Chapter 81: Out to Sea

"Your Highness, the Holy Decree has arrived." Luo Lun held a yellow silk scroll, which was a holy decree that had already decided the matter of the three guards of Fuzhou, and classified the three guards of Fuzhou as the guards of King Yong.

Zhu Houhuang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw it. He has solved all the things in Fujian, and now he can start his journey to the sea of stars.

Zhu Houhuang asked Tang Yin to stay and deal with the relationship with the Fujian government, the future Yongguo is definitely indispensable to trouble Fujian, at least grain, ironware, etc., Dongyong does not produce anything now, so naturally everything needs help from Fujian. Tang Yin's handling of relations with the Fujian government here can be regarded as making the best use of people. He left the soldiers' families behind. Only a few large ships, all sailors, came out by boat. There are also some people selected from the three guards in Fuzhou.

However, Zhu Houhuang's first destination was not Dongyong, but Penghu.

Compared with later Taiwan, Penghu was developed much earlier, as early as the Song Dynasty, Penghu was already under the jurisdiction of Song Jinjiang County. The Yuan Dynasty also had an inspection department. It's just that when Taizu founded the country, the belt of Fujian was Fang Guozhen's place. Fang Guozhen started as a maritime merchant at the earliest, and after Taizu destroyed Fang Guozhen, he thought that the people of Penghu were rebellious and moved inward.

Of course, Penghu is not after the internal relocation, there is no one.

At the time of Chengzu, in the land of Penghu, there were also Ye Deyi and a group of homeless people living in Penghu, and they were later appeased ashore by Chengzu.

After Ye Deyi, in the official records, there is no one on Penghu Island, but is there really no one in the Penghu Islands? The answer is no.

The coastline of the Penghu archipelago is tortuous, there is a good haven, and the fishery resources are abundant, and it is also very close to Fujian. Such a close distance, of course, can't stop coastal fishermen. The reason why there is no record of whether there are people here after becoming an ancestor is that the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty have lost the pressure of the high-level, and they are usually not interested in overseas affairs.

It's just that there are advantages and disadvantages, Penghu is no place without royal law, and it is also a place where many maritime merchants and pirates gather, all of whom are unruly. I don't know how many people put Zhu Houhuang, the prince of the Zhu family, in their hearts.

So Zhu Houhuang traveled this time, not himself, Zhendongwei, Yongningwei, Zhenhaiwei, Pinghaiwei, several coastal guards, all sent ships out, Zhu Houhuang counted fifty or sixty Dafu ships. After Zheng He, it can be regarded as a relatively large-scale navigation operation of the Ming Dynasty.

Before he arrived in Penghu, he bumped into Xu Dong's boat head-on.

Xu Dong's ship didn't dare to come over when it saw such a large fleet, but it found the flag of King Yong, so it came over.

When Xu Dong saw Zhu Houhuang, he immediately fell to his knees with a thud and said, "Minister Xu Dong has seen His Highness, and the minister has insulted his mission, and he asked His Highness to punish him." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Get up, tell Lonely, what's going on?" How can it be insulting to the mission? ”

Xu Dong saw that Zhu Houhuang had no intention of blaming, and breathed a sigh of relief, then got up and said: "The minister and Lord Wu were ordered to go to sea, and the minister has already reached the entire land of Dongyong, together with the land of Penghu, all in this painting. He presented a painting with both hands, Yunmo took it and handed it to Zhu Houhuang.

Zhu Houhuang opened it and looked at it, and there was originally some hope in his heart, but all of a sudden it was all disappointed. This painting is very exquisitely decorated. It looks like a famous painting. But when I opened it, it was just blind to Zhu Houhuang's eyes, the undulating curves, the peaks on the ground, the waves on behalf of the sea, and the places that were circled, representing the port, but the coastline of the East China Sea was completely different from the coastline that Zhu Houhuang had seen.

Zhu Houhuang put away the scroll and said secretly in his heart: "I shouldn't have any expectations, but after waiting for Dongyong, I will survey the location by myself." In fact, Zhu Houhuang already has a draft, which is later Tainan. Without him, the Dutch and the Ming Zheng regime all put the capital in Tainan, which must have a certain reason, so Zhu Houhuang only needs to copy the historical experience of the future.

"This errand is well done, what errand is broken." Zhu Houhuang asked.

"It's Penghu's business." Xu Dong peeked at Zhu Houhuang's face and said, "The minister ran to the sea in previous years and often went to Penghu. I wanted to persuade Penghu to submit to His Royal Highness, but I didn't want them to be stubborn, but instead startled the snake. also trapped Lord Wu in Penghu, and asked His Royal Highness to atone for his sins. ”

"What?" Zhu Houhuang was taken aback, there were fewer people available to him, if something happened to his uncle. There are even fewer available manpower, let alone how to explain to his mother Wu? "What's going on? What happened to my uncle? ”

Xu Dong looked at Zhu Houhuang's appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little more envious of Wu Fengyi. He worked with Wu Fengyi for a period of time and got to know Wu Fengyi a little. If Wu Fengyi has no ability at all, it is a lie, but how to say how much talent Wu Fengyi has, it is even more of a joke, but why can Wu Fengyi be above herself everywhere, doesn't she have a good sister.

"If my family is also married to His Highness." The idea came out of nowhere, and it took root in his heart. Now is not the time to think about this.

Xu Dong said: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, there is no danger to Lord Wu now." Penghu can be divided into two forces. One is the big family rooted in Penghu, headed by the Shi family, the Chen family, and the Wang family, and the other is the maritime merchants who gather everywhere to trade in Penghu. Xu Dong gritted his teeth slightly and said: "The minister is also a member of the maritime merchants, although these maritime merchants are maritime merchants, but they have not done anything less in violation of laws and disciplines. So I was very panicked when the court suddenly came. But the three families will not do it, although they are also hesitating, but they will protect the safety of Lord Wu, in fact, Lord Wu himself must stay. He wanted to stabilize the three major families and prevent the three major families from falling to the side of the maritime merchants, otherwise His Highness would have to fight Penghu. ”

Xu Dong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's just Lord Wu, I didn't expect His Highness to bring all the Fujian sailors over. ”

"yes?" Zhu Houhuang secretly said in his heart: "I didn't expect it either. Zhu Houhuang didn't expect that Zhengde was still good to his younger brother. Let the Fujian sailors escort his domain. It was simply to give him the power to mobilize the Fujian Navy Division for a short time.

"Let's talk about their details, what are the origins of the three major families, the Shi family, the Chen family, and the Wang family, and what kind of people are those maritime merchants or pirates."

"Most of the people who run the sea are outlaws, as well as the shadows of the major families, of course, the Japanese in the east, and the big cannibals in the south. These people all have their own origins, and their origins are mixed, and they are usually presented under pseudonyms. The minister can't figure it out, but it's the three families on Penghu Island, and the minister knows a little. Xu Dong said that he was a little thirsty, took a sip of tea, and said: "It is rumored that the Shi family is descended from the Tang Dynasty Shi Gong Shuwu, a hermit in the Tang Dynasty. Anyway, the minister doesn't know, but the Shi family has the greatest influence in Penghu, and the clansmen are not honest, and they are the deepest involved in maritime trading. The Wang family is now in decline, and it is rumored that the Wang family was passed down from a general named Wang Dayou in the Song Dynasty, who opened a field and garrisoned troops on Penghu. The descendants will be left behind. It's just that now the days are getting more and more day by day, and I'm already eating the old bottom. The Chen family is later, and it is said that it was passed down from the Penghu patrol Chen Gongxinhui in the Yuan Dynasty. But it's hard to tell if it's true or not. However, the Chen family is the most in Penghu, but they are not united with each other. According to ancient legends, most of the current Chen family members are not descendants of Chen Gong, but migrated from Fujian, but only borrowed the name of Chen Gongwei. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Faced with this situation, what are you going to do? ”

Xu Dong said: "Your Highness is here with a large army, what else do you need to do?" Just press it over. ”

Zhu Houhuang also meant this, and said: "You go to lead the way for the army, and directly arrest all the maritime merchants, if there is resistance, you will be killed, but for the ordinary people living on Penghu Island, you must not commit any crimes, you know?" ”