Quanzhou Prefecture Thornton Port Wharf.

Thousands of lancers brought up dust and smoke from the sky and surrounded the place.

A praetorian guard with a face like a heavy date standing on his horse, surrounded by fifty guards, looking at the water outside the dock with a very solemn face, while the man on his left horse was a young bearded man, with some regret in his eyes.

Dozens of cavalry were driving a dozen people dressed as craftsmen by the docks. One of the centurions galloped up to the Praetorian Commander, and dismounted and fell to his knees.

Two huge ships were slowly moving away from the harbor, and they were only a few feet away from the shore dock. On the stone platform of the wide wharf, nearly 10,000 people knelt on the bluestone ground in fear, and did not dare to raise their heads for half a minute.

The two giant ships are thousands of feet long, hundreds of feet above the sea, and the most singular thing is not the length, but because their outer layers are wrapped in metal, and the enclave arrows in the hands of hundreds of cavalrymen are constantly shooting towards the huge ship, but because of the tall hull and the back, they can rarely shoot on the deck, and most of them can only shoot on the wall of the ship, making a crisp sound, and also bringing out a spark.

I heard a burst of laughter from the ship: "I, Shang Yu, have long known that there will be such a day, and the dozen or so shipbuilders who stay behind can help you fulfill your wish to open up the sea territory, please report long live!" Please don't worry about him, just say that when I Shang Yu goes to sea, I will definitely go far away and never come back. ”

After the voice was finished, I saw that the huge ship accelerated suddenly, and several turbulent currents rushed out behind the ship, and the ground thrust formed in an instant caused the huge ship to leave the shore again after a few dozen breaths.

"Stop shooting! The whole army salutes with guns raised! The commander of the forbidden army standing on the horse gave a deep order, and the herald soldier next to him immediately opened the two herald flags in his hand and waved them.

The cavalrymen holding bows and arrows on the edge of the harbor were stunned to watch the departing huge ship in a daze, and when they heard the shouts of the ten captains beside them, they quickly put away their bows and arrows.

After a few breaths, thousands of cavalrymen raised their spears from their horses, stabbed into the sky, and let out a loud shout: "Mighty ......" The sound of thousands of people sounded loudly on the dockside, reaching the sea, shaking the nearly 10,000 people who were kneeling on the ground and did not dare to look up, while the two huge ships were getting farther and farther away, and I don't know if anyone on the ship could hear the shouts of these cavalrymen on the shore.

"Gonggong Zheng! It looks like we're just one step away this time. Zhou Qionghai, the commander of the forbidden army, said with a relaxed smile on his face.

"Yes! Lord Zhou, this time Mr. Shang can leave like this, so as not to embarrass us! After all, the king's fate is hard to disobey. The beardless young man beside Zhou Qionghai also smiled lightly.

"It's just that when he goes, our Ming Dynasty will lose a peerless genius! The sea and land merchants and the many strange people of the land will disappear, and the move to pacify the north will be far away! Zhou Qionghai said with a sigh.

"Long live the order of me to detain Mr. Shang and let me take over everything he handles, this is the king's order not to be violated! But he didn't expect him to think about our purpose this time. Master Zhou, leave the more than ten craftsmen to me! They are the shipbuilders left behind by Mr. Shang, and we must not treat them slowly! The young bearded man said with a smile.

"Then naturally you have to listen to the orders of your father-in-law, the overseer! Please, let's go back to Quanzhou Mansion to talk! Zhou Qionghai also said with a smile.

The young man surnamed Zheng nodded, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of asking for land, and the two walked side by side, and the soldiers on both sides of the ground gave way one after another. From Zhou Qionghai's words, it can be heard that this young man surnamed Zheng should be a eunuch in the palace, and he is also the supervisor of the army this time.

"Mr. Shang's departure not only took away nearly 10,000 skilled craftsmen, but I will also lose a saint of business." The young man surnamed Zheng said as he marched.

"Aren't there the local giants headed by Shen Wansan in my court? What I value most is Mr. Shang's outstanding insight into military strategy and overall planning. Zhou Qionghai shook his head and said.

"Whew! Lord Zhou, then Shen Wan is rich! Compared with Mr. Shang, it can be said that one is heaven and the other is earth! If it weren't for Mr. Shang who had instructed Shen Wansan back then, where would there be a person like him in this Central Plains realm? The young man surnamed Zheng immediately retorted.

"My father-in-law is right, that Shen Wansan is Mr. Shang's unnamed apprentice." Although Zhou Qionghai was refuted, he was not angry at all, but smiled.

"Banzai has decreed that in the future, the name of Mr. Shang should not be mentioned in the government and the opposition, and the clerk must also remove the record of his service in my court, and the violator will be beheaded immediately, it seems that Banzai Ye really wants to eliminate the influence of this last hero on the court this time, but it is difficult to completely make everyone forget Mr." The young man surnamed Zheng said with a sigh.

"Father-in-law, this kind of topic must not be talked about again, otherwise the news will reach the ears of Banzai, and it will be difficult for the two of us to save our lives! This time, we're just here to gather shipwrights and build a big ship for the merchants. Zhou Qionghai saw that the young man surnamed Zheng was more and more outrageous, and he couldn't help but want to wake him up.

"Oh! Lord Zhou said very well that this matter is no longer a place for us to talk about in the future. As he spoke, the young man surnamed Zheng coughed several times.

Then he said again: "Lord Zhou, now that Mr. still has these craftsmen left, I can rebuild the ship in the Ming Dynasty, and lead the army to the sea to pacify the Japanese in a few years, but Mr. said a few years ago that if you want to pacify the Japanese, you must pacify the nearby waters, otherwise the naval war army will cross the sea, and if the sea thieves on dozens of islands in the southern sea take the opportunity to invade our thousands of miles of sea frontier, the gains will outweigh the losses!" The young man surnamed Zheng said.

"Yes! After returning to Beijing and resuming my life, I would like to ask the emperor for his life, and in the future, I can go south with my father-in-law to build ships and go to sea to do this eternal work, can you agree? Zhou Qionghai immediately replied.

"That's really a wonderful thing, I, Zheng He, thanked Lord Zhou in advance, you are a famous general in my dynasty, with your help, the future will be very smooth!" The young man surnamed Zheng immediately showed surprise and said to Zhou Qionghai.

"Where, where! I only scratched the surface of what I learned from my husband. Zhou Qionghai replied.

While talking, the two couldn't help but look back at the sea, only to see hundreds of big ships docked on the edge of the dock, and the two huge ships on the sea had long disappeared.

The two were clearly ordered by the emperor to lead thousands of cavalry to kill a person surnamed Shang, but after the other party fled the port on a huge ship, instead of organizing a ship to pursue him, he collected his troops on the contrary, and even praised the person surnamed Shang in his speech, which made people feel very strange.