"More than 10,000 materials?"

In the dock of the Longjiang Shipyard, the official who heard Zhu Gaoxu's question gasped, as if he was about to faint.

"Your Highness, this ......" the official laughed a few times, and then apologized: "Forgive your Excellency for being lonely and unheard, I have never heard of any place where a large ship can be built, and even if it can, I am afraid it is not built of wood." ”

"Not made of wood?" Zhu Gaoxu was slightly stunned, then reacted and scolded secretly: "This damn marketing account." ”

Obviously, he heard the official's words, that is, it is impossible to build a warship out of wood.

After thinking clearly, Zhu Gaoxu calmly asked: "Then I don't know how big a warship the shipyard can build?" ”

"This ......" Faced with this question, the official pondered for a moment, and finally said stupidly: "How big can be built, this is not known to the lower officials, but the largest ship that has been built in recent years is the sealing boat of the Ministry of Rites, with a length of fifteen zhang, a width of two zhang and six feet, and two thousand and a half materials." ”

As soon as the official's words came out, Zhu Gaoxu didn't know whether to be sad or happy for a while.

He is sad that the largest ship built by the shipyard with the highest technology at present is only more than 800 tons of tonnage.

Glad that his uncle did listen to him and asked the shipyard to build the ship bigger.

"You've been acting steadily this year, why are you reckless in this kind of thing?"

Of course, the premise of taking this route is that it must be determined that there is a large island at the end of the route that can be replenished, otherwise it will be difficult to turn back to Fujian, and in the end you can only send a boatload of corpses to Luzon.

He turned around and saw that the person who came was indeed Xu Huizu, who had been busy preparing for the Japanese for some time.

The Taiwan Strait may not look wide, but it is actually much more difficult to cross the sea from Fujian to Taiwan than to go to Ryukyu or Luzon.

Next to them, the red donkey stood on the grass and nibbled on the weeds.

"Grandpa, here is Wei Guogong's recital, which is about the matter of peace."

Rather than take this uncertain risk, it is better to choose Luzon, which is a long but relatively easy way to go, and where the presence of larger islands has been confirmed.

After pondering for a while, he explained to Xu Huizu: "The matter of the Japanese pirates, we must make long-term preparations, and it is best to restore the Penghu Inspection Division, and after clearing the Fujian and Zhejiang Japanese pirates, the troops will be divided into three routes, and all the way north to clean up the pirates and pirates in North Korea and the coastal areas of Shandong and Liaodong. ”

Today's Xu Huizu is wearing a crimson round-necked robe, and it seems that he has just returned from other places.

"Alas......" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the four grandsons in the hall, but he felt that the four grandsons who were once very pleasing to the eye did not match the person he imagined.

"It's a pity that righteous heroes often die at the hands of treacherous villains......"

This method is actually as primitive as the Mongols in the north, but it is not practical.

In this way, the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty today is really far beyond that of foreign countries, but it has not broken the shipbuilding technology of the early Ming Dynasty in Zhu Gaoxu's impression.

This factor, coupled with the complex seabed topography of the Penghu waterway between the main island of Taiwan and Penghu, and the combination of ocean currents and strong winds, made ancient ship shipwrecks here frequent, known as Heishuigou.

"Twenty-two-three?" Zhu Gaoxu came back to his senses and asked, and when he saw the official nodding, he was relieved.

Zhu Gaoxu was communicating with the officials, but he didn't want a familiar voice to suddenly come from behind him.

The result that Xu Huizu said is inevitable, the Japanese are people, not stones, and when they see the Zhejiang group of Japanese people being exterminated, they will naturally wait and see.

Xu Huizu stepped forward and signaled to the officials to step back, and then looked at Zhu Gaoxu with a little worry.

But even so, even in the Qing Dynasty, the ending of immigrating to Taiwan was still 'six deaths, three stays and one turn', one can imagine how risky it is to cross Taiwan from the coast of Fujian with the current navigation technology.

"In fact, the craftsmen in the shipyard have also tried, as long as the wood is large enough, the keel laid can reach at least twenty-five zhang, but that is not suitable for combat ships, can only be used as merchant ships, and the second best thing, the largest warship should be about twenty-two or three zhang, but no one in the shipyard dares to try."

Once it is discovered that the Ming Dynasty has completely eradicated the behavior of the Japanese invaders, they will flee to Nanyang.

"I have sent someone to investigate the matter of the troubles, and as you said, Shuangyu in Zhejiang, Zhangzhou in Fujian, Qiongzhou in Guangdong and other harbors have their fine works, and their stations are mostly in the islands in the sea......

On the contrary, due to salinity and lack of water sources, the Jianan Plain was for a long time the least productive agricultural region in Taiwan, far inferior to the Taipei Basin 1 and Taichung Changhua area.

It is also because the Jianan Plain cannot provide too much food, so Taiwan has suffered from food shortages for a long time since the Opium War, and needs to buy rice from Fujian.

When Zhu Gaochi and the three people in the hall heard this, they knew very well in their hearts that it was impossible to pacify the coastal pirates with only 20,000 sailors, and it would be difficult to see results unless they increased their troops in the future.

It's just a pity that the temperament of this three-generation disciple is still too benevolent and weak after all.

The two men had walked four miles in armor, and they were so tired that they were now asleep in the pavilion.

Xu Huizu still has a very good impression of Penghu, after all, this place was abandoned only a few years ago.

As long as there is enough wood, it can completely use half of the army's seed grain to build tens of thousands of 2,000 warships.

A real cronie must be one who has both glory and loss, and he has no such colleagues.

The expressions of the three of them were taken into Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, but at this moment he was not thinking about what they were thinking, but thinking about what kind of opinions Zhu Gaoxu would express if he was here.

"Uncle" Zhu Gaoxu saluted more than ten steps, and Xu Huizu stepped forward with a few soldiers when he saw this.

Thinking about it carefully, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt that Liu Daxia's words during the Chenghua period that "the eunuchs of the Three Treasures spent 600,000 yuan in money and grain when they went to the West" was ridiculous.

However, listening to his words, Zhu Gaoxu could only smile bitterly a few times in his heart, and he knew in his heart why Xu Huizu was not cultivated by Zhu Yuanzhang.

After learning about the limits of shipbuilding in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu was much more relieved, and after returning the salute, he further discussed with the officials the cost and number of labors for each ship.

Xu Huizu looked at the rows of docks behind him: "You have also seen it, I am now asking Longjiang Shipyard to build big sea ships, in order to go deep into the sea and completely solve this group of widows." ”

"It's just that the speed of encirclement and suppression is too slow, I'm afraid that when they encircle and suppress the Japanese in Zhejiang, they will alarm Fujian and the Liangguang Japanese invaders, and it will not be easy for them to escape to Nanyang."

"Your Highness!" The two hugged their armor and weapons tightly, and when they got up, they saw Zhu Gaoxu standing at the door of the pavilion, and hurriedly saluted.

If you want to completely solve the problem of the Japanese invaders, you still have to start from the root, and this root is Nanyang.

"It has to be resolved early, and it can't be delayed......"

"Hehe......" Zhu Gaoxu laughed a few times: "Put the armor on the red donkey, and put it on when you get close to the Jiangdong Gate, don't delay my return to Beijing." ”

"You ......" Xu Huizu looked at Zhu Gaoxu in front of him, with mixed emotions in his heart.

Zhu Gaochu understood that he was worried about his affairs with Fu Youde and Feng Sheng, but Zhu Gaochu also knew that his uncle really couldn't help him in this matter, but would involve himself.

Seeing this, Li Zhong and Fan Guang also carefully hung their armor on Chiyu's body, untied the reins for Chiyu, and led him to Jiangdong Gate.

"Gao Xu!"

First of all, the cost of the ships in the Longjiang Shipyard was indeed as cheap as he thought, even if the two thousand warships under construction at the moment only cost four hundred and sixty.

He didn't think there was anything about it, but felt that it was the heavens that had curtained his old Zhu family and given his family an outstanding three-generation son.

In the past year, Xu Huizu watched Zhu Gaoxu grow and change, and naturally he was reluctant to let such a capable nephew embark on the road of no return.

"It would be nice if your kid's personality went back to the past......" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, and at this moment he thought of the ruthless and cunning Zhu Gaoxu.

"At present, I have trained 5,000 sailors on Chongming Island, built more than 60 ships in Longjiang and other shipyards, and placed more than 400 artillery pieces.

As for Zhu Gaoxu, after he walked out of the Longjiang Shipyard, he saw Zhang Guang and Li Zhong who had taken off their helmets and armor and were resting in the gazebo in the distance.

"In three years, I will see the coastal woes empty!"

The Taiwan Strait is wide at both ends and narrow in the middle, and the monsoon wind speed is faster than that in the East China Sea and the South China Sea under the influence of topography.

"I know, when I go back in a while, I will play this matter with Your Majesty."

"Grandpa Huangfu is ...... healthy"

"How strong are the pirates?" Zhu Gaoxu did not follow Xu Huizu to look at the dock, but only discussed the fundamental issues.

Thinking about it, only Gao Xu's bastard boy is slightly in line.

600,000 yuan is a lot of money in any country, but for the Ming Dynasty, it is just a small amount of money that can be saved by opening up sources and reducing expenditure.

If the big ships in the shipyards in Longjiang and other places are launched, and the 5,000 sailors on Chongming Island can be put into battle, then the day when the coastal Japanese will be pacified is not far off.

From Zhu Gaoxu's words, he knew that this matter was not something he could interfere with, because if he could interfere, or even say that he could protect himself, then Zhu Gaochu would not directly reject him like this, and would not allow him to continue the discussion.

Of course, this was completely unnecessary for the Ming Dynasty, because there was no force in the world that was worthy of the Ming Dynasty to build so many warships.

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Zhu Gaoxu also shook his head and walked the way he came.

That's what he said, but Li Zhong and Zhang Guang could hear it, and he was worried that he would be tired before he deliberately said it.

Faced with such a situation, he raised his hand and said, "Uncle go slowly." ”

Faced with the problem, Xu Huizu's face was also a little more solemn: "Judging from the current news, the Japanese Kou Star is densely spread on the sea, with dozens of widows and thousands of people, and I am afraid that there are no less than ten thousand people going from Songjiang to Guangxi." ”

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu's face flashed in his mind, but he quickly cleared it out of his mind.

It's ridiculous to use this as an excuse to stop going to the West.

Zhu Gaoxu did not mention Taiwan in his words, for the simple reason that it is not realistic to want to go to Taiwan at the moment.

Zhu Yuanzhang said this very upliftingly, and Zhu Yunwen seemed to have already guessed it, so he responded unhurriedly.

Zhu Yunwen saw Zhu Yuanzhang sit down, and also took out the Xu Huizu Song he had dealt with earlier from the music and handed it over, and further said:

Zhu Gaoxu saluted Xu Huizu back, got up and turned around and left Longjiang Shipyard.

Zhu Yuanzhang had an idea in his mind, so he raised his head and instructed Zhu Yunwen:

Although the Jianan Plain is large, it is not fat at all because it is too primitive.

If we want to truly put an end to the Japanese plague, we can only build an unparalleled maritime military unit to deal a thorough blow at the Japanese in Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, just like Yongle went to the Western Ocean.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is better to throw the same population to Taiwan than to throw it directly to Luzon and Annam, after all, there is at least some of the land that has been developed in these places, and Taiwan is basically in a primitive environment.

As soon as Xu Huizu's words came out, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but gasp.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little happy in his heart, but then the number of widows written by Xu Huizu made him press this happiness.

Unless someone moves tens of millions of people to Taiwan in one go, and then uses manpower to build 'Jianan Dazhen' in advance, then the Jianan Plain can become Taiwan's granary hundreds of years in advance.

It's just that judging from Lao Zhu's current concept, he is unwilling to send troops across the ocean to clean up the Nanyang Japanese bandits, after all, Qianyuan also tried to send troops to Nanyang, but in the end he still did not succeed.

Zhu Gaoxu was still thinking, but Xu Huizu thought that he was shocked by the number of widows, and couldn't help but say calmly:

For example, at present, the seed grain of the military tun in the military tun of the whole country is converted into copper coins of nearly 8 million yuan every year.

"See Wei Guogong for the lower officials." The official next to him made a gesture, and he seemed to be familiar with Xu Huizu, so he did not report his name.

"The edict ordered the household department to allocate another 400,000 yuan and 60 Dafu ships to Wei Guogong, and Wei Guogong selected another 15,000 sailors from Su Songchang Sanfu and Zhejiang Dusi, and the commander-in-chief of 20,000 sailors, and set them up as the Ping Wa Shui Division, and Wei Guogong as the governor of Ping Wa."

Therefore, although there were records of Han Chinese developing Penghu in the Song and Yuan dynasties, the island of Taiwan was not able to set foot in the Ming Dynasty until the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

The loss on Zhu Gaoxu's face was noticed by the officials, and in order not to make Zhu Gaoxu unhappy, the officials could only bite the bullet and say:

I have to say that Xu Huizu's performance in the peace of the Japanese is still good, in the past month or so, Xu Huizu has beheaded more than 600 Japanese soldiers, and this is still the use of the old warships and the hundreds of soldiers in Chongming.

It was not until the Japanese built the 'Jianan Dazhen' in the thirties of the 20 th century that the situation improved.

"That Yang Yu is a good person, a few days ago he led the fleet to exterminate more than 100 Japanese robbers on an island, and now he has been officially awarded Chongming by the governor of thousands of households."

"Alas......" With a long sigh, Xu Huizu also turned around with difficulty and went to take care of his own affairs.

"I heard about you this morning, so I rushed back."

When Zhu Gaoxu approached, Chiyu snorted a few times, and Li Zhong and the others were also shocked and suddenly sat up.

Outside the city, they embarked on the return journey, and in the Wuying Hall in the city, Zhu Yuanzhang, who ended the early dynasty, also returned here.

When he saw the officials and soldiers retreating, he took Zhu Gaoxu out of the dock, and only after walking to the shore did he turn around, and said with a complicated face:

"Okay, I got it." Xu Huizu nodded, and then looked at Zhu Gaoxu and stopped talking.

Yang Zhan's father went to the pronoun of 'generation of thousands of households', which has to be said to be good news.

"There is good news in this matter, but there is also a situation about the trouble, and the grandson feels that the matter is very big, and he needs to be dealt with by his grandfather himself before he can rest assured."

"Good ......" Xu Huizu's expression was complicated, and he just answered, then turned around and walked towards the depths of the shipyard.

If it is twenty-two or three zhang, it is about the same as the largest sail warships in later generations, and I am afraid that it can have a tonnage of more than 2,000 tons.

Although he doesn't want to admit it, Zhu Gaoxu has a lot of insights into overseas countries, and Zhu Yuanzhang himself relies on him a little.

Zhu Gaoxu was a little embarrassed by his gaze, and couldn't help rubbing his fingers.

After two years of Xu Huizu and the sailors returning in vain, they will return to the coast and continue to raid the coastal states and counties.

It's a pity that Lao Zhu's successor made the wrong knife.

"I see, thanks for the pointers."

Such conditions made the maritime merchants of Fujian and Zhejiang in the middle and early Ming Dynasty know nothing about Taiwan, but they know everything about distant Luzon.

Zhu Yuanzhang closed the song, his eyes deviated from the dragon case, looked at the sunny sky outside the window, and couldn't help squinting his eyes slightly.

"All the way south, clear out the two Guangxi pirates, and station the Penghu Inspection Department all the way to prevent the Nanyang pirates from crossing the sea and going north."

Such a number of true widows, if they are thrown into the Jiajing period, I am afraid that Qi Jiguang, Hu Zongxian and others will have to be busy until they die to clean it up.

The Ming Dynasty doesn't need so many benevolent and weak children, not to mention that there are too many benevolent and weak children in the three generations, what he wants is someone like the fourth child.

However, he took a few steps forward, but he still couldn't hold back, he stopped and glanced back at Zhu Gaoxu, and muttered for a long time, and finally could only confide:

"Let's go."

"Well, Zhao Geng, you step back first, I'll talk to this kid."

Zhu Gaoxu remembers clearly that in ancient times, the safest way to cross the sea from the East Asian mainland to Taiwan was to go straight south from the mouth of the Yangtze River, which was the only route that was relatively calm.

Although he had already learned from Zhu Gaoxu that the number of Japanese pirates on the sea had increased due to the pacification of the Japanese War between the North and South Koreas, he still did not expect that the number of Japanese pirates would increase to such an extent.

Obviously, Xu Huizu didn't see what Zhu Yuanzhang meant at all, let alone guess Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.

In this case, for the Ming Dynasty, the cost of mastering the Penghu Islands is lower, and the effect is also very considerable.

In front of Xu Huizu, Zhu Gaoxu's figure gradually drifted away, and finally walked out of Longjiang Shipyard.

In this way, if he acts as a deputy, it is okay, but if he does it himself, I am afraid it will be difficult to gain the trust of the superior while making contributions.

"The number of coastal pirates, I have already played Your Majesty in the form of a song."

Now that these two goals have been achieved, there is naturally no need for him to stay for long.

He came to Longjiang Shipyard mainly to see if his uncle did what he said, and to see what level of shipbuilding technology Daming had reached.

"Well......" Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Zhu Yunwen was so serious, so he also took over the music and opened it to read it at a glance.

At this point, Zhu Gaoxu had no way to criticize Zhu Yuanzhang, after all, during the Hongwu period, it was mainly about recuperation, and opening up the territory was a matter for the successors.

He looked down at his hands, although his body and brain were still processing the music, but his mind was full of the picture of Zhu Gaoxu confronting him yesterday.

The two of them blushed a little, as if they felt a little ashamed of their behavior when they fell asleep just now, and Zhu Gaoxu took care of such a good horse for the two of them.

You must know that it is the Hongwu period instead of the Jiajing period, and the Japanese in the Jiajing period are still ten Han and three Han, but the Japanese in the Hongwu period are the upside-down ten Han and three Han.

"By the way......" Zhu Gaoxu reminded: "If my uncle sets up the Penghu Inspection Division, you can ask the fishermen of Fujian and Zhejiang where the fishing industry is developed, and if you re-immigrate to Penghu, you can let the local people make a living from it." ”

It is not easy to get to Penghu, and it is even more difficult to think of the island of Taiwan.

Zhu Yuanzhang was conservative about Annam, Nanyang, and Japan, but this was also a decision made in light of the defeat of the former Yuan.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang walking into the hall, Zhu Yunwen took Zhu Gaochi and the three of them to get up and salute, but Zhu Yuanzhang nodded flatly, and then sat down.

If he is not mistaken, then Columbus's ship was only more than 100 tons, and he can't remember the exact number, but it certainly did not exceed 200 tons.

If such a warship is placed on the European side, the price may skyrocket several times, and although the cost is also high on the Ming side, it is a drop in the bucket for the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not worth mentioning.

In addition, the Taiwan Strait blows the northeast monsoon in winter and the southwest monsoon in summer.

The two walked around the dock, chatting and talking, which probably solved many doubts for Zhu Gaoxu.

Although he accompanied Li Jinglong to various places for military training many times, those were all accompaniments, and besides, he could not train his cronies at all.

Of course, this is not to say that the Ming Dynasty could not relocate the population to Taiwan.

Don't pay attention to the same people, although Zhu Gaoxu has no cronies, but he has the identity of the emperor's grandson, which is destined to make his resistance greater than Xu Huizu.

In such a comparison, Zhu Gaoxu also admired his father, who was able to spend more than ten years to wipe out all the Japanese in East and Southeast Asia, and his determination is really not comparable to ordinary people.

This kind of thing sounds outrageous, after all, Xu Huizu is already a great minister, but if you think about it carefully, he, the so-called extreme minister, has no cronies and real power at all.

At the same time, this history also told Zhu Gaoxu that the extermination of the coastal Japanese can only alleviate the trouble, but cannot completely eradicate it.

couldn't help but show Zhu Gaoxu's appearance at that time gradually appeared on the song, and the perseverance between the eyebrows made Zhu Yuanzhang can't help but appreciate it, but it's a pity that he ......

Zhu Gaoxu took a deep breath, looked at Xu Huizu and said calmly: "Uncle, don't ask about these things, instead of discussing things that have become a foregone conclusion, I would like to know more about how you are clearing up the troubles." ”

In addition, even if it reaches Taiwan, the Jianan Plain, the largest in its west, may not be able to be cultivated.

Xu Huizu no longer asked Zhu Gaoxu, but the worry on his face did not subside, he didn't want his nephew to be involved in this kind of thing, because Zhu Gaoxu not only represented him alone, he also represented Yan Wangfu.