"Your Highness, what to do with these captives?"

After some questioning, the Goryeo general told everything he knew, and at this time Yue Yun asked the soldiers to put away their bayonets. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"How do they treat our fishermen?" Xiao Ming's expression was grim.

"All those who were taken back by them were enslaved." Yue Yun said hatefully, he already knew that many of the Japanese robbers on this coast were pretended to be Goryeo soldiers, and he hated Goryeo more and more at this time.

The king said, "Whoever they take back is a slave." Yue Yun said hatefully, he already knew that many of the Japanese robbers on this coast were pretended to be Goryeo soldiers, and he hated Goryeo more and more at this time. Slavery. Xiao Ming said.

"Yes." Yue Yun sneered twice, and as soon as he raised his hand, the soldiers drove these Goryeo captives to the salt works with flintlock pistols loaded with bayonets.

After relieving his hatred a little, Yue Yun said again: "Your Highness, since the barbarians entered the customs, this Goryeo has often bullied our people from the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and has occupied the surrounding fishing grounds very domineeringly. ”

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

The coastal warlords have been plagued for a long time, and this has always been a headache for the Great Chongqing State, whether it is the real Japanese Invaders, the Goryeo pretended Waikos, or the Japanese Invaders disguised by the merchants of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, the coastal cities and shipping routes pose a serious threat.

Now that he had signed a trade agreement with the Dutch, and his merchant ships would soon be transporting goods by land and sea to the south of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, he had to think about the safety of the merchant ships.

It was for this reason that he made this decision.

Yue Yun nodded excitedly when he heard this, he had long imagined that there would be such a day, and now the era of the Great Yu Kingdom ruling the sea had finally come.

Speaking of this, the two talked about some problems with the cruise of the battleship.

In fact, the question is very simple, as in modern times, warships cruising for only one purpose, which is to fight piracy and protect trade routes.

Because the ocean was so vast that it was impractical for all the warships to act together, he split the warships into two or three ships in a formation.

Each formation is responsible for cruising in a specific sea area, so that his current fleet can fully cover the routes of East Asia, and thus firmly control the routes.

Of course, this warship cruise was only the beginning, and then he would monopolize the maritime trade, becoming the sea coachman of East Asia like the Dutch, where only his merchant ships could transfer goods from different countries and make a profit.

However, this goal is still somewhat difficult to implement, and without a fierce war, he may not be able to get Goryeo and the Wa kingdom to recognize his maritime supremacy.

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

The Galen ship is not omnipotent, and its flexibility at sea is not too high, and it is still dangerous in the face of the hundreds of warships that have swarmed, so he is waiting for twenty-four third-class sail warships to be launched this year.

In this way, he had thirty-nine warships, and a fleet of this size could easily navigate naval battles without worrying about the Dutch stabbing them in the back.

If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, Xiao Ming will not believe in the Dutch just because he signed an agreement, and there are only interests between countries that are eternal.

The route of the warship cruising was agreed, and Yue Yun was ready to implement it in the near future, and the function of the fleet for the time being was only to protect the trade routes.

After leaving the military port, Xiao Ming returned to Xingyuan, and along the way he began to think about the next strategic issues in East Asia.

If he was still alive in modern times, Xiao Ming would naturally not think about it 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 destroy its sailors was strengthened.

He didn't just want to teach Goryeo a lesson, but because attacking Goryeo was an important part of his efforts to contain the barbarians, and because he couldn't eliminate the Goryeo sailors, he couldn't garrison troops on Juehwa Island to directly attack the barbarian hinterland.

This Juehua Island, also known as Chrysanthemum Island, is the largest island in contemporary Liaodong Bay, and during the Ming Dynasty, the sailors of Juehua Island were led by the guerrilla Jin Guan.

The first function is to guard the food and equipment on the island; the second is to cooperate with the land division to restore the lost territory in eastern Liao; The third is to respond to the city defense of Ningyuan, which is recorded in the literature: "The key point of Ningyuan is built by those who build eight miles, and the 40,000 people who guard eight miles are the rush of Ningyuan, and Juehua Island is at the corner." As for the city, the soldiers on the island went out three forks, burned its pontoon bridge, and went around it to attack it. ”

Later, the Jin army fought for this island and the Ming Dynasty to fight for Huajue 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 hinterland of the barbarians and cooperate with the fortress advancement strategy, this place will be very suitable.

Nowadays, the northern barbarians have always been the biggest threat to Qingzhou on land, and although he has been developing the navy during this time, the arrangement of the barbarians has never stopped.

In the last battle of Jizhou, Bei Shan did not know whether he was alive or dead, and after that, the barbarians seemed to have died down and fell silent.

This apparent calm made Xiao Ming more and more uneasy, he was always unusually calm before the storm, and he didn't want to imagine the worst.

It was precisely in this fear, which envisaged the worst-case scenario, that the sea trade routes were particularly important, and if his fiefdom lost outside support, it would be his last straw.

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

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

Xiao Ming walked over and asked, "Today's events didn't scare you, did they?" ”

"Your Highness underestimated the concubine, and the concubine was not frightened, but felt seasick." Fei Yue'er said embarrassedly.

"Seasickness?" Xiao Ming was suddenly dumbfounded, "Why didn't you tell this king before you went to sea." “

"The concubine is afraid of disturbing His Highness's interest, and the concubine has lived in Chang'an for a long time, and she has never seen what the sea is like, so I really want to follow His Highness to see it." Fei Yue'er said.

Xiao Ming patted Fei Yue'er's head, "No wonder you rarely talk along the way, and your face is pale, that's good, this king thinks that the naval battle scared you." ”

Fei Yue'er became more and more embarrassed, she said: "Your Highness can face the barbarians in Qingzhou without fear, and the concubine is the wife of His Highness, how can she let the soldiers see the jokes." ”

Xiao Ming nodded, this Fei Yue'er looked more and more like a princess.

The two were talking and laughing, when the servant outside the door came over and said, "Your Highness, Yang Tingshi is asking to see outside, and he said that the fishing boat has returned." “