prevent people from using the two ships of Haojing—the warship at Xiangshan is stronger than the combined strength of the two sailors under Chen Mou!"

Chen Lin couldn't help being envious when he said this.

Four of his garrison subordinates have a total of [-] battalions, two water and two land, four blessing boats, eight fast boats, more than [-] fire boats, grain boats, gun rafts, and warships of various colors, patrolling the waters of Xin'an and Xiangshan counties.

The troops are not small, and there are a lot of firearms and firearms such as fire bricks and guns.

But only the guns, the guns with a range of more than [-] paces, add up to just fifteen guns, twelve of which are Francophones, and only three guns, which are specially installed on the blessing boat and hung on the gun raft. It can only start when it is hoisted to the sea outside.

"Foresight, just these two centipedes, placed in the Guangzhou mansion, can attract the generals to grab food. If the governor hadn't ordered you to keep them."

"How is it, the incident at Haojingao has subsided?"

Seeing that Chen Mu was just smiling reservedly on the boat, Chen Lin waved his hand and didn't say much, pointed to the north and asked, "I heard that in order to guard against Zeng Yiben, please order Bai Jingchen's Qianhu Station to help defend Xiangshan, and he will also come over?"

"That's right, my brother in battle, Zeng Yiben, a giant bandit with a hundred and ten boats, came to Xiangshan, how could the three melons and two dates under my banner be stopped."

Chen Mu smiled, and now he doesn't know how happy he is. He is not worried about Zeng Yiben who may attack Guangdong. It is no problem to block the same number of pirates in the field.

The responsibility of defense is not a problem. If the navy is formed, it is impossible to say that these two centipede ships can make some military exploits at sea.

"Zeng Yiben was a grassroots bandit, and his actions were not thorough enough, and he leaked things before they were settled. Now the soldiers of the Guangzhou government have gathered, and the two generals of Yu and Tang have arrived. All the participating generals are gearing up." Chen Lin was full of disdain when he mentioned Zeng Yiben. , holding the bow of the boat and shaking his head, said: "It's fine if he doesn't come, as long as he dares to come to the coast - it's a living battle!"

Tang Zongbing refers to Tang Kekuan, who was the one who recruited the Portuguese with Wu Guifang to quell the chaos during the Tuolin Mutiny, which caused troubles for the Portuguese people later.

Although Chen Mu didn't know how to deploy the soldiers and horses of Guangdong's various ministries in the coastal waters, but with these two ships under his command, he felt more confident, and said to Chen Lin: "Then I wish Brother Chen a great victory at sea!"

"Whether it's successful or not, as long as you settle the affairs of Haojingao!"

Chen Lin shook his head and laughed loudly, and then said: "The governor's yamen issued an order, and the two commanders drifted at sea for more than a month."

"Now that you also have a boat, I, Chen, can rest assured. I will report a copy to the governor's yamen later, so that the water diverter can go ashore and rest for half a month as early as possible, just in case of any eventuality."

"I don't want to thank you for your kindness. When brother Jingchen comes over, my younger brother will be the host. I will entertain and invite the battalion brothers of the navy division to drink delicious food and wine."

Chen Mu said this with sincerity, even if he was really a host, he would not hesitate to spend two or three hundred taels of silver, even if he really invited two people from the total navy to eat a feast.

Chen Lin's navy helped him a lot at sea, buying time, and it was also a deterrent to berth overseas, both internally and externally.

He made a lot of money this time, thanks to Master Chen Lin.

What's more, he will inevitably trouble the navy with things in the future, and he still worries about how to get in touch with Chen Lin's department.

"Thousands!"

Smoke and dust billowed up on the loess road on the shore road in the distance, and someone ordered the flag soldiers to jump off their horses, look tired but didn't dare to delay and ran quickly, cupped their hands and said: "The Governor's Yamen ordered you to return to the Guangzhou Mansion to discuss the matter of Haojing, you must Arrive in three days!"

This order made Chen Mu extremely helpless. All the matters he discussed with Zhou Xing were submitted to the Guangzhou Government Yamen, and the methods of managing Haojing were all written in the notebook. Why did he send himself to inquire in person?
If you want to adjust, you must also adjust Zhou Xing. Why adjust him as a martial artist?
As soon as Chen Mu arched his hands, Chen Lin smiled and said, "You and I are called Guangdong Erchen, and you call me brother. I will definitely help you. Don't worry if the governor calls you, these few days The navy is resting in Haojing, both your banner army and my battalion suppress it."

"What is going on, what is going back. By the way, but there is one thing I have to remind you."

Before Chen Mu could speak, Chen Lin had already agreed to what he wanted to say. At first he was laughing, but then he suddenly became serious, which made Chen Mu get serious and cupped his hands: "Thank you, brother, my brother is all ears."

"It's not good to chew people's tongues behind their backs, just this time. Do you know that Xiangshan is not directly under the capital, but belongs to Guanghaiwei before you are appointed as a thousand households in Xiangshan?"

Chen Mu blinked, thought for a moment before saying: "I really haven't heard anyone mention it. Before I came here, Xiangshan belongs to Guanghaiwei?"

Guanghaiwei, he knows, the Acropolis is located in Xinhui, under the jurisdiction of Xinhui, Hailang, Xinning, and Shunde, four thousand households, and the west of Xiangshan belongs to Guanghaiwei; just like Conghua, Dapeng, and Dongguan in the east. The Qianhusuo belongs to Nanhaiwei, and the Xiangshan Qianhusuo is included in the middle.

In the past, he wondered that all the surrounding thousand-household offices were under the control and control, so that he didn't even have a colleague who could plan the joint defense together. The old governor, Wu Guifang, was abruptly assigned to deal with the affairs of Haojing!

But he still didn't quite understand what Chen Lin meant by saying this at this moment, and asked with his hands clasped, "What does brother mean?"

"Now the entire Guangdong army is guarding against Zeng Yiben, and they are all watching the Japanese pirates to send their military exploits. The strength of the Guangzhou government has not been gathered so much in seven or eight years. You know that."

Chen Lin didn't speak thoroughly, and said something irrelevant: "The thousand households in Guanghaiwei have been slack for a long time, and the four thousand households can gather at most five hundred banner troops to mobilize the entire Guanghaiwei. , I am afraid that the combat power is not as good as Deng Wuqiao, the deputy of Qianhu under your command."

"Military officers have to make meritorious service to have a future, Chen Mou said this, and left!"

Chen Mu nodded slowly, folded his hands and got off the boat with Chen Lin, and sent him to the side of the road to wait for Chen Lin to mount his horse before saying, "Thank you, brother, see you when I come back from Guangcheng."

Chen Lin smiled and rode his horse, leading his entourage all the way to the naval garrison at Haojing Port.Chen Qianhu looked at his back and gritted his teeth.

He understood what Chen Lin meant.

Guanghaiwei wanted to take back the Xiangshan Qianhu Office, so that his combat power would be several times stronger at once, and when he met Zeng Yiben, he would justifiably send him into battle to the death.

Regardless of how Chen Mu was in Xiangshan, the Banner Army recruited soldiers and raised their own money, and Guanghaiwei had a share of any military exploits he made!
"Bah! It's a beautiful idea!"

　I, Lord Hou, recommend a ticket!
　　


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