"Order, the Mediterranean Fleet is ready to set sail." Ding Yi gave an order to the guards, and then waved his hand to He Tiedan, "Go back to your South China Sea fleet, leave a supply ship for you, and when you arrive in the Arakan Kingdom, I will let Marven Sheng come over, before that, you have to complete two things: one is to determine the nine-dash line, and set up a stone monument for this thing; The second is to determine the vassal status of Luzon, and it is best to take down diplomatic rights and garrison rights. But remember, don't include Luzon in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, we are not invaders, the garrison's territory lease has to be paid, according to the practice of the Arakan side, you must give money, remember no? ”

The so-called giving money is to give a symbolic tael of silver for hundreds of years, Ding Yi paused, looked at He Tiedan's bitter gourd face, sighed and said to him: "Okay, tell your sailors and marines, don't reveal the value of gold, and then you can exchange about one or two iron with the Luzon for a tael of gold, and they will be very happy." Also, in general, don't meddle in the war of the natives, but if you want to meddle, you must not have any carelessness, don't play anything to win more with less, and you must fight with the momentum of thunder. ”

Thinking that before Ma Wensheng came, he had to manage the Luzon people, He Tiedan felt that he was going to be the leader of the beggar gang, even if a tael of iron could be exchanged for a tael of gold, he couldn't lift his spirits at all, so he just replied helplessly: "Yes, sir." Then he was driven off the boat by Ding Yi.

Luzon was too backward, because of its geography, Ding Yi needed to put it in control, rather than waiting for the Spaniards to seize the first island chain, but China's own industrial revolution had not yet been promoted. How could he possibly go and carry this package of Luzon on his back? Luzon is very chaotic, it is originally an archipelago, and there are many tribes. Magellan was self-righteous and wanted to help the natives of one tribe conquer another, and died on the Luzon Islands.

However, the trip to Luzon greatly boosted the morale of the officers and men of the fleet of the westward expedition. So the fleet began to travel on a journey with the argument that it was going to Java. It must also be a rumor, and the Javanese must have looked at this Ming fleet, so they honestly withdrew from the old port of the former site of the Propaganda Division.

And even more exaggerated. There were even sailors and marines who followed Justinia, who had learned some Chinese for the past few months, and said, "Don't worry! Go to that Daqin, as long as you play the banner of the Ming Dynasty, what are the Ottoman barbarians. Naturally, they will be scared to retreat! ”

Although Huang Xiaoyang and Li Yuncong and other officers. On the surface, they will reprimand this kind of statement, but in fact, they also agree with this statement in their hearts. Because Java is too poor and backward, and He Tiedan and they don't think it's a big deal, and even a few old pirates regretted it, saying that Huang Xiaoyang asked them before. When you have the ability to lead a fleet, you are too humble. only to teach poached eggs to come out as the head of the character......

Ding Yi knew this atmosphere, and it was due to the habit of eating with soldiers that no matter who persuaded him, he would not change.

Emperor Jing said about him, Yingzong said about him, Zhang Yu said about him, Liu Yiyi also said about him, Li Xian, Shang Zhen and even Yu Qian all said that Emperor Jing said it more modestly, that is, Jue Ding Yi is a loss of style; Zhang Yu and Shang Yi belong to reasoning with him, that is, there must be a class of survival, so that the soldiers at the bottom will have hope, or Ding Yi, who is a young guard, will also eat with the big soldiers, don't everyone want to be motivated?

Yu Qian and Li Xian are mainly decent people who read with him, it doesn't matter if they eat the same, don't mix with martial artists!

Yingzong is really a little bit, he is worried that he is doing this, he is familiar with the soldiers, and he does not have the dignity of the superior, after all, he has been raised by the prince since he was a child, and he does not understand military affairs.

But Ding Yi always insisted on doing this, because he didn't feel that he was much more high-end than those soldiers, and the imprint of the king of soldiers was not so easy to erase, and among the soldiers, he felt at ease, and felt that he was breathing; Or to put it more high-end, he felt that in this way, at least he could ensure that he would not be overridden by the officers below.

It was precisely because he had insisted on doing so that he discovered this on the second night after leaving Luzon.

At first, Ding Yi didn't pay much attention to it, arrogant soldiers, soldiers who can fight, and there are also good braggarts. But after a few days he found that the situation was getting worse and worse, and he had to convene a meeting of officers to ask the question: "From which port did Java land?" What is the terrain like? How well is the training of the opposing army? How are the most elite enemy troops equipped? Who is the commander of the opposing party? A series of questions left the officers speechless.

"Then what do you think is up to you? And when the Ottoman barbarians saw the battle flag, they were also scared? The more Ding Yizhen spoke, the more angry he became, and he slapped the table and said, "Does anyone remember the Battle of Tumubao a few years ago?" The first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, the secretary of the military department, 200,000 elites, and hundreds of thousands of people, all in ink! Does anyone remember the Battle of the Kyoshi? A country, a big country, has been surrounded by all the capitalists! Do you think the Battle of Jingshi is glorious? I feel ashamed! ”

Speaking of this, Ding Yi was very excited, and the officers who were called to the foredeck for a meeting all subconsciously lowered their heads.

"It's good to have self-confidence. Yes, since the establishment of the first division of the Ming Dynasty, there has been no defeat, so what? It's just a short period of two or three years, and in two or three years, how many large-scale battles have been fought? Is the Ottoman Empire to be taken lightly? That's not a Tartar, it's a country that can make three or four hundred cannons and fire cannonballs of more than a thousand pounds! Why should we despise others? ”

After training for more than an hour, Ding Yi asked them to speak one by one, and watched the tone be lowered before disbanding.

But Justinia leaned over and complimented, "Honorable Governor......"

"Do you know anything about the Roman Empire?" Ding Yi interrupted the other party's words and asked bluntly, "Well, the ancient Roman Empire, you know its history, right?" Seeing that the latter nodded a little nervously, Ding Yi continued to say to him in French, "I am preparing to land from the kingdom of the pharaohs, what is your opinion?" ”

"Wouldn't it be necessary to build some more warships to transport your soldiers?" Justinia seemed a little anxious, and he wanted to persuade Ding Yi to change his mind, "Anyway, Egypt can't get over there, so it's better to land in Baghdad or Oman......"

Ding Yi laughed slightly, and abruptly changed the topic again: "You know the history of the Roman Empire, which is very good, then you must know that the history of China is even more ancient than that of Rome...... No, you misunderstood what I meant, what I want to say is that in every ancient empire, there will be many ways of punishment that have been handed down and accumulated, and how many painful means the Roman Empire has, please believe me, there will be more in China. ”

"This, this...... Honorable Duke of the Ming Dynasty, Governor of all the overseas territories of the Empire, Lord of the Kingdom of Arakan and the Steppes of Tatars, please forgive me for my humility and ignorance, I really can't understand what you mean......" Justinia's smile seemed a little far-fetched at this point, "...... If you land from the Baghdad side, you can directly kill the city of Constantine......"

Ding Yi laughed slightly: "Did Constantinople fall when you set off?" Without waiting for Justinia to speak, looking at the other party's twitching nose and rolling eyes, Ding Yi had already asked himself, "Oh, it's still holding on." So did Constantinople really send someone to the Ming Dynasty to ask for help? Well, it seems that someone was sent to the east, and I think the messenger has fallen into your hands. Okay, one last question, how many people in Baghdad have you prepared to launch a surprise attack on the Ming army? At this time of the all-out attack on Constantinople, you left behind 10,000 elite soldiers? More than? Twenty thousand? Well, it looks like it's about 20,000......"

"Allahhu Akbai! The devil is gone! The Western European, who called himself Justinia, exclaimed with a pale face, almost every freckle was filled with horror in his heart, he did not know how to write a criminal mind, nor did he know how to read body language, and for the more experienced, at least subconsciously his facial expressions and body reactions could judge the answer of "yes" or "no".

Ignorance leads to mystery, and fear. So he will cry out Allah the Great.

However, the person who can be sent to the East by the Ottoman Empire is definitely not a psychologically fragile person, and he quickly perked up: "In this ancient East, I have heard your legend, people say that for this ancient empire, you can give everything you have, for the sake of this nation, you even gave up the price of leaving your own offspring, and exchanged the heavens for extraordinary abilities...... Dear Duke, you may feel that I am humble and not worthy of you, but please believe that I am the same person as you......"

At this time, Ding Yi, who was lazy on the deck chair, like a goshawk flying in the sky, found its target, suddenly burst out, and switched between movement and stillness without warning, as if he had already predicted the opponent's actions, hit the opponent's shoulder joint with a straight punch, and then smashed his elbow on the opponent's forearm, causing the Western European, who called himself Justinia, to stab the dagger in his heart, and fell out of his hand.

Ding grabbed the dagger before it hit the deck, and then he sat back in his chair, still lazy.

"You're wrong, I believe I'm the same kind of person as you, because I've done the same thing." Ding Yi didn't look at Justinia who was held down by his guards, he squinted, as if he was indulging in the memories of the past, "So I know what kind of means a good undercover agent will use to prevent the other party from getting more information from him when he finds out that his mission has failed......" Ding Yi looked at the dagger in the sea breeze and saw the past, distant years.

"I'm just going to ask you one question, and then after getting a definite answer, I promise to let you die quickly and without suffering. You can not answer, but you also know that as long as you live, I will know more. (To be continued......)

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