The naval fleet of the Ponu Army on the sea outside Huizhou of the Ming Dynasty was anchored here to rest. They sent small sampans to Chencun on the land to purchase grain, live pigs, fresh vegetables and fruits to supplement supplies for the next voyage. Dozens of small boats were led by Deputy Qianzheng Bai Xiaoyue. They took the official documents issued by the Ponu Marquis of the Ming Dynasty to deceive the people of the Ming Dynasty who had never seen the world. According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty court, the military must have official documents for the Ministry of War to travel, and the routes that the army holds official documents for the Ministry of War are clearly marked in the official documents. Once there are behaviors that diverge in the official documents, if the number of people increases or decreases, the wrong route will be regarded as rebellion.

The Navy of the Pou Nu Army naturally could not have the documents of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty. They used the documents with the seal of the Pou Nu Hou in the Ming Dynasty to buy supplies. In fact, the Pou Nu Army had real money and silver more effective than the documents. The people here were not disgusted with anyone who used the robbers and the cruel officials who collected taxes. The people of Huizhou of the Ming Dynasty did not understand the official language of the soldiers of the Pou Nu Army in the north, and they did not recognize the words on the official documents of the Pou Nu Hou Mansion. In the eyes of these simple people, the bright red Pou Nu Hou seal means that these people are from the government. In particular, the Pou Nu Army paid for the purchase of goods made the people think that the people from the northern government in the Ming Dynasty were more real than the local governments, and they had the ability to buy and sell but had fair transactions.

The Ponu Army purchased supplies to seize the silver obtained by Zheng Zhilong's pirates, so he was very generous. The trading venue of a temporary village attracted the people of seven or eight nearby villages to trade. The three-day transaction not only attracted the people of the nearby villages, but also attracted the attention of Lin Keshan, the governor of Huizhou Prefecture. This Lin Keshan was originally a Jinshi in the sixth year of Tianqi, and was from Fengyang, a native of Zhili, and became the county magistrate of Gaoyang County, Baoding Prefecture. The city wall of Gaoyang County was that the Ponu Hou gave 10,000 taels of gold to reinforce, and Lin Keshan took a lot of benefits from it. He was familiar with Sun Chengzong, the former Minister of War, and was a member of the Donglin Party. He was suppressed and retired in the struggle between the Donglin Party and the Wei Zhongxian eunuch Party, and he was reunited to Huizhou, a poor mountainous land in the second year of Chongzhen.

Lin Keshan heard that the subordinates of the Ponu Hou Mansion were doing business in Chencun in Huizhou, and personally went to Chencun not far from Huizhou to inspect. He knew very well that the Ponu Hou Mansion was somewhat illegal to send people to do business. Generally, the Ming Dynasty’s noble family would not issue official documents when doing business. What he was afraid of was being caught by the imperial censor and impeached memorials. It was not that Lin Keshan was bold, but that he knew that Ponu Hou’s business would usually bring the nobles of Nanzhili to work together. If Lin Keshan wanted to get out of the miserable Huizhou, he needed to put down his figure and contact these shameless noble slaves, at least he could not set up unnecessary obstacles on his future journey to become a leader.

Yang Chunhe, the co-supervisor of the Ponu Army, who was planning the next route on the "Zhenhai" ship, heard that the Huizhou prefect Lin Keshan came and also came ashore to meet. Yang Chunhe was not a pedantic person. When he heard that the prefect Lin Keshan was an acquaintance of Sun Ge Lao, he immediately gave 1,000 taels of silver as a meeting gift. Lin Keshan was even more active, otherwise he would not have run so far to humiliate his identity. When he heard that the shameless Ponu Hou in the Ming Dynasty planned to go to Annan to buy food, he hurriedly dissuaded. At this time, it was divided into two parts, the north and south capital of Annan. Shenglong City, the capital of Annan, was controlled by Zheng Song's descendants, and the six ministries of Annan Kingdom were abolished. All the Annan government orders came out to Shenglong from Zheng Mansion. The son of King Annan was kidnapped by another general Ruan Huang to Huhua City. Ruan Huang established a Ruan Mansion to confront Zheng Mansion in Huhua.

In the description of Link Mountain, Annan's era was very chaotic, and the Li Dynasty royal family became a puppet that the real power generals were arbitrarily humiliated. Annan was suppressed by the Ming Dynasty, and the inside was divided into two warlords in the north and south. A large amount of fields were deserted and might not be able to provide the food purchased for Ponuhou. Link Mountain suggested to Yang Chunhe that there was a relatively wealthy country in Annan. Moreover, the rice produced in the area was ripe three times a year, not only had high yields, but also had a good taste. However, Chameng has not had a good life recently. In order to accumulate supplies for the Northern Expedition, Annan Kingdom in the north planned to annex the weak Chameng. After learning the news, Yang Chunhe was filled with righteous indignation. How could the things that Ponu Army liked were stolen by others?

In an urgent mood, Yang Chunhe immediately asked the staff of the army to write an urgent report in front of Lin Keshan, intending to send a clutch to report to commander Yang Qiantu. Yang Chunhe also took out five hundred gold coins from Ponucheng to Huizhou magistrate Lin Keshan for providing this information. Unexpectedly, after collecting the gold coins, Lin Keshan made a new request. He saw the huge warship of the Ponu Army moored on the sea, and hoped that the Ponu Army would negotiate with the English fleet in Taixi and ask them to return the abducted artillery at the Humen Fort. Lin Keshan also hoped that the Ponu Army would use the banner of Huizhou official army when negotiating with the English fleet, and to seek some military merits for him personally.

Lin Keshan's request was very consistent with the strategy of Zhang Dashui's warship training with Taixi warships. Yang Chunhe did not think too much and agreed to Lin Keshan's request for troops. The Ponu Army was quite famous in the Ming Dynasty. The Ponu Marquis was not invincible when he took action. Moreover, the Ponu Army naval warships on the sea were more than twice as large as the English warships. Lin Keshan believed that under the deterrence of the Ponu Army, the English would definitely hand over the abducted artillery. He, a civil servant, could make this military merit, and he would definitely take the lead in his official position. Lin Keshan, who was so excited that his military merits were red, immediately issued a document to organize Huizhou's official army to fight with the Ponu Army.

As a result, the suggestion of Lin Keshan to send the official army to fight with the Ponu Army Navy was politely rejected by Yang Chunhe. The Ponu Army never let outsiders interfere in the war. Yang Chunhe suggested that the Huizhou official army look at the battle outside the battlefield. Once the Ponu Army Navy negotiated successfully, the Huizhou official army would then hand it over to the Huizhou official army to intervene in the aftermath. Yang Chunhe's proposal was highly recognized by Lin Keshan. Immediately, Lin Keshan ordered the collection of food, grass and money as the cost of the Ponu Army's disconnection. Yang Chunhe refused again. The government collected money and money in the end, but the Ponu Army could not get a few copper coins, which made the people dislike. The Ponu Army had to create a good reputation for purchasing food in the future. There was no need for the government to worry about the matter of spending money by itself.

In addition to leaving Deputy Qianzheng Bai Xiaoyue and fifty sailors to continue purchasing grain, Yang Chunhe asked Lin Keshan about the specific location of the English fleet, and returned to the "Zhenhai" gunship and ordered the entire fleet to pounce on the Lingding Ocean outside Guangzhou Prefecture. Yang Chunhe still asked Lin Keshan for several fishermen who were familiar with the local sea conditions, as well as Yue Chengfu, a staff member who was familiar with the official language of the Northern Territory, to act as a translator between the fishermen and the Ponu Army. As for the flags of the Huizhou official army, of course, it was impossible to miss. Before entering the Lingding Ocean, the Ponu Army Navy quickly transformed into the Ming Dynasty's Navy warship. The English fleet consisted of four gunships, "Dragon", "Sun", "Catherine", "Coller", and two light sailboats, "Anne", and "Discover".

The commander of the English fleet was Colonel John Widdle, who was appointed by King Charles I of England, and the deputy commander was Colonel Nathaniel Montney. Also accompanying Montney's younger brother John Montney, English historian Peter Mundy, and Thomas Robinson, who was proficient in Portuguese translation. Before the fleet commander, Colonel John Widdle, came to the Ming Dynasty, he was full of awe for this mysterious and wealthy country. But the artillery showdown a few days ago allowed Widdle to see the weak appearance of this powerful country. The English warships have never been the opponents of Spanish and Portuguese warships. They are even inferior to Dutch gunships, and the English gunships can only do some pirate deals secretly.

Since they were pirates, the English fleet was naturally used to solving problems with force. This time they spent more than a year to come to the East and brought a large amount of gold and silver coins, just to buy silk, tea and porcelain that were popular in Europe. These commodities were simply soft gold in Europe, and a one-time transaction could make the entire fleet make a fortune. King Charles I of England injected 10,000 pounds into the fleet, which was enough to fill the fleet with goods. After capturing the Ming army's Humen artillery artillery, Colonel Widdle wanted to use these ragged artillery as bargaining chips to force the Ming government to reduce the price of goods.

Unexpectedly, the Ming Dynasty government was very tough. Not only was it not scared by the powerful firepower of the English fleet, but it also refused all their unreasonable requests in a tough tone. This made Colonel Widdle very confused. He could not understand the way of thinking of these Orientals. Then, the English fleet robbed two small fishing villages near Fuyong to replenish freshwater, grain and other supplies for the fleet. Colonel Widdle was preparing to lead the fleet to press Guangzhou again in three days to threaten the Ming Dynasty government to trade with it. Just when the English fleet was about to do something big, a powerful fleet appeared on the southern sea of ​​the English fleet.

Widdle, standing on the rear deck of the high-rise warship of England's flagship "Dragon", nervously watched the powerful fleet with a telescope. He saw a five-mass cannon ship in this fleet dominated by black sailing ships. The gunship was hung with a red sun and moon battle flag of the Ming Dynasty. The hull was opened in the second-floor gun window, revealing a black muzzle. Years of sailing experience allowed Widdle to quickly determine the caliber and number of guns on the opposite gunship. Widdle calculated that the artillery of the Ming Dynasty's main gunship was about seventy, and the caliber was equivalent to the eight-pound to ten-pound guns in Europe. The number of artillery of the Ming Dynasty's main gunship was almost equivalent to the firepower of more than half of the gunships in the English fleet. This battle was scared before Weiddle was attacked.

As a qualified pirate captain, Wedell believed in the way of negotiating first if he could not defeat, and used negotiations as much as possible to delay time in order to find an opportunity to escape in the dark. For this reason, Wedell sent a negotiation boat. He found the Daming village girl who had just caught raped, and asked the village girl to bring a message to try to resolve all disputes with the Ming fleet. The small sampan of the English fleet carried six sailors and a Daming village girl to the Po Nu Army fleet five miles away. The small sampan was hung high on the white pennant and approached the main ship of the Po Nu Army "Zhenhai". Yang Chunhe, the co-man who observed the enemy's movements on the main ship, was also a little dizzy by the English fleet's trick. He couldn't figure out what the main leader of the opposite fleet sold in the gourd. (To be continued)
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