Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 349

It's the end of the new year again, although everything is bleak, but it is also spring.

Due to the heavy rain for nearly half a month last year, the red wall of Kunning Palace was really wet. By this time, creepers had slowly climbed up the pepper room.

Sunlight poured into the lattice windows, and the luster from a green ivy leaf awakened Zhu Youxiao, who was hugging a delicate baby like fat and beautiful jade.

Zhu Youxiao opened his sleepy eyes.

"Change!"

The woman serving the bed was an ordinary court lady in Kunning Palace, named Luo Ruo, and it was a coincidence that Zhu Youxiao picked her up.

Originally, I came to Kunning Palace to see the queen Zhang Yan and take a look at the unique Hai Lanzhu on the way, but who knows that Hai Lanzhu didn't meet her, but met this court lady instead.

Although Zhu Youxiao said that as the emperor, the group of fragrances in the harem can be picked at will, but he is not absurd. Younger palace maids will be handed over to the Inner Palace Supervisor to send them back to their original parents' homes on a voluntary basis.

Even in the ninth year of the apocalypse, [-] young palace ladies were released, and a special article was written about it in the newspaper.

The reason why we don’t let the slightly older maids who are over 20 years old is because of the customs of the Ming Dynasty. Such women are already old leftover women. Even if they are sent home, they will not get happiness. The best result is to be lonely to death The worst result is to become a prostitute.

Therefore, in order to allow these "leftover women of the Ming Dynasty" who should still be young to live a stable life without being disturbed by the contemptuous eyes of the outside world, Zhu Youxiao did not force them to go out of the palace to find their own way out.

In fact, these "older leftover women of the Ming Dynasty" also voluntarily stayed in the palace when they were asked for their opinions. Maybe they would die of old age in the palace, but at least their lives are peaceful, and many companions can even play with each other. .

Zhu Youxiao naturally knew that many eunuchs in the palace were playing against food, but he did not strictly rectify it, and even turned a blind eye. Whether it is a eunuch or a maid, they also have emotional needs. If you are too strict, It will force them to deal with him, which Zhu Youxiao doesn't want to see.

Existence is reasonable, and there is no way around it. Zhu Youxiao even asked Empress Zhang Yan to issue a decree to allow eunuchs and maids to be sisters and brothers (in fact, it is also admitting that they are opposite each other), but they are not allowed to make more friends. Those who are closely related to the above will be executed directly!

This is to prevent internal cliques from forming a threat to the emperor, so while allowing them to vent their emotions, they have to tighten the cage of internal rebellion.

Gossip less, this name is Luoruo Nianhua, who is only twenty-one years old, and has pretty features, but she is relatively petite, cute and well-behaved. In modern times, she belongs to the type of a national girl, because she accidentally dropped it when she was pouring tea for Zhu Youxiao. The teacup was broken, and her thumb was cut in a hurry. Zhu Youxiao conditionally put her bloody thumb in her mouth and sucked it for a while. After sucking, she felt the thumb was warm and gentle, He couldn't help but put his hand on his face.

As a result, another harem woman fell into Zhu Youxiao's clutches.
Luo Ruo is just one of the most ordinary women, and by chance, she became the person close to His Majesty the Emperor. She knew that she would be like this sooner or later, and even from a certain point of view, this was something she should be happy about. .

However, she couldn't tell what it was like to experience this kind of personnel for the first time. Now that she has woken up, there is no need to miss it any more. She still tenderly serves Zhu Youxiao and changes clothes.

"Where are you from, and what is your last name?"

That's the fact, Zhu Youxiao now seems to have gone to the red light district and degenerated once, he doesn't even know the name of the accompanying maid, even he can't help but feel amused, and also has some inexplicable self-blame.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the maidservant is from Wuzhou, her surname is Su, and she didn't have a name at all. Mama Ha asked the Empress to give me a name named Luoruo, and there is also a daughter from the Yao family from the Nu family."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, he didn't expect this person to be a girl from the Yao family, but he felt that Luo Ruo was quite a sincere person, because the distinction between Han and barbarians would affect the treatment of palace maids who were promoted to concubines , I brought it up first, but it seemed unrestrained and generous.

"You keep this Nine Dragon Jade. It's my reward. If you have something to do in the future, you can come to see me directly with this object." Zhu Youxiao patted Luo Ruo on the shoulder as he said, and then led Wang Chengen out the door. "Pass the decree to Liu Ruoyu, let Dongchang find this Yao family named Su Luoruo, and reward his family with three thousand silver dollars and one hundred silks and satins. At the same time, he himself will also give five hundred silvers and ten silks and satins, which will be upgraded to a promise." .”

"Old slave understands", Wang Chengen responded.

"Let's go, let's drive to Taiye Pond. I will also see how Li Mingrui from the Ministry of Rites will build the Capital University I conceived. I gave him a year and spent a lot of money. "

As he said that, Zhu Youxiao asked again: "How is the negotiation on Zheng Chenggong's side going? Xiong Wencan can report to Beijing. In addition, how is the situation of the embassy going to the Ryukyu Kingdom? Is there any latest news?"

"Not yet, but according to Xu Xianchun, Jin Yiwei in Nanjing brought back news that some fishermen who seemed to have gone out to sea to fish came back and said that a large number of pirate ships were found passing by in the area around the chicken coop, covering the sky and the sun, and it seemed that they were about to There is a big battle to be fought, but it may be a rumor, and it is unknown."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he heard this, and immediately ordered: "Tell Xu Xianchun, you must pay attention to these fishermen's rumors, no matter whether it is true or not, you must find out!"

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When Zhu Youxiao in the capital began to suspect that Zheng Zhilong and other pirates really dared to attack the court’s Beihai First Fleet and cargo ships, in the waters near the Ryukyu Kingdom, the fierce battle between the Beihai First Fleet and Zheng Zhihu and other pirates had already entered a fever pitch.

Zheng Zhihu didn't expect that his flagship would be shot in the back of the ass, and the shell was so powerful that it really scared him a lot.

Moreover, at the same time, he also discovered that there was indeed a very strange ship behind his flagship. It was more like a soft sailing ship driven by the Europas, but it was larger than the soft sailing ship, and there were two ships on the hull that were bigger than the masts. A much thicker chimney, and billowing black smoke.

Zheng Zhihu did not expect that the imperial court would have such a battleship. Everyone would have an instinctive fear of unfamiliar things, and Zheng Zhihu was no exception.

But fortunately, although the Zheng He is covered by iron armor, it is not large in size, and it is not even the flagship of Zheng Zhihu, so Zheng Zhihu feels a little more at ease. In addition, he obviously has a numerical advantage on his side. reason to be afraid.

However, Gu Sanmazi also had a problem. Although he had been a pirate and experienced naval battles, it was his first time to control and command such a large warship, which could be regarded as sophisticated in Ming Dynasty, so he was not very proficient. Miscalculation of the range caused Zheng He to get too close to Zheng Zhihu's pirate fleet, so that many shells failed to hit Zheng Zhihu's fleet because of the range, but fell directly into the sea water, and had no other effect except for frying fish. .

This made Gu Sanmazi really depressed, so he had to order Zheng He to retreat a certain distance immediately.

Zheng Zhihu didn't know the reason. Seeing that the armored monster in front started to retreat and even retreated beyond the range of conventional artillery, he couldn't help but ordered: "It seems that it wants to provoke us, let us press it up, and save this side. Tell Zheng San to catch up immediately, we continue to control the wind, we must defeat the lucky boat here before sunset, and capture the official alive!"

Here, Gu Sanmazi observed the wind direction for a while, and after confirming the distance, he ordered: "Seize the upper hand and immediately bombard the left and right wings of these pirates. At the same time, other light boats immediately carry liquid The dynamite rushes in in a nimble and quick way and disrupts them!"

As soon as Gu Sanmazi gave the order, Zheng He immediately turned around, and all the cannons on both sides were opened. Suddenly, countless shells with black smoke tails roared towards Zheng Zhihu's fleet like cruise missiles.

The rumbling sound was accompanied by the turbulent waves.

Several warships on Zheng Zhihu's side caught fire in an instant, and Zheng Zhihu almost fell to the ground due to the violent shaking. He was so angry that he wished to draw his sword and rush to fight the man on the iron-clad monster for [-] rounds!
At the same time, Zheng Zhihu was also very surprised. He didn't expect the enemy's artillery to be so powerful and have such a long range, so that he didn't take the wind in time just now, and now he has to be beaten passively.

However, without waiting for Zheng Zhihu's order, his old pirates who had rich experience in actual combat and were unwilling to suffer such a disadvantage had already started firing shells to fight back.

Countless iron bullets were constantly thrown towards the sea level of less than a few square kilometers like a goddess scattering flowers, but they couldn't reach the Zheng He. There was no way that within this distance, the Zheng He could directly send the shells to You are on the deck, but you can let people watch the surf show.

At this time, the small boats of the Beihai Fleet also desperately rowed towards Zheng Zhihu's warship. Under the high-density firing of Zheng He's artillery, they were almost slippery than loaches, and they slid directly into Zheng Zhihu's warship. The field of view is within the area where a human face is clearly visible.

"Pay attention to these eagle ships and sand ships ahead, stop them!"

Zheng Zhihu also discovered this at this time, and began to worry. He is the history of the speed Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was even more impressed by the water battle in Poyang Lake. He naturally knew that these small boats seemed to be less than one-third the size of the hull of the big ship. sharp.

However, although several small boats capsized on the sea because of being hit by pirate shells, many of them had already directly hit Zheng Zhihu's warship.

The so-called liquid bomb is just a chemical bomb mainly made of nitroglycerin. This chemical substance is a very dangerous chemical substance, and it is easy to explode due to vibration. It is also the precursor of TNT explosives, but the current Ming Dynasty must make it No such high explosive as TNT.

But now with the information provided by Zhu Youxiao, it can be made with some nitroglycerin, although it took a long time and even killed several experimenters.

The light yellow liquid was thrown directly onto the boards of these pirates. Some pirates didn't take it seriously at all, thinking that it was just ordinary kerosene. They still tried their best to prevent other boats from approaching.

But who would have expected that the yellow liquid would explode as soon as it fell on the board of the ship, and immediately, countless flames would burn in the distance, and countless black smoke would be emitted, covering the entire sea level in darkness, and many pirates were therefore Was directly killed, or buried in flames.

At this time, the Zheng He also continued to launch shelling, and because these Zheng's pirates were experienced and skilled, they could quickly change the direction of the hull to avoid the Zheng He's gun positions, making the Zheng He lose the upper hand advantage, but had to follow the mobilization direction.

However, since this was the first actual battle of a steam-powered engine like the Zheng He, neither the steam-powered engine, the control equipment, nor the control of the technicians were smooth enough, so his agility in response had not yet been fully demonstrated.

Otherwise, the current Zheng He would not still be waiting for a few technical personnel from the Daming Ship Administration Bureau. The purpose is to observe and record at any time, so as to prepare for the improvement of the warship in the future.

"Turn around, seize the wind as fast as possible, and hit me hard!" Gu Sanmazi yelled while cursing, and Zheng He kept changing direction like a compass floating on a compass. , and continued to send shells to Zheng Zhilong's fleet.

Due to the long range of the artillery and the fast speed of the ship, the Zheng He still had an absolute advantage in naval battles, and the ships of these Zheng's pirates continued to be passively beaten.

With a bang!
A large blessing ship owned by Zheng's pirates was shot several times and was blown up by dozens of nitroglycerin liquid explosives. It broke in two and sank directly to the bottom of the sea.

It was one of Zheng Zhihu's most trusted brothers, and also the most powerful general of his Zheng family's pirates. His name was Shi Zhaoke.

Seeing that Shi Zhaoke's limbs were incomplete and only his head was still flying in the sky, Zheng Zhihu was so angry that his eyes were tearing apart.

He is completely angry now. He didn't expect that he would be in such a situation of being beaten. However, this also aroused his ruthlessness, and he directly ordered: "Send a semaphore and let Zheng San rush up directly. Charge towards that iron shell at all costs and smash him!"

Here, Mr. Zheng, who was at the forefront, had few ships surviving. As soon as he received this order, he simply rushed towards the Zheng He without hesitation.

"Okay, this is definitely Zheng Zhihu's style. Give me orders to go down, turn around, pass through from the flank, and make sure to destroy the battleship that is rushing forward!"

After Gu Sanmazi said, Zheng He did not stop at the same place, but drew a beautiful arc across the sea level at a fast speed, and flew towards the side of Zheng San.

(End of this chapter)