When Li Yuntian appeared at the wharf surrounded by officials from various ministries and courts in Nanjing, the people in the distance were suddenly excited, and they broke out into deafening cheers.

In fact, Li Yuntian's appearance could not be seen clearly from the distance where the people were, but this did not prevent them from expressing respect and worship for Li Yuntian.

Gu Chen frowned and looked at the people who were excited, there was an indescribable gloom in his heart, although he didn't want to admit it, but Li Yuntian was indeed a rare good official in the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty had undergone earth-shaking changes over the years, especially Jiangnan, which had become more blossoming than before.

If he could choose again, Gu Chen might fail the kindness of Wei Guogong, and would rather die than assist the Han King in his rebellion, so that he ended up in disrepute.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, Gu Chen has gone too far and too far on the road of revenge against Li Yuntian, and he can no longer stop the pace of marching, so he can only go down hard, and fight to the death with Li Yuntian, otherwise I will be sorry for Wei Guogong and those soldiers who followed him to join the Northern Yuan.

In front of the wharf, there was a team of hundreds of people, who were the representatives of the people who went to sea this time, and looked at Li Yuntian, who was surrounded by many officials and stars.

The decks of the ships moored in the harbor were also lined up with crew members, all looking ahead without squinting, silent, and extremely serious, making the atmosphere of the scene a little solemn and shy.

Perhaps knowing that Li Yuntian was going to give instructions to the people going to sea, the noise on the wharf gradually subsided, and the people looked intently at the officials on the wharf in the distance, bracing their ears to hear what Li Yuntian had to say.

However, their efforts were obviously in vain, because the distance was too far, even the people standing at the front could not hear Li Yuntian's voice.

Gu Chen was not interested in what Li Yuntian had to say, and looked at Zheng He's treasure ship and the three-masted warship parked in the harbor in front of him with a complicated expression, anyway, what Li Yuntian said would definitely be published in tomorrow's "Mingxin Bao", and he was more interested in the three-masted warship that looked a little unique now.

In terms of business talent, Gu Chen was willing to bow down in front of Li Yuntian, and after the death of Emperor Yongle, he thought that the imperial court would suspend the work of the people and money, and those Zheng He's treasure ships would become a pile of rotten wood.

Unexpectedly, Li Yuntian took advantage of the special situation in Jiaozhi to persuade the imperial court to carry out overseas trade, and all of them made the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty tend to be normal, which not only earned a lot of foreign exchange for the Ming Dynasty, promoted the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty's commerce, but also made the sailors flourish.

Although Gu Chen had never seen the three-masted warship in battle, he had relevant information, and knew that the three-masted warship was a new type of ship integrating transport ships and warships, equipped with powerful firepower, like an active sea battery, and the Japanese were powerless to fight back when attacking Xiaoliuqiu Island, Qiongzhou Island and Daliuqiu Island.

Moreover, the ships that transport silver coins to and from South America are the three-masted warships, and the three-masted warships have to travel back and forth between South America and the Ming Dynasty every year, and the silver coins and silver minted in the silver mines in South America are continuously transported to the Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, silver coins shipped from South America have been circulated in the Jiaozhi, Guangxi and Jiangnan regions of the Ming Dynasty, and are popular among merchants and ordinary people because of their standard format and exquisite designs.

On the obverse of the coin is a seated dragon with a denomination on top of the dragon and the era name of the imperial court on the back, such as "Xuande Tongbao" and "Orthodox Tongbao".

According to Li Yuntian's regulations, the denominations of silver coins are divided into four types: "one yuan", "two yuan", "five yuan" and "ten yuan", and the larger the denomination, the larger the volume of the silver coin.

It is worth mentioning that the value of silver coins has changed due to the fact that silver coins are mixed not only with silver but also with other metals, and the composition and proportion of metals mixed in the "one", "two", "five" and "ten" silver coins are different.

Therefore, the "two yuan" silver coin is not twice the weight of the "one yuan" silver coin, and the heaviest "ten yuan" silver coin is four times the weight of the "one yuan" silver coin, which is mainly considered from the perspective of carrying.

In the silver coin system formulated by Li Yuntian, the "one yuan" silver coin corresponded to one tael of silver, weighing only more than six grams, and the size and weight were comparable to those of modern one-yuan coins, while the weight of one tael of silver was fifty grams.

The "Ten Yuan" silver coin weighs about twenty-five grams, which is comparable in size and weight to the silver dollar of the Republican period.

Although it seems that the value of silver coins does not match the value of silver, the money houses under the Lecture Martial Arts will exchange silver at a normal rate.

For example, if you take a "one yuan" silver coin to speak Wutang's Qianzhuang dialect, the Qianzhuang will exchange it for one tael of silver.

It must be pointed out that Li Yuntian did not blindly issue silver coins, but set the amount to be distributed to the market based on the silver reserves obtained from South America, so that he had enough silver reserves in his hands to support the circulation of those silver coins, and thus did not depreciate the value of silver coins.

Since the Ming Dynasty lacked silver mines, and the technology to make silver coins was only available in the Wutang Martial Arts Hall, Li Yuntian didn't have to worry about it being copied by lawbreakers at all.

It is precisely because the three-masted warship has a good ocean-going ability that it has become the main force of the ships of the Ming army's sailors, Gu Chen is an excellent military general, and secretly hopes to be able to drive the three-masted warship on the sea, but in his situation, this will become a luxury.

At the same time, Li Yuntian strode onto a platform made of wood under the gaze of everyone, and in front of him was a queue of representatives of those who went to sea.

"Soldiers, this time you will go to sea to create a great history, since the First Emperor, no dynasty or another court has had such a distant overseas territory. As the first batch of warriors to set foot on the overseas territory of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor and the court are proud of you, and the king also deeply admires you, you are the real heroes of the Ming Dynasty! ”

After glancing around at the people in the queue who were looking at him, Li Yuntian raised his right fist and said impassionedly, "What a pity to die to repay my family and country, I am willing to defend the land and reopen the territory!" ”

"What a pity to die to repay my family and country, I am willing to defend the land and reopen the territory!" Hearing this, the soldiers in the queue raised their right fists one after another, and followed Li Yuntian to roar in unison.

"What a pity to die to repay my family and country, I am willing to defend the land and reopen the territory!" Immediately, the personnel on the ships moored in the harbor also raised their right fists and shouted in unison, majestic and majestic, and the sound shook the sky.

What a pity to die to repay the family and the country, I am willing to defend the land and reopen the territory, which is the two lyrics in the military song "Loyal to the Monarch and Serving the Country", and it is also the motto of the soldiers who went out to the sea this time, Li Yuntian hopes that they can put their lives on the ground of death, gain a firm foothold overseas, and create a great cause.

"What a pity to repay my family and country with a hundred deaths, I am willing to defend the land and reopen the territory." Gu Chen in the crowd muttered a sentence in his mouth, then smiled bitterly, turned away with a lonely expression, once upon a time this was also his dream, but now he has become a sinner of Da Ming.

Gu Chen is very familiar with the song "Loyal to the Monarch and Serving the Country", although the imperial court did not give any clear statement, but "Loyal to the Monarch and Serving the Country" has become the military song of the Ming Dynasty, not only talking about the army under the martial arts, but also the guards around the country also like it very much, and often hum it in the barracks.

Although this is just a song, it can lift the morale of the army on the battlefield, and what impresses Gu Chen is that whether it is in the Liaodong battlefield or the Western Regions battlefield, those troops who were born in the martial arts hall or those who are related to the martial arts hall will sing this song "Loyal to the Monarch and Serve the Country" when they charge, and rush to the enemy to fight bravely, and then drive the soldiers of the Weisuo army to follow and fight desperately with the enemy.

Take the battle of the Northern Yuan in Heishui City as an example, even if the cavalry of the Great Horde broke through the camp of the Ming army, the Weisuo army of the Shanbei Military Region still gave the Northern Yuan and the Great Horde army heavy losses, Gu Chen witnessed those Ming soldiers who would rather die than surrender singing "Loyal to the Monarch to Serve the Country" and rushed to the cavalry of the Northern Yuan and the Great Horde, and the tragic scene of the scene moved the generals of the Northern Yuan and the Great Horde.

If the Northern Yuan and the Great Horde had not relied on the advantage of cavalry, then a life-and-death fight with the Ming army on the battlefield would have caused heavy casualties.

After the battle of Blackwater City, Gu Chen was quite glad that the commander of the Ming army was Song Hai, the Duke of Chengguo, if it was replaced by Zhou Zheng or Zhang Hao, or even Niu Shihao, then the consequences would not be easy to say, the three of them had a close relationship with Li Yuntian, and they would definitely follow Li Yuntian's advice step by step, fight steadily, and concentrate on destroying the Northern Yuan, instead of dividing troops to pursue the Timurid Empire.

After fighting with Li Yuntian for so many years, Gu Chen has never won, every move has been resolved by Li Yuntian, maybe even he doesn't know, his current behavior is actually a little paranoid, if he doesn't win Li Yuntian once, even if he dies, he won't feel at ease.

When Gu Chen left gloomily, Li Yuntian led the civil and military ministers of Nanjing to toast the soldiers of the sea.

If possible, he was willing to pour wine for more than 50,000 soldiers one by one, especially those children of military families who were worthy of Li Yuntian's admiration, because they all responded to the call of the imperial court and voluntarily signed up to go overseas, and it was not Li Yuntian who was forcibly assigned, nor did he send the exiled prisoners over according to the usual practice.

In fact, Li Yuntian knows very well that those children of military families are influenced by him to open up new territories for the Ming Dynasty with enthusiasm, and he feels that it is necessary to ensure the safety of these children of military families, so he must deal with the relevant matters of the overseas territory of the Ming Dynasty, which is the only thing he can do for these people now.

After the toast, Li Yuntian told the chief and deputy commanders of the fleet that went to sea this time, telling them to be careful along the way, and then watched the soldiers board the ship and leave the port, standing on the shore and waving goodbye to the people on board, frowning slightly.

He knows better than anyone that the future of the soldiers who went to sea this time is extremely dangerous, and anything can happen overseas where they are not familiar with their lives, and they can only rely on themselves at that time, and Da Ming is beyond the reach of this.

For this reason, the soldiers who went to sea this time carried the latest weapons of the Jiangwutang, as well as some firearms, which may be used to save their lives and deter the enemy at critical moments.

Among all the overseas territories, Li Yuntian is most concerned about the Persian Gulf, the situation in the Persian Gulf is extremely complicated, even if Khordu Khan sends a large army there, he only controls one-third of the place, and the rest of the area is controlled by local tribal forces, and will become the enemy of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

In the crowd of people on the shore to see them off, Wen Du looked at the departure of the huge ships on the dock with a shocked face, although he had been in Ningbo Port for several days, he was still shocked by Zheng He's treasure ship and the three-masted warship, and he couldn't imagine that there were such huge ships in the world.

If the land power of the Timurid Empire can still compete with the Ming Dynasty, the Timurid Empire will undoubtedly lose at sea war, once the Ming Dynasty attacks the Timurid Empire at the same time at sea and land, the Timurid Empire will fall into a two-front battle, and the military households have no chance of winning.

At this time, Wen Du not only had to rejoice that Li Yuntian was not a belligerent, otherwise the Timurid Empire would be in big trouble.