I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 405

Zhuang Shaoyou, who was leaning comfortably on the edge of the cabin, watched the interesting scene here, and the corners of his mouth could not help but slightly rise.

Just now he heard a lot of useful news.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji and the others should not have any trouble here, he turned back to a hidden corner of the cabin and wrote a small note.

Not long after, a homing pigeon soared into the sky without anyone noticing.

In less than half an hour, the carrier pigeon landed on another big boat.

There are more than 400 officers and soldiers on this ship. Counting the boatmen, there are almost [-] people. The leader is a strong man with a big beard but very bright eyes.

The name of this person is Chen Hong, he is a thousand households, and he is the commander of this ship. He has followed Zheng He on many voyages to the Western Seas, and he is very familiar with the Western Seas and the sea environment around Daming.

Being able to be personally named by Zheng He and recommended to carry out this tracking and rescue mission shows that he does have some skills.

When Zhuang Shaoyou didn't send back the news in the early stage, he was able to rely on his super ability to distinguish water patterns, and roughly deduce the travel route of Tang Sai'er and others, hanging far behind them.

After getting the detailed chart, he followed closely.

In order to ensure the smooth execution of their mission, Li Tian not only sent all eight sharpshooters to him, but also arranged a spy from the intelligence department on board.

The people in the intelligence department are not only responsible for receiving and deciphering the news sent by Zhuang Shaoyou, but also shoulder the important task of delivering the news to Li Tian and others.

Standing at the bow of the boat and observing the situation with binoculars, Chen Hong suddenly found a pigeon hovering in mid-air.

Hastily asked someone to find the entourage of the intelligence department.

The man took out a special whistle and blew it hard, and the pigeon flew directly to his hand as if it had been summoned.

Such a well-trained pigeon immediately attracted everyone's attention, but they were told sternly when they realized that the people and affairs of the intelligence department were top secret, and no one would dare to ask him anything without permission.

After hastily deciphering the message, this person didn't waste any time, and quickly reported the information he got and the situation of his own ship.

A new secret report was compiled and delivered directly to Liu Gang and others thousands of miles away by another carrier pigeon.

It was already noon the next day when Li Tian got the news.

At this time, he was discussing with Zheng He about the steam engine.

Suddenly received a secret report translated by the Intelligence Department, and the discussion with Zheng He was interrupted.

After hastily reading the secret report, a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Zheng He on the side was a little dazed, and was about to ask Li Tian if he had encountered any problems, but Li Tian handed him the secret report directly.

"The sea is your world, Uncle Bao. Please help me find out why they went to sea so desperately this time."

Zheng He read the secret letter carefully from beginning to end.

He also knows about Tang Sai'er, who mentioned in the secret letter about the Mingjiao treasure.

His expression suddenly became serious.

"Your Majesty, don't let this person get this treasure, otherwise our Daming may cause another disaster!"

After listening to his words, Li Tian shook his head slightly and said,

"In my opinion, Tang Sai'er and others may not necessarily use this treasure to rebuild the White Lotus Sect!"

Zheng He was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and said in a puzzled way,

"Besides, what else can they do with the money!"

Li Tian didn't answer his words directly, and pulled out a very detailed chart with a splash.

This chart was redrawn by Li Tian on the basis of the charts summarized by Zheng He and others after many voyages, plus his own memory of the Asian seas of later generations.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most realistic nautical chart in the world.

He pointed to one of the small islands and the surrounding archipelago before saying to Zheng He,

"Look, Uncle Bao, this small island should be the destination of their trip! Uncle Bao, combine this small island with several other small islands, what do you think they look like!"

Although Zheng He didn't quite understand what Li Tian meant, he still looked at it carefully.

After looking for a while, he found that the three relatively large islands were distributed in a triangular shape, and there was really no way to see it, but if he had to say what they looked like, they looked like three dice.

When Zheng He and the others sailed to the West, they spent almost half of their time at sea, and there were no entertainment activities on board. Gambling activities such as pushing Pai Gow were all the rage.

Even Zheng He has become a good player after so many years of exploration.

So he is quite familiar with the sieve, a very common gambling tool.

So he blurted out, "Like a few sieves!"

But after he finished speaking, he regretted it. After all, discussing things like gambling with the emperor seemed to be a bit irresponsible.

But Li Tian didn't reprimand him, but slapped the table with a smile and said,
"Uncle Bao, you are right. The combination of these small islands is indeed like a few dice. So I plan to temporarily name these small islands Tongchi Island!"

Dice, take it all, isn't it all related to gambling, Zheng He was even more confused.

The reason why Li Tian was so happy and gave them a name after seeing these small islands was mainly because he suddenly remembered a novel he read in later generations.

That novel is the famous Deer and Ding Ji.

In Deer and Ding Ji, the two most famous islands are Shenlong Island and Tongchi Island, which is only one day away from Shenlong Island.

In the original book of The Deer and Ding Ji, Jin Dada once wrote, "A few people started from the small road and came to the beach in a few days, and Zhang Fan came to Shenlong Island in a few days after going out to sea."

As we all know, the nearest port to the capital city is Tianjin, and sailing from Tianjin for a few days, with the current speed of three to six knots, the range of places that can be reached can be roughly drawn.

Coincidentally, Tongchi Island and Shenlong Island are both within this range.

Li Tian immediately confirmed the news sent back by Zaijie, Zhuang Shaoyou and others, that the place Tang Saier and others went to was the take-all island mentioned in the novel.

Li Tian was also an avid martial arts fan. Not only did he often go to those forums that analyze the plot of novels, but he was also the moderator of one of the relatively large forums.

Under the combination of various coincidences, Li Tian couldn't help being even more excited.

I thought to myself, "Jin Da is worthy of being a great martial arts master of a generation. A small island made up at random can actually find a suitable place in reality. He is really a great master worthy of the name!"

"Tong Chi Island, Tong Chi Island, what kind of magical powers do you have? Not only did Jin Dadu write you into the story, but you were also regarded as a treasure by the Ming Cult!"

(End of this chapter)