Da Ming started to ascend the throne

When the soldiers of our country face a strong enemy, even when there is only one person left, many martyrs will choose to die with the enemy, rather than being a prisoner.

But Westerners are different. Once they find that there is no chance of victory or escape, they will immediately raise their hands and surrender without any sense of shame.

After the Dutch eliminated the Japanese, the Ming army quickly controlled six merchant ships and returned with the Chongzhen and Zhengde. These Dutch were very well-behaved and did not resist on the way.

Huang Fei has been sitting in the command room of the Chongzhen Ship. Haijiao, as Huang Fei's capable general, did not interfere with Haijiao's command in this battle. He is still very satisfied with Haijiao's handling of the Japanese pirates. As a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, he should have such courage .

Huang Fei knew very well in his heart that under the strong leadership of the Holy Master, Ming Dynasty was on the road to a great revival. Based on what Japan did to Ming Dynasty in the history, there will be a war between the two countries sooner or later, and this battle is likely to be a war of annihilation.

And the Dutch sailing warship that escaped met Shi Lang's Wanli on a narrow road. More precisely, the Wanli should have been waiting here long ago.

After spotting the enemy ship, Shi Lang immediately issued an order to let the Wanli ship head-on at full speed. After the opponent's warship came into range, the heavy artillery at the bow of the ship bombarded it with explosive bullets.Recommended reading TVm.tv./.tv./

Soon, the opponent's warship entered the range of the Wanli's naval gun. Shi Lang gave an order, and an explosive bomb directly bombarded it, hitting the deck of the Dutch battleship.

"Boom"

With a loud noise, the explosive shell exploded on the deck, and a mast fell down in the explosion. The speed of the sailing battleship immediately slowed down, and the whole battleship began to shake violently.

The captain of the Dutch battleship Crewe turned pale with fright, and hurriedly ordered to fire a counterattack, but the bow of their battleship had no naval guns at all. If they fired the guns, they had to turn the rudder and use the side to meet the Ming army Wanli.

If the rudder is turned sharply during high-speed sailing, it is likely to cause the ship to capsize. The helmsman dare not take risks, so he can only slow down the speed and turn the rudder to meet the challenge.

During this period, the Wanli was approaching at high speed in front of their battleship, and kept attacking with flower bombs. Dozens of soldiers rushed to the deck to control the sails, but they were all killed by the Ming army flower bombs.

Shi Lang had already seen that the local battleship wanted to turn the rudder to engage in artillery battle, so he smiled coldly:

"Command, Wanli hits at full speed and sinks the opponent when he turns the rudder."

In that era, there were no high-explosive bombs. Even if an armored warship wanted to easily sink an armored wooden giant ship, it would be very difficult. The simplest and rude way was to hit it directly.

The Wanli immediately turned on its full horsepower, reaching a speed of up to [-] knots, and quickly approached the Dutch warship.

"Hold on to the handrail and prepare to hit."

Coincidentally, the mast of the Dutch battleship was blown off, and after the speed dropped, it was just able to quickly turn the rudder, and was ready to bombard the Wanli with 36 side string guns.

Just as he turned around the huge hull, the pure iron ram in front of the Wanli hit the middle part of the Dutch battleship fiercely:

"Boom..."

After a loud noise, a large gap of more than ten meters appeared in the waist of the Dutch warship, and the sea water surged into the cabin immediately, while the Wanli only shook for a while, and soon stabilized.

Due to the problem of the sail, the speed of the battleship did not stop after being severely damaged, and the sea wind still pushed the sail of the battleship forward.

Soon the wooden hull of the battleship could not withstand the pull of the sail, and suddenly broke from the damaged position in the middle, and a giant ship broke in two and began to sink.

Shi Lang raised his binoculars to look at the red-haired fans struggling in the water, but he didn't order them to be killed, nor did he go to rescue them.

It wasn't that Shi Lang was ruthless, all of this was because the Dutch came all the way to seek death, and they were not worthy of sympathy, and then ordered the warship to return.

Zheng Chenggong was already waiting at the pier. Zheng Chenggong was very happy to see several of his own warships returning intact and six merchant ships captured.

Seeing the governor personally greet him, Huang Fei, Shi Lang Haijiao and other generals immediately stepped forward to salute. After the ceremony, Huang Fei asked:

"Captain, you have won a complete victory. You have sunk two Dutch warships and captured six merchant ships. The merchant ships are full of firearms and food. I wonder how the commander plans to deal with it?"

Zheng Chenggong laughed loudly:

"Okay, it turns out that these foreign devils are playing a game of deception for us, and the governor will return to the capital to apply to the Holy Spirit, and he will definitely ask the Holy Spirit for credit for the soldiers.

There is a shortage of people to develop Taiwan now. All the captured foreigners are sent to build roads and docks, and the food is sent back to the capital and handed over to the imperial court. The Japanese country is not to be feared. In the near future, the Ming Dynasty should take action against them. To achieve victory in every battle, after I leave, the ocean-going fleet will be temporarily handed over to Zhang Huangyan's command, and you must cooperate well. "

All the soldiers answered in unison:

"Don't worry, governor, we will definitely cooperate with Zhang Huangyan, governor, and hope that the governor will go back soon."

Shanxi Province

Mizhi Farm is not only the largest farm in Shaanxi, but also ranks among the top three in the whole of Daming, with arable land of 50 mu, 2 farm workers, and more than 2000 cattle.

Due to the annual drought and war, a large number of people have been lost. After the land is divided into households, the remaining land is here. This place has become the wind vane of the crops in Shaanxi.

No matter what crops are planted on the farm, other common people will keep up with the planting. Even so, there is still a certain gap between the yield of the crops grown by the common people and the farm.

Li Yan, the governor of Shaanxi, and his wife also attached great importance to this, and often visited the farm. The owner of the farm, Li Xinben, was a subordinate of Li Yanyuan. Because of his arm injury in the war, he retired and was nicknamed the one-armed farmer.

Although the nickname is very powerful, he is actually a very nice person. He was born as a farmer and never bullied the farm workers. He treats everyone like a family, and his nickname is also a pet name given to him by the workers.

Two young men under Li Xin's command, one named Zhou Da and the other named Tuesday, were a pair of brothers, both around fifteen or sixteen years old, and both of these brothers came to Shaanxi with the remnant soldiers under Li Zicheng's command.

Regardless of his young age, he is not only sensible but also very talented. He is also very patient in doing things. He farms during the day and practices martial arts at night. He also teaches workers how to read and read when he is free.

He already had a certain prestige on the farm at a young age, and he was Li Xin's right-hand man. Li Yan and Hong Liangzi also loved the two young people very much.

With their talents, they could be magistrates or even magistrates, but they all refused Li Yan's kindness many times on the grounds that they were young. Li Yan just shook his head helplessly and smiled wryly, and would not force them.

When the two first arrived at the farm, they often looked into the distance in a daze, and sometimes even cried, but as time went by, they gradually recovered their laughter.

Every time Li Yan and his wife came to the farm, they would ask Hong Liangzi to teach them martial arts and marksmanship. Now they are not only physically strong, but also proficient in shooting on horseback.

The two are talented and have practiced hard. In a year, their marksmanship has been similar to that of Hong Liangzi, and their flintlocks are almost flawless at around [-] meters.

Chapter 440 The Mysterious Brother

The lack of water in Shaanxi is not suitable for growing rice, but there is no problem with sweet potatoes. After the promotion of corn, the Zhou brothers focused on planting corn again.

After Zhu Youjian exchanged the corn seeds, he issued instructions on how to grow seedlings and plant them together. As long as he takes care of them carefully, there is no difficulty in harvesting corn.

On the Loess Plateau, two young men and a large group of farm workers are transplanting corn seedlings. This is their first contact with corn seedlings, and they are very careful in doing things.

Zhou Xiao carefully picked up a corn seedling, and then gently put it into the dug small soil pit. He did not dare to use tools for fear of damaging the corn seedling. some water.

At the age of 15, they are very experienced in doing things. The pair of white and tender hands are now not only dark, but also look rough, which does not match their own age at all.

Raising his hand to wipe off the sweat on his forehead, Zhou Da looked at his younger brother Tuesday, and saw that his younger brother, like them, also carefully transplanted corn seedlings one by one, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his face, and the loess on his hand immediately left a trace on his face .

Zhou Da felt a little sad but also a little relieved. Seeing that everyone else was working hard, Zhou Da got up and walked to his younger brother, lovingly wiping the sweat off his childish face with his sleeve.

"Is the second brother tired?"

Looking up at his brother on Tuesday, a mature smile that should not belong to him appeared on his childish face:

"My younger brother is not tired. What my elder brother said is right. How can you become a master if you don't endure hardships? How can you experience the hardships of the people if you don't enter the farm."

"Hee hee, good second brother, more and more mature, we will never grow up if we don't go through this suffering, elder brother you water the seedlings, we brothers work together, this year will definitely be another harvest year."

So the two brothers cooperated in transplanting corn seedlings, and the cooperation was very tacit, and the speed had already surpassed those adults, and some adults inadvertently looked up at Brother Er Zhou, with expressions of admiration in their eyes.