Chapter 77                                                             �

Zhu Qizhen, Wang Ying and the prince finalized the plan for the southern expedition, and the army marched in two southward expeditions, one was the Western Army, that is, along the coastline of Jiaozhi Province, heading south to Malacca and joining the Donglu Army. The other was from Quanzhou to Yizhou, passing through Luzon, Sulu, and Boni. After the two armies of Malacca merged, they then advanced eastward to Java and attacked Tamme.

However, calculating the time, the real army will be dispatched until next year, October of the 44th year of Zhengtong.

This is not because of anything else, but because of the Southeast Asian monsoon.

Anyone who has studied geography knows that in Southeast Asia, there is a southwest wind in summer and a northeast wind in winter. And there are frequent storms in summer.

This is one of the reasons why Zhang Mao kept his troops and had to wait for a while.

Because the world's army is dispatched, it has to face the danger of storms and also faces the headwind.

Although China's hard sails are said to be good at winding around, it is still difficult to sail in the face of headwinds.

If the army is ready now, winter will soon begin. It will be a good time, but since it is necessary to make a big move, the preparation time will be long, and envoys will be sent to inform the countries in Southeast Asia. It will also take time.

This will take one year.

After all, what is the biggest risk of naval warfare?

Not the enemy.

But God.

If the Spanish Invincible Armada had not encountered several storms on its way to attack Britain and became a tired army, it would be hard to say who would win and who would lose.

The prince and Wang Ying went south separately, went to Guangzhou and Quanzhou to join the various departments to rectify ships, and even some ships were to be built. Fortunately, the shipbuilding industry had long become popular after so many years of the Ming Dynasty.

The shipbuilding center in the north is naturally in Tianjin, while the shipbuilding center in the south is in Yizhou.

That's right, it's Taiwan.

The reason is very simple.

There is wood in Yizhou.

There are still big wood in the deep mountains of Fujian, but in the deep mountains, the wood that is easy to cut down has long been cut down. But Yizhou is different. There are too many big woods.

Even the first thing that Fujian people do when they arrive in Yizhou is to cut down wood. Otherwise, it would be impossible to open up land and farm.

As a result, a large amount of low-cost wood was not only suitable for local use in Yizhou, but also attracted many merchants. At the beginning, some merchants transported the wood from Yizhou to Fujian to build ships.

But they soon found that it was not cost-effective to do so.

Not to mention the transportation issue, but customs will collect taxes.

Although they did not go to sea to trade, there was no way. If they were to let go, a large number of merchants would say that they would go to Yizhou and then go out of sea to know where they went.

So they brought the shipmaker to Yizhou. The shipbuilding industry in Yizhou developed.

Although it could not replace the shipbuilding industry along Fujian's coast for a while, its development was still very obvious.

Moreover, this time the army went south, and the prince had nearly 200,000 troops under his command. Although they would not call them all, the total strength of the two routes was probably more than 100,000.

The transportation of personnel and food and supplies require a large number of ships.

Of course, it is not insufficient to recruit civilian ships, but there is still one year before the date of departure, Wang Ying decided to build a ship. As long as there is a lot of dry wood, the shipbuilding speed is not too slow.

After the prince arrived in Guangdong, he first negotiated with Bai Ang.

Zhu Qizhen asked the prince to support the Eastern Army among the four provinces under the leadership of the prince, and the prince did not have to worry about it. Jiaozhi was the prince's nest, so it was naturally not to mention it.

Guangxi is a poor place and can produce some soldiers. Moreover, some generals in Guangxi participated in the Battle of Annan. Although many years have passed, their combat effectiveness is still good.

Probably it can be used a little.

The rest are useless at all. The only place that can really help is Guangdong.

Guangdong is the richest among these four provinces. It can be said that 50% of all the manpower and material resources of Nanzheng will be departed from Guangdong.

And the prince understands it very well.

Although he could control the four provinces, he knew very well that all he could do was control. It was impossible to truly control it, and it could only be done through Bai Ang.

Bai Ang was a capable minister. After all, the governor of the Ming Dynasty was not permanent. It can be said that it was established according to the matter and was dismissed after the matter was completed. Only the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the Governor of the Western Regions were almost permanent.

Guangdong is too far from Beijing, and it also needs to control Nanyang. Many things require a general manager.

It is the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Naturally, Bai Ang would not force the prince. The two sides discussed it very happily. There was an agreement on many things, and then dozens of envoys went south to inform the countries and ordered the countries to send troops to help the Celestial Empire fight against the rebellion.

However, the envoys who went to various countries have not arrived yet.

Tammu Sultan Ladenbada has received the news.

After the envoy he sent was rejected by Zhu Qizhen, he quickly went south and returned to Tammu regardless of everything, bringing the news to Tammu Sultan Laden-Badar

As mentioned earlier, Ladenbada was a mixed-race child, and now he is in his prime. If you only look at Laden's appearance, ignore his white robe and the scarf rolled on his head. It would be impossible to say that he is a Han Chinese.

I just suspect that this person's skin has become slightly darker. This is even more so when I change into Hanfu.

However, his clothes confirmed his identity.

When he was a teenager, he stayed in the old port for quite some time and was originally a devout Hui Muslim.

The old port was originally a center for the spread of Hui and Hui religion, and it was only after Shi Chang'an took back the old port that the power of the Han people changed slightly.

But the situation in the old port has always been very complicated.

After Lu Yong arrived at the old port, he made great contributions to the spread of Confucian culture to Nanyang. While giving Shi Chang'an strong support, he also further complicated the situation in the old port.

Because of his blood in Manzhe Boyi's royal family, Ladenbada immediately returned to the east. With the help of Hui merchants, he became the Lord of Danmu, although he began a long war with Manzhe Boyi.

In his heyday, Manzhe Boyi was a giant who dared to compete with the Yuan Dynasty and had a territory that surpassed later Indonesia. Manzhe Boyi divided the entire country into eight regions, namely Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, islands east of Java, Malay Peninsula, Sulawesi, Maluku Island, and Babu Island. Among them, Old Port, Manzhe Ka, and other countries were all under the jurisdiction of Manzhe Boyi.

The previous overlord of the South China Sea, Sanfoqi, was killed by Manzhe Boyi. The center of the South China Sea was transferred from Sumatra to Java Island.

And the old port is the old land of the Three Buddhas.

However, when the Ming Dynasty rose, Manzhe Boyi had already passed his heyday. When Zheng He went to the West, he encountered Manzhe Boyi's civil strife. However, it was recorded that the two kings of the East and West had a battle for the crown.

Even Mantaga is an opportunity for the Malacca Kingdom to be independent of Mantabayi, which is Zheng He's fleet.

Now, the decline of Boyi has become more obvious.

Not to mention the eight regions that were in full swing, just the local Java Island is not completely under the rule of Manzhe Boyi.

As mentioned earlier, the rule of these Southeast Asian countries over their territory has never been a prefecture, but is similar to the model of enfeoffment of princes.

And Manzhe Boyi is such a typical example.

The Manzhe Boyi royal family relied on their own strength and marriage with local nobles to maintain the national situation. But this model is a false fire.

When the strength of the Manzhe Boyi royal family was not enough to maintain, the tide was particularly fast.

This is also the reason why Ladenbada had the blood of the Manzhe Boyi royal family. Before that, he did not emerge from the stones of the Tamura Kingdom, but also a branch of the Manzhe Boyi royal family.

But Manzhe Boyi has always believed in Hinduism. But Danmu's branch should still believe in Huihua.

This radical change also made it impossible for the Amanu Kingdom to inherit the Boyi Kingdom.

This sharp religious contradiction is completely above the bloodline. Of course, they have long since recognized the little bloodline relationship a little years ago.

Not everyone is Chinese, and the Chinese people's recognition of their blood clan is above all countries.

If you talk about the history of the rise of the king in detail, it is epic.

He was forced to go into exile when he was young, and then the king returned to take back his territory and attacked Manzhe Boyi, replacing Manzhe Boyi to become the overlord of the South China Sea.
Chapter completed!