Waiting for the time of the convoy, the whole team became busy.

According to Yuan Chonghuan's arrangement, the black-clothed army and the dark guard who were originally mixed in the caravan were combined again according to the requirements of the march. The shopkeepers and men of the caravan were organized to settle in the camp. Even the women in Tsing Yi are packing up their dicks and cleaning up their firearms.

In the entire team, there were only three idlers left: Zhu Youzhen, Lai Shunzhi and Chen Zilong.

"I have been in the South China Sea for so many years, and I have found that there is still a big difference between people on the island and people from the mainland."

Chen Zilong loves black and white, but he takes it out whenever he has time. But since I played with Zhu Youzhen once, I have a little despise this stinky chess basket. However, Zhu Youzhen had his own way and taught him how to play backgammon. When Chen Zilong had no opponent, he could only pass the time by playing backgammon with Zhu Youzhen.

"Oh? Let's talk about it. Zhu Youzhen found that the other party was already double three. Chen Zilong relied on his Go ability, and the level of backgammon simply skyrocketed.

For the study of foreign races, the Ming Dynasty did not pay much attention to this kind of information, and the literati's books were not yet printed, who had time to record the observations and habits of maritime merchants and foreigners?

"I didn't find much of a deal. It's just that when I went to sea, I felt that there were Dongying people everywhere. There are very few real Ming people who go to sea to make a living. In fact, whether it is Nanyang or Zhancheng, sometimes it is a little easier than Suzhou and Hangzhou in the Central Plains. It's very difficult to get rich, you need to work the ocean, but if you want a stable life, Nanyang is not bad. ”

Fortunately, he said this to Zhu Youzhen in such an environment and state. If it is placed in someone with a heart, it will really become a great disrespect to the emperor and a grudge against the court.

Zhu Youzhen heard it, but he didn't really care.

Seeing that a game of backgammon was played, Zhu Youzhen quickly used black chess pieces to lay out the terrain along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and then used white chess pieces to roughly lay out the surrounding countries from the East China Sea to the South China Sea.

While swinging and talking simply, from top to bottom, they are Dongying, Ryukyu, Taiwan, Luzon, Sulu, Huni, Java, Sumatra, Manciga, Champong, and Laos. A necklace with a semicircle is presented. If you are optimistic, you can feel that these are the decorations of the Ming Dynasty, and if you are pessimistic, you will know that the Ming Dynasty is bound by this necklace and cannot move.

Lai Shunzhi was very familiar with this situation, and he was surprised that His Majesty the Emperor was so skilled in representing these maps that should be highly secretive. It seems that he misjudged that Daming just can't now, not that he doesn't have ambitions for Nanyang.

"The chessboard is too small, and Zheng He will go farther than this." After Zhu Youjian finished placing it, he lowered his head and checked it.

"By the way, is the family mainly in Luzon or is it now?"

Lai Shunzhi replied respectfully: "Luzon is the most, and it has been five generations since I came to the house. At present, there are about 50,000 people, and there are three or four concentrated towns. Later, in order to sell grain, there were more than 10,000 people on the side of the city. It's all stressful right now. ”

Lai Shun refers to Champa and Malacca:

"The East India Company, the Dutch Trading Company, the fleets of large and small Francs, and seven or eight maritime merchants, large and small, are crowded in this area." Lai Shunzhi looked at the emperor's face and continued:

"Daming's current main coastal defense is a bit short of hands and short feet." With that, he raised a cup of tea and drank it all.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said:

"Zilong is excellent in Go, you look at these points, if they are robbed by people outside, Daming will become a dead chess without a breath."

Chen Zilong carefully looked at the situation map of China's coastal areas laid out by His Majesty the Emperor. If it were accurate, the situation at sea would be more complicated. There are quite a few key points.

"Go back and touch the charts of the Gu family and the palace of the Emperor of My Palace, and be as detailed as possible. When Houjin is stable, let's move the imperial court to Guangzhou Mansion and see how to deal with these small countries. ”

The three of them were chatting, and the woman in Tsing Yi hurriedly walked over and bowed down.

Here it comes.

"Can you confirm that this is a fleet of fuel and water? Will they have nothing on the car behind them? ”

"The Dark Guard Scout has been determined. Your Majesty can rest assured that the cart is much heavier than the average convoy in terms of ruts. ”

Zhu Youzhen no longer cared about what happened on the chessboard, scattered the flags on the chessboard with his hands, and hurried to the ambush with Chen Zilongcong.

The three of them were led to a locust tree not far away, Zhu Youzhen and others went up the tree with the assistance of the three guards, and the three guards ran away in a hurry.

This is an excellent place to watch the battlefield, which is about 500 steps away from Yuan Chonghuan's preset robbery battlefield. Due to the high position, the entire battlefield can be seen at a glance.

A few people carefully hid their own.

It didn't take long to see two or three monkeys on horseback, and the Dongying people galloped in accordance with the standard marching posture with flags on their backs, and stopped at a high place to escort the group through. The three samurai in the relay, who were in general behind, crossed the group, and the rearguard turned into the avant-garde, rolling and searching forward.

At the front of the brigade, five Toei samurai walked in the middle of the road in an arrow formation with their katanas in their hands, one in the center, and four on the side of the road on both sides, exploring and advancing step by step.

Seeing that the five people were about to enter the preset battlefield, others didn't know. Zhu Youzhen felt that the hand holding the trunk began to sweat, and his heartbeat became more and more intense.

Is it so unproductive?

It's just a small battlefield with thousands of people.

Seeing that more than a dozen carts in front had crossed the set ambush line, Yuan Chonghuan and the others did not move. Zhu Youzhen became nervous again. After a quarter of an hour, he realized that Yuan Chonghuan was right to stand still.

This was obviously not a cart transporting goods, and after crossing the cliff, the cart immediately stopped, and many Dongying people with spears jumped out of the cart and guarded the cart.

This is clearly the way of the army.

"Boss, do you believe in luck?"

I don't know if it's because of the nervousness, Lai Shunzhi chewed half a dry cake and said in Zhu Youzhen's ear.

"My grandfather said that everyone has their first battle. The first battle is smooth, and it is a person with great luck and great blessing. The owner, this is our first battle this time. ”

Hearing Lai Shunzhi say this, Zhu Youzhen was a little relaxed.

"I also think so about your host, I thought I would have to spend a little capital in North Korea, but I didn't expect someone to rush to send money to the door. Do you think your young master's luck is good? ”

As three horseback monkeys whistled past, the real convoy appeared around the corner of the mountain road.

Zhu Youzhen stopped talking, and waited calmly for the first gunshot.