Zhu Qizhen frowned, staring at the map tightly, and at the same time, stretched out his hand to gesture on it.

Jin Ying was puzzled and didn't dare to ask.

He quietly moved half a step to the side, looked at Fan Zhong, and cast an inquiring gaze.

Fan Zhong understood what he meant, but shook his head.

Because he didn't know what was going on, anyway, the emperor suddenly got up early in the morning, and then came in a hurry.

At this time, another person walked into the cabin, and Jin Ying looked up and saw that it was Yuan Bin.

"Your Majesty!"

Zhu Qizhen's gaze was still on the map, and he took a picture of Yuan Bin behind him, signaling him to come forward.

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Yuan Bin walked up a few steps and asked, "I don't know what happened when the emperor summoned his ministers?" ”

"Do you remember that a month ago, the Duke of Qianguo sent a six-hundred-mile expedited?"

"Remember, it was said that there were foreigner ships, and they were already coming in the direction of my Daming."

Zhu Qizhen stretched out his finger and pointed to the Falklands at the junction of Champa and Zhenwax, and then rowed along the coastline all the way north.

"So far, there has been no report from the coast, where have these boats gone?"

Yuan Bin looked at the map, and his face became a little puzzled.

If these ships are really coming for Daming, why haven't they docked?

Sailing at sea is no better than on land, and you can find a teahouse to rest when you are tired.

The food and water loaded on the ship were limited, and if they had not docked to replenish their supplies, they would have died of thirst and starvation.

Don't foreigners need to drink water and eat?

Yuan Bin finally realized that something was strange.

The ships have either turned around and gone back, or they are hiding on an island, possibly even in a port off the southeast coast in the guise of merchant ships.

If in the past, there were foreigners' merchant ships coming to Daming, it was not unusual, after all, Daming has been fully opened to the sea, and the merchant ships between countries are normal.

However, when I think of the rebellion against Wanyan Gunaha that happened not long ago, the matter is serious.

"Your Majesty, will those ships go to Luzon?"

Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said, "In the past month, King Yu has submitted two notes, which did not mention this matter. ”

"Is it possible...... They didn't go to the shore, but went directly to Wakoku, Ryukyu and other places? ”

"The possibility is very small, since receiving the message from the Duke of Qianguo, I have already brought a message to Shi Heng, and asked him to pay close attention to every move on the sea in the past, if there is any abnormality, he will definitely report to me as soon as possible, and besides, he has a navy in his hand, and when he encounters an enemy ship, he will react immediately."

Yuan Bin was very helpless, this is not, that is not right, could it be that those ships encountered a storm and were buried at the bottom of the sea?

Zhu Qizhen stared at the map tightly and said: "Bypassing Linyi Prefecture from the Falklands and going all the way to the north, if no news is received along the coast, the biggest possibility is ...... They have their own base at sea! ”

As he spoke, his finger stopped in one place: "The information that Jin Ying has found is a very poor island!" ”

Yuan Bin and others stepped forward to take a look and found that this was the Qiongzhou Island of the Ming Dynasty!

Qiongzhou is not poor, but if a person only hears a few words and mishears the word Qiong as poor, it makes sense.

Judging from the map, there is really only Qiongzhou Island that is the most suitable.

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "How much fuel is there now?" ”

The shipwrights began to calculate, and finally came to the conclusion that if they did not stop in Fuzhou and continued south, the remaining fuel would be enough to reach Qiongzhou Island.

Jin Ying panicked in her heart, even if she had enough fuel, she couldn't attack rashly.

If the other party comes prepared and only has one ship, how can he guarantee the emperor's comfort?

Even if those ships are really hidden in Qiongzhou, they have to wait until they reach Fuzhou, let the emperor get off the ship, and go by himself.

A gentleman doesn't set up a dangerous wall, you are the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, you can't rush forward in everything!

"Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks ...... Or arrive in Fuzhou as originally planned, and then make plans. ”

Zhu Qizhen was still looking at the map, and after a while, he said: "Spread the decree, change the route, the goal is ...... Qiongzhou! ”

"Your Majesty, no!"

Jin Ying hurriedly persuaded: "This is just a trial voyage, before departure, I am not ready for war, if I attack in a hurry, I am afraid it will be ......."

"Afraid of what?"

Zhu Qizhen was dissatisfied: "War is about to break out, will the enemy let you go because you are not prepared?" ”

Jin Ying had no choice but to shut up and go out to convey the holy decree.

For a time, the whole ship launched an early warning.

In the cabin, the stewards had just gotten up, heard a noise outside, and didn't know what was going on, so they went around to inquire.

"I just heard that the route has changed, and I won't go to Fuzhou anymore."

"Why change?"

"If you don't go to Fuzhou, are you going back to Ningbo?"

"What kind of Ningbo is going back, the emperor is going to Qiongzhou!"

"Why do you want to go to Qiongzhou?"

"I don't know......"

Everyone talked about it, and for a while, there was everything to say.

"It is said that this ship costs 30 million taels of silver, which is really too bad, so much silver, enough to build a fleet to go to the Western Ocean, but now only a smoking ironclad ship has been built, the emperor is still too young, I don't know the truth of opening up sources and reducing expenditure."

"Thirty million taels, I'm afraid the treasury has been emptied."

"Who said no, with this money, isn't it good to build a railway, from Ningbo to Fuzhou, it won't cost 30 million taels!"

Many people don't know anything about ships, and in their minds, it's more cost-effective to build a hundred ships than to build one, of course, a hundred.

Discussions went on and on, and the crowd became more and more emotional.

Their attitude is very clear, that is, to do more with less.

This is the money from the treasury, not your Zhu Qizhen's own, even if it is your own, isn't it from the people's fat and people's ointment?

So, everyone looked at Cao Yi, the political envoy of Jiangbu.

Here, except for Tang Xinggu, Belin and others, they are his biggest officials.

Although Cao Yi was helpless, he had the courage to see everyone's expectant eyes, and he knew very well that he had to do something.

At this time, if you sing praises for the emperor, you will inevitably be despised by your colleagues, thinking that you are a mustache and a horse, and it seems that it is time to sing a contradiction.

So, on behalf of the hundred officials, he came to the helm room.

"Cao Yi, the political envoy of Zhejiang, ask the saint bow!"

"Zhen'an, what's the matter with the Qing family?"

Zhu Qizhen was studying the map, and when he heard that someone was coming, he casually agreed.

At this moment, Cao Yi is even more angry, what are you doing with ghosts?

I'm also an old minister of the Four Dynasties, so you can't respect me, at least look at me!

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this ironclad ship looks majestic, but it can be placed on the sea, what is the use? The cost of this ship is too huge, and Lao Chen suggested building more treasure ships, and the price of treasure ships is much cheaper for the same budget. ”

Zhu Qizhen finally raised his head and said: "I asked you to board the ship to open your eyes, but I didn't expect you to stay in the past world, in the long run, how will Daming's science and technology progress?" ”