Zhu Houzhao's brows furrowed, and even a fool could see that Zhu Houzhao was in a very bad mood at this time.

It's no wonder that Zhu Houzhao's mood can be better, although Chu Yi proposed that he allow the royal supervisor to take care of the royal caravan, Zhu Houzhao, as the Son of Heaven, didn't pay much attention to it.

In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, this is just a caravan, since Chu Yi proposed it, then it will be formed.

As for how much benefit he expected this caravan to bring to the royal family, Zhu Houzhao really hadn't considered this.

If he hadn't mentioned it, Zhu Houzhao might have forgotten about this caravan, but now the news brought by Linde made Zhu Houzhao's heart glow with nameless anger.

Not long ago, the fact that the Huating City Bo Si was colluded with the Japanese to destroy the door had already made Zhu Houzhao angry with Dongying, if it weren't for Chu Yi's persuasion on the grounds of insufficient preparation in the early stage, I am afraid that Zhu Houzhao would have sent a large army to Dongying long ago.

It's good now, it's only been a few months, and the caravan representing the Ming royal family was intercepted and killed by the Japanese at sea.

Although it is very common to say that the occurrence of Haikou pirates is very common, it would be fine to say that this caravan was intercepted by Haikou without revealing their identity, and it can only be blamed on the lack of good luck.

But listening to Linde's meaning, Lu Kang and the others clearly showed their identities to those would-be robbers, and clearly told the other party that they were the Ming royal caravan, and standing behind him was him, the son of the Great Tomorrow, representing the face of the Ming royal family.

Maybe the Ming royal caravan didn't pay much attention to even the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and even Zhu Houzhao himself didn't pay much attention to it, but no matter how you said it, it was also a caravan representing the Ming royal family.

The caravan of the only one in the world turned out to be intercepted and killed, and even the palace attendant was killed by the other party without hesitation.

In Zhu Houzhao's view, this is not a simple time for the Japanese to rob merchant ships, but directly rises to the face of the Ming royal family.

And the Ming royal family is the representative of the Ming Dynasty, and those Japanese robbers even dare to plunder the merchant ships of the Ming royal family, which is a slap in the face of the Ming royal family, a slap in the face of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, at this time, don't say that Zhu Houzhao's face is not good, it can be said that all the people who listened to Lin Deyuming's looting of the Ming royal caravan showed anger.

After all, the purpose of Zhu Houzhao's departure from Beijing with Chu Yi this time was to check the training of the new army, in this case, Zhu Houzhao naturally brought a few newly promoted military nobles.

According to Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao can also use this method to get closer to these military nobles.

In the past few years, after several major battles, many rookies have risen in the army, and with the deliberate support of Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao, a number of nobles have also been born.

These nobles are represented by Yang Yiqing, Wang Shouren, Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu, Han Kun, Xu Tianzuo, Sun Qiu and others, and gradually have a tendency to balance the court.

Yang Yiqing is the Duke of Jin and is in charge of the military department, and Han Kun is also a marquis for his merits, and he is in charge of the Tengxiang Four Guards Battalion.

Whether it is Yang Yiqing or Han Kun, they are both people who have been knighted because of their military merits, and they are definitely military bigwigs, and these people are also strong supporters of Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao to expand their military.

At this moment, I heard that the small country of Dongying actually slapped their Ming Empire in the face like this, and the so-called lord humiliated the ministers to death, even if it was only Dongying Waikou who slapped the face of the Ming Dynasty this time, but from a young age, even the Dongying Waikou dared to kill the Ming officials at every turn, and plundered the merchant ships that represented the royal family, if you want to say that Dongying has any awe for the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that few people present will believe it.

That is, Yang Yiqing and Han Kun don't know that in the next few decades, the Ming Dynasty will be deeply entangled with Dongying, from the southeast coast of the wokou disaster to the famous Wanli Three Great Expeditions, all of which have the shadow of Dongying.

Although it is said that Lin De is a spy of Jinyiwei, it does not mean that he has no feelings, so many companions were killed by the Japanese Kou, Lin De finally escaped after life and death, but he never forgot what Lu Kang had said.

But if anyone escapes back to the Ming Dynasty alive, it is necessary to give the rampant of the Japanese to the son of tomorrow.

I saw Lin De bowing to Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi with his five bodies, and said in a trembling voice: "The ministers are brave, and they must be sure that Your Majesty and the chief manager will avenge those who were killed by the Japanese invaders!" ”

Zhu Houzhao's face turned a little red, and he said word by word: "The widow should be killed!" ”

While speaking, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Chu Yi and said, "Big companion, let me ask you, how long will it take for my soldiers to cross the sea and go straight to Dongying?" ”

Chu Yi's expression was calm, and he couldn't see Chu Yi's inner emotions at all, but Qi Hu, Lin Pingzhi and the others, who had been following Chu Yi for a long time, subconsciously lowered their heads, and their eyes skimmed over Chu Yi's hand and gently rubbed the jade wrench finger on his fingertips.

Just looking at Chu Yi's small movements, Qi Hu and Lin Pingzhi knew that Chu Yi was going to kill people.

I only heard Chu Yi speak slowly, and said with a bit of coldness in his voice: "Your Majesty, the minister has requisitioned sea ships from all over the country and gathered people and horses, and in half a month at the latest, he can gather more than 100 warships and go across the sea." ”

A gleam flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, he naturally knew that Chu Yi had been gathering people all along, but he didn't expect the speed to be so fast.

After all, Zhu Houzhao didn't know anything about it, and attacking Dongying was no better than fighting on land, and there were too many things to prepare.

Even the land expedition, from preparation to expedition, it takes several months to be able to prepare for the battle, but this time it is not an ordinary campaign, but to cross the vast ocean and put a large number of men and horses into another country, all aspects to be considered, even if it takes a year to prepare, Zhu Houzhao will not find anything strange.

Now Chu Yi actually told him that it would take a month at most for the army to be mobilized, how could this not surprise Zhu Houzhao.

Noticing Zhu Houzhao's expression, Yang Yiqing, who was the secretary of the Ministry of War, saluted Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has been assisting the chief manager in preparing for the conquest of Dongying for some time, and what the chief manager said is true, at most in a month, I can put 50,000 troops into the land of Dongying." ”

Zhu Houzhao forcibly endured the excitement in his heart, but he looked at Chu Yi and Yang Yiqing with a somewhat solemn look: "I read the history books, in the past, Meng Yuan conquered Dongying twice, and each time he sent more than 100,000 troops, and even so, they all failed for various reasons......

Obviously, Zhu Houzhao's meaning is obvious, that is, Chu Yi and Yang Yiqing only sent 50,000 troops, compared to attacking a country, this little bit of soldiers and horses is not too few.

Anyway, there are millions of alien races in the land of Dongying, especially the land of Dongying is in chaos, and it can also be regarded as a large number of soldiers and horses, and the total number of people and horses in the hands of the local daimyo is only hundreds of thousands.

Chu Yi smiled slightly and explained: "Your Majesty is worried, and the ministers naturally know, but 50,000 soldiers and horses are just a vanguard army, as long as the vanguard army has a firm foothold in the land of Dongying, my Ming will naturally continue to put the soldiers and horses into the land of Dongying." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and said to Chu Yi, Yang Yiqing, and Han Kun: "Since you know what you know about the big companion and the Duke of Jin, I will be at ease." ”

Saying that, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Lin De, and he muttered a little: "Lin De is brave and strategic, this time the news is meritorious, I will seal you with a thousand households in brocade clothes, and give a hundred households!" ”

When Lin De heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and bowed respectfully to Zhu Houzhao, and shouted in his mouth: "Minister Linde, thank Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!" ”

Lin De is just a Jinyiwei agent, like this kind of agent, Jinyiwei doesn't know how many people have developed in the world.

Among the Jinyi Guards, the secret agent can almost be said to be the lowest status of the existence, this time Zhu Houzhao named Lin De as a thousand households of Jinyi Wei, and actually granted a hundred households, that is to say, Lin De enjoys the glory of a thousand households, and the real power of a hundred households.

Don't underestimate the hundred households of Jinyiwei, there are not a few people who have been awarded Jinyiwei thousands of households in the Ming Dynasty, but this is just an honor, there is no real power at all, for these so-called thousands of households, don't even think about mobilizing Jinyiwei alone.

And the real power of the Jinyi Wei hundred households, that size can be regarded as a character, you must know that the Jinyi Wei hundred households are often delegated to the place, that is the existence of the Jinyi Wei power in a place, so Zhu Houzhao's reward for Lin De can be described as the emperor's grace.

Zhu Houzhao drove back to the palace, and the news that Lin De brought back didn't take long for it to spread.

Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi didn't mean to order the news to be blocked, and there were no less than dozens of people who knew about this matter, so it was naturally not surprising that it was spread.

The news that the Ming royal caravan was intercepted and killed by the Dongying Japanese Invaders at sea suddenly exploded the ripples of the entire Jingshi.

After all, the appearance of the Daming Royal Caravan caused a lot of people to discuss, and it involved the royal family, and behind the Daming Royal Caravan, there was a faint shadow of Chu Yi, so no matter what everyone thought in their hearts, no one dared to say anything.

Now there is a sudden news that the Ming royal caravan was robbed and killed by the Japanese at sea, and everyone is naturally talking about it.

Some people sneered at this, thinking that this is a kind of retribution, the dignified royal family, even competing with the people for profit, inexplicably engaged in a royal caravan, deserving to be intercepted and killed by the Japanese robbers.

Of course, this is only the idea of a very small number of people, and for most people, it is natural that they can't help but scold when they mention the Japanese Kou.

Perhaps the so-called patriotic consciousness has not yet been formed at this time, but in the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is the superior kingdom of the Huanghuang Heavenly Empire, such as Dongying, North Korea, Annam and other surrounding effects are all barbarian states.

As the people of the Heavenly Empire, when looking at the surrounding alien races, they naturally have a little contempt, at least psychologically, they consciously feel higher than the surrounding alien races.

Now these alien races even dare to intercept and kill the caravan representing the royal family, which is a slap in the face of the royal family, and it also makes many people feel very angry in their hearts, when did the barbarian alien race be so arrogant?

The most important thing is that not long ago, the Ming Dynasty defeated the Tatar alien race that had plagued the Ming Dynasty for decades, and captured Dayan Khan alive, which made the Ming people's psychology of the Heavenly Empire soar a little.

With the victory of the great defeat of the Tatars in front of him, the plundering of the royal caravan by the small country of Dongying immediately stimulated many people.

"It's just a barbarian, it's so arrogant, I really hope that the chief manager can teach these barbarians a lesson!"

"Even the Tatars were defeated by my Ming Dynasty, a small country in the east, I really don't know how thick the sky is!"

In the teahouse, in the wine shop, and even in the Qinglou, there are literati and elegant guests who can't talk about this matter, after all, the most popular thing in the capital is this matter at the moment, if you don't talk about it, it will be like falling behind.

Early on, Chu Yi had ordered to select soldiers from the army who were familiar with the water nature and gather these soldiers, and now they were almost ready.

Tianjin Wei

One after another big ships were transferred by Chu Yi from all over the place, and it can be said that there are many big ships on the entire Tianjin Wei Port, and many big ships almost blocked the port.

Among them, the most eye-catching are more than a dozen warships with huge hulls, but it is a pity that almost all the people who have seen Zheng He's treasure ship in the past are old, otherwise if these people see these dozen or so big ships, they are afraid that they will exclaim.

These dozen or so big ships were officially built in imitation of Zheng He's treasure ship, and it has been more than a year since they were built, and they have only been launched so far, but they were requisitioned by Chu Yi once.

These dozen or so huge ships are not only huge hulls, but also the guns on the ships are modified artillery, and each of them carries dozens of improved guns, and the combat power is absolutely amazing.

In addition to these dozen or so most eye-catching fighting ships, the big ships in Tianjin Wei Port are much worse, although dozens of of them look very powerful, but what is their combat power, to be honest, even Chu Yi does not have much confidence.

However, for a while, Chu Yi could only transfer these ships, as for the many ships that were put into construction, from the time they were ordered to be built until they were launched, I am afraid that there is no hope for a year and a half.

However, it was obviously impossible for either Chu Yi or Zhu Houzhao to wait so long, so Chu Yi could only simply transform those old ships and replace them with the latest cast artillery, which also made the combat power of these old ships soar a lot.

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