Ma Shiying nodded and asked, "How many firearms are there?" ”

Yan Siqi said embarrassedly: "There are probably more than two hundred fireworks, all of which are arquebuses. ”

Ma Shiying said: "Then what you just said didn't include General Zhang's ship?" ”

Yan Siqi nodded, and Zhang Qianfang said: "The Guards Navy has fifteen ships, and each ship has fifty sailors, all of whom are armed with flintlock guns, and the ships are all equipped with six-catty guns, nine-catty guns, or twelve-jin cannons. ”

Ma Shiying nodded, and couldn't help but glance at Zhang Qianfang again. He has so many weapons of personnel, and Yan Siqi has to turn to the court for help if he wants to get a hundred flintlock firearms, which shows that he is indeed loyal to the emperor and has never thought of using the things in his hand to make friends with Yan Siqi.

Ma Shiying motioned to Wu Mengming, and Wu Mengming said: "The four newly built ships should be able to reach Quanzhou within a month, each ship is equipped with fifteen catties of cannons and twenty-four catties of cannons, which can carry five hundred soldiers, but the soldiers are not complete, only the basic one hundred sailors, if it is used for artillery battles, there is absolutely no problem, and the jumping gang combat needs to be equipped with soldiers." ”

Yan Siqi asked: "How deep is the draft of the Fu boat, and how high is the gunwale?" ”

Wu Mengming said: "The draft is twelve feet, and the height of the board can reach three feet. ”

Yan Siqi smiled: "Then don't worry about the problem of jumping gang operations, the Japanese can't jump on the Fuchuan at all." ”

Ma Shiying said: "The 5,000 army can follow the Fu boat to Quanzhou, and the accompanying sand boat cannot sail to Japan, so Yan Dudu needs to arrange the ship." ”

Yan Siqi smiled heartily: "Let General Zhang's ship be responsible for transporting it, everyone is in the same vein as the Guards, and it should be more convenient to communicate." ”

Ma Shiying said: "This official looked at the map and found that there is a big island very close to Japan, this is it, what is it called?" Is it ours? ”

Yan Siqi said: "That is Jeju Island, which was originally occupied by the Yuan Dynasty, but later the Yuan Dynasty was defeated by us, and the Koreans occupied this island, and set up two counties of Dajing and Jeongui in Jeju Munai. ”

Wu Mengming shouted: "That was originally our place, how can it be occupied by North Korea?" It would be good to take it back, and it could be used as a base for attacking Japan. ”

Ma Shiying was silent, and before leaving, the emperor talked to him and let him know that Zhu Youxiao would definitely support the occupation of Jeju Island, but he couldn't use the Ming army to occupy it, North Korea has always been very obedient, and when the time comes to pay tribute, it will not end well.

Yan Siqi looked at Ma Shiying and asked tentatively, "If we pretend to be a pirate, occupy the entire island, and then slaughter all the people on the island, I don't know what Lord Qincha thinks?" ”

Ma Shiying asked rhetorically: "Why are you all slaughtered?" This can't work, the emperor won't like this kind of thing to happen. However, you can try to pretend to be a pirate and rob the island, and occupy this stronghold before attacking Japan, this matter is too big, you prepare first, I will give the emperor a discount, as long as the emperor agrees, then act immediately. ”

When Ma Shiying's secret music reached Jingshi, Zhu Youxiao's first child was born. Duan Ying gave birth to a daughter, and she was both unwilling and relieved. And Zhu Youxiao likes it so much.

Looking at that small lump of meat, his heart was full of novelty, this is the person he is closest to in this world, this is his greatest creation in the world, he stretched out his hand to hug it, Zhang Yan said: "Your Majesty, be careful." “

He smiled and skillfully picked up the little man, and the three daughters next to him were stunned, the emperor is so young, where did he learn to hold a child? But he didn't know that in his previous life, he was already able to skillfully hold his sister when he was ten years old.

Looking at his daughter sleeping sweetly, Zhu Youxiao's heart was full of warmth. For the sake of this cute little guy, as well as her younger siblings, I have to work hard to lay a big foundation for them, so that they can live an elegant and dignified life.

He put the little guy back to Duan Ying and said: "You have to rest well, although you are in good health, you should also pay attention to warmth and nutrition, let the imperial doctor prescribe some prescriptions, the child should eat your **, don't use a wet nurse, it will be good for both of you." “

Ke Shi smiled: "Brother eats my milk, doesn't he also grow strong and strong?" “

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "Wet nurse, it is very beneficial for a child to eat his mother's milk, and colostrum is also very good for a child." The nurse is different from them, and my good health is all due to the nurse. “

The three daughters also laughed together, talking about the benefits of the Hakka family. Indeed, the Hakka family not only woke up Zhu Youxiao on time every day and prepared toiletries for him, but also cared for the three daughters. Especially Zhang Yan and Duan Ying, who are pregnant with children, are even more watchful, for fear that they will not understand anything and cause problems, Wang Wan sometimes laughs and complains because she is not pregnant, and even the nurse doesn't care about her.

Zhu Youxiao also instructed some precautions, he actually didn't know much, but it was air circulation, warmth and frost protection, etc., and he was coaxed out by the third girl and the Hakka family. In Hakka's words, you are still a child yourself, do you know how to take care of children?

Zhu Youxiao smiled bitterly and walked out of the room, and Wei Zhongxian handed over Ma Shiying's recital to him. After Zhu Youxiao saw it, he ordered to go to Gongji City.

A routine drill was going on in Gongji City, and Zhu Youxiao called Lu Qin and several people to the strategy room and found Jeju Island on the map.

Lu Qin said: "Judging from the map, this island is very close to both Korea and Japan, and the minister thinks that it must be in our hands no matter what. “

Man Gui had been idle for too long, and his heart was very depressed, so he pointed to the map and said, "It's also important to go to that place for horses this way, and the minister thinks that it should be taken down." “

Zhou Yuji was not as violent as the two of them, he said: "Your Majesty, if you want to fight in the flat, this place can indeed be used as the base that Your Majesty once said, but now that the North Korean occupation is over, using pirates is not a long-term solution." “

Zhu Youxiao said: "Yes, I want this place, but it's really not easy to explain, what kind of way to think of it." “

Man Gui said: "Your Majesty, we can only be responsible for fighting, if you want to engage in any conspiracy, let's find the ministers of the court, they are much more familiar with this kind of thing than us." “

Zhu Youxiao laughed: "You are not rough in your words, I just asked if it is useful for you to occupy here, and you really have to ask the ministers for ideas on other matters." “

The next morning, after the court, Zhu Youxiao left the cabinet ministers and the six Shangshu, he took out Ma Shiying's recital, and ordered someone to bring the map: "I asked the generals, they think that it is very beneficial to take this island, and now I want the secretaries to come up with a way, how to obtain this island without hindering our relations with Korea?" “

All kinds of requests, thank you for your support! Jeju Island was returned to Korea decades after the Ming Dynasty overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, so in fact this question of ownership is open to debate.