The Heroes

"I think if Bai Xiaocao didn't lie, then the pirate ship did not use all the artillery to attack. The three-masted ship should be able to house at least thirty-six cannons. They were far away from the east and must be worried that the shells would be used too much to be discarded. Yang, your ship is even larger than theirs, but you can only place those clumsy and difficult to move on the deck. This is a weakness."

Adni said to Yang Ling affectionately that when she was public, she also called him as a native of custom, but in private, she called Yang Ling affectionately, which was her exclusive name for her fiancé.

The two of them were shoulder to shoulder, and there were a lot of drawings spread on the table, all of which were drawn by Adnie, and the shape of the ship was beautifully drawn.

Adney's snow-white Suzhou silk makes her skin look as shiny and delicate as amber, and it seems to be a plump wheat valley that absorbs sunshine. Her figure is different from the slender and slimness of a Middle-earth woman, but her figure is concave and convex, round breasts, bright and full of heroism, and she is extremely sexy and energetic.

It is conceivable that when she put on a heroic naval uniform, she would fascinate many young officers with her beauty. No wonder she was able to escape from Da smoothly.

In Gama's fleet, no soldier would like to see such a cute girl being sent to the guillotine.

"Well, that kind of cannon is too powerful." Yang Ling couldn't help but remember that the Tatars did not have a fixed cannon when they were in Jimingyi, and they plugged in explosives and caused the cannon to fly for half a day. He shook his head and said, "The deck cannot bear that huge explosive power, but the cannon stand you designed..."

Yang Ling looked at a drawing and said, "The military craftsman has been ordered to work day and night. It can not only move the cannons flexibly up and down and left, but this rear-sliding shock absorber can also minimize the vibration of the deck and the bearing capacity of the ship's side. In addition, the Flang machine cannon barrel is short and light, so it should... ten more cannons can be placed."

Adnie smiled and shook her head: "Dear Yang. The largest main warship in our place can hold fifty to eighty guns. This largest land ship is similar to your No. 2 Fu Ship, but your ship will definitely not accommodate so many cannons, and it is not possible to replace it with a Flang machine cannon with a cannon, because there are no cannons installed on the side of your next layer of ship.

Of course, it will take some time to transform the warships, especially the deck reinforcement problem. However, in order to cope with the upcoming sea battle of the full spike, I suggest that several main warships be transformed immediately. In this way, you can stand without failure... and without failure..."

"Invincible!" Yang Ling smiled and continued, then turned around and took a cup of iced sour plum soup on the table next to him, and said, "Come on, drink some to quench your thirst. You have been talking all afternoon, you are so tired. When you transform the warships, you will draw a picture and I will instruct the shipbuilders to immediately transform the main battleships of the Fujian Navy. At the same time, we convey to the shipyards that will all warships and warships that have not yet been built will be made according to this."

"Yeah!" Adni smiled sweetly at Yang Ling's considerateness, walked over obediently, and took the cup. Her body was extremely tall, not less than Yang Ling. The proportions of the upper and lower limbs reached the golden division line. The round and slender thighs were tightly wrapped in smooth and thin silk, which was greasy and plump, and unique and charming.

"It will be easy to deal with the successful artillery test. Now the mold has been made and the unified size of various devices has been formulated. The Military Arts Bureau has stopped all other development and manufacturing work and devoted all manpower and material resources to rush to cast artillery devices day and night.

At the same time, I ordered people to inform Nanjing Qianning with 600 miles in an emergency, so that the Nanjing Military Weapons Bureau would suspend all matters there and make every effort to cast the Folang machine cannon. I think the cannons made within a month can barely be equipped with the Fujian Navy. With this power, I don’t have to worry about the full pirates. If they don’t attack during this period, haha, the longer we drag, the stronger our strength will be, and there is no need to take them to heart."

"I saw you sorting out those information, so there is no need to be too anxious. After all, it is not a matter of one day or two. At least the war must be settled. The maritime ban has been opened."

"Well. Yang, I have seen your trading policy. I have some ideas and I hope to talk to you."

"Okay, come, sit down and talk," Yang Ling asked her to sit on the chair and said with a smile: "Please give me advice."

"Yang, the Western countries have promoted their sails mainly to find gold, silver and spices. The importance of gold and silver cannot be ignored. I see that a large part of your trade plan uses tax adjustments to encourage the people to barter and import a large amount of raw materials. This is unreasonable."

Yang Ling disagreed and said, "Of course I know the importance of capital accumulation, but I can input more raw materials to produce high-value-added products and then resell them. At the same time, Isn't that right?"

"I think...at least in the early stages are wrong. First of all, getting a bunch of raw materials is far less than gold and silver, which encourages them to continue to increase their enthusiasm for trade. In addition, from the information you sent someone to collect for me, the Ming Dynasty did not produce much gold and silver, and once the sea was opened and traded, the economy began to recover, the population grew, the interest of towns, and the business was prosperous. Whether it was the government or the manor owners who asked to replace the rent of labor land with money, it was inevitable. This brought about a serious problem: insufficient currency."

Adni said seriously: "Gold and silver must not be regarded as a kind of metal that cannot be eaten or worn. As the most valuable currency, it can prosper and destroy the economy. This is a painful lesson that has been encountered in the development process of ours. I don't want you...my husband to make the same mistake again."

Yang Ling's principles of this kind of macroeconomics and monetary studies are limited to what he learned from school, and he has no practical experience. It can be said that some of the principles he memorized by rote is entirely to deal with exams. Although it comes from modern times, the modern theories he mastered in the mature modern economy may not be better than those of this era at this time.

So he did not think it was offended when he heard this, but said modestly: "In this regard... I don't really understand this. In fact, our officials in the Ming Dynasty are very proficient in this professional knowledge, so the things they have made may not be right. I originally planned to gradually improve them in the actual application process. If you have any opinions, please tell me."

"When national trade first began, there must be a wealthy person participating first, and the consumption target tends to trade in high-end luxury goods that are not common in the country. This cannot be stopped. Trade must be driven by it at the beginning. When I wanted to trade raw materials from the beginning, I was eager to make progress and achieve success.

For us, in recent decades, the country's silver production has increased by nearly four times year by year, but it still cannot meet the needs of circulation. Due to insufficient gold and silver, the currency can only be reduced, which leads to currency depreciation and soaring prices. A large number of small and medium-sized aristocrats went bankrupt due to inflation, resulting in insufficient land rent and industrial and commercial income, and government revenue plummeted. Social contradictions surged. Before we brought a large amount of gold and silver income to the country through navigation, the country almost perished because of the lack of gold and silver.

No matter how many goods are produced, there is no currency used to trade circulation. In the end, it will only lead to the rich holdings of materials, the poor being empty, and the entire country's economy will eventually come to a halt. Daming Baochao has no credit payment ability, and copper coins are backed by gold and silver. Such a huge country. If the economy develops rapidly but does not have corresponding gold and silver reserves, it will eventually be more dangerous than the economic crisis in our place."

Yang Ling knew that there were energy crises and raw material crises in various countries in later generations, so the economy of other places focused on introducing a large amount of raw materials and putting gold and silver in a relatively weak position. However, he did not realize that at least with the current processing capacity of the Ming Dynasty, the raw materials should not be imported from foreign countries in large quantities.

If cheap and convenient domestic materials are abandoned and government intervention is used to force the people to use foreign materials that have to be transported across the ocean, resulting in an increase in costs. It is unrealistic in this era. As for promoting environmental protection and resource storage, not to mention that with the current production capacity, there will be no sequelae, and it will not be understood by the people, and it will inevitably be opposed.

In such a situation, if the currency is insufficient and prices rise, the poor people will be the first to be affected and become the target of victimization. Adni said it was still light, and I am afraid that it would not only be ambitions that could not be fulfilled at that time. The good things that were originally devoted to the people would do harm to the people.

It seems that copying the experience of later generations and copying the modern knowledge you have mastered will eventually lead to a great success and an unrealistic ending. Modern people, modern people, are not careful and almost made a big mistake. This mistake is not because they do not use modern experience and knowledge, but because they are too convinced and show off their modern ideas and opinions.

He raised his eyebrows and said, "Speaking of this, an economic reform should be more proof of the postgraduate entrance examination. It is best to try it in some areas first. I know that in the future...uh... speculate on possible situations in the future, but I ignore the current situation and characteristics. Well, I have to contact Gu Dayong as soon as possible for this matter and make changes even if it has not been promulgated."

Seeing Yang Ling being kind and accepting her opinion, Adni was very happy. She nodded with a smile and said, "Well, there are too many beautiful things in the Ming Dynasty. It is an irresistible temptation. Gold and silver will flow towards the Ming Dynasty like a flood. Even if countries want to stop it, they can't stop it. You just need to pay attention to this point and wait until enough gold and silver flow in, the government will make appropriate adjustments.

The silk, porcelain and tea of ​​the Ming Dynasty were regarded as treasures left in heaven in the West, and could earn huge income. When the Ming Navy became stronger, it could also control the Nanyang Islands and the Yinyang area and share the world with the West. Yang, you can't imagine how important the spices such as pepper, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, ambergris and other spices in these areas were to the West.

It can be used as condiments and perfumes, medicines and religious rituals, the most important of which is used as condiments. In the West, meat is the main food, but meat is mostly cooked with salt and tastes uncommon. Since the Romans first tasted the wonderful taste of spices, spices have become indispensable to us Westerners.

However, spices are produced in the East, and the spices produced in other places have much worse tastes. Although they are cheap, only inferior people can use them. Once you master these things, you will master the stomachs of Westerners.”

"Oh, girls are outgoing! The same is true for Western girls. But I am quite happy that she is so heart-warming about me. However, if I have a daughter in the future, if I dare to be so arrogant, I will not strangle her to death."

Yang Ling thought with a smile, and suddenly heard the door "knocking" sound twice. When he turned his head, he saw Cheng Qiyun standing by the door with a charming charm, looking at them as if he was smiling.

The two now have an unknown ambiguous relationship. Since they came back yesterday, they have never had the chance to chat in private. When they first met, they couldn't help feeling uncomfortable. Yang Ling's face became hot, he stood up and coughed lightly, walked to the table full of drawings to sit down. He said seriously: "Sir Cheng, is there anything wrong?"

"Yes, sir, there is news about Dulong Island in the East China Sea, and you need to report it to the sir!"

Yang Ling looked as if he was doing business, which was completely different from his frivolous and romantic yesterday. Cheng Qiyun secretly "despised" her a little, and then cooperated with the authenticity.

"Oh. Come in, Adni is not an outsider. Before preparing for the Maritime Academy, she also needs to be familiar with the movements and folk situations of the Ming Dynasty. I am about to arrange for her to be your deputy and let you take her with her. Just tell me if you have anything to do."

"Yes, sir!" Cheng Qiyun walked in slowly, walked to his table, with her back facing Adni, and suddenly pouted her red lips and made a kiss.

I was dizzy. Is the taste of affair very fun? Yang Ling was startled and couldn't help but glar at her with anger.

Cheng Qiyun enjoyed his reaction very much. She smiled at him with a curved eyes and smiled cunningly. Her watery eyes were filled with spring feelings, which was particularly attractive.

"Eater Family" was soft-mouthed. Yang Ling had no choice but to groan, leaning on the back of the chair and asked, "What's the news about Dulong Island? Didn't Cao Tianchong surrender to Meiren Wang? He rebelled again?"

"Well, sir, I guessed halfway," Cheng Qiyun's soft body snuggled into the chair, glanced at him with a glance at her with a sweet smile.

The more Cheng Qiyun teased him, the more Yang Ling ignored her, and asked seriously: "Others are single and lonely. Where can they go? If they turn to the opposite sea dog... does it mean that sea dog will not accept surrender? Even if it is nominal, sea dog will not even understand the situation, right?"

"Sir, he is against it. But it is not the reverse sea dog, but... a Western pirate!"

"Western Pirates?" Yang Ling's body suddenly sat upright and said sternly: "Let it be clear, what's going on? How did they find Cao Tianpeng? What's the purpose?"

Cheng Qiyun dared not just make fun of it and replied seriously: "Cao Tianchong's territory is between Wang Meiren and Haigouzi. It is the west of Putuo Mountain and the east of Shuangyu Island. It has always been the outpost of the Seagouzi. If the navy wants to forcibly conquer Shuangyu, it will not be concealed by them.

In such an important place, after they turned to Wang Meiren, Haigouzi had no action against this traitor. Bei Zhi was suspicious, so he bribed the person and snatched it in as a spy, and then obtained information in time."

"The one who summoned Cao Tianpeng was the Western pirates who now live in Luzon. Their local leader was Pedro." Cheng Qiyun stopped when she said this. Adni's body was indeed shocked. Yang Ling looked at her with pity and comfort, and then said, "Continue talking."

"The purpose of these people in the East China Sea was to plunder merchant ships and trade with Ming smuggling vendors. Their image and cannibalism legend made it difficult for them to gain the trust of the Ming people. Therefore, they urgently needed to find a partner who was familiar with the situation in the East China Sea and the water and land thieves and smugglers.

Haigouzi and Xuemao are very powerful and don’t even take the Ming Navy seriously, so they will naturally not buy the accounts of these Westerners. Although these Westerners’ gun ships are powerful, they have too few ship battles after all, and they are far away in the east, and ammunition is difficult to replenish. They are unwilling to have a complete rupture with these two pirates, so they can only find another ideal candidate.

Cao Tianchong was originally a sea dog. After joining Wang Meiren, he had cut off the sea dog's retreat. Wang Meiren has never regarded him as a confidant and is very cautious about him. He is in a difficult situation when he is stuck in the middle. At the same time, although his power is not very large, he is also a famous pirate after all, familiar with the situation in the East China Sea and various relationships.

Pedro sent a warship to surrender Cao Tianchong on the condition of showing off his military power and money to bribe Cao Tianchong. Recently, Cao Tianchong is selling some properties, disposing of some old, weak and disabled soldiers, preparing to leave Dulong Island, bring elite soldiers and his three ships, and join the Western pirates."

Cheng Qiyun hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything about Yang Quan.

Yang Quan patrolled Dulong Island as the second in command of Putuo Mountain. He was having fun playing with women there for a while. Women who were captured in Japan, Korea, and Ryukyu areas, as long as they were outstanding in appearance, even if they were taken as wives and concubines by some small leaders, he relied on his power to oppress and bully them.

Once Cao Tianpeng made up his mind to betray Wang Meiren, he immediately killed him to sacrifice the flag and cut off his retreat. Although he was the only way to take this, he would still pretend not to know at this time.

"Well... do you have a solution?" Yang Ling asked after pondering for a while.

Cheng Qiyun said: "With Adnie here, our first batch of artillery can be equipped with the army within one month. We need some time to see whether the Western pirates in Luzon and the Westerners in Mantaga have cooperated and communicate with each other. We don't know.

If they had contact and now add Cao Tianchong, the insider, then the cooperation between the two places is likely to provoke us to the Ming Dynasty. What I mean is: While Cao Tianchong has not left yet, Dulong Island will fight, and it will fight cleanly and neatly.

In this way, one can give Wang Meiren and Bai Xiaocao a warning to prevent someone from being stubborn; two can show off their strength and force them to accept our conditions; three can make Western pirates unable to understand our strength and dare not act rashly, so that we can buy some time for us."

"So...who will execute it? Zhejiang Navy?" Yang Ling basically agreed with her opinion and asked while thinking about the feasibility.

"Yes, Dulong Island is not very dangerous. Moreover, Cao Tianchong is now traitors to Haigouzi and Wang Meiren. It would be nice if they didn't take the initiative to send troops to attack, and no one would help. Our navy can deal with them."

Yang Ling thought for a while and shook his head, "The Luzon pirates wanted to establish a spokesperson among the Han pirate group, and would not sit idly by and watch them be attacked. If there was no actual agreement between the two, Cao Tianchong, the fence-bearer, would not agree so readily. What if the Western ship war appeared to help them?

Your eyeliner is on the island. Although you know Cao Tian’s every move, the pirates in the vast sea have returned to Luzon or are stationed nearby. After all, he doesn’t know. For security measures, let the Fujian Navy send people to participate, and it just happens to train these troops. When is the time to send troops? If I can delay a few days, I will first equip two warships to let them participate in the war and escort."

Cheng Qiyun thought for a while, Zhan Yan smiled and said, "It's still meticulous to think carefully. Then let me do what I said. I'll send someone to notify the Zhejiang Navy to train troops and wait for battle. After the ships here are modified, we will encircle Dulong Island. Let's take a closer look at the specific details when we go back to the rank of Huoshi."

Seeing Yang Ling nodding and agreeing, Cheng Qiyun stood up and said goodbye. With her slender waist bent, she quickly hooked her little finger in Yang Ling's palm with her bare hands, her eyes were faint, her red lips were like chewing cherries, and she said as thin as a silk thread: "Sir, I am so ruthless. When I get the hand, I neglect Yun'er, which makes people toss and turn, thinking about the tip of their eyebrows..."

Unexpectedly, Adni, who had heard the Western pirates keep listening to their movements, vaguely listening to a few words and asked in suspicion: "What did Lord Cheng say? What eyebrows?"

Cheng Qiyun stood up calmly and said to her: "I said I will only be resurrected all night and repay her for not showing her eyebrows in her life."

"Uh...what does it mean?" Although Adni understood Chinese, she didn't know Chinese poetry after all. She didn't know what the pronunciation of these few words meant, so she blurted out.

Cheng Qiyun said sweetly: "This is a poem, which means... I am caring for you, promoting and using it. I am willing to do my best to help you build a foundation and establish a career."

"Oh, that's it."

Yang Ling felt a little smirking when she heard her mouth full of slut. But when she looked up and met her eyes, she found that the eyes were as clear as water, as bright as oil, and there was no trace of teasing and frivolity in the depth. What was contained in it was the love and affection as mellow as wine.

"I will only open my eyes all night and repay my life without showing my eyebrows..." This is her vow.

She just gave her a little affection and some love, which made her feel so far away. Did she repay her with death? For a moment, Yang Ling was in a state of excitement and was also a little confused.

Cheng Qiyun has left, and there is still a faint fragrance in place.

Adni, who was sending her out of the door, turned around, pouted and said angrily: "Yang, I want to learn Han poetry from you?"

"Ah? Do you want to learn Chinese poetry?"

"Yes, so as not to be flirted with by others in front of her husband, and to be foolish and do not understand the meaning." Adnie gave him a jealous look.

Only then did Yang Ling realize that she was pretending to be stupid and that this was not a fuel-efficient lamp.

In the afternoon, in Yang Changdu's study, the words "opening the sea", lifting the ban, pacifying the Japanese, Western pirates, artillery warships, etc., were heard in the room, and the voices of a man and a woman were constantly repeating: "The sound of wind and rain at night... The sun was noon... Two yellow Liming and green willows... A red apricot tree came out of the wall..."

At the highest point of Dulong Island, there is a high flagpole.

On the flagpole, it was not Cao Tianchong's smooth sailing flag, but a naked male corpse.

I don’t know how long the corpse has been hung. The sun and wind blew, and the water in the body evaporated, and the body became a little shriveled, but the naked corpse was shiny and shiny.

The corpse became lighter due to lack of moisture and was swayed by the sea breeze. From time to time, it hit the flagpole and made a slight "bang bang" sound. The corpse was already hard.

It was Yang Quandi's corpse. Because the corpse was painted with tung oil and rosin, the surface of the body did not rot for the time being, but it had become a mummy. His eyes had been pecked by seagulls and turned into two black holes.

Cao Tianchong stood under the flagpole. He was carrying a big machete with red tassels on his back, and looked at his subordinates who were constantly gathering over. Seeing some people pulling women, some people carrying bags, they still couldn't bear to leave those jars and jars in their hands. He couldn't help but frown: These unambitious things!

He wanted to get angry, but after thinking about it, he held back. The Westerners said that he would pass through the territory of the sea dog and the snow cat in three days to pick him up and go to Luzon temporarily. However, someone suddenly came yesterday and informed him today. In a hurry, he threw down many things that he had no time to deal with? I felt sorry!

He looked back at what he had worked hard to manage, like a large manor on the island, and sighed a long time.

Today, he is going to officially hang up the black skull flag and be a pawn for the red-haired ghost from the far west. Cao Tianchong puts a cool breeze in his hand and looks into the distance: the sea is calm and the blue waves rise and fall gently, which is a good weather to travel.

At this time, three fleets from Hangzhou Bay, Fuzhou Port and Luzon Island were passing through waves and heading towards the same place: Dulong Island.
Chapter completed!