Just when Zhu Yuanzhang praised Li Jin, Li Jin at this time was mobilizing the army in Hepu County, because the big war was coming!

Hepu County, County Office.

Li Jin, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Lan Yu, Fu Youde and others gathered together.

Lan Yu's face was full of excitement, and he said happily to Li Jin:

"Lord Li, I have already found out that the South China Sea incident, the gang of thieves who plundered our Ming merchant ships, is sure to have been sent by Annan."

Now that there is a valid reason, Lan Yu, who has been waiting for a long time, is more excited than anyone else at this time!

Zhu Di and Fu Youde also looked at Li Jin expectantly.

Before, Li Jin was reluctant to send troops, saying that he would wait for an opportunity, but now that the Annan people have sent the opportunity to their eyes, they can't be let go anymore, right?

When Li Jin heard this, he still frowned, and did not look at Lan Yu Zhu Di and the others, but looked at Zhu Biao and asked:

"The Jinyi guards who went to Annan haven't come back yet?"

Zhu Biao shook his head lightly and did not speak.

Seeing that Li Jin ignored his words, Lan Yu suddenly became anxious, and said even more indignantly:

"Master Li, this Annan has already ridden on our heads and, do we still have to endure it again and again?"

"We have just established a chamber of commerce, gained the trust of those businessmen, and brought these businessmen to make a lot of money all over the South Seas."

"Now that our merchant ships have been plundered, if we are still indifferent and do not resist, then how will we mix in the future?"

"Won't anyone be able to rob those merchant ships in the future?"

"Then there is not only one Annam in Nanyang, but also Luzon, Siam, Burma and other countries!!"

"We can't swallow this breath, we must send troops to ask Annan for an explanation!"

It is impossible for Lan Yu not to be in a hurry, in fact, these days, under the guidance of Li Jin, although Lan Yu and the others did not loot Annan, they made a lot of money by escorting merchant ships.

In addition, mixed with a little private goods to go to sea to do business, Zhu Di Lanyu and Fu Youde are now rich in oil, but this is all based on the premise of navigation in Hepu County.

Now when Hepu County is going to sea and the trade is booming, there are even clowns who jump off the beam and dare to plunder the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty.

Isn't this a clear attempt to cut off one's own financial path? Cutting off people's financial means is like killing parents!!

After all, the navy in Hepu County is limited, and there are not too many merchant ships that can be protected.

These merchant ships are hung with the flag of the Ming army to deter those pirates, in the past, ordinary pirates, when they saw the flag of the Ming Dynasty, they would give Lan Yu and others a little thin face.

But this time, someone robbed the merchant ship in a grand manner, and Lan Yu naturally couldn't bear it, which was simply a slap in the face.

Not only that, if this matter is ignored, how will he Lan Yu come out and mix in the future?

And those merchants, who else will pay him a protection fee for Lan Yu?

Lan Yu's indignant words made Li Jin frown and ponder, and after a while, Li Jin said in an urn:

"Marquis Yingchuan, please return to the camp immediately, mobilize the whole army, and be ready to go south at any time."

"Liang Guogong, how is the preparation of the navy?"

Seeing that Li Jin seemed to be about to fight, Lan Yu immediately replied:

"Stand by at any time, just wait for an order."

This was followed by a series of confident speeches:

"How? Do you want to send troops now? I guarantee that those Annan chops will never see the sun the next day! ”

Zhu Di on the side also nodded frantically with confidence.

Unlike the confident faces of the two of them, Zhu Biao on the other side said with a worried face:

"Directly send troops? Do you want to ask the emperor for instructions in advance? ”

What else is there to ask for? That's it!

Lan Yu was about to speak, but was directly interrupted by Li Jin:

"First send someone to negotiate, let the Annan court immediately punish the looters, release my Ming merchant ships, return all the supplies, and publicly apologize to our court."

"At the same time, let Annan open the port, and let our Ming Navy go to arrest criminals."

"If not, all the consequences caused by it will be borne by Annan, and when the time comes, when our army arrives, it will definitely be peaceful, don't say it is unpredictable!"

Lan Yu was very puzzled:

"Huh? Why not send troops yet? If the negotiation is useful, what do you need the military to do? ”

"If you blatantly provoke my Ming Dynasty like this, you should immediately send troops to destroy Annan and make them pay for their arrogance!!"

Li Jin glanced at Lan Yu and said lightly:

"Not then!"

It's not time again!!

...

Annam, Thang Long City.

"Your Majesty, a messenger from the Ming Dynasty has come to meet the king!"

The attendant whispered to Chen Zheping, the monarch of Annan.

The Great Ming Messenger?

Chen Zheping, the monarch of Annan, who was discussing things with the prime minister, couldn't help but look like he was enlisted.

After a while, he commanded his attendants:

"Bring them in!"

"Yes!"

After seeing the attendant leave, Hu Jichen spoke:

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to visit our country for no reason, presumably because the one who came was not good!"

Chen Zheping looked calm and casual, and said:

"Prime Minister, our Annan is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, how can we have a reason not to receive people from the Ming Dynasty?"

"What the king said is that when they come, everything will be left to his subordinates to deal with!"

Hu Jichen didn't give Chen Zheping a chance to talk nonsense, and directly helped him finalize the next arrangements.

And this time, the Ming Dynasty was able to send envoys to come, it must be because of the merchant ships at sea a few days ago.

Thinking of this, Hu Jichen couldn't help but sink his eyes, and his expression became even more gloomy.

Chen Zheping opened his mouth, thought about it, but didn't resist anything.

It wasn't long before the attendant walked in with a man.

The man was dressed in the costume of a Ming official, and after entering the hall, he saluted Chen Zheping in a friendly manner, with a respectful and polite expression, and there was no joy or anger at all.

Chen Zheping secretly looked at the other party for a while, and then said gently:

"The Ming envoy doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat!"

The attendant immediately brought a chair and put it on the side, Fu Heng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw this, and he was not polite to the other party, so he sat down directly.

Seeing the other party sitting down, Chen Zheping asked:

"I wonder why your envoy came to my country?"

Fu Heng smiled and explained:

"Some time ago, the merchant ships in Hepu County, Daming Dynasty, were looted by unknown pirates, and even those merchant merchants were detained.

"Our emperor was very angry when he heard of this, and sent his envoy to your country to negotiate the matter."

Chen Zheping listened with a surprised expression, and Fu Heng continued to state:

"Our emperor hopes that the king of your country will punish the raiders, release our Ming merchant ships, return all supplies, and publicly apologize to our court."

"At the same time, I also hope that your country can open its ports, so that our Ming Navy can go to arrest the criminals and hand over the culprits."

After listening to Fu Heng's words, Chen Zheping had not yet spoken, but Hu Jichen, the prime minister of Annan, scolded sharply:

"I'm afraid the envoy is not talking nonsense, these things you said, I have never heard of them, is it not that your country has some conspiracy, and a special envoy has come to slander my Annan court!"

Fu Heng, who was suddenly reprimanded, immediately turned gloomy, he was an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, representing the face of the Ming Dynasty, and this small Annan vassal country dared to scold him?

Fu Heng suppressed the anger in his heart, smiled coldly, and sneered at each other:

"Slander or not, the envoy hopes that your king can send someone to investigate and verify whether what the envoy said is true or false!"

"But you, the prime minister of your country, didn't even send someone to verify, but refused outright, and said that you were slanderous? Could it be that you covered up this matter? ”

As a powerful minister of Annan, Hu Jichen can be said to cover the sky with one hand in Annan, and even the king of Annan has to act according to his face.

No, as soon as Chen Zheping wanted to speak, he was frightened by Hu Jichen's cruel eyes and closed his mouth.

Hu Jichen turned his head to Fu Heng again and said angrily:

"You don't want to spew people, the prime minister has already said that your merchant ship is gone, you should go and find it yourself, instead of coming to our country to splash dirty water."

"It's not up to you to check whether to investigate or not, the prime minister said that there is no such thing, that is, no, your envoy should go back quickly!"

Fu Heng didn't want to continue talking to Hu Jichen, but turned his head to look at Chen Zheping above and said:

"Your Majesty, this envoy is here on behalf of my Ming Dynasty, and our Ming Dynasty will never frame your country, and ask the king to send someone to investigate."

"If not, all the consequences will be borne by Annan, and when the time comes, my army will come tomorrow, and it will definitely be in peace, and please think twice!"

Chen Zheping clenched his fists, Hu Jichen exploded directly, and shouted towards the door:

"Bold, dare to make a big statement here, it's just no one in sight!"

"Come on, drive this person out of the prime minister!"