Chapter 170 addicted

Zhu Houzhao was sitting on the battleship Zheng He Bao of the Ming Dynasty, and he was in high spirits. He went to sea for seven or eight days.

During the time they went to sea, the Ministry of Industry had a deeper understanding of the Ming Navy.

On the ninth day, Zhu Houzhao finally returned to Tanggukou.

This time, during the inspection of the Daming Navy, Zhu Houzhao was full of confidence and high spirits.

Along the way, apart from seeing some fishermen and sea merchants from the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese did not see a single pirate or Japanese pirate.

It seems that the Daming Navy still has a great deterrent effect on them!

In fact, the Daming Navy is more than real power to them. These Daming officers and soldiers have killed these pirates and Japanese pirates like devils.

When they saw the pirates and the Japanese pirates, they directly aimed the muzzle of the black hole at them.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the time, and it was not far from the day when he left the palace. After playing at sea and inspecting, it took more than 20 days for him to go out and enter, which made him still a little unfulfilled.

However, these ministers in the court now want him to return to the capital immediately. After all, this court cannot be without a master for a day.

Zhu Houzhao’s absence from the capital for so long has made the cabinet very worried.

Outside Tanggu entrance, Zhu Houzhao glanced at the majestic navy and said, “Qi Aiqing!”

“The minister is here!”

“My navy will be handed over to you!”

Qi Jingtong cupped his hands and said, “Please rest assured, Your Majesty, this minister will definitely make the Ming Navy stronger and stronger!”

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao said with satisfaction: “I trust you, and I believe you will be able to give me a satisfactory answer in the future.”

“Thank you Your Majesty for your affirmation! This minister will definitely not disappoint His Majesty’s expectations.”

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: “You said in the memorial that Shen Wanqian went to Nanyang, and I have never been to that place, but I don’t know if he will run away when he goes?”

“If you run away, you will lose a lot!”

Qi Jingtong cupped his hands and said, “If you go back to Your Majesty, this minister has already predicted that Shen Wanqian will never run away and not return, not to mention that his family is still on this continent, but to all the surrounding dependent countries, they will not dare to return. keep.”

“If he hides in other countries, once we know it, the kings of those countries will consciously grab him and send him to us, because they are all scared by my Daming, and they all want to be friends with our Daming. Therefore, ministers It is concluded that Shen Wanqian will never stay in a foreign country!”

“Oh, is my Daming Navy so powerful?” Zhu Houzhao was a little overjoyed to hear it. This was a joy from the heart, because he personally witnessed the greatness of the Daming Navy.

“Yes, I have this confidence.”

“Report!”

Just as Zhu Houzhao was talking to Qi Jingtong, a general-looking man wearing heavy armor walked over in three steps and two steps, knelt on one knee, folded his fists with both hands, and said to Zhu Houzhao and Qi Jingtong, “Report to your majesty, sir. Handsome, I found a few warships seventy nautical miles away from our navy, and they seem to be heading towards us, and they are very fast!”

“Get up and explore again!”

“Yes!”

Zhu Houzhao originally planned to return to the capital after explaining this to Qi Jingtong. After all, it took a long time to come out, but when he heard the report, he felt a little stunned. Based on his obsession with the military, he could make an estimate, and it must have been one. partner enemy.

“Wait! Come back!”

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said to the spy, “Go and find out the truth about the other party and see how many cannons they have? How many people?”

“Yes!”

The spy was estimated to be one of Qi Jingtong’s generals. After listening to Zhu Houzhao’s instructions, he immediately got up and walked out without looking back.

“Qi Aiqing, in my opinion, the pirates here must be a group of pirates. They are greedy for the supplies of my Daming. It is estimated that they have taken a fancy to this treasure ship of Zheng He and come to rob it.”

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he squinted at Qi Jingtong.

Qi Jingtong cupped his hands and said, “According to Your Majesty, do we need to line up now?”

Zhu Houzhao looked confident and walked to the top of the deck with his hands behind his back and looked forward. There were indeed a few dark shadows flashing in the distance.

Not long after, the spy just now was panting again, ran over quickly, still knelt down on one knee and said to Zhu Houzhao and Qi Jingtong: “Your Majesty, Commander, there is a group of pirates ahead, and the other side has twenty warships. There are about 300 people, but most of them look like Japanese pirates, with steel knives in their hands.”

“Every ship has three-eyed guns and artillery, and the ships are moving very fast, directly aiming at the treasure ship of our Zheng He.”

After hearing this, Qi Jingtong immediately handed over to Zhu Houzhao and said, “Your Majesty, for the sake of safety, please return to the barracks quickly, and I will meet the enemy!”

After Zhu Houzhao heard this, he showed a very unhappy expression on his face. The smiling face just now turned gloomy.

Qi Jingtong still did not understand Zhu Houzhao.

“I have been familiar with military books since I was a child, how can I be afraid of such a group of pirates?”

“Besides, when I heard the report from the spies for the first time, I already guessed that they were a group of pirates. Are you still worried that I can’t deal with them?”

In fact, in Zhu Houzhao’s heart, he still wanted to lead troops to attack these pirates head-on, but this was the navy after all, and there was not much certainty of victory, so it was better to fight steadily.

“Send my order, and the whole army will immediately enter a state of martial law, ready to obey my order and launch an attack on the pirates!”

Qi Jingtong wiped the sweat from his forehead. He never dreamed that His Majesty would like to seize the credit of others, and his ability to arrange troops was no less than his.

“The minister obeys the order!”

Qi Jingtong hurriedly cupped his hands to answer, then bowed and walked out.

Beside Zhu Houzhao, Cao Zhengchun has behaved a lot during this period of time. Since he was punished by Zhu Houzhao in the palace last time, he has become much quieter when he goes out this time.

In a short time, Qi Jingtong arranged the people of various sentries, especially in the artillerymen, and even increased the deployment.

Zhu Houzhao was very proud in his heart. It was the first time he faced so many navies and ordered them to go to war. He really had the addiction of being a general!

He stood on the deck~www.readmtl.com~ and didn’t go to the barracks. He just hoped that the pirate ship would come over soon, so that he could give them some color to see.

Just like in Yunnan and Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty, people here can’t help but be fierce. Even most of the people here are gathered in tribes, which are often difficult to deal with.

However, Shen Wanqian thought about it, didn’t Zheng He come before? Well, let’s pretend to be Zheng He and say that I’m not here to be a voice. First, establish a friendly relationship with the local people, and then start the business. Isn’t it the best of both worlds?

Because when Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, Daming’s national prestige was still very strong, unlike now, although the Zhengde Emperor’s father Hongzhi Emperor tried his best to rule and reorganized Daming a little bit, but on the whole, Daming still tends to go downhill. of.

Shen Wanqian is also a businessman. The so-called bystanders are clear and the authorities are obsessed. The current Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao does not know about it, but to outsiders, the Ming Dynasty is not as good as it was in the first few years of the founding of the country.

“You don’t have to worry about this. When you get there, you can just do business with the locals, and you don’t have to worry about the rest, there is me!”

Butler Liang looked confidently at the business genius in front of him, and thoughts came to his mind…