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Mid-April. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a series of intelligence reconnaissance, Guan Peng has basically figured out that the large amount of grain and steel has reached Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai.

The grain will become military food, and the steel will be used to make weapons and armor, and all signs indicate that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai are preparing to rebel again in Gucheng and Fangxian.

These were originally none of Zhang Feng's business, and Zhang Feng didn't need to worry about it, but because the steel was flowing out of the Baoshan Iron and Steel Plant, in order to prevent it from being talked about by someone with a heart, Zhang Feng still drafted a note to clarify the situation.

The folds naturally went to the capital, to the cabinet, and finally to the hands of Emperor Chongzhen.

Fengtian Temple, early dynasty.

After the hundred officials finished playing, and when they were about to retreat from the dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the civil and military officials, and said slowly: "Ladies and gentlemen, Songjiang Zhang Zongbing has made a twist, and Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai are preparing to rebel again in Gucheng and Fangxian, what do you think." ”

Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, came out of the ranks and said: "Long live Lord, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai are capricious, you must not be on guard, you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of just in case." ”

Liu Yuliang, the first assistant of the cabinet, said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai have already recruited An, and there is almost no possibility of rebellion. ”

Yang Sichang, a university scholar, usually wore the same pants as Liu Yuliang, and also echoed: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that our main enemy is the Manchu Qing outside the Guan, and our focus is on dealing with the Qing army outside the Guan. ”

Many civil and military officials disagreed, but most of them thought that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai had already recruited An, and it was unlikely that they would rebel.

In addition, Emperor Chongzhen may also think that there is no direct evidence of the rebellion, and in the end, Zhang Feng's twists and turns did not attract enough attention.

At the end of April, some news still reached Zhang Feng's ears, what "the hand is too long", what is "blind worry", etc., hearing this, Zhang Feng is angry.

"Anyway, Lao Tzu has already reminded me, believe it or not, if Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai really want to rebel, it will be about Lao Tzu." Zhang Feng thought so unhappily in his heart.

In May, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai rebelled again in Gucheng and Fangxian.

When the news came, the court was naturally in an uproar, and Chongzhen even thought that he should have listened to Zhang Feng at the beginning, otherwise he would not have been so hasty and passive.

Since the rebellion was rebellious, it was natural to suppress it, so the imperial court began to consider sending additional "training salaries", considering selecting candidates, mobilizing troops, and starting to suppress it.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with Zhang Feng, Zhang Feng is also "eating a trench and increasing wisdom", it has nothing to do with himself, hanging high, Zhang Feng is stepping up to train his new army, build his own ironclad ship, and build his own big steam engine.

The second group of recruits has completed a month of training and has begun to be integrated into the brigades and regiments, and the last group of recruits has also been recruited and has begun to enter training.

In the construction of the army, Zhang Feng was willing to spend money, in addition to the original Xiaoqingshan military camp, and established two large military camps in Suzhou Mansion and Changzhou Prefecture.

The 1st Brigade was stationed in the Xiaoqingshan Barracks, the 2nd Brigade was stationed in Suzhou, and the 3rd Brigade was stationed in Changzhou, so that the real significance of the entire Songjiang Mansion, Suzhou Prefecture, and Changzhou Prefecture was under the control of Zhang Feng.

Of course, the construction of the Zhoushan Naval Port is also in full swing, with at least thousands of people working there every day, and a large amount of steel and cement is also transported to the construction site of the Zhoushan Military Port by steam-powered transport ships.

In June, the imperial court sent more than 7.3 million taels of "training salary".

In July, the rebels defeated the Ming army Zuo Liangyu and other troops at Luohou Mountain.

In August, with Yang Sichang as the superintendent, he presided over the encirclement and suppression of the rebels.

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Zhoushan Military Port.

The formation of the navy began in April, and at the same time the construction of the military port began, and it is already the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and even though it has been four months, the construction of the military port is far from complete.

It is satisfying that even though the construction of the military port is far from complete, the first wharf has already been preliminarily completed, and several steam-powered transport ships are docking.

In the past four months, the construction of the navy has also begun to take shape, and the number of personnel has reached more than 4 to 5,000 people, including a marine corps of nearly 1,000 people and some auxiliary personnel, and the number of real naval sailors is more than 3,000, and the number of steam-powered seagoing ships has reached 16.

The Navy is starting to take off!

Today, Zhang Feng personally came here, on the wharf of the military port, there are at least hundreds of sailors wearing white naval uniforms, and the deck of the steam-powered transport ship adjacent to the wharf is also full of sailors wearing white naval uniforms.

The Navy, how sacred, will be here today!

This was the first ocean-going training, 10 2,000-gauge ships, six 1,000-gauge sea-going vessels, all steam-powered, although they were wood-framed sea-going ships, but they were modified, each sea-going ship was equipped with 70-millimeter guns, and every crew member was equipped with muskets.

Some time ago, everyone was conducting training in the coastal area of Zhoushan Military Port, which is no more than one or two hundred nautical miles, and this kind of training has been carried out many times before, and now they can go on long voyages.

Zhang Feng's voice was very loud and impassioned, and on Zhang Feng's side, Zhao Weibin's mood was also slightly excited.

After the impassioned speech, Zhang Feng waved his hand: "Board the ship and go!! ”

A total of sixteen sea vessels. The construction of wood-framed steam-powered seagoing vessels at the Shanghai shipyard has not stopped, and one or two seagoing ships will be installed in the navy every month.

There were about 200 sailors on each 2,000-grain ship, and about 100 sailors on 1,000-grain ships.

The air whistle sounds!!

One by one, the ships left the dock of the military port and sailed towards the deep blue ......

"Lord Commander, you have chosen a good day, this autumn is refreshing, the situation is thousands of miles, it is just....tsk....."

Standing on the deck, looking at the blue sea and feeling the excellent visibility, Zhao Weibin praised the good sky today.

Zhang Feng felt the gentle sea breeze and said, "Old Zhao, where are we today?" ”

Zhao Weibin waved his hand, and a sailor brought the chart, spread it out in front of Zhang Feng, pointed to the chart, and said: "Lord Commander, you see, we are in this position now, and today is the fifth day of our voyage to sea." ”

This is a sea chart, and speaking of this sea chart, it has a certain relationship with Zhang Feng, because this sea chart is corrected by Zhang Feng and is more scientific.

The Ming Dynasty had nautical charts, but Zhang Feng combined his own knowledge and made detailed revisions on the basis of the original nautical charts, after all, Zhang Feng was accustomed to seeing the world map in later generations, and in Zhang Feng's view, the nautical charts of the Ming Dynasty were too old and had many mistakes, so it was natural to revise them.

In fact, on the wall of the command hall of the Zhoushan Military Port, there is also a huge "world map," which was drawn under Zhang Feng's guidance, and is at least eight or nine points similar to the world map of later generations.

After having this "world map", many naval officers knew that the world was so big, that there were not only Ming Dynasty in the world, but also seven continents such as Europe, Africa, Australia, and the Americas, and four oceans such as the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

Zhang Feng looked at the chart and said: "Now this location is northwest of the Ryukyus, about more than 100 nautical miles away from the Ryukyus, according to the current speed of eight knots, it will take about a day to reach the Ryukyus." ”

Zhao Weibin's eyes lit up, "Lord Commander, are we going to Ryukyu for a turn." ”

Zhang Feng got to know Zhao Weibin more and more, knowing that this guy was not a peaceful master, for fear that the world would not be chaotic, and if he really went to Ryukyu, he didn't know what to do.

The current Ryukyu is still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the king of the Ryukyus accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ryukyus also paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, of course, because of the geographical location of the Ryukyus, the east side is the East China Sea, the east side is the Pacific Ocean, some Japanese merchant ships often dock at the Ryukyus, and there are many Japanese people of all colors in the Ryukyus.

Zhang Feng was naturally very clear about Zhao Weibin's thoughts, Zhang Feng laughed and said: "Then go to Ryukyu, let's go there to have a look, go there to replenish fresh water, and rest for two days." ”

Zhao Weibin was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "Correct the course, target Ryukyu!! ”

With an order, the fleet began to turn and sail in the direction of Ryukyu, Zhang Feng looked at Zhao Weibin's excited face, and couldn't help but think in his heart, it seems that this trip to Ryukyu will definitely not be peaceful.

The fleet of sixteen seagoing ships sailed in formation, and the scene was a bit spectacular.

"Lord Commander, there is a situation!"

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