After breakfast, Lian Zining went down to the bottom and went to other ships in a small boat to see if his soldiers were seasick.

As soon as I got on the deck of the second Fushan ship, I saw a huge behemoth lying on the gang of the boat, clutching the cable with both hands, poking its head out and vomiting wildly.

Like him, there are many people, and the sea breeze is mixed with an indescribable sour smell. At this time, they had entered the Bohai Sea, and the wind and waves were gradually getting stronger, so it was no wonder that these landlubbers were like this.

As soon as they saw Lian Zining coming, they quickly stood up, some of them were already vomiting weakly, their bodies were shaking, and many people came out of the wooden city, and they immediately knelt down on the deck.

"Let's all be exempt!" Lian Zining smiled and said, "What, don't you feel very comfortable taking a boat?" ”

Everyone laughed uninterestingly, Qiuqiu scratched his head, and laughed along, when suddenly a feeling of nausea came, and a bone rolled to the side of the boat, and then spit down the edge of the boat.

"Where is this?" Lian Zining shook his head and said loudly: "Now we have just gone to sea, this small wind and small waves, compared to the front, is far worse, and when we reach the open sea, the big waves are more than ten zhang high!" We have to go up and down on such a big ship! Then you will know what the real storm is! In the past two days, I have hurried to adapt to it, remember, eating fish roe can cure seasickness, these words, just eat some, and vomit and vomit! ”

got on another Fushan ship, and heard the sound of gold and iron from above from a distance, Lian Zining thought something was wrong, and when he went up to take a look, he realized that on the deck, the two teams of Wu Yijun were facing each other, both wearing helmets and armor, holding spears and halberds in their hands, fully armed, but they were practicing tactics. This deck is large, and there are hundreds of troops, but it does not seem crowded.

Xiong Tingbi was wearing armor and holding a sword, surrounded by everyone, constantly commanding.

Seeing Lian Zining coming, he hurriedly greeted him, and Lian Zining smiled: "Xiong Qianhu is so elegant!" Training on the ship is unheard of! ”

Xiong Tingbi hurriedly said: "The last general didn't dare, but when he saw that the soldiers vomited, he ordered them to put on armor and practice with weapons, but he didn't expect that in this way, he would be fine, and the situation would improve greatly." ”

"Oh?" Lian Zining raised his eyebrows: "Is there such a thing?" ”

He looked at the trained soldiers, and sure enough, although they couldn't say how good they were, their faces were not blue or white, and they didn't vomit, Lian Zining was overjoyed, and immediately ordered all the troops to train on the deck.

So the armor on the Bohai Sea immediately burst into flames, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

Such a strange scene, seeing Kang Lu and the others on the horse clipper, couldn't help but be stunned, and said in his heart that the army was so strict that he still didn't forget to train the troops at sea, and his heart was a little higher in his opinion.

After sailing like this for more than a day, at noon the next day, he crossed the Miaodao Strait and now said the scope of the Yellow Sea.

In the evening, it is relatively close to the coast, and you can already see a stone city standing on the sea in the distance. The city is not big, but it is fully equipped with various settings, and the city walls are tall and strong, and there is a faint sound of shouting and killing in the city, obviously there are soldiers training.

This is Weihaiwei. Weihaiwei is close to the Yellow Sea, west of Yanpeng, north of the Bohai Strait and Liaodong Peninsula Lushun mouth into a horn, a total of the Bohai Sea key, is the Gongwei Beijing-Tianjin sea gateway. There is a natural harbor here, can accommodate a big ship, so Hongwu 31 years to build a city here, is the stone city seen in front of you, this stone city is divided into two parts of land and water, the water city is to seal the entrance to the port, stationed inside, is the Weihai Division.

The four major sailors of the Ming Dynasty, decades ago, were originally the five majors, and the only one of them in the north was the Shandong sailor, which was stationed in Weihaiwei! However, later, there was no war along the coast of Shandong, and the Shandong Navy Division was also withdrawn, and the large ships and soldiers were divided among the four major naval divisions in the south, leaving only some small and medium-sized ships, the Shandong Naval Division, also renamed the Weihai Division.

And the reason why they want to come here is to wait for the Weihai Master to escort this trip.

This time, Lianfu and Shouning Houfu partnered to do business, the value of the goods was extremely great, Zhang Yanchang did not dare to underestimate it, although the combat effectiveness of the horse clipper and the Fushan ship was not weak, but after all, it was too big, and the quasi-turn was not effective, if the other party used a small boat to besiege and ignite the fire, the situation would still be very bad, so he gave an order to the commander of Weihaiwei early and asked him to send a warship to escort him.

Although he has been demoted to a local sailor, the Weihai division was once brilliant after all, and the mobilization of the sailor to escort him has never been heard of by other businessmen, but for Zhang Yanchang, it is indeed too easy.

At this time, the gate of the stone city water village was wide open, and more than 50 warships came out of it, which were not large in size, they were the largest, not as much as half of the horse clippers, not to mention compared with the Fushan ships, but they were more numerous, and they were also more flexible.

It didn't take long for those warships to approach the horse clipper and the Fushan ship, but they did not come close, but dispersed far away, withdrawing to the periphery, as far as dozens of miles away. Apparently as an escort and alert on the perimeter.

After another half an hour, when the sky was about to get dark, a small boat came coming, and on it were the officers of Kang Lu and Weihai Division, and Lian Zining hurried down to greet him.

There were more than 20 officers who came up, most of them were from Kanglu's side, but there were four or five officers, of different ages, their faces were quite dark, and the armor and robes on their bodies were also slightly old.

"Hehe, everyone, please get up, this voyage, I have to rely on you a lot!" Lian Zining hurriedly helped them up one by one.

All the officers didn't dare to say yes, most of them were hundreds, and they were told by Shangguan before they came that this time they were going to escort a great nobleman, and Lian Zining's identity was very far away, and when they saw such a big ship as the other party, they were even more taken by God.

Lian Zining looked at the young officer dressed as a deputy Qianhu in the lead, who seemed to be a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.

The man smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "My lord, the last general, Chen Lan!" ”

"Chen Luan? Chen Baihu? Lian Zining suddenly remembered and said, "Remember, remember, aren't you a sailor in Guangdong?" How did you get here? ”

Chen Lan smiled: "There is a vacancy here, so the Admiral recommended the last general to be a deputy thousand." ”

"Oh? Congratulations! Lian Zining said with a smile.

At present, the entire Weihai Division is just a thousand households, hanging under Weihaiwei, and being the deputy thousand households of Weihaiwei's sailor division is already the second-in-command of the Weihai Division, which can be said to be in real power and has a bright future.

Chen Lian didn't even dare to say it.

Kang Lu said with a smile: "I originally planned to introduce it to adults, but I didn't expect that adults and Lord Chen are familiar with each other." ”

Everyone greeted each other for a while, and Lian Zining said: "Everyone, please go to the top of the wooden city, the official has already instructed people to set up a banquet, and today it is said that the generals of the Weihai Sea Division will wash the dust!" ”

Everyone was stunned, and at this time, a somewhat cold and hard voice suddenly sounded: "My lord, can you let the last general and others take a look at your Fushan ship first?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Kang Lu and the others were a little displeased, and then looked at the person who spoke, about thirty years old, with a dark and simple complexion, medium stature, and looked like an old farmer, but he was just an officer of a hundred households, so someone snorted coldly, thinking that he had disturbed everyone's interest.

Chen Luan's face changed, and he hurriedly blocked in front of the man, made a circle, and said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry everyone, my subordinate can't speak, please forgive me, let's go up, let's go up!" ”

Lian Zining was not angry, and asked with a smile: "Oh? But why do you want to see this big ship? ”

Seeing that Lian Zining didn't seem to be angry, Chen Ling also let go and gave the hundred households a look and asked him to speak more leisurely.

The hundred households bowed and said: "My father is also a lieutenant general of the Weihai Division, but at that time, the Weihai Division was still called the Shandong Water Division, and there were countless big ships. It's a pity that now, alas, ......, the last general has never seen such a big ship, the sailor, love the ship as life, the heart is agitated, and the feelings are difficult to be, please forgive me! ”

As soon as he said this, the officers of the Weihai Division were a little embarrassed.

Lian Zining said in his heart that this is a person who really cares about the sailor, quite a bit of the meaning of the Blue Navy people in later generations, and some good feelings rose in his heart, and asked: "Your request, this official agreed!" ”

The officers were overjoyed and thanked them again and again.

Lian Zining asked casually, "What's your name!" ”

The hundred households bowed deeply: "The last general Deng Zilong!" ”

Deng, Deng, Deng Zilong?

Lian Zining was stunned for a moment, Deng Zilong? Also appeared?

Why is it called?

This general of the Navy Division at the end of the Ming Dynasty was born in Si, grew up in Si, and died in Si! In the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, Fusang invaded Korea, Deng Zilong led the naval army to aid the Korean resistance, and made Yi Sunsin, the commander of Korea, the vanguard, and fought fiercely with the Yue army in the South China Sea of Busan. When he was over seventy years old and had great courage, he fought forward, killed the enemy without counting, and finally died in battle, and his head was cut off by the Japanese slaves, and his whereabouts are unknown. The Korean people felt their kindness and set up a dragon temple to worship for hundreds of years!

No wonder he couldn't move when he saw such a big ship, it turned out that his life and everything about him were deeply connected with the sailor. In the future, this should be the Blue Navy man who has fought all his life for the cause of the Republic Navy!

However, I have already experienced those major events before, I have fought with Qi Jiguang on the battlefield, and I have been entangled with Kou Baimen, and now Xiong Tingbi is working under the account, and I don't reject this kind of thing in my heart, I just sigh, I am fortunate to be Lian Zining, and the Ming Dynasty is fortunate to have so many strong and fierce generals, all of whom were born in this era! If they are willing to serve the imperial court and make good use of it, it will really be a blessing for the Ming Dynasty.

In my heart, I made up my mind that I would get close to this future general of the dynasty later, and if I could win him over, it would be the best.

But it's not difficult to think about it, his level is a little lower after all, and it doesn't seem to be very ambitious.

Lian Zining asked Shi Dazhu to lead these Weihai masters to visit the big ship up and down, and then led everyone to the top of the three-story wooden city, where a banquet had already been set up in the hall.

Everyone sat down separately and chatted for a while, originally wanting to wait for those few people to sit down and eat and drink again, but it turned out to be delayed, and everyone's eyes fell on Chen Luan's face. Chen Lan smiled embarrassedly: "A few of my hands are all stingy, I think I am happy in my heart, so I forgot to say, why don't we eat first?" Leave them alone! ”

Lian Zining nodded, and raised his chopsticks first: "Let's eat first!" ”

Lian Zining has always been particular about eating, water eight treasures, land eight treasures, mountain eight treasures, sea eight treasures, flying eight treasures, a total of 32 kinds of dishes, everyone eats a lot of enjoyment. The wine is also a very strong Yanjing pot village shochu, which is the prototype of the second pot head in later generations, although it is not a high-grade wine, but it is extremely strong, which is very in line with the surnames of these men in the army. In addition to him on Lian Zining's side, Xiong Tingbi and Dong Ce, the 3,000th household, and the six deputy 1,000 households of the two thousand households were all pulled to accompany the wine and frequently persuaded them to drink.

In the middle of eating, Shi Dazhu led Deng Zilong and a few people back, and a few people quietly entered the table and sat at the end, unable to hide the excitement on their faces.

It's just that at this point, it's all cold wine leftovers, but it makes them very embarrassed, Lian Zining hurriedly ordered someone to re-serve the food, and several officers looked at Lian Zining, all showing gratitude.

After eating for a while, many of the officers were already drunk and unconscious, Lian Zining held a cup and slowly shook it to Deng Zilong and a few people.

It can be seen that these people are not very comfortable, they should have never eaten such delicious food, and at this time, they are all eating with their cheeks, and they didn't even notice Lian Zining coming.

Lian Zining smiled and teased: "A few of them are so generous. ”

When the officers heard this, they raised their heads and saw Lian Zining, and they all quickly stood up, thinking that Lian Zining was deliberately ridiculing, so they all blushed, and they were even more at a loss.

"Hehe, it doesn't need to be like this, it doesn't need to be like this." Lian Zining waved his hand, sat down beside them, and said with a smile: "You guys also sit down!" ”

Several officers looked at it, and they all sat down as they said, their bodies straight, and their faces were extremely solemn.

Lian Zining smiled: "What are you doing here?" With a straight face, it doesn't look like it's eating, but it looks like it's going to war. There's no need to be inhibited, we're just talking. ”

One sentence shortened the distance between them and several officers, and the atmosphere became a little more lively.

Lian Zining asked a few common words, how is the military salary, how is the food of the soldiers, and how many battles have they fought recently? But how many pirates and the like were eliminated, they all answered one by one, and as they talked, they talked more, and some things that were inconvenient to say before were now said.

A hundred households lowered their voices and said indignantly: "Don't hide it from you, Lord Lian, our Weihai Master is really doing now!" ”

Chen Lan hurriedly glared at him fiercely, but the hundred households poured a sip of wine, wiped their mouths and said, "Lord Chen, don't stare at me, I must tell Lord Lian this today!" ”

"Our Weihai Division has a thousand soldiers, hanging under Weihaiwei, we march at sea, training is harder than foot soldiers, consumption is greater than foot soldiers, and there are warships that need to be maintained. But the salary he got was only seventy percent of that of the foot soldiers! That's it, there are still arrears from time to time, and they are not issued according to the usual practice! He pointed to the armor on his body: "Have you seen it, my lord, we are hundreds of households, it stands to reason that two sets of armor are issued a year, but you see that I have been wearing them for three years!" At this moment, I am reluctant to wear it! The sea is damp, the weapons are replaced quickly, otherwise the bow can't be opened, the swords and guns are dull, and those soldiers are wearing old clothes, and the weapons used are all missing, and the warship has not been maintained for a long time! If it weren't for Lord Chen's arguments after he came, the silver salary would not have been paid for three months! Thanks to the blessings of all the nobles, this time we want to go to sea, and we can't embarrass them, this is to reward some money and get the boat! ”

"Damn, those officials are all from foot soldiers, and our sailors are raised by our stepmothers!"

All the officers were angry, and even Zining was a little embarrassed, they didn't know what to say, the matter of deducting military salaries has always been common in the army, and it is even more common in the inland guard posts where there is no war, but I didn't expect Weihai to be so serious.

Chen Lan hurriedly said a few words of gossip before turning this stubble over, Lian Zining glanced at them, and suddenly stared at Deng Zilong and asked: "Deng Baihu, this official sees that you like warships so much, obviously you are a person who loves ships as much as your life, and in this life, I am afraid that I will also be mixed up among the sailors!" The official will ask you a question, and you must answer it honestly and speak from your heart! ”

Seeing what Lian Zining said solemnly, Deng Zilong suddenly realized something in his heart, and said, "Yes, my lord!" ”

"What do you think our Ming Dynasty sailors should do?" Lian Zining stared at him and asked.

Deng Zilong was silent for a moment, and replied word by word: "The last general secretly thinks that the Ming Dynasty sailors should not only guard the inland rivers and coastal waters, but should sail overseas, conquer the four Yi, let me be the Ming Dynasty, and dominate the world!" ”

Lian Zining's eyes flashed, and with a slight sweep, he saw that these officers of the Navy Division all showed very disapproving looks, obviously, they were the kind of young Zhuang officers who wanted war, thirst for killing, and longed for the glory and status of winning!

Lian Zining took a deep breath and smiled warmly: "Very good!" ”

Three days —————— the dividing line—————— the fleet had already crossed the Yellow Sea and reached the vicinity of the Korean Strait, which was only a few hundred miles away from the island of Kyushu in Fuso.

After the fleet went east, it turned southeast from here, and their first stop was the territory of the Goto clan of the daimyo of Kyushu Island, located in Hizen, the westernmost part of Kyushu Island!

It has always been a treaty port between the Ming Dynasty and Fuso, and its status is roughly equivalent to Shenzhen in the early days of China's reform and opening up.

(To be continued)