On the tenth day all the horses sailed. In order to prevent accidental casualties, 117 war horses were put on the three new Galen merchant ships built in Macao, because he was worried that the old ships would carry a large number of bacteria, and eventually the horses would die of illness during the long voyage, Zhao Lie chose the new ship to transport the horses. These three ships did not carry any other cargo, but only loaded more than 100 horses. It can be seen that Zhao Lie attaches great importance to them, you must know that the Andalusian war horse is in a docile mood, explosive, endurance is medium to high, and the weight is first-class, the adult war horse is more than one meter fifty meters tall, and the Ming Dynasty is thin, plus armor, riding on the Andalusian war horse, you can have heavy armored cavalry. When faced with cold weapons, the breaking effect of the heavy armored cavalry is terrifying. Of course, the physique of the Germanic people, with their heavy armor, is about to fall short of Andalusian war horses.

In order to breed and train horses in the future, Zhao Lie took away the two horse breeders in Macau and the horse trainers Ricardo and Silva, and promised them to double the annuity and a bounty. The two pinched their noses under the threat of knives and guns.

At this point, horses and horse trainers are always arranged, this is the surprise of Zhao Lie's trip to Macau, there is no large number of cavalry in the confrontation with Jiannu, then you can only be beaten passively, you can't win the war of annihilation, and it is impossible to fight in the field for a long time, once Jiannu finds your weakness, then it means that your end is not far away, lure the enemy deep, cut off the grain road, Jiannu is in this way to defeat the Ming army again and again, you just know the routine of Jiannu, you have to get in, because you don't have a large number of cavalry to protect the grain road, Therefore, the war horse is very important, if it is to buy Mongolian horses, a Mongolian horse can be bought every year is also limited, a large number of purchases will make the price of horses rise, the cost is too great, and then the short stature of Mongolian horses is congenital insufficient for the armored cavalry, in Zhao Lie's view, he is no matter how hard he tries to train the cavalry, he can not compare to the Mongols and Jiannu who grew up on horseback since childhood, so the comprehensive protection of the armored cavalry can greatly increase the combat power of the soldiers under his command, so the introduction of Andalusian war horse breeding is a must, of course, this process is also long.

In the past two days, Zhao Lie's nerves have been very tight, a hundred miles of road is half ninety, no matter how big the harvest is not on the ground in Shandong, it is still empty joy, only when he arrives at Shidao, can it be regarded as a victory.

When the war horse returned to its place, Zhao Lie finally breathed a sigh of relief, Tang Xianwen was also relieved, and then other items boarded the ship, in addition to the seized items, there were also iron armor and binoculars collected at a low price, which was a militaristic weapon, Zhao Lie did not politely collect all of them, of course, they were all given parity, which was promised to Alexandra.

Which goods go to which ship, which ship does the gold and silver go to, which ship does the war horse, what is more troublesome is the Portuguese soldiers, craftsmen, and Ming craftsmen on the ship, now let them play a role, and do not let them gather too much to cause accidents, not to mention that there are nearly two hundred Spanish prisoners of war, these are Zhao Lie, Tang Xianwen and others have worked hard, and finally the difficult moment is about to pass.

Early in the morning of the eleventh day of the first month of the Ming calendar, the last Ming craftsmen on the ship began to get on the boat, although the adults said that the monthly salary doubled, and the children could go to private school, but, after all, they had not seen it with their own eyes, and now they were more forced to get on the boat by knives and guns. From time to time, there was a murmur of women crying and children screaming in the crowd, and the scene was a bit bleak. The Portuguese soldiers and craftsmen were quite stable, and Mr. Fabio, who was very close to Elder Alonzo, also went with them, and the day before yesterday, they all signed a three-year employment contract, and the salaries and rewards were satisfactory, and there were Portuguese soldiers with them, which was also reassuring.

Zhao Lie was not at the scene, he personally went to the council chamber to greet Speaker Alonzo, as well as the special envoy Miss Alexandra, and the deputy envoy Mr. Fabio, yes, the speaker talked with the chief and deputy Shi behind closed doors for half an hour, Zhao Lie didn't care, but if there is an alliance, what is the value of not forming an alliance, Zhao Lie believes that this is not a problem, they will beg themselves to form an alliance at that time. Monsieur Fabio was a Portuguese man of wheat hair and brown eyes under forty, and he had a rather kind face.

Zhao Lie accompanied the two ambassadors and Alonzo to the dock, the sea ships that had been loaded with goods had already lifted anchor and gone to sea, only Wei Qing and Munitis were still waiting, yes, Zhao Lie gave the newly captured galleon the name of the Chinese famous general, the largest newly built 350-ton battleship named Wei Qing, the three 300-ton battleships were named Huo Quzhi, Li Guang, and Chen Tang, and the two 200-ton battleships were named Zhou Yafu and Peng Yue. The four merchant ships were named Hongze Lake, Weishan Lake, Xingkai Lake, and Gaoyou Lake. The name of the battleship is exciting, they are all famous generals of the Han Dynasty, but the name of the merchant ship is inexplicable, I have not heard of the ship named after the lake, and where is Xingkai Lake. Of course, Zhao Lie was dictatorial in this matter, and his subordinates had no choice but to obey.

The Munitis is the private ship of the López family, to be exact, the private ship of Alexandra and her brother Francisco, they came to Macao on this ship, the sailors and guards are their own, this ship is not big, only 200 tons of warship. Fortunately, it has only been five years since it was built, and the ship is in good condition.

Maybe it's because the return date is undecided, and there are safety considerations, Alexandra has brought a lot of things, most of which have been on the boat, but there are more than a dozen sundries boxes for the clothes that are boarding with her at the moment, and Zhao Lie is dizzy when he sees it. Mr. Fabio boarded the Munitis with him.

Mr. Alonzo, of course, boarded the Weiqing with Zhao Lie, and Zhao Lie, the captain of the Weiqing, appointed Muñoz, the captain of the original Huo Quai, whom Alonzo recommended, to be the captain, and the boatswain was also a Portuguese.

Finally, the fifty soldiers stationed at the fort came to the dock, and Huang Han reported that the fort was disarmed. At this point, the Munitis and Wei Qing left the port, and when they left the port for more than ten miles beyond the range of the largest twenty-four pounder guns of the Great Battery, the Wei Qing put down the boat.

"Sir, I can only wait for you for four years. More than four years, too much has changed. Alonzo solemnly reminded Zhao Lie.

"Don't worry, I'll only be ahead and won't be behind." Zhao Lie has a strong confidence, but it is up to people to succeed in heaven, of course, there is no need to talk to foreigners.

Four attendant rowboats carried Alonzo away.

The weather is fine, today in the seventeenth century, there is no such thing as smog in China, standing on the Weiqing Zhao Lie faintly saw the Portuguese fort and the spire of the Catholic church,

"I'll be back." Zhao Lie shouted, but unfortunately it only frightened the sailors around him, and he didn't have the style of later movie characters.

Perhaps, only Zhao Lie himself believed in his declaration.

The flotilla converged together, the Fu ships converged into one group, and sailed ashore, with the Galen fleet at the head of two 200-ton warships, as the spearhead of the fleet, and the rest of the escort on the outside of the fleet.

Zhao Lie had already gathered most of the young sailors with experience into the Galen fleet. Fortunately, the cultivation plan of the Fu fleet contributed a large number of new sailors, and if it were not for the fierce fighting, the navigation would still be basically qualified.

Due to the side winds in winter, the Fu ship can only sail at a turtle speed of three knots, and the Galen ship can only travel at a speed of four knots when using the size of the spinnaker in the front, middle and rear, in order to take care of the speed of the Fu ship, the speed of the first few days is three to four knots, and in less than a few days, the fleet entered the Fujian waters, Zhao Lie ordered the whole fleet to be on alert, sure enough, at the beginning of noon on this day, three two-masted sailing ships approached the fleet, Zhao Lie hung the flag and sounded the horn, Peng Yue and Hailong turned around and ran to the three ships, Zhao Lie saw the Zheng flag on the ship with a telescope, There was only a small furlong in the bow.

Suddenly, the three sailing ships were forced to sail east by the Peng Yue and the Sea Dragon, and slowly disappeared into the skyline.

Zhao Lie estimated that this is Zheng Chenggong's sentinel ship, Zheng should have hundreds of ships, however, the big ship is at most a hundred, and it is a Ming type bow heavy gun, all of them are just more than a hundred heavy guns, there is no need to worry, of course, the fireboat fleet is the trump card of the Fujian pirates, maybe three years later, such a fleet will be afraid of Zheng Zhilong's department, and now, Zheng Zhilong does not have the strength to attack the Portuguese.

Zhao Lie was most worried about the Dutch people.

In the next few days, he successively encountered the Fujian Naval Division, which is known as the most powerful sentinel ship of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the sentinel ships with Liu, Li, and Zhong, especially the fleet of Zhongzi, with five No. 2 Fu ships, eight Haicang, and more than ten sentinel ships.

When the three ships approached more than a mile and opened the opening and closing gun windows in a side-chord posture against the enemy, more than 20 ships immediately dispersed and fled in a hurry.

Zhao Lie understands that they are trying to test it, if the idea is prickly, then it will be, if it is weak and can be bullied, it will take a piece of meat.

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