Shanghai.

evening.

Pudong Fanfang.

Twenty-six giant Clark ships docked at the shore, and because there was no dock that could accommodate them, they could only put down the boats and transport personnel to land.

These ships are too big.

The maximum four ships have a load capacity of even more than 800 tons...

Pure cargo ship.

Although there are certain armed forces, the firepower is only equivalent to the level of gunboats.

In fact, at this time, the European colonists had no real battleships in the East.

Even when Zheng Chenggong fought with the Dutch, the main ship of the Dutch East India Company was also a modified return ship, which is this large armed merchant ship with thin skin and large filling. Their real purpose is to drive from Asia to Europe with full load of cargo, so the most important thing is the cargo capacity, but in East Asia trade is a lighter, faster and not weak firepower...

The speed of medium and short-distance trade in this area is the most important.

Therefore, the Portuguese also developed special medium and short-distance trading ships such as old gate ships in Macau.

However, this batch of Portuguese merchant ships are all large.

The minimum load capacity is 500 tons, because they transport people on board.

Although many of the 3,700 recruits recruited in Goa died on the way, there were 3,300 people living here.

This mortality rate is not high.

After all, a ship carrying several hundred tons has to carry some spices, its crew, long-distance voyage supplies, and more than 100 recruits, and even some horses. They are crowded together for more than a month, and most of the voyages are still in the tropical zone. This is still smooth, and if the wind is not smooth, there are storms on the sea, and maybe there are some in a few months...

This is a very low mortality rate.

From Europe to the Ming Dynasty these days, why haven’t it been 10% or 20% of the way?

But this still cannot stop their enthusiasm for rushing here. Now the story of the Eastern Paradise has spread from Goa. All the three of them have dreams of heaven, and they all fantasized about squeezing onto these transport ships, crossing the ocean from then on, and reaching the Ming Dynasty to start their beautiful life. More than 3,000 people are really not worth mentioning. It is easy to recruit 30,000 if they open up. The Portuguese are also willing to do this business. Originally, they didn't have much goods to make money in the Ming Dynasty.

In the past, their operation was to buy gold in the Ming Dynasty and then sell the gold to Japan. The Ming Dynasty spent 5 taels of silver to buy gold, and it could be sold for seven or eight taels in Japan.

Then they made a profit by making a difference and took it to Macau for purchase of goods and transported them back to Europe.

But in the past two years, they were banned by the Zhejiang Navy. Because their ally Nanyang Company was defeated, they could not beat the Zhejiang Navy, so the business was cut off. Therefore, selling Ah San was the most important business. The money earned by selling Ah San could be used to purchase in the Ming Dynasty and then transported back to make more money.

Especially now they have started selling horses here.

This one is more valuable.

But the problem is that their transportation capacity cannot keep up, and these are the largest merchant ships they can mobilize.

Of course, this situation is not because these ships are too big, and even battleships can be docked at Shanghai Wharf, let alone them whose draft is not as deep as the battleships.

Instead, they are prohibited from docking at the Shanghai Pier on the west coast.

"Prince, why don't they allow us to dock on the other side?"

The officer who led the team, Rego, looked at the other side in confusion.

There is the real port.

But they were forbidden to dock at the Shanghai Wharf, so they can only land in Fanfang. Fortunately, they finally arrived in the legendary paradise, and these guys were in good spirits. They had been to Macau before, and even went to Guangzhou to be summoned by His Majesty the Emperor. Rego was named general by His Majesty the Emperor because of his background. However, the Portuguese little nobles were really young.

In fact, many people in this fleet are now named officials. His Majesty the Emperor attaches great importance to these foreign soldiers who have come from afar and even gives them a lot of rewards.

For example, Rego was wearing an imperial flying fish suit.

This outfit even made him feel as if he had become a nobleman of the Ming Dynasty, fantasizing that he could fight like the protagonists of those knight novels, His Majesty the Emperor of this huge empire, then make achievements, and then return to his hometown as a nobleman of the Ming Dynasty...

Return in glory!

"Something happened. The time you came was wrong, but it was not irreversible. After all, you are now the army of His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty."

Fan Li'an beside him looked at the other side and said.

A ferry was coming there, and there was Chen Dunlin, an official who led the foreign soldiers, and also a missionary Long Huamin. They were responsible for negotiating in Shanghai. Chen Dunlin was the Minister of War of the Guangzhou court. Because this foreign soldiers were organized into an official army by the emperor, Chen Dunlin was led by the Minister of War, which was called the Emperor's Majesty to reinforce Su Song. Fan Li'an only knew about the Suzhou Incident, and the Songjiang Village Sage Association had refused to accept the orders of the Susong Council, that is, they would not participate in the resistance to Yang Feng, so their arrival was really not the time. Zhang Xianwen, the Shanghai Army's Preparation Bureau, refused to stop at the city of Shanghai.

That's why they stopped in Fanfang, Pudong.

Chen Dunlin took Long Huamin to the city to negotiate with Zhang Xianwen. They were actually in the same subject, one in the third and the other in the second.

"Sir, what's the situation?"

Fan Li'an stepped forward and asked.

Chen Dunlin didn't say anything, just looked at Rego...

"General Lei, there are only three thousand militia groups in Shanghai, and another two thousand customs patrols. Are you sure you will raid and occupy Shanghai?"

He said.

Long Huamin quickly translated.

Rego could only understand a very small part of Chinese.

"Sir, we also need all the crew to act together."

He said.

"Take Shanghai and give them all the goods in the city."

Chen Dunlin said without hesitation.

"That should be enough."

Rego said with a smile.

Chen Dunlin's eyes turned to Fan Li'an.

"Brother Fan, Suzhou fell, and the army of Zhongyi was wiped out by Suzhou. Yang Feng arrived in Suzhou and had ordered Shanghai that the foreign soldiers were the King of Taixi and the conspiracy of the Indian king. He sent them to invade the Ming Dynasty. He asked all the locals to arrest and send them to Yingtian immediately when they were found. Those who refused to arrest were killed. Zhang Gongjin asked us to leave Pudong before dawn tomorrow, otherwise he would have to send troops. At this time, he could still use his troops to explain without being transferred. If we don't leave tomorrow, he would have to attack.

We must take Shanghai tonight, or their reinforcements will arrive.”

He said.

"Mr., this is simply inexplicable. What is King Taisi? And who is the King of India? There are countless countries there, and it is nonsense that there must be some misunderstandings. However, we are peace missionaries and will not participate in any war. As for General Rego, the general of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, his subordinates are also the army of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. You are led by them on behalf of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. They must obey your orders. What you want them to do is your power."

Fan Li'an said with a solemn look on his face.

Chen Dunlin smiled.

"You are becoming more and more like us!"

He said with a smile.

Fan Li'an smiled slightly...

They would not get involved, they stayed here with the emperor's agreement, and Yang Feng never said he wanted to expel them.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dunlin turned around and looked at the Shanghai city opposite...

"Brother Gong Jin, I'm sorry!"

He said.

Three hours later.

Xinjing.

The paddle boats descended downstream under the moonlight.

Yang Dashuai, who was still full of armor, was sitting upright on the bow of the boat with the Qinglong Yanyue Sword.

"I only now understand that Xiang Wudi can fight and pretend!"

Fang Mengshi was dressed in a grand dress and sat upright beside him and said, blowing the night wind.

The two of them are now like a pair of gods, kings and gods. In fact, in the eyes of more than 100,000 troops on the Wusong River that stretches for dozens of miles behind them, they are indeed this identity. Even on the shore that is passing by, there are villagers waiting there to salute them late at night. Yang Feng was wearing armor under the moonlight, reflecting the moonlight, shaking like a bright light, and Fang Mengshi under the moonlight was piled up with too many gems, and for her outfit, Yang Dashuai used dozens of kilograms of various gems.

Sapphire, ruby, emerald, diamond, pearl...

It's almost caught up with the gem armor.

The main reason was that he copied the largest jeweler in Suzhou, who was one of some special people. All the jewelry in stock was collected by Yang Feng and then given to his concubine. At this time, the surrounding river was covered with mist, and the whale oil lanterns above his head reflected the feeling of modern electric lamps...

Whale oil has been available for a long time, and the tributes given to the emperor by Xuwen, Guangdong, include whale oil.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang's time, he has been tributed whale oil.

In this environment, the various brilliance reflected by these gems really made her look like a celestial woman descending to earth.

"What is clothing? This is image packaging!"

Yang Feng said.

They didn't speak loudly, and the war drums kept ringing behind them, so there was no need to worry about being heard by the soldiers behind them.

"Isn't that pretending?"

Fang Mengshi said.

"Then you just say you like this feeling or not!"

Yang Feng said.
To be continued...