Tan Lun!
Tan Lun, also known as Zi Li, was a civilian in Jiangyou. He was a famous general who fought against the Japanese and an outstanding military strategist.
He was as famous as Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou and Li Chengliang.
Together with Qi Jiguang, they were also called Tan and Qi.
Tan Lun was appointed as the prefect of Yunzhou to defend against Japanese pirates invading the coastal areas.
The following year, tens of thousands of Japanese pirates harassed Yunzhou again.
Tan Lun personally led the death squads to fight, seven battles and seven victories, the army's prestige greatly increased.
In the hundred years that the pirates ran amok, it was Tan Lun who won the war after Zheng He's fleet.
It was just that Zheng He was no longer around and Qi Jiguang's ability to command the overall situation still needed time to be honed.
The best candidate now was Tan Lun!
Zhu Zaihou believed that Tan Lun was in charge of the navy of the entire empire.
The Ming Navy would always be the strongest navy in the world.
"Where is Tan Lun now? Call him into the hall."
Chief Assistant Xu Jie bowed and said,"
"800 li is urgent, summon him to the capital, zhen wants to see him.”
"This lowly subject obeys the decree!"
With Tan Lun, Zhu Zaihou no longer considered other candidates.
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Tanggu Port.
Tan Lun, who was wearing casual clothes, was patrolling the area.
Qi Jiguang had already led his new recruits to train at sea.
Tan Lun looked at the prototype of the new warship made by the craftsmen and was instantly amazed!
Compared to Zheng He's Treasure Ship, the new battleship was bigger and sturdier.
Furthermore, there was no need to consider the wind direction and ocean currents!
The new warship was 150 meters long, and Zheng Hebao was 120 meters long.
The new battleship was sixty meters wide, while Zheng He's treasure ship was three meters wide.
The new warship was equipped with ten new cannons with a range of six kilometers.
Zheng He's Treasure Ship had twelve cannons with a range of three kilometers.
Moving Zheng He's Treasure Ship required 300 sailors to provide power at the bottom of the ship…
On the other hand, the western superpowers 'sea giants, the Franc Mechs, rowed over wooden sailboats that were thirty-three meters long and three meters wide.
They were using small-caliber cannons with a range of 200 meters. Each of them had a musket, and the oars provided power.
However, they were still immersed in their dream of being a giant on the sea.
They were secretly approaching the southern beach of the Ming Empire, coveting the golden land of dreams in the East…
In their generation after generation, the Central Plains was extremely rich.
Their dream was to follow the path of their predecessors and set foot on the Golden Country of the East.
They firmly believed that what was said in Marco Polo's Travels was true.
This was because the navigation technology they used was left behind by Zheng He's fleet in Nanyang.
There was also a compass, a nautical map, a nautical system, a nautical diary…all of them were left behind from Zheng He's era.
When they arrived in Nanyang, they discovered a large number of temples to King Zheng. These temples were used by the Nanyang people to worship Zheng He.
This trip to the East was under the orders of King Folangji.
More than 200 years ago, Marco Polo, a native of Venice, came to the Central Plains with his uncle and was welcomed at the feast of the Yuan Emperor, Kublai Khan.
He lived in the capital of the Yuan Dynasty and served as an official. After returning home, he published the Journey of Marco Polo (also known as the Record of Oriental Sightseeing).
There was a lot of gold to build houses, and the claim was absolutely credible.
One was by land, the traditional Silk Road.
Landing from Constantinople, passing through Asia Minor, the Black Sea, and the south coast of the Caspian Sea to Central Asia, and then crossing the Pamir Plateau to the Central Plains.
The other two were sea routes: one from Syria and the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, through the two rivers to the Persian Gulf.
The other was from Egypt to the Gulf of Aden via the Red Sea, and then to India and the Central Plains.
When the Ming Empire was founded, the Turks rose at the same time, blocking these roads.
Therefore, the merchants and nobles of Europe were eager to open up a new route that bypassed the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and directly reached the Central Plains and India.
At this time, the fleet of the Franc Mechs was already sailing on the sea of the South Sea. Their country was known as the Xibanya Empire.
"General, the Ming Empire is in front. There is gold everywhere…"
"Ah! Was that the Ming Empire? It was too exciting.
General Folangji shouted excitedly.
"General, the Ming Empire has millions of soldiers. Their new emperor is very powerful and has just defeated the enemies of the northern grasslands…"
" Oh, then let's observe first. I heard that the new Emperor of the East is quite powerful…"
The fleet of the Franc Mechs slowly advanced along the ocean current.
Their masts were taut by the sea breeze.
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