Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

Although Li Jingfeng successfully suppressed several impulsive admirals, real life problems were before everyone again.

"Brother Li, it's not that we don't want to live a good life. Now that these ghosts have burned down our homes, we will definitely not be able to cultivate the land we created. With so many of us, how will we live in the future?"

"Yes, Brother Li, we can't hide in the mountains forever, right?"

Everyone was talking, and even Li Jingfeng fell silent. Indeed, if these many people could not farm, they would not be able to survive at all.

If your livelihood is in trouble, everything else becomes a joke.

Matteo Ricci, who had been silent at this time, spoke:

"City Lord Li, I actually know how to prepare black gunpowder. As long as I find saltpeter mines, I can prepare black gunpowder in large quantities."

Everyone in the Po Navy was excited. If they really had gunpowder, it would be easy for them to kill these Spanish people in Acapulco.

In November, after a month of hard work, Po Haijun finally accumulated a batch of gunpowder enough to support a war.

The broken navy, which had been suffocating for a long time, finally came out and attacked the city of Acapulco established by the Spanish.

Acapulco is the most important trading port in Spain. It has the largest number of Japanese troops stationed in the entire Mexico region, with more than 600 people.

In addition, there are a large number of soldiers, about five thousand people.

If it were other European colonial forces, they might not be able to conquer this place.

But this time their opponent is Po Haijun.

On November [-], the navy launched a sneak attack on the port of Acapulco before dawn.

The Spanish defenders were caught off guard. At dawn, the navy broke through the simple city gate, losing the protection of the city wall, and the soldiers collapsed.

The Spanish soldiers gathered in the city lord's palace to make the final resistance.

"Brother Li, what if the City Lord's Mansion is difficult to fight? We have already killed and injured two hundred brothers."

Li Jingfeng frowned. He did not expect the Spanish army to be so powerful.

Leaving aside the soldiers, their casualty ratio with the Spanish soldiers is basically one to one.

There are still more than 400 Spaniards in the city lord's palace. If they attack by force, the casualties will probably be unbearable.

"Boss Liu, take eight hundred brothers and continue to surround the city lord's palace. Don't attack by force. Just trap them. There shouldn't be much food in a city. They will starve to death. Peng Mazi and I will lead people to occupy the rest of the city first. Let’s talk after we come down.”

"Okay, Brother Li, let's go."

"Bah, bah, bah..."

There were gunshots everywhere in Acapulco. A small number of Spaniards who were scattered outside wanted to resist, but they were wiped out.

Before sunset, Po Haijun had completely controlled all parts of Acapulco except the city lord's palace.

It is not easy to attack more than 400 Spanish musketeers hiding in the city lord's palace, and there is no escape route for destroying the navy. With just a few people, one will die and one will be missing, and they dare not attack by force.

In the end, they could only build fortifications outside the city lord's palace, intending to trap them inside.

Fortunately, Li Jingfeng's guess was correct. Not only was there no food in the city lord's mansion, there was not even water.

Two days later, the Spanish began to forcefully break through, but were beaten back by the navy relying on the fortifications.

On the third day, after several unsuccessful breakthroughs, the Spanish were hungry and thirsty. 400 Spanish soldiers, led by the city lord Andres, surrendered to the navy.

The port of Acapulco had completely fallen, and the rest of the navy were immersed in joy, except for Li Jingfeng, who had no joy at all on his face.

Mr. Liu said quickly:

"Brother Li, we've already defeated this Niaopuko City, why are you still looking so sad?"

Li Jingfeng said worriedly:

"Have you not noticed that the ghost guys in this city don't have much property? Think about the ghost guys we killed in Manila. Which family is not extremely rich?"

Boss Liu just felt that Li Jingfeng thought too much:

"What's weird about this? It means all the ghost guys here are poor."

Peng Mazi also feels the same way:

"Didn't the ghosts transport all the silver to Manila? That's why there is no silver here."

Li Jingfeng hates that iron cannot become steel:

"Then you have to have money here before you can take it away. Look at where it looks like there is money here? The Shibo people are so poor that they don't even have clothes to wear."

Only then did Boss Liu and Peng Mazi react:

"Then they must have other cities where they can make money."

Li Jingfeng shook his head, knowing that these two reckless men must not have thought of it, so he could only explain:

"This shows that this is just a military fortress for these ghost guys, not a place where they live. The place where they make money should be where they live. Forget it, I'm going to take the trouble to tell you all this, call Little Rima Douzi here , ask him if he knows the situation here, if he doesn’t know, let him interrogate the Guilao City Lord, we need to understand the situation here before we can decide what to do next."

Boss Liu chuckled:

"Okay, I'm going to find Lima the little calf now..."

Matteo Ricci was not familiar with the situation here. He only knew that this was the jurisdiction of the governor of New Spain, so he could only interrogate the city lord Andres.

From Andres's words, Matteo Ricci had a clear overview of the entire viceroyalty of New Spain.

The governor general of New Spain has a large jurisdiction, from North America to South America, and then to Manila. There are approximately [-] Spanish soldiers in total in various places.

The Governor's Palace is in Mexico City, not far from Acapulco. There are at least two Spanish troops in Mexico City.

With such strength, it is absolutely impossible for someone like the Navy to withstand it.

In other words, Acapulco is not a place where the navy can survive for a long time.

This news was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Po Haijun.

But the only good news is that I learned some great news from Andres.

There are silver mines all over this place. Ships would come from Manila every year to transport the silver to Bacteria to be exchanged for other items that were popular in Europe.

But in the past two years, the ship from Manila has not arrived, and no one knows what went wrong. Now every silver mine has piled up mountains of silver that cannot be digested.

Of course Po Haijun knew why no ships came. Those big Manila ships were all snatched away by Hou Yao. Even if they waited any longer, they wouldn't be able to wait for the Manila ships.

After learning about this situation, Li Jingfeng's mind became active. As Hou Yao's parent official in Bao'an, he definitely could not come to a place thousands of miles away.

But if the silver here cannot be transported to Daxia, it will be worthless garbage.

If this trade leg is broken, the Spaniards will definitely be anxious. If they can reconnect this leg, then why are they afraid of Hou Yao?

Thinking of this, Li Jingfeng made a bold decision.

"Boss Liu, go and kill all the ghosts in the city, including the prisoners, to prevent the news from leaking. Then we will go and do the big deal."

Boss Liu became interested when he heard the big vote:

"Brother Li, what's the big deal?"

"Let's take a few ships of silver mine back and find a way to reveal the news here to the other Sea Kings. As long as one Sea King is willing to come, the Spaniards will be in big trouble. Then let them go to Spain People are desperate, let's take the opportunity to recruit troops and buy ships, and when the power becomes stronger, we will see how I deal with Hou Yao."

"Brother Li, our brothers' wealth depends on you, do..."

……

Capital

After the commotion of Po Haijun, the entire city seemed extremely depressed.

Although Zhou Wang Ji Gaosheng occupied the capital, he actually had no ability to rule at all.

Not to mention that the surrounding royal brothers didn't like him, even the princes and ministers in the capital basically didn't buy his account.

Only a few people in the imperial city could respond to his orders.

The capital city is now basically in a state of autonomy, and there is no one guarding the city gates in the outer city.

At this time, an army of nearly 2 troops appeared outside the capital.

He Jinghui pushed Hou Tianzong to the door of Yong'an:

"Nerd, it's only been less than a year. I didn't expect that such a huge capital would be like this. This old bastard Lu Feiyang is such a piece of shit."

Hou Tianzong smiled:

"Lu Feiyang was just an introduction. It was Emperor Tianqi who really harmed this city. I'm afraid Zhang Taiyue wouldn't have thought of it until his death. He only died a few years ago, and Daxia is already dying."

"Why are you still mentioning that old coward? Think about how much money we were defrauded by him in those years? If he hadn't died early, I wonder if I wouldn't slap him now."

"You are just saying something nice. Without Zhang Taiyue in charge, we would not have developed so easily. Although we were a little greedy, we did not abolish major national affairs. Otherwise, Daxia would have perished decades ago."

"Forget about that person. He robbed me of so much money and I haven't even had a chance to take revenge. Damn it, this kid is the one who makes me feel the most aggrieved in my life."

"Okay, stop scolding him. Everyone is dead, and even their graves were almost dug up. It's pitiful enough. Let's go to the imperial city first. Alas, it's a pity that the boy Maoli delayed us this time. One year, otherwise we can catch up with this war."

"Who says otherwise? That boy Maori doesn't have the courage of his ancestors at all. With our support, he surrendered. He really can't help him. It seems that the unification of Japan is unstoppable. Didn't you say that Yu Chai Monkey is very ambitious? ? If he really unified the Japanese country, I'm afraid there will be another powerful enemy to the east of Daxia."

"Strong enemies don't count. The Japanese soldiers' little fighting strength is not enough to fight Daxia's elite. It's Daxia's current situation of being torn apart. Alas, I don't know if it can be ended as soon as possible."

"What you are saying is that I have always wondered about something. With the support of Li Liang's border troops, Ji Gaoyun should be able to capture the capital easily, right? Why would he abandon the capital and return to Jiliao with Li Liang?"

"Li Liang is not a good person either. Ji Gaoyun must have given up on the capital because he was worried that Li Liang was unreliable. It would be better to be taken away by his own brother than by someone with a foreign surname like Li Liang. What's more important is that Emperor Tianqi just disappeared. It will be a big trouble if the old guy is not dead. The forces in the capital are complex, and Ji Gaoyun is right to give up. He is much stronger than Zhou Gaosheng, who does not know whether to live or die. If he stays in the capital, he will have no chance to develop his own power. "

He Jinghui and Hou Tianzong walked and chatted while leading the [-]-day Wu army slowly towards the imperial city...