The old shipowner can sit firmly in the top spot in the South China Sea, but he can still sit in the top spot after losing Mao Feng, who is in charge of the inland forces in Zhejiang. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The old man of the Mo family is far behind, the old shipowner's power in the inland is only less than thirty percent of his total strength, and he can still bear it after the loss. And Old Man Mo's heart is simply dripping blood at this moment, his son Mo Fenglei's death is nothing, but the annihilation of the entire Mo family's forces in the interior has caused him too much blow.

This is different from the old shipowner, at least sixty percent of the Mo family's entire power is inland, it can be said that after Mo Yanei separated the Mo family's inland forces, it was basically cut off one of his old man's thighs.

So in the intense anger, Old Man Mo, who has been sitting in the second position of the South China Sea pirates all the year round, finally couldn't bear it, and met the old ship owner in a low voice.

The final result was that the old shipowner was willing to send a fleet to harass the Ming coast with the Mo family.

According to the people sent back by Shang Er, the reason given by Old Man Mo was very simple and grandiose, but it was very easy to achieve in the current situation.

Gather the strength of the two families, take advantage of the fact that the Ming Dynasty has just opened the sea ban and has not yet gained a stable foothold, and use the Ryukyu Islands in the South China Sea as the feeding strategic depth to completely control the entire South China Sea.

As for why he got such a plan, Zhu Houzhao knows it without asking. It is to bully the daimyo that is now just starting, and there is simply not enough water power to clean up the southern seas, and according to the nautical charts handed in by Liu Daxia and the manufacturing drawings of Zheng He's treasure ship, it is obviously impossible to build a huge fleet in the short term.

After Shang Er's news came, Zhu Houzhao began to build a line of defense along the coast.

But this idea is obviously too naïve, the coastline of the Ming Dynasty stretches for thousands of miles, and it is only guarded by foot soldiers that there is no chance to keep up if you break your leg.

But it's better to do than not to do it, Zhu Houzhao soon assembled a force of up to 20,000 people, and its roots are the same as the army that followed Zhu Houzhao to fight in Hebei, which was selected and trained in Zhejiang.

In the late Ming Dynasty, there was a saying that was quite famous, and the Liao people guarded the Liao land. The reason is that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens rose and invaded the land of Liaodong, and the garrisons from other places arrived in Liaodong in the face of the strong combat power of the Jurchens, and generally chose to retreat without a fight.

Therefore, in response to this situation, the famous military strategist Yuan Chonghuan proposed a military strategy of defending the Liao land with the Liao people.

Adhering to this spirit, Zhu Houzhao deliberately selected a large number of young and strong soldiers from Zhejiang to settle down in the coastal areas of Zhejiang, radiating to the surrounding areas based on Shanghai, and trying his best to control the coastal areas of Zhejiang.

But after waiting for nearly a month, I didn't see a single pirate hair, and the sea in Zhejiang was still full of merchant ships, and there was an endless stream of merchant ships coming and going every day, which made Zhu Houzhao admire the talent of the people of the Ming Dynasty in business.

As soon as the years of suppression were released, they immediately became a rolling torrent.

Just when Zhu Houzhao thought that there was something wrong with Shang Er's intelligence, the long-awaited coast guard finally sounded, but what made Zhu Houzhao feel tired was that the place where the coast guard sounded was not Zhejiang, which was heavily guarded, but Fujian, which was poor at that time.

It's not that Zhu Houzhao didn't expect Fujian to be attacked, but his own thinking fell into a strange circle. Zhu Houzhao positioned the old man of the Mo family and the old ship owner as pirates, and if they tried to do so, they would think that the purpose of pirates to rob the inland was nothing more than one - robbery! Naturally, where there is wealth, there will be a pile.

But Zhu Houzhao obviously ignored one thing, that is, these pirates produced in the Ming Dynasty were not those poor pirates on the island country who couldn't even afford to wear shoes, but a super-rich man who was enough to be rich enough to rival the province by the water.

The strategic purpose of the old man of the Mo family and the old shipowner was to declare their existence to the Ming Dynasty and tell the Ming Dynasty that although they had lifted the sea ban, the area of the South China Sea was still in the hands of their pirates.

couldn't fight the imperial court in the inland, and was exterminated by Zhu Houzhao, but when it came to the sea, the millions of heroes of the Ming Dynasty had no room to send back.

In other words, Zhu Houzhao was only led by two powerful pirates at this time.

The pirates came and went, and although the boundaries of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces were connected, they were rushing on two legs of the infantry, and when they arrived in Fujian to complete the strategic purpose of support, I am afraid that Fujian Province would be emptied.

The combat power of the guards in Fujian Province is not worth mentioning at all, and it is no different from the pirate combat and nonsense who live on the verge of life and death all year round. However, fortunately, the military and civilians in Fujian still have some determination to defend the land and have a responsibility, not to fight for the country, but for the family.

After paying a huge number of casualties, they finally dealt a head-on blow to the fierce pirates, letting them know that their power can only be maintained at sea for the time being.

The vast coastline of Daming is not something that they can get their hands on if they want to.

However, the situation of the wolf smoke still caused Fujian Province to suffer a heavy blow, and the garrison troops of various provinces almost generally paid a heavy death and death toll of five out of ten, as well as a large number of casualties.

In just one month, the chief officials of several prefectures and counties in Fujian near the sea were killed in battle, and the garrison generals at all levels suffered numerous casualties in guerrillas.

Zhu Houzhao was a little glad that he was not impulsive enough to kill all the corrupt officials and corrupt officials, although this group of people was greedy and greedy, but at least they did not worship the foreign or flattering, and the most basic self-esteem and pride of a Chinese person still existed.

After the Battle of Fujian, the overseas Mo family and the old ship owners sent troops to occupy Qiongzhou at the same time, and then divided into two routes, wreaking havoc along the line of Guangzhou, Zhejiang, Fujian, often with one touch and go, such sparrow tactics deeply disturbed Zhu Houzhao's nerves.

It's like a gadfly on an elephant's body, biting it only slightly hurts, not fatal but quite annoying.

Finally, Zhu Houzhao couldn't bear to slap the table, and put the resolution of building a Daming Water Master on the agenda.

As soon as he said it, Zhu Houzhao provided a note to the imperial court as Zhu Shou, the chief military officer of the mighty general, and asked him to start building the Ming Naval Division, defending the sea frontier and protecting the trade and shipping routes.

The reply in the court was very simple, yes, but there was no money.

Zhu Houzhao had already expected this kind of result, not to mention that the household department really had no money, even if there was a reply of millions of silver in the treasury, it must still be like this.

Zheng He's treasure ship, after building all kinds of equipment, including the completion of soldier training, the basic silver of a ship is about 300,000 taels, plus Zhu Houzhao's deliberate design and modification became the most widely used battleship model in the First World War in later generations, and dozens of guns on a ship need to add 100,000 taels of silver.

In this way, it is impossible to complete a huge fleet that meets Zhu Houzhao's expectations in the short term, and even if the scale of fifty ships is enough, there are 20 million taels of silver.

The territory of the Ming Dynasty is too large, and there are too many places to use silver, which is understandable.

Alas, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

(To be continued.) )