A fast horse galloped out of the city gate, and hurried to Feiyungang with stars and moons.

On the 20th of February, a curfew was unexpectedly imposed in Yanjing City, and four or five carriages converged towards the palace, and the figures in each carriage sat upright, frowning slightly, probably knowing what the emperor was going to say, and had already thought of a statement in his heart on the way there.

After entering the imperial city, all the way to the middle palace, Zhuge Liang, Jia Xu got out of the chariot, and Zhou Yu, who came from Feiyungang, also got out of the carriage, arched their hands on both sides, and walked into the imperial study of the middle palace together, and the eunuch who led the way carried a lantern, and said while walking: "Your Majesty has made a lot of fire in the past few days, the slave maid has served Your Majesty for so long, I have never seen it, Zheng Dugong is also in the study, the three of you please come in." ”

As he spoke, the eunuch went up the stairs and, under the gaze of the guards on both sides, pushed the door in front of him open.

The three of them entered the study one after another, and saw the emperor standing in front of the bookshelf with his hands in his hands, flipping through a book of nautical charts, and Zheng He was also there, standing next to Su Chen with a whisk.

Hearing the sound of the door opening and footsteps, Su Chen raised his hand, "Sit down and talk." ”

The three people who came in to meet him nodded to Zheng He, sat down on both sides of the bookcase, and after a while, the palace maid came in and served tea, and when the door was closed again, Su Chen also closed the nautical chart, threw it on the bookcase, sat on the chair, and rubbed his brows.

"The coast of Linzhou has been attacked by pirates everywhere, Zheng Dugong, Zhou Dudu, what do you think should be done?"

Zheng He and Zhou Yu glanced at each other, both of them were the first candidates to be good at water warfare and naval warfare, and that time they were put together by the Japanese and Haikou, and Zhou Yu's face was a little ugly now.

"Let's talk about the generals who lead the troops first."

After being silent for a moment, Zhou Yu opened his mouth first, the person who had been the governor of Eastern Wu had experienced a lot of wars, so naturally he would not be at a loss because he was calculated by the other party once.

"These days, Yu has also thought about it carefully, the general of the Japanese people, quite the way of Sun Wu's art of war, has always used sea plunder to make me accustomed to it, but at the beginning of spring, he suddenly turned around and landed on the coast, killing me and waiting for a surprise, and the thing to do now is not to fight with him at sea, but to cut off the place where the other party strikes again."

Opposite Zhou Yu, Zheng He nodded, and he looked at Su Chen: "Your Majesty, the non-slave maid excuses herself and Gongjin, the coast is really too long, we are not afraid to fight with him at sea, but beware of the other party's constant attacks and harassment, which makes us tired of running for our lives, which is a taboo in the use of soldiers." ”

"To defend against the Japanese robbers, I already have a candidate in my heart, but how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves, only by destroying their nests in one fell swoop and cutting off their roots can we cure the symptoms. How long will it take for the treasure ship to be built? ”

Someone discussed, Su Chen was not so bored in his heart, with the size of the Japanese people, he was not afraid at all, but often harassed like flies, not to mention annoying, but also made the coastal people and maritime trade extremely frightened, once everyone was in danger, the prestige since the founding of Great Xia was very likely to be wiped out.

This is what Su Chen is most worried about, if his morale is gone, the people's will and the army's will be affected.

"Your Majesty, how can the treasure ship be so easy, according to the original structure, the slave and maid don't know much, and they can only be restored little by little." Zheng He smiled self-deprecatingly: "When I went to sea seven times, the slave and maid looked at the sea view by themselves, how could I have the time to go down to the cabin to see the structure of the big ship, this hull is forty-four feet long and fourteen feet wide, and the hull alone is quite labor-intensive, and each layer has a different structure to resist the impact of waves and hurricanes, and various rooms are provided for the soldiers to rest." ”

Regarding the treasure ship, Su Chen had heard Zheng He explain before, and there were three sets of power systems alone, hard sails, rotating oars, and long oars at the end and end.

The main function of the hard sail is to improve the efficiency of the wind, and the mast does not have a fixed crossbow, so that the mast can adjust the direction more flexibly to adapt to the changing wind and clouds at sea.

On the sides and stern are long oars, which go deep into the water and are shaken by multiple people at the same time.

There is also a wobble rotating oar in the cabin, which is propelled by manpower and agitated gears for underwater rotation, similar to modern propellers, so it has a high propulsion efficiency.

Even in the absence of wind, a certain speed can be maintained by rotating the long oar or rotating oar. Moreover, the two types of oars are designed to scale to a very small position for the area outside the ship to wade in the water, even in narrow harbors or crowded straits.

However, one thing that is stronger than the original treasure ship is that the wood of this world has excellent sealing, which can be used to sail in the sea for a long time, and Su Chen also mentioned that the outside is inlaid with iron or copper to prevent collision and fire attack.

On the Feiyungang side, when building ships, according to the weight limit, the craftsmen only inlaid iron sheets in suitable positions for a certain range of protection.

Compared with treasure ships, ships such as Huya and Qinglong are much simpler and faster.

"Zheng Dugong is bitter in his heart, and I also know it. But I really can't swallow this breath! ”

Su Chen knocked on the table, and he looked at Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu over there, "I can't help them now, but I can also vent my evil anger, right?" ”

"Minister, there is no plan for the time being, but in the future, when the islands are crossed east, Liang can borrow a gale for His Majesty!"

Zhuge Liang made a statement, and Jia Xu could only smile stubbornly.

"Again, Your Majesty is not afraid of hurting the heavens?"

"The Japanese are dead, and it's too late for me to be happy!" Su Chen leaned forward slightly, and said one sentence at a time: "How poisonous it is, tell me as soon as possible." ”

Jia Xu put his hands in his sleeves, and his seemingly harmless eyes gradually became vicious: "Your Majesty, select a group of death row prisoners, let them go south by boat, load some cattle and sheep with plague in the boat, let the Japanese people rob them, plough the cattle, treasure also, once sent to the island...... Hehe. ”

Su Chen's face was filled with joy, but then he frowned again: "The cattle that cause the plague are not difficult to find, in the land of the six states, there are millions of cultivated cattle, and there are always dozens of them who have the plague, so I will give an order to search within the six states." Even those condemned prisoners may not be willing to do this. ”

"Your Majesty is very kind to those who are bound to die, and if they do this, their families will receive a good settlement fee. After all, everyone knows that if you cut off your head in the bazaar, you are dead and dead, and it is better to die than to die. ”

"Aren't you afraid they'll run away?"

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten the plague?"

"After getting on the boat, you will die everywhere you go......"

Su Chen's eyelids jumped, this old guy had already thought of this plan, otherwise he would have thought about the details.

"Then do it!"

After thinking for a while, Su Chen immediately decided to take the case, since the other party had yin himself and didn't return it, what kind of emperor would he be!

"Your Majesty, wait a minute."

At this time, Zhuge Liang suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty wants to make an order, please make a secret order." ”

"Why?"

Zhuge Liang put down the tea, shook the crane fan, and glanced at Zhou Yu opposite, "Liang has actually been thinking, why did the Japanese people grasp it so accurately, Gongjin and Lu Ziming will pass through Wuzhou?" Why did you expect that there would be no Wuzhou naval patrol in Linzhou? ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yu instantly narrowed his eyes, and even Su Chen narrowed his eyes.

"What does the prime minister mean, among the bureaucrats in Wuzhou and Linjun, there are spies who report to the Japanese people?"

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan and nodded silently.

"Tell me the secret!"

Su Chen stood up and let Wu Zixun outside in, "Three secret decrees, one, immediately search for the plague ploughing cattle in all states, fifty heads!" Immediately transported to Feiyungang, remember not to stop halfway, do not let the epidemic spread!

Second, let Yanjing bring another 30 death row prisoners and persuade them to go to sea to die, and their families can get 500 taels of silver.

The last secret decree, and the most important, is to let Li Bai take his secret agents of the Embroidery Division to Shengkang and Linjun in Wuzhou, and let Guan Ping secretly cooperate to find the person who is a collaborator, and start the investigation from the best relationship with Gu Chongwen back then! ”

"Yes!"

Wu Zixun knew that the emperor had been in a bad mood recently, and there were no extra words, so he arched his hands, turned around with his orders, and strode out of the door.

The door was closed again, the light flickered, shining on Su Chen's face, and his voice squeezed out of his lips and teeth indifferently: "I thought I had bitten on me, hehe, I was going to make him break his muscles and bones!" ”

After speaking, he opened the door and walked in the direction of the temple, and the sound reached the ears of the four people through the night.

"The plan is so decided, half a month later, I want to see the results!"

(End of chapter)