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- When the Portuguese revealed the 'identity' of Zhao Hongyu and the others, Li Xiang and his 'little friends' were completely shocked.
Is it just the name of the country that is the same?
It shouldn¡¯t be the survivors of the Song Empire hundreds of years ago, right?
But it seems that the Portuguese opposite has said that those people went to some American continent hundreds of years ago, so that means they were also orientals before.
My God, the remnants of the Song Empire.
Li Xiang couldn't help but secretly speechless.
Although he is a pirate, he is not an unlearned person.
He also knows something about some things that happened hundreds of years ago.
Especially the period when the Song Dynasty was invaded by the Mongols.
After all, the Ming Dynasty only gained power after overthrowing the Mongols.
Therefore, as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, if he is not clear about this period of history, can he still be regarded as a Chinese?
So, Li Xiang thought of something.
In history, the Song Dynasty was destroyed after Yashan.
Why are there a group of people claiming to be the survivors of the Song Dynasty again?
And what are these guys going to do when they return to the East from that place called America? Is it possible that they will come back again and establish the so-called Great Song Dynasty?
At the same time, I have never dealt with these people. It can be said that I have no contact with them.
Therefore, Li Xiang really couldn't figure out why the other party would give him a big gift under such circumstances. As the saying goes, being courteous for nothing is not a traitor or a thief. The other party must not be as simple as giving him sixteen European warships.
I just don¡¯t know what requests the other party will make after I accept it.
But given Li Xiang¡¯s current situation, he really couldn¡¯t refuse this kindness.
The reason is simple, he really needs a warship now.
Especially the European warships moved his heart even more.
¡°Yes, Mr. Sea Dragon King,¡± the Portuguese sitting opposite Li Xiang nodded. "I seem to have really heard those people say that they are the survivors of the Song Dynasty. But I don't know much about these things, so some questions have to wait for you to understand them yourself."
The Portuguese shrugged his shoulders, now he was in a good mood.
Because he has completed the task assigned to him by His Highness the Crown Prince of the Song Empire, he can then join the Crown Prince and join in to try to gain favor.
The Portuguese was not surprised at all that the Song Empire was able to control Kyushu.
Because he had confidence in the Song Empire.
This confidence is not without reason.
You must know that since the sudden appearance of the Song Empire in America, Europeans have been given shocking news one after another.
¡°The most helpless thing for Europeans was that the Song Empire used tyrannical force to seize the British colonies in America.
Even, there is the next operation in the Caribbean Sea.
It can be said that in these military operations, the Song Empire basically achieved extremely brilliant results at the cost of minimal casualties.
It can also be seen from these aspects that the Song Empire was very powerful in both its navy and army.
Especially the volunteer army of the Song Empire was still fighting on the European continent. With a mere 8,000 troops, they defeated the Holy Roman Empire's army of more than 50,000 people. This example shocked Europeans.
At the same time, the army tactics of the American Song Empire and the flintlock guns they used have begun to become the focus of European research.
Although the tactics of the Song Empire Army can be learned, the Europeans were unable to create flintlock guns using existing technological products in a short period of time.
Therefore, the Song Empire¡¯s lead in weapons can be maintained for at least forty or fifty years.
The weapons of the American Song Empire were sharp, and the battleships were also very powerful.
Although the Europeans in the East were severely punished by the Ming Dynasty, they also suffered from the disadvantage of having a small number of people.
After all, this is not the main battlefield of the Europeans, so it will be a long time before they are dealt with by the Ming Dynasty.
But what we have to admit is that some of the maritime technologies of Europeans in this era have indeed begun to be ahead of those of the East.
Although this advantage is not very big, it has begun to appear.
Especially in terms of ship-borne artillery, the Europeans spared no effort.??Developing.
On the European warships, basically twelve to twenty-four artillery pieces have been loaded.
And the power of these artillery is very huge, even sharper than the artillery of the Eastern countries.
On the other hand, the number of artillery on the warships of Eastern countries, including the Ming Dynasty, is still very rare. Therefore, in sea battles, the combat effectiveness of Eastern warships is far inferior to that of Europeans.
But many times, Europeans do not have an advantage in the East. That is because in the East, whether they fight pirates or the navy of the Ming Dynasty, the opponent is basically more powerful with more people and larger ships.
Therefore, no matter how sophisticated the European warships are, how elite the sailors are, and how powerful the artillery is, they cannot defeat it.
But the warships of the Song Empire were different.
After the Song Empire captured the Mediterranean, the Europeans discovered that the Song Empire's warships carried more artillery, the warships were faster, and they had stronger cannon fire capabilities.
Having these advantages alone is not enough.
The naval warships of the Song Empire were much higher than the European warships of this era. Therefore, this resulted in the Europeans being unable to engage in side-to-side battles and could only be passively beaten.
In the battle to seize the Mediterranean, the Song Empire did not even destroy a single warship. On the other hand, the Spaniards and the Dutch lost many warships.
From this point, it can be fully reflected that the sophistication of the Song Empire's warships is absolutely first-rate.
With such a fleet in hand, it would be easy for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to seize the coast of Kyushu.
And the Portuguese sitting opposite Li Xiang knew the tactics of the Japanese very well. He could imagine the scene of their corpses and blood in front of the sharp musket array of the Song Empire Army.
Therefore, the Portuguese decided to follow Zhao Hongyu and work hard for him.
¡°At the same time, it is also a gamble for one¡¯s own destiny.
Europeans in this era are actually very courageous and adventurous.
Whenever they can see a profit, then they will spend a lot of money to do this.
Even if you lose everything, you won¡¯t feel it¡¯s a pity.
So, they often get very high returns.
Now the Portuguese sees great benefits in Zhao Hongyu¡¯s affairs against Kyushu, so he wants to get involved to seek greater benefits for himself.
Li Xiang didn¡¯t know what the Portuguese sitting opposite him was thinking about.
His mind is a little confused now.
Yes, whoever encounters such a thing would probably be the same as Li Xiang.
"Mr. Hailongwang, I have now completed what the Crown Prince of the Song Empire entrusted to me. I just don't know when you will be able to send someone to take over the warship? I still need to go to the Crown Prince as soon as possible to prepare Go and do something for him."
The Portuguese have been calling Li Xiang by his nickname and wondering when he will receive the warship.
Li Xiang came back to his senses. Although he was still in a state of surprise, he still replied: "If possible, I can at any time. Most of my men are resting in the town."
Li Xiang is not talking nonsense, because during this period of time, he has been dealt with by Zheng Zhilong many times during his conflicts.
Therefore, his brothers suffered heavy casualties.
Therefore, some brothers had to be settled in Rakucho on the Nagasaki side for training, and many people were sent here to take care of them.
Therefore, as long as he says hello, he can immediately organize manpower to take over sixteen warships.
Although those warships are all European-style, for the Eastern pirates, there is no difficulty in operating them.
We are all veterans at sea, and we can figure it out with just a little tinkering with merchant ships.
"Well, now sir, please send someone with me to the dock to receive the warship."
The Portuguese was very happy when he heard this. He didn't want to delay it any longer.
Because if you go to His Highness earlier, you will gain more benefits.
He didn¡¯t want to waste precious time with this pirate from the East.
If it were in the past, he would not mind communicating with this famous pirate in the East, but nowhehe.
The Portuguese firmly believe that when the Song Empire¡¯s fleet appears in the east, these pirates will have to step aside.
??Even people in the East don't understand how terrifying the Song Empire's fleet is, but the Portuguese know it very well.
Especially before the Song Empire's fleet attacked Edo, it had a battle with the Japanese's elite navy.
In that battle, the Song Empire fleet actually wiped out more than a hundred Japanese warships without losing any of its own warships.
With such a record, no one in the East can achieve it.
¡°Moreover, in that naval battle at that time, the Japanese dispatched no ordinary warships.
Those more than a hundred warships are the iron-clad ships that the Japanese have always regarded as their treasures.
Although the Portuguese look down upon this so-called iron-clad ship, there is one thing that needs to be acknowledged.
This kind of armored ship has very good defense and can carry a lot of soldiers at the same time.
And despite the desperate charge of the Japanese, the armored ship could easily get close to the enemy ship and then engage in hand-to-hand combat.
For example, if a Japanese iron-clad ship is approached and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, the Japanese will seize the ship with their superior strength.
Europeans also suffered losses at the hands of the Japanese.
Li Xiang stood up immediately, then greeted his subordinates and walked out of the izakaya.
When Li Xiang led his men to the street, the Japanese people who came and went backed away in fear, and kept their bodies bowed at a forty-five degree angle.
It can be seen from this aspect that Li Xiang still has a relatively high status here.
¡°Otherwise, those Japanese people wouldn¡¯t be so respectful.
In this era, the Ming Dynasty people, whether they were merchants or pirates, were all lords of the country in the eyes of the Japanese. Basically, the attitude of the Japanese toward the Ming Dynasty is the same as the attitude of the African losers in another time and space toward the rich second generation of the United States.
You know, Huaxia has actually been rich and handsome, but in the end he was made nondescript by those wild boar skins, and finally he became a loser.
In addition, some concepts in development have been distorted, which has led to the situation where the moon in foreign countries is rounder than the local one, and countless elites have fled abroad.
Therefore, it is an undeniable fact that although the Ming Dynasty in this era was suffering from internal and external troubles, it was the country that people in the world most yearned for.
If it were not for the religious beliefs and language of the Ming Dynasty that Europeans were not used to, and if immigration was not very convenient, it is estimated that Europeans would have immigrated to the East in large numbers.
Even so, in this era of Ming Dynasty, many missionaries began to appear and settle down in the mainland.
The reason why Europeans did not immigrate to the East in large numbers was because the Ming Dynasty did not allow them to open household registration.
?That is, Europeans are not allowed to live in the East.
You must know that those missionaries who settled down in the Ming Dynasty were all undercover.
According to another time and space, it is ¡®dark¡¯.
Since ancient times, Chinese people have always been very noble.
It only started with the boar skins.
At this time, no one in the Ming Dynasty would know that just a dozen years later, those guys who appeared in the black mountains and white waters would actually be able to control the land of Kyushu.
If someone said that at this time, they would definitely be considered crazy.
??????????? Even the boar skins who have already called themselves Hou Jin dare not think like this.
At this time, the biggest wish of the Boar Skins is to gain recognition from the Ming Dynasty and then defend their territory.
Although they are always attacking the Ming Dynasty¡¯s frontiers, this is actually a sign of their guilty conscience.
In order to let the Dai Ming Dynasty know how powerful they are, they can only attack continuously, and only in this way can they not expose their own weakness and at the same time grab something.
It¡¯s just that at this time, the interior of the Ming Dynasty court was already very rotten.
There is simply no one who is willing to take Harmony Boar Skin seriously.
In addition, the armaments of the Ming Dynasty were also rotten to the core, resulting in low combat effectiveness and the soldiers were unwilling to work hard, so the Boar Skins became bigger and bigger.
At the same time, Ye Zhupi also saw the weaknesses of the Ming Dynasty and took advantage of them.
Li Xiang led his men and the Portuguese to the dock of Nagasaki in a mighty manner. As soon as they entered the dock, the European-style warships moored at the berth came into view.
Good ship!
I don¡¯t know who shouted, but everyone¡¯s thoughts were expressed.
Li Xiang secretly praised in her heart.Afterwards, he ordered his men to gather men immediately to take over all sixteen warships.
"Can you tell me about the Americas? From what you said just now, it sounds like you have great respect for the Americas. So the Americas are also on the European side?"
Li Xiang suddenly became very interested in the American Song Empire.
So we took advantage of this time to gather people to take over the warships, and started chatting with the Portuguese. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!) - 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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