Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 217 Chapter [-] Layout in Southeast Asia

The next morning, under the contact of Wang Zhi, the thieves boarded Wang Daoqiu's giant ship.Wang Daoqiu knows the principle of life of these thieves, which is whoever has the strongest fist has the final say.

So Wang Daoqiu and this group of people didn't waste any time, and took them and his fleet out to sea.Then the fleet was asked to teach these thieves how to behave, and there was a live-fire shooting demonstration at sea.

Although the gang of thieves had already seen it once when the Ming army attacked Shuangyu Port the day before yesterday, they were mentally prepared for Wang Daoqiu's artillery fire to clear the ground.

But next to the gun emplacement on the ship, I observed the firing operation of this kind of artillery on the spot. Seeing that this kind of breech-loaded artillery fired hard and fast, the thieves were all scared and looked at each other.

Mud, this kind of artillery fires so fast and far, and the shells are so powerful. If we encounter this at sea, wouldn't it be a target?
Wang Daoqiu's live ammunition shooting effect was very good, and the thieves were deeply educated. They no longer thought that as long as they passed today's level, Lao Zhi would still be a good man after going out.Now they all agree in their hearts that Wang Daoqiu has the strongest fist and Wang Daoqiu is the boss.

After using powerful force to intimidate the thieves, Wang Daoqiu set up a table at the stern of the ship, and everyone explained clearly how to deal with the problem in the future.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, when all the thieves knelt down and begged for their lives, they said that they would live and die for Wang Daoqiu, fight for Wang Daoqiu all their lives, and sacrifice their youth and children and grandchildren.

Wang Daoqiu put on a posture and said: "I believe you yourselves know what you have committed and how you will be sentenced if you are arrested by the Yamen. To be honest, the imperial court's will is to punish all of you leaders. The following is You guys, all of them will be exiled to the Jiubian Army."

"Oh, sir, we were wrong, you can't hand us over to the Yamen!"

"Yes, yes, sir, we know we were wrong. As long as you spare our lives this time, we are willing to serve you in the future."

"Yes, yes, sir, didn't you make an agreement with Shopkeeper Wang yesterday to let us go to Nanyang? We are willing, we are willing, we are all willing! Sir."

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Hearing Wang Daoqiu's nonsense about the imperial decree, the gang of thieves were frightened and did not distinguish between true and false. They knelt down to Wang Daoqiu on the spot and begged to be spared.Someone also mentioned in passing the agreement between Wang Daoqiu and Wang Zhi yesterday.

In the exchange of opinions with Wang Zhi yesterday, after Wang Zhi learned about Wang Daoqiu's ambition to conquer the sea, he suggested to Wang Daoqiu that the Nanyang islands are now divided and there is no decent and powerful political power.Moreover, it is a tropical area, where everything grows, the products are abundant, and it is connected to the West.If you take it there, it will be the foundation of the emperor.

Yes, in yesterday's discussion, after Wang Zhi saw Wang Daoqiu's erudition and vision, he admired Wang Daoqiu so much that he believed that Wang Daoqiu was worthy of being the master of the world.So yesterday, Wang Zhi suggested to Wang Daoqiu to start his own career as emperor.

To be the emperor, to be the lord of the world, to sleep with the most beautiful woman in the world, to say the loudest words in the world, is the ultimate desire of a man.But as a soul who has traveled through later generations, as a loser who is deeply ravaged by privilege.To be honest, Wang Daoqiu hates privileges from the bottom of his heart. His ideal is to establish a legal society like Western countries where the personal dignity of everyone in the whole society has the minimum protection and eliminate privileges.

However, ideals are ideals, and Wang Daoqiu knew that his ideal was deviant to the people of the sixteenth century.And in yesterday's conversation, Wang Daoqiu saw that Wang Zhi had a strong desire to be a prince, prime minister, and the founding father of the country.

So yesterday, Wang Daoqiu neither supported nor opposed Wang Zhi's suggestion and changed the topic.Wang Daoqiu's unclear objection seemed to Wang Zhi as acquiescence.After all, in Wang Zhi's opinion, is there anyone who doesn't want to be the emperor?
Therefore, it should be considered that Wang Daoqiu has the ambition of imperial hegemony. If he follows Wang Daoqiu, he may become a marquis and prime minister in the future, and he may honor his ancestors.Wang Zhi was so determined to follow Wang Daoqiu to death that he began to wholeheartedly regard Wang Daoqiu's imperial hegemony as his own career.

So Wang Zhi suggested to Wang Daoqiu that he should take over the Nanyang Islands and firmly control them in his own hands, not in the hands of the imperial court.You can send a group of thieves on the island to do this. After all, the court will not want these people, and they will not be loyal to the court.

The so-called waste products are nothing more than misplaced resources.After listening to Wang Zhi's suggestion, Wang Daoqiu thought of this famous saying from later generations.

yes!This gang of pirates with dirty hearts and blood on their hands, if they are arranged to return to the country, it will be a scourge and a factor of social instability.But if they are sent to Southeast Asia and let them fight with those monkeys in Southeast Asia, then no matter who dies, it will be a good thing!
Wang Zhi's suggestion opened up a new way of thinking for Wang Daoqiu, so today's meeting between Wang Daoqiu and the thieves happened.

Now that he saw that he had used force and the court to frighten these thieves, Wang Daoqiu began his next step.

He didn't let these thieves rise up, and just let them kneel at his feet. He sat there and said condescendingly: "What you have done in the past, and the attitude of those court officials towards you. I believe that even if the court issues a decree to recruit An , you don’t dare to go ashore and hand over your lives to those great masters of Qingtian. If you continue to stay on the coast of my Ming Dynasty, then I will not be able to explain to the emperor. Therefore, yesterday, I discussed this matter with Shopkeeper Wang. For a moment.”

"Shopkeeper Wang suggested that both parties take a step back. I'll let you go, and you first cooperate with the army to wipe out all the bandits along the Zhejiang and Fujian coasts. Then you go to Nanyang and stop invading our Ming coastline in the future. I personally think Shopkeeper Wang’s suggestion is reasonable and fully takes into account the interests of both of us, so I agreed yesterday, but I don’t know what you mean by this?”

What else could it mean?With your life in your hands, how can we bargain with you?The thieves complained in their hearts about Wang Daoqiu's knowing questions, but in front of them, they were frightened by Wang Daoqiu's lewd power and did not dare to show any dissatisfaction. Besides, Nanyang has been the first choice for flower people since ancient times and went to sea to make a living. For that place, All the thieves are familiar with it, except that the weather is too hot and the girls are a bit ugly, everything else is pretty good.

So yesterday Wang Zhi went back and told the thieves what he had discussed with Wang Daoqiu. Although the thieves were a little reluctant to part with this Shuangyu Port and the beautiful south of the Yangtze River, they were reluctant to go to Nanyang.But I can accept it. After all, going to Nanyang is better than losing my head, right?Moreover, Nanyang is also close to the Ming Dynasty. It only takes ten and a half days to set sail. If you feel homesick, you can sneak back!

So yesterday Wang Zhi went back to talk about the matter. Although the thieves were reluctant, they all agreed.Now that Wang Daoqiu has confirmed the matter personally, the bandit leaders are afraid that if Wang Daoqiu is angered, they will be thrown directly into the sea by the officers and soldiers.So as soon as Wang Daoqiu finished speaking, they all nodded and agreed happily.

Seeing that the bandits agreed, Wang Daoqiu then said seriously: "I know you are not willing to abandon this beautiful Jiangnan and go to Nanyang. Otherwise, you would have gone long ago and would not be able to wait until today. But today I mean what I say. , after you go to Nanyang, if you miss home and these mountains and rivers, you can only come back secretly incognito. If you dare to come back with the warship, then I want your heads."

"Yes, yes, thank you sir"

"Thank you, sir. Thank you for not killing me."

"Sir, from now on you are our second parent."

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Seeing that Wang Daoqiu not only spared their lives, but also allowed them to come back secretly in the future, the thieves were also grateful, and one by one they began to kowtow to Wang Daoqiu, full of thanks.

After talking about the important things, everyone continued to drink and eat meat.After finishing the meal and sending the bandit leaders off the boat, Wang Daoqiu quietly said to Wang Zhi: "Go back and tell them that this time they will cooperate with the officers and soldiers to wipe out the banditry along the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian. All the swords, guns, bows and arrows will be fired by the officers and soldiers. They divide the gold and silver in the nest into [-]%.”

"Yes, yes, sir! Those people are licking blood at the edge of the knife all the year round. Nothing can make them feel more at ease than swords and guns. There is nothing that can make them more tempted than gold and silver. Sir, give them Swords and guns, promise them [-]% gold and silver, then they will definitely work hard. Your Excellency is smart!"

"Okay, okay, stop flattering. Just get things done. By the way, after going to Nanyang, you have to sail along Luzon, Palawan, Borneo, and until Singapore, every three to five days on a big ship. distance, choose a river mouth to build a dock stronghold. When I lead the fleet south, I hope these strongholds can replenish the fleet with fresh water supplies and give the crew a place to rest."

The most important thing for ocean navigation is to have a supply base, otherwise it will be very hard.For example, fresh water is inseparable from people. In a closed environment like a ship, fresh water will smell bad after a short time.

Especially in the high-temperature and high-humidity environment of Southeast Asia, the fresh water on the boat will deteriorate and stink within a few days, making it undrinkable.So now that Wang Daoqiu asked Wang Zhi to go to Nanyang, the first task is to build a logistics supply base at intervals along the coast of Southeast Asia.

The importance of supply bases to ocean navigation. As an old sailor, Wang Zhi also has many painful memories.Therefore, Wang Daoqiu asked him to build a supply base at regular intervals, which he deeply agreed with.So Wang Daoqiu gave the order, and Wang Zhi immediately complied.

After Wang Zhiye was sent away, Wang Daoqiu asked Ouyang Junqing beside him: "In the blink of an eye, it has been half a year since I left Dengzhou, and now we have to suppress bandits again. These soldiers are not homesick, are they in the mood?"

"Where are you Enxiang? Those bastards are so happy! Ever since they followed Enxiang and left Dengzhou, first from the Japanese country and then from Shuangyu Port, those bastards got at least more than 200 taels of silver. After following Enxiang for half a year, they These people are having fun after earning the salary that they have only been able to earn in the past 20 years! Today and tomorrow, when there is no war, they will send people ashore to convert all the money they earn into silver dollars and deposit it into the Daming Royal Bank in Ningbo Yeah. Hahahaha!"

When it comes to Wang Daoqiu's generous rewards to the sergeants, the big guy has money to earn, Ouyang Junqing is very happy that day, and can't help laughing in front of Wang Daoqiu.

After laughing, Ouyang Junqing felt that he had lost his temper in front of Shangguan, so he quickly apologized to Wang Daoqiu.After apologizing, Ouyang Junqing said to Wang Daoqiu: "Enxiang, don't worry about those bastards. They all know that if they fight with you, they will be rewarded heavily. With so much money, who would be willing to go home?" ? What's more, it's almost October, and winter is about to begin in Dengzhou. It's still winter when they go back, and they can't do anything. How can they be as happy as here?"

That's what Ouyang Junqing said. It's almost the tenth month of the lunar calendar, and winter is about to begin in the north.Going to the north to suffer the cold is not as comfortable as staying on the southeastern coast, not to mention there is a lot of money to be made here.

Knowing that the morale of the troops was fine, Wang Daoqiu felt relieved.He then said to Ouyang Junqing: "Winter is coming soon. I have to go to Hangzhou first to deal with the affairs in Zhejiang, and then rush back to the capital before the canal freezes. After I leave, it is up to you to suppress the bandits here. Responsible, remember, after the bandits are suppressed, the three thousand Japanese will stay on the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian. You will lead the navy to escort the pirates to Nanyang. After the fleet returns from Nanyang, it will send the three thousand Japanese back to the Japanese country. "

"Eun Prime Minister, won't you let those three thousand Japanese soldiers escort the pirates to Nanyang together?"

"No! Ouyang Junqing, remember, teach the apprentice to starve the master to death. Don't let the Japanese know the route to Nanyang, and don't let the Japanese know the reality of Nanyang. Otherwise, the current Japanese country is a big place, and it is divided into 66 countries. None of them have the strength to go to the sea. But they will not be like this forever. They all have the same ancestors and will be unified sooner or later. After they are unified, they will have the strength to fight for the ocean. So there are some things, We can’t let them understand too much.”

(End of this chapter)