The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 550 Zheng Zhilong's Family Property
Zheng Wancheng could speak Chinese fluently - at this time in North Korea, if he didn't know a little Chinese, it would affect his official career - he had a brilliant tongue, and his flattery made Zheng Zhilong very confused.

"It will be a lifetime fortune for the commander-in-chief to lead the navy to wipe out Nanming!" Zheng Wancheng said with a serious expression on his face, "I just saw that nearly-completed warship on the way. It's as big as a dragon! It's something I've never seen before. With just this one boat, even if Nanming has hundreds of boats to fight against, it will definitely be a dead end!"

Zheng Zhilong looked at Zheng Du suspiciously, and the latter hurriedly said in a low voice, "It must be the 'Zheng' brand that was temporarily repaired outside the shipyard to drive the boat."

Zheng Zhilong then smiled and said: "The ship that General Zheng said is far worse than Jiaolong." He wanted to show off in front of the Koreans, so he told Zheng Du, "Since General Zheng is interested, you might as well take him around in the shipyard." Look down."

"Son obeys."

Zheng Zhilong picked up the tea bowl and said to Zheng Wancheng: "The naval division still has a lot of miscellaneous tasks, so I can't greet General Zheng."

"How dare you bother Mr. Chief Soldier."

After Zheng Wancheng resigned from Zheng Zhilong, he followed Zheng Du to visit the Laizhou shipyard. Along the way, he continued to flatter him, which made the latter smile.

Zheng Du chatted speculatively with him, so he introduced the situation in the shipyard with great care, "The sign for the sign that General Zheng saw when he came was seven hundred materials. It's just a small boat. Look over there," he pointed to the slipway in the distance, "this is a large boat of the 'Ping' brand with thousands of materials, and it can only be called the main force of the navy."

Zheng Wancheng couldn't see clearly when he was far away, but when he got near the berth, he was shocked—a warship as tall as a hill, at least [-]% bigger than the largest turtle ship in the Korean Navy!It is conceivable that during the battle, the "Ping" warship only needs to hit it directly, and the North Korean navy will have difficulty in defeating it.

Zheng Du continued: "This large ship with a thousand materials can carry three [-]-jin and [-]-jin heavy guns, and six [-]-jin cannons. However, when it comes to the ability to defeat the enemy in battle, this is not the best in the navy."

He spoke enthusiastically, and led Zheng Wancheng all the way to the depths of the shipyard, "Look at the slipway over there, this is a plywood ship of the name 'Wei'..."

Zheng Wancheng wondered: "Those two boats are much smaller than 'Ping', why are they more powerful?"

Zheng Du proudly said: "Look at the row of wooden windows on the side of the ship, there are fourteen heavy guns of [-] jin inside!"

He glanced at the shocked North Koreans, then pointed to the innermost part of the shipyard mysteriously, "There is also a newly built plywood ship with the name 'Sheng' over there, which was built by Hongyi craftsmen hired by my father with a lot of money. It can carry heavy artillery 24" Door!"

Zheng Du and Zheng Wancheng were spitting all over the place, and the other looked like they had never seen the world, but they didn't notice that the "guard" Han Tong was looking around desperately, not letting go of any details.

Two days later, the North Korean navy began to drill with Zheng Zhilong's fleet.

Zheng Wancheng was on the shore, looking at the dark and endless warships on the sea, his calf was a little cramped, and he was becoming less and less confident about his mission.

Zheng Zhilong glanced at him, smiled and said, "General Zheng is not feeling well?"

"Ah, no, no." Zheng Wancheng hurriedly put away his panic, and offered his unique skills, "My Qing Dynasty is such a mighty navy, unparalleled in the world, and there is no small boat like North Korea. At this time, if we wave our troops to the south, we will surely be able to defeat them. People are crushed to pieces!"

Zheng Zhilong put away his smile when he heard the words, and told Zheng Du, "Let's start practicing."

In fact, the vast majority of courtiers in Beijing, including Dorgon, thought that his huge fleet would deal with the Nanming navy as easily as a cat catching a mouse.The Ministry of War also ordered him to lead the army south many times, but he strictly refused.The Ministry of War also impeached him once for this, saying that he wanted to support the enemy's self-respect.

But only he himself understands the whole story. When he encountered a storm in the Yellow Sea, he saw the Nanming Navy with his own eyes!
There were at least five plywood boats larger than the "Wei" name, and more than ten small plywood boats, which were ambushing behind the Langjiasha reef at that time, preparing to attack his fleet from the side and rear.

Now that he thinks about that scene at that time, he is still a little scared. If it weren't for the sudden storm, the fleet that went to support Hong Chengchou would have lost more than [-]%... Maybe even his own life would have been left in the Yellow Sea.

More than ten years ago, he led a navy to a decisive battle with the Helan people in Liuluowan. The size of the latter's fleet was not much larger than that of the Ming army's navy.Although he won a disastrous victory at that time, it was a head-on confrontation, and he had six or seven hundred warships and nearly 3 sailors in his hands!

Right now, he only has [-] ships left, and even [-] or [-] of them have been severely damaged, and they will not be able to go to sea to fight in a few months.

Zheng Zhilong used to think that Nanming bought some plywood boats from Hongyi, but after seeing the Ming army in the Yellow Sea, he knew that the Nanming Navy must have mastered the technology of building plywood boats.In other words, in the decisive battle, he will definitely face five more large plywood ships.

He looked at the sailors who had raised their sails and frowned, "At least we must be sure of dealing with eight or nine large plywood ships and twenty small boats, otherwise this battle will never be fought..."

Zheng Wancheng glanced at Dang Jiamao who was standing at the bow of the boat, the military supervisor Zheng Zhilong sent him.In fact, all the warships of the Korean navy with more than [-] materials have sent supervisors.

Dang Jiamao took out a betel nut and threw it into his mouth, glanced at the command flag on the ship in the distance, and proudly waved: "General Zheng, hoist the sails."

"Here," Zheng Wancheng said cautiously, "Master Dang, our boat sails with oars, and we only use sails when we reach the open sea..."

"Then paddle."

"The last general, follow orders."

Zheng Wancheng glanced at Han Tong, the "Supervisor" of the Ming Dynasty who was standing behind him, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, what am I doing in the middle, why don't I just hand over these 60 ships to you two...

Nanjing, Yingtianfu Yamen.

Looking at the latest Laizhou secret report, Zhu Linmei couldn't help frowning slightly - it said that most of Jianlu's second 24-gun Galen ship had been secretly built.

In addition to the secret reports sent in succession before, he already had a general outline of Zheng Zhilong's fleet in his mind: at least two 24-gun Galen warships and seven [-]-gun Galen warships.There are also [-] big boats with thousands of materials, nearly forty boats with [-] materials, and more than [-] boats with [-] to [-] materials, and more than [-] shuttle boats. Waiting for two hundred and thirty forty boats.

In addition, there are probably five or six ships under construction on the berth.

To deal with a fleet of such a size, the navy's current family fortune may not be safe enough.He calculated in his mind that the warships on the berths of the three shipyards had to be completed quickly.Fortunately, now that the Helan people have no intention of joining the war, and Dai Xiuyuan has driven a North Korean nail into the Qing army's navy, even if the war starts immediately, there is a certain chance of winning.

Suddenly I heard Shi Lin report outside the house: "My lord, Iziba Niyat envoy Moreno to ask for an audience."

(End of this chapter)