In the morning light, Ryukyu Island is located in a natural hidden harbor to the north, and the dense Ming warships are docked to leave enough space to park their cargo. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Tang Ming has already refitted the battleship, and the original 40 guns have been changed to 22, which greatly frees up space and becomes a combination of a battleship and a cargo ship.

The ships on the dock were ready to go, and Fei Xin did not follow him on this trip, he had to stay on Ryukyu Island, and he was taking care of all the defense problems. Tang Ming, Zhu Yong and Li Ba were late in the carriage, last night's madness made Tang Ming sore, and that old waist was really like it was broken.

Zhu Yong pursed his lips and kept teasing Tang Ming all the way, and the laughter from time to time in the carriage made the entire quiet dock show a little bit of vitality. Fei Xin showed a light smile on his face, and personally sent Tang Ming and them on the ship, explaining that the accompanying sailors and guards must take care of the safety of the Hou Ye.

As soon as Tang Ming got on the boat and arrived in the house, he fell asleep, and he didn't need to worry about Fei Xin's errands at all. However, Zhu Yong disliked Fei Xin's endless ramblings, and soon drove him off the boat. In order to prevent the two guys from disturbing his sleep, Tang Ming had already promised the two of them to hand over the fleet to them to take care of.

It was not easy to be a captain once, Zhu Yong and Li Ba naturally didn't want Fei Xin to waste time, and when he got off the boat, they began to drink. Ten treasure ships followed closely behind the first two hundred warships, slowly leaving this hidden dock in a zigzag shape and rushing into the vast sea.

The distance between Ryukyu Island and Luzon is not far, and it can be reached in only ten days, and Li Ba and Zhu Yong want to be captains in fact, hoping to be able to sail on the sea and encounter pirates who are not long-sighted. The result was naturally disappointing to the two, and since the Ming fleet annihilated the pirate gang of Red in one fell swoop on the Luzon side, its reputation has spread far and wide.

Even when the merchant ships sailing normally saw the fleet of the Ming Dynasty, they tried to avoid it as much as possible, and in such a situation, Zhu Yong's hope of encountering pirates can be imagined.

Sailing on the sea was originally boring, and Zhu Yong and Li Ba soon lost interest in being captains, and finally could only follow Tang Ming to a specially opened fishing platform at the stern of the boat. Whether you're sailing or fishing in the deep sea, skill is the most important thing in order to catch a fish.

The days passed quickly in boredom, and today Tang Ming finally did not go fishing again, but put on the official uniform on the right track, and the banner of Daming and the banner surnamed Tang were raised to the trick pole early. As far as the eye could see, there was already a busy port, and the king of Luzon learned of Tang Ming's arrival and opened a docking passage for him in the port.

Under the leadership of the Luzon ships, Tang Ming's fleet soon docked at the dock, and Tang Ming was greeted by Yan Ruwei, an old acquaintance, and the thin old man was full of smiles, and he enthusiastically welcomed Tang Ming into a carriage that had been waiting for a long time. Li Ba stayed at the wharf to arrange the unloading, and Zhu Yong rode the horse brought by Yan Ruwei and followed closely behind the carriage.

Two hours later, the carriage arrived in Manila, the central capital of the island nation of Luzon. As a port capital, most of the people walking around the streets and alleys are people from outside the region. Especially the majority of maritime merchants in the Ming Dynasty, which surprised Tang Ming in the carriage, he always thought that there should not be many people in the Ming Dynasty to trade.

After all, only the port of Yuegang in the Ming Dynasty was open to the outside world, and most of the maritime merchants still stayed in short-distance trade, and those who came to Luzon Island for trade should have been smuggled in a long time. The roads in the city were generally paved with sand, and when the carriages passed, the entire capital was covered in dust.

Lowering the curtain of the carriage, Tang Ming had already made up his mind to sell his cement, and when he entered the city, he had already seen that the city walls here were not only low but also mostly made of red clay. It can be said that it can't play a defensive role at all, and in order to succeed in the plan, Tang Ming will of course have to ask his old acquaintances first.

"Brother Yan, this capital is really prosperous, and the people who come and go on this street are maritime merchants who come and go to trade, presumably the king must be a Ming monarch!" Tang Ming, who was smiling, looked at Yan Ruwei kindly and began to probe.

Yan Ruwei immediately showed a look of pride on his face, from being besieged by pirates and closing the port to now, in just half a year, Luzon Island has regained its vitality, and the pirate ships purchased from Tang Ming have all been armed into warships to patrol the waters of Luzon.

Luzon was originally a major transportation route, and most of Asia's maritime merchants passed through it or simply came here to trade. In the past, there were often pirates harassing them, and smaller maritime merchants did not dare to come here to trade. Now, unlike in the past, Luzon used almost all of its defense forces at sea, and with the pirate ships that were bought, Luzon was fully capable of providing security for every maritime merchant who came to trade.

Yan Ruwei would be so polite to Tang Ming at this moment, most of the reason was because of those pirate ships, with a little gratitude. Yan Ruwei smiled lightly: "We in Luzon still rely on the pirate ships of the Hou Ye to have the current situation, His Majesty the King has set up a feast to wait in the palace, and I hope that the Hou Ye will not be polite!" ”

As the two men spoke, the carriage had passed through the dense crowd, and after a short walk out of the bazaar, they reached the inner city, which was in fact a large courtyard surrounded by a high wall. This was the impression Tang Ming saw at first sight, compared to Da Ming, this so-called palace was similar to his Hou Ye's mansion that was still under construction.

The bulky gates opened, and the carriages and escorts entered one after another, and after passing through the gates, the procession followed a stone path to a two-story hall.

When Tang Ming followed Yan Ruwei to get out of the carriage, he saw a young man waiting here with some officials. After getting up, they introduced each other to Tang Ming, and then in a joyful atmosphere, a group of people entered the main hall.

The king of Luzon was much bigger than Tang Ming, and there was still a trace of childishness on his face, but his speech and actions looked very old, and Tang Ming was somewhat unaccustomed to such a contradictory visual impact. But the younger the king became, the happier he became, and he was confident that he was waiting for the cement to be sold.

As Yan Ruwei said, the king had already prepared a feast, and the hall, which did not look good on the outside, was richly decorated inside. The empty hall is full of silk from the Ming Dynasty, which is very eye-catching.

Tang Ming was invited to sit down beside the king, which was the most solemn etiquette for foreign guests in Luzon, and there were all kinds of seafood on the small low table, which looked really delicious. (To be continued.) )