Zhu Yuanzhang, who commanded the wind and rain, lived a long and arduous life.

"Your Highness, you must have made quite a bit of money."

"Okay!"

"I estimate it to be at least ten million taels."

"Ten...ten million taels?"

The two of them stared wide-eyed.

"Your Highness, the people you sent will only be here for a few months, right?"

Xu Da exclaimed in astonishment.

"Yup!"

"Is business in Japan really that easy?"

"He earned ten million taels in just a few months."

The two of them couldn't help but swallow.

"There's a lot of money to be made over there!"

"Of course it's easy!"

"With this money, the Ming Dynasty will have its research funding."

"All right!"

"lets change a topic!"

"Let's get on the boat!"

The group boarded a naval warship and slowly sailed out to sea!

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Chongming County's estuary!

On the dock!

"Your Highness, what kind of enormous creature requires the ocean to contain it?"

"Ha ha……"

Zhu Xiong Ying smiled but didn't say anything!

Instead, they were taken to the military dock.

"Please take a look, you two!"

They looked in the direction Zhu Xiong Ying pointed, and were instantly dumbfounded.

One after another, enormous creatures floated on the sea, blotting out the sky.

Especially that behemoth with the runway on it, it's the biggest of them all.

It looks about twenty stories high!

Xu Da and Li Wenzhong stood there, stunned!

"This, this, this..."

"What is this?"

The two of them had seen all sorts of storms in their lives, but today they were so shocked that they stammered.

"This is the aircraft carrier battle group, and the largest one is the aircraft carrier."

"what?"

"This is an aircraft carrier battle group? The carrier strike group that the books talk about?"

Li Wenzhong stared at Zhu Xiong Ying in astonishment.

"That's right!"

"This is a fully-equipped aircraft carrier battle group."

Zhu Xiong Ying nodded.

"Shocking, shocking..."

"That's truly amazing!"

"Besides, I was already shocked when I saw it, and I imagined all sorts of scenes in my mind."

"But I never expected it to be so shocking!"

"Hahaha……"

"With such a national treasure, who can stand against the Ming Dynasty's navy?"

Li Wenzhong laughed heartily with excitement.

He originally thought that the Ming navy's warships were already big enough, but compared to these, they were nothing!

"Then His Majesty should also come and see, as well as those civil officials, so that they can see this great national treasure."

"Let's see if they still object?"

Li Wenzhong is currently filled with nothing but excitement.

"Your Highness, is this just one of the carrier battle groups?"

Xu Da, who was standing to the side, snapped out of his shock.

"That's right!"

"If one is already so majestic and imposing, then if there were more, no one in the Ming Dynasty's seas would dare to act recklessly."

"Where would there be any Japanese pirates left!"

Xu Da looked at the aircraft carrier battle group in front of him and sighed with admiration.

"Uncle, let me introduce you to someone else!"

"Ok?"

"Ma He!"

"exist!"

Ma He immediately ran up to Zhu Xiong Ying.

“Uncle, his name is Ma He, and he is now in charge of the navy in Yingtian.”

"This person has considerable insight into naval warfare."

"Oh?"

Li Wenzhong looked Ma He up and down with curiosity.

"People from there?"

"Kunyang!"

"Oh? One of Mu Ying's people?"

“Uncle, I got him from the Prince of Xiang’s residence.”

"Eunuch?"

Li Wenzhong asked in confusion.

Zhu Xiong Ying nodded.

"Your Highness, can eunuchs fight in wars?"

"Uncle, isn't that a stereotype?"

"Who says eunuchs can't fight?"

“He may have a physical disability, but he doesn’t lack brains. With his assistance, I believe you will have a much easier time.”

"Oh?"

"I rarely hear Your Highness praise someone like this. Since Your Highness gives you such high praise..."

"Then you can stay!"

Hearing this, Ma was very happy.

"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Marshal!"

With the head coach's approval, his future career will be much smoother.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't excited!

"Your Highness!"

"What are your instructions, Grandpa Xu?"

"Your Highness, this is showing favoritism!"

Xu Da looked at Zhu Xiong Ying with a resentful gaze.

"Grandpa Xu, what makes you say that?"

“Bao’er is the Navy Commander, you give him an aircraft carrier battle group, but I’m just an Air Force Marshal…”

Xu Da didn't finish speaking, but looked at Zhu Xiong Ying with an expectant expression. Even a fool would know what he meant next.

Everyone laughed upon hearing this.

"Your Highness, our Air Force Marshal is jealous!"

Zhu Xiong Ying smiled as well.

"Grandpa Xu, don't worry!"

"The navy is all in the sea; there are places where the navy is originally stationed."

"So I put the carrier battle group at the naval base, right?"

"But the Ming Dynasty doesn't have any air force bases right now!"

"Air Force bases aren't like Army bases where you can just set up tents anywhere."

"The air force base needs to be built. Once you've completed it, I promise you a big surprise."

"Really?"

"Absolutely true!"

"You can't regret it!"

"a man of his words!"

"it is good!"

"I'm going back to choose a location!"

Without waiting for Zhu Xiong Ying and the others to say anything, he turned and left.

"When did Grandpa Xu become so decisive and efficient?"

"They're just jealous!"

Li Wenzhong, who was standing to the side, laughed.

Zhu Xiong Ying shook her head, ignoring him, and turned to look at Li Wen Zhong.

"Uncle, would you like to go and witness the combat capabilities of an aircraft carrier battle group?"

"Okay!"

"Let's go!"

Li Wenzhong immediately followed Zhu Xiong Ying onto the aircraft carrier. As soon as he boarded, he was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, curious about everything.

"Your Highness, this aircraft carrier is truly enormous!"

"hey-hey……"

"Not bad right?"

"Not bad, not bad, but there are too few, only one!"

"If only we had more of these, our Great Ming is so vast, with such a wide sea area, one aircraft carrier battle group is clearly not enough!"

Li Wenzhong immediately felt very regretful; it was a pity!

"No!"

"We have nine more carrier strike groups like this!"

"Nine more?"

"Really?"

Li Wenzhong immediately became excited.

"Of course!"

"Then why haven't I seen it?"

"Uncle, the dock is too small to accommodate so many aircraft carrier battle groups."

"They're all out at sea!"

"Then let's hurry and join them!"

"You are the Fleet Admiral, you give the order!"

"it is good!"

Just as Li Wenzhong was about to issue the order, a question suddenly occurred to him.

"Your Highness, does this aircraft carrier have a name yet?"

"not yet!"

"Then please pick one for me!"

"You are the Admiral, please come!"

Li Wenzhong pondered for a moment and said, "This is the first aircraft carrier battle group of the Ming Dynasty."

"Let His Majesty retrieve it!"

"Oh dear! There's no need for so much trouble!"

"They're all getting ready to go out and put their skills to the test. By the time Old Zhu arrives, it'll be too late."

"I'll get it!"

"Let's call it the Azure Dragon Ship!"

"Our aircraft carrier battle group will be called the Great Ming Ocean Fleet!"

"..."

Zhu Xiong Ying named all the ships in the Ming Dynasty's ocean-going fleet.

"Your Highness, this is an act of usurpation!"

"If His Majesty were to blame us..."

Ma He didn't dare to continue.

"Afraid of a hammer!"

"If he dares to speak, I'll give him another Thousand Years of Death!"

Upon hearing this, Mahe's lips twitched. It really was His Highness!

No rules apply to him, alas! Who can blame him when he has Empress Ma behind him?

With Empress Ma around, what kind of waves will Zhu Yuanzhang's dream stir up?

If Zhu Yuanzhang was the pillar that stabilized the Ming Dynasty, then Empress Ma was the base of that pillar.

Empress Ma deserves half the credit for Zhu Yuanzhang's rise to the throne and the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.

No one would disagree with that, right?

If you object, the generals of Huaixi might want to have a chat with you.

"Your Highness, you didn't choose the name 'Ocean Fleet' for something else...?"

Li Wenzhong, standing to the side, asked in confusion!

"That's right!"

"Isn't this what we want—real combat?"

"So who is our opponent?"

"Japan!"

hiss~

Li Wenzhong gasped; it was exactly as he had expected.

"Your Highness, we've started a national war!"

"This requires His Majesty's decree!"

Li Wenzhong said with a solemn expression.

"Uncle, are you scared?"

"It's not out of fear! It's against the rules, Your Highness. I hope you will reconsider."

"As long as Your Highness goes to obtain His Majesty's decree, I, Li Wenzhong, will definitely lead my men to be the first to storm Japan."

"Moreover, if we launch a war so suddenly, it will be illegitimate and lack legitimacy."

"In the future, this will give others grounds for criticism!"

Li Wenzhong said very seriously.

"Fine!"

"Then let's go back and request permission!"

Zhu Xiong Ying wasn't afraid, but rather didn't want to give others a reason to criticize him, fearing he might get away with it.

But Li Wenzhong and Ma He are in danger; Zhu Yuanzhang will use them to silence the crowd.

Therefore, for the safety of Li Wenzhong and Ma He, it was best to temporarily put aside the idea of ​​attacking Japan.

Hearing Zhu Xiong Ying's words, Li Wenzhong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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Royal study room!

"Old Zhu, Old Zhu..."

Zhu Yuanzhang: “…”

"You little brat, what are you howling about?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: (￣O￣;)

"Old Zhu, I need to talk to you about something."

Zhu Xiong Ying came up to Zhu Yuan Zhang and looked at him with a smile.

"What are you planning?"

"hey-hey……"

"Did you receive the money?"

"what money?"

Zhu Yuanzhang acted as if he knew nothing.

"Old Zhu, stop pretending with me."

"The silver brought back from Japan amounted to at least ten million taels."

"Cough cough..."

Zhu Yuanzhang coughed awkwardly twice.

"You little brat, let me tell you, you won't get a single penny of that money. It's all for the expenses of the imperial court."

"We advise you to give up this idea."

"Tch! Old Zhu, you don't think I'm after that money, do you?"

"Is not it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said irritably.

"Who said that?"

"It's not like I don't have that little bit of money."

"Ok?"

"You didn't come here to ask for money?"

"Of course not!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked Zhu Xiong Ying up and down and asked, "Really?"

"Of course!"

"Then what are you doing here?"

"Do you want more money?"

"Ok?"

"What do you mean by this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiong Ying with suspicion.

"Do you remember when I told you about the gold mines in Japan?"

"You want to launch an expedition against Japan?"

"That's right!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang put down his pen and fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he said, "The Japanese pirates have repeatedly invaded our Great Ming Dynasty, which is truly hateful."

"But if we want to launch an expedition to Japan, we must have a legitimate reason."

"Otherwise, this war cannot be sustained."

Do you have a reason?

"reason?"

"Do you need a reason?"

"How badly have they harmed the people of Fujian and Fujian?"

"Do we need another reason? Is this reason enough?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "That was just a small group of Japanese pirates. If we were to launch an eastern expedition against Japan, that reason wouldn't be enough."

"They only need to hand over the culprit; that doesn't justify a large-scale attack."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiong Ying went berserk.

"What? Can't think of anything?"

Just then, Zhu Biao's voice came from behind him. Turning around, he saw Zhu Biao smiling at him.

"Crown Prince, do you have a solution?"

"You're still too young!"

"Crown Prince, if you have a solution, just say so!"

Zhu Biao smiled.

"Under the whole world, is it not the king's land, and the coast of the land is not the king's ministers."

"Those Japanese pirates sent people to invade the coast of our Great Ming Dynasty, harboring rebellious intentions. Our Great Ming Dynasty should send out a righteous army to punish these traitors!"

"Furthermore, wherever the sun and moon shine and wherever rivers flow, that is Han territory. They have established their country on the land of our Great Ming."

"Japan is an isolated territory of our Central Plains overseas. Our soldiers of the Great Ming have the responsibility and obligation to recover this territory."

"If you want evidence, the reason why the First Emperor sent Xu Fu to sea was not to find the elixir of immortality, but to expand his territory."

"Our Great Ming Dynasty is going on this expedition to punish the disobedient, recover lost territories, and avenge the people of Fujian and Fujian."

"They are a righteous army that has restored the integrity of our Chinese territory, driven out the Tartars, and restored China."

"Fuck!"

"The Crown Prince's father is awesome!"

"It's all about benevolence, righteousness, and morality—you can't find a single fault with it!"

"My son admires you!"

Zhu Xiong Ying immediately gave Zhu Biao a thumbs up.

"You little brat, now you know how ruthless your father is, don't you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed from the side.

"Old Zhu, I never said my father wasn't powerful. I just wanted him to fight you."

"Hey? You little brat, you can't stand not beating up for a day, can you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang glared fiercely at Zhu Xiong Ying.

"Crown Prince, Old Zhu, let me make this clear beforehand!"

"I will show no mercy to the Japanese pirates. I will slaughter them all, leaving not a single blade of grass behind."

Upon hearing this, both of their expressions turned serious.

"U.A., are you going to spare the elderly, the weak, women and children too?"

Zhu Biao, who was standing to the side, frowned slightly. Zhu Xiong Ying had previously told them about the future dangers posed by the Japanese pirates.

“Crown Prince, if you don’t cut the weeds at the root, they will grow back in the spring.”

"All Japanese pirates must die."

As he spoke, Zhu Xiong Ying exuded a faint murderous aura.

"Ugh!"

"You should know that if you kill them all, those civil officials probably won't let you off the hook."

"I'm not afraid of those idiots!"

"If it really comes to that, it would be worth it to exchange my life for the lives of so many Japanese pirates!"

"Make a fortune!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang and his companion were at a loss for words.

"All right!"

"We'll discuss this later. Tomorrow, we will announce our military action against Japan."

"Thanks, Old Zhu!"

After saying that, he turned and left!

"Biao'er, what did that brat just say?"

He said thank you!

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback; it was truly remarkable that Zhu Xiong Ying would thank him!