The Most Powerful Man in the World

The world map where Daming is located is naturally kept updated. After all, Daming's territory has always been expanding. Even if the territory of the Central Plains has almost been fixed, the vassal states are closely following Daming. The footsteps of the army expanded outwards.

With the nature of Chinese children's attachment to the land, those many people who were enfeoffed with the royal family and clansmen, if they can obtain land, then they will take root and multiply.

No matter what the reason is, very few people will take the initiative to abandon their own land, so Huaxia has always been a country dominated by farming, and the attachment to the land seems to be imprinted in the bones of the people.

Although it is said that Daming did not directly incorporate the vast land outside Daming into the Daming territory, but through the way of the Daming clan enfeoffing the vassal states, they can still control these places.

As Zhu Houzhao himself said, no matter what happens in the future, even if one day in the future, the vassal states rebel and smash the world, it will be rotten in the pot, at least it will not let foreign races control the world, right?

On the map of the world, all the vassal states that belong to Daming's enfeoffment are marked with the Daming Sun and Moon Flag, which means that these places are the sphere of influence of Daming.

A general has not seen the latest world map for at least half a year. When he saw the latest world map that was posted, he couldn't help exclaiming: "Hey, There are so many vassal states, when did our Ming Dynasty actually conquer so much land and divide so many vassal states?"

These soldiers have been expanding outside the country since they left the country, and they have no time or channels to know what happened behind them.

Looking at the world map now, only to find that Daming has already laid down such a large piece of land.

The purpose of not letting Cheng Yu hang such a map of the world in the process of Xiang Wu is not to let the generals present know how many vassal kingdoms Daming has enfeoffed, but to let everyone understand the current world situation.

Seeing Cheng Xiangwu take a few steps forward, before walking to the world map, in Cheng Xiangwu's hand, a sword slid across the world map, and finally landed between a sea of ​​​​seas.

Someone saw the place where Cheng Xiangwu's sword fell and said, "England Sea?"

As a high-level military officer, Cheng Xiangwu's information is naturally not comparable to that of lower-level generals, so Cheng Xiangwu knew that at this time, the Daming fleet led by Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and others was entangled with those maritime powers near the Mediterranean Sea.

With the understanding of the world over the years, Daming has divided the world's powerful countries into two parts, one is a maritime power, and the other is a land power.

The most obvious thing about a maritime power is that it has tyrannical power on the sea, but its own strength on land is actually very general.

On the other hand, land powers rarely involve the sea, which is very obvious in the Western world.

According to this division, then Daming itself should be biased towards land power, but its own maritime strength is actually not bad at all.

Even during the Yongle period, Emperor Chengzu ordered Zheng He to go to the Western Ocean, proclaiming the country's prestige in the overseas countries. With the maritime strength of the Ming Dynasty at that time, it was really the first power in the sea.

It's a pity that Daming implemented the policy of banning the sea and completely abandoned the maritime affairs. Even so, hundreds of years later, under the guidance of Chu Yi, Daming could still easily catch up with the extremely solid foundation. Within a short time, it will once again become the world's largest power.

With Daming's investment in the navy, a competitive atmosphere naturally emerged within Daming's military.

The competition between the navy and the army is inevitable in any country. Unless it is a completely landlocked country, there is no need to establish a navy at all, and naturally there will be no land-sea competition.

Apart from Cheng Xiangwu, several other generals were from the navy. Led by Lu Dazhu, almost [-]% of the generals present were from the army.

Of course, this kind of competition is a healthy competition, so Cheng Xiangwu, as the leader of the navy, can easily take over the commander-in-chief of the army from Lu Dazhu with the will of the emperor.

If this is a vicious competition between the naval and land armies, I am afraid that with the support of most of the generals, Lu Dazhu will be able to completely overtake Cheng Xiangwu.

Everyone's eyes are focused on that sea area, which can be mentioned by Cheng Xiangwu, obviously that sea area is definitely not that simple.

Cheng Xiangwu nodded slightly and said, "That's right, it's this sea area, and now my Daming fleet, led by Ding Xiangbo and others, is fighting against several western sea powers..."

With a glance, on the map of the world, if a straight line is drawn from their position towards the English waters, there are at least a dozen countries involved in this straight line.

In particular, the more toward the west, the deeper into the heart of this continent, the more and more kingdoms will naturally grow.

The Grand Duchy of Moscow is just the beginning. If it really goes all the way west as Cheng Xiangwu said, there will be at least a dozen countries waiting for them along the way.

Thinking of more than a dozen countries waiting for them to conquer, many belligerent generals couldn't help showing excitement on their faces, and they were almost ready to fight against Cheng Xiangwu.

Cheng Xiangwu's eyes flickered with brilliance, he took a step forward, placed his palm on the position of the English waters, and said slowly: "Everyone, this general wants to lead a large army to return to the division with Yu Dayou and other generals, and you are willing to help Cheng. Some kind of strength?"

The generals looked at each other and heard everyone say solemnly: "I am willing to follow the generals to open up the frontier for my Ming Dynasty!"

"Hahaha, since that's the case, I hereby wish me a smooth meeting with Yu Dayou and others!"

In the handsome tent, the generals had goals in their minds, the atmosphere became a little more eager, and many people became calmer.

After all, because of the defeat of the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the past, many people lost their goals for a while, and naturally they became emotionally unstable. If this situation persists for a long time, it will even directly affect the stability of the military.

Cheng Xiangwu, the commander-in-chief of the first army, was clearly aware of this, so he convened a group of generals and took the initiative to explain the next goal to the generals, hoping to stabilize the military's heart in this way.

It has to be said that Cheng Xiangwu's methods are really extraordinary, and the initially impetuous military spirit was quickly stabilized.

A burst of hurried footsteps came, Cheng Xiangwuzheng and Lu Dazhu and several senior military leaders discussed how to march next.

A figure strode in, it was Cheng Xiangwu's son, Cheng Yu.

Seeing a bit of joy on Cheng Yu's face, he could see that there should be a happy event.

It has been a few days since the last meeting of the generals and generals. During these few days, the army was stationed in the city to rest, and at the same time began to carry out a big search in the city.

Both grain and gold and silver property are indispensable for the army. Without grain and grain as a supplement, the army of hundreds of thousands of people is afraid that it will collapse in a few days. Part of their booty was distributed to the lieutenants and soldiers, and the rest was naturally transported back to Daming and returned to the national treasury or the royal inner treasury.

As the son of Cheng Xiangwu, Cheng Yu naturally got this beautiful job, and in a few days he led thousands of elite soldiers to loot the city.

Although I dare not say that the sky is three feet high, Cheng Yu is not at all soft when searching. There is no powerful person in the city who has time to get away. In front of Cheng Yu's means, no one can bear it for three days and then honestly explain it. their treasures.

Looking up and looking at Cheng Yu, Lu Dazhu and several generals all turned their attention to Cheng Yu.

He heard Lu Dazhu smiled and said, "Nephew Cheng Yu is so happy, I think the results of the home raids have been counted in the past few days."

Facing Lu Dazhu's somewhat joking words, Cheng Yu coughed lightly, clasped his fists towards Lu Dazhu with a bit of embarrassment and said, "What Lu Shuai said is very true. I didn't get anything from this copy."

Cheng Xiangwu sat there as if to avoid suspicion and did not speak, but handed it over to Lu Dazhu.

Lu Dazhu sat there with Cheng Xiangwu, and of course looked at Cheng Yu and said, "Cheng Yu, let's hear it, how much have we gained this time?"

Cheng Yu took a deep breath, took out a book from his sleeve, looked at the contents of the book and said slowly: "Reporting to the generals, this time we have collected a total of [-] million stone of grain and [-] million gold. taels, [-] million taels of silver, and a total of [-] pieces of gold and silver..."

Although it is said that there are many things of gold and silver, but with the current status of Lu Dazhu and Cheng Xiangwu, to be honest, the temptation of gold and silver things to them is greatly reduced. What really makes them care about is what Cheng Yu said and what they found. How much grain is there?

Because of the variability of measurement, even one stone represents how many dynasties and dynasties are not unified. For example, in dynasties such as Daqin and Datang, the weight represented by one stone is different.

One stone in Daming represents more than [-] catties of grain. If a soldier wants to ensure sufficient physical strength, he needs at least three or four catties of grain a day, which means that one stone of grain is enough for a soldier for a month at most.

An army of more than [-] people would need at least [-] shi to eat horse chews, and Cheng Yu said that the grain scavenged this time is almost [-] million shi. If the calculation is a little more generous, these grains are almost enough They fought for more than a year.

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Chapter 2 The Evil Daming Fleet [[-] More]

Several generals present who heard that Cheng Yu had looted more than three million stone of grain, naturally showed joy one by one.

As long as there is enough food, they will not panic. It is true that they have food in their hands and do not panic, but this is not false at all.

Several people couldn't help but praise Cheng Yu, but Cheng Xiangwu, who was sitting on the side and never said a word, tapped the table lightly, his eyes fell on Cheng Yu, and he said slowly: "There are really only three hundred How many stones are there? In such a huge Moscow city, you can only loot such a few things, what can you be proud of?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words. It was obvious that they were a little confused by what Cheng Xiangwu said. Is Cheng Xiangwu really reprimanding Cheng Yu, or is it just deliberately telling everyone?

Cheng Yu was obviously very in awe of his father, and when he heard Cheng Xiangwu's blunt words, his expression changed slightly.

Taking a deep breath, Cheng Yu said to Cheng Xiangwu: "Report to the commander, the commander doesn't know, please ask the commander for guidance."

At this time, Lu Dazhu said to Cheng Xiangwu: "Brother Cheng is too harsh. It is quite difficult for nephew Cheng Yu to do this at his age."

While speaking, Lu Dazhu explained to Cheng Yu, who was puzzled: "My nephew, your father's intention is to think that you are too womanly, and the grain and grass in the city can't be less than ten million stones, so why is my nephew only three or four? to make?"

Hearing Lu Dazhu's words, the expressions of everyone present changed slightly, how could they not understand the meaning of Lu Dazhu's words.

Everyone looked at Cheng Yu in unison, Cheng Yu was able to be brought by Cheng Xiangwu's side, it was naturally impossible to be unbearable, otherwise, Cheng Yu would definitely not have achieved today's achievements based on Cheng Xiangwu's words.

So even if Cheng Yu understood what Lu Dazhu meant, hesitation and struggle flashed on his face, but soon Cheng Yu let out a long sigh and bowed to Cheng Xiangwu, "Thank you for your guidance, Commander!"

After speaking, Cheng Yu saluted everyone and strode away.

Lu Dazhu looked at Cheng Yu's distant back, stroked his beard, drank a glass of wine, and laughed loudly: "Happy, nephew Cheng Yu's future is limitless!"

At this moment, it can be seen that Cheng Xiangwu has a somewhat satisfied look in his eyes, and he is obviously very satisfied with Cheng Yu's reaction.

In this era, the Western world can be said to be hierarchical, and even slavery prevails, and the serf system has lasted for thousands of years.

It can be said that as the core of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, people who can live in this city can be regarded as superiors when it comes to their status.

Landlords, nobles and their servants can live in the city, as for those lowly serfs who are not qualified to live in the city.

Previously, Cheng Yu searched for those high-profile families who had stolen the property, and just by looking at their homes, they knew that they had good identities.

But such large households are only a few after all, and it is not bad that Cheng Yu can copy more than three million stone of grain.

But in this city, in addition to the aristocratic nobles, there are big farmers one by one. Due to their limited status, it is difficult for these large farmers to be high-profile in the city, and it is impossible to live in such luxurious mansions. But this is not to say that these farmers have no wealth.

Perhaps when it comes to the gold and silver utensils stored in the home, as a farmer, it is natural to be unable to compare with those nobles, but these farmers have a lot of grain in their homes.

Cheng Yu obviously ignored these before, and regarded these farmers as ordinary people, but he didn't know that these were not ordinary people at all, but high-ranking farmers.

When a group of soldiers rushed into the houses of these farmers under the leadership of Cheng Yu, a truckload of grain was pulled out.

In order to run the food, Cheng Yu personally went to the barracks to dispatch as many as [-] troops after inviting Cheng Xiangwu's military orders.

The principle of more people and more power is not bad. With more than [-] people in hand, Cheng Yu's collection of food in the city has been greatly accelerated. In just a few days, he was stunned to snatch more than [-] million. Stone forage.

At this time, Cheng Yu stopped under Cheng Xiangwu's order. Now most of the food and grass in the city are in Daming's hands. If there is no accident, the army's food and grass problem has been solved in at least the next one or two years.

On the huge school grounds, Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu and other generals gave an order, with Cheng Yu as the vanguard, the army set out.

But it was said that during the battle at sea in the waters of England, the two sides invested more than a thousand warships in the battle at sea for nearly a day. withdraw troops.

In a port, the warships that had just retreated from the battlefield docked in the port, and the darkness was overwhelming.

But above the small town within the port is brightly lit, in the best compound in the town.

Several commanders of the coalition forces and dozens of coalition generals gathered here, bonfires were raging, everyone drank spirits, ate barbecued meat, and excitedly talked about the results achieved today.

I only heard a red-bearded general saying excitedly: "Everyone, is Daming just like this? If it is not too late, we will be able to gain an absolute advantage in at most half a day..."

This general has a red beard with an incomparable personality, a blindfold in one eye, and disheveled hair, especially an extremely ugly scar on his face, which makes this person very terrifying.

Sitting there, a general with a straight body and a neat military appearance looked at the red-bearded general with a look of disgust and disdain, and said with a bit of sarcasm: "Boss Cook, you don't think you are alone. The pirates will be able to destroy the Akito fleet."

It turned out that this red beard turned out to be a pirate. In fact, many warships participating in the war today are actually pirates. Whether it is England, Portugal, or other maritime powers, some pirates will be kept more or less.

Some things that are inconvenient for regular fleets to do will naturally be left to those pirates who are reared.

In fact, the pressure that Daming brought to the countries was too great. In order to do everything possible to deploy troops to deal with a Ming fleet like Yu Dayou, the countries even recruited the pirates they kept in their daily lives.

However, it can also be seen from this point that the countries were really frightened by the actions of the Ming Dynasty to destroy Spain. If it were not so, there would not be such a big reaction.

Hearing this, the red-bearded pirate glared at the general and said with a grin, "Oh, if Cook, I remember correctly, your Excellency should be a member of the Spanish army in exile, tsk tsk, dignified Spain was given to If it was me, I would have found a place where no one was there to hide, how could you have the courage to come out and show your face?"

"you……"

When the general heard the words, it was as if he had been stabbed in a sore foot. He suddenly got up in anger and pointed at the red-bearded pirate. If his companions hadn't grabbed him, he would have jumped up with the red-bearded pirate. Beard desperately.

On the other hand, the red-bearded pirate looked at the general with disdain and sarcasm.

At this moment, a light cough came, and a general in Chinese clothes said: "Cook and Aris both shut up for this commander, and don't even look at where this is, if it's true If you don’t have the strength to use it, this commander will order you to work hard with the Ming people!”

As soon as these words came out, the red-bearded pirate and the Spanish exile general closed their mouths and became extremely honest.