Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 179
"Back to Long Live, the cabinet said that it did receive a memorial from Fujian Governor Nan Juyi early this morning, that the Red Maoyi had indeed invaded Penghu and bombarded the mouth of the Zhangzhou River."

The eunuch accompanying the chief of ceremonies lowered his head and reported what he had heard from the cabinet, and when the matter was told, Zhu Youxiao immediately felt uncomfortable.

He was already distracted by arguing with civil servants every day. Jianlu couldn't fight because Jianlu was elite, and they were squatting in the remnants of Changbai Mountain. It was tantamount to fighting mountain warfare in disguise.

Fighting mountain battles in the remnants of the Changbai Mountains in the semi-primitive forest means that the number of people cannot be spread, and the advantages of the Ming army will not be brought into play.

Zhu Youjian told him all these things, and even explained them to him in a sand table.

In the same way, An Bangyan and others also used high mountains and dense forests to fight the tug of war with the Ming army.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao understood that to fight against these two forces, haste makes waste.

But the problem is, Hongmaoyi, a "bastard" who is at sea and has only seven ships, actually came to attack Daming and his imperial shop?
There is no reason for this...

"Brother!" Zhu Youxiao's face was gloomy, and the temperature of the entire Hall of Mental Cultivation seemed to be much lower because of him.

Even Zhu Youjian said cautiously: "My brother is here."

"In your opinion, how should we deal with the red-haired barbarians?" Zhu Youxiao asked what the problem was, and when Zhu Youjian heard it, he immediately said:
"Order Shen Yourong, deputy general of Shandong Province, to command the three guards of the navy, and command three, four, five, and six thousand large ships to go south to crusade against the red-haired barbarians, and by the way, open up the Great Liuqiu, get some timber for my brother, and build a shipyard in the Great Liuqiu."

Zhu Youjian was overjoyed. If he really took advantage of this battle to develop the Great Ryukyu, then Ming Dynasty would be stuck on the channel to Japan and North Korea.

One must know that there are many benefits from the trade route to Japan. If Daming monopolizes this route to Japan and relies on the imperial store for trade, the annual profit can reach a huge one million.

After that, they can also rely on the reason of the Dutch invasion to refuse peace talks, and wait until the internal problems are resolved in the future before going to Nanyang.

"How many big ships are there now?"

When Zhu Youxiao heard that his younger brother wanted to use Shen Yourong, he nodded in satisfaction, because Shen Yourong was a veteran of the Navy, and then he asked how many big ships there were.

"Three thousand boats have been launching all the time. If they really need to be mobilized, there will be at least fifty ships, four thousand boats will have ten ships, five thousand boats will have ten ships, and six thousand boats will have six."

Zhu Youjian explained, and incidentally said:
"There are a total of seventy-six large ships, but the artillery at Yanshan is limited. Right now, the [-]-jin and [-]-jin cannons are only enough to satisfy [-], [-], and [-] [-] large ships, a total of [-]. A cannon."

"So many?" Zhu Youxiao was taken aback. He knew the power of [-]-jin and [-]-jin cannons, but he didn't expect there to be so many cannons.

Regarding this, Zhu Youjian said helplessly:

"I originally waited to load the warships at the end of the year, but I didn't want the cargo ships to be used first."

At this moment, if Reyes Zorn knew that Zhu Youjian called a cargo ship with a tonnage of more than [-] tons and equipped with [-]-pound guns and [-]-pound guns, he would probably vomit blood in anger.

In the Dutch East India Company, the twenty-six-pound guns and thirty-pound guns combined did not have seven hundred guns.

"The number of the three guards of the navy should be just enough to control the twenty-six large ships, right?" Zhu Youxiao remembered the memorial of the future warship that his younger brother gave him, so he reacted, and Zhu Youjian also smiled wryly:

"Almost, the warships were supposed to be mainly these three types, so the configuration is just right, that is, the number of artillery on the warships should be more than that on the cargo ships."

In Zhu Youjian's vision, if a warship with 81 materials can really be produced, the artillery configuration will be at least 800, the crew will be 72, the 600 materials will have at least 64 guns, the crew will be 420, and the [-] materials will have at least [-] artillery pieces. , [-] crew members.

As a result, the warship did not wait, but the European invasion came first.

Fortunately, the strength of the Netherlands in the Far East is not strong, and it is also engaged in naval battles at its own doorstep, so there is not such a big supply requirement.

In addition, the veteran Shen Yourong fought Japanese pirates in the Fujian generation, landed in Penghu and Daliuqiu, and is familiar with water warfare.

No matter how you say it, with such a suffocating configuration, it is impossible to overturn the car.

"In this case, order Nan Juyi, governor of Fujian Province, to allocate [-] catties of gunpowder and polish [-] stone bombs of [-] catties and [-] catties."

"As for the fodder and fresh water, my younger brother will supply it himself."

Zhu Youxiao calmed down his anger a little, and smiled at Zhu Youjian.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian immediately made a deal, and took the opportunity to say:
"It will take a lot of labor to be stationed in Daliuqiu, so I ask my brother to allow my brother to mobilize people from the nursing homes in Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong provinces to settle the land."

"This... how much do you want to recruit?" Zhu Youxiao looked at his younger brother vigilantly, as if he had noticed the fox tail exposed by his younger brother.

"Eh... this..." Zhu Youjian said with some embarrassment: "Naturally, as many lazy people as there are in the Nursing Home, you can recruit as many people..."

"There are a lot of lazy people in these three provinces..." Zhu Youxiao squinted his eyes, as if he had seen Zhu Youjian's fox tail clearly.

"It's not much... just a few hundred thousand..." Zhu Youjian looked at his eyes and nose, and his nose looked at his heart.

"My brother really dares to mention it..." Zhu Youxiao immediately gritted his teeth and squeezed out this sentence when he heard so many people.

"After all, it's to help my brother get some wood for carpentry." Zhu Youjian said without blushing.

"Oh...then I really have to thank my brother."

Zhu Youxiao deliberately said the word "thank you" very strongly, and Zhu Youjian got up immediately and said:
"Hey, I forgot to wash up when I came back. It's really rude to come to see my brother in such a dusty state. Wait a minute, brother. Let me go back to Xuqin Palace to wash up. After that, I fast for three days, and then come to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to find my brother."

After all, Zhu Youjian put oil on the soles of his feet, and trotted all the way to the outside of the palace.

"Hua Chun! Remember what your Royal Highness Qi Wang said, fast for three days!"

Zhu Youxiao yelled loudly on purpose, and Zhu Youjian quickened his pace and dragged Cao Huachun out.

"Pfft... this idiot..." Zhu Youxiao suddenly laughed when he heard the hurried footsteps, and Wei Zhongxian also took the opportunity to flatter him:

"Perhaps King Qi also knew that Long Live was joking, so he cooperated."

"Well...with my younger brother's intelligence, it's not impossible." Even so, Zhu Youxiao shook his head with a smile, then got up and continued to improve his carriage.

Zhu Youjian, who got the promise, just returned to the capital, but after a meal, he rushed towards Tianjin with the imperial decree issued by the cabinet and the Sixth Division.

He also took away [-] shimi from Taicang.

After traveling for three days, he finally arrived at the Three Guards of the Navy, and finally saw Tianjin Shipyard for the first time after being beheaded by his royal brother last time.

On both sides of the canal from Triangle Lake to the sea, there are neat and tall docks. These docks are almost full of cargo ships under construction, and Zhu Youjian is standing on one of the cargo ships, carrying a full load of food. Haikou sailed.

"When I came here last year, both sides of the canal were still barren, but now they are so prosperous."

Looking at the bazaar rising along the dock, Zhu Youjian couldn't help feeling emotional.

"Someone has a demand. His Highness has created a demand of more than [-] civilians and soldiers. Naturally, there will be small merchants and hawkers to do business."

Cao Huachun responded with a smile, and said:

"The surrounding area of ​​Longjiang Shipyard was also so prosperous back then, but it is far inferior to Tianjin now."

"After all, the civilian husbands of Longjiang Shipyard are all from corvée, and they don't have much money to spend."

"The folk husbands in Tianjin Shipyard are different. Each person has thirty cash per day, and nine cash in a month. It's very comfortable."

"Didn't you and Cheng En say before that it would cost a lot to not serve? Now they are supporting me." Zhu Youjian joked after hearing the words.

"Er..." Cao Huachun was at a loss for words, but then he smiled wryly:

"Your Highness, it is a real deal to spend a lot of money. As far as the current situation is concerned, the more than [-] people in the Tianjin Shipyard have to spend more than [-] taels of silver every day, which is [-] taels a month. two."

"Similar to the current situation where there are many orders, the shipyard must continue to operate continuously for at least six months, spending [-] million taels."

"Even if there is no demand in the future, when the construction of warships starts in July, the twenty-six warships will need at least [-] civilians to help."

"In terms of labor, the shipyard alone will spend more than [-] million taels this year."

"It's also due to the fact that the grain sales business is good, so we can make some profits. But if the grain price in Liaodong really stabilizes, I'm afraid that Huangdian's maritime trade will only be able to meet the shipyard's expenses."

Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen, I don't know if they were always in touch with some accounts when they were with Zhu Youjian, so they are very sensitive to numbers.

The expenses of the Yumajian are all in their minds, and this saves Zhu Youjian a lot of trouble.

In this regard, he also said:

"By the way, how much food is left in the bank and granary?"

"Two million nine hundred and twenty-four thousand taels, four hundred and twenty thousand stones." Cao Huachun replied without thinking, and explained the expenditure by the way:
"Right now, the Shangzhi Sixteenth Guards Army, the Twelve Gongwei Battalion, the Shanxi Twenty-eighth Outer Gongwei Battalion, and the Sixth Battalion in Yongping have been preparing for Liaodong for half a year. There are a total of nearly [-] troops, and the annual military salary is [-]. About [-] taels, [-] taels per month."

"The servant girl was about to ask His Highness, when will the new recruits from the Sixth Battalion be transferred away..."

Cao Huachun was also distressed. If the new recruits from the Sixth Battalion were transferred to Liaodong, the household department and internal funds would be responsible for paying the military salary. Still no trace of mobilization.

So he had no choice but to take advantage of this moment to ask, but Zhu Youjian didn't rush to respond when he heard the words, but asked instead:
"Haven't the Liaoxi soldiers and horses and Li Rubai set off yet?"

"Return to Your Highness." Cao Huachun replied:
"Originally it was scheduled to leave on March [-]th, but in Liaozhen, only the guerrilla general Zu Dashou, Li Ning, and Li Xing were willing to follow Li Rubai to Guyuan. The imperial court ordered them to leave on May [-]th."

"However, they only have three battalions of soldiers and horses, and even if they are transferred away, it will not be of much use."

"In addition, Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi are still the same as before, refusing to leave, and there are seven battalions under their command."

Seven battalions of soldiers and horses, that is, more than [-] people...

Zhu You checked and weighed, and then he opened his mouth and said:

"Since Zu Dashou and the others are willing to go, let's urge Li Rubai and the others to go to Guyuan early so that the Hetao tribe will not be knocked over during the autumn harvest."

"As for Zhu Wanliang and the others, I originally planned to wait for Sun Chuanting and the others to restrain An Bangyan and the others a little bit, and then transfer Sun Chuanting and Yang Wenyue to aid Liao, but now it seems that there is not enough time."

"The group of guys in Liaoxi will not be dismantled, and the recovery of Liaodong always makes me uneasy."

"It seems that we have to explain to Man Gui and Xiong Tingbi that they were abolished in advance."

After all, Zhu Youjian said to Cao Huachun:
"Send to the emperor, and also order Mangui to take the cavalry of the three guards of Daning to secretly walk outside the side wall, enter Lulong County from Yulinkou, and then transfer Xiao cavalry guards, Habayashi guards, and Longxiang guards to Lulong County. Wait for my news after gathering the new recruits from the Sixth Battalion at Manshakou, Long County."

"In mid-June, I must see Mangui get rid of those wastes in western Liaoning!"

Zhu Youjian was very rude, because he didn't need to be polite to Liaoxi.

He endured these guys for two years, and now that he finally has the strength to get rid of them, he naturally wants to vent his anger.

There are more than [-] people on paper, but in the end there are only [-] to [-] soldiers who can fight, but they have to eat [-] million taels of silver in salary and [-] million taels of food and fodder every year.

This time, troops were dispatched to dismantle them, and the available soldiers were absorbed, and the unusable soldiers and horses were reduced to auxiliary soldiers.

In short, in the spring of next year, Ming Dynasty must send troops to recover the entire territory of Liaodong!

"Woo~~~"

While Zhu Youjian was thinking about regaining the entire territory of Liaodong, the ship also passed by Haikou, and at the same time the sailors on the ship also blew their horns.

Seeing this, all the guard posts on the seaside blew their horns one after another, spreading to the Sanwei Dock of the Navy extending from the south of Haikou.

When the dock received the news, it immediately opened wide, and the grain transport ships also sailed towards the dock.

The sea breeze howled and made people cool and comfortable. Zhu Youjian and Cao Huachun waited quietly until the ship sailed into the dock a quarter of an hour later.

At this moment, on the wharf of the dock and the military port, [-] people from the three guards of the navy stood in three huge square formations. Accompanied by Zhu Youjian's boat docking, one of the commanders raised his rifle and shot at the sky. .

"boom!"

"King Qi is a thousand years old! A thousand years old! A thousand years old!"

Thousands of people spoke in unison. It seems that after many rehearsals, they are already proficient.

The boat ladder was lowered by the boat, and the cavalry cavalry who accompanied the army rode their horses to get off the boat on the boat ladder, and guarded the road.

Zhu Youjian himself got off the boat, and then walked towards the military formation of the three guards of the navy.

"The last general, Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of the three guards of the navy, sees the king of Qi, and the king of Qi is a thousand years old!"

"Get up." Looking at the tall general who was twenty-seven or eighteen years old in front of him, Zhu Youjian happily helped him up.

In history, Huang Long joined the army in the first year of Chongzhen, and then regained Luanzhou in the third year of Chongzhen.

However, due to the recruitment of the three guards of the navy, he joined the army ahead of schedule and joined the three guards of the navy. At the beginning of the year, Zhu Youjian noticed that the commander of the Henghai Guard among the three guards was actually Huang Long, and he was later promoted to be the acting third guard. General Wei.

In history, he defended Lushun and died for his country, but what Zhu Youjian has to do now is to prevent such a loyal general for the country from being sunk.

He patted Huang Long on the shoulder, although compared with Huang Long who was five feet and eight inches, Zhu Youjian, who was five feet three inches, was still a bit short, but he could still do it.

"Huang Long, have you received the transfer order?" Zhu Youjian asked with a smile.

"Return to Your Highness, the last general has received it." Huang Long bowed his head and said loudly:
"The last general will live up to His Highness and Long Live's entrustment!"

"Hmm..." Zhu Youjian nodded, and then ordered: "This time, Shandong Deputy General Shen Yourong is commanding, and you will assist."

"Deputy Chief Shen is very familiar with Fujian, Penghu, and Greater Liuqiu. You can read more and ask more questions."

"It's not difficult to defeat the Hongmaoyi. The difficult part is that I want you to develop and cultivate in the Great Liuqiu, Huachun..."

Halfway through, Zhu Youjian turned his head to look at Cao Huachun, and Cao Huachun also took a drawing from the eunuch behind him, and handed it to Zhu Youjian.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian also opened the drawing, showed the chart to Huang Long, and said:

"This is the map of Great Liuqiu and Penghu. What I want you to do is to build five harbor cities and two supply cities in the seven places I marked."

Huang Long took over the drawings, and Zhu Youjian also freed up his fingers to point out several places he needed to develop.

These places are Kaohsiung, Keelung, Taichung, and Hualien, which are the later Penghu naval battles, representing the four ports in the southeast, northwest, and island ports of the Great Liuqiu.

As for the two supply cities, they were also randomly chosen by Zhu Youjian.

After pointing out these places that need to be reclaimed, Zhu Youjian also said:

"This time you lead twenty-six merchant ships with more than [-] supplies to the south to suppress the rebellion, and you will follow hundreds of Huangdian ships to deliver supplies for you."

"I have already proposed to Brother Huang to relocate lazy people from nursing homes in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places. The number is more than [-]."

"When you repel the Hong Maoyi, hundreds of Huangdian ships will transport three thousand cattle, four thousand draft horses, and hundreds of thousands of poultry to the south."

"At the same time, the merchant ships that previously went to Huguang and Sichuan to buy grain will also transport enough grain to the Great Liuqiu."

"I've prepared [-] shi of rations for you to go south. When we arrive at Songjiang Mansion, there will be ten ships with [-] shi of rations to transport [-] shi of rations to go south with the army."

"After repelling the Hongmao Yi, the rest of the merchant ships will carry grain to the seaport in the northern part of the Great Liuqiu."

"So if you want to relocate the people at that time, you must first relocate to the northern seaport."

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he stared at Huang Long's expression firmly, and Huang Long also nodded:

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the general has memorized everything, but the general still has some questions."

"Well, let's talk about it." Zhu Youjian responded, and Huang Long also pointed out his doubts:
"Based on the topography shown in His Highness's drawing, the most important places to defend the Great Liuqiu are the southern seaport and Penghu."

"If you want to defend these two places, you must garrison troops and build forts, but..."

Huang Long didn't continue, but the meaning was obvious, because the three guards of the navy were the soldiers of the Shangzhi Army, and logically speaking, they couldn't leave Beizhili.

But in response to his inquiry, Zhu Youjian said:

"Great Liuqiu will be directly under the Zhili government in the north in the future. The imperial court will set up the Daliuqiu as the Ryukyu Zhili Prefecture and set up seven counties. At that time, the three guards of the navy will only need to transfer one guard back to defend Tianjin, and the remaining two guards will be stationed in the Ryukyu Prefecture."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian continued earnestly:

"The development of the Ryukyu Prefecture determines whether the three guards of the navy will expand in the future."

"Look at this map." Zhu Youjian took out another map, and this map included a large map from the south of the Yangtze River to Nanyang.

Zhu Youjian pointed to Taiwan and said: "This will be the center of gravity of the three guards of the navy in the future. In the future, the three guards of the navy will become a single Shangzhi and will expand."

"Places such as Luzon, Nibala, Managa, and Johor used to have my Ming government factories, and in the future the sea areas of these places will be the sea areas of the navy."

"The three guards of the navy should be expanded and expanded into a navy, facing the sea."

Zhu Youjian drew a huge blueprint for Huanglong, and taught earnestly:
"Don't just confine yourself to one big island, but look at the entire Southeast Asia."

"Huang Long, in your opinion, if Da Ming wants to completely control the South China Sea, how many soldiers, horses and warships will he need?"

"Er... this..." Huang Long hesitated for a moment before responding:
"At least ten guards are needed, hundreds of warships with six thousand materials..."

"Hey!" Zhu Youjian slapped Huang Long's shoulder with a slap on his shoulder, with an expression of hating iron but not steel:
"Huang Long, don't be petty, think bigger!"

"Um... fifteen guards?" Huang Long said tentatively, but he didn't want Zhu Youjian to say directly:
"No! It's twenty guards!" After finishing speaking, Zhu Youjian said:

"The soldiers and horses of the twenty guards, and at least four hundred warships, troop carriers, and grain carriers."

"Huanglong, think about it. With so many soldiers and horses, they have to be divided into Nanyang, so naturally they have to cultivate in Nanyang."

"In places such as Luzon, Nibala, and Managa, Dafraji and Hongmaoyi have reclaimed a lot of fields. As long as we drive them away, we can garrison there."

"The reclamation of the Ryukyu Prefecture is actually to accumulate experience for the reclamation of Nanyang."

"So, Huanglong..." Zhu Youjian stared straight at Huanglong, and said earnestly:

"I don't need to say more about the importance of relocating people from the Ryukyu Prefecture, right?"

"The last general understands!" Huang Long still doesn't understand, but he understands one thing, that is, relocating the people, distributing food and farm tools, and borrowing cattle and horses to cultivate for the people are his top priorities after defeating the red-haired barbarians. heavy.

Seeing that he was so good at Taoism, Zhu Youjian stopped painting cakes, and then took a booklet from Cao Huachun, and said to Huang Long:

"This document is my summary of some diseases and problems you may encounter after you settle down the Ryukyu Mansion. You can take a look."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Huang Long took the document, and Zhu Youjian also said:

"When are you going to leave?"

"At the end of the day, I will prepare to leave for Dengzhou on the ninth day of the lunar new year, and then meet with Vice President Shen and then go south. I will arrive in Songjiang at the end of May, and I will arrive in Fujian in mid-June."

Huang Long told all his plans, and Zhu Youjian felt good after hearing it, and then turned to Cao Huachun and said:
"The food and boats are all ready. The number of Hongmaoyi and the warships are not many. With the strength of the navy and three guards, as long as they go to Penghu, they will be able to repel them."

"All the food ships must arrive in the northern part of Ryukyu Prefecture on June [-]."

"Yes..." Cao Huachun bowed in response, and Zhu Youjian turned around and said to Huang Long:
"After this battle is over, if the Ryukyu Mansion is well cultivated, you, who is the representative of the three guards, can go."

"The last general must do his best to repay the country's kindness!" Huang Long knelt down on one knee and bowed in response as soon as he heard that he could be promoted after the beating.

After Zhu Youjian helped him up, he said to the officers of the Navy's Three Guards:

"Have you received all the money for the departure of the three guards!"

"I got it!" Many officers responded, and the soldiers in the back row didn't know what to say but they followed suit.

"Since I got it, give me a good fight this time when I go south, and show off the national prestige of Daming!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill..."

The roar resounded through the sky. It is estimated that Reyes Zorn would never have dreamed of it. He just wanted to show the force of the Dutch East India Company, and then asked the Ming Dynasty to give them a place to do business, but it attracted the terrifying existence of the navy and three guards. Siege...

　There is one more at four o'clock in the afternoon

　　
　
(End of this chapter)