More than 100,000 people in Jinzhou City were waiting for Lu Wang's arrival, the atmosphere was a little depressing, and the weather was a little dull. But in Hangzhou, thousands of miles away, it is a different story.

In Hangzhou Bay, the weather is sunny, and the blue sky and white clouds make people feel refreshed.

On the wharf, people are busy coming and going, dozens of big ships in the port are ready to go, yes, the nobles headed by King De are going to sea to do business.

Zhu Youli was appointed by Lu Wang as the general manager of the fleet, of course, as a newcomer, he is still self-aware, and has carefully built a team, from guides, translators, and merchants who have had maritime trade business, the crew is all available, just to minimize the risk, and at the same time learn all kinds of experience.

However, although it is a blank for maritime trade, Zhu Youli still has a certain degree of confidence, and this confidence comes from the escort of the Ming Navy.

Early in the morning, the navy's escort formation had already sailed to the wharf at the mouth of Hangzhou Bay, attracting dock workers and nearby people to watch from across the shore.

The escort formation was personally led by Zhang Long, deputy commander of the navy, and the formation was not large, far smaller than the formation of the same scale of the navy of the same time, mainly because the ships were small and the number was also small, with only ten warships converted from fishing boats, six supply ships, and a few speedboats, to put it bluntly, the scale was too small.

But the size is not high, the aura is big, the ten battleships and the six supply ships are all equipped with artillery, and the sailors on board are all armed to the teeth, plus the unparalleled speed of the warship in this era, it is already a bit domineering.

The total strength of the convoy is 1,000 people, except for 25 people for each battleship, the rest are distributed on six large ships, and these six large ships were originally the household goods of the navy, and at this moment there is a large vacancy in addition to equipping soldiers and food and grass materials, needless to say that this is used to load things on the return trip.

The six sea-going ships were powered entirely by tugboats, and the speed of two towing and one was far faster than any other ship of this era, even when the bunkers were full.

The port has been temporarily closed at this time, except for warships and cargo ships, no ships are allowed to approach, cargo ships are large and small, some are new goods from the shipyard, and some are old ships, but no matter what, they are already full of cargo at the moment, just waiting to leave the port.

Although the cargo ship is not equipped with artillery, it is powered by tugboats like the military's supply ships, which is for uniform speed.

After the battleship docked, Zhang Long immediately sent someone to send some things to the cargo ship, life jackets, and lifebuoys! This thing Lu Wan really invested in a lot of equipment.

"A total of twenty-six cargo ships, belonging to thirteen families, with more than 500 entourage ......" Zhu Youli stood in front of Zhang Long and did not put the prince's score, he knew that the military did not bird him, the prince, so he honestly reported the simple information of the cargo ship, and gave Zhang Long a booklet, where there is a detailed situation of the cargo ship, such as who owns the ship and what goods are loaded on the ship!

After Zhang Long roughly flipped through the manual, he glanced at the port: "You can leave after noon!" ”

"Broad" Zhu Youli looked at the workers who were hurriedly loading the last cargo ship, nodded lightly, and then gritted his teeth: "Lord Zhang, there is an uninvited invitation, can this king go up to the warship to have a look?" ”

Forehead...... Zhang Long was obviously stunned, and stared at Zhu Youli for five seconds before speaking: "I'm sorry Lord De, non-military people are not allowed to go on the battleship at will without the special approval of the God King."

"Oh, well!" Zhu Youli was a little disappointed, but understood.

"But if the prince is interested, you can go to the supply ship for a walk", Zhang Long is still a little human after all.

"Is it really possible?" Zhu Youli was overjoyed.

"Lord Wang, please!" Zhang Long smiled slightly, made a gesture of invitation, and then led the way, and Zhu Youli hurriedly followed.

Like a battleship, the supply ship is also marked in order from one to six, Zhang Long took King De to visit the No. 1 supply ship, and the two quickly climbed onto the deck along the gangway, but apparently King De had no interest in the guns on the deck, but slipped into the hold, which made Zhang Long a little puzzled, could it be that this cargo wanted to ......

In addition to the armaments and materials such as knives, guns, sticks, bows, arrows, gunpowder, gasoline, more food, from rice, flour, vegetables, radish, bacon, etc., and even a small generator was installed on this cargo ship, and several large freezers were provided for frozen meat.

However, what surprised Zhu Youli was not the soybeans used to make bean sprouts, nor some live birds, nor those communication equipment, but books, and there were books in the warehouse! Lots of books!

Perhaps seeing Zhu Youli's surprise, Zhang Long walked over and picked up a Xinhua dictionary and threw it over: "The prince said that sea navigation is boring and boring, and it is good to read more books in addition to playing cards for entertainment, and a scholarship is set up in the army.

Saying that, he looked at Zhu Youli, who looked confused, he picked up a copy of Journey to the West and flipped it over a few times: "The prince said that the four famous books are good, reading not only to increase knowledge, but also to increase temperament, but these four famous books are missing a Water Margin, do you know why?" ”

"If you don't read the Three Kingdoms, you don't read the Water Margin?" Zhu Youli is also a clever person, "Could it be that the prince is still afraid that he will not be able to teach the soldiers badly?" He couldn't help but smile as he spoke.

Zhang Long laughed, and then nodded: "It's just a matter of getting involved, our people in the army are fighting and killing who can teach us worse, the reason why we don't distribute the book Water Margin in the army is because the prince said that a thief is a thief, no matter what, he can't become a hero" said and suddenly lowered his voice: "You know, there are many anti-thieves in the army who have defected to Cheng, if they are allowed to see this, it will be tantamount to a long face with gold!" ”

"But even if they don't read it, everyone knows the story of this Water Margin," Zhu Youli asked with a blank face.

"This is a matter of position, what others say is someone else's business, but if the prince openly allows this book to appear in the army, doesn't it mean that his position is to agree with the actions of those so-called heroes, and then it doesn't contradict the prince's position of devoting himself to suppressing bandits" Zhang Long looked like a young man, you don't understand much.

Hey, hearing this, Zhu Youli shook his head vigorously, "It seems that I am still more suitable for business, this king is too tender...... By the way, Lord Zhang, are you staying on a warship or here? ”。

"Of course it's here" for the sudden change of the topic of King De, Zhang Long also seamlessly connected: "The battleships are all combat soldiers, the ships are small and crowded, and they are more bumpy in the event of strong winds and waves, and it is more important to observe the inconvenience, this supply ship is stable and high, which can be convenient to observe the sea conditions, and it is good to command the whole battle when encountering the enemy."

Zhu Youli nodded, and suddenly asked, "Lord Zhang, can this king stay on this ship!" ”

"Of course you can" Zhang Long unexpectedly didn't have doubts this time, because he knew what the cargo was going to do when Zhu Youli got on the ship and plunged into the cabin, so he was mentally prepared: "You are the master of the cargo ship, I am the commander of the frigate, and it is convenient for the two of us to live on the same boat and discuss something."

"This king thinks the same way," Zhu Youli was overjoyed.

"Come on, let's go to my cabin first, and show you the good things, the entertainment equipment specially configured by the prince, by the way, we have to study the roadmap first, do you know that our first battle is Ryukyu Island......"

"Ah, didn't you go to Kyushu Island first......" Zhu Youli followed Zhang Long towards his cabin with a confused expression.

Zhang Long's cabin is the largest on the ship, which is inevitable and necessary, in addition to the bed, there is even furniture, and the desk is one of them.

"Lord, you are in charge of business, but the military is in charge of this nautical march, simply put, you will do business wherever I drive the ship" Zhang Long said and spread out a nautical chart on the table: "Don't forget it, you don't have this thing, the god king gave it himself!" ”

"Not really" Zhu Youli shook his head, indeed the navigation chart in his hand compared to this is the papyrus drawn by a kindergarten child, although his subordinates said that it was from the hand of an old guide who ran the sea.

"I'll give you a lot of this, but you have to remember that these are confidential military information, and they must not be passed on," Zhang Long said with a cautious face.

"Well, it must be" Zhu Youli nodded, but suddenly asked: "Lord Zhang, why did you send me since it is a confidential information of the military?" ”

Eh, Zhang Long's face turned red, and he scolded in his heart, this product is too uninteresting, "Ahem, cough, okay, it was the prince who gave you a ...... before" Zhu Youli had an epiphany, so it was.

After lighting a cigarette each, Zhang Long and Zhu Youli lay on the table and began to study the map.

"The prince has already talked to me before, our first stop is to go to the Ryukyus, then go north to South Kyushu, and then turn around and go south to Taiwan, to Luzon, and then to Malaysia, which is now called Johor or Malacca, there are many countries in this sea, what Guawa, Sin Chew, Bharatana...... There are more than a dozen, but our ancestor Zheng He has walked through these places, and there are still a lot of materials left on this ship......"

"Ahem, that's your ancestor!" Zhu Youli really couldn't help but interrupt when he heard this, the eunuch was his slave, but he didn't recognize his ancestors like this!

"Oh, it's my ancestor's head office" Zhang Long also knew that he was speechless, and he bypassed the topic with a gag and continued to chat, it didn't matter if the two chatted, a few hours passed in a blink of an eye, and even lunch was eaten in the cabin.

At half past twelve, when the two were still chatting, a personal soldier came over and knocked on the cabin door and then gave Zhang Long a look, Zhang Long understood, glanced at Zhu Youli, King De, you go to the cargo ship to see if it is ready, we will go to sea later.

Zhu Youli was not stupid, he knew that Zhang Long had business to do, so he deliberately pushed him away, so he hugged his fists and turned around and walked out of the warehouse. (To be continued.) )