Fortunately, even if it is such a toss, Mao Jue can also spend!

The most profitable business in the world is the purchase and sale without money, and in the past three years, Mao Jue has made no less than 10 million taels. Moreover, the business is getting bigger and bigger, and the Liao goods collected in the Yalu Riverside Market are sold to the south of the Yangtze River, and then from the south of the Yangtze River to the southern goods such as silk cloth and white sugar are sold to the grasslands of Liaodong, and there is also an income of three or four million taels a year.

Emperor Chongzhen's fatal tax hike made the world like boiling water, after layers of exploitation, the storage is four or five million taels of silver, plus about 20 million taels of grain, Mao Jue's small Dongjiang is inconspicuous, and the income brought by business is enough to reach a quarter of the Ming Empire.

But even so, Grand Inspector Yuan's words still made Mao Jue's flesh hurt for the whole meal without saying a word.

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It's really a different treatment, all times Mao Jue came to Nagasaki City, the Dongjiang army landed from the left and right bays, got from a gray face to dig a trench fortress, lived outside the city, but this time the Dongjiang masters encountered unprecedented enthusiasm, this head just landed from the port, was invited by the retainers in the city to the barracks prepared in the city, here, boiled hot water, hot rice balls wrapped in pickled fish, special sales of cigarettes from the Japanese country, if you are willing to pay a few dollars of silver, There are also petite and lovely Dongying little girls and well-dressed temple witches to choose from, in short, this little treatment has caught up with the US military stationed in Japan in later generations.

Tossed until midnight, the army that had been floating on the sea for several days slept comfortably, but the castle tower where the headquarters was located was still brightly lit, around a map of Kyushu Island, Yuan Chonghuan talked eloquently, and from time to time his arm stroked on the map, including Mao Jue, more than a dozen big names, dozens of Dongjiang officers followed and looked at it with frowns, especially Mao Jue himself, frowning from time to time, and the atmosphere was particularly solemn.

I have to say that Yuan Chonghuan really did his homework, and almost all the ancient books of the last Kamakura Shogunate's offensive and defensive battles in Kyushu were memorized by him.

"General, everyone, the identity of the South China Sea pirates who attacked this time is already clear, the South China Sea bandits, the Fujian Navy guerrilla Zheng Zhilong colluded with the Dutch Hongmaoyi of Xiaoliuqiu to attack my frontier Zheng Zhilong This thief, hawk-nosed pigs, greedy and excessive, Ran Cheng is a sea hero, tens of thousands of thieves and thieves, and he has been practicing naval warfare for a long time, and his combat power is not bad, and the Dutch Hongmaoyi's artillery is sharp and helpful, and it is unstoppable."

"But Zheng Thief Rui is sharp, after all, it is an expedition of laborers, coming from Jiangnan, the lone army is deep, and it is not easy to supply, just like Fan Wenhu of the Jiangnan Army in the Battle of Hong'an, so with my strategy, the core of this battle is to clear the wilderness."

"Your Excellency Mitsuhisa Shimazu, the soldiers and horses of the Rusatsuma clan did not move, they defended Kagoshima, the coastal villages retreated thirty miles, and the forces of the Shimabe clan and its subordinate Okanabe, Mori, Saeki, and Sunrise clans responded to Higo to prevent the thieves from coming ashore to plunder."

"Zheng Zhilong, this thief has been running Nagasaki for a long time, and its main direction of attack must be Nagasaki, Fukuoka, and Hakata Bay, and the main force of our army should also be arranged here, with the samurai of His Excellency Kuroda Toshinaga family to guard against Hakata's front, and the Toyotomi family headquarters samurai to guard against Kashishima, Eagle Island, Maori Xiu led the Maori family samurai to gather in Nagato Kanda, and the various departments relied on the Yuankou fortification, so that Zheng Thief invaded our territory with one soldier and one soldier! Drag on until June and July, and the Zheng thief will collapse without a fight!"

"Hello!"

With Yuan Chonghuan's arrangement, more than a dozen Dongying daimyo are successively called yes, and one by one excitement and reverence are overflowing, more than 300 years ago, the kamikaze, helped Japan defeat almost the entire world conqueror Mongol Empire, this influence so that in World War II, the most elite air force of the Japanese devils was named the kamikaze special force, for the kamikaze, these Japanese people have a unique belief, firmly believe.

But this arrangement made Mao Jue's brows couldn't help but twist one pimple after another, Yuan Chonghuan's arrangement can not be described as incomplete, fortified everywhere, relying on the Yuankou embankment that has been repaired in the past two months, rejecting the enemy on the beach, and the defense seems to be very perfect.

But the problem is that when he Mao Jue arrived, he was also facing such a similar formation, and during the Second Battle of Nagasaki, the Tokugawa Shogunate was arranged in Nagasaki, and the defense in Iki was more tight, with 100,000 Japanese samurai in front and behind, and a large number of large barrels of artillery, but it still didn't stop him Mao Jue?

What kind of firepower Zheng Zhilong has, Mao Jue doesn't know, but this old guy has a Christian name Nicholas, and there must be a lot of people when he messes with Westerners, and the prototype of the Hongyi cannon is a kind of ship cannon, can he have it? There is no need for much, as long as there are ten Hongyi cannons, it is enough for the so-called Yuankou embankment, which is only one meter high, and the stone wall of less than half a meter and the Japanese warriors guarding behind it drink a pot.

Moreover, the archaeological investigation of the Mongolian shipwreck in later generations, the reason why the Mongolian fleet suffered such a huge loss in the typhoon was not how invincible the so-called kamikaze was, but that the Mongolian warships were too scum, and the ships sailed on the sea, in order to maintain balance, almost all countries were sharp-bottomed ships, equipped with strong keels to resist strong winds and waves. However, most of the Mongolian warships salvaged by archaeological research in later generations are flat-bottomed ships, and in archaeological research, the mast arrangement of Mongolian warships is extremely unreasonable, and the center of gravity is high.

Thinking about the historical environment at that time, this situation is not surprising, the Mongols have always been domineering, ordering Goryeo to build 900 ships within two or three years, at that time it was not completely conquered, and there was still a part of the Jiangnan shipbuilding in the hands of the Southern Song Dynasty 3,500, in this case, it is strange not to be shoddy.

But who is Zheng Zhilong? How many years has Southeast Asia been running, if he drove a broken ship similar to the Mongols, it is estimated that he would have drowned a long time ago, the kamikaze Mao Jue of the Japanese country has not been encountered, and when he retreated in August and September last year, he also had an unexpected encounter with a typhoon, the result? The losses were so low that the first mate didn't even bother to remember.

After all, it is offshore, not the dangerous Bermuda or the Japanese Dragon Triangle, there are too many places for shelter from the wind, and the progress of shipbuilding technology has also made the ship's wind resistance stronger and stronger.

Yuan Chonghuan is not a mediocre general, but unfortunately, his vision is still limited to this era and land warfare.

Don't talk about him, just Wen Meng, Kong Youde and several Dongjiang generals all nodded their heads, and among the group of people, only Adriana was about the same as herself, and her eyes were full of doubts and opposition.

The foreign girl did not live up to Mao Jue's expectations, just when Yuan Chonghuan was still in high spirits and arranging every cent of troops in detail, her sudden sharp voice interrupted the calm of the entire council hall, making everyone look sideways at her.

"Why don't we use the navy to defeat this group of pirates?"

"Baga, Ou Ma Yo Wow......"

Women don't say that in the country of Wa, the status in the world in this era is very low, and she interjected coldly, and after the shock, several daimyo who didn't open their eyes were already scolding, and the messy Japanese abuse made the venue even more chaotic, and there was even a guy who came up and wanted to pull Adriana out.

Seeing that the slap was not raised, but the loud slap sounded first, Inoue Fuji, who had suffered a loss, pumped a few big mouths, and in the crackling sound, the little daimyo with a hot head was pulled aside first, and the other few who didn't open their eyes were also grinned at, and half of their faces were swollen.

Don't look at Inoue's stone height, he is Mao Jue's henchman, the admiral of the Western Navy, equivalent to the genealogy of the Tokugawa family in the East, even if he is smoked, several people dare not speak out, they can only bow their heads and apologize.

The daimyo who had participated in the Battle of Osaka knew the weight of Adriana, but Yuan Chonghuan was also sent by Mao Jue to the Wa Kingdom to be the emperor, and seeing that Adriana actually refuted Yuan Chonghuan, Dongjiang seemed to have caused infighting on its own, and Maori and Kuroda looked at each other incredibly.

Maybe he has done too much in the past half a year, Yuan Chonghuan once again regarded himself as the unspoken governor of Liaodong, and it was only at this time that he saw that Mao Jue's face was not good-looking, and his face was ugly, so he hugged Mao Jue heavily.

"General, do you think the deployment of the subordinate is inappropriate?"

Exactly the same question as Adriana asked, Mao Jue also asked in a sharp voice and even a little annoyed.

"Why not use the navy to defeat them?"

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On the first day of the fourth month, on the same day of April Fool's Day, the Ryukyu Kingdom, which was already close to the Wakoku Kingdom, floated over the Ryukyu Imperial Palace with the Zhengzi Daxu.

Similar to Mao Jue, the Ryukyu Kingdom is also a common place for the Zheng family, these years the Ming people are so arrogant, as long as they play the banner of the Ming Dynasty, even if a dog comes, the Ryukyu King has to come to greet him, not to mention Zheng Zhilong, the leader of the South China Sea who carries more than 200 warships and more than 40,000 mercenaries, and the mighty fleet fills the southeast coast of Shuri City, the capital of the Ryukyu King.

In particular, the three giant ships in the center of the whole fleet, the largest one is more than 130 meters long, and the two next ones are also more than 100 meters long, dozens of meters wide, with two rows of eight sails and nine giant masts in front of a single sail, and the stern building behind is three stories high.

The treasure ship of Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, was so big, according to Zheng Zhilong's financial resources and strength, it seems that he resurrected Zheng He's treasure ship in this era.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong at this time was only in his early thirties, not to mention the prime of life, but also the most ambitious time of the Dragon King of the South China Sea, a golden chair sat in front of the tail tower, between the two masts, eighteen Zhi pirate generals were lined up on both sides, and below were large and small pirate leaders, this breeze was like a king of the sea.

Accompanied by him, King Ryukyu Shang, who came on the boat in person, was like a big eunuch, and he almost knelt on the ground with a cowering appearance.

"The little king of the lower kingdom meets the general of the Celestial Empire!"

Zheng Zhilong didn't even speak rarely, listening to the hello of the Ryukyu King, but his brother Zheng Zhibao snorted angrily.

"My brother is the Ming Dynasty Fujian Xunyou to take care of Zhen'an to capture the guerrillas of the four seas respected general, at the order of the Son of Heaven to crusade against the thieves, Ru Puer small country, quickly prepare grain and grass for the army, there must be no mistake!"

It's really called being able to blow, Zheng Zhilong is a Fujian coastal defense guerrilla, stunned to be blown like the emperor's honor, but people do have bragging capital, more than 40,000 people from the sea, mighty warships, even if the general army of Guangzhou comes to the southeast coast, it is only for Zheng Zhilong's miscellaneous share, this Ryukyu country is only about 100,000 people, and there is still a Ryukyu king?

However, as soon as he heard that he was asking for food and grass supplies, the Ryukyu king almost didn't cry, and the old man really knelt down, raised his hands sadly, and cried and shouted in the Ryukyu dialect.

"The great general of the Celestial Empire is gracious, a few days ago, the general of the Celestial Empire has placed tens of thousands of troops in our country, and my country's supply of this Celestial Empire army has exhausted the strength of a country, and there is really no spare strength to supply the general's army!"

Last time, Mao Jue used Shimahara Ichichi of Amakusa Shiro to hit the military strength of the shogunate Kyushu hard, and when he used it, he skimmed them like garbage, and threw them to Ryukyu and didn't care, but he didn't expect to make a contribution here, they first fed the inventory of the Ryukyu Kingdom like locusts, and there was nothing left when they arrived at Zheng Zhilong.

Moreover, this army of nearly 10,000 people also frightened Zheng Jun, and Zheng Zhilong's subordinate general Zheng Jing couldn't help but scream in shock.

"Longtou, the kid surnamed Mao in the north has tens of thousands of troops here! Don't be alarmed! The last general is willing to lead the army and break his surname Mao for a while! Please give the dragon an order!"

"The last general is willing to take the lead!"

"Big brother, let my brother fight for the first time!"

I have to say that Zheng Jun is also full of sharpness, and several other generals in Eighteen Zhili also shouted one after another, rushing to go to war, but in the chaos, Zheng Zhilong was not in a hurry, but instead slapped his generous slap upward, instantly making the sea bandits silent.

In the silence, finally the Dragon King of the South China Sea stood up in person, first looked at the sea twice, Zheng Zhilong frowned and turned his face towards the Ryukyu King, and asked in a deep voice.

"Another Celestial Empire general, what kind of general is he, how many ships and ships are under his command, and how many generals are there?"

To tell the truth, Zheng Zhilong came all the way to crusade against Mao Jue, and he first committed a taboo in the army, I don't know who he is! He really doesn't know anything about Mao Jue, he only knows that he is a figure who has risen in the north, and in the past two years, there have been many ships running south of the Yangtze River by sea, and he has conquered Zhoushan, and all the information is hearsay.

There are even rumors that Mao Jue has a three-headed and six-armed shark mouth, which can eat living people, as a seasoned pirate leader, Zheng Zhilong can have a chance to understand the opponent, so he must understand it clearly.

However, before the king of the Ryukyus could wake up from the drunken trembling and answer, at the bow of the ship in front, more than a dozen pirate soldiers hurriedly came to the back of the ship full of Hokkien dialect, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Tell the leader, there is a Cangshan boat on the sea, with the banner of Mao Mao, the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, rushing towards our fleet!"

"The kid surnamed Mao sent someone?"

As soon as his heavy eyebrows were raised, Zheng Zhilong immediately shouted in a low voice of urns.

"Bring it to me!"

I have to say that Zheng Jun is really well-trained, a few clippers went out of the battle, and dragged the Dongjiang Cangshan boat back, less than half an hour, a member of the Dongjiang envoy with a big head, a short body, and a swaying bean sprouts-like Dongjiang messenger appeared in the stern of the largest lucky boat, and respectfully hugged his fists and bowed.

"The head of the North Sea sent a villain to come and worship the head of the South China Sea!"

(End of chapter)