As soon as he said these words, almost everyone in the room was stunned.
You must know that the current Ming Dynasty, only those born from pirates, have the concept of the ocean.
But even they can only go so far, and at most they only know about Nanyang. At this point, there is no longer any desire to develop, but the influence is still there.
However, other than that, even Zheng Zhilong and others have never thought about it. I have never thought about going to Hongyi and where the Folangji people came from, to see what they are like there?
Also, the Spanish treasure ships came from the other side of the ocean, went to Luzon, and then returned to the other side of the ocean through the Japanese country. What would the scenery they had seen look like? Zheng Zhilong and others had no interest, let alone care, and wanted to intervene.
But now, they suddenly heard that Duke Xingguo, a high-ranking official in the court, had such an ambition: there would be a Ming Dynasty navy wherever the sea could reach!
Really, if someone said that a god flew from the sky at this time, it would be more reliable than this!
Because, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, except for the Yongle period, in other eras, there was still half a sense of pioneering and enterprising spirit, and the only sight was the mainland.
For those people in the court, including the emperor, they have no concept of the ocean at all!
Under this background, a person suddenly appeared and said that he would be even crazier than Zheng He in the future. After all, at that time, Zheng He did not dare to say that there were Ming navy masters wherever the sea could reach. The presence!
The room was very quiet for a while. The brothers of the Zheng family looked at me and I looked at you. They all looked surprised, but none of them spoke.
For some reason, when Zheng Fusong looked at them, a sentence suddenly came to his mind: How can a sparrow understand the ambition of a swan?
But he only dared to think about this in his heart. If he really dared to say it, he would probably be beaten to death by his father, and he would definitely not hold back!
However, although Zheng Fusong did not say this, he still enjoyed seeing his father and uncles so shocked.
After a while, Zheng Zhilong came back to his senses and murmured to himself: "How is this possible! The imperial court doesn't even have a warship, and it still wants to attack me!"
Hearing this, Zheng Hongkui and others nodded in agreement. Is that Duke Xingguo telling lies?
Zheng Fusong had been staring at their expressions and guessed what they were thinking at this time, so he immediately said to his father: "Duke Xingguo also told his son that with the Ming Dynasty's national strength, he wanted to build ships and troops, and It's not a difficult task. Moreover, he also knows a better way to build warships than Xiyi, and he knows what the whole world is like! He also discussed it with the current emperor, and the prince was also present, and they all agreed that in the future, he would show off his power in foreign lands and far away. Super Han and Tang!”
"Shipbuilding rioters? What the hell is this?" Zheng Hongkui didn't understand what he meant. "Shipbuilding, I'd better tell you. These rioters refer to the brutal imperial officers and soldiers?"
Zheng Fusong didn't understand it at the beginning, because this was actually a game term from later generations, and of course it didn't exist in this era. Therefore, he asked, and happened to act as a teacher for a while. He looked at his uncle and said: "The shipbuilding force means that as long as the court is willing, it can increase the number of Fujian naval forces by so many in just a few years." many."
Hearing this, the Zheng brothers were speechless again.
If by then, the Ming Dynasty really has peace in the world and its national strength is restored, with the Ming Dynasty's manpower and material resources, it seems that it will not be difficult to build a shipbuilding army!
However, the court can't really do this just because of Duke Xingguo's ambition, right?
When Zheng Zhilong thought about it, he felt that this matter was still unreliable.
"That's right!" When Zheng Fusong said this, he suddenly remembered something and quickly added, "Wouldn't the imperial court want to allocate all the vassal kings overseas in the future? This will require a huge number of naval forces."
As soon as he heard this, Zheng Zhilong immediately remembered that there really was such a thing, and it was the King of Zhou. But when I first saw the news, I didn't take it seriously at all.
While he was thinking about it, Zheng Fusong recounted what Zhang Mingwei had said, some of which were said to him, and some to the prince, which he heard. In short, he poured out all the news related to this matter.
So, slowly, the entire imperial court's future national policy ideas became clear.
The people lived a hard life. The vassal kings occupied a lot of land and land annexation was serious. Then the vassals were transferred to free up enough taxable land in the country to share the burden of the people. The court was revived, which required naval forces and expansion. In addition, Duke Xingguo also said that there are countless gold, silver, and iron mines overseas, and this court also wants them.
From this point of view, overseas is really not a wild land!
After clarifying this idea, Zheng Zhilong immediately lowered his head and began to think deeply about what the Zheng family should do.
When other people saw him like this, they all knew that he was thinking about important things, so they didn't dare to disturb him and waited quietly.
In the meantime, Zheng Fusong's mother quietly came over to take a look, and found that there was no fuss, so she left with peace of mind.
I don't know how long it took before Zheng Zhilong raised his head and said seriously to his brothers: "I'm going to give Fusong the warship he wants. In addition, the fourth child was a martial artist, so he went to help Fusong, too. If you can work part-time as an official, you will have greater prospects in the future. What do you think?"
Although it is said that what we are today is the result of brothers working together. However, Zheng Zhilong is the boss. Without him, the Zheng family would not be what it is today. His decisions have always been proven correct.
The brothers of the Zheng family looked at each other, then looked at Zheng Zhilong together, nodded and said, "You all listen to your elder brother!"
Zheng Fusong beside him burst into laughter upon hearing this. It was indeed a letter from Duke Xingguo, and his father would agree!
Zheng Zhilong turned around and saw his son so happy, and immediately remembered that his son was already a deputy general, and he was still a guerrilla. Seeing how proud he was, wouldn't his tail be raised to the sky in the future?
So, he darkened his face and shouted: "Why are you so happy? Do you know how the navy should fight a naval battle? You don't even know how much you weigh..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the excited Zheng Fusong: "Duke Xingguo said, let me study hard. One day in the future, I will definitely be better than my master, and I will be famous in foreign lands!"
"You..." When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he wanted to scold him again, but when he thought about it, this was also a good thing. No matter how capable he was, he still had to call him dad!
Thinking of this, his enthusiasm to teach Zheng Fusong subsided, and he became kind and said: "As long as you know, you have to learn from it, be humble and low-key, whatever happens in your daily life, don't worry about it." Ask your fourth uncle for advice!"
Zheng Zhilong's attitude and words made Zheng Fusong stunned for a moment, but he came to his senses immediately, nodded vigorously and said, "Father, don't worry, the child knows!"
So, the matter was settled.
After Zheng Zhilong discussed with several of his brothers for a while, he called his subordinates and held an enlarged meeting, and finally decided to select those warships for Zheng Fusong to take to the north to build the skeleton of the Denglai Navy.
After the discussion, Zheng Fusong's mother, who had been waiting outside for a long time, went in with a smile and said to the crowd in person: "Everyone said that the potato banquet served by the Duke was delicious. I prepared a big table and brought it out together. Let’s have a taste, shall we?”
Even with the power of the Zheng family, it is indeed not easy to prepare a potato feast that they have never eaten in such a short period of time. It can be seen that Zheng Fusong's mother really went to great lengths for his son. thought.
After hearing what he said, Zheng Zhilong waved his hand and said, "Let's go and eat the sweet and sour potatoes together!"
Unconsciously, he remembered this dish that his son liked to eat.
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At this time, far away in Huguang, Xu Yixian, the military advisor of Zhang Xianzhong's bandits, felt more and more that the situation was not good. Although there weren't many big battles, and there were even very few contact battles between sentinels, he still felt like he was defeated.
Knowing that the situation was not good, he found Li Dingguo that day and told him solemnly: "I'm going to Tianshou Mansion to see the king. I have urgent military affairs to discuss. You have to watch this place and don't make any mistakes!"
"Okay." After hearing this, Li Dingguo could only answer like this.
However, Xu Yixian was worried and reminded again: "Don't be careless. If you make a mistake here, we will be in great danger in Daxi. The situation this time is very different from the past. If you don't want to see all the brothers die tragically If so, just remember my words!”
"Okay!" Li Dingguo replied after hearing this.
In fact, Zhang Xianzhong also trained Li Dingguo.
Xu Yixian was still worried after hearing this, but he felt that he had to go find Zhang Xianzhong, so he had to say to Li Dingguo: "I will be back soon. Remember, you must not be soft on those traitors who have wavered. Otherwise, the consequences will be really unimaginable!”
"I know!" Li Dingguo finally changed his words this time.
In the end, Xu Yixian rushed to Wuchang as quickly as possible.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was also annoyed by the failure of Ai Nengqi's attack on Changsha in the south.
In the original history, Zhang Xianzhong easily captured Changsha Mansion and even invaded Jiangxi, threatening Yingtian Mansion's barrier to the west.
But in this dimension, the different actions of King Zhou and King Chu led to completely different consequences. The local officials no longer dared to look down upon them, and the squires also did not dare to take a dime. Therefore, the offensive of the bandits was no longer as strong as in history. It's easy, as you can imagine.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong saw Xu Yixian appearing in front of him and couldn't help but asked in surprise: "What, something happened in Huangzhou Mansion?"
