Several generals present were naturally happy when they heard that Cheng Yu had plundered more than three million stones of grain this time.
As long as they have enough food, they will not panic. As the saying goes, if there is food in their hands, they will not panic. This is true at all.
Several people couldn't help but praise Cheng Yu. However, Cheng Xiangwu, who was sitting aside and had not spoken a word, gently knocked on the table, his eyes fell on Cheng Yu, and he slowly said: "It's really only three hundred."
How many thousand stones are there? In the huge city of Moscow, you can only find such a few things, what can you be proud of?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this. They were obviously confused by Cheng Xiangwu's words. Was Cheng Xiangwu really scolding Cheng Yu, or was he just saying it to everyone on purpose?
Cheng Yu was obviously in awe of his father, and his expression changed slightly when he heard Cheng Xiangwu speak frankly.
Taking a deep breath, Cheng Yu said to Cheng Xiangwu: "Report to the commander, I don't know the end of the situation, please give me some advice."
At this time, Lu Dazhu spoke to Cheng Xiangwu: "Brother Cheng is too harsh. It is quite difficult for nephew Cheng Yuxian to do this at his age."
While speaking, Lu Dazhu explained to Cheng Yu who looked puzzled: "My dear nephew, your father's intention is that you are too benevolent as a woman. There are tens of millions of stones in the city, so why can my nephew only get three or four?"
become?"
After hearing what Lu Dazhu said, the expressions of everyone present could not help but change slightly. How could they not understand the meaning of Lu Dazhu's words?
Everyone looked at Cheng Yu. Cheng Yu could not be unworthy of being brought along by Cheng Xiangwu. Otherwise, Cheng Yu would never have achieved what he has achieved today just based on Cheng Xiangwu's legacy.
So even though Cheng Yu understood what Lu Dazhu meant, there was a bit of hesitation and struggle on his face, but soon Cheng Yu took a deep breath, bowed his hands to Cheng Xiangwu and said, "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your advice!"
After speaking, Cheng Yu saluted everyone and strode away.
Lu Dazhu looked at Cheng Yu's retreating back and couldn't help stroking his beard. After a glass of wine, he laughed and said: "Happy, nephew Cheng Yuxian's future is limitless!"
At this moment, you can see that there is a look of satisfaction in Cheng Xiangwu's eyes, and he is obviously very satisfied with Cheng Yu's reaction.
In this era, it can be said that the Western world was hierarchical, and slavery was even prevalent. The serfdom system lasted for thousands of years.
It can be said that as the core of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the people who can live in this city can be regarded as superiors in terms of status.
Landlords, nobles and their servants could live in the city, but the lowly serfs had no qualifications to live in the city.
In the past, Cheng Yu confiscated the property of those who were from high-ranking families, and one could tell by just looking at their homes that they had good status.
But after all, there are only a few such large households, and it is not bad if Cheng Yu can confiscate more than three million shi of grain and fodder.
But in this city, in addition to the high-ranking nobles, there are also large farmers. Due to their status, it is difficult for these large farmers to be high-profile in the city, and it is impossible to live in such luxurious mansions.
But this does not mean that these farmers have no financial background.
Perhaps when it comes to the gold and silver utensils hidden in the home, as a farmer, it is natural that he cannot compare with those nobles, but these farmers have a lot of food in their homes.
Cheng Yu had obviously ignored this before and regarded these farmers as ordinary people. Little did he know that these were not ordinary people at all, but superior farmers.
When groups of soldiers, led by Cheng Yu, rushed into the farmers' homes, carts of grain were pulled out.
In order to move these grains, Cheng Yu personally went to the military camp to mobilize as many as 10,000 troops after requesting Cheng Xiangwu's military orders.
The principle of strength in numbers is true. With more than 10,000 men and horses in hand, Cheng Yu's collection of food in the city was greatly accelerated. In just a few days, he was able to plunder more than 6 million yuan.
Stone grain.
At this time, Cheng Yu stopped under Cheng Xiangwu's military order. Now most of the food and grass in the city are in the hands of Ming Dynasty. If nothing unexpected happens, the army's food and grass problem for at least the next one or two years has been solved.
On the huge school grounds, Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu and other generals gave orders, with Cheng Yu as the vanguard, and the army set off.
But it is said that in the sea battle in the waters of England, both sides invested more than a thousand warships and fought for nearly a day at sea. The battle lasted until the evening. When night fell, the two sides had to go their separate ways due to the weather.
withdraw troops.
In a port, warships that had just retreated from the battlefield were docked in the port, and it was completely dark.
But in the small town within the port, it is brightly lit, in the best compound in the town.
Several commanders of the coalition forces and dozens of coalition generals gathered here, with a blazing bonfire. Everyone drank strong wine, ate barbecue, and excitedly talked about the results achieved today.
I only heard a red-bearded general say with some excitement: "Everyone, is the Ming Dynasty just like this? If it were not already late, in half a day at most, we would definitely gain an absolute advantage..."
This general had a distinctive red beard, an eyepatch on one eye, and disheveled hair. Especially the ugly scar on his face made this man very terrifying.
Sitting there, a general with a straight body and neat military appearance looked at the red-bearded general with a look of disgust and disdain and said with a bit of ridicule: "Big Chief Cook, you don't think that you guys alone can do this."
The pirates can destroy the Akito fleet."
It turns out that this red beard turned out to be a pirate. In fact, many of the warships participating in the war today are actually pirates. Whether it is England, Portugal or other maritime powers, they will more or less support some pirates.
Some things that are inconvenient for the regular fleet to do will naturally be left to those well-trained pirates.
It was true that the Ming Dynasty had put too much pressure on all countries. In order to mobilize all their troops to deal with a Ming fleet like Yu Dayou, all countries even mobilized the pirates they usually raised.
However, it can also be seen from this point that all countries were really frightened by the Ming Dynasty's move to destroy Spain. Otherwise, there would not have been such a big reaction.
Hearing this, the red-bearded pirate couldn't help but glared at the general, grinned and said: "Oh, if Cook, I remember correctly, you should be a member of the Spanish exile army. Tsk, tsk, the dignified Spain was actually given to someone.
If it were me, I would have found a place where there was no one to hide and come here, how come you have the courage to come out and show your face?"
"you……"
When the general heard this, he felt as if he had been stabbed in the leg. He stood up angrily and pointed at the red-bearded pirate. If his companions beside him hadn't grabbed him, he might have pounced on him.
The beard worked hard.
On the other hand, the red-bearded pirate looked at the general with disdain and sarcasm.
At this moment, a slight cough came, and a general in gorgeous uniforms said: "Cook, Aris, shut up for me, and don't even look at where this place is. If it's true,
If you have no place to use your strength, I will order you to fight against Mingren!"
As soon as these words came out, the red-bearded pirate and the Spanish exile general immediately shut their mouths and became extremely honest.
Regardless of whether it is the red-bearded pirate or Aris, in fact, both of them only want to be in awe of the Ming fleet and do not dare to have the slightest contempt, especially the red-bearded pirate. Regardless of the lightness he said, in fact, if he is really allowed to confront the Ming fleet,
If so, the red-bearded pirates would definitely flee. Only a fool would confront such a tyrannical fleet.
The person who spoke was none other than the Commander-in-Chief of the English Navy, William. What William represents here is the English Navy. You must know that among the coalition forces, England and Portugal accounted for about 40% of the military strength.
Don’t underestimate the fact that it’s only 40%. You have to know that there are more than a dozen countries, large and small, that make up the coalition. In this way, except for England and Portugal, the remaining dozen countries together only account for 60%.
That's all. In this comparison, Portugal, England, and the Netherlands are the strongest among the coalition forces.
As the king of Chu, William naturally had a distinguished status, and coupled with his own strength, he was almost a man of his word among the coalition forces. Even the Portuguese governor had to give up some of his face.
At this moment, William glanced at the generals and said slowly: "Everyone, in today's battle, although we said we were not able to destroy the evil Ming fleet, we still severely damaged the opponent. As Cook said, if it weren't for the weather,
If it is dark, we may not be able to completely destroy each other. Therefore, the Ming fleet is not invincible. As long as we can work together, the evil Ming fleet is not our opponent at all..."
bang bang bang
The Portuguese Governor clapped his hands and looked at Prince William with a smile on his face and said: "Prince William is right, we will win this battle!"
It was dark at night, and ships were docked one after another in the port. The water was rippling and making creaking sounds.
In the darkness, a black shadow can be vaguely seen slowly approaching from the sea. However, in the night, it is difficult to see the scene in the distance clearly at a slight distance. Therefore, unless it is close, it may not be visible even from hundreds of meters away.
to things in the dark.
On the watchtower, several coalition soldiers were very sleepy, yawning and leaning on the railings, almost falling asleep there.
Suddenly, there was a dull sound. Several soldiers on the watchtower woke up and looked over subconsciously. However, the sudden rumbling explosions from all around suddenly woke them up and screamed loudly:
