After more than a month of arguing about whether to aid North Korea, Emperor Zhengde finally came forward to help North Korea, and the troops were divided into two groups. The first was the Jianzhou Wei ruling in Liaodong, the Jianzhou Jurchen attacked the savages.

The Jurchens used the strategy of surrounding Wei to save Zhao to force the savage Jurchens to withdraw their troops. The second route was the Sihai Navy, which had great military achievements, to rush to South Korea to clear out the Japanese.

The North Korean envoy was grateful for the assistance from the Ming Dynasty and kept shouting "Your Majesty's benevolence and virtue". In addition to sending troops, Zhengde also symbolically assisted a batch of North Korea's weapons and food. Although the amount was not large,

But it shows the Ming Dynasty's support for North Korea.

Originally, there were still many ministers in the North Koreans who opposed Zhengde's insistence on aiding North Korea. After all, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is empty and cannot support the expedition at all. However, when they heard about Zhengde's aid plan to North Korea, they were also wise.

Shut up. After all, no matter whether you go out to Jianzhou Jurchens or Sihai Navy, the court did not have to spend any money or food. Even the Sihai Navy brought a generous spoil to the court when he went to war last time, and the Malacca occupied was even more prosperous.

The land can provide a lot of taxes to the court every year, and maybe this time it can also bring some surprises to the court.

After receiving the order from the imperial court to send troops, Zhou Chong immediately organized a navy of 3,000 people, including 30 warships. It is worth mentioning that among these 30 warships, five were captured.

Of course, the navy under Zhou Chong is now operating these warships. After Zhou Chong forced the Portuguese prisoners of war to teach the Ming navy to operate the Portuguese warships, he often sent these Portuguese warships to patrol the sea. This time he was even more

Five of the best-performing Portuguese warships were selected to go out with the army to test the actual combat capability of the Sihai Navy's Navy operating Portuguese warships.

Zhou Chong didn't need to lead Zhou Chong himself when he went to North Korea this time. After all, he, as the governor, had countless government affairs to deal with, not to mention that he didn't understand the command of the army at all. The last time he went to Malacca, it was mainly for soldiers.

We were encouraged, but now the Sihai Navy often had the morale after the last actual combat, so Zhou Chong no longer needed to run around with the army. He just needed to stay in the Governor's Office and not let the army's logistics cause chaos.

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This time, Chang Xiao led the army, and has now been promoted to the lieutenant general of the Sihai Navy. His status is only under Shenying. However, although Shenying is the nominal general, he is directly in charge of the Luying. The Navy.

Most of the matters were managed by Chang Xiao and Qu Lie. Chang Xiao was a descendant of Chang Yuchun. When Zhengde arrested Zhu Yunwen from Malacca, he had an affiliated family named Chang, and he was also a descendant of Chang Yuchun.

Zhou Chong was afraid that Chang Xiao would be implicated, so he transferred him back. Chang Xiao also knew that this was the Governor's protection for him, which made him so grateful. He vowed many times in private to repay him with death, and Zhou Chong was also very good at it.

Don't worry, so I handed over the task of aiding North Korea to him.

In addition to Chang Xiao, the general who led the army, there was also a small eunuch who was accompanying the army. The little eunuch was named Wang Liang. He was a person around Wang Gui. Originally, he was not surnamed Wang, but just to please Wang Gui, so he simply said

He became a godfather of Wang Gui. Although he was a few years older than Wang Gui, it did not affect their father-son relationship. For example, this time Wang Gui sent Wang Liang to Chang Xiao's army as a military supervisor.

Zhou Chong had warned eunuchs such as Wang Gui and Wang Liang before. It is okay to be a military supervisor, but he must not interfere in the management and combat of the army. Otherwise, he would drive them all back to the capital and let Gu Dayong send other people to come. Wang

Gui also knew that Zhou Chong was the number one celebrity in front of His Majesty and he really couldn't afford to offend him, so he naturally agreed.

Speaking of which, Wang Gui has been very comfortable during this period, especially after Zhou Chong conquered the Port of Malacca. He has been staying there and never coming back. First of all, the Port of Malacca is stationed with heavy troops, so he, the eunuch in charge of the army, needs to be personally

He also saw that the port of Malacca is very rich. Not to mention anything else, the ship Zhou Chong gave him alone brought him a lot of benefits, and he could get thousands of taels of silver almost every month.

Sometimes it even reached tens of thousands of taels. He had already taken out his old money, ordered several more ships in the shipyard, and also asked Zhou Chong's Nanyang Chamber of Commerce to find some reliable sailors, and was about to form a self

It is precisely because of this that he did not have the intention to follow Chang Xiao to a poor place like North Korea.

When the Three Thousand Navy led by Chang Xiao left, Zhou Chong personally saw him off. Because of the urgent military situation and the need to be kept confidential, Zhou Chong did not prepare any farewell ceremony, but only personally gave him the thoroughness and Chang Xiao on each warship.

He poured a bowl of wine in person and drank it with them all, then he shouted: "Go!"

Hearing Zhou Chong's order, Chang Xiao and others immediately turned around to board the ship. The horn on the warship immediately rang out, and sails rose one after another. Then Chang Xiao and others, who were standing at the stern, bowed to Zhou Chong on the shore.

Then he directed the warships to advance towards North Korea.

Zhou Chong was very relieved about Chang Xiao leading his troops. Last time he attacked the Portuguese in Malacca, Chang Xiao performed very well. It seems that Chang Xiao inherited the military talent of his ancestor Chang Yuchun, and in addition, Chang

Xiao also attaches great importance to Portuguese warships, and even personally learns from Portuguese prisoners of war for a long time, and has a lot of experience in the application of Portuguese warships. This time, the reason why he brought five Portuguese warships was for Chang Xiao to practice.

After all, the shipyard of Shuangyu Port has been built with the Valen ship warship designed by Chirava. This kind of warship combines the advantages of Portuguese warships and the Ming Fu Ship warships. It is impossible to not understand the operation and application of Portuguese warships.

Before seeing off Chang Xiao, Zhou Chong specially found the other party and had a secret talk for a long time, mainly to remind him not to fight hard when encountering an enemy. Everything is based on the premise of protecting his own party's strength. After all, North Korea is not the Ming Dynasty, and it is not worth it.

They go and fight to the death.

In addition, for Chang Xiao’s strategic goal this time, Zhou Chong also gave Chang Xiao great freedom. For example, Chang Xiao and his army went to the name of helping North Korea eliminate the rebellious Japanese, but Zhou Chong only asked Chang Xiao to attack the Japanese.

The back road, that is, Tsushima Island in the Tsushima Strait, just occupy it. And if you encounter a Japanese counterattack, you can fight if you can't beat it, and leave if you can't, and then station on Jeju Island, there

The territory belonging to the North Koreans, as the suzerain state that aided them, the Ming Dynasty had the right to station anywhere in the North Korean territory.

In fact, Zhou Chong gave Zhengde the advice to ask the Sihai Navy to help the Koreans encircle and suppress the rebellious Japanese. He had no good intentions, but wanted to make a fuss between North Korea and Japan, no matter what North Korea would have in the future.

Changes, or contacting the Ashikaga family in Japan, will become very convenient. As for those rebellious Japanese, Zhou Chong's view is not afraid at all. As long as Chang Xiao and others walk around Tsushima Island, the Japanese will naturally

He dared not stay in North Korea for a long time. As long as the Japanese withdraw from North Korea, the Ming Dynasty's strategic goal of agreeing to North Korea will be achieved.

After sending off Chang Xiao's army, Zhou Chong returned to his Governor's Office and then handled government affairs. The most important thing was to ask Zhengde for a batch of sweet potato seedlings to send to Taiwan Island, because the most disaster victims were transported there, and although Taiwan's land was

Fertility and the climate is very suitable for cultivation, especially rice, which is almost three ripe a year. Unfortunately, the land there is wasteland, and it will take at least a few years to truly become a field. However, in these years, I am afraid that those wastelands will be

The food produced is simply not enough to feed those immigrants.

However, although rice is not suitable for growing in wasteland, there is no problem with planting sweet potatoes. After all, this thing is not picky about the land and the yield is large. So as long as the victims pick out a few pieces of land to plant sweet potatoes, they may have food for a year.

Originally, Zhou Chong offered sweet potatoes to Zhengde, and he also left a lot of sweet potato planting at his home, but there were too many people in Taiwan, and the sweet potato seedlings provided by his family were not enough. Fortunately, it was planted in Zhengde's imperial house.

Large pieces of sweet potatoes have achieved a bumper harvest last year and have also stored a large number of sweet potato seedlings. They are preparing to find several state prefectures to promote it. Taiwan Island can be used as one of the pilot projects.

After writing the memorial, he immediately sent someone to give it to Zhengde. In addition, Zhou Chong also took out all the sweet potato seedlings stored at home last year and sent them to Taiwan for planting. Sweet potatoes are very cheap, and they are not divided into farming times.

It’s enough to plant when the weather is warmer. There are more sweet potatoes that grow for a year and half a year, but there are fewer sweet potatoes that grow for a year, so I’m not particularly anxious.

After handling government affairs, Zhou Chong stood up and stretched. Recently, he was either military affairs or government affairs. He came to work at dawn every day and could only go back after the lights at night. It was fine, two pregnant women, Jinxuan and Lingyun. Now

The whole family treated them as treasures, and it didn't matter whether they had them. However, they were a little disregarded by Bai Mengwan who had just been included in the school some time ago.

Thinking of Bai Mengwan, Zhou Chong couldn't help but smile. In the past, he only thought that this woman was beautiful and smart. The reason why she was willing to be a concubine was actually just to repay her kindness. However, after taking her into the door, he realized that Bai Mengwan was really

I like myself, and this kind of love is very pure, and I take care of myself meticulously. It can be said that she is the one who cares about me the most at home.

"Today I finally finished military and government affairs. I will be able to relax for a few days next. Let Mengwan make two side dishes, and then have two drinks with me and relax!" Zhou Chong's activity

He smiled and said to himself, since he has neglected Bai Mengwan these days, I will make up for her today. When he thought of Mengwan's fair and exquisite body, Zhou Chong felt a sense of heat in his heart.
Chapter completed!