"The third brother, there is no military pay this month, and there is no military pay for three months."

Huang Laoba sat on the edge of the dock of the Navy Camp with a bitter face, his old face wrinkled like an old tree bark.

"If this continues, it won't take a month to go hungry."

"Why!"

He sighed long and pointed at Liu Sandao beside him.

"So what can we do? We are all military households, not regular naval soldiers, but just called to guard the water gate."

Liu San is a nearby military household. He and Huang Laoba are often transferred to Dengzhou City Navy to supplement the vacancies and show them to the officials who came to inspect.

It's very common for them to be like this.

After all, before Zhu Youxiao traveled through time and rebirth, there were basically no full members in various parts of the Ming Empire, whether it was the navy, the ward, or the border army.

It has become a routine for everyone to be empty-handed.

If a superior official comes to inspect and bring some poor military households from nearby, it can cover up.

This situation is very common among Dengzhou Navy.

Some generals and officials don’t even have 50% of the soldiers under their jurisdiction. It’s shocking to eat empty salary.

"Listen, the one who came to Dengzhou Navy Camp this time was a high-ranking official from Jiangnan."

Liu San suddenly lowered his voice, came over and said to Huang Laoba.

"I saw three great blessed ships coming from the south, and the waterline was pressed down to the point of being low."

Liu San suddenly became excited, "That heavy goods are still packed in large wooden boxes. I have never seen them before! They can't be silver, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he covered his mouth with one hand, as if he had thought of something extraordinary!

"Military pay!"

"silver?"

Huang Laoba and Liu San's eyes were bright at the same time.

Indeed, in addition to ore, coal and iron, the Dengzhou Navy Camp had no other heavy materials transported by sea for a long time.

But how much money should I have to use such a big lucky ship to transport the money?

The more they think about it, the more reliable they become.

After all, the two of them had seen a large number of generals and officers from the Dengzhou Navy with their own eyes welcome the three great blessing ships into the Water Gate.

It’s not something heavy like money, so why do you need so many high-ranking officials to come and greet them?

But the two became increasingly confused.

Will this military pay be transported from the south?

And there are so many three big lucky ships?

After that, in the past month, the number of various large ships coming from the south has increased by more than a few times, which is very puzzling.

During this period, the situation in the north and south of the Ming Empire changed drastically, and all parties have been preparing for an outbreak. There is no such dispensable low-key military officer.

They just work hard to make three meals a day.

To be honest, if it hadn't been for three consecutive months, the two might not have had the time to care whether there was a high-ranking official and a fleet coming from the south.

Just as the two of them were having fun and worry, Liu San, who had a strong look, suddenly discovered something. He pointed at the sea in front of him with one hand, his mouth wide open, trembling constantly!

"Ship... look... damn! So... so many ships!"

After a while, he trembled and said something from his mouth.

"What ship? Another ship is here?"

Huang Laoba, who was slow to react, looked at Liu San strangely, and then muttered, looking towards his finger.

"This...this...this...this...so many ships!"

He was truly shocked!

In the distance, an endless and huge fleet suddenly emerged from the sea!

Moreover, as time passed, more and more ships were coming, gradually covering the entire sea!

Huang Laoba counted a little and there were as many as hundreds!

Hundreds of large ships gathered together and came towards me. What is this scene?

This is a scene where the sea outside Dengzhou City is full of all!

Since Huang Laoba was born, he grew up by the beach and lived for more than 30 years. This is the first time he has seen such a shocking scene.

No, it wasn't shocked, he was completely shocked!

Not only him, but even Liu San, who was usually careless, was so scared that he couldn't even walk, and he couldn't even speak.

...

"What? Just after this time, the Dengzhou navy actually stopped all the boats at the Water Village Wharf outside the Water Gate? There are not many soldiers guarding it?"

Zhong Chuxiang, the commander of the Royal East China Sea Fleet, looked in disbelief when he heard the sudden revenge of the whistle ship.

"You can definitely not be wrong to report to the general!"

The school official of the whistleboat nodded and confirmed, "Not only that, there are many foreign ships outside the water gate of Dengzhou City, and several of them are Dafu ships inside the water gate of Dengzhou City."

"Are these guys going crazy? The huge Dengzhou Navy Camp is actually empty?"

At this moment, Zhong Qiuxiang was really confused.

"Could it be..."

He suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, "Hurry, our fleet, immediately approach the Dengzhou Naval Camp, and approach the Dengzhou City Water Gate by four leopard cruisers to see if they can occupy the Water Gate in one fell swoop!"

"If you cannot occupy it, fire the gun immediately and destroy Dengzhou Water Gate!"

"For the remaining ships, let the transport ships where the soldiers are located approach the dock as soon as possible, and after controlling the navy camp, they will immediately seize Dengzhou City!"

Although he didn't know that at this time, the entire Dengzhou navy soldiers entered Liaozhou City and went to welcome the imperial envoys from the Southern Ming Dynasty to receive military pay and silver rewards.

So much so that he got a good opportunity by chance.

However, this did not affect him, and he ordered the enemy's naval camp and the water gate of Dengzhou City to be seized in one fell swoop.

If these two important places are successfully seized, the soldiers of the Royal Navy North Sea Fleet will be able to rush into Dengzhou City along the Watergate in one fell swoop.

Next, he easily took this extremely strong fortress city into his arms.

"Hahaha! Even such a good thing?"

While hilarious, he started to command, shouting and shouting, and quickly conveying the flag-tongued orders.

In order to speed up the efficiency of the fleet's operations, Zhong Chuxiang immediately accelerated the flagship under him and rushed straight to the camp of the Dengzhou Navy Camp after seeing the order being conveyed!

Dengzhou City was the largest city on the Shandong Peninsula at this time. Its scale was not the largest, but it was definitely the easiest to defend and difficult to attack.

Because in the past few decades, the Japanese pirates have continuously harassed the waters of the Ming Empire and the renovation and reinforcement of Dengzhou City have almost never stopped.

At this time, Dengzhou City was no exaggeration to call it the largest coastal city of the Ming Empire.

Moreover, because Dengzhou City is built near the sea, it is located in the northeastern protruding part of the Shandong Peninsula. It also has extremely complete dual protections of the navy camp and the water gate. The business is naturally extremely developed and the economy is quite prosperous.

Dengzhou City is also the closest port city in mainland China to the Liaodong Peninsula, and has a unique geographical location.

Any businessman who walks the north and south of the sea, whether he is from all over the country or from all countries around the world, will basically regard Dengzhou City as his preferred place to stay.

Although the Ming Empire has explicitly stipulated a ban on the sea since the Jiajing Dynasty, who can truly block such a long sea border?

Do all maritime merchants still make a fortune?

Of course, one set above and one set below.

The imperial court banned the sea, but only forbidden the people of the phosphorus layer to make a living by relying on the sea. This order was like a fish in water for those sea merchants.

Why?

Of course it is a monopoly!

Since ancient times, monopoly has been the best way and way to make a fortune.

Not to mention that it is a big fat piece of meat that monopolizes maritime trade.

Without the participation of the lower-class people, major maritime merchants can easily monopolize the maritime trade along the coast of the Ming Empire.

Yes, monopolizing maritime trade is the biggest secret weapon for civil and military ministers, noble families, wealthy merchants and wealthy people to deceive the emperor into forbidding the sea, no doubt about it.

How much is the benefit of maritime trade?

Everyone on earth knows it later.

The monopoly maritime trade has an annual benefit that is definitely an unimaginable number.

...

Zhong Qiuxiang's car is naturally a leopard cruiser. Its speed is not enough and it quickly approaches the huge Dengzhou Navy Camp.
To be continued...