Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 798 Massive Bleeding

Li Gui's caution is justified. Although the Nanyang Navy had a great victory this time, looking at Li Jinglong's face, it was obvious that it was on the verge of breaking out.

The Li family of Cao Guogong was a very close relative of Lao Zhu. Li Jinglong's father, Li Wenzhong, was one of the few famous generals in the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Lao Zhu is a person who values ​​his relatives very much. Li Wenzhong worked hard for the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, Lao Zhu did not hesitate to reward him and gave the Li family of Cao Guogong a large family business.

In addition, although Li Jinglong has always been a dandy, he has a wide circle of friends and has been involved in the affairs of the Ming Dynasty bank. Because of his management, the family business of Cao Guogong's mansion is like a raging fire cooking oil, and it is booming. Among the martial arts, he can also be regarded as one of the richest.

However, this time, the family assets of Cao Guogong's mansion were going to be wiped out overnight, leaving them completely destitute.

Because of this, Danjiang Port is where the Li family has high hopes. The only regret of Li Wenzhong's heroic life was that Li Jinglong, his only son, was just a silver pewter spearhead in the military. He was afraid that he would not be able to take on a big position and could not inherit his reputation and expand overseas territories. He himself often risked his own life in the past, and his body already had many old wounds. At this time, he and Mu Ying were stationed in the southwest, and their hands and feet were tied up by a large group of chieftains.

Therefore, after learning that Zhu Su had given Li Jinglong a way to become famous at sea, Li Wenzhong was overjoyed, thinking that he had found a clear way for his old Li family to establish an overseas empire. Therefore, whenever Li Jinglong needed anything, Li Wenzhong would accept it. Almost half of the wealth of Cao Guogong's mansion was invested in this Danjiang Port.

As for the other half of the assets... they are almost spent. You must know that the treasure ship used by Li Jinglong was temporarily recruited by Zhu Su from the Longjiang Shipyard. Because there was no establishment yet, the artillery and ammunition were not allocated by the court, but required self-pay.

Just now, Li Jinglong's treasure ships showed off their power... Although the battles were fruitful under the artillery fire, the wealth of Lao Li's family was also poured into the sea with the indiscriminate artillery fire...

"Money, my money..." Li Jinglong felt his heart twitching. He thought that with the army everywhere, success would be imminent. Who would have thought that these sons of bitches would actually resort to seducing people in the east and attacking in the west. A lot of artillery shells were used, but Tamkang Port was still burned...

My old Li family has lost everything... What's the point of winning this battle?

"These damn thieves..." Li Jinglong's teeth were almost broken.

Li Jiujiang, the No. 1 son of Jinling, who has always spent money like water, this is the first time in his life that he has gritted his teeth over money like this.

"Young Master... the old slave has something to say, maybe it can save some losses for the Duke's Mansion..." Li Gui said hesitantly.

"If the fire burns for a moment longer, all the money from my Duke Cao's mansion will be consumed! Damn the red-haired barbarians, I can't wait to cut them into pieces..."

Li Gui looked at Li Jinglong, as if he was hesitant to speak. Li Jinglong caught a glimpse and said angrily: "Why are you acting so coquettishly? Why don't you go help put out the fire?"

"What?" Li Jinglong perked up, "Why don't you tell me quickly?"

"Those red-haired barbarian bandits who dare to attack our Ming Dynasty have violated our great Ming Dynasty... Why don't we continue to pursue and plunder the assets on the ships of those red-haired barbarian bandits for our own use?" Li Guidao.

Li Jinglong was originally listening attentively, but when he heard this, he was immediately discouraged. "I thought you had some good ideas... Do you think I didn't think of this method?"

"Those red-haired barbarian boats...even if they were given to me, I wouldn't want them. They are all small, broken, and dirty...the scraps of copper and iron shipped from the barbarian country in the west are just for you." No one from the lowly households in Tianfu wants it. A whole ship is not enough for one of our cannonballs..." The shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty has been revolutionized. At this time, the ships of the Ming Dynasty are indeed very different from those of the Western Yi. . It's no wonder that Li Jinglong looks down on those piles of broken wood from Xiyi.

"Young Master, although their ship is bad... they also have good things on board!" Li Gui said. "Have you forgotten that some of those British people have just returned from Fengmingzhou..."

"Huh?" Li Jinglong's eyes suddenly widened.

Li Jinglong used to be in charge of Daming Bank in the past, so he knew how lucrative the Fengmingzhou Gold Mine was. That's enough gold for half a year of the Ming Dynasty's annual income. The British people worked hard to obtain trade exploration and cooperation, wasn't it just to go to Fengmingzhou to pan for gold?

It is said that Hangzhou Port blocked these people's ships from docking in a hurry, and only blocked the outpost where they were the first to open the way. The gold-carrying ships of the real owner happened to have slipped through the sea... If we could seize these gold-carrying ships, we could at least make up for the shortfall of Tamkang Port, right?

"You... are you the reincarnation of Wolong?" Li Jinglong was overjoyed and praised Li Guilai.

"How dare I be an old slave..." Li Guipou scratched his head in embarrassment, looking honest and honest. However, Li Jinglong knew that this man was a scholar who was captured from the bandits' den when his father was suppressing bandits. Although he became a good man after the founding of the People's Republic of China and became a housekeeper, he was also loyal to his family. . But judging from the fact that the first thing he thought of when he was short of money was to rob it, this guy might still have a banditry at his core.

But this kind of gangsterism... He, Mr. Li, likes it very much. How to make money without making money? It was the red-haired barbarian who came first to stroke Li Jiujiang's tiger beard, so why didn't he allow Li Jiujiang to get some interest back?

After staying at sea with these rough sailors for a long time, the dignified first son of Jinling also acquired a touch of banditry.

Someone from the Nanyang Fleet was already responsible for driving away the scattered Western barbarian ships. Li Jinglong was anxious to go ashore to put out the fire, but at this moment, he was even more worried about not letting these red-haired barbarian gold-carrying ships escape.

The Nanyang fleet set off again. This time, Li Jinglong, who had learned the lesson, left behind several warships and cannons to defend the dilapidated Tamkang Port and clean up the battlefield at sea. He drove the fleet and pursued the fleeing Xiyi fleet again.

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This place is far away from Europe. Where are these barbarians going to go after fleeing all the way? Since it was the location of the Dadu Kingdom in the past, they left for the harbor under construction that they were going to use to lure the Ming Dynasty fleet.

In the Battle of Tamkang Port, the Ming Dynasty treasure ship was destroyed. Although they were shocked, they were not in a situation where the entire army was annihilated. Gein and Li Jinglong ran into their formation first. Although he showed off his power, it was only the firepower of a treasure ship after all.

Li Jinglong took the lead, but he was so tired that the Ming warships following him did not dare to fire at will and poured out firepower to avoid damaging the flagship.

(End of this chapter)