I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 310: General Yang is very crazy now?

"If your Highness's inference is correct and the wind is favorable, we will arrive in about three or four hours."

Yang Pu pondered for a moment after hearing this, and answered very briefly.

"How many?"

Liu Ju thought he had heard it wrong.

Three or four hours is six to eight hours, which means on average one can sail about thirty miles in an hour. Is the shipping speed of the Han Dynasty so fast?
Oh yes, yes, according to historical records, the Han Dynasty's tower ships and warships already used sails.

Moreover, the sail is adjustable, so sailing downwind is easy.

Moreover, in this era, horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts were still the main means of transportation on land. The transportation speed was naturally not as fast as that of water transportation, and the carrying capacity was also far less. Otherwise, the rulers of each generation in the history of the Celestial Empire would not have been so keen on building canals.

It should be noted that these canals were originally built mainly for military purposes, and the development of the economy, culture and agriculture they promoted were actually added value.

Thinking about this, Liu Ju couldn't help but become more interested in the Han Dynasty's tower ships and warships.

I heard that there was a tower ship and many warships in the Taiye Lake in Chang'an. Emperor Liu Che ordered people to practice naval exercises on the Taiye Lake. Unfortunately, Liu Ju had not seen them yet...

"From Hepu to the small island in the middle, if it is only a little over a hundred miles as Your Highness said, and if the direction is correct, we can arrive within two hours with a favorable wind. It will take a little longer with a headwind, but three or four hours will be enough."

Yang Pu thought he had not explained it clearly, so he explained it in more detail.
"From this small island to this big island, it will take three or four hours if there is a favorable wind, but it will take twice as long if there is a headwind."

"very good!"

Liu Ju became more and more energetic. After all, going to sea is no joke. The longer you sail on the sea, the greater the chance of encountering a hurricane, and the higher the risk. If it is only a few hours and there is an island as a transit station, combined with some sailing experience, it should be able to improve safety a lot.

So Liu Ju thought about it and said:

"Hurricanes occasionally occur at sea, so you need to pay more attention to the weather when you go out to sea and make a few iron rules not to go out to sea."

"For example, if there is a rainbow in the sky in the morning or evening, I will not go out to sea the next day."

"At the fifth watch, if the stars and the moon are not bright and clear, I will not go out to sea that day."

"That's all I know. If General Yang knows some hurricane signs and navigation experience, he can join us in the iron rule. In short, everything must be based on safety and we must not be careless."

"..."

After hearing this, Han Shuo, who had been unable to get a word in, began to look at Liu Ju with admiration again.

Liu Ju's words were completely beyond his comprehension. He really couldn't understand who this future son-in-law of the crown prince was and why he could talk about everything, even the matter of going to sea.
Moreover, these sentences are easy to remember and sound serious.

It seems that the prince does not need to take the Imperial College entrance examination?

"……promise."

Yang Pu once again looked at Liu Ju in surprise. He couldn't understand Liu Ju even more than Han Shuo.

As the general in charge of the tower ship, he naturally knew the value of Liu Ju's two sentences.

After all, nowadays, whether it is the Han Dynasty or many coastal areas, the focus and areas of life are all inland, and fishing on the coast is something that refugees who are desperate have to do.

Most of these fishermen are not well educated, and they mostly pray to gods for blessings when it comes to astronomical events and hurricanes. Only a very small number of experienced fishermen can sum up some unwritten rules of thumb.

These two iron laws mentioned by Liu Ju.

He had heard of the first item before, but the second item was the first time he heard it.

However, the combination of the two is enough to show that Liu Ju really knows some of the principles involved, and is definitely not just talking about them in general terms...

But he couldn't understand how Liu Ju, a prince who had lived in the deep palace since childhood and was only eighteen years old, knew all these things, even things that he, the general of the tower ship, didn't know?
"And this, it's called a compass. The needle in it always points to the north and south. But you should note that the direction is actually slightly off, tilted about one scale toward the southwest."

Liu Ju took out a round brass box from his pocket and handed it to Yang Pu, introducing it seriously:

"I brought some this time. Please ask General Yang to equip each ship with one to ensure that they will not get lost at sea."

"compass?"

Han Shuo and Yang Pu were already overwhelmed by the sight.

They just felt that Liu Ju was like an omnipotent human treasure box. Whether it was the pictures he drew, the words he said, or the things he took out, they were all ruthlessly subverting their understanding of the world.

At this moment, Han Shuo seemed to finally understand why his daughter was obsessed with Liu Ju after only meeting him a few times...

There is nothing better than a father who knows a daughter.

He could see that Han Ling was not so interested in Liu Ju just because he was the crown prince and marrying him would bring her status and power.

If that were the case, she would definitely not be so crazy and outward-looking as she is now. She admired Liu Ju from the bottom of her heart, was infatuated with Liu Ju, and was willing to do anything for Liu Ju, even thinking about problems only from Liu Ju's perspective...

Han said he had never seen Han Ling treat anyone like this, including his father, two brothers, and even his biological mother.

Liu Ju seems to be poisonous, and his daughter has been poisoned!
And he, as a father and future father-in-law, also seemed to be showing signs of being poisoned. Otherwise, why would he feel more and more that his daughter had good taste?

"In addition, there is one more important thing."

While Yang Pu was looking at the compass with bulging eyes and a look of surprise, Liu Ju's tone suddenly became heavier.

"Your Highness, please speak!"

Yang Pu quickly came back to his senses and looked at Liu Ju with a much more serious look.

Liu Ju pointed to the area of ​​Japan and said:
"Hurricanes are frequent and unpredictable around this large island. Once you reach the shore, no matter what the reason, you must immediately find a landing point and set up camp. If anyone dares to stop you, you must land on the same day, even if you have to kill everyone on the shore at all costs. You are not allowed to anchor overnight at sea. This has to be added to the iron rule!"

"Ah...this?"

Yang Pu didn’t quite understand the purpose of this iron rule, and what about the “people on the shore”?

Didn’t they say that this voyage was to search for the fairyland called “Pingyuan Guangze”? Then the “people on the shore” should be fairies or immortal people.

If we kill them, would that be considered "killing the immortals"?

The prince wants to kill even the immortals?
Or is there something wrong with the matter itself?

The prince first drew a map of the island that no one had ever seen, pointed out the direction to go out to sea, and put forward so many precautions, as if he had been to this place before and had a deep understanding of it...

However, Liu Ju's thoughts had already returned to the five wars between the Celestial Empire and Japan in history:
Tang Dynasty, Battle of Baekgang, victory!

Yuan Dynasty, Yuan-Japanese War, defeated!
Ming Dynasty, Wanli Korean War, victory!
Qing Dynasty, defeated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895!
In modern times, we fought against the Japanese invaders and won!
Among these five wars, only one was a war that directly attacked the Japanese mainland, namely the Yuan-Japanese War during the Yuan Dynasty.

The reason for the final defeat was not that the Yuan army did not have the advantage. This coalition army of 140,000 people should have been a devastating disaster for Japan. The Japanese were almost scared to death. As a result, the commander of the Yuan army hesitated before landing and deployed a huge navy in the open sea, waiting for another coalition force to join forces before organizing a landing.

As expected, an accident happened. On the eve of the landing operation, a hurricane suddenly struck the sea, and huge waves surged up like mountains.

In a short time, the army was almost wiped out. The floating corpses in the sea blocked the water surface so tightly that people could even walk on the sea by stepping on the corpses.

This made it easy for Japan to avoid this catastrophic disaster.

It was also from this time that the theory of "divine wind" became popular throughout Japan and became an extremely sacred title in Japan.

Just think of Liu Ju as being superstitious.

Things like a country's destiny are hard to predict, and it doesn't matter whether Liu Ju believes it or not. In any case, he must prevent this situation from happening and eliminate the so-called "divine wind" of Japan from the root.

"In any case, General Yang, just do as you are told."

Seeing the expression on Yang Pu's face, how could Liu Ju not see that he had already begun to have some doubts about himself and this voyage, and such doubts would most likely prevent him from resolutely carrying out his plans in some matters in the future, thus turning into unexpected obstacles.

However, Liu Ju knew better in his heart.

This time he came to move a mountain of silver for the Han Dynasty, not to give himself up to die.

As the vanguard exploration force of this voyage, Yang Pu and his navy had to make certain things clear in advance even if they might cause doubts, otherwise it would very likely cause unnecessary losses.

However, he was prepared for this situation.

Then Liu Ju laughed again, and put his arm around Yang Pu's shoulder, saying, "General Yang, can you please have a word with me?" He then led Han Shuo to the back of the tent under Han Shuo's suspicious gaze, and said in a low voice:
"General Yang, before leaving Chang'an, my father summoned me to the palace and ordered me to give you an oral message."

"I will obey your orders..."

Yang Pu's expression tensed, and he immediately performed a great ceremony to receive the order.

"General Yang, there is no need to be so formal. This is just a private instruction."

Liu Ju supported Yang Pu again and continued,
"My father ordered me to tell General Yang that General Yang is very crazy now?"

"???"

Upon hearing this, Yang Pu trembled and turned pale, looking at Liu Ju in surprise and suspicion.

But Liu Ju continued to speak on his own based on the records in the history books:
"Although General Yang had military achievements before, they were just ordinary ones. He did not kill generals or capture flags. He often treated the surrendered enemy soldiers as his prisoners of war and dug up the bodies of the dead to claim military achievements. This is the general's first mistake. "

"General Yang's soldiers have been exposed in a foreign land for several years. Instead of considering their hard work and rewarding them with wine, you resorted to trickery and took advantage of the opportunity of the army's expedition to the border to return home with the general's seal bestowed on you by my father to show off. This is the general's second fault..."

(End of this chapter)