And this sea is moody, just now it was still the sky of the day, sparkling, in the blink of an eye is the wind roaring, the waves are raging, fortunately, the big ship of the imperial court is strong enough, otherwise, this group of people would have fallen into the sea to feed the fish.

Thinking of this, Zhang Dingbian was unhappy.

He didn't dare to complain about His Royal Highness the King of England, after all, the King of England fought in the south and the north, and his martial arts were outstanding, and he was very popular with soldiers in the army, including him Zhang Dingbian.

As a result, this anger could only be sprinkled on the pirates.

It's all to blame on these Tianzhu pirates, if you are a pirate to rob a ship, you can rob a ship, but whose ship are you robbing is not good, but you want to rob the ship of the Ming Dynasty, isn't this the old birthday star drinking arsenic, tired and crooked?

Well, these pirates will definitely not survive, not to mention, they have also had such an unlucky errand, it is simply blood mold!

Just when Zhang Dingbian was complaining, the weather at sea was also changing.

The sea, which had been roaring and stormy just a moment ago, was calm again, and the golden sunlight was once again covering the sea.

Suddenly, an excited voice said, "General! See the land! ”

"What? Seriously! ”

Zhang Dingbian was overjoyed and stood up from the Luohan bed.

Since leaving Quanzhou Port, the fleet has been floating on the sea for more than half a month, and finally saw the land!

Fortunately, Zhang Dingbian was not completely carried away by joy, and still did not forget to ask: "Where is the land?" ”

The soldier who came to report replied without hesitation: "According to the nautical chart, it should be the south of Tianzhu, a small state, called Maradi!" ”

Zhang Dingbian was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed: "Maladi? Isn't that the right Lord? My Daming's caravan was robbed by pirates in the waters near Maradi! ”

"This monarch of Maradi is more or less guilty of negligence, how can I spare him? The herald ordered the army to land quickly, and was going to raise the division to ask for guilt! ”

As soon as these words came out, a helpless voice was heard: "General, I'm afraid it's inappropriate!" ”

The person who spoke was a person who looked like a civil official, this person was called Zhou Buxin, who was Zhang Dingbian's deputy to inspect Nanyang this time, and the official residence of Nanyang in the Ming Dynasty was appeased......

This official position is actually the official position that Zhu Han is now compiling after Zhu Yuanzhang played Zhu Yuanzhang's license, and he received the title of Zheng Sipin.

Zhu Han's plan is also very simple, these small countries in Nanyang know each other, and they are willing to recognize Daming as a big brother to pay tribute, so let Zhou Buxin come forward to appease.

If you are disobedient and can't tell the difference between the big and small kings, let Zhang Dingbian carry the knife, it's that simple!

Zhou Buxin was an important adviser under Chen Youliang, and several strategies proposed were adopted by Chen Youliang.

But as time went by, Chen Youliang's self-serving, suspicious and suspicious personality broke out, and he became more and more nepotistic in terms of employing people.

Zhou Buxin became farther and farther away from Chen Youliang's decision-making center, and later saw Chen Youliang fall into a situation of inevitable defeat, and after gritting his teeth, he decisively threw himself under the command of the Ming army when Xu Da entered Sichuan.

As it turned out, this choice was correct, and after throwing it, he immediately got reused.

It is not the first time that Zhou Buxin and Zhang Dingbian have worked together.

Zhang Dingbian has been on expeditions many times before, and Zhu Han has dropped Zhou Buxin as his deputy, and this Mr. Zhou has never disappointed Zhang Dingbian whether it is logistics support, or governance of people's livelihood, or giving advice.

Therefore, at this moment, as soon as Zhang Dingbian said that he wanted to ask Maradi Xingshi, he was immediately opposed by Zhou Buxin, but he was not angry, but asked suspiciously: "Mr. Zhou, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhou Buxin waved his hand, and after signaling the pawns who came to report to go out, he asked instead of answering: "This time, His Royal Highness the King of England, play the Holy Lord, and let you and I go out to patrol the South Seas, what is the so-called matter, the general knows it in his heart?" ”

When Zhang Dingbian heard this, he said without hesitation: "Of course it is clear, it is nothing more than the suppression of bandits and business!" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhou Buxin shook his head: "What the general said is right, but it is not all right, there is one more important thing when he goes out to patrol the South Seas this time?" ”

Zhang Dingbian subconsciously asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhou Buxin: "Recruit the big and small countries of the South Seas!" ”

Zhang Dingbian was stunned for a moment: "Recruiting the big and small countries of the South Seas? ”

Zhou Buxin nodded: "Not bad!" If it weren't for this, the general alone on this trip would be enough, so why should I go to sea with the general with a freshly baked black yarn from the Ming Nanyang Envoy? ”

Seeing Zhang Dingbian in deep thought, Zhou Buxin continued to elaborate his thoughts: "Before, the caravan of the Ming Dynasty repeatedly encountered pirates in the South Seas, and His Majesty and His Royal Highness were both furious, so this trip, His Royal Highness the King of England means that we will completely exterminate the pirates in the South Seas!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Dingbian, who was still pondering just now, couldn't help but shake his head and said: "This is impossible, pirates can only be suppressed for a while, but not for a lifetime!" ”

Zhang Dingbian had previously suppressed water bandits in Dongting Lake.

The so-called water bandits are generally divided into two kinds, either they are poor people who can't survive, and they become water bandits in desperation.

Either some bold landlords and wealthy households, privately raising water bandits to be their own eagle dogs, and even more daring people, wearing silk is a rich household, taking off silk is a water bandit.

But whether the poor are forced to become water bandits, or the rich are motivated to become water bandits, the water bandits in Dongting Lake are always endless.

It wasn't until the Ming Dynasty set up the Two Lakes Inspection Division in Dongting Lake and stationed troops that the eight hundred miles of Dongting were completely calm.

But this boundless Nanyang is not an eight-hundred-mile Dongting, so you can't set up a Nanyang Inspection Division on this sea, right?

Take a step back......

Even if the imperial court really gritted its teeth and set up this yamen, how many warships and soldiers would it take?

Even if the entire Ming Dynasty soldiers are moved to this South Sea, it is tantamount to sprinkling a handful of sesame seeds, which will not work at all!

In the end, Zhang Dingbian summed up what he wanted to say in four words: "This is unrealistic! ”

Very incisive, it can be described as in one sentence.

Zhou Buxin smiled: "If you look at the experience of suppressing water bandits within the Ming Dynasty, this is true!" But this is not Dongting Lake after all, but the ocean! General Zhang, dare to ask, do you know where the root of these pirates is? ”

Zhang Dingbian almost blurted out: "Naturally, it comes from this Nanyang country!" ”

Zhou Buxin high-fived and praised: "Not bad! It is precisely because of this that the so-called pirates are also human beings, and even if they wander the sea all day, they are born and raised on land after all, and finally come to the sea, so they ......"

Zhang Dingbian said excitedly: "Therefore, if you want to completely exterminate the pirates, you must first destroy the countries of the South Seas!" ”

Zhou Buyin choked suddenly, and shook his head helplessly after a while, he did not directly deny Zhang Dingbian's words, but asked him instead: "General Zhang, there are no less than 100 countries in Nanyang!" ”

"If you want to destroy all the countries of the South Seas, dare to ask how many soldiers you want?"

"Ship geometry?"

"What is the amount of food and weapons?"

"How much time?"

"The so-called destruction of the Nanyang countries is the destruction of the royal families of the Nanyangs? Or will it wipe out the population of the South Seas? ”

"If it is the former, its people will definitely regard me as an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and I am afraid that the Dingkou of the entire Nanyang countries will be the enemy of me!"

"If it is the latter, it will also force the people of the Nanyang countries to stand against each other with my Ming Dynasty, and they will not share the sky! At that time, all the soldiers, Dingkou, and taxes of my Ming court had to be exhausted in this endless campaign, which was the situation of Emperor Yang of the late Sui Dynasty and his three expeditions to Goguryeo! ”

Faced with Zhou Buxin's barrage of questions, Zhang Dingbian was a little stunned for a while.

He was accustomed to fighting in battle, using violence to solve everything, but he forgot that the enemies he faced before were the enemies of the Ming Dynasty.

But the situation at this moment is different from that of Da Ming.

Zhang Dingbian was embarrassed for a long time, and then he stupidly arched his hand towards Zhou Buxin: "It's Dingbian Meng Lang, how to deal with the matter of Nanyang, please teach me sire!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Dingbian was soft, Zhou Buxin breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart.

Zhang Dingbian is a good person, but there is one of the most deadly, that is, sometimes he is quite stubborn!

At this time, the two of them were on the South China Sea thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, and they were of the same grade as Zhang Dingbian, and the soldiers of the entire fleet were only obeyed by Zhang Dingbian's orders, and there was no one on the ship who could control Zhang Dingbian......

In case Zhang Dingbian's donkey temper comes up at that time, he has nothing else to do except jump and stare at him!

Fortunately, his half-truths and half-truths frightened him.

Zhou Buxin was relieved, but he had a confident tone: "This matter is also simple, as long as you and I work together!" ”

Looking at Zhang Dingbian's eyes that were still a little confused, Zhou Buxin said: "Pirates are to be suppressed, the countries of the South Seas, we have to visit them one by one!" ”

"Our fleet can be regarded as polite and soldiered, if these Nanyang countries are acquaintances, after weighing the pros and cons, they will naturally be respectful to us and offer their piety to the Ming Dynasty!"

"At that time, we will be able to trade with him, and take out some of the goods on those five merchant ships, from the extravagances of the princes and magnates, to the daily necessities of the common people, so that they can see and understand!"

"How have these small indigenous countries in the South Seas ever seen the abundant products of my Heavenly Empire?"

As long as you give them these things, they will naturally know how rich and powerful our Ming Dynasty is, and then let them send an official to return to the court with us to make a pilgrimage to the Son of Heaven, and this country will definitely be respectful to our Ming merchant ships in the future! ”

"If there is a small country Yelang who is arrogant and arrogant, he will ...... at that time"

Speaking of this, Zhang Dingbian became excited again, and took over the conversation and said: "At that time, I can let them know that my Ming artillery is sharp!" ”

This time, Zhou Buxin did not hit Zhang Dingbian again, but nodded approvingly: "That's exactly the reason...... As long as these small countries in Nanyang know the strength of the Ming Dynasty and regard our Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, then from now on, Nanyang will be determined! ”

Zhang Dingbian nodded again and again, but then his eyes rolled and he looked at Zhou Buxin: "However, before we go again, we still have to kill chickens to show the monkeys, first exterminate a group of pirates, and let these princes know that my Ming martial arts are prosperous!" ”

Zhou Buxin smiled: "It's up to General Zhang to show his might!" ”

Zhang Dingbian laughed, obviously very satisfied with Zhou Buxin's deliberate fart, and immediately ordered that all ships should not go ashore, and roamed the nearby waters every day, looking for pirate traces.

Zhang Dingbian gave an order, and suddenly the fleet composed of these 30 large ships began to patrol the waters of Maradi every day.

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Such a big movement naturally can't hide the forces of all parties in the nearby waters.

The coastal states in southern India have sent spies to the sea to investigate.

It's just that this so-called expedition to the sea is just a flat boat, scouting the movements from a distance from the Ming fleet, for fear that this fleet will start to land without knowing when, which is what the princely states are most afraid of.

Don't be afraid, none of them have ever seen such a tall ship, such a powerful fleet, although they also have sea power, but if they really want to compare with this fleet, it is really a small thing, nothing.

And these spies are not all sent by various princely states, and naturally many of them are sent by local pirates to investigate the truth and truth......

About 40 miles east of the Maradi Sea is an archipelago dotted with more than 100 islands, large and small.

Among them, the large one is two or three hundred miles away, and the small one is a sea reef.

The scenery is first-class, but it is quite sparsely populated.

At this time, a small boat quietly broke into the archipelago, and shuttled flexibly through the gaps of the islands, and finally landed on an island about a hundred miles in circumference, with hurried greenery.

Three people hurriedly came down from the boat, these three people were tall and dark-skinned, and they were all local Tianzhu natives.

When they had reached the island, they strode forward to the mouth of a wide cave, where there was a commotion and noise.

But it is a large group of Tianzhu natives who are having a banquet, this cave is quite large, and the number of people who are feasting and drinking in it is about four or five hundred.

These people are the most rampant pirates in the waters of Madila, called "shark teeth"!

There are more than 70 pirates in the Maradi waters, large and small.

The strength of the "Shark Teeth" pirates is only moderate, but it is one of the most active pirates in the area.

The caravans of the various countries in the South Seas suffered deeply, and finally had to pay tribute to the "shark teeth" together every year, and the caravan was barely stable.

The reason why it is said to be barely stable is because after the "shark tooth" accepted the tribute, although he verbally promised not to rob the caravans of various countries in the South Seas, but secretly, he still continued to plunder the banner of other pirates from time to time.

In fact, many merchant ships know about this, and everyone just dares to be angry but dare not speak.

The three "shark-toothed" spies struggled through the pirates who were drinking and singing wildly, and came to the front of the cave, where there was a fine, wide red sandalwood inlaid jade arhat bed.

On the bed sat a one-eyed man with a scruffy beard, a naked body, covered in tendon meat, holding in his left hand a roasted and rotten leg meat of unknown wild things, and in his right hand holding a crane-beak porcelain pot, pouring wine into his mouth.

This man is none other than Sushma, the leader of the "Shark Teeth".