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Chapter 735 Once they all jump out, we'll slap them to death.
Jin'er cut the thread, picked up the little garment in her hand to measure it, put it down, and then added hot water to Yang Shaofeng's teacup.
"After all, our Ming Dynasty's original navy was only good at coastal and inland river warfare. For a cross-sea expedition like the expedition to Japan, it would probably take another year or two of training. It can't be rushed."
“Especially for warships that sail far out to sea, if they don’t test them a few times to make sure they can withstand the wind and waves at sea, your godparents definitely won’t let you board the ship.”
"So, my husband, you shouldn't think about going to Japan for now. It would be better to focus on the child case and the ironware case."
Yang Shaofeng grunted in agreement with a dark expression, picked up the small dragon ball, and took a sip.
That's definitely the logic.
As the saying goes, a navy that lasts a century.
In other words, those barbarians in Europe could be sitting in trees eating wild fruit one minute, and then immediately develop the Age of Exploration, the Renaissance, and then a technological explosion the next. Whatever they did was without warning or trace, completely defying the laws of development.
The Ming Dynasty simply couldn't do that.
The giant treasure ship built in Dengzhou was based on ocean-going vessels that were already capable of long-distance voyages during the Song and Yuan dynasties. It took more than two years of design and testing before it could be considered to have barely taken shape.
To build these two treasure ships, the Dengzhou Shipyard invested countless materials, and many vassal states in the Dengzhou market provided an unknown amount of timber that could be used for shipbuilding.
Moreover, simply creating something is not enough; the more important thing is to continuously conduct sea trials, understand the hydrological conditions at sea, and identify reliable waterways.
These all require long-term accumulation, sometimes measured in "years".
No matter how well he understood this principle, Yang Shaofeng still longed to go to Japan.
Yang Shaofeng took another sip of the small dragon ball, and finally snorted coldly, "If we can't go this year, then we'll go next year. Anyway, my father-in-law and mother-in-law will always have to go back to the capital. They can't stay in Dengzhou Prefecture and watch me every day."
Jin'er smiled and nodded in agreement, but in her heart she was thinking that her husband was a little silly.
Will you still be the prefect of Dengzhou next year if you are the prefect of Dengzhou this year?
Even if it is, what about the military tally?
Without the royal decree to mobilize troops, how much courage would the Marquis of Nan'an have to take you to Japan?
It doesn't matter, as long as we can persuade them for a while, we can deal with next year's issues next year.
Jin'er smiled and exchanged a glance with Yu'er, then said with a smile, "Speaking of which, it's been several months since the incident. Shouldn't the child case and the iron weapon case have some results by now?"
When Jin'er brought up the child case and the ironware case again, Yang Shaofeng's face darkened.
Is there a result?
That really doesn't exist.
In other words, the cases of child abduction and iron smuggling have yielded preliminary results, but the other cases that have been implicated by these two cases are far from being closed.
For example, the White Lotus Sect.
Although they had already gotten some information about the White Lotus Sect by following the leads of Shi Hang the Bald Monk and Gu Shunzhi, they hadn't found a single clue about the higher-level Left and Right Protectors, or the incredibly mysterious sect leader.
For example, the number of cases involving the abduction of women that have been uncovered is so large and the methods so heinous that they are utterly outrageous.
Fortunately.
Fortunately, this is the Ming Dynasty, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard doesn't need to reason with people when they do things.
All the women in the village were abducted. Because the whole village had the same surname and was located deep in the mountains, they didn't take the government seriously.
In later generations, this might have caused immense trouble, but in the Ming Dynasty, the only fate for such a village was that the entire village would be completely wiped out.
As long as there are no problems with Old Deng, the rest is just a matter of finding and eliminating one by one.
……
"Yangqu County, Taiyuan, experienced four earthquakes in just one month."
"An earthquake also occurred in Guangzhou, a thousand miles away."
“The two prefectures of Qingxian in Hejian Prefecture and Longping County in Zhending Prefecture are suffering from severe drought, while hail in Pingliang Prefecture has damaged crops.”
Emperor Zhu sighed helplessly and said, "What is wrong with us as emperors? Why does our Ming Dynasty suffer so many disasters?"
Faced with Emperor Zhu's question, Yang Shaofeng also fell silent.
Earthquakes, droughts, rain and hail.
If you randomly pick a month's worth of memorials from the Office of Transmission, you can find several disaster-stricken areas among them.
After a long while, Yang Shaofeng finally spoke, saying, "Natural disasters are beyond human control, and besides, we now have water pumps, so ordinary droughts are not a cause for concern."
Emperor Zhu smiled, then pushed a stack of memorials in front of Yang Shaofeng and sneered, "The natural disasters can be attributed to the emperor's lack of virtue, but take a look at these."
"This has absolutely nothing to do with natural disasters."
"Someone couldn't hold back any longer."
Yang Shaofeng looked on in bewilderment as he flipped through the memorial.
"The barbarian troops invaded Yunnei."
"Wu Maodi, a bandit from Tongan County, gathered a crowd to plunder and seize the county seat."
"A great fire broke out in Dingyuan Guard in the capital, burning down the barracks and weapons of the armory."
"The fires at Haoliang and Huaiyuan garrisons destroyed the soldiers' houses and property."
"The various Tibetan tribes plundered the Tibetan envoys and their baggage."
"Hu Yuanhana even wanted to fight Chang Heizi head-on."
Good guy, really good guy.
Old Deng said that the emperor was immoral, and it turns out that there were actually people who cooperated with Old Deng?
Especially Dingyuanwei.
The garrison stationed in the capital city had no fire prevention capabilities, and could not even put out fires, which led to the burning down of the barracks and the armory.
And the fires at Haoliangwei and Huaiyuanwei... why does it always look like a fire dragon burning down a granary?
As for the commotion caused by the Tibetans and the Yuan dynasty, that's even more interesting.
As is well known, the Ming army has been launching attacks on all sides for the past few years.
It would either be a large-scale northern expedition against the Yuan dynasty, or a small-scale military campaign against Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, and Guizhou.
Under these circumstances, the Tibetan tribes dared to jump out and plunder the envoys and their baggage from Ü-Tsang.
And then there's Hana.
This guy suffered countless losses under Xu Da and Chang Heitan, and even last year he begged the Ming Dynasty to buy back the warhorses that had "frozen to death" in his hands. How come he has the guts to fight against Chang Yuchun now?
Did that guy eat six pounds of goji berries?
Yang Shaofeng was internally ranting, but Emperor Zhu suddenly laughed and said, "That's fine too."
"Let them jump first. Once they're all out, we'll slap them to death."
"By then, the navy should be almost ready, and you'll be able to go to Japan."
Yang Shaofeng's eyes lit up, but then he gave a soft hum.
Starting in June or July of the fifth year of the Hongwu reign (1386), and continuing until the end of that year, Yu Tongyuan had already attempted countless long-distance sea voyages, but according to Lao Deng, they still hadn't mastered them.
Pooh!