No wonder people are good in the south of the Yangtze River, at the end of January, Liaodong is still icy and snowy, but Hangzhou has begun to reveal a little warmth, it is estimated that winter is the most unreadable here, a few Miao Miao white snow has already been sucked by the thirsty earth, and now only the layer of frost on the eaves can prove its existence.

Businessmen value interests over separation, but if it is not for the sake of a beautiful and decent life for a large family, who wants to leave the warm home and bump on the ocean? It is precisely because of this kind of revitalization of the family business, for the future generations to leave a wealth of beautiful driving force, this is just after the end of the New Year's Festival, only a few days of rest Hangzhou Port is busy again, dock workers drive the carriage, the warehouse out of the goods pulled out of the crane to those heavy wooden arm cranes, more than a dozen responsible for pulling the pulley set of strong men are already dry sweat, even in the cold sea breeze, the company's rationed coats are thrown under the feet.

On the other side, the shopkeeper in a mink jacket or a neat cotton coat, the clerk kept waving his hands and saying goodbye to his family outside the port fence.

However, this thriving area is not so good for some people, no one knows, just below the busy port, there is a dark dark passage, responsible for transporting some "special" goods.

Luo Zhen is one of these special goods.

His upper body was naked, and in the cold winter of late winter and early spring, he was already so cold that his body was purple and stiff, but he couldn't shout, because his mouth was filled with a pile of rags, and his hands were tied in front of him, and he was dragged forward like an animal by the guards and soldiers.

Killing people is not enough. Killing him is too easy for Mao Jue! But it's too cheap for him! Confucius once said: Complain with straightness, repay virtue with virtue! Therefore, what Mao Jue wants to deal with him is to let him also experience the pain and humiliation caused by being betrayed by the closest and most trusted person, using everything he has, and then being abandoned, and then let him continue to live in pain and humiliation.

When you die, there's nothing! To live is to be punished!

After undergoing castration, giving his belongings to another eunuch as a precious burial gift, and being sold overseas as slaves I don't know where, Luo Zhen was obviously broken, his eyes were blank, and he was dragged like a walking corpse.

Fortunately, he is not lonely, there are still fifty or sixty people who are dragged along, no matter how bright the empire is, there are undercurrents surging underneath, even if he is merciful, Mao Jue still has to deal with some political prisoners who stand on the wrong team, and overseas has become their only destination.

Through this dark passageway, he boarded the lower deck through a specially reserved hatch next to the shore, and was thrust into a crowded cell, where the door slammed shut as he gazed back.

The revenge on him ends here, I'm afraid Luo Zhen will not be able to escape the fear, torment and torture in his heart in this life!

Sending him to sea, Mao Jue was finally relieved, and as a king again, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the cause of his empire.

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Like the people who saw them off below, the royal family is also experiencing parting, but others are sending their husbands and Mao Jue is sending their daughters-in-law.

The temptation of the mature uncle to Lori is undoubtedly great, during this time, the two also completed this great revenge together, the relationship between Mao Jue and Luo Yu has obviously warmed up a lot, but this is not a good thing, so that this farewell is obviously a lot more reluctant.

In the luxurious special passage, Mao Jue personally pulled the luggage for Luo Yu, and the other hand was pulling her little hand, and the two walked side by side, until the end of the passage, when he could already see the large merchant ship moored in the harbor in the distance, he stopped, and some reluctantly handed over the luggage to Luo Yu, and said goodbye dryly.

"Take care all the way!"

"The concubine knows, please rest assured, as long as the concubine is here, Zhongnan will not be able to stir up any storms!"

"Hmmm......"

Maybe the two of them are career-oriented, more active and sensational, more formulaic goodbye, which suddenly made the parting scene a little embarrassing, I don't know what to say, and after squatting slightly again and saying a thousand blessings, dragging the big box, Luo Yu walked towards the ship in a dull manner.

However, halfway through, the little girl suddenly turned her head eagerly, her little face was flushed, but she mustered up the courage to wave her hand at Mao Jue.

"Don't forget my !!"

For her shouting, Mao Jue did not answer, but simply took it out at the collar, a moment later, a handle inlaid with rubies, delicate gold feathers were taken out by him, in the early morning sunshine, exuding a shining brilliance, obviously looking at this feather surprised, a moment later, Luo Yu showed a shy smile in surprise, and lowered his head again, but between his steps, it was obviously a little lighter.

But seeing her get on the boat, Mao Jue's smile couldn't help but dim, no matter how he didn't want to admit it, Luo Yu had such a taste of Luo Ning's substitute after all, the two women who were both Luo family were so different, if, if they were ...... back then, maybe the two of them would be the other ending, right?

However, the emotion only lasted for a moment, and he also rushed back to the carriage in a hurry, this big battle has actually just begun, and there are many things waiting for him as a decision-maker!

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For the strategy of Central and South China, the Ming Dynasty did not change much, after all, the influence of the Ming Empire in the Indochina Peninsula obviously far exceeded that of the Dutch, the East India Company only needed to continue to export weapons, taking advantage of the war to further control the economic lifeline of several countries, and now the Dutch only infiltrated a Donghu Dynasty, the strength is weak, in Central and Southern, can not turn up any storms.

However, this war with the Netherlands still affected Central South after all.

Starting from Hangzhou Bay, following the direction of the current, in just ten days, Luo Ning's fleet had already arrived in the South China Sea, and in another three or four days, it could return to the central coastal defense of the East India Company in Central South China.

On this day, sitting on the deck of the last floor, as usual, Luo Yu still looked at the company's distribution reports page by page, got out of the role of a bad woman, and changed into that set of tomboy work clothes, Chu Tian This girl was bored with a telescope, looking left and right, and suddenly, this girl shouted excitedly.

"Sister Luo Yu, there is a boat!"

"Isn't it a boat? Haven't you seen enough of Hangzhou Port? ”

A little careless, while flipping through the report, Luo Yu replied unconsciously, but Chu Tian immediately snorted dissatisfied.

"Can that be the same? Hangzhou Bay is moored in the harbor, and here it is traveling on the sea!"

"I haven't seen another fleet in days, it's so boring!"

The speaker had no intention, but he listened with a heart, and suddenly, Luo Yu stopped looking at his hand and turned his head in shock.

"What did you just say, I haven't seen a ship in days!"

"Yes! What's wrong? ”

Also full of surprise, Chu Tian asked in amazement, but he didn't have the heart to explain to her at all, and threw down the report in his hand, Luo Yu ran down from the bridge in a hurry, shouting loudly as he ran.

"Captain! Lord Zheng Chuan!!"

The main force of the 240,000 Ming Army was still slowly marching along the coast of Zhejiang to Liangguang, Jiangxi, but the war had been going on for three months, and the Royal Navy, which had set off first, had already fought against the Dutch fleet in the vast sea.

Although known as the coachman of the sea, but the fleet, under the feet of the Ming Dynasty, the Dutch is obviously a younger brother, the first stage, the first squadron of the Royal Navy easily cut off the support of the Dutch to the Longwu regime in Guangdong, but soon, the Dutch carried out the second phase of the tactics, piracy mode.

The battleships going north in Batavia were divided into several groups, and with their superb navigation skills, they began to attack everywhere, but don't say, this trick really gave Mao Jue a headache, although the Ming Royal Navy is strong, in terms of the number of ships and the number of sailors, it is enough to catch up with the sum of several European colonial powers, but after all, the coastline of Daming is too long, and the vast sea does not have satellite navigation like in later generations, and there is no good way for the Dutch fleet like mosquitoes for a while! The coastal counties were constantly attacked and plundered by them, and the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty were also attacked by them one after another.

Obviously, Luo Yu's fleet of the Central and Southern Division encountered a Dutch pirate, and the sea is a real dead horse running from the mountains! More than half an hour has passed since the sailors on the eagle's nest spotted the ships on the sea level and the ships appeared in front of them.

The five did not hoist any national flags, but only a black skull flag was hunting and fluttering in the sea breeze, and the three-masted Western Clipper was in a zigzag shape, rushing towards the Central South merchant fleet from five positions.

It's no wonder that Mao Jue has maintained order in Southeast Asia too well, Luo Yu is not the first sister, she has sailed so much, but it is the first time she has encountered pirates, after all, she is a woman, standing on the towering tail tower, looking at the sharp bows of the five pirate ships in the telescope, Luo Yu's voice trembled slightly.

"Captain, is there a way to call for help from the nearest Royal Navy?"

His brows narrowed slightly, and Chen Chuan, the captain of the flagship of the Central South Branch, shook his head a little embarrassed.

"Your Royal Highness, according to the sea chart, the fleet is sailing, and it is already two blocks of longitude away from the mainland, even if you go to Qiongzhou for help, it will take a few days, and it will be too late to ask for help!"

"But rest assured, Your Highness!"

Those eyes suddenly lit up, and the former retired first mate of the Liaodong Navy Division bowed heavily with excitement.

"On our own, these lowly pirates can't help us! Let's just look at the subordinate arrangement!"

As he spoke, he couldn't suppress his excitement and took out the red flag from the flag box beside him, and waved it quickly and complicatedly.

It is precisely because of the pirate warfare of the Dutch that Mao Jue had to come up with a stupid way, that is, to hold a group, rather delay some trips, but also to gather the merchant ships, which is also the reason why Luo Yu decided that the other party was a pirate ship at a glance, this half an hour, the maritime fleet of the Ming Dynasty did not do nothing, the sail drove the mast to make a tooth-sour creaking sound, and the maritime fleet, which was ready to deal with it, directly lowered the sail and anchored, and the twenty-six merchant ships of all sizes were like blooming lotus flowers. Protect the largest Pangu-level 200-meter treasure ship in the middle.

In the vast sea these years, no one knows what to encounter, so even a merchant ship must be equipped with enough self-defense firepower.

This hedgehog is not easy to mess with! Under Luo Yu's nervous gaze, it seemed that the other side also noticed that within a few hundred meters of each other, the pirate ship like a wolf pack had stopped moving.

But just when Luo Yu felt relieved, suddenly, the artillery fire one after another was deafening, and she was caught off guard, and a huge column of water suddenly rose on the side of the ship, and even a cannonball hit the deck directly, smashing the solid oak wood into a huge hole.

The fierce naval battle is still fighting!