"Hui Banzai, the cabinet said that early this morning it was indeed received from the governor of Fujian, Nan Juyi, that Hongmaoyi had indeed invaded Penghu and shelled the mouth of the Zhangzhou River."

The eunuch who was the celebrant lowered his head and replied to what he had heard from the cabinet, and after this matter was said, it immediately made Zhu Youxiao uncomfortable.

He was already upset when he talked with Wenchen every day, and the reason why Jianyu couldn't fight was because Jianyu was elite, and they were squatting in the remaining veins of Changbai Mountain, which was equivalent to fighting a mountain war in disguise.

Fighting mountain warfare in the remnants of Changbai Mountain in the semi-primeval forest means that the number of people cannot be spread out, and the advantages of the Ming army cannot be brought into play.

Zhu Youzhen told him all these things, and even explained them to him in a sand table.

Similarly, An Bangyan and others also used high mountains and dense forests to fight a tug-of-war with the Ming army.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao understands that if you want to fight these two forces, you will not be able to achieve it quickly.

But the question is、Hongmaoyi, a "mongrel" who is at sea and has only seven ships, actually rushed to fight Daming and his imperial shop?

Outrageous......

"Brother!" Zhu Youxiao's face was gloomy, and the temperature of the entire Heart Cultivation Hall seemed to be much lower because of him.

Even Zhu Youzhen also said cautiously: "Brother is here." ”

"In your opinion, how should you deal with the Red Hairy?" Zhu Youxiao asked what the problem was, and Zhu Youzhen listened to it and immediately said:

"You can order Shen Yourong, the deputy commander-in-chief of Shandong, to command the three guards of the navy, and to govern the three, four, five, and six thousand ships to go south, crusade against Hongmaoyi, and by the way, open up the Great Ryukyu, get some wood for my brother, and establish a shipyard in the Great Ryukyu."

Zhu Youzhen's heart blossomed, if he really took advantage of this war to develop the Great Ryukyu, then the Ming Dynasty would be stuck in the shipping route to Japan and Korea.

You must know that there are a lot of benefits in the trade route with Japan, if the Ming Dynasty monopolizes the Japanese route and relies on the Huangdian for trade, the annual profit can reach one million.

After that, they could also use the reason of the Dutch invasion to refuse peace talks, and wait for the internal problems to be solved in the future, and then go to the South Seas.

"How many big ships are there now?"

Zhu Youxiao heard that his younger brother wanted to use Shen Yourong, and nodded with satisfaction, because Shen Yourong was a veteran of the navy, and then he asked how many big ships there were.

"The 3,000-material ship has been launched, and if it really has to be mobilized, there will be at least 50 ships, 10 ships of 4,000 materials, 10 ships of 5,000 materials, and 6,000 ships."

Zhu Youzhen explained, and said by the way:

"There are a total of seventy-six large ships, but the artillery of Yanshan Institute is limited, and the current twenty catties and twenty-five catties of artillery are only enough to meet the twenty-six large ships of four thousand, five thousand, and six thousand, with a total of seven hundred and forty-eight guns."

"So much?" Zhu Youxiao was taken aback, he knew the power of twenty-pound and twenty-five-pound cannons, but he didn't expect that there were so many artillery.

In this regard, Zhu Youzhen also said helplessly:

"Originally, I was waiting for the end of the year to load the warship, but I didn't want the cargo ship to be used first."

At this moment, if Reyes Zon knew that Zhu Youzhen called the existence of a cargo ship with a tonnage of more than 1,200 tons and equipped with 26-pound guns and 30-pound guns, he would probably vomit blood in anger.

Their Dutch East India Company, twenty-six and thirty-pounder guns combined, did not have seven hundred.

"The number of the three guards of the navy should be just enough to control these twenty-six big ships, right?" Zhu Youxiao remembered the future warship that his younger brother had given him, so he reacted, and Zhu Youzhen also smiled bitterly:

"Almost, the warship was originally prepared to use these three models, so the configuration was just right, that is, the number of guns on the original warship should be more than that of the cargo ship."

In Zhu Youzhen's assumption, if a warship of 6,000 materials can really be made, then the minimum artillery configuration is 81 guns, a crew of 800 people, a minimum of 72 pieces of 5,000 materials, a crew of 600 people, and a minimum of 64 guns and a crew of 420 people.

As a result, the warships did not wait, but waited for the invasion of the Europeans first.

Fortunately, the strength of the Netherlands in the Far East was not strong, and in addition to the naval battle at their own doorstep, there was no such a big supply requirement.

In addition, the veteran Shen Yourong has fought Japanese in the Fujian generation, landed in Penghu and Daliuqiu, and is familiar with water warfare.

No matter how you say it, such a suffocating configuration is impossible to overturn.

"Since this is the case, then order Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian, to mix 30,000 catties of gunpowder and polish 50,000 pieces of stone bullets for 20 catties and 25 catties."

"As for the grain and water, my brother will supply it himself."

Zhu Youxiao calmed down his anger a little and smiled at Zhu Youzhen.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen immediately made a favor and took the opportunity to say:

"It takes a lot of labor to be stationed in Ryukyu, so I ask my brother to allow my brother to transfer people from the nursing homes in Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong provinces."

"This ...... How many do you want to recruit? Zhu Youxiao looked at his younger brother vigilantly, and seemed to have found his younger brother's exposed fox tail.

"Uh...... This ......" Zhu Youzhen said with some embarrassment: "There are as many lazy people as there are in the natural nursing home, and as many people as there are recruited......"

"The First Evolution"

"There are a lot of lazy people in these three provinces......" Zhu Youxiao squinted his eyes, as if he had seen Zhu Youzhen's fox tail clearly.

"Not much...... Just 200,000 yuan...... "Zhu You looked at his nose and nose and heart.

"Brother really dares to mention it......" As soon as Zhu Youxiao heard so many people, he immediately gritted his teeth and squeezed out this sentence.

"After all, it's to help my brother get some wood for carpentry." Zhu Youzhen's face was not red, and his heart was not beating.

"Oh...... Then I really have to thank my brother. ”

Zhu Youxiao deliberately said the word "thank you" very seriously, and Zhu Youzhen immediately got up and said:

"Eh, I forgot to wash when I came back, I looked like a dusty servant, it was really rude to come to see my brother, brother, wait, let me go back to the Qingong Palace to wash, and then fast for three days, and then come to the Heart Cultivation Palace to find my brother."

After that, Zhu Youjian smeared oil on the soles of his feet, and trotted all the way out of the palace.

"Huachun! Remember what His Royal Highness the King of Qi said, fast for three days! ”

Zhu Youxiao deliberately shouted loudly, and Zhu Youzhen quickened his pace and dragged Cao Huachun out.

"Poof...... This fool ......" Zhu Youxiao suddenly laughed when he heard the hurried footsteps, and Wei Zhongxian also took the opportunity to flatter:

"Maybe King Qi also knows that Banzai is a joke, so he cooperates."

"Hmm...... With his brother's intelligence, it's not impossible. Despite saying this, Zhu Youxiao still shook his head with a smile, then got up and continued to improve his carriage.

Zhu Youzhen, who had received the promise, had just returned to the capital, but he had a meal, and then rushed towards Tianjin with the holy decree issued by the cabinet and the six sections.

At the same time, he also took away 30,000 stone rice from Taicang.

After three days of travel, he finally arrived at the three guards of the navy, and finally saw the Tianjin shipyard for the first time after being cut off by his own imperial brother last time.

On both sides of the canal from the triangular lake to the sea, there are neat and tall docks, which are almost full of cargo ships under construction, and Zhu Youjian stood on one of the cargo ships, carrying a load of grain, heading towards Haikou.

"When I came here last year, the banks of the canal were barren, but now they are so prosperous."

Zhu Youzhen looked at the bazaar that rose along the dock and couldn't help but sigh.

"There is a demand for people, and His Highness has created the demand for more than 200,000 people and soldiers, so naturally there are small merchants and hawkers to do business."

Cao Huachun responded with a smile and said:

"At that time, the area around Longjiang Shipyard was also so prosperous, but it was far less than Tianjin."

"After all, the people of Longjiang Shipyard are all here to serve in forced labor, and there is no money to spend."

"The people in Tianjin Shipyard are different, each person has 30 wen a day, and 9 yuan of silver a month, which is comfortable and tight."

"Didn't you and Chengen say before that if you don't do hard work, the expenses will be very large? Now it's supporting me. Zhu Youzhen quipped.

"Eh, this ......" Cao Huachun was speechless, but then said with a wry smile:

"Your Highness, the expenses are really large, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Tianjin Shipyard has more than 214,000 people, and it will cost more than 6,400 taels of silver every day, which is 192,600 taels a month."

"Similar to the current situation of large orders, the shipyard has to continue to operate for at least six months in a row, spending 1.2 million taels."

"Even if there is no demand after that, when the construction of warships starts in July, 26 warships, at least more than 40,000 people will need help."

"As far as labor is concerned, this year, the shipyard alone will spend more than 1.4 million taels."

"It's also thanks to the good business of grain sales that it can make some profits, but if the grain price in Liaodong is really stabilized, I'm afraid that the maritime trade of Huangdian will only be able to meet the shipyard's expenses."

Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen, I don't know if they were always in contact with some accounts when they were with Zhu Youzhen, so they were very sensitive to numbers.

The expenses of the Imperial Horse Supervisor were all in their minds, and this saved Zhu Youzhen a lot of trouble.

To this, he also said:

"By the way, how much grain is left in the treasury and granary right now?"

"Two million two thousand two thousand taels and four million two thousand stones." Cao Huachun replied without thinking, and explained the expenditure by the way:

"At present, the 16th Guards of Shangzhi, the 12th Gong Guard Battalion, and the 28th Outer Guard Battalion of Shanxi, as well as the 6 battalions of soldiers in Yongping that have been prepared for Liaodong for half a year, a total of nearly 230,000 troops, with an annual salary of about 3.44 million taels and a monthly salary of 286,300 taels."

"The slave maid is about to ask His Highness, when will the new soldiers of the sixth battalion be transferred......

Cao Huachun is also bitter in his heart, if the new soldiers of the sixth battalion are transferred to Liaodong, it will be the household department and the internal government who are responsible for the payment of military salaries, but now that the time is calculated, it has been a full five months since the recruitment of the full number of troops in Layue last year, but there is still no trace of transfer.

So there was no way, he had to take advantage of this time to ask, but Zhu Youzhen didn't respond in a hurry, but asked rhetorically:

"Liaoxi soldiers and horses and Li Rubai haven't left yet?"

"Back to Your Highness." Cao Huachun replied:

"Originally, it was scheduled to set off on March 16, but on the Liaozhen side, only the guerrilla general Zu Dashou, Li Ning, and Li Xing were willing to follow Li Rubai to Guyuan, and the imperial court ordered them to leave on May 12."

"But they only have three battalions of soldiers and horses, and even if they are transferred, it won't make much difference."

"And that Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi are still the same as before, refusing to move, and there are seven battalions of soldiers and horses under their command."

Seven battalions of soldiers and horses, that is, more than 21,000 people......

Zhu Youzhen weighed, and then spoke:

"Since Zu Dashou and they are willing to go, then urge Li Rubai and them to go to Guyuan early, so as not to knock on the edge of the Hetao Department during the autumn harvest."

"As for Zhu Wanliang and them, I originally planned to wait for Sun Chuanting and them to restrain An Bangyan and them a little, and then transfer Sun Chuanting and Yang Wenyue to aid Liao, but now it seems that I am afraid that there is not enough time."

"Those guys in Liaoxi will not be dismantled, and the recovery of Liaodong always makes me feel uneasy."

"It seems that we have to explain to Man Gui and Xiong Tingbi, and they have been laid off in advance."

After that, Zhu Youzhen said to Cao Huachun:

"Give the imperial brother a soothing, and order Mangui to take the cavalry of the Daning Sanwei to secretly go outside the side wall, enter Lulong County from Yulinkou, and then transfer Xiao Cavalry Guard, Yulin Wei, and Long Xiangwei to Lulong County, and wait for my news after gathering the new soldiers of the six battalions in Manshakou, Lulong County."

"In mid-June, I have to see Mangui dismantle the group of waste in Liaoxi!"

Zhu Youzhen spoke very politely, because there was no need for him to be polite to Liaoxi.

He has endured this group of guys for two years, and now that he finally has the strength to dismiss them, he naturally wants to vent his anger in his heart.

There were more than 80,000 people on paper, but there were only 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers who could fight, but every year they had to eat 1,450,000 taels of silver and 7,800,000 taels of grain.

This time, troops were sent to dismantle them, absorb the available troops, and reduce the unusable soldiers to auxiliary troops.

In short, in the spring of next year, the Ming Dynasty must send troops to recover the entire territory of Liaodong!

"Woo~~~~"

While Zhu Youzhen was thinking about recovering the entire territory of Liaodong, the ship also passed by Haikou, and at the same time, the sailors on board also blew the horn.

Seeing this, the various sentry posts on the seashore sounded their horns one after another, and it spread to the dock of the navy Sanwei that extended to the southern part of the sea.

When the dock got the news, it immediately opened, and the ships carrying grain also headed for the dock.

The sea breeze was howling and cool, and Zhu Youzhen and Cao Huachun waited quietly until a quarter of an hour later, when the ship sailed into the dock.

At this moment, on the dock and military port wharf, 16,800 people of the three guards of the navy army stood in three huge phalanxes, accompanied by Zhu Youzhen on the boat and docked, and one of the commanders raised his infantry and shot at the sky.

"Bang!"

"King Qi Chitose! Chitose! Chichitose! ”

10,000 people spoke in unison, and it seems that after many rehearsals, they have become proficient.

The boat lowered the boat ladder, and the cavalry of the cavalry who accompanied the army rode their horses from the boat and walked down the boat ladder to guard the road.

Zhu Youzhen himself also got off the boat, and then walked towards the military official formation of the three guards of the navy.

"The last general, Huang Long, the general of the three guards of the water army, see King Qi, King Qi is a thousand years old!"

"Get up." Looking at the tall general in front of him, who was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, Zhu Youzhen happily helped him up.

In history, Huanglong joined the army in the first year of Chongzhen, and then recovered Luanzhou in the third year of Chongzhen, and was the first to move to the deputy general army.

However, due to the recruitment of the three guards of the navy, he joined the army in advance and joined the three guards of the navy, and at the beginning of the year, Zhu Youzhen noticed that the commander of Henghaiwei among the three guards was actually Huang Long, and then he was promoted to the acting chief of the three guards.

In history, he was martyred for defending Lushun, but now what Zhu Youzhen has to do is not to let such a loyal general for the country be sunk.

He patted Huang Long's shoulder, although compared to Huang Long, who was five feet eight inches, Zhu Youzhen, who was five feet three inches at the moment, was still a little short, but he could still do it by patting his shoulder.

"Huang Long, have you received the appointment?" Zhu Youzhen asked with a smile.

"Back to Your Highness, the last general has already received it." Huang Long bowed his head, and then said loudly:

"The last general will live up to the entrustment of His Highness and Long Live it!"

"Hmm......" Zhu Youzhen nodded, and then ordered: "This time it is Shen Yourong, the deputy chief soldier of Shandong, who commands, and you will assist." ”

"Deputy General Shen is very familiar with Fujian, Penghu, and Daliuqiu, you can see more and ask more."

"It's not difficult to defeat Hongmaoyi, the difficult thing is that I want you to carry out exploration and reclamation in Daliuqiu, and turn Chun ......"

Halfway through speaking, Zhu Youzhen turned his head to look at Cao Huachun, and Cao Huachun also took a drawing from the eunuch behind him and handed it to Zhu Youzhen.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen also opened the drawings, showed the chart to Huang Long, and said:

"This is the map of Great Ryukyu and Penghu, what I want you to do is to build five harbor cities and two supply cities in the seven places I have marked."

Huang Long took the drawings, and Zhu Youzhen also freed his hand to point to the few places he needed to explore.

These places were Kaohsiung, Keelung, Taichung, and Hualien in the later Penghu naval battles, representing the four ports of the southeast, northwest, and northwest of the Great Ryukyu, as well as the island ports.

As for the two supply cities, they were also the places that Zhu Youzhen chose at random.

After pointing out these places that need to be reclaimed, Zhu Youzhen also spoke:

"This time, you led twenty-six merchant ships of more than 4,000 materials to the south to quell the rebellion, and the rear will also follow the ships of hundreds of emperors to transport supplies for you."

"I have proposed to the imperial brother to relocate the lazy people in the nursing homes in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, with more than 270,000 people."

"When you repel the Hongmaoyi, the ships of the Hundred Emperors will transport 3,000 ploughing cattle, 4,000 horses, and hundreds of thousands of poultry to the south."

"At the same time, the merchant ships that previously went to Huguang and Sichuan to buy grain will also transport enough grain to Daliuqiu."

"I have prepared 20,000 stone of military rations for you to go south, and when I arrive in Songjiang Mansion, there will be ten grain ships with 3,000 materials, transporting 70,000 stone of military rations to the south with the army."

"After repelling the Khromui, the rest of the merchant ships will carry grain to the seaports in the northern part of the Great Ryukyus."

"Therefore if you want to move the people, first of all to the northern seaports."

Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, and stared at Huang Long's expression, and Huang Long also nodded:

"Your Highness, rest assured, the last general has all remembered, but the last general still has some questions."

"Well, tell me about it." Zhu Youzhen responded, and Huang Long also pointed out his doubts:

"If you follow the topography on Your Highness's drawings, then the most important places to hold the Great Ryukyu are the two places in the south, the seaport and Penghu."

"If you want to hold these two places, you must garrison and build batteries, but ......"

Huang Long didn't continue, but the meaning was obvious, because the three guards of the navy army were Shangzhi soldiers and horses, and it stands to reason that they couldn't break away from Beizhili.

However, in response to his inquiry, Zhu Youzhen said:

"In the future, the Great Ryukyu will be directly under the North Zhili, and the imperial court will set the Great Ryukyu as the Ryukyu Zhili Mansion, with seven counties, and then the three guards of the Navy only need to transfer one guard back to defend Tianjin, and the remaining two guards will be stationed in the Ryukyu Mansion."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen continued earnestly:

"The development of the Ryukyu Prefecture determines whether the three guards of the navy will be expanded in the future."

"Look at this map." Zhu Youzhen took out another map, and this map included a large map from the south of the Yangtze River to the South Seas.

Zhu Youzhen pointed to Taiwan and said: "This will be the center of gravity of the three guards of the navy in the future, and the three guards of the navy will become a separate straight in the future, and it will be expanded." ”

"For example, Luzon, Nibala, Manraka, Johor and other places used to have the official factories of my Ming Dynasty, and in the future, the sea area of these places will be the sea area of the navy."

"The three guards of the navy should be expanded, expanded into a navy, and facing the sea."

Zhu Youzhen drew a huge blueprint for Huang Long, and earnestly taught:

"Don't just look at one big island, but look at the whole South Sea."

"Huanglong, in your opinion, if the Ming Dynasty wants to completely control the South China Sea, how many soldiers and horses will be needed?"

"Uh...... This ......" Huang Long hesitated for a moment before responding:

"At least ten guards and hundreds of six-thousand-material warships are needed......"

"Huh!" Zhu Youzhen slapped Huang Long on the shoulder, with an expression of hatred that iron does not become steel:

"Huanglong, don't be petty, think bigger!"

"Uh...... Fifteen guards? Huang Long said tentatively, but he didn't want Zhu Youzhen to say directly:

"Nope! It's twenty guards! After that, Zhu Youzhen said:

"Twenty guards and horses, at least four hundred warships, troop transporters, and grain carriers."

"Huanglong, think about it, so many soldiers and horses have to branch in Nanyang, so naturally they have to settle in Nanyang."

"In Luzon, Nibala, Manraka and other places, Da Frangi and Hongmaoyi have already cultivated a lot of fields, as long as we drive them away, we can garrison troops there."

"The reclamation of the Ryukyu Prefecture is actually to accumulate experience for the reclamation of the South Seas."

"So, Huanglong......" Zhu Youzhen stared at Huanglong with straight eyes, and said earnestly:

"I don't need to say more about the importance of relocating the people of the Ryukyu Prefecture, right?"

"The Admiral understands!" Huang Long still didn't understand much, but he understood one thing, that is, moving the people, distributing grain and farm tools, borrowing oxen and pulling horses for the people to cultivate, was his top priority after repelling the Hongmaoyi.

Seeing him so upright, Zhu Youzhen stopped painting cakes, and then took a book from Cao Huachun's hand and said to Huang Long:

"This document is my summary of some of the diseases and problems you may encounter after you reclaim the Ryukyu Mansion, you can take a look."

"Your Highness." Huang Long took the book, and Zhu Youzhen also said:

"When are you going to go?"

"The last general will prepare to set off for Dengzhou on the ninth day of the first month, and then join up with Shen Deputy General and go south, arriving in Songjiang at the end of May, and arriving in Fujian in mid-June."

Huang Long told all his plans, and Zhu You also felt good after listening to them, and then turned to Cao Huachun and said:

"The grain ships are all ready, the number of people and warships in Hongmaoyi is not much, with the strength of the three guards of the navy, as long as they go to Penghu, they can be repulsed."

"All grain ships must arrive in the northern part of Ryukyu Province on June 20."

"Yes......" Cao Huachun responded, and Zhu Youzhen turned to Huang Long and said:

"At the end of this war, if the Ryukyu Prefecture is well cultivated, you, the code of the three guards, can go."

"The last general must do his best to repay the country's kindness!" As soon as Huang Long heard that he would be promoted after the fight, he immediately knelt down on one knee and responded.

After Zhu Youzhen helped him up, he said to the officers of the three guards of the navy:

"Sanwei's opening silver has been received!"

"Got it!" Many officers responded, and the soldiers in the back row did not know what to say but shouted along.

"Now that I have received it, I will give me a good fight when I go south this time, and I will come out with the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill ......"

The roar resounded in the sky, and it is estimated that Reyes Zoon could not have dreamed of it, he just wanted to show the force of the Dutch East India Company, and then let the Ming Dynasty give them a place to do business, but it attracted the encirclement and suppression of the terrifying existence of the Navy Sanwei......