Wang Hong commanded one hundred and twenty giant ships to train the Great Ming Navy. The Great Ming's coastline was very vast, reaching twenty thousand nautical miles. It was too vast, and there were many places that needed to be patrolled.
Wang Hong's method of training the Ming Navy was very direct. He would go out to sea and practice on the sea.
In Wang Hong's eyes, only by going out to sea could a real navy be trained. A real navy was not hiding in a port.
The entire Liaodong, including the Korean Peninsula, was the coastline of the Ming Dynasty. As a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, the North Korea Dynasty would pay a certain amount of silver as tribute to the mother country every year.
Many fishermen were fishing in the coastal waters. Suddenly, they saw a black spot on the horizon.
These fishermen retreated one after another. They were stunned when they saw the huge ship that appeared in front of them.
These huge warships were like fortresses on the sea. Black cannons poked out from the side of the ship. These cannons were definitely not for decoration.
Behind each cannon were five cannoneers, who were responsible for loading gunpowder, loading iron bullets, and adjusting the trajectory…
Wang Hong didn't replace the copper cannons on Zheng He's battleship because the Ministry of Works was developing new cannons. He was waiting for the new weapons that the Ministry of Works had developed. Although these copper cannons were inferior to iron cannons in terms of range, their accuracy was higher than iron cannons.
Wang Hong stood on Zheng He's name, full of vigor!
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Forbidden City.
Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Yu Huatian stood in front of Zhu Houzhao with his hands down. A memorial from the Dragon Guarding Mountain Villa was placed on the table in front of Zhu Houzhao.
It was the memorial of Ironguts.
Zhu Houzhao turned to Yu Huatian and said,"Zhen wants to ask you something."
"Your Majesty, please speak."
"If you were to fight to the death with him, how confident are you in defeating him?”
When Yu Huatian heard Zhu Houzhao's question, he replied straightforwardly,"No chance of winning, not even ten percent…"
"Is the martial arts of Ironguts Divine Marquis so powerful?”
"Your Majesty, Iron-guts entered the Tartar camp alone and took the head of the Tartar King in the middle of an army of 300,000. Moreover, he didn't assassinate at night, but during the day…I can't do that just based on this.”
"Your Majesty, the martial arts of Ironguts Deity Marquis is known as the best in the world! I can't compare to him…"
Zhu Houzhao picked up the memorial and asked,""What if it was Cao Zhengchun?"
"If Eunuch Cao were to fight with his life, there should be a thirty percent chance of winning…"
Zhu Houzhao opened the memorial and said to Yu Huatian," Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa made a great contribution in the war against Tartar. Four subordinates of Iron-guts entered the capital to ask for an official position…"
"Oh, a secret agent…"
Yu Huatian had met the four subordinates of God Marquis Ironguts once and had secretly investigated them.
These four subordinates considered themselves to be secret agents of the imperial court, but they had never been conferred or rewarded by the Emperor. This time, they came to the capital in the hope of being conferred by the Emperor.
If they could obtain the title of Imperial Guard from the Emperor and be given a waist token of Imperial Guard, they would be able to achieve anything in the martial world.
As long as they showed the token bestowed by the emperor, the imperial guards were ten times better than their self-praise…
"How much do you know about these four people?"
Your Majesty, I don't know much about these four people. They are the top figures in the Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow Realms, and it is said that they are also peerless in martial arts…"
"They are already in the capital. Go and reward them for Zhen.”
"Yes."
Zhu Houzhao threw the four palace guard waist tokens in front of Yu Huatian.
"In order to exterminate the Tartars, they went deep into the desert and made outstanding contributions.”
"Yes."
A second-class guard with a saber was a military officer's official position. The official rank was from the fifth grade, commonly known as the imperial guard!
Yu Huatian left the palace after receiving the decree.
In the Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa, the four subordinates of God Marquis Ironguts were not qualified to enter the court.
As for entering the palace to meet the Saint, that was even more of a fantasy.
Apart from the East and West Chambers and the Jinyiwei, only the cabinet ministers and the ministers of the six departments were qualified to enter the palace. As for the other officials, they were not allowed to enter the palace unless summoned by the Emperor.
Zhu Houzhao conferring them as second-class guards with swords was already the greatest recognition of their contributions.
……
Yu Huatian had just left the palace when Cao Zhengchun, the supervisor of the East Chamber, rushed into the palace.
After Cao Zhengchun entered the palace, he reported,""Your Majesty, the coastal defense is in an emergency…"
"What?"
Zhu Houzhao's brows were tightly furrowed. Didn't I allocate 10 million taels to Wang Hong?”
Cao Zhengchun took out a secret document from his sleeve. After he saw it, he didn't have time to write a memorial and went straight into the palace to meet the emperor.
Zhu Houzhao took the secret document from Cao Zhengchun's hands and opened it.
"The southern affiliated kingdom of the Ming Dynasty, the Kingdom of Malacca, was attacked by the Franki fleet. The Franki people sent thirteen warships to occupy an island near the sea and repeatedly spy on the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense.”
When Zhu Houzhao saw the date of the secret document, his eyes almost popped out!
It was already the 23rd day of the 2nd year of Zhengde, and this secret letter had just arrived in his hands.
"Did you just receive this secret document?"
"Your Majesty, I just received this secret document…"
"It took three months for this secret document to reach my hands. How slow is the efficiency!”
" Your Majesty, it's a long journey, and there are many bandits in the sea. Three months is already very fast…" Cao Zhengchun said.
Zhu Houzhao's brows were tightly furrowed, and he was filled with killing intent.
It was inevitable that conflicts would break out with the other maritime powers. Even if they didn't come, the Great Ming Navy would still descend!
However, Zhu Houzhao did not expect that the Folang Mechs would be so rampant. They had actually begun to investigate the actual situation of Da Ming three months ago.
They have probably already begun to attack Da Ming's coastal defense.
Zhu Houzhao's chest was filled with anger.
"How can you barbarians covet my Great Ming! How can you touch Great Ming's majesty! My vassal kingdom is in my pocket, how can I allow others to pry into it!”
"Cao Zhengchun!"
"Your subject is here!"
"Pass down my decree to declare war on the Flangis. Immediately send Wang Hong to attack the Flangis who have entered the Great Ming's coastal defense!”
"Send an edict to all affiliated kingdoms. Those who trade with the Franks are equivalent to declaring war on the allies of the Franks!”
Cao Zhengchun could feel the anger of the emperor.
This time, the invasion of the Flangis into the Great Ming's coastal defense made Zhu Houzhao furious. The Flangis 'fleet had at most a few thousand people and more than ten ships. How dare a small country like this come to the Great Ming's tiger whiskers!
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While Wang Hong was commanding 120 battleships to patrol the 20,000 li coastline of the Great Ming, a Hong Yi fleet with 12 Franc warships was approaching the Great Ming coast.
These Franks had already found out about the coastal defense of the Ming Empire. The coastline of the Ming Empire was too long, reaching a terrifying 20,000 miles. According to the information they had, the Franks obtained a very certain result.
The Ming Empire's navy was unable to take care of the entire 20,000 li coastline...
Therefore, they had an opportunity to take advantage of it.
This time, the Franks were piloting their famous Franks. These ships were ten feet long and thirty feet wide. There were more than forty oars on both sides, and more than thirty blunderbuss around them. When they connected to each other, the blunderbuss were raised and shot down like rain. They were invincible!
The Franks arrogantly believed that these Franks were the most advanced and largest ships in the world.
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