Lord of Ming Dynasty

Kyushu Island is developing at a rapid pace, but the Japanese attacks have failed time after time, shrinking in size and powerless again and again, and finally died down.

Soon, Feng Quan announced that he would leave the State of Lu, and Kyushu Island would be merged into the Huaxia Kingdom and become the territory of an overseas government of the Huaxia Kingdom.

Kong Youxing also announced his appointment as the garrison commander of Xinlu Prefecture, with 11 soldiers and horses under his jurisdiction, and the remaining [-] soldiers and horses were the militia troops directly under Feng Quan, responsible for maintaining local law and order and defending Kagoshima County, the capital of Xinlu Prefecture.

The Huaxia Army immediately appointed Feng Quan and Kong Youxing to their positions, officially announced the annexation of Japan's Kyushu Island, and re-appointed Kyushu Island officials. A group of selected officials were sent to Kyushu Island. The officials who were suppressed, they were transferred from the Advisory Bureau and the Advisory Bureau, and reappointed as officials of all levels, as well as officials from the Dashun Army, and officials from the Jinsheng family, these officials were trained for a week by surprise , and then led by key new-style officials who were old and pioneering to take up their posts in Xinlu Mansion.

The grain and some living materials of Xinlu Mansion in the first year were supported by the Kingdom, 500 million tons of grain, which has been fulfilled, and about 1000 million Huaxia Yuan in supplies, and another 1000 million Huaxia Yuan in money have been allocated to Xinlu Mansion The government office is controlled by Feng Quan.

At the same time, a batch of single flintlock guns were allocated to Kong Youxing, and a batch of new artillery pieces were taken back. All the matchlock guns in their hands were taken back, and all the old ones were thrown into the iron-making furnace for recycling. If the Dajin Kingdom is lost, let the Dajin Kingdom take these and fight the Daqing Kingdom desperately.

Recycle the matchlock guns here, and then turn around and take back all the Jinkai 1 matchlock guns in the hands of militiamen or common people in Southeast Asia, and exchange them for the Jinkai 2 matchlock guns here, and the few Jinkai 2 matchlock guns in the Huaxia Army warehouse.

With the upgrading of the enemy's weapons, the weapons of the militiamen of the Huaxia Army also began to upgrade. A large number of Jinkai 1 matchlock guns of the militia troops were stored in the warehouse. Jinkai 2 matchlock guns, all the Jinkai 2 matchlock guns in the hands of Qiongzhou Island militiamen have also been upgraded to Jinkai 1 matchlock guns.

All the militia teams in Huaxia used single flintlock guns, all the field brigades used lianzhu guns, and all the guards of the Huaxia Army were equipped with improved lianzhu guns with five bullets.

Since then, except for a few militiamen who still have some Jinkai 1 matchlock guns, all the troops in the Huaxia Army have a minimum of Jinkai 2 matchlock guns, and the militia units coordinated by several corps have also changed to single-handed flintlock guns. At least a muzzle-loading flintlock.

This is a huge project, and it will take at least a year to change the outfit.

After the change of clothes, the strength of Xinlu Mansion has improved by leaps and bounds.

And the third prince who was not far away looked at his mouth watering. Although he was donated by the Huaxia Kingdom with 100 million dans of grain and more than 20 people, there were immigrants, some people who had been converted from prison camps, and even There are natives in Southeast Asia who are close to the Huaxia Army, but he did not declare his submission to the Huaxia Kingdom, so he still supports it bitterly. There are nearly 40 people and [-] to [-] soldiers and horses on the entire island, but these soldiers and horses have the best With muzzle-loading muskets, and worst of all, with broadswords and spears.

With this amount of energy, he still has to fight to the death with the eldest prince. Yes, for a kingdom, the battle for the throne and the territory are the cruelest. Feng Quan has the support of the Huaxia Kingdom, and he is far away, thousands of As for the sea, and I am a little closer to the eldest prince for hundreds of nautical miles. It used to be a big island close to the eldest prince, but now it has been transferred to the largest island in the former Ryukyu Kingdom far away from the eldest prince's territory. Still not over, unless he surrenders the land.

And he abdicated the throne, let the virtuous, even became a prisoner, and threatened the throne of the eldest prince. As for the second prince, the two of them certainly did not compromise at all, but the second prince was far away from right and wrong, three hundred nautical miles farther than him, and the second prince I heard that he was close to the Japanese and the Dutch, so the eldest prince probably didn't want to mess with them, and the Huaxia Kingdom couldn't fight, so he could only bully him.

So the two broke out several naval battles in the waters of Lu State, and the eldest prince even sent people to the island to win over some of the people and soldiers he brought. He lost nearly 1 people and soldiers in vain, which was great for him with a population of only 40. Said that it was intolerable, so he also sent troops to seize some other small islands and fight with the eldest prince.

However, it seems that the eldest prince has the support of other forces, not only has a large population and soldiers, but also advanced weapons and equipment. According to his understanding, the population is supported by the Qing Dynasty. The war between the Qing Dynasty and the Dajin Kingdom has not stopped. The soldiers and common people were captured from the Dajin Kingdom, and those sinful Han official families were also exiled to the Lu Kingdom where the eldest prince was.

Now the State of Lu is no longer the population of more than 1 and tens of thousands of soldiers hastily gathered in the past, but a force with a population of nearly 30, nearly a hundred warships, and nearly [-] soldiers, and its strength is about to catch up with his strength up.

Recently, the third prince finally found out that the one who supported the eldest prince was a man named Du Ge from Southeast Asia, as well as the British and Portuguese, these two forces.

They brought warships from their country, sold them to the eldest prince, and sent [-] Southeast Asian indigenous soldiers. [-] people looked like people with yellow skin coated with a layer of silver and black paint. In fact, he didn't know that. They were Indians, native soldiers belonging to the Mughal dynasty.

The most important thing is that he found that the British started to help the great prince upgrade the shipyards left by Feng Quan's era. These shipyards began to manufacture 120-ton Galen ships. Now he was shocked. The reason why he can stand in Invincible, isn't it because when he ran away, he took away about [-] thousand-ton warships that Lu Guocong spent more than ten years building in Yangzhou to target the Huaxia Kingdom?

Now these thousand-ton warships are already behind, and some of them are relatively old. Ten thousand-ton warships have been lost in several battles with the first prince, and five or six thousand-ton warships have been lost in several frictions with the second prince. Warships, the battle with Feng Quan at the beginning also lost two warships, and the loss of other warships was no less than a hundred. He only brought a total of [-] ships, which can be regarded as more than one-third of Lu's water. The warships of the division were all pulled out, but he did not get the craftsmen of the shipbuilding and the craftsmen of the arsenal.

Therefore, he only has the business of earning money here, and has no ability to manufacture. Feng Quan is in charge of manufacturing, and he also brought a large number of craftsmen, shipbuilders and craftsmen from the arsenal. , People can also build it again in Xinlu Mansion. The eldest prince can casually gather up those lost craftsmen, and then take over those shipyards and arsenals that cannot be moved away, and then start building ships and making guns.

When Feng Quan left, the Lu State Armory already had the ability to imitate the smoothbore flintlock guns of the Huaxia Army, and was able to maturely manufacture arquebus guns Jin Kai 2, as well as some artillery used by the Huaxia Army, and now they are all in the hands of the eldest prince. .

Although the second prince left with the least number of warships, he also took away some craftsmen, [-] to [-] people, and [-] to [-] soldiers and horses. Now the second prince is colluding with the Japanese, and there is no Japanese harassment , after he harassed Feng Quan once, there was no movement, and he could develop with peace of mind, but he couldn't, who made him stay close to the eldest prince?

Chapter 731 The Third Prince's Request

The [-]-ton warships built by the First Prince don’t look as large as the thousand-ton warships of the Huaxia Kingdom, and their tonnage is large. However, according to the news he got, the Galen ships that the British and Portuguese helped the Great Prince build used soft sails. , can be more flexible and faster in headwinds than the hard sails of the Huaxia Army. I heard that the Huaxia Army also used soft sails at the beginning, but later they disliked the trouble of operating the soft sails. A ship requires too many people. In the end, the soft sails were abandoned, and the hard sails of the Chinese style were still used.

The speed of these Galen ships can reach eleven knots at the fastest, and the hull is small, but it is very suitable for warships. To be able to launch a ship and have combat effectiveness in six months, the British and Portuguese personally operated and trained the sailors.

This made the third prince feel critical. He knew about the sailing skills, naval warfare level and combat effectiveness of the Taixi people. He didn’t know it before, but he should know it now. Everyone in Lu, even civil servants who don't understand ships, can chat a few words about ships and navigation terms and techniques, and know some sailing and maritime allusions, people, and things, so he, as the son of Hong Chengchou, is better than those who don't understand civil servants know better.

As a child of an official family, he is born to fight for power and profit. He is born with more eyes and overall concepts than other children. He understands some basic things. If ordinary people want to fool them, they are not too good and shrewd. They, he learned these things in order not to be fooled by his subordinates, and he was planning to compete with his two older brothers for the throne earlier.

After so much consideration, he felt that if he didn't rely on external forces, he would definitely fail. The Huaxia Army gave him some benefits, but he didn't ask much. He just let himself block the eldest prince for Feng Quan, so that Feng Quan could deal with the second prince and the Japanese with all his strength. People, I used to think that my navy was strong, and I had self-knowledge. I first took my soldiers, horses and people out of the storm circle of the capital of the Lu State Island, and let the second brother and the eldest brother fight, and let Feng Quan fight with them. , is still very proud, you can watch them fight, and reap the benefits yourself.

It's not going to work now, the opponent in front of him is stronger, he is not something he can resist, if it's just the eldest prince, he can take care of it slowly, with the opportunity of taking the Huaxia army first, the eldest prince is definitely not himself He knows how powerful the Taixi people are. If the Taixi people alone lose a little bit of sea benefits, they can't escape to the island. The Taixi people don't have so many soldiers. If the Taixi people cooperate with the eldest prince, then their own victory will become slim.

Over a dozen warships from the Taixi people. During the Wanli period, Da Ming used the sacrifice of thousands of ships to drive them away, and achieved a dignified victory. At sea, he would definitely not be able to touch the Taixi people. The soldiers and horses of the prince and the eldest son of the prince’s family, With a legal inheritance right, facing the eldest prince is a rebellion. If the two cooperate, I can't completely let the Huaxia army support me. The third prince is a little out of his mind, so he must get support, full support.

Look at Feng Quan, once he went to the Jinling Mansion, he immediately became strong and strong. He wanted people to give, money for money, and weapons for weapons. The emperor is also good.

It's not that he is not self-motivated, but that he deeply knows that his own strength and the strength of the Huaxia Kingdom are the despair of a small bungalow looking up at the world's top skyscrapers and towering into the sky.

So he came to the Jinling Mansion for the second time, and after several days of waiting, he finally saw Zhang Qiang inside the palace, "Your Majesty, my minister Hong Tianpao greets Your Majesty."

"Get up, sit down." Zhang Qiang is used to some people willing to kneel to see him, he is very easy-going.

"Your Majesty, my humble minister...," Hong Tianpao hadn't spoken yet.

Zhang Qiang said: "I know how you feel, and I understand you, but you also know that I am mainly taking care of Mr. Feng now, and you can only work hard on your own, and persist for a while. Let me think about what they can't do to you. So, don't you occupy the largest island in your country of Lu? You have also captured several small islands successively, which is very good.

You have a lot of soldiers and warships. If you fight a few more battles with the eldest prince, you should be able to train a lot of elite soldiers and horses. Think about it, with our support, you have no shortage of men, soldiers and horses. Can he afford it? "

"Here, Your Majesty, I am anxious. The British and Portuguese are helping him. They even sent a lot of soldiers to the prince. They also helped the prince build many merchant ships, all of which are British sailors. And the Portuguese sailors, their combat effectiveness at sea is much stronger than that of our country of Lu. Their ships are fast, and we cannot approach them.

Your Majesty, you have to help this minister, but this minister sincerely joins the Huaxia Army and wants to become a part of the Huaxia Kingdom. "Hong Tianpao cried to Zhang Qiang with snot and tears.

Zhang Qiang knew that if Hong Tianpao hadn't said that he wanted to join the Huaxia Kingdom last time, he would not have sent people to send him population. Those captives and Southeast Asian native immigrants could be used as cannon fodder to consume the power of the eldest prince. The eldest prince didn't say that he wanted to take refuge in himself after the split of the Lu Kingdom. He even expressed reconciliation or an alliance with the Huaxia Kingdom.

Checks and balances are the means by which he plays.

There is also a second prince, who seems to have taken refuge in Japan, or is temporarily cooperating with Japan. This second prince is sharp-edged and has a kind of ambition to be the only dancer. He is not as refined and cowardly as the eldest prince. However, the eldest prince had the patience and perseverance to fight for the throne, coupled with legal succession, so he finally won a narrow victory and drove away three rivals who competed with him.

The third prince retreated strategically, the second prince was forced to leave, and Feng Quan was beaten away because he was caught off guard. In other words, Feng Quan had made up his mind to join the Huaxia Kingdom and retreated on his own initiative. In short, the eldest prince won this victory. In name, he is the orthodox king of Lu, and the other three are rebels.

"Your Majesty, I also know that the person who offered to help the Eldest Prince this time was actually the idea of ​​the rebellious Du Ge of the Huaxia Kingdom. According to the information I sent back from my secret agent who ambushed beside the Eldest Prince, the British and Portuguese are actually not optimistic about the Eldest Prince. , They are optimistic about the second prince, because the second prince united with the Japanese, and the Japanese reached an agreement with the Qing Dynasty, so the second prince is tied to the Qing Dynasty by relying on the Japanese. They think they want to fight against you. The prince is the legal spokesperson of Lu State."

Hong Tianpao is still fighting for it.

Zhang Qiang knocked on the table. In fact, he also knew through the intelligence personnel of the Ministry of Military Intelligence that Du Ge was supporting the prince behind his back, and introduced the British and Portuguese to support the prince. This is obviously Du Ge's playing. Play learned from him. The tactics of checks and balances and troubles were used to buy time for him to recharge his energy and develop in Southeast Asia. When the original Jinhua Rebel Army, Zhang Qiang did not play against Longwu Daming, Yongli Daming, and the original Lu Jianguo Daming. Du Ge was by his side at that time and learned a lot.

There are not many cards to play on your own side. Once your power develops to a certain stage, many people will be wary of you instead of cooperating, because the surroundings are full of careerists.

Hong Tianpao took a step closer, knelt down and begged again: "Your Majesty, I implore you to accept us. We are willing to become a part of the Huaxia Kingdom. It’s just that before this, I hope to see the people of Lu Kingdom have a peaceful and stable living environment.”

Chapter 732 Keep Being Your Prince

To be honest, Zhang Qiang doesn't believe that he is sincere at all. Even if he is sincere, he is forced by the situation. The characteristic of traitors is that they are easy to see the situation clearly and make their own favorable choices. Zhang Qiang will never believe that he really wants to join Huaxia kingdom.

Just like the Han forces in Tang Wa State and Guogan in Myanmar, they don't want to become part of China, but just want to rely on China to frighten those forces who want to destroy them. The way of survival of a small country is to curry favor with the big powers, betray them, and profit from them, but they will never rely on you and allow you to merge them.

Feng Quan is a courtier, he may not have such great ambitions, but these sons of Hong Chengchou are now princes, heirs of a country, how could they belong to another kingdom?

So Zhang Qiang said with a smile: "No need, I will continue to increase my support for you. In this way, you can see that there are some people from Southeast Asian natives here. and leaving them in Southeast Asia makes them miss them a bit. How about sending them to you? I can save trouble, and you can also use them as cannon fodder, as civilians, or even pull them to fill the sea. How to deal with them is up to you I will give you [-] such people first, and if it is not enough, I will give you more?"

Hong Tianpao raised his head and looked at Zhang Qiang, his mind was turning Zhang Qiang's words quickly, breaking down several meanings expressed by Zhang Qiang's words, which one was true, which one was sincere, and which one was useful to him, Is there any off topic?

After analyzing it for a long time, he found that no matter what he knew what Zhang Qiang meant, no matter what Zhang Qiang wanted to express, he could not resist and profit from it. He can just do what others say, just like he had no choice but to seek the protection of Zhang Qiang's Huaxia Kingdom.

In fact, he really had the idea of ​​sincerely taking refuge in the Huaxia Kingdom, and now he is hesitating whether he should sincerely take refuge in it, but sometimes he really can't bear to be the king of a small country and live a free life like an emperor.

But now he has to do a full set of acting, and he can't hesitate, so he decided to continue acting. No matter what the end result is, it will not be too late to change in the future. We will get through the difficulties now. .