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Volume 1: The Arms Dealer¡¯s Feast Chapter 281: Youth City

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    For the Lushan, the shock factor of the attack this time was greater than the damage factor of the attack. As expected, an ignorant person was fearless and dared to attack an ironclad ship that was ten or twenty times larger than their largest ship.  Even the passengers on board the Lushan had to express their admiration for the pioneers of this era.

    For the Dutch, Portuguese and pirate Liu Xiang who organized the attack, if they mastered this invincible power, they could rule the world's oceans and build a huge empire, the world's largest empire spanning five continents and three oceans - facing  Such temptation is worth taking no matter how big the risk is.

    For the Chuanchuangzong, admiration is admiration. After the turret firing on the shore was destroyed by the 20mm machine cannon, those who should retaliate still had to retaliate. Although no Chuanchuanzhong was injured after repeated verification, the attack on the Chuanchuanzhong was  Unforgivable.

    "Iron artillery team, get on the deck." Jin Sanduo pointed at the struggling pirates on the sea and shouted: "Fire."

    ¡°Bang bang¡­¡± A row of gunshots rang out.  The pirates on the sea were struggling and shouting in various languages. Some people had bloody holes in their bodies from bullets, and the water turned red and their bodies gradually sank.

    "Keep firing."

    ¡°Bang bang¡­¡±

    The Lushan was wandering rapidly in the mouth of Zhuhai. Seeing the pirate fleet that had just escaped from the sea or the surviving people diving on the sea was a sign of death.  It was not until the Portuguese, who had reached Macau, that they sent a small boat waving a white flag to approach the Lushan. A Portuguese man, perhaps a nobleman, boarded the deck of the Lushan.

    The crew of the Lushan cruise ship naturally knew what he was here for. The worst they could do was to request a ceasefire or remove themselves from the attack.

    But Jin Sanduo was faster than them: "We know that this time you were infiltrated into Macau by pirates and participated in the attack on us. We are deeply sorry. We opened fire without saying hello for the sake of our own safety. Fortunately, we can threaten these people."  The ship¡¯s armed forces have not yet appeared.¡±

    "Yes, God bless." Sir Pirlo, the Portuguese envoy, felt a little more relaxed after hearing this. They had already picked out Macau.  Pirlo asked: "About these ships and crew members on the sea"

    "Of course, we must kill them all. Piracy should be punished. We visually observed that at least twenty pirates ran ashore and entered Macau. We think Macau should hand over these pirates and let us deal with them."

    "This, no problem." Pirlo agreed so happily because there were no important figures among the dozens of running backs. Of course, even Portugal would not hand it over.  The crew members will die. If they don't die from wars and piracy, they will eventually die from scurvy. Relatively speaking, they would rather die a hundred sailors than give up a single nobleman - in the feudal era, only nobles were the support.  the main body of this society.

    The reason why the Lushan did not attack the Portuguese in Macau was because the Portuguese were too weak. Whether it was the local power or the power in the Far East, it was only a matter of time before the Lushan wanted to destroy Portugal, but destroying the Portuguese might not bring any benefits¡ª¡ª  The Portuguese can at least deliver goods from Europe, India and Africa here. Otherwise, if they just rely on the Lushan to travel around the world, it will take at least one or two years to do it - during this period, they cannot send a large number of goods to the country.  Australia's transport of immigrants will greatly reduce the speed of local development in Australia.

    After Sir Pirlo completed the negotiations, he handed over the corpses of dozens of pirates to the Lushan. The Lushan didn't mind giving a confession or anything, and just threw the corpses into the sea to feed the fish.  Even if this matter came to an end, the naval battle ended just as quickly as it started. In just a few dozen minutes, nearly a thousand people were killed.

    After Sir Pirlo finished all this, he returned to Notre Dame Church in Macau: "Your Majesty, the problem with the Australians has been happily resolved."

    The bishop made a cross on his body: "I didn't expect that this devil's iron ship could not even do anything with the power of the Lord. The warriors brought three layers of protection including the cross, the statue of Christ, and the statue of the Virgin, but they still couldn't suppress the power of these evil gods. Are you there?  Is there any reaction on the boat that secretly sprinkled holy water?"

    Sir Pirlo said: "Your Majesty, there was no reaction after the holy water was sprinkled."

    The obviously tired Lord Bishop nodded and said: "Then it is obvious that the heart of this devil's iron-clad ship is inside. It is normal that they did not let you go to the vital parts. Lord, give your lamb guidance."

    They are not alone in seeking God¡¯s guidance.  The slave Jurchen tribe far away in Liaodong is crawling on the ground under the leadership of chief Huang Taiji. At the bonfire in front, a group of shamans are leading their disciples to hold the largest dance event in the history of the slave Jurchen tribe.

    Except for the singing and drumming of shamans praying to gods, the scene was unusually quiet.  Until the great shaman fell to the ground during the dance,The sound also stopped.  The great shaman shouted: "The Great Immortal Huangpizi has returned to his throne."

    Huang Taiji, the leader of the Later Jin Dynasty, whose body had turned from strong to obese, asked respectfully: "Huang Taixian, dare I ask where the real threat from my slave girl will come from?"

    The great shaman trembled all over and closed his eyes tightly and said: "A bunch of pigs in the south, but a hair in the east."

    Huang Taiji thought to himself: Zhu Mao.  Sure enough, it was Mao Wenlong from Hepi Island in the Ming Dynasty.

    Dorgon next to Huang Taiji didn't take it seriously. All fools knew that after the great victory of Salhu, hundreds of Qiding were killed and captured, thousands of Aha slaves, and Mao Wenlong of Pi Island had become  A serious problem for Hou Jin.  And Mao Wenlong's immediate boss was the Ming Dynasty government.

    Huang Taiji asked again: "May I ask Huang Taixian, what are our chances of winning if we send troops south or eastward?"

    I just heard the great shaman say: "The victory or defeat is only between five and five, I can't see more."

    Hearing this, the princes who were lying on the ground all withered.  The Eight Banners cannot afford to be injured. There are only more than 50,000 adult men in the Eight Banners, and the Mongolian Eight Banners are only less than 100,000 - plus the Han Ahanu soldiers and Han military banners, the maximum number can be 200,000 -  Of course, these unarmored slave soldiers have little fighting power, and their fighting will is only because their families are held as hostages in the hands of the cheap slave Nuzhen. No matter they escape or retreat during the war, the whole family will be killed.

    Unlike the Ming Dynasty, tens of thousands of troops were killed and injured without feeling distressed at all - it was a big country with a population of over 100 million. Although it was almost in ruins, as the saying goes, there are still three pounds of nails in a broken ship.  Even if a few of these banner owners die, each banner owner will feel extremely distressed - this is their own capital.  The number of 50 to 50 is really not that high.

    Huang Taiji wanted to ask a few more questions, but he saw the great shaman slumped to the ground.  All the shamans and disciples shouted loudly: "Farewell to the Great Immortal Huangpizi."

    Huang Taiji and others had no choice but to send Huang Pizi off to the Queen and got up from the ground to start the military discussion.

    After reading a few chapters of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Huang Taiji said to everyone: "This Pi Island is surrounded by the sea. Even if we wait until the sea freezes in winter to fight another battle, it will be just another Battle of Dingmao. This Mao Wenlong and Yuan Chonghuan are not  Likewise, it cannot be dismissed with a verbal agreement for peace (this year, the three favorite generals sent by Huang Taiji to negotiate peace on Pi Island, Gu Shan'er, Zhen Keke, and others went to Dongjiang and were kidnapped by Mao Wenlong and sent to Beijing to beheaded).  As soon as our main force is dispatched, Mao Wenlong will send troops to attack everywhere in Liaodong. Those Han Aha will not be honest even after knowing that there is Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang. They must first take out Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang before they can go south.

    Inform the Fan family in Shanxi that no matter how much money is spent, Mao Wenlong will be disgraced, crippled and removed from office.  Let the Fan family spread the news, who can kill Pidao Mao Wenlong and cash in one million taels of silver.  Let the craftsmen spread the word that if there are not even ten thousand lowly slaves, they will be invincible.  "

    The Jurchen tribe, a humble slave, started out by plundering. They have a lot of gold and silver treasures in their hands, but they are very short of social materials. Children practice bows and arrows and ride horses from an early age. When they are ten years old, they take an assessment. If they pass the assessment, they become armored men and become a member of the banner.  .  There is no production at all, and production and life are all solved by slaves. However, anyone who has studied sociology and history knows that the slavery system is the social system with the lowest production efficiency since the beginning of human civilization, and may only be higher than the primitive clan commune society - but  Most of the tribes in the black mountains and white waters of Manchuria are still in the state of primitive clan commune society. Otherwise, it would not be the turn of the Jurchen tribe to develop a slave society.

    If it weren't for the national scum headed by the Fan family, the eight major businessmen in Shanxi would have become traitors and traitors to fund the enemy's activities since the Nurhachi era.  The Jin Dynasty simply could not get rid of the economic blockade of the Ming Dynasty - let alone rebellion. At this time, the Jin Dynasty was still a slave social system based on riding and archery, and it did not even have the ability to capture a county - or it could not tolerate hard work.  The number of casualties in capturing a county.

    As for the lowly slaves being dissatisfied with being invincible, it's just advertising - in last year's Dingmao Battle, Houjin sent an army of 80,000, claiming to be one hundred thousand (most of the 80,000 troops were Ahanu soldiers)  Almost half of Hou Jin's troops were beaten back by Mao Wenlong. Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town only had a few troops, less than 70,000.  Although both sides suffered heavy casualties at this station, the Eight Banners could not afford to be injured. In this battle alone, Gushan Ezhen lost three Niulu and eight others, while Mao Wenlong only needed to train the people who had fled from Liaodong.  The shortage of troops in Dongjiang Town can be replenished in one go.  The Manchus who were familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms also understood the significance of the propaganda war. The method of spiritual victory was not understood by Han people.

    The Lushan continued to stay in Macau after the war to sell and buy goods, as if nothing happened.

    Jin Sanduo encouraged the iron artillery team one by one and brought a box of Hardman cigarettes from the captain for each personOne or two packages were handed out - Luo Jie originally had some side business, which was also the habit of the crew. It would be difficult to make a fortune with just that little salary to support the family. It is precisely because horses are not fat and people are not rich without windfall.  rich.  While handing out cigarettes, Jin Sanduo occasionally said: "Well done."

    "This is my duty." This reward made the warriors of the iron artillery team fall to the ground. This kind of high-end cigarettes with filters can only be smoked by a few people on the Lushan. Most people buy them from Macau.  Tobacco cigarettes or hookah snuff bottles directly on the pipe - even their direct leader, His Highness Jin Sanduo, also switched to Ming Dynasty snuff because the supply was out of stock a few days ago.

    Considering that the Lushan's crossing was also the first battle of the Lushan, it should be commemorated.  Therefore, the steelmaking work of a crucible on the Lushan was temporarily suspended, and preparations were made to produce a batch of commemorative medals made of gold. All participants in the war, including logistics and other personnel, would have one.

    The gold commemorative medal is oval in shape. In addition to the Australian sickle and ax flag, there is a line of text on it. It commemorates the victory of the first Lushan defense battle on September 1, the first year of the Australian Republic (1628 AD).  The total weight of the medal is only fifty grams and one tael of gold.  However, its significance cannot be replaced by one tael of gold. Those warriors of the iron artillery team who went back to recruit people and take care of their families all regretted that they did not take this bus - for the warriors, this is the same feeling.  Existence is the pride of the Wu family's honor - it is related to future promotions and salary increases. If you don't participate in rebellion and other things, it can be regarded as a gold medal to avoid death, can you not regret it?

    After completing the trade in Macau, the Lushan quietly left the port and turned to Vietnam to continue buying rice.  As the number of immigrants in the Australian base increases, the amount of rice reserves will also increase. Otherwise, everyone will have to eat kangaroo meat. When I first went to Australia, some people shot a few kangaroos and tasted them, but they rarely tasted them.  I tasted the stinky smell - this food, which is several times more stinky than the mutton raised in captivity, indeed has no market. In line with the principle of not wasting food, the kangaroo meat was stewed with a lot of spices and given to the immigrants - even if  Immigrants who had eaten rice for more than a month also felt that the meat was not very tasty. However, it was later spread that eating kangaroo meat could strengthen yang and promote the development of male organs. There were still many immigrants who pinched their noses and ate kangaroo meat.

    After going to Vietnam, I found that the deep-water terminal of this port is still under construction. Isn¡¯t it a bit slow? The terminal of the Australian base has been built from scratch.  There is no other way, it is better to transport it by small boat with a crane handle. Anyway, the small boat was organized by the North Korean side of Vietnam. This time, in addition to continuing to buy 400 of these powerful 1628-type fast guns, the North Korean government also bought two large Tiger guns.  gun.

    For a small country like Vietnam, this is a big general artillery - although the Southern Dynasty of Vietnam trained a force under the guidance of Westerners, it was only equipped with a small number of matchlock guns. The biggest disadvantage of artillery is that it is not expensive.  The Vietnamese government can afford it - the Hongyi cannon can deliver more than ten kilograms of iron to the enemy with one shot. It makes you feel bad for the enemy. How many knives and guns can you hit after picking up this iron ball? The advantage of this big tiger cannon is that,  There is no need to hit the shotguns and gravels, they can also be used instead.

    The Vietnamese and North Korean governments, having acquired the two Big Tiger Cannons, happily named the first Big Tiger Steel Cannon the Dingguo General Cannon, and the second Big Tiger Cannon the Anguo General Cannon¡ªor not.  Vietnam during this period was called Little China, and the habits were the same.

    What the Lushan received was thousands of tons of rice - Vietnam would not be able to eat so much rice anyway, and the stored rice would eventually rot. If we use these weapons to gain more land, we can get more rice fields and paddy fields.  The farmer will then exchange for more weapons to conquer more territory - the calculation is very clear.

    Now the Mo family in the Northern Dynasties was supported by the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty's policy towards ethnic minorities has always been to let them fight ghosts. As the Ming Dynasty is a Han government, there is nothing wrong with doing this. People are still doing this kind of thing hundreds of years later.  What a joy.  The Manchu Qing Dynasty was different. He knew that he was a minority among the Han people. Since the founding of the country, he had united all ethnic minorities to fight against the central dynasty. This unity included peace and conquest by force. The daughters of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji were sent to the Qing Dynasty in large numbers.  Of course, the Mongolian yurts were not only accessible but also the Mongolian princesses (the representative figure Xiaozhuang) were also married by the Manchus.

    However, there are times when ghosts fight ghosts. It can be said that the Jurchen tribe of Nurhachi in Manchuria was supported by Li Chengliang in the earliest times to deal with ethnic minorities across the Northeast and even North Korea - otherwise, with thirteen pairs of armors, the troops could fight.  Shit, besides, firearms are not allowed in the Ming Dynasty, but concealing a pair of armors is a capital crime. Hiding thirteen pairs of these wild boar skins would have been enough for the entire family to be executed. However, Li Chengliang¡¯s descendants also suffered retribution. Later, Nurhaci defeated Li Chengliang¡¯s army in Fushun.  More than ten descendants died in the battle.

    After loading a large amount of rice, the Lushan sailed south to Australia again.  This time the road and route were familiar, and the Lushan used moreAfter a short period of time, he returned to his base in southern Australia in early October 1628.

    By this time, the Lushan base in southern Australia already had a name. After ruling out various proposals, the people who stayed behind named the place Youth City.  This name was given because the average age of the time travelers is not very old - the average age is not even thirty years old.  Think about it, the Republic of Australia started from scratch and is on the rise just like a youth - it is probably also influenced by the young China to some extent.

    After returning to the port of Youth City, the people on the boat looked around and saw that it really looked like a small city.  When the Lushan left, there was only one dock and dozens of large houses.  Today's Youth City has not only expanded the deep-water pier, but also has thousands of neat houses rising along the streets. It makes people feel that the changes have been too great - of course, as a price, the tall eucalyptus trees nearby have been cut down, and those who live in the trees  The koalas have also become people's pets.

    It is still very popular to raise koalas in youth towns in Australia. The girls on the Lushan ship originally had a few cats. But after arriving in Australia, these cats either go to the beach to play every day or go to the kitchen every day. How can they be like this koala?  He was so obedient every day. After eating and drinking, he hung on the tree and stopped moving.  Moreover, koalas are easy to raise. Why don¡¯t they just eat eucalyptus leaves? This thing is of no use. The logging team cuts trees every day. Every day, they bring back a basket of eucalyptus leaves from the lumber factory and wash them thoroughly, which is enough for the pets. One girl has raised three at most.  A koala.

    Seeing the huge changes, everyone felt that the Lushan train had only been traveling for a long time. It was less than three months in total. Except that the road surface was compacted with a mixture of gravel, loess and lime, it already had the feel of a small town.

    "You came just in time. You have bought all the *-level materials." Zhang Tiejun said to Captain Jin Sanduo and Luo Jie.

    "That's for sure." The importance of *-level materials is still higher than that of grain, cloth (C-level materials) and pig iron seeds (B-level materials). After all, Australia is rich in products. Eating rice and noodles is just to take care of everyone's habits. In theory,  You can also feed yourself by hunting, gathering, fishing and farming.

    Zhang Tiejun said: "Maybe this time you can see bricks coming out of our Youth City brick factory."

    Jin Sanduo asked: "Isn't it said that the brick kiln was built first at the beginning? How come there are so many houses built but no bricks are produced yet?" (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
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