The Most Powerful Man in the World

Even if you look at the whole world, there is probably no country that dares to say that it can win.

Therefore, Chu Yi was not worried at all about whether he would encounter any enemies above the sea, he was only worried about the fickle weather.

In those days, the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties attacked Dongying, and used more than [-] troops. Although there are many reasons for the final failure, the weather is an extremely important aspect.

If it is said that there is no sea barrier, and there is no volatile weather, with the crazy expansion ability of Mengyuan back then, not to mention one Eastern Ying, I am afraid that several Eastern Yings have been flattened by Mengyuan's iron cavalry.

Glancing at Lu Dazhu, Chu Yi said lightly: "I ordered people to always pay attention to the changes in the weather. Once there is a sign of a storm, we must immediately obey this king."

The mighty fleet was sailing on the sea, and when they saw a ship, the lookout was looking at the surrounding scene with the help of the telescopic mirror in his hand.

Although it is said that there is no need to worry about being ambushed by people above the sea, but if you encounter an enemy, you can find it first, at least you can gain time to react, right?

The watchers are habitually looking around, the sea is endless, and it can be said that there is no other sight at all except the sea water, especially at this time the fleet has left Daming and entered the depths of the sea, even water birds. etc. are extremely rare.

Suddenly, the watchman was stunned for a moment, his eyes fixed on one direction.

In that telescopic mirror, you can vaguely see a few black dots moving fast on the sea surface.

It's just a cup of tea, and I can already vaguely see that those black spots are ships.

The news reached Chu Yi's case almost immediately.

Although Chu Yi was a little surprised to learn that the ship was found at sea, he was not too shocked.

Although the chance of encountering a ship on the sea is not high, it cannot be said to be small. After all, with the opening of the sea in the Ming Dynasty, there are not a few people who drive merchant ships to sea.

And Dongying is one of the most favorite trading objects of the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, so it is reasonable to say that on the route from Daming to Dongying, if you encounter some merchant ships.

In Chu Yi's view, nine out of ten ships found by the watchers should be the fleets of those maritime merchants going to Dongying to do business.

Chu Yi just ordered the watchers to pay attention at any time, and if there was any situation, let him know in time.

However, in less than a stick of incense, Chu Yi, who was reading a book in the cabin, looked at Lu Dazhu in surprise and said, "What, you said that the discovered fleet seems to be being chased by another fleet?"

Lu Dazhu had a look of excitement on his face. Obviously, the dull days at sea made Lu Dazhu feel a little bored. Now there are people fighting at sea. How can this not make Lu Dazhu excited?

Seeing Lu Dazhu nodded excitedly and said: "Back to the chief, according to our observations, it is the two teams that are chasing at sea!"

Chu Yi got up and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Oh, the Governor wants to see who he is!"

When Chu Yi appeared on the ship, several generals were almost all staring at the sea in the distance from the observation deck with the help of telescopic mirrors in their hands.

Chu Yi took the telescopic mirror from Lin Pingzhi's hand, and then used the telescopic mirror to look into the distance.

In the telescopic lens, you can vaguely see that there are less than ten large and small ships in tandem, the former fleeing and the latter chasing and killing.

As for the identity of the two parties, because of the distance, it was impossible to judge for a while, but judging from the hull pattern, nine out of ten of these ships came from Daming.

But even so, it is not easy to judge the identity of the other party. After all, the big ships built by Daming are owned by Dongying or North Korea.

For businessmen, as long as there is enough interest, even a large ship is not impossible to trade, so it is not realistic to judge the identity of the other party through the model of the hull.

Suddenly, standing beside Chu Yi, Lu Dazhu, who was also staring at the distant picture with the telescopic mirror in his hand, exclaimed in exclamation: "Hey, the Great Bright Riyue Flag, it turned out to be the Great Bright Sun and Moon Flag distributed by the Shibo Division! "

Chu Yi opened the sea. For those sea merchants who go to sea, all sea merchants who have paid taxes and silver can receive a special bright sun and moon flag after being enthroned by the Ministry of Shipping.

The bright sun and moon flag is equivalent to a sea pass, which is directly related to Chu Yi's next actions.

In Chu Yi's plan, once the more than [-] ships he proposed to build are launched one after another, he will build several sea fleets, and then these sea fleets will maintain the order on the sea.

Of course, these are naturally just ideas at the moment. After all, there are not many ships that the imperial court can use today, and there is no spare energy to form a sea fleet. Therefore, the Ming Riyue flag can only be used as a sign for paying commercial taxes. There is no other effect.

However, in Chu Yi's eyes, these merchants with the specially-made Daming Riyue Flag are legitimate maritime merchants protected by Daming. As long as the other party legally pays the commercial tax, they will be officially recognized by Daming.

While Lu Dazhu saw the bright sun and moon flag hanging on the merchant ship, other people naturally discovered the special flag.

Chu Yi also saw the flag of the ship through the telescopic mirror, and the appearance of the ships that had been chasing after the merchant ship also entered Chu Yi's line of sight with the help of the telescopic mirror.

When Chu Yi saw the flags hanging on the big ships, his eyes couldn't help narrowing. It was a strange flag embroidered with one eye.

"pirate?"

Anyone who sees such a flag will subconsciously think that these people are those vicious pirates.

Lu Dazhu excitedly said to Chu Yi: "General Manager, the caravan being chased has the flag of my bright sun and moon, and depending on the situation, it must be pirates who are chasing them. National prestige!"

Several other generals on the side did not expect that Lu Dazhu, as the deputy commander of the army, would be so shameless to compete with them for credit, and a dignified deputy commander would charge into the battle. Isn't this taking credit with them!

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Several generals looked at each other, took a step forward, looked at Chu Yi and said, "General Manager, General Lu is the deputy commander of the army, and he is the one who is in the middle of the army. How can you take risks? It's better to let the late generals do it for you!"

Lu Dazhu was looking at Chu Yi excitedly, and he was waiting for Chu Yi to nod his head. The result was good. Several generals actually opened his mouth to demolish his stage. Suddenly Lu Dazhu turned around and yelled at them: "You guys. Guys, why can't this general charge to the front..."

If it were someone else, he would be frightened by his own commander pointing his nose and yelling at him, but these generals didn't mean to panic at all, instead they looked at Chu Yi.

Don't look at Lu Dazhu looking like a reckless man, but anyone who has had contact with Lu Dazhu knows that Lu Dazhu is not like his appearance. On the contrary, Lu Dazhu is not only a reckless man, but a man of courage and strategy , and open-minded, able to fight with his soldiers, even a small soldier can joke with him.

If Lu Dazhu is really a reckless man, I am afraid that it is impossible to be valued by Chu Yi, and then promoted all the way, he has become a powerful figure in the army.

Don't look at the fact that Lu Dazhu pointed at several generals and cursed, but these generals knew that Lu Dazhu didn't care about it at all.

With a light cough, Chu Yi glanced at Lu Dazhu and smiled and said, "General Lu, your habit of rushing into battle has to be changed. As the commander-in-chief of the first army, you are in charge of the central army and you control the overall situation. ."

Hearing what Chu Yi said, Lu Dazhu said with a smile: "Isn't this the chief supervisor, you are sitting here, and the last commander wants to go out in person and charge once."

In Lu Dazhu's view, with his current status, whenever he goes on expeditions in the future, there is a great possibility that he will be the commander of the first army. It is unrealistic to want to charge into the battle.

That is to say, at the moment, there is Chu Yi in the army, so he thinks that he will rush once if he can rush.

When his eyes fell on one of the young generals, Chu Yi nodded slightly and said, "Yu Dayou, this supervisor ordered you to lead a team of warships to rescue the caravan ahead!"

Among the several generals, the young general who was named by Chu Yi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the words, and his face showed a bit of stunned expression.

Yu Dayou was only sixteen years old, but he stood out in the military competition. When Chu Yi looked through the roster of soldiers, he found Yu Dayou such a future general.

In the mid-Ming Dynasty, especially during the Jiajing Dynasty, Japanese pirates almost became one of Ming's confidants, and several provinces in the southeast were plagued by Japanese pirates. During this period, military talents such as Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, and Hu Zongxian stood out.

Descendants naturally have the deepest impression on Qi Jiguang, but Yu Dayou, Hu Zongxian and others are not so impressed, but in truth, Hu Zongxian is the governor of the seven southeastern provinces appointed by the Ming court to supervise the affairs of the Japanese, even if it is true. It was Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou who had to be dispatched by him.

And Yu Dayou's talent is no less than that of Qi Jiguang. He has the title of Yu Long and Qi Hu. Yu Dayou can be called together with Qi Jiguang, which shows his military ability.

Compared with Qi Jiguang, he has not yet been born, but Yu Dayou has already entered the army and has entered Chu Yi's sight.

Originally, Yu Dayou had no military exploits, and he was named one of the [-] households in the army by Chu Yi by virtue of his strength. The most important thing is that Yu Dayou was actually taken by Chu Yi's hand, as long as he was not a fool, he could see that Yu Dayou was leaving. Good luck.

So don't look at Yu Dayou as the one with the lowest official rank among the generals, but no one dared to underestimate this young general.

Even an idiot can see the importance Chu Yi places on Yu Dayou. The most important thing is that Yu Dayou's own ability is not bad, and his strength has won the recognition and admiration of all the generals.

It is conceivable that such a general who is not bad on his own and who is valued by nobles like Chu Yi, as long as he is not too unlucky, it will definitely not be a problem for him to rise to the top in the future.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that Chu Yi would directly appoint Yu Dayou. You must know that Yu Dayou has no actual combat experience.

But thinking of the kind of importance Chu Yi places on Yu Dayou, even if someone has any opinions in their hearts, they don't dare to put it forward, otherwise they will not only hate Yu Dayou, but also make Chu Yi unhappy.

Everyone looked at Yu Dayou with envious eyes. After Yu Dayou was slightly stunned, he reacted and hurriedly bowed to Chu Yi. At the same time, he said with a bit of surprise: "The commander of the last general will live up to the expectations of the general manager."

Soon after Chu Yi's order was issued, several ships left the fleet, and under the command of Yu Dayou, they headed straight for the distant merchant ships that were faintly visible to the naked eye.

Watching Yu Dayou take a few ships away and standing beside Chu Yi, Lu Dazhu said with a serious look on his face: "General Manager, this kid Yu Dayou is a good material, but he has never been on the battlefield. First time..."

Obviously, even Lu Dazhu was a little worried at this moment. In fact, Yu Dayou had never experienced a battle at all, so he was also worried that something would happen to Yu Dayou.

On the other hand, Chu Yi smiled slightly, as if he was not worried at all: "Everything has a first encounter, and you can't let Yu Dayou go to battle just because he hasn't experienced a battle. Besides, it's just some mediocre pirates. If he can't even deal with these pirates, how will he fight the battlefield in the future?"

Hearing what Chu Yi said, Lu Dazhu and the others sighed in their hearts. To be able to make Chu Yi so valued, there is probably no second person in this army.

However, Yu Dayou endured the excitement in his heart and led a few ships under his command to go straight to the merchant ships in the distance.

Yu Dayou is not a fool, he himself never dreamed that he would be lucky enough to be in Chu Yi's eyes without the slightest background in the army.

The huge Daming, there is no more reliable backer like Chu Yi, and with this noble person's attention, Yu Dayou himself feels that everything is like a dream.

However, Yu Dayou can be valued by Chu Yi, even if he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, he has already shown extraordinary abilities.

Yu Dayou was later able to be as famous as Qi Jiguang, how could he be an idle generation.

Qi Jiguang is supported by Zhang Juzheng, but Yu Dayou does not have such a big backer in the court. Even so, Yu Dayou can still be called together with Qi Jiguang.

However, when Gu An and Gu Shisan uncle and nephew who were arguing were arguing over who stayed to delay the Japanese pirates, a servant suddenly shouted with a look of shock on his face: "Eldest young master, Thirteen young masters, there are big ships, there are big ships..."

"what?"

Gu An and Gu Shisan's expressions changed when they heard the words. Almost instinctively, the two of them took out the telescopic mirror and looked at the sea in the distance.

At a glance, Gu An and Gu Shisan couldn't help showing surprises on their faces, only to hear Gu An surprised and inexplicably said: "Daming Riyue Flag, Shisan, you saw it, that is the day of my Daming. Moon Flag!"

The Daming Riyue Flag is Daming's military flag. Generally speaking, it is only hoisted by the military. Now there is a fleet of ships on the sea.

A dark fleet entered the eyes of Gu An and Gu Shisan's uncle and nephew, and they were naturally both shocked and overjoyed.

In any case, no matter how bad the situation is, it is still better than the current situation. If these fleets are really Daming fleets, let alone the darkness, there are almost countless ships. The boat is definitely not something that the Japanese pirates behind them can resist.

"Uncle, we are saved, we are saved!"

Gu Shisan shouted to Gu An with a look of surprise.

Tears of joy even flowed from Gu An's face. After reacting to it, he immediately shouted to the flag bearer on the boat, "Hurry up and call for help!"

Almost without Gu An's orders, among the fleet, the first to discover the Daming fleet were the watchmen and flag-bearers on the ship. Just when Gu An ordered, the flag-bearers had already raised their flags to ask for help.

At the same time when the flag-bearer was playing the flag, it was also when Yu Dayou came with a few ships to the caravan, so through the telescope, Gu Anbo and nephew saw that several ships were separated from the huge fleet. The ship was swiftly approaching their direction.

Gu An couldn't help laughing, tears rolled down his face, and a feeling of escaping from a desperate situation rose spontaneously.

Here, Gu Anbo and nephew looked surprised, and the Japanese pirates who had been chasing the Gu family caravan naturally discovered such a huge fleet at sea.

The fleet is extremely huge. Looking through the telescopic mirror, the entire sea is covered in darkness. There are so many ships that it is impossible to count them, no less than hundreds.

Zhongtiao Heli is the leader of this group of Japanese pirates, but Zhongtiao Heli is not a real bandit, but his true identity is a general of Dongying Shi Jianguo. It is divided into [-] countries. This period is also the period of the Warring States Period of Dongying. Dozens of large and small countries are distributed on the small territory of Dongying. It can almost be said that a county is a country. And this so-called Warring States fight is equivalent to the fight between one county and another.

Ishijian country is one of the sixty-six countries in the East, occupying the land of Ishijian, and the ruler of Ishijian is the Ouchi clan. As the family head of the Ouchi clan, Ouchi Yixing has quite a few means and ambitions.

Because Iwami has the Iwami Silver Mine, which is one of the largest silver mines in the East and Asia, it has been peeped by all parties for a long time. Invade the country of Iwami and try to occupy the Iwami silver mine.

One can imagine the pressure that Ouchi Yixing, as the head of the family, was under. Under such pressure, Ouchi Yoshixing naturally tried every means to strengthen the power of the Ouchi clan.

And Nakajo Hari was a retainer of the Ouchi clan, and he was ordered to loot merchant ships at sea.

Through the telescopic mirror, Nakajo Heli could clearly see the continuous ships on the sea surface, and the whole person's expression became solemn.

Beside Nakajo Hari, Yamanoko looked at the continuous ships with a shocked expression and said, "Nakajo-kun, these... these ships..."

Nakajo Hari narrowed his eyes, and flashed a look of shock: "That's... that's the Great Bright Sun and Moon Flag!"

Dongying is no stranger to the Ming Riyue Flag, but the Ming Riyue Flag hanging in the fleet is very eye-catching and easy to spot, so Nakajo Heli noticed the Ming Riyue after a little attention. flag.