The fleet finally came to Hong Kong Island.

When he arrived in the Macau Islands (including the Hengqin Islands), Timur took a look and left, which made Henry breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Timur's words still made him feel uneasy.

"The Macau islands, the inland waterways meet the seawater. The waterways are narrow and there is a lot of mud and sand inside, and Shazhou is also blocked. The main island has too many populations, not much accommodation space, and there is no natural port. How can it last for a long time?

The foundation of the company?”

He still took the fleet straight to the Hong Kong Island marked by Qitad.

When we arrived here, the Victoria Bay in later generations was peaceful, and Timur fell in love with this place at once.

The harbor is wide and deep, with places suitable for building large ports at both the north and south ends. The north is naturally the Wan Chai Pier in Causeway Bay in the later generations, and the south is the Deep Bay.

When this fleet of ships with black smoke and roaring sounds rushed into the bay, the Kowloon Navy was alarmed when the Qing people had never seen it before, without using sails.

During the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court set up Guanfuchengzhai and Guanfu Inspection Office in Kowloon. The main purpose was not to patrol the seashore, but to this place as a salt drying place, to supervise the production and transportation of the salt industry, and to combat pirates.

and smuggling.

Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the Guanfu Inspection Department was changed to the Jiulong Inspection Department, which was naturally not to supervise the salt industry, but to crack down on smuggling except the Thirteen corps in Guangzhou, and to crack down on pirates.

Of course, the current Kowloon Navy and Inspection Department has become one of the most fattest shortcomings in Guangdong Province, and the price is even above the magistrate of Fushu County, the Pearl River Delta, and the price of a wealthy county magistrate like Panyu and Nanhai.

Same.

The Qing government has a land inspection department in the heart of Guangzhou, Foshan, South China Sea and Panyu. At this time, Guangzhou was extremely prosperous because of Foshan's manufacturing industry and the trade of Thirteen dynasties. Pan Zhencheng, the first of the Thirteen dynasties mentioned above, was mentioned.

It's the richest of them.

According to the records of the French at that time, the Pan family's personal expenses per year were as high as two to three million taels of silver. You can imagine how amazing his wealth was.

As for big counties like Nanhai County and Panyu County, Fuxian County, according to the records of Du Fengzhi, who was the magistrate of Nanhai at that time, it was easy to earn a net profit of 200,000 to 300,000 taels of silver every year.

You can imagine how rich the Guangzhou magistrate, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Guangzhou general were.

It was early winter, and although Hong Kong Island was in southern China, I felt a hint of chill.

Huang Long was originally the slave of the current Guangzhou General Yongwei, and Yongwei was the deposed prince of the Kangxi Dynasty. As soon as Yongwei came to power, he asked his slave to serve as the chief officer of the Kowloon Navy and the inspector's office. If not

It's too fat here, he won't put it here.

When the fleet entered Victoria Harbor with a roar, Huanglong was basking in the sun in the yard of Kowloon Village. He heard the sound and suddenly felt aroused.

Kowloon City Village is high and can fully overlook the entire Victoria Harbor. He immediately walked to the wall of the city to view.

When he saw the scene, the thirty-year-old Huang Long couldn't help but rub his eyes. At this time, without Huang Long's order, the alarm bell on the city wall also rang, and several naval warships anchored at the port of Tsim Sha Tsui were also there.

Started - At this time, the north wind had already risen, and the sea with a sloop sail, the broad-mouthed sand boat can use both sails and oars.

"Start a fire...warning"

Huang Long thought about it and decided to set up a few cannons to scare the incoming ships first. Of course, he saw that it was a strange big ship that he had never seen before, and it seemed to be an iron shell. He definitely did not dare to load solid bullets, but empty bullets.

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"Boom..."

Smoke of gunpowder came from Kowloon City.

It was this smoke that angered Timur. He originally wanted to send someone to contact him, but now he has no idea.

Soon, the black smoke on the Iron Shell Battleship became thicker, and the backup steam engine that had been started after leaving Macau was also connected to the transmission shaft.

A Batulu rushed directly towards the sand ships, while the Bogda stopped directly opposite the city wall and pointed the cannons from the side to the navy barracks in front of the city wall.
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Several heavy mortars were also erected on the first deck, aiming at the siege on the mountain.

"Start the gun...load live ammunition!"

Huang Long also had a telescope obtained from Westerners in his hand. Seeing this, he knew something was wrong, so he quickly issued another order.

"Boom..."

"Cruff..."

At this moment, the mortars on the Bogda and the artillery on the Batulu were roaring, accompanied by the unpleasant sound of the bow of the Batulu cutting off the sand ship of the Qing army's naval army.

One of the three mortars grenades fell on the wall of the village, and with a violent explosion, one of them exploded on the spot!

Seeing this, Huang Long quickly lowered his head, shouting loudly, "Boom for me", and ran down, and was relieved when he ran back to the yard where he lived, and then shouted at a trusted servant panting.

: "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and ride a horse to Humen to report to Lord Qian!"

"Master, what do you say?"

"Just say that I encountered a large number of pirates attacked by unknown pirates! Jiulong City Walled City is in danger. Please ask Lord Qian to support him as soon as possible, and then continue to rush to Guangzhou to present to the general's master. Just say that this pirate is extraordinary. Please ask him to order the Guangdong Navy and General.

Send elite troops to help!"

As he was talking, a grenade flew to his residence. After an explosion, it blasted a big hole in the roof. Huang Long was shocked and he grabbed the man, "This is a big deal, I want to go there in person!

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No surprise, within half an hour, all the Kowloon Navy ships anchored at Tsim Sha Tsui Port were destroyed. As Huanglong escaped, the officers and soldiers of Kowloon City also scattered.

On the Bogda, Su Wenying asked: "Your Highness, why did you implement the strategy of first rituals and then troops against Johor and Annan, but you directly started a war against the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty is a major power dozens of times that of the two countries mentioned above."

Timur said: "Before I came, His Majesty repeatedly reminded him that he had passed by the countries along the way, except for Myanmar, Siam, and Vietnam. By the way, he called Annan and Guangnan Vietnam together as Vietnam, for some reason."

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"Faced with the Three Kingdoms, you can be polite first and then soldiers. The other small countries are not worth showing off. Whether they are talking or fighting, they can be decided directly depending on the situation. For the Qing Dynasty, there is no need to contact first, just start fighting directly."

"Why is this?"

"The Qing Dynasty, the country of the Heavenly Kingdom, would not have sold an inch of land without special reasons. Moreover, the emperor today considers himself the emperor of the ages and is extremely conceited, and would not do so. Instead of just talking, it is better to go directly to war."

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"As soon as the war begins, the main force of the navy will definitely attract the city. Guangdong's coastline is long and there are many places to set up naval forces. If the aforementioned cleaning strategy is adopted, I don't know when I will be busy, and there are no acquaintances to lead the investigation, so it will be a mistake.

Going into shallow water, the danger of reef groups”

"It's better to have an old strategy, attract the enemy and annihilate them all to eliminate future troubles"

Su Wenying asked again: "This harbor is good, but if the enemy drives cannons to the opposite city, it can bombard us. Why not set the harbor to the south?"

Timur shook his head, "If it is set to the south, the enemy can sneak into the mountains behind in the dark and approach our camp"

Su Wenying seemed to understand, "Your Highness means we will also occupy the city opposite?"

Timur nodded, "That's natural. We have a large number of people and two brigades of cavalry. How can one mere Hong Kong Island be carried? Naturally, a brigade is placed opposite and one is placed on the island."

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"Although the opposite city is small, it is on a high ground. If you expand it, you can still place a regiment of troops. After strengthening the wall, you can set up artillery on all sides, so that the enemy will not be able to get close to you."

"And on the sea, we can quickly defeat the enemy, so we can build the island calmly, use all the remaining building materials carried by the fleet, and you and Suleiman will be responsible for this matter"

Call Suha again, "Your outfit can be used now, dressed as a Manchu Eight Banners Cavalry, and took dozens of cavalry to board the mainland from afar and conduct investigations"

Then call the Marine leader Nian Wanger, "You personally lead a regiment of Marines, divided into ten companies, conduct a comprehensive search and exploration of the island and the peninsula opposite, mainly the Kowloon Peninsula opposite, according to the marks on the map,

There should be a small river between it and the mainland”

Timur obviously wanted to build a special building here. After spending half a day building the trestle with connected steel pipes, he immediately unloaded all the building materials, and then under the command of Su Wenying and Suleiman.

A vigorous construction began near Causeway Bay in later generations.

At this time, since there was a pier on the opposite Tsim Sha Tsui Pier, a brigade soldier had already disembarked and occupied Kowloon Castle and the inspection department barracks on the pier.

Some craftsmen also came to the opposite side and began to repair and expand the Kowloon City Village and the inspection department barracks.

Currently they have four iron-shelled Batulus and eight wooden Batulus. Currently, two iron-shelled Batulus are patrolling the east side of the harbor, the other two are patrolling the west side, and two wooden Batulus are circling the island.

Patrol.

A wooden Batulu sails eastward from the archipelago, exploring and patrolling along the east coast, while a wooden Batulu explores and patrolling along the west coast.

The Qing people's navy reacted very quickly. At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, a large number of warships arrived from the Pearl River Estuary, and some ships also drove from the east.

But there is still no movement on the land.

There were some tall lucky ships driving from the estuary of the Pearl River. There were obviously some artillery arrangements on the ship, but they were all placed on the first deck, and there were several sailors carrying guns on it. Seeing this, Deng Quan took them with him.

Two iron-shelled Batulus, two wooden Batulus rushed up.

And to the east, two wooden Batulus are enough to deal with it.

On the tallest blessed ship, a sturdy military officer in his forties was also a little scared when he saw the movement in front of him.

Wu Bida, then the Admiral of the Guangdong Navy, learned that "a large number of unheard pirates" had come to Hong Kong Island, so he personally led the team. This time, he drove all the naval warships that had been idle for a long time at the estuary of the Pearl River.

There are ten large and small lucky ships and more than twenty small and medium-sized sand ships.
Chapter completed!