There were nearly three hundred hot air balloons floating in the blue sky, and Tang Ming leaned on the observation deck of the spaceship, looking very comfortable blowing the cool breeze on the sea. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info such an expression didn't look like an expression that should be on the way out, Tang Ming didn't seem to care about the Dutch fleet at all.

Zhu Yong has not returned to Daming since he came to Jeju Island, Zhu Gaochi seems to have acquiesced in this matter, and Zhu Neng, the father, did not send anyone to call him back.

Tang Ming didn't call him for this expedition, but as soon as this guy heard that there was a battle, he was stubbornly pestering him. Tang Ming knew that there should be no danger this time, so he agreed.

At this moment, Zhu Yong saw Tang Ming's complacent expression, and he couldn't help but say, "I can't see a trace of nervousness in your expression at all, which makes me very suspicious that you are not going to fight this time, right?" ”

Tang Ming squinted at Zhu Yong, and said with a slight smile: "Whoever stipulates that if you want to go to war, you have to be nervous, and a little Dutch marshal doesn't take it to heart." What is difficult is the forces behind them, the fleet of hundreds of warships is not in my eyes, what is there to be nervous about. ”

Zhu Yong was silent for a moment, and then kept looking around with a telescope, this time they were in the middle of the sea, and there should be a day's voyage from Luzon, so what he saw was nothing but seawater.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Yong suddenly became serious, and said with a serious face: "You really think that you want to develop to the sea, in fact, with the Ryukyu Island and Jeju Island that you currently own, as long as these two places are well managed." It is stronger than many small countries in the surrounding area, so why go to those wild places? ”

Tang Ming stared at Zhu Yong silently for a moment, and said as if he had an understanding: "You kid suddenly asked such a serious question, I can understand this as your question should be asked by Zhu Gaochi, right?" ”

Zhu Yong was very single, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Actually, there is no need to hide it from you, this question is indeed what Zhu Gaochi wants to know." After all, with such a powerful neighbor as you, he is not at ease sitting on the throne, and he is always on guard against you until he really understands your intentions. ”

Tang Ming nodded in understanding, but shook his head again and said, "Actually, the people he needs to guard against are not me, but those upcoming Western powers. The Dutch state encountered by Luzon is just one of them, and there will be more robbers who will come after them, and then the waters of Asia will become a huge battlefield, and the Ming Dynasty will definitely not be able to escape even if the sea is completely banned. ”

Zhu Yong fell into deep thought, he had never sailed far, and he did not even know all about the seas of Asia. Knowing the names of some foreign countries, this is still the envoy who received more than a dozen countries during the ceremony of moving the capital, so I know a little bit.

In his cognition, no country outside the territory can compare to the Ming Dynasty, and the same is true, Zhu Yong has never regarded these people as opponents. With the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, any fleet can easily destroy a small country, just like the Yue Kingdom, after the last arrest of Jianwen, it is now completely submissive to the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

A Yue country plus Jianwen, the elusive sect leader, is not as strong as the Ming Dynasty, and those extraterritorial powers can be strong there.

Looking at Zhu Yong's disdainful expression, Tang Ming knew that he hadn't listened at all, but it was indeed too early to discuss these things with him now. Maybe he should wait until he has a chance to walk around the outside before he can really discover how big the outside world really is.

The balloon did fly much faster than the boat, and in a few days it reached the open sea of Luzon. Twenty treasure ships were connected together, and the middle of the connection was paved with wooden planks, so that there was enough space to park the numerous hot air balloons.

These twenty treasure ships have also become a mobile seawater platform, but unfortunately they cannot be compared with the aircraft carriers of later generations, and once they are connected, they are almost useless. This thing is only suitable for placing in a safe place in the rear, as a replenishment point for supplies.

There was no trace of the Dutch fleet in the open sea of Luzon at this moment, but Yan Ruwei was waiting not far ahead with more than a dozen warships at the moment.

Tang Mingkai took a small boat to meet him before returning to Luzon. In the palace, the king and his sister have been waiting for a long time, and the two sides will inevitably meet with a burst of hypocritical politeness.

And the princess had obviously set her sights on Tang Ming, and waited patiently until he was polite with his brother before she stepped forward and bowed slightly, and said coquettishly: "I haven't seen Lord Hou for a long time, I don't know how it has been recently!" ”

Judging from the princess's name for herself, Tang Ming was sure that she should not have understood the changes she had made these days. He had already drawn a clear line with Da Ming, and where did he come from, but he didn't say anything, nodded and hugged his fists in reply, and said lightly: "Princess Lao is worried, Tang Ming is fine." ”

Seeing that the princess didn't seem to want to let herself go like this, Tang Ming didn't wait for her to answer before he said to the king standing aside, "I wonder when the king learned that the Dutch fleet was coming to attack Luzon?" ”

The princess showed a dissatisfied look on her face for Tang Ming's indifference, but now that they were talking about business, she could only snort coldly and retreat on her own.

The king naturally knew his sister's thoughts, and he had been obsessed with Tang Ming since the last time he had contact with him, and he would finally meet but be snubbed by him. He felt sorry for his only sister Luzon, and the whole country knew very well, but Tang Ming's identity was in front of him, even if he, the elder brother, wanted to use strong means to persecute Tang Ming, there was nothing he could do now.

Secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, the king knew that it was not suitable to talk about these things now, so he finally invited Tang Ming to help, but he couldn't delay the business because of his sister's matter.

Inviting Tang Ming to his study, the king said: "Ten days ago, a messenger claiming to be from the Netherlands suddenly came, carrying a document written by the Dutch king, saying that it was handed over to the king for personal reading!" At first, I thought it was just an ordinary letter, after all, our two countries have never established formal diplomatic relations. However, it is rumored that a few decades ago, Dutch pirates often came to our country of Luzon to raid us, and the emperor even organized a large army to fight against it. “

Tang Ming nodded and motioned for him to continue, the Luzon Kingdom and the Dutch Kingdom should be in a similar situation to the previous island country and the Ming Dynasty. It's just that one is strong enough in itself, and Luzon obviously doesn't have the strength of the Ming Dynasty, so now in the face of the threat of the Netherlands, the king will behave so helplessly. (To be continued.) )