After Wu Weizhong said this, Liu Xilin pondered for a moment, and then said: "Forget it! I, the North Korean Jin gentry, will strictly control the domestic slaves in their respective houses and punish the escaped slaves more severely. In addition, Xuanfu reduced the treatment, but It can also prevent a large number of domestic slaves from escaping and hiding in Busan."
Liu Xilin said this and thanked Wu Weizhong.
As a result, it was decided that the wages and benefits of Korean civilians would be halved.
After Wu Weizhong and Song Yingchang came to Qi Jiguang, Wu Weizhong informed Qi Jiguang of his decision.
After hearing this, Qi Jiguang nodded and said: "That's good. If the North Korean government helps recruit civilian husbands, more civilian husbands can be recruited to facilitate the subsequent conquest of the Japanese."
Wu Weizhong and Song Yingchang nodded.
Then, Qi Jiguang said: "Based on the sea conditions in this area in recent years provided by Jin Yiwei, and the news brought by General Yu from Ningbo, I have decided to cross the sea and land in Hirado in five days!"
Qi Jiguang looked at Wu Weizhong as he spoke: "Immediately pass on the order and tell the first batch of landing officers and soldiers to get ready!"
Wu Weizhong immediately raised his hand and said yes.
Song Yingchang couldn't help but look excited because of this. He looked at Qi Jiguang and said: "Jing Lue, please let me go to Pingdo with the first batch of soldiers."
Qi Jiguang looked at Song Yingchang: "What are you going to do if you are not afraid of encountering a divine wind?"
"Didn't Jinglue say that this sea crossing was determined based on the sea conditions provided by Jin Yiwei? How could there be a divine wind?"
Song Yingchang asked.
Qi Jiguang smiled and said, "Having said that, the weather at sea has always been changing, and no one can say for sure whether such a monster wind will suddenly arise."
"In this case, I have to go with you!"
"Because Xiaguan has brought a very powerful Zhang Shenxian, who can cast spells to drive away the evil wind on the sea. If he goes with Xiaguan, he will naturally reach Hirado smoothly."
Song Yingchang said.
Qi Jiguang glanced at Song Yingchang thoughtfully: "Can this fairy really drive away evil winds?"
And Song Yingchang said: "Please think carefully about the history. It has been said for many years that the 140,000-strong army of the Yuan Dynasty was defeated by the divine wind in the Japanese expedition. Even if you don't believe it, will the soldiers below not believe that there is such a divine wind? At this time, we should not let Will I take this fairy to stabilize the morale of the army?"
"You are right! On the day of the expedition, please first invite Zhang Shenxian to board the ship to perform a ritual ceremony."
Qi Jiguang said.
Although this was just alchemy, to most people at the time, it was really authoritative, otherwise the cult would not have been so rampant.
Therefore, even if Qi Jiguang didn't believe it, he still chose to believe it.
Five days later, it was a sunny day in Busan, and the blue sky was clear for thousands of miles, and the boundless sea was full of water.
The large number of warships gathered here by the Ming Dynasty were all preparing to set sail at this time.
And the wave-riding boat, which is used as a sentinel, has set sail in advance and is heading to the place where the water and the sky meet.
Wu Weizhong, who was about to take the first group of officers and soldiers to Hirado, also boarded his flagship at this time, a double-decker big bird ship equipped with thirty-two cannons.
Since Zhu Yijun asked Qi Changguo and others to develop a 2,400-kilogram heavy cannon equivalent to the historical Hongyi cannon, he also asked the navy to improve warships based on those of the Western Yi. As a result, the Ming Dynasty has now built wave boats based on them. The double-decker big bird ship was invented, and this ship became the main warship of the Ming Dynasty.
This kind of boat is called a bird boat because its bow is pointed and its speed is fast. It moves like a flying bird on the sea.
Of course, Zhu Yijun was not just satisfied with making his Ming Dynasty's giant sea ships a double-decker bird ship with more than thirty doors. His goal was naturally to build even larger and magnificent warships in the future.
It's just that the wood that can be mined is limited, the technical personnel are limited, and the real environment is limited, Zhu Yijun has not yet asked the Ministry of War to spend huge sums of money to build larger-scale giant ships, such as three-layer decks equipped with hundreds of giant cannons. ship.
After all, in Asia now, the only ones who can challenge the Ming Dynasty navy are the Western Yis. However, because the Western Yis came from afar, the ships they brought were basically merchant ships. Naturally, they brought The tonnage of the main warships is not very large, and the largest ones are only double decks.
Therefore, with the current strength of the Ming Dynasty's warships, it is still possible to use the double-decker big bird ship that can carry twenty or thirty heavy cannons of more than 2,000 kilograms as the main warship to suppress the Western barbarians in Asia and dominate them. What's more, the Ming Dynasty is still At home, the numbers are enough to suppress Xiyi.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun has not yet directly upgraded his warships to the first-class sailing battleships of the mid-seventeenth century that carried hundreds of heavy guns.
After all, building a giant ship is expensive.
Although Zhang Juzheng and other reformist civil servants who attach great importance to armaments are now in charge of the country and have not gone against Zhu Yijun, it does not mean that they are really willing to let the emperor be so happy that he spends a lot of money on building super battleships that have little practical significance.
As for the current main enemy, the Japanese pirate navy, the big bird ship is more than enough to deal with it.
Because the current Japanese pirate navy has very few artillery, and most of them still use bows and arrows. The so-called iron cannons used extensively by Japanese daimyo are just heavy matchlock guns introduced from the Portuguese.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty does not need to worry about Japanese pirates when on the water. The only trouble that may need to be worried about on the water is typhoons.
Back to the topic.
At this time, Song Yingchang and Zhang Shenxian were among those boarding the ship with Wu Weizhong.
"Bring me up!"
After Wu Weizhong boarded the ship, he first issued an order to execute the spies.
Because there were many powerful gentry in the Ming Dynasty who secretly smuggled trade with the Japanese country, it was impossible for the Japanese country not to be alerted in advance to such a big move of the Ming Dynasty to conquer the Japanese. They even had already thought that they did not want the imperial court to win and lose their monopoly. The domestic powerful gentry who were trading with Japan let the Japanese lords know in advance that the Ming Dynasty might conquer them.
In addition, Japan is currently in the Warring States Period. Many nobles and daimyo of Japan have rich combat experience and know how to use intelligence warfare. Many daimyo, such as many daimyo of the Shimazu family, are masters of intelligence warfare.
In addition, in this era, the national consciousness of the Han people has not yet been fully established, and it is still an era of family affairs. Naturally, many Han people have already defected to the Japanese country, and are willing to serve as spies for these Japanese big names, as long as the Japanese big names give them enough benefits. .
Therefore, the Japanese country had naturally sent many Korean spies and Han spies to Busan to find out the details of the Ming Dynasty's Japanese army.
It's just that the famous generals of the Ming Empire, such as Qi Jiguang and Wu Weizhong, are not vegetarians. In addition, Jin Yiwei is not vegetarian either. They all know about intelligence warfare and are serious about counter-espionage, and they have caught many spies.
According to Qi Jiguang's order, these captured spies were to be used to sacrifice flags during the expedition.
Therefore, Wu Weizhong issued such an order at this time.
Not long after, the traitors and court traitors were brought up and ordered to kneel on the deck.
"cut!"
Wu Weizhong gave an order.
Uh-huh!
Uh-huh!
Uh-huh!
Suddenly, sword shadows struck the sky, and a large number of heads fell to the ground.
The discovered spies all had their heads missing, and blood immediately covered the entire deck.
The so-called Zhang Shenxian who boarded the ship began to act according to the plan at this time.
Suddenly, a large amount of black smoke billowed out from the ship.
The officers and soldiers on the surrounding ships were stunned for a moment, and then they all cheered happily.
"Fair wind, gentle wind!"
After Zhang Shenxian recited a few words, he immediately said to Wu Weizhong: "It's time to set sail."
After hearing this, Wu Weizhong nodded and immediately ordered: "Raise the sails and lift the anchor!"
Immediately, the sentry on the mast bucket raised the command flag and signaled to raise sail and set sail.
"Raise sail and lift anchor!"
"Raise sail and lift anchor!"
Not long after, orders from Ming navy officers came from other sailing ships.
So, at this moment, Song Yingchang saw many of his own soldiers on the ship running to the deck. They were all in high spirits. It seemed that they really believed in Zhang Shenxian's magic and believed that they would not encounter a typhoon, and they all took their responsibilities seriously. thing.
Then, Song Yingchang saw that several people had turned the rolling sticks, which made the wooden rollers make a rattling sound. After a while, iron chains emerged from the water beside each warship. Come out like little black dragons emerging from the water.
Not long after, the ship began to slowly leave the port, and then headed towards the twilight sky.
At that time, the moon was hanging in the west, the shadows of the mountains were reflected in the sea, huge sails covered the clouds, seabirds were roaming around, and a few chirps were heard from time to time.
The North Korean official Liu Xilin who came to Busan for the first time saw these giant ships for the first time. He stood on the shore and watched the giant ships leave with dumbfounded eyes: "Fortunately, your highness is willing to serve as a lackey for the Chinese Empire!"
(End of chapter)
