Not to mention Zhang Xianzhong and Ma Xianglin's battles, nor to say Lin Chunhong ordered Guo Mingyan, Zhou Wang sent elite soldiers to Sichuan, but to say that west of Wusongkou, Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, a thunder sounded from the ground, and a solid shell weighing more than 50 kilograms jumped up and roared towards the wide Yangtze River, with a range of almost ten miles.

After a cannon, it became more and more uncontrollable. The rumbling cannon sounded louder and louder. The solid cannon shells were like dumplings, smashing the yellow Yangtze River into waves of water, which was very beautiful.

Finally, the sound of cannons stopped, and a loud cheer sounded on the giant fortress west of Wusongkou.

The Wusong Fort was officially completed, and the one-time test shot was successful, and the navy soldiers were in a carnival.

The rumbling sound of cannons alarmed the Shanghai cargo warehouse twenty miles south of Wusong Fortress. Whether it was business travelers or residents, they all looked north and figured out what was shocking things happened in the north.

The Shanghai cargo warehouse is a bit unworthy of its name. It is called a cargo warehouse. It is actually a large new city located by the Huangpu River and is about ten miles away from the old county town. However, no matter who sees the new city, he feels that the old county town can only be regarded as a town in the countryside. Regardless of the area or convenience, it cannot be compared.

Outside the new city, the prism-shaped walls are low and thick, and the walls are slightly inclined. The thickness is far beyond the height, which is much different from the city walls that can be seen everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. Within the city walls, the planning is neat and the functions are complete. Although there are not many business travelers and residents, they show vitality.

Near the Huangpu River, the pier that was enough to dock seven-masted giant sailboats stretched all the way, and there was almost no end to see. On the edge of the pier, there were various hanging towers and cross arms. Anyone could not help but exclaim when they saw it, because they had never seen such a huge pier.

On the dock, the workers who were supposed to be busy stopped and looked north, while the supervisors shouted loudly, which was useless. Around the workers, two huge six-massed merchant ships stood next to each other. On the bow of one of them, Zheng Zhifeng and a blond-haired and blue-eyed man were also attracted by the sound of cannons and looked north.

In Shanghai's new city, there are more blondes and blue eyes than dogs in the city. The residents have long been used to it. When they meet, they are not surprised at all. They are also thinking about how to make a big round from these people.

As for Zheng Zhifeng, he has long been renamed Zheng Hongkui. He is a man of military history books and is one of the few masters in the Zheng family. Since the Shanghai port first appeared in its prototype, he has led merchant ships to berth in Shanghai Port for trading many times, witnessing the construction process of Shanghai New City.

"The Wusong Fortress has finally been completed. It is said that only the sixty-pound cannons visible cannons have twenty-three, and together with the hidden cannon, there must be at least forty!"

Zheng Hongkui smashed his tongue and continued: "The cost of these forty cannons alone is probably no less than 800,000 yuan. With the peripheral facilities, wouldn't the turret cost more than one million?"

With the efforts of the imperial court and Jingzhou to mint silver coins, silver coins have become popular in the world. Not only Zheng Hongkui always calls it the Great Round, but even the Dutchman Naz next to him accepted this habit, thinking that the basic currency unit of the Ming Dynasty was the Circle.

Naz curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "Wusong Fortress is completed. Anyone who wants to enter the river must ask whether Lin Chunhong agrees. With the strategic significance of Wusong Fortress, what is a mere million great circle?"

"What is really jealous is that Lin Chunhong has spread countless big circles in Shanghai, which is a big deal! Brother Shengyi, look at the strange-shaped city walls, are they a bit similar to Anping's walls? According to my estimate, it is impossible to build without a one-and-a-half circle. Let's look at the wharf, dredge the silt in the Huangpu River, and build a boom, which one is a small number?"

Zheng Hongkui shook his head and said, "It's incredible! Lin Chunhong built giant warships, one by one, like dumplings, and still has plenty of money to invest in the construction of Shanghai City. Where did he get so many big circles?"

Naz shrugged and said, "Is this important? I only know that since Lin Chunhong's eighth three-deck battleship was launched, it has passed through the strait unscrupulously and traveled between Hong Kong and Shuangyu. It is unknown whether his intentions are found. If Lin Chunhong dredged Shuangyu Port one day, the entire Eastern Ocean would probably fall into his hands."

"What's even more hateful is that Liang Feng also led a fleet to the coast of Batavia, showing off his might, and openly escorted the great white sharks to the western Ocean, robbing business trips, who is intolerable?"

Zheng Hongkui changed his face and couldn't speak in a daze. He just stared at the direction of Wusong Fortress, recalling the ups and downs on the sea in the past six months.

Last October, the four ships of Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, Jiyuan and Pingyuan were launched one after another and quickly formed combat effectiveness. They appeared everywhere on the Dutch and Portuguese territory, which made Batavia and Malacca shocked each other overnight and were unable to maintain peace for a moment.

In addition, the Dragon Guards stationed in Manila and the Dragon Guards stationed in Guangzhou have expanded rapidly into the Dragon Guards and Dragon Guards. In the Nanyang area, the total number of troops in Jingzhou is nearly 50,000, which makes the Dutch and Portuguese more vigilant.

The Portuguese are notorious, but after Lin Chunhong occupied Luzon, he had a bit of ambition to live a while and calculated how long will it take for Malacca to be happy.

The Dutch are different. The Netherlands is very strong in the world. How can Lin Chunhong be so arrogant in the Nanyang region?

Anthony, the governor of Batavia, felt that he shouldn't have abandoned the Spanish fleet at a critical moment for a little profit. If he had fought hard at that time, how could there be the troubles of today?

However, there is no regret medicine in the world. Losing Spain, a broken ship that can protect the wind and rain, Anthony had to do everything possible to curb Lin Chunhong's maritime expansion.

Anthony believes that even if he is closely connected with the Portuguese, he may not be Lin Chunhong's opponent. He aimed at Zheng Zhilong and secretly sent Naz to contact Zheng Zhilong.

This just confirms the saying: There is no eternal enemy, nor eternal friend. Although the Dutch and Zheng Zhilong fought in the seventh year of Chongzhen, in order to deal with the common enemy, they finally shook hands and made peace and came together.

However, under the pressure of Zheng Zhilong in Jingzhou, his life was not easy. He wanted to curb Lin Chunhong, but he could not think of actual moves. After all, with the eight three-deck warships forming combat power, looking at the entire Nanyang, no one was Lin Chunhong's opponent.

Zheng Zhilong thought about it and tried to work a two-pronged approach to cope with the current crisis. He promised to increase the Dutch's share of trade in Japan, thereby purchasing heavy artillery from the Dutch in large quantities to build his own three-deck battleship.

At the same time, he was also prepared to make full use of his good relationship with the Donglin Party to give Lin Chunhong a layer of shackles from the land.
Chapter completed!