Fangcheng is located on the border coast of Guangxi.

As you can guess from the place name, the so-called Fangcheng must be a border gate. The reason why the ancients named this place Fangcheng means to defend and defend the enemy from outside the country.

It was the end of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court was decadent, the defense forces were slack, and they were no longer able to maintain the situation at sea.

This resulted in the booming of piracy business between the Ming Dynasty and the Annan coast.

Especially in the past two years, a large number of Ming pirates have gone south for some reason, causing disturbances on the Annan coast and the environment of the Beibu Gulf getting worse and worse.

Until a certain army arrives.

Time: Noon. Location: Off the coast of Fangcheng.

The thick clouds all over the sky make everything on the sea seep into gray and black tones. The gray air, rain and mist, black waves, and even the flying seabirds and ships below all seem to be painted with ink and disappear into the darkness.

In the middle, there are shadows and shadows, and the true face cannot be seen clearly.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning penetrated the clouds and struck down in the sky.

Accompanied by the thick blue electric light, the golden sun followed. At this moment, the thick clouds were split open, revealing huge cracks. The golden sun that followed dyed everything it went.

Layer of gold: The rain has stopped.

It is normal for the wind and rain on the sea to come and go. However, the things that "flood" from the sky along with the sunshine are not so ordinary.

The three white-sailed warships that broke away from the large fleet, with large triangular sails spread out on their bows, leaned against the golden sun at their backs, and faced the monsoon wind blowing from the direction of the Philippine Sea, rushing towards the coast like sharp arrows.

At this time, a large group of thirty or forty indigenous ships, originally hidden in the darkness and traveling along the coast, had just come within sight of the incoming ship.

Unexpectedly, the indigenous fleet exploded immediately. At least 20% of the ships immediately made various tactical maneuvers: some pulled the sails and turned around, others abandoned their companions and headed south and north, and even more

The person, regardless of the possible reefs and shoals on the coast, plunged in and seemed to not even care about stranding and hitting the bottom.

The remaining large troops who were confused about the situation were immediately in a hurry when faced with this sudden chaos: they tried their best to turn the rudder to avoid the captain of the crazy ship, and a large number of crew members rushed out from below the deck after hearing the commotion, speaking incomprehensible Annan dialect, jumping to their feet

The boss yelling at the bow of the boat.

All in all, the scene was chaotic.

Time waits for no one. Just when the large fleet was adjusting its formation, the white-sailed battleship rushed over like lightning. It flashed a dazzling red light from a distance of a mile and a half, and then, a black dot flew from the distance.

It turned into iron balls and smashed into the large fleet.

The three sail warships are composed of one Youguang class and two Taijiang class. In other words, on average, about 15 shells are fired in each round of artillery fire.

On the swaying sea, even if it is a neat row of artillery, the final landing point will become unpredictable. The reason why the attacker fired the artillery shells from the farthest distance is because the large fleet is crowded together at the moment, so there is no need to worry

Hit rate.

The next moment, with a dull "dong-dong" sound, the ship's planks were smashed, the boatman was thrown away, the sail was torn, and the pieces of the ship were scattered everywhere by the bouncing iron balls, leaving a mess of blood and flesh.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of wailing sounds were heard. The sailors whose arms and legs were scraped were still alive for a while, and their screams mixed with the frightened roar of the ship's boss flew over the fleet.

Soon, the roaring sound of the cannons covered up the shouts of the natives. The rapidly approaching fleet made the interval between the sound of the cannons and the shells shorter and shorter. Now, as long as you can see a row of red dots on the incoming ship,

, you can hear the sound of artillery coming soon.

The brutal blow left the victim stunned.

Round after round of cannonballs smashed into their heads, followed by broken shipboards and flying human parts. All this made the pirates feel like they were in hell, and the large fleet suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, no matter what the previous thoughts of the indigenous ships were, everyone suddenly united in thinking: run away, and a large number of terrified sailors began to jump into the sea.

However, the nightmare was far from over. When the three speedboats were about to rush two hundred steps away from the pirate fleet, they made a light and gorgeous turn and circled around the pirate fleet - the whole process.

, no matter how the fleet maneuvered, the artillery fire never stopped, and kept firing artillery shells at precise time intervals. This mechanical coldness especially made the natives collapse.

The ferocious blow lasted for a full hour. After that, the sea was covered with ship fragments and floating humans, including dead people floating in the waves and living people floating in the waves.

The previous large fleet had already fallen apart. Except for the ship that was floating alone on the sea and sinking slowly, most of the others had sunk.

Only a few old acquaintances who recognized their opponents' escape in advance successfully saved the lives of themselves and their subordinates. They ran away with infinite terror towards the time travellers. Soon, these people will turn into voluntary propagandists and spread the bad news.

To every corner of Beibu Gulf.

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"This can be regarded as Liting's acupuncture point scanning!"

One hour was enough time for the transport fleet following behind to catch up. So the passengers on the passenger ship watched the final battle of the seventeenth-century Caribbean Pirates of the North Gulf pirate trilogy for free.

Seeing the tragic situation of the pirate gang, the investors from the north on the ship all twisted their beards and smiled.

Even if it is a servant sent by a certain noble gentry, he is still a servant wearing silk and satin, and he is an agent of the ruling class. The ruling class is naturally a deadly enemy of all kinds of bandits, so at this moment, no one in the audience on the ship can see him.

Lu couldn't bear it, but praised and loudly complimented Mr. Cao for his hard work in maintaining peace in the Beibu Gulf.

With the guests being so supportive, the host naturally wanted to come out to thank the guests. One of the travelers from the Nanxia Group who was responsible for escorting the boat, a former Meituan delivery boy named Shang Qi, quickly stepped forward.

After the exchange of business blows, Shang Qi immediately stood on the bow of the ship and solemnly expressed his position on the current harsh environment of the Beibu Gulf: This place has already left the gate of the Ming Dynasty, so the gentle policy of the Ming Dynasty has been discontinued. According to the regulations of the General Military Yamen

The latest spirit: Annan and Annan coastal areas must be suppressed by ten forces! We must "cleanse the evil atmosphere" and let the outsiders know the pros and cons!

In view of the fact that Master Wang does not have time to distinguish Annan fishermen from pirates at the moment, there will be ships that will continue to "clean up" this area for some time to come. Note that the cleanup is a sweep, not a cleanup. The ultimate goal is: fragmentation of the Beibu Gulf.

Don’t go into the sea!

Shang Qi’s final statement: The above-mentioned “Beibu Gulf Cleanup” policy to protect the safety of investors’ trade routes will continue until the Annan coast is completely “cleaned up”.

Faced with such a murderous declaration of investment promotion, the passengers on the passenger ship expressed their emotional stability. Yes, no matter what, this place has already left the Ming Dynasty. No matter how serious the murderous karma is, it will not be their turn.

The official Ming Dynasty interrupted.

Besides, eliminating these foreign "fishing bandits" who are neither fishing nor bandits will definitely be beneficial to everyone's future transportation environment. Why don't you support it?

After the rain, the sea surface was blue and the sky was thousands of miles away. Along with the boastful chatter of the boat passengers, there was the fleet heading south in a hurry, as well as the shipwrecks and corpses left behind by the fleet.

By the morning of the next day, the huge and slow transport fleet had completed the remaining two hundred miles of sea route and anchored in Halong Bay.

It's nearly August, and the Annam rainy season is at its peak. However, amid the mist and rain, Halong Bay, which was originally deserted, is now full of life and people.

After more than half a month of frantic construction by outsiders, Halong Bay and even the harbor, Hon Kei Fort and other places are already crowded with large construction sites.

Rewarded with generous money and food, a large number of local farmers came after hearing the news, fighting against the endless rain, and forcibly modified the original appearance of nature into planned man-made structures.

At this moment, from time to time, towering water columns bursting through the reefs will appear in Halong Bay. On the shore, there is a wall of people flowing continuously. The indigenous people are shouting slogans to pull the big rocks over and throw them into the barbed wire boxes deep into the sea. This is

Laying the foundation for a large trestle.

The outer construction sites are busy. As for the core building, Hongji Fort, the fort walls have been built in a short period of time.

In fact, the most difficult part of building a city wall in Annan during the rainy season is actually laying the foundation. Once the foundation is repaired and the waterproofing is in place, the bricks can be piled up very quickly.

The city wall of Hon Kei Fort is still far from completion. The side facing the inland has the highest priority, and its height has reached 15 meters. Although the height is not enough, the thickness of this wall is quite good, half a meter.

You can see that at regular intervals, there are protruding circular forts being built.

Inside the castle, there are now several brick houses. The largest of them is being used to receive guests today.

Among the guests who came this time, the two most distinguished ones were undoubtedly Ma Min, the head of the Household Department, who represented the emperor and the imperial court, and Du Shangbao, the eunuch and deputy envoy of the inner treasury.

Below these two, there are a number of retired senior cadres from Beijing and Jiangnan, and further down, there are "little" people such as the brother-in-law of a certain country, the brother-in-law of a certain marquis, the housekeeper of a certain uncle, etc.

Shao Qiang, who served as the temporary fortress master, heard that the Ming gentry investment group and the supply fleet had arrived, and hurriedly came out to greet them. Within a moment, the real bigwigs of the investment group were welcomed into the fort by Shao Qiang.

"Place the wine, cut the noodles, and kill the chicken. Sir, I want to entertain the distinguished guests today!"

In Hongjibao nowadays, seafood is not valuable, and the most expensive ones are pasta from the north.

Therefore, Mr. Shao is showing his sincerity to entertain distinguished guests this time. It is necessary to spend some money to make investments. Who would let people have money buried in the cellar? Rather than being dug out by Li Zicheng and finally given to the Tatars, it is better to invest in Annan.

It would be nice to order mango.

If the host is enthusiastic, the guests will naturally appreciate it. Anyone who traveled all the way to a foreign country like Annan is definitely not a Taoist gentleman. All of them are people with clear features and clear eyes.

So in the newly built big brick house with a back hall, everyone was in harmony, the wine was dry, and the guests and hosts looked forward to the future of the Annan development.

Unexpectedly, just when the atmosphere was warm, someone announced outside the door: "Report~~~ The Annan County Magistrate is outside asking for an audience!"

"What? County magistrate?" Shao Qiang was a little surprised, and then he laughed strangely and explained: "You sirs don't know something. Recently, the Annan government sent two petty officials to harass me, but I kicked them out.

I don’t want sesame seeds to come back again, mung beans come again.”

After thinking about it, Shao Qiang decided to meet the Annan County Magistrate: "Then please invite the Annan people to come in. Fortunately, all of you are here today, so you can support me."
Chapter completed!