Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 2171 Flower Controversy (79)
Kap Shui Mun Strait is one of the important waterways leading to the Pearl River Basin from the harbor of Hong Kong. It is called Ji Shui Mun because of the turbulent water flow. However, because this name is considered unlucky, the homonym was changed to Kap Shui Mun.

The location of the pirates is extremely hidden. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and one side is close to the sea, and the side close to the sea is closed by Chek Lek Kok Island. It is a natural harbor against wind. Ideal hiding place.

Lantau Mountain is also known as Lantau Island. Nick had already been there when he was in Macau last time, and he had dealt with smugglers.This time he came to Lantau Island again and joined the anti-smuggling fleet moored at Kap Shui Mun.

This fleet consists of 30 warships, each equipped with 50 sailors. It was supposed to be commanded by General Liu. 250 tons, no wave breaking device, the width including the shell plate is 300-12 feet, the sail is made of woven linen, and the seams of the sail are fixed with bamboo poles. Compared with European sails, this kind of sail is less resistant. The wind power is stronger, but this advantage does not make up for the shortcomings of the warship itself. In terms of sailing speed, this warship cannot even compare with the worst sailing ships.

The anchors are made of a hard, heavy wood they call "ironwood," chosen, according to them, for its durability.There is no navigator on board, and the helmsman controls the rudder. They don't like to sail long distances, and they don't drive the warship at full speed when sailing on the sea. They just sail along the coast along the compass bearing line.

There were a lot of people on the shore watching the fun, because the anti-smuggling ship of the Guangzhou Navy had never confronted pirates across the sea. Their opponents were generally smuggling ships, and the effective method of smugglers was bribery, not direct confrontation.They know very well that if it is just smuggling, it is only a fine of some silver, and once it hurts the anti-smuggling officers and soldiers, it is a capital offense.

The harbor that was busy the last time it came was now emptied, and even the European fast sailing ships docked on the winding waterways to shelter from the wind were gone. Long Mao was standing on the deck, and his mouth was still yelling wildly.

An Indian ship seemed to have not received the news in advance, and actually sailed towards the harbor. The sailors on the ship were terrified, as if they were ready to escape at any time, they became nervous and busy. They shouted and pulled the cable to turn the sail. After leaving this area of ​​waters, the anti-smuggling ship chased it for a symbolic period before letting it go, and no other ship made such a farce after that.

Cao Xi checked the enclave with a telescope. There were many dusty tents on the enclave. There were probably thousands of them. Even if two people lived in one tent, there were more than 2000 people.

The people on the shore thought that the fleet was involved in a life-and-death struggle, but Nick felt that the general of the Qing Dynasty was probably just trying to create momentum and make some superficial articles.When Emperor Kangxi was not in power, the four major ministers once again imposed a ban on the sea in order to deal with Zheng Chenggong. Not only were all ships prohibited from going to sea, but the coastal residents of Zhili, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces had to move inward for 12 miles. The method of fighting with strong walls and clearing the field forms a no-man's land, thus cutting off Taiwan's supplies.

The sea blockade made the pirates very angry, so they broke up into pieces, divided into several small fleets, and launched burning, killing and looting operations in more than 20 areas at the same time, and the entire coastal area was shrouded in terror.

Zheng Yi or Long Sao asked his subordinates to strictly abide by the discipline and not to go ashore without permission, otherwise they would be severely punished.

In the first few years, the imperial edict was fully implemented, which led to the abandonment of fisheries in coastal areas and the barren fields. Moreover, the sea ban was not revoked after the death of Zheng Chenggong. Come.

After Kangxi unified Taiwan, the first glorious era of pirates ended in this way. After 100 years of recuperation, another pirate gang rebelled openly. The pirates not only had more people, but also had more advanced equipment than officers and soldiers. There are quite a few British-made flintlock guns and cannons, and they bought large ships in Vietnam and other places. They are sometimes not afraid of going to the British Navy.

The command post is located on a small island near Da'ao Town. Da'ao Town is a part of Lantau Island. The residents on the island were driven away or ran away on their own. Their houses were occupied by officers and soldiers, and Nick also lived in one of them. people's home.

The inside is very clean, and there is a very rough statue of "Mazu" enshrined in the house, and you can see Macau when you walk out of the door.

In the afternoon when Nick arrived, the Portuguese in Macau also came. They sent six warships to cooperate with the Guangzhou Navy to encircle and suppress the pirates.

The honorific title of the admiral is the minister of the military. If the order to expand the sea continues, military prestige is very necessary.

The next day, the United Fleet carefully searched the sea area for all gathering places that might become pirate dens. The huge formation seemed to scare them away, and the entire enclave was isolated, cutting off supplies.

But Cao Xi did not plan to besiege for a long time. He was afraid that someone would take advantage of the emptiness in Guangzhou to sneak attack.

Zheng Yi just formed a loose pirate alliance, and the pirates of other flags are likely to take advantage of the fire to loot, so that the next admiral will face a full-scale naval battle, and even the current admiral will not be able to leave.

The best result is that the pirates fled in fear, and the governor and the admiral jointly wrote an excerpt to report to the emperor, how heroic the Qingshui master was, and so on.

If he loses the battle, even if he will not be beheaded like Zhang Guangsi, the good reputation accumulated by the admiral in Guangzhou in the past three years will be "balanced by merit and demerit".

When Emperor Yongzheng first came to the throne, because of the unstable situation, he did not dare to attack Yinhu directly. Instead, he took the method of dividing and conquering, superficially reused Yinhu, made him the prince, and made him the head of the prime minister. Those around you strike.

After the death of Emperor Kangxi, Jebtsundamba Hutuk, the Living Buddha of Mobei, who was nearly ninety years old, came to attend the funeral. Unfortunately, he passed away in Beijing. The Qing court sent a high-level funeral team to send the coffin back to the grassland.Yongzheng used this aboveboard excuse to send out the ten elder brothers who were the least important of the "Eight Kings Party" before the Shangyuan Festival.

Yin's resistance to Xinjun was very strong, and he stagnated as soon as he reached Zhangjiakou, which gave people an excuse.

Also in the first month of the first year of Yongzheng, the fourteenth elder brother came back from the northwest. According to the usual practice, there must be a clan before the army, and he planned to send the ninth elder brother to the northwest.

At that time, Nian Gengyao was preparing to pacify Qinghai. Before and after Yinzhen came to the army, he was taken to Xining for surveillance. In the spring of the second year of Yongzheng, Nian Gengyao won a great victory in Qinghai. can't do it.

When the news of Nian Gengyao's great victory reached BJ, it coincided with the first Qingming Festival when Emperor Kangxi was buried in Jingling. Mausoleum, but the fourteenth elder brother didn't take this elder brother and the emperor seriously.

After the great victory in Qinghai, the first thing Emperor Yongzheng did when he returned to BJ was to reprimand Kangxi angrily to Yinhu in the "Eagle Killing Incident", and to show all the ministers that he had severed his ties with him. Yinhu begged repeatedly to save face.But this document was still handed over to the Clan Mansion, and Yinhu would circulate it whenever there was a trouble.

The tenth elder brother who resisted the decree cut his title and was transferred back to BJ for permanent confinement, while the fourteenth elder brother was also banned from guarding the mausoleum to being imprisoned in Jingling.

Winning will bring great wealth, and at the same time, it may become a new threat to the emperor. Nian Gengyao's later fate also left Yongzheng with a reputation of "unkind".Compared with the high-risk road of joining the army, being a civil servant is much less risky, and there is no need for Zhao Kuangyin to "release military power by drinking wine".

"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." Among the four treasures of the study, "pen" is the first one, and it is the most widely spread at present. The best pen is Hubi, which is produced in Huzhou, Zhejiang.Qianlong did not use Hubi, or the pens produced in Huzhou, to write Xiaokai and Zhupi, but Langhao brushes produced in Moxiangzhai Bizhuang, Xianwengang Town, Jiangxi. This is also a well-known hometown of brushes. Wang Xizhi and Wang Bo both used Xian Wen Gang's writing brush.

Every year, officials pay tribute to thousands of lake pens, but these pens were not used by Qianlong. The enshrined painters and officials such as Liang Guozhi also used pens. The pens of Xianwengang were hand-picked by Qianlong when he went to the south of the Yangtze River.

Theoretically, it is the fragrance of ink, but ink is like black paint, in the dead of night, when the lights are dimmed, there is a smell of blood.The National History Museum is located in Xihuamen, but it is only a temporary institution for writing history, and the national history is stored elsewhere.During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Ming Dynasty moved from the Forbidden City to the Dongchang Hutong inlaid with white flags, the former Dongchang Hutong.

The Qing court once reprimanded Zheng Xin, the king of Siam Thonburi, for "getting the country wrong", and the note Nick got was devastating.

If there was only one copy, the admiral was right to destroy it, but it was printed, and I don’t know how much it spread in the populous southeast, so that everyone can get a share of the "anti-Qing and restoring Ming".

In ancient times, people used bamboo slips to record words, and carved characters on them with a knife and pen. Later, it is said that Meng Tian invented the brush, but the title of "scholar with knife and pen" still remains.

Song Huizong's thin gold body is worth a thousand dollars, but the writer didn't know how many lives were lost. It's no wonder that when the admiral took the note from Nick, it seemed to be a cup of poisoned wine bestowed by the emperor.

The note was a "reminder", and the inkstone that Nick gave to the admiral was engraved with the pattern of "Tianlu", which was a common style in the Song Dynasty.

Tianlu is like a deer but has a long tail. It has the function of exorcising evil spirits and can eliminate disasters. Yongan Bailu was a tomb-suppressing beast in the Han Dynasty, which meant to protect the safety of the dark house.

At the same time, it also represents "mandate of heaven" and "position of salary". The admiral ran to make a fortune a short time ago, and I don't know what he foretold.

Fate is useless, long relatives are despicable.

The current situation makes Juren wonder if he is the "Lone Star of Heavenly Fiend". How come whoever he votes under will be unlucky?
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