Chapter 348 Chapter 386: Preparation for landing mission, setting coordinate points

Listening to Chongzhen's scolding, they also gained an additional understanding of this emperor they had never met before.

He didn’t like fake pomp and show, but we often saw that kind of scene in newspapers. In other words, what Chongzhen actually liked was pomp, but it was not the pomp they arranged?

"Your Majesty is really angry. Two generals, I will go in first to persuade your Majesty. Alas, your Majesty also loves General Zheng deeply and feels the utmost responsibility.

The Ming Dynasty's atmosphere is full of flattery from the court to the nine sides, but I didn't expect that it would still be like this when I came to the seaside. It's normal for Your Majesty to be angry."

"Thank you so much to the Imperial Preceptor for interceding. Please also ask the Imperial Preceptor to explain to your eldest brother. Your eldest brother is also very loyal to His Majesty and loves you from the bottom of his heart.

It’s appropriate for His Majesty to scold you, it’s our honor, ordinary people would never stand a chance if they beg to be scolded by His Majesty.”

"It's easy to talk about."

"Thank you for your help. Your Majesty is right to scold you, but please explain to the general that this time it was actually the subordinate's idea, not the general's instigation.

Those common people said what I ordered them to say, so please show mercy to your majesty and jointly punish me."

"General Shi Lang, if General Zhihu said this, I wouldn't say anything. After all, he is not a royal soldier, but you are an officer of the Royal Army and the commander of His Majesty's Royal Army Second Regiment.

Do you know what responsibility means?

Do you know what His Majesty's Royal Army is most taboo about?

Think about it carefully, I don’t want to think that I heard something like this, so I’ll just pretend I didn’t hear it this time.”

After hearing what Shi Lang said, Chen Ye replied meaningfully to Shi Lang. Shi Lang's hair suddenly stood up and he joined hands with Chen Ye and bowed.

"Thanks to the Imperial Master for his teachings, I don't dare to do it anymore. I am your Majesty's officer, so naturally I will serve your Majesty wholeheartedly."

"Well, it's okay."

Chen Ye walked to the door and knocked on the door.

"Your Majesty, it's me."

"Shopkeeper, come in."

When Chen Ye walked into the room, he saw Zheng Zhilong kneeling on the ground and clasping his fists towards Chongzhen. A knife was well placed in front of him, which looked very eye-catching. He simply squatted down and faced Zheng Zhilong directly.

"General Zheng, do you know where you went wrong this time?"

"Return to your majesty, shopkeeper.

Your Majesty's mistake is that you should not bribe the people and prevent His Majesty from hearing the truth. This is deceiving Your Majesty. Your Majesty is aware of his mistake."

Zheng Zhilong looked at Chen Ye's question and said quickly. Chen Ye nodded slightly in approval, stood up and faced Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty, General Zheng called people here just to show you the people of Fujian. Although some unnecessary arrangements were made, the starting point was good.

I believe General Zheng already knows this. If you don’t like this kind of showmanship, just forget it this time and punish him severely next time.”

"Hmph, get up, why don't you thank the Imperial Guard? If the Imperial Guard hadn't begged you today, I would have given up your official position and asked you to go to the camp and start as a non-commissioned officer."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness, and thank you, Imperial Master, for interceding on behalf of Zheng.

Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I promise that I will not engage in these things again in the future, and I will ensure that Your Majesty can see the most realistic Royal Army."

After Zheng Zhilong thanked Chongzhen on his knees, he stood up and bowed to Chen Ye with his hands clasped together, and finally began to promise that he really didn't expect what happened today to turn out like this?

Originally, he saw the change in Chongzhen's eyes and didn't say anything to him later, thinking that he had escaped a disaster. Unexpectedly, he kept it in private to teach him a lesson, but in this way, he no longer had any resentment in his heart.

In front of the people below, his face is still there, but in this small room, no matter how embarrassed he is, it doesn't matter.

"Okay, let me bring some tea in. After talking for a long time, my mouth is parched."

"Yes, yes, I will give you the orders right now."

Zheng Zhilong finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chen Ye picking up the knife from the ground. His heart began to beat loudly. He watched with his own eyes as the knife was handed to Chongzhen. Then, the knife disappeared in Chongzhen's hand.

After Zheng Zhilong walked out of the room, he was sweating heavily on his head. He happened to see the two people outside who were restless and getting up repeatedly, and he felt a sense of weakness and joy of surviving the disaster.

Fortunately, he didn't have a bad reaction to Chongzhen's scolding just now, otherwise...

Think about the indestructible and infinite power of the Imperial Preceptor. Chongzhen has the same ability to collect items as the Imperial Preceptor. How can it be different?

Even Zheng Zhilong's mind was spinning, and he had already thought about whether the imperial master was the emperor's clone, and whether the emperor was a god, just like in the novel written by Wu Cheng'en, where the Tao Lord transformed the three pure beings into a national master.

"Immediately order people to prepare tea, and then summon all regiment-level officers and naval officers to come over for a meeting. Your Majesty is going to give orders."

"Ah? Okay, big brother."

"Yes, General."

Zheng Zhilong looked at the upright Shi Lang with some strangeness. Is this guy mentally ill? But thinking that Chongzhen was inside, it was understandable that he was suddenly so formal and should behave in front of the emperor.

While Zheng Zhilong was busy convening the generals to attend the meeting, the merchant ship Tang Ruowang was traveling to the east just arrived at the dock at Relanjia.

On the deck of the bow of his merchant ship, there is an object that he just got this morning. Tang Ruowang specially nailed a circle of wooden boards to prevent the crew from touching the thing inside with a bunch of antennas.

During this period of time, Tang Ruowang went back and forth between Relanjia City and Anhai Town three times, helping people from the Dongfan Governor's Mansion and merchant houses, contacting Zheng Zhilong, and successfully persuading Zheng Zhilong to cooperate with them and deceive Chongzhen into fighting a fake war.

After disembarking, Tang Ruowang, who had not been here for a few days, found that the entire dock was still in full swing, with no impact from the impending war. People were even talking about how cerebral palsy the Ming Emperor was.

Except for the fact that the Han people who usually work on the shore are replaced by Dongfan natives and some Indian slaves, the whole dock is still full of people coming and going. This is normal. The war is coming, and the Han people are likely to steal ships to pass on information.

"Mr. John Adam, you are finally here. Come with me quickly. Governor Meyer wants to see you."

"Governor Miles is back today?"

Tang Ruowang looked a little surprised. Governor Miles was the seventh governor of the East India Company, and he and Charles, the deputy governor of the merchant house, were uncles and nephews.

"Governor Maier came back the day before yesterday. If you don't come again, he will invite you tomorrow.

He ordered that if you come back in the past two days, you must be taken there immediately. Now follow me to the Governor's Mansion."

"Okay, I'll go over now."

After Tang Ruowang nodded, he ordered the first mate who followed him to handle the goods on the ship, and then followed the guards on the shore to the Governor's Mansion.

"John Adam, nice to meet you."

"Oh my God, it's a pleasure to meet you, my dear Mr. Governor."

In the Governor's Mansion, Maier looked at Tang Ruowang very seriously. Next to him, Charles was sitting and smoking, and he also said hello to Tang Ruowang.

After chatting with each other for a few words, Maier, who already knew the whole story, directly explained his problem without any nonsense questions.

"John Adam, there are only two days until September, and the final date promulgated by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has arrived.

We have agreed with Zheng Zhilong that the day after tomorrow is also the time for him to officially attack Relanze. When you came over, how many ships did Zheng Zhilong prepare this time?"

"I don't know how many ships Zheng Zhilong has prepared. Zheng Zhilong didn't tell me this.

Moreover, I travel between the two places. In fact, if I ask, it is impossible to tell me. According to my estimate, there are about a hundred ships.

But didn’t everyone agree to act? He just came out and asked us to sink a few ships, and then ran away in confusion."

Listening to Tang Ruowang's words, Maier fell into deep thought. The news about Tang Ruowang was as good as not being told.

Although when he came back, he learned that Charles had given Zheng Zhilong a deposit of 10,000 taels, and a full thousand pounds of spices, and they had agreed to a "bloody battle" with each other.

But in fact, they did not believe Zheng Zhilong, and they even planned to fake it and destroy the Zheng family navy.

It's just that two months ago, the Zheng family was suddenly awarded the title of naval admiral, and then the entire sea area was blocked. From then on, Relanze could no longer obtain information about the navy in Quanzhou waters.

There is no way to get Zheng Zhilong's specific preparation status. Is he really slacking off in acting, or is he trying to save others by himself? Doesn't Zheng Zhilong not want to fake it and do it for real? They can't gamble and must take it seriously.

"When you came here, were the Zheng family's navy training? How are the Zheng family's navy doing?"

"Oh, speaking of this, the navy is indeed training, and it started after I came here.

There is also a troop that belongs directly to the emperor. As I said, they did not train together, and the camp was never shown to us. We don’t know whether they were dispatched.

Then there are the Zheng family’s sailors, they don’t know about fighting yet, I guess Nicholas Zheng doesn’t intend to fight.”

Tang Ruowang told everything truthfully. The news would be bribed just like the crew he came to tell. In fact, the only ones who knew about the attack on the Netherlands were the Royal Navy, but they were training in a closed manner and could not spread the news.

The ironclad ship was also equipped with wooden planks for camouflage, so it could not be seen from a distance. This made the entire Dongfan unaware that the navy already had an ironclad ship.

"Don't even know?"

"Maier, can I believe Nicholas Zheng? That guy is not merciless at all when he takes money."

When Mel heard what Charles said, he took a drag on his cigarette.

"But as far as I know, after the Zheng family was granted the title of general two months ago, they have closed all routes to the sea.

Now in the entire Daming Sea, except for the merchant ships of the Zheng family, other merchant ships can entrust the Zheng family to sell goods on behalf of the merchants. The ban will not be lifted until October.

The ban was lifted in October, but the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty asked us to leave in September. Nicholas Zheng's trip to Japan this time also lacked half of the fleet. There must be something wrong here."

"Maier, you are too nervous. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty asked Nicholas to ban the sea. It was too late for him to be happy. Of course, he wanted to ban the sea and make money hard. The captain just wanted to pull more.

Besides, even if there is a problem, Nicholas Zheng can't beat us. He bought his ships from us, how can he beat us?"

Charles has nothing to worry about. In his opinion, the Netherlands has strong ships and powerful guns. How can Zheng Zhilong, a pirate who has just made his fortune less than ten years ago, compare to Europe's hundreds of years of accumulation?

"Maybe you are right, but we also need to assemble the warships and prepare for defense. Depending on the situation, we should prepare to defend or directly fight.

Mr. John, we still need to go to the parliament hall to discuss the specific details with the members, so you can join us."

"Mr. Governor, I am an official of the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this bad?"
To be continued...