The iron tower followed Zheng He to the bottom of the mountain, several people took the horses and went north, there were many official posts along the way, Zheng He's status was noble, there were already officials who prepared the horses and water properly, and the horses were not changed along the way, and they arrived in the capital after five days.

The long journey can make Zheng He tired, when he saw the iron tower as if nothing happened, he was really impressed, walking more than 2,000 miles on foot, even the sweat and blood BMW can't do it!

The next day, the emperor summoned the iron tower in the Taihe Palace, although Zheng He had described his courage in detail before the court meeting, and the emperor also had a certain psychological preparation, but his mighty momentum still opened the eyes of the Long Live Lord, shocked the heavens, and the Manchu Dynasty was also praised by the civil and military forces.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry stepped forward to play: "Your Majesty, three months ago, Liu Youcai, the prefect of Jiangxia, said that the Yangtze River flood almost collapsed the embankment, and at the critical moment, fortunately, the Wudang faction's tower hero jumped into the water to save the embankment, presumably this sacred cow." ”

"Yes, the hero of the day is standing in front of you." Zheng He said in a very affirmative tone.

"Your Majesty, congratulations!" Qin Tianjian is very knowledgeable and pedantic, and he will not easily express his opinion on national affairs, and once he speaks, he will definitely be shocked.

"Oh? Where does the joy come from? The emperor suddenly became interested.

"Legend has it that Taishang Laojun's mount is a mighty and strong green ox, the iron tower is similar to him eight or nine points, this cow likes to play in the lower realm, every time it appears must be a prosperous age, and now I see the sacred cow, which indicates that my dynasty is strong, the country is eternal, this is a good luck!"

The tower was dumbfounded, this guy is really good at blowing, I'm a sacred cow? When did it happen? Why don't I know?

"Haha! Sure enough, it was a happy event. "The emperor's dragon face is happy," spread my will, canonize the iron tower as the 'king of the strong iron tower', and rule the beasts of the world. ”

Tie Ta stepped forward to thank him, although he didn't care about this so-called title of prince, but he always had to express his intentions.

The emperor asked again: "Zheng Qingjia, does Zhang Zhenren have anything for you to convey?" ”

Zheng He reported truthfully, "There are only eight words, 'The king of the ox helps each other, and the horse succeeds'." ”

What does this mean? The emperor fell into deep thought, and the civil and military officials were also puzzled.

Qin Tianjian was shocked, and said convincingly: "Zhang Zhenren is really a god, Your Majesty has just canonized the King of the Iron Tower, and Zheng Gonggong's common surname is Ma, which just meets these eight words, which is a hint that Your Majesty's voyage will be a great success, promote my Chinese prestige, and make the four seas surrender!" ”

The emperor was overjoyed, and immediately issued an order to canonize Zheng He as the patrol envoy of the Ming Naval Division, Wang Jinghong as the deputy envoy for the patrol, and the king of the tower as the special envoy for the patrol, leading 200 warships and 20,000 sailors to go to sea on an auspicious day to patrol and hunt on behalf of the sky.

All the work related to navigation was in full swing, and after everything was ready, Qin Tianjian chose an auspicious day to go to sea, and the fleet set off from Liujiagang in Taicang, and the seventh voyage of the Ming Dynasty officially began.

In the harbor, the ships are like clouds, colorful flags are lined up, and the sailors are neat and energetic. "It's the Megatron Armada!" A strong sense of pride arose in the heart of the tower, thinking that when the master told the heroic deeds of the Great Ming Sailor, a lofty ideal took root in his young heart, that is, one day he personally went to the warship to experience the feeling of crossing the sea, I thought it was just my own whim, but I didn't expect this dream to finally come true today!

Zheng He gave an order: "Set sail!" ”

The salute soldiers blew the horn of the expedition, and the sailors took their positions and began their preparations before the voyage.

More than 100 sailors shouted the trumpet and worked hard together, and with the rotation of the winch, the iron anchor weighing several thousand catties slowly surfaced. Another group of sailors tugged at the ropes on the mast, and twelve huge sails were raised one after the other. At this time, the sun was rising in the east, the sea breeze was strong, and the fleet sailed towards the deep blue sea with the wind and waves.

Standing at the bow of the ship, facing the sea breeze, Zheng He said proudly: "King of the Iron Tower, the Daming Sailor is invincible and invincible, and it is the most powerful fleet in the world today. The ship under our feet is, of course, the most powerful warship in the world, eight stories high, fifty zhang long, more than ten zhang wide, and hundreds of sailors. We all affectionately call it a treasure ship, because when we return to the ship it will be full of gold, silver and jewels, and it will be full of tributary envoys, and there will be sixty such treasure ships this time. ”

Iron Tower was dumbfounded, although he had seen the wreckage of the treasure ship at the bottom of the sea, but it was a dead thing after all, and the scale and momentum were far from comparable to the treasure ship in front of him.

Zheng He pointed to the fleet behind him and said, "There are also warships, horse ships, grain ships, and water ships. There are all kinds of chefs, craftsmen and musicians on board. Tower King, you can tell them to do anything. ”

Tie Ta asked in surprise: "There are so many people on the ship, and so many horses, is there no doctor?" ”

"Of course there are doctors, and there are quite a few of them, but with you as a miracle doctor, they will all be unemployed." Zheng He said with a smile, "There are many cabins on the treasure ship, and if you are not careful, you will get lost, now I will show you around." ”

The two of them came to a nearby cabin, which was warm and airy, and many bamboo cages were neatly arranged on wooden shelves, each of which contained a live pigeon.

"These were well-trained carrier pigeons, and all the correspondence between the capital and the fleet depended on them. No matter how bad the weather, they were able to successfully complete the mission, and they were known as the eight-hundred-mile expedited at sea. Zheng He said proudly.

After walking on the labyrinthine ship for more than half an hour, Zheng He introduced the tower in detail, "This is the command room, the lookout, and the arsenal. After walking down the floor, he continued, "This is the sailor's dormitory, the gym, the wine cellar, ......."

There are all kinds of facilities for command, combat, life, and entertainment on the ship, and the tower can't help but sigh, where is this just a warship! It's clearly a moving town.

In the end, the two of them came to a large cabin, the size of the other cabins, Zheng He smiled and said, "King Tower, this is your room. ”

The tower is not pretentious, he is tall and long, and he needs a big room.

The fleet sailed day and night on the sea, although the life on the ship was boring, but the tower was very fulfilling, playing chess and chatting with Zheng He and Lord Wang during the day, and reading books after practicing at night, jumping into the sea to swim around when interested. Not to mention, the feeling of swimming in the sea is one word: cool!

In the evening, Zheng He and the tower sat on the bow of the boat while tasting the fragrant and delicious Biluochun, while enjoying the sunset on the sea.

"Tower King, are you still used to life at sea? Isn't it boring? Zheng He asked with concern.

"Is it boring? I don't think so. The tower laughed.

"Then I'll rest assured, you are a dignified prince, and it is a big sin to be inconsiderate." Zheng He teased, and both of them laughed.

In the dazzling sunset, a small island appears in front of the treasure ship, the island is full of flowers and trees.

"That's Rainbow Island, which has been the territory of China since ancient times." Zheng He said, "It's a pity that there is no deep-water pier on the island, and now we transfer to a small boat and go to our own land to take a look." ”

The tower took the lead and swam towards the island, and Zheng He led twenty sailors to follow closely in small boats.

"Work hard, don't let the Tower King leave us behind." Zheng He encouraged the sailors.

The tower smiled and slowed down, and the dinghy quickly caught up and overtook again, and there was a beach in front of it.

"Oh! We are number one. The sailors raised their oars in unison.

Zheng He knew that the tower was intentionally wanting to let it, so he smiled and didn't say anything, so let the boys be happy!

The sailors were about to land on the island when they heard the sound of arrows, and twenty or thirty small boats rushed out of the reef behind the island. There were more than a dozen people on the ship, as few as five or six people, all of them had messy hair, dressed in black robes, with clogs tied to their feet, and the weapons in their hands were all katanas except for bows and arrows, more than three feet long, and the curved arc was very large, this kind of weapon was rare in China.

"It's the Wako, return to the treasure ship." Zheng He calmly commanded, and the sailors turned the bow of the boat and rowed back in unison.

"Dare to touch the tiger whiskers of the Daming Water Master, are they tired of it?" Zheng He sneered, in the past, the Japanese invaders fled when they saw the Huaxia fleet, but this time they saw that it was just a small boat, and they took risks under the desire for profit.

The enemy ships were numerous and cunning, and they sent more than a dozen ships to pursue them head-on, and five or six boats on each side of the left and right flanked them in a roundabout way. One of the Japanese leaders in the small boat drew his sword and waved it, and with a "chirp" from his mouth, sharp arrows immediately rained down.

The tower was considering whether to swim over and overturn the boat to turn them into kings, when he heard a shout of "ouch", and a young sailor was wounded by an arrow. Zheng He glared at him fiercely, he also knew that he was ashamed, and quickly closed his mouth and rowed in pain.

"Gentlemen don't stand under dangerous walls, it's better to send them to a safe place first." The tower made a decision, holding up the stern of the boat with both hands, and kicking his legs hard, and the dinghy sped away like an arrow from a string, leaving only a shallow white wave on the sea.

"Fire! Blow up those bastards for me. After returning to the treasure ship, Zheng He angrily gave the order.

In the sound of war drums, all the cannons fired in unison, thick columns of water rose on the sea, several enemy ships were blown to pieces before they could turn around, and the others were so frightened that they fled in all directions, hiding in the island and not coming out again.

"It's a great shame, if you don't drive them out of Rainbow Island, you won't retreat." Zheng He slapped the table and said angrily.

The tower came to the wounded sailor, the young man was slender, and there was a hint of childishness on his delicate face. At this moment, he was covering his wound without saying a word, and he hung up on the first time he went out on a mission, and he was really useless.

"Don't be nervous, get out of the way." The tower pulled out the arrow, and then applied gold sore medicine to bandage it. Anyway, he was idle, so he concocted some gold sore medicine by himself, and there were many precious medicinal materials in the palace, and Zheng He took a lot of them back after learning his idea, and now it was time to test the efficacy of the medicine. Well! Very good, the blood stopped immediately, and the wound scabbed over at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Tie Ta was absolutely sure that this batch of medicine was not much better than "Bai Yu Shengjisan".

"What's your name? How long have you been enlisted? Zheng He asked.

The sailor replied: "My name is Ding Erniu, I am seventeen years old this year, and I have been in the army for half a year. ”

"Give him five taels of silver for the soup and medicine." Zheng He ordered his own soldiers.

Ding Erniu was moved to tears, holding the silver in both hands and thanking him repeatedly.

"Pull him down and beat him with twenty sticks." Zheng He suddenly shouted.

At this time, not only Ding Erniu was stunned, but even the other sailors were puzzled, only the tower smiled and said nothing.

Zheng He said solemnly: "Ding Erniu was injured in the line of duty and should be compensated. But he screamed in pain, disturbed the morale of the army, and of course he would be punished. Considering that he is a new recruit, he will be punished lightly this time, and if there is a next time, he will be severely punished! ”

The iron tower is impressed by Zheng He, the army is rigorous, the rewards and punishments are clear, it is indeed the talent of the general, and it is not unreasonable for the Ming Navy to be powerful in the world.

The two pro-soldiers set up Ding Erniu and walked out, this kid also had backbone, and accepted the punishment without saying a word.

At this time, it was getting late, and Zheng He ordered the fleet to strengthen its vigilance to prevent a sneak attack by the Japanese pirates. "Rainbow Island is the territory of China, how can it be occupied by the Japanese invaders? Tomorrow I will personally lead my troops to the island to destroy them. Zheng He's eyes were cold, and his killing aura was daunting.

Tieta said: "The art of war is to know oneself and know the enemy, and one hundred battles will not be defeated, tonight I will go to the island to explore the enemy's situation, and then come back to formulate a detailed attack plan." ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Zheng He nodded in agreement, although the soldiers under his command were invincible, but they also did not fight unprepared battles.