Hangzhou, a city of Great Ming, submitted to the Li family. With the capital fallen, the Chongzhen Emperor dead, and people throughout Jiangnan panicking and fearing for their lives, they directly surrendered to the Li fleet and hung the Li banner atop the city walls.
Actually, when the Li fleet first entered the Qiantang River, the few remaining Ming naval forces in the river fortress and the shaken local government were frightened out of their wits. They refused to believe it was the Li fleet, much less that a Ming Grand Princess named "Zhu Meichuo" was aboard.
Thus, after a lawless little girl ordered the fortress walls dismantled with cannon fire and threatened to bombard the city walls, the person who might have been a county magistrate or prefect finally had no choice but to believe the Li fleet and leave the city to welcome the Grand Princess of Ming—the Chongzhen Emperor's second daughter, who had survived his martyrdom. He also announced that Hangzhou was submitting to the Ming forces under the princess, namely the Li fleet, and would obey the princess's orders.
Little Annie did not care what those Ming officials were thinking or planning, nor did she want to. After handling the cargo and conducting a simple resupply, she was already preparing to deal with certain more important matters.
"Drive out the rebel bandits and restore Ming?"
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"No!"
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"Big Beard, I don't want to play that boring game of reclaiming lost territory and driving out rebels with you!"
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So when the bearded captain found Annie, the fleet's grand admiral, and asked her to send troops—some of the sailors aboard with muskets and cannon—to protect the princess and guard Hangzhou, she flatly refused.
"That's too troublesome. I'm going west across the seas now. I don't have