Father can be an enemy to the country

So it was Lao Liu's turn to complain to his eldest brother...

"Oh, brother, I'm so miserable."

"Four boats, more than 800 brothers, and people like Wang Dayuan and Yu Tongjiang, their life and death are unknown..."

"I'm crying, brother, even the Chaohu Navy is no match for those pirates. Do you think there is still justice?"

"The Chaohu Navy could suffer such a big loss? I really didn't expect it." The prince was also stunned after hearing this. He knew the strength of the Chaohu Navy better than Lao Liu. Even if he is no longer as brave as he was in the past due to various reasons over the years, the former best navy in the world can still deal with pirates, isn't he just a handful?

How could he be beaten and run away? Isn’t that too outrageous?

"In their words, a water war is not a land war. If you can't beat it, you can't beat it." Zhu Zhen said with a wry smile: "They all sail warships with two thousand rations, but we have one thousand rations, which is twice as big as us." .I can’t even fight even if I try my best.”

"Two thousand materials? Where did they get such a big ship?" The prince finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

"And those pirates are not ordinary pirates. They are old subordinates of Fang Guozhen and Chen Youding. They are from the same sect as Marquis Jinghai's Japanese navy." Zhu Zhen sneered: "After so many years of Japanese troubles, my eldest brother doesn't care. Do you know what their strength is?"

"My father doesn't know either..." The prince frowned and said: "Every year from Liaodong to Fujian and Guangdong, Japanese pirates harass them constantly, but they have never broken through the city or defeated the army. They are just like weeds and can't be eradicated. , will always come back, just annoying.

"So my father said he valued it, but he didn't pay much attention to it, so he kept letting Wu Zhen do this."

"The sea is also a world." Lao Liu deliberately tried to drive Wu Zhen to death: "And Marquis Jinghai is the king of the sea."

"You mean, Wu Zhen raised the bandits to respect themselves?" The prince's brows furrowed even more.

"In order to avoid pirates, our fleet sails along the coastline and within the control range of the garrison navy. But such a large fleet dares to block us at our doorstep. Are all the garrison along the coast blind?

"Marquis Jinghai has served as the commander-in-chief of Japanese war preparations for so many years. Why has he never reported the existence of such powerful pirates?" Lao Liu said sharply:

"Marquis Jinghai definitely doesn't know anything about them. Even if he doesn't wear a pair of pants, he is their umbrella!"

"Well..." Now it was the prince's turn to comfort the sixth child. "I know you are very angry, but you need to calm down first. Victory or defeat is a common thing for military officers. If you lose, you will pay. The 20,000 yuan will be considered as paying your tuition."

"No compensation..." Unexpectedly, Lao Liu said in a low voice.

"How can you imitate your third brother? You are too strong." The prince smiled bitterly and said: "Why do you have to sacrifice face and suffer?"

"There's really no compensation. I'll bring back six boats." Lao Liu said loudly.

"Didn't you say that all the goods were thrown into the sea?" the prince asked.

"How could such a big ship be lost in one go? At that time, the sailors only lost all the fine goods and medicinal materials on the upper deck, and the precious stones, gold and silver, ivory, and sandalwood in the warehouse were still there. Han Yi But Mao Cai has calculated that if we sell the remaining goods, we can make a net profit of at least ten times."

"Can it be sold for 500,000 yuan?" The prince opened his mouth.

"It's 600,000 guan. We also need to deduct 50,000 guan of capital, 50,000 guan of losses, pensions and other expenses." Lao Liu corrected.

"Really?" The prince opened his mouth again. "Why do I not believe it so much?"

Zhu Zhen curled his lips and said, "Can I still lie to you? I will give you this dividend next month at the latest."

"Of course I believe you, brother, I just think it's incredible." The prince apologized and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that there is such a profitable business in the world!"

"That is, in the future, maritime trade will only become more and more important." Zhu Zhen made a big circle with his hands and said: "If we don't participate, we will fall behind others."

"So, those who deceived the imperial court to close the Shipping Department just want to monopolize the profits from maritime trade?" The prince suddenly said: "No wonder, if you reopen the Shipping Department, you will stir up a hornet's nest. You didn't know, right? Prime Minister Hu Those people still want to let you leave Shibosi without the Emperor’s knowledge.”

After a pause, the prince whispered: "Moreover, they also tried their best to petition the court not to seal the vassal king in Jiangsu and Zhejiang on the grounds that Suzhou is a wealthy place and is adjacent to Zhili."

"Then my fifth brother..." Zhu Zhen frowned.

"Transfer the title." The prince sighed: "Even Mr. Song and Mr. Lu are trying to persuade me and my father."

"Where are they going to take my fifth brother?" Zhu Zhen was furious. He hates bullying honest people the most.

Well, Fifth Brother is not honest either...

"They hope to change Lao Wu's title to King of Zhou and change his fiefdom to Kaifeng." The prince said: "My father also feels that Lao Wu is too gentle, he can cure diseases but not govern the country, and he cannot control those monsters and monsters."

"It's okay, eldest brother, please rest assured, old father. I will help fifth brother to take care of all those monsters and monsters!" Zhu Zhen said, patting his chest.

"I believe you have basically accomplished this." The prince asked: "But now the barrier is with the Shibo Division. How do you plan to turn the situation around?"

"Build a ship, build a big ship!" Zhu Zhen had already thought of the answer and said loudly: "I also want to build a big ship with two thousand materials, or even four thousand materials! Then go fuck his mother!"

"Yes." The prince nodded heavily and asked, "Where are you going to build such a big ship?"

"Longjiang Bao Shipyard!" Zhu Zhen said every word. It was the undisputed number one shipyard in the world. The future builder of Zheng He's treasure ships.

"Even if we start work now, it will take almost two years, right?" the prince asked thoughtfully.

"I will prepare for at least half a year to build a one-time fleet and destroy those pirates, and then consider a long-term plan!" Lao Liu said fiercely.

"Hmm..." The prince thought for a moment, then suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "I remember, it won't take that long for Longjiang Bao Shipyard!"

"Why, do they have any black technology?" Zhu Zhen perked up as soon as he heard this.

"It's not black technology, it's white technology." The prince shook his head and said: "It's because in the third year of Hongwu, my father learned that the envoy he sent to Japan was killed by the Japanese king. My father was furious and ordered the construction of a giant sea ship. , preparing to send troops to attack Japan.

"Your master was still in the court at that time, and he urged my father to learn from the lessons of the Yuan Dynasty and not to cross the ocean easily to attack the island barbarians. In addition, the defeat of Lingbei happened again, which made my father know that our Ming army might also lose the battle, so he finally calmed down. .”

The prince said, touched his nose and smiled: "But you know... my father loves face, so although he gave up the idea of ​​​​conquering Japan, he never made it clear, so it was not until the seventh year of Hongwu that he issued an order to stop building warships. .”

As he spoke, he raised four fingers and said: "At that time, Longjiang Bao Shipyard had been going all out for nearly four years. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood!" Zhu Zhen suddenly felt hot and nodded heavily.