The Great Seminary

Chapter 234 Taking Three Out of Nine
In mid-November, crows howled over the Yuanluan Ocean.

Jiaoqi County, located in Dazhe Town, which is only fifty li away from the county seat, borders the Xiyue Province and Jingchu Province in the southern border region of the Ming Dynasty.

A light frost appeared on the ground.

Zhang Gui wore a whale-hide armor and painted his face with ink.

Standing at the berth, looking up at the massive, mountain-like, mechanically powered ship, he couldn't stop smiling.

"Okay, okay!

If it weren't for the fall of Yanjing, Emperor Hezheng had moved the capital to Jinling, where he engaged in open and covert struggles with his sons who were "inspecting the country on behalf of Heaven" in the south.

We could never obtain such a gigantic fish-dragon mechanical warship!
Haha, the entire Ming and Song empire only built nine such large warships.

Now, taking advantage of the chaos in the capital caused by Prince Huai's secret capture by the Eastern Depot in Minzhen, we seized the "Fish-Dragon" boat he used when he left the capital.

They also stole the ship that Feng Wang had left in the Western Guangdong Province after he joined the Chuan Gu sect and neglected to guard it.

In addition, the sudden burst of domineering aura from her own father completely frightened her away from any sneaky thoughts.

The fish-dragon ship that King Zhan left in Jingchu after he traveled by land to pay homage to the capital of Jinling was 'three out of nine'.

As long as the navy trains its ship handling skills, the coastal defense of Big Snake Head Island will be completely secure!
Zhao Zhusha, the founding emperor of the Ming-Song Empire, was a rare emperor in history who rose to power amidst rivers and lakes.

The contents of the "Beidou Military Manual" he left behind are 60% methods for training naval forces.

However, ever since the Prince of Yan swept across the north and transformed his former fiefdom, 'Northern Yan Prefecture,' into the new capital, the opportunity for a large-scale naval campaign was effectively eliminated due to its geographical location.

Over the next few centuries, the national policy of the Ming and Song dynasties gradually shifted to focusing on training a powerful army and cavalry.

They've long forgotten the skills they used to build their fortune!
As a result, the "national treasures" from the founding of the dynasty were used as ceremonial items for the royal family to display their prestige and honor when the princes left the capital.

With such a understanding, it's no wonder that its national power suddenly plummeted to this point.

This gave the True Dragon Kingdom the opportunity to acquire large 'family property' items.
After taking a trip to the Yuanshan Empire, Zhang Gui felt that his future development space might not be the Eastern Continent, but the Luanya Islands.

In this case, a strong navy is no longer just icing on the cake, but the top priority!

That's why he wasted so much of his cultivation technique to acquire the giant fish-dragon ship that he hadn't paid much attention to before.

Now that we have achieved increasingly fruitful results, we are naturally happy and have become more talkative.

"Next, let's sneak into Hubei and Hunan and see if we have a chance to take down Prince Kang's Fish Dragon warship as well."

And then there's my old master, Prince Zhen. Hehehe, now that he's dead, his uncle has offended his 'good father' to death.

They could only continue fighting for their lives against the Yuanshan Guard on Fresh Velvet Island, like drinking poison to quench their thirst.

I suspect his goal is to seize Xianrong Island, then openly help Han Li rebuild her kingdom while secretly establishing himself as king overseas.

Despite having devised such a strategy, Prince Zhen's "temporary capital" still brazenly docked his giant jade dragon warship at the port of Sichuan.

How unwise!

If it weren't for the goddess Tao who 'ascended to heaven' still helping them, I wouldn't dare to act rashly.

They stole the boat a long time ago.

Fortunately, judging from the situation, there will still be opportunities in the future.

What do you all think?

Behind him, the officers of the 'True Dragon Armor First Legion,' led by Gui Sang, could only echo their emperor's endless ramblings.
"Actually, Emperor Hezheng of the Ming Dynasty wasn't exactly incompetent, but he was far less farsighted than our Emperor."

But you can't blame him.

After all, someone with such natural imperial bearing as Your Majesty might only appear once every few hundred or even a few thousand years.

"He's incomparable to ordinary emperors." This sounded like a compliment from a rising star in the True Dragon Army who had some education.

Hearing his clumsy and uninformed peers around him, he felt a mixture of admiration and envy, but could only grin widely and say:
"That's right, that's right, our king is one of the rarest in the world."

It's probably no less valuable than the immortal ironwood of Yuanshan.

Such a comment is far too much in the present context, leaving others at a loss for words.

In the end, he was a centurion from the Southern Red Continent, taciturn by nature, who had heard of the great achievements of the 'Eternal Heaven' of the Eastern Continent, but had never personally experienced them.

Curious that his comrade had suddenly fallen silent, he clapped sincerely and said:
In my opinion, there was no great emperor in the 'Four Continents of Earthly Origin' a thousand years ago!
When the True Dragon becomes powerful in the future, he will surely be able to introduce the spirit of 'equality for all people' to the Southern Red Continent, the Western He Continent, and the Northern Xuan Continent!

Liberate all the oppressed there!
To become the common king of the 'Four Continents of Earthly Origin'.

The officers of the 'True Dragon Armor First Corps' never expected that this brown-skinned kid, who was usually 'so quiet you couldn't even fart after being beaten ten times,' would actually make such a name for himself.

They looked at each other in bewilderment as they delivered such a ridiculously flattering compliment with such a sincere expression and tone.

But that's how 'collective intelligent beings' are; when certain limits haven't been broken, it seems very difficult to break through them.

But once one of its kind breaks through the limit, others may follow in quick succession.

"Our emperor should be like this; his future achievements will surely be unprecedented!"

"That's exactly right. The reason why the Heavenly Emperor, the True Dragon Emperor, was sent down is to ensure that the human race can carry on the legacy and create a new era of glory like in ancient times!"

"I think it's not just the 'Four Continents of the Earthly Realm,' but also the Hundred Demon Races beneath the Great Cavern."

The officers of the 'True Dragon Armor First Corps' who had just felt ashamed began to cross the line one by one.

Suddenly, a cold wind swept across the sea.

The 'fish-dragon giant ship' that had been blocking the sea vanished without a trace in an instant.

This is a miracle produced by the power of "circulation" among the three basic principles of Zhang Gui's "powerful divine authority" and "capital elements".

The massive, mountain-sized warships were moved thousands of miles away, from the wharf of Jiaoxi Dazhe Town in the southern border of the Ming-Song Kingdom, to the harbor of Giant Snake Head Island.

However, because he left the earthly divine kingdom, it became about a hundred times more difficult for him to exercise his divine authority.

It took a long time to finally teleport the treasure, which was of such size and weight as the 'Fish-Dragon Giant Ship'.

Furthermore, the amount of 'virtual and real' consumed is enormous; at most, one more time in the same manner will exhaust the accumulated resources.

"Even so, it's worth it!"

The only pity is that, since my physical body is separated from the earthly divine kingdom, I can only exert divine power on other objects, but I cannot bless myself.

This must be the principle behind the saying, "Excessive force cannot be retained."

In the earthly kingdom of God, I have two pillars: the 'kingdom of God' and 'myself'.

Thus, they can leverage the divine kingdom as a fulcrum to move themselves.

But outside of God's kingdom, the fulcrum becomes one, and I can't always pry myself up.

Or rather, my extraordinary powers are not sufficient to support the completion of such a 'miracle'.

We can only wait until the divine authority advances again and achieves 'uniqueness' before trying again.

Gazing at the vast sea, Zhang Gui thought to himself, "After rambling on to myself, I haven't paid any attention to what my generals are saying."

Suddenly I felt a very slight vibration coming from the soles of my feet.

(End of this chapter)