Su Xigui is not stupid, he understood Zhu Hao's hint and knew that he had to leave a way back for himself.

Huang Zan wanted to use his financial resources to accomplish something, and the emperor was targeting Huang Zan indirectly, which was tantamount to indirectly targeting him, and once Shang Jia was targeted by the emperor...... There is no reason to talk about this, only the share of being plundered, and the fate of Shen Wansan in the past is a lesson from the past.

The emperor's move made Su Xigui clearly realize that he had become the first bird to be targeted by the gun.

To build a sea ship, Su Xigui originally supported it.

The main Su Xigui has long invested in foreign trade business, and he even believes that Zhu Hao can get something back from overseas that can change the Ming Dynasty, which is a business investment.

But as the situation changes, the current Su Xigui is equivalent to investing in his own destiny, in case the emperor wants him to spit out all the money, then he can only pick his son and leave, anyway, he thinks that Zhu Hao will arrange a place for him to survive.

After simple fundraising, Su Xigui brought Zhu Hao a silver ticket of 100,000 taels of silver.

Su Xigui is very familiar with his own things, of course, he will not take all the money in the silver number as his own, as the leader of the Hui merchants, he has always adhered to the principle of integrity, otherwise the business will never be so big.

"The money...... Have you seen enough? ”

When Su Xigui brought the silver, Zhu Hao was studying the nautical charts he got from the Franc man.

Then Zhu Hao put down the picture in his hand, but Su Xigui's eyes did not leave the picture, for him, that was his back road.

Zhu Hao glanced at the face value of the silver ticket, shook his head and said, "You don't need to contribute so much at all, even Your Majesty asked Huang Butang for money and support, but it was only 30,000 taels." ”

According to Zhu Hao's meaning, you give the 100,000 taels of silver to Huang Zhan, it is estimated that Huang Zhan can be exchanged for a secretary and a cabinet scholar, why give it to me?

"It's still for you, and it's more down-to-earth in the hearts of despicable people."

Su Xigui sighed softly.

Although he is Huang Zhan's brother-in-law, but in terms of realm and cultivation, Huang Zhan and Zhu Hao are completely incomparable, how shrewd Su Xigui is, can't he see that Huang Zhan's focus is always the one acre and three points of land in the court?

The emperor really wants to exploit him Su Xigui, not only will Huang Chan not come out to help, but he may also fall into the ground, because from Huang Zhan's point of view, you Su Xigui have today, and it all depends on me Huang Someone's cultivation, what if you take out the silver?

And Zhu Hao is different.

When Zhu Hao was a child, Su Xigui saw that the biggest advantage of doing business with Zhu Hao was that he would never have to worry about being cheated out.

"Not so much, and now that the raw materials are abundant, you don't necessarily need silver to build ships."

Zhu Hao said, "But for the sake of insurance, it is best to transfer your family volume from Beijing, Yangzhou and other places to various seaports in Zhejiang, you should understand why, right?" ”

"Understood, understood."

Su Xigui knew that this was to ensure that he and his family could run away successfully at any time.

It doesn't matter where you run, the important thing is to be able to run, and bring a family with you, in addition to your children and grandchildren, as well as his troupe, concubines, domestic servants, etc., anyway, it is to live the same life in another place.

But he didn't know that Zhu Hao would run with him.

Because he felt that Zhu Hao didn't need to take the risk of doing this kind of thing now, Zhu Hao was deeply trusted by the emperor, as long as he returned to the capital, there was no problem in joining the cabinet and becoming an elder, so why did he have to leave Daming?

"How long will it take you to get the schedule?" Zhu Hao asked.

Su Xigui was stunned for a moment, listening to this, he seemed to be in a hurry, he wouldn't be cheated, right?

Then he dispelled this idea and said with a smile: "It can be done in a month." In the past two years, even the business focus of Yinhao has been on Nanjing, not that Jiangnan is richer, in fact, the wealth of Jingshi is not a lot at all, it can only be said that ...... The capital is full of powerful people, and business is not easy to do. ”

Zhu Hao smiled and nodded.

The biggest problem in doing business in the capital is that there are too many princes and nobles, and there are too many dignitaries, and they may find trouble at any time.

In fact, Nanjing is not much better, but after all, Su Xigui has Huang Zan and Zhu Hao as backers, and he himself is the white glove of the powerful, plus there are rumors that the real owner of the silver horn is the emperor, so these powerful people in Jiangnan who don't know the situation are afraid to make a move.

"Okay, you should do it as soon as possible, I'm afraid that when someone attacks you, they won't give you too much time to prepare!"

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Just the fact that Huang Zan was exploited by the emperor made Su Xigui frightened and ready to run away at any time.

In the past two years, Su Xigui has been moving his business to the south, he has a strong sense of crisis, he knew that Huang Zan was in the west of the mountains at dusk, and he devoted himself to Zhu Hao, but later found that the focus of Zhu Hao's career was not to be an official in the court, so he felt that he needed to put his business in the south.

The previous consideration was not to run away, after all, the whole world is not the king's land, and if he really angers the emperor, where can he be accommodated?

His purpose is to stay away from the officialdom of the capital, avoid the emperor and the magnates in the capital, and try to make himself a transparent person.

But as he ran the silver number, the binding of interests with the imperial court deepened, and he also knew that he had slowly become the one who had lost it, if the emperor had to find a businessman to open the knife, then he Su Xigui must be the first to bear the brunt, who would let the emperor know that you Su someone is rich?

Su Xigui only needed to arrange for his subordinates to pass on the word and do things, while he himself stayed in the Tianjin shipyard and prepared with Zhu Hao for the sailing ceremony of the four new warships.

These four boats were equipped with very few officers and men, and the boats were basically craftsmen and some special "talents", and these people usually either carried out training such as marching and fighting, or practiced how to use firearms and artillery, and some of them originally made a living by going out to sea to fish, so that they walked on the ground on the boat and did not get seasick.

The purpose of Zhu Hao's recruitment is to make them qualified sailors.

Sailors don't necessarily need to be strong and brave when fighting, and they don't have to worry about being deserters.

Because of the naval battle, people are on the ship...... There was nowhere to run, and there was basically no need for hand-to-hand combat, and if they really wanted to fight that way, the ships equipped with the new guns and guns would lose their greatest advantage.

These people look old, weak, sick and disabled, and even Su Xigui shook his head again and again when he saw it, but Zhu Hao knew that this was a group of "elite soldiers", and the biggest feature was ...... Give them a boat, equipped with enough weapons, and even the most awesome Franc pirates of the year will stand aside.

In the next step, Zhu Hao is going to fight with the Franc machine people along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong.

"What is your purpose, little master? Look at this ship, there are not only men, but also women, young and old, and it has been said before that there can be no women on the ship, you are ......"

Su Xigui felt that Zhu Hao simply subverted the tradition of naval warfare or water warfare in previous dynasties.

Counting on such a group of people, is it just messing around on the ship, or is it really going to be dragged out to fight?

Or is Zhu Hao's real purpose actually to prepare to transfer a group of people to live overseas?

"There are some things, it's really difficult to explain to you, Lord Su, let's go to the ship and see it with our own eyes." Zhu Hao greeted with a smile, "Let's go, get on the boat and have a look!" ”

Zhu Hao took Su Xigui on the boat.

Su Xigui looked at the ship from a distance, and had no intuitive impression, feeling that the ship was nothing more than that.

It wasn't until he got to the deck, even after entering the cabin, that he noticed something different.

"These ...... It's all steel? ”

Su Xigui was surprised.

These ships obviously look like they are all wooden shells, but they have amazing defense, and they are very spacious, and although they have sail devices, they mainly rely on the turbines of the steam engine to move forward, which allows the ships to travel even against the wind, and faster if the sail is downwind.

The driving of ships is no longer completely dependent on the steering of the sails, etc., and the blessing of the engine makes this kind of ship have the shadow of mechanization.

"With three decks, the cabin can accommodate 1,000 people, or 2,000 people on two shifts. And this is only the scale of the first class warship, and the displacement of the sea ship will be increased in the future. Zhu Hao said.

Su Xigui said with a smile: "With such a big ship, I'm afraid that the thieves will attack it with small boat fire......

"Yes, there is such a concern!"

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "It depends on the equipment of the fleet, a big ship like this, there will be more than a dozen smaller ships to follow, plus artillery and firearms, it is enough to deal with most small ships, and the ships themselves can also be fireproof after being covered with iron sheets." However, these are the areas that need to be improved in the future. ”

In naval warfare, it is not that the larger the ship, the more advantageous, sometimes the bigger the disadvantage.

Because small ships are more flexible, they can use more tactics when fighting, and one of the key tactics of water warfare in the past was "fire attack", and in the most recent large-scale water battle - the Battle of Poyang Lake, Zhu Si's ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang won the victory by relying on light boat fire attack.

But if it is at sea, because of the vast area of operation, the difficulty of attacking with fire will increase exponentially.

This is all something that Zhu Hao considers, so while making big ships, Zhu Hao did not relax the manufacture of small boats.

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On the ninth day of the fifth month, Zhu Hao went south by boat.

At the same time, Lu Song, as the leader of the Jinyi Guard beside Zhu Hao, was responsible for liaison with the imperial court and other matters, and Lu Song brought a "holy decree" issued by Zhu Si to Zhu Hao.

“…… His Majesty hopes that Mr. Zhu will make some gains in the south as soon as possible and return to the DPRK within half a year. ”

Lu Song, as the person who conveyed his will, actually greeted Zhu Hao.

This capital ......

Lu Song didn't dare to go back.

If there is no protection from Zhu Hao, he may not know what kind of black hand he will encounter when he goes back, although the family scrolls are all left in the capital now, but at least he and Lu Bing are separated, and it is likely that he will follow Zhu Hao in the future.

"Okay, let's do it."

Zhu Hao decided to go to sea and did not set a return date for himself.

If he could, he also wanted to take the fleet and go to the New World to see it in person, although there are already outsiders in the New World now, but with the strength of the fleet under his command, there is no problem at all to occupy a territory in the New World, develop heavy industry, and complete the occupation of the New World.

Now the colonists in Europe at the end of the Middle Ages did not have very powerful weapons, and Zhu Hao asked himself that the weapons in his hands were much more advanced than those people.

More importantly, he had the most advanced technology of the era that could be continuously improved, and his purpose was not simply to colonize.

He wants to develop the natives of the New World into the people under his rule, and then train a powerful army to complete the control of the entire New World...... Or even conquer the world!

The dream is a bit big.

Even Zhu Hao felt that he should clean up his mood and not be too impatient.