Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 830 Surprise
PS: Sorry, I was confused during the Chinese New Year and got a lot of things wrong.

Yao Chonggu was really surprised by Jiang Yan's resolute style. After the Queen of the Wind sailed a mile away, he was still staring blankly at the back of the heroic female captain, and said in a daze: " Could it be that all the soldiers under the command of Champion Hou acted like this?"

The first mate said: "Don't worry about it, let's go quickly, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time!"

Yao Chonggu gritted his teeth: "I still want to see how the Denglai Navy will deal with those Xiyi! Fuck it, you have chased me for thousands of miles, and you should give me some interest?"

———I don’t know which link went wrong. The Xiyi entrenched in Nanyang actually set their sights on the expedition fleet. Yao Chonggu and his fleet were plotted against when they approached Luzon for supplies. 200 Many Spanish soldiers and thousands of natives surrounded the pier, trying to capture the two ships. The situation was once extremely critical.Fortunately, the soldiers of the Heluo New Army on board had been on high alert, and immediately opened fire when the situation was not good, aiming to hit the heads of the Spanish soldiers.Although there were 85 Heluo New Army soldiers who stayed in Australia due to the need to establish a stronghold, the number of new soldiers on board was small, but they shot hundreds of shots, and the bloody style of headshots still shocked the number of them. Dozens of them After knocking down more than a dozen Spanish soldiers in a row, everyone was frightened and did not dare to approach too much for a while.Taking advantage of this opportunity, the sailors turned their muzzles and fired high-explosive shells with 36mm howitzers towards the shore. At such a short distance, they could hit them with their eyes closed. The rags were flying all over the sky, such a terrifying scene scared a lot of people unconscious, those native soldiers quit first, left the guy and ran away.As soon as they ran, the Spanish soldiers could only run away, and the expedition fleet was lucky to escape.Knowing that the situation is dangerous, Yao Chonggu did not dare to stay in Luzon for a long time. After adding a little fresh water, he set sail immediately, and the [-] plan is the best!
Then he was surprised to find that Xiyi seemed determined to make trouble with him, no matter where he went, there would always be Xiyi's warships or armed merchant ships following him, like a pack of greedy jackals, Don't stop until you tear them to pieces and swallow them with their bones!As a result, several small-scale battles broke out between the two sides. Relying on the powerful naval guns, the bravery and tenacity of the sailors, and a little bit of good luck, this fleet of only two ships escaped from the net again and again. He even sank two armed merchant ships trying to eat them backhanded.Now Xiyi became more energetic and chased after him all the way. Yao Chonggu learned that Yang Menglong was commanding the war in Fujian, so he cheered up and went to Fujian. Xiyi was really resilient and chased all the way to Fujian!After being chased for so long, Yao Chonggu would get angry no matter how good-tempered he was. He finally ran into Denglai Navy. He was naturally full of malice. Damn it!
The first mate was also beaten with malice, but he did not forget his duty—report to Yang Menglong what they found in Australia, and hand over the ore samples they finally brought back from Australia to Yang Menglong, which is far more important than dealing with the Europeans Much more important!Under his insistence, Yao Chonggu gave up his plan to go to the battlefield with the Queen of the Wind and other warships, and beat up the European guy to express the evil spirit in his heart. He set sail and galloped towards Fujian.

Warships kept passing by, and the sailors on board waved to them enthusiastically.Yao Chonggu looked around, what a guy, there were battleships all around, as if the entire strait was filled!He was frightened: "Oh my god, has Master Hou mobilized all the battleships of the Ming Dynasty to prepare for a decisive battle with the Xiyi!?"

Another formation came over, and a captain stood on the bow and shouted to them: "Hey, man, where did you come from? The Marquis is going to expel the Western Barbarians and recover Taiwan. Guangdong and Fujian are the best provinces. All the sea ships have been mobilized to sail to Taiwan, why did you go to Fujian instead?"

Yao Chonggu said: "We just came back from Australia!"

The captain was stunned for a moment: "Australia? Where is Australia?" He slapped his head and called, "Ah, I remembered, you are the Yao master. Last year you led a fleet from Guangzhou and said that you were going to find the legendary Australia!"

Yao Chonggu smiled proudly: "It's my humble servant!"

The captain was in awe: "Then you must have found Australia, congratulations!"

Yao Chonggu said: "You're welcome! If you're interested, brother, let's go for a drive together in Australia!"

The captain said: "Then we have to deal with Xi Yi first!"

During the conversation, the formation had gone far away, and a warship as large as a hill sailed leisurely under the guard of many warships. On the deck, a young commander with a baby face and a cynical smile Standing upright against the wind, he is full of arrogance, holding a dogleg knife in his hand as if he is ready to chop something at any time, who is it if it is not Yang Menglong? Seeing Yao Chonggu, he called out in surprise: "Old Yao, you are back! ?”

Yao Chonggu was so excited that his voice was fluttering, and he called: "Master Hou, I can see you!"

Yang Menglong got goosebumps all over his body, and shouted: "Don't shout so provocatively... Who, slow down and let Lao Yao come over, we haven't seen each other for a long time, we finally ran into each other, we need to chat!"

The captain of the Cybertron commanded the sailors to lower the sails by two steps and slow down the speed.Yao Chonggu commanded his big ship to approach. During this process, those Heluo New Army soldiers who accompanied Yao Chonggu to run back and forth between China and Australia and suffered so much cheered for Yang Menglong excitedly. They all regard the army as their own home, and Yang Menglong is the head of the family. After wandering at sea for a year, he finally returned home. Anyone would be very excited.

As the two boats approached, Yao Chonggu and the first mate jumped over, half-kneeling to him: "See you, Mr. Marquis!"

Yang Menglong stepped forward to help them up, and said: "You have worked hard, don't be too polite, don't be too polite!" Looking at Yao Chonggu, seeing that this guy was tanned like a black African, he couldn't help feeling: "This journey , you must have suffered a lot, right? Look at you, what a sunburn you are!"

Yao Chonggu said: "The suffering must be very bitter, but it is worth it to find the Australian mainland that Lord Hou said!"

Li Yan was very surprised: "Why, Master Yao, have you really found the Australian mainland?"

He dared to think that Yang Menglong was fooling people...

Yao Chonggu said excitedly: "I found it! What a huge piece of land, even bigger than the territory of Ming Dynasty! The most wonderful thing is that there is no decent force on that piece of land, only some indigenous people scattered in the desert and In the grassland, they are still using stone tools and living a life of slash-and-burn farming, and they don’t even know what iron tools are!"

It's okay to say anything else, but it's really annoying to say that the Australian mainland is larger than the territory of Ming Dynasty. Li Yan, Shen Tingyang, Yan Yingyuan and even Zheng Zhilong frowned.Yang Menglong glanced at them and said, "Don't be unhappy, Australia is indeed wider than Daming's territory, at least much bigger than the current Daming!"

This is the truth. Since the change of Tumubao, the territory of Ming Dynasty has shrunk day by day. After the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty, the shrinkage has become even more serious. The territory of Daming now stretches from Jinzhou to Zhangjiakou, Datong, Yulin, and all the way to Lanzhou. , lost the entire Northeast and the Mongolian plateau, and even Gansu could not be completely controlled, let alone Qinghai, Huijiang, and Tibet. In terms of territory, the current Ming Dynasty is really far behind Australia.

Yao Chonggu knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he hurriedly made amends, saying: "Although Australia is vast, it is a wild land. It is dominated by deserts and grasslands. There are not many arable lands, and the population is even rarer. It is completely unowned. Land, our army only needs to dispatch a few hundred people to easily conquer the whole of Australia, more than doubling the territory of Ming Dynasty!"

Shi Lang muttered: "Since it can't be cultivated, it is useless land. What's the use of it?"

Zheng Chenggong said: "That's right, the land that can't be cultivated is of no use to us. Could it be that our people are allowed to herd cattle?"

Yao Chonggu smiled and said: "Although there is not much land that can be cultivated in Australia, the products are extremely rich, such as mineral resources..." He took a box from the first mate and opened it, and took out a few pieces of black , The heavy things were distributed to everyone, and said: "Look, everyone——"

Shen Tingyang took it, but felt cold in his hand, he was at a loss: "Iron ingot?"

Li Yan said: "To be precise, it is pig iron ingots. Master Yao, why did you send so many iron ingots back?"

Yang Menglong said: "No, it's not iron ingots, it's iron ore."

Zheng Zhi's longan eyes almost bulged out, and he knocked hard on the iron lump in his hand and shouted: "Iron ore? How is that possible! This is obviously——" Suddenly he was surprised to find that there was still an iron ingot embedded in the "iron ingot" in his hand. A lot of sand and pebbles, and even a piece of dried grass, is it not ore? Not only him, but everyone noticed the difference between the thing in his hand and the pig iron, and they all stared Eye.

Yao Chonggu said: "Master Hou is absolutely right. This is indeed ore, which we picked up in Australia."

"Picked back..."

Everyone was powerless to complain.This damn Australia, how rich is the iron ore, and this kind of ore is so high that it can be directly used to make weapons, but it is picked up casually! ?Your sister, the ore carefully screened by Daming is not as good as other people's rough ore!

Everyone looked at each other and found that each other's eyes were green.

Not to mention anything else, even if you rush into this iron mine, you have to occupy Australia, and it's not human if you don't occupy it!
Boom boom boom!

There was a burst of violent gunfire, and Yang Menglong looked away, just in time to see clouds of gunpowder smoke rising high in the distance.He asked: "Has the vanguard fleet encountered the enemy?"

Immediately, a small liaison ship sailed over to report: "The Queen of the Wind of the Forward Scouting Fleet engaged five Western Yi warships!"

Yao Chonggu said: "The five Xiyi warships have been chasing us since Luzon, and they will not stop chasing us for thousands of miles!"

Yang Menglong became angry: "Damn it, they dare to move the expedition fleet I sent? I think they don't want to live anymore! Order Ren Bao to make dumplings for me, and not even a single ship can escape, otherwise he will wait for three years. A month's worth of deck!"

(End of this chapter)