"Also, your life and death are not decided by me, but by the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"
"As for your subordinates, as long as they have completed their labor service, I will release them Freedom!"
The more than 2,000 captured soldiers, plus more than 2,000 young and strong men, are very rare labor forces that can be used to repair city walls and fortresses.
Zhu Jinghong has already planned to garrison troops in Kota Kei City, so the city defense here must not only be repaired, but also further reinforced and expanded, which will require a lot of labor.
Simmons was taken away, and Zhu Jinghong landed ashore, accompanied by a group of generals, to inspect this city with a history of more than a hundred years.
The style of the Spanish city was very different from that of the Ming Dynasty. Being in it almost made Zhu Jinghong feel that he had returned to modern society.
Zhu Jinghong felt it was novel, and the generals present were even more curious. They kept pointing and talking along the way.
"Why is it so noisy in front?"
After Zhu Jinghong finished speaking, Xu Minglin, the admiral of the Zhejiang Navy, immediately replied: "Reporting to your highness, there are several empty warehouses in front of you, with thousands of people in custody. Prisoners!"
The task of guarding the prisoners fell on the Zhejiang Navy, so it was Xu Minglin who made the report.
"Go and have a look!"
Soon, they arrived at the warehouse.
The warehouse has been expanded, and the length and width are about two hundred meters each. With more than 3,000 young people temporarily accommodated, it does seem to be quite crowded.
It is hot now, and even drinking water is difficult to guarantee. This kind of living environment is so bad that these pampered soldiers and gentlemen are cursing and complaining at this moment.
"Your Highness, keeping these white-eyed wolves is a waste of food. I think it would be better to kill them all!" Wang Long suggested.
Wang Long was responsible for the previous storm. His men suffered heavy losses, and he hated these so-called prisoners of war, so he thought of killing the prisoners to vent his anger.
After all, the Spaniards are foreigners, so Wang Long has no psychological burden when killing them.
"Keep it, it's still useful!" Zhu Jinghong said calmly.
The so-called usefulness, of course, not only refers to building cities, but also takes into account diplomatic issues.
It is not a big problem to defeat the Spaniards, but if all the young soldiers are killed, the Ming Dynasty's image in Europe will be slightly damaged, and the "Ming Dynasty threat theory" is hyped by the Spaniards, then the problem will be big.
In short, the Western powers have many colonies in the East. If they are attracted to attack them in groups, the court's existing navy will not be able to resist them.
So next, Zhu Jinghong will send people to contact Portugal, Britain, France and other countries to express that the war against Spain is out of self-defense. I hope everyone will not panic too much.
"Select out the craftsmen and the good ones inside!" Zhu Jinghong ordered.
He has already ordered this matter, and he is saying it a second time now to show that he attaches great importance to it.
"I haveI've been ordered to go down! "Xu Minglin replied.
"Let's go and change places! "
Then they wandered around the city again. Half an hour later they arrived at Simons' official office and found a barrel of wine in the wine cellar.
"This is the Spanish royal family. The reward, I guess, is their good wine, and since I met it today... how about you all have a drink together? ”
This was a celebratory drink in advance, and of course everyone was happy with it, so they immediately ordered people to get the wine glasses.
The three admirals present, the accompanying large number of deputy generals, and the nearby Guards, this barrel of wine is worthy of being seen.
"The luminous cup of grape wine, I want to drink the pipa immediately. Jun Mo is lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times..."
After reciting this sentence, Zhu Jinghong raised his wine glass high, glanced at the crowd and said: "Everyone, cheers to conquer this city...! "
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In the next few days, Zhu Jinghong sent people to contact the Portuguese, indicating that Ming Dynasty did not want to expand the war.
After expelling the Spaniards, he was willing to live in harmony with Portugal and would transfer the main force of the navy back to the mainland in batches.
After saying this, Andre felt much more at ease, and a temporary agreement was reached between the two countries. .
And Zhu Jinghong also reported to the emperor again, asking his envoys to contact the British, French and Dutch in India, and stabilize them first before talking about other things.
Of course, it was also mentioned in the report. The key ports in Luzon and the garrison in Kota Kei.
The next days will be the repair of Kota Kei City. This will take a month.
According to Zhu Jinghong's order during this period, a total of 10,000 soldiers were deployed from several coastal provinces and assigned to various seaports and cities to complete the initial military occupation.
But to truly ensure security, strong troops are needed. The navy is good, so it is imperative to expand the navy, but that is something that will happen later.
On the first day of March in the 15th year of Zhengtong, Zhu Jinghong received a reply from the emperor and agreed to his request. All suggestions were made, and he was allowed to return in accordance with the Queen's decree.
Zhu Jinghong left Beijing in April last year, and it has been eleven months. Now that the naval battle has ended and the situation has stabilized, it is indeed time for him to return.
The general stationed in Kota Kei is a deputy general of the Zhejiang Navy. This person has two commanders, who are in charge of the remaining fleet and the garrison infantry.
All arrangements are made. After that, on the fifth day of March, Zhu Jinghong led the main force of the navy to return.
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Zhu Jinghong wanted to return, and his first stop was Tongzhou, which is the Zhejiang River. The division's station.
On his way back, the three major naval divisions also separated. The Liaodong Navy returned to its station in the north, and the Zhejiang Navy went straight to Hangzhou.
On March 15th, Zhu Jinghong arrived in Tongzhou. On this day, he had just turned 20.
After a day of correction in Tongzhou, he led his guards to Yingtian. His family members had already arrived.Two months ago, he returned to Yingtian from Quanzhou to wait for him.
Just after crossing the Yangtze River, Zhu Jinghong changed his mind and went straight to Suzhou.
Suzhou is a well-known prosperous place in the world, but Zhu Jinghong did not go to see the prosperity, but to meet an old friend.
When he went to see Daiyu, he was very low-key and did not use any ceremonial guards. He only brought 50 close bodyguards such as the Dragon Guards, plus 200 guards from the Standard Guards.
Due to the accident a few years ago, the soldiers accompanying him this time were all wearing armor and equipped with weapons and equipment. They could protect Zhu Jinghong from any invading enemy.
After crossing the river, it is Changzhou. It takes about a day and a half to reach Suzhou. It is already noon when we arrive.
At this time, Daiyu was sitting alone in front of the hut, quietly looking at the bamboo forest not far away, where her father's tomb was.
After looking at it for a while, Daiyu turned her gaze and landed on the coffee table on one side, where there was a letter and a fine Guqin.
The letter was written by Jia Baoyu, and Qin was also sent by this guy. The things were handed over by servants one by one, and they were delivered to her two days ago.
Jia Baoyu, a familiar stranger, this is Daiyu’s current impression of him.
The content of the letter is very simple. One is concerned about Daiyu's current situation, and the other is a request to come and offer incense to her uncle.
Although it had been two days since the letter was received, Daiyu had not thought about how to reply. She actually did not want to be involved with Jia Baoyu.
In order to take care of Jia Baoyu's soul, Daiyu declined all his proposals, but today she felt that she should not do this anymore.
After firming up her idea, Daiyu immediately got up and walked into the room, picked up a pen and started writing on the letter paper.
After a few breaths, Daiyu finished writing, then called Zijuan and ordered her to hand the letter to Jia Baoyu.
Seeing that something was wrong with Daiyu today, Zijuan asked: "How did the girl get back?"
Daiyu replied: "I asked him not to come to me again, so as not to It attracts criticism from others!"
Zicjuan understands that Jia Baoyu is a good person, so she can't help but sympathize with him at this moment.
"Is this... going to hurt him too much?" Zijuan asked.
"If you continue to break up, you will be disturbed... I am doing this for his own good!" Daiyu sighed.
Zicjuan nodded. She understood this truth, so she knew she had to do this.
"Give it back to him too?"
"Yeah!"
"Okay...I'll go right away!"
In the past two days, Jia Baoyu waited outside the gate of the Lin family's thatched cottage every day in order to see Daiyu. He tried to break in several times but was stopped by the Lin family.
Lin Yao even moved his hands and punched his nominal cousin several times.
After a few breaths, Zicuckoo arrived outside the Lin family's thatched cottage, and sure enough, she saw Jia Baoyu and a few accompanying boys under a big tree not far away.
At this moment, Jia Baoyu looked tired, sitting under the tree and dejected, when he saw it was ZicuckooCome here to cheer up.
But when he saw Guqin being carried back, Jia Baoyu became less calm.
Standing up and looking at the approaching Zijuan, Jia Baoyu quickly asked: "Sister Zijuan, this thing..."
"Girl, please give it back to the second master, please give it back." I wrote a letter back to the second master!"
Jia Baoyu did not go to play the guqin, but directly grabbed the letter, opened it and read it carefully.
In order to avoid any misunderstanding by Jia Baoyu, this letter was written orally.
"Baoyu, don't come to me again in the future, I'm afraid that Master Thirteen will misunderstand..."
There are three sentences in the letter, and Daiyu's last sentence is directly Let Jia Baoyu break his defense.
I saw him tearing up the letter, and the next moment he staggered to his knees, then looked up to the sky and screamed: "No... no..."
Then, Jia Baoyu Looking in the direction of the Lin family's thatched cottage, he climbed over desperately, and then shouted: "Sister Lin, sister Lin... I have something to say, I have something to say to you!"
"Two Master, Second Master..."
Seeing this, several young men immediately stepped forward to stop him to prevent their young master from being too embarrassed.
Being pulled back by the boys, Jia Baoyu's heart was filled with despair, and he looked like a wooden man.
Watching this scene, Zicuckoo was particularly worried, and could only sigh helplessly.
However, as soon as Jia Baoyu was taken away by the boys, Zijuan heard a series of horse hoofbeats. A few breaths later, she saw a group of cavalry approaching quickly at the corner of the green road. .
Zicuckoo was so frightened that she quickly backed away, while the servants guarding the door of the Lin family all had earth-colored faces and were frightened.
A few more breaths later, this group of more than fifty cavalrymen arrived at the gate of the Lin family. At this moment, the head of the Lin family, Lin Yao, had already greeted them.
Although he was only a half-grown child, Lin Yao suppressed his panic at this moment and asked the visitor what was going on.
This team of knights are all strong, well-equipped and equipped with shiny armor. At first glance, they have extraordinary origins and profound backgrounds.
"The Thirteenth Master is here, please prepare to welcome him as soon as possible!"
The leader of the Baihu team only said this, and then ordered his men to deploy defenses separately. The Lin family's thatched cottage is not big. He was quickly surrounded.
This group of people was responsible for exploring the road. Zhu Jinghong followed the large group of people behind, and the distance between them was only five miles.
When Zhu Jinghong approached, Daiyu also knew the news of his arrival.
At this moment, Daiyu was both surprised and surprised, so she asked Zicuckoo to help her wash up. As for dressing up, she didn't bother with it. After all, she was still wearing mourning for her father.
A few minutes later, Zhu Jinghong himself arrived at the Lin family thatched cottage, and the surrounding area within 30 feet was strictly guarded by the guards.
This was the first time Lin Yao met Zhu Jinghong, and he found that the world-famous King Xiang was very different from what he had imagined.
For example, in his impression, the prince should wear a regimental dragon robe and a winged crown, as the etiquette dictates, surrounded byThere should be some ceremonial guards, some eunuchs to serve, some maids...
But today, there are only guards around Zhu Jinghong. He is wearing a black and dark blue round-neck robe, and his hair is only tied up with a net scarf.
"Are you the heir of the Lin family?"
Looking at the soles of the feet that appeared in front of him, Lin Yao quickly put away his messy thoughts, lowered his head and replied: "Return to your highness, little one." Lin Yao, loved by my sister, was chosen as my father's heir!"
Although Lin Yao was extremely nervous, Zhu Jinghong still admired him for his clear speech.
"Since you have been entrusted, you must do your best!" Zhu Jinghong urged.
"Your Highness's teachings must be remembered by the villain!"
"Get up!" Zhu Jinghong said calmly.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
When Lin Yao stood up, Zhu Jinghong had already stepped into the door, and he had already seen Daiyu through the door.
I saw Daiyu standing in the door wearing a green dress with affectionate eyes, like a wife waiting for her husband to return.
Lin Yao wanted to follow, but Lu Yuxin stopped him with his hand.
The interior of the Lin family's thatched cottage has been emptied, and there is no one else except Daiyu Zijuan. Of course, it is impossible to let Lin Yao in at this moment, even if he is the owner here.
Lin Yao is a very smart person. He had heard before that Zhu Jinghong was interested in his sister, and now the situation made him certain of many things.
While he was thinking, Lu Yuxin took the initiative to close the door, just to create an environment for Zhu Jinghong to be alone.
As Zhu Jinghong entered the courtyard, as he and Daiyu got closer, he already noticed the other's moist eyes.
The tears Daiyu shed were indeed for Zhu Jinghong, and she had shed tears countless times in the past two years.
But this time she was happy because she was happy that Zhu Jinghong was safe, and even more happy that he was here!
At this moment, standing one step away from Daiyu, Zhu Jinghong had a lot to say in his heart, but in the end he only said one sentence: "Girl Lin, long time no see!"
Pick up the Wiping her tears with a handkerchief, Daiyu saluted and said, "Greetings to the Thirteenth Master!"
Zhu Jinghong immediately stretched out his hand, held Daiyu up, and said, "No need to be polite, there will be no talk of dignity today. , Just reminiscing about old friendships!"
This is indeed a bit explicit, which is fine in private, but there is a Zicuckoo next to me!
Zicuckoo also felt embarrassed at this time, so she immediately said: "Girl, I...I'm going to make tea!"
"Thirteenth Master, please excuse me!"< /p>
After saying this, Zicuckoo quickly slipped away, leaving only Zhu Jinghong and Daiyu in the courtyard.
I missed him so much when we didn't meet, but we didn't know how to talk when we met, so at this time, the two of them didn't say a word.
Of course, they are all looking at each other, they only have each other in their eyes at the moment.
After a while, looking at Zhu Jinghong who had tanned a lot, Daiyu said with heartache: "You have suffered in these months and you are all tanned!" The transcoding has been serious recently, which makes us moreThere is power and faster updates. Please use your little hands to exit the reading mode. Thank you