Zhu Hongsan finished dressing in the palace early and accepted the farewell of his wives and children in front of Zhengyang Gate.

More than a dozen wives, headed by the imperial concubine Ma Ruyan, and headed by King Zhu Huai of Chu, all of them knelt down to Zhu Hongsan, wishing the emperor a triumphant victory.

Zhu Huai is fourteen years old this year. He is as old as King Zhu Jiang of Qin, but he was born a few months later.

Zhu Huai knelt on the ground and said loudly: "My son wishes my father a success and return to the old capital!"

Zhu Hongsan couldn't say much about this son, because there were already several older brothers and sisters on Zhu Huai. Zhu Hongsan liked the eldest daughter Zhu Luo the most, the second daughter Zhu Yu the most, the crown prince Zhu Hai the most, and the Qin king Zhu Jiang the most. Zhu Huai's mother was not in high status among Zhu Hongsan's many wives and concubines, so Zhu Huai had no status.

However, Zhu Huai's mother came from a famous family, so Zhu Huai showed super high literary literacy when she was a child. She wrote a few good poems when she was ten years old. Although Zhu Hongsan, a slut, looked down on the intellectuals, the most, she was very happy that her son had a future. She also gave the reward to be named King of Chu.

Zhu Hongsan stepped forward and helped his third son Zhu Huai up, patted his son's shoulder and said, "Third brother, your eldest brother and your second brother are not at home, so the family wants you to make the decision. If you don't understand state affairs, please ask Mr. Chen and Mr. Ma, don't pretend to understand?"

Zhu Huai heard his father say this and quickly bowed and said, "Please rest assured, my son must follow his father's instructions!"

Seeing that his son was obedient, Zhu Hongsan nodded with a smile and said to Ma Ruyan behind him: "Ruyan, I will leave the harem matter to you. If you want to manage the harem well, I guess I will be able to take Nanjing in the beginning of next spring. At that time, you need to lead the harem personnel to Nanjing to accompany me!"

"Please rest assured by your Majesty. I and all my sisters are here in Guangdong to wish Your Majesty a success!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded, looked at his wives and other underage children, and said, "You little underage guy, go back. I don't know what's wrong this year. Guangdong is so cold this September. Go back quickly and don't freeze your body!"

There were no antibiotics and cold medicines in later generations in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Hongsan has given birth to more than ten children now, and only eight or nine people have survived. Others either die of labor or lose their lives due to colds. Although Zhu Hongsan is inferior to pigs and dogs, he still feels heart-wrenching pain every time he sees his child die.

When Zhu Hongsan was in Huguang, he didn't know that the mortality rate of infants and young children in this era was so high that it was only half the survival rate even in the peace era. In the war period, the mortality rate of infants and young children and pregnant women reached 90%. After Zhu Hongsan came to Guangzhou, he immediately started to add protective measures for infants and young women. At the beginning, the effect was not obvious. Zhu Hongsan only knew how to disinfect the delivery tools, but he didn't know anything about the others. However, the mere disinfection method increased the survival rate of infants and young children by two levels, and the postpartum mortality rate of pregnant women was reduced by half. Later, after Zhu Hongsan occupied Luzon, he brought a large number of European doctors. Although these guys were similar to the Ming Dynasty in pathological research, a special tool greatly increased the survival rate of newborns, that is, the use of forceps.

The main reason for the difficult delivery of pregnant women is the wrong fetal position. If this happens in the Ming Dynasty, it will be a corpse and two lives. However, some people in Europe invented the birth of pliers in the 16th century. Zhu Hongsan has seen this kind of thing, which is a bit like the large cake clips in cake shops in later generations. It is this inconspicuous tool that has allowed the European population to rise steadily after the voyage, and Britain finally surpassed Spain and became the European overlord with a population of tens of millions.

The use of forceps and disinfection methods has greatly increased the survival rate of newborns in Guangdong, reaching 80%. Chen Zizhuang estimated that this year, Guangdong will add 500,000 newborns. As the number of refugees from the north move south increases, there will be more and more newborns.

Zhu Hongsan knew that people are resources, and with talents, everything was found. Therefore, he gave a large amount of food subsidies to children before the age of eight every year to increase the survival rate of children. This policy has also become one of Zhu Hongsan's few moral policies.

After saying goodbye to his wife and children, Zhu Hongsan brought his second son, King Qin Zhu Jiang, to Zhengyang Gate, where several ministers left behind were waiting for him. After meeting with several cabinet prime ministers, Zhu Hongsan took Tong Yangjia and Qian Qianyi to the first Pier in Tianzi outside Guangzhou along Nancheng Street.

The first-class warship of the Guangdong Navy was too deep to enter the Pearl River, so it could only stop outside the Pearl River estuary. Today, the one who came to pick up Zhu Hongsan was a 500-ton second-class warship. The 500 tons were in accordance with the Ming Dynasty's regulations of 2,000 materials, and it was also an amazing ship. Moreover, the navy's warships were equipped with multi-layer artillery decks, and the side of the ship was much higher than other Ming Dynasty sea ships. It was really a flock of cranes parked among a bunch of lucky ships.

Zhu Hongsan likes all the rich rich people who have become rich, likes to brag about his wealth. When Zhu Hongsan got on the ship, he saw that his warship was so majestic. He said to Qian Qianyi and Tong Yangjia around him: "What do you think of the two gentlemen? My warship is majestic!"

But Tong Yangjia and Qian Qianyi were both shameless villains. After hearing what the emperor said, he was even more flattering, and Zhu Hongsan's face was blushing.

After everyone on board the ship, the naval warships and others raised the Huanglong flag representing the emperor, left the Guangzhou Wharf and drove to the outer sea. The large fleet stopped at the outer sea five miles outside the Humen Fort. When Zhu Hongsan's ship passed by the Humen Fort, the fort defenders shouted nine salutes to greet His Majesty the Emperor.

If Qian Qianyi and Tong Yangjia said something at the Guangzhou Wharf to flatter, now I would be shocked to see the large fleet parked outside Guangzhou.

In order to organize this Nanzhili Battle, Zhu Hongsan transferred all the thousands of tons of warships in his hands. Now there are nine first-class warships parked in the outer sea. Eight of these ships were transferred from the Nanyang Navy. The largest one, 1,500-ton warship, was just launched from the Guangdong Shipyard. This time, as Zhu Hongsan's flagship, they also had to go north to participate in the battle. There are more than 30 second-class warships with 500 tons, and hundreds of ships of various supplies and transport. These ships are centered on the nine large warships and form a large fleet of dozens of miles in a radius. It is really majestic.

Tong Yangjia is in charge of military manufacturing, and he certainly knows how many ships the Navy has built in recent years. But the numbers on paper are shocked by the shock that we have seen with our own eyes.

Tong Yangjia stammered and asked, "Your Majesty, are these our ships?"

Zhu Hongsan was amused when he saw Tong Yangjia's appearance, "Of course, do you know that you are in charge of military affairs?"

"Of course I know how many ships I have built in the past few years, but seeing such a majestic fleet with my own eyes is really exciting!"

Qian Qianyi also took the opportunity to beat the drums on the side, and the flattery sounded, "Your Majesty has such a large fleet, this time he will definitely return to the old capital and fight the Central Plains in the north!"

Listening to Qian Qian's flattery, Zhu Hongsan laughed, "Then let's borrow Mr. Qian's auspicious words!"

As the three of them were talking, the boat they sat down slowly approached an extremely huge sea ship. It was Zhu Hongsan's flagship this time, the 1,500-ton "Yingtianfu". Zhu Hongsan's first-class warships were named by the city, and the second-class warships were named by the county town. For example, the ship that was just here was called the Dongguan, which was the former Zhu Hongsan's car. This time the new warship was launched, and the Military Affairs Office named Zhu Hongsan. Zhu Hongsan gave the capital Yingtianfu without hesitation. (In the Ming Dynasty, there was only one capital, Nanjing was called Yingtianfu, and Beijing was called Shuntianfu. The Nanjing-Beijing mentioned in this book was just for convenience. Book friends should not hesitate!)

The largest warship was less than a month after it was launched, and some paint was not dry yet. Zhu Hongsan boarded the warship along the springboard, and some officers from the Nanyang Navy were waiting for his arrival on the deck.

This time, the Nanyang Navy was the main force. The Nanyang Navy Admiral was Zhang Quan, the son-in-law of Zhang Daccala. Zhang Daccala was older two years ago and suggested to Zhu Hongsan that he wanted to return to Dongguan to retire. Zhu Hongsan handed over the command of the Nanyang Navy to his son-in-law Zhang Quan. Most of the ships that went north to participate in the war this time were from the Nanyang Navy. As the head of the family, Zhang Quan was worried and personally led the team to the north to participate in the war.

Zhang Quan has been shining by the sun in the South China Sea in recent years, but he is very capable and powerful. After seeing Zhu Hongsan coming up, Zhang Quan led hundreds of officers from the South China Sea Navy to welcome the arrival of His Majesty the Emperor.

"I am the Admiral of the Nanyang Navy, Zhang Quan, and all his colleagues from the Nanyang Navy to visit His Majesty the Emperor. Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

Soldiers do not have the privilege of intellectuals, but they do not have to kneel on both knees, they only need to kneel on one knee.

When Zhu Hongsan saw Zhang Quan kneeling, he stepped forward and helped Zhang Quan up and said, "Zhang Quan quickly, you have a lot of experience. I'll ask you to fight the Navy this time!"

Zhang Quan was overjoyed when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this. He originally thought that he could only serve as his deputy to Yan Qingshan when he went north, but he didn't expect that the emperor could hand over the entire fleet to him. This is a great kindness!

"I thank Your Majesty for your trust. Please rest assured. I will devote myself to my dedication to you until I die!"

When Zhu Hongsan heard a pirate like Zhang Quan dropping the book bag here, he smiled and said, "Okay, Zhang Quan doesn't need to drop the book bag anymore. I know that you don't have much knowledge. Just draw Yingtian Mansion for me will be a great achievement!"

Zhang Quan was overjoyed when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this, "It's better that His Majesty the Emperor treats me well. The Governor of Nanyang asked me to study. I don't use idioms to speak. Master Taitung is unhappy!"

Zhu Hongsan laughed funny when he heard Zhang Quan's words, "Zhang Quan, you guy really don't know the kindness of good people. Governor Fu is polite to you to learn cultural courses. By the way, how is your Spanish literature?"

When Zhang Quan heard Zhu Hongsan ask about this, his face turned green and quickly lowered his head and said, "Please punish him. This Spanish is really hard to learn. I can only remember more than a hundred words after I have studied it for half a year!"
Chapter completed!