Most people are afraid of death, especially corrupt officials and corrupt officials, they are greedy for so much silver, they have to have their lives to spend it, and they still won't do it if they know that they will kill their heads.

After Jiajing made it clear that the two did not help each other, the local officials finally gradually became honest, and under the vigorous promotion of Yang Cong, the tunwei of the four provinces and one capital gradually moved to the coastline, and the Daming coastal defense system began to slowly take shape.

The pirates and the pirates were probably frightened by the power of the Ming army in the battle of Tongzhou, and the frequency of looting became lower and lower, and after several sieges, they were even more frightened, as long as they heard that the elite of the Ming army was coming, they would be frightened and flee, and they did not dare to stay for a moment.

With the establishment of the Daming coastal defense system, the momentum of pirates and pirates was finally curbed, and the southeast coast of Daming slowly returned to calm.

At this time, the Nanzhili Arsenal was also built, and the elite muskets and artillery of the Tunwei were slowly equipped in place, and Yang Cong could finally start the next plan.

His next plan is to build ships, after all, passive defense is only the next strategy, if you want to completely solve the problem of pirates and pirates, you must build warships, form sailors, control the entire southeast sea, and let them have nothing to escape.

So, how many warships does the Daming Navy have at this time?

There are hundreds of sailors in the four provinces and one capital of the Ming Dynasty, and if they want to press on it, they can naturally fight pirates and pirates, but after these warships are scattered to various provinces and even various guards, they have become a few here, a few there, and they can't do the assembled pirates and pirates at all.

Most of the pirates and pirates are afloat, and any place along the coastline of thousands of miles of the Ming Dynasty may be attacked by pirates and pirates, and it is certainly not enough to rely on the hundreds of warships that exist, even if they are assembled, they can only prevent a limited number of important areas, and it is impossible to completely solve the problem of pirates and pirates.

So, how many warships do you have to build to control the entire southeast sea, so that they have nothing to hide?

To be honest, Yang Cong didn't have any bottom in his heart at this time, he was not a genius commander after all, he was invincible in land and sea battles, and he didn't know much about naval warships and sea battles.

Fortunately, he doesn't know that there are other people who know, for example, Yu Dayou is an expert in naval warfare, although Yu Dayou has not yet shown his skills at this time, but in history, the sailors of the Yu family army are fierce, the land battle has Qi Jiguang's Qi family army, and the naval battle has Yu Dayou's Yu family army, which is the two killer weapons of the Ming Dynasty to finally defeat the pirates and the Japanese invaders.

The reason why he asked Tang Shunzhi, Zhao Shichun and others to go to Fuzhou to stand by was to let them gather the forces of the sailors and cooperate with Yu Dayou to practice and explore experience.

Originally, Zhu Kun had already transferred the warships of the guards of Zhejiang and Fujian to concentrate on destroying the two ports of pirate and pirate trading on Shuangyu Island and Zoumaxi, and it was not very troublesome to let all these warships go to Fuzhou to assemble at this time.

So, how are they doing?

On this morning, a large number of warships suddenly appeared in the waters of the Yangtze River near Jinling, and the number, I am afraid that there are not more than 200 of them, densely packed, and they look extremely terrifying.

Although the number of warships is large, it is not chaotic at all, the big fortune ship, the small fortune ship, the Cangshan ship, the centipede ship, etc. are all divided into categories, neatly arranged, and it looks like a military formation on land, majestic.

Yang Cong stood at the port wharf in the north of Jinling City, looking at the fleet of sailors slowly approaching in the distance, and couldn't help but show a satisfied smile on his face.

Yu Dayou really has a few brushes, and in just a few months, he has trained the sailor fleet so neatly, this warship is not a foot soldier on land, and it is much more difficult to arrange the array than on land, and it is already remarkable that Yu Dayou can command the warship to discharge such a neat array.

The only fly in the ointment is that the speed of the entire fleet is a bit slow, and the speed of the sailboat against the current is not even as fast as the speed of ordinary people, which is a very serious problem.

Yang Cong thought for a while, the sailor fleet finally came to the vicinity of the port, a huge fortune ship slowly approached the dock where he was, the suspension ladder had just been lowered, Yu Dayou, Tang Shunzhi, Zhao Shichun and others quickly ran down from the warship.

Looking at the familiar faces, Yang Cong couldn't help but feel excited, I haven't seen you for a long time, especially Yu Dayou, who hasn't seen each other for several years since he left the capital.

He couldn't help but run up and grab Yu Dayou's arm, and said excitedly: "Zhifu, I haven't seen you for a few years, are you doing well?" ”

Yu Dayou smiled and said, "Okay, okay." ”

After that, he was about to bow his hand, but Yang Cong raised his hand and said: "You're welcome, let's go, let's go to the boat to talk, I've been waiting for you for several days, and I'm really a little anxious." ”

With that, he took Yu Dayou's arm and walked towards the boat.

It's not the first time he's on this big fortune ship, but last time he rushed to see Wang Zhi, and he didn't consider the construction of the warship, so he didn't look at it in detail.

This time it was different, he was ready to build a warship in large quantities, and the structure of this warship naturally had to be well understood, accompanied by Yu Dayou and others, he seriously circled around the ship, and his face couldn't help showing a little disappointment.

Although this Great Fortune Ship looks as majestic as a castle tower, it is still far from his ideal warship.

His ideal ship would be divided into several layers, each layer covered with artillery, and once the battle began, the cannonballs would rain out, leaving the pirates and pirates helpless to fight back.

However, this blessed ship is only one layer below the deck, and at first glance it is stacked with weapons and ammunition, and there is no way to open the gun door at all, because the bottom plate of the ship is below the waterline, and when the gun door is opened, the water is not fully poured in!

He led everyone to the bow of the ship, glanced at the nearby warships, and then asked, "Shisuke, have you ever thought of filling the sides of the warship with cannons to attack the enemy?" ”

When Yu Dayou heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he said dumbly: "Both sides are full of artillery? Are you talking about the Franc man's warship? ”

Franc machine is the transliteration of the word France at this time, which should refer to France, but the Ming Dynasty generally called the Portuguese Franc machine people, and I don't know if there was a problem with the translation.

The Ming Dynasty fought naval battles with the Portuguese in both Zhengde and Jiajing in the early years, and they both won, so it is not surprising that Yu Dayou knew that the Portuguese warships.

Yang Cong couldn't help but ask with great interest: "Oh, have you ever seen the warship of the Franc Robot?" ”

Yu Dayou shook his head and said: "I haven't seen it, but I've heard people say that some of the warships of the Franc machine are loaded with artillery on both sides, and the firepower of this kind of warship is indeed very fierce, but it is useless if there is no assistance from other warships." This kind of warship is extremely heavy and difficult to turn, as long as a small warship such as a centipede ship quickly approaches the dead angle of the front and rear shots, and then attacks it with fire oil and other materials, it is not difficult to burn it. ”

fainted, but I didn't expect Yu Dayou to have this kind of evaluation of the Portuguese warship.

However, if you think about it carefully, Portugal is a small country, there are not many people, and at this time they are colonies all over the world, and there are even fewer people who can travel thousands of miles to Daming.

If they only came with a few warships, no matter how fierce the firepower was, they would have to kneel in the face of the siege of hundreds of warships from all sides of the Ming Dynasty.

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