Chapter 2291: Going to the West, Connecting to the Sea(1/2)
Chapter 2291: Voyage to the West and open to the sea
No one knows about the news that the four kings of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu wanted to form a coalition force to conquer the Japanese. Except for the kings of the four countries and senior officials of the level like Wang Meng, no one knows. This is also the most basic confidentiality measure before the war begins.
The civil and military officials in the Qin State naturally puzzled Ying Hao's decision to expand his naval army and build a large number of warships. Some even thought that they wanted to attack Wang Mang from Goguryeo.
In short, there are all kinds of statements, but except for Zhang Liang and Liu Bowen's few people, basically no one would think about asking for the Japanese, and these people naturally include Ye Qingmei.
After Ye Qingmei learned about it, she immediately entered the palace to find Ying Hao.
"Qin, um, no, Ying, no, now you should call His Majesty."
Ye Qingmei was still a little uncomfortable. After all, she hadn't known Ying Hao for a long time, but Ying Hao's identity was changing repeatedly.
Ying Hao smiled disconcertedly and said, "Jingmei, just call me the same as before. There is no need for so many situations between you and me."
When Ye Qingmei heard this, her face turned red and she said shyly: "Brother Hao, at this moment, you suddenly expanded your navy. Do you want to conquer the Japanese?"
Ying Hao looked at Ye Qingmei in surprise. The campaign against the Japanese was the biggest secret of the four countries. Without any news, even the top strategist might not be able to see this step. Ye Qingmei could see it, which shows how extraordinary this woman is.
"Why do you ask this? What is your basis?" Ying Hao asked back with a faint smile.
When Ye Qingmei heard this, she became more sure and said confidently: "There is no basis. She just stands in the position of being a time traveler. She thinks you will definitely do this. After all, that's Japan. If you don't clean up now, it will be more troublesome to clean up in the future."
After hearing this answer, Ying Hao felt inexplicably happy. She, who is also a time traveler, knows herself.
Who among the Chinese time travelers does not want to conquer Japan and take revenge?
Not only Ying Hao, but even Wang Mang, he must have wanted to destroy Japan, but he doesn't have that strong strength.
"You are still smart."
After Ying Hao gave Ye Qingmei a 'head-touching kill', he reminded: "The expansion of the navy is indeed to conquer the Japanese. This matter is currently the highest secret. Don't accidentally leak it out."
"knew."
Ye Qingmei tidied up her hair dissatisfiedly, but she felt sweet in her heart and said, "Well, can I let me go with you when I was conquering the Japanese?"
"What are you going to do? Making trouble? No."
Ying Hao refused decisively.
"Why? This girl is still very useful."
“What about?”
"for example……"
Ye Qingmei was about to show off her "game record", but suddenly she found that what she was good at seemed to be really useless in the Japanese conquest, so she didn't say anything after a long time.
"But they want to help you." Ye Qingmei said with a frustrated look on her face.
Ying Hao's heart moved: "I really want to help?"
"real."
Ye Qingmei's big, watery eyes were filled with sincere expressions.
"Okay, I believe you, since that's the case..."
Before Ying Hao finished speaking, Ye Qingmei replied quickly: "Take me with me when I was conquering the Japanese?"
"This is impossible, but you can go to the West."
"What? Going to the West?"
Ye Qingmei unconsciously increased the volume, obviously not expecting Ying Hao to go to the West so early.
This is the rhythm of completing the global navigation 1,200 in advance.
As soon as he thought of this, Ye Qingmei became even more excited and said excitedly: "Brother Hao, did you really bite into the West so early?"
"Um."
Ying Hao nodded and then explained: "At this time the throne ceremony, among the countries and countries who came to watch the ceremony, in addition to the countries in the Western Regions of Tubo, there were also major forces from Nanyang.
Nearly a hundred forces of all sizes are spread all over the Southeast Asian country, and they are constantly fighting each other.
This time you lead the fleet to the West, not only to promote the prestige of our Great Qin, but also to be responsible for opening up the maritime trade route."
“Business Road?”
A flash of light flashed through Ye Qingmei's eyes.
She didn't understand before, which path should the Qin Dynasty take to trade with the Southern Barbarians?
After all, with Nanjun occupied by Chu, Wuling Mountain Road was obviously completely unable to leave, so how should we transport a huge amount of materials over?
Now it seems that you need to transport by sea.
Although Jiaozhou is occupied by the Chu State, the Vietnamese and Laos south of Jiaozhou are also bordered by the Southern Barbarians. As long as they can reach a consensus with the local forces, the Southern Barbarians will naturally receive materials transported from the sea.
Now Ye Qingmei finally understood why Ying Hao had to hand over this task to her.
As for business, she is good at this.
"Will the local forces in Vietnam and Laos agree?" Ye Qingmei asked.
"Liu Xiu beat up the major forces in Nanyang in Jiaozhou, which also made the Nanyang forces extremely frightened and sent envoys to Luoyang, hoping that Daqin would be their backer.
At present, the forces in Vietnam, Laos and Thailand have agreed to trade with Daqin and purchased a lot of weapons from Daqin."
After the unified Hebei and the Guanzhong War, the equipment seized by the Qin army from the four countries of Han, Zhao, Yan and Tang was enough to be used as a 600,000 army.
The Qin army naturally looked down on this batch of equipment. Apart from selling, there was only loop recasting.
If sold, the number is too large, no country can swallow it, and it is a pity to recast the circuit.
Before, when Wang Mang was in trouble, he also spent a huge amount of money to buy equipment from Daqin, but now he has overcome the crisis and naturally he will not continue to be a sucker.
After missing Wang Mang, the client, Hebei's arms business suddenly reduced nearly half of its revenue.
Just when Ying Hao was at a loss for this, and even prepared to recast the excess equipment, high-quality customers such as the Southern Barbarians, Nanyang, Tubo, and Western Regions actually came to him.
Another great benefit of founding a country and becoming an emperor was also revealed.
After hearing Ying Hao's explanation, Ye Qingmei realized.
The major forces in Nanyang wanted the Qin Dynasty to be their backer, so they were not far away and took the initiative to contact the Qin Dynasty.
The Qin army needed external forces to dump excessive seizure equipment and obtain funds to invest in development.
The two hit it off, so naturally we need to open up a maritime trade route.
It was the first time I went to the West. Ying Hao was willing to hand over this kind of good thing that was famous for all eternity, so Ye Qingmei would naturally not refuse.
"Traveling to the West is a big deal. Brother Hao, how many people are you going to send to me?"
"The fleet for the first time voyage to the West had a total of up to 8,000 people, led by Qi Jiguang, the general of the Qingzhou Navy.
He is responsible for commanding the army, and you are the regular envoy. You are responsible for diplomatic affairs, but you should leave it to Qi Jiguang in military affairs."
Hearing Ying Hao's words, Ye Qing's eyebrows lit up. She had never been in charge of eight thousand people, even when she was a military advisor under Gongsun Xuanyuan.
Ye Qingmei made an ok gesture and smiled and said, "Don't worry, Brother Hao, Zheng He also arrived in Africa for seven voyages to the West. I will reach Africa in one attempt."
Ying Hao rolled his eyes: "You think you are a god. I don't need you once in Africa, but at least you have to go to India."
"It's just India, guaranteed to complete the task"
Ye Qingmei patted her chest and promised.
"In order to enable you to complete the task smoothly, I have arranged two people to be your deputy envoys."
"who?"
"Zheng He."
"Zheng He?"
Ye Qingmei screamed subconsciously, while Ying Hao unconsciously covered his ears.
After being surprised, Ye Qingmei also realized her loss of composure. She stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and asked in a low voice: "Have you even found Zheng He? Can you be sure it was that Zheng He?"
Ying Hao rolled his eyes: "I'm almost inseparable from all over the world, and his abilities are very consistent. He should not be the same name and surname."
Zheng He had actually been born long ago. He was born from a special Baizhao Card. His occupation was: eunuch, but he had never revealed his identity. It was not until Ying Hao became emperor that he discovered Zheng He in the palace.
Ye Qingmei became even more excited when she heard this. After all, that was Zheng He, a diplomat who had voyaged to the West for seven times, now he replaced him, and he became his deputy.
Ye Qingmei was excited and rushed forward to hug Ying Hao, offering her first kiss.
Woo...
Ying Hao was stunned. Before he could turn around, it was over. Seeing that Ye Qingmei's face was flushed at this time, he obviously realized how bold the reaction was just now.
Of course, Ying Hao would not just let Ye Qingmei tweak it like this. He hugged Ye Qingmei's slender waist and kissed it domineeringly and strongly, and put his hands up and down until Ye Qingmei couldn't breathe, but he still didn't let her go.
Ye Qingmei's brain was kissed and her brain was deficient in oxygen, her legs and feet were weak, but her heart was sweeter than honey, and she said shyly with a red face: "Bad guy."
The innocent and shy look made Ying Hao's index finger twitch, but he did not put Ye Qingmei on the spot, just because they had agreed to stay at the wedding for the first time.
It was a very stupid and naive agreement. It was probably only Ye Qingmei who would say so to Ying Hao.
Ying Hao hugged Ye Qingmei and said softly in his ear: "Let's get married when you come back."
To be continued...