Chapter 721 Tianjin Navy
Over the whole night, Li Guodong told Hao Yaoqi a lot of new things, which shocked Hao Yaoqi, but he didn't dare to believe it all: "How can there be such a good thing in this world? Gold and silver are waiting for us to dig?"
"Brother Hao, why did Jiangnan be rich in the world? It was because of selling silk and ceramics, which brought a lot of silver from the Japanese and Hongmao Yi. Where did Hongmao Yi's silver come from? To the east of us is the vast sea, but opposite the sea is another land larger than our Ming Dynasty. The land is very fertile, and it is wasteland that no one cultivates, and there is endless gold and silver. Hongmao Yi made a fortune on that land. They exchanged silver for our silk and ceramics. Brother Hao, I will take you to Jiangnan, and you will see it when the time comes." Li Guodong explained to Hao Yaoqi.
"There is actually a land larger than our Ming Dynasty in the world, but no one goes to farm?" Chongzhen's voice came from behind.
Li Guodong quickly turned his head and saluted Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, when did you come? Why haven't you been asleep yet?"
"I can't sleep, Wu Wei Bo, I have heard what you said just now. Who is this hero?"
Although Hao Yaoqi was a rebel, he heard Li Guodong call His Majesty. Although Chongzhen was in a down-and-out at this time, he was the emperor after all. He had a kind of emperor's aura, which made Hao Yaoqi feel great pressure. He also knelt down quickly: "The sinner Hao Yaoqi bowed to His Majesty!"
"Get up quickly. Although Mr. Hao has been a thief, he can return to the wrong path. It is really rare." Chongzhen said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Chongzhen also sat down on a big stone and asked with interest: "Li Aiqing, I want to listen to that overseas place."
So Li Guodong said a lot more, from the Ishimi Silver Mine developed by Japan in the east, all the way to the Jinshan Mountains on the other side of the ocean, which were later San Francisco, these places of gold and silver mountains; and also talked about the Thai countries in the far west.
"This world is really as big as Li Aiqing said?" Chongzhen's eyes lit up.
Li Guodong picked up a branch and drew a sketch of a world map on the ground: "Your Majesty, look, this is our Ming Dynasty, which only occupies a small piece of the world. The vast land on the other side of the ocean is much larger than our Ming Dynasty. Going west, this is where Emperor Yongle ordered his fleet to go to the West. Walking along the coastline, you will reach this place. This is where Kunlun slaves live; bypass this land and head north along the coastline, you will reach the place of the Thais."
"I didn't expect that the Thais came to my Ming Dynasty from thousands of miles away!" Chongzhen sighed.
The branches in Li Guodong's hand gestured on the European land: "Because the Thai countries are too small, and they are only as big as a province in the Ming Dynasty. Some of them have not yet. They have too little land, so they can only try their best to go out and open up a vast overseas borderless land. In fact, the land they went to was not a borderless land, there were natives in the local area. But the local native weapons were too poor, and they used spears made of stones. When they faced the Thai people's armor, steel knives, and muskets, they were naturally not opponents."
Chongzhen became more interested and asked many questions. The three of them chatted all night. It was almost dawn, and Chongzhen got on the bus with an unfulfilled desire.
Before dawn, Li Guodong ordered the camp to be drawn and continue to rush towards Tianjin Guard.
Li Yan's army was still following behind. Although tens of thousands of refugees temporarily stopped Li Yan, no one could guarantee when Li Zicheng would come. Only Accountant Jin entered the Tianjin Acropolis, which was the safest. Once the city gate was closed, no one could capture it. Moreover, after Chongzhen entered the Tianjin Guard, Su Guansheng, who originally regarded Li Guodong as a rebel, could stand on his side and join the ranks of escorting Chongzhen, which gave him another ally.
Chongzhen's convoy continued on the journey. Li Guodong led 3,000 cavalry to cut off the rear. Cao Bianjiao took five hundred Ye to take on the alert mission. Zhang Shuheng's two thousand Jinyiwei, Wang Chengen's two hundred armed eunuchs and Wu Xiang's two hundred clans were responsible for protecting the convoy.
Since the marching of yesterday one day left Li Yan's infantry far behind, and if you march again today, you don't have to worry about the thief infantry following you, you just need to pay attention to Luo Hu's three thousand cavalry. However, Luo Hu didn't dare to intercept him. Now Li Guodong has three thousand cavalry in his hands, and he will not be able to take over the 500th night and two thousand Jinyiwei. In addition, Wang Chengen's armed eunuch and Wu Xiang's two hundred clans have nearly 6,000 troops. Wu Xiang's two hundred clans are not good at it. Everyone is a veteran who has experienced many battles. As for Zhang Shuheng's two thousand clans, there are one thousand newly recruited, but the other thousand are all the most elite soldiers.
The convoy passed the Hexi Servant and continued to walk along the canal towards Tianjin Wei in the southeast.
On the river surface, three medium-sized canal warships that were upstream and flowing appeared. The ship was hung with a large flag of the word "Su". You can tell by looking at the flag that this was a Tianjin Navy warship. There were dozens of small sampans behind the three medium-sized canal warships.
On a large ship led by the leader, there was a middle-aged civil servant wearing a black hat and a big red official robe. This person was Su Guansheng, who was in charge of the Tianjin Navy in Laideng Bingbao Road. He Xing, wearing a six-petal steep red tassel, and silver-white armor, stood behind him. On the ship were also standing in Tianjin Governor Feng Yuanyang and General Cao Youyi.
Seeing the cavalry with the "Li" flag on the shore and the convoy escorted by them, He Xing hurriedly pointed at the shore and shouted: "Yulin (Su Guansheng), that is Your Majesty's convoy! You will know when you see Your Majesty, I didn't lie to you!"
How could He Xing be with Su Guansheng? What happened was that Su Guansheng got the battle report from Tianjin Wei and led the Tianjin Navy to go upstream along the Haihe River to fight against the "rebel" Li Guodong. When he arrived at the city of Tianjin, the two sides were at odds. Seeing that the two Ming troops were about to kill each other, He Xing made a call and told Su Guansheng that the capital had fallen into the hands of the thieves and that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was rescued. He hoped that Su Guansheng could take the overall situation into consideration and lead the navy warship to pick up His Majesty.
In order to show sincerity, He Xing handed over the defense of Tianjin Acropolis to Wu Fugui, and went to Su Guansheng's naval warship alone to have an interview with Su Guansheng.
Seeing that He Xing dared to take the risk and come alone, Su Guansheng admired his courage and believed his words. At this time, some officials who escaped from the capital also proved this matter, so Su Guansheng ordered three medium-sized warships that could sail on the canal to go upstream to welcome the throne.
The captured Tianjin Governor Feng Yuanfeng and General Cao Youyi were also released and followed Su Guansheng to Hexiwu to welcome the sage.
The warship stopped, and Su Guansheng and others got off the ship.
Li Guodong ordered the parking, Chongzhen helped Zhou Hou get out of the car, and Wang Chengen followed behind and shouted, "Your Majesty is here!"
Feng Yuanqing and others naturally recognized Chongzhen and Wang Chengen. When they heard Wang Chengen's voice, a group of officials knelt down on the river bank: "I welcome your Majesty! Long live my emperor!"
"Your Majesty the Emperor?"
"Oh my God, we followed for an afternoon yesterday, and another morning today. It was actually the convoy of His Majesty the Emperor!"
"It's His Majesty the Emperor! The old man has lived for most of his life, and this is the first time he has seen His Majesty!"
The refugees who followed the Chongzhen convoy for two and a half days were talking, and soon they understood that they knelt down one after another, and the official road by the canal was full of people.
"All my beloveds are calm!" Chongzhen said.
"Your Majesty, I am late to save the chariot, and I mistakenly regard Wu Weibo, who is loyal to rescue the chariot, as a rebel, to stop him, and to be punished for death!" Feng Yuanyang still knelt on the ground and refused to get up.
Chapter completed!