After all, King Tang and King Lu are people of the Ming Dynasty, and they can't blatantly help the Shimazu clan, otherwise Wang Yan will catch the handle, the most traffic-saving and ad-free site for mobile phones.

They did not lend the best gunboats to the imperial court, which was already the greatest help to the Shimazu clan.

As for Wang Yan's suspicions, the two kings don't care, because they are political enemies, and it is very common and reasonable to not help Wang Yan and restrain him, as long as they are not caught by Wang Yan.

At present, the attention of the imperial court has been focused on Japan, and the two kings cannot be too deep, at most they can only give some intelligence support to the Satsuma Domain, as for what the talks between the Ming Dynasty and Japan will become, they don't know.

Japan and the Ming Dynasty are too far apart, it is not easy to go back and forth, and the affairs of Japan, even if they have the heart, they can't control it, so they can only watch the Shimazu clan deal with it themselves.

At this time, the two saw that they couldn't make a plan, so they began to plan again, and decided to deal with Luzon before the imperial court, expand their power, and block Wang Yan by the way.

In terms of the imperial court, although the water division did not receive the support of the Zheng family and the Lu Wang water division, Wang Yan did not stop the formation of the water division.

Chongming is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and its strategic location is very important because it controls the waterway from the East China Sea into the Yangtze River.

If the Ming Dynasty had an enemy at sea, if it wanted to enter the Yangtze River from the sea to attack Nanjing, it was necessary to break through this place first, so the strategic location of Chongming was extremely important, and it was one of the important bases of the East China Sea Division.

In the early morning of 30 August, Wang Yan and a group of officials sailed down from Nanjing, and the 2,500-material Dafu ship sailed slowly on the Yangtze River and sailed directly to Chongming.

Wang Yan held on to the ship's building, watching the boats shuttling on the river, and the slender men on both sides of the strait were in groups, and sighed in his heart.

Since the recovery of Nanjing, for more than two years, Wang Yan did not dare to leave Nanjing, fearing that as soon as he left Nanjing, someone would launch a coup d'état and seize power in Nanjing, but today, after more than two years of development, the Ming Dynasty has become a new political ecology.

The imperial court is basically stable, and it is not one or two conspirators who can easily break the current situation, so Wang Yan dared to come out.

However, he didn't dare to go far, that is, to take a turn within the scope of Nanzhili.

The boat went down the river, with the wind and the water, and the speed was extremely fast, and when it was dark, it was already fast to Chongming Water Village.

"When will the gunboats from Guangdong arrive?" Wang Yan stood on the boat tower and asked casually.

Chen Bangyan stood beside Wang Yan, he was very clear about Wang Yan's worries, "Your Highness can rest assured, although the Zhejiang Navy Division and the Fujian Navy Division are unwilling to contribute, but in the past few years, the Guangdong Navy Division has developed well, and it has been equipped with twelve three-masted gunboats. The lower officials have already issued an order for them to leave five ships behind to ensure the smooth passage of trade in the South Seas, and send seven ships to prepare for Japan. ”

Wang Yan nodded slightly when he heard this, but he was still a little worried: "There are many pirates in the South Seas, and there are only five left, I'm afraid there is a lot of pressure!" ”

"Your Highness doesn't have to worry about this, the maritime industry has developed rapidly in recent years, and His Royal Highness once allowed merchant ships to be equipped with artillery in the name of regimental training, and now most of the maritime ships have artillery on them, and their strength is not weak. And most of the pirates in the South Seas are these maritime merchants, so Your Highness doesn't have to worry. ”

Wang Yan frowned when he heard this, "I heard that there are rules on the sea, what they do at sea, the court can not care, but there can be no bottom line, destroy the sea trade routes, you can't even rob your own people, all sea ships flying the flag of my Ming Dynasty must be unimpeded in the South China Sea." Iwano you have to inform the governor of Liangguang, Chen Zilong, and ask him to make appointments with various merchants, and take care of them, and not let the merchants consume in the South China Sea, which will affect the development of Guangnan trade! ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, Governor Chen has noticed this matter, and is preparing to summon several important maritime merchants in Guangnan to Guangzhou to negotiate and set a maritime rule together."

Wang Yan nodded, "That's the best!" ”

While speaking, everyone has arrived at Chongming Water Village, which is one of the bases of the East China Sea Division, and there are many warships moored in the village.

As soon as Wang Yan's ship landed, Man Dazhuang led a group of sailor generals to meet him.

He was originally the commander-in-chief of the Huguang Water Division, but because the imperial court wanted to form the East China Sea Division, he was transferred by Wang Yan and served as the head of the East China Sea Division.

"Your Highness, it's been hard all the way!" When Man Dazhuang saw Wang Yan get off the boat, he immediately greeted him, smiled and clasped his fists and saluted.

Wang Yan was very happy to see him, and said with a smile: "You, the dragon in Dongting Lake, went down to the sea, are you still used to it?" Did you help the imperial court train a navy that crisscrossed the sea? ”

"Your Highness, you can come to review the last general's subordinate sons at any time!" Man Dazhuang patted his chest, but then the words changed and said: "Speaking of this review, the last general feels that His Highness and the court are a little unfair. The infantry army and the horse army perform almost every year, and autumn drills will be held every year or two, while our navy can only watch the play every year, which is really unfair! ”

Although Wang Yan paid attention to maritime trade, the threat of the Ming Dynasty came from the northern land after all, which determined that the Ming Dynasty was a land-oriented country, so it was inevitable to pay more attention to the land division.

??? Wang Yan smiled when he heard this: "Since you said this matter, Lone will think about it!" ”

Wang Yan paused, and suddenly changed his words: "That's it!" This trip to Japan, if you can do it well, Lone will promise you, and the Navy will also conduct drills according to the example of the Army in the future, and the rewards of various departments will be given to you! ”

"The last general thanked His Highness first." Man Da Da hugged his fists with joy, and then promised: "Your Highness, rest assured, there will be absolutely no problems on this trip to Japan!" ”

"With such confidence, how prepared are you?" Wang Yan asked with a smile.

"It's all ready, the three gunboats have been practicing for more than a year, and now they are just waiting for the ships from Guangdong to come!" Man Dazhuang said, glanced at Wang Yan, and continued with a somewhat sly gaze: "However, if you have to find some shortcomings, there are still some shortcomings!" ”

When Wang Yan looked at him, he knew that he wanted to reach out and ask for something, "Just say it!" Where are you insufficient! ”

Man Dazhuang smiled, "Your Highness, it's artillery, it's artillery, the last general heard that the cannon casting workshop has newly cast a few 5,000-pound naval guns, which are specially cast for our sailors, right?" ”

Wang Yan smiled slightly, pondered for a while, "Okay, these heavy artillery really need to be tested on the battlefield, I want the military department to give you a note, you drive the gunboat to Nanjing, and load the ten 5,000-pound heavy guns!" ”

"General, thank you, Your Highness!" Full of strength and joy to hug fists.

Among the four major naval divisions along the coast, the East China Sea Division was the worst, and Man Dazhuang wanted a few heavy artillery, and he was very happy in his heart.

At this time, Wang Yan suddenly turned around and said to Chen Bangyan: "From now on, the military department will not buy new ships and new guns for the Zhejiang Navy Division and the Zheng Family Navy Division." Other materials can be reduced, and if they can't be reduced, they will be delayed. ”

Chen Bangyan was slightly stunned when he heard this, Wang Yan was not stingy, but the court spent money to raise soldiers, but the soldiers and horses did not listen to the transfer of the court, and they still wanted to get full military salaries and materials, which was really unreasonable.

"Xiaguan understands!" Chen Bangyan immediately bowed.

Wang Yan bowed slightly, and then said to Man Dazhuang: "Let's go, look at your gunboat!" ”