The next day, Pang Gang led a thousand sergeants and dozens of temporarily hired carts, escorted the silver coins and gold and silver fines seized by Wang Zhonghe, and marched out of Dengzhou toward Qingzhou.
A group of government officials headed by Lu Yingzhi could only stand in front of the government office and stare.
A Dengzhou official asked Lu Yingzhi tremblingly: "Sir, what should we do? Those people also took Master Wang and those Koreans away."
Lu Yingzhi's expression changed several times in an instant, and it took him a long time to roar out from between his teeth: "I am going to impeach this lawless and domineering Qiu Ba to the court. I will let him die without a burial place!"
Not to mention Lu Yingzhi, who was immersed in anxiety and anger, Pang Gang, who had returned with dozens of carts fully loaded, was chatting with Piao Shunyi, an officer of the Imperial Guard from North Korea.
"Park Soon-yi, how did you get over from North Korea?"
"To tell you what the adults are saying, I came here by boat."
"Did you drive here by yourself?"
Pu Shunyi asked with some confusion: "Yes, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
"Well... I'm just asking this casually. Do you all know how to operate a boat?"
"Yes, except for Princess Jiayi, we are all good sailors." Pu Shunyi's answer was very honest.
"Oh, that's right!"
Pang Gang said calmly and then his mind started to spin. Although there is no ship yet, he has already considered another issue that is more important than shipbuilding, that is, if she wants to build her own fleet, she must
There must be sailors, and there must be a large number of sailors, but where will the sailors come from?
In his previous life, he had heard too many words about "ten years for an army and a hundred years for a navy". Although in fact it does not necessarily take a hundred years to build a navy, it can be seen from this sentence that the construction period of a navy must be longer than
The army is much longer. Just like Pang Gang now, he guarantees that he can train a farmer who has just put down his hoe into a qualified sergeant in half a year. But if it is replaced by the navy, he can train a landlubber into a swimmer in half a year.
People who don’t get seasick are good. And this is just the foundation of a sailor. If you want to train a qualified captain, it will take a longer period. He once heard someone say in later generations that the United States in later generations would
It takes at least twenty years to train a qualified captain. Of course, the relatively primitive ships we are flying in this era will not take that long, but Pang Gang believes that Sanwu
Years of time are definitely indispensable.
However, due to the long-term ban on the sea and lack of understanding of the ocean in the Ming Dynasty, the number of people who are proficient in naval warfare is as small as that of giant pandas. This is also a question that Pang Gang thought about along the way. Without a large number of qualified sailors and captains, the ship concessions he cashed out
Who will drive it?
Thinking of this, Pang Gang couldn't help but feel a little worried. To be honest, he didn't care about the life and death of the Bangzi Kingdom over there. The reason why he agreed to help was because if North Korea surrendered to the Manchus, the emperor's strength would increase greatly.
Tai Chi will inevitably attack the Ming Dynasty more unscrupulously. Such a result is not what Pang Gang wants to see.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Pu Shunyi maliciously, with an inexplicable look in his eyes. Pu Shunyi, who was riding on the horse, couldn't help but shudder. He always felt that this giant
There is something in the person's eyes that scares him.
At this time, Princess Jiayi Li Xuezhu, who was still dressed in men's clothing, urged her horse to trot up. She stared at Pang Gang with a pair of cute big eyes and said: "General Pang, are you really going to help us with the Ming army and North Korea?"
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"Well..." After hearing Princess Jiayi's question, Pang Gang pretended to think hard and said: "Your Highness, it is difficult for me to answer this question for you, because
Manpower is sometimes scarce, and there are some things that I cannot guarantee that I will be able to do."
"What!" Li Xuezhu's originally wide-open eyes became even rounder, and her cute apple face immediately turned red. She said angrily: "You big liar, didn't you promise me that you would send troops to rescue me?
Is it from my father? You said yesterday that you could send troops, why have you gone back on your word now? Liar, you big liar!"
"Your Highness Princess, please calm down. General Pang didn't mean this. Don't misunderstand me." Pu Shunyi on the side was afraid that if the princess angered General Pang in front of him, his country would really be over. Is he really going to Beijing to ask for help?
Did the Ming Emperor ask for help? Even the day lilies would be cold by then.
Looking at the angry Li Xuezhu sitting on the horse and Pu Shunyi who couldn't help comforting her but had some questions on his face, Pang Gang was a little embarrassed, but he still said with a calm face: "Your Highness, in fact, I don't want to save you.
Father and Queen, but now there is a very serious problem before us. Although I also have some troops, I can't let them swim across, right? You must know that I am only a general of the army, not a navy.
Admiral, my Ming Dynasty’s only few ships are in the hands of those navy generals, and they will never pay attention to us without the emperor’s imperial edict.”
"Uh...yeah, what should we do?" Li Xuezhu and Pu Shunyi were also dumbfounded. They wanted to be human beings before, thinking that they could send troops to rescue at any time as long as they had soldiers and horses. Now they just
I found that North Korea and Shandong are separated by a sea, and with so many people, it’s not like a dozen of them can just find a small boat and sneak over. After all, there are a lot of things to consider when transporting troops, such as
Ordnance, armor, food, horses, artillery and other things would make people worry to death if they were really made.
Seeing the two people coming from North Korea, they were dumbfounded. Pang Gang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "I have also thought about it. I can borrow some ships temporarily, but the most urgent problem now is
There are no qualified sailors. You also know that even if I can borrow a boat, it will be useless if there are no sailors. This is where I am in trouble."
"Oh, so that's it!" Only then did Li Xuezhu realize that she had wronged General Pang. Her originally angry expression immediately softened. She turned her round eyes and looked at Pu Shunyi beside her and said, "Pu Shunyi
Sir, do you think we can mobilize some sailors from North Korea?"
Pu Shunyi pondered for a moment with a look of embarrassment on his face, and said with a grimace: "Your Highness, most of our fleet is now on Ganghwa Island, and most of the sailors are there. If we want to transport it here, we need to inform the Lord. This
In terms of time..."
Pang Gang felt a little unhappy when he heard Pu Shunyi's hesitant words. He raised his eyebrows and said: "Pu Shunyi, if you want me to send troops to save your king, you must send this sailor to me. My officer
No need for more, just one or two thousand sailors will be enough."
"What? One or two thousand is not much?" The sweat on Pu Shunyi's forehead immediately dropped, and he protested: "Sir, although our country also has some fleets and sailors, if you want to allocate one or two thousand people at once,
There will be no one on our country’s ships coming over!”
"That's your business." Pang Gang interrupted Pu Shunyi unceremoniously, "Since you want us to save your country, but you don't even want to send a few sailors over, it shows that you have no sincerity.
If this is the case, then please come back, I will not care about this matter!"
"Man Pang Da, don't... don't, you must not abandon our country." Pu Shunyi stopped immediately. They came to Ming Dynasty for more than a month and suffered all the looks and blackmail from Lu Yingzhi.
Now they finally met a general who was willing to send troops to help them. How could he dare to offend him? He quickly said: "Master Pang, don't worry. I will go back to my country and ask my lord to send sailors for your dispatch. I will definitely not let him go."
You are disappointed."
"Well, that's right." Hearing that the other party agreed to his conditions, Pang Gang's originally stern expression turned into a smile. He reached out and patted Pu Shunyi on the shoulder, "Don't worry, those batches of
I will definitely not treat the sailors badly when they arrive."
"That's natural. Pang Pang will always be our best friend in Korea." Seeing Pang Pang, who was flipping out of books, Pu Shunyi secretly wiped a sweat from his forehead and thought to himself: "This Pang Pang is really a good friend."
So moody."
But he didn't know that the giant man next to him was also thinking to himself: "When these North Korean sailors come to my territory, how can I be worthy of my hard work if I don't blow all the oil out of their bones?"
After finalizing this matter, everyone was speechless all the way, and finally arrived at their destination, Qingzhou City, at noon on the third day!
The towering Qingzhou City standing on the horizon is not comparable to the Dengzhou City that has been in disrepair for a long time. The city wall is four feet high, four and a half feet wide, and fifteen miles in circumference, standing in front of everyone.
Flags were fluttering on the city wall, and there were brightly armored sergeants patrolling back and forth, which stunned Li Xuezhu, Pu Shunyi and the others.
Li Xuezhu couldn't help but admired: "General Pang, your city is so majestic. Even our Kyoto is much smaller than it. If our Kyoto is as tall as this city, then we don't have to be afraid of those hateful Manchus."
Already."
Cheng Kai, who was next to Pang Gang, couldn't help curling his lips and thought to himself, these vassal states are vassal states. They were surprised when they saw Qingzhou City like this. If they saw our capital, they would be scared to death.
Unexpectedly, Pang Gang sighed, "No matter how high or strong the city wall is, it will always be broken. If a country one day no longer needs to build city walls, then this country will be truly strong."
After Pang Gang finished speaking, everyone had their own thoughts and fell silent for a while...