Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1180 Sea trial

Xu Jing looked at Fang Jinglong worriedly, and hurriedly nodded: "Master, please rest, the matter here is left to the students, Xinjin has stepped up its guard, and there is no need to worry about it, and the old lady, Mrs. Come with an army of soldiers."

  Fang Jinglong nodded and smiled wryly: "Hey, he is still alive. It is said that the general died in a hundred battles. The old man is lucky, so he can't die anyway. But... another poem wasted. I can't help feeling a little regretful."

  Xu Jing: "..."

  The gameplay of this group of honorable ministers often opened Xu Jing's eyes.

  He cupped his hands, seeing that the master was safe, he was relieved, so he cheered up and hurried out of the silkworm room. Unexpectedly, he saw someone limping out. This person... looked familiar.

  The patient limped, raised his head to see Xu Jing, and hurriedly saluted: "I have seen Master Uncle."

"You are…"

  "Student Liu Jie." Liu Jie is still alive, benefiting from the rapid response of Xishan Medical College, many people have been brought back from the death line, and Liu Jie is one of them.

In fact, ordinary knife wounds or gunshot wounds on the battlefield, as long as they do not really hurt the vitals, it is difficult to kill people immediately. The weapons of this era are not clever, and it is precisely the It is the knife wounds and gunfire injuries, the shrapnel cannot be removed quickly, and the disinfection and suturing cannot be done in time, because once the wound suppurates and causes inflammation, coupled with the poor medical conditions of this era, it is almost equal to death.

On the contrary, in the later generations, the level of medical treatment has improved. As a result, the power of the **** weapons has increased geometrically. A single shell is enough to tear a person into pieces. If you are more advanced, I will give you a precise guidance. You have no bones left, not even the coffin.

   Liu Jie's face was depressed, and after meeting Xu Jing, his face regained some color.

   "Oh." Xu Jing had met Liu Jie, but because Liu Jie had been exposed to the wind and sun these days, and he was injured, his face had changed drastically, so he felt strange. Xu Jing said, "Where are you going?"

   "Some brothers and sisters are going to be buried, and the students want to go and see."

  Xu Jing fell silent.

  Life and death... He has seen too much, he sighed: "Go, come, get him a crutch, don't stop him."

   "Thank you, uncle." Liu Jie nodded, he limped forward two steps, stopped suddenly, and looked back: "Uncle."

"Ok?"

Xu Jing looked at him, and he admired Liu Jie quite a lot. He gave up his official position, the glory and wealth that he should have belonged to, and came to the New World. Of course, there are too many people like him in the New World. many.

   "Uncle, I don't know when, I can take revenge."

  Xu Jing said with a straight face: "This is something that the father-in-law can decide."

  Liu Jie nodded: "Yes."

  Xu Jing sighed in his heart, those Frangji people were completely **** off, they were so good, why did they come here?

  …

  Emperor Hongzhi has already set off.

  With the carriage, it was much easier to get in and out. The mighty team set off directly, accompanied by Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan, followed by the officials.

   Tens of millions of taels of silver.

  Every time you think of this amount, everyone wants to go to Tianjin Wei to see the difference between the tens of millions of taels of silver piled in the sea.

  Everyone went to Tianjin Wei.

  Tianjin Wei came up and down one after another to greet him.

  Because the sea trial was held two days later, Emperor Hongzhi was not in a hurry, and went directly to the line without summoning too many officials.

   At this time, more than two months have passed, and the Ming Dynasty has entered the early winter. Emperor Hongzhi is wearing clothes, and in this business, as usual, he still needs to review the memorials.

   But as everyone knows, as early as more than three months ago, homing pigeons have arrived at the east coast of the Golden Island, and then, the fast boat from the Golden Island has already set off at high speed, following the ocean current, all the way westward.

  Emperor Hongzhi opened the memorial, but cheered up. He pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then said slowly: "Ma Wensheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Zhaobing."

   Ma Wensheng is the minister accompanying him, so he came to see him in a hurry.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the memorial and said: "Ma Qing's family, the Spanish ship of Franji, has been staying in Quanzhou Ships before. , this time...they are willing to leave."

  Ma Wensheng said: "Your Majesty, isn't this a good thing?"

"Okay?" Emperor Hongzhi sneered and said, "What's the matter? This is a report from the Ningbo Navy, saying that they found these ships on the ocean, but found that they came from the north. So far, the intent is unknown."

   Ma Wensheng was taken aback: "Why did the Ningbo Navy not intercept it?"

Emperor Hongzhi knocked on the case and said: "That's the problem. These Fran aircraft ships are extremely fast. The lucky ships of the navy are beyond their reach and they have been thrown off by them. I have expected that There must be no good things for these Franji people to come here. They sent such fast ships, nine out of ten, because they have other plans. You are the Minister of the Ministry of War, and you must strictly order the Japanese guards everywhere to track the traces of these ships. Don't let them make trouble in my Daming."

Ma Wensheng cupped his hands: "Your Majesty, there is indeed a difference between my Ming's ships and Fran's ships. Our Daming has a population of tens of millions and countless subjects. If His Majesty orders a hundred thousand people to go to sea, the ships will cover the clouds and the sun. It is mighty, so many people need to eat and drink, and need to transport horses, horse fodder, and medicines. Therefore, the bigger the ship, the better. The lucky boats built by the ministers recently are all lucky boats from the time of the Sanbao eunuch. It is huge in size and has an astonishing load. Each ship can transport more than a thousand people. However, Frangji has a small population, and its ships only blindly seek speed and flexibility in combat. Although Da Ming also recruited many Buddhas The captives of Langji have built some Franji ships, but I heard that Franji people are good at naval battles. The naval forces of various countries are evenly matched. In order to continuously surpass their opponents, they will attack the ships every few years. Improvement, on the contrary, it is my Ming Dynasty. Since the Song Dynasty, there have been few strong enemies around. The mere Japanese pirates are nothing more than a group of ronin warriors carrying sampans to loot. Importantly, Ambassador Xu mentioned these issues when he returned to the voyage, but..."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded to express his understanding.

It’s understandable that Ming’s ships should be big. Da Ming has never encountered an evenly matched opponent at sea. On the contrary, the ships are huge enough, and they can carry enough supplies and personnel. On the contrary, it is of great benefit for them to open up the Golden Continent. He once read the report in Xu Jing, saying that the Spaniards alone had competed with Portugal for maritime supremacy before, and fought against the Ottoman navy in what is said to be the Mediterranean Sea. At the same time, they also fought against France and other countries. There have also been military frictions.

   This state of one small fight a year and one big fight every three years is a condition that a central country like the Ming Dynasty, which is unrivaled in the world, does not have the conditions. Because of this, every sea battle can enable them to gain a wealth of experience, and the improvement of ships has also been continuously deepened through countless actual battles.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Let's send an order to be on guard."

   "Yes." Ma Wensheng nodded, and he backed out.

  All the accompanying ministers lived outside. Because there were too many ministers, they had to squeeze together. It was hard work, but there was no way.

Although Ma Wensheng is the Minister of the Ministry of War, there is only a small wing room in this big mansion. When he returned to his residence, he saw that the hall was very lively. They were all ministers accompanying him, and they were here waiting for His Majesty to summon him at any time. , Ma Wensheng likes to join in the fun, so he also went in.

  Who knew that as soon as he entered, the place would have exploded.

But someone scolded: "Is that person surnamed Fang still a human being? I waited to come with him, but he actually arranged a viewing platform and seats at the trestle bridge, saying that it was because there were too many people and there were not enough places on the trestle bridge." , except for His Majesty, everyone else has to buy a ticket to get in, one ticket is twenty taels of silver, how could he think of something like a dog with a dog's heart and a conscience eaten by a dog!"

An old minister burst into tears: "My old man is in his seventies and eighties. I heard that the viewing ceremony lasts for several hours. If there is no seat, you have to stand. You don't even have a bowl of tea. How can you bear it after these few hours? Dog things, he ate lard and got blinded, and his eyes went into the eyes of money."

   "Could it be a rumor? I see that people don't even want to search for this little money. If His Majesty knew, would he indulge him like this?"

   "Bah! It's Xishan's account that got in. His Majesty holds 30% of Xishan's shares, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince holds another 30%. Tell yourself, who took the big head."

   All of a sudden, everyone fell silent.

  Looks like...they cursed the wrong people.

  After being silent, Liang Chu gasped and said: "Speaking of which, the bad thing is Fang Jifan, this rat shit..."

"Yes, he is the one who is bad." Liu Ying, the censor, said angrily: "This **** has no conscience. I also heard that he is also very licentious. He has had relationships with unclear women since he was a child. He is the captain's son-in-law, and I heard that he even raised a young child."

   "Really? Sure enough, this dog has been involved in everything from eating, drinking, whoring and gambling."

Liang Chuzheng scolded happily, when he heard this, he suddenly blushed, his heart felt like a knife had been gouged out, he stroked his beard suddenly, and coughed: "You can't say that, it's groundless, old man, to be fair, Fang Jifan loves money, but I haven't heard of a womanizer, you can eat things indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately."

   Everyone looked at Liang Chu.

  Unexpectedly, Liang Chu, who usually scolded Fang Jifan the most fiercely, suddenly changed into a different person.

  Liang Chu's face was red and his ears were red: "His Royal Highness is watching, does this dog dare to mess around? This is too serious, everyone should be careful in what you say, and don't wrong a good person."

   Liang Chu saw that the more unbelievers the crowd felt, the colder his heart became, and he desperately tried to defend himself.

Fang Jifan can't have a bad reputation of lust, then his daughter's reputation will be completely ruined. Think about it, if Fang Jifan is a lust, his daughter even went to Xishan Academy to study. In the eyes of others, his own Daughter, what should be seen as?

  …

Chapter Four. In the afternoon, the background collapsed, speechless. Ask for a monthly pass.

  (end of this chapter)