Chapter 5 Envoy to the State of Wu

Early in the morning, the people who came to see off were endless, it turned out that the Pengyu was about to send an envoy to Wu, people still thought that it was the diplomatic corps to pay tribute to the imperial court, and did not notice that their monarch was also on this fleet, this voyage arranged two Guangzhou ships and a fortune boat, with nearly 100 people, the diplomatic activities are expected to be carried out in Wu for one month, and they should learn enough experience before returning to China. As for the choice of tributary items, most of them are foreign acquisitions, because the Cham only produces fish and grain in the country, and in order to get by on the face, so the officials widely collect brass, gather the power of craftsmen from many countries in Southeast Asia, and cast a tripod, which symbolizes the right in China, and the tripod is also the important weapon of the country, where the mandate of heaven is, and it is very appropriate to send this.

This kind of artillery shells are generally made of iron, which is loaded with gunpowder, which can destroy the hull after firing, make the ship leak, and let the ship sink into the sea, which is also the common use of Western navies in the 16th century, this kind of artillery is very convenient, even fishing boats can be assembled, and even weak ships can rely on artillery to have lethality.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the guns have been widely used in siege and coastal defense, according to the course of history, ten years later, the guns were improved into artillery, which were widely used in the ships of the Ming army, while the West needed about half a century to popularize the guns, and it took about 100 years to use the guns on ships. The installation of artillery on ships can greatly improve combat effectiveness, and even the navy of a medium-sized country is difficult to beat, and naval technology is the most developed.

A month later, the diplomatic corps and others arrived in Guangzhou, but the city of Guangzhou was in the midst of a raging war, Shao Zongyu, who was one of the leaders of the rebel army, captured Guangzhou and burned it on a large scale, and He Zhen led the army to start a war to recover Guangzhou.

"It seems that Guangzhou City is not at peace." He sighed.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Now we need to change our plans and switch to anchoring in Fujian. Admiral Luo Yuemin said.

Zhi Pengyu nodded in agreement, but Fujian is Chen Youding's territory, and Chen Youding is the general of the Northern Yuan, if he knows that his trip is to pay tribute to Wu State, there will inevitably be a big hidden danger.

"We disguised ourselves as a trade team and docked in Zhangzhou." He commanded. Chen Youding and Chen Youliang are a pair of sworn enemies, on their border, that is, Ganzhou, friction continues, large and small conflicts broke out, and Chen Youding's political center is in Quanzhou, should not notice that they stopped in Zhangzhou, just this time they also carried a lot of money to buy technology, goods, in the customs, they can completely disguise themselves as trade teams.

After making a decision, everyone was also ready to set off and drove in the direction of Zhangzhou.

About 8 days later, the fleet arrived in Zhangzhou, the next thing is to enter the customs, there are not too many people stationed in Zhangzhou Port, the north has been fighting, there are many manpower to be transferred to fight, the port shipping officer symbolically checked the items, saw that there are many goods, and allowed to anchor, did not find the giant ding, it can be regarded as a thrill, perhaps the Cham people are the race South Asian type, the face is basically the same as the Han people, if the shipping officer is not careful to distinguish it.

In these times of Zhangzhou rectification, some people went to learn the technology of transforming the fortune boat, and some people bought some ancient books to bring back to China for education.

After about 5 days of rest, the fleet set off from the port of Zhangzhou and sailed to Wuguo.