Beiyang new warlord

"To the fact that the war has just begun, my lord, cheers!"

The crystal glass with half a glass of wine slid down to the ground, and he was stunned for a few seconds. Vanderburgh regained his senses, grabbed Dumpludo by the collar, and roared hoarsely: "The board of directors are you crazy?"

"We are under Daming's eyelids! How many troops does the Emperor of Ming have? One hundred thousand? Five hundred thousand. How many troops does the entire East India Company have? Twenty thousand!"

"I want to see Sir Cohen, this plan must be cancelled!"

"Calm down, Your Excellency!"

Dumpludo didn't resist being pulled by the collar. Anyway, he was more than 20 years younger than Vanderbilt, and he didn't care about the old man. He lowered his head slightly, and the young officer said contemptuously.

"Sir Cohen has already returned to Rotterdam. As for your appointment, you can choose the governor of Port Garman or the governor of Butcher Bay. I heard that Yabutcher Bay is in the South Pacific Ocean, which is very far away from Daming, but it is next to a group of cannibals. Maori, I believe that you are so good-neighborly and friendly, you will like these new neighbors, right?"

Hearing the aggressive words of this young man, Vanderburg couldn't help letting go of his fist again, and took a step back dejectedly for a while, then he swung his sleeves violently and roared viciously: "You must be killed by the devil!" Bewitched, sooner or later you will go to hell!"

Putting down his cruel words, Vanderbilt hummed and hurriedly walked towards the rear cabin, looking at the back of the old man with white hair, and turning around to look at the city of Zeelandia that was drifting away. Dumpludo's dripping eyes The round monkey eyes couldn't help revealing a provocative look. Xuan Xuan raised the goblet in his hand high, and drank the blood-red wine in the glass with a grunt.

North, Tianjin.

As a Jiuchong port, Mao Jue has put more thought here than the capital. Since he entered the Central Plains, the construction here has not stopped. Traveling in the sea for about a mile, it is like building Dujiangyan, investing a lot of concrete in the sea, and then paving the port on it. This is a deep-water port built artificially, so that large sailing ships no longer need to dock in shallow water. On the seashore, the flat-bottomed sandboats unloaded the goods one after another, both in terms of efficiency and safety, which were greatly improved.

But today, the port that is still under construction in the south is extremely lively. There are a whole basket of celebrities from all walks of life in the capital, which is rarely seen on weekdays. The smooth black and red paint has the feeling of the car of later generations. The four-wheeled carriages parked densely for the entire parking lot, businessmen and literati in long robes and mink fur hats, new-style long dresses, big-brimmed hats with feathers in their arms, and courtesan ladies who were fanning with round fans , the bustling and bustling place is not inferior to Shanghai Bund, which rose in the late Qing Dynasty.

However, such a large group of high-class people did not come to catch up with the dance party. The headlines of the Imperial Capital Daily said that the Beihai Dragon King and other three imperial battleships are returning today!

Even if Mao Jue came to Jingang in person, of course he is one level higher than the Xuanliu below. On the edge of the port, the Imperial Hotel specially built by the Ministry of Industry is the fifth-floor round tower of a high-rise building in this era. Mao Jue A little excited and a little depressed, he held up his binoculars and looked out into the sea.

Others were still looking at the sea like high-necked geese, but here he had already seen the mighty sails of three huge sailing ships.

It is no wonder that Mao Jue is depressed. Since the ninth year of Chongzhen, Mao Jue has sent expedition ships to sail eastward every year to explore the route to the New World. I don’t know if it is due to the influence of this small ice age. The northern route is extremely cold and difficult. In 11 years, six ships were lost and sunk, and almost a thousand people were killed or injured. Only then did Mao Jue open up this seemingly simplest North Pacific route.

The age of great voyages is indeed an era of fighting for money and fate.

But at any rate this investment has paid off now, money

Last year, the Imperial Fleet broke through the Bering Strait, traveled all the way south along Alaska, and finally stopped in a warm area on a large offshore island to establish the first colony.

If Mao Jue's guess is correct, that area should be the third largest city in Canada in the later generations, and it is also the city of Vancouver with a large number of Chinese. A little further south is the United States in the later generations.

However, the name Vancouver is doomed to be annihilated in history in this time and space. The commander of the Imperial Fleet, Pang Shan, who was in charge of overseas expeditions, generously named this place Fengshugouzi, because the ground is full of maple trees.

These places are too far to the northwest, and even the old colonial empire Spain and the emerging Netherlands have never arrived, and a good meal is not afraid of being late, although at this time, both the United Kingdom and France have already encircled large colonies on the east coast of North America, and France He also arrogantly called North America New France, but at any rate, Da Ming also caught up with the feast of crows that divided up the New World.

The three ships of the Beihai Dragon King also sailed last year, carrying a total of more than 800 refugees from the Central Plains, [-] Jurchens recruited from the Northeast, [-] Lee Koreans, and [-] Japanese to settle in the new colony. The significance is no less than that of the Mayflower in the UK.

The ship creaked against the shore, and following the name of the first officer, several rows of soldiers wore the neat blue cotton armor of the Ming Dynasty Navy, and carried brand-new flintlock guns on their shoulders. Military appearance, handsome face, immediately caused the little girls to cover their mouths and screamed, and a group of reporters scrambled to be the first to shout, I am a Ming military at its peak!

But Mao Jue, who was watching this scene, put down the binoculars in awe. History is indeed a little girl who can be dressed up by others. After trekking long distances on the sea for more than two months, she still has to do physical work in fear. Even a handsome man has to become Unshaven slovenly man.

Before mooring at Tianjin Port, the expeditionary army rested for a whole week at the military port of Lutun Island in the north. They threw the soldiers of the expeditionary army into the bathhouse and soaked them for three or four days. The three battleships that were scarred by the storm also came for overall maintenance. The damaged wood was removed, polished and waxed. After I got down, I specially came to a beauty pageant in the Iron Mountain Legion. I chose dozens of tall and mighty handsome guys to fill the team to fill the scene, and now I am standing at the forefront.

Of course, Mao Jue didn't treat the warriors who were born and died for him badly. Although they didn't have the chance to receive this honor, Mao Jue doubled the bonus they gave them.

This creates the public image of the scene in front of you!

To be honest, Mao Jue looked down on such a face project before, thinking it was a waste of money, but now, when he is in power, he realizes that the face project is really not worth losing, let's take it now!The purpose of going out to sea is to fool people to open up colonies in the past, and to fool capitalists and big businessmen to spend a lot of money to invest in the past. If you are the boss, invest in a group of idol groups that are as energetic as the gay group, or a group of bearded elders , who are smelly, sloppy, and will die when they follow them? Such beggars?

This torment was really not in vain, even the selected rich men and big men in the capital, the ladies who were spraying incense all leaned over with interest, and a large group of reporters scrambled to pass the microphone over, the scene was once very lively .

This trip is very important, Mao Jue brought all his cabinet members, except Song Xiance, Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, the Minister of Rites who affected the image of the empire, all these ancient beauties, looking at this scene, Mao Jue is also relaxed He turned around and smiled, tilting his head towards the bottom.

"Gentlemen, it's time for us to appear!"

Chapter 7. Knighthood, sweetness!

One by one, the big microphones were pushed forward heavily.

To be honest, even the reporters of the Imperial Capital Daily didn’t know what the purpose of this thing was, but it was bestowed by Emperor Mao Jue himself, probably similar to the Nine-Tin Stick given to Xuanzang by Tang Taizong!So now no matter whether it is the Imperial Capital Daily or the reporters of the second- and third-rate tabloids below, all of them have one of these things.

Taking advantage of the professional style brought by this thing, the reporter group surrounding the captain of the Imperial Navy who disembarked was also excitedly asking questions like kindergarten children.

"Master Ma, I heard that you discovered Beiju Luzhou, is it true?"

"Is Beiju Luzhou really full of ice and snow? May I ask if you have seen the Antarctic fairy, and are there really auspicious beasts?"

"Have you seen any other immortals?"

In the past, Ma Bao also believed in the four major continents in Journey to the West, but now, he has the feeling that everyone is drunk and the only one is sober, looking at the ignorant reporters below with the eyes of a fool.

"Everyone, with the support of His Majesty, the last general has completed his voyage, but what he will arrive at is definitely Beiju Luzhou, and there are no gods and monsters on it. The Xifan people have already arrived in that land first, and they call it For the New World, like Liaodong in my Ming Dynasty, the north of the New World is also ice-snow and cold, but when you go south, the climate becomes warmer and more comfortable. The important thing is, there is this!"

To be famous in history, Ma Bao is also considered a talent. The enthusiastic press release was memorized by him verbatim in the past few days, and he shouted quite enthusiastically. Immediately afterwards, as he waved his hand, several A sailor hehehehe carried several heavy boxes over, and opened them in front of many reporters. Immediately, under the noon sun, a dazzling golden light shone in the pupils of those reporters.

Gold! All gold! One box of fine gold sand, two boxes of strong gold nuggets, the city of Ottawa was first established because of gold mines, and now it's the Ming people's turn to collect this gift from heaven!

At first, Westerners flocked to the New World because of the yellow-orange-orange gold! In the eyes of Easterners, gold also has the magic power to make people crazy!

The reporters' speech speed was much faster, and there was even a bit of greed in their tone.

"Master Ma, is there a lot of gold in the New World?"

"Can gold be mined at will?"

"Is the New World dangerous? Are there any ferocious man-eating beasts?"

Under the hasty question, Ma Bao didn't have time to answer which one, so he raised his hands high and yelled loudly.

"Everyone, the gold in the New World cannot be said to be everywhere. It is similar to what I have in China. However, after thousands of years of mining in China, most of the gold mines that can be mined have been developed, but there is no one there. The gold is buried in the mountains and no one finds it, so you can imagine how much gold there is!"

"As for the danger, it is true that there are wild boars, bears and tigers and other ferocious beasts in the mountains, and you may encounter some ferocious sea beasts on the sea route leading to the New World, but everyone, there are no ups and downs, how can you lead to success? This little danger, in the It seems to me that it is completely insignificant!"

"Tomorrow, the Immigration Department will be set up in the office of the household department in Guangqumen. Anyone who wants to go to the New World to mine, pan for gold, or do business can go to the Immigration Department!"

This is definitely a big piece of news, not only the reporters cheered, but even the wealthy bastards in the capital who were transferred by Mao Jue were short of breath. Ma Bao's words were not too exaggerated, nor were they Westerners Boasting to the extent that gold is everywhere also raises dangers, but it is because of this that it is attractive!

Assets are like a greedy glutton, thinking about new expansion all the time, gold mines that no one has mined, dense and unowned forests that can build farms, and land that no one has cultivated. These are all wealth, and the imperial fleet They all called back and forth, indicating that the other side of the sea is not impossible to come back, and these big benefactors can't help but feel their hearts throbbing.

However, the main event is still to come. Amidst the hustle and bustle ahead, at the entrance of the Imperial Hotel, a guard suddenly squats down on horseback, while the other guard bangs an electric cannon, stuffing it into his crotch. In Niu Manmian, the eunuch's high imitation tenor sounded suddenly.

"His Majesty is here!!!"

"Kowtow to my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

Even if Mao Jue reduced the court etiquette by an unknown amount, the imperial power is still supreme these days. With a bang, no matter if it was reporters or celebrities, they all fell to their knees in panic. As for the neat expedition The soldiers and sailors even knelt like a chess player. In the warm welcome, Mao Jue was just like Dong Zhuo in "New Three Kingdoms", shaking his sleeves with his stomach in mind, and swaggeringly leading a large group of important officials. , walked to the edge of the port.

If it was in the past, Mao Jue would have called for free and flat body. To be honest, he didn't like the appearance of a group of people with their heads on the ground and their buttocks in the sky. In his impression, only the stars holding the moon can bring out the taste of power! But this time Mao Jue was the first to fix his eyes heavily on the three galleons swaying in the bay. After a while, he turned his gaze back. A moment later, Mao Jue pulled out the saber from his waist with a bang, and Putting it on Ma Bao's shoulder, the audience couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamation at this scene.