Daming Crazy Emperor

Wen Guogong's mansion finally arrived, and the familiar port appeared in front of him again.

Every time Taichang passed by here, he would disembark to see this old minister. Every time Yuan Keli heard that the emperor was going to pass by Wen Guogong's mansion, he would wait eagerly on the pier, looking forward to it.

When the monarch and his ministers meet each other, they are really happy from the bottom of their hearts.

Taichang deliberately pulled Zhu Cihong to introduce him: "Li Qing, this is the eldest son of the principal, my grandson, Hong'er."

Yuan Keli hastily cupped his hands and bowed: "My minister sees His Highness Taisun."

Zhu Cihong hastily raised his hand and said: "Wanli, Wuli, Wen Guogong, please take care of me in the future."

Uh, babysitting?

This should be said by the courtier to the future emperor, right?

Yuan Keli thought that the grandson was young and ignorant, so he accidentally said the wrong thing, and he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do.

But Taichang said earnestly: "Liqing, I am old, and I will abdicate after fighting the European Union.

The school has no intention of governing the country, and it is estimated that within a few years, it will be abandoned.

In the future, the Ming Dynasty will probably be handed over to Lang'er.

Hong'er is young, so I still need you old ministers to help me. "

This one.

Yuan Keli was stunned for a moment, then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, you are still young!
The old minister still wants to fight the world with the emperor at this age, what do you do, what do you do. "

He really didn't dare to say the word of abdication.

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being speechless.

Well, compared to Yuan Keli, he is indeed still young.

Because Yuan Keli is in his 70s and almost [-].

As for abdicating, he had considered it a long time ago.

He really couldn't figure out why the emperor had to stay until his death before abdicating.

This is actually harming his descendants.

For example, the first emperor of the old Zhu's family, his old man directly boiled the prince Zhu Biao to death. Wouldn't this harm the grandson Zhu Yunqi?

There is also the first emperor, let alone, who endured for 48 years and turned the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty into a state of subjugation, why bother?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Liqing, do you think being an emperor is a good job?

It is difficult to be an emperor, but it is even more difficult to be a good emperor.

If you think that being an emperor can do whatever you want, do whatever you want, enjoy whatever you want, then you are a fool.

If you want a dynasty to prosper and let the people live a good life, you have to work hard and never relax.

I'm really tired after working so hard for so many years, can't I just retire and enjoy the happiness? "

Uh, this is a royal matter, don't ask me!

Yuan Keli thought for a while, and simply expressed his loyalty: "Don't worry, your majesty, I have already made a will, and all descendants of my Yuan family must be loyal to Daming and loyal to the emperor. From generation to generation, our Duke Wen's government will only follow the emperor's lead.

Anyone who dares to have a different heart will be killed without mercy! "

Well, talking to smart people is easy.

Taichang nodded slightly, then raised his hand and said: "Liqing, you are tired from standing for so long, let's go, let's talk on the boat, I still have something to ask you."

Uh, the emperor is going to help me walk!
Yuan Keli waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Your Majesty, I am not tired, I still have to practice Shichen boxing every morning."

Is it so beneficial?

Okay.

Taichang smiled slightly, and then cordially took Yuan Keli and others aboard, and came to a large meeting room.

At this time, a huge map had already been laid out on the conference table, and the center of this map was the Siberia region.

Yuan Keli looked at this map and couldn't help being excited.

What a huge territory!

Expansion of territory is an inexhaustible feat, let alone such a large territory.

Taichang called everyone to sit down, and then asked with a smile: "Liqing, you have guarded here for many years, you should have a better understanding of the waters in the north?"

This of course.

Yuan Keli nodded without hesitation and said: "I don't know how many times I have been to the north of Wen Guogong's mansion. I still know the waters in the north quite well."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then solemnly said: "I want to take this waterway to lead my army to the Siberian Khanate, what suggestions do you have?"

Naturally, Yuan Keli knew this long ago, because Taichang had ordered him to prepare food and meat, and Wen Guogong's mansion was an important supply point for the Arctic Ocean route.

He thought about it carefully, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, I think that the most important thing to take this waterway is to have enough stops and supply points.

Because the wind and waves in this water area are quite strong, and they come as soon as they are said, without warning.

If a large fleet encounters wind and waves here without docking at a harbor, there is a danger of being blown away. "

Don't think about it, the Spanish Armada has demonstrated five times, and every time it was almost completely wiped out!
The wind and waves in the waters near the North Pole are indeed quite terrifying. Although the ship is unlikely to be blown over, the possibility of being blown away is still very high.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked, "Where did you explore the farthest north?"

Yuan Keli pointed to a bay in the south of the Bering Strait without hesitation and said, "We have explored here."

This is great, because this bay is only a thousand miles away from the Bering Strait!
Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help asking with great interest: "You have explored so far, why are you here?"

Yuan Keli said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, there are a lot of fish near Duke Wen's mansion, and we mainly deal in frozen seafood.

In midsummer, the ice and snow in the area where Nuer Gandusi belongs has almost melted, and we can only continue to explore north if we want to collect ice.

Weichen happened to find a big river in this bay, so he set up an ice mining point there. "

And the big river?

Also established a freezing point!
Taichang asked impatiently, "Did you send someone to stay there?"

Yuan Keli nodded slightly and said, "We have sent more than a hundred people to guard there in turn."

Very good!
Taichang pointed to the map and said excitedly: "Look, Li Qing, our supply point in the west of the North Pacific Islands is just about five thousand miles away from Wen Guogong's mansion, and the ice harvesting point you mentioned is about [-] miles away from our point in the west of the North Pacific Islands." The supply point happened to be about five thousand miles away.

In other words, as long as we build a supply point fleet there, we can go directly to the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait.

Otherwise, we'll send a ship to deliver supplies now and start building a supply point there. "

Can not be done!
Yuan Keli shook his head repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty, the ship can't pass right now, because the ice and snow in the north of the North Pacific Islands have just begun to melt, and there are ice floes everywhere on the sea. If one is not careful, the ship will be destroyed. !"

I was naturally prepared for this.

Taichang said to himself: "Liqing, don't worry, the dragon battleship has aluminum alloy armor on the front and on the left and right sides, so it won't be easily pierced by ice floes.

Moreover, we have equipped all five thousand Spike warships with iron rods and ice picks for pushing and smashing ice cubes.

Fifty Flying Dragon warships were exploring the way ahead, and five thousand Spike warships were behind to clean up the ice floes. It was easy to clear a channel tens of miles wide. "

This one.

Yuan Keli hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you lead the flying dragon battleship to explore the way?"

Can you do it at your age?
Taichang was a little surprised and said: "Liqing, can you still go to sea?"

Yuan Keli said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I have spent most of my life on the water, what is it to go to sea for a long distance, I still feel that staying on water is more comfortable than staying on land.

Your majesty, why don't you take your humble minister with you on this expedition to the Siberian Khanate.

Although the humble minister can no longer go into battle to kill the enemy, there is still no problem in commanding the ship to explore the way. "

Do you really want to go out with me?
It would be great if we could bring such an experienced coach with us.

This is the commander-in-chief of the Navy, and the Daming Navy was brought up again by this old commander, and this old commander has not been idle in Wen Guogong's mansion for so many years, and often leads the fleet to go on long sea trips.

In terms of sea navigation experience, I am afraid that there are few in the entire Ming Dynasty who are richer than this old man.

Thinking of this, Taichang couldn't help nodding decisively and said: "Okay, I will accompany you to the north to have a look."

what?
Yuan Keli hurriedly dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, you can't help it. There are ice floes everywhere on the northern sea right now, it's too dangerous."

Taichang said firmly: "You are not afraid, what am I afraid of.

Besides, we have more than [-] ship wings, what danger can there be? "

Uh, okay.

Yuan Keli said helplessly: "Your Majesty, I have prepared tens of thousands of cattle, sheep, reindeer, and fat pigs. If not, let the soldiers eat for a few days before going.

After all, the north is still bitingly cold at this moment, so eat more meat to resist the severe cold.

Besides, when the ice and snow just started to melt, the ice floes on the sea surface were frighteningly large, and the Spike might not be able to push them.

Let's wait a few days to make the ice floes smaller. "

All right, they basically ate only fish along the way, so they didn't have much fat.

To resist the severe cold, eat more meat.

Hearing this, Taichang nodded slightly and said: "That's fine, let the soldiers have a full meal for a few days before setting off.

Calculate how much the meat you prepared is worth, and I will give you a bank note. "

This time Yuan Keli did not refuse again, because he was responsible for the meat of hundreds of thousands of troops and even millions of soldiers and civilians.

Once or twice, he may still be able to bear it. He can’t afford to give so many people free meat every day 360 five days a year. He has to contact the North American Indian tribe to buy it.

In the next few days, hundreds of thousands of soldiers will eat delicious food, and every day there will be big fish and meat, especially the sailors, who will eat their stomachs full of fat, and their waists will be thick.

It was a sunny day, the sun was high and the sky was cloudless.

Taichang couldn't wait any longer, so he set off directly with fifty flying dragon warships and five thousand Spike warships.

This time he didn't bring all the concubines and princes and princesses with him. It wasn't the first time for Wu Wan'er and the others to come to Wen Guogong's mansion. They were very familiar with Yuan Keli's family, and they knew what fun things were going on here.

He simply let all the concubines and princes and princesses stay in Wen Guogong's mansion to play.

Anyway, there are still dozens of Aegis ships, thousands of armed merchant ships, and 30 elite soldiers of the Peking Army stationed in Wen Guogong's mansion, so they are definitely not in any danger.

He also brought Yuan Keli, Zhang Yuanfang, Cao Wenzhao, Zhu Cihong and others with him.

All the way to the north of Wen Guogong's mansion is the Xiaodongyang Islands. He has passed by here countless times.

However, every time he was almost in a hurry, he didn't stop at the Xiaodongyang Islands at all, nor did he take a closer look.

This time is different, because to open up the Arctic Ocean route, Wen Guogong Mansion and Xiaodongyang Islands are important supply points and stops, so he naturally has to investigate carefully.

If you don't look carefully, you don't know that there are fishermen everywhere on the Xiaodongyang Islands, and many large islands have built ports and even cities.

After looking at a few places, he couldn't help asking: "Liqing, why are there so many people here? Where do they come from?"

Yuan Keli quickly explained: "Your Majesty, isn't there a lot of fish and shrimp here?

Weichen felt that it would be too wasteful to just leave it alone, so he sent someone to contact the Tunwei family members along the coast of Daming.

Many people thought it would be a good job to come here to fish and make money, so they migrated here one after another.

It happens that there is a lot of ice here, and there is almost no cost for chilled seafood. In addition, many fish, shrimp and crabs here are special products, which are quite valuable. Daming Western companies also like to buy here, so the people here Gather more and more.

It turned out to be a family member of the coastal Tunwei, so he had to be treated well.

Taichang thought for a while, and then said to Zhu Cihong: "Xiao'er, the guards are the foundation of protecting Daming, so we must be good to them and their families, you know?"

Zhu Cihong nodded quickly and said, "Grandson understands."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then ordered: "Mr. Li, please count the number of people here, and I will match them with a batch of large fishing boats so that they can earn more money.

How about this, one large fishing boat for every [-] households. It just so happens that the large fishing boats in the first half of the year are about to leave the factory, and I will order someone to bring them over next month. "

When Yuan Keli heard this, he couldn't help being pleasantly surprised and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

In fact, there is no need to build any new stops and supply points in the Little Oriental Islands, because there are so many ports here, let alone a thousand miles, there is a stop in a hundred miles.

Moreover, the ice and snow here melted relatively early, and there was no floating ice in the sea at this moment, and the fleet was moving quite fast.

However, after passing through the Xiaodongyang Islands, it is different.

At this moment, there are still ice floes everywhere on the sea near North Taiping City between the Little Eastern Islands and the North Pacific Islands.

Taichang held up the binoculars and glanced around, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

With so many ice floes, I don't know if the Spike can be cleaned up.