Yang Rong pulled Zhu Zhi aside and whispered: "Your Highness, do you really want Salini to be the admiral of the Liaodong Navy?"

Zhu Zhi said: "Yes, I promised him at the beginning."

Yang Rong said: "I'm just afraid that the emperor may not hand over such an important position to a Seminary."

Zhu Zhi thought, Yang Rong was also worried. The Ming Navy was weak. If he established a powerful navy, Zhu Yuanzhang would not be assured to let non-my race take charge. Zhu Zhi asked, "I didn't expect this at the beginning, what should I do?"

Yang Rong said: "It is better for Your Highness to choose another talent to serve as this position, and he will give him the position of deputy admiral, so that he can pass through the emperor's level."

Zhu Zhi said: "It's just that I promised him at the beginning. Now I regret how I can convince Salini."

Yang Rong said: "Your Highness, you can let a person with a higher position take on this position and explain his difficulties to Salini, and then give him the real power to control it. According to his subordinates' observation, he is also a straightforward man and will definitely not care about this position."

Zhu Zhi said: "Okay, just do what Mianren said."

Of course, at night, Zhu Zhi's subordinates and Salini raised dozens of bonfires on the beach to celebrate the victory. Zhu Zhi ordered soldiers to bring more than a dozen cattle and sheep from the city and dozens of knives to reward the "pirates". Salini also ordered his subordinates to get into the sea to get a lot of sea goods, such as sea cucumbers, abalone, scallops, lobsters, and Zhu Zhi also experienced the first seafood addiction after returning to the Ming Dynasty. Although they were all roasted in the bonfire, the natural taste was delicious.

Under Chu Zhi's leadership, the officers under Zhu Zhi frequently toasted Zhu Zhi for winning a great victory against the Japanese pirates as soon as he arrived in Liaodong. Zhu Zhi had a huge number of people, but he still refused everyone. He raised the wine bowl and said, "Today's small victory is, first, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty fight bravely, and second, General Sa wins at sea. I just stand on a high place to watch the battle and dare not take away everyone's contributions. I will toast the brothers who died first." As he said that, he poured the wine to the ground, and everyone poured the wine to pay tribute to the sacrificed warriors.

Zhu Zhi poured another bowl and said, "Brothers, today's battle is just the first victory against the Japanese pirates. The road is still long in the future. I want you and General Sa's navy to work together to achieve one more brilliant victory after another, and to clear the garbage for the country and the people." As he said that, he drank it all. Everyone started to drink. Zhu Zhi had explained to the generals that Salini's navy was important to Liaodong early in the morning, so the generals of the Yulin Guard did not treat the Salini tribe as pirates. Moreover, they cut off the Japanese pirates' retreat in the daytime battle and made great contributions. At least if they were, the Ming army could only watch them go away at most, and could not achieve a complete record of annihilation. So the troops on both sides soon became familiar with the wine glasses, called brothers, and whispered to each other, and mixed together.

After everyone had a drink, they went back to the camp to rest. Zhu Zhi specially recruited Tie Xuan, Yang Rong and Salini into his tent. After everyone sat down, Zhu Zhi, who was still smiling and toasting to his subordinates, had already pulled down his face and said, "Everyone, you have seen the situation today. Although it was a victory, the battle was not very good. Five hundred elite troops in the Beijing Guards could not win over more than one hundred Japanese pirates. If General Sa had not arrived in time, it would be hard to say who would have won the battle. Dingshi, you are in charge of Liaodong military affairs. Tell me, why did this happen?"

Tie Xuan bowed respectfully and said, "Your Highness, in today's battle, our army suffered a loss of insufficient preparation, and the Japanese pirates suddenly attacked. Our army was not prepared for a while, which led to the loss of advancement and retreat; secondly, our army was originally a cavalry, and fighting on the beach, it lost the power of the impact; thirdly, the Japanese pirates did take a lot of advantage, and the Japanese were not afraid of death, which also brought us great trouble. I am not in charge of the command today, so I would like to punish you."

Zhu Zhi said: "I ask you, it's not that I'm holding you accountable, but that when we fight, our army does not have a clear advantage over the Japanese pirates. There are still many days to deal with them in the future. Dingshi should find a way to deal with the Japanese pirates with his subordinates as soon as possible.

Tie Xuan thought for a while and said, "Thank you, Mr. Rong, go down and discuss with the generals and you will definitely find a way to deal with them."

Zhu Zhi said to Salini: "General Sa has dealt with Japanese pirates many times, but I don't know what I know about Japanese pirates?"

Salini said: "The leaders of the Japanese pirates were mostly Han people. Most of them were already rampant on the sea at the end of the previous dynasty. However, since the establishment of this dynasty, they were chased by the government and left the mainland and ran to some islands in the East China Sea to occupy pirates. The largest one was called Wang Rong, with thousands of people and horses, more than 100 ships, and dozens of other large and small ones. They began to buy Japanese weapons in the past decade and hire Japanese ronin warriors. Their combat power increased day by day and began to dare to invade the mainland, burn, kill and loot, and do all kinds of evil. Because they often looted merchant ships on the sea, the merchant ships sailing on the East China Sea have decreased in the past two years, and trade has almost stopped, and merchants have suffered heavy losses. Chen Zixing's family has been driven out of the East China Sea by the Japanese pirates and can only trade in the South China Sea."

Zhu Zhi twisted his eyebrows into a rope and thought, "In the opinion of General Sa, what is the best way to pacify the Japanese?"

Salini said: "As long as a powerful navy is established, Lao Sa is willing to flatten him one by one for His Highness."

Zhu Zhi said, "Well, I don't have that much money to give you now. Liaodong is in trouble now, and everything needs money there, so now we can take a defensive posture against Japanese pirates for the time being. Today, General Sa's sudden arrival of aid gave me some inspiration. Our army is the leader of the cavalry. Can we put the Japanese pirates on the shore and find a flat place to attack the cavalry to severely damage them. Then, on the other hand, we use the navy to destroy their warships, so that they can leave as much as they come, and leave no one else."

Tie Xuan thought about it and said, "In this way, wouldn't it be necessary to arrange a large number of cavalry in the Jinzhou Guard? It's just that our Liaodong military focus has always been on the north and northwest. Once the troops are dispersed, I'm afraid it's too late."

Zhu Zhi sighed in his heart, yes, now he has no money, no soldiers, and cannot attack everywhere. How to allocate troops has to be discussed with a long-term plan, saying: "When this matter is in Liaoyang, we will discuss it with General Ye, but I want to remind everyone that my vitality in Liaodong is on the sea, not on land. One day, the strategic center will inevitably move south. Everyone here is a loyal minister, and I will ask everyone to find a way for the Liaodong affairs."

Zhu Zhi paused and said, "What we just said is the first step to deal with the Japanese pirates. We are now building a naval division to deal with the Japanese pirates. At the beginning, the power may be weaker, so we need to cooperate with the Japanese pirates. The second step is that after our navy is strong, we will turn to defense to offense, and go to the sea to find the nests of these Japanese pirates and give an annihilation blow. Remember, defense cannot solve the problem, and only attack can achieve the final victory."

Everyone stood up and saluted and replied: "Your Highness will definitely do his best to do his best." Zhu Zhi ordered Tiexuan and Yang Rong to go back and rest first, and he and Salini continued to discuss.

Zhu Zhi said: "General Sa, how much does it cost to build a warship that I studied with me last time? "

Salini replied: "Liaodong originally produces wood for shipbuilding, which can reduce a lot of transportation costs. In this way, a ship like this will cost about 30,000 taels of silver."

Zhu Zhi said: "Okay, I will allocate you 100,000 taels of silver, and there are 100 boatmen. You will start building ships here immediately, and you will recruit all personnel on your own. If you need it, please contact Guo Ming, Dian Bao of the royal palace, and I will entrust him to fully support your errand. Next spring, I will attend the launch ceremony of the new ship."

Salini said: "No problem. As long as there is money and people, the ship can be built. And my subordinates also have several experts in shipbuilding. But even if the ship is built, it is necessary to establish a navy. This navy is not a day's work. Without a year, it is impossible to train skilled sailors and navy troops."

Zhu Zhi said: "This is easier. I will immediately assign a thousand people from the Jinzhou Guard to you. You can use it to form a navy army. But there is one thing to discuss with General Sa."

Salini said, "Please give me orders."

Zhu Zhi said: "This fact is difficult to speak of, and I am afraid I will break my promise."

Salini smiled and said, "Your Highness, please tell me that as long as you can let Old Sa fight the Japanese pirates, you can endure it anyway."

Zhu Zhi said, "Since that's the case, I'll just say it bluntly. Among the civil and military officials of this dynasty, there are no Semi people who serve as an official position, so I'm afraid that you will encounter difficulties when asking you to be the admiral of the navy. I think it's better to be a deputy first. I'll consider letting the chief officer serve as the chief officer first. Of course, he is just a nominal admiral, and he usually follows me in Guangning, and you are still fully responsible for the specific naval affairs. I don't know what to do with such arrangements?"

Salini laughed and said, "Why is this? Your Highness doesn't need to be too careful. Old Sa is not a person who wants to be powerful. Old Sa wants to repay His Highness's grace for his gratitude, so how could he care about the difference in this word? Please rest assured that Old Sa will do his best to build a powerful naval army for Your Highness."

Zhu Zhi was very happy that Salini was so generous, so he grabbed his hands and held them tightly and said, "It's rare that Old Sa is open-minded, and everything will be left to you." Salini felt quite flattered, and even more strange, how did Zhu Zhi know how to shake hands etiquette.

The next morning, Zhu Zhi and everyone returned to the city and ordered the Korean soldiers to allocate a thousand people from the guards to Salini, plus his 300 men and four lucky ships captured. The navy had already had seven warships, and even the basic strength of the Liaodong Navy was established. The one hundred shipbuilders and two hundred shipmen were also left to Salini. He and his men began to build ship platoons and docks on the landing.
Chapter completed!