The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1236

[1236. Chapter 1180 Sea Trial]

Xu Jing looked at Fang Jinglong worriedly, nodded quickly: “Master, have a good rest. Leave the affairs here to the students. Xinjin has stepped up its vigilance and is no longer worried. There is also the master’s mother-in-law.” Her old man is also coming with a group of local soldiers.”

Fang Jinglong nodded and smiled bitterly: “Hey, he is still alive. They say that generals die in hundreds of battles. I am lucky and can’t die no matter what. But…it’s wasted again. A poem can’t help but feel a little regretful.”

Xu Jing: “…”

The gameplay of these honorable ministers was often eye-opening to Xu Jing.

He cupped his hands and felt relieved to see that his master was safe, so he cheered up and hurried out of the silk room. Unexpectedly, he saw someone limping out. This person… actually looked familiar.

The patient limped, raised his head to see Xu Jing, and saluted quickly: “I’ve met my uncle.”

“You are…”

“Student Liu Jie.” Liu Jie is still alive, benefiting from the rapid response of Xishan Medical College. Many people were brought back from the death line, and Liu Jie was one of them.

In fact, ordinary knife wounds or gunshot wounds on the battlefield are difficult to kill immediately as long as they do not really hurt the vital parts. The weapons of this era are not very clever. What really causes mass deaths is precisely Because of the stab wounds and gunfire injuries, the shrapnel cannot be removed quickly and disinfected and sutured in time, because once the wound suppurates, it causes inflammation. Coupled with the poor medical conditions of this era, this is almost equal to death.

On the contrary, in later generations, the level of medical treatment has improved. As a result, the power of these weapons has increased geometrically. A cannonball is enough to tear a person into pieces. If you are more advanced, I will give you a precise guidance to ensure accuracy. There is no trace of your body, not even the coffin.

Liu Jie looked depressed. After meeting Xu Jing, his face regained some color.

“Oh.” Xu Jing had met Liu Jie before, but because Liu Jie had been exposed to wind and sun these days and suffered injuries, his face had changed drastically, and he felt strange to him. Xu Jing said, “Where are you going?”

“Some senior brothers are preparing to be buried, and students want to see them.”

Xu Jing fell into silence.

Life and death… He had seen too much. He sighed: “Go, someone, prepare a crutch for him, don’t stop him.”

“Thank you, uncle.” Liu Jie nodded, and he limped towards him. After taking two steps forward, he suddenly stopped and looked back: “Uncle Master.”

“Huh?”

Xu Jing looked at him. He admired Liu Jie quite a lot. He gave up his official position and the glory that should have belonged to him. Wealthy came to the New World. Of course, there were too many people like him in the New World.

“Uncle Master, I don’t know when I can take revenge.”

Xu Jing said with a straight face: “This is a matter that the father-in-law can decide.”

Liu Jie nodded: “Yes.”

Xu Jing sighed in his heart, those Francons , which can be regarded as completely irritating people. It’s so good, why are they doing this?

………

Emperor Hongzhi has already started.

With the carriage, it was much easier to get in and out. The mighty team set off directly, accompanied by Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan, and followed by the officials.

Tens of millions of taels of silver.

Every time I think of this amount, everyone wants to go to Tianjin Wei to see what the difference is between the tens of millions of taels of silver piled in the sea.

Everyone went to Tianjin Guard.

Everyone from Tianjin Guard came to greet him.

Because the sea trial was to be held two days later, Emperor Hongzhi was not in a hurry and went directly to the palace without summoning too many officials.

At this time, more than two months have passed, and the Ming Dynasty has entered the early winter. Emperor Hongzhi is still in his clothes, and as usual, he still needs to review memorials.

Little did they know that carrier pigeons had arrived on the east coast of Huangjin Continent more than three months ago, and then the clippers from Huangjin Continent set off quickly, following the ocean current and heading westward.

Emperor Hongzhi opened the memorial, but he cheered up. He pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then said slowly: “Ma Wensheng, the Minister of the Ministry of War.”

Ma Wensheng was the accompanying minister, so he came to see him in a hurry.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the memorial and said: “The Ma Qing family, this French Spanish ship, has been staying at the Quanzhou Shipping Department. I don’t want to see them and want to send them away, but they refuse to leave. , this time… they are willing to leave.”

Ma Wensheng said: “Your Majesty, isn’t this a good thing?”

“Okay?” Emperor Hongzhi sneered: “What’s the report from the Ningbo Navy? It was they who discovered these ships on the ocean, but found that they were coming from the north. Their intentions are unknown so far. “

Ma Wensheng was stunned: “Why didn’t the Ningbo Navy intercept them?”

Emperor Hongzhi knocked his hands. He knocked on the paper and said: “That’s the problem. These Franconian ships are extremely fast. The navy’s lucky ship was actually beyond reach and was escaped by them. I have long expected that these Franconian ships There must be no good things going on here. They sent such fast ships, and in all likelihood, they have some ulterior motives. You are the Minister of War, and you must strictly order Japanese guards everywhere to track the traces of these ships, and they must not be allowed to attack them. I am the Ming Dynasty.”

Ma Wensheng then handed over his hand: “Your Majesty, there is indeed a difference between the ships of our Ming Dynasty and the ships of Franz. Our Ming Dynasty has a population of tens of millions and countless subjects. With your majesty’s order, a hundred thousand people will go to sea, and the ships will cover the clouds and the sun. It is so vast that so many people need to eat and drink, and need to transport war horses, horse feed, and medicine. Therefore, the bigger the ship, the better. The blessing ships built recently by the ministers and others are all inherited from the time of Sanbao Eunuch. They are huge in size and carry an astonishing load. Each ship can transport more than a thousand people. However, the Francons have a small population, but their ships only seek speed and flexibility in battle. Although the Ming Dynasty also recruited many Buddhas. The prisoners of Langji have built some Francon ships. However, I heard that the Francons are good at naval battles. The navies of various countries are evenly matched. In order to continuously surpass their opponents, they will do something to the ships every few years. The improvement, on the contrary, is that our Ming Dynasty has had few strong enemies around it since the Song Dynasty. The Japanese pirates are just a group of rogue warriors carrying sampans to loot, and they are not worth mentioning. Therefore, it is not necessary to oppose naval battles against ships. “I value these issues. Ambassador Xu also mentioned them when he returned home, but…”

Emperor Hongzhi nodded to express his understanding.

There is nothing wrong with the Ming Dynasty’s ships seeking to be large. The Ming Dynasty has never encountered an evenly matched opponent at sea. On the contrary, the ships are large enough and carry enough materials and personnel. In fact, they have huge benefits for them to develop the Golden Continent. He had read Xu Jing’s report, saying that the Spaniards alone had competed with Portugal for maritime hegemony, and fought with the Ottoman Navy in what was said to be the Mediterranean. At the same time, they had also fought with France and other countries. There were also military frictions.

This state of a small fight a year and a large fight every three years is a condition that a central country like the Ming Dynasty, which is unique in the world, does not have. Because of this, every naval battle enables them to gain rich experience, and the improvement of ships has been continuously deepened through countless actual battles.

Emperor Hongzhi said: “Send the order to be on alert.”

“Yes.” Ma Wensheng nodded and withdrew.

All the accompanying ministers stayed outside the hotel. Because there were too many ministers, they had to squeeze together. It was a bit hard, but there was nothing we could do.

Although Ma Wensheng is the Minister of the Ministry of War, he only has a small wing in this big house. When he returned to his residence, he saw that the hall was very lively. These were all the accompanying ministers, waiting here for His Majesty’s summons at any time. , Ma Wensheng liked to join in the fun, so he also went in.

Who knew that as soon as we entered, the place would already explode.

But I heard someone scolding: “Is that person surnamed Fang still a human? When we arrived, he actually arranged a viewing platform and seats at the trestle. He said that there were too many people and there was not enough space on the trestle. , except for His Majesty, everyone else has to buy a ticket to enter, and a ticket costs twenty taels of silver. How can he think of such a wolf-hearted person, whose conscience has been eaten by a dog?”

One veteran was in tears !

He came out and said, “I am 80 years old. I heard that this ceremony only lasts for a few hours. There are no seats, so you have to stand. There is not even a bowl of tea. How can I bear it after these few hours? He ate a pig.” My heart is filled with oil, and my eyes are focused on money. “

“Could it be a rumor? I don’t think he would even want to steal this little money. If your Majesty knew about it, would he be so indulgent?”

” Bah! It’s Xishan’s account. Your Majesty owns 30% of the shares in Xishan, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince owns another 30%. You can tell yourself who took the big share.”

For a moment, everyone was silent.

It seems like… they scolded people they shouldn’t have scolded.

After silence, Liang Chuqi said angrily: “After all, the bad guy is Fang Jifan…”

“Yes, he is the bad guy.” Censor Liu Ying said angrily: “This piece of shit is ignorant. He has lost his conscience. I also heard that he was very promiscuous and had a relationship with an unknown woman since he was a child. He is the prince’s consort, and I heard that he has a child.”

“Really? It’s all shit, eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, everything.”

Liang Chuzheng scolded him happily. When he heard this, his face suddenly turned red, and his heart felt like it had been stabbed. He suddenly stroked his beard and coughed: “You can’t say that, it’s groundless. I have to say something fair. Although Fang Jifan loves money, he has never heard of a womanizer. You can eat whatever you want, but you can’t talk nonsense.”

Everyone looked at Liang Chu.

Unexpectedly, Liang Chu, who usually scolded Fang Jifan the most, suddenly changed into a different person.

Liang Chu’s face turned red: “Your Highness the Princess is watching, does he dare to mess around with this bitch? These words are too serious. Please be careful what you say and don’t wrongly accuse a good person.”

Liang Chu saw that the more people didn’t believe it, the colder his heart became. , trying desperately to defend.

Fang Jifan can’t have a bad reputation as a lecher. Then his daughter’s reputation will be completely ruined. Think about it, if Fang Jifan is a lecher and his daughter goes to Xishan Academy, in the eyes of others, his family’s reputation will be ruined. How should a daughter be viewed?

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Chapter Four. I collapsed backstage in the afternoon and was speechless. Asking for a monthly ticket.

(End of chapter)