The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

The vast sea stretches as far as the eye can see.

The little girl was very interested at first, but then she lost interest.

After all, going out to sea for the first time is usually exciting, but if you look at the sea day after day, any excitement will fade away as time goes by!

Not to mention that many people got seasick due to physical reasons, which made a lot of jokes.

For example, the fierce and monstrous Marquis of Zhongshan turned into a soft-legged shrimp within a few days of going to sea. He suffered from dizziness, headache, nausea, and vomited to the point where bile almost came out!

Unfortunately, this kind of seasickness cannot be alleviated by medicine. It can only vary from person to person, relying on their own physical constitution and adaptability to slowly recover. The stronger soldiers will be full of life in a day or two, while the weaker ones will be tortured for almost ten years. Come day!

And the Marquis of Zhongshan, who had high hopes for the entire fleet, and was the most powerful and mighty man in the entire fleet, actually struggled for half a month, and almost collapsed. Finally able to eat.

At this moment, Tang Hao was slumped on the chair with a pale face, and a hot towel was placed on his forehead. The dizziness that came from time to time in his mind made him feel nauseous and nauseous.

The little girl wiped his big hands with a distressed look on her face and twisted the towel from time to time.

At this moment, Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao walked in together.

"Master Marquis, count the time, we should be arriving in Ryukyu soon!"

Tang Hao's expression perked up when he heard this, and he immediately became energetic.

He first smiled and patted the little girl on the head, indicating that she didn't have to work anymore, then watched the little girl leave, and then looked at his two confidants.

"Why so fast?"

"Master Hou, it's actually not that fast!"

Yumu smiled and said: "Generally, the process of going to sea starts from Tianjin Wei, exits the Bohai Sea, enters the Yellow Sea, goes south along the Yellow Sea, enters the East China Sea, and then reaches Ryukyu. The whole process takes about half a month. "

"We set off from Shuicheng, Dengzhou, Shandong Province, saving a certain distance. Logically speaking, it should not take half a month. However, along the way we destroyed the Japanese pirates and bandits entrenched on scattered islands, so it was delayed for some time. Calculated this way, it is really about there."

Zuo Yidao, who had a cold face on the side, suddenly smiled and said meaningfully: "Master Hou feels fast, that's because Master Hou fainted not long after he got on the ship, and his symptoms did not relieve, so..."

Don't slap people in the face when you hit them, don't expose their shortcomings when you scold them!

Tang Hao was already in an extremely bad mood, but now that he was being teased by Zuo Yidao, he immediately became angry and grabbed the towel on his forehead and threw it directly on the latter's head.

The cold-faced paralyzed man was dumbfounded and threw the towel on the desk with a look of disgust on his face.

Seeing this, Tang Mu couldn't help laughing out loud, and the atmosphere was full of joy.

To be honest, this guy Zuo Yidao just likes to pretend to be thirteen, and he is cold-faced and warm-hearted. After getting to know Tang Hao and Tang Mu, he now takes the initiative to make jokes from time to time.

Tang Hao ordered Tang Mu to fetch the sea chart, holding his chin and lost in thought.

The reason why he wanted to go to sea for such a trip in person was naturally not because he was full and had nothing to do.

In fact, this trip to sea is of great significance.

The first one is of course to suppress Japanese pirates, killing every one they catch, and killing every nest after they are caught. There is nothing to say.

In the past nearly half a month, all the Japanese pirate lairs in the coastal archipelago in the north of the Ming Dynasty were completely destroyed by Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao.

Except for some sailors and craftsmen who were innocent in nature and had no human life on their hands, all the other beasts and bastards were killed. There is nothing to say about this.

To this day, including Tang Mu, Zuo Yidao and other soldiers, they have discovered a strange thing, that is, their princes hate these Japanese pirates very much, especially the serious Japanese pirates, those ugly and short in stature. The Japanese people almost killed each one on sight without any mercy.

It sounds strange. After all, Tang Hou is a descendant of the Tang family. He comes from a noble family of military commanders. He is not a coastal citizen. Why does he hate these Japanese pirates so much?

But doubts are doubts, and probably no one dares to ask.

Secondly, this trip to sea also has an important task, which is to redraw the map of the Ming Dynasty's maritime territory based on the route charts left by Zheng He, plus the navigation information collected by his soldiers, and the intelligence provided by the Japanese pirates.

This task is very important, especially as the Japanese plan is underway, and the fleet heading to Japan has officially set sail from Ningbo, Zhejiang.

When these people return news from the Japanese country and confirm the Iwami Silver Mine, which contains hundreds of millions of silver, the entire Ming Dynasty will go crazy about it!

Especially those greedy gentry, they will naturally not watch such a peerless silver mountain fall into the hands of barbarians such as Japanese slaves, and will definitely find a way to force the court to send troops to capture the Iwami silver mine.

No one dislikes free money!

These gentry and gentry were able to fight in villages and towns for a few acres of fields in the countryside, and they almost had their brains knocked out. How could they be willing to miss out on so much free money!

Then, as long as the gentry takes action, the imperial court will start vigorously building ships even if it does not lift the maritime ban, driving the development of the shipbuilding and navigation industries, and this is precisely Tang Hao's goal.

And this voyage to the sea is undoubtedly to seize the opportunity. Not only to attack the Japanese country in one go and destroy this damn small country, but at least to wipe out those "Three Island Japanese pirates" and make some money for these warrior brothers. Military exploits.

They sailed all the way to the sea mainly to collect intelligence work so that they can start ocean trade in the future. This is the strategy to rejuvenate the country that can truly and completely change the fate of the Ming Dynasty!

"Are the fleet's food and fresh water enough?"

Tang Hao asked a more critical question.

Although it is on the vast sea, there is sea water everywhere, but if there is no fresh water, it will really make people die of thirst!

"It's enough, thanks to Zheng and the information left by Mr. Zheng!"

Tang Mu hurriedly replied, his words also full of admiration for the legendary navigator Zheng He.

Because Zheng He had the experience of leading a fleet to the East Ocean, their journey went very smoothly without any disturbances. There was plenty of fresh water and food on the ship, and the soldiers were in very good condition.

Zheng He's precious navigation information includes but is not limited to methods of storing fresh water, various diseases that soldiers may encounter after going to sea and their solutions, deserted islands where you can stop to replenish fresh water food along the way, etc...

It can be said that these precious materials are all the valuable experience gained by Zheng He, the legendary navigator, and his generals, Shierlang, who sacrificed their lives to practice it. God knows what a painful price they paid for this and how many lives they sacrificed. !

Therefore, Liu Daxia deserves to die, Tang Hao still wants to kill him!

"Brother, it's time to eat!"

The little girl came bouncing in, which made people feel warm in their hearts.

It is precisely because of the existence of the little girl that this boring sailing journey has a bright color.

But when Tang Hao heard this, his face immediately turned green.

This meal is very rich, with a lot of various kinds of seafood, including fish, shrimps, crabs, everything you want.

Although the food on the ship is sufficient, no one knows what mishaps may occur on the sea route. Therefore, in order to save food as much as possible, these ships have a small trawl net at the back. You can also trawl while walking on the sea. Fishing, or those who like to challenge themselves and kill time, can also fish on the deck, which allows the soldiers to eat endless seafood every day.

As for how to eat seafood, they have long been accustomed to eating it sliced ​​and dipped in sauce. To put it bluntly, they eat it raw!

Seafood sashimi is priceless and cannot be enjoyed by ordinary people.

All kinds of seafood, except those that must be cooked with fire, most of them are sliced, and the soldiers also enjoyed eating them. After getting used to eating them raw, not only did they not feel any discomfort, And you can also taste the most original delicious food, which is also the most nutritious way to eat.

Except for a few of these soldiers, most of them were from poor peasant backgrounds. They had never experienced the treatment that only powerful people could enjoy, so they immediately fell in love with this way of eating and enjoying the deliciousness of seafood sashimi. Taste.

After all, the sea is no better than land, and making a fire is also a very troublesome thing.

Although there are a lot of charcoal fires on board, in line with the principle of saving what you can, eating it directly by slicing it is the most energy-saving and environmentally friendly way.

But the problem is that the Marquis of Zhongshan can’t stand it anymore!

He was already seasick, and when he smelled that fishy smell, he immediately felt like vomiting!

Fortunately, he was a serious Marquis after all, so it was acceptable to open a small stove, so Tang Mu quickly brought him a bowl of rice porridge, with a few green vegetables vaguely visible on it!

Seeing the vegetables, even Zuo Yidao's eyes shone a little, and he wanted to rush up and eat them into his mouth.

Unfortunately, food has become the most precious thing in this vast sea. Even with the method of preserving food provided by Zheng Gong, it can only be preserved for a short period of time, or it will be broken within a few days. Just can’t eat it!

Tang Hao picked up the millet porridge and drank it all in one gulp, then swallowed the few vegetable sprouts into his stomach like a whirlwind.

"You can't just eat seafood, and you can't eat raw food every day. You will get sick and get parasites..."

"You also need to drink tea on time. This involves digestion. If you don't digest well, you will get sick..."

After hearing this, everyone nodded repeatedly. After all, this is the precious experience left by "Mr. Zheng".

Although there are several doctors in the fleet, the problem is that once you get sick, you have to take medicine. Where can you find medicine on this vast sea? Therefore, for the sake of their own lives, everyone firmly believes in "Zheng Gong's words"!

After all, he made seven voyages to the West and came back healthy and healthy. It’s no good if you don’t believe it!

But what they didn't know was that there was a "Tang Gong" who mixed some personal information into "Zheng Gong's Words" and was changing this navy advance team in his own way!

"After arriving in Ryukyu, let's stop and replenish supplies. There is no need to risk the health of our brothers!"

Tang Hao ordered lightly, feeling indescribably tired.

Ryukyu has a long history. During the Sui Dynasty of China, the country was first called "Liuqiu", "Liuqiu", "Liuqiu", etc. In short, they are all homophonic and refer to the same place.

In the fifth year of the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao sent his envoy Yang Zai to Ryukyu with an imperial edict. The imperial edict called it "Ryukyu", and it became the official name from then on. It can be seen that even the name of the Ryukyu Kingdom was given by China.

Since then, Ryukyu has been connected to China. Since the 16th year of Hongwu, all Ryukyu kings have requested the Chinese emperor for canonization and formally established the relationship between monarch and minister. This relationship has lasted for five centuries. Even Zhu Yuanzhang once "granted the Fujian people more The "Thirty-six Surnames" entered Ryukyu and brought China's advanced production technology and culture to the Ryukyu Kingdom. The two countries can be regarded as truly friendly diplomatic relations.

Therefore, it would be a good choice for the fleet to dock in Ryukyu, take some rest, and then head north to Korea and Japan.

Neither Yumu nor Zuo Yidao had any objections to this. They wished they could go to Ryukyu now and eat a sheep raw and eat a cart full of vegetables!

After eating something, Tang Hao regained some energy and began to patrol the deck with his little girl.

One is to take a walk to eat, and play with the little girl for a while; the other is to observe the status of the soldiers and prevent any crisis in advance.

This is no joke. If a soldier contracts an infectious disease, the entire fleet may be wiped out!

Fortunately, the soldiers were in good spirits, and they were all very energetic. They even dared to arm-wrestle on the ship. It seemed that they were full of energy and had no place to vent.

Tang Hao took the little girl's hand and slowly walked to the bow of the deck. What he saw was still the boundless sea.

Gradually, the sun sets in the west, and the sky in the west is dyed red.

Under the reflection of the sea water, it seems like a raging fire is burning between the water and the sky, gorgeous and magnificent!

But for everyone who has been at sea for a long time, everyone has long been tired of watching it, and there is nothing new.

Tang Hao also felt that it was very boring, but his little girl loved him very much, so he had no choice but to stay with her.

However, at this moment, a rapid and shrill drum sound sounded!

"Dong dong dong!"

"There are Japanese pirates! There are Japanese pirates!"

Accompanied by the bursts of military drums, the soldiers on duty roared loudly, and the officers and soldiers in the entire ship suddenly became excited!

Soldiers rushed out one after another, wearing armor and holding swords, ready to fight!

Not only the main ship where Tang Hao was on, but also the other ships, there were also bursts of military drum sounds, and they all discovered the Japanese pirates attacking on the sea almost at the same time!

Seeing this situation, Tang Hao nodded happily. Even in the vast sea, the soldiers did not relax their vigilance. This is what an army should look like!

"Master Hou, there really are Japanese pirates!"

Yumu climbed down from the observation deck excitedly, his face full of excitement!

Nonsense, that’s not exciting!

What are Japanese pirates?

This is a military achievement!

Previously, Xu Tianci killed nearly 4,000 people in one go, but he had 5,000 soldiers under his command, which was not enough!

Then when they went to sea, they raided the coastal islands and only killed about a thousand Japanese pirates, which was not enough!

So now as soon as they heard that the Japanese pirates were coming, the soldiers who had nowhere to vent their energy immediately became excited, even Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao were no exception!

Tang Hao did not answer, but quickly climbed up to the observation tower.

I saw hundreds of ships rushing towards me and others between the water and the sky!

These ships are not big, they are basically small boats. At first glance, they look like Japanese ships.

There are only a few large ships, but the advantage is that there are so many of them, hundreds of them!

Every ship was full of Japanese pirates and pirates, holding various weapons in their hands, shouting and rowing towards them!

The clothes and the flags hanging on the boat are all Japanese flags. There are even many Han and Koreans mixed in, and there are also a large number of Japanese warriors on the boat.

Regarding the Han Chinese among the Japanese pirates, Tang Hao also killed them one by one.

Well, they are just a bunch of bastards and beasts!

"It's not just Japanese pirates, there are Han Chinese, Koreans, and Ryukyus too!"

After Tang Hao observed carefully, he immediately laughed.

It seems that chaos is rampant within the Japanese country, and the "Warring States Period" of Nao Shizi is not far away. Otherwise, why would so many Japanese pirates come to this place?

Isn't it because he was defeated at home and didn't want to be a slave to the enemy, so he fled to the sea and started robbing families and homes?

It’s just that this number is too much!

Tang Hao climbed down from the observation deck, and then looked at Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao.

"Ready to fight!"

"Military honors are given to you for free. It will be hard for your conscience if you don't take them for granted!"

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers laughed loudly and immediately began to work intensely.

I was nervous, but not because of fear, but because of excitement.

Everyone is eager to chop off the heads of a few more Japanese pirates later. After all, there are still many officers and generals positions waiting for them in Shandong!

On the other side of the ship, on the largest ship, a group of Japanese people gathered together, also discussing something.

"Matsuura Junrokuro!"

"Isn't that your Matsuura clan's ship?"

A Japanese man wearing armor and a samurai sword on his waist shouted to another Japanese man next to him.

The latter's name is Matsuura Junrokuro, and he is the current head of the Matsuura clan. Previously, the Matsuura clan was suppressed by the Ming Dynasty and the Ashikaga Shogunate, resulting in a great loss of vitality and power. He had to surrender to the rising Ryuzoji family and hunkered down to wait for opportunities. .

Until the dominance of the Ashikaga Shogunate declined, daimyo from all over the country were fighting and fighting among themselves, and no one cared about the Matsuura clan anymore, so Matsuura Junrokuro immediately started his old business and began to plunder the coastal areas of Korea and the Ming Dynasty, and then colluded with the Ming Dynasty. Shandong Beiwa Dusi vigorously developed trade, which enabled the Matsuura family to achieve unprecedented development, and their power gradually became stronger!

It's just that Matsuura Junrokuro didn't expect that a few days ago, he sent the main naval force of the Ming Dynasty to Shandong Beiwadu Division to receive the goods and help Nabi Xiong get rid of a political enemy. As a result, there was no news for a whole month. Even a fool knew that something must have happened.

Those were the main sailors under his command, including a nephew, so Matsuura Junrokuro had no choice but to unite with neighboring forces such as Arima, Omura, and the Ryuzoji family to form a fleet and go to sea again, heading for the Ming Dynasty in Shandong. land.

Of course, the price paid for this is that the future profits will be divided among the four families. Matsuura Junrokuro's heart is bleeding at this moment!

Especially when he saw that the wealth he had finally accumulated became the property of others, he became even more angry!

"Kill them!"