I'm really not the carpenter emperor

The coffee really gave Zhu Youxiao a taste of the sweetness. After knowing that Southeast Asia is rich in rubber and saltpeter, Zhu Youxiao began to think about how to connect these places with the territory of Ming Dynasty.

Sending troops is obviously a bad idea. If Annan wants to stabilize, at least he has to wait until the road is repaired. It is impossible for five or ten years.

These 20 people will have to stay in Annan for five or ten years, which may not be enough. In the future, more troops will be needed to stabilize it.

If they all fought so hard, the whole of Daming would not have enough soldiers, so they couldn't use force.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Youxiao decided to take his time, boil the frogs in warm water, and cook the remaining countries in Southeast Asia bit by bit.

Chapter 977 A Strong Ming Dynasty

In July of the 22nd year of Apocalypse, an inconspicuous small village at the foot of Phnom Penh, the capital of the Phnom Penh Dynasty (Cambodia).

"Crack~!"

There was a sound of a leather whip being slapped on flesh and blood, but it was a slave owner dressed in yellow who was beating a slave severely.

Shockingly, the slave was not brought from America or Africa, but a Ming man covered in scars.

That's right, this is a woman from Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty.

"Are you listening?" The woman from Daming couldn't understand the local language she shouted, so she could only cry helplessly.

"Take her away, her husband is useless, drain the blood and throw it out to feed the dogs!" After the slave owner finished speaking, he turned around and threw down his whip and left.

The few soldiers who stayed behind looked at this woman from Daming territory with lewd smiles. They had never seen such a slim woman in their whole life.

That's right, in Daming now, even ordinary peasant women dress much better than their slave owners' wives.

The prosperity of the country is reflected in all aspects, which is also the reason why the people of Ming Dynasty have the confidence to run businesses everywhere.

Because they firmly believe that their emperor will be their most solid backing.

However, there are always some gray areas in this world, and the Phnom Penh Dynasty is one of them.

The original Cambodia was still relatively strong. There was a country called the Khmer Empire that unified most of the area here, but then Khmer perished.

The successor Phnom Penh Dynasty did not separate civil and military administration, which led to abnormal chaos in the government. Coupled with the aggression of Western countries, the country was even more chaotic.

Now, even the maritime merchants of Ming Dynasty dare to detain them.

Yes, this woman was far from being detained, but a caravan of more than [-] people!

For many years, the rulers of the Phnom Penh Dynasty had tacitly accepted that this happened, thinking that as long as no one escaped alive, there would be no problem.

But they were wrong, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. I heard that Daming annexed Annan, and a woman dragged her broken and humiliated body to a small town in the southernmost part of Annan Province.

When the Ming army stationed there found this woman, they couldn't believe that she was a citizen of the powerful Ming Dynasty.

"presumptuous!"

Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, who was in charge of guarding Annan, endured his anger and listened to his subordinates' report.

"The Phnom Penh Dynasty, right? Gather troops and horses. I'm going to the foot of their capital to seek an explanation for the people of Ming Dynasty!"

The mobilization of soldiers and horses on such a scale quickly alarmed Annan Governor Hong Chengchou.

When Hong Chengchou rushed over, Xue Lian had already put on his armor and was on the way to march with more than [-] Ming troops.

"Xue Lian!"

Hong Chengchou blocked the official road: "The situation in Annan is unstable now, at least we have to wait until the official road is repaired before we can mobilize the army."

Xue Lian didn't speak, but just signaled his subordinates to bring up a corpse.

Even the clothes of this corpse were torn, and the lower body was obviously swollen. The legs that were originally white were now completely covered with blood and scars.

She stared wide-eyed, staring at the east, she could not rest in peace.

Seeing this corpse, even Hong Chengchou couldn't say anything to stop him. The Ming army gathered around were furious, and the anger was all written on their faces.

Hong Chengchou got off his horse, came to the woman and squatted down, stroked her with one hand, closed her open eyes, and asked in a calm tone:

"How many people came back?"

"One."

"How many people died there?"

"two hundred."

Hong Chengchou stood up, waved his hands to signal the soldiers to bury the woman properly, turned his hands behind his back, and said indifferently: "You go, the governor will ask His Majesty for orders."

This time, it's really a cut first and then a play.

It's just that Daming now has more than one method of sending orders. From the capital to Annan, the land is the slowest way now, and now you can take a boat.

The navy of Ming Dynasty has already controlled the waters around Southeast Asia, and the entire sea area of ​​the Far East is the territory of Ming Dynasty, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and other four-nation alliance.

Like the current situation, Hong Chengchou can send people to start from the only port in Annan, go to Tianjin Military Port and transfer it to the capital.

It takes seven or eight days to go back and forth.

About nine days later, the Denglai navy returned with the imperial decree of Emperor Tianqi, and in one sentence, let them pay with blood.

They also came back with more than 300 warships and more than 1000 guns from the Denley Navy and the Spanish Armada.

……

A few days later, the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.

The current king of the Phnom Penh Dynasty is Guta II, a bad old man in his fifties, who is considered wise.

But the Ming army's mobilization of troops this time did not come to see whether he is stupid or wise.

Blood debts must be paid in blood.

The iron boots of Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, stepped on the palace hall of Guta II, pacing back and forth, making the sound of going up and down.

"You are a king, don't you know what the people under your command have done?"

After the translator translated these words, King Guta II suddenly looked shocked, and quickly asked: "I really don't know why the Ming Dynasty caused such a big battle this time."

"Okay, I don't know, then I'll tell you." Xue Lian sneered, came to Guta II, patted his shoulder, and said:

"Your sons of the royal family slaughtered a caravan of my Ming Dynasty."

"In the past 20 years, no one from any country has dared to kill my Ming Dynasty's caravan and pay with blood. This is the imperial decree of our Majesty."

"Do you think there is still room for a turnaround in this matter?"

Guta II was eager to say something, but Xue Lian was no longer interested in talking nonsense with him.

The only way to make a place safe is to make it your own territory and manage it yourself.

Xue Lian came to the highest point of the palace and looked at the plain in the distance.

"Bang bang bang-"

The soldiers in Phnom Penh were patrolling. Suddenly, there was a deafening sound from nowhere, and countless shells appeared in the sky.

These shells hit the city wall of Phnom Penh City, and within a few rounds, a gap appeared in the city wall.

Then, there was a shocking cry of killing on the plain.

Countless Ming troops in red armor came like a tide, and the soldiers in Phnom Penh City shouted to fight, but they were completely defeated as soon as they came into contact.

Their weak resistance did not even cause the slightest pause to the red army.

The red army quickly covered the entire city wall and poured into the chaotic city.

A soldier of the Ming army rushed into the city, and in front of him were three soldiers from Phnom Penh who looked frightened.

Seeing that the Ming army showed no fear, he drew out the pistol at his waist, first knocked down one, then rushed forward, with a knife and then a kick, and kicked the other over with a gesture of his hands and feet.

The last remaining one was so frightened that he peed his pants on the spot, dropped the knife and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.

The sound of killing has filled the whole city. Phnom Penh, the capital of the Cambodian dynasty for nearly 300 years, fell so easily.

Guta II opened his mouth to talk nonsense, and even the translator stopped translating his words.

Xue Lian walked back step by step to the throne of King Pagoda II, took out the goose-wing knife worn at his waist, threw it on the ground with a clang, and said coldly:

"Are you doing it yourself, or am I?"

Chapter 978 The Eighth Voyage to the West

Recently, Daming's big move in Southeast Asia shocked half of the world.

Annan was directly taken back by Daming on the grounds of the old system of Yongle, which meant that it was directly included in the territory.

The kings of many vassal states were terrified. From then on, there would never be a country like Annan in the world, and there would only be one more province of Annan in the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the second country to be destroyed is Phnom Penh.

The Phnom Penh Dynasty in Cambodia used to be a rich and powerful Khmer Empire, but since the fall of the Khmer Empire, it has been in a slump. The Phnom Penh Dynasty, which has lasted for more than 100 years, is very chaotic internally.

Previously, with an attitude of peace and harmony, Da Ming had always turned a blind eye to the illegal activities here, because the current wheel-turning king, Guta II, had always been sincere in his vassal attitude.

But recently, because of one incident, Daming and the Phnom Penh Dynasty completely turned their faces.

The cause was similar to that of Genghis Khan Temujin's attack on Khwarazmo, and it was also because a caravan was slaughtered.

Zhu Youxiao once again proved the rhetoric of hurting one person and destroying one country with facts. Now, no one will dare to easily hurt citizens outside of Ming Dynasty.

Because this kind of price is simply unbearable for them.

It was precisely because of the fall of the Annan and Phnom Penh dynasties that Zhu Youxiao completely stabilized his status as the overlord of the Far East and a world power.

Zhu Youxiao intends to establish the Ming Dynasty's overseas tribute system again, so recently, Zhu Youxiao is reading a book.

This book was written by an eunuch, but it does have reference value. It is called "Journey to the West".

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty have recently discovered that the emperor is reading this book. In fact, they have no choice but to find out, because Zhu Youxiao likes to reveal the title of the book in front of the ministers.

Regardless of whether he was actually reading it or not, the rumors spread that Emperor Tianqi was reading books all the time, living and learning.

There is nothing unusual about this book, but the content quickly set off a storm in the court, because this book is the history of Ming's sending Zheng He to the West.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is so powerful, Emperor Tianqi suddenly reads the history books of voyages to the West. What does this mean?

But anyone with a little bit of brain can guess that the emperor is hinting that they will start playing, restarting the voyages to the West that have been suspended since the orthodox year of Yingzong.

In the eyes of some people, the voyage to the West is useless except to pretend to be coercive.

But in Zhu Youxiao's view, firstly, this demonstrates his martial arts and martial arts, and secondly, it also declares to the world that Ming Dynasty is different.

After all, now is the age of great voyages, if you don't join in the fun and go to the West, how can you be worthy of a journey?

Because Zhu Youxiao's prestige is too high now, the courtiers who opposed it found that it was useless after trying to persuade them, so no one spoke anymore.

Now Zhu Youxiao has completely put an end to the method used by Ming Dynasty civil officials to use persuasion to remonstrate with the emperor to gain the reputation of later generations. The method is very simple, tampering with the official history.

That's right, Zhu Youxiao didn't talk about martial arts at all when dealing with those Qingliu ministers.

Die for fame, if you are happy, I will give you a name to leave in history, if you are not happy, I will directly change the official history, and change it from childhood to adulthood, and directly change it to become notorious.

Faced with such an emperor, if you try to seek death for the sake of fame, you are really seeking death, and it will have no effect other than making yourself die faster.

In this way, with Wen Tiren leading the Zhejiang Party officials to jointly sign the concert, the voyage to the West, which had been suspended for more than a hundred years, was very smoothly restarted in the apocalypse!

……

With the issuance of the imperial decree to resume voyages to the West, the entire imperial court became busy.

At first, I was busy looking for the design drawings of treasure ships left over from the various yamen, about the classics about voyages to the West, and then I was studying how to build ships.

After more than 100 years, I went to the Western Ocean again. If I still drove the treasure ship more than 100 years ago, it would not be Xuanwei, it would be funny.

Therefore, the task for the scientific research institute this time is to manufacture a new type of treasure ship specially used for pretense based on the blueprint of the found treasure ship.

This new type of treasure ship is not used for combat. According to Zhu Youxiao, it is only used to make others look tall and big, like tall buildings moving on the sea, to show the strength of Ming Dynasty.

But Zhu Youxiao would never have imagined that the drawings of this new type of treasure ship provided valuable basic experience for later generations of China to take the lead in building the world's first aircraft carrier.

Maybe this is unintentional insertion, at least for now, Zhu Youxiao really just wants to build a big ship for pretending to be aggressive!

Zhu Youxiao still underestimated the ingenuity of the Chinese shipbuilders. With such generous benefits, everyone's thoughts were almost entirely devoted to how to build the ship well.

Thus, within three months, the prototype of the world's first aircraft carrier was born!

Why is it a prototype, because it is impossible to build a real aircraft carrier with the current technology, but this new type of treasure ship is the reason why later generations can dominate the sea.

Zhu Youxiao said that he only wanted a ship of peace, and he even had a name, the Mir, to promote the spirit of a great country.