Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 277
Taichang stared at the map for a while, already thinking about it.

These pirates are in collusion with local forces. If they rashly send chariots and fast boats to investigate, they will probably startle the snake. It is better to lead the three major navy fleets to surround them and catch the turtle.

This Lianzhou mansion seems to be rotten, and there are still shipbuilders colluding with pirates!

Taichang sighed slightly, and then asked: "What is this, Lulu Chu, who specially built ships for you?"

Zheng Zhilong nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the lucky boats built by the Fujian government-run shipyard are generally used by the navy, and we can't afford to buy them, so we always look for them from Guangdong. This green guy is the best one ever built by Guangzhou Shipyard, and we bought our black-tailed boats and bird boats from him."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but look at several huge sailboats in the distance.

This guy Chu Lu is amazing, the big black-tailed boat he built is even bigger than the lucky boat built by the official shipyard.

Hmph, when the time comes, his dock must be destroyed, and all the shipbuilders under him will be taken to the Wubei City Shipyard!
At the moment, the Beiyang Navy and the Nanyang Navy are still practicing, and although he knows the approximate area where the pirates are active, he can't send the clippers to scare the snakes out. He seems to have nothing to do!
What are you going to do in the next few days?

Taichang thought for a while, then suddenly stared at Zheng Zhilong and asked, "Where is the stupid port you mentioned?"

Zheng Zhilong said helplessly: "Stupid Port is actually in the big estuary directly opposite Penghu."

Well, this guy turned out to be under my nose too!
Taichang asked again: "You kidnapped many people in Quanzhou to farm the land?"

Uh, this.

Zheng Zhilong said embarrassingly: "Your Majesty, in fact, the last general did not force them to go, because most of them are fishermen, and there is not much fish to be caught in the coastal waters, and their fields are few, so their life is very hard. The general will drag them to Dongfan to farm, at least to ensure that they have enough food and clothing, they naturally have no objection, some even begged the general to take their relatives and friends over."

This means that you have been kidnapped more than once!
Taichang couldn't help but asked curiously: "How many people have you kidnapped?"

After talking about this, the emperor is still not angry, it seems that the emperor does not want to pursue this matter.

Zheng Zhilong replied very simply: "It's probably more than 3."

This guy is really powerful, he has kidnapped so many ordinary people without making a sound!
More than 3 people can plant at least 30 million mu of land. Even if the yield per mu is only 50 shi, that year is [-] million shi of grain!

And now Zheng Zhilong's tens of thousands of elites have been incorporated into the three major naval divisions, so there is definitely no need to go back to consume food.

The food over there can feed more than ten thousand people!
In other words, without waiting for enough large ships to be built in Wubei City, tens of thousands of horses can be dispatched to Dongfan to guard it first.

Because grain is already being produced there!
Thinking of this, Taichang couldn't help but excitedly said: "Feihong, why don't you take me to Bengang to have a look?"

The emperor wants to go to Bengang?
OK!

Zheng Zhilong nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay, Your Majesty, I also want to go back and see how they are doing."

You know, his wife and children are there.

It was precisely because he married the daughter of Yan Siqi, the boss of Bengang, that he gained control of Bengang, and at this moment Yan and his youngest son are still in Bengang.

He hasn't been back for such a long time, and he doesn't know what's going on there.

At this moment, he really misses his wife and children, and wants to go back and have a look.

Taichang didn't talk too much, just waved his hand and said: "Assemble all the warships of Dongyang Navy, let's go to Dongpan Bengang to have a look."

Yuan Keli and Zhang Yuanfang, who were holding up binoculars to watch the drills of the Beiyang Navy and Nanyang Navy, couldn't help being dumbfounded when they heard this.

Right now, they are preparing to encircle and suppress pirates, so why go to Dongfan again?
However, they only reacted after being stunned for a moment.

Anyway, the Beiyang Navy and the Nanyang Navy have to practice for a few days before they can go to war, and they will not delay anything if they go to Dongfan.

Zhang Yuanfang and Yuan Keli glanced at each other, and then ordered loudly: "Order, all warships gather, set up two round formations to protect the flagship, and prepare to set off."

After a wave of flags, one hundred Spike warships and one hundred chariots quickly formed two large circles around the flagship.

Zhang Yuanfang thought for a while, and then asked: "Your Majesty, should we go to Penghu first or go directly to Dongfan?"

Didn't Zheng Zhilong say that Bengang is in the mouth of the river opposite Penghu, and it is just on the way to Penghu.

Taichang said without hesitation: "Go to Penghu first."

Zhang Yuanfang nodded quickly, and then ordered loudly: "Target Penghu, let's go!"

The fleet of the Dongyang Navy was full of ships, and they didn't need to look at the wind direction at all, so they set off as soon as they said they were going, and the speed of the fleet was quite fast. After four hours, they arrived in Penghu.

Taichang ordered the fleet to make lunch in the harbor, and then disembarked to condolences to the soldiers who stayed behind, and then ordered the fleet to continue to set off and head straight for Dongfan.

Penghu is only a hundred miles away from Dongfan, and after about an hour, they came to the Dahekou that Zheng Zhilong mentioned.

The estuary is really big, and there is no problem for the Dragon Tooth battleship to go in. Taichang ordered the entire fleet to go in without hesitation.

About half an hour later, patches of fertile fields appeared on both sides of the river, and the figures of ordinary people working in the fertile fields also appeared.

Taichang took out his binoculars to scan, and couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised: "How much land have you planted in such a large area?"

Zheng Zhilong reckoned, "It's about a million acres."

My God, millions of acres of land!
More than 3 people planted millions of acres of land. Wouldn't that person have to plant at least 120 acres of land? That would be [-] acres for a family of four!
Thinking of this, Taichang couldn't help frowning and said: "You are too cruel, aren't you? An ordinary person planted more than 30 mu of land, and a family planted more than 100 mu of land. This must be exhausting!"

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong quickly explained: "Your Majesty, the general didn't just let them plant. The general's men and horses would also help when the farming was busy. Moreover, the general gave each of their households a farming ox. Farming is actually not very tiring.”

You also allocated cattle to each household?

You kid can't be a liar, can you?

Hearing this, Taichang raised his binoculars and took a closer look, then asked in confusion, "Why didn't I even see a cow?"

Zheng Zhilong explained helplessly: "Your Majesty, the cows are used for plowing the ground and pulling grain. They are usually kept in the cattle pen. Now that the rice has grown, there is no need to plow the ground, but the harvest The season has not yet come, and the cattle are naturally locked in the cattle pen."

Uh, well, it is true that there is no need for cattle at the moment, and the common people seem to be weeding in the fields.

Taichang nodded in embarrassment, and then asked: "This one million mu of land can at least grow two million shi of grain?"

Zheng Zhilong nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, the land here is fertile, and there are more than 200 million shi. The general will often bring grain to the people here in exchange for daily necessities. When there is a large surplus of grain, the general will also go to Quanzhou. Distribute some to the common people who can't eat."

Oh, you pirate has become a good man!
In fact, Zheng Zhilong didn't do this to do good deeds, he just wanted to use it to gain popularity in his hometown.

If he is really a good person, there will be no such thing as a hairless person in history.

At that time, Daming was plagued by natural disasters and man-made disasters. The victims in the northwest were much more miserable than the fishermen in the southeast coast. I have never seen him donate a grain of grain to the court.

(End of this chapter)