Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

The South China Sea in November was calm and waveless, and the originally strong north wind was weakened by tropical clouds after passing the Tropic of Cancer.At this time, a fleet of ships passing by the coral islands scattered the resting seabirds, fluttering as if protesting to these uninvited guests.

"It's so boring." Du Hu, who was on duty, looked at the blue sky and white clouds and complained. "It's been more than [-] days, and I haven't seen any ghosts."

"Okay, stop yelling. If you didn't see it, you didn't see it. It's better than the last time the Flying Eagle encountered a storm." He Tian, ​​who was the captain of the Sunshine as the team leader, advised in a bad voice. "With your patience, you won't be able to be the captain when Yimaosheng gets the team leader, and you will be ashamed and not ashamed at that time."

"If you can't be the team leader, you must not be the captain?" Du Hu curled his lips disapprovingly. "Chen Yi, the three of them are still squad leaders, but who can make them hand over the three ships of Flying Eagle, Flying Dragon, and Knight?"

"Just like you, can you compete with the three masters? That's a special case. The three of them were not promoted to the rank of the captain for two years under the personal care of the chief, so they were wronged to take the captain's position as the squad leader." He Tian obviously didn't like this. The same year had no choice but to let him go. "Just keep an eye on it. After two years pass, they will go up in the near future."

Du Hu looked like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water: "It's good to go up, have you vacated your seat soon after you go up?"

"Spare it out? It's a good idea," He Tian handed him a cup of tea, which was their spoils from the previous time. It was a commodity shipped to Batavia in a Guangzhou ship of [-] materials, but was taken by He Tian and the others. They were taken back to Taiwan with their men and boats on the grounds of being an enemy. According to the rules formulated by Zheng Kezang, He Tian got these as a middle-level commander. "Yu, but I heard that the commander-in-chief plans to organize the expedition battalion with a new organizational system. At that time, there will be no captain and battalion officer. There will only be the difference between the captain, commander and admiral, and the latter two must be captains. You said the commander-in-chief If you value the captain of a ship so much, who will give you the captain?"

"The chief really means that?" Du Hu was so serious that he didn't pay attention to the temperature of the tea, and his mouth was scalded all of a sudden. "Bah, bah, Xiaotian, do you want to scald me to death, and there is one less opponent." Du Hu is a dog who can't spit out ivory, and He Tian is too lazy to care about him. "But there are only a few ships in the Yuanhang Camp right now, so don't all the people who come later have to suffer?"

"You're right, you just have to suffer." He Tian counted with his fingers. "Ma Ying must dominate the newly-built Feitian, and the Flying Eagle, Flying Dragon, and Knight belong to the three masters, and it is impossible for Yu to give up the Sunshine, so we can only wait for a new ship and appoint a captain. In this way, the commander-in-chief can choose the best from the best."

"Then I'm hopeless." Du Hu was discouraged for a while, he was much better than him in Yuanhang Camp, and if He Tian said, he would really fall behind Yimaosheng up. "Why is my life so hard?" Du Hu muttered. "It's hard to get the qualifications"

"Stop howling there, if you want to be the captain, that's fine, go back to the Taijiang team, or you can go to the Ryukyu camp." He Tian deliberately stimulated Du Hu. "Chang Tianyuan has been looking forward to someone taking his position all day long, and Gong Tian might not want to be his deputy battalion officer. If you didn't keep everything in the past, you would be promoted to three ranks."

"Who wants to be that kind of captain?" Du Hu waved his hand, but his face immediately changed. "This matter can't be guaranteed," he said abruptly, and He Tian was also confused by him. "It's really possible. That's right. The next ship is either Gong Tian or Chang Tianyuan. The general must have this idea. We need to transfer people so that we can compete with each other."

He Tian raised his brows, Du Hu's words really made some sense, but he was already the captain, even if Chang Tianyuan and Gong Tian arrived at the Yuanhang Camp, it would not necessarily threaten his status, so he said with a relaxed face To: "Come here, if you don't fight, how can you show who is capable and who is a fool."

"You are a full man who doesn't know how hungry a man is hungry. When you become the captain, just watch"

Du Hu was still about to say something, when suddenly a report roared from the lookout post above his head: "The Knight sent a flag. Ahead, there is a large plywood ship, a Frang machine, an unknown ship type, more than [-] materials."

The two were terrified, not to mention more than [-] materials, and the total load of the four warships in the team was not more than [-] materials. Therefore, this can be said to be the biggest threat to the entire sailing battalion. The relationship between the robot and Ming Zheng is not hostile, whether they will fight or not is still to be decided by the coach.

"Quickly, send a signal to Feilong and Feitian to ask how to deal with it." He Tian didn't dare to neglect, and ordered immediately. "Everyone on this ship is ready for battle"

Regardless of whether they were on duty or resting, after receiving the order, they all ran desperately. First, they bound the easily movable objects on the deck and compartments, and then cleaned up all kinds of small items that could easily cause minor damage during the shelling. Wooden barrels of fire-resistant sea sand are pushed onto the deck and placed in the gun bay, and then barrels, boxes of gunpowder, and projectiles are placed on the sides of six three-inch (6-pound) guns on both sides in sequence—but the guns The door was not opened, because the schooner tacked and the waves were high, and opening it before the battle would have allowed seawater to seep in and contaminate the gunpowder.

While the entire crew was busy, the results of further investigations ahead came: "Knight confirmed that the Francophone ship, about [-] materials, is a Clark ship, with eleven gun ports on one side, and several Francophones on the upper deck. Quick shot."

He Tian's face softened when he heard that it was a Clark ship. Even the news of the eleven guns on one side did not change him, but after hearing that the opponent's upper deck had a Franc cannon that could fire shotguns quickly, he His face slowly sank again: "This battle is difficult to fight, Diao Dou, have you received an order from the Feitian?"

No, the lookout sentry answered simply, and conveyed the Knight's final report to the home team as a banner. At this time, Du Hu returned to He Tian's side: "The Clark ship is running slowly. We can intercept it with the wind, but our The three-inch cannon is not powerful enough, it is difficult to sink the opponent, but Ma Ying is reluctant to let the opponent go, and it is estimated that this is a headache."

"This is not the key point. Although we will not jump gangs, the Clark ship is big and tall, and the Francois are condescending. The breech-loading rapid-fire guns on the upper deck can easily kill our sailors on the deck, but if we don't If you push in, as you said, the three-pound gun is like scratching an itch, even the four-inch (28-pound) guns of Feilong and Feitian may not be able to pose any threat to the opponent." He Tian sighed. "I guess Maying won't take the risk this time."

Just as he was speaking, the following order was passed through the banner, and it was as He Tian judged: "The whole team turns to avoid the opponent."

The alarm was lifted, but Du Hu's face was not good-looking. I believe it was not Du Hu's alone. Seeing the flesh flying from his mouth, no one should feel better: "When will we have eight thousand pieces of material?" If you don’t want eight thousand materials, five thousand materials, I will rush up to fight with Frangji.”

"Don't think about it, it's not bad that Dongning can build three thousand plywood ships." He Tian patted him on the shoulder. "But it's not that it can't be built, it's that there is no suitable wood, and the craftsmen from England, Guizhou and Liberia have left. It's not easy for Ma Yuan and the others to build two ships a year, so don't force it. In fact, the quantity is enough, and a group of dogs can bite. Dead elephant."

"Then we have to change all the cannons, just our small cannons," Du Hu shook his head. The principle of naval warfare in this era is that a large ship wins a small ship, more cannons wins fewer cannons, and the old Huang Li who killed an elephant by a pack of dogs It is no longer a golden rule. "Even if the Folang robot let us fight, it may not be able to sink, maybe it will still be floating on the sea after being bombarded for a long time."

"Cai Yi sent someone to meet King Ning Jing?" Zheng Kezang didn't know about the scene at sea, but even so, he was very angry at the moment. "He really regards himself as a descendant of the Zhu family. Maybe he has seen too much of the Three Kingdoms. He thinks that he is Liu Huangshu, and he is going to take the clothes and belts. Does he still want to be on the side of the Qing emperor?"

Hearing such heartbreaking words, Zheng Bin couldn't help but twitched. However, the Ming clan has been in Taiwan for so many years, and this is the first time that a vassal's private visit has been discovered. No wonder Zheng Kezang will be so angry: "Grandson, Cai Yi has already settled the matter, so what should we do next?"

"Cai Yi's white-clothed army still has many people in the army." Zheng Kezang said coldly. "Why did I hear that he has been feeling unwell recently? So, Zheng Qing, just go and visit for Yu, and pick up two kinds of tonics from the inner storeroom and bring them over." Zheng Bin's whole body trembled. ah. "Tell him to drink it well, so as not to infect his family."

"I understand." Zheng Bin didn't dare to stay for long, and immediately offered to resign. "Your Majesty, let's do it."

"Remember not to mess things up." Zheng Bin almost gave up his feet, and hurriedly retreated. Looking at his back, Zheng Kezang frowned. "It seems that Yu's Jinyiwei has to make plans early." Zheng Kezang summoned. "Come on, please invite Mr. Yu, the military law department." Soon, Yu Ping appeared in front of Zheng Kezang, and Zheng Kezang didn't dare to gossip about him, so he asked straightforwardly. "Does Qing know what a factory guard is?" Yu Ping was shocked. "Very well, Qing still has some knowledge, and I don't want to make such a bad move, but some people just don't stop." Speaking of this, Zheng Kezang stared firmly into Yu Ping's eyes. "Would you like to be Yu's Lu Bing?"

Lu Bing was the commander of Jinyiwei during the reign of Emperor Sejong of the Ming Dynasty. He was deeply trusted because he was Sejong's mother-child relationship, and later he was favored because he was born in the fire scene. Yan Shifan, the only one of the four culprits, once said: "It is said that all talents in the world, only myself, Lu Bing, and Yang Bo are the three." Zheng Kezang's words are nothing more than a promise.

Yu Ping knew that Zheng Kezang seemed to be confiding in his heart, but if he said no at this moment, there would probably be guards appearing immediately, so he weighed it again and again, and once he gritted his teeth, he could only do it for Zheng Kezang at this time. knife.

"Chen, I will live up to the great trust of my grandchildren!"

"Very good, after you go back, set up a separate section in the Military Law Department." Zheng Kezang nodded in satisfaction. "However, Yu also knows that it is very difficult to infiltrate the home-born children used by every family in Dongning. Yu will not force Qing to be able to inquire about everything immediately. It is still the same sentence, take your time, take it easy, and Yu is not in a hurry."