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Just as the envoy sent by Zhu Zhongqu said, Zhu Jinsong is now the emperor of the ninth grade, and Zhu Erdan, Zhu Jinsong's brother, is not even a prince, not even a prince.

Although Zhu Erdan is now in charge of the former military governor's palace and has tens of thousands of troops under his command, which can be considered a high position, but compared with princes, princes and other princes, he is a bit inferior.

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This is why Grand Master Ruan sent someone to persuade Zhu Erdan to surrender even though he knew that Zhu Erdan and Zhu Jinsong were brothers.

Who can resist the temptation of breaking the earth and sealing the grass, being a high-ranking official with generous salary, glory and wealth, and having a beautiful wife and concubine?

Anyway, Taishi Ruan felt that he couldn't.

But Zhu Erdan laughed loudly, looked at the envoy sent by Zhu Zhongqu and said: "Although my eldest brother is the supreme emperor in 1995, do you know what kind of life my eldest brother lives every day?"

Without waiting for the reply from the envoy sent by Zhu Zhongqu, Zhu Erdan continued: "At half past midnight every day, my eldest brother will get up early to handle the official affairs of the court and the local area."

"Before midnight every day, my eldest brother will discuss state affairs with the cabinet ministers and more than a dozen ministers. After that, there will be a whole day of official business."

"After arriving in Panghei, my eldest brother had to copy textbooks for social studies and county schools. He couldn't sleep until after midnight every day."

"Of course, you may think that all this is what an emperor should do, but let me tell you, my eldest brother only has one sister-in-law in his harem, and each meal for the two of them only consists of two dishes and a soup, which is probably not enough.

It’s not as good as the fifth-rank officials among your rebels, okay?”

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"Are you still the supreme emperor? Is your emperor the kind of emperor who wakes up earlier than a chicken, goes to bed later than a dog, eats worse than a pig, and does more than a cow?"

The envoy sent by Zhu Zhongqu did not dwell on the word "rebel" in Zhu Erdan's words, but instead carefully remembered what Zhu Erdan said.

This information is something that no one can usually find out.

However, the envoys sent by Zhu Zhongqu somewhat doubted the authenticity of these messages.

Not to mention those high-ranking officials in the court who are above the fifth rank, even if I am only a seventh-rank Hanlin, each meal is more than just two dishes and one soup.

What's more, there is only one sister-in-law in the harem? Who can believe such nonsense? Even though I am a noble Hanlin official, I still have several wives and concubines at home!

If it is true what Zhu Erdan said, then Zhu Jinsong, the Ming Emperor, really got up earlier than a chicken, ate worse than a pig, slept later than a dog, and worked more than an ox.

What kind of power does this kind of emperor have?

It's not as good as a seventh-grade Hanlin like myself!

Just when the envoy sent by Zhu Zhongqu doubted the authenticity of the news, Zhu Erdan laughed again and said, "Since you want to hear it, I might as well tell you more."

Having said this, Zhu Erdan patted his chest again and said: "Look, I am eight feet tall and have a body like an iron tower, but my eldest brother is half a head shorter than me, and his body bones are far less strong than mine. You know this is

Why?"

The envoy sent by Zhu Zhongqu looked at Zhu Erdan with a confused face and thought, where do you want me to go?

But Zhu Erdan said to himself: "I'll tell you why - because there was a disaster one year, my eldest brother saved all the food at home and gave it to me and the third child. If it weren't for the eldest brother, the third child and I would have been

starving."

"Let me tell you this, my life was given to me by my elder brother. You idiots actually want to persuade me to surrender and betray my elder brother."

After hearing what Zhu Erdan said, the envoy sent by Zhu Zhongqu knew that the so-called persuasion to surrender was completely useless.

If in normal times, an older brother can share his rations with his two younger brothers, then it can be said that he loves his younger brothers. But when a disaster strikes, he can still save his own rations for his two younger brothers.

This is no longer about loving or caring for your younger brother, this is the gift of survival!

It is not that the envoy has never seen the scene of disasters among the people - when they are hungry and anxious, they will really eat people. They are reluctant to eat their own children, so they will trade their own children to other people's homes to eat each other.

And this is far from the worst thing. The worst thing is that father and son cannibalize each other - I eat my son, and my son eats me!

Great famine, father and son cannibalism, just six words, but they are the numerous bones that cannot be covered up in the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong in Tatar Qing Dynasty, and thousands of ghosts cry at night!

Thinking of this, the envoy sent by Zhu Zhongqu couldn't help but want to retreat, bowed his hands to Zhu Erdan and said: "We didn't know that the second son Zhu and the emperor of your country actually had such a past, but we were reckless, so we will leave now.

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But Zhu Erdan sneered and said: "You didn't understand what I just said, did you? Then I will tell you again - either surrender obediently, or die for me!"

The envoy sent by Zhu Zhongqu changed his face greatly. He looked at Zhu Erdan and said, "Don't you, the Second Master, hear about the war between the two countries and come to envoy him without killing him?"

Zhu Erdan sneered and said: "My eldest brother once said that in a war, you will die or I will live. The nonsense that the two countries are at war without killing each other is simply the result of you poor and rotten scholars who are greedy for life and afraid of death.

Made it up.”

The envoy sent by Zhu Zhongqu thought to himself, why should I die and you live? Why not you should live and die?

But complaints are complaints, and the two choices Zhu Erdan gave were obvious. For a while, the envoy sent by Zhu Zhongqu was in a dilemma.

If you are willing to surrender, your parents, wife and children are still in the hands of the imperial court in the rear.

I have the heart to choose to die, but I am reluctant to die.

After a long silence, the envoy sent by Zhu Zhongqu said in a deep voice: "Then there is no need to talk?"

Zhu Erdan nodded and said in a deep voice: "You have only two choices: surrender or die."

Hearing what Zhu Erdan said, the envoy sent by Zhu Zhongqu simply tried to discuss the terms with Zhu Erdan: "How about you let me go back and I will tell you everything I know? I have an old man above me and a young man below me.

Yes, if I die like this, what will happen to the eighty-year-old mother left at home?"

…

Just when Grand Master Ruan sent people to persuade Zhu Erdan to surrender, Huang Liangji, the "Duke of Daming Town", had also led his troops northward.

If you travel from Zhejiang to Shandong by land, it will probably take at least 10 days and a half, but if you travel by sea, it only takes a day or two from Ningbo to Denglai.

The key is that in this day, he can stay away from the 200,000 troops led by Zhu Erdan and make achievements in Denglai. For Huang Liangji, the Duke of Zhenguo, there is simply no better thing in the world than this.

As for whether the war will be lost? This kind of thing is obviously not within the scope of Huang Liangji and Mr. Huang.

Don't forget, Huang Liangji and Huang Gongye's men were the elite navy of the "Ming Dynasty", and they also recruited pirates from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. They were really strong soldiers and horses. But what did Zhu Jinsong's navy have?

Even Lin Shuangwen, who has been fooling around at sea all year round, only has a few small sampans in his hands. The Denglai Navy has been a waste during the Qing Dynasty. Now in the hands of the rebel Zhu Jinsong, it will probably become nothing more than a waste.

Gotta be even more rubbish.

Because the conditions required for shipbuilding were too harsh, the rebel leader Zhu Jinsong had just occupied Shandong for a few years. Even if he had the ambition to build ships, he could not get the wood needed for shipbuilding.

When he thought that he was about to break the myth of Zhu Jinsong's undefeated success, Huang Liangji couldn't help but feel happy. When he was happy, he sang a little song: "Play the drum hard, beat the gong slowly, stop the gong, stop the drum."

Listen to singing, all kinds of gossip also sing, listen to me singing..."

But before Mr. Huang could sing the three most important words after the ditty, the watchman on the mast raised a flag.

"The enemy forces ahead, five ships with cannons and battleships."

Mr. Huang, whose interest was interrupted, was no longer in the mood to sing. Instead, he quickly ran to the bow of the ship and picked up the binoculars to look at it.

According to the information obtained by Mr. Huang, Zhu Jinsong's men should only have some broken boats such as small sampans. If there are five warships, it is impossible to have five warships.

Mr. Huang knew very well in his heart that although the composition of the soldiers on his ship was complex, including regular sailors and pirates who made a living at sea, both navy soldiers and pirates were trained by his family for many years.

It is impossible for these people to lie to themselves.

In other words, five battleships did appear on the opposite side.

So the question arises - where did Zhu Jinsong get the five warships when the Denglai Navy could not count on it and it was too late to build temporary ships?

Was this assigned by Lin Shuangwen?

Don't talk nonsense, the Fujian Navy under Lin Shuangwen is still being suppressed by his own Daming Navy. If he can take care of himself, it is good. How can he allocate five warships to Zhu Ni?

Bought?

That is even more impossible. Whether it is North Korea or the Japanese country, they basically have contacts, and it is impossible for them to sell the warship to Zhu Jinsong.

Besides, small broken ships like those built by Korea and Japan are not qualified to be called battleships at all.

It is also unreasonable to say that it was bought from the red-haired barbarians in Europe, because if the warships of the red-haired barbarians want to reach Shandong, they must first pass through Zhejiang, and there is no way that they will not receive any news.

When he got closer and closer to the five warships on the opposite side, Mr. Huang finally figured out what was going on and couldn't help laughing wildly: "I thought Zhu Jinsong had some trump card, and he kept hiding it.

When I came out, I didn’t expect that a whaler had been transformed into a battleship.”

"Haha, uukanshu.com www.uukanshu.com Haha, the whaling ship was changed into a battleship. Zhu Jinsong and Zhu Ni are really smart! Isn't this taking away all his family wealth? Hahahaha!"

After laughing, Mr. Huang's interest that had just been interrupted resumed, and he hummed in a low voice: "Reach out your hand and touch the silk on (sister's) face, the dark clouds flew across the sky for a long time, reach out and touch the front of (sister)'s head..."

"

But before Mr. Huang could sing a few more words, the five whaling ships on the opposite side opened fire first.

"boom!"

"Whoosh!"

"Boom!"

First there was the dull rumble of artillery, then the sharp whistling of artillery shells, and then the explosion of artillery shells.

Mr. Huang was shocked at that time.

explode?

Mr. Huang is more or less well-informed - he has seen a lot of battleships, and a lot of artillery. It is not that he has never seen artillery using explosive ammunition, but the artillery on ships like this uses explosive ammunition.

I have never seen Mr. Huang before.

In previous naval battles, although everyone used cannonballs to hit each other, the method of hitting each other was really just literal.

smash.

Hit each other with solid cannonballs to see whose ship is unlucky first.

Mr. Huang once thought about replacing solid cannonballs with explosive shells, but the biggest problem with the explosive shells is that they are too expensive and difficult to control the explosion time. If they hit the ship and then explode, it would be easier to say, but if they hit the water, they would explode.

What about a dud?

In fact, even if the cannonball will not turn into a dud when it hits the water, generally few people are willing to equip it with explosive shells.

If one's own artillery is hit by someone, it will be difficult even for gods to save it.
Chapter completed!