Chapter 32                                                             �

Zhou Mengchen got on Yu Dayou's boat. This was not the first time Zhou Mengchen got on. At this moment, all the civil and military officials in Jiangnan were here.

Zhou Mengchen ordered, "Brother Wang, all the matters in Jiangnan have been handed over to you. If you discuss with Lu Yi, you also know that I, the governor of the six provinces, will not be in Jiangnan all the time. You will have to support this matter in the future."

Wang Zongyuan said, "The officials understand."

Zhou Mengchen turned to Tang Shiying and said, "Old Tang, you need more attention in Zhejiang."

Tang Shiying seemed to have done nothing when he was the governor of Zhejiang, but sometimes, he seemed to have done nothing. But the result was that nothing happened, which shows his ability.

Tang Shiying is old and doesn't like to mess around anymore. However, he has the strongest control over Zhejiang. After all, it is not the first time that Tang Shiying has been a governor, or even the second time that he has become a governor, and he has long been familiar with it. The old man doesn't like to mess around. But he cooperates with many things about Zhou Mengchen unconditionally.

Tang Shiying is the one who can make Zhou Mengchen feel at ease no matter what. It’s a pity that Tang Shiying is old after all, and the term of governor of Zhejiang is not his last term, and it’s almost the same.

This made Zhou Mengchen a little helpless.

Tang Shiying said: "Please rest assured that I am here in Zhejiang, so there will be no problem."

Wang Daokun in Fujian did not come, and Zhou Mengchen did not let him come. He immediately said to Wang Zongmu: "You are in charge of Shanghai, supplying military supplies, and then you will have the logistics."

Wang Zongmu said: "Please rest assured. No matter what happens, the logistics and military supplies will not be interrupted."

After Wang Zongmu traveled to the capital, he could also be regarded as having a registration in front of Jiajing. He has been in charge of sea transportation. In addition to grain, there are other transportations. He has another powerful official fleet in his hand. The sand fleet is a powerful part, not all.

Zhou Mengchen also gave the logistics to Wang Zongmu with confidence.

Zhou Mengchen glanced at everyone and said, "It's not too early, it's time to set off." Then he sent these people off the ship, and under the dispatch of the ship, the ships slowly left Shanghai Port.

Only formations were formed on the Yangtze River.

Zhou Mengchen looked at the white sails in the distance as if they were tilting down from the horizon, and they could not see their heads from afar. He didn't know how huge Zheng He's fleet was. But Zhou Mengchen knew that this fleet must be the largest fleet in the Ming Dynasty except Zheng He's fleet.

There are more than 200 warships, more than 300 transport ships, and more than 100 merchant ships behind. It is spectacular.

After leaving the Yangtze River, the sails were slightly inclined, and moved southeastward under the northwest wind. After a period of time, the sails would be turned around and headed towards the northeast wind for a period of time, and then it would be repeated, heading eastward little by little.

After a few days of sailing, I saw islands of all sizes and Ryukyu in sight.

This section of the route is still easy to take. From Shanghai to Ryukyu, it is almost the eastbound, and you can borrow the northwest wind. From Ryukyu, you will go north. Japan is almost the northbound direction of Ryukyu.

This journey is the most difficult, almost facing the wind. In this way, the direction of this left and right "zhi" shape will be very large. Compared to the time when the wind is smooth, it is simply a crawling. From the absolute distance, it seems that it has already walked halfway to Ryukyu. But experts think that the real difficult journey has just begun.

Therefore, Yu Dayou reported to Zhou Mengchen that he would repair it in Ryukyu for three days before setting off.

After all, Ryukyu is a good place, almost as good as a county in China. There will be supplies that should be available. However, after passing Ryukyu, although some islands can be temporarily docked, the problem is that these islands are almost all desert islands, even if there are some people. The number of people is too small, almost a village, and the materials they produce cannot be supplied to the fleet, and there is almost nothing.

That is, I missed the supply point of Ryukyu.

Only by going all the way to Jeju Island can you get supplies.

Not to mention anything else, but the water must be replenished enough.

Zhou Mengchen agreed.

When he arrived at Ryukyu, the prince of Ryukyu came to greet him immediately. No, the prince of Ryukyu Shangyuan. Now he is no longer the prince of Ryukyu, but the new Zhongshan King of Ryukyu. However, this did not prevent him from being humble to Zhou Mengchen, and almost mobilized the entire Ryukyu people to serve the fleet.

There are not many people in Ryukyu, only hundreds of thousands. Among them, there are not necessarily many young and strong men on the fleet. They accept so many people. Naturally, the whole country needs to be busy.

Shang Yuan followed Zhou Mengchen and invited Zhou Mengchen to take over the Ryukyu Palace, which was also the best room in Ryukyu.

Zhou Mengchen naturally knew that he could not live there. No matter how powerful Ryukyu was, he was a prince named by the Ming Dynasty. Zhou Mengchen lived in the palace, but he was a serious crime and was disrespectful.

Zhou Mengchen only stayed at the Lin family among the thirty-six families in Ryukyu.

Early the next morning, Zhou Mengchen had just finished washing up. He heard from the outside that the king of Shan Shangyuan was already waiting outside.

Zhou Mengchen naturally could not let Shang Yuanjiu wait, so he immediately sent someone to invite him.

Shang Yuan came in. Zhou Mengchen and Shang Yuan would not say anything about the greetings. Shang Yuan said with a little pleasing tone, "Sir, the jade toe is here, and the turtle is shining brightly. I am so grateful to the upper and lower parts of Ryukyu."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Your Majesty, you are polite. This time, the Ryukyu has already given a lot of help to the Heavenly Dynasty."

Shang Yuan said: "It is necessary to serve the Celestial Empire. It is a great honor for the adults to give this opportunity to a small country."

Zhou Mengchen didn't know what Shang Yuan was thinking, so he could only say some polite words. But his eyebrows were already a little impatient. After all, when Zhou Mengchen used it, he wanted to see the situation of the soldiers and how grateful he was to take these boats.

Although, except for the personal soldiers led by Zhou Mengchen, almost all of them are from the south. It seems that in many people's impression, southerners should adapt to ships. However, Zhou Mengchen understood very well that although the southerners saw a lot of water, they may not necessarily go out of the sea.

This also depends on the situation. He must have first-hand information.

Although Qi Jiguang was already in the army at this moment, Zhou Mengchen still felt that he would be at ease only after seeing it with his own eyes.

Shang Yuan also saw this and said what he had always thought, saying: "Your Majesty punishes Japan, and the small country is strongly supporting it. But some things must be made clear. There are not even 100,000 strong men in Ryukyu, and the military command is only 3,000, and it is not withstand the war. Once the Japanese pirates go south, Xiao Wang is worried that if Ryukyu is not defended, then Xiao Wang will die and destroy the country, it will be a small matter. If you miss the great affairs of the Celestial Empire, Xiao Wang will die and die a hundred times."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen smiled bitterly. Is what Shang Yuan said true?

Some things are real. But Zhou Mengchen knew one thing better. First, if Japan was a complete country, the navy might go south and cut off the retreat of the army. However, as long as it reached the near to North Korea and South Korea, it would be enough to support the logistics of the army.

Whether Ryukyu is present or not does not actually affect the army.

Secondly, Ryukyu is weak, but it is not so easy to be captured. The reason is also very simple. Although the coast cannot be said to be too steep in the deep sea of ​​Ryukyu, there are not many places to land. The most important thing is that it is difficult for the surrounding islands to provide large troops to stop, which means that the enemy must come from afar and cannot be repaired and attack immediately.

Where is it that easy these days?

If Ryukyu is really so precarious, why can Ryukyu, a country, exist at sea for so long? It was not until the Ming Dynasty fell and was controlled by Japan?

Zhou Mengchen said: "Zhongshan King has something to say."

Shang Yuan said: "Xiao Wang begs you to keep a soldier, even if it is only a few hundred, to borrow the reputation of the Celestial Empire and protect the peace of Ryukyu. This is something that the small country is thinking about day and night and is eagerly looking forward to."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen said in his heart: "I can find it without any effort when I get it."

As an important node on the sea, Zhou Mengchen wanted to control the troops a long time ago. At this moment, he suddenly sent it to the edge, and Zhou Mengchen felt embarrassed. Just as he was about to agree, he secretly said, "Take a slow down, maybe there is a better way."
Chapter completed!