Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 411 Step through the iron shoes and find nowhere

So it was the turn of the sixth son to complain to the elder brother...

"Wuuu, big brother, I'm too miserable."

"Four boats, more than 800 brothers, and people like Wang Dayuan and Yu Tongjiang, so their lives and deaths are unknown..."

"I'm crying, brother, even the Chaohu Navy is no match for those pirates. Do you think there is any reason?"

"The Chaohu navy can suffer such a big loss? I really didn't expect it." The prince was also stunned when he heard it. He knew the strength of the Chaohu navy better than the sixth son.Even though these years, due to various reasons, he no longer has the courage of the past, but the former number one navy in the world, is it still possible to deal with pirates?

How could he be beaten and fled?Is it too outrageous?

"In their words, water warfare is not land warfare. If you can't win it, you can't win it." Zhu Zhen said with a wry smile: "Everyone drives a warship with [-] materials, but we have [-] materials, which is twice as big as us. .I can't even try my best."

"Two thousand materials? Where did they get such a big ship?" The prince finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

"And those pirates are not ordinary pirates, they are Fang Guozhen and Chen Youding's old subordinates, and they are from the same school as Jinghaihou's Japanese Marine Division." Zhu Zhen sneered: "After so many years of Japanese troubles, the elder brother is not Do you know what their strength is?"

"Father doesn't know either..." The prince frowned and said, "Every year from Liaodong to Fujian and Guangdong, Japanese pirates harass constantly, but they have never broken through the city, nor won the official army. They are just as inexhaustible as weeds." , There will always be a comeback, which is just annoying.

"That's why the father said he paid attention to it, but he didn't pay much attention to it, so he kept letting Wu Zhen do it."

"The sea is also a world." Lao Liu intentionally slandered Wu Zhen, "And the Marquis of Jinghai is the king of the sea."

"You mean, Wu Zhen raises the bandits' self-respect?" The crown prince frowned even tighter.

"In order to avoid pirates, our fleet sails along the coastline and within the control of the guard's navy. But such a large-scale fleet dares to block us at the door. Are the coastal guards blind?
"Marquis Jinghai has been the commander-in-chief for so many years, why has he never reported that there are such powerful pirates?" The sixth son said sharply:
"Jing Haihou is definitely not clear to them. Even if he doesn't wear a pair of pants, he is still their protection!"

"Hmm..." Now it was the crown prince's turn to comfort Lao Liu. "I know you are very angry, but let me calm down first. Winning or losing is a common matter in military affairs. If you lose, you will lose. The [-] guan will be considered as your tuition fee."

"No compensation..." Unexpectedly, the sixth child said in a muffled voice.

"How do you learn from your third brother? It's too strong." The prince smiled bitterly: "Why do you have to suffer for face?"

"It's really not worth it. I'll return six boats." Lao Liu said loudly.

"Didn't you say that all the goods were thrown into the sea?" the prince asked.

"How could such a big ship be lost in one go? At that time, the sailors just lost all the small goods and medicinal materials on the upper level, and the precious stones, gold and silver, ivory, and sandalwood in the ballast were still there. Han Yi But Mao estimated that if you sell the rest of the goods, you can make at least ten times the net profit."

"Can it sell for 50 guan?" the prince opened his mouth wide open.

"It's 60 guan. The capital of [-] guan, the loss of [-] guan, compensation and other expenses must be deducted." Lao Liu corrected.

"Really?" The prince's mouth widened again. "Why am I so unbelievable?"

Zhu Zhen curled his lips and said, "Can I still lie to my elder brother? At the latest next month, I will give you the dividend this time."

"Brother certainly believes you, but I think it's incredible." The prince apologized and smiled, "I didn't expect such a lucrative business to exist in the world!"

"That is, in the future, maritime trade will only become more and more important." Zhu Zhen made a big circle with his hands and said, "If we don't participate, we will fall behind."

"So, those who deceived the imperial court to close the Shibo Department just wanted to monopolize the profits of the sea trade?" Those people still want to let you leave Shibosi without the emperor's knowledge."

After a pause, the crown prince said in a low voice: "Besides, they used Suzhou as an important place of wealth and being close to Zhili as an excuse, and tried their best to ask the imperial court not to seal the vassal king in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

"Then my fifth brother..." Zhu Zhen frowned.

"Transfer the title." The crown prince sighed, "Even Mr. Song and Mr. Lu are persuading me and my father."

"Where are they going to get my fifth brother?" Zhu Zhen burst into anger.He can't see bullying honest people the most.

Well, fifth brother is not honest...

"They hope to change Lao Wu to be King of Zhou and change his fiefdom to Kaifeng." The crown prince said: "Father also thinks that Lao Wu is too gentle, he can cure diseases but not govern the country, and he can't restrain those demons and ghosts."

"It's okay, big brother, let the old father rest assured, I will help fifth brother clean up those monsters and goblins, and obey them!" Zhu Zhen said, patting his chest.

"I believe that you have basically achieved it." The prince asked: "But the current gate is on the side of Shibosi. How do you plan to reverse the situation?"

"Build a ship, build a big ship!" Zhu Zhen had already thought about the answer, and said loudly: "I want to build a big ship with two thousand materials, or even four thousand materials! Then go fuck the mother!"

"En." The prince nodded heavily, and asked again: "Where are you going to build such a big ship?"

"Longjiang Treasure Shipyard!" Zhu Zhen paused every word. It was the undisputed number one shipyard in the world.The builder of Zheng He's treasure ship in the future.

"Even if we start working now, it will take about two years, right?" the prince asked thoughtfully.

"I plan to build a one-time fleet for at most half a year, destroy those pirates, and then consider a long-term plan!" The sixth son said harshly.

"Hmm..." The prince thought for a moment, then suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "I remembered, the Longjiang Treasure Shipyard won't take that much time!"

"Why, do they have any black technology?" Zhu Zhen became energetic when he heard it.

"It's not black technology, white technology." The prince shook his head and said, "It's because in the third year of Hongwu, the emperor learned that the envoy he sent to Japan was killed for the king of Japan. The emperor was furious and ordered the construction of a giant sea-going ship." , ready to send troops to crusade against Japan.

"At that time, your master was still in the court, and he urged the emperor to learn from the lessons of the Yuan Dynasty, and not to attack the islands easily across the ocean. In addition, the defeat in Lingbei happened again, and let the emperor know that our Ming army may also lose the battle, and finally calmed down. .”

The prince said, rubbed his nose and smiled: "But you know... Father is a man who cares about face, so even though he dismissed the idea of ​​attacking Japan, he never made it clear, so it was not until the seventh year of Hongwu that he ordered to stop building warships. .”

As he spoke, he raised four fingers and said, "At that time, Longjiang Bao Shipyard had been working hard for nearly four years. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood!" Zhu Zhen suddenly felt hot and nodded heavily.

(End of this chapter)