"Uncle Fourth, you can actually stay on Jeju Island without having to come with us!" Li Jie said to Zhu Di helplessly on the moving warship.

Behind Li Jie and the others was a huge fleet, that is, the fleet brought by Li Jie from Zhoushan. The three thousand elite soldiers of Zhang Dingbian, Zou Pusheng and others were also hidden on the troop transport ship behind, but the merchant fleet at the end was missing because they were here to fight this time, and the merchant ship was also burdened.

"I always hear people say that the Japanese pirates are very rampant, but unfortunately I have never seen them. Now you want to eliminate the Japanese pirates, and I just happen to be fine. Of course I have to follow you to see them!" Zhu Di held the ship's side and looked at the intersection of the sky and the sea, and didn't know what he was thinking?

Li Jie was speechless when he heard this. After Zhu Di led his army to Jeju Island, he discussed with Zhang Dingbian and decided to send troops to Tsuma Island. After all, if he delayed it, the Japanese pirates on Tsuma Island might hear some news. If they were asked to escape, they would not find them again.

However, what Li Jie didn't expect was that Zhu Di actually wanted to go to war with them. Anyway, there was no movement in Goryeo for the time being, so it was okay for him to stay on the island, and he seemed very interested in the Japanese pirates, so Zhu Di arranged his soldiers on the island and boarded the ship with Yao Guangxiao.

"By the way, the Japanese pirates are closer to the north, but why are they always making Japanese pirates on the southern coast? I rarely hear about Japanese pirates in the north?" Zhu Di suddenly asked again at this time.

"The Japanese pirates do not have large sea boats, so they can only use small boats to float along the ocean currents on the sea. There is just a current that reaches the southern coast of Tsuma Island, so they go south along the ocean currents and go directly to the southern coast." Li Jie explained.

"What is an ocean current?" Zhu Di asked curiously again when he heard this. He had limited knowledge of navigation and had never heard of many basic navigation knowledge.

Li Jie briefly introduced the ocean currents, and then popularized Zhu Di with basic navigation knowledge, and even talked about the earth like a ball, and the division of the earth into seven continents and four oceans.

"So that's it? I heard that you gave my father something called the globe. Can you give me one too?" Zhu Di said again with great interest after hearing this.

"I don't need to give it to me? Your Majesty has sent someone to imitate a batch of globes? It is said that they will give it to all princes. At that time, you must have one for everyone." Li Jie replied again? Lao Zhu's love for his son is really unspeakable. He will think of his son if he has any good things? Of course, there is nothing to keep in secret about the globes.

While talking? The lookout hand on the mast above his head suddenly put down the telescope in his hand and shouted: "There are ships ahead, seven!"

When Li Jie heard seven ships suddenly appearing in front of him, he also looked surprised. Fang Guan also commanded the fleet to surround him. Soon the seven small boats appeared in front of Li Jie and the others? When he saw these ships, Li Jie's face also darkened because he was too familiar with these ships. When the Japanese pirates raided Jintang Island, they were riding in such small boats.

"It's the Japanese pirates!" Fang Guan held up his telescope and observed.

"All of them are sunk? But catch a few live-actioners!" Li Jie ordered in a deep voice. It's still far from Tsushima Island? Looking at the direction of these small boats, it's not like going to Goryeo. The only explanation is that they plan to float along the ocean current to the southern coast of the Ming Dynasty.

Fang Guan immediately agreed when he heard this. Wave the flag and ordered two warships to come forward. The Japanese pirates on the boat had long seen the huge warships of the Ming Navy. Unfortunately, they couldn't even hide, so they could only watch two tall warships rushing over and then directly pressed their boats under the water, which scared them to jump ship to save their lives.

However, jumping into the water would not save your life, because the soldiers on the boat began to shoot arrows and shoot downwards. As long as the Japanese pirates emerged, they would be shot and killed immediately. However, there were still a few "lucky" Japanese pirates who were caught on board and handed over to people who knew Japanese language for interrogation.

Half an hour later, the interrogators came back to report that the group of Japanese pirates did come out of Tsuma Island, with the purpose of the southern coast of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, these Japanese pirates also explained some of the situation on Tsuma Island.

Tsuma Island is not large in size and there is no fertile land on the island. The islanders are led by the Zong clan, who is loyal to Japan. The islanders usually make a living by fishing, but when the Zong clan summons them to go out to sea together, these islanders will turn into pirates, burn, kill, loot and do everything evil. These people are the root of the Japanese pirates.

However, with the confrontation between Japan and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the country was also in turmoil. Many samurai went bankrupt. The Japanese who could not survive in the country began to venture out to sea. Tsushima Island was the base camp of pirates, and naturally attracted many bankrupt samurai.

However, the population that Tsuma Island can support is limited, and the Zong family also needs to strictly control the population on the island. Therefore, every once in a while, the Zong family will use a similar method to draw lots to draw out a group of Japanese pirates and then send them on a small boat to go south along the ocean current.

The Japanese pirates' ships are too small and they have to take great risks when drifting on the sea. If they are lucky, the entire fleet may sink in winds and waves. Of course, if they are lucky, they can reach the coast of Ming Dynasty, which is countless times richer than Goryeo and Japan.

According to the confessed Japanese pirates, there were 2,000 soldiers available under the Zong family on Tsuma Island, and the rest were old and weak women. In addition, the Zong family also had hundreds of warships, but most of them were small ships. The largest warship was placed in the Ming Dynasty's navy, and it was only of medium-sized warships. This was similar to what Li Jie had expected before. After all, Japan's shipbuilding technology was backward and was completely crushed in the naval battle.

"General Fang, act as planned!" After analyzing the information confessed by these Japanese pirates, Li Jie quickly made a decision, saying that Tsushima's strength was similar to what he expected, and there was no need to change the plan at all.

Fang Guan immediately agreed, and then ordered the fleet to move forward at full speed. After more than an hour, Tsushima Island suddenly appeared in front of the fleet. Fang Guan also immediately ordered the warships in front and the mobilized ships in the rear to break away, and then lined up to Tsushima Island.

Li Jie stood at the bow of the flagship, looking at the closer and closer Tsukuma Island, and his heart was full of pride and ambition. He obtained Jeju Island before, and Tsukuma Island in front of him was the first step for the Ming Dynasty to explore the outside world through force.

But at this moment, Yao Guangxiao, who had been wandering around on the boat, suddenly walked to the bow of the boat, looked at Li Jie and smiled, "Li Bandu, I have a question I have never understood. I wonder if you can solve my doubts?"

"What's the problem?" Li Jie turned his head and looked at the second most famous monk in the history of the Ming Dynasty. The first most famous monk was of course Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Li Bandu, you asked His Highness of Yan to send troops to control Goryeo, and you want to manage Japan again. Such a big move should not be just for the sake of the Japanese pirates, right?" Yao Guangxiao smiled again.
Chapter completed!