1850 American Gold Tycoon

Although Xu Guangjin left, he was not at ease with Liang Yao.

Xu Guangjin left three supervision battalions and the Guangdong Navy on guard in Xiangshan. Before leaving, he told Hong Mingxiang that if anything happened to Liang Yao in Xiangshan, he would be informed as soon as possible.

In response to Xu Guangjin's explanation, Hong Mingxiang nodded in agreement: "Don't worry, Lord Butang. Leave the matter of Xiangshan to me."

After watching Xu Guangjin leave, Hong Mingxiang looked at Liang Yao's flagship Luolan with great envy, thinking how great it would be if the Guangdong Navy had such a ship as his flagship.

Of course, Hong Mingxiang also knew that his idea was just an extravagant hope. In recent years, the imperial court had often been in arrears with the Guangdong Navy's pay, let alone the purchase of new ships.

"Hong Junmen."

Liang Yao walked towards Hong Mingxiang with a smile. He saw Hong Mingxiang's thoughts and extended an invitation to Hong Mingxiang.

"You and I are from the same country. How about we go on board and talk to each other?"

The naval admiral was a first-rank official position in the Qing Dynasty. There were only three naval admirals in the Qing Dynasty. In addition to the Guangdong naval admiral, there were only the Fujian naval admiral and the Yangtze naval admiral.

The status of naval admiral is very high. In Guangdong, Hong Mingxiang is only controlled by the governor of Guangdong or the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Apart from the two governors, the only one with a higher status than him is the general of Guangzhou. He is a character worth winning over.

Hong Mingxiang, who was a junior military attache, did not have as many worries as Xu Guangjin. Hong Mingxiang, who was a navy officer, was also very interested in Liang Yao's warships.

Facing the invitation from Liang Yao, Hong Mingxiang rubbed her hands with anticipation and happily agreed.

Western warships are not a rare thing in Guangzhou, especially after the British occupied Hong Kong and established a stable naval base. British warships often appeared along the coast of Guangdong and even on the Pearl River.

However, Hong Mingxiang had only seen Western warships from a distance in the past, and this was the first time he had boarded a Western warship to visit in person.

The clean deck, spacious hull, towering chimney, huge paddle wheels on both sides, and huge naval guns left a very deep impression on Hong Mingxiang.

These are all new things that cannot be seen on the warships of the Qing Dynasty.

"The ships of the Westerners are indeed much better than the ships of the Qing Dynasty." Hong Mingxiang couldn't help but sigh.

"Although Hong is the Admiral of the Guangdong Navy, this Navy Admiral must be so aggrieved, damn it! The British treat our Guangdong Coastal Defense as useless, and I will be insulted by the British every now and then! If Hong With this ship, how can we be so favored by the British?"

Liang Yao leaned on the railing and looked into the distance. At this time, there were ships of the British East India Company hanging in the Lingding Ocean. They were nothing more than British armed merchant ships.

Seeing the British armed merchant ship approaching, the small Chinese fishing boats on the lonely ocean hurriedly avoided the British ship to avoid being overturned by the waves caused by the British armed merchant ship.

Seeing the small Chinese fishing boats in front of them, these British East India Company merchant ships had no intention of giving way. Instead, they accelerated and continued to ram into the surrounding Chinese fishing boats.

Seeing the panic of the fishermen, the crew members on the British East India Company's merchant ships became increasingly excited. Scaring these Chinese fishermen's small fishing boats was one of their entertainment projects in the Lingding Ocean.

"Sven, who is the best gunner on the Roland?" Liang Yao called to the captain of the Roland, Sven.

"It's Heyman. Heyman was a very good gunner when he served in the Royal Navy." Sven thought for a while and replied.

"Let Haiman come to see me." Liang Yao said.

Soon, Sven called Heyman.

"Your Excellency, Colonel! The crew member of the Roland, Hyman, is reporting to you!" Hyman saluted Liang Yao with a British military salute with his palms turned outward.

Liang Yao has the establishment of two army regular regiments, but he does not have the establishment of the navy. Therefore, the crew members on the Roland, Chaoyong, and Yangwei do not have corresponding military ranks in the navy, and only have the status of employees of the America Group.

"Did you see that East India Company ship?" Liang Yao pointed to the rampaging armed merchant ship not far away.

"I saw it! What are your instructions?!" Heimanda said.

"Find a way to hit it with a shot. The impact point of the cannonball cannot be too far away from it, nor can it hit it. Do you understand what I mean?" Liang Yao said.

"clear!"

"Very good. If you play well, I'll give you a salary increase of $10 a month."

"You've decided to increase my salary!" Heyman said confidently.

Hyman loaded the cannon skillfully, stared at the armed merchant ships of the British East India Company, calculated the firing parameters in his mind, adjusted the muzzle, and then fired at the armed merchant ships of the British East India Company.

Hong Mingxiang on the side was stunned. Before Hong Mingxiang could react, there was a huge sound of artillery, and the shells with a piercing scream smashed into a ball less than three meters away from the stern of the British East India Company armed merchant ship. A beautiful wave.

"Well done!" Liang Yao couldn't help but said, stroking his hands, "Sven, offer Heyman a new contract!"

"Thank you, Colonel!"

Heyman was very happy to get the salary increase. Of course, he was even more happy that he had the opportunity to show off his skills in front of Liang Yao and left a good impression on his employer.

As long as he gave enough money, he would dare to attack even the British Royal Navy warships, not to mention the armed merchant ships of the British East India Company.

This shot frightened the crew members on the armed merchant ships of the British East India Company. Previously, no ship had dared to fire at them in the waters of the Far East. Even pirates had to get out of the way when they saw the flag of the British East India Company. I don't dare to have any unreasonable thoughts.

Soon, the frightened armed merchant ships of the British East India Company put down their boats and sent the first mate on board to protest to Liang Yao.

The first mate approached the Roland in a small boat and looked up at the Stars and Stripes hanging on the Roland: "Damn Yankees, do you know what you are doing? You are firing at the ships of the British Empire!"

"Damn British guys, do you know what you are doing? You have broken into the waters where the American and Qing navies are exercising! Get out of here! Don't interfere with our exercises. The artillery shells will not avoid the ships of the British East India Company!" Liang Yao crossed his hands and spoke condescendingly to the British first mate on the boat below.

"exercise?"

The first mate of the British East India Company had a look of disbelief on his face. The navy of the United States and the Qing Dynasty were conducting naval military exercises. This was the first time he heard such a new thing. He obviously did not believe this kind of rhetoric.

"This person next to me is the Admiral of the Guangdong Navy of the Qing Dynasty." Liang Yao snorted coldly, "If you don't believe it, you can let your ship continue to sail in the exercise waters, but I have to remind you that if the next cannonball If I accidentally landed on your boat, you will be responsible for the consequences!”

The first mate looked at the Qing warship that was confronting the American warship. He was doubtful of this statement, so he had to return to the ship and report the situation to the captain.

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