: New and old accounts are settled together

In the Xuanwu Lake Navy Camp, Huang Degong was introducing the navy's warship to Wang Pu.

"General, the existing naval ships in the Ming Dynasty from childhood to adulthood include net shuttle ships, eagle ships, serial ships, mother-child ships, fire dragon ships, red dragon boats, fire ships, wheel boats, sea ships, blessed ships, centipede ships and three-masted gun ships. However, warships below the Canghai ship can only fight in rivers, rivers, lakes, and lakes. If you want to go to sea to fight, you must requisition the blessed ships, or even the three-masted gun ships."

Wang Pu said: "Are there any lucky ships and three-masted gunships in the Xuanwu Lake Naval Camp?"

"No." Huang Degong shook his head and said, "The waters of Xuanwu Lake and the Yangtze River are too shallow, and neither the Fu Ship nor the three-masted gunship can be opened."

Wang Pu said: "Then do the navy in the coastal garrisons have good ships and three-masted gunships now?"

"Yes." Huang Degong said, "Of course there are, Zhenhaiwei, Jinshanwei in Nanzhili, Hainingwei in Zhejiang, Guanhaiwei, and Pinghaiwei in Fujian, all have blessed ships, but there are only four of the three-masted gunships left, two Zhenhaiwei in Nanzhili, one in Hainingwei in Zhejiang, and the other in Pinghaiwei in Fujian."

Wang Pu frowned and said, "Why are there only four three-masted gunships left?"

Huang Degong sighed and said, "During the Jingjia period, the sea ban was not allowed to go into the sea. Zhenhaiwei's Longjiang boatyard suffered a fire due to disrepair. A large fire burned the entire boatyard to ruins. Many experienced old boatmen in the boatyard also died of poverty and illness. From then on, three-masted gunships, five-masted warships, six-masted grain boats, seven-masted grain boats, eight-masted horse boats and nine-masted treasure boats could not be built again."

"How could it be?" Wang Pu frowned and said, "The three-masted treasure ships have ready-made ships. The shipbuilding technology of five-masted warships, six-masted stewards, seven-masted grain ships, eight-masted horse ships and nine-masted treasure ships is also recorded in Song Yingxing's "Tiangong Kaiwu". How could the ship craftsmen in the Yongle period be built, but why could the ship craftsmen not be built now?"

Huang Degong smiled bitterly and said, "Of course, it can be made. Not to mention that there are ready-made warships and books to refer to, even without these valuable materials, our Ming Dynasty still had skilled craftsmen who could rebuild the nine-mast treasure ship, but the premise was that the court had to invest money in the yard. Without silver, there would be no good wood, there would be no good tung paint, there would be no good iron nails, there would be no good tarpaulin, and the craftsmen in the yard could not survive."

Wang Pu stopped talking.

Huang Degong is right, the shipbuilding industry is a huge systematic project. Just like the moon landing project in later generations, relying solely on private financial resources is simply not enough to bear this huge expense, and even many small countries with weak national strength cannot do it. This requires a strong country and extremely powerful finance as a backing!

The reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to build the largest nine-massed treasure ship and the most powerful navy in the world at that time was because the Ming Empire was the most powerful national and strong financial resources of the world, and because Emperor Yongle devoted all his financial resources to build this ocean-going navy.

Many people are deeply suspicious of the Ming Dynasty that it could build the largest nine-masted treasure ship in the world at that time. In fact, this suspicion is unreasonable.

The reason is very simple, because the Ming Empire during the Yongle period was definitely the superpower in the world in terms of financial resources and military terms! At that time, Western powers such as England, France, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, etc. Their national and financial resources could not even compete with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the Ming Empire was a centralized country with the supremacy of monarchy, and the emperor could concentrate his financial resources to do major tasks. Therefore, it was reasonable that the Ming Empire could build a huge treasure ship in Western countries that could not reach the point of being able to compete. This is just like the United States today. They had landed on the moon decades ago, but until now, no other country in the world can do it.

Wang Pu took a breath and handed over the military talisman given by Sun Chuanting to Huang Degong. He said in a deep voice: "General Huang, you immediately gather the Nanjing Navy to rush to Zhenhaiwei by land, and mobilize the only two three-masted gunships and all the lucky ships. No matter what method you use, you must be prepared to go to the expedition within five days!"

Huang Degong responded with his chest straight: "Yes!"

"And," Wang Pu specifically reminded, "The navy of Zhenhaiwei has many connections with the pirates and pirates. They must not use their people this time to go to the expedition, so as not to hear the wind. The Nanjing navy must also strictly check it. Those officers and soldiers who have bad records will be eliminated from this operation."

Huang Degong said in a voice: "I will understand it in the end."

The plan was decided, and Wang Pu and Neng Niang had just walked out of the navy camp when they met Lu Liu who was rushing toward him.

Wang Pu said in surprise: "Liu'er, why did you come here?"

"Cough..." Lu Liu took a breath and said anxiously, "General, something happened."

"What happened?" Wang Pu said slowly. "Speak slowly. What happened?"

"Miss Xiaowan." Lu Liu took a breath again and said, "Miss Xiaowan was robbed by someone who was impersonating his name."

"Xiaowan was kidnapped?" Wang Pu thought for a moment, and then his face changed drastically, "No, this must have been done by Gu Sanmazi's gang of pirates. If someone else doesn't have the courage!"

Lu Liudao: "General, do you want to send someone to chase him?"

Wang Pu said: "When did this happen?"

Lu Liudao: "This morning."

Wang Pu looked up at the sky, and his face suddenly darkened.

Dong Xiaowan was robbed by someone in the morning. It was almost the afternoon of the afternoon. These few hours have passed. The robbers were probably out of Nanjing and escaped dozens of miles away. Even if Chang Yanling and Li Zushu's Jinyiwei helped, it would be too late. Who knows whether this group of robbers were going by water or land? Where were they going?

Wang Pu said: "Have you reported this to Mr. Zhen?"

"No." Lu Liudao, "Mr. Zhen went to discuss the reconstruction of the weapons workshop with Lord Wei and Eunuch Zhang."

"Go." Wang Pu stamped his feet and said, "Go to Hanxiuzhai."

Wang Pu took Neng Niang and Lu Liu rushed to Han Xiuzhai as fast as possible.

When Aunt Chen heard that Wang Pu was here, she quickly greeted her with a smile on her face and said, "Mr. Prince Consort, Xiaowan has someone to kidnap her. What a good daughter, hoho..."

Wang Pu frowned, and Aunt Chen quickly stopped the "sad" sound when she observed her face.

Wang Pu asked, "Miss Chen, can you tell me the details of this morning?"

Aunt Chen said aloud and said the scene that happened in the morning. Wang Pu asked again: "Can you still remember the person in the lead?"

"Yes." Aunt Chen said, "That man was very dark, not very tall, but very solid, with sharp eyes, looking fierce and fierce, he looked like a fierce and evil look. Oh, actually, I should have discovered that something was wrong at the beginning. This group of people looked like serious people, and they were obviously a group of strong people."

"Stop talking nonsense." Wang Pu frowned and asked, "Is that man barefoot?"

Aunt Chen said in surprise: "I didn't pay attention to this slave."

"Mr. Prince Consort." Chen Fu, behind Aunt Chen, suddenly came up and said, "The man in the lead is indeed barefoot. He looks like nothing in this cold day. So the villain took a look at him twice and remembered it very clearly."

"." Wang Pu said angrily, "It's indeed this bastard."

Aunt Chen said anxiously: "Mr. Prince Concubine, do you know who kidnapped Xiaowan?"

Wang Pu ignored Aunt Chen and jumped over and galloped away. When Aunt Chen asked again, the figures of Wang Pu and the other two had already disappeared in the deep shadows of Diaoyu Lane.

Late at night, Wang Pucai took Neng Niang and Lu Liu back to Yanziji Camp.

Zhen Youcai, who returned to Yanziji Camp earlier than Wang Pu, heard that Wang Pu had already returned, so he quickly rushed over with Scarface, Zhao Xin and Tang Sheng.

After the ceremony, Zhen Youcai asked in a low voice: "General, I heard that Miss Xiaowan was robbed?"

Wang Pu nodded and said hatefully: "It's Zhang San again!"

"What!?" Scarface said angrily, "Is this bastard again?"

Zhao Xin and Tang Sheng didn't know who Zhang San was barefoot, and said in surprise: "Who is this barefoot Zhang San?"

Scarface said angrily: "Last year in Wujiang, this guy kidnapped Mrs. Yuanyuan. If the general had not sacrificed himself to save her, Mrs. Yuanyuan would have fallen into the hands of the thief! However, this bastard Zhang San is too blind. The last time the account was not settled with him, and this time he actually kidnapped Miss Xiaowan again!"

"So that's the case." Tang Sheng shouted, "General, this barefoot Zhang San is a bandit from a parody. Bei Zhi will lead his troops to suppress him tomorrow!"

Scarface said angrily: "Barefoot Zhang San is a water bandit, you just land duck, save money."
Chapter completed!