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- This "Naval Battle at Hanjiangkou" started when the sun rose and ended when the sun rose three o'clock. True to the saying, those who are good at fighting are in danger and short of success.
In fact, it is somewhat inaccurate to say that there was a naval battle, because from the beginning to the end the pirates did not bother to fire a single shot, they were just busy escaping for their lives. So it is more appropriate to say farewell.
Seeing the uninterested pirate warships in front of him, fighting to cross the Han River Estuary in a chaotic manner, Zhao Hao suddenly remembered the "Animal World" he had watched in his previous life, and Teacher Zhao's magnetic and rich voice naturally rang in his ears:
¡®Spring is here, and it¡¯s mating season¡¯
No, it should be 'On the endless African savannah, thousands of wildebeests are running non-stop. They have to complete their annual migration before the dry season arrives'
At that time, he couldn¡¯t understand why thousands of wildebeests with strong four hooves and sharp horns were chased by a few crocodiles and were so confused that they had to flee. Wouldn't there be a group of resistance, and together they would turn over those ugly guys with short legs and long mouths, and then trample their soft bellies into pulp?
It wasn¡¯t until I grew up that I realized that it was because the basic characteristic of genes is selfishness. Compared with collective defense and each individual bravely fighting predators, running faster is obviously more cost-effective. Because you don¡¯t need to be faster than the predator, just faster than your companions.
At the genetic level, there is no difference between humans and animals, so the essence of life is also selfish. Even altruistic behavior is actually driven by self-interest.
Zhao Hao clearly remembers that after reading the book "The Selfish Gene", his kind inner world suffered a devastating bombing. For a long time, he felt that his life was empty and empty, and he lost interest in interacting with others.
Until he finally realized that there was nothing wrong with this. If he didn¡¯t have high expectations of others, he would naturally not be hurt in interpersonal interactions.
So, otaku and otaku are the advanced forms of human evolution
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Shaking his head, he let these messy thoughts blow away along the river wind. Zhao Hao looked at the distance and the river had returned to calm. All the boats and boats had fled the mouth of the Hanjiang River. The bodies of those sailors who were killed or injured and drowned after falling into the water also drifted away with the river, along with masts and pieces of wood. .
There were only dozens of abandoned large-scale ships, huddled together on the river, completely blocking the waterway. Just like the fat wildebeest abandoned by the group, it became the prey of the crocodile group.
"You go and inform Lin Daoqian and ask him to take these boats back to Xiawei Port, and say that I sent them to him." Zhao Hao ordered Tang Baolu behind him.
"Yes." Tang Baolu responded hurriedly and respectfully, feeling very distressed. It would be great if these large ships were given to him. Jiangnan Trading has always wanted to build its own fleet, but it has always relied on royal shipping, which is too inconvenient and very limited.
But he also knew that was impossible, because the young master advocated the entrepreneurial stage, and the companies in the group should try their best to cooperate, rather than seeking the best and developing their own mountains. That would lead to serious internal friction
¡°If you give these boats to Lin, he will be embarrassed to keep Mr. Qingteng anymore.¡± Tang Baolu suppressed the regret in his heart and said with a smile.
"Oh yes, Lao Xu is still a hostage at his place." Zhao Hao patted his forehead and almost forgot about this. "Tell Lin Daoqian that I have prepared a book for Lin Zhongcheng and asked him to come to Chaozhou for inspection. I will drop by Xiawei then."
"Ah, you praise him so much?" Tang Baolu couldn't help but envy him.
"Then, who made him the man chosen by me?" Zhao Hao laughed and said, "I will love him even more in the future."
Seeing the evil smile on the young master¡¯s face, Tang Baolu suddenly felt horrified and didn¡¯t envy the little forest at all.
In fact, including those large ships, none of the pirates' broken guns and cannons can catch the eyes of the coast guard fleet. When did you see the US military cleaning up the battlefield? Mr. Zhao's coast guard fleet, at least in terms of equipment and treatment, was already on par with the first-class US military in later generations. Naturally, it is inevitable to get caught up in their bad habits that make life difficult.
Of course, it would be troublesome to get that pile of junk back, and it would be useless. If you want to recast it, you have to bring it back to Suzhou. The cost is much higher than making a new one directly.
So after tallying the results of the battle, the task force did not clean up the battlefield, but sailed directly upstream towards Chaozhou City.
Fortunately, the wind is blowing from the south. Raising the sails can borrow a lot of wind power. In addition, each boat's four oars are constantly rocking. The boat speed can barely reach four knots, and it can reach Chaozhou City in the middle of the night.
This ¡®section¡¯ is the Chinese knot set by Mr. Zhao. One section is one kilometer per hour, not one nautical mile.
??In the measurement units formulated by Mr. Zhao, there is no long ton or shortTons, ounces and pints, and there is no such anti-human unit as the sea mile. The metric system is uniformly adopted, and its full name is "scientific unit of measurement", also called the Ming system.
Since we can¡¯t enter the city today anyway, Zhao Hao doesn¡¯t urge the police officers to speed up. He asked someone to put up a parasol and sit in a rocking chair, drinking soda while looking at the scene on both sides of the Han River.
This river, named after the great writer Han Wengong, has a very gentle flow, with green plains on both sides, criss-crossing canals, and fragrant rice flowers. There are village buildings with white walls and black tiles hidden in the thick shade, and there are exquisite stone bridges across the river canals. It gives you a beautiful scenery of the land of fish and rice in Lingnan. No wonder Zeng Ben would drool over this place.
But in Mr. Zhao¡¯s opinion, the problem here is too serious. The dense river network fragments the entire small plain. As a result, independent small villages were formed. Under a series of survival pressures such as bandits and pirates, conflicts between natives and foreigners, and clan struggles, people had to live together as clans and be united in dealing with the outside world. This resulted in each village forming an independent small kingdom.
In such a mutually hostile and contradictory relationship, what efficiency can there be? Such a powerful clan power is naturally a stumbling block to the development of industry and commerce.
Mr. Zhao was thinking solemnly about how to break the situation when he suddenly heard a shrill siren sounding from the mast. That was the signal for the lookouts to discover the enemy.
The coast guards who were packing ammunition, maintaining artillery, and scrubbing the deck immediately reflexively got into position, reopened the shell boxes, and quickly loaded them for use
Zhao Hao also left his beloved rocking chair at the request of the guard, entered the command room wearing a trousers vest and wooden clogs.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"An unknown ship blocked the meeting ahead." Wang Rulong looked into the distance with a telescope and said with a grin: "Young master, don't worry, they probably aren't coming for us. I think it's probably the villages along the river that want to collect passing merchants. Buy road money!"
"Car gangsters and road bullies, are they so rampant?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but laugh.
"They even dared to collect tolls from the imperial navy. What else would they not dare to do?" Haierge chuckled and said: "At the beginning, Marshal Yu sent a fleet to escort the bandits and suppress supplies. Because they did not pay the tolls, they blocked the waterway with sunken ships. , was blocked on the Han River for six days, which delayed the general attack time. Therefore, despite the great victory on Nan'ao Island, he was dismissed from office."
Mr. Zhao couldn¡¯t help but smile when he heard this. He was indeed the ¡®Unlucky Yu¡¯.
Yu Dayou is the last of the three people Zhao Hao wanted to see most when he came to the Ming Dynasty. The other two are Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang
¡°Compared to the scheming Zhang Idol and the submissive Qi Dashuai, the upright old boy Yu Dayou is obviously cuter.
But Yu Dayou¡¯s life is just four words of ¡®unlucky in a fancy way¡¯. It was clear that he was invincible, but every time after a battle, he was either falsely claimed for his military merits, or framed as the scapegoat, and was demoted and fined, or thrown into jail. He was deprived of his hereditary official position three times. It is also a unique thing through the ages.
For example, during the previous Guangxi counterinsurgency campaign, Yu Dayou, as the chief military officer of Guangxi, was sure to win every battle and conquer every attack. He took all the credit. However, all the credit went to his boss Yin Zhengmao, not to mention that Yin Zhengmao was blamed for embezzling military pay. Black pot. Fortunately, everyone knew what was going on, and in the end the merits and demerits were equalized, and he returned to his hometown to wait for orders.
I heard that after Yin Zhengmao was promoted to governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he wanted to recall him as the commander-in-chief of Guangdong and continue to work for himself. Yu Dayou was frightened and wrote to him, saying, I know the department values ??junior generals, but you can't always take advantage of my sheep. Just let me go.
Yin Zhengmao was so upset by this upright old man that he had no choice but to ask Zhang Juzheng to transfer Zhang Yuanxun to Guangdong instead of Yu Dayou.
But speaking of it, the old boy will soon become the chief military officer of Fujian. There should be a chance to meet him then. Mr. Zhao is very much looking forward to seeing him.
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"Sir, the boat being surrounded seems to be people from the military." Wang Rulong suddenly put down his telescope and said: "Their boat should be the Cangshan Iron, the smallest type of naval warship. Although the people on the boat are wearing casual clothes, But from the equipment to the tactics, they are all in the army."
Zhao Hao took the telescope from him and took a long time to focus on the target. He saw that the smallest Haicang ship, Cangshan Iron, was surrounded by more than ten red-headed ships that are common in Chaoshan. Although the number of people on the red-headed boat was ten times that on the Cangshan Iron Boat, they were still unable to lift their heads under the suppression of the opponent's bows, arrows and muskets. Even those who occasionally took the risk to get close to the ship were stabbed off the ship by the opponent's spear.
Under Wang Rulong¡¯s reminder, Zhao Hao noticed that when the spearman attacked, there was also a shieldman to block the bow for him. Obviously training is not something that can be accomplished in a day.
"80% of the people in this group have some connection with the Qi family army." Brother Haier on the side also said: "But he is more fierce. Why do I think he is one of Marshal Yu's men?"
"It's not like that, it must be." Wang Rulong nodded and said, "Marshal Yu has served as the chief military officer of Fujian and Guangdong. It's not surprising that he has many subordinates in these two provinces."
"Then help them." Zhao Hao thought and ordered: "After all, they are under my father's rule. We have to take care of them."
"Okay!" Brother Haier responded and immediately ordered the oarsmen to row at full speed and approach the battle group! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com), why do I think he is one of Marshal Yu¡¯s subordinates? "
"It's not like that, it must be." Wang Rulong nodded and said, "Marshal Yu has served as the chief military officer of Fujian and Guangdong. It's not surprising that he has many subordinates in these two provinces."
"Then help them." Zhao Hao thought and ordered: "After all, they are under my father's rule. We have to take care of them."
"Okay!" Brother Haier responded and immediately ordered the oarsmen to row at full speed and approach the battle group! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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