Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 450 Full of Treasures

  Qi Jingtong attacked.

  Leaving the Penglai water village with the most powerful navy and the most elite navy of Ming Dynasty.

  Fang Jifan received a letter from Tang Yin.

  In Fang Jifan’s view, the thing that scholars hate the most is that they love to use embellishments when describing something.

   What I saw a giant fish today, I have never seen before. Those who are not used to seeing loach ears are very huge. Jumping and drumming, the sound is like thunder.

  Damn it...

   What kind of monster is this, so scary.

   Could it be that in ancient times there were sea beasts that no one in later generations had ever seen, that's amazing.

   But when Tang Yin described the giant fish coming out of the spring, Fang Jifan was shocked, it turned out to be a whale.

  The description is so frightening, it’s really a stink of cultural people who don’t get rid of it. If you say it is more than ten feet tall, eight or nine feet long, black in body, and white in flesh like curdled fat, wouldn’t it be enough? If you insist on showing off your literary talents at this time, you will not be able to speak well.

   Whales...

   Unexpectedly, Tang Yin and Hu Kaishan would come up with such an idea.

  Fang Jifan narrowed his eyes, and there was also greed in his eyes.

  As the anchors of later generations always say, *** is full of treasures.

   This is indeed true, because for the great Chinese nation, there is really no animal in this world that is not full of treasures. No matter whether you swim in the water or crawl on the ground, you can always eat it...

   Of course, whales are not just edible.

Every year, hundreds of ships depart from the port and bring back whale oil and products from the ocean. Whale oil can be made into candles. Candles, almost the best, and even then couldn't find a better alternative.

   Not only that, whale meat is also edible, although it is a bit fishy, ​​but if you add Chinese cooking, you can get rid of the fishy smell with your hands.

   At that time, 735 of the 900 whaling ships in the world came from the United States. Huge economic interests drive Americans with good business genes to stab calf whales in moody oceans and trap female whales who refuse to leave.

At that time, whaling was not just a romantic adventure as people imagined, but an out-and-out economic engine. At that time, the immigrants from the American continent first arrived in the American land, which was barren, rocky and difficult to cultivate, and the ocean became food and main source of income. Whaling is a well-paid business, and the income that a whale brings to each crew member is equivalent to half a year's wages of land workers. Women continue to pretend to be men and get on the boat to work. During the golden age, the American whaling ship was like a factory floating on the sea. After the whales came up, they could continue to hunt whales while boiling the whale blubber into oil in a pot on board. In addition, whalebone can be deformed after being roasted, and can maintain its shape after cooling. Like plastic, it is used to make various daily necessities such as corsets, umbrella ribs, and fishing rods.

  Countless people revolve around whaling, engaged in manufacturing, oil refining, whaling and other work, which has driven millions of jobs.

   And now...

  Fang Jifan also became interested in whaling. Daming also needed a large amount of whale oil to replace the existing wax oil for lighting. Not to mention, a whale is equivalent to hundreds of pigs, how much meat can this provide.

  From Tang Yin's description, Fang Jifan probably knew the process of the Majestic Zhen Guogong's loss. These sailors who had never experienced real naval battles made frequent mistakes when they encountered emergencies.

  Actually... to some extent, whaling can also be used as a preparation for Japanese guard training.

  You know, on the ocean, to fight a whale, for all the people on a ship, it is almost a battle state, a team, any one person's negligence, is a terrible thing.

  Since Beiwawei can't use Japanese pirates to practice now, it might as well... use whales to practice.

  Fang Jifan immediately began to think hard about the method of whaling, and then returned a letter to Tang Yin.

After sending the letter, I let out a sigh of relief. I couldn’t help but blame myself. Whaling is a very dangerous thing. Xiao Tang, Xiao Tang, I will leave this to you. My teacher has more important things to do, so I need to stay in the capital. , I can't share the troubles with you, um...good luck!

  The weather is getting hotter and hotter.

  Fang Jifan was wearing a summer shirt, and hung the purse embroidered by Princess Taikang on his waist. His father hadn't written for a long time, so Fang Jifan was worried that he... found a stepmother for himself.

  There is no way to go on like this, father, the son is getting older, it's time to marry a wife.

  As soon as he thought of this, Fang Jifan couldn't help but want to write a book for his father who is far away in Guizhou.

  It was just early in the morning that day, but a **** came in a hurry: "Your Majesty, please."

   Invite people early in the morning, thinking about what to do.

  Fang Jifan didn't dare to neglect, and went straight to the palace.

   This time, they are still in the Snappers.

  After Ma Wensheng worshiped the imperial case, he... cried.

  Now he has to suspect that he is a bastard.

   According to the report sent this morning, Qi Jingtong led troops to surround Baiwei Island, looking for Japanese pirates.

  As a result...the Japanese pirates' lair was indeed found.

   There are thousands of Japanese pirates entrenched there.

result…

   Big defeat.

  The Japanese pirates used small boats to attract Qi Jingtong's big ship. Qi Jingtong didn't dare to attack rashly. His flagship was not ambushed, but the other two big ships were eager to do good work and broke away from the fleet. As a result... directly collided with the reef.

  In order to meet the poor two bright ships, Qi Jingtong made a decisive decision and wanted to send people to land and attack Baiwei Island directly.

  Kebei Japanese guard officers and soldiers had no fighting spirit, and were quickly killed by the Japanese pirates who licked their blood.

  Qi Jingtong was defeated.

   Two ships were severely damaged.

   Six or seven hundred people were killed or injured.

  In the end, it failed.

  As soon as the news came, Ma Wensheng's face turned green.

   This is the most elite navy that the Ministry of War can offer.

  Who would have expected that the soldiers would be lost.

  The matter has come to this, he can only come here to plead guilty.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at the report with a gloomy face, and his first thought was to kill Ma Wensheng.

   Not to mention the officers and soldiers, this is all money and food. So much money and food have been spent, and there are ships built with so much money and food. That's it... it's all over.

  He stared at Ma Wensheng fiercely.

  Ma Wensheng was disheartened: "Your Majesty, the old minister is incompetent, and his corpse is a vegetarian meal. I really can't bear the heavy responsibility of Your Majesty. I implore Your Majesty, the prospective minister will be appointed, and choose another wise man..."

   This Minister of the Ministry of War really can't do it.

  Emperor Hongzhi gave Liu Jian a cold look.

Liu Jian was silent for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, I think that Ma Shangshu was born in Mazheng. It would be unreasonable to say that he doesn't understand military affairs. Over the years, Mazheng on all sides has been very stable, and there have been no major incidents. It’s just that the imperial court had underestimated the Japanese pirates before, and this was not the fault of Ma Shangshu alone. As for the water battle, it has been 100 or 20 years since Emperor Taizu Gao, and it has never happened in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the old minister thought, Even if you choose another wise person, it may not be possible, and you can do better than Ma Shangshu."

  He still hoped that Ma Wensheng would stay.

  The Ministry of War is in a mess now. After spending so much money and food, nothing can be done.

  To be honest, no one is willing to wipe your **** for Ma Wensheng now. Is it so easy for you, Ma Wensheng, to leave?

   Ma Wensheng's face was pale, he... wanted to die!

  Emperor Hongzhi said coldly: "Relevant personnel must be dealt with. As the commander, why did Qi Jingtong hesitate to attack the island, and escaped when the war turned bad? Is he worthy of the court's favor?"

   This blame has to be blamed by someone else. Since Liu Jian meant that Ma Wensheng would continue to stay, then someone else has to be found to take responsibility for this big defeat.

  Dignified Ming Dynasty, even Japanese pirates can't deal with it, this... is it worthy of the ancestors? It's just a joke.

  Ma Wensheng was silent for a moment: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"you say!"

Ma Wensheng said in shame: "Qi Jingtong is indeed a rare talent. Before going to sea, he sent an official document to the Ministry of War, thinking that it is not suitable to go to sea to fight at this time. This time, it is really the fault of the Ministry of War. The ducks were put on the shelf, and he chose to flee, probably because he knew that he had no way to recover, and hoped to keep the few remaining ships of my Ming Dynasty..."

   "Enough!" Emperor Hongzhi seemed very rude.

  At this moment, you, Ma Wensheng, are a guilty minister, and now you still want to intercede for others.

   Judging from the report, the imperial court handed over so much money, food, ships, and soldiers to Qi Jingtong. Now that he is defeated, he is fully responsible. If the imperial court does not deal with it, how can he convince the public?

  After Fang Jifan came in, he saw Emperor Hongzhi's face was terrified, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to pluck his beard. After all...he still had a useful body.

   Hear the big defeat.

  Fang Jifan sighed in his heart, but he also knew that such a big defeat was almost inevitable in history.

   A group of ducks who have been drought for more than a hundred years, really think that they can beat a group of Japanese pirates across the ocean by building a few ships like Sanbao eunuchs?

   This is not Fang Jifan destroying his prestige.

   What's more, water warfare is a skill, and he definitely can't win by courage. What's more, when it comes to courage, a group of military households who are discriminated against by the literati, usually refuse to allocate money and food on time, and make people hungry every now and then, how can they compare their courage with those ferocious thieves.

   But at this time, I heard that Emperor Hongzhi wanted to deal with Qi Jingtong.

  This Qi Jingtong... seems to be Qi Jiguang's father.

  This person... is indeed a famous general.

Although the achievement is far inferior to Qi Jiguang, the so-called Laozi is not as good as his son, but Fang Jifan believes that Qi Jingtong is just underappreciated. He experienced the Chenghua and Hongzhi dynasties, and the court did not have much vigilance against Japanese pirates. Naturally, it is absolutely impossible for him to show Chance.

   Even so, this Qi Jingtong has shown his prowess in history with his real skills.

  Fang Jifan hesitated for a while, should he take a risk for Qi Jiguang's father?

   After pondering for a moment, Fang Jifan laughed loudly: "Hahahaha..."

   Not surprisingly, Fang Jifan received countless looks as if this person was mentally retarded.

  (end of this chapter)