The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 422 Southeast Patrol
In March of the second year of Yuanding, the first batch of 10,000 firecrackers were sent to the southeast.

At the same time, after half a year of land and population measurement, various parts of the country also began to formally implement land reform this month.

As soon as the news came out, the people of the entire Han Dynasty jumped for joy and cheered, all grateful to the imperial court for this policy reform.

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southeast.

Today, the number of the Southeast Navy has reached 30,000, among which there are thirty ships, five large ships, and the rest are small boats.

Each small boat was equipped with five to ten men, and the larger ones were equipped with thirty soldiers.

The number of these ships is naturally far from meeting the needs of the army, and the Southeast Shipyard is still busy manufacturing ships.

When the fire guns were sent to the southeast, Gongsun Ao also began to patrol the navy intensively using the technology of fire guns.

If this batch of firecrackers were equipped on a warship, the power could be imagined.

The sea area along the southeast coast is very prosperous with merchant ships, and countless southeast merchants choose to use ships to transport the Han's goods to the offshore.

One of the merchant ships even sailed to the coast of the Japanese slaves, discovered the humans here, and obtained a lot of gold and silver treasures from them.

The people on the Japanese slave side also got silk, tea, linen, and ironware from the Han Dynasty. As long as it was from the Han Dynasty, they bought it at a high price.

It is worth mentioning that gold mines were also discovered here by the Japanese slaves. They used gold as their settlement currency, which made the merchants in the southeast make a lot of money for a while.

The increasing number of merchant ships in the southeastern sea has also given rise to a group of pirates.

In mid-March, a pirate ship consisting of three ships robbed a merchant ship belonging to the Han Dynasty, killing sixteen merchants and crew members.

At the end of March, a group of pirates consisting of four ships robbed Southeast merchant ships again, killing 35 crew members on two merchant ships.

The Han merchants on the Southeast Sea are all in danger now, and no one dares to go to sea easily.

After Chang'an learned the news, the Ministry of War immediately ordered Gongsun Ao to go to sea to suppress the bandits.

Gongsun Ao had long wanted to try out the naval force he trained, but his hands were itchy and he couldn't use such a powerful weapon.

In the southeastern waters, two merchant ships were still cruising on the sea. The pirates couldn't help but sigh: "What's going on recently?"

"The merchant ships of the Han Dynasty haven't been to the sea for a long time."

They speak Chinese, but they are not Han Chinese. To be precise, they should be South Vietnamese.

South Vietnam's economy was backward, and the small-scale peasant land economy could not satisfy the appetite of many local people. It was also heard that people could make a lot of money by robbing Han merchant ships at sea. As time went by, the pirate ships on the entire southeast coast were all composed of South Vietnamese.

"Look! It's coming, it's coming!"

"There are three ships!"

One of the South Vietnamese excitedly pointed to the ship not far away, but everyone was slightly disappointed after seeing it.

This ship was much smaller than the merchant ship in size, and it seemed like it couldn't hold much cargo. However, mosquitoes were still meat no matter how small they were. They had been waiting at sea for so long without catching the big man's merchant ship, so they were already hungry and thirsty.

"Rush over!"

One of the pirate leaders raised his arms and shouted, and the two pirate ships rushed towards the three ships.

"No, that's not right."

"Boss."

"Why are they charging at us with all their strength?"

"Quickly, take out your weapons!"

"It's the big man's navy!"

"Fight, fight!" As soon as the words fell, the ships from the two sides were already facing each other. The Southeast Navy raised its musket and began to shoot at the people on the two pirate ships indiscriminately.

Bang bang bang!
Wow!
There were constant sounds of falling to the ground and falling into the water, and the pirates were all stunned.

They originally thought that the other side would at least land and fight, right?

Why should we board their ship and fight with ourselves?
They have their swords ready. These are the most advanced weapons of the Han Dynasty!

They don't disrespect each other at all.

But who knew that the other party didn't log in at all, just put his distance away, raised his hand and launched.

This thing is not like a crossbow. They also have crossbows, but the distance is too far, even if they are fired, it is useless. The opponent's distance will crush them!

This battle with huge disparity in strength didn't last even half an hour. The big man wiped out the opponent without losing a single soldier.

For the first time, the fire gun played a huge role in actual combat. After Gongsun Ao heard about it, he immediately sent the battle report to Chang'an.

Chang'an was also excited after hearing the news, which is enough to show that the military strength of the Han Dynasty has made greater progress than before.

Wang Hui, Minister of War, immediately found Emperor Wu of Han and Weining.

The victory in the southeastern bandit suppression is only a trivial matter. According to the current strength of the Han Dynasty, if there is a problem in the bandit suppression, then there will be a real problem.

Wang Hui cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, Gongsun Ao has sent a letter saying that these bandits came from Luoyue."

Wei Ning was stunned for a moment. He came from Luoyue?

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty frowned slightly, glanced at Wei Ning, and said, "Send a letter to Tian Qianqiu when you have time and ask Tian Qianqiu to negotiate with the other party."

"it is good."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said to Wang Hui again: "Inform Gongsun Ao and ask him to join hands with the local officials in the southeast to issue a notice to inform the people all over the world of the fate of the pirates and their victory this time."

"Let Gongsun Ao's navy patrol the sea to protect the safety of southeastern merchant ships."

Since the southeastern merchants went to sea, the tax revenue from the southeast has increased day by day. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was naturally responsible for protecting the safety of the southeastern merchants.

Wang Hui cupped his fists and said: "I obey the order!"

"His Majesty."

He paused and said: "There is another message from the southeast, saying that a country as far away as Dongpin Island wants to visit our country and go to Chang'an."

Japanese slave?
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had not officially given them names yet. It was probably because they were impressed by the prosperous business of the Han Dynasty that they wanted to visit the Han Dynasty.

After this visit, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty should give the other party a country name.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty smiled and said, "Then just tell the other party and let them come."

This is also a manifestation of the country's strength. How can he be unhappy when all nations come to court and respect the Han as their lord?
Throughout the history of the Qin and Han Dynasties, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the first person to achieve this level!

Wang Hui cupped his fists and said, "My lord, I obey the order!"

After Wang Hui left, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said to Wei Ning: "Luoyue needs to handle it well and don't make it difficult for Tian Qianqiu."

"They are our blood-producing country. Our blood depends on them to maintain our blood. We must handle this properly."

Weining knew what Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty meant. The Han Dynasty now relied on Luoyue to transport its food. Although the original grain was enough, Luoyue was still needed to reserve grain.

Moreover, the Han Dynasty has now moved towards a market economy. The small-scale peasant economy can only be said to be self-sufficient. Food reserves to cope with natural and man-made disasters still require input from Luoyue.

Therefore, no matter what, the relationship between the Han Dynasty and the country Luoyue must be handled properly, and the relationship cannot be stalemate just because of a few pirates.

This required Wei Ning to remind Tian Qianqiu... Of course, Tian Qianqiu himself should be sure, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still asked Wei Ning to remind him, just in case.

(End of this chapter)