Chapter 24                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             �

The Ming Dynasty was at least a country in the Celestial Empire. In the traditional atmosphere of East Asia, there were younger brothers who were willing to bring their own dry food, such as Ryukyu. The Ming Dynasty's system was much more sound than Japan, at least the Ming Dynasty had the Jinyiwei.

Although Zhou Mengchen complained infinitely about the intelligence capabilities of the Ming Jinyiwei. But the fact is that at the same time, most countries did not have national-level intelligence networks. It is one thing to be easy to use or not. Whether it is another thing to be true.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi thought Ningbo was the most prosperous city in the Ming Dynasty. He wanted to live in Ningbo after conquering the Ming Dynasty. From this passage, Japan's intelligence capabilities can be seen.

Therefore, most Japanese parties feel that the Ming Dynasty's maritime power has not changed much. It is impossible to change too much. As for the land power, they don't think there is anything too great. They admit that Zhou Mengchen is a powerful character. They think that Wang Zhi's defeat was defeated by Zhou Mengchen, not as strong as his strength.

After all, the scene where the Guard Army was about to collapse at once gave a deep impression on the Japanese pirates and became their stereotyped influence on the Ming army. Even Toyotomi Hideyoshi wanted to conquer the Ming Dynasty, it might not have been influenced by this stereotype.

Most Japanese pirates didn't think that the last failure was a big deal. Moreover, there were too many wandering samurai in Japan. These people were not Daming's direct descendants, or even social instability factors. Sending these people to the Ming Dynasty would be fine if they died, and they could create value even if they were not dead. Therefore, they all pretended as many people as possible in terms of limited carrying capacity.

In this way, the living space of these Japanese people on the sea can be imagined.

The shortest path can only be used, which is what I said before. The distance from Nagasaki to Zhoushan can be reached in just a few days. It also reduces casualties.

Moreover, it is very difficult to intercept at sea. Therefore, they did not expect the Ming army to intercept at sea. So they walked with confidence and boldness.

Zhou Mengchen couldn't have thought that they were so arrogant and wouldn't know that they chose this path to save trouble.

Sometimes, it is easy for masters to misjudgment against low players to fight. It is like the Chinese side’s preparation in the China-India counterattack, just like Zhou Mengchen’s preparation today.

They had never thought about hiding whereabouts. Just as Zhou Mengchen and Yu Dayou were waiting anxiously, they were moving smoothly on the sea.

There is no formation for more than a hundred ships.

But the drip was very deep and there were a lot of people on the deck.

The sea conditions have been good in recent days, and the waves are calm. Most of the Japanese pirates have come to the deck to breathe. The navigation conditions in this era are really too poor. Countless people are crowded in the cabin, and there is no need to mention the various smells. It is impossible to take a bath.

So whenever you have time, everyone in the cabin will come out.

However, not everyone is qualified to let go.

After all, the space on the deck is very limited. Generally, the leaders of the middle and lower levels can be found. Because the leaders of the real upper levels have separate cabins, although the area is not large.

At this moment, two Japanese samurai were leaning on the deck, holding their samurai swords that they never left, and talking in Japanese.

One said, "Why are you here?"

"What's the solution?" said the other one: "The Maori family is no longer able to do it. I am now a dead person in the Maori family."

"Dead?" asked the first person, "What did you do?"

"I did nothing." Another said: "I just wanted to live. The Maori family is not worth my life. If they knew I was still alive, my family would----" He said that.

"Who isn't?" said the first person: "This damn world."

The two of them took out two pitiful small wine pots from their arms, took a sip, and seemed to taste the taste of the wine, which made them very intoxicated. After all, the most valuable person in the down-and-out warrior who lost his master's family was the knife. That was also the guy who was eating. He had nothing but a knife. He didn't have the qualifications to get drunk.

Just by using the smell of wine, I pretend to let myself get drunk.

But at this moment, they suddenly saw something in the distance, a ship. They said, "Have we arrived in China? Have we arrived at the place where we made a fortune?"

After seeing the Chinese ships, countless people were excited. They were all people who came to China to seek wealth with swords. At this moment, when they saw the Chinese ships, they prayed to God Amaterasu to protect them and have a good start in China.

But I don't know, when they are extremely excited.

They were also extremely excited when they saw the people on the ship. Yu Dayou never relaxed in training Deng Zhong. Now Deng Zhong is already the captain of a ship. Although this ship only has twenty artillery guns, it is a special warship after all.

Deng Zhong was also very satisfied.

Therefore, he patrolled the sea day and night, hoping to find the Japanese fleet and make the first contribution to this battle.

Now that the Japanese finally hit Deng Zhong’s hand, how could Deng Zhong be unhappy? He immediately said, “Relax the wolf smoke.”

The transmission of information on the sea is still so simple, even simple. When a wolf smoke was lit in advance, a pillar of smoke soared into the sky. It can be seen within dozens of miles.

After seeing the ships around, they must also rush to the place where the wolf smoke is, and also ignite the wolf smoke immediately to notify the main fleet behind them.

After doing all this, it is logical that just keeping a distance honestly and not letting the other party escape from his sight is a great achievement. However, Deng Zhong saw that the Japanese pirates turned the bow of the ship and rushed towards them.

For a moment, I felt itchy and said to the people around me: "Why don't you have a vote?"

Several of the people around Deng Zhong were old men around Deng Cheng. After Deng Cheng died, they followed Deng Zhong. They had always known that the second young master was very brave. They hurriedly advised: "Sir, you must not. Their ships are at least more than 100, and we only have one ship. It will take time for other ships to come."

Deng Zhong said: "Otherwise, although they have many ships, they are all small boats. Although my ship is not big, they are warships."

Deng Zhong said that the boat opposite was a real thing. Because after Zhou Mengchen released the sea ban, there were a large number of four-masted ships and five-masted ships. There were no six-masted ships yet. On the one hand, there were technical problems, and on the other hand, everyone had people of color. Although the sea ban was released, everyone should have eyesight. The largest ship in the court was just a five-masted ship. What did you want to do to build a six-masted ship?

Besides, the bigger the ship, the better. Some merchants who run closer are even using three-masted ships.

But overall, these old Wang Zhi's subordinates and various pirates were completely behind. Their ships were all three-massed. After all, in the era of sea ban, no one dared to build ships above three-massed.

Of course, Deng Zhong's ship is not big, it belongs to the ranks of three-masted ships. The reason is very simple. These ships sent for search will not be big. The real main force, that is, the forty No. 1 lucky ships are all ready to go. They are the power to prepare for a final decision.

However, Deng Zhong was very confident in his ship.

After all, Zhou Mengchen spent a lot of money on the warships, and there would be no difference between the size of the warships. The best hardwoods were even nailed with iron sheets in some key places. Because of the sea salt problem, these iron sheets were simply consumables. They had to be replaced several times a year. However, after the establishment of Shuozhou Supervisory, the price of iron in the Ming Dynasty was always lower. After the Shanxi merchants entered Shuozhou in large numbers, they rushed to reduce the price of iron to bargain. In the south, only Foshan Town was struggling to support them, including Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Southwest, and overseas markets. As Zhou Mengchen entered the southeast, Foshan Town, the market in the southeast was also lost.

In short, although some people think about anti-rust, more people like it. They nail it before the war and throw it away after use. Anyway, you don’t have much money. Moreover, although these iron plates are rusted, they can still be used for many people. After selling them at a discount, they can still get a little extra money.

This alone can tell how high the quality and majestic the East China Sea Navy ships are.
Chapter completed!