Beiyang new warlord

"You dress up like a girl, no wonder you can't beat me, Da Ming Xiongshi!"

A new chain of contempt was established, and with a pair of laughing eyes staring at his thighs, Prince Condé felt as if he was not wearing pants. Inexplicably, he felt that his crotch was shiny, and he couldn't help twisting it, even more so. It looks sissy and funny.

In the crowd, it was unfortunate that Zhu Yujian could only stand behind a large number of carriages and look forward from the shed on the roof of the carriages. It was also his good luck. Repairs were carried out in the lock, and a large block was raised, and those western prisoners were also escorted to the main street, and transported towards Hangzhou Mansion, at least he saw it clearly.

I have to admit that the honor of presenting the captives and the cheering of the common people is indeed incomparable to the previous Zhu Ming. The former royal family couldn't help but feel sour grapes suddenly burst into a sour heart. His lips curled up straight.

"Extraordinary skills, just squandering people's fat and people's anointing! The blood in the front yard is like sea water! This Maowufu is just a man of great achievements, not worth mentioning!"

"Place drive, go back to the palace!"

Sour and rough, Zhu Yujian dropped his sleeves and got off the roof again. Before he could get into the carriage, he didn't expect the bearded coachman, who was probably from the north, to slap him in front of him.

"The fare is one-way, twenty bucks!"

"Car fare? What car fare? I am the lord of the world, and it is your honor to ride in your broken car!"

Full of discrepancies Zhu Yujian said it as a matter of course, but one sentence pissed off the big and three rough husband, and when he went up, he grabbed his collar and yelled angrily.

"Look at you, you're also handsome, playing a rogue and riding a white car? My god, you are crazy! I tell you, if you don't give the money for the car today, I will arrest you and see the official, and let you go to the prison! Give me the money!"

"I! I have no money!"

Good fellow, before the bustle is over, there is another fight at this end, and there is a big crowd around the carriage. Today, Zhu Yujian's wish to report is also fulfilled, and several tabloid reporters are looking depressed. When the qualification was invited in to interview first-hand information, his eyes lit up when he saw this scene, and he opened his sketchbook with a clatter, and dropped a big news headline heavily.

"Zhu Mou, the chief culprit of the Longwu bandit gang, refused to pay for the white car, uttered wild words and beat the crowd!"

Chapter 884. Baton

In the hustle and bustle, no one noticed that there were two more luxuriously decorated carriages at the entrance of the customs office building in Hangzhou Port. They came to inspect the work under the guise of public aid, and the crowd stared at the sissy Prince Kong Dai and talked endlessly. However, Mao Jue was holding a binoculars, looking obsessively at the iron-clad battleships in the military port, where the water in the locks was radiated, and the iron-clad battleships were supported high up.

That look was like watching a peerless beauty take a bath.

They are all his babies!

Recently, many major events have happened in Ming Dynasty. For example, Wenmeng entered Sichuan and took over the Great Western Army left by Zhang Xianzhong after his death.

For example, Jiangxi Governor Yuan Long helped defeat the Ganjiang River, and in the two directions of Huguang and Guangdong, except for some stubborn guys who hid in the mountains and fought guerrillas with Mao Jue, most of Jiangxi was also gathered in Daming's hands. In today's world, apart from the Yongli Dynasty established by Gui Wang Zhu Youlang who is still the king of the mountains in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, Mao Jue is no longer invincible in the country.

However, the recovery of these two provinces was not as important as the battle of Baohe Sea in Mao Jue's mind, nor could it be as important as the defeat of the combined fleet of Western powers.

Dominating the world is like climbing a hillside. At Mao Jue's level, it is destiny. Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi will all belong to him sooner or later. How much joy.

But in the next few centuries, the sea is the top priority of all civilizations. Wealth comes from the sea, and danger also comes from the sea! After defeating the Netherlands and taking Batavia into its pocket, the farming civilization of the Ming Empire was in the The hegemony in the Pacific Ocean will be unshakable. If any Western country wants to take the Pacific route and operate trade in the New World of the Americas, it must pass through its own territory and pay for itself. Moreover, in the confrontation with Western countries, the balance between the east and the west, their own It is achieved.

On the other hand, it is Mao Jue's heart knot. From the time when Britain launched the first Opium War until Mao Jue's time, it seems that China has never defeated the West in naval battles, just like the British in history. Like the curse of France, the French navy said it couldn't beat the Royal Navy, even at the peak of the Napoleon period, it still couldn't beat it.

The last battle in Manila defeated the Spaniards. On the one hand, they fought more and less, and on the other hand, they mainly fought some colonial armed merchant ships. But this time, it was a showdown with the most peak navy in the West. Can they fight? However, Mao Jue was also a little uncertain, so he would rather abandon Manila than wait for Liaodong's final weapon to be sent to the battlefield.

But it turns out that there is nothing wrong with being cautious.

But no matter what, the battle was won, and it was won beautifully. Now even if Mao Jue kicked his legs and didn't know where he traveled, the Ming Navy in this time and space can still walk straight in the seven seas, five oceans and any other place. The Chinese navy is fighting the sea, so he has nothing to worry about.

However, just as Mao Jue was feeling, there was an untimely coughing sound from behind, which broke his intoxication, and when he turned around in astonishment, it was Song with a big head who looked like a dog, wearing a first-grade official uniform, depressed. covered his mouth, and on the ground, a tall and powerful middle-aged man who was about his age but much handsomer than him was kneeling respectfully on the ground in armor.

The incorporation of the Great Western Army was not all smooth sailing. Zhang Xianzhong's adopted sons, Ai Nengqi, Liu Guoneng and others all surrendered to Ming Dynasty under the leadership of Zhang Xianzhong's designated successor, King Li Dingguo. He took refuge in the Yongli regime of Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui who proclaimed himself emperor with Longwu.

I really don't know why these remnants of Zhu Ming made a mistake. The Duke of Dian, Mu Tianbo, who was overjoyed by Sun Kewang, just led the Dian army northward with great ambitions, and wanted to fight for the Bashu Plain for Mao Jue to play a separatist regime for Shu Han.

However, Mu Tianbo lived in the frontier for a long time, and he really didn't know the changes in the world. He had just left Lingbei when he was attacked by Sichuan Army Qingqi. He was killed and defeated, and fled in embarrassment.

However, the one who led the cavalry to defeat Mu Tianbo and Sun Kewang's allied forces was not Wen Meng in the newspaper. Mao Jue, the uncle, is now a first-rank official, a duke, and the commander of the three armies. press.

The hero who really defeated the enemy with Qingqi was the handsome middle-aged man kneeling here in front of him, Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son, Jin Wang Li Dingguo.

In history, Li Dingguo once firmly stood on the side of the Yongli Dynasty. He alone resisted the Qing army Wu Sangui who had a numerical advantage for more than ten years. In the end, the king of Myanmar treacherously attacked the Yongli court in exile and handed over the Yongli Emperor to Wu Sangui. Strangled to death with a bowstring, he died of a serious illness due to despair, bringing the epic anti-Qing war in western Yunnan to an end.He, the last well-known general in the late Ming Dynasty, returned to his subordinates, and Mao Jue's collection habit was completely satisfied.

After being the emperor for so many years, Mao Jue has also practiced the thick and black studies to the fullest. He has no consciousness of watching the iron-clad ship drooling and being smashed by his subordinates like a pervert. He has a very positive smiling face and laughs loudly. Then he helped the past.

"Oh, General Li is here, and I didn't remind me. I'm looking forward to you, but I can't wait to see you. Hurry up! Hurry up!"

"Thank you, Lord Ron, at the end!"

As expected of being the last famous general of Nanming, Li Shuai bowed his head in gratitude without saying a word, and immediately stood up generously.

"General Li is here, everything in Sichuan will be fine?"

As a routine matter, Mao Jue had to ask about the local situation, but this sentence hit Li Dingguo's pain point. He was helplessly aggrieved and bowed heavily, answering with a bit of resentment in his tone: "Your Majesty, Mou, there is no such thing in Sichuan, so how can we talk about good and bad?"

Speaking of this, Mao Jue slyly smiled complacently.

Ability and ambition go hand in hand, Li Dingguo's general talent is like this, it is impossible to say that he has no ambition at all, however, he really does not have the conditions to separate one side, Zhang Xianzhong regarded Sichuan people as enemies before, and sold them as slaves to Wenmeng in Hanzhong, Bashu and Bashu have a total population of only 500 million. In ten years, the violent population loss has emptied the fertile Central Sichuan Plain. Ten rooms and nine empties are light. It is true that no human eyes can be seen in a hundred miles, and the fertile fields are full of thorns. .

And in the later period, Mao Jue decided to build the Xinjiang Production and Development Corps, increased the order from Zhang Xianzhong, and increased the price of the population by five times. , The Great Western Army offended the ethnic minorities in Yunnan again and again.

With no people under his command, and a strong enemy in the front with chasing troops behind him, even if Li Dingguo had all-powerful abilities, he would not be able to establish a country, especially when he had a falling out with Sun Kewang. Accept Zhao'an.

Outside the window, people were buzzing again. The iron-clad ships launched for the first time still had a lot of problems, such as difficult to handle seafood. At this time, the iron shells of the four ships had been exposed below the waterline, covered with crustaceans such as oysters and mussels. , This thing affects the speed of the ship quite badly, and it also corrodes the ship's hull. In order to deal with them, a large group of port workers climbed onto the scaffolding in the lock with grabbing knives.

Glancing sideways, the progress of the interview was also sped up by Mao Jue, who chanted directly and loudly.

"Li Dingguo in central Sichuan has made great contributions in offering soil! He fought bravely to suppress the bandits, and I am very relieved. Today, he is named Marquis of Zhengdong, General Dingnan, with an annual salary of 10 taels. Each of his subordinates has a reward. Immediately, he will be reviewed by the cabinet and promulgated to the world!"

This can be regarded as a reward for coming here. Although Zheng Donghou is much smaller than the King of Jin granted to him by Zhang Xianzhong, he is still an orthodox title of the imperial court, and with the official position of Dingnan Great General, his subordinates can also save a lot. Hearing this, Li Shuai was so pleased that he could still separate the mercenaries from one side, he bowed his head and wanted to bow down, but Mao Jue slapped his head.

"By the way, I forgot to mention, Shifeng Tianhai Prefecture!"

Hearing this sentence, Li Dingguo was stupefied. He was in a state of confusion for a moment. He originally thought that he would be satisfied with the title of general and a few more years of happy life as a warlord in Central Sichuan. But if Mao Jue sealed it, the meaning would be different , It is tantamount to letting him break the earth to found a country and become the emperor himself. A ready-made example is Mu Tianbo from Yunnan, which is simply a pie in the sky.

But the pies may not be fragrant, and there may be poison in them. How did Mu Ying be granted the title of Yunnan back then?He was raised by Zhu Yuanzhang since he was a child. As Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son, and made great contributions to Zhu Yuanzhang's Southern and Northern Wars, he got the position of Yongzhen Yunnan. What is the relationship between Li Dingguo and Mao Jue?I just met him for the first time today, so why did he seal Yizhou to himself?What is the conspiracy?Use yourself as cannon fodder for a fight with Mu Tianbo?When the time comes, come another cunning rabbit and dead lackey cook?

For a moment, Li Dingguo even forgot about Xie En, and stood there sluggishly, but Mao Jue was also careless, he didn't care about the lack of etiquette at all, and just smiled and waved at Song Xiance.

"Song Qing, take Master Li down to receive the reward!"

There was no chance to refuse, and Li Dingguo, whose head was messed up like a paste, followed Song Xiance, who was also smiling like a profiteer, in a daze.

After sending them away, Mao Jue impatiently raised his binoculars at his four treasures again. Seeing that a large piece of Haihong oyster was shoveled off, Mao Jue suddenly couldn't help sighing.

"I, this father, have done everything I can do, and the rest is up to you, you little bastard!"

The expansion and layout of the empire in the Eastern Pacific has reached the extreme, and the next step in the game with the western countries will depend on how that boy Mao Xingjian behaves. The prince is still unaware that the baton of the empire has been handed over to him!

Chapter 885. The Long Race

One sentence represents Jin Wang Li Dingguo's aspirations, then it must be that men are big pigs!

For more than ten days, Li Dingguo couldn't eat and sleep at night because of the Tianhai Prefecture that Mao Jue personally sealed to him. On the one hand, he was afraid of disasters in this Tianhai Prefecture, and sealed him and his subordinates to a dangerous position in Yunnan and Guizhou. , all enemies are being used as cannon fodder, can we postpone it?He was still a bit reluctant, who wouldn't want to be the Emperor of the Earth?