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Chapter 122 There Will Always Be a Time to Ride the Wind and Waves (Subscription Request)
As soon as King Zheng Long’s capital restriction operation came out, the branches of the Zheng family in Nanyang became anxious when they saw the extra money being returned to them!

How can you make money without taking us into consideration?
Aren't we a family anymore?
Faced with questioning from various branches of the Zheng family in Nanyang, King Zheng Long ignored them.

The reason why he asked other branches of the Nanyang Zheng family to contribute was, on the one hand, because he was afraid that if he didn't bring them along, the elders in the family would lose face, and he was also afraid of a fallout in the ancestral temple. Only by bringing them together to make money could he ensure the unity of the family.

The reason why they were not required to invest too much was because King Zheng Long had to ensure that their family was always in an absolute leading position.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Zheng family is now a local tyrant in Southeast Asia.

This kind of power struggle within the family is almost comparable to the power struggles in some small countries.

After King Zheng Long dealt with the affairs of the Nanyang clan, he began to integrate the resources in his hands, and then went to find Lu Jing together with Shi Hainu.

……

Twenty days later, Lu Jing and Hu Butang came to Haiyan County Port again.

Lu Jing's three treasure ships were still docked at the port, and farther away from the port, dozens of large ships were floating in the distance.

Looking from the port terminal, it looks like a horizon that is getting closer and closer.

When they could see the flags on King Zheng Long's ship on the shore, Lu Jing invited Hu Butang to board his ship, and then stood at the bow and looked out.

Looking at the lively scene on the sea and the shore, Hu Butang said with emotion: "I didn't expect you to be able to accomplish this."

Lu Jinggao smiled and said, "It depends on you and Mr. Zhang to mediate. Otherwise, I alone cannot accomplish such a big thing."

Hu Butang knew it was a compliment, but he was still very happy: "You are so good at talking, if you don't succeed, who will? When you go to Japan and make some achievements, don't forget me then, we have to watch over each other!"

Lu Jing: "Of course!"

While they were talking, King Zheng Long's ship was thousands of feet away, so King Zheng Long stirred up the sea breeze, rose directly into the air, and shouted loudly: "East China Sea Zheng family fleet, come to report!"

Lu Jing shouted, "Thank you for your hard work, King Zheng Long!"

King Zheng Long continued to give face to Lu Jingchang: "Now, the Zheng family of the East China Sea and the Shi family of the East China Sea have allocated a total of 30 ships, 50 grain ships, 15 horse ships, 40 warships, and 60 transport speedboats, a total of 195 ships waiting for Governor Lu's dispatch!"

Hu Butang gasped when he heard the number of these warships...

so much!
Large grain ships that sail on the sea all year round can carry at least 150,000 shi of grain at a time. Fifty ships would mean 7.5 million shi of grain!
Two stone of grain is enough for a strong man to eat for a month.

That's only 24 shi of grain a year.

The soldiers, horses, and sailors led by Lu Jing, together with those led by King Zheng Long, total about 10,000. That is to say, the total grain consumption of Lu Jing's people per year is only 240,000 shi!

But he had 7.5 million shi of grain!

Even if these grains are placed in the northern border, they are enough to feed the 300,000-strong army!

Of course, the food carried by these grain ships could not all be grains. There was also grain, bacon, dried fish, pickles and other foods. In addition to food for people, there was also fodder for horses. The fodder consumed by horses every day was even more than that consumed by people.

But even so!
These supplies are enough to feed Lu Jing and his group of tens of thousands of people for many years.

Hu Butang smacked his lips and said, "Are you preparing for a long-term battle against Japan?"

Lu Jing shook his head and smiled, "No, these grains are just a means to win over the hearts of the Japanese in the early stage."

Oh?
This is very interesting. Seeing Lu Jing's growth, Hu Bu Tang sighed again, then he half-jokingly and half-seriously said to Lu Jing: "Governor Lu, you are Li Wanji, so I won't bother you anymore. We will keep in touch with each other through letters in the future."

Lu Jing: "Okay!"

Hu Butang: "I will return now."

Lu Jing said respectfully: "Minister, take care, and don't forget to help me recruit skilled craftsmen!"

Hu Butang waved his hand with his back to Lu Jing and said, "The day you conquer Japan will be the day when skilled craftsmen will arrive."

After talking with Hu Butang, Lu Jing immediately ordered the soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp to board the boat carrying Zheng Longwang, Shi Hainu and others.

Lu Jing was personally in charge of the treasure ship, and both Song Yuheng and Pei Guanyin were promoted by Lu Jing to deputy generals.

Old Wei and other former officers of the Xianzhen Camp have now returned to their respective officer positions, and have all been promoted by Lu Jingguan by one level, and then sent down to lead a general army of about 600 people.

Similarly, King Zheng Long and Shi Hainu were both appointed as lieutenant generals by Lu Jing, and the soldiers under their command were also granted official positions in the Dayu army.

These were all discussed by Lu Jing and King Zheng Long and others during the past twenty days.

The connection was extremely smooth, and within an hour everyone was doing their respective jobs.

Subsequently,

Nearly two hundred large ships sailed out of Haiyan County port and headed for the vast ocean.

Starting from Haiyan County in Yuhang Province of Dayu to Japan, the straight-line distance in the middle sea is only 3,000 miles, but because there are many reefs along the way, the route is tortuous and some places have to follow ocean currents, so the total route is as long as 5,000 miles.

Faced with complex navigation conditions, Zheng Longwang and others who have been trading at sea for many years have rich experience.

They know exactly where they can go and where they can't go.

This is also the reason why Lu Jing has always wanted to cooperate with Zheng Longwang and others.

Not only will they be used to open up trade routes on the sea, but with King Zheng Long and the others around, Lu Jing can also rely on them to quickly understand the current situation in Japan.

and!

King Zheng Long and his men are not only proficient in sea routes, they also have other means during the navigation process!

King Zheng Long and Shi Hai Nu tamed many giant sea beasts in the process of traveling around the seas. These beasts were up to ten meters long, with mouths like sharp swords. They swam very fast in the sea and were extremely strong. The key was that these beasts were quite human-like, so they were tamed by King Zheng Long and his men in the sea. If the wind was small or even no wind, they could move quickly in groups, dragging large ships in the sea.

King Zheng Long and his companions would not only catch fish to feed them, but would also protect them when other giant beasts in the sea wanted to prey on them.

Humans have formed an ingenious symbiotic relationship with this fish-beast.

Under the leadership of King Zheng Long and his men, Lu Jing's fleet sighted the island country of Japan in just thirteen days.

On Lu Jing's treasure ship, King Zheng Long took off his monocular telescope and said, "We can already see the shadow of the Japanese island of Honshu. The place we are about to land is the Nagato Kingdom on the Japanese island of Honshu."

"Today, the island nation of Japan is divided into dozens of daimyo fiefdoms of varying sizes under the law."

"The Nagato Province where we are about to land is the domain of a daimyo."

(End of this chapter)