"Lu Si, immediately transfer the Brocade Guard from the Leizhou Prefecture over. I want them to convey the imperial edict!”
Lu Si didn't dare to delay and immediately sent a messenger over.
A team of ten Embroidered Uniform Guards rode quickly on the horses they had bought and arrived beside Zhu Cixi.
"Your Majesty, you were looking for us?"
"Go to the Guangzhou and Fuzhou governments and announce this emperor's decree. Tell them that the Ming Empire's Crown Prince Chongzhen is still alive!”
"Understood!"
The ten Brocade Guards split into two groups and headed north.
Zhu Ciao heaved a sigh of relief, while Governor Lü frowned.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the Jinyiwei won't be able to intimidate the younger brother of the Tang Emperor. Of course, the Tang Emperor of Fuzhou Prefecture is more reasonable, but will Zheng Zhilong let Emperor Long Wu take away his throne?”
Zhu Ci Xin thought for a moment. It was indeed so.
In this chaotic era of the late Ming Dynasty, those who had military power could make the emperor invisible.
Just like Emperor Long Wu, other than Huang Daozhou and Zheng Chenggong who supported him, Zheng Zhilong and his brothers basically made him a figurehead.
"Lord Lu is right. These guys have finally captured Emperor Long Wu. How can they let go?”
Governor Lu Si stood up personally.
"I am willing to go to Guangzhou Prefecture and Fuzhou Prefecture to rescue the Tang Emperor and his brother!”
Zhu Ci Xin frowned. Rescuing the Tang Emperor and his younger brother was more troublesome.
Zheng Zhilong's army was not to be trifled with either. After all, Zheng Zhilong's army had been pirates in the past. They had galloped on the sea for decades without losing a single battle.
"To rescue the Tang Emperor, it will take at least half a month to reach Guangzhou Prefecture by land. It will take at least a month to reach Fuzhou Prefecture! I plan to take him by surprise and attack him when he is unprepared!”
Lui Si scratched his head and pointed at the cavalrymen riding ferghana horses.
"Do you mean to use cavalry?”
"No, it's time for my naval fleet to go out and train!”
"Navy fleet? The Ming Empire's naval fleet had long disappeared! The coastal defense relied on Zheng Zhilong's pirate fleet!”
Zhu Ciao pointed at the two hundred warships on the sea.
A huge sail and a brand new hull.
"Those are my ships!"
Lu Si and Zhai Ying were shocked by the dense number of ships on the sea.
"Your Majesty, where did you get so many warships?”
"Qiongzhou Island Shipyard can produce warships!”
"Your Majesty, with so many ships, it's enough to beat Zheng Zhilong's pirate fleet!”
Zhu Ci Xin was very calm. Indeed, 200 ships were more than enough to deal with Zheng Zhilong's pirate fleet.
"I plan to use Leizhou Prefecture as a springboard to take down Guangzhou Prefecture and Fuzhou Prefecture as my base for the Northern Expedition!”
"Your Majesty, we have to think about this carefully! The army was not a tourist when it came to war. The logistics and material support were the key to victory!”
Zhu Ci Xin nodded.
The war was fought for resources. Slave Jian's way south was like a hot knife through butter. In fact, the landowners and rich people had helped him a lot.
In order to win the happiness and approval of their new master and gain the support of Slave Jian, they gave most of the food they had collected to Slave Jian.
With the support of these traitors, Slave Jian had sufficient supplies and could quickly occupy many territories.
The more Zhu Ciao thought about it, the angrier he got.
"Order the warships to cut off the sea route! Forbid cargo ships from going north!"
Most of the cargo ships, especially those from the west, were transporting large amounts of goods to Nanjing and Dengzhou.
The Nanjing Prefecture had already been occupied by Slave Jian. As for the Dengzhou Prefecture, it had already been occupied by Slave Jian in the Qilu Peninsula.
In order to ensure the supply of food and various materials, Slave Jian had maritime trade with Zheng Zhilong, the Spanish Empire, and the Portugal Empire.
Following Zhu Ci Xin's order, 200 warships sealed off the sea area around Qiongzhou Island.
With the blockade of the sea, no cargo ships went north after five days.
The He Yi colonists and Zheng Zhilong who occupied the island began to panic.
Zheng Zhi Long had been secretly negotiating with Slave Jian. Now that the supplies were cut off, Zheng Zhi Long started to panic.
Zheng Zhilong didn't know that Qiongzhou Island already had a large number of warships.
In order to solve the problem of the cargo ship that suddenly disappeared, Zheng Zhilong sent his brother Zheng Hongkui to lead 400 warships south after half a month of preparation.
Zheng Zhilong's pirate fleet had a total of 700 warships. Most of the warships were very small, only about 30 tons.
Out of the 400 warships, more than 300 of them were like ordinary fishing boats, except that they had set up five Franks.
The largest warship was 150 tons, Zheng Hongkui's flagship.
Four hundred warships headed south.
Zhu Ci Xin was at the pier of the Leizhou Prefecture, commanding the warships to transport all kinds of resources to the Leizhou Prefecture.
Looking at the densely packed dried fish, Governor Lu Si felt a headache coming on.
"Your Majesty, why are there so many dried fish?”
"There are many fish in the sea! That's why the fishing boats can catch more fish!"
"Your Majesty, are you preparing for war?”
"Yes, after the supplies are prepared, 5,000 heavy cavalry and 1,300 infantrymen will go north! The Guangzhou government must be taken down!"
Zhu Ci looked at the system. He was still a few thousand people away from leveling up.
However, the construction of the second town center could be carried out now.
However, building a town center required 5000 units of gold, 5000 units of silver, and 5000 units of copper.
The list of resources was sufficient. Zhu Ciyao immediately set up a second town center on the coast of Hai 'an County, which was under the jurisdiction of Leizhou Prefecture.
He clicked on 'build' in the system, and the construction team sent by the system came from the sea by boat. They built a third-level town center on the desolate beach and forest outside Haian County.
As long as it was a territory occupied by Zhu Cishi, it would be the territory of the town center.
The second city center was the entire Leizhou Prefecture.
In the center of the town, 500 tile-roofed houses were built.
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