My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 454: The strategy for controlling Japanese invaders is to be disrespectful when coming or going.

A fast horse galloped out of the city gate and rushed to Feiyungang under the stars and the moon.

On February 20th, a curfew was unexpectedly imposed in Yanjing City. Four or five carriages gathered towards the palace. The figures in each carriage sat upright and frowned slightly. They probably already knew what the emperor was going to say and were on their way there. I have already thought of my words in my mind.

After entering the imperial city and all the way to the Central Palace, Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu got off the carriage, and Zhou Yu, who had come from Feiyungang, also got off the carriage. They held hands with each other and walked into the imperial study room of the Central Palace together. , the eunuch leading the way held a lantern and said as he walked: "Your Majesty has been very angry these days. I have served your Majesty for so long and I have never seen you before. Duke Zheng is also in the study. You three please come in."

With that said, the eunuch went up the steps and pushed open the door in front of him under the gaze of the guards on both sides.

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

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

The three people who came in to pay their respects nodded to Zheng He and sat on both sides of the desk. After a while, the palace maid came in and served tea. When the door was closed again, Su Chen also closed the book of sea maps and threw it on the desk. He sat down on the chair and rubbed his brow.

"Linzhou's coastal areas are being attacked by pirates. Duke Zheng and Governor Zhou, what do you think we should do?"

Zheng He and Zhou Yu looked at each other. They were both prime candidates for water and sea battles. They were tricked by Japanese pirates that time, and Zhou Yu's face still looks a little ugly.

"Let's talk about the Japanese generals first."

After a moment of silence, Zhou Yu spoke first. Someone who had been the governor of Soochow had experienced many wars. Naturally, he would not be at a loss because of being tricked by the other party.

"In these days, Yu has also thought carefully about how the Japanese general used his troops. He was quite familiar with Sun Wu's art of war. He had always made us accustomed to plundering at sea. However, at the beginning of spring, he suddenly diverted and landed on the coast. He killed us by surprise. What we need to do now is not to fight him on the sea, but to cut off the opponent’s place to strike again.”

Opposite Zhou Yu, Zheng He nodded. He looked at Su Chen: "Your Majesty, I am not a slave to excuse myself and Gong Jin. The coast is really too long. We are not afraid to fight with him on the sea, but beware of the other side's constant harassment. Let's We are tired of running for our lives, which is a taboo when it comes to using troops."

"To defend against Japanese pirates, I already have someone in mind, but there is no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days. Only by destroying their nest 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 completed?"

Someone discussed that Su Chen was not that upset. With the size of the Japanese, he was not afraid at all, but the constant harassment was like flies, which was annoying and frightened the coastal people and maritime trade. Once everyone In danger, the majesty of Daxia since its founding is very likely to be completely wiped out.

This is what Su Chen is most worried about. If his morale is gone, both the people's morale and the morale of the military will be affected.

"Your Majesty, it's not that easy to launch a treasure ship. According to the original structure, I don't know much about it, so I can only restore it bit by bit." Zheng He laughed at himself: "In the past seven times, I went to sea, and I just looked at the sea view. , how could I have the time to get down from the cabin and look at the structure of the big ship? The hull is forty-four feet long and eighteen feet wide. The hull alone is quite labor-intensive. Each layer has a different structure to withstand the impact of waves and hurricanes. Plant rooms for soldiers to rest."

Regarding the treasure ship, Su Chen had heard Zheng He explain it before. There were three sets of power systems: hard sails, rotating oars, and long oars at the bow and stern.

The main function of the hard sail is to absorb the wind and improve efficiency, and the mast does not have a fixed beam, allowing the mast to adjust its direction more flexibly to adapt to changing winds and clouds at sea.

There are long oars on both sides and stern. These long oars go deep into the water and are rocked by multiple people at the same time.

There is also a swaying rotating oar in the cabin. Driven by human power, the stirring gear rotates underwater, similar to a modern propeller, so it has high propulsion efficiency.

Even when there is no wind, a certain speed can be maintained through the rotation of the long oar and the rotating oar. Moreover, the design of the two types of oars has been scaled to a very small position for the wading area outside the ship, even when passing through narrow ports or crowded straits.

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

At Feiyun Port, when building ships, according to weight restrictions, craftsmen only inlaid iron sheets at suitable locations for a certain range of protection.

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

"Duke Zheng is feeling miserable, and I know it. But I really can't swallow this tone!"

Su Chen knocked on the table and turned his gaze to Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu over there, "We can't do anything about them now, but we can still vent our anger, right?"

"My lord, I have no plan for the time being, but in the future when I travel east to the islands, Liang can borrow a strong wind for Your Majesty!"

Zhuge Liang expressed his stance, and Jia Xu could only bite the bullet and smile. "Again, your Majesty, are you not afraid of hurting Tianhe?"

"The Japanese are dead, 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 turned sinister: "Your Majesty, select a group of death row prisoners and let them go south by boat. Load some plague-infected cattle and sheep in the boat for the Japanese to rob and farm the cattle." , Bao Ye, once delivered to the island... haha."

Su Chen's face was filled with joy, but then he frowned: "It's not difficult to find cattle infected with plague. There are millions of cattle in the six states, and there are always dozens of them infected with plague. I will issue an order now. Search within six states. Even those on death row may not be willing to do this."

"They are destined to die, so Your Majesty will be extra merciful. If they do this, their family members will receive a generous settlement allowance. After all, everyone knows that just beheading them in the market will mean they are dead. It would be more valuable to die."

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

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten the plague?"

"After getting on the ship, you will die wherever you go..."

Su Chen's eyelids twitched. This old guy must have thought of this plan a long time ago, otherwise he would have thought of all the details.

"Then do it!"

After thinking for a moment, Su Chen immediately decided to take action. Since the other party had cheated on him and would not pay him back, why should he be an emperor?

"Your Majesty, wait a moment."

At this time, Zhuge Liang suddenly said: "Your Majesty wants to issue an edict, please issue a secret edict."

"Why?"

Zhuge Liang put down the tea, shook the crane fan, and glanced at Zhou Yu opposite him, "Liang has been thinking, why did the Japanese know so accurately that Gong Jin and Lu Ziming would pass through Wuzhou? And why did they expect that there would be no one in Linzhou? Wuzhou navy patrol?"

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

"What do you mean, Prime Minister, are there spies among the officials in Wuzhou and Linjun who are informing the Japanese?"

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and nodded silently.

"Pass on my secret decree!"

Su Chen stood up abruptly and let Wu Zixun outside, "Three secret orders, one, immediately search for fifty cattle that have caused the plague in all states! Immediately transport them to Feiyungang, remember not to stop in the middle, don't let the epidemic Spread the word!

Second, ask Yanjing to nominate thirty more death row prisoners and persuade them to go to sea to die, and their families will receive five hundred taels of silver.

The last secret order, and the most important one, was to ask Li Bai to take the spies from the Embroidery Department under his command to Shengkang and Linjun in Wuzhou, and ask Guan Ping to cooperate secretly to find the people who were treacherous with the Japanese, and start the investigation from those who had the best relationship with Gu Chongwen back then! "

"Yes!"

Wu Zixun knew that the emperor was in a bad mood recently, so without any unnecessary words, he cupped his hands, turned around as ordered, and strode out the door.

The door closed again and the lights swayed, shining on Su Chen's face. His cold voice squeezed out of his lips and teeth: "I thought he took a bite of me, haha, I will make him break his muscles and bones!"

After saying that, he opened the door and walked towards the ancestral temple. The sound penetrated the night and reached the ears of the four people.

"That's the plan. I'll see the results in half a month!"

(End of this chapter)