The first navigator of the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yunwen declared Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, the general of Jinghai, and went to Zhejiang to suppress pirates.

Accompanying Li Jinglong to Zhejiang to suppress pirates was Zheng Hai and Chen Xuan, the commander of the Sichuan Xingdu Division. Chen Xuan, as a deputy general, was responsible for commanding the naval division, and Zheng Hai was responsible for intelligence collection and analysis.

After the next dynasty, Taichangqing Huang Zicheng and Cao Guogong Li Jinglong walked out of the Fengtian Hall together.

Huang Zicheng said to Li Jinglong as he walked: "Cao Guogong, I heard that Zheng Hai, who is a thousand households in brocade clothes, dares to have a grudge against you.

Li Jinglong smiled: "Lord Huang, this is just a little misunderstanding, not a grudge."

Huang Zicheng smiled slightly: "The hatred of taking his wife is not a small misunderstanding. Cao Guogong, do you know that Zheng Hai put forward a condition to His Majesty, that is, if he returns triumphantly from the suppression of pirates this time, he wants His Majesty to marry him and Xu Miaojin.

Li Jinglong was slightly stunned, stopped, was silent, and his face sank.

"Don't hide it from Cao Guogong, this official, like you, can't get used to Zheng Hai's bullying. Huang Zicheng smiled slightly: "I and the military department Shangshu Qi Tai jointly recommended you to be the general of Jinghai, I hope that the general will not let this son's plan succeed."

Li Jinglong came back to his senses, hugged his fists and said to Huang Zicheng: "Thank you Lord Huang and the Qitai people for their trust." "

General, for someone like Zheng Hai, this official hopes that the general will clean up for me.

Li Jinglong replied: "Don't worry, Lord Huang, even if the adults don't say it, I will take care of him!" "

The general must know that once Zheng Hai comes back, then the third lady of the Xu family will become his person." The best thing to do is to make him never come back. General, do you know what I mean?"

Li Jinglong glanced at Huang Zicheng and nodded heavily: "Don't worry, Lord Huang, I know this." Li

Jinglong walked out of the palace, and before he had time to get into his family's carriage, he met Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, outside the palace.

Xu Huizu said lightly: "I don't know if you have heard about my sister? This is Zheng Haiqiu's majesty, and I can't help it."

Li Jinglong nodded silently and looked at Xu Huizu, but did not answer.

Xu Huizu handed out a fold and said, "There is a message here, which I got from Jinyiwei, and may be able to help you."

Li Jinglong took the fold and opened it with the words: "The bandit Xiang Batian is the sworn brother of the pirate leader Xiang Xiaotian, and the relationship between the two is very good."

After reading the excerpt, Li Jinglong was about to ask Xu Huizu what this sentence meant, but Xu Huizu had already left.

Looking at the back of Xu Huizu leaving, Li Jinglong read this sentence again: "The bandit Xiang Batian is the sworn brother of the pirate leader Xiang Xiaotian, and the relationship between the two is very good.

Li Jinglong got into the carriage in his house, and on the way back to his house, he kept thinking about what this sentence meant.

Five days later, Zheng Hai, Li Jinglong and others prepared to leave for Ningbo Mansion in Zhejiang Province to bid farewell to everyone outside the gate of the capital.

In the farewell team, several people came specifically to bid farewell to Zheng Hai, and one of them was Xu Miaojin.

Xu Miaojin dressed up carefully, with a flower crown bun, a jade butterfly hairpin, eyebrows like fine willows, pink cheeks, red lips and white teeth.

She also wore a moonlight white dress with long sleeves fluttering, like Chang'e in the sky.

Zheng Hai looked at Xu Miaojin and was stunned unconsciously.

With watery eyes staring at

Zheng Hai, Xu Miaojin asked, "Is my dress good-looking?" "Good-looking!" Xu Miaojin lowered her head, her face flushed, and asked again

: "Is the clothes good-looking, or the people are good-looking?" Zheng Hai smiled: "It's all good-looking!"

"Zheng Hai, I

heard that you want Your Majesty to give us two a marriage," Xu Miaojin lowered her head shyly, "I'm waiting for you to come back, I'm waiting to be your lady..."

"Alright, everyone, get on the horse! Let's go!" Li Jinglong's loud voice came from not far away.

Li Jinglong looked at Zheng Hai, his eyes burning, as if there was a fire burning inside.

"You wait for me to come back, I'll marry you!" Zheng Hai said goodbye to Xu Miaojin and walked quickly to his war horse.

With one foot on the stirrup and one hand on the saddle, Zheng Hai stepped up and sat on a high-headed white horse.

Feng Zhiyuan, the general banner of the Jinyi Guard, handed the reins of the horse to Zheng Hai and said to Zheng Hai: "Brother Zheng, although your official is bigger than me, I warn you: you must guard against your boss like a thief."

Zheng Hai glanced at Feng Zhiyuan, his eyes lit up, and he felt that there was something in Feng Zhiyuan's words.

Feng Zhiyuan didn't say anything else, retreated to the side of the road, stood with Xu Miaojin and the others, and waved goodbye to Zheng Hai.

Leaving Ying Tianfu, Zheng Hai followed Li Jinglong and a team of people all the way to stop and stop.

From Yingtianfu, through Ningguo Mansion, then to Hangzhou Mansion, and then to Shaoxing Mansion, this is the Ningbo Mansion.

It took more than a month for this team of people to go all the way. During this time, no news was heard from the pirates, and it seems that the pirates received the news and stopped their activities.

As the commander of the army, Li Jinglong ate and drank along the way. Whenever he passed through a place, he was warmly entertained by the magistrates, and there were many activities such as eating, drinking, and listening to music.

The absence of news of pirates is a good thing for Li Jinglong, who does not have to go to great lengths to deal with pirates.

But this is different for Zheng Hai.

Zheng Hai was in charge of the collection and analysis of intelligence, and without the information of the pirates, Li Jinglong used this as an excuse to scold Zheng Hai for not doing his duty.

"Zheng Hai, why is there no news of pirates, is it that your people are lazy?" Zheng Hai

had long been accustomed to being troubled by Li Jinglong, so he could only reply: "General Yu, his subordinates are ordering people to collect information about pirates, and as soon as there is information, his subordinates will be the first to inform the general." "

Report-

" An official ran into the lobby with a long voice, and said to the general Li Jinglong and others: "Report to the general, Dinghai County has found traces of pirates, and several Nanyang tribute ships have been hijacked..."

This general ordered you and Chen Xuan to set off immediately, to intercept and encircle the pirates, not to defeat the pirates, rescue the tribute boats, and not return!" Zheng

Hai and Jinghai's deputy general Chen Xuan responded yes, hurried to the seashore sailor warship, and took a boat to the sea area where the incident occurred.

Zheng Hai and Chen Xuan took the lucky boat of the Ming sailor.

Fuchuan is a general term for the shipbuilding type of Fujian coastal institute, with a sharp bottom on the ship, wide on the top, small at the head and tail, wide in the middle, and upturned at both ends.

The ship has several floors, and in addition to cold weapons such as arrow towers, the ship is also equipped with firearms. The firearms on board include Dafa tribute, bowl mouth guns, bird's beak guns, spray cans, etc.

Zheng Hai was a little excited when he saw the cannons of the Daming Sailor for the first time, these firearms were very backward to him, but they were the most advanced weapons in Daming.

The lucky ship set sail and sailed directly to the sea and rode the wind.

The soldier said, "Tell the two adults, the pirate flag has been found in the southern part of Meishan Island, and the merchant ships are heading for Fodu Island.

Chen Xuan's eyes burned and he asked, "Do you know the name

of the pirate?" "Lord Hui, according to the report of the sentry ship scouts, the pirate is playing the banner of a big pirate to the sky.

Chen Xuan said: "Xiang Xiaotian, okay! This time, the general should have a good understanding of this big pirate for a while, follow them, and bite them

!" Zheng Hai reminded: "Lord Chen, be careful to beware of the pirate's sneak attack, maybe this is someone's strategy, and the general should not underestimate the enemy

!" "Hmph! Zheng Qianhu, don't worry! Engage in intelligence, you Jinyi Wei is powerful, but in water warfare, I, Chen Xuan, am better than you!" Chen Xuan did not take Zheng Hai's words seriously.

"My lord, it's not good! There's a reef ahead, and there's a reef underwater!"

Chen Xuan shouted: "Stop the pursuit!"