The Ming Dynasty started with caution

"Wait a minute, I'll think about it again." Zhu Houzhao stopped Wang Bushui.

Lao Gao, this dog official, clearly wanted him to contradict his father's ban.

Then he would be beaten again, and he would get the benefits.

However, printing comics does not seem to be good for Lao Gao.

Yan Chengjin said: "If your highness wants to print, Lao Wang Bookstore can exempt the silver and print it for your highness."

Although copper is a coin, it makes no difference to Yan Chengjin, except that the form of currency has changed.

Does it mean that copper coins are no longer money after they become copper plates?

Zhu Houzhao said seriously: "I am not afraid of my father's punishment, but if the blame falls on you, you have to bear it with me!"

"Of course, I will share the glory with you." Yan Chengjin said decisively, as if he was going out to buy a bag of salt.

It is probably an automatic order, but he is not afraid. Even if the order fails, he still has a gold medal for immunity from death.

The trump card is to return the imperial sword to His Majesty, and then ask for it back when he has made merit.

Zhu Houzhao was happy and waved his hand and said, "Print it, print it."

Yan Chengjin also handed the Fox Studio painted by Wu Huan to Wang Bushui.

"Master, how many copies should be printed?"

Yan Chengjin naturally wanted to give each person in the island country a copy, but he didn't know the number of people in the island country.

"Let's print 100,000 copies first."

Zhu Houzhao felt that he had lost money instantly. He only called for 10,000 copies. Lao Gao must have considered various situations and printed so many copies.

"I will also print 100,000 copies."

Wang Bushui nodded melancholy. Paper is quite valuable. Although Lao Wang Bookstore has its own papermaking process, it is much cheaper than the market.

Printing 200,000 copies will not have enough paper, so we have to buy paper on the market.

I'm afraid that the capital will be as expensive as Luoyang.

Zhu Houzhao asked with great joy, "Lao Gao, how can we send the printed comics to the island country?"

These comics don't have any "special" content.

It just deepens the island nation's understanding of the Ming Dynasty and prevents most of the common people from being fooled by the daimyo who are trying to invade overseas.

However, watching serialized ones usually becomes addictive.

Yan Chengjin said: "We have to let Wang Shouren find the eight large ships first, and the merchants have no ships to go out to sea."

It takes two months at the fastest and half a year at the slowest to build a large ship.

It depends on whether there is enough wood. It takes a long time to transport it from Sichuan and Yunnan.

And a lot of wood cannot be used immediately and needs to be dried in the shade for three years.

The wood used to build the large ships before was used by the Ministry of Works to repair the palace and can be used directly.

This is also the reason why Liangxiang Shipyard did not immediately supervise the construction of large ships after the eight large ships were robbed.

There is no wood.

The eight large ships are extremely important to the court. If they can't be found, they can't even go to Hainan.

They can only wait until the beginning of next spring to transport wood from various places.

It is a great blessing for Wang Shouren to find all eight ships.

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Songjiang Prefecture, Jinshan Guard.

Zuo Zongyi was worried. The Japanese pirates came and went without a trace. They robbed eight large ships. They could gallop on the sea.

Jinshan Guard lost more than 400 people. Not counting the disabled, there were less than 500 people who could be used.

Just waiting for the court to send someone to clean up the mess.

He knew the generals in the court. Except for Qin Hong and Duke Ying, no one else could take on this important task.

"Sir, the court sent someone, and there was also a eunuch. I wonder if he is the military supervisor."

Zuo Zongyi was overjoyed when he heard this and hurried out to greet him.

Wang Shouren and Liu Jin came to Jinshan Guard. There was no difference between this place and the county town of Shuntian Prefecture.

There was no Japanese riot, and it was peaceful, which made Liu Jin a little disappointed.

If the Japanese pirates came ashore to rob, they would soon find the island where they stopped by following their trail.

It would be difficult to find if the Japanese pirates did not come ashore.

"You two came on horseback?" Zuo Zongyi was surprised.

Liu Jin teased, "If you don't ride a horse, you can walk?"

"Where are the court's big ships?"

Wang Shouren got off his horse and said, "Now, the court has no big ships either."

Zuo Zongyi's face was gloomy.

How can we find the Japanese pirates without a big ship? How can we go out to sea with only one ship?

After asking, Wang Zongyi learned that even the Beijing camp had not been sent.

Wang Shouren said solemnly, "Your Majesty ordered to find these eight big ships."

"You don't know that there are many refugees among these Japanese pirates. With them tipping off, it is very troublesome to eliminate them.

I have fought with them once. The steel knives used by those ronin warriors are very sharp. They can cut off our waist knives and kill two people in a moment.

We fought many times, and the silver light shone in the sun. Our soldiers were frightened when they saw it. They have more than 200 ronin!"

Zuo Zongyi was miserable.

A few ronin dared to rob everywhere. Hundreds of people gathered together and even ignored the government.

The Japanese swords used by the Japanese pirates were made of fine steel, twice as long as their waist swords, and could cut off their swords.

The Japanese pirates also used large bows, and the arrows were one size larger than those used by the court.

The range was not far, but the power was extremely strong.

It was not difficult to wipe out the Japanese, but it was difficult to wipe out the real Japanese.

The real Japanese were all ronin warriors.

Wang Shouren pondered for a moment and said, "How many canal boats are there?"

"You want to go out to sea with a canal boat?" Zuo Zongyi was shocked: "If the boat capsizes, people will drown!"

The so-called canal boat is a boat used for canal transport.

This kind of boat is 52 feet long and looks a bit like a house.

The crouching lion on the bow can be compared to the front door of the house, and there is a bedroom at the stern.

There is no wind and waves on the Grand Canal, so the boat is very stable.

But going down to the sea, it is very likely to capsize.

"How can you kill the Japanese pirates if you are so afraid of trouble, Lord Zuo!" Liu Jin reminded.

Zuo Zongyi was a little confused and pointed at the eunuch and asked, "Who is he?"

"The man sent by the prince to suppress the Japanese pirates, Liu Jin." Wang Shouren said.

Liu Jin boasted sinisterly, "I have a name now. You can call me Liu Xiaoqiang. It is the name given by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Zuo Zongyi was a little surprised when he heard that it was sent by Zhu Houzhao. What is the purpose of sending a eunuch?

Wang Shouren continued, "Let's transfer some canal boats from Zhenhaiwei and Hainingwei to search the islands around Songjiang Prefecture. I think the Japanese pirates are hiding on these islands."

The reason why Yan Chengjin thought that the Japanese pirates were hiding on the surrounding islands was because he guessed that the hijacking of the ship was related to Prince Ning.

Wang Shouren's judgment was consistent with Yan Chengjin's. It was not because of Prince Ning, but because the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas were rich, and the Japanese pirates must have a base so that they could rob at any time.

Zuo Zongyi was puzzled: "How can you be so sure?"

"Sir, send someone to look for it. We will go out to sea tonight to see." Wang Shouren said.

Surrounding Songjiang Prefecture are Chongming Island, Nansha Island, Hengsha Island, Chashan Island, Daqi Island and Xiaoqi Island.

Except Chongming Island, the others are very far away from Songjiang Prefecture, and there is no way to land without a boat.

Therefore, very few people live on the island.

Zuo Zongyi sighed. Wang Shouren was sent by the court to suppress the Japanese pirates, so he had to assist.

At night,

Eighteen canal boats secretly left the port and drifted towards the endless sea.

Two canal boats formed a team, equipped with monocular telescopes, and took advantage of the night to search separately, so it was not easy to be discovered.

Wang Shouren's destination was Xiaoqi Island, which was the farthest island from Songjiang Prefecture. According to his analysis, the Japanese pirates were most likely on this island.

Five miles out of the port, the sailors rowed the boats and set sail.

An hour later, Liu Jin put down the telescope in surprise and said, "Sir, look to the southeast, there is a big ship!"

Monocular telescopes are not worth much, almost everyone carries one.

Wang Shouren raised it and saw the dark shadow of the ship in the southeast.

Liu Jin said happily, "I'm going ashore."

Zuo Zongyi asked suspiciously, "Should we send a few people to follow?"

"No, we are afraid of hurting them by mistake." Liu Jin shook his head.

Wang Shouren pondered for a moment and said, "Do you have enough poison?"

"No matter if they are full or dead" Liu Jin smiled and covered his face, "At most seven days, let them float on the sea like dead fish."