At the beginning of the morning of the second day, Zhao Lie got up as usual and practiced martial arts with his relatives in the small school field.

When Zhao Lie's archery was calming down in the end, Zhao Haiming came to the school field, silently watched his son's arrow hit the target, smiled with relief, and ordered Huang Han on the side to quietly return.

After Zhao Lie changed his clothes, he came to the study according to Zhao Haiming's instructions, and saw Zhao Haiming and Li Mingyu talking and laughing with a fragrant tea.

Zhao Lie went in and asked for peace one by one, after taking a seat, Zhao Haiming slightly signaled, Mr. Li introduced it in his warm voice, Wu Zhiwang was quite kind, allocated 5,000 stone grain, 30,000 taels of silver, and some cloth to help the victims, however, there will be no help in the future, Denglai to support hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians on the coastal islands of Liaodong, but also left and right, it is really powerless, follow-up, Zhao Haiming, Li Mingyu contacted yamen at all levels, and the arrival was 4,000 stone grains, more than 20,000 silver, and the others were drifted, This is still the best result for the governor of Denglai, who should have been a big drifter, not intervening.

"Father, the craftsmen who make guns, cannons, and ships are asking for it?" Zhao Lie is most concerned about this kind of manpower.

"Lie'er, there are more than ten craftsmen who make guns for my father, and there are only five households that make cannons, and they can only build large and small franc machines, and as for the craftsmen who build ships, they are really in short supply, there are only two households, and there are a few apprentices." Zhao Haiming has also done his best, he has been busy these days, and even his commander has personally gone into battle, you can imagine how busy he is.

"Father, Mr. Li has worked hard," Zhao Lie is not the first brother, the unspoken rule of the Ming officialdom is to know it, Liao salary is directly related to the life and death of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not just drifting, the greedy various interest groups only account for how much benefit they have compared to this time, and they will not think about the future Once the Ming Dynasty is not there, the skin will not be attached to the hair, and in the end it will only be cheaper Li Zicheng and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the later generations of the Ming Dynasty will be killed by the raiders, which is also retribution.

"Lie'er, when will you go to sea," Zhao Haiming was most concerned about Zhao Lie's maiden voyage, this was a ship-to-ship fight, but there was no way, Zhao Lie didn't listen to anyone's advice, he must go to sea in person.

"Father, the child plans to go on the expedition the day after tomorrow, and I believe that he will be victorious." Zhao Lie knew his father's worries, so he was confident.

Zhao Haiming wanted to speak and stopped, sighed, and drank tea silently.

"Father, the child needs an island off the coast as a base for storing baggage and stationing ships. It is best not to freeze all year round. With Zhao Lie's current familiarity with the Yellow Sea, he can only turn to Zhao Haiming for help.

Zhao Haiming pondered for a moment, this location, north of Denglai, east, the sailor patrol is still frequent, very inconvenient, "Jinghaiwei southeast more than thirty or forty miles, there are three large and small islands, Dashanzi Island, Ershanzi Island, Sanshanzi Island, the port is deep and wide, can be berthed Fu boats, it is the defense place of our Weihai Division, only the nearby fishing boats shelter and gather, with the Weihai Division's berth to occupy it, in the future, the fishing boats can be driven to Sanshanzi Island. Zhao Haiming took a sip of tea. In addition, Jinghaiwei Shidao Bay is wide and deep, suitable for building a port and shipbuilding, and Weihaiwei is under the jurisdiction of Wendeng Battalion, and the land by the sea is barren, so Jinghaiwei can't embarrass us. ”

Zhao Lie noted down two locations and decided to investigate them on the spot himself.

For the next few days, the fleet was well stocked with baggage, armor, and medicine kits.

At the beginning of August 29, the fifth year of the Apocalypse, it was cloudy and breezy, Fuhai, Hailong, Seal, Sea Dog, Canglong, Cangyun, and Cangyu set sail and set off, Zhao Haiming and Zhao Qin did not come to the dock to see them off, Zhao Haiming was holding his own commanding identity, and Zhao Qin couldn't bear to see Zhao Lie in danger. Zhao Meng led Zhao Feng and Zhao E to the dock to see them off, the two were in tears, no matter how small they were, they also knew the risks of the sea, I am afraid that the second brother will not be able to come back.

There was no departure ceremony, the trip was strictly secret, the officers and soldiers were not allowed to tell their families where they were going, and almost no one came to say goodbye.

After exchanging cherishes with Zhao Meng and comforting Zhao Feng and Zhao E, Zhao Lie boarded the Fuhai, Fuhai finally anchored, Zhao Lie stood on the deck and waved goodbye to his brothers and sisters, leaving Zhao Lie with the deepest impression that the deserted dock, a few lonely figures, Zhao Lie embarked on an unknown voyage under the send-off of several relatives.

Two days later, Zhao Lie first arrived at Shidao Bay, after a brief measurement, determined that Shidao is a rare natural harbor, this place east to the sea, the water is deep, the bay is broad, suitable for the establishment of a port, because of the flat and broad terrain, more suitable for the establishment of a dock, this is a good place to establish a shipyard given by God. Zhao Lie let go of most of his heart. The beginning went well.

Three days later, Zhao Lie happily landed on Dashanzi Island, after exploring Ershanzi Island, Sanshanzi Island, Dashanzi Island, and determined that this island is indeed a natural harbor, Zhao Lie's mood is really good, his base was finally determined, Zhao Lie took people around the island, the island is long from east to west, narrow from north to south, the northern half is slightly gentle, the southern mountains are steep, there are suitable ports in the north and south, and finally, Zhao Lie and the bow of the ship discussed, and set up a port in the flat place in the north.

After all the things were done, Zhao Lie ordered the Sea Dog and Cangyu to return to Weihai to ask Zhao Haiming for help, and brought 500 Liao people from Weihai to build a port, trestle bridge, and house on the island with materials, as well as a guard battery.

Zhao Lie estimated that after the construction of several items, there would not be many flat boundaries on the island.

After the two ships returned, Zhao Lie stopped on the island for a day, and at the beginning of the next day, the fleet sailed straight to the southeast, Zhao Lie looked at the fading island, looked at his own small fleet of five ships, and thought about Zheng Zhilong, Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi and others at every turn Hundreds of fleets, can only sigh and have a long way to go.

Since the establishment of the Ryukyu State at the beginning of the fifteenth century, relying on its communication with Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, backed by the central empire of the Ming Dynasty, actively developing foreign trade, God-given opportunities, the Ming Dynasty and Japan were at odds, and many trades between the two countries were transited through the Ryukyus, and the Ryukyuan people benefited from it, and the huge profits generated by the Ryukyu people every year due to the transit trade attracted the coveted hungry wolves, and the Ryukyu Kingdom was small and weak, like a boy holding a treasure, and there was no ability to protect it at all, in 1609, Shimazu Iehisa, the lord of the Satsuma Domain in Kyushu, Japan, sent Hisashi Kayama as the general general, more than 100 warships, samurai and 3,000 ashigaru invaded the Ryukyus, defeated the poor army of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and plundered the Ryukyu King Shōnin and members of the royal family to Satsuma, and the century-old savings in the treasury were plundered by Satsuma, which also enriched the treasury of the Shimazu clan and the Tokugawa clan that was exhausted due to the failure of the shogunate, thus restoring it to the southern part of Japan in one fell swoop. Satsuma used the tip of his sword to force King Shōning to sign the [Tense-Fifteen Articles], recognizing Satsuma's de facto control over the Ryukyus, and Satsuma monopolized the taxation of Ryukyu's foreign trade. And it has the right to garrison, ceding the northern Amami Islands and Satsuma, etc. At this point, King Shangning had to be returned.

However, after returning to the country, the domestic government was controlled by the pro-Japanese faction, and the king no longer had real power, and the Satsuma clan monitored the Ryukyu Islands by secret agents.

The Japanese are really obsessed with the entry for generations, and the twenty-one articles of the later generations have begun to this day, and the excuse for Satsuma's invasion of the Ryukyus is still as bad as the search for missing people. For example, the Ryukyus owe Japan the cost of the Korean conquest, and the Japanese conquest has nothing to do with the Ryukyus, and the excuse of the Ryukyu sailors attacking the ships of the Ming Dynasty merchants to Japan is even more jaw-dropping, and the Ryukyus still have to rely on the trade tax between the Ming Dynasty and Japan to live, how can they smash their own jobs? If there is really no lower limit, others are beyond the reach of the Japanese people.

Of course, when Zhao Lie went to the Ryukyus, he didn't know many of these stories, Zhao Lie didn't study the history in detail in his previous life, Zhao Lie only knew about the fact that Japan was gradually controlling the Ryukyus at this time, not to mention that he didn't care about a lot, so he grabbed it. Zhao Lie is fighting against the typhoon, originally all the way calmly, the fleet has approached the northwest of the Ryukyus, at this time a cyclone paved the surface, although it does not reach the level of a hurricane, but a small boat of several hundred tons, bumpy in the wind and waves, Zhao Lie was seasick for the first time in his life, vomiting in the dark, Huang Han, Yu Dabao and others are the same, however, the sailors who have been trained for a long time still walk the zigzag route in an orderly manner, passing through the wind and waves.

Fortunately, the storm was not too big, and a day later, the East China Sea had subsided, and the fleet headed smoothly southeast, and finally arrived on the route from Japan to the main island of the Ryukyus in the eastern part of Ie Island.

P.S. It's not easy for newcomers to write new books, and I hope to recommend the collection to hit continuously.