the next day.

His Majesty the Emperor is still in Zhoushan.

In fact, he has to stay here for a while.

This army of kings is very important to him. It not only strengthens security in Zhejiang, but also brings him military strength independent of the group of Jiangsu Song, Zhejiang.

With the establishment of the Hangzhou Pan'an imperial court, the internal struggle for power and profit had begun when the Red Turban Army had never attacked.

The emperor and the court have to use money. The provinces have to allocate the share of this money. Moreover, the military expenditure of the royal army is borne by the court. This is another huge expense. In addition, there is a reward for the Duke of Qian. People are always loyal to the court and cannot express anything at all. As for the contact with Duke of Qian, this is also very simple. At present, the shipping of the Yangtze River is smooth.

Previously, Yang Feng had already signed the Treaty on Free Navigation of the Yangtze River with Hongguangchao...

That's the name.

Under no circumstances are all allowed to block the Yangtze River shipping in any form.

It is impossible to even inspect merchant ships that depart from the other side except warships, regardless of what these merchant ships are transporting.

Even arms cannot be stopped.

This is also the reason why the Yangtze River commerce is extremely prosperous even though the south is currently divided.

Sulfur from overseas is passing through the Red Turban Army to the Hongguang Dynasty, and the salt from Sichuan is also passing through the Hongguang Dynasty to Nanjing. Copper and tin from Yunnan are spread all over the country. Arms made in Zhejiang, arms made in Hubei, arms made in Nanjing are free to compete in all markets, cannons, plate armor, and self-generated muskets.

After all, everyone likes free trade.

The reward to Duke Qian was to be transported to Xuzhou by private merchants and then received there by Duke Qian.

He is even no longer the Duke of Qian.

But the Prince of Qianning.

After all, His Majesty the Emperor had already granted Yang Feng the title of Liaodong Prince, and now he has not deprived Yang Feng of the title. The Liaodong Prince is dead. What happened in Nanjing was some mutiny in the Beijing camp. They expelled the emperor and held the princess to engage in mutiny. As for Yang Feng in the capital, it was fake, and it was a substitute for the chaos in the capital. But it was true that the prince murdered the Liaodong Prince, so His Majesty the Emperor had deposed the prince. Because he could not go back, he asked the Holy Mother Empress Dowager to supervise the country and take care of the deposed prince.

But now everyone already understands that Yang Feng is still alive, so His Majesty the Emperor cannot be inferior to Yang Feng's loyal ministers.

Duke of Qian was promoted to the title of Prince of Qianning.

It's his ancestor.

It’s just that Mu Ying was posthumously conferred after her death, and now Mu Changzuo is directly conferred alive.

Because of his contribution to resolving the Korean War, Li Chengliang also became the title of Prince of Lelang and posthumously conferred the title of the dead Duke of Han Li Rusong.

His son inherited it.

In this way, the Li family had a prince and a duke.

You Jixian, Dong Yiyuan, Yang Yuan, and Zhang Shijue were awarded the title of marquis, Du Tong, who was attacked by Ma Gui, was awarded the title of marquis, his son Du Wenhuanjian and others inherited the title of marquis, and Du Song was awarded the title of marquis, so that he could win over these warlords who were of value, not ask them to go to war with Yang Feng, but ask them to be neutral. His Majesty the Emperor himself could only play checks and balances here, using the Fujian and Guangdong Group to check and balance the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Group, win over Liang Yunlong's army of kings, and let them help them deter the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Group.

So he not only did not prepare to return to Hangzhou for a short time, but also wanted to build a palace in Zhoushan.

In fact, if it wasn't too exaggerated, he would think Zhoushan is more suitable for his career than Hangzhou.

real.

This place is much better than Hangzhou.

Running away in Hangzhou still has to watch the tides, and you can't take a big boat...

Hangzhou is actually not a harbor. Even during the Southern Song Dynasty, due to the complex sea conditions at the Qiantang River estuary, only some sea ships passed by. Most of the sea ships were still in Mingzhou, and by the Ming Dynasty, they almost completely became river ports. His Majesty's six dragon boats were all centipede ships that were not as big as gunboats, but they were different in Zhoushan. They were not only completely immune to land attacks, but they could also board a giant ship and retreat directly to Fuzhou or even Guangzhou at any time.

However, he showed his priestly wise character in Zhoushan, and did not know that Yang Feng had already boarded the Zhejiang Navy's Ship.

Zhenhai.

This is a giant warship that is eighteen feet long.

Of course, there is a rumor among the people that thirty feet away. These days, the data likes to infuse water, which is similar to a single shot of erosion for dozens of miles.

This horizontal ship has five masts and still uses hard sails. There are six 3,000 kilograms of red-brand cannons on the front and back of the deck. There are also some Fran aircraft for close defense. The real main gun is on the two layers of artillery decks below. The largest one is 5,000 kilograms of red-brand cannons, two layers of eight 5,000 kilograms of red-brand cannons, and thirty-four 3,000 kilograms of red-brand cannons. These forty-eight red-brand cannons form a powerful firepower projection, and the wooden boards on both sides of the hull are one foot thick. Although it is not oak, it is also the best camphor wood for shipbuilding in this area.

This means that it is also expensive.

However, it is still much cheaper than Guangdong, which uses titanium wood, which is actually a large part of the latter is imported from Vietnam.

Yang Dashuai stood on the deck and looked at the giant ship with some emotion.

This is a real Eastern battleship!

"What are you looking at? You can't work quickly!"

There was a angrily shout from behind.

Then an officer came over with a whip, raised it and was about to whip him. A sailor next to him quickly stopped him and whispered a few words in his ear.

"He Qianhu sent it? He Qianhu sent it also has to abide by the rules. When you arrive on this boat, you have to be obedient. If you violate military laws, you will be beheaded!"

The officer shouted.

But he turned around and left with a whip.

"Thank you, brother."

Yang Feng said.

"You're welcome, my brother's accent is not as good as Zhejiang, and it sounds like the Nandu area."

The man said.

Yang Feng must have to learn Wu dialect, but this thing cannot be learned from the essence of the local language, especially Ningbo dialect, which is even more difficult. Locals know that it is the foundation of Jianghuai Mandarin when they hear it. However, it is not rare in Zhoushan. This is a trading port. It is originally gathered around the world, and even Thai and Western languages ​​are not rare. There are also a large number of exiled gentry in the Jianghuai Mandarin area, and most of them have this flavor.

At this time, Yang Hu and the two of them came over, and the latter asked Yang Feng to go with them.

Yang Feng and the man farewell, and then followed them to the cabin...

"Yang, Yang, Lao Chen has already said it, everything will be followed by you."

One of them whispered.

OK, that's also an insider.

In fact, both the Zhejiang Navy and the Wusong Navy have a large number of internal supporters of the Red Turban Army. Yang Feng has long been thinking about these two fleets and has been in the process of laying out since their establishment.

But they actually don't know Yang Feng's identity.

At this time, the Red Turban Army was already a huge group with a population of 30 million. Not to mention that there were not many people who knew Yang Dashen, he had even made up his face and had changed his skin. Now, unless those who were really familiar with him could not recognize him, they had met him once or twice. The same was true for these two people. They only knew that this was a superior sent by Nanjing, who wanted to take them here to carry out a big operation and a real uprising. Once successful, they would no longer have to be undercover.

"How many comrades have you developed?"

Yang Feng said.

"Half-ship is all."

Another said proudly.

"so much?"

Yang Feng was also a little shocked.

"Comrade Yang, you probably don't know what these sailors are from.

Unless there are some power or recommended by the elders, the Zhejiang Navy only recruits the three prefectures of Ningbo, Shaoxing and Taizhou. Most of the recommended ones are small officials, even many clans of the elders, or the children of the gentry who fled here. But most of the soldiers below are the poor people in the Ningshaotai area, especially the previous military households, fishermen, coastal stove households, and the total number of the Zhenhai Huo is more than 600 sailors, at least 400 of whom are from this origin.

The rest were the officers and their own confidants.

But they are different from the lower-level sailors. They just bully the sailors for the officers. These officers come to be officials to make money. When the war is in a war, the lower-level sailors are useless to make contributions. The rewards for the merits are all officers or their close friends. The crime of losing the war is attributed to the lower-level sailors. At that time, there is nothing rare to behead their heads.

When not fighting, officers had to smuggle with warships, and those who served in the army had to be coolies for them.

The military pay must be taken out first to respect the officers and their confidants, otherwise they will be whipped or even beheaded if they find a charge.

Even if you have no charge, you will fall into the water and disappear.

In fact, the navy is not as good as the ones who used to the court. After all, the court still has a complaint. The officers really forced the soldiers to death. At worst, they could go to the army to prepare for complaints. Chengbu City fought for a fight. Now there is no place to complain, and when they get on the ship, they will be a life-and-death officer.

There are some people on the left who can't survive.

After rushing to death, the sailors at the bottom were not worth the money. Now Ningbo City is full of coolies who can't afford to eat.

It takes money to come.

At least you can eat a full meal on the boat and even have some extra money to give your family. If you can't find a living in the city, you will really starve to death. Since the emperor came, the number of people who starve to death in Ningbo City every day has been repeated. People say that he is not the emperor but the plague god. When he comes to the city, his wages have been reduced, there are fewer porridge factories, there are more children in the factory, and even the servants on the street are much more fierce."

The man said.

"So did the other ships?"

Yang Feng asked.

"It's the same. Our big ship is better. After all, the big ships don't go out to sea. Those fighting ships have to patrol from time to time. Therefore, the officers are smuggling, and the soldiers are coolies."

Another said.

"Can you defeat the Japanese even though this is the case?"

Yang Hu said in surprise.

"We are too strong compared to the Japanese. If we want to lose, we can't lose. Just hit them like a strong man who beats a three-year-old child. Just slap them. Besides, the artillery battle at sea is not just going to jump into the gang, but the soldiers have to fight to the death. Now they are fighting for who has a big ship, who has more cannons, and who has big cannons. Whoever is stronger is really suppressing the opponent. As long as the officials, especially those who are familiar with navigation and artillery battles, do not make mistakes, and those who are in the army are obedient. With the strength of these horizontal ships, there is nothing that cannot be won."

The man said.

(I came back late yesterday at my father-in-law's house. My mother-in-law didn't know if there was another Mid-Autumn Festival. She was probably only 60 or 70 kilograms in weight, and her lips were all purple-black.)
Chapter completed!