In April, the Nanyang spring is bright, the islands dotted with lush greenery, the vast sea is sparkling, on the channel from Siam to Daming, a huge fleet is slowly sailing towards the southeast coast of Daming.

There are more than 1,000 warships of this fleet, and there are more than 1,000 fortune ships lined up in four neat phalanxes, guarding all around, and the inner layer is three phalanxes of one hundred and fifty super battleships, which are triangular, arched in front and rear, and in the middle are three huge treasure ships, and the middle one is particularly terrifying, with a length of more than 100 meters, just like an aircraft carrier in later generations!

No need to ask, this is the flagship of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, the largest warship in the world today, there is no one, unique, even the Ming Empire has no plans to build a second one.

In recent years, this waterway has slowly become busy, every day there are countless Ming merchant ships passing through this channel, during which there are occasionally mixed with some Portuguese and Spanish merchant ships, they are all between the Ming and the Nanyang maritime merchants, with the rapid development of the Ming Dynasty, the Nanyang market is about to be occupied by the Ming Dynasty, the Ming maritime merchants are almost all over the Nanyang.

When all the merchant ships encountered this huge fleet, they automatically went around to the side and honestly waited for the fleet to pass, and the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty knew that the hazy and huge ship shadow in the middle was the car of His Majesty the Emperor, and some maritime merchants even knelt on the deck respectfully with all the crews, kowtowing to the direction of the giant ship and shouting long live, with a very pious expression.

Zhu Cijiong naturally couldn't hear their mountain calls, and at this time he was sitting in the luxurious large conference room enjoying the gentle cool breeze, looking at the huge world map on the table.

He was not alone in the conference room, across the huge conference table, Empress Qin Mingyue was whispering beside her aunt Qin Liangyu, Zheng Chenggong was wearing a handsome marshal uniform, sitting straight on his lower left, and Liu Ru was standing beside him, serving tea and pouring water for them, happily busy.

Zheng Chenggong is also an adult now, but he didn't hold a big wedding, but just accepted a Liu Ru is side room, with his current identity, to be his princess, I am afraid that she must at least be a princess, it seems that this kid is not disgusted with foreigners, when he is with Princess Anna, he is like a sister and brother, he is very harmonious, maybe he can find a princess of the great powers and marry!

Zheng Chenggong didn't know that the emperor's eyes were staring at the map, but he was beating his idea in his heart, he bowed a little puzzled: "Your Majesty, why don't we take advantage of the situation to take the Mughal Empire, now that the Ming Dynasty has almost gathered a million troops in the Nanyang region, it should be easy to take the Mughal Empire!" “

Zhu Cijiong didn't answer his question immediately, but raised his hand and gently slapped his arched hand down, reproaching: "How many times have I told you, don't be so strict when the family is together, you don't think you are rigid, talk to me well." “

Zheng Chenggong touched his head and said curtly: "The teacher told him to be respectful in front of the emperor." “

Zhu Cijiong said angrily: "The teacher means that when there are outsiders, the family is casual together, you kid, I didn't see you so rigid when you were a child, why did you become like a different person when you grew up?" “

Zheng Chenggong sneered: "Hehe, isn't this going to be sensible when you grow up." “

Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes and said lightly: "Okay, I don't know you yet, let's feel free in the future, just like when I was a child, don't pretend to be an adult, you're not tired, I look awkward." “

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and finally stopped sitting there upright and pretending, he regained his previous smart expression, approached Zhu Cijiong, and asked curiously: "Your Majesty, why don't we fight the Mughal Empire?" “

Zhu Cijiong replied lightly: "In order to avoid a big war." “

Zheng Chenggong was even more puzzled, and he chased: "The big war? The Mughal Empire doesn't seem to have any muskets and artillery, and with our equipment, we can completely crush it all the way, so it can't be regarded as a big war, right? “

Zhu Cijiong patiently taught: "Success, the game between the great powers can not only look at the surface, nor can it only look at the part, it must be combined with the situation and comprehensively analyzed, the Mughal Empire does not have muskets and artillery, but the Netherlands and Britain and France have." “

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he thought about it, and still asked with some puzzlement: "Will the Netherlands, Britain and France sell weapons to the Mughal Empire?" The Mughal Empire is not a small country, if their armies are equipped with muskets and artillery, I am afraid that the Netherlands, Britain and France will not be able to defeat them, will they cultivate a strong enemy for themselves? “

Zhu Cijiong continued to teach: "Didn't Annan and Donghu sell them, why can't the Mughal Empire sell them? It is naturally impossible to equip all the armies of the Mughal Empire, and they only need to sell a few hundred cannons to the Mughal Empire. “

Zheng Chenggong still couldn't figure it out, he said with some disdain: "Even if they have hundreds of cannons, it's just a little more effort, how can it be possible to rely on hundreds of cannons to block the million-strong army of the Ming Dynasty?" “

Zhu Cijiong continued to say patiently: "They can't stop the million-strong army of the Ming Dynasty, but the great powers will help, once the melee starts, the outcome will not be easy to say, the Ming Dynasty does not have the strength to fight with several powers at the same time." “

Zheng Chenggong said with some disgust: "Why are these powers so annoying, our Ming Dynasty has not fought on the European continent, what does it have to do with them fighting the Mughal Empire?" “

Zhu Cijiong analyzed: "How can it have nothing to do with them, if the Ming Dynasty continues to develop like this, one day it will be so strong that they can't even fight it together, how can they tolerate the emergence of such a super empire in the world." “

Zheng Chenggong seemed to understand a little, and he couldn't help but say worriedly: "Then what should I do, is it just that, Daming is no longer expanding?" “

Zhu Cijiong responded domineeringly: "It is impossible not to expand, and the Ming Dynasty also cannot tolerate the development of any great power to the extent that it far exceeds the Ming Dynasty, I am only temporarily retreating, and when they fight with Spain, it will be the day of my Ming Dynasty's crazy expansion." “

Zheng Zhilong thought about it, couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and praised: "The emperor is wise, with a hundred warships, provoke a big war among the European powers, and then the Ming Dynasty took the opportunity to expand wildly, these hundred battleships are too worthwhile!" “

Zhu Cijiong proudly pointed to Luzon on the map and said, "I didn't give it away for nothing, this place is worth more than a hundred battleships." “

Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but continue to boast: "The emperor is so wise, we have made a lot of money this time." “

Zhu Cijiong didn't pay attention to his sycophants, but stared at the map and said domineeringly: "Luzon is just a small matter, the Mughal Empire is just the beginning, my Ming Dynasty will definitely develop into a trembling super empire!" “