Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"His family's ancestral skills in treasure ship masts also disappeared!"

"Then in the 13th year of Chenghua, the Ministry of Industry also came forward and found Wang Liushu, the craftsman of Longjiang Shipyard. On the same night, more than ten members of his family were all killed!"

"The Wang family's inheritance of the artillery positions, fixation, and shock absorption on the treasure ship has also been lost!"

"Others won't take this kind of thing to heart!"

"But for the descendants of the six families, there must be another hidden story behind this!"

"So, the descendants of the Zhang, Ximen, and Qian families all became runaways, hiding their identities and going to other places."

"But even so, the only descendant of the Qian family was drowned in the river six years ago! If it weren't for the fishermen who pulled him out from the bottom of the river while fishing, I'm afraid no one would know how he died until now!"

"These are the secrets my father told me before he died."

After listening to Huang Gouzi's narration, Zhu Youxiao's brows remained furrowed for a long time.

This matter......

That's weird!

Chapter 122 Japanese?

For Zhu Youxiao, the treasure ship is too important!

If it can be restored and equipped with new artillery, it will be enough for the Ming Dynasty to sweep away all powerful enemies overseas!

"Sun Kangwang!"

"Chen is here!"

"Dock the ship immediately and send someone to investigate these matters thoroughly! I want to know every detail!"

"Yes!"

Sun Kangwang immediately walked towards Ma Laoliu.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Huang Gouzi again: "According to what you just said, your Huang family should have also inherited some skills, right?"

"That's right!"

Huang Gouzi admitted it very frankly: "All the doors and windows on the treasure ship, including the opening and closing and sealing of the gun portholes, were all made by my ancestors."

Zhu Youxiao continued to ask: "So, the descendants of the Zhang family have inherited the keel of the treasure ship, and the descendants of the Ximen family have inherited the cabin of the treasure ship? Then do you know where the descendants of these two families are now?"

Huang Gouzi nodded first, then shook his head.

"That's right! But I don't know where they went!"

As they were talking, the Fu ship approached the shore. Several Jinyiwei got off the boat, took the reins from their companions on the shore, and rode away.

The Fu ship continued to sail, and Huang Gouzi didn't get any more information from him.

For the sake of the treasure ship, Zhu Youxiao could not force the interrogation.

He even pretended not to hear him calling him a dog emperor.

Similarly, in order to prevent him from encountering any more accidents, from that moment on, he was forbidden to go out to work, and could only rest in the cabin with good food and drink.

The fleet sailed out from the Yangtze River and headed south along the coastline.

During this time, some local officials heard the news and were waiting on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to be summoned, but they were all sent back by Zhu Youxiao.

At this moment, he was thinking about how to restore the treasure ship.

He had seen records about treasure ships in books.

But they are just some vague numbers, and the specific internal structure is only briefly mentioned.

All we know is that the ship is very big, 44 zhang long, or more than meters.

Not to mention restoring the entire body, just the dragon bone alone has stumped countless experts in later generations!

One of the reasons is that such large trees can no longer be found in later generations.

Another reason is that the carpenters’ mortise and tenon joint skills were mostly lost after four hundred years!

There was no sign of the treasure ship, but Zhu Youxiao was not idle.

After someone brought him paper and pen, he began to write and draw on it.

The ship can wait, but the cannons on board can allow you to take action in advance.

A few days later, Youtong walked in with a pot of tea.

"Your Majesty, the fleet will reach Yuegang in half an hour."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxiao stood up, stretched, and asked, looking at his still somewhat sallow face.

"Did you take the medicine on time?"

After rescuing the yellow dog, this guy slept for three days and three nights before waking up, and he drank four pots of ginseng soup!

If it were an ordinary person, he would have been killed by this long ago, but this guy still looks as weak as a dog...

Yutong chuckled: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I have eaten it all. Compared to the past two days, I feel that I have regained some strength."

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Don't be so reckless in the future, always put your life first!"

"You are all carefully selected by me. You will be the ones who can do great things on your own in the future. Do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Yutong's eyes instantly moistened, and she choked up and said, "I've made note of this. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your mercy!"

Have mercy.......

When Zhu Youxiao heard this word, he got goose bumps all over his body.

"Notify them and prepare to disembark."

Yuegang is located in Haicheng Town, Longhai District, Zhangzhou in later generations.

The coastline here is C-shaped, with land on three sides and the sea on one side, and has unique port conditions.

When the fleet arrived at Yuegang, it was already Yinshi, which was around four in the morning.

As soon as Zhu Youxiao walked out of the cabin, he saw Sun Kangwang running towards him with a serious look on his face.

"what happened?"

Sun Kangwang quickly replied: "Your Majesty, there is something going on in Yuegang!"

Zhu Youxiao took two quick steps, came to the bow and looked forward, only to see countless lights lit up inside Yuegang!

Ma Laoliu was at the bow of the boat. After paying his respects, he pointed at the lights and said to Zhu Youxiao.

"Your Majesty, it looks like there are no less than fifty ships in there!"

"The identities of these ships are unknown. For safety reasons, I think we should retreat to Xiamen Island and go ashore after daybreak."

Zhu Youxiao fell into deep thought after hearing this.

Those court officials all said that Yuegang had declined and became a laughing stock in the southeast region.

Therefore, these ships in front of us can never be legitimate merchant ships!

Then, the identity of this fleet is self-evident.

pirate?

Could they be Zheng Zhilong’s subordinates?

Thinking of this, he gave an order to Sun Kangwang.

"Send someone over to take a look and find out who they are!"

Soon, a bird boat in the fleet sailed towards Yuegang.

The bird boat is seven zhang and five chi long, which is about 23 meters. It relies on sails when there is wind and on oars when there is no wind.

At this time, the north wind was still blowing on the sea, and when the sails were hoisted, the speed was extremely fast.

The soldiers of the Shenjiying Camp on the ship turned off the lights, and the craftsmen slowly approached the fleet in the dark.

This is an extremely risky behavior, and if you are not careful, the ship may run aground and sink.

Zhu Youxiao was watching from behind and was so worried for them that he clenched his fists.

Time passed minute by minute, and about two quarters of an hour later, the sound of oars paddling across the water came from the darkness ahead.

Soon, the outline of the bird boat appeared before everyone's eyes under the dim moonlight.

When the bird ship and the blessing ship passed each other, a soldier from the Shenji Camp jumped over from that side, and behind him, two soldiers threw a sack over.

"boom!"

“Mmmmm…”

The sack fell on the deck and a dull sound suddenly came from inside.

Sun Kangwang stepped forward, untied the sack, and a head emerged from it.

But the man's attire made Zhu Youxiao alert.

Japanese?

He looked at the soldier from the Shenji Camp and asked.

"Were these Japanese captured from the fleet over there?"

The soldier nodded and said, "Yes, when we passed by, this guy was squatting on the bow to take a shit, and we tied him down with a rope."

Zhu Youxiao stepped forward, pulled out the cloth strip that was stuffed in the Japanese man's mouth, and asked in a cold voice.

"Who are you!"

"So many ships have come to Yuegang, what are they doing here?!"

"Say!"

Chapter 123 Naval Captain, Xu Xinsu

As soon as the cloth strip in the Japanese man's mouth was pulled out, he started shouting at the top of his voice.

"Baga! Let me go!"

Zhu Youxiao originally had some patience and questioned him slowly, but the two words "Baga" aroused his anger.

He immediately told Sun Kangwang.

"I'll give you a cup of tea to pry open his mouth!"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I promise to find out how many moles his mother has on her body!"

After Sun Kangwang finished speaking, he gave the Japanese a ferocious smile and casually picked him up and walked towards the cabin under the deck.

In just a blink of an eye, the Japanese man's screams were heard from under the deck.

"Ya Butterfly!"

"Yamete......."

"I don't know anything..."

"Please, don't do this..."

"what!"

"I told you! I told you, don't do it anymore..."

By the time Sun Kangwang threw the Japanese in front of Zhu Youxiao again, his limbs had been completely shattered. He lay on the deck like a puddle of mud, unable to move at all.

His face was pale, beads of sweat the size of beans kept oozing from his forehead, and he looked at Zhu Youxiao with pleading eyes.

"Yes, it was General Xu. He asked us to come here to transport food. This is all I know. Please, kill me now..."

Zhu Youxiao's heart moved and he asked quickly.

"Captain Xu? What's his full name?"

The pain in his limbs made the Japanese man dare not hide anything and he answered immediately.

"Xu, Xu Xinsu!"

Upon hearing the name, before Zhu Youxiao could open his mouth, Sun Kangwang next to him waved his hand and called a small flag bearer over.