The sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other seeds that Zheng Zhilong purchased from Nanyang were soon transported by sea to the Yangtze River waterway and to Nanjing.

This time it was Zheng Zhilong who personally escorted it, and hundreds of boats of the Zheng family were floating densely on the wide Yangtze River.

Among them, the leader is more than 30 huge ocean-going ships, and the other ships are not much smaller, after all, they are cruising all the way from Quanzhou to the sea, even if they go to the near sea, but they are not comparable to ordinary boats.

"My lord, the strength of the Zheng family's sailors is really strong, just the leading ocean-going sea ships and our Yangtze River sailors together are only twelve, and the Zheng family's sailors can see more than thirty now, and they don't know how many of their hidden strength there are!" A Yangtze River Navy general sighed at Shen Jingchao.

"What's the solution, the Ming Dynasty has been banned from the sea since the Jiajing period, and our Yangtze River sailors haven't been out of the ocean for decades, so naturally it's not that we can't make it, but we don't have a chance!" Shen Jingchao said helplessly.

Although there are more than 2,000 ships in the Yangtze River Naval Division, eighty percent of them are miniature boats that can only carry a few people or hundreds of catties of goods.

Shen Jingchao has been the commander of the Yangtze River Navy for more than ten years, and he once had a dream, that is, to take a group of hundreds of ocean-going ships to the far sea to revive the prestige of the Ming Navy during the Yongle period.

"Anyway, they're near, it's our turn to go up and meet them." As the Zheng family's fleet got closer and closer, Shen Jingchao regained his composure and said.

"Subordinates obey!"

"Tell the people below, although there are relatively few big ships in our Yangtze River Naval Division, we can't fall into the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, whoever dares to be embarrassed, this admiral will be severely punished!" Shen Jingchao ordered with great seriousness.

Soon, under the guidance of the twelve main sea ships, nearly 1,000 large and small ships of the Yangtze River Naval Division slowly converged with the hundreds of Zheng family fleets sailing in.

When the distance between the two sides was more than 300 meters, each had a sea-going ship sailing towards the middle.

There is no doubt that on these two large ships are the supreme commanders of both sides.

"Bang!" The two large ships collided lightly, and the sailors of both sides hurriedly threw iron cables at each other, connecting the two ships together.

"Which one is Admiral Annanbo!" Shen Jingchao arched his hand and asked loudly with a smile on his face.

"Under Zheng Zhilong!" Although he has a knighthood and the name of the Admiral of the Ming Nanyang Naval Division, theoretically speaking, Zheng Zhilong's position is bigger than Shen Jing, but Zheng Zhilong dared to hold it up, so he hurriedly greeted him.

"Salute!" Shen Jingchao suddenly looked straight and yelled.

Zheng Zhilong was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, he saw all the sailors on Shen Jingchao's boat snapping their legs together, straight as a benchmark, and raised his right hand suddenly, his five fingers straightened, slightly touched his temples, and his palms were facing down, making a standard salute posture.

"Rite over!" As Shen Jingchao yelled again, the sailors put down their right hands in unison.

Although the Yangtze River Naval Division was a sailor, out of some considerations, a few months ago, Zhu Ci sent out a part of the Yinglong Army to train the soldiers of the Yangtze River Naval Division.

Not to mention, after this Datong training, the quality of the soldiers of the Yangtze River Water Division has improved a lot, anyway, Shen Jingchao is extremely satisfied, and he also vaguely understands one of the reasons why Ying Longjun can be invincible.

"Admiral Shen, this is" As a hero, although Zheng Zhilong was bluffed for a moment, he quickly reflected and asked with a smile.

"The emperor is just a set of saluting postures that people can teach!" Shen Jingchao responded with a smile.

"Oh." Zheng Zhilong, intentionally or unintentionally, glanced at the sailors on Shen Jingchao's boat who were solemn-faced and standing straight.

Although Zheng Zhilong didn't care much on the surface, he was actually shaking inside.

He led the Zheng family sailors to the South Seas for more than 20 years, and he saw at a glance the significance of a group of high-quality sailors to a fleet, which is what a strong sailor must have.

Although the sailors of the Zheng family also often trained, and slowly explored a set of training methods, from Zheng Zhilong's vision, he could see that the Yangtze River sailors may lack large warships, but the quality of the sailors is not worse than the Zheng family's sailors who have been trained all year round, and even higher.

Zheng Zhilong is not the first time to see the Yangtze River Sailor of the Ming Dynasty, at least half a year ago, the sailors of the Yangtze River Sailor were still a group of unfashionable teams, but today, at most, half a year at most, there is the quality of the Zheng family's sailors who have been trained all year round, and the most important thing is that he learned from Shen Jingchao that this is the result of the current emperor.

Didn't the emperor plan to open the sea ban of the Ming Dynasty and build a huge fleet of sailors comparable to the Yongle period?

Thinking of this possibility, Zheng Zhilong's heart suddenly tightened.

If that's the case, their Zheng family will have to be careful in the future!

"Annanbo?" Shen Jingchao saw Zheng Zhilong stunned and didn't know what he was thinking, so he immediately reminded.

"I lost my mind for a while, which made Admiral Shen smile!" Zheng Zhilong came back to his senses and hurriedly smiled at Shen Jingchao.

Without waiting for Shen Jingchao to speak, Zheng Zhilong immediately said: "Admiral Shen, Zheng still has to go to the emperor to hand over the errand, so I won't chat with Admiral Shen here, after handing over the errand, Zheng will definitely go to Governor Shen to accuse him!" ”

Zheng Zhilong temporarily let go of the distracting thoughts in his heart, and wanted to land first, and it was best to enter the palace to explore the emperor's attitude.

"Where, where! It's Shen's fault, An Nanbo is tormenting Shen, and Shen is leading An Nanbo to the shore! Shen Jingchao naturally knew that Zheng Zhilong was just saying polite words, how dare he take it seriously, and immediately stopped wasting time, leading the Zheng family's fleet to the port to dock.

The port was already ready to carry the goods by manpower, and as soon as the Zheng family's fleet docked, hundreds of young men began to move ship by boat, while Zheng Zhilong went to the palace to report to Zhu Ci.

"Your Majesty, Annanbo asks to see you!" The eunuch came in to report.

"Xuan!" Zhu Ci put down the fold in his hand and waited for Zheng Zhilong to come in and see him!

In a moment, Zheng Zhilong, under the guidance of the eunuch, walked into the imperial study for the second time, the last time was last year.

Although Zheng Zhilong is a hero, he also grew up listening to the imperial power, and he is still slightly afraid of meeting the emperor, and he can't be unwavering!

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