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"Come on, go out and ask." Zheng Kezang, who was watching the recital sent by Wuchang's fast horse, suddenly noticed that the boat had slowed down suddenly, and he didn't know the reason, so he ordered the waiter who was standing aside. "What's going on?"

After more than ten breaths, the chamberlain who went out of the cabin to inquire about the situation came back and reported: "Your Majesty, it is the Huizhou Mansion that leads the boat to welcome the king on the river. ”

Zheng Kezhang only stayed in Wuyangcheng for two days and one night, and his entire schedule was used to meet with local officials and foreign merchants. However, Zheng Kezang's arrival and refusal to enter made the officials and people of Huizhou who wanted to wear it a little disappointed, so despite receiving the order, the Huizhou government still made a welcoming gesture on the Pearl River to try to save Zheng Kezang's heart.

"It's the same in all times." Zheng Kezhang said half mockingly and half sighing, and then ordered. "Huizhou Mansion is really well-intentioned. On duty, the minister told the Huizhou Mansion, you are loyal and diligent, you accept it alone, return, don't neglect local political affairs****??"

After this episode, Zheng Kezang's fleet set off again after a delay of more than half an hour, and then sailed out of Humen under the send-off of Chinese and foreign ships flying various colored flags. At this time, the four foreign letter ships that had been waiting a little impatient for a long time immediately rushed up front and back, escorting several inland river imperial ships to slowly sail towards Lingding Ocean.

After passing through Ki O Island and Nei Ling Ding Island, the flotilla did not turn to Lung Kwu Chau and then sail into Heung Shan Macao, but joined a new team of four cruise ships to escort it and went straight to Macao. At this time, economically speaking, Macao was no longer a necessary link between China and foreign countries during the Portuguese rule, and militarily speaking, it was not as important as Xiangshan Macao, which had become the headquarters of the Western Fleet.

After boarding the Macao Pier and inspecting the forts, city halls and other buildings left by the Portuguese, Zheng Kezhang finally made a decision before boarding the ship and leaving: in the future, Macao will continue to be maintained as a foreign trade port, but its status will be reduced, except for the subsidiary port of Guangzhou, in addition to retaining the Macao branch of Guangzhou Customs; The rest of the civil affairs were managed by Xiangshan County, and Macao and Xiangshan County began to gradually implement the government's dispatch to the countryside in Guangdong; Militarily, the Macao Town Guard Envoy Yamen was set up as a reserve military port for the Western Fleet.

"What? The king wants to go on the ship of the sailor? "Those who heard the news couldn't help but be surprised." How can this work, although the sailor letter ship is fast, but the bumps are abnormal, the king is a vassal country, how can you take the risk****??"

"Master Ma, I know the truth, but the king has made up his mind, how can you and I persuade again." Looking at his pale colleagues, Yin Wenwei, who was also the head of the guard, smiled bitterly and shook his head, Zheng Kezhang is not the master of Chengping who is longer than the hands of women, as the founding hero of the Zheng Fan who single-handedly established the Taixi style, he will not be afraid of any wind and waves. "Besides, the trip to Macao was originally a whim of the king, and this coming and going has been for most of the day, if you take the inland river boat again, it will be stable, but it is indispensable to sail in the middle of the night, isn't it more dangerous?"

"This?" Ma Decao was speechless, so he had to grit his teeth in response. "Then make it clear to those stunned young men of the water master, the king has a body of ten thousand gold, so this time you must not ask for speed, you must ask for stability."

Yin Wenwei continued to shake his head at Ma Decao: "It's only a matter of one or two hours to go to Xiangshanao, but then the king will go straight to Dongning by sea, let's go and tell them now that we don't want to be fast but stable, in case these guys from the sailors can listen to it, besides, the king spoils them again****??"

"Nonsense, the king went to Dongning to naturally take the largest warship of the sailor." Ma Decao, however, disagreed with his peers' opinions. "How can it be compared to a small letter ship, as for the king's favor on them, they should naturally serve the king's favor." Ma Decao said with a stern face. "If you don't say it, Lord Yin, then this official will be the villain, okay??"

"Peng Qing, I'm here to test you." Zheng Kezhang naturally didn't know the worries and arrangements of the two guard chiefs, and when he got on the largest 4,000-material notification ship [Shiguzhou], he asked the ship commander Peng Gaochang to interrogate. "Do you know how many large and small ships there are in the Western Fleet today?"

Although he was already the commander of this team of notification ships, the young captain in front of the supreme lord of the vassal kingdom was still as sincere and frightened as the Dousheng Xiaomin who had never seen the market, and saw Peng Gaochang respond in a slightly stammering tone: "Minister, the minister returns to the king, and the minister knows and knows how many ships there are in this fleet." ”

Peng Gaochang reported: "The Western Fleet has two cruiser fleets, of which the first team has three second-class cruisers with a size of 10,000 materials, such as [Yandang], [Luo Xiao], and [Nanling], and the second team has three second-class cruisers with a size of 9,500 materials, such as [Wuyi], [Xianxia], and [Kuocang], and the first team of cruisers also has two second-class notification ships with a size of 2,500 materials, such as [Heishui River] and [Hongshui River], and the second team of cruisers also has two second-class notification ships with a size of 2,500 materials, such as [Nanxi] and [Huaxi].

Zheng Kezhang listened quietly, and from time to time interjected to ask questions such as how many cannons the ship was equipped with, how many heavy guns, how many long guns, and what battles it had participated in, and Peng Gaochang responded one by one, fully showing the young lieutenant's understanding of the affairs of the fleet.

In fact, what Zheng Kezhang asked and Peng Gaochang answered were all hidden in Zheng Kezang's mind, but what Zheng Kezhang understood was only boring numbers.

Zheng Kezhang came to his senses and asked further: "There are two second-class cruisers sixth, first-class and second-class cruisers twenty, first-class and second-class notification ships thirty, and there are eighteen large and small military ships, such a number, do you think that cruising the sea frontier is enough?" ”

Peng Gaochang's head shook like a rattle: "The ministers of the East and the South Seas do not know about it, but as far as the ministers in the Western fleet are concerned, the number of cruisers should be at least doubled, and the number of cruisers should be increased by three times, and the corresponding number of notification ships and military merchant ships should also be increased, so that they may be able to firmly control the coasts of Guangdong and Annam, and protect the two capitals of Cam Ranh and Xibo Ni from being invaded by the Taixi pirates." ”

"Doubled?" This time it was Zheng Kezang's turn to smile bitterly, it would cost 15 to 200,000 taels of silver to build a second-class cruiser with all the accessories and artillery, and at least 1 million taels would be needed for six cruisers, and the cost of 40 cruisers and equal notification ships and military merchant ships would cost 2 or 3 million taels, not counting the daily maintenance costs, such a huge expense, where could Zheng Kezang find it. "With the current financial resources of this domain, this is probably impossible." Zheng Kezhang stared at Peng Gaochang tightly. "If you can't afford these ships, the Western Fleet won't be able to defend the sea frontier?"

Zheng Kezhang asked this, and the captain who had once let go of his heart and talked about it became cramped: "The king, the minister, the minister didn't mean that." ”

Peng Gaochang explained hesitantly: "The coastal areas of Guangdong and Annan are thousands of miles wide, and no matter how many ships there are, they can't be strictly guarded, but if there are more ships, the certainty is greater." ”

This sounds a little reasonable, the reason why Zheng Fan was able to successfully counterattack at the beginning was also to take advantage of the Qing court's inability to defend the vast sea frontier, but Zheng Kezhang sounded a little untasteful, after all, there are only a thousand days to catch thieves and not a thousand days to prevent thieves, not to mention that the navy should be an active offensive service, and it is not appropriate to think about defense all day long. Of course, Zheng Kezhang will not deal with a small Zhengqipin captain, and if he has anything to say, he has to talk to Ma Ying's level. Besides, Peng Gaochang's answer is also based on his question, in the final analysis, the root is also in Zheng Kezang's own body.

Therefore, although he did not have a high opinion of Peng Gaochang's expression, Zheng Kezhang decided to give him another chance: "So aside from how to defend the vast sea frontier, if we only talk about attacking, the Western fleet may break the fleet of Luzon Yi or Dutch Hongyi?" ”

At the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century, the power of England, France and other countries in the South China Sea was not mentioned at all, and Portugal was basically driven out of the South China Sea, so the only threat to Zheng Fan now was Spain and the Netherlands.

"Hongmaoyi has six to seven large and small warships in Batavia all the year round, and if the king gives an order, the ministers will naturally be able to swing it all at once." The so-called extreme things must be opposed, Peng Gaochang, who had just been scolded by Zheng Kezang, turned into a high-profile person, but this kind of argument was not what Zheng Kezhang wanted. "It's just that Hongmaoyi has been running Batavia for a long time, and the fortress is strong****??"

Looking at Peng Gaochang who was talking back, Zheng Kezhang smiled and waved his hand to signal the little captain to leave, but as soon as Peng Gaochang retreated, his face immediately became gloomy, maybe in his opinion, the sailors should indeed be rectified, of course, Zheng Kezhang is not in a hurry, the situation of the three major sailors has to be explored again along the way, and when it is clear, he has also ascended the throne and established the country, and it is not too late to start rectification.

Zheng Kezhang was thinking about it, and the chamberlain quietly walked in: "Your Majesty, the brigade that the sailor is waiting for is here." ”

Zheng Kezhang nodded, and then walked out, on the side of the ship, he first saw four large warships with smooth lines appearing on both sides of the [Shiguzhou], one on the left and one on the right, and behind each of them there was a long series of figures chopping the waves.

Seeing Zheng Kezhang walk out of the cabin and walk to the side of the ship to inspect the fleet, Peng Gaochang, who had been prepared early in the morning, immediately ordered Zheng Kezang's royal flag to be raised, and as the bright yellow tricolor flag was raised, white columns of smoke emerged from the guns of the warships on both sides, and then the thunderous cannon sound resounded in the darkening sea and air.

Zheng Kezhang listened to the sound of the cannon and the faint sound of long live in the air, and a sigh of "the big husband should be like this" surged in his heart, and then he ordered: "The cannon responds ****??"

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