Chapter 456: Water Ghost Troops
Zheng Zhilong listened to Zhu Hao's words, and said secretly in his heart:
"The official level crushes people to death, what you say is what!"
"Who made you a prince?"
Zheng Zhilong thought like this and took a deep breath to calm down, he wanted to scold his mother's impulse.
Zhu Hao looked at Zheng Zhilong with a helpless expression, and he no longer lost his appetite, and said:
"Actually, there is nothing to say, that is, this king can guarantee that when you plunder their merchant ships, they will have no time to stop you!"
"This king will lure them into a certain distance in advance, and then carry out, at this time, you will take advantage of the situation and plunder their merchant ships, and naturally you can succeed in one fell swoop without risk!"
Zhu Hao said, his fists clenched hard, and he said hatefully:
"This time, this king must give them a painful lesson, and tell them that if they dare to beat my Da Ming's idea, they will have to pay the price!"
Zheng Zhilong listened to Zhu Hao's words, and then realized that Zhu Hao didn't let him go to plunder the merchant ships of the United Fleet at this moment, but after Zhu Hao and the United Fleet went to war, he would do it again.
After Zheng Zhilong listened to Zhu Hao's words, he secretly said in his heart:
"If, according to what the prince said, then this matter is completely feasible!"
"Although these merchant ships also have a certain amount of escort force, but those rabble, there is nothing to be afraid of!"
Zheng Zhilong thought so, and when he clasped his fists at Zhu Hao, he saluted:
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the last general will not disappoint you!"
In fact, the misunderstanding just now was entirely because Zheng Zhilong was too eager, he thought that Zhu Hao was asking him to act immediately, but he didn't expect that Zhu Hao was asking him to cooperate with the official army.
Of course, the reason why Zheng Zhilong didn't expect it was because of the thoughts in his pirate bones.
Because in the pirates' hearts, the officers and soldiers are their mortal enemies, and as soon as the two meet, it will definitely be the end of the life-and-death struggle, and there is no possibility of cooperation.
Therefore, Zheng Zhilong didn't think of this, something that ordinary people can think of when they think about it.
After Zhu Hao explained the matter to Zheng Zhilong, he asked Zheng Zhilong to retreat, and then passed Zhou Yu and Zhou Tai over.
When the two heard the news, they hurriedly came to Zhu Hao's study, and after the two of them saw each other, Zhu Hao asked:
"Governor Zhou, is the recruitment of the water division still going well?"
"Officials at all levels, whether they cooperate or not, do you still need any support from this king?"
Zhou Yu listened to Zhu Hao's words, and hurriedly replied:
"Back to the prince, everything is going according to plan!"
"The officials of Fuzhou are very cooperative, just wait for the good news!"
Zhu Hao nodded when he heard this, and then continued to speak:
"Governor Zhou, if you think about it, how long will it take for this newly formed sailor to be put into use?"
As soon as Zhu Hao's words fell, Zhou Yu replied:
"Your Highness, it will take three months, to say the least, and if it is fully trained, it will take at least half a year!"
Zhu Hao listened to Zhou Yu's words, shook his head slightly, and said:
"That's not going to work, it's been too long!"
"Can you, speed it up, this king can give you a month at most!"
Zhou Yu listened to Zhu Hao's words, his face was a little unnatural, and then he said:
"Your Highness, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, this military training thing, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it!"
"This month is too short!"
"Putting the unformed sailor into battle is completely a target for the enemy!"
"Please think twice, Your Highness!"
Zhu Hao listened to Zhou Yu's words, sighed, and then said:
"You understand what you said, but now, this king can give you time, and the enemy doesn't give this king time!"
"Now the Fujian Sailor is already incomplete, and it can't compete with it at all, and this king pins all his hopes on you, the newly formed Sailor!"
"But if you really wait until half a year later, I'm afraid that the whole of Fujian will fall into the hands of the enemy!"
"The scout came to report the day before yesterday, saying that the other side has occupied Taiwan and the Penghu Islands, and given time, they may not attack Fujian by relying on Taiwan!"
"At such a critical moment, you said that this king still has half a year, can I give it to you?"
Zhou Yu listened to Zhu Hao's words and fell into deep thought, and after a while, Zhou Yu spoke:
"If Your Highness wants to see results within a month, your subordinates have a way here, and you can do it!"
Zhu Hao listened to Zhou Yu and said that there was a way, so he hurriedly asked:
"Governor Zhou, please say, this king listens!"
As soon as Zhu Hao's drink fell, Zhou Yu spoke:
"With such a tight market price, if you want to train a sailor who can be put into use, I'm afraid the only way to train a water ghost is to train a water ghost!"
Zhu Hao listened to Zhou Yu's words and said suspiciously:
"Water ghosts?"
"What's that?"
Zhu Hao has no concept of this word at all.
Zhou Yu looked at Zhu Hao, with a puzzled expression, and then explained:
"Your Highness, as the name suggests, this water ghost is to train people to be like water ghosts, lurking in the water for a long time, waiting for the enemy's warship to pass by, waiting for the opportunity to sink the enemy's warship underwater!"
"This kind of training is relatively simple, but to join the water ghosts, you must be a person with excellent water ability, otherwise you will drown if you don't wait for the success of the lurk, if you are not discovered!"
Zhu Hao listened to Zhou Yu's narration and probably understood what was going on with the water ghost, which was actually a special operations officer lurking underwater, waiting for an opportunity to sabotage the enemy's warship.
Zhu Hao pondered for a moment and thought that this thing was feasible, so he immediately made a decision and said:
"Let's train the water ghost troops!"
"The people are selected by you, as for the number of people, they will be drawn from the surrounding troops, and they must be trained into qualified water ghosts in a month!"
Seeing Zhu Hao's serious look, Zhou Yu hurriedly straightened up, then bowed slightly to Zhu Hao, and said:
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, your subordinates will definitely complete the task, and within a month, you will see the water ghost troops and train them!"
Zhu Hao listened to Zhou Yu and bowed his head slightly, and then Zhu Hao let the two of them go out to prepare for the training of the water ghost troops.
After Zhou Yu left, Zhu Hao, who did not stop for a moment, went to the temporary shipyard in Fuzhou to check the situation of the ship.
This time, the imperial court was very powerful, not only for Zhu Hao in all parts of the country, recruited more than 3,000 shipbuilders, but also sent the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Luban out in person, sitting in command.
As soon as Zhu Hao arrived at the shipyard, he saw Lu Ban, scolding several shipbuilders with his cloak on his head.
Seeing this, Zhu Hao smiled slightly, then stepped forward and greeted Lu Ban:
"Lord Gong, I haven't seen you for a few years, and my lord is still hot-tempered!"
Lu Ban heard Zhu Hao's voice, and he didn't care about reprimanding the price craftsman again, so he quickly turned around, bowed to Zhu Hao and said:
"The lower official loses the class, see His Royal Highness King Xin, may the prince be in good health!"