Lu Ming

Xu Jin blinked, but didn't react for a while.

After looking at each other for a few seconds with these panic-stricken cleaners, Xu Jin slapped her thigh and rushed back into the room: "Everyone, go out with the students, something happened outside!"

So a group of gentlemen, accompanied by a large number of entourages and stewards, rushed out of the Xu family mansion.

The next moment, everyone stood in front of Xu's house, opened their mouths wide, and saw the sightseeing fleet that was anchoring.

The fleet at this moment is only about 250 meters away from the river bank.The Xu family's mansion is only separated by a bluestone road from the river bank, so both sides can see each other clearly.

The gentlemen standing on the stone steps in front of the door could even see the group of figures pointing and pointing on the top of the boat building opposite, among them Cao Zongbing, who was wearing a second-rank red official robe, was particularly conspicuous.

Enemies meet... an extra joy.

"I said, which of these people is Mr. Xu? They all look similar."

It was Xue Haiyuan who spoke cheerfully.This gentleman is holding up the binoculars, one by one to distinguish the few masters opposite.Xue Haiyuan originally opened a trading company in Fuzhou City, and while doing business, he also took care of part of the underground work.

As the stalls spread across the crowd got bigger and bigger, the previous layout method of "one light and one dark" in the cities of the Ming Dynasty could no longer be carried out.

After all, there are only a few people who are engaged in intelligence through time travel, and the rest of the lords are all excited when they watch spy movies, but if they really want to let them go to the "enemy-occupied area" where the environment is dirty and they often have to kowtow, one by one. Shake your head like a rattle.

So this time Cao Zongbing went north, and the intelligence bureau began to implement the pilot project of "one person, one city": Xue Haiyuan, as the newly appointed head of the Beijing station, not only had to manage the local intelligence department, but also managed commercial affairs on the surface. All his subordinates are Ming people, and there will be no more time-traveling people calling him.

After hearing Xue Haiyuan's question, Zhang Dongdong, a member of the second rank, waved his hand indifferently, and made a leadership speech habitually: "Why do you care so much? We are here today to smash the authority of the landlord class in the south of the Yangtze River, not against a certain person."

Wearing a white navy general uniform, the handsome old man, the captain of the Zhenman, Mu Longcheng answered with a smile: "Yes, yes, no one is targeting anyone, the opposite is rubbish."

"That's the reason." Zhang Dongdong nodded and continued: "At the moment, you can't rebel, so you can only walk on the bottom line of the rules, fight without breaking, and demolish the house. When you turn against Daming in the future, these gentlemen can still run away Can't you go to Mexico?"

"Maybe he was exiled by us." When Mu Longcheng said this, he suddenly patted his belly: "Don't tell me, I'm going to have a little craving for tacos now. Hurry up, why don't you let me go Cannons drive people away, and then we get to work?"

"Don't panic, I guess the masters will leave soon." Xue Haiyuan on the side, after all, had contacted many wise masters in Fuzhou City, so he predicted lightly.

Sure enough, not long after Xue Haiyuan finished speaking, a large number of servants and servant girls poured out of the Xu family's mansion, while the gentlemen already ran towards the county in panic.

Just a few moments ago when the time-traveling people talked, the masters of the alliance also figured out the situation.

And as the owner of Xu's house, when Xu Jin saw the big ship close at hand, she immediately felt angry: "Desperate, deranged, how dare someone surnamed Cao do this, how dare he do this!?"

Immediately afterwards, he felt fear—among the crowds of onlookers inside and outside the county seat, he was the only one who knew best why these strange ships stopped in front of his house.

However, the Ming people who lived in the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River had never seen a real western-style double-decker gunboat.Even if there was, it was the Franji boat that someone had seen in Zhoushan before the Jiajing year.

So from Xu Jin's point of view, he has no concept of side porthole shooting at all.This led to his cognition error: the Zhenman ship hidden in the gun door itself is not in danger, and then someone surnamed Cao will definitely send troops ashore in a small boat to rush into Xu's mansion to burn, kill and loot... just like all the pirates familiar to the Ming people .

Her legs trembled and her face was pale. At this moment, Xu Jin was extremely terrified, and her terrified voice was filled with sternness: "Is the person surnamed Cao going to risk the world's disgrace, go back to his old job, and come ashore to rob?! "

"No!"

Just when all the gentry were panicking, a white, square-faced, middle-aged gentry in his forties explained the intentions of the passing crowd: "The big blue plywood boat has cannons hidden inside. It is to bombard the Xu family. Masters, this is a dangerous place, everyone hurry to the county seat. Master Xu, order the servants of the mansion to flee!"

Who is this commanding middle-aged man?An old friend across time: Bu Da Xing Bu Master.

After he went to Fuzhou City to sue Cao Chuan for his black case, Master Bu came to Shanghai County and lived in the house of his acquaintance, who was also his niece's in-law.

And not long ago, after the news of the riot in the Jiading county government spread, Master Bu, who was living at leisure, realized that there were benevolent and righteous people who resisted the Japanese army everywhere!

So Master Bu found an organization: he joined the Land Deed Alliance with tears in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, just as soon as the front foot joined the organization, the back foot was copied by the Cao thief, and the crisis was just around the corner!

However, Master Bu had traveled to Dayuan after all, and he knew the inside story of Cao thief-he had seen broadside artillery fire in the sea outside Dayuan.

So Master Bu guessed Cao thief's plan immediately, and began to calmly direct the alliance people to transfer into the county.

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When the captain of the Zhenman, Mu Longcheng, saw that Xu Zhaili was retreating, he picked up his hand microphone and used the tweeter to notify the whole ship's gun crew to prepare to shoot.

So on the side of the Zhenman facing Xu's house, portholes began to open, and the black, thick and long gun barrels of the doors were exposed.

Then the melon-eaters stuck between the Zhenman and Xu's house were immediately shocked: what the fxxk?

After a short period of stupefaction, everyone who recognized it as a cannon started to run away crying and crying, and the river bank was in a state of chaos.Including the open ships surrounding the fleet, they also began to flee... The Zhenman has portholes not only on the side, but also has portholes and gun ports on the front and rear. At this time, black pipes are all sticking out.

On the double-layer gun deck, each layer has four guns responsible for shooting the front and rear.In other words, after excluding the eight artillery pieces that do not participate in the salvo, the Zhenman has a maximum of 32 artillery pieces capable of firing broadside salvos at a time.

The next moment, after a slight shudder, the Zhenmanship fired a round of earth-shattering volleys at Xu's house.

Chapter 414 Personal grievances

"Dong dong dong dong..."

The short-lived and untimely chestnut-colored gunpowder in history took advantage of its slow burning at this moment. It deflagrated smoothly in the bore of a long-tube heavy gun that was most suitable for this gunpowder, and pushed out a round iron ball weighing more than 10 kilograms. barrel.

Thirty-two powerful bangs sounded one after another, hitting people's hearts like a heavy hammer; what followed were thick smoke and flames ejected from the gun barrel.

With a shooting distance of less than 300 meters, the ballistic trajectory runs almost in a straight line.The next moment, 32 iron balls slammed into Xu's house.

A series of "bang" sounds followed.

The outer wall of Xu's house was the first to suffer.The quaint walls poured with blue bricks and rice juice could not stop the shells at all, and at the same time as a large amount of dust and bangs burst out, the walls either collapsed or were pierced through.

The gate of Xu's house, which was painted with green paint and nailed with brass door nails, represented the prominent lintel of the main house, suffered a saturated blow at the first time.

Among the tiles and wooden blocks flying all over the sky, the eaves of the door exploded, the beams and columns were broken, and the two doors that had never been opened were the first to collapse, revealing the wealthy and majestic family behind the door.

After the first round of shelling, there was no longer any obstacle between the fleet and Xu's house, and the melon-eating crowd had already scrambled and scrambled away, crying for their parents and mothers.

Then came the second round of shelling.

It was still the deafening roar, still the beautiful continuous spray of white smoke and flames, all the officials and citizens standing on the wall of the county seat opened their mouths wide at this moment, stunned by the gorgeous visual + sound and light effects in front of them.

The main unlucky thing in the second round of shelling was the front yard of Xu Mansion.Since the outer walls, gates, sedan halls, etc. were smashed open and collapsed in the first round of shelling, this round of shells passed through the above-mentioned area and smashed into the vestibule.

The buildings in the vestibule are naturally irresistible.After a shell shot, large holes appeared in many walls of the lobby. There were chairs, large vases, and famous paintings on the walls. The meeting place was smashed into a car accident scene in the next moment. Destroy all furnishings.

As if a long time had passed, and as if a moment had passed, the third round of shelling followed.

The shelling this time was probably due to the fact that the muzzle was raised a little, and the shells shot straight into the atrium.

After this is the fourth round, the fifth round, the sixth round...

The magnificent shelling operation lasted a total of ten rounds, pouring a total of 3.5 tons of shells into the Xu Mansion.

If not to say that the Navy is a big eater, the 3.5 tons of refined iron shells were all shot out in just half an hour, which is no different from giving gifts.

And Xu Zhai, who has accepted the great gift of crossing, has become synonymous with the ruined wall at this moment.There are not only many buildings and halls collapsed in the mansion, but also large holes exposed on the walls of the houses; coupled with the debris of roof tiles and broken porcelain chairs everywhere, it is like a two-dimensional tragic scene after the end of the world.

……

After the battle there was silence.

When the muzzle stopped spouting smoke and slowly retracted into the porthole, there was silence on the Taotao Huangpu River, the county town gate was silent, including the city wall, even though the city gate was already crowded with people.

The crowd, who were still crying and shouting desperately, begged for the city gate to be opened, stopped making noise.Everyone was silently watching the huge blue ship painted with gold lines, anxiously anticipating the other party's next move.

What's next?After pretending to be forceful, it is natural to run away, what else can I do?

Amidst the roaring sound, the anchor chain was raised, the mud was washed down, the black smoke rose again, the sails swelled, and the fleet slowly turned around. After drawing a large circle on the river, they waved their hands and did not take away a cloud. It disappeared like this... What was left to Shanghai County were 320 iron eggs full of commemorative significance.

The moment the sightseeing fleet retreated outside Zhangsu Port, the operation was considered to be successfully completed.

This shore bombardment mission is a strong weakening of the authority of the landlord class in the south of the Yangtze River within the scope of the rules. Although the 320 iron balls did not hurt anyone, the huge power behind them has been fully displayed in the heart of the enemy.

From now on, whether it is the pedantic and old-fashioned landlord class or the insensitive peasants at the bottom, they will be touched by today's live educational program.All the witnesses inside and outside the county that day, as well as those who went to visit the broken wall afterward, could no longer turn a blind eye to this force.

Just like the Opium War of that year, the stagnant medieval society was smashed open by cannonballs, which caused great changes in people's hearts and minds.After that, some people may become more stubborn and conservative, but there will also be people who are willing to see the world with their eyes open.

What the traveler is doing today is tearing apart the opponent's weak shell.

By the way, drop a thought nail.

This is a subtle investment and hint.In the future, when natural disasters and man-made disasters wash the land of the south of the Yangtze River again and again, many people will naturally think of today's scene and this power, and thus embark on the road of "seeking power".

Every time there is one more person like this, the base of the conservative forces will shrink by one point, until the day when the society changes, the crossover crowd will spend the smallest cost to get everything done.

……

Although the fleet quickly left the scene of the crime after pretending to be coercive, it was mainly to eliminate the public commotion and calm down the situation quickly, and it did not mean that Cao Zongbing was afraid of anyone.

So Zongbing Cao then sat in the Zhangsu Port Authority Building and began to wait for wave after wave of interrogators.

The first one who came naturally was Chongming Qianzong Yu Fugui.After learning that Mr. Cao bombarded the county seat of Shanghai, the terrified Yu Fugui first thought that the Cao pirates had turned against him, and shouted in the camp that my life was over.

Immediately after finding out the truth, Mr. Yu Qian was still terrified: In theory, the fleet was from Shanghai County, which ran from its own defense area, and people were sent to deliver the letter in advance.Now that someone surnamed Cao has done such a shocking event, his surname Yu must also be involved.

So Mr. Yu Qian came to the door to inquire about the crime.

But at his level, the so-called interrogation is also a joke.Have you ever seen someone kneeling down to ask a crime?Who in the hall will sue the official?

So Mr. Yu Qian, who went to inquire about the crime, was dismissed by Mr. Cao with a few words: "This is a personal grievance, and it is none of your business. As for the aftermath, I will bear it all by myself, and I will not make it difficult for Mr. Yu Qian. Come on, let's see the reward."

Mr. Yu Qian was sent out like this, and he didn't even arrive for 5 minutes.

The second person to come to the door was naturally Shanghai County Magistrate Chen Changyun.As a parent official, no matter what the inside story is, Chen Xianzun naturally wants to seek justice for the people.

Cao Zongbing did not neglect, after meeting and saluting and watching tea, the Zongbing lord gave all the bad things between the evil gentry and his own property to County Magistrate Chen, and then spread his hands in aggrieved way: "What can I do? "

Unexpectedly, the county magistrate Chen ignored this point: "Huh, even so, your lord entered Huangpu with a huge ship and fired artillery to bombard the houses. In the past 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, such rebellious acts are unheard of. As a local official Parents, it is the responsibility of guarding the soil, and there is still a bullet to go to Beijing later."

Zhang Dongdong sneered when he heard the words: "It's normal for civil officials to impeach military officials, Chen's parents can do as they please. It's just that the emperor has been besieged in the capital recently, so he probably doesn't have the heart to read your bullets."

"Hmph, don't bother Mr. Cao, let me take my leave."

"No delivery!"

So Shanghai County and Cao Zongbing broke up unhappy like this.

Theoretically, the Songjiang Mansion should send someone to Xingshi to inquire about the crime.However, due to well-known reasons, Fang Yuegong of Songjiang Prefecture pretended to be deaf and dumb about this matter, except after sending a mild document to intervene, he was silent.

After the first wave rebounded, it didn't take long for the second wave to come.

Although the crossing people have intentionally controlled the intensity of the shore bombing incident, and have not done anything like massacres, but after all, this incident is too fantasy. The most stable Jiangnan hinterland of Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the giant ship of "our own people". Boom upside down?

So when the whole of Southern Zhili, especially Nanjing, got the news, a series of stern documents and some envoys quickly came to the door.These people include, but are not limited to, the eunuch guarding Nanjing, Duke Wei's Mansion in Nanjing, the Ministry of War in Nanjing, Governor Yingtian's yamen, and the Jinyiwei yamen in Nanjing who had already turned against Cao Zongbing.

Without exception, these yamen, which hold the military and political power in Southern Zhili, expressed very serious concerns about this incident: This time you Cao Chuan can "bleed" into the Huangpu River, then next time, will you turn your face and "kill him?" "To the city of Nanjing?What are you going to do with the surname Cao?

So Zhang Dongdong began a wave of hard work explaining and communicating, but it was useless, and a large number of bullets were still on the way to the capital.

After all, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were not fools—this time the penetration incident made the reputation of Cao Pirates, the chief soldier who had been suspected of recruiting security, even worse. Some military deployments have also begun a slow mobilization and build-up.

This time, the tubes of the black cannons that traveled through the crowd really hit the lungs of the old men.

Fortunately, these rebounds were all within the advance plan of the traversal crowd, so Cao Zongbing didn't mess up his position.While doing a good job of explaining, he also gave generous gifts to all the bosses as much as possible: In business, everyone blushed this time, but personal relationships still need to be maintained. After all, if you don’t know each other, no one will It won't be a problem with Marlboro lighters, will it?

While this side is busy with the aftermath, the three ships that were selected to go north are also working hard to replenish.

Since there is an entire 1000-kilometer sea route between Shanghai and Tianjin, and there is no supply point on the way north this time, several motor sailboats must be loaded with supplies as much as possible in order to cross the long sea.

The most important of the supplies is coal.

With coal, the fleet has the confidence to transform at critical moments, so this time even the deck is full of coal bags-this is a bit like the Russian fleet before the Tsushima Sea Battle.

Fortunately, on this plane, the enemies in the north will not have gunboats, and there will be no notebook fleets in the Tsushima Strait, so it is no problem to pile up a few coal bags on the deck.

Chapter 415

After Cao Zongbing bombarded Xu's house, he probably stayed in Zhangsugang for another ten days before cleaning up all the first and last dishes.

The pressure from Nanjing is the bulk of this.After all, Nanjing is in charge of Nanzhili, and civil and military officials have the responsibility to guard the land. If such a big thing happened, it would be impossible not to figure it out.

And Cao Zongbing can only do his best to support him at this time, trying to steer the situation in the direction of "personal grievances".

As for the effect, that's it.Like Nanjing Jinyiwei, which is mixed with public hatred and private hatred, and even killed the other party's employees, the cross-travelers don't plan to tackle the problem.

As for the others, Jiang Tian, ​​the guarding officer, is easier to handle here.Eunuchs, love nothing more than goods, money and goods are the most important things that the people who travel through the world lack.In addition, the eunuch Jiang, who bombarded the gentry's house and was shunned by civil officials every day, actually liked it from the bottom of his heart, so everyone made friends because of it.

As for the yamen that should have reacted the most: Governor Yingtian, because the boss Cao Wenheng went to Beijing to serve the king, plus the tricks in the troop transfer document, the accountability of Yingtian Fuya was the smallest.

In this way, it took Cao Zongbing ten days to finally fool everything.Of course, the bullets from each yamen must have been sent to the capital. This is a necessary procedure, and no one can do anything about it.

However, this is of no use.All criticisms will eventually be shattered in front of the military exploits.

……

Starting from the year of the wild boar skin uprising in the Ming Dynasty, people gradually occupied the outside of the pass and pushed back into the pass. Over the years, the situation has deteriorated, and most of the elite soldiers and generals have been wiped out. Now even the capital is surrounded by the Eight Banners soldiers.

In this situation, whoever can bring the head of "True Tartar" to Chongzhen is Chongzhen's father-this is not an exaggeration at all.

Don't think that the head of "True Tartar" is so easy to get.

By the time of Tianqi and Chongzhen, after a series of military failures, the Ming army had lost the ability and determination to fight head-on with the Eight Banners army.This time when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Guan Ning's army would rather put the Eight Banners soldiers under the capital city, and then "fight according to the city", which is the most obvious example.