My Daming New Empire

When the fleet arrives in Ningbo, there will be a large number of merchant ships, transport ships, and soldiers from the Second Fleet to join, and the number of ships in the fleet will reach [-].

Another group of ships is in Quanzhou Prefecture, where there are almost [-] transport ships and warships. The last batch of ships are nearly [-] transport ships currently waiting in Cochin. They are responsible for transporting food.

The 10 people who went to sea this time will need at least 20 catties of grain a day. If calculated in two years, they will need more than [-] million catties, nearly [-] tons.

For this trip, the fleet has allocated [-] tons of grain from Cochin alone, and then other countries will also sell grain to Daming to make up [-] tons.

Moreover, Daming has also reached a grain purchase agreement with Banggeci, Liushan and other countries. They have already prepared grain for Daming's fleet, and they are only waiting for the arrival of the fleet.

It is equivalent to saying that all the ships will not join until Jiaozhi, which will almost make up the fleet of thousands of ships that went to sea this time.

Of course, such a large fleet cannot sail together.Just because these ships are gathered together, and there is a safe distance between the ships, I am afraid that it will really form a city on the sea.

The fleet will be divided into the front army, the middle army, and the rear army. Each part will travel two or three days apart. The main purpose of this is to prevent typhoons.

Although Si Tianjian and Youjun, including fishermen recruited from all over the coast, can observe the weather, they are still divided into three groups for safety reasons, stretching thousands of miles long.

Everyone was very busy before departure, but when they got on the ship, most of them were free except for those crew members who were on sailing missions.

Zhu Zhanji's flagship has undergone some modifications. For safety reasons, the hull has sacrificed its cargo capacity and load capacity, and various parts have been strengthened a lot.

This treasure ship is 44 feet four feet long and 151.18 feet wide. It is the largest sea-going ship in the world today.The length in meters is 61.6 meters and the width is 9 meters.The ship has four floors, 12 sails can be hung on the 200 masts on the ship, and the anchor weighs several thousand catties. It takes at least [-] people to set sail, and a ship can accommodate a thousand people.

If it is to transport grain, such a ship alone can load more than [-] tons at once. Of course, this is only theoretical.Because of the wooden structure, for the sake of safety, the cargo capacity generally does not exceed two-thirds of the theory.

However, because Zhu Zhanji’s ship ignored the cargo capacity and the reinforcement of the load capacity, the actual cargo capacity was less than one-third of the original, and all the weight and space were used in the reinforced watertight cabin and iron bars. .

The iron bars inside and outside the hull alone are [-] meters long and weigh more than [-] tons.

As for such ships, a total of three ships have been prepared this time, just to prevent damage during the journey.

All the sailors who can serve as sailors on this ship are carefully selected naval soldiers, and they can only move around on the lower two floors.

The third and fourth floors aft have also been remodeled for more luxury and comfort.

The fourth floor is where Zhu Zhanji lives with several of his women. Because Zheng He is also an eunuch, he and Zhu Zhanji can also live together.

In order not to be lonely for a few women, but also for enjoyment by Zhu Zhanji, he also built a wooden swimming pool ten meters long and five meters wide on the fourth floor deck. When the weather is good, it can be surrounded by a curtain , swimming in it.

All the people living on the third floor were eunuchs serving Zhu Zhanji and heralds. They cut off the passage for the sailors to the third and fourth floors at the stern. It was not an emergency, and they could not come back at all.

Originally, his two younger brothers, Zhu Zhanxi and Zhu Zhanyong, were also placed here.But these two little guys are a little afraid of Zhu Zhanji, and there are several twelve or thirteen-year-old little guys in the clan, so the two of them went to live in the same boat with those clans.

There is no fourth floor at the bow, only the third floor. This is also the command center of the entire fleet, and all important orders will be conveyed from here.

Except for Zhu Zhanji's guards, Huang Yuan also lived on the second floor in front of the flagship. After the ship sailed, everyone else was free, but he was still extremely busy.

The logistics arrangement is quite cumbersome. The entire fleet is divided into three major battalions, and each battalion is divided into seven or eight parts. The thousands of ships in the entire fleet are divided into about [-] parts.

The logistics support of each part, ship maintenance, information transmission, is very energy-consuming.

In addition to him, the trade team of the Inner Supervisor is still busy. Today, a large number of transport fleets are still in Ningbo and Quanzhou. There are only a small number of transport ships behind their current fleet. The arrangement of these fleets, the amount of trade in each region , all need the arrangements of these people.

Besides them, the Counseling Department headed by Sun Lin also started to get busy.Before departure, they arranged a liaison eunuch on each ship to monitor the situation of each ship.

Every day, there will be information gathered to them, and they need to collect, count, and record every piece of information.

And this kind of work will continue continuously.

As a result, Sun Lin gained much more power.It can be said that Sun Lin has changed from the No. [-] person accepted by Zhu Zhanji to No. [-], second only to Jin Kuo, the chief eunuch.

This made Li Liang very envious. When he was with Zhu Zhanji, he was always second only to Jin Kuo.But Jin Kuo is 20 years older than him, so he always wants to compete for favor.

But since Jin Kuo came back from Ningbo, he not only brought back the shrewd and capable Sun Lin, but also promoted the clever Liu Wan, which has already harmed his interests.

Now his foreign aid is only Yu Xian, who is the guardian envoy of Ningbo City Shipping Department. Yu Xian was his most favored eunuch before, and was sent to Ningbo because of his lust.

His original position was also very stable, but since he made a mistake that time and wanted to intervene in the struggle of the foreign ministers, he was severely taught a lesson.

Now he can only keep a low profile and serve Zhu Zhanji wholeheartedly.He knew very well that if Jin Kuo didn't go, he would have no chance to suppress Sun Lin and the others.

Because Sun Lin's reuse depends on his own ability, not just relying on Zhu Zhanji's favor like him.

Summoning the generals who were close to him, Zhu Zhanji had a short meeting and arranged the itinerary for the three days before he arrived in Ningbo. He then returned to his luxury cabin along the passage above the side of the ship.

Liu Chenghui is arranging a group of maids to arrange various items. The boat is bumpy, and some unnecessary decorations are collected in boxes.

Ma Xin felt very novel about the life on the ship. This was her first long-distance trip except the journey from Suzhou to Beijing, so she was in a good mood.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji coming back, she ran over excitedly, pulled Zhu Zhanji's skirt and asked: "Your Highness, the ship has already sailed, and the soldiers who hoisted the sails have also gone down. Can I go up to the deck to have a look?" ?”

Zhu Zhanji said dotingly: "Go. The boat is bumpy, so be careful not to fall."

Others are envious, but they know very well that the Ma family is now supported by Zhu Zhanji.In terms of the influence of foreign relatives alone, almost no one can compare with Ma Xin, so they dare not compete with Ma Xin for jealousy.

(I finally went to sea. I need to think about the following plots, how to arrange the plots in the somewhat boring itinerary, so that everyone can watch it wonderfully.)

Thank you for falling in love with me easily, spit on you, bamboo sticks, see people with lights, Shan Qingying, Da Sui Zhang Degong, Huang Qianjiu for their rewards, thank you for your support

Chapter 1 Welcome

"Quickly, move all the potted flowers from the greenhouse to the inside of the gate of the yard. Also, take out the selected blood peaches I hid in the cellar. Liu San, you stay at home and watch over them. Change it quickly, and don't let His Highness see anything bad."

Yu Xian walked out of the resplendent Shibosi, looked back, saw a few low houses next to him, and regretted it again.It should have been bought and refurbished a long time ago.

When Zhu Zhanji came over last year, he didn't even come to Ningbo because he wanted to encircle and suppress Japanese pirates. He just visited Dinghai for a while.On the way back, I rushed back to the capital before the Mid-Autumn Festival, but I didn't stop.

But this time, he will stay in Ningbo for a few days, and will not leave until he meets the local governor and business representatives.

Now that he is in Ningbo, Zhu Zhanji will of course live in Shibosi, which is his private sphere of influence.As for the Ningbo government office, it is not within the scope of Zhu Zhanji's consideration at all.

Yu Xian knew that Zhu Zhanji had Jin Yiwei and the General Secretary as his eyes and ears, and he liked luxury in Ningbo, and he couldn't hide his liking for women.

He didn't want to hide it, he didn't dare to hide it.As long as he does things with his heart, these are not problems, and in the past two years, he thinks that he has done a good job.

Although he felt a little pity thinking of the little beauty in the backyard, but thinking of the possibility of getting Zhu Zhanji's favor, he looked forward to it again.

As soon as he got in the car, he saw a group of yamen servants holding "avoid" and "quiet" clean street signs coming from the intersection.As they walked, there were people playing gongs beside them. Nine sticks were struck and one gong was played, which meant "officials, soldiers and civilians all avoided".

Seeing this pose and seeing the sedan chair in the crowd, Yu Xian sneered and got out of the car again.

Dong Yuan, the prefect of Ningbo, was originally the prefect of Jinhua Prefecture. It is understandable that His Highness likes or dislikes him, but it is impossible that the entire Ningbo prefecture has no sensible people. Now that Dong Yuan is still doing this, I am afraid that someone deliberately framed him.

Although Dong Yuan's ability is average, he is a man of Xiao Gui Cao Sui's duty, not to mention oppressing the common people, he can be regarded as an upright official.

More importantly, he is now his ally, if His Highness hates him, then he will lose a helping hand.Without the support of the local officials, I, the fifth-rank Shibosi guardian envoy, would have no guard of honor.

He turned his head to look at the promotion Zhang Chong at the end of his team, and wondered if this bastard was playing tricks.