Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 483 Fu Youde Leads the Ming Fleet on a Sailing Tour

Chapter 483: Fu Youde Leads the Ming Fleet on a Sailing Tour
For the Ming Dynasty, the military's current primary goal is naturally to destroy the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty hiding in the grassland.

Their official name is Bei Yuan.

But in fact, he had been beaten repeatedly by Daming.

Basically, it's on the verge of survival.

But, when a toad lands on someone's ground, he doesn't hurt people, but he makes them disgusted.

As an old nomadic people, the remnant Yuan Dynasty may have been terrible at governing the country.

But when it comes to taking advantage of others and plundering, they are extremely professional.

That is their ancient heritage that has been passed down for thousands of years.

What's more, the two sides are in a life-and-death antagonistic relationship.

Therefore, whenever there was a chance, Canyuan would stroll around the border and take a bite;
At the same time, as soon as the Ming Dynasty could slow down, it would immediately organize a group of people to go up and hammer.

To put it bluntly, they are mortal enemies and they are all thinking about each other.

Under this premise, Fu Youde's taking 3,000 people out to sea seemed somewhat uneventful.

After all, whenever the Ming Dynasty went on a serious expedition, it always had tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops.

If Fu Youde hadn't been the one leading the mobilization of three thousand men, most people probably wouldn't even have looked at it.

However, Fu Youde had no control over what happened to other people. He just started to work with a serious look on his face.

Not to mention the most basic things like supplies, personnel, and baggage.

He is more focused on recruiting people as soon as possible.

How could he feel at ease if there were no experienced people on the boat when going out to sea?

This is just like marching and fighting without a reliable guide. It makes my scalp tingle just thinking about it.

Fortunately, Fu Youde is also a long-established duke and a genuine founding hero.

He had a wide circle of friends and connections, and when he handed out a few two-finger-wide notes, quite a few people actually gave him face.

Just within a few days, people began to report to his house one after another.

Fu Youde simply asked a few questions and then accepted them all.

He is not afraid of people who are incompetent!

Anyway, when the time comes on the boat, we will be able to tell at a glance who is really capable and who is not.

Even if it was really a counterfeit product, Fu Youde would not worry.

Humph, if you can't be a guide, just be a hardworking ox.

Fu Youde would not keep idle people.

With the arrival of these experienced personnel, the originally prepared supplies quickly expanded.

These people are actually the descendants of those old-established maritime trading families.

It was only because Fu Youde spoke up that ordinary people would not be able to see these old workers who have lived with the family for generations.

They can barely read or write, but their experience is enough to reduce the risks of this fleet.

Just during the stage of preparing supplies, as Fu Youde was courteous and gracious, these people gave a lot of trivial and even incredible suggestions.

If it is a privately organized fleet, they might consider whether these things are useful or not and whether to take them with them.

As for a veteran general like Fu Youde who was ordered to go to war, he had the entire Ming Dynasty as his backing.

The main point is that I want them all.

As long as you say it's useful, I'll go get it.

The old clerk who had originally worked with Fu Youde gathered all these experienced people together.

The purpose is to record, summarize and organize the various experiences they have spoken of.

These things are delivered to Fu Youde's desk every day.

This is the study project that Fu Youde arranged for himself. He didn't want to be ignorant.

Along with the personnel and supplies, there are also a number of commodities.

However, there is no need to trouble others this time.

There are so many defective items in the production supervisor's place.

I can't bear to throw it away, but no one wants it if I sell it.

This isn't an item exclusively for the imperial palace, so it's not out of line. It just has flaws for various reasons.

The stingy Zhu Yuanzhang threw all the treasures in the treasury to Fu Youde.

And Fu Youde didn't mind.

Although he is not a serious businessman, he has led troops in wars.

In his opinion, it doesn't matter whether the other party likes it or not.

Anyway, when the time comes, the knife will be placed on the other party's neck, and the other party will surely give you a reasonable price.

He fully understands this.

When it came time to set off, Fu Youde left very quietly.

Most people in Yingtian Prefecture have no idea that the first official maritime trade fleet during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty set out recently.

This is also thanks to the fact that the Ming Dynasty still has a strong naval base, otherwise it would not be able to gather so many ships.

After Fu Youde learned enough information from a group of old sailors, combined with the map given to him by Zhu Yuanzhang, he gained more confidence.

In his opinion, this is not a difficult matter.

When the time comes, go up and grab a piece of territory first.

On the one hand, it is convenient for future docking and repairs, and on the other hand, it is also for the convenience of transactions.

If you trade in your own territory, no one can collect taxes.

What's more, as an old soldier, he can only feel safe when sleeping in his own camp and his own territory.

He doesn't care about that bullshit royal capital or anything like that.

After all, it was because of this caution that Fu Youde had survived until now.

Looking at the endless sea, Fu Youde also felt quite ambitious at this moment.

Although he didn't know all of Zhu Yuanzhang's plans, he knew that at least in terms of navy, he was ahead of everyone else.

If the scale expands in the future, everyone else will have to learn under me obediently.

After opening up such a blue ocean, I now have another place to gain military merit, right?
This makes it hard for him to be dissatisfied!

Just as Fu Youde was running away triumphantly, Mao Xiang quietly approached Zhu Yuanzhang and whispered.

"Your Majesty, General Fu has already set out for battle recently!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was instinctively stunned when he heard the news, and then he reacted.

Oh, we asked Fu Weixue to lead people to fight overseas.

However, he only thought about it for a moment and didn't think much about it.

After all, after a few days, the blood that was almost boiling due to being fooled by Mr. Hu finally cooled down.

Before he actually saw the wealth like mountains of gold and seas of silver that Mr. Hu talked about, Zhu Yuanzhang never paid too much attention to maritime trade.

Now that Fu Youde has gone off to fight, all we have to do is wait.

We'll see what the effect is and then decide whether to continue.

As for Fu Youde’s safety?

Haha, Fu Weixue is also a veteran general. With 3,000 men under his command, how could he suffer at the hands of a bunch of foreign natives?

If you really encounter a devastating natural disaster, that is fate and there is nothing you can do about it.

Therefore, just wait for Fu Weixue to come back!
(End of this chapter)