Chapter 270 Target: Adni

"If it is not my race, their hearts will be different! The Westerners are aggressive and occupying the Massacre with strong ships, powerful cannons, and their plans must be quite large. Brother Bai is very wise and is willing to accept the invitation of the court and join the navy to fight against the barbarism of the foreign race. I am very pleased. For the details of the recruitment, I will then ask the officials to come up with specific proposals and discuss with Brother Bai.

Brother Bai, don’t worry, the court’s intention to recruit peace is sincere. I will report it to the court. First, come up with a plan for your arrangements, treatment, official title, garrison, military pay and other matters. It will not leave you empty-handed, and there is no clear explanation for the tens of thousands of people under your command."

Bai Xiaocao was overjoyed and quickly stood up and said, "Thank you, sir, Bai Xiaocao is willing to lead his troops to be loyal to the court and serve his life."

"Well, you stay here first. Now Westerners are looking at Dandan. I guess you don't have the intention to stay here forever. In the evening, I will hold a banquet to wash you off and talk in detail. Then you will rush back to the island to restrain your subordinates and avoid conflicting with the Westerners for the time being."

Bai Xiaocao said in surprise: "Sir, the Westerners have just occupied Mantaga, and the local people are unstable. It is time to take this opportunity to deal with them. If they have consolidated Mantaga and there will be a continuous supply of subsequent warships, then..."

Yang Ling smiled calmly and said, "Brother Bai, don't worry, the country has been established for a long time. These Westerners have just arrived and have completely suppressed the local people with artillery and guns. How can they conquer the people so quickly? As for the subsequent warships, they are thousands of miles away. Even if this Western pirate fleet is actually the regular army of the other country, it is impossible for them to send a huge fleet to the east.

As far as I know, the country is not large, with a population of no more than two million, and there are often maritime disputes with the surrounding countries. The fleet must be used to defend the country. In addition, long-distance travel and supply difficulties, large fleets will not come."

Yang Ling thought of Adni's mention of the pirate ship anchored in Luzon. He was obviously not the same as Mantaga, but was both Westerners. If they joined forces, their combat power would be enough to fight the Ming Navy and the Bai Xiaocaodi Fleet. However, he did not want to tell Bai Xiaocao about this news, so as not to cause him greater panic.

Yang Ling said: "The six warships of the Japanese pirates came from the Ming Navy. I believe Brother Bai has known this for a long time. Now it seems that Western artillery is indeed special, but Brother Bai does not have to be afraid. Since you accept the court's inviting, you will be the imperial army. If the Westerners attack on you on their own initiative, you can quickly send someone to report to me, and I will share the power of the water army with you to fight against it.

Even if the Western cannons are sharp, our ships and artillery are at least ten times more than once, and by virtue of their numerical advantage, it should be enough to wipe out them completely. However... Only by knowing that they can win every battle, and I don’t want to fight a battle without confidence. Now the Japanese pirates are in chaos, and we will spend all the efforts of the navy to eliminate this Western pirate. Our losses are too great.

The method of war is to win with the right combination and odd victory. Since the Westerners are busy stabilizing the rear, they will not fight in the east and west for the time being, we do not have to be busy provoking them. On the one hand, I must concentrate on annihilation of the Japanese pirates first, and on the other hand... I will send people to infiltrate and understand the Western pirates, grasp their weaknesses, and win the war at the minimum cost, and minimize the losses of the fleet of the navy and your white ship owner."

Bai Xiaocao sighed, "Before today, Caomin only knew that the adults had Shura methods, but now he realized that the adults had a Bodhisattva heart and could join the adults's disciples. The young people followed the adults' instructions and waited for the adults' good news. Just wait for the adults' orders, the young people would give their all to fight against the Western pirates!"

Don’t look at what Bai Xiaocao said about giving generously. In fact, he had no choice but to do it. On the one hand, he was of Han blood. At that time, the Han people’s sense of national superiority was far higher than that of the countries in the East and the West, and he and his men and unfashioned pirates obeyed the ghostly-looking Western red-haired ghosts. Even these pirates would rather die than follow.

On the other hand, the beauty of the king of the East China Sea has made public news and accepted the court's revenge. The sea dog and snow cat in the north have been pinching his lifeline to the north. Bai Xiaocao's way of living is in the South China Sea. Now it is blocked by Westerners. No wonder even if the Westerners don't make any decisions about him, his way of living is broken. It would be strange if he doesn't hurry up and hug Yang Ling's thighs.

Yang Ling knew it well and laughed: "I will feel relieved if there is this saying by the White Boat Master. The White Boat Master accepts the court's invitation, and you and I will unite to fight against foreign aggression. As long as you make great contributions, you will be promoted and your wife and son will be just around the corner. Not only will everyone in Fujian praise you as a hero, and with an orthodox background, your descendants can also be honest and honored, and you will never enjoy the glory and wealth!"

Bai Xiaocao was moved when she heard this. Nothing else could tempt him. However, letting his descendants leave their pirate careers, enjoy the prosperity and prosperity of the flowers and flowers, pass on the incense of the Bai family, and worship the Bai family ancestral hall, was a great temptation for the Chinese people. Bai Xiaocao felt aroused and hurriedly thanked him again, and then the personal soldiers from Yangling went to find a place to rest for a while.

As soon as he left, Yang Ling hurriedly sent someone to call General He, Prefect Liu and others, as well as his aides, to discuss matters with them. General He and Prefect Liu were bargaining on the value of Miss Yiren in the temporary office hall of the prefect. The two had just reached a certain point and agreed to make a deal for 2,600 taels of silver.

The two of them each received their needs, one added a large amount of military pay, and the other got a charming beauty. General He smiled and Prefect Liu was so itchy that he was about to pay the money to get people. He heard that the Governor was summoned urgently, so the two of them rushed to the scene first.

After hearing what Yang Ling introduced, the smiles on the two of them immediately disappeared. Liu Xun said: "This is really a tiger in front door, a wolf in the back door, and the lower officials have also heard that Manta Ka was occupied by Western pirate ships. However, Manta Kata only has one palace guard and there is no regular army at all. It is easy to be destroyed by others, so I didn't expect this pirate to be so powerful."

Yang Ling nodded and said, "That's right. So no matter what purpose Bai Xiaocao came to ask for this official, he would have recorded this first official. If he had not learned the true strength of the Westerners through him, and if he had regained the Manchus in the future, our navy would have been..."

Speaking of this, Yang Ling couldn't help but feel disheartened when he imagined the newly reorganized Fujian Navy's dozens of warships were wiped out, thousands of soldiers sank into the sea of ​​corpses, and a series of political problems and passive situations caused by the disastrous defeat.

His General Staff collected talents from all aspects of the army and the local area. One of them was an retired ordnance officer from the Nanjing Military Weapons Bureau. Yang Ling asked him: "Old Zheng, the Westerners are good at firearms. Their ground cannons are more than three times faster than our ground cannons, and their fire speed is not as fast as them. If you want to fight them, you can only concentrate a large number of gunships and win by volume.

What I am curious about is why Western earth artillery fires so fast? What is the mystery? According to Mr. Zheng, can our artillery increase its rate of fire?"

Old Zheng frowned and hesitated: "If the Bai Xiaocao had not lie, I would really not understand. I have been studying firearms for a lifetime. I can find out the specifications and functions of various cannons with my eyes closed and just touched them. But I really can't think of any method to fire three times faster than our cannons."

"Sir, the advantage of firearms is that they can reach far-reaching and destroy the solid, which is beyond the reach of crossbows and swords. However, firearms have always had many defects, such as being affected by the weather, inconvenient to carry, slow fire speed, difficulty in repairing, etc. Therefore, they can only be used in conjunction with crossbows and swords.

As for heavy artillery, no matter how you improve it, the basic process is always undeductible. First, fill the gunpowder bag and fixture, then use a push rod to push the gunpowder bag and fixture to the bottom of the barrel, and then put the shell in it. After everything is ready, pierce the gunpowder bag with a lead, aim and ignite. After setting off the gun, you must immediately extinguish the spark at the bottom of the cannon chamber, wipe it with a dry cloth, and then recharge the medicine to fill the ammunition.

The Japanese have not been trained carefully, so they are naturally slow to operate. However, judging from the interval between the gunfires described by the adults, they are two to three times faster than the most skilled gunner. This... this... this is impossible. Could it be that Bai Xiaocao bluffs?"

"No!" Yang Ling was silent for a while and said, "Bai Xiaocao was used to meeting Feng to change his ruling. Even if he wanted to accept the invitation, he would deliberately neglect it in order to gain more benefits. He owned more than 40 warships, and the other fifty merchant ships also had combat functions. If he had not been scared by Westerners, he would never have taken the initiative to surrender to the court."

Everyone in the conference hall talked about it and expressed their opinions. Yang Ling was bored when he could not give a unified view of the Western artillery. He was anxiously paced in the hall, and suddenly remembered the female slave who gave it to him.

Judging from the girl's elegant temperament and tender skin, she is not a female slave who does rough work at all. There are several calluses on her palms, which are formed by often holding swords and guns. She is a Florian and has been drifting on the sea for so long. If there is any secret of Western firearms, she will not know."

A glimmer of hope arose in Yang Ling's heart and stopped the trail: "No need to discuss it anymore. Let's go back and work hard. At present, our main energy is still on suppressing the Japanese. Where is Mansaka, I will send secret agents to pretend to be businessmen to explore the situation first, get further news before making a decision, let's disperse!"

All the officials and staff stood up and said goodbye. The military weapon expert Mr. Zheng frowned and murmured while walking: "How is this possible? How is this possible? The process of filling gunpowder and shells will never be so fast. Besides, the speed of fire is so fast, it is easy to silence, explode the chamber, and the barrel does not need to be maintained?"

He was so impressed that he almost bumped into the corridor column next to the hall door. He stood there and woke up. Then he continued to walk forward with murmuring. Yang Ling stood in the hall and suddenly saw the prefect Liu pulling General He's sleeve and said as he walked: "Old He, Lao He, will you let me take the person away tonight?"

"Get out of you, are you a sperm on the brain? You are a five-person concubine, an old pervert," General He said without looking back.

"That's not the case. Who doesn't care about the delicate little beauty? The adults promised me. Don't you want to take advantage of me, right? Well, I'm ugly, you dare to cuckold me, I'm anxious! Isn't it okay to pay the money right away?"

"Direction, think I am like you? I think less about women and more about business. If you delay business, your head will have to be hung on the top of the city."

"This is not a brag. I do business neatly and neatly. Nothing that has been told by the adults will be accumulated until tomorrow..."

The two of them said one by one, and pulled out while pulling. Yang Ling shook his head and smiled bitterly. Suddenly, he shouted: "Big Stick!"

Liu Dabangcui now replaced Wu Hanchao and was appointed as his personal military commander. Hearing this, he immediately stepped into the door and responded loudly: "The flag is here! What are the commands of the general?"

Yang Ling said, "Go, you should take people to Suzhou immediately and escort Miss Adni to Fuzhou. You must travel all night and send people to me safely. I said that this official is in a hurry. Well..."

When he said this, a pretty face of Yixi Yiyi, charming and charming suddenly appeared in his mind. He remembered that the woman was so tired that she looked haggard in her face for handling official duties day and night, and her bright eyes lost her luster. A sweet and tender love surged in her heart.

He slowed down and said, "Please come together with the second tier. I will move the Governor's Office to Fuzhou until the war to suppress the Japanese ends!"

The battle situation in Fujian was changed because the officers and soldiers of the seven guards avoided the war and took the initiative to attack, and gradually reversed the decline. The 40,000 army watched more than a thousand heads land at the same time. The marching was full of blood. The terrifying scene and the cold murderous aura made them understand for the first time in their hearts what national law and military discipline were.

They arrived at the front line, and although they did not dare to provoke the large number of Japanese pirates, all the officers, soldiers, generals and schools thought at least from the beginning that they wanted to fight, rather than asking around where the Japanese pirates were, so as to escape and avoid the war.

They lacked training. Although the individual combat power and courage were not as good as the Japanese pirates, their military capacity and number were superior, which led to a stalemate with the Japanese pirates. At first, when they encountered a small group of Japanese pirates, the officers and soldiers of the garrison dared to fight with all their might, but they did not understand the temper of the governor. After winning the battle, they felt that there was nothing to brag about because of the huge gap in strength between the enemy and us. Therefore, they only dared to describe the process and did not dare to show the tone of asking for me and reward.

However, the Governor's Office does not care whether you have one thousand people to fight forty people. Whenever the victory report is reported, it will be described vividly, and then it will be copied to all the garrisons, and the officers and soldiers who have made meritorious praises, and strictly ordered local governments to gather gentry and celebrities to visit.

The two troops were not far away. Seeing that they had won the battle, everyone praised them. The local governments brought pigs and sheep to express their condolences. The soldiers were all proud. When they arrived at the food, the tent was filled with the fragrance of a big pot of stewed meat. Which soldier was not jealous of the soldiers? Which local official was at ease after seeing it?

At first, the officers and soldiers of various garrisons began to gather enough energy to send out horses to search for small groups of Japanese pirates who were left alone. As soon as they got the news, they went all out and rushed up like dogs. The battle reports were sent to the Governor's Office to increase their wages and the generals claimed their merits. The treatment was different from the past.

In front of the elders and fellow villagers, these soldiers never felt that they were as important as they are now. They were the backbone of the people and the savior of the people. The admiration and welcome made them gradually realize the responsibility and glory of a soldier.

As the small groups of Japanese pirates were wiped out, the Japanese also noticed the changes in the Ming army and did not dare to send small groups of Japanese pirates to harass them. Each time there were at least hundreds of people.

But it was too late at this time. A group of timid people, who were originally as timid as mice, initially went to fight a wolf with fear, and then they plucked up their courage to fight a few wolf. When the wolf knew that he was afraid and began to form a group, these timid soldiers had become bold hunters and began to provoke with interest, taking the initiative to challenge the Japanese pirates as an opportunity to send them military merits and rewards.

At this time, the Japanese pirates in Shandong and Jiangsu were almost wiped out. The Japanese pirates who tried to escape back to the sea were blocked by the Ming Navy and the Japanese Navy. The only passage to return to Japan was blocked by the joint operations. The Japanese pirates who fled from the sea had almost no fish left behind.

At the same time, the navy, with tight military expenditure, tasted the benefits of slave trade. Since the court had allowed the public sale of prisoners of war, they began to use the convenience of the island's approaching the coast of China to search on the island, eliminated a small number of Japanese pirates responsible for island defense, and brought a large number of women and children back to the land for auction.

Nowadays, wars in Japan are frequent, and the pirates who live in China are doing high-risk murders and make a lot of money. Therefore, they hired wives and concubines to buy land, and most of the women they snatched from Korea, Ryukyu, Yizhou and other places are quite beautiful. In addition, the women in these countries and local areas are submissive and are more humble and gentle to men than those in the Ming Dynasty, so they are very popular with local gentry. When the rich gentry heard the news, they sent their families to the coast to buy, and the slave business began to flourish.

What Yang Ling unexpectedly expected was that this business of no capital and huge profits attracted the attention of the Jurchens. In addition to hunting, digging ginseng and grazing grounds, some profit-seeking and adventurers began to form simple fleets to attack North Korea and Japan's coast, robbed women and sold them to the Ming Dynasty. They had no unified flag, and the gatherings were also poor people who could not live in North Korea and Japan, so the above two countries could not understand their origins for a while.

Yang Ling really didn't expect that there would be such side effects. However, although the court explicitly prohibited: non-prisoners of war are not allowed to trade in private. However, private transactions are still booming, and this black market transaction with supply and demand is hard to ban.

These transactions are secret transactions, and those who buy wealthy courtyards cannot speak. They usually cannot show up. In addition, a considerable number of people who have been accused of their lives feel that their current lives are very different from those before. Most of the Han people are not cruel and abused, so they are unwilling to go back at all. Even if they find out, many people cooperate with the owner to deny that they were captured.

Yang Ling was busy with the war in Fujian. He was deployed, appointed generals, selected soldiers, and trusted rewards. He also had to contact the four major bandits in the East China Sea and prepare for the situation to deal with the pirates of the Chinese sects. He could only sigh in the face of this.

On that day, Yang Ling was sitting on a chair reviewing a large stack of military and civil affairs files that had to be signed by the provincial governor himself. The two little maids in thin clothes and light pants were gently fanned. The clothes at that time were really troublesome, and Yang Ling could no longer care about the appearance of an official. He was shirtless and had a wet towel on his shoulders. If he had not been sitting in this place, no one would have seen that this was an imperial envoy and a dignified marquis.

Suddenly, someone shouted loudly: "Master!Master! Bei Zhi brought back the squad and Miss A!"

"Oh?" Yang Ling was happy and rushed out. Under the winding corridor, Liu Dabangchui was standing there, sweating profusely and shouting happily. Yang Ling said in surprise: "Where is the person?"

"Yeah?" Liu Dabangchui looked around, giggled and flashed to the side, and saw Cheng Qiyun standing there gracefully, with her light clothes and green sleeves, like a jade man. The black millet-colored hair Adni stood behind her.

Yang Ling is practicing martial arts every day, and her muscles are quite eye-catching. But she has never suffered from hardships since she was a child, and her skin is extremely white. This is the first time Cheng Qiyun has seen Yang Ling's image. She first widened her eyes in surprise, then covered her mouth and smiled, and went forward lightly and said, "Qiyun has met the lord!"

Adni was very clever and followed suit and gave a gift. She often went to the sea, and her skin turned into wheat. She saw more scenes of pirates walking in the sea with shirtlessness, but she did not make a fuss as Cheng Qiyun.

Yang Ling laughed dryly and said, "I am so obsessed with my body, and I didn't wear official clothes... Cough cough, don't blame me, don't blame me. Come on, come in quickly. I guess it will take you three or five days to arrive, why is it so fast?"

"Why dare you not be unhappy? Didn't you ask me to send Miss Adnie to the night and say... are you so anxious?" Cheng Qiyun said with a smile. Her wonderful eyes glanced at Yang Ling, but she had the joy and pleasure of reunion, and her eyes were gentle and seductive.

Adni knew Chinese, Cheng Qiyun's joking meaning was not understood at first, but then she realized it, and her face suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Yang Ling glared at Cheng Qiyun, and saw that she was smiling and was not afraid of herself at all, so she had to say helplessly: "Come in quickly, I'm just going to discuss something with you."

The three of them entered the room and sat down. The maid brought the iced sour plum soup. The two girls worked hard all the way, and they were very happy with this cool and quenched thirst. Yang Ling couldn't figure out Adni's true identity, and she didn't want her to know about some things.

He first asked Cheng Qiyun about the results of negotiations with Haigouzi and others in Suzhou, and then he said casually: "The Japanese took our warships, but unfortunately they didn't know how to use artillery. When they walked on the sea, they encountered Western pirates. As a result, the Japanese pirates were almost wiped out, and most of the corpses were sunk to the sea. It was also considered a cycle of laws and regulations, and the retribution was unhappy. By the way, I heard from the witnesses that Western pirate artillery is different from my Ming Dynasty. Adni, you have been on the pirate ship for three years. Can you understand the characteristics of Western artillery?"

Adni was very happy and authentic, sweet and sour ice plum soup. When she heard this, she couldn't help but open her eyes wide, shook her head quickly, and said timidly: "I... I just sew clothes and cook on the boat, and they didn't allow me to get close to it. I'm a woman. I don't understand those things."

"Oh?" Yang Ling stared at her and smiled and said, "Well, these people seem to have no hostility towards me, the Ming Dynasty, and they always stayed in Mantaojia and did not go north. A few days ago, they had a lot of money on the envoys of the Ming Dynasty and wanted to do business with me, the Ming Dynasty, but they didn't speak with each other and had a dispute with local governments. They had misunderstandings with each other. Since you are proficient in Chinese and Folang Ji language, I want to find an opportunity to let you communicate with both sides. I want to join forces with these Westerners to deal with pirates and negotiate on future business matters."

When he heard that he wanted to let her see her own tribe, Adni looked very strange. His expression seemed to be joyful and sad, and there was an indescribable strange smell. His eyes, as bright and deep as gems, also became deep."

"Oh, oh. I am... the slave of the adults, willing to serve him," she said, but she turned her head with guilt. The soft and bright curly hair of Mi black covered her eyes, revealing the three-dimensional outline of the handsome nose bridge on her side face. Yang Ling could clearly see that her plump and firm breasts were rising and falling rapidly.

"You come from a foreign country, and it is very difficult for a woman to be a slave. You don't have to regard yourself as a slave. You don't think you are a slave or call yourself Adnie."

After hearing Yang Ling's words, Adni suddenly turned back, a hesitant look flashed in her eyes, but then her shaking expression calmed down and responded slightly.

Cheng Qiyun sat there freely, chuckling like a big woman: "You can call the Governor the Lord now, call yourself Adnie. When the Lord formally takes you into the room, you have to change it to Master. As for whether you call yourself... the Yang family has few rules. Just call Adnie."

Adni blushed. She looked at Yang Ling in panic, lowered her head and replied softly.

Yang Ling's face turned hot, she glared at Cheng Qiyun who was becoming more and more unrestrained in front of him, and ordered: "The weather is hot, you are not very used to it. Qing'er, take Miss Adni to take a shower and change clothes and have a good rest."

The little maid who had just fanned responded quickly, Adni squatted down to salute, first glanced at Cheng Qiyun, and then said to Yang Ling: "Sir, Adni has stepped down." From this action, she seemed to be a little afraid of Cheng Qiyun, and she was more in awe of Yang Ling, the master.

Watching her leave, Cheng Qiyun put down the cold drink and smiled: "Sir, is there any important military information involving Westerners? It has something to do with Adni?"

Yang Ling nodded solemnly, explained the news that Bai Xiaocao heard in detail, and then said: "I believe Bai Xiaocao is telling the truth. The Japanese pirates' rebellion has been successful and failed, and it is a matter of time before the extermination. We cannot figure out how many Western pirates are in the South China Sea area. If they hold such powerful earth firearms, even if they can win, we will win miserably. At that time, the navy's strength was greatly damaged and the sea border was unable to maintain peace. How can we ensure the progress of opening and trading in the sea? So this official is really worried."

Cheng Qiyun then realized his purpose and pondered for a moment: "Sir, will this Adni know the secret of Western artillery?"

Yang Ling asked back: "Do you think she is unsuspected?"

Cheng Qiyun was silent for a while, suddenly laughed "Puqi" and looked up at Yang Ling. Her eyes were full of spring and she chuckled, "Look at Yibeizhi, I will want her tonight!"

"What?" Yang Ling was shocked and then said unhappily: "Qiyun, I am discussing military and national affairs with you, why are you still joking?"

Cheng Qiyun blinked and smiled: "There is no joke on Beizhi. If Adni knew the secret of Western artillery, if Adnie wanted to know Adni's secret, she would confess to Adnie only by letting her be yours."

Yang Ling glared at her angrily and said, "You don't understand. Western women will not have the idea of ​​marrying chickens and following the chickens and following the dogs and following the dogs. They will give up on this person and really want her..."

Yang Ling thought of Adni's exotic beauty and mature and plump body, and couldn't help but feel heartbroken, and then calmed down and said, "At that time, she was unspeakable. I couldn't bear to torture her. Could it be that I had to send a navy to fight against the Westerners and win at the cost of several times the casualties?"

Cheng Qiyun shook her head leisurely and said, "Don't you beg your mercy now and will be willing to torture her? I don't think so. According to the knowledge of Hu-Lei, this Adnie claims to be a private girl from the country of Folangji, which is definitely a lie. But hiding a secret from others may not be ulterior motives, or perhaps suffering.

Bei Zhi can see that this girl is not evil in her heart and character. Think about it, she was resold to the Ming Dynasty alone. Now that she has not yet established her status, she may be sent by her at any time. How could she treat her sincerely?

If an adult gives her a clear identity and feels security and dependence, in this foreign land, in her eyes, the adult is the only man she can rely on and rely on. It would be strange if she doesn't give you all her heart, what do you think?"

Yang Ling looked at her calmly for a while, and saw the corners of her mouth curled up and a smiley expression, she couldn't help but shake her head and said, "I find that you are getting more and more evil."
Chapter completed!