Zhou Zhong only lived in Ningbo Fucheng for one day, and the next day he went to Dinghaiwei by the sea under the leadership of Yu Wenyuan, that is, the port where their ship docked yesterday.

However, Zhou Zhong did not go to Zhenhailou after coming to Dinghaiwei, but directly asked Yu Wenyuan to take himself to the military camp not far from Zhenhailou, originally the entire Dinghaiwei was divided into five thousand households in the front, rear, left, right, and middle, with a total of 5,600 soldiers, and a hundred warships, which can be said to be very complete, which is very rare in the various guards of the Ming Dynasty.

Among the five thousand households in Dinghaiwei, one of them is stationed on Zhoushan Island, and another is stationed in the area of Guoju, where it faces Shuangyu Port across the sea, and when the sea ships enter and leave Shuangyu Port, you can often see all the warships of the thousand households patrolling, but this thousand households have long been bought by the chambers of commerce in Shuangyu Port, and the warships of the sailors not only turn a blind eye to all the smuggling ships, but even when they encounter difficulties, they will also help.

In addition to the above two thousand households, the other three thousand households are stationed near Zhenhai Tower, responsible for the defense of the entire Ningbo Port, and these three thousand people are also the main force of the Ningbo Naval Division, half of the military camp is a water village, and dozens of warships are moored in the water village.

When Zhou Zhong and the others came to the military camp of the Dinghai Weishui Division, they thought that what they saw was a scene of hot drills, but what they didn't expect was that they saw a mess in the entire barracks, and the sergeants were either drunk. Either they gather money in groups of three or five. Moreover. There were even a few officer-like people hugging their fans and humming a little song. This kind of scene can indeed be regarded as hot, but it should not appear in the barracks.

Those sergeants who were having fun in the barracks saw Yu Wenyuan and the few people wearing official uniforms coming to the barracks, and no one paid attention to them at all, not even the people who came forward to check, so they let Zhou Chong and them swagger into the barracks.

"This ...... This is the military camp of Dinghaiwei? Zhou Chong dodged away from a drunken staggered soldier, and then looked at Yu Wenyuan with an incredulous face and asked.

I saw that the three officials, Yu Wenyuan and Lu Kuo, were also full of embarrassment. After a long while, I saw Yu Wenyuan say with a wry smile on his face: "Lord Zhou, we don't know what Lu Dao Dinghaiwei will look like this, we have also been to the military camp before, but what we saw were all sergeants practicing seriously, and we had never encountered this situation in front of us." ”

"Hehe, if Zhou didn't guess wrong, Lord Yu, you must have sent someone to notify Dinghaiwei before you came, right?" After hearing this, Zhou Zhong said with a sneer.

I thought that the sailors of Dinghaiwei were one of the only two complete sailors left along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, but now seeing the situation in the barracks, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but be disappointed. At the beginning, Shen Ying analyzed it to him and asked him not to have too much hope for the Daming Water Master. After all, the sailor has not been through the war for many years, and it is already good to be able to practice normally, but now it seems that I am afraid that the sailor of Dinghaiwei in front of him will not even be able to maintain normal drills.

"Lord Yu, since Cheng Quan is not here, then the commander should be here, but I don't know where this person is?" Zhou Zhong sighed lightly here and said, he doesn't have any big hopes for the combat strength of the sailors now, he only hopes that through his emergency training for several months, they can sail the ship to Malacca safely, as for those Portuguese, leave it to Shen Ying and the Beijing camp he brought to solve it.

"My lord, please come with me, the commander should be in the barracks." Yu Wenyuan immediately replied at this time, he also wanted to ask Qu Lie now, why did Dinghaiwei's military camp become like this?

Yu Wenyuan seems to have indeed been to the barracks, and he is also very familiar with the buildings here, but he took Zhou Zhong through several camps and came to a relatively quiet courtyard, which is said to be the place where Qu Tongzhi works. It's just that before Zhou Zhong and they entered the courtyard, they immediately smelled a pungent smell of wine, and when they walked through the courtyard into the room, they were almost smoked out by the smell of wine inside.

As Zhou Zhong expected, I saw that the table in the room was full of cups and plates, and there were five or six rough soldiers sitting around, drinking bowl after bowl of wine, but what made people feel strange was that this should have been a very enthusiastic scene, but these soldiers in the room all had bitter faces, and no one spoke, as if they were drinking stuffy wine.

"Lord Yu, why are you here?" Several military men who were drinking inside were stunned when they saw Zhou Chong and the others coming in, and then the bearded man led by him quickly saw Yu Wenyuan behind Zhou Chong, and immediately threw down the wine bowl and saluted, and at the same time looked at the young Zhou Chong with some curiosity, because Zhou Chong was not only wearing the general military uniform, but also standing in front of Yu Wenyuan, and his obvious status was the head of everyone, which made people wonder.

Seeing this bearded man, Yu Wenyuan immediately spoke: "Qu Tongzhi, this is the newly appointed Governor of the Four Seas, Lord Zhou Chongzhou, this time I am here to take over Dinghaiwei, in the future, you will all be the generals under Governor Zhou, why don't you come to see Governor Zhou!" ”

When he heard that the young man in front of him was actually the commander of the four seas under His Majesty, he was also startled, and hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Subordinate Qu Lie, see Lord Admiral!" ”

Not only Qu Lie, but several other men who drank with him also followed Qu Lie to salute Zhou Chong when they knew the identity of Zhou Chong, and at the same time reported their positions, but what surprised Zhou Chong was that there were three deputy Qianhu among these people, and there was also one who was pacified, although they were all military attachés of high grade, but they were also the deputies of Qianhu, and they did not have much real power in their hands.

"Qu Tongzhi, are you guilty?" Regarding Qu Lie and the others' salutes, Zhou Chong did not have the slightest good face, but instead snorted coldly and asked.

"This ......" Qu Lie didn't expect that as soon as they met, Zhou Zhong began to ask him for the guilt, which made him a little overwhelmed for a while, and he hesitated for a moment before he boldly said, "Lord Admiral Qiqi, my subordinates don't know what crime they have committed?" ”

"What's the crime?" Zhou Zhong snorted coldly again when he heard this, pointed to the direction of the military camp in front of him and asked sharply, "Just now Admiral Ben came to the barracks, but found that all the soldiers did not have any control, not only did they not practice as usual, but they also drank and gambled, and now Cheng Quan is not here, as a commander of the guard, isn't it your responsibility?" ”

Hearing that Zhou Chong was asking himself for this incident, Qu Lie was stunned, and the officers behind him showed a slightly unconvinced expression. However, the expression on Qu Lie's face changed several times, and after that, he lowered his head and confessed: "Lord Qiqi, the villain is guilty......"

"Brother Qu can't, it's obviously not your fault, why do you have to bear the blame for Cheng Quan?" Before Qu Lie's words were finished, a general behind him interrupted first, and his face was full of grief and indignation.

"Brother Wu, the commander is not here, I, the commander, do have the responsibility to take over the management of the guard, and now that the barracks are in chaos, I naturally have to bear the greatest responsibility!" Qu Lie said in a deep voice at this time, but at this time, a little humiliation flashed on his face.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Chong couldn't help but be a little interested, only to see that he didn't pay attention to Qu Lie's words, but walked up to the officer surnamed Wu who was talking and asked with a smile: "If Admiral Ben is not mistaken, you should be a deputy Qianhu, but just now you said that Qu Lie is taking the blame for Cheng Quan, what's going on?" ”

"Lord Admiral Qiqi, my subordinates are just feeling unfair for Brother Qu!" I saw that this deputy head of the thousand households looked a little restrained in the face of Zhou Chong, and bowed to him and said, "According to the Ming military system, when the commander is not there, it is indeed the commander who takes over the management of the army, but the entire Dinghaiwei knows that Commander Cheng is not in agreement with Brother Qu, and Commander Cheng is at a higher level, and he takes away all the power in Brother Qu's hands, even if he is not in the barracks, Brother Qu cannot meddle in the management of the barracks at all, so even if the barracks are in chaos like this now, We and Brother Qu can only drink here! ”

Hearing the words of this Wu Deputy Qianhu, Zhou Chong was also stunned, and immediately turned to Qu Lie and asked: "Qu Tongzhi, Wu Qianhu's words are true, did Cheng Quan really take away all the power in your hands?" ”

I saw Qu Lie hearing Zhou Chong's question, and his face showed a look of struggle again, but the most embarrassed person gritted his teeth and said: "Lord Qiyu, they are all incompetent subordinates, Commander Cheng has indeed emptied the power in my hands a long time ago, and I really can't interfere in the management of the army, but as a commander, the military camp is now in such a mess, and Qu also has an unshirkable responsibility!" ”

Seeing that Qu Lie was so responsible, Yu Wenyuan and others behind Zhou Chong also showed a look of approval, but Zhou Chong sneered in his heart, he was just about to replace Cheng Quan, and a commander who was at odds with Cheng Quan's side immediately appeared, which was simply someone who gave a pillow as soon as he fell asleep, although it was very timely, but it was too timely, and it was unbelievable in time.

Thinking of this, I saw that Zhou Chong showed a sneer, and immediately looked at the several generals behind Qu Lie and the others, and then looked at Yu Wenyuan and the others, and then said: "Brother Yu, please go out of Lu first, this Admiral has something to say to Qu Tongzhi alone!" (To be continued......)