"Wow...!"

The fleet of the Hailong Army directly escorted Zhu Gaochi's treasure ship to Dengzhou Harbor. Dengzhou Harbor was really spectacular at this time. Looking around, a large number of ships were anchored at the harbor.

Many people are busy in the harbor, with crowds of people, but not messy. This is really the ideal place for Zhu Gaochi.

"Gao Chi..."

Suddenly there was a shout from afar.

Zhu Gaochi looked around and a young man stood in front and waved. Zhu Gaochi was excited to see the young man: "Yunhuan..."

That's right, this person is no one else but Zhu Lang's eldest son Zhu Yunhuan.

As soon as he saw Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Yunhuan laughed and said, "Ah... I haven't seen him for many years. I really miss me to death." As he said that, Zhu Yunhuan hugged Zhu Gaochi directly.

To be honest, this is the first time that Zhu Gaochi was hugged by a man. His brother was not so enthusiastic about him. His brother would only sarcastically and eye him.

The scene at this moment made Zhu Gaochi feel very warm in his heart.

"Let's go, let's go... My parents are waiting for you in the mansion. I know you like to eat seafood, and I also made a large table of seafood pots." Zhu Yunhuan pulled Zhu Gaochi into the carriage, and the carriage ran, stable and comfortable.

Sitting in the carriage, Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Yunhuan and asked, "Yunhuan, I heard that you are already a lieutenant!"

At this time, Zhu Yunhuan smiled slightly and nodded: "It's hard to come by... After thirty days of devil training, my skin almost took off. Fortunately, I finally graduated and had a rank of lieutenant. I will go to the sea boat for an internship next month. It is our first steamboat."

"Wow..." Zhu Gaochi said with some envy: "You are so awesome, not like me, full of fat."

Zhu Yunhuan looked at Zhu Gaochi who was a little inferior and said, "Gaochi, don't say that, you have your advantages, everyone is different. Although your body is a little heavier, you are smart and calm. This is an advantage that many people want but cannot get.

My father said, you... as long as you work hard, you can become a very strong person."

"Really... my uncle said to me?" Zhu Gaochi showed a hint of joy.

Zhu Yunhuan nodded: "Of course... By the way, we didn't build a university and a library in Dengzhou. That day, my father said that if you come to take the college entrance examination as an adult, you will definitely pass."

"Uncle is really too complimentary, I'm actually not that good." Zhu Gaochi felt a little embarrassed.

However, Zhu Yunhuan said: "You are very good. Our children all know your goodness. Xiongying also said that you lived with him. We are descendants of the Zhu family. In the future, we must watch over each other and build a great territory for the Ming Dynasty."

"But I..." Zhu Gaochi looked at his figure and felt a little reluctant to speak.

But Zhu Yunhuan smiled and said, "I know that your body is a bit bulky, but it is difficult to expand territory, but it is even more difficult to defend territory. You have to be the person who is even more difficult to defend territory." As he said that, Zhu Yunhuan patted Zhu Gaochi on the shoulder.

At this time, Zhu Gaochi nodded as if he was recognized, and countless hopes emerged in his heart.

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"Bang..." Outside the carriage, a huge explosion sounded. This sound shocked Zhu Gaochi, because the explosion was a bit scary. However, Zhu Yunhuan smiled comfortably and said: "Don't worry, this is artificial rainfall in Dengzhou. During this period, there are many places in Dengzhou that do not rain, and the crops are a bit short of water, so we have artificial rainfall."

"Artificial rainfall..." Zhu Gaochi asked with some ignorance: "Can this be realized?"

"Do you know?" Zhu Yunhuan asked with a smile.

"Well... I know one thing. I have read what my uncle wrote before. I still remember that artificial rainfall is also called artificial rain increase. It refers to artificial supplementation of certain necessary conditions for the formation of precipitation in nature, and promote the rapid condensation or collision of cloud droplets and increase into raindrops and landing on the ground.

At that time, my uncle was always studying hot air balloons just to get to a higher altitude.”

"Hey young...you said you are useless. Look, this is not that many people are much smarter. To be honest, I have seen this artificial rain for many times before I understand it. Look at you, and you will see it clearly.

You are right. My father studied hot air balloons for artificial rainfall. Later, he began to study dry ice. Three years ago, he used 1.5 tons of dry ice fragments to produce abundant rainfall on 8 square kilometers of land.

However, my father thought it was a waste and later started to study rocket launchers."

In fact, rocket awareness was found in ancient times. For example, when the clan hero Qi Jiguang fought against the Japanese in the southeast coast, he created three types of jet rockets, including flying sword arrows, flying gun arrows, and flying sword arrows, collectively known as the "three flying arrows". These three rockets are made of hard jinglin wood 6 feet long, with arrow beads 5 inches long, and are made into swords, guns, and sword-shaped blades, which can penetrate armor.

The rear of the arrow is tied with a gunpowder cartridge that is 7 to 8 inches long and 2 inches thick. During combat, place the rocket on a wooden stand, hold the arrow's tail with your hand, lit the medicine line of the gunpowder cartridge, and shoot it at the enemy. It can be used in water and land combat.

These three types of rockets are equipped with more than 2,000 on the 10 warships of the Qi Family Army Naval Battalion. In the Vehicle Cannon Battalion, Cavalry Battalion and Infantry Battalion, a total of 4,760 are equipped, with an average of 4 per person. The Qi Family Army has equipped so many rockets that are unprecedented in China and the world's military history. It was not until more than 240 years later that other countries in the world knew that there were firearms such as jet rockets in the world.

The Ming Dynasty now has two-stage rockets such as "Fire Dragon Out of Water". The "Fire Dragon" has a dragon body, a dragon head, and a dragon tail. The dragon body is an arrow body made of a thin bamboo tube about 1.6 meters long. A wooden dragon head is installed in the front and the dragon mouth is raised to facilitate the rocket shooting. A wooden dragon tail is installed at the back. A half-pound take-off rocket is installed on both sides of the head and tail of the arrow body. Several magical rockets are installed inside the arrow body, and all the leads are kneaded together. There are 4 rocket launchers in the front and back of the dragon body. The two sets of rocket leads each kneaded together. The bottom of the rocket cartridge in the front is connected to the knotted line led out of the faucet. There is a fire line between the two rockets.

When launching, first ignite the four gunpowder cartridges at the bottom of the dragon's body and push the fire dragon forward. When the gunpowder line of the takeoff rocket burns out, the magical rocket inside the dragon's body is ignited and shot from the dragon's mouth towards the target.

This rocket has applied the principle of rocket parallel connection (4 gunpowder cartridges) and tandem connection (two-stage rocket relay). It can be shot into the sky or used in water warfare. It can fly several kilometers on the water surface during water warfare. This is the earliest secondary rocket, which is more than 300 years earlier than modern secondary rockets. In addition, three recyclable secondary rockets "flying sand cylinders" were created at that time, which pushed ancient rocket technology to the advanced stage, inspiring ideas for the development of modern rockets.

"Oh... the research was successful?" Zhu Gaochi showed an excited expression.

Zhu Yunhuan nodded: "Of course it's successful. The Dengzhou-1 rocket can directly rise by 3,000 meters. I originally wanted to arrange this rocket on a steamer, but the Dengzhou-1 rocket's accurate head is not good. Secondly, the gunpowder capacity is limited and its power is not great, so I have been working on the No. 2 rocket."

"Wow...Is Dengzhou Research Institute researching?" Zhu Gaochi asked excitedly.

"Of course... the people there are the smartest people in Dengzhou, one hundred taels of silver a month. Not only that, they also live in a villa and even arranged a good arrangement for their wife. Unfortunately, I don't have the brain to enter this research institute." Zhu Yunhuan shook his head slightly, envious of the research institute of Dengzhou Research Institute.

"Ah... I would have liked to enter the research institute." Zhu Gaochi showed an envious expression.

"Yes... When you get admitted to university as an adult, you can go to the graduate school to internship. If you become an intern, you will have fifty taels of silver in a month." Zhu Yunhuan said with a hilarious feeling.

"What about getting into university?" Zhu Gaochi asked.

"There is a 20 taels of silver per month for admission to university. However, now my dad has a headache, but there are too many people coming to register, and my dad is worried about my grandfather's side." Zhu Yunhuan scratched his head.

"No need...!" Zhu Gaochi said with great certainty: "Yunhuan, there is no need to consider this, because grandpa will definitely believe in my uncle. Everything my uncle does is for the Ming Dynasty, and the uncle respects the most is my uncle."

"Haha... You are the same as Xiongying thought, Xiongying also respects my daddy very much... My daddy also said that if you are willing in the future, you will take you to Dengzhou and be his right-hand man."

"Really?" Zhu Gaochi was delighted.

Looking at Zhu Gaochi's happy look, Zhu Yunhuan also smiled and said, "Of course it's true, am I lying to you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the carriage slowly stopped, and he had arrived at the Qin Palace.

"Go...get out of the car and meet the person you respect the most..." Zhu Yunhuan laughed.

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Just when Zhu Gaochi went to see Zhu Lang, what Zhu Lang didn't know was that a group of pirates had already coveted the coastline of Dengzhou. These pirates came from England, these English monkeys.

They were extremely unhappy about Zhu Lang's increase of jurisdiction from 200 nautical miles to 2000 nautical miles. The pirate fleet that wanted to rob Zhu Gaochi this morning was from the English.

This group of pirates is very powerful, and it is not the first time that they have attacked the Ming Dynasty merchant ships.

Everyone knows that our Ming Dynasty merchant ships are rich, and our porcelain and silk are even more rigid, so the English government uses this to encourage British pirates to rob the Ming Dynasty on board.

But the pirates in England underestimated the Ming Dynasty merchant ships too much.

England is very proud of its pirate culture and will make movies to promote its pirate culture in the future. However, this time England was defeated by the pirates of the Ming Dynasty.

The first time was Frances Drake, a famous pirate in England. This guy defeated Spain's invincible fleet, and then was personally boarded the ship by Queen Yin Lisabeth I and was given the title of Royal Jazz Drake.

This guy is also a legendary guy. His first time going to sea, he was funded by his brother John Hawkins. Drake led two sailboats and more than 70 sailors, and had enough supplies to eat for a year, and rushed to Port Dios in the north of the Isthmus of Panama.

Drake found out that the silver and Mexican gold plundered from Peru were shipped from Dios (Noble de Dies) to Spain. Since the privateer was mainly maintained by trophy rather than fixed military pay, the attractive targets were able to stimulate the morale of the team. After very rigorous planning, Drake first observed in the cove north of Dios, and then led the pirates to raid the Port of Dios one night in June. They rushed into the town on four sampans at night, and then took the Spanish vault directly.

Although a Spanish patrol ship discovered four small boats, a small British sailboat blocked the Spanish ship's route into the harbor. After landing, the group took the town center and defeated the mayor and his team who were gathering the city defense militia. Just as the group was excited and ready to occupy the town, a common tropical rain assisted the Spaniards, completely wetting the British firearms and bowstrings.

After the heavy rain, both sides changed back to cold weapon combat mode, and the Spaniards, who had recovered from their senses, realized that they actually had an advantage in numbers.

After discovering that the situation was wrong, Drake sent his brother John Drake to rob Dios's vault, but John was injured in his thigh during the robbery, leaving the robbery team leaderless. In the end, the Drake brothers had to give up the town center that he had just occupied and retreated to the sea in a panic.

What the Drake brothers don't know is that in fact, the Spanish Treasure fleet had already transported the gold back to the local area a few weeks ago. Even if the treasure house is conquered, Drake's prestige will be discounted due to inaccurate intelligence.

In order to win back the morale of the army, the group decided to raid Cartagena. However, because the Spanish towns were tightly forged, Drake had almost nothing except robbing the lonely boats. Dios also upgraded his defense accordingly and dispersed all the thieves near the city.

Knowing that his fleet could not fight against a systematic colonial government and that his long-term gains had affected morale, Drake realized that success could not be achieved by opportunism, and that it must lay a certain foundation in the Caribbean and deal with sudden variables.

In addition to trading with the Indians, he also built temporary camps on the islands. Surprisingly, he also found Moors and black slaves in the jungle who fled the oppression of Spain. These men hated the Spanish as much as the British robbers, and under their guidance,

Drake believes that if he cannot conquer Dios, he will capture all his wealth before the treasure enters the city.

Soon at the end of March, a team of mules and horses loaded with gold and silver arrived again. Drake led the English and French pirates to successfully defeat more than 45 Spanish soldiers and seized treasures. During this 15-month raid, Drake obtained 50,000 pesos (more than 20,000 pounds) of wealth and became a sensational celebrity in England. Due to the success of this expedition, Drake was hailed as a national hero, and the serious protests raised by Spain, Yin Lisabeth ignored the pirate and named the pirate a jazz.

But no one expected that the pirates in England would be defeated if they encountered the pirates in the Ming Dynasty!
Chapter completed!