Chapter Eighty-Five: The Sailor's Review

"May 5, 278, Seoul. His Majesty the Emperor www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion once again arrived at Changdeokgung Palace, the main palace of Joseon. That evening, His Majesty the Emperor attended a state banquet hosted by His Royal Highness the King, at which His Majesty the Emperor expressed his outlook on the relations between the Ming Dynasty and Korea. He also put forward the idea of establishing a Chinese alliance. ”

"May 6, 278, Seoul. His Majesty the Emperor visited the Bell Road Lincao River Temple to participate in the Lantern Festival, and carried lanterns to enjoy with the people. That night, the Great Tomorrow Yun Troupe announced the start of the performance of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Stone Story", attracting thousands of people to watch. Seoul set off a Chinese dialect craze. ”

"May 6, 278, Seoul. His Majesty the Emperor visited Assyria, and Wu Fu, a scholar of Donggek University in the Ming Dynasty, and Jin Shangxian, a scholar of the Eastern Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty, signed the "Sino-Korean Education Agreement", announcing that the Korean people would study in the Ming Dynasty and be treated the same as the subjects of the empire. Seoul has set off a craze for studying abroad. ”

"May 6, 278, Seoul. His Majesty the Emperor visited Ganghwa Island and watched the performance of the Korean official and military exercises......"

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On Ganghwa Island, the drill continues.

On the island, the three thousand soldiers selected from the army lined up in a procession, walking in a straight step, looking bright and powerful. It's just that, as the line of sight fades farther and farther away, when they are about to walk out of the venue, the team suddenly begins to be chaotic, loose and saggy, and it doesn't look like it at all.

Seeing this, the expression on Li Yanzong's face, which was still a little complacent, suddenly froze, and he laughed, and hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, the sailor fleet will appear soon." ”

Seeing this, Zhu Cihong finally cheered up a little bit.

Where can the soldiers and horses of the DPRK compare to the strong soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and that bit of ability will also go to the level of a queue. That's it, and the chain fell off at the end.

The army is not done.

But the North Korean sailor Zhu Cihong was interested.

Daming is not a maritime country, and most of the maritime talents are either pirates or maritime merchants. It's a maritime businessman, in fact, many times he doesn't mind doing a vote and becoming a pirate.

As for the sailors of the Ming Dynasty, they were weak most of the time and could only be used as a transport brigade. In the past few years, although Zhu Cihong has been able to increase investment and reverse the decline, there will soon be a trouble for the sailor.

Ships can be made into the fleet like dumplings in various shipyards.

But people don't come out of dumplings.

At this time, the North Koreans came into Zhu Cihong's sight.

Compared with the army, the foundation of the North Korean sailors is much better. At least, you can make some money by relying on the sailor's ship to buy and sell. If it is not as good as the army, it can only eat the blood of soldiers.

Of course, perhaps more reasons have to start with Yi Sunsin. This famous North Korean general has created a strong sailor, and has always kept the sailor a lot of attention, and has a considerable share in the financial investment.

Soon, the sailor appeared.

Zhu Cihong squinted and looked at an old turtle boat.

Although the turtle ship shined in the previous Renchen Rebellion, it became a weapon for a decisive battle. However, the main force of the Korean naval division was not the turtle boat, but the banya boat.

Even today, there is only one turtle boat on display.

The turtle boat in front of me is about forty meters long, and its underlying structure is extremely similar to that of a board house. If there is a difference, the main thing is that the turtle ship puts a hull on top of the board house, plus a huge anchor hangs in front of the ship. The dragon head erected in the bow of the ship emits a mist-like sulfur gas, effectively disrupting the enemy's fleet formation, and concealing the ship itself when approaching and weaving between enemy ships. At the same time, the faucet is large enough to hold a cannon.

In addition, there was a huge anchor in front of the ship, under which a "face" was painted, which, apparently, was an assault weapon for white-knuckle battles between warships.

As for the rest, it is ordinary, the turtle ship has two masts and a pair of sails. Oars were also added to speed things up;

The turtle boat has 10 oars and 11 muzzles on each side.

All in all, at first glance, this behemoth looks impressively combative.

Next to him, a total of eight board houses were escorted by the left and right, and began to line up above the sea.

Compared with the army, the performance of the sailors is different.

Not long after, the First Fleet stationed at the Incheon Military Port also began to arrive here and was inspected with the North Korean naval division.

As soon as he saw the appearance of the First Fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division, Li Yanzong, who was originally quite proud, couldn't help but show an envious expression on his face. Different from army training, training strong soldiers may still have a bit of metaphysics.

Whether the sailor is strong or not is very simple, it depends on when you start throwing silver into it, and how much silver you have persistently thrown into it over the years.

Compared with North Korea, the Daming Naval Division is far larger, and after Zhu Cihong's hard work, it is even more powerful and mighty.

As the flagship, the Dengzhou has a size of about 20 zhang and about 60 or 70 meters, although the shape of the clipper makes the Dengzhou appear quite slender. But the speed of the cleaving waves on the surface of the sea makes people understand the power of this Dengzhou at a glance.

This is even more evidenced by the Dengzhou, which has a total of 29 guns, although there are only five places where the slender Dengzhou can be equipped with large-caliber guns, and the rest are small-caliber guns. But in the seas of East Asia, he is already the best among all the local sailors. Even if it meets the warships of the European powers, there is no need to retreat.

Compared to the Dengzhou, which was one circle larger than the turtle ship, the other three warships that followed were two circles smaller. Of course, in front of the North Koreans' banya boats, it is still a behemoth.

The two fleets cooperated and began to be reviewed.

They slowly approached the stands, close to the inner circle was the North Korean Naval Division, and close to the complete was the Daming Naval Division. When the two fleets approached the stand, most of the officers and men on the fleet were on the side of the warship, standing tall and saluting slowly.

Even the sailors and soldiers of the DPRK are also not bad, showing a bit of momentum.

Zhu Cihong stood in the high platform, smiling and waving his hand in return.

"Daming Wansheng!"

"Long live my emperor!"

"Long live the friendship between China and North Korea!"

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The cheers resounded in the sky, and the review ceremony came to an end.

Zhu Cihong is young, and his body is quite good because of his military training. These days are all high-intensity work, but there is no pressure. However, the king of Joseon, Yi Kangzong, who was on the side, was obviously going to be very difficult.

Although Li Qianzong, who was already in his fifties, tried his best to leave most of the things that could be handled by his sons and ministers without appearing, the presence of this king could not be missing in Zhu Cixi's personal major activities on Chinese New Year's Eve.

The Ming Dynasty and North Korea are not two equal countries, and they can not show up except for important ceremonies. The Ming Dynasty was the suzerainty of Korea, and as the king, Li Kangzong had to be a dutiful tour guide who accompanied him at all times.

Thinking back on the itinerary of the past few days, Zhu Cihong pondered the heat for a while, and said in his heart: It's time to play the main dish.