"You are right not to mention it," Tang He nodded to Han Du. "Without your three warships, even if they knew these people were hiding here, the navy would not be able to penetrate deep into the sea. If the emperor insists on revenge, then It became a disaster for the Navy."
Han Du was startled when he heard this. He didn't think so much originally, but he just felt unsure, so he didn't tell Lao Zhu. Now it seems that if Lao Zhu was told and insisted on letting the navy go on the expedition, then one wonders what kind of risks the navy would have to take to get here.
"Even for you, it would be too risky to go deep here because of a guess." Tang He advised earnestly.
Han Du laughed and said: "Master, we have to come here even if we go deep into the sea, of course it's not just because of them."
"Do you have other purposes?" Tang He couldn't help but be surprised.
Han Du turned the map ninety degrees and placed it horizontally in front of Tang He.
"My lord, please take a look, Japan, Ryukyu, Yaeyama Island, Dongfan, Luzon," Han Du's finger slid down a line from the northernmost Japan.
Seeing Tang He's confusion, Han Du explained: "If the Great Wall is the fence on the land of the Ming Dynasty, then these are the fences on the sea of the Ming Dynasty, and the Great Wall on the sea of the Ming Dynasty."
The Great Wall on the Sea!
Tang He's eyes froze violently, and he looked solemnly and carefully at the line that Han Du had just drawn. Since the map was placed horizontally in front of Tang He, in Tang He's eyes, this line and the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty became two almost parallel lines.
These are the two Great Walls, one on the ground and one on the sea.
Han Du was indeed right.
"This world is not just about the Ming Dynasty." Han Du sighed. Tang He had also seen the map of all the countries in the world, so he naturally knew.
"It is not just the Ming Dynasty that can build sea ships. Although their shipbuilding skills are not as good as the Ming Dynasty. But they are not fools. One day other people's warships will catch up with the Ming Dynasty." Han Du sighed, "If the Ming Dynasty does not take action in advance to occupy this Great Wall on the Sea, if it is occupied by outsiders in the future. My father-in-law is also an expert in water warfare. Do you know what the consequences will be?"
Tang He's eyes were bright and focused, as if he were ten years younger, staring closely at the Great Wall on the sea. After hearing Han Du's words, he immediately raised his head and said word by word: "Then the Great Wall on the sea has become the heaviest shackles of the Ming Dynasty."
"Hahaha, my father-in-law is indeed far-sighted and I admire him deeply." Han Du clapped his hands and smiled.
"Stop flattering me," Tang He glared at Han Du accusingly, "I don't believe it, you can't think of it. Once the Great Wall on the sea is occupied by outsiders, it will be like the Great Wall being occupied by others. The Ming Dynasty has thousands of miles of sea territory, everywhere There are loopholes, and you can be attacked at any time. By then, the Ming Dynasty will never have peace!"
Han Du naturally thought of it, but the reason why Han Du was able to think of it was because he had the common sense of future generations. If someone like Tang He didn't know about future generations, Han Du really might not be able to think of it.
"My lord, what you said is very reasonable. Therefore, when we saw the map, we couldn't sit still anymore." Han Du glanced at Tang He and said, "My lord, if the Ming Dynasty does not take this opportunity to occupy This is the Great Wall on the sea. Future generations will definitely scold us to death."
"Yes, they will scold us." Tang He nodded and sighed, "Not only us, but our generation will be scolded to death."
Tang He kept moving his fingers over the Japanese pirates and Ryukyu, and finally sighed: "This matter is also not a trivial matter. We can only figure it out slowly."
"You're not in a hurry, kid," Han Du said with a smile, "This is not preparation. Let's go see the deserted island of Yae Mountain first."
"Okay, what are you waiting for? Let's go there now." Tang He said no more adventurous words at this moment. Compared with Japan and Ryukyu, the Yaeyama Island in the unclaimed land is naturally the easiest to solve.
Two days later, Wangdou Shang discovered the island just as Han Du had calculated.
The warship approached and Han Du stood at the bow. The islands that appeared in the telescope were indeed not small. Slowing down the speed, the warship slowly traveled between the islands.
Tang He put down the telescope and sighed: "It is indeed a treasure place. I actually saw flowing water on the island."
"Is there water?" Han Du was immediately surprised and asked quickly: "Where is it? If it is fresh water, you will really make a fortune." Han Du's eyes couldn't help but reveal greed.
This is not greed for wealth, but greed for fresh water. Everyone who goes to sea knows how precious fresh water is. One thing a ship must bring when going to sea is fresh water. Even with Han Du's status, the supply of fresh water on the ship is rationed every day.
Moreover, fresh water will deteriorate over time. People in the past didn't know how to keep fresh water from going bad, so they could only sail along the coast. When the water went bad, they could only drink it. Only when I can no longer drink anymore will I go to the shore to replenish my drink.
However, this method has too many limitations. It can only be sailed along the coast, and it is almost impossible to carry out deep sea voyages.
In order to delay the deterioration of fresh water, Handu uses boiling water, sterilizes it through high temperature, and then packs it. This can naturally greatly delay the time of fresh water deterioration.
But this is only a delay, and the deterioration of fresh water is still inevitable. And compared to drinking fresh water that always has a strange smell, Han Du still likes to drink sweet spring water.
Now that he heard that there might be fresh water ahead, Han Du was naturally impatient.
Tang He pointed forward, "The big island is right in front. I must have read it right."
Han Dulian raised his telescope to look, but he didn't know whether it was because he couldn't find it temporarily or because the ship was moving and its position changed. Han Du never found where the water flow was.
No matter, since Tang He said there is, let's go and have a look.
"All warships, move closer."
Anyway, Tang He had no reason to lie to himself. At most, he was wrong.
But before the ship docked, Jiang Ming came to report.
"Uncle, I found a house on the island ahead."
Found a house? Does that mean there are people living on this island?
Han Du couldn't help but look at Tang He, and both of them couldn't help but feel, "Is this really such a coincidence?" 'The thought.
"Have you noticed anyone up there?"
"I haven't seen anyone yet."
Han Du hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, come over and gather the soldiers to go to the island together."
Han Du didn't believe it. He had two thousand naval officers and three warships with artillery support. How could he still suffer a loss on this island?
