Hui Niang nodded, she originally liked books, and she usually recited poems, this time Da Ming was able to get a large number of lost books from Dongying and Beiping, for Wang Qinghui, it was already a pie that fell from the sky, and when Ye Yingwu straightforwardly proposed to compile a set of ancient and modern books, Hui Niang was even more happy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

To make this suggestion, it is impossible to say that Hui Niang is not a little selfish, but if you think about it carefully, once the concubines in the harem and even the wives and concubines in the Xiang family are mobilized, it will be beneficial and harmless to the stability of the Ming court and Ye Yingwu.

And Zhao Yunshu gently rubbed the white and flawless Kunlun white jade bracelet on his wrist - this was what Ye Yingwu had given her in exchange for a fan - and he was full of thoughts. At this time, Ye Yingwu has too many shoulders, and it would be good if he could help him share some of them.

And take this opportunity to also be able to get closer to the family members of the court generals, why not?

It's just that if you tell your husband directly about such a thing, wouldn't it be too reckless? Zhao Yunshu looked at the river flowing outside the door, and then looked at Hui Niang, who was eager to try, and finally made up his mind: "Hui Niang, this is not a trivial matter, let's not report to the husband first, but go back to the palace to explain it to the queen, and the queen will decide." ”

Hui Niang took a breath of cool air and immediately understood what Zhao Yunshu meant. After all, this matter involves all the concubines in the harem, and in fact, it is not something that the two concubines should or can worry about, especially once it is reported to Ye Yingwu without Lu Wanyan, it is very likely to arouse the suspicion and discussion of the rest of the concubines in the harem.

Hui Niang knew Wanniang's sister's character, and knew that Lu Wanyan would not be estranged from the two of them because of this, but after all, it was very likely to break the delicate balance and silence of the harem, and neither she nor Zhao Yunshu could afford this responsibility. Ye Yingwu and Lu Wanyan carefully maintained and guarded the rules, and they could not violate them recklessly.

"Listen to my sister." Hui Niang nodded.

Zhao Yunshu exhaled softly, and there was a sense of relief in an instant. Whether it is her or Hui Niang, the desire to help Ye Yingwu is true, but Zhao Yunshu is also worried that it will cause more trouble for Ye Yingwu, although she knows that even if it is like that, her husband will not say anything, but the two of them are smart women and people with strong self-esteem, and they will never allow this kind of thing to happen.

"What's on my sister's mind?" Hui Niang also found that Zhao Yunshu didn't seem to look right, and it didn't look like the kind of tiredness that had just been tossed by Ye Yingwu.

After being stunned for a moment, Zhao Yunshu realized that he was unconsciously thinking about his sister again, and reluctantly laughed: "No, I'm just thinking, is it really just to prepare for what Fujun said when he summoned General Zhang, the water division of Zhenjiang Mansion, as Fujun said, or is it actually that Fujun has already made the decision to do it directly if he doesn't agree with him?" ”

Hui Niang chuckled lightly and sat next to Zhao Yunshu: "Okay, sister, don't think about it so much, since my husband doesn't want to say more, it means that he knows it in his heart and has made a decision, even if we think about anything, it's useless, so it's better to watch ・・・・・・ together."

Zhao Yunshu raised his head to meet Hui Niang's gaze, and Wang Qinghui smiled slightly: "Let's watch my husband continue to create history and miracles that belong to him." ”

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Zhang Shun stood respectfully in front of Ye Yingwu, and he also had Xia Song, the deputy commander of the Zhenjiang Mansion Water Division, beside him, it can be said that the only established inland river division of the Ming Dynasty was in the hands of the two, and the achievements of the two of them naturally needless to say, and even some people have always thought that Ye Yingwu left Zhang Shun and Xia Song in the Zhenjiang Mansion Water Division as the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, which is a bit overkill.

However, Zhang Shun and Xia Song did not have the slightest objection to this, firstly, they were able to get to this position, it was already a blessing from the previous life, there was nothing to be dissatisfied, and secondly, these two guys also knew very well that Ye Yingwu was the forerunner of the great naval policy, if it wasn't for Ye Yingwu, I am afraid that the navy of the Ming Dynasty is still called a sailor, and it will never be able to walk out of the land between the big river and the big river.

Therefore, Ye Yingwu is the strongest navy, and step by step to today's greatest hero, the navy can shine in the East and the South Seas, and Ye Yingwu's trust has a lot to do with it, it can be said that it is precisely because of Ye Yingwu's foresight that there is now Nanyang as the grain base of the Northern Expedition and Dongying as the Ming Dynasty to expand its arms and barriers.

Therefore, the most important thing is to ensure the safety of Nanjing City and Ye Yingwu, so Zhang Shun and Xia Song know the heavy responsibility on their shoulders.

"How is the defense arrangement around the city of Nanjing?" Ye Yingwu asked in a deep voice while looking at the defense map sent by Zhang Shun.

Zhang Shun hurriedly stepped forward and pointed on the map: "Your Majesty, if you want to threaten Nanjing City from the waterway, in fact, you will enter Nanjing from the ten-mile Qinhuai, because the two banks of the ten-mile Qinhuai are the Nanjing City and the Daming Imperial Palace, if you attack the Qinhuai River, it can indeed threaten the connection between the imperial city and the city itself, but it is not a big problem, because the bridges on the Qinhuai River are under the control of the Praetorian Guard, and in addition, there are several wharves on the Qinhuai River, where our naval division warships are stationed, and there will be ships patrolling on the river every day." ”

Ye Yingwu nodded, and Zhang Shun then said with some difficulty: "But the minister has a word, and he should enlighten His Majesty." ”

"Say!" Ye Yingwu raised his head abruptly and frowned, "You kid has been with me for a long time, how can you talk to your mother-in-law!" ”

"No!" Zhang Shun struck a spirit, stretched out his hand and pointed at the ten-mile Qinhuai, "It's just that the water surface of this Qinhuai is far from being as wide as the big river, and the painting boats on the river and the sails of the merchant ships are like forests, it is difficult to prevent just in case, once someone uses a fireboat to attack the sailor's warship, I am afraid it will cause the sailor to make it difficult to make a move in a short period of time・・・・・・"

"It's not your responsibility." Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice, in the busy river of the Qinhuai River, once a fireboat appears, even if the vigilance of the sailor is high, it will have to pay a great price, after all, ten miles of Qinhuai is not a wide river, the narrower the river, the easier it is for the fireboat to have a surprisingly good effect, which is the same as the later generations of using torpedoes to sneak attack the warships in the harbor.

And thinking of the torpedo, Ye Yingwu was slightly shocked, because he also remembered the anti-torpedo net that was used in later generations to prevent ships in the harbor from being attacked by torpedoes, this kind of anti-torpedo net can effectively reduce the attack of explosive torpedoes on ships, let alone stop the fireboats, as long as the fireships cannot get close to the warships, then there is no threat.

Ye Yingwu immediately drew a paper brush and wrote a few lines of words, drew a brief sketch, and handed it to Zhang Shun: "Send someone to Jiangjun Mountain now, let the Ministry of Industry study and build this kind of barbed wire, barbed wire is not good, even if it is a fishing net woven with a rope, it must be fast!" ”

Feeling that Ye Yingwu's tone had a clear intention of killing, Zhang Shun and Xia Song glanced at each other, and they both saw the chill in each other's eyes, His Majesty came up and asked about the deployment of the Qinhuai River, and attached so much importance to the sailor, obviously they were planning to start in the near future, as for who to attack, Zhang Shun and Xia Song knew it.

In fact, for them, the Ming soldiers, it doesn't matter who the enemy is, as long as it is an order issued by His Majesty, as long as it is the direction of the red dragon flag fluttering, it is the place where they are fighting bravely. Whether it is Zhang Shun or Xia Song, or most of the Ming army soldiers, they are tempered and baptized in one bloody battle after another, they fight hard in the wind and waves, eat ice and snow on the front line, and rush to the enemy with red eyes and robes・・・・・・ they know that today's Sihai Shengping is not easy to come by, and they know how much the Ming Dynasty has paid for this peace.

That's how many officials sweat like rain on the front line and in the rear, how many soldiers desperately roar forward, and how much blood flows when countless robes fall.

So they will use their lives to defend this hard-won peace, and it is precisely for this reason that for Ye Yingwu, who led them step by step to today, the Ming soldiers have a very high loyalty, in fact, if it were not for the fact that His Majesty has not made any further statement, Zhang Shun and these generals may have been unable to resist the request to do it directly to those damn guys.

How can you allow you to defile or even destroy the glory that you have earned by eating ice and snow and fighting bloodily in front of you? However, Zhang Shun and the others also knew that His Majesty, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had his own considerations and difficulties, so they didn't want Ye Yingwu to bear more pressure, but now that Ye Yingwu was in a hurry to summon them, it was obvious that he was already planning to tear his face, or at least start threatening with force.

Zhang Shun looked at the structure on the drawings, nodded solemnly, turned around and went out to order his subordinates, while Xia Song took a step forward, and then said: "Your Majesty, in addition to the Qinhuai River in Nanjing City, the Zhenjiang Mansion Navy Division also uses Taiping Prefecture in the upper reaches of Nanjing and Zhenjiang Mansion in the lower reaches as the starting and ending points to organize the main warships to patrol back and forth. Zhenjiang Mansion and Taiping Prefecture are the east-west gateways of Nanjing, and they are also the places where soldiers must fight, as long as these two places are still in our hands, Nanjing is the Ming Dynasty. ”

"I'm not ready to be swept away," Ye Yingwu couldn't help but chuckle, "But it's a good thing for you to plan ahead after all." ”

Xia Song knew that this was just a joke by Ye Yingwu, but it didn't mean that there was no such possibility. Xia Song watched Ye Yingwu step by step from an insignificant Rejuvenation Army training envoy to today's position, so Xia Song has seen too many miracles, and if there is really any unexpected "miracle" at this time, he is not incomprehensible.

So as Ye Yingwu said, everything must be taken precautions.

And waiting for Zhang Shun to walk in, Ye Yingwu then said in a deep voice: "In addition to wanting to ask you about the defense of Nanjing City, there is also a very important thing. ”

Zhang Shun and Xia Song glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes, what could be more important now than protecting the safety of Nanjing City and Ye Yingwu?

Stretching out his hand and knocking heavily on the Da Ming map hanging on the wall of the cabin, Ye Yingwu looked at Zhang Shun and Xia Song, who were a little surprised: "Nanyang!" ”

"Your Majesty・・・・・・ we are inland river sailors, and if we venture to the sea with the ships such as Lou and Meng Chong that are now installed by the Zhenjiang Prefecture Sailors, I am afraid that there will be accidents." Zhang Shun subconsciously said. He knew that the war in Nanyang was in full swing, and he also knew the importance of Nanyang to the Ming Dynasty, and now after the Ming Dynasty recovered so much lost territory, it was difficult to feed the refugees in the North with Jiangnan alone.

Originally, the north was barren because of years of war, and last winter was caused by a heavy snowstorm that caused countless disasters, so the imperial court was actually not only responsible for providing relief to the victims, but also needed to find a way to make up for the subsequent losses of the snow disaster, coupled with the expenses of the Northern Expedition army, for Jiangnan, which had also experienced years of war oppression, there was naturally no way to continuously supply so much food, so in the end, the imperial court actually relied on the grain transported from Nanyang.

After several years of operation, it can be said that Nanyang has become a small granary of the Ming Dynasty, if there is no timely blood transfusion in Nanyang, the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty is likely to return.

Therefore, the importance of the South Seas is self-evident, although this is not the national capital of the Ming Dynasty, but because of its grain, coupled with the minerals on the islands, the trade routes on the ocean, it is definitely a lifeblood throat of the Ming Dynasty, and it must not be lost.

Zhang Shun and Xia Song didn't understand this truth, but they also knew that with the warships of the Zhenjiang Prefecture Naval Division, it was not so simple to sail into the sea. The positioning of the Zhenjiang Prefecture Navy Division is the inland river water division, and the warships equipped with it are also characterized by low shipboards, so that they can carry more firearms at the same time, and reduce the draft of the warship as much as possible, so that the warships can pass through the shallow inland rivers.

However, it is precisely this weakness that causes these building ships and gunboats to operate in inland waterways, and it is difficult to enter the open sea by taking advantage of the north-south movement of the dredged Grand Canal, after all, the howling wind and waves on the open sea are likely to directly capsize these ships.

In history, the building ship that Zhang Shijie was riding on was capsized due to a storm in the area of Hainan Island, which made Zhang Shijie lose the capital that could last fight against the Yuan Dynasty.

It was precisely because they knew the shortcomings of Lou Chuan that Zhang Shun and Xia Song were a little surprised, and directly sent the water division of Zhenjiang Mansion over, wouldn't it be no different from sending them to death.

Ye Yingwu pressed his hand on the table and said in a deep voice: "There are already two treasure ships and fifteen flying clippers in the Liujiagang dock that have been launched, and they were originally waiting to be allocated to the Nanyang Fleet, but now the Nanyang Fleet can't take care of so much, and I can't let these warships be idle, all of them will be received by the elite soldiers dispatched by the Zhenjiang Prefecture Naval Division, and I will transfer two treasure ships from the Dongyang Fleet and escort the ten flying clippers to go south to meet you." ”

"To the South Seas?" Zhang Shun hurriedly asked, his face already full of expectation. For these tall treasure ships and flying clippers that can move quickly on the sea, they have "coveted for a long time", and now they are finally able to drive these navy's latest warships to the vast South Sea, which is definitely a pie falling from the sky for the Zhenjiang Prefecture sailors.

"Yes, the team will be selected today, and we will set off tomorrow, and the Oriental Fleet will depart from the Ryukyus, and by the time the news arrives, it should be four or five days later, just in time to meet you, and you have one more day to receive the ships and run in." Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice.

"Please rest assured that Your Majesty is this!" Xia Song replied confidently, "Although the Zhenjiang Prefecture Sailor is an inland river sailor, we have also practiced driving treasure ships and flying clippers before, and there are many soldiers among the sailors who were originally begging for a living at sea, so if you just drive the boat south, there will definitely be no problem." ”

Ye Yingwu breathed a sigh of relief, after all, the Zhenjiang Mansion Naval Division was formed according to part of the Ming Praetorian Guard, and what was required was to enter the sea and retreat to defend the river, so although these warships were not equipped, they all went to Liujiagang for training on weekdays - originally Zhenjiang Mansion was not far from Taicang. And looking at Zhang Shun and Xia Song's eager expressions, Ye Yingwu knew that he didn't have to worry too much.

Before he doubted that the Zhenjiang Mansion Water Division could be qualified for this task, after all, the Zhenjiang Mansion Water Division was not as good as the Praetorian Guard itself, the Praetorian Guard fought in the south and the north, and there was a kind of pride and strength in their bones, and although the Zhenjiang Mansion Water Division was also part of the Praetorian Guard system, after all, they had not participated in many actual battles, and it was inevitable that they would be timid if they were directly assigned such a task.

And Zhang Shun and Xia Song obviously did not disappoint Ye Yingwu.