Daming Military Empire

Chapter 356 Super Empire
In April, Nanyang is bright and beautiful, the dotted islands are lush and lush, and the vast sea is sparkling. On the channel from Siam to Daming, a huge fleet is slowly sailing towards the southeast coast of Daming.

There are more than 1000 warships in this fleet. On the outside, there are more than 150 Fuchuan warships arranged in four neat square formations, guarding the surroundings. In the inner layer, there are three square formations of 100 super battleships. Triangular shape, guarded at the front and back, and in the middle are three huge treasure ships and warships, the middle one is particularly terrifying, reaching an astonishing length of more than [-] meters, just like the aircraft carrier of later generations!
Needless to say, this is the flagship of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, the Daming. It is the largest warship in the world today. It is unique. Even the Ming Empire has no plans to build a second ship.

In recent years, this channel has gradually become busy. Every day, countless Ming merchant ships pass by this channel, and occasionally some Portuguese and Spanish merchant ships are mixed in. They are all traveling between Daming and Nanyang. Maritime merchants who do business, with the rapid development of Ming Dynasty, the Nanyang market is almost occupied by Ming Dynasty, and the maritime merchants of Ming Dynasty are almost all over Nanyang.

When all the merchant ships encountered this huge fleet, they automatically turned aside and waited for the fleet to pass honestly. The maritime merchants in Ming Dynasty knew that the hazy and huge ship in the middle was the car of His Majesty the Emperor. All the crew members knelt on the deck respectfully, kowtowed in the direction of the giant ship and shouted long live, their expressions were extremely pious.

Naturally, Zhu Cijiong couldn't hear their shouts. At this time, he was sitting in the luxurious meeting room enjoying the cool breeze, and looking at the huge world map on the table comfortably.

He was not the only one in the conference room. Opposite the huge conference table, Empress Qin Mingyue was whispering beside her aunt Qin Liangyu, Zheng Chenggong was wearing a handsome marshal uniform, sitting upright on the lower left side of him, and there was Liu Rushi Standing by the side, pouring tea and water for them, busy happily.

Zheng Chenggong is also an adult now, but he didn't hold a big wedding, but took Liu Rushi as his concubine. With his current status, he must be at least a princess to be his concubine. It seems that this kid doesn't dislike foreigners. , when he was with Princess Anna, he was like a brother and sister, they got along very well, maybe he could find a princess from a great power for him to marry him!

Zheng Chenggong didn't know that the emperor was staring at the map, but he was thinking about him in his heart. He bowed his hands in a puzzled way and said, "Your Majesty, why didn't we seize the Mughal Empire? Now the Ming Dynasty has gathered almost a hundred people in the Nanyang region." Wan Dajun, it should be easy to take down the Mughal Empire!"

Zhu Cijiong didn't answer his question right away, instead he raised his hand and gently patted his arched hand down, reproaching him: "How many times have I told you, don't be so strict when the family is together, you don't see it like that You are rigid, talk to me carefully."

Zheng Chenggong patted his head, and said embarrassingly: "My mentor told me to be respectful in front of the emperor."

Zhu Cijiong said angrily: "The teacher means that when outsiders are around, the family can be casual together. You boy, I didn't see you so rigid when I was young. How come you are like a different person when you grow up?"

Zheng Chenggong said with a sneer: "Hehe, isn't this about being sensible when you grow up?"

Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes, and said lightly: "Okay, I don't know you yet, so let's do it casually in the future, just like when I was a child, don't pretend to be like an adult, you are not tired, I look awkward .”

Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong breathed a sigh of relief, and finally stopped sitting upright and pretending. He regained his usual lively expression, leaned in front of Zhu Cijiong, and asked curiously: "My lord, why don't we fight the Mughal Empire?" ?”

Only then did Zhu Cijiong reply indifferently: "In order to avoid a big fight."

Zheng Chenggong was even more puzzled. He pursued, "War? The Mughal Empire doesn't seem to have any muskets and cannons. With our equipment, we can crush them all the way. Can't it be called a big war?"

Zhu Cijiong patiently taught: "Success, the game between big powers can't just look at the surface, and can't just look at the parts. It must be combined with the situation and comprehensively analyzed. The Mughal Empire did not have guns and artillery, but the Netherlands and Britain and France did. .”

Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong thought about it, and asked in confusion: "Will the Netherlands, Britain and France sell weapons to the Mughal Empire? The Mughal Empire is not a small country. If their troops are equipped with muskets I am afraid that the Netherlands, Britain and France will not be able to beat the artillery, will they cultivate a powerful enemy for themselves?"

Zhu Cijiong continued to teach: "Haven't Annan and Donghu sold them? Why couldn't the Mughal Empire sell them? It is naturally impossible to equip all the troops of the Mughal Empire. They only need to sell a few hundred cannons to The Mughal Empire is enough for us."

Zheng Chenggong still couldn't figure it out. He said with some disdain: "Even if they have hundreds of cannons, it's just a little extra effort. How can it be possible to block Ming's million-dollar army with hundreds of cannons?"

Zhu Cijiong continued to patiently say: "They can't stop Da Ming's army of millions, but the big powers will help. Once the melee starts, the outcome will be hard to say. Da Ming still doesn't have the strength to go to war with several big powers at the same time."

Zheng Chenggong said in disgust: "Why are these great powers so annoying? Our Ming Dynasty did not go to Europe. What does it have to do with them when they fight the Mughal Empire?"

Zhu Cijiong analyzed: "Why doesn't it have anything to do with them? If Ming continues to develop like this, one day it will be so strong that they can't beat them together. How can they tolerate the emergence of such a super empire in the world."

Zheng Chenggong seemed to understand a little bit, and he couldn't help worrying: "Then what should we do? Don't let it go like this, is Daming no longer expanding?"

Zhu Cijiong responded domineeringly: "It is impossible not to expand. Da Ming also cannot tolerate the development of any powers far surpassing Da Ming. I just backed down temporarily. When they fight Spain, it will be the day of Da Ming's crazy expansion. .”

Zheng Zhilong thought for a while, couldn't help giving a thumbs up, and praised: "The emperor is wise. He used a hundred battleships to provoke a big war between the European powers, and then Ming took the opportunity to expand wildly. The gift of a hundred battleships is too valuable!"

Zhu Cijiong proudly pointed to Luzon on the map and said, "I didn't give it away for free. This place is worth more than a hundred battleships."

Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but continued to boast: "The emperor is so wise, this time we made a lot of money."

Zhu Cijiong ignored his flattery, but stared at the map domineeringly said: "Luzon is just a trivial matter, and the Mughal Empire is just the beginning. My Ming Dynasty will definitely develop into a terrifying super empire!"

(End of this chapter)