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Chapter 198 Speeding up the pace 2
"...To mobilize so many soldiers to travel long distances without the consent of the Ministry of War, I'm afraid they will have to make noise in front of Long Live Lord again."

However, this arrangement made Zhang Ran very embarrassed. As a eunuch, everything the emperor said was equivalent to an imperial edict and must be implemented.But if this caused a lot of trouble for the emperor, the eunuch would be the unlucky one in the end.

The Royal Horse Supervisor in charge of him is in charge of the imperial village, racecourse, elephant house, fodder yard and pasture. He has the ability to hide these 2000 soldiers and generals, but he really has no ability to march hundreds of miles in broad daylight without being known.There are many guard checkpoints along the way from the capital to the Haihe Shipyard, making it impossible to hide from others.

"Is it possible to march without armor, ordnance, or gathering in groups?" Hong Tao has also thought about this, but has never done it in practice, so he doesn't know whether it will work.

"...My slave, my slave is stupid and has never understood the profound meaning of Long Live Lord..."

At this moment, Zhang Ran probably thought about what the emperor was going to do when he sent the training camps in batches to the admiral's Yamen to suppress bandits. It was most likely to suppress bandits.As for where to go to suppress the bandits, the military department has no right to interfere, and there is no need to report to anyone except the emperor.

But I can't figure out how to fight without wearing armor or holding weapons.The training camp is not a martial arts team, and they have never practiced fighting with bare hands. Even a small group of pirates are difficult to deal with with bare hands.

The most troublesome thing is that the soldiers of the Bandit Suppressor Admiral Yamen are very different from the ordinary navy. They do not rely on swords, bows and crossbows to fight, but rely entirely on the artillery on the ship. The soldiers usually only have leather armor and a long hooked weapon. Spears, the teaching camp doesn't know how to use them at all.

"As long as people arrive, everything is available!" While chatting along the river embankment, the waterwheel of Haihe Machinery Factory was already vivid in his mind.Hong Tao pointed and gave a meaningful look.

Due to the arrival of the emperor, the Haihe Machinery Factory was emptied out by the Royal Horse Supervisor early in the morning. There was no longer the loud noise of the machines rotating and beating, and there was no bustling labor scene. Only the bandit-suppressing admiral Yuan Keli and people from all walks of life were left. More than a dozen master craftsmen from the factory knelt on both sides of the door to greet the holy driver.

"Let them all get up, Zi Xian, this is your territory, lead the way!" If the emperor was always calm and unhurried on the way here, no one could see the slightest abnormality. As soon as he stepped into the factory gate, his expression immediately changed. He frowned, frowned, and even walked a lot faster.

"I am not here to inspect your work. I can know all the big and small things that happen in each factory while sitting in the palace. Two words, satisfactory! But the current situation of the court is difficult to satisfy me. In order to reverse the decline, I also want to put a little more weight on your shoulders.

There is something I want to say again before I say it. Every word and piece of paper here cannot be spread outside, not even to family members.If I find that anyone is disobedient, regardless of the reason, Dongchang will come to the door and arrest everyone who has heard or seen it and put them in prison, where they will never be able to get out.

Don't blame me for being cruel, this matter is too important, it is related to the fate of the Ming Dynasty, and I have to guard against it.Okay, I have a lot to say, so I have to come in one at a time. Those whose names are called come in, and the others will wait where they are. "

The venue Xu Guangqi prepared for the emperor's arrival was a two-story building in the factory. Before entering the room, Hong Tao delivered a short speech in the corridor, which set the tone for today's meeting.Then he only took Wang Chengen and two little eunuchs carrying wooden boxes into the largest room, leaving everyone looking at each other in confusion.

But soon they were called into the room one by one in turn. Some people stayed for a long time, and some people came out quickly after entering.But no matter how fast or slow he is, he will always have an extra roll of paper in his hand, his face will be a little more solemn, he will not communicate with anyone, and he will leave the small building in a hurry, and will be escorted away by the four guards.When night fell, only Yuan Keli, the bandit-suppressing admiral, Zhang Ran, the censor of the Royal Horse, Wang An, the chief of rituals, and Wang Chengen, the head of the Yangxin Palace, were left in the room. In front of each of them was a large bowl filled with hot and spicy food. Fried noodles.

"Eat everyone, hurry up. I still have something to talk about after you finish eating. Whoever is the slowest will get another bowl!"

In front of Hong Tao was the same big bowl, with noodles just like everyone else's.It's just that he ate very quickly, sucking and talking while half the bowl was gone in the blink of an eye, leaving only the sauce remaining on his lips.

I finally came out once, but I still don't have any freedom when it comes to eating. The person responsible for providing the ingredients is still Honglu Temple, and the person who cooks the meals is still the Shangshan Superintendent.These people and utensils, plus the maids from the catering bureau who served tea and water, took up five four-wheel carriages. As a result, there were no cucumbers, so they had to use radish slices instead.

"Admiral Yuan, I have made it clear what needs to be said. Under the current situation, Liaodong must be abandoned. However, we cannot allow the Jianlu to occupy and develop. In the past, we guarded against their interference and were always passive. Now it is time to change Well, except for shipbuilding, which cannot be delayed, your task is to build a port and garrison here."

When facing these four people, Hong Tao can talk more about the plan. They are core members and they are also grasshoppers tied to a rope.

Originally, Yuan Keri was not among them, and there was still room for choice. However, since the establishment of the Admiral's Office to suppress bandits, and the use of sea ships to transport rice from Southeast Asian countries, which solved the problem of food shortages, he became a traitor among scholars and a traitor among officials. The scum has no choice but to follow the emperor's path until the end.

"Fairy Island?" Following the position of the emperor's finger, Yuan Keli saw a lonely island.

It is located due south of the Liaodong Peninsula and is nominally under the jurisdiction of Jinshan Guard, but in fact no one is in charge.It is too far away from the land and hangs alone in the sea. There is no need for fishing boats to travel so far to catch fish. Merchant ships are not on the route. Most locals are unaware of its existence.

But the bandit-suppression admiral's office must know that since its establishment, bandits have not been suppressed once, but the sea has never been less than a day.Except for escorting the grain transport fleet to Nanyang, the rest of the time was spent wandering around aimlessly along the coastline!
At first I did think it was just wandering around, but after two months of wandering, I finally understood that the emperor did not just throw money into the sea for fun, but had a far-reaching agenda.

Every time he goes on a voyage, in addition to training the sailors to operate the sails and fire cannons, the busiest thing is the little eunuch who accompanies the ship.Oh yes, the emperor said that they are called pilots, which means guiding ships.

These navigators are young but very capable. Not only can they use sextants to find the correct route, but they can also draw everything on the sea on silk with very strange techniques.

Others may not realize the purpose of this, but for the bandit-suppressing admiral who has been dealing with sea-going ships for several years and may continue to deal with the sea for most of his life, this is great happiness.

(End of this chapter)