Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 269 The water is too cold, the waves are too big!
Everyone in Qianqing Palace laughed happily when they saw Tian Chuyi's stupid look.

While waiting for the two of them, everyone received several letters of success.

Although the banner of "Chongming Navy" is still on the document, everyone is an old Jianghu who has been in court, and Lao Zhu himself is a responsible existence, and he can see the way of it at a glance.

If it is said that only Haicheng County won the battle, killing a few Japanese pirates is somewhat believable.But the entire city of Huai'an and the counties all over the country have won the battle, which is a bit too ridiculous.

Not to mention that it was only the Chongming Navy that assisted in the battle, even if the entire Daming Navy was counted, it would not be able to achieve such a result.

Therefore, everyone is basically sure that this matter has something to do with Zhu Yunxi, but they don't know how much this is related.

Is Zhu Yunxie leading, or is the locality leading and Zhu Yunxi supporting from the sidelines?
But no matter what, even if Zhu Yunxi just used a boat to transport the guard soldiers of Huai'an Mansion there, and did nothing else, this battle can give him a head start!

Because Daming's biggest shortcoming against Japanese pirates is its short legs. As long as there are enough clippers and they can touch the Japanese pirates' lairs, even the soldiers of the guards along the coast of the south of the Yangtze River can wipe out those rat-like guys.

As for why Daming didn't develop a navy or build clippers, that's a long story.

In short, in the eyes of the imperial court, and in the eyes of Lao Zhu, the Japanese pirates have never been taken seriously.

Because the Japanese pirates just plundered, they went ashore from time to time to grab some property.Relatively speaking, Meng Yuan in the north is the confidant of the scourge, which is the scourge of wanting to fight back to the Central Plains, revive the glory of the Golden Family, and re-enslave the people of Ming Dynasty.

Comparing the two, Daming will naturally focus on the north.Not only was a large amount of materials mobilized to the important towns in the north to defend and attack Beiyuan, but also the elites of the whole country were concentrated in the north, and King Sai was placed on the border to prevent Beiyuan from making a comeback.

As a result, the defense forces along the south coast of the Yangtze River were naturally weak, which gave the Japanese pirates an opportunity to take advantage of.

Seeing Tian Chuyi's stupid look, Lao Zhu also thought it was very funny, so he couldn't help grinning loudly.

"Don't say we didn't give you a chance, you just got a huge credit for it, and you pushed it out yourself, hahaha!"

When Tian Chuyi heard this, his mind suddenly became alive.

"My lord, if I now say that I know the Huai'an Mansion, can you give me the credit back to me?"

Lao Zhu was in a good mood, and casually made a joke with Tian Chuyi.

"We don't make things difficult for you. You just need to tell me where Huai'an Mansion is, how far it is from your Chongming Island, and which direction it is."

"This……"

Tian Chuyi was eager to make contributions, so he immediately started talking nonsense.

"It should be in the south, about one or two hundred miles?"

As soon as Tian Chuyi said these words, several civil servants couldn't bear it anymore, and they covered their mouths and started laughing.

Fu Youde, Feng Sheng, Tang He and the three veterans even laughed out loud, laughing at Tian Chuyi, an idiot.

"You are so daring, you even want to take the credit of His Highness the Third Emperor's grandson, it's simply boring, hahaha..."

Although Feng Sheng spoke harshly, there was always a smug smile on his face.

When Tian Chuyi heard that this matter was related to the grandson of the Three Emperors, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​greedy for merit, and followed the crowd with a stern smile.

"It turned out to be the grandson of the superior master's family who made the credit. That would give the humble staff 1 courage, and the humble staff would not dare to be greedy for credit. Hahahahaha..."

When Lao Zhu was sure that he had nothing to do with the Chongming Navy, he waved his hand and asked someone to take the two of them down.

The two were originally just returning to Beijing to report on their duties, and they applied for a new set of official uniforms by the way.But because of chance, they entered the palace once, and the emperor made a few jokes, and the two of them also felt that their faces were bright.

However, when the two of them heard the news from the common people, saying that the Huai'an Mansion had just won the victory, that the Chongming Navy defeated the Japanese pirates in the Huai'an Mansion and beheaded more than [-] people, the two of them really understood how their fate came about. .

Dare the emperor and grandson of the Ming Dynasty really be so fierce, exterminating three thousand Japanese pirates by himself?

Is it just that there are so many Japanese pirates along the coast of Daming?
Although the Chongming navy can only hide in Chongming Island, responsible for the transportation of goods, and secretly go out to sea to catch fish and so on.But after all, the two are at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and they are no strangers to Japanese pirates along the coast.

In general, the Japanese pirates along the coast of Daming are only a few thousand at best, certainly not more than ten thousand.

Because once it exceeds [-], even if the imperial court is in a hurry to use troops to the north, it will have to free up its hands and feet to clean it up.

On the other side, everyone in the Qianqing Palace was confirming that the battle in Huai'an Mansion was won by the emperor's grandson, and collectively congratulated Lao Zhu for having a good grandson.

While Lao Zhu was happy, he kept everyone in the palace for a meal for the first time, which can be described as a great kindness.

However, Lao Zhu soon lost his joy, because within a few days, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places successively submitted letters to ask for credit.

Some kind people even made up a "Chongming Navy", and some didn't even mention the Chongming Navy, and directly said that a righteous man "Zhu Tong" led a group of towns to fight the enemy bravely and assisted the officers and soldiers to win this great victory.

As for who Xiangyong "Zhu Tong" is, it is unclear, and there is no reason for it.

When Lao Zhu saw these memorials, he knew that the officials under him were tight-lipped, and even joined hands to deceive him.But when he thought of his own grandson being involved, he could only hold his nose and hold back his breath.

Because once he didn't recognize the merit documents of the officials below, it would be tantamount to obliterating the meritorious service that the great grandson earned in exchange for his life.

Therefore, choosing the lesser of two evils, he could only accept the meritorious documents submitted by various state governments.

As a matter of fact, the officials in various states are not stupid. The reason why they are willing to spend a lot of money to buy the heads of Japanese pirates is for the sake of Zhenglong, the grandson of the Three Emperors.

Otherwise, if they were replaced by other generals, they would not dare to take the head of the Japanese pirates to the court to ask for their merits and receive the reward.

Because according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, this is a felony, and if the court finds out, it will be beheaded!
Old Zhu endured it for a few more days, seeing this group of "country braves" getting more and more excessive, he couldn't bear it any longer, and immediately called Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and the consort Captain Mei Yin into the palace to conspire.

……

Zhu Yunxi never expected that the first time he went to sea, he would be tripped by Japanese pirates along the coast.

After learning that the heads of Japanese pirates could be sold for money, a group of non-military townspeople from the First Fleet of the Ming Dynasty stood on the deck every day staring like chicken blood, and rushed to search for islands when they saw them.

At the beginning, Zhu Yunxi was quite happy to see this scene, thinking that he was able to lead his troops well, and his military spirit was available.

However, he was dumbfounded when he found out that the fleet chased the Japanese pirates to Songjiang Mansion, and then from Songjiang Mansion to Fujian.

It was agreed to go to Japan to mine, why did you come here suddenly!
"no!"

"We can't go on being so decadent anymore, we have to continue sailing to Japan after this wave!"

"Your Highness, let the lowly rank wait for a few more fights. The young one has already saved his wife's money, and after a few more fights, he will even earn back the money for his son to marry his wife!"

"Yes!"

"Third Emperor's grandson, please take pity on us. We are all a group of poor children who are not loved by grandma and uncle. Only the third emperor's grandson treats us as human beings. Let us make more money!"

"you……"

"You guys are really a bunch of idiots with long hair and short knowledge. If we go to Japan to dig mines, we can earn more money by just digging for a few days than working at sea for a few months!"

Although Zhu Yunxi worked hard to fool the soldiers under his command, everyone was dazzled by the easy money in front of them.

Yes!

For the officials in coastal prefectures and counties of Daming, Japanese pirates are the most difficult thing to deal with.But for the well-equipped and well-trained villagers of the First Fleet of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates are money to walk!
A person's head is worth 100 taels of hard currency!

Therefore, apart from a dozen casualties in the first battle due to panic and other reasons, almost no one was killed in the subsequent battles, only a few were injured.

In fact, more than half of the dozen or so casualties in the first battle were rescued, and only a few died due to serious injuries and wound infection.

After seeing the blood, the bravery of more than 1000 people completely broke out their real fighting power.

After several rounds of firecrackers, they even dared to go up with knives to meet the Japanese pirates.

Zhu Yunxi has only one comment on this kind of behavior - stupid!

But for Chen Hai, who has traveled far and wide and has seen a lot, the more than 1000 township warriors in front of him are already a strong army.

Even the Japanese Prince Fuji Yushou was overwhelmed by the fighting power of the Ming army after seeing the bravery of the Ming army several times.

However, what interests him the most is the kind of firecracker that looks like a bird's beak.

At first, he only thought that these firecrackers were decorations, but after seeing the power of these firecrackers on the battlefield, he only had one idea left.

In your lifetime, you must get these blueprints, and then bring them back to Japan to build them, to help your father defeat the Northern Dynasty, wipe out the Ashikaga shogunate, and revive the emperor's reputation!
For this reason, he flattered Zhu Yunxie in every possible way, and even bought off the eunuchs around Zhu Yunxie.

Naturally, Wang De would not betray his Highness, and immediately informed Zhu Yunxi of the matter after accepting the gold bribed by Fuji Yushou.

Zhu Yunxi just smiled lightly after hearing this, he already knew what Fuji Yushou was up to.

Isn't it because I miss Daming's new firecracker...

Don't even think about this guy, with only blueprints, no supporting lathes, and manufacturing techniques, just doing experiments again and again can cost him so much that he can't afford to wear his pants!

Zhu Yunxi wondered, should he give Teng Youshou a routine like Zheng Guowei Qin, and directly sell him the blueprint of the bird gun?

Even if you sell it for 100 million taels of blood, it's good.

When Fuji Yushou researches and understands how this thing is built, Daming should also change into a flintlock gun, and then still maintain absolute firepower suppression, la la la.

Of course, he was just thinking about it.

If you really want to sell it, you don't need to talk to others, the three Uncle Wangs on the boat can kill him!

After Zhu Yunxi finished fighting the Japanese pirates near Taizhou, he wanted to order everyone to go north to Japan to mine on the spot, but was stopped by Chen Hai.

"Your Highness, the best sailing time has already been missed at this time. Now that the southwest monsoon is over, if we forcefully cross the sea to Japan, I'm afraid it will increase the risk of sailing!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard the words, he immediately took out the chart and drew a line directly from Taizhou.

"How about taking advantage of the current north wind to go to Japan instead of North Korea?"

When Chen Hai heard Zhu Yunxie's wild thoughts, his face turned pale with fright.

"Your Highness, this is absolutely impossible!"

"Navigation at sea is different from that on land. The sea is boundless and there are no signs. If we rush there rashly, as long as the direction is slightly off, we will all die in the sea!"

When Zhu Gui and the others heard this, they hurriedly echoed Chen Hai.

"Nephew, we've been out for a while, and we've made a lot of money. We've even made money for the entire fleet. You'd better go back quickly, lest your grandfather worry too much!"

Seeing what Zhu Gui said, Zhu Zhi and Zhu Ying followed suit.

"Yes!"

"When we went out to sea, we thought we were just going out to play with you. Who knew that the sea would actually make money like this!"

"We killed Japanese pirates during this period. We earned 10,000+ taels just by selling their heads, and counting the seized goods and silver, there are at least a million taels. Let's go back quickly..."

Zhu Yunxi ignored the words of the three Uncle Wangs and muttered to himself.

"The direction?"

"It's not a big problem, I can just sort it out."

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi hurried back to his cabin, took out a wooden box from his luggage, and took out a dozen or so planks neatly stacked.

When Zhu Gui and the others saw this, their eyes were full of confusion.

However, when Chen Hai saw this thing, he was astonished on the spot, and asked with a face full of disbelief.

"His Highness the Third Emperor, do you even know the art of drawing stars?"

The so-called astrology is a means to determine the orientation by the angle between the sea level and the stars in the sky.

There is nothing mysterious about this method, but for the ancient times with backward information, whoever masters this method is equivalent to who has mastered the key to control the ocean.

Chen Hai also wanted to go to the Western Ocean in his early years, but because he didn't know how to draw stars, he couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north when he was in the vast sea.

Therefore, he can only succumb to the coast and use the huge coordinates of the mainland to navigate.

Seeing Zhu Yunxi's star-strapping technique now, Chen Hai's eyes lit up with excitement.

Once he learns these secret techniques, his Chen clan will be brought to a higher level!

Zhu Yunxi picked up the wooden boards in the box, stretched his arms straight to the sea level, and then tested each board one by one until the angle difference with the stars was evened out, and then he looked at the scale on the board.

Then, with the help of the sea chart, he roughly calculated his position, and he could basically deduce his own position, so he put the board back into the box with satisfaction.

"This method is more or less useful. Although the error is a bit large, it is enough for us to touch Japan!"

Zhu Gui and the others were dumbfounded when they saw this scene. Although they couldn't understand the purpose of those dozen boards, they could understand the point that Zhu Yunxi had drawn on the map.

If Zhu Yunxi didn't deliberately fool himself and others, but actually calculated the location on the map through those broken boards, it would be amazing.

Chen Hai also looked excited, this is the star-stretching technique he dreamed of!

"Three emperors and grandsons are really pedantic, and they can even master the secrets of the Xiyi people. I really admire the old man!"

"To be honest, the old man spent a lot of time trying to understand this thing in the early years. Just dozens of Xiyi people were tied up, but even though the grassroots tortured them, those people refused to say anything until they died. Reveal the secret of the star-drawing technique. The grass people were so angry that they ordered someone to dig a hole and buried the group of people alive."

"Afterwards, several waves of people were arrested, but they also refused to speak out, and then they dug a hole and buried them..."

Chen Hai said it very frankly, just like killing chickens and dogs.

But hearing the ears of the other three vassal kings, it was indeed a different scene.Dare to love this bad old man, he was also a ruthless person when he was young!

Although the three vassal kings were quite shocked when they heard this, they were only shocked. No one had the idea of ​​justice for those dozens of foreign vassals.

After all, these days, Ming Dynasty was still a kingdom of heaven, and the whole empire, no matter whether it was the royal family or common people, did not have the slightest awe of the foreign vassals, and no one even looked at them seriously.

Although it is not a serious crime to kill a few foreigners these days, it is not a glorious thing either.

Chen Hai took the initiative to say this, because he deliberately exposed his shortcomings and planned to completely rely on Zhu Yunxi.

If he wanted to take refuge before, he only took a fancy to Zhu Yunxi's status as the emperor's grandson, then he wanted to take refuge now because he took a fancy to Zhu Yunxi's ability.

One is the ability to fight, and the other is the skill of sailing.

It can be said that whoever has mastered these two abilities will be omnipotent and unstoppable at sea!
Zhu Yunxi was also surprised when he heard Chen Hai's words.He never thought that old man Chen, who looked harmless to humans and animals and laughed all day long, was actually such a cruel and merciless person.

If it wasn't for his old age, he would have wanted to build him a global fleet and let him go around South America to see if he could find potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes and other things.

"Old Chen is mighty!"

"However, in the future, don't kill people for such a trivial matter. It's just astrology. If you want to learn it, I will teach you!"

When Chen Hai heard this, he fell to his knees with a plop, and respectfully bowed to his teacher.

"Student Chen Hai pays homage to King Wu!"

"From now on, my Chen clan will serve King Wu forever and ever!"

Seeing this scene, Zhu Gui, Zhu Zhi and the other three felt sour in their hearts.What kind of shit luck did this grandson have, that with just a few broken boards, he was able to subdue such a retainer!
Although Zhu Yunxi had taken in many retainers before, no one had ever taken those craftsmen seriously.

Because those people are far from qualified to be retainers, at best they are just craftsmen supported by the palace, and their status is equivalent to that of servants.

But a folk reckless like Chen Hai is different. Leaving aside his strong financial resources, just talking about his influence at sea, subduing this person is equivalent to subduing a huge family, and it will be a great help for Zhu Yunxi in the future!
If Zhu Yunxi becomes the grandson of the emperor in the future, then this help will not be obvious.

After all, the grandson of the emperor is equivalent to the crown prince, he is the prince of a country, and there are plenty of talents for him to drive.

But if he is just a king of Wu, then this person's help to him is about equal to a guard horse!
With the assistance of the star-leading board, Zhu Yunxi finally led the fleet to the deep sea.

Although the twelve hundred households under him still wanted to kill the Japanese pirates to make money, they still obeyed unconditionally when faced with the orders of their own generals.

It's just that the fleet sailed away for three days, then encountered a storm, and was scared back by a big wave.

Zhu Yunxi also spent a whole night at sea, and when he felt that he would be buried in the bottom of the sea several times, he really realized that he would never be a hero after all.

Some people are doomed not to be heroes, either because they think the water is too cold or the waves are too big.

Zhu Yunxi is the latter.

But Zhu Yunxi unknowingly inherited one of Lao Zhu's faults, that is, venting his anger on others.

"Wang De!"

"You have an unshirkable responsibility for the failure of this voyage!"

Wang De was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself that he hadn't done anything, why should he bear such a big responsibility?
As everyone knows, this is just Zhu Yunxi's momentary emotion.

This year's voyage is really a matter of fate and face. Think about Ma He of the fourth uncle's family, who has been fine on seven voyages to the West. Wang De, my family, encountered a storm on the first voyage, and he was born against the sea!

After this incident, Zhu Yunxi secretly thought that he still had to find a way to get Ma He, the ocean mascot, from his fourth uncle!
Otherwise, let alone this traditional sailing ship, even if he tinkered with an iron-clad ship, he would suffer the same fate as the Titanic.

Since he could not cross Japan, Zhu Yunxi could only pour his anger on the Japanese pirates along the coast of Daming.

After scanning the Japanese pirates from north to south, and from south to north again, he looked around in a daze, and there was no enemy to fight along the coast of Daming.

At this time, he heard that the magistrate of Ningbo Prefecture said that there were Japanese pirates in Yangzhou, and he led everyone to kill them without thinking about it.

However, as soon as he brought people to Yangzhou Mansion, he was caught by Fu Youde, Feng Sheng, and Mei Yin.

"Song Guogong, Ying Guogong, why are you two here?"

"Could it be that you two are also here to kill Japanese pirates?"

Fu Youde and Feng Sheng rolled their eyes at the same time when they heard the words.

"Son of the Three Emperors, the rumors about Japanese pirates in Yangzhou are the ones that I released!"

"what?"

Zhu Yunxi didn't know that he had been fooled until now, and these three people must have been sent by the emperor's grandfather to arrest him.

"The two princes will bring you some souvenirs later, and I will go to the boat to get them for you!"

When the two heard this, they stepped forward and grabbed him.

"Third emperor's grandson, His Majesty's word of mouth!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he hurriedly struggled twice.

"You two princes, let go of your hands. If you hold me like this, I can't kneel and listen to the emperor's grandfather!"

"It's okay, it's the same if you stand and listen!"

"Shangyu: Once you see that turtle grandson come ashore, don't listen to his nonsense, you must arrest him and bring him back to the palace as soon as possible!"

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