217 Sealing the Sea
"I will give you four months to learn Chinese with all my heart and learn the ability to command troops. I will send someone to pick you up on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month. As for whether you are qualified to go to the capital of Daming with me, it depends on whether you have worked hard enough for the four months." Bai Minghe's words were very slow, but he felt as if he was above him.
The capital of the Ming Dynasty!
Mo Long knelt on his knees and kowtowed heavily. He answered without words, and his attitude was already answering.
Bai Minghe pointed at Wang Yang: "You are very good, you should work harder next."
"Yes!" Wang Yang gave a long gift.
He signaled that the two could leave, and then Bai Minghe said to Lu Qiyuan: "Go to do two things. The first thing is to write a letter to the King of Japan, telling them to advance the ceremony of the quest for the quest and the tenth day of October this year. I am waiting for them to come in Guangzhou City. Remember that you are a minister of the Heavenly Kingdom and pay attention to the letter and letter. Then ask General Deng to come."
Logically speaking, Lu Qiyuan should be able to understand the meaning of Bai Minghe, but in fact he did understand it.
But he still gave another gift: "Students are afraid that they will not be able to grasp this standard."
"One, the ministers of the superior country should not be rude in their words. Two, the ministers of the superior country should not be angry and will be in danger. Of course, if you want to listen to vulgar things, you can just say soft words and do things hard!"
"Students leave!" Lu Qiyuan retreated.
Papa, Xing'an clapped his hands and walked out from behind the screen: "A good sentence is soft, but the matter is tough. I appreciate you more and more."
"We're going back to Guangzhou?" Bai Minghe asked with a smile.
"You are the master here." Xing'an also replied with a smile.
Deng Hailong arrived, but he didn't say anything about going back to Guangzhou. Instead, he drew lines on the chart with Bai Minghe.
Deng Hailong kept shaking his head.
"Xiaobai, you're a little nonsense. Do you know how much military expenditure it will cost?" Deng Hailong did not support Bai Minghe's approach in principle, because every time a navy garrison was added, the money, food and materials needed were not a small number.
The navy guards are no better than the land guards. Just wrap a piece of land and live in the house.
The first thing the Navy guard needs is a dock, the second thing that needs is at least a dock that can repair ships, and the second thing that is the place where people live. Next, there must be various small workshops such as steel, carpenters, gunpowder, etc. It can be said that even if there are only thirty boats, there will be thousands of people.
"General Deng, have you ever calculated the profit?"
Deng Hailong still shook his head: "I don't believe it anymore. Can you still produce gold if these are built? Could it be that if the garage is built, it will become a gold mine?"
Xing'an has been listening silently, and he is constantly learning the theory of Baiminghe.
He had already seen from the teaching materials Bai Minghe gave his son that Bai Minghe's arrogant remarks back then were like Bai Minghe, Guanzhong, who was well-read in poetry and books. He talked about the word "Bo". He was really knowledgeable.
"General Deng, what is the kamara that the Japanese have been seeking for? To put it bluntly, it is silver. They want to exchange very small supplies for our Ming Dynasty for a large amount of supplies. But when the Ming Dynasty cut off the kamara of the Japanese, they went to bully Nanzhang and Siam. Why? Because their combat power is stronger than Nanzhang and Siam. If we didn't show up, we can imagine the silver we got in Nanzhang and Siam. What if they got this silver to arm the navy?"
Deng Hailong waved his hand and interrupted Bai Minghe's words: "Don't talk about these things. Now you just say, do you want to build a few more naval garrisons? Is it worth it?"
"Okay, the Japanese also want to trade in the sea. I just want to cut off their path. If they want to trade, they can only find us. I will give them a huge benefit and dig a huge pit."
"I want to hear it!" Xing'an interrupted at this time.
The white-named crane nodded and pointed on the chart: "We have never completely occupied this place before. We don't need to occupy some of it now. Just take up some first, just a natural port in the north. Local natives can also trade with us. Slowly assimilate and occupy the entire island."
What Bai Minghe mentioned is Penghu Island (Taiwan).
"The Jilong Guard is built here, and the Fujian Navy has installed at least twenty warships here and another huge warehouse. To be honest, I don't really care about the business here, but this must be the territory of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is farmed or opened a tea garden."
The white-famous crane moved his finger and drew six inches outward, which was six inches and six hundred miles.
"There are two islands here, a distance of between one or two hundred miles, and the size is tens of thousands of acres of land. There is no need to plant anything here. Just build a naval garrison, and the task is to block the Japanese sea ships' way southward. Then here..." The white-name crane hand rowed down: "In the north of Little Luzon, a military port with at least fifty warships is built here. First, it can support the Japanese fleet in the north, and second, it can control Little Luzon."
(The two small islands mentioned by Bai Minghe are Ishigaki and Palace Master, which are definitely strategic locations!)
Deng Hailong supported his hands on the table, thinking that Bai Minghe really cut off the Japanese's sea route to the south, which may trigger the Japanese to fight against the Ming Navy at all costs. At present, the Ming Navy can fight, but the losses are too great. How much impact is this, and how much chance the Japanese will start a war.
Deng Hailong was thinking, and he also knew that he was thinking about fantasy now because he didn't understand the Japanese.
After thinking about it, Deng Hailong asked again: "Bai Minghe, after breaking their way south, what are you going to do next?"
"The next thing is the plan of being absent, it's too poisonous. I want to go back to Guangzhou to find a monk, recite the scriptures for ten days and half a month, and wash away the guilt in my heart."
Deng Hailong and Xing'an both laughed, and they were a little helpless.
Suddenly, Deng Hailong slapped the table and said, "Xiaobai, hurry up and say it. Otherwise, there is no need to talk about it today."
The white-known crane shrugged: "It's actually very simple. I will purchase something from them. Unlimited purchases."
"What?" Deng Hailong and Xing'an asked in unison.
The white famous crane took a deep breath: "Raw silk!"
What a huge strategy to buy raw silk? Can this thing support the Japanese? Maybe it can only increase the Japanese income.
Bai Minghe did not explain anymore. It was not that he kept it in hiding, but that it required a very complicated plan.
"Forget it, the family is optimistic about Baiminghe, so follow his method." Xing'an supports Baiminghe, and he could feel that Baiminghe is definitely a ruthless man to foreign countries outside the Ming Dynasty, and has no mercy at all.
Four days later, Guangzhou Chunhui Garden.
Baiminghe, who had been out for more than a month, returned home. Within half an hour after Baiminghe entered the house, he asked for a message to meet Baiminghe, piled four big baskets in the doorman. Any gentry with good standing in Guangdong, officials with some identities, such as the political participation of the governor, and the senator sent a message.
The white-famous crane man was already in the back garden, but he didn't see Sun Yuanjun.
To be precise, he cannot meet Sun Yuanjun now.
Around Sun Yuanjun, four palace maids in charge from the inner courtyard of the palace were changing Sun Yuanjun's clothes from the inside out, from etiquette to clothing. Sun Yuanjun really didn't understand, and it was already the third time he spoke: "This is the etiquette of the inner palace. Am I qualified to enter the palace to thank him?"
The headed palace maid was almost beaten by Jin Jie before entering Chunhui Garden.
She finally understood that this white-famous crane was not something that they could show their faces. She didn't need to do it herself. The powerful eunuchs in the palace threw them into the sea to feed the fish.
But when Sun Yuanjun asked a question, she couldn't help but answer, but she couldn't answer.
Just say, "The little maid is just a servant, just acts according to the order."
Here, when I saw the embroidered patterns on it, Sun Yuanjun quickly hurriedly hid: "This embroidered phoenix is a real phoenix, a golden thread embroidered phoenix. I dare to wear it there."
"The little maid is just a servant, just acts according to the orders." The head palace maid still said the same thing.
Bai Minghe was standing in the garden, and Yili couldn't go in now. This was what Xing'an said, so he couldn't say that this etiquette was too strange, but Bai Minghe could hear the voice in the room. She looked at Xing'an who was sitting next to her and was drinking tea. Xing'an smiled slightly: "That's right!"
After saying that, Xing'an got up and walked into the house.
The four palace maids did not know Xing'an, but knew the clothes on Xing'an. This was the uniform of the eunuch of the Silijian.
"The old slave Xing'an is currently the eunuch in charge of the rank of the rank of the rank of the Ministry of Lis and is in charge of the East Factory. They have a low status, so naturally they cannot talk too much before the enthronement, and the white-famous He cannot meet His Highness before the enthronement. In other words, the day after tomorrow will be auspicious day." Sun Yuanjun still didn't understand what Xing'an said.
Xing'an was not in a hurry and said word by word: "The emperor's order and the empress dowager's order to confer Baisun Yuan as the princess of Qingyuan. Don't ask, don't think too much. This enthronement will be held in a small range. What does Your Highness want to ask? After completing the enthronement, Bai Minghe knows that, but at present, even if this ceremony is not disclosed to the public in the backyard, it is also a grand ceremony for the princess to enthrone, so everything is safe."
Sun Yuanjun covered her mouth, and she never dreamed that such an answer would be.
Who else can Baisun Yuanjun be? She is talking about herself.
Princess Qingyuan! A real princess is entitled to the title, but why don’t people know about it?
Sun Yuanjun tried hard to calm herself down and not think about this. Even if Xing'an had clearly told her that Bai Minghe knew everything, she would let her know the details the day after tomorrow, but Sun Yuanjun still couldn't stand the stimulation and fainted in an instant.
Xing'an shook his head helplessly, stepped forward and took his pulse, then pressed the Renzhong acupoint, and Sun Yuanjun slowly woke up.
Xing'an wrote a prescription for nourishing the spirit, signaling the two palace maids to prepare immediately. After thinking about it, he left the room and asked Jin Jie to find Huai Yu. He didn't know what Xing'an said to Huai Yu. Huai Yu was surprised first, then looked happy, and finally ran into Sun Yuanjun's room with a red face. (To be continued...)
ps: The temperature has been strange these two days. I wonder if all cities are like this.
There are people wearing stockings on the street and down jackets.
Chapter completed!