The slightly cool sea breeze was blowing head-on, and Zhu Zhangui sat in the command room of the Dingyuan ship, sniffing the slightly cool salty breeze, looking at the world map organized by the navy, holding a pencil in his hand and frowning and pondering.

After the fleet sailed from the port of Tianjin, it made a simple replenishment in Quanzhou, stayed in Xiaoliuqiu for a few days, and did not go directly to the west, but first sailed south.

The reason why he went south and didn't go west at the first time was because Zhu Zhangui wanted to go to Australia in the future first, establish a naval base there, and then slowly immigrate over and annex that continent.

In later generations, Australia was a place rich in products, it is said that there were very rich gold mines, and even some people dug up hundreds of catties of dog's head gold.

On the army side, there is the Asan area and the northern Beiju Luzhou, and the navy can't let them idle on boring patrols, and they have to find a job for them.

Zhu Zhangui's goal for the navy was to control all the continents in the southern region.

As mentioned earlier, Zhu Zhangui does not dare to guarantee that he will control the whole world before his death, but he will control Asia and the southern region.

In this way, even if he dies in the future, future generations will be able to rely on this huge territory and heritage to slowly annex the entire world.

"Your Highness, you look for me!"

Just as Zhu Zhangui was staring at an area of the map and frowning, Qi Yuan, the commander of the Fifth Army of the Marine Corps, strode over.

The battle for the defense of Seoul made Zhu Zhangui notice this capable general who defended the city, and after a brief investigation, he talked with him personally, and Zhu Zhangui felt that Qi Yuan was a usable talent.

In addition, he has been at the beach all the year round and is very familiar with seaside operations, so when the Marine Corps was expanded, Zhu Zhangui added all Qi Yuan's reserve army to it and reorganized it into the Fifth Marine Corps, and Qi Yuan was the commander of this legion.

In this sea operation, Zhu Zhangui did not take the first, second, and third armies, which were mostly veterans, or the fourth legions, which were half veterans and half recruits, but chose Qi Yuan's fifth legion.

The reason why Qi Yuan was chosen is because according to Zhu Zhangui's investigation, this person is extremely good at defending the city, has a calm and responsible personality, attaches great importance to feelings, and is a very suitable candidate for generals.

Moreover, plus the soldiers of the Fifth Legion, most of their family members are in Daming, and after this part of the bond, it is also very easy to control the battle outside.

It's not that Zhu Zhangui thinks that the other four legions are difficult to control, but that the other four legions have other uses for him.

The development of Beiju Luzhou is imminent, and the little gourds are still looking forward to planting potatoes there.

In order to prevent these little gourds from making trouble in order to compete for this place, there should still be some arrangement.

Little Gourd: You're sure you cut the roots, and the ones who were forced to go with a knife were voluntary.

"Sit!"

Zhu Zhangui patted the stool next to him with a smile, and Qi Yuan bowed respectfully, before making half an ass.

Zhu Zhangui, who noticed this scene, nodded slightly.

This person is not only very strategic, but also a person who understands the rules and abides by the rules, as long as such a person is trained well in the future, he will definitely become an important general of the imperial court.

Even Zhu Zhangui was thinking in his heart that if this person didn't make any big mistakes in the future, it would be a good choice to hand over all the marines to him.

Qi Yuan, who was sitting on the side, probably didn't know that at this moment, he had been designated as the commander-in-chief of the future Marine Corps.

"This is Cairo, the most marginal part of the northwestern Red Sea, next to a country called Egypt, but it doesn't matter anymore."

Zhu Zhangui pointed to the location of Cairo and briefly introduced the surrounding history to Qi Yuan.

"You're going to let me take my brothers and take this place down."

Qi Yuan's eyes were very vicious, and he saw the importance of Cairo's location at a glance.

Zhu Zhangui nodded first, and then shook his head.

Without waiting for Qi Yuan to ask, Zhu Zhangui said slowly: "It is necessary to control this place, and I also plan to let you take your army and station it here." ”

"But this is only one task, another important task."

Zhu Zhangui said, picking up the pencil next to him and drawing a line on the land above Cairo in the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.

"The pharaoh here built a canal here, but because both sides are desert areas, and no one has repaired them for many years, it has become a shoal, and the ships can no longer pass it."

"The task I gave you is to take this place with your legions, and then capture slaves to dig and widen this canal, so that our warships can sail freely in it."

Qi Yuan took the map, stared at the place drawn by Zhu Zhangui's pencil, and then scanned the surrounding area, the more he looked at it, the brighter his eyes became, it was obvious that he understood Zhu Zhangui's thoughts.

"Your Highness, you are really a good person, this is a good place, if we dig through here, our navy can penetrate directly into the enemy's hinterland, and when the time comes, we can attack, retreat and defend, and the enemy will have nothing to do with us."

Zhu Zhangui smiled and waved his hand.

This is his high opinion, he is just copying the Su Yinshi Canal of later generations.

"Now that you've seen the importance of this place, you must know that this place is probably going to be a place for the enemy."

"When the time comes, you will face enemy attacks from all sides, do you have the confidence to hold this place and defend the open source of our Ming Dynasty!"

Qi Yuan didn't say anything to guarantee, just got up and faced Zhu Zhangui, knelt down on one knee and raised his hand to hammer his chest heavily.

It is a soldier's pledge, and it is also an oath of allegiance.

got up and helped Qi Yuan up, and Zhu Zhangui patted him on the shoulder.

"Open the canal, and then guard this place for another 5 years, and after returning to the Ming Dynasty, I will personally issue you the holy decree of the marquis."

Qi Yuan's body trembled, and he responded loudly with his hands in fists.

"Death to the minister!"

Zhu Zhangui nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand and asked him to go back and make plans first.

"I'm afraid 10,000 people can't defend here, once those Western barbarians discover the importance of this place, they will definitely desperately attack and block the canal."

As soon as Qi Yuan left, the old man walked over with a teapot.

Casually put the teapot on the table, the old man took the map in Zhu Zhangui's hand and talked about his worries.

"That's why I let him go, this person is guarding Seoul very well, he is a usable talent, if he can open the canal, and guard it for 5 years, I will hand over all the marines to him after returning to the dynasty, and give him the title of marquis according to the agreement."

The old man bowed slightly, and then saw the circles drawn by Zhu Zhangui on the top of the map, and asked curiously: "These circles are the places where you plan to occupy them." ”

Zhu Zhangui nodded, "In the future, there will be more and more of our steel warships, these warships do not rely on sail power, they need a large amount of coal and other supplies, and these places I draw a circle are our future naval supply bases." ”

"As long as these places are occupied, and the construction is completed and put into use, the only shortcoming of the navy will be filled."

"Once we have no shortcomings and worries, and when we recuperate for more than ten years in the future, we can officially start the expansion plan."

"And what about this place! Is this place going to be taken down in its entirety? The old man pointed to the place where Great Britain was.

After all, the places marked by Zhu Zhangui in front of him are all small islands or small places, and there is only this on the big land.

"What is the name of this place, Eagle Country, it is a large island country, this is the gateway to the Western countries, and my idea is to occupy this place and become the front base for the annexation of the entire West."

The old man nodded in acquiescence, then thought about it, and drew a few more islands on the map.

"Let's take down these places, with these places, we can attack, retreat and defend."

Zhu Zhangui stretched out his head to look and found that the place where the old man drew a circle was Newfoundland Island in North America, the land island on the border with South America and North America, and the southernmost island of Tierra del Fuego in South America.

"The area is too big, and there may be pressure on the navy side to control it."

Zhu Zhangui frowned and expressed his concern.

All at once, important military bases have been set up on various important islands in the whole world, and with the current strength of the Ming Navy, it may be a little difficult to control.

After all, this is not the afterlife, there is no such a powerful communication system, once anything happens, it is difficult for the imperial court to find out at the first time.

"It's not difficult, what kind of bullshit is it called, the navy is too comfortable, if you don't find something for them to do, I'm afraid they will waste their skills."

Throwing the pencil on the map, reaching out to pick up the teapot, the old man took a sip of it, said a casual word, hummed a little tune, turned to the deck, and watched the old guys fish.

At the end of October, the flotilla arrived in Manila, Luzon.

Looking at the panicked scene in the distant port, the corners of Zhu Zhangui's mouth showed a smile of memory.

This is where he first sells goods, and it is also where he kills for the first time.

At that time, he was just over 9 years old, and when he was selling goods here, he encountered a group of indigenous hooligans who wanted to rob them, and as a result, the two parties clashed.

A street brawl broke out, and finally Zhu Zhangui's side won with one casualty, and 15 people on the opposite side fell to the ground with rotten stomachs and convulsions.

Later, the matter went to the Luzon administrator, and the Luzon side learned that Zhu Zhangui and others came from the Ming Dynasty and were with Zheng He's fleet.

He also got a vague reminder from Zheng He that the identity of the little guy in front of him was not ordinary, and after having a certain relationship with the Ming royal family, he chose to make peace with the mud and turned this matter into a small matter.

After all, it was some local natives who died, and their Luzon Chinese were also connected with the blood of the Central Plains, as the so-called not looking at the face of the monk and looking at the face of the Buddha, even if the responsibility is here with Zhu Zhangui, for the sake of the same bloodline, they will also help Zhu Zhangui here.

Thinking of the scene at that time, Zhu Zhangui turned his head to look at Zheng He, who was about to send an envoy to the shore.

"Lao Zheng, I remember that when you came here, you gave a person named Xu Chai Lao here the governor, you said that after so many years, he is still alive or not."

Zheng He, who was arranging for someone to get off the ship, waved his hand without looking back.

"How do I know, anyway, the last time I went to sea, he was still alive and well, and I heard that that year, he gave birth to a son with a concubine."

On the wharf of Manila Bay, Luzon, a group of soldiers wearing simple leather armor, holding very bright weapons, came to the wharf with nervous expressions under the command of an officer, and lined up to prepare for battle.

"Damn, where is this enemy, how can there be so many ships, and the two in between seem to be made of steel."

A general wearing fish scale armor ran over while swearing the rope buckle of the armor around his waist.

"Do you see who the enemy is?"

As soon as he came to the soldier, he grabbed the adjutant general.

"I can't see clearly, it's a little far away!"

The lieutenant set up a pergola and looked at the sea from afar, but unfortunately it was a cloudy day, and his eyesight was not very good, so he could only roughly see the shape of the ship.

As for what is the flag hanging on the ship? He really couldn't see clearly.

"I can't see clearly, then what are you still doing here, why don't you send a boat to ask!"

Seeing that this fool couldn't see clearly, he was still looking at it with his feet crossed, and the person in charge of the dock wearing fish scale armor kicked his ass angrily.

"Ouch, yes, yes, my subordinates will send someone over to ask."

"General, a ship is coming!"

But before the adjutant had run a few steps, he accidentally caught a glimpse of a small boat approaching the shore quickly.

Seeing this, his expression was happy, and he knew that the other side was the first to send someone over, so he hurriedly turned around and reminded loudly that the person in charge of the dock wearing fish scale armor.

The boat quickly docked, and under the vigilant and frightened eyes of the soldiers on the shore, a naval commander went ashore with a serious expression.

"You're in charge?"

The admiral stared directly at the head of the dock in fishscale armor.

After he went ashore, he took a look around, and saw that in addition to the civilians, there were more than a hundred soldiers wearing leather armor, and the only one who was the leader was wearing fish scale armor, so he guessed that the person in front of him was the head here.

The person in charge of the dock wearing a fish-scale armor listened to the other party's Daming official words, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly replied in Daming official dialect: "Back to this general, the little one is the person in charge of this dock." ”

The admiral nodded slightly, and said in a commanding tone: "Go and inform your governor, the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have arrived, hurry up and come to pick them up." ”

"(⊙o⊙) What?"

"The Emperor and the Crown Prince."

In the Governor's Mansion of Luzon, the governor who received the news, Xu Chailao, bounced up from his chair at a speed that did not match his body.

The lieutenant who was sent over nodded vigorously.

"Yes, Your Majesty the King, they did say so, and we also saw clearly later, it was the ship of the Ming Dynasty, and the flags of the Ming Dynasty were flying."

"Mother, here's the big guy!"

After getting the confirmation, the fat on Xu Chai's body trembled.

At the beginning of this year, he knew about the abdication of Emperor Yongle, after all, as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, he sent envoys.

A few months ago, the envoy rushed back and talked about the grand occasion of the old emperor's abdication and the new emperor's accession to the throne, focusing on the scene of the Ming Dynasty's million-dollar army parade, and the spectacle of the airship appearing in the sky behind.

After listening to the envoy's story, Xu Chai Lao felt a sigh in his heart.

I think that if the Great Song Dynasty was so powerful, their ancestors would not have gone into exile overseas.

At the same time, he also knew that when Zheng He came, the murderous child was the crown prince of the current Ming Dynasty.

When he knew Zhu Zhangui's identity, Xu Chai Lao was happy in his heart.

Fortunately, he was in order to shoot Daming's sycophants, and this matter was turned into a small matter, if he dealt with it seriously at that time, and even directly sent someone to arrest Zhu Zhangui, it is estimated that Luzon has become a ruin.

"What the hell are you doing here, why don't you hurry up and inform all the ministers and go to the dock to meet the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Luzon was in a commotion, and all the people in the country, large and small, who had some status, were all summoned to the dock to greet the old man and Zhu Zhangui.

At the same time, Xu Chai Lao also ordered that his subordinates should not be allowed to call him king again, and should call him the governor of the Ming Dynasty.

People are all ambitious, although the king and the governor are all of the same status to him, but they can be called differently, and the psychological pleasure is also different.

So in normal times, Luzon's subordinates called Xu Chai Lao to call the king.

But now someone from Daming has come, and it is Zhu Di, who made him the governor at the beginning, and at the same time follows the most powerful crown prince of Daming.

If Xu Chai still wants to keep his position, he must admit the identity given to him by Daming at this time, otherwise not only will he not be able to keep his position, but he may even have to move his head.

said that he was a king, but in fact, Xu Chai Lao was in Luzon, and his identity was not recognized by the local natives at all, and the only people who recognized his identity were businessmen who hugged him for warmth, and those Chinese who came here to beg for a living.

The status of governor given to him by Daming was only beautiful on paper, and he did not give him a single soldier or full support.

Because of this, his position is now very embarrassing, and the territory he controls is only the shop plantation area controlled by the local Chinese.

The rest of the place was still in the hands of the natives, who were not even birds of his orders, and even often clashed with the local Chinese.

Xu Chai Lao also has ambitions, thinking of controlling the countless islands around Luzon, and then taking a huge territory to join the Ming Dynasty, mixing a title, and then passing on the scenery.

But he's powerless.

The Chinese are so little, plus there is no equipment and weapons in hand, and the so-called army is only a thousand people.

It's okay for these people to protect the local shops, maybe they choose to conquer the natives, and their strength is still a little bit worse.

This is also the reason why he was so excited to hear that Zhu Di and the crown prince were coming.

He is the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and it is natural for the Ming Dynasty to ask for armor equipment and advanced weapons.

So this time it was said that he was visiting Zhu Di and Zhu Zhangui, the crown prince, but in fact, he was going to complain and ask for help, which is more reliable.

"Xu Chailao, the governor of Luzon, brought all the officials of Luzon to meet the Emperor Taishang and met His Royal Highness the Prince."

The mighty crowd came to the dock, when the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty came down to control the surroundings, and the old man and Zhu Zhangui led the lieutenant general to come down, Xu Chai Lao directly led everyone to bow down on the ground.

"Haha, Aiqing is free of courtesy!"

Far overseas, you can still hear the local voice, and the old man is in a very good mood, especially the sentence Weichen, which makes his good impression of Xu Chai Lao rise even more.

"Emperor Xie, His Royal Highness Prince Xie!"

Xu Chai Lao led people to kowtow again, and then stood up with the support of his eldest son beside him.

"Emperor Taishang, you can come here, let the ministers are really flattered, and the whole Luzon is also feeling the emperor's grace, and it is shining!"

He handed over his sword to his son next to him very well and walked forward with a humble face and patted the old man on the back.

"Hahaha... I heard the Three Treasures talk about you, saying that you are very good at speaking, and sure enough, the Three Treasures are right. ”

The old man patted Xu Chai's shoulder affectionately, and then took his hand intimately, and under the guidance of Xu Chai's sons and ministers, he went to the Luzon Governor's Palace.

Along the way, the old man and Xu Chai talked very happily, as if they were old friends who had not seen each other for many years.

Zhu Zhangui sat next to him and did not participate in the chat between the two, but opened the carriage curtain and looked at the situation outside.

After observing for a while, Zhu Zhangui lowered the curtain, looked back at Xu Chai and said with a smile: "Governor Xu, your management ability needs to be improved!" ”

Xu Chai, who was smiling and chatting with the old man, instantly froze with a fat face full of smiles.

He knew in his heart that Zhu Zhangui's efforts just now were probably because he saw the indifferent eyes of the natives outside.

"Alas!"

Xu Chai sighed before he could say anything, and said with a worried look on his fat face: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, I won't tell you that the minister's life is really difficult." ”

"Thanks to the grace of the Emperor Taishang, he arranged a governor's position for the ministers to manage the entire Luzon military and political affairs. But the ministers have neither soldiers nor armor, and only our local Han people obey the management of the ministers, and those natives don't let alone listen to the ministers, and they will be grateful if they can not make trouble. ”

"The minister now has a thousand troops in his hands, and he is wearing leather armor that he bought from his hometown, and the weapons are also built by himself.

As he spoke, Xu Chai, the governor, stretched out his hand to wipe away his tears.

Looking at the fat man who was sobbing in a low voice, Zhu Zhangui pursed his lips and looked at the old man, the old man didn't speak, just nodded vigorously, acquiescing to Zhu Zhangui's thoughts.

"If the imperial court sends you 20,000 elite legions to help you suppress the local natives, what can you bring to the imperial court."

Xu Chai, who was gasping in a low voice, looked up at Zhu Zhangui who was speaking.

"Plop!"

The carriage shook for a while, and Xu Chai Lao dragged his fat body to kneel in the car, stretching out his hand to the sky.

"Weichen is here to promise His Royal Highness the crown prince that as long as the entire surrounding islands of Luzon can be controlled, our Xu family will obey the command and orders of the Ming Dynasty for generations to come.

Zhu Zhangui looked at the fat man with a solemn expression, didn't say anything, just asked the other party to get up first, and then opened the curtain and looked out the window.

looked at the Emperor Taishang, who had begun to close his eyes and recuperate, and the crown prince Zhu Zhangui, who was silently watching the scene outside the window.

Xu Chai's heart was urgent, he didn't know if his promise had impressed the two in front of him.

The strength of the Ming Dynasty is undoubted, not to mention anything else, the endless warships on the dock alone can make people feel deep despair.

Especially the two steel battleships that exuded a cold light, Xu Chai Lao broke his brain, and he couldn't understand how the iron floated on the water.

If Da Ming really fully supports him, Xu Chai Lao can guarantee that within three years, he will become the rightful king of the islands around Luzon.

"You don't have a good relationship with the local natives."

Just when Xu Chailao's heart was urgent, Zhu Zhangui's voice sounded again.

"Alas, it's not good, it's simply a matter of life and death. The natives, who are unfit for production, have always been envious of our wealth, snatching and killing people at every opportunity. ”

"Even a few years ago, we Han people were often slaughtered by them, and the men were all killed, and the women, both old and young..."

Speaking of this, Xu Chai Lao couldn't go on, just shook his head and sighed.

In fact, there is no need for Xu Chai Lao to continue, Zhu Zhangui, who came from later generations, also knows how disgusting these monkeys are.

The Chinese were slaughtered several times in later generations, although they were instigated by those white-skinned pigs, but most of them started riots, and it was these natives who used the knives.

Thinking of the blood and tears that the Nanyang Chinese were reluctant to mention in later generations, a trace of coldness flashed in Zhu Zhangui's eyes.

"Where is the nearest tribe of natives to you?"

Xu Chai's expression was stunned, and then he raised his fat finger in one direction.

"Thirty miles from here, there is an indigenous tribe of tens of thousands of people, and it is also close to the sea."

Xu Chai Lao not only told the distance between the indigenous tribe and death, but also reported the number of the other party, and even reminded Zhu Zhangui in a friendly way at the end that the other party was close to the sea.

Zhu Zhangui nodded, and under Xu Chai's expectant eyes, he took out the walkie-talkie and ordered: "Thirty miles to the south by the sea, there is an indigenous tribe of 10,000 people, kill them all, and bring all their heads to the dock tomorrow!" ”

"Roger, the Dingyuan has set sail, leading three attack warships and 2,000 marines to carry out the order!"

Xu Chai's eyes widened, and what surprised him was not the cold slaughter order given by Zhu Zhangui, but the curiosity of how this little black box could make a sound.

It's a pity that Zhu Zhangui didn't mean to explain to him, just silently took back the walkie-talkie, opened the curtain and continued to look at the scenery outside.

The two elders stopped talking, and Xu Chai didn't dare to say anything, just silently squatted in a corner, following the carriage and swaying back and forth.

His little eyes turned back and forth, and he secretly glanced at the old man who was resting with his eyes slightly closed.

But as soon as he saw his face, he trembled and didn't dare to stay, and looked at Zhu Zhangui who was looking out the window.

Staring at Zhu Zhangui's calm face, Xu Chai Lao sighed with emotion in his heart.

is worthy of being an invincible Da Ming, killing 10,000 people is the same as pinching an ant to death, there is no emotional change at all.

Thinking that those natives who often attacked them and persecuted them were going to suffer tonight, Xu Chai Lao felt a joy in his heart.

His fat hands were clenched tightly, and he couldn't help but roar in his heart at the thought that those disgusting mud monkeys were going to be killed tonight.

"Kill, kill, compatriots and brothers from the land of the Han family, please avenge the blood hatred of those suffering fellow Han families, kill these dirty, lowly and greedy mud monkeys, and sacrifice the souls of the compatriots who died tragically in their hands!"