The blue waves are surging.

Cloudless.

The spring breeze blows on my face.

On the surface of the East China Sea, there are masts standing like long spears, rushing straight into the clouds.

If there really is the Dragon Palace at the bottom of the East China Sea, the Dragon King and Dragon Son and the Dragon Girls of the East China Sea will be able to see long shadows on the sea surface as long as they raise their heads a little.

It is continuous and cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Unfortunately, there is no God in this world.

Only circling above the sea, countless sea birds witnessed the huge fleet moving forward steadily on the sea.

The huge seabirds followed closely behind the fleet, staring at the surging white waves. When the opportunity came, they would carry huge dive force and plunge into the sea to catch a big fish, throw it into the sky and eat it.

Three warships with narrow hulls were at the forefront of the entire team, and the finished font made way for the fleet.

Except for the battleship in the middle, the other two battleships have three turrets in the front section, with a total of nine gun barrels, each shifting to the left and right.

Standard guard formation.

Behind the three warships are three treasure ships and dozens of medium-sized warships, which serve as a counseling tool for the three warships.

The East Ship.

By the way, this time, the five new warships that just entered the East China Sea Fleet, were models inside the Ming Shipyard and the East China Sea Fleet.

In front of the Sanjo East Ship, even the huge treasure ship as big as a mirage can only be reduced to a miscellaneous sequence.

All the 1000s, plus three East Expedition ships, and nearly twenty warships are just the front army of this huge fleet.

Even on the ocean, the East China Sea Fleet maintained the formation of marching and formation among the Ming army.

Behind the two sides of the front army are the left army and friendly forces of the East China Sea Fleet, each with more than a dozen or twenty warships.

At the end of the fleet is a transport ship with slow travel speed and stronger carrying capacity.

The Central Army, the largest treasure ship mentioned in the entire East China Sea Fleet, is located at the core of the layers of guarding countless warships. On both sides are the remaining two East China ships who are intimately escorting, providing strong firepower support for the flagship.

On the flagship.

Nine masts propped up huge white sails and aimed at the air vents on the sea, providing a steady stream of power for the period.

On the top of the huge and towering deck cabin is an observation deck with railings.

Banners of various colors fluttered in the wind on the observation deck.

The huge Daming Dragon Banner is located in the center at the end.

At this time, there were many East China Sea Fleet officers and soldiers on the observation deck.

In a prominent viewing mouth, several generals were surrounded by a young man wearing a swaying sway.

The few people held a clairvoyance in their hands, watching towards the sea in the distance and the moving fleet warships.

Zhu Zhanji, wearing a sway, put down the telescope in his hand and asked, "How far is it from Ryukyu?"

Wang Jinghong, the governor of the East China Sea Fleet, stood beside Zhu Zhanji. When he heard the inquiry, he put down his eyes and took the maritime geek from the adjutant and general on the side. After measuring it with his eyes, he replied: "Report to the grandson, he will be able to reach the waters outside Shuri, the capital of Ryukyu, tomorrow."

Zhu Zhanji nodded: "Since Emperor Taizu Gao, Ryukyu has been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. The royal family and people support the Ming Dynasty. This time, this palace will hold a banquet to entertain it."

When I went to Ryukyu, I had to hold a banquet to ask the Ryukyu royal family who was the host.

There seems to be some problem with logic.

But the people present didn't think there was any problem.

The royal grandson of the Ming Dynasty personally went to Ryukyu to entertain his royal family, which gave the Ryukyu royal family a great affection.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was dissatisfied with the scorching sun above his head, hummed twice: "Even Emperor Taizu Gao called Ryukyu a barbarian at that time, why waste time to entertain the barbarian royal family? We should divide our troops from north to south early, the main force of the fleet went south to clear out the Japanese pirates, and the Marines advanced north to force the island of Japan!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

In fact, it was during the Hongwu period, and Emperor Taizu Gao had just conquered the country not long, and it was the time to innovate.

In the fifth year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu Gao sent an envoy Yang Zai to send an edict from the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to send an envoy to Ryukyu.

The edict records: I was promoted by my subjects and ascended the throne, and I must have the title of the world called Daming and Hongwu, the year of the Yuan Dynasty. This is to send envoys to foreign barbarians to convey my intentions. Wherever the envoys arrived, the barbarian chiefs paid tribute to them. However, Erliuqiu was located in southeast China and occupied overseas, but it was not reported to me. I sent an envoy to inform me that he knew it.

Among them, the words barbaric are indeed used.

However, there was no intention of threatening and intimidation, because the Ming Dynasty at that time took the orthodox Central Plains and used words like barbarians to the outside world.

Calling the four directions of the Central Plains as barbarians, Rongdi, etc. is just a normal diplomatic term.

The meaning of this edict back then was very simple, but because the Ming Dynasty had just been established and the court settled the internal affairs, it began to inform the foreign countries that they had known that the country of the sect leader of the Central Plains had changed people.

The following things are very simple, with no storyline at all.

At that time, Chadu, the king of Zhongshan in Ryukyu Kingdom, first received the order, and then immediately sent his younger brother Taiqi to accompany the envoy Yang Zai to return to the Ming Dynasty and grant him a title of court to be a minister.

Later, something interesting happened.

As the King of Zhongshan sent people to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, King Chengchadu of Shannan and King of Shanbei were afraid of Nizhi, so he sent his subordinates to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute.

For a period of time, the three kings of Ryukyu separated and fought against each other.

The matter was getting worse, and Emperor Taizu Gao also knew about it.

Very angry.

He sent someone to Ryukyu again.

Emperor Taizu Gao first said: "The envoy returned from the sea and said that the three kings of Ryukyu fought against each other, abandoned agriculture, and injured people's lives. I couldn't bear mercy when I heard it."

This is to say, I have heard of the good things you did, not farm honestly and kill each other every day, I am very unhappy!

Then Emperor Taizu Gao said again: "I hope I can understand my intentions, stop the troops and support the people, and maintain the country's prosperity."

Just let the three kings of Ryukyu stop and treat the people well. In this way, I will ensure peace between you, otherwise...

Humph...

Emperor Taizu Gao would probably not say directly in the edict, but what would happen if Ryukyu was disobedient.

However, as Emperor Taizu Gao's edict was sent to Ryukyu, the three kings called out the gold medal and took the troops on the spot, and focused on national affairs.

Zhu Zhanji did not answer his second uncle's question, but looked at Yu Qian on the side: "This time, have I brought enough boundary markers to the Ming Dynasty?"

When asked, Yu Qian nodded immediately and said affirmatively: "I brought three boundary markers with me!"

Zhu Zhanji was very satisfied.

The stone mined from the Ming Dynasty was carved into a boundary monument of the Ming Dynasty and was erected where the Ming Dynasty stepped on.

Very reasonable.

"How about the Jilong Island?" Zhu Zhanji asked again.

This time the answer was Qi Zi'an: "Reported to Taisun, Jinyiwei and some Marines, they have already gone to Jilong Island and are about to find out the situation on the island. They will be able to meet up when the fleet goes south."

Zhu Zhanji seemed to have thought of something and smiled: "Is Huang Silang floating on the sea now?"

Zheng Zhong, who had already learned about Huang Silang with his own hands and cleared his grievances, immediately spoke: "We are all floating on the sea, can we still let him hide in a safe haven? Maybe that guy is secretly colluding with the remnants of Japanese pirates hiding overseas!"

Yu Qian sneered: "Huang Silang took the documents of the East China Sea Fleet and recruited sailors and soldiers in Fujian. If it is correct, those who were recruited will be remnants of the coastal traitors."

"After all, the remnants are just the remnants. The Jinyiwei has already placed people by Huang Silang's side. When Huang Silang's value is used up, the Jinyiwei will free him." Qi Zi'an said calmly.

At that time, it was precisely because the Jinyiwei was secretly sent to Huang Silang that a large number of public traitors on the coast were searched before the New Year.

Now Huang Silang is holding the document specially issued by the East China Sea Fleet in his hand and is recruiting people in Fujian, which is also intentional for Zhu Zhanji and others.

The purpose is to use Huang Silang's hands to gather the last remnants of the Ming traitors along the coast to do everything in one go.

Even when the fleet was heading south, the Jinyiwei stationed on Huang Silang's side could learn about the hiding place of the Japanese pirates at the sea in advance, and completely solve the Japanese attacks outside the sea.

In the end, there will be a war on the island of Japan.

...

A ray of purple light flashed through the sea level in a tens of millions of a moment.

A stretched coastline and undulating land, backlighted in the scorching sun, form a natural picture.

The huge fleet of ships flying the Ming dragon flag is slowly descending sails in an orderly manner.

Although the speed of progress gradually decreased, it was still approaching the coast.

When the fleet had only room for mile away from the coast, the ship's speed dropped to the slowest.

The huge steel anchor, which seemed to have no length limit, was finally untied, and huge waves splashed on the sea surface, and the fleet slowly stopped near the sea.

On the edge of the coastline, two flat-bottomed warships that arrived early slowly sailed out in a harbor.

The port and terminal of Ryukyu is not as perfect as the East China Sea Fleet in Hangzhou Prefecture.

But except for the Five East Envoys, all warships of the East China Sea Fleet can still be docked.

Just because they are all flat.

The five warships slowly converged to one place, swayed their hull, and aimed at the Ryukyu coast and port on one side.
To be continued...