Looking at Zhu Houzhao's look surprised and distressed, Ye Chunqiu could understand it very well.

It was not easy for Zhu Houzhao to build a private garden, but the small inner treasury wanted to save money and even came up with various solutions. If it weren't for being born in the imperial family, but among the people, he would probably be a small miser. However, it is not difficult to deal with the little emperor, it depends on the method.

Of course, the first thing to do is to ask for what he wants. Ye Chunqiu has known the little emperor for so long, and of course he also knows the little emperor's personality.

Ye Chunqiu smiled and said, "Actually, not much. You must know that in this world, the benefits of the sea are the greatest, but the expenses of the navy are also the greatest. Now the navy uses mostly Franchise aircraft. I don't mean that Franchise aircraft is bad, but I think that Qinhuangdao is in a mess now, and it's time to build a ship."

"Build a ship?" Zhu Houzhao was obviously interested, and his expression became serious, and he said, "You continue talking."

Ye Chunqiu said, "The craftsmen have already roughly understood the structure of the Franco aircraft. This ship is indeed sharp. It is naturally not a problem to be used to defend the country's gates. But the question is, has Your Majesty ever thought that the navy of the Zhenguo Mansion is just guarding the coast, or will it be far ahead of Spain and Portugal in the future to compete with them?"

A map of all nations was hanging in the warm pavilion. Ye Chunqiu walked directly to the map and drew a line in the center of a line. He then said: "Portugal and Spain are both known as navy. These two countries reached an agreement ten years ago to divide the entire world with the meridian as the boundary. The reason why the Ming Dynasty encountered the Portuguese was because the Ming Dynasty belonged to the world of Portugal according to their agreement. In the future, the Ming Dynasty established a navy and protected the East and West.

, This means that when Portugal encounters the most powerful competitors in this Western hemisphere, they will do their best to eliminate our Zhenguo Mansion Navy as their mission. The current fleet of the Portuguese far exceeds that of the Zhenguo Mansion Navy in terms of number and tactics. Once they feel the threat, they will inevitably increase the strength of their fleet on a large scale. Next time, they will definitely come out in full swing to completely annihilate the Zhenguo Mansion Navy. Therefore, I think that the Zhenguo Mansion Navy must be fully prepared in case of an accident."

Ye Chunqiu's words make sense, that is, if the Ming Dynasty did not open the sea, there would be no problem in maintaining the scale of the Zhenguo Mansion fleet.

Once the sea is opened, it means that the merchant ships of Zhenguo Mansion will send goods to the East and Western countries on a large scale. However, the West is already the sphere of influence of the Portuguese fleet, and the East is their goal of pioneering. In this way, this is equivalent to completely cutting off Portugal's ambition to dominate the Western Hemisphere. What would the Portuguese do at this time?

As a maritime empire, it has formulated a meridian agreement with Spain to divide the world. But within the sphere of influence in the agreement, they actually encountered a hard nail. It would be fine if you obeyed the sea. Knowing that you are powerful, at worst, you might as well not provoke you. But the problem is that you are still open to the sea. The Portuguese have not yet extended their tentacles into the East, but they have already started to operate in the West. In Ceylon, India, Sumatra, Malacca and other places, their interests have already existed. At this time, the Portuguese were willing to give up these interests and then retracted back to Africa with tactfulness?

Obviously it is impossible. Africa has poor land and India and the West have abundant interests. They will definitely try their best to maintain the hegemony of the Western Hemisphere. The problem is that the navy of Zhenguo Mansion is here, and coupled with the new and old hatreds of both sides, how can it be possible to give up?

Ye Chunqiu predicted that the Portuguese would make a comeback soon, and they had no choice. After all, the whole country has invested huge expenses in the navy. Could it be that the huge fleet will show its might in Africa?

At that time, it will inevitably be a fierce battle. Once Zhenguo Mansion is defeated, these Portuguese will not only stabilize their existence in the West, but will definitely take the opportunity to enter the East, appear in Japan, and appear on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty.

This time they defeated one of their fleets and seized their ships, but Ye Chunqiu did not dare to underestimate their strength at all. The current Europa continent has fallen into a state of madness because of their desire for wealth. For the sake of their interests, they dare to take any risks.

Obviously, the large amount of compensation received from Japan was an opportunity for the Zhenguo Mansion to build ships. On the one hand, it was to establish a real shipbuilding system, and on the other hand, it was to establish a new type of fleet.

In front of Zhu Houzhao, Ye Chunqiu focused on the meridian agreement on the division of the world between Spain and Portugal. He knew Zhu Houzhao so well. As the lord of the world, he thought that he had been divided for no reason. If it were, he was afraid that he would not be able to accept it. It was like a wealthy family who had been happy with his wife when they closed the door, but learned that the two families in the next county had divided the subordinate scope of their wives. Anyone with a little blood would probably pick up a kitchen knife and fight to the death.

Zhu Houzhao is not just a bloody person, he is an emperor who has always fantasized about making great achievements.

After hearing Ye Chunqiu's words, he was furious and said, "It's ridiculous. They just think they are so self-righteous? Dividing the world? Where can they share the world under the world? These people are too whimsical."

Ye Chunqiu shook his head and said, "If you fight in the land, the Ming Dynasty and them may be unpredictable for life and death. You can fight in the sea. Their shipbuilding skills, ocean-going skills, and the navy's family background are much richer than our Ming Dynasty. Their fleets are crisscrossing the oceans and never encounter any rivals. Their confidence is actually sufficient, so Your Majesty should not underestimate them."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but narrow her eyes, as if she was thinking about something. After a while, she said in a deep voice: "Then build a ship, what kind of ship is it?"

After talking for so long, he finally achieved the expected results. Ye Chunqiu was in a good mood and smiled and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Yesterday, the Jinyiwei seized a batch of information from the charts from Liu Daxia."

Zhu Houzhao said in shock: "What does it mean? Didn't he burn all those things?"

Speaking of this, Ye Chunqiu couldn't help but snorted coldly and said, "He said he had burned to the outside world, but in fact, it was to stop the imperial court from building ships. He colluded with private merchants, so he naturally had a deposit in his hands."

Zhu Houzhao almost vomited blood in anger and said, "Shameless, it's so shameless. I've never seen such a shameless person. It's so hateful."
Chapter completed!