Xia Jing grabbed the violently trembling fishing rod and started a tug-of-war with the unknown big fish underwater.

"Queen Mother, are you tired?" Li Chengyi stretched out his hands and asked, "Look at its strength, this fish under the water should be very big, or leave it to me to fight with it!" ”

When the father and son saw that a fish had been hooked, they forgot what they had just said, and Li Jingfu also nervously came over, for fear that Xia Jing would let go of the fishing rod and be dragged away by the big fish underwater.

"Look at this movement, it's definitely a big fish under the water!" Li Jingfu began to teach his fishing experience, "Xia, don't pull hard, you have to slowly consume with the big fish, play with it, and when the strength of the big fish under the water is almost consumed, we will pull it up again!" ”

As soon as his words fell, the buoy slammed into the water, which indicated that the fish was drilling into the deep water, if it weren't for Xia Jing's strength, if he was an ordinary person, he would be able to drag people off the boat at once.

Li Jingfu patted Li Chengyi on the back, "We two big men are standing here, and we still need your mother to wrestle with the big fish herself, you hurry up and take the fishing rod!" ”

"Ahhh

"Okay, here you go!"

In later generations, it was common for women to fish, but in this era, because she was wearing a skirt, a woman was very arrogant and competed with a fish, which really damaged her elegant image.

handed over the fishing rod to Li Chengyi, Xia Jing tidied up her clothes, thinking that it would be good to ask the maids to help her make a few riding clothes next time, otherwise it would be too inconvenient to do something.

"Betta fish is just more patience and strength than fish, don't be impatient, take your time, don't let this big fish get off the hook!" Li Jingfu was worried and told Li Chengyi again.

Not to mention, he can't see his ability to do serious things in a serious way, and when it comes to eating, drinking and having fun, no one knows better than this emperor.

Xia Jing saw that Li Chengyi tightened the wire box, and hurriedly said: "Betta fish, you have to walk the fish back and forth, let it swim to consume physical strength, and show weakness to it appropriately. ”

After slipping back and forth countless times, Li Jingfu felt that the time was almost up, and said: "It has already floated on the water, hurry up to the recovery line!" ”

As he spoke, he turned around and saw Ye Fei holding a big fishing net, and motioned him to stand on the edge of the boat quickly, "Seize the opportunity to fish it up!" ”

As the line tightened, a huge wave crashed against the hull of the boat, splashing countless splashes.

A huge gray-black figure broke free to no avail, and was caught up by Ye Fei.

"Hurry up, pull it up, don't let it escape!" The fish was caught in the net and began to struggle desperately, and Li Jingfu was anxious at this time.

The fish was scooped up, and the soldiers standing on the deck on duty gathered around curiously.

The fish was dragged onto the deck, and Xia Jing saw clearly at this time, it was a grouper, and the gills kept opening and closing, as if it couldn't breathe.

Some soldiers who had never seen sea creatures asked curiously, "Master, what kind of fish is this?" Why do you look weird and have so thick lips? ”

Xia Jing kicked the grouper that was still struggling for the last time, and said with a smile: "Who knows what kind of fish this is?" ”

"Master, this is a grouper! You can see that the scales on its body are still shining in the sunlight. A soldier replied.

"Grouper?" Li Jingfu has been staying in the capital since he was a child, and later he also ate some seafood in Lingnan, and it is the first time he has seen grouper of this color.

He asked the soldier, "How do you eat this fish?" Is it steamed? ”

Steamed?

The soldier scratched his head, did he dare to say that their fishermen boiled fish in a mess? How can you distinguish between steamed and braised dishes.

"This method, it depends on what you like to eat, the Emperor."

Xia Jing asked the grouper to be taken to deal with it, waved her hand to let the maid replace the bait again, and threw the fishing hook off the surface of the sea again.

"There are too few of them, they are not enough for everyone to make, so catch a few more."

Of course, a grouper of more than ten catties is enough for several masters on the ship to eat, which is also placed in this pollution-free ancient times, if it is placed in later generations, such a large grouper can be directly sold at a sky-high price.

Li Jingfu also sat down again, his hook has not caught a fish yet, how can he give up halfway, fishing is not the ultimate goal, the process is the most important.

It may be that all the good luck just now has run out, and there will be no fish to bite the hook for a long time.

The bored Li Chengyi looked at the sea and the sky in the distance, and muttered: "This kind of seafaring life is too boring, doesn't it mean that there are pirates on the sea?" Why haven't you seen pirates? ”

Li Jingfu glanced at his fourth son with the eyes of a fool, and pointed to the fleet behind him, "With such a scale, which pirate gang at sea dares to come and rob?" ”

If they had the guts, they wouldn't know if it was the pirates who robbed them, or if they robbed the pirates!

There are a hundred sea ships in the imperial court, and dozens of them are civilian fleets, and such a large-scale sea voyage will make pirates tremble in fear when they see it.

"Of course we robbed them, you see, how boring such a peaceful and waveless day is, if you can rob a few nests of pirates, and earn some pocket money for everyone!" Li Chengyi imagined the scene where they went to rob pirates, and he couldn't help but hehe.

Xia Jing looked at their father and son and said: "Speaking of robbery, in fact, our Dayu navy is getting stronger and stronger, whether it is in Nanyang or other places in the future, as long as there are foreign colonies, even if we don't rob, let them pay us protection money." There are also ships from other countries, and we also let them pay tolls before they are allowed to pass. ”

Just like the tolls of the next generation, they add up to a lot of money, which is a considerable amount of income.

When Li Chengyi heard this, he was happy: "Queen Mother, why do I listen to you and think that you are more like a thief than a pirate?" ”

"Hey, how do you talk, kid?" Li Jingfu smashed the lid of the tea cup in his hand.

Li Chengyi was startled, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to catch it accurately, "My Emperor, don't you smash things at every turn, okay?" Do you know how much silver this tea cup can sell when it is transported to Nanyang and sold to the Xiyi people? ”

What is smashed on this sea is no longer a thing, but silver.

Xia Jing lay on her back on the recliner and asked with a chuckle, "Fourth, you think my rules are too domineering, right?" But you have to know that when a strong country makes rules, even if the rules are overbearing and unreasonable, it is also an international practice! Because in this world, the strong will always have the final say, and the strong will have the right to speak! ”

When Dayu is on top of the world, everyone has to abide by the rules formulated by Dayu.

"Xia is right, when we get to Nanyang, we will discuss with Li Dingguo to see how to charge more reasonably!" Li Jingfu made a decision directly, he was too interested in having silver in the account.

When the patience of the next few people was almost exhausted, the buoy moved again, and this time it was also a big fish weighing ten catties.

When the lunch meal was served, Li Jingfu saw a plate of white and tender bean sprouts, "I didn't expect to be able to eat such fresh bean sprouts at sea!" ”

Xia Jing's gaze swept over the food on the table, and chuckled: "I brought a lot of beans this time, everyone can eat bean sprouts at any time, and the most feared thing about sailing at sea is the lack of vitamins, otherwise it is easy to have bleeding gums." ”

"Mother, what is a vitamin?"

"In other words, it is not possible to lack vegetables at sea, and it is easy to have problems with your body." Xia Jing didn't plan to explain more.

In the following days, in addition to the soldiers on normal duty, everyone else walked around the deck when they had nothing to do, and if they really didn't want to turn around, they squatted aside to watch Li Jingfu and his son fish, and some were really bored so they could only go into the cabin to sleep.

After waiting for more than a month to arrive in Luzon, the fleet was warmly welcomed by the Luzon garrison.

After entering the Governor's Palace, everyone greeted each other for a while, and Xia Jing asked Li Dingguo: "How did I find that there are fewer ships in the port?" Was there a fleet that went to sea somewhere else, or was something going on here? ”

As soon as her words fell, Li Jingfu, Li Chengyi and other generals who came with her all looked at Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo didn't expect Xia Jing's mind to be so delicate that he found that there were fewer ships as soon as he arrived at the port.

So he said guiltily: "Niangniang's eyesight is amazing, and these details have been noticed." ”

"The Xiyi people have always been unconvinced by our expulsion from Luzon, and they were afraid before. It's just that last year I sent the Mingshui Organizing Fleet to South America, and then I also went to Liaodong to assist in the war during that time. ”

"Because of this, the Xiyi people in Temasek became greedy and took advantage of the emptiness of Luzon to lead troops to attack our base."

The Xiyi people are not brainless barbarians, they plan very well, as long as they attack and blow up Dayu's main navy and blow up Dayu's sea ships.

In this way, even if the fleet that went out came back, it would not be able to recover in a year and a half.

Because the production process of sea vessels is very complicated, how can the time it takes be completed in a short time?

They feel that as long as Dayu's navy in Luzon can't recover, then they have the final say in this part of the South Seas, and Dayu will have to rely on their breath to survive.

In fact, it is said that there are 10,000 ways and 10,000 people, or the Xiyi people saw the sudden rise of Dayu's navy, and they didn't believe that Dayu was really strong.

"How much did we lose this time when they attacked by sneak attack?" Xia Jing is most concerned about Dayu's ships and the lives of the soldiers, as for the Xiyi people, as long as Dayu does not fall, he will one day be able to take revenge on the blood hatred.

"They brought in ten warships for a sneak attack, and they didn't know that they had been preparing for a sneak attack by the enemy before I left. This time, the Xiyi people did not take advantage of the sneak attack on them, but were beaten by us and fled in embarrassment. ”

Li Dingguo didn't see any look on his face, but he was actually very proud in his heart, and continued: "Later, when I came back with the fleet, I organized a counteroffensive, and finally captured Temasek, and now Temasek's western colonies have become our Dayu's. ”

Harness knew that Temasek would later be known as Singapore.

Singapore is located on the shores of the Strait of Malacca, which is a golden waterway connecting the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Later generations said that whoever occupied the Strait of Malacca was tantamount to controlling the economic lifeline of the Pacific Ocean.

What if Dayu controlled the Strait of Malacca at this time? Is it that the fleet of the Xiyi people must be approved by Dayu if they want to enter the Pacific Ocean?

After drifting at sea for more than a month, Li Dingguo only reported the important things in the station, and did not repeat other trivial matters.

Xia Jing and the others were down-to-earth at this time, and they were still a little unaccustomed to it, but they felt more tired, so they didn't delay much, and everyone rested early after some meals.

After getting up the next day and having breakfast, several important generals gathered in the courtyard where Xia Jing and them rested.

Xia Jing originally wanted to make trouble when she went to sea this time, but now that she heard that the Xiyi people took the initiative to commit trouble, how could she not take revenge?

Although the loss was not large in the accident at the Luzon garrison this time, Li Dingguo still presented Li Jingfu with an excerpt of the guilt and a petition for war.

Although Temasek has been taken down by them, there are now three colonies occupied by the Siyi along the Strait of Malacca.

Temasek is just one of the first to suffer, with two more colonies in the middle and two more in the tail.

Li Dingguo's goal was to take the other two colonies as his own and contribute to Dayu's occupation of such a transportation fortress.

Li Jingfu read the excerpt and the invitation and handed it to Xia Jing.

After reading it, Xia Jing was very happy, she felt that Li Dingguo and her thoughts coincided.

She raised her eyes and looked at Li Dingguo: "This time the prevention is timely, and Dayu is not allowed to cause major losses, and the crime of negligence will be exempted." As for the request to capture the other two ports, this is something that we need to deliberate on. ”

Li Dingguo clenched his fists: "Please ask the Emperor Taishang and Niangniang to give the last general a chance to make meritorious service and avenge the injured soldiers this time!" ”

"Emperor Taishang, what do you think?" Xia Jing's expression was grim, and she was very interested in occupying territory.

In her opinion, the Xiyi people dared to come to Luzon to sneak attack, which means that they have issued a war letter to Dayu!

If they don't pay homage to them, the Xiyi people may still think that they are afraid of him.

Li Jingfu ignored Xia Jing, but looked at Li Dingguo and said: "No matter what the situation of the Xiyi people in the other two colonies is, now that we are here with a fleet, then we are your backers, if you want to take revenge on blood and hatred, and wash away the shame of the past, I have no opinion." But before the war, you still have to find out the situation of the other two colonies, so that you can know yourself and the enemy, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles! ”

Li Dingguo gave a serious report on the situation in the other two colonies.

The Xiyi people came to the South Seas because of the distance, and it was impossible to send a large number of ships over.

Even if they send more troops, can they have more Dayu?

It can be said that Xia Jing's fleet brought by them this time directly gave Li Dingguo courage.

Bringing hundreds of ships and nearly 100,000 troops, it can be said that in the South Seas, they confronted the enemy, and it was a direct crushing victory.

"You can arrange this battle, whether it is for ships or other support, you directly propose it, and we will try our best to satisfy you."

Saying that, Xia Jing made a request to him: "It's just that we don't ask you for anything else, but you have to do it, try to attack with a crushing style, don't let our soldiers die in a foreign country!" ”

The Strait of Malacca, soon you will belong to our Dayu.

Xia Jing even thought that in the future, a certain country controlled most of the world's transportation fortresses, and many countries were held by them as their lifeblood, maybe Dayu could set an example for future generations.