"Wait a minute, Hongu will think about it again." Zhu Houzhao called Wang Busui.

Lao Gao, the dog official, clearly wanted him to defy his father's ban.

When the time comes, it will be another severe beating, and he will reap the benefits.

However, printing comics doesn't seem to be good for Lao Gao.

Yan Chengjin said: "If Your Highness wants to print, Lao Wang Bookstore can exempt the silver taels and print it for His Highness." ”

Although copper is coinage, in Yan Chengjin's view, there is no difference, but the form of currency has changed.

Could it be that when a copper coin becomes a copper plate, it is not money?

Zhu Houzhao said solemnly: "This palace is naturally not afraid of the punishment of my father, but if you blame it, you have to bear it with this palace!" ”

"This nature, the minister and you, are both glorious." Yan Chengjin was categorical, as easy as going out to buy a bag of salt.

Eighty percent is an automatic order, he is not afraid, even if the order fails, there is still a gold medal for avoiding death.

The hole card is to return the sword of Shang Fang to His Majesty, and when he has made meritorious service, he will come back.

Zhu Houzhao was happy, waved his hand and said, "Print, print." ”

Yan Chengjin handed over the fox Zhai painted by Wu Huan to Wang Busui.

"Young Master, how much is printed?"

Yan Chengjin naturally wanted to have a copy for everyone in the island country, but he didn't know the number of people in the island country.

"Let's print 100,000 copies first."

Zhu Houzhao instantly felt that he had lost money, he only shouted 10,000 copies, and Lao Gao must have printed so many copies in consideration of various circumstances.

"The palace will also print 100,000 copies."

Wang Busui nodded wistfully, paper is very valuable, although Lao Wang Shufang has its own paper-making process, it is much cheaper than the market.

200,000 copies were printed, and the paper was not enough, so I had to buy the ones on the market.

I'm afraid that the capital will be more expensive than Luoyang paper.

Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed and asked: "Lao Gao, how to send the comics to the island country after they are printed?" ”

There is nothing "special" about these comics either.

It is just to deepen the understanding of the island countries of the Ming Dynasty and prevent most of the people from being fooled by the daimyo who are trying to occupy overseas.

However, if you look at the serialized type, it is usually addictive.

Yan Chengjin said: "I have to let Wang Shouren get the eight big ships back first, and the merchants have no ships to go to sea." ”

To build a big ship, it will take two months to build a big ship, and half a year to build a slow ship.

It depends on whether the timber is sufficient, and it will take a long time to transport it from Sichuan and Yunnan.

And a lot of wood can't be used right away, so it needs to be dried for a while.

In the past, the wood used to make large ships was used by the Ministry of Industry to repair the palace, and it could be used directly.

This is also the reason why Liangxiang Shipyard did not immediately supervise the construction of large ships after the eight big ships were robbed.

There is no wood.

The eight big ships are extremely important to the imperial court, and if they can't be found, they can't even go to Hainan.

We can only wait for the beginning of spring next year to bring back timber from all over the country.

Wang Shouren was able to recover all eight ships, which was a great blessing.

……

Songjiang Prefecture, Jinshan Guard.

Zuo Zongyi had a sad face, the Japanese came and went without a trace, and robbed eight big ships, they could gallop on the sea.

Jin Shanwei lost more than 400 people, not counting the disabled, and only less than 500 people could come in handy.

Just wait for the imperial court to send someone to clean up the mess.

He knew in his heart that except for the minister Qin Hong and the British duke, there was no one to take on this important task.

"My lord, the imperial court sent someone, and there is a eunuch, I don't know if it is the prison army."

Zuo Zongyi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly went out to greet him.

Wang Shouren and Liu Jin came to the Jinshan Guard, which was no different from the county seat of Shuntianfu.

There was no chaos, and it was peaceful, which made Liu Jin a little disappointed.

If the pirates go ashore and plunder, follow their trail and soon find the island where they have stopped their boats.

If there are no Japanese ashore, it is difficult to find.

"You two are coming on horseback?" Zuo Zongyi was surprised.

Liu Jin teased: "If you don't come on a horse, you can't walk?" ”

"What about the big ship of the imperial court?"

Wang Shouren turned over and dismounted: "Now, there are no big ships in the imperial court. ”

Zuo Zongyi's face was gloomy.

How can you find a widow without a big ship, and how dare you go to sea with only one ship left?

After inquiry, Wang Zongyi learned that he had not even sent the Beijing camp.

Wang Shouren said solemnly: "Your Majesty's will is to find these eight big ships. ”

"You don't know, there are a lot of displaced people among these pirates, and it is extremely troublesome to exterminate them by ventilating them.

The officer had fought with them once, and the steel knives used by those ronin warriors were so sharp that they could cut our waists, and they could kill two of them in a matter of moments.

Repeated battles, the silver light is shining, our soldiers have seen it, and they are frightened, they have more than 200 ronins! ”

Zuo Zongyi was miserable.

A few ronins dared to plunder everywhere, and hundreds of people gathered together, and they didn't even pay attention to the government.

The sword of the Japanese was made of stainless steel, and was twice as long as the sword they used, and could cut off their sword.

There is also a large bow used by the Japanese Emperor, and the arrow is one size larger than that used by the imperial court.

The range is not far, but it is extremely powerful.

It is not difficult to exterminate the slaves, but it is difficult to exterminate the true ones.

All of them are ronin samurai.

Wang Shouren pondered for a moment and said, "How many boats are there?" ”

"You want to go to sea in a boat?" Zuo Zongyi was shocked: "If the boat capsizes, it will drown!" ”

The so-called cao boat is the boat used by the cao.

This kind of boat is five feet long, a bit like a house.

The lion in the bow of the boat can be compared to the front door of the house, and there is a bedroom in the stern.

There is no wind and waves on the Grand Canal, so the boat ride is very smooth.

But if you go down to the sea, there is a high risk that the boat will capsize.

"Lord Zuo is so afraid, how can he kill the widows!" Liu Jin reminded.

Zuo Zongyi was a little confused, pointed to the little eunuch and asked, "Who is he?" ”

"The person sent by the prince to pacify the widow, Liu Jin." Wang Shouren said.

Liu Jin said with a show-off of gloomy compassion: "The slave and maid have words, adults can call the slave and maid Liu Xiaoqiang, it is the word given by His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

When he heard that it was sent by Zhu Houzhao, Zuo Zongyi was a little surprised, what did he send a eunuch to do.

Wang Shouren continued: "Send some boats from Zhenhaiwei and Hainingwei to search the islands around Songjiang Mansion. ”

The reason why Yan Chengjin felt that the Japanese were hiding on the surrounding islands was because he guessed that the robbery of the ship was related to King Ning.

Wang Shouren's judgment was consistent with Yan Chengjin, not because of King Yinning, but because Jiangsu and Zhejiang were rich, and the Japanese must have a stronghold so that they could plunder at any time.

Zuo Zongyi was puzzled: "How can you be so sure?" ”

"Your Excellency will send someone to look for it, and I will go to sea tonight to have a look." Wang Shouren said.

Around Songjiang Prefecture, there are Chongming Island, Nansha Island, Hengsha Island, Chashan Island, Daqidao and Xiaoqidao.

Except for Chongming Island, the rest are very far away from Songjiang Mansion, and there is no ship that cannot go ashore at all.

As a result, very few people live on the island.

Zuo Zongyi sighed, Wang Shouren was a person sent by the imperial court to pacify, so he had to assist from the side.

night

Eighteen ships secretly left the harbor and drifted towards the endless sea.

The two boats are in a team, equipped with monoculars, and they take advantage of the darkness to search separately and are not easy to find.

Wang Shouren's destination was Xiaoqidao, which was the farthest away from Songjiang Prefecture, and according to his analysis, the Japanese were most likely on this island.

Five miles out of the harbor, the sailors rocked the ship and set sails.

An hour later, Liu Jin put down the binoculars in surprise and said, "My lord, look at the southeast side, it's a big ship!" ”

Telescopes are worthless, almost always bring one.

Wang Shouren raised it to take a look, and sure enough, he saw a black shadow of the ship in the southeast.

Liu Jin said happily: "The slave has landed." ”

Zuo Zongyi asked suspiciously, "Do you want to send a few people to follow?" ”

"No need, we're afraid we'll hurt them by mistake." Liu Jin shook his head.

Wang Shouren pondered for a moment and said, "Did you bring enough poison?" ”

"No matter how full you are, you will die" Liu Jin hid his face and smiled: "On the seventeenth day, let's let them float on the sea like dead fish." ”