Most people are afraid of death, especially corrupt officials. They have been greedy for so much money and must have the life to spend it. Even though they know that they will be beheaded, they still won’t do it.

After Jiajing clearly showed no help, local officials finally became honest. With Yang Cong's strong push, the Tunwei in four provinces and one Beijing gradually moved towards the coastline, and the Ming coastal defense system began to take shape.

The pirates and Japanese pirates were perhaps scared by the power of the Ming army in the Battle of Tongzhou, and the frequency of robbery became lower and lower. After several encirclements, they were even more scared. As long as they heard that the elite Ming army came, they would be frightened and fled in a panic and did not dare to stay for a moment.

With the establishment of the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense system, the momentum of pirates and Japanese pirates was finally curbed, and the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty gradually returned to peace.

At this time, the Nanzhili Arsenal was also built, and the elite muskets and artillery of the Tunwei were gradually equipped. Yang Cong can finally start his next plan.

His next plan is to build ships. Passive defense is just a bad idea after all. If you want to completely solve the problems of pirates and Japanese pirates, you must build warships, form navy troops, control the entire southeastern waters, and leave them without any escape.

So, how many warships does the Ming Navy have now?

There were hundreds of naval warships in the four provinces and one capital of the Ming Dynasty. If you had to press them all, you could naturally fight pirates and Japanese pirates. However, after these warships were scattered to various provinces and even various garrisons, they became several here and several there, and they could not defeat the pirates and Japanese pirates gathered together.

Most pirates and Japanese pirates are floating. Anywhere in the coastline of the thousands of miles of the Ming Dynasty may be attacked by pirates and Japanese pirates. It is definitely not enough to rely on the existing hundreds of warships. Even if they gather together, they can only defend a limited number of important areas, and it is impossible to completely solve the problems of pirates and Japanese pirates.

So, how many warships should be built to control the entire southeastern waters so that they can’t escape?

To be honest, Yang Cong was not sure at this moment. After all, he was not a genius commander. He was invincible in land and naval battles. He didn't know much about naval warships and naval combat.

Fortunately, he didn't know anything about it, and others knew about it. For example, Yu Dayou was an expert in naval warfare. Although Yu Dayou had not shown any skills at this moment, the naval forces of the Yu family army in history were slashed violently. There were Qi Jiguang's Qi family army in the land battle, and Yu Dayou's Yu family army in the sea battle. These were the two killer moves of the Ming Dynasty to eventually defeat pirates and Japanese pirates.

The reason why he asked Tang Shunzhi, Zhao Shichun and others to go to Fuzhou to stand by was to let them gather the strength of the navy and cooperate with Yu Dayou to practice and explore experience.

Originally, Zhu Wan had already drawn out the warships from the various military garrisons in Zhejiang and Fujian, and concentrated on destroying two ports where pirates and Japanese pirates were traded in Shuangyu Island and Zoumaxi. It would not be very troublesome to let all these warships gather in Fuzhou at this time.

So, how are they doing their training?

That morning, a large number of warships suddenly appeared in the Yangtze River waters near Jinling. The number was probably more than 200, densely packed, and looked extremely terrifying.

Although there are many warships, they are not at all chaotic. The big blessing ships, small blessing ships, Cangshan boats, centipede ships, etc. are all classified and arranged neatly, looking like a military formation on land, majestic.

Yang Cong stood at the port pier north of Jinling City, looking at the navy fleet slowly coming from afar, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction on his face.

Yu Dayou did have a few brushes, and in just a few months, he trained the navy fleet so neatly. This warship is not an infantryman on land, and it is much more difficult to arrange the array than on land. It is amazing that Yu Dayou can command the warships to arrange such neat arrays.

The only drawback is that the speed of the entire fleet is a bit slow, and the speed of sailboats moving against the current is even worse than that of ordinary people. This is a very serious problem. If there is no wind at sea, how can this naval battle be fought?

Yang Cong thought for a while, and the navy fleet finally arrived near the port. A huge lucky ship slowly approached the dock where he was. As soon as the hanging ladder was put down, Yu Dayou, Tang Shunzhi, Zhao Shichun and others ran down from the warship quickly.

Looking at the familiar faces, Yang Cong couldn't help but feel excited. Long time no see, especially Yu Dayou, who hasn't seen each other for several years since he left Beijing.

He couldn't help but run up to catch Yu Dayou's arm and said excitedly: "Zhifu, I haven't seen you for a few years, how are you doing?"

Yu Dayou smiled and said, "It's OK, it's OK."

After saying that, he wanted to bow his hands, but Yang Cong raised his hand and said, "No need to be polite, let's go to the boat to talk. I've been waiting for you for several days, and I'm really a little anxious."

After saying that, he took Yu Dayou's arm and walked onto the boat.

This is not the first time he has boarded this great lucky ship. However, the last time he went to see Wang Zhi, he did not consider the construction of the warship, so he had never looked at it carefully on the ship.

This time it was different. He was preparing to build a large number of warships. Naturally, he had to understand the structure of the warships well. With Yu Dayou and others, he turned around the ship seriously, and his face couldn't help but look a little disappointed.

Although this big lucky ship looks as majestic as a city tower, it is still very different from his ideal warship.

His ideal warship should be divided into several layers, each layer full of artillery. Once the war begins, the shells will be smashed out like raindrops, leaving pirates and Japanese pirates unable to fight back.

However, this lucky ship has only one layer under the deck, and it is obvious that it is piled with weapons and ammunition. There is no way to open the gun door because the bottom of the ship is below the waterline. If the gun door is opened, the water will not be completely filled!

He led everyone to the bow of the ship, glanced at the nearby warships, and then asked: "Shifu, have you ever thought of filling the sides of the warships with cannons to attack the enemy?"

When Yu Dayou heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he said in silence: "There are guns on both sides? Are you talking about the Flang Jiren's warship?"

Folangji is the transliteration of the word French at this time, which should refer to France. However, in the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese were generally called Folangji people, and I don’t know if there was a problem during the translation.

The Ming Dynasty fought naval battles with the Portuguese in the early years of Zhengde and Jiajing, and they both won. It was not surprising that Yu Dayou knew that the Portuguese warships fell.

Yang Cong couldn't help but ask with interest: "Oh, have you seen the Folang Jiren's warship?"

Yu Dayou shook his head and said, "I have never seen it before. I have heard that some of the Flang Jiren's warships are filled with artillery on both sides. The firepower of this kind of warship is indeed very strong, but it is useless if there is no assistance from other warships. This kind of warship is extremely bulky and difficult to turn. As long as small warships such as centipede ships are quickly leaning up from the dead corners of front and back shooting, and then attacking them with tiny oil and other objects, it is not difficult to burn them."

I fainted, but I didn't expect that Yu Dayou's evaluation of the Portuguese warships was like this.

However, if you think about it carefully, Portugal is a small country with few people, and now they are colonies everywhere in the world, and even fewer people can cover the sea and run to the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!