Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 359 In addition to Japanese pirates, are there also pirates?

After a night of double cultivation, the next morning, I heard Xu Miaojin wake up and let out a cheer of surprise.

"I broke through."

After Zhu Zhen, Xu Miaojin finally broke through to the second level of Qi Lianjue, from nourishing Qi to practicing Qi.

From now on, Xu Miaojin no longer needs to be limited by the influence of his own blood energy. He can use the true energy of his Dantian as a guide to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth outside the body and bring it into his body, constantly increasing the true energy of his Dantian.

Originally, because there was a huge difference in physical fitness between her and Zhu Chu, Zhu Chu's cultivation speed was beyond the reach of both her and Mu Qiu.

But after entering the second level, the gap should be much narrower.

At the same time, Xu Miaojin entered the second level earlier than Mu Qiu because the benefits gained from dual cultivation with Zhu Qiu were too great.

After all, Zhu Miao's practice has been improving, which allowed Xu Miaojin to catch up.

"Tsk."

There was a smacking sound from outside.

Xu Miaojin opened the window and looked outside, and happened to meet Tang Xin face to face.

"Ah, Xin'er, why did you get up so early? Could it be that you didn't sleep all night?" Xu Miaojin said deliberately.

Tang Xin snorted and turned away, muttering: "I don't know who it is, the shouting is like killing a pig."

She was indeed upset and didn't sleep all night. Who was this all because of?

Xu Miaojin rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "How about you also try the taste of dual cultivation? It's so beautiful."

"You're going to die, Xu Miaojin, I think you are becoming more and more shameless," Tang Xin stamped her feet, her pretty face was already red, but she saw Zhu Chu walking behind Xu Miaojin, and she didn't dare to raise her head.

Xu Miaojin smiled even brighter and said: "I mean dual cultivation can speed up your cultivation. What are you thinking? Could it be that you have gone wrong?"

Tang Xin knew that Xu Miaojin was teasing her, not to mention that she had never eaten pork and had heard about it, so she didn't know that Xu Miaojin was talking nonsense.

Simply ignore her.

Zhu Ming walked out of Xu Miaojin's house at this time and went straight to Tang Xin.

Tang Xin was startled, subconsciously shrank back, and asked: "What are you going to do? I tell you, Xu Miaojin is talking nonsense, you are not allowed to mess around. The marriage between us has not been decided yet. I’m not just any woman.”

Xu Miaojin curled her lips, OK, you are noble, you will regret it one day.

Zhu Zhen smiled and asked, "Are you jealous?"

Tang Xin finally knew his intention and was so angry that he gritted his teeth. Did this bad guy deliberately make him angry so that he could take revenge for what happened to Li Cunzhao yesterday?

The question is, he was jealous on the sidelines, what does it have to do with her?

Li Cunzhao's father was her father's old subordinate. They came to this beach together and stayed there. They met and played together when they were young.

What kind of jealousy are you eating?

"No, I will eat everything, but I'm not jealous," Tang Xin said, not wanting to look at his proud face.

You really deserve to be a couple with Xu Miaojin, so just go ahead and cause mischief.

Suddenly, Tang Xin's little hand was wrapped by a big, warm hand.

Zhu Chu had already squeezed Tang Xin's little hand with some proficiency, thinking that this girl looked gentle and lovely, but the weapon she used was very exaggerated, but it didn't have a cocoon, so it was very comfortable to hold.

"That's why you're so stubborn," Zhu Chu joked, squeezing this soft and boneless hand.

Tang Xin opened his mouth. If last night was just an exception, was he teasing himself in broad daylight?

This is the Ming Dynasty, and the defense between men and women may even be greater than that of the Tang Dynasty. I have said before that it is considered a breach of integrity to wear clothes and bare sleeves, not to mention that Zhu Chu is holding her hand?

"Get out of here, Xu Miaojin is watching," Tang Xin said anxiously.

Xu Miaojin was by the window, holding her chin with one hand. On her charming little face, there was a rosy smile, as beautiful as a nourished flower.

When she heard this, she just chuckled and said, "I don't care, but Xin'er, from now on you have to call me Sister Xu."

Tang Xin was teased by the couple, and finally she couldn't stand it anymore and got up to leave.

But Zhu Chu still refused to let go.

"Let go," Tang Xin was so anxious that she could no longer survive. If outsiders saw this, would she still be alive?

Everyone who knows knows that the only thing left between her and Zhu Yu is an imperial edict from Zhu Yuanzhang.

But what about those who don’t know? Don't you think she is a casual woman?

You Zhu Shiba don’t want fame, but I still want face.

"There are only three of us in this courtyard. Except for Wang Fu, even Li Gui doesn't dare to break in. What are you afraid of?" Zhu Zhen said softly: "And I said it from the beginning, I don't want our marriage to be used for anything." Political victims, even if our marriage has some helplessness and compromise, I hope that we can have a relationship foundation before marriage, so that at least we get married because of love, not for political interests. So Xin'er, you What are you hiding from?"

Especially after yesterday, that damn Li Cunzhao actually knew Tang Xin and even called her Xin'er affectionately, which made Zhu Ming extremely disgusted.

If Li Cunzhao hadn't been smart enough to figure it out and explain it clearly in time, given Zhu Chu's narrow-mindedness inherited from Zhu Yuanzhang, you could have tried to see if he could be cured of his crime.

It is not a trivial matter for troops to flee from battle, and they can be beheaded.

Even if Li Cunzhao himself did not escape, as the commander, is this how you lead your troops?

If I don't kill you, who will I kill?

Of course, there is no need to kill now.

But Zhu Chu felt a sense of crisis. When Tang Xin lived here with Tang He for a while, who else did she know?

The Zhu family, especially the father and son Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Ming, are still a bit generous, but not big.

Zhu Chu sat down on the side, holding on to Tang Xin and saying, "I finally know why you used the double whip. It turns out that you were rushing to fight against the Japanese from the beginning."

"Resist the Japanese? Are they worthy?" Tang Xin curled his lips. Although the Japanese pirates were already a serious problem, they were only for the people living by the sea. At least in the early Ming Dynasty, the big cities along the coast were not afraid of the Japanese pirates; Just dare to offend.

"What my father originally envisioned was that one day in the future our Ming Dynasty would definitely establish a naval force at sea. The small Japanese country was nothing at all, and the Luzon Island and the Ryukyu Islands would all be our strongholds at sea in the future. And my father himself understands that he has fallen out of favor with His Majesty, and Uncle Xu is the marshal of the world's military that Your Majesty trusts," Tang Xin sighed, and finally sat down.

At this time, Xu Miaojin also walked out of the house, carrying a pot of tea, but it was the tea from last night and was already cold.

The young couple sat down around the table in the yard and listened to Tang Xin slowly talk about Tang He's depression in those years.

Historically, Xu Da died of illness in the 18th year of Hongwu.

But now Wei Guogong is still alive.

Originally, Tang He retired twenty years after Hongwu, let alone the current situation.

Tang He once had a large number of old troops in the army, such as Ji'an Marquis Lu Zhongheng, Jiangxia Marquis Zhou Dexing, Yichun Marquis Huang Bin and others.

Even Lan Yu once served as his lieutenant.

Tang He also had great glory. In the army, only Xu Da was equally equal to him, and even Chang Yuchun was slightly inferior to them.

It was still because Tang He was too complacent and made a drunken blunder that made Zhu Yuanzhang lose trust in him, so he became lonely.

In addition, the Hu Weiyong case was so widely implicated that the entire Huaixi nobles were suppressed, and many people died, including many of Tang He's old subordinates who were also implicated.

So Tang He knew very well that he might have to retreat.

Especially the soldiers and horses in the world have nothing to do with him anymore, and there is no chance for him to get involved.

But there was nothing overseas, so Tang He had thought about this possibility and hypothesis a few years ago.

"Sea battles are no better than land battles. There is no place for cavalry on ships." Tang Xin looked at Xu Miaojin with a proud expression on his face, which meant something.

Xu Miaojin curled her lips: "You should grab your hand back first and then talk."

"Yeah," Tang Xin couldn't feel proud anymore. She rolled her eyes at Zhu Chu and finally freed her hand. Her face was so red that she was about to bleed.

She really ignored it, and only then did she realize that her hands, which had been a little cold due to the wind all night, were actually warmed by him.

Zhu Zhen was a little proud.

"Who is he?" Tang Xin spat, speechless in her heart. When this guy dislikes you, he really abandons you like a pair of worn-out shoes. He wishes he could stay eight feet away from you. That's called a cold person.

But on the other hand, Tang Xin couldn't adapt to being so shameless and almost rogue-like.

"But in the final analysis, this samurai sword does have merits. Even my father thinks that with the equipment of our Ming army, it will be difficult to defeat it," Tang Xin sighed again.

In the historical records of the Ming army and Japanese pirates, the Ming army has always been the loser.

One is that the Japanese pirates, as the attackers, have an active advantage and come and go without a trace. Most of the time, small groups of troops suddenly attack ordinary people's villages, so the ordinary people are not their opponents.

Another reason is that the identity of the Japanese pirates is not ordinary bandits, but actually samurai sent from the Japanese islands.

At least at this stage, there are no Chinese pirates pretending to be Japanese pirates.

Samurai are not ordinary soldiers. Ordinary soldiers only do the most basic training, while samurai are more professional warriors. The last thing is the sharpness of the katana.

I have to admit that the katana does have its merits. First of all, it is good at cutting, and can even split the armor of ordinary soldiers, and even the weapons of soldiers.

Therefore, during the Ming Dynasty, it was always difficult to eradicate Japanese pirates at sea.

"It is said that the Japanese samurai swords are the Tang Dynasty's secret forging iron recipe learned during the Tang Dynasty. Unfortunately, it has been lost," Xu Miaojin also heard about this.

Although the older the better for many things, there are some things that are passed down from generation to generation.

For example, if you know how iron was forged in the Tang Dynasty and where the smelting technology was developed, you can directly improve it.

But now it has been lost, and many of the experiences summed up by the Tang Dynasty have been lost, and we have to start over.

That's why I say it's a pity.

Moreover, when the Tang Dynasty's national power was at its peak, the army was also very powerful. Not only did it avenge the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo, it even directly destroyed Goguryeo.

In other words, the current Goryeo is not actually the continuation of Goguryeo. There seems to be only one word difference between the two, but in fact they have no relationship at all.

The Saibei grassland was also conquered by the Tang Dynasty for a time, and Li Shimin was called Tian Khan.

All these can prove the strength of the Tang Dynasty.

And this is also inseparable from the support of weapons.

Tang Dao, I'm afraid there really is something.

Zhu Chu was lost in thought on the surface, but secretly he was exhaling the system to find out the Tang Dao production process, commonly known as the formula, as well as the Tang Dynasty's smelting and forging technology.

It's not expensive to buy. One portion is only 5,000 resources, and he can afford it.

But there is no rush now. It will depend on the situation when we return to Yunnan in the future.

Because Tang He saw the power of Japanese samurai swords, he has been struggling with headaches.

If the same number of Ming troops faced the samurai, they would probably suffer a great loss, and they might even not be able to defeat them at all.

How to deal with it?

Tang Xin can practice martial arts with the double whip mace, but to be honest, this is not suitable as a weapon for military training.

Again, ordinary soldiers are closer to militiamen, unlike samurai who can just practice the so-called sword skills for many years.

Of course, if the Japanese pirates dared to fight the Ming army head-on, the Ming army would cover them up and crush any warriors.

After all, where is the strength of the Japanese country? How many warriors can the whole country have? Thirty thousand? fifty thousand? Count him at 100,000.

The Ming Dynasty's army exceeded one million.

In front of the national army, mere warriors are not worth mentioning at all.

So Tang He thought about the construction of the navy, thinking that one day, if troops were used against the Japanese country, he would be able to be used.

Who would have thought that waiting for this would immediately paralyze him.

Tang Xin looked at Zhu Ming with a resentful look, saying that she had no good impression of the old Zhu family.

Her family is full of loyal people, brothers and nephews died of illness and sacrifice, even her two sisters died unjustly after marrying Zhu Tan.

However, there are rumors in unofficial history that after Tang He retired and retired to his hometown, Lao Zhu rewarded him with a hundred concubines.

Of course, this rumor cannot be taken seriously, because Tang He only has one wife. Even if he has a concubine, he is probably useless at that age.

But think about it, how chilling this is.

"You, the old Zhu family, just bully others," Tang Xin said with resentment: "Even to the end, my father always thought about your old Zhu family's country and country. But you only want to take advantage."

She even wanted to get involved, and thinking about it, she felt like she was at a loss.

"You can't say that. When I sit in that position in the future, you will be a noble concubine. Even if the child you give birth to cannot be an emperor, at least he will be a prince. With the title of Duke Xin, there will be at least one prince and one king after the Tang family. If you If you work hard, you can get a few more thrones, is this bullying?" Zhu Ming shook his head and retorted.

"Bah," Tang Xin spat, almost laughing out of anger.

The children she gave birth to were all named Zhu, were they given the titles of the Tang family?

And if you are shameless, you can still say this.

How could Tang Xin stand Zhu Ming's careless teasing from modern people's thinking.

You really dare to say anything to anyone. Today's eldest daughter is too embarrassed to even talk about marriage. She is so ashamed that she dies of embarrassment.

Is it okay for you to jump directly to the stage of giving birth?

Don't tell me that you have even started to think about the names of the children you will give birth to.

Xu Miaojin sat aside with a smile, and she was really not jealous at all. She just watched Tang Xin being bullied by Zhu Zhen and was helpless. It can be said that she witnessed the whole process of how Tang Xin fell into it step by step.

At the same time, she had contributed to this. If Xu Miaojin created any obstacles for Zhu Chu, Zhu Chu would not be able to let go like this.

There is no way, Xu Miaojin feels guilty. After all, she is also a latecomer. If she really wants to say it, even she has to express her gratitude to Mu Qiu. She is a latecomer, but she is also the one who came from behind. That is what comes from behind. she.

So what qualifications does she have to stop Tang Xin from getting started?

On the contrary, she really wanted to get Tang Xin to join her side early so that she could find a way to deal with the situation when she faced Mu Qiu in the future.

Tang Xin is her good sister and best friend. We may not all share the blessings, but we must share the hardships.

Xin'er, just accept it. When you come to Yunnan in the future, you might as well go with me to visit our eldest sister.

Tang Xin didn't know what Xu Miaojin was thinking. She had been betrayed by her best friend.

The three of them talked for a while.

It's now April, and the weather here has already gotten warmer. In modern times, you can wear short-sleeves during the day.

Of course, this was ancient times, and even men would not easily dress in shocking ways outside.

"What a pity," Zhu Ming sighed. If we were in modern times, we could go to the beach to enjoy the bikini show.

By the way, what month is April in the lunar calendar now? Are there any bikinis at the beach?

He was still imagining this, so he said: "After eating something, go to the beach to see how those beasts are doing. If they are not dead yet, someone has to feed them something to eat, such as pouring some sea water or something."

As we all know, you should not drink sea water. Not only will the more you drink, the thirstier you will become, but it will also lead to dehydration and even metal poisoning.

Because seawater is not only overly salty, but also contains many heavy metal elements. Drinking too much can really lead to metal poisoning.

But maybe he died of dehydration before the metal poisoning?

Wouldn't that be too cheap for them?

Because he had something to do next, Zhu Ming called Wang Fu, Li Gui and others and asked them to prepare breakfast. It didn't need to be too rich, just take a bite.

Speaking of which, on the way out of the capital, not only did I see a lot of scenery, but I also ate delicious food from various places. I also dealt with a few corrupt officials and a few aristocratic families. Not only did I add a lot of money to the national treasury, but I also opened it up for the common people. Putting grain in the warehouse has benefited the people, and now a group of Japanese pirates have been defeated.

There have been a lot of things along the way.

Even Zhu Zhen said with emotion: "It's really non-stop along the way, but here on the coast, it's just a Japanese pirate problem, not a big problem."

I always feel like he wants to plant a flag.

Tang Xin couldn't help but said leisurely: "In addition to Japanese pirates, in recent years, I heard that there are also pirates causing trouble at sea."

"Pirates?" Zhu Zhen frowned. He had heard of Pirates of the Caribbean, but there were no islands off the coast of China where pirates could hide, right?

"Rather than being pirates, we are more of a group of people who want to do business, but are restricted by maritime restrictions and choose to take risks."

To put it bluntly, he is a smuggler, which is the same as Shen Rong's previous business trip outside the Great Wall.

But because this kind of smuggling was too risky, they gradually started trading without capital.

Even after the mid-Ming Dynasty, these pirates colluded with Japanese pirates, pretending to be Japanese pirates and harming their compatriots, so that among a hundred Japanese pirates, only about ten were real Japanese pirates.

So after the Japanese pirates, there is still the problem of pirates?

(End of this chapter)