"Your Highness, what should we do with these prisoners?"

After some inquiries, the Goryeo general told everything he knew. At this time, Yue Yun asked the soldiers to put away the bayonets.

"How did they treat our fishermen?" Xiao Ming looked cold.

"Everyone who was captured by them was a slave." Yue Yun said hatefully. He already knew that many of the Japanese pirates along the coast were pretended by Goryeo soldiers, and he hated Goryeo more and more.

"I have said, "Everyone who was captured by them will be slaves." Yue Yun said hatefully. He already knew that many of the Japanese pirates on this coast were pretended by Goryeo soldiers. At this time, he hated Goryeo more and more and more as slaves." Xiao Ming said.

"Yes." Yue Yun sneered twice, and raised his hand, and the soldiers drove the Korean prisoners to the salt field with flintlock rifles with bayonets.

After a little relieved, Yue Yun said: "Your Highness, since the barbarians entered the pass, Goryeo has often bullied us Dayu people and occupied the surrounding fishing grounds very domineeringly. Now that the fleet has been initially built, it is time to teach these two-faced and three-sword Korean people a lesson."

"This is exactly what I am thinking. From now on, you will send warships to cruise on the sea. As long as you encounter Goryeo and Japanese ships, you can attack them." Xiao Ming's expression was cold.

The coastal Japanese strickenness has been around for a long time, and this has always been a headache for the Great Yu Kingdom. Whether it is the real Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates pretending to be Goryeo, or the Japanese pirates pretending to be a disguised by merchants from Great Yu Kingdom, they will pose a serious threat to the coastal cities and routes.

Now that he signed a trade agreement with the Dutch, his merchant ship would soon transport goods along the sea and land to the south of the Great Yu Kingdom. At this time, he had to think about the safety of the merchant ship.

It was this reason that he made this decision.

Yue Yun nodded excitedly when he heard this. He had long imagined that one day would be the era when the Great Chongqing Kingdom ruled the ocean finally arrived.

Speaking of this, the two talked about the problem of warship cruising.

In fact, this question is very simple. Like modern times, the cruise of warships has only one purpose, which is to combat pirates and protect trade routes.

Because the ocean is very vast and it is unrealistic to operate all the warships together, he split the warships into two to three warships into one formation.

Each formation is responsible for cruising in a specific waters, so that his current fleet can fully cover East Asia's routes, thus keeping the route firmly in his hands.

Of course, the warship was just the beginning. Next, he would monopolize maritime trade and become a maritime coachman in East Asia like the Dutch. Only his merchant ships could transport goods from different countries and make profits at sea.

However, this goal is still a bit difficult to implement now. Without a fierce war, he may not be able to make Goryeo and Japan recognize his maritime hegemony.

Although he wanted to start a war now, one reality he faced was that the number of warships was still too small.

The Garen ship is not omnipotent, and its flexibility at sea is not too high. It is still very dangerous to face the hundreds of warships that have swarmed by, so he is waiting for the launch of the twenty-four third-class sailing warships this year.

In this way, he would have thirty-nine warships, and he would be able to be at ease in naval battles, and he would not have to worry about the Dutch stabbing the sword in the back.

If one is not my race, his heart will be different. Xiao Ming will not trust the Dutch just because he signed the agreement. The only thing that lasts forever between countries is interests.

After agreeing on the route of warships, Yue Yun is preparing to implement it in the near future. The function of the temporary fleet is only to protect trade routes.

Leaving from the military port, Xiao Ming returned to the headquarters, and along the way he began to think about the next East Asian strategic issues.

If Xiao Ming still lives in modern times, he would not have thought so much, but now as the prince of the Great Yu Kingdom, he must find a bright future for his fiefdom.

After encountering the Goryeo warship at sea this time, Xiao Ming's determination to attack Goryeo and eliminate his navy.

It was not just to teach Goryeo a lesson, but because attacking Goryeo was an important part of his control over the barbarians. Because he could not destroy Goryeo's navy, he could not directly attack the barbarians' hinterland on Juehua Island.

This Juehua Island is also known as Juhua Island, and is the largest island in the contemporary Liaodong Bay. During the Ming Dynasty, the navy of Juehua Island was led by the guerrilla Jinguan.

The first is to guard the grain and equipment on the island; the second is to cooperate with the Lu army to restore the lost land in Liaodong; the third is to support the city guarding Ningyuan. Documents record: "Those who build eight miles build the key points of Ningyuan, and those who guard eight miles are also to fight Ningyuan, which is to junction with Juehua Island. When the enemy attacks the city, the soldiers on the island will go out to Sancha, burn their floating bridges, and surround them to attack them horizontally."

Later, the Jin army launched the Battle of Huajue Island with the Ming Dynasty in order to compete for this island, which shows the importance of the geographical location of this Juehua Island.

Now Xiao Ming also values ​​this place. If he wants to attack the barbarian hinterland and cooperate with the fortress promotion strategy, this place will be very suitable.

Nowadays, the northern barbarians have always been the biggest threat to Qingzhou on land. Although he has been developing his navy during this period, his arrangements for the barbarians have never stopped.

The last battle in Jizhou was unknown to Bei Shan’s life and death, and then the barbarians seemed to have stopped and fell silent.

This apparent calm made Xiao Ming more and more uneasy. He was always extremely calm before the storm, and he was unwilling to imagine the worst situation.

It is precisely because of this worry that the worst case scenario is that maritime trade routes are particularly important at this time. If his fiefdom loses external support, maritime trade will be his last life-saving straw.

Back at the headquarters, Fei Yue'er was feeding fish by the pond, and her relaxed expression proved that she had calmed down.

"Your Highness." Seeing Xiao Ming coming back, Fei Yue'er stood up with a smile.

Xiao Ming walked over and asked, "What happened today did not scare you."

"Your Highness has underestimated me. I am not scared, but I feel seasick." Fei Yue'er said embarrassedly.

"Seasick?" Xiao Ming was stunned, "Why didn't you tell me before going to sea?"

"I am afraid that I will disturb Your Highness's interest. Moreover, I have lived in Chang'an for a long time and have never seen what maritime affairs are like. I really want to follow Your Highness to see it." Fei Yue'er said.

Xiao Ming patted Fei Yue'er's head, "No wonder you rarely talked along the way and looked pale. That's good. I thought it was a naval battle that scared you."

Fei Yue'er felt even more embarrassed. She said, "Your Highness can face the barbarians in Qingzhou without any fear. As your highness's wife, how can you let the soldiers laugh at it?"

Xiao Ming nodded, Fei Yue'er looked more and more like a princess.
Chapter completed!