Chapter 359 Zhu Di's Ambition: Sweeping Across the Country in the Name of Ideals

Chapter 359 Zhu Di's ambition: Sweeping the four seas in the name of ideals!

The powerful merchants on other warships also rushed to the deck from all parts of the warships.

Hiss!

Witnessing with their own eyes, fifty warships lined up in a row in half an incense stick of time, they all exclaimed.

"Isn't the ship-handling technology too good?"

"This is not surprising. The foundation of this navy is originally composed of the court navy and pirates, especially this group of pirates, who have been fighting in the sea for many years. Those who survived are all good sailors!"

...

"Too spectacular! Is this the magnificent atmosphere of fifty warships lined up to fight?"

"Why don't you fire?"

"Yes, I can't wait to see the power of the new navy of the King of Yan."

...

On the flagship deck.

Everyone stared at Zhu Di.

Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and others looked at each other and stared eagerly. They had seen Zhu Di in Wenzhi, Fujian.

This time, we went out to sea to see Zhu Silang's military strategy.

Although Jilong Island is the highlight.

But everyone can't wait.

At this moment, it is a good opportunity to peek at the tip of the iceberg.

Ever since Yu Jing began to write letters and show off his ideas of a large navy to his former colleagues.

Some bad rumors have appeared in Jinling City.

For example: If Yan Wang Zhu Di rebels against the Ming Dynasty in the future, the large navy will go straight into the Qinhuai River from the sea and point the spearhead directly at the people of Jinling.

Everyone is more concerned about the first town of the Dongfan Army.

However, they are also very curious about this new navy.

Does this navy really have the power to break through the Ming Navy's blockade, go straight into the Qinhuai River from the sea, and directly deploy the Yan Wang's army to Jinling City?

Perhaps, we can see a clue today.

...

Xu Miaoyun stood in the distance with the children.

All the children looked at Zhu Di in admiration.

They had no other thoughts, they just wanted to see the scene of all the cannons on the warships firing at the master's command.

This year in Jilong Island.

Commander Yu took everyone out to sea countless times, to some small islands and reefs northeast of Jilong Island, and asked everyone to give orders and command the soldiers to practice artillery shooting.

They have all "commanded" warships.

But the only thing is that they have never seen the master command a warship.

Little Yongming and little Qihua were standing by Xu Miaoyun's hand.

The two little guys are already three years old.

At the same time, she couldn't hold the two little guys.

Little Qihua felt that the atmosphere was different and raised her head curiously, "Mother, why are you all looking at Dad?"

Xu Miaoyun smiled and lowered her head. Just as she was about to speak, she saw that little Yongming was staring at Zhu Di intently. She couldn't help but smile and whispered: "When Dad orders, all warships will fire."

As she said that, she turned her head and asked Mingxia to help, pick up the two little guys and cover their ears.

"Aunt Mingxia, I'm not afraid..."

When Mingxia was about to cover Xiao Yongming's ears, the little guy suddenly struggled and resisted.

The sound was a bit loud.

Everyone was startled.

All looked over.

Zhu Di also looked back.

When Xiao Yongming saw Zhu Di looking over, he immediately reached out to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di smiled and told everyone: "Everyone find something to hold on to. The cannons will be fired in unison, and the hull will be very violent."

While speaking, he walked quickly towards Xu Miaoyun.

Took Xiao Yongming from Mingxia's arms.

Looked at Xiao Qihua again, "Do you want Dad to carry you to the side of the boat?"

In the past, this little cotton jacket was the most naughty and mischievous, and the brother and sister seemed to have a different temperament.

Qihua is a girl who is naughty and mischievous.

Yongming is a boy who is quiet and gentle all day long.

At this moment, the little naughty egg hugged Xu Miaoyun's neck tightly with his two little hands, snuggled in Xu Miaoyun's arms, and shook his head repeatedly.

Zhu Di smiled and carried Xiao Yongming to the side of the boat.

Everyone rolled their eyes helplessly.

Everyone was waiting to see fifty warships firing at the same time.

Zhu Silang, on the other hand, suddenly started to be a loving father and a filial son!

‘If you do this, don’t blame everyone for silently sending you Zhu Silang ‘blessings’ and praying that your Yongming will definitely be a debt collector in the future! ’

“Your Highness, can we start?” Yu Jing was the most anxious, and he approached Zhu Di and asked in a low voice.

His eyes were fixed on little Yongming, ‘Prince, look at it, this is our Dongfan navy, and you must inherit and develop this family business in the future! ’

If little Yongming was not too young now.

When taking the children out to sea.

He would definitely take little Yongming with him first.

Education should start from childhood!

In another four or five years, the prince will be seven or eight years old.

He must train the prince into a big navy maniac.

Zhu Di glared at Yu Jing and turned his eyes to others, “Everyone, grab what you can grab around you.”

The voice sounded.

Everyone was immediately shocked.

As for holding on to the things around them.

Except for Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai and others, as well as Xu Miaoyun and the children who often took the sea boat.

Lan Yu, Mu Ying, Yu Tongyuan, and Xu Da just spread their feet slightly apart without making a sound.

"Order!"

Bang!

The moment Zhu Di's solemn voice sounded, Yu Jing instinctively stood at attention.

"Fleet port artillery ready!"

"Your Highness orders, fleet port artillery ready!"

"Your Highness orders, fleet port artillery ready!"

...

The voices spread on the deck one after another.

Lan Yu noticed that the messenger standing on the tall mast began to wave the command flag.

Then, all the warships began to respond with flag signals.

Immediately afterwards, the decks of the warship they were on and other warships began to be busy.

The sailors came out carrying the wooden box.

There were gunpowder wrapped in oil paper and iron bullets two inches in diameter.

"Deck artillery loaded!"

"The cannon in the cabin is loaded!"

…

The sailor's reply came in an orderly and sonorous voice.

Immediately afterwards, each warship also began to reply with semaphores.

Zhu Di looked at the soldiers on the mast and kept passing the flag messages of each ship to him.

Until the soldier stopped, he immediately ordered: "Launch!"

The ordering soldier suddenly stood on the mast and waved the red order flag.

Bang bang bang...

Immediately, a deafening explosion sounded.

The moment the projectile was launched, Lan Yu and others' expressions changed drastically, and they immediately reached out and grabbed the warship's railing.

The entire flagship was instantly pushed horizontally to starboard for several meters and shook violently.

Fifty warships opened fire on the port side at the same time, and one hundred and sixty iron bullets rotated at high speed and were thrown towards the sea.

The moment of falling into the water.

Five hundred steps away, water jets suddenly splashed on the sea.

Everyone couldn't wait to open fire.

But when the fire started, everyone felt that the whole process happened in an instant.

The water column has fallen.

The warship was still bumping and shaking violently.

Every warship fell into extreme silence.

The soldiers looked proud and held their heads high.

The powerful merchants were staggering around. Some people did not listen to the advice and did not firmly hold the handrails beside them. They fell to pieces and struggled to get up in embarrassment.

"This! This! Is this King Yan's navy?"

"It's too scary. With such a navy, who in the four seas can be the enemy of King Yan?"

"You are right to follow King Yan! This time when we go to Jilong Island, we must buy a shop in Jilong Island. Making money is the second priority! Following King Yan is more important than making money!"

…

The merchants were discussing excitedly.

On the flagship.

Xiao Yongming held Zhu Di's neck tightly with both hands, and his big black eyes were still staring at the place where the projectile landed.

Zhu Di smiled and asked in a low voice: "Do you like it?"

Historically, the Ming Dynasty’s finances were depleted by ‘he’ wars.

After Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, he first began to abandon the great voyage.

After Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, he abandoned Annan and most of the territory outside the Great Wall, and strode back into the Great Wall.

This is actually something that can't be helped.

It's not that they don't feel bad for selling their fields.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty could no longer sustain the consumption of these outward tentacles.

These tentacles extend far outside because they have not found a way to be self-sufficient or even profitable.

Not only was it unable to draw nutrients from the outside to feed back the Central Plains, the most fundamental land of the Ming Dynasty.

On the contrary, it is still devouring the few wealth in the Central Plains.

If these tentacles are not cut off, sooner or later, the Central Plains will be unable to withstand collapse.

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It's different now.

As long as rural villages are built, the Ming Dynasty's commodities will be extremely prosperous.

The food was not bad.

No matter how much there is, Daming will definitely be able to digest it internally.

But the mass-produced cotton textiles and silk fabrics produced in rural communities and rural areas are not so easy to digest.

Ultimately, if you don’t want the internal economy to collapse.

You can only go outside.

At that time, all the people, up and down, will ask the court to go out.

The conservative gentry who like to guard one-third of an acre of land will also support moving out.

If you don't go outside, the accumulated cotton and silk fabrics will be rolled up inside the Ming Dynasty and cannot be rolled at all.

The purpose of Western expansion is to plunder and seek wealth from outside.

The Central Plains culture is not so aggressive.

But the excessive economy will force everyone in Ming Dynasty to leave!

If you want to protect your economic interests, your martial ethics must be strong.

The eldest brother and Xiongying can completely use the excess output of the Central Plains to expand their territories north and west.

Of course, it is still unknown whether he will be able to talk about the matter between the eldest brother and Xiongying in the future.

However, Yong Ming is his son.

He can cultivate.

He also thought about the sea direction.

The ideal of rural village cooperatives + employee shareholding system is a good excuse.

The Crusaders marched eastward in the name of God.

Genghis Khan went on a killing spree in the name of the Immortal Heaven. ’

Why can't he sweep across the world in the name of his ideal?

Of course, he might stop playing when he gets tired.

But he could emulate Genghis Khan.

Genghis Khan injected "the name of the Immortal Heaven, killing on a large scale" into his sons.

He can also inject "the name of ideals, sweeping across the world" into the thoughts of his sons.

Let them continue to sweep across the world in the name of their ideals!

Let them ride on naval warships and command the army officers.

Integrate the Central Plains civilization into the name of ideals and spread it to further places!

If it can be done.

It will definitely be the largest expansion of the Central Plains civilization in history!

Of course, the premise is that he has a good relationship with his eldest brother.

His lineage has a good relationship with his eldest brother's lineage.

Therefore, when Lan Yu and his eldest brother Mu Ying wrote a letter wanting to know the status of his new army construction.

He directly invited them to come and observe.

When the viewing group arrived, I showed it to them without reservation.

Frankness is the best he can do for this idea.

The rest is left to the efforts of my father, elder brother, officials in the court, gentry, merchants, and all the people in the Central Plains.

In fact, when he first came to Ming Dynasty, he never thought about this at all.

Get out of the central vortex.

Just want to live an ordinary, small and beautiful life.

The original idea of ​​auctioning tax package and rural village community was to make myself and the villagers live better.

Later, my father was tossing and turning.

Step by step to now.

In the past, he would take one step at a time and passively respond to various changes.

Ever since my father hinted that they would be allowed to leave the Ming Dynasty.

And gave Dongfan to him to toss.

He began to plan and imagine.

He did not tell anyone about these ideas.

Perhaps Miaoyun noticed a clue.

For the first time, he took the initiative to design and plan the future, and has been silently supporting him behind the scenes.

However, there are too many uncontrollable factors.

They can only do their best.

The rest...

Zhu Di looked at Lan Yu and others.

Completely let go of everything and treat the observation group honestly. He just hopes to win these people.

Of course, not to make them loyal to him.

Instead, he hopes that in the future they can become the mainstay in the Central Plains to support the cooperation between the two families and expand the Central Plains civilization to the maximum limit.

They are in high positions and support this kind of tacit cooperation.

They blocked the opposition from the Central Plains!

He couldn't make the decision for the Ming Dynasty, so he could only plan like this.

He was not worried about the Dongfan side.

Whoever dared to disobey his will would be kicked out of the decision-making circle.

If that didn't work, he would be physically eliminated.

In short, he was confident that he could manage his side well.

He dared to kill as many people as he could who didn't agree with his pace and ideas.

In a short moment, Zhu Di thought a lot.

Little Yongming climbed in Zhu Di's arms, raised his head, and looked at Zhu Di, "I like it."

Zhu Di couldn't help but smile.

Lan Yu and others were standing nearby, and were finally awakened by Yongming's childish voice.

Back to his senses.

Lan Yu and Mu Ying looked at each other, and they saw horror and fear in each other's eyes.

Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and others were even pale.

The impact was too great.

It was too shocking!

Artillery was also deployed in the Ming army.

It's just not much.

They had been in the East Palace before, and had the honor of seeing the East Palace guards practice using artillery.

But they had never seen the shocking scene of nearly two hundred artillery pieces firing at the sea at the same time on warships.

This should be just the tip of the iceberg of Zhu Silang's private soldiers, right?

The observation group was even more silent.

Simply complimented Zhu Di a few words.

Everyone found various excuses to return to the cabin assigned to them.

Yu Jing's face was full of smiles. He came in front of Zhu Di, first glanced at little Yongming, and his mouth corners immediately grinned to his ears.

He heard what the prince said just now!

He is worthy of being the eldest son of His Highness.

A tiger father and a tiger son!

Don't let him grow up crooked.

"You make my Yongming a little scared with your smile, put it away!" Zhu Di's unpleasant voice sounded.

Hehe...

Yu Jing smiled awkwardly, reached out and touched the little Yongming's head, then took credit and said: "Your Highness, I didn't embarrass you, did I? Your investment in our navy has not been in vain? Look at the shocked look on my father's face. How could they know that this is just the beginning? The prestige of our navy can only be demonstrated in battle..."

He now wanted to kidnap the observation group and go south to wipe out the selected pirates!

Humph!

Zhu Di snorted slightly, his face turned cold, "In front of the observation group, put away your smugness and arrogance. Letting you show is to express our honesty, not to let you bring hostility to me! Go tell your father that the imperial navy shipyard can send ship workers to our Jilongyu shipyard to learn about warship modification and artillery installation..."

At this time, Lan Yu and others must be talking about something that he was not convenient to hear.

It is not appropriate for him to go.

Yu Jing is very suitable.

Yu Jing is a smart man, although he did not guess Zhu Di's deeper plan.

But he also understood what Zhu Di meant.

He looked at him deeply.

Pah!

He stood at attention and beat his chest to salute, "I will remember your teachings!"

After saying that, he turned and left.

He walked away, turned his head and secretly glanced at Zhu Di, muttering in a low voice: "Your Highness has done this, if the court still can't accommodate your Highness in the future..."

He was the first to disagree!

Xu Miaoyun held little Qihuan and walked silently to Zhu Di's side. Looking at the ups and downs of the sea, she retracted her gaze and looked at Zhu Di, "You have done everything you should and can do. The rest is up to Yongchang Hou, Xiping Hou and other people in the Central Plains court."

As she said that, she changed the subject and said with a smile: "Do you know what is the decision I have made the least regret in my life?"

Zhu Di came back to his senses, tilted his head and asked with a smile: "What is it?"

Xu Miaoyun looked around and made sure that there was no one around, then raised her head and smiled: "Marry you."

Zhu Di was immediately pleased, and all the messy worries disappeared in an instant. He teased: "Yong Ming and Qihuan can understand!"

Yong Ming closed his eyes.

I didn't understand it very well.

But, it seems that I shouldn't listen.

Qihuan didn't understand it very well, but she understood her mother's eyes.

"Mother, you lackey, shame on you!"

"Zhu Qihuan, say it again!" Xu Miaoyun's 'angry' voice sounded.

"Mother, you are such a lackey..."

...

Xu Da, Xu Huizu and others looked at the family of four on the other side of the ship and couldn't help laughing...

...

Inside the cabin.

Yu Jing stood far outside the cabin of his father, Lan Yu and others.

Just now, he saw Huang Zicheng and others go in.

So he chose to wait.

He couldn't help but get angry to prevent these scoundrels from speaking ill of His Highness.

It ruined His Highness's affairs.

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"Marquis Yue Xi, can the imperial navy defeat King Yan's navy?"

In the narrow cabin, Huang Zicheng followed Fang Xiaoru and others into the cabin and couldn't wait to ask.

Lan Yu frowned slightly.

glance.

Huang Zicheng's face was extremely pale.

He was obviously frightened by the surging martial virtue displayed by Zhu Laosi's navy.

This is just a glimpse of what others have shown.

I haven’t visited the Army’s First Town yet!

It is still too early to arrange the actual naval combat against bandits after the Spring Festival.

This group of scholars was already frightened and panicked.

The navy's combat effectiveness must be demonstrated in actual combat!

These scholars are the most courageous!

"Why did the imperial navy attack King Yan's navy?" Lan Yu asked coldly: "What do you want to express! King Yan is your majesty's son and the prince's brother. You are in front of us to provoke the royal father and son, brothers and sisters. Feelings?"

Yu Tongyuan, Mu Ying and Song Lian looked on with cold eyes.

Fang Xiaoru's lips moved slightly, wanting to explain to Huang Zicheng.

The words came to my lips and I was too lazy to say them.

This observation was indeed very shocking.

But Huang Zicheng's reaction was too much, as if, overnight, King Yan had become the prince's enemy.

You can't just want to kill someone just because they are powerful.

This kind of thinking...

He didn't even know what to say.

But he was certain that many people in the DPRK had similar thoughts to Huang Zicheng.

Perhaps, it was also because of his close relationship with Prince Yan and his wife.

Knowing this couple, I can look at this matter with a calm mind and a fair and objective view.

boom!

Seeing that Huang Zicheng didn't speak, Lan Yu was very angry and slammed the table, "Say it! Why don't you say it anymore!"

Huang Zicheng is a seventh-grade county magistrate.

Lan Yu, the Marquis of Yongchang, was full of momentum, and his mind went blank for a moment.

Qi Tai bowed solemnly, "Yongchang Marquis, we are just worried. Since the news of the great navy came back to Jinling, there has been a wave of public opinion in Jinling..."

Muying listened to Qitai's polite explanation.

Very helpless.

Of course he had heard this statement.

The great navy of King Yan, together with the elite army of King Yan, can march straight into Jinling.

If King Yan is allowed to continue to win over people in the Ming Dynasty, as long as King Yan takes Jinling, he can rule the entire Ming Dynasty.

Such remarks are not widespread.

Obviously, even the people didn't believe it.

But Huang Zicheng and others were already worried.

Can't blame them either.

After all, they were also thinking about the prince.

But their suspicion will cause a gap between the prince and the fourth child!

"The King of Yan is so frank with us. What are you worried about? I can tell you with certainty that as long as the court says a word, the King of Yan is willing to teach the court their skills in modifying warships..."

Just now, they were discussing this matter with Marquis Yuesi.

The imperial navy was too weak.

Even if the imperial court cannot invest huge financial resources in developing the navy, it should learn from King Yan and modify and improve the original warships.

Just jog in small steps.

Huang Zicheng opened his mouth.

The words came to my lips and I swallowed them again.

It is appropriate to let Zhu Silang teach the court the modification techniques.

The court should also restrict Zhu Silang's navy.

Does Zhu Silang need two hundred warships?

Transferring the fifty now refitted ships to the imperial court is what Zhu Silang should do as his son and minister.

After all, Zhu Silang has achieved his current development, and the court has also given him a lot of support.

Is it normal for him to repay something in return?

However, it seems that not many of these people here support him.

This idea can only be discussed after returning to the DPRK.

There must be many people in the DPRK supporting him!

Boom, boom, boom!

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Yu Jing, the commander of the navy under the humble command of King Yan, asks for an audience!" Yu Jing's cold voice sounded.

Lan Yu glared at Huang Zicheng fiercely.

He could tell from Yu Jing's voice.

Yu Jing must have heard some.

Yes, he was so loud just now when he was angry.

This cabin is not soundproof at all.

It doesn’t matter if people don’t want to hear it.

Fang Xiaoru received Lan Yu's signal and hurriedly turned around to open the door and made a gesture of invitation, "Tongzhi Yu, please."

"No." Yu Jing squeezed out a smile and looked at Yu Tongyuan, "Marquis Yue Xi, under the orders of His Highness, tell Marquis Yue Xi that if the imperial court is willing, it can send boatmen to the Jilong Island Shipyard to learn warship modification technology. His Highness wants to send people back directly, but our Jilongyu Shipyard has too few manpower. If a group of people go back, Jilongyu will not be able to operate..."

Yu Tongyuan's lips twitched as he listened to Yu Jing's mouthfuls of Yue Sihou.

After Yu Jing finished speaking, he tried his best to smile and said, "I know! The imperial court is definitely willing to send boatmen to Jilong Island to study."

"I'm sorry to say goodbye!"

Yu Jing strode away.

He didn't mean to do this.

But this group of people went too far.

Do you really think His Highness has no temper?

After Mu Ying watched Yu Jing leave, she withdrew her gaze and looked at Huang Zicheng and others, "Have you seen King Yan's attitude? Next, when we get to Jilong Island, we will most likely see a lot more, which will shock us greatly. "

Huang Zicheng left in despair.

After Fang Xiaoru bowed, he led everyone away.

After only four people were left in the room, Lan Yu looked at Yu Tongyuan and teased, "Old Yu, your Yu Jing has personality!"

Haha...

A hearty laugh rang out.

Even Song Lian couldn't help laughing.

Yu Tongyuan's lips twitched and he laughed, "Don't go home. Wait until he sends the prince back to Nanjing. If he goes home, I will have to use family rules!"

It's so infuriating.

It's clear that he wants to draw a clear line with him as a father.

Lan Yu smiled.

A trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

Yu Jing is not an exception.

It represents the attitude of Zhu Laosi's subordinates.

They don't object to Zhu Laosi being good to the court.

But if there are more things like Huang Zicheng in the future.

The master humiliates the minister and the minister dies!

This group of people will never watch the Ming Dynasty and let Zhu Laosi suffer again and again!

Yu Jing is still like this.

The relationship between the First Army Regiment Commander Tan Yuan and the Biao Commander Zhang Wu and the others and the Ming Dynasty is even weaker!

They may be grateful to His Majesty.

But they definitely have no gratitude to the prince!

Of course, he is not worried about these people.

As long as Zhu Laosi is there and his attitude towards the court remains unchanged, these people will not be able to make big waves.

But he is worried about the court.

There are too many people like Huang Zicheng.

Wasn't it the same when he thought about it?

...

The observation group was worried.

Two days later.

Woo woo woo...

The horns sounded one after another.

Lan Yu and others vomited in a daze. When they heard the horn, they stumbled out of the cabin with curiosity.

"What's wrong?"

"Did we encounter pirates?"

...

Lan Yu walked out of the cabin and saw Yu Tongyuan at the first time.

Yu Tongyuan is a naval commander after all.

Even if inland rivers and lakes cannot be compared with the turbulence on the sea.

But Yu Tongyuan adapted quickly and did not get seasick.

When he saw Lan Yu, he smiled and said, "We're at Jilong Island. I was just about to call you, but I didn't expect you to come out."

Lan Yu and others looked in the direction of Yu Tongyuan's finger...

A tall watchtower.

Between the two mountains.

A blue bay came into view...

Nearly 7,000 words!

Before, everyone had been saying that this book lacked a main plot, because at that time, according to the character setting, there was indeed not much ambition. Here, Zhu Di's first political ambition finally came to light.

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