Chapter 307: Killing Japanese Pirates? The Wine is Plentiful!

In terms of warmth retention, the strongest warm clothing is leather, followed by down, and finally cotton.

The reason leather is cold-resistant is its wide applicability. For example, in humid conditions, its warmth retention ability does not drop significantly, while down and cotton will have varying degrees of clumping. For example, leather is naturally windproof, while down and cotton have extremely weak windproof ability. For example, leather's warmth does not depend on fluffiness, while down and cotton need to be taken apart and washed regularly to ensure their fluffiness.

Fluffing cotton is physical labor.

Fur, linen, silk, down, and wool are all better textile raw materials than cotton. However, these things are very prominent in some aspects but have high costs and poor balance. Cotton is the most balanced.

The reason Zhu Yijun still wants to promote cotton is not only because of its balance, but also because cotton is cheap.

Cotton is an extremely drought-tolerant plant. Calculated by the unit of wheat yield guarantee, cotton only needs 2.56% of the water to obtain 90% of the harvest. In saline-alkali land where not even grass grows, cotton also has extremely tenacious vitality, and it only reduces production by about 20% compared to standard fields. If irrigation can be guaranteed, it only reduces production by 10%.

However, most of the causes of saline-alkali land are lack of water, and basic irrigation cannot be guaranteed. A 20% reduction in production on saline-alkali land is already an extremely high figure.

Just like the wasteland Zhu Yijun saw last time he went to inspect agriculture, cotton can be planted. The significance of promoting cotton planting is just to give commoners one more crop and one more source of income.

Clothing and food are the foundation of human survival.

Because of the experience of promoting sweet potatoes and potatoes, the promotion of cotton became simple. The main direction of promotion was not Songjiang, but Shaanxi and the Shaanxi Regional Military Commission. The reason for promoting it to Shaanxi and the Shaanxi Regional Military Commission (Gansu) has historical reasons and reasons of natural endowment.

About the time of the Shang Dynasty, cotton was introduced to China. At that time, it was called "white folding" or "woven shells," a type of silk currency.

It was not until the Song Dynasty that the character "cotton" appeared for the first time. Before that, it was written as "floss." Before the Song Dynasty, most cotton was planted in the Western Regions and Yunnan-Guizhou. It was not until the end of the Song Dynasty that cotton began to be planted in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Promoting cotton planting in Shaanxi and Gansu was because the Great Ming did not have the Western Regions. If it did, Zhu Yijun would definitely have planted the Western Regions full of cotton to increase the imperial court's economic control over the Western Regions.

Wang Chonggu was truly good at doing business. One must know that the Baoqi Division was inside the Wang Wang Xiyuan, and Wang Chonggu dared not infiltrate the Wang Wang Xiyuan because that would make him the second Zhang Siwei. Without any intelligence sources, Wang Chonggu's strong support in the court discussion for His Majesty to transfer the painting boat investment to the cotton spinning industrial chain was his keen perception of the trend.

Zhu Yijun, Wan Shihe, and Zhang Xueyan discussed in detail the many matters concerning the investment.

The sky was gradually getting hot. The scorching sun was in the sky, the ground was steaming with mist, the leaves and flowers were drooping their heads, and the cicadas were chirping forcefully, telling everyone with noise that the scorching summer had arrived. Zhu Yijun was sweating profusely in the martial arts room, staring at the tip of the wooden saber in front of him. His sparring target was naturally the second-best young master in the world, Luo Sigong.

"Bang bang!" The wooden sabers danced with the sound of dragon roars and collided. Zhu Yijun was not paying attention and was hit on the right shoulder by Luo Sigong. Although he was protected by iron armor, it still made Zhu Yijun feel painful. Luo Sigong was already a young man, and his strength was extremely heavy.

"You win!" Zhu Yijun put away his Qi-style waist saber and ended today's sparring. He practiced martial arts in the summer and winter, and he never relaxed. He was never injured again; after all, with iron armor, he would only be exhausted to the point of collapse.

Luo Sigong did not think about respect and did not show mercy.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for showing mercy." Luo Sigong still had a sense of proportion. In fifteen rounds of sparring, Luo Sigong won five times in total. In this last one, His Majesty had let him win; he just didn't let Luo Sigong lose too ugly.

Zhu Yijun did not hold back. Wang Yaozhuo had been tossing until midnight yesterday, and he had gotten up early for the morning court. Zhu Yijun fighting to this point was indeed just out of strength.

"As usual today, one roast goose per person." Zhu Yijun took off his helmet and announced the reward. Every seven days, twenty sparring partners, one per person, never more, never less.

He looked at the two Empress Dowagers, Wang Yaozhuo, and others laughing and talking, and he was just angry. He was exhausted, and they were sitting in the pavilion, drinking iced sour plum soup. The more he looked, the angrier he got. Suddenly, Zhu Yijun's eyes lit up. He saw Zhu Yiliu!

Empress Dowager Li doted on the Prince of Lu very much. Regarding martial arts practice, under the Prince of Lu's repeated begging, Empress Dowager Li finally issued an imperial decree to win four days of rest for the Prince of Lu. Today happened to be the day Zhu Yiliu was resting.

"Your Highness Prince of Lu, His Majesty calls the Prince of Lu to spar." Zhang Hong walked to the Prince of Lu and bowed his head.

Zhu Yiliu pointed at himself, looked at the Emperor in horror and said: "I want to spar with my brother?!"

"His Majesty said so." Zhang Hong nodded.

"Stomach ache!" Zhu Yiliu's eyeballs rolled, he stomped his feet, and ran away in a flash.

Zhu Yijun looked at the boy's back and could only shake his head helplessly. Today was the Prince of Lu's rest day; it seemed he couldn't beat him up.

Zhu Yijun walked over. Wang Yaozhuo poured a bowl of warm pear sugar water for Zhu Yijun. Once, Wang Yaozhuo curiously tasted the drink essential to His Majesty. The taste was very similar to big-bowl tea, and big-bowl tea that hadn't been iced was like horse urine, while iced big-bowl tea was national cellar!

His Majesty's special pear sugar water was a bit sweet and a bit salty. The taste of horse urine with both sweet and salty flavors was very hard to drink. But His Majesty said that after a lot of exercise, one needs to replenish sugar, water, and salt. No matter how hard it was to drink, one had to drink it. Zhu Yiliu hated this special pear sugar water very much; every time he drank it, it was like taking medicine.

After drinking the pear sugar water and taking off his armor, Zhu Yijun planned to go to the North Camp to inspect the military horses.

"Your Majesty, urgent report from the Ministry of War!" A small eunuch handed the Ministry of War's memorial and a report to His Majesty the Emperor.

The contents of the Ministry of War's memorial and the report were the same thing. In April, the Shimazu Takahisa, the guardian daimyo of Satsuma, raided Ryukyu, attacked Kume Island, kidnapped a total of 123 Kume scholars, burned the Naha Port of the Shuri Prefecture of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and committed all kinds of crimes. Three Great Ming merchant ships heading to Ryukyu were robbed, and the rest relied on their large ships to either defeat the enemy or escape.

The King of Ryukyu, Shang Jiu, requested the Great Ming Emperor to station troops.

"Proclaim Zeng Shengwu and Wang Guoguang." Zhu Yijun did not take off his armor and went to the Wenhua Hall. Inspecting military horses could wait a while; first, handle the urgent national affairs.

After the Emperor left, Empress Dowager Li looked at Wang Yaozhuo, frowned and said: "It's been three months since the grand wedding. Is there still no movement in your stomach?"

"His Majesty says not to worry." Wang Yaozhuo felt the terrifying pressure of urging birth. She also wanted to have one, but her stomach was not competitive. After the grand wedding, there wouldn't be too much pressure for one to three years. But after three years, if there was still no movement, Wang Yaozhuo would be in danger. After all, Emperor Xuanzong once deposed Hu Shanxiang because she had no offspring.

This sentence "not to worry" was the excuse Zhu Yijun used to fob Wang Yaozhuo off.

"The Emperor has already had the grand wedding and is now personally governing. Children grow up and are not controlled by their parents. If you manage too much, you will be hated instead." Empress Dowager Chen gave Wang Yaozhuo a step down from the side, letting Wang Yaozhuo come down.

Wang Yaozhuo actually knew why there was no movement. Being too greedy for pleasure makes it difficult to have children. Since there was urging, she couldn't be so greedy for pleasure anymore.

After meeting with Zeng Shengwu, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, and Wang Guoguang, the Grand Minister, Zhu Yijun went to the North Camp to inspect the military horses, and then went from the North Camp to the Earl of Yicheng's mansion. Even if it wasn't the 23rd, Zhu Yijun still went.

Zhang Juzheng, who received the news, hurriedly went out to pay his respects. The Earl of Yicheng's mansion had no threshold, making it convenient for His Majesty to come at any time.

And this time, on His Majesty's carriage, there was also the elderly Yu Dayou. This old man who had spent his whole life pacifying Japanese pirates was still working for His Majesty at this age. Although he could not fight, his speaking for the martial officials in the Wenhua Hall was of great significance.

"Shimazu family attacked Ryukyu on the grounds that Ryukyu's exchanges with our Great Ming were too close!" Zhu Yijun came to the Wenchang Pavilion and explained the purpose of this visit.

"Simply unreasonable! Ryukyu is a tributary vassal state of our Great Ming, paying tribute every year. Moreover, the King of Ryukyu was enfeoffed by our Great Ming. Didn't our Great Ming send envoys and seal ships to sea just to enfeoff the King of Ryukyu? So what if they walk closer?! What does it have to do with this group of Japanese pirates?!"

Yu Dayou sat in the swivel chair, gripped the armrests tightly and said: "Your Majesty, the Great Ming navy is sharpening its swords and waiting, ready to be summoned, capable of fighting upon arrival, and capable of winning upon fighting!"

Who said that only General Qi was the only military strategist of the current era? Yu Dayou suffered because he was old and could no longer fight. Otherwise, leading the Great Ming navy, he would let His Majesty the Emperor see what it meant to be "old but vigorous."

The Great Ming navy was sharpening its swords and waiting, having long been waiting for this day. Previously, the King of Ryukyu, Shang Jiu, had always refused to agree to the Great Ming's conditions for stationing troops. Now, the King of Ryukyu, Shang Jiu, finally loosened his mouth.

"Your subject is only worried that the stored grain is insufficient." Zhang Juzheng said with some worry.

Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng, thought seriously and said: "Fourteen thousand barrels of national cellar."

As soon as Zhang Juzheng heard this, he immediately said: "Heaven gives but one does not take, instead one suffers the blame! How dare the Japanese pirates be so arrogant!"

The core content of Zhu Yijun's New Policies was opening the sea, and the core content of Zhang Juzheng's New Policies was the administration of officials. These two together constituted the Wanli New Policies. And there was a great tacit understanding between the monarch and his subjects. For example, when Zhu Yijun said "fourteen thousand barrels of national cellar," the Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy and the students of the Imperial Academy were afraid they didn't know what it meant, but Zhang Juzheng immediately understood its significance.

He highly praised the sea transport of grain and also invented the grain box. Although this grain box of Zhang Juzheng could not be compared with the wooden ox and flowing horse, it was also a sharp tool for grain transport.

Zhang Juzheng was familiar with maritime affairs. For long-distance voyages at sea, the most important thing was white wine, especially strong liquor, because it had to be mixed with rainwater to drink to reduce the chance of getting sick. At sea, there were no conditions to boil water; it was all rainwater storage, mixed with wine.

Fourteen thousand barrels of national cellar was the Great Ming Emperor's reserve.

The wine was plentiful, not to mention other things.

"The Japanese pirates in our Great Ming's southeast are because of Ryukyu. The Japanese pirates use Ryukyu as a springboard to flow along the southeast coast of our Great Ming. And the Great Ming navy is not strong. If there is a slight lack of defense, the prefectures and counties will be broken, and the people will be displaced and miserable." Zhang Juzheng began to chant scriptures again. He was repeatedly reiterating the importance of Ryukyu to the Great Ming.

Many people in the Great Ming actually had insufficient cognition of the importance of Ryukyu, always feeling that it was just an overseas island nation.

"Emperor Shizong originally saw through this point, which is why he manufactured seal ships to go to Ryukyu to enfeoff the King of Ryukyu. The purpose was to strengthen political control." Zhang Juzheng talked about old things, the Great Ming seal ships.

In the 11th year of Jiajing, Emperor Shizong dispatched Left Expositor Chen Kan and Messenger Gao Cheng to Ryukyu to enfeoff the King of Ryukyu, Shang Qing. This was also the Great Ming's first seal ship specifically for enfeoffment. Its fundamental purpose was two words: "Pacify the Sea."

At that time, the Japanese piracy had already shown a trend of becoming more and more intense.

"Rare, Sir still speaks a good word for Emperor Shizong." Zhu Yijun was quite surprised. He could actually hear Zhang Juzheng praise Emperor Shizong as wise!

Zhang Juzheng said somewhat dejectedly: "Emperor Shizong just failed to finish well, that's all."

Zhang Juzheng never denied the Daoist's intelligence and the Daoist's control over national affairs, but the Daoist lost because of the two words "finish well."

Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng, wanting to speak but stopping. Then he waved his hand and continued to discuss the situation in Ryukyu. After the Daoist lost Zhang Cong, there were no more virtuous and capable ministers. Without Zhang Juzheng in the court, what could Zhu Yijun and Empress Dowager Li, this orphan and widow, do facing a Great Ming full of holes?

"Sir, why did Grandfather refuse to strengthen the military?" Zhu Yijun asked somewhat strangely.

Zhang Juzheng's expression was exceptionally complicated and said: "Cannot be strengthened."

Military talent was originally scarce, and what was even scarcer was that this person was loyal to the nation. The Daoist did have Qi Jiguang, but before the Daoist gave up, Qi Jiguang had not yet inherited the title of General Mingwei and Assistant Regional Commander of Dengzhou Guard, and Yu Dayou was still hitting walls everywhere, hoping to be recommended by someone.

When the time is not right, one suffers the disaster instead.

Antonio took a hydrofoil sailboat to the Songjiang Prefecture New Port. But after staying for one night, he did not immediately return to the big ship, but went to the Bao'en Temple. He wanted to take one more look at the Porcelain Pagoda. Every time he came to the Great Ming, he would come here to sigh at the Great Ming's prosperity, bustle, and strength.

"Marcus, after we leave the Great Ming this time, I'm afraid we will never be able to return here again. The arrogant Philip will definitely not let me serve as the captain of the long-distance voyage again, also because I have a dagger that threatens him." Antonio looked at the towering Porcelain Pagoda, spat out a turbid breath, and said solemnly.

Philip II, he might be arrogant, but he would never underestimate any enemy. Similarly, he was extremely cautious. This time Antonio got the Great Ming Emperor's twelve five-masted ocean-crossing ships, and Philip II would definitely not allow him to continue to come to the Far East and continue trading with the Great Ming.

Philip II, as the shipowner, would just change a captain to lead the team.

"If we can defeat him, we might not be able to see the magnificence of the Porcelain Pagoda again. Captain, be optimistic." Marcus was Antonio's first mate, Antonio's confidant, and also Antonio's guard. He hoped his captain could be more optimistic.

Antonio looked at his first mate and said solemnly: "The Great Ming Emperor's vision can see through the ten-thousand-mile ocean and see the situation in the West clearly. At this time, the gap in strength between Antonio and Philip is separated by a Pacific Ocean so large it makes one despair. The Great Ming Emperor refuses to grant me a powerful navy because he does not believe I can win and it is not worth increasing investment."

"Marcus, now you have a choice: stay here and be a guard for Legazpi. This is a civilized land. The people here are far kinder than us in the West. Even if people look at you with strange eyes, they won't take your life."

"Do you want to stay?"

Marcus asked suspiciously: "Why doesn't the Captain stay together? The Great Ming Emperor appreciates the Captain's courage very much. After all, coming to the Great Ming and returning to the West without interruption for several years, this kind of courage is not common. The Great Ming Emperor also needs the Captain's rich navigation experience. If the Captain is willing to stay in the Great Ming, there is also a place for the Captain in that Maritime Academy in Songjiang Prefecture that is constantly being expanded."

"Although the Captain's wealth cannot compare to Philip's or the Great Ming Emperor's, it can still allow the Captain to spend this life comfortably, and spend it very luxuriously."

This was Marcus's doubt. Antonio seemed to have never thought about staying. The Spanish envoy Legazpi had clearly made up his mind to settle down in the Great Ming and did not intend to return to the West again. In a religious country, violating the promise to God, Legazpi would be burned alive at the stake if he returned to Spain.

"The Great Ming people are very kind. They call us Red-Haired Barbarians, but they have never wanted to kill us as soon as they meet. Even as long as we pay taxes, we won't be made difficult by tax officials. In the West, in Portugal, there is still a group of people who need me, people as kind as the Great Ming people." Antonio had certainly hesitated. He envied Legazpi's little life very much.

But Antonio couldn't stay; someone needed him.

If Zhu Yijun heard this, he would definitely not agree with this matter too much. The Great Ming people were not as kind as Antonio saw, but compared with the Westerners, they were definitely standing on the moral high ground.

"Then my Captain, no, my King! Then let's return to the West." Marcus drew his sword and made a very beautiful sword flower. When Antonio first arrived at the port, Chen Lin and Marcus had fought. Although Marcus lost, Chen Lin was a fierce general who could be ranked in the Great Ming.

Antonio asked suspiciously: "Why don't you want to stay?"

Marcus said with a full smile: "Because my King also needs my sword."

Antonio smiled, looked at the towering Porcelain Pagoda again, and said somewhat distractedly: "The probability of us losing is very high, but it's not without a glimmer of hope. I felt a force in the Great Ming. This force might make me enough to contend with Philip."

This force was enough to change the color of heaven and earth, which was also the reason Antonio made up his mind.

Try it, what if we win?

Antonio no longer asked to go up the pagoda. Even in the Great Ming, except for the eunuchs who cleaned and Xu Bangrui of the Duke of Wei's mansion who guarded the Southern Yamen, others were not qualified to go up the pagoda to worship.

The Songjiang Prefecture Shipyard had already prepared twelve five-masted ocean-crossing ships ready for delivery. Xu Fan had been in Songjiang Prefecture preparing for the handover. Xu Fan intended to go to sea again, and the translation work was handed over to Gao Qiyu.

Xu Fan went to the Earl of Yicheng's mansion to find Zhang Juzheng, hoping that Zhang Juzheng could persuade Xu Jie.

Xu Fan returned home and had another big quarrel with Xu Jie. Last time, because of the worse Northern Kong, Xu Jie's evil deeds were covered up, allowing Xu Jie to luckily escape a disaster. But Xu Jie was still associating with those base scholars. Xu Fan and Xu Jie quarreled, and Xu Jie said it was just "associating with friends through literature."

What was Xu Jie's status?! He was the former Grand Secretary, and he had been partners with Yan Song in the Cabinet for more than twenty years, with students all over the world. Associating with friends through literature? Does Xu Jie believe this himself?

Xu Fan found Zhang Juzheng, hoping that Zhang Juzheng could persuade Xu Jie. If he continued to toss, the nine clans would be gone. Actually, Xu Fan was not afraid of Xu Jie tossing. With Xu Jie's own ability, what could he toss out? Zhang Juzheng looked at Xu Jie. Even if Xu Jie turned the sky over, what could he accomplish?

Xu Fan was worried that others would pin dirty things on the Xu family.

Even if Zhang Juzheng couldn't persuade him, he could get a house arrest order for Xu Jie, lock him at home, change the name of the house to "Heavenly Prison," and just treat it as being locked in prison. Don't let Xu Jie toss anymore.

But Zhang Juzheng expressed that he was powerless. Last time Zhang Juzheng went to the door to fall out with Xu Jie and questioned Xu Jie about the Huishan Hall matter, the two completely severed ties. On the other hand, Zhang Juzheng could not get a house arrest order from the Emperor either. Besides, if Xu Jie really wanted to do something, was it something a house arrest order could prohibit?

Xu Fan saw no hope and intended to leave his homeland again and head to the West.

The old Xu family still needs to leave a root seedling.

On June 20th, all the five-masted ocean-crossing ships were fully prepared and arranged in the harbor one by one, like a giant beast crawling on the surface of the water. And the two-masted and three-masted clipper ships seemed to be smashed to pieces if they just collided lightly in front of the giant beast.

This is not "seemed," it is a fact, because the five-masted ocean-crossing ship improved type was equipped with a steel-bone ram. If a five-masted ocean-crossing ship rammed at full speed, the three-masted clipper ship would be smashed to pieces.

"We have tested this ram. When sailing at full speed, it smashed one clipper ship and tore one apart." Zhao Shizhen stood under the ship, looking up at the giant ship, and said extremely proudly.

Guo Rulin laughed and said: "If Captain Antonio doesn't believe it, you can move here. We salvaged the wreckage of the rammed clipper ship, and the one that was torn apart, and brought them back together."

"I want to see." Antonio said very definitely.

"Come this way." Guo Rulin took Antonio to a huge shipyard. This shipyard placed a pile of wreckage and a severely damaged three-masted clipper ship. The three-masted clipper ship was a merchant ship converted from the West's flagship—the Galleass warship, and the ship structure was exactly the same.

Being able to smash one and tear one apart shows its ferocity.

"This is a Galleass, the place where the Invincible Armada is invincible." Antonio looked at the wreckage and the torn ship, and said with great emotion.

Antonio was sighing at the Great Ming's extravagance. One five-masted ocean-crossing ship and two three-masted clipper ships were wasted just like that, as if playing. On the other hand, he was sighing that the West's shipbuilding had indeed lost its commodity advantage. Finally, and most importantly, he was sighing that this five-masted clipper ship was truly fierce!

Whether the ram is useful, just ram it once and you'll know.

This is not a dagger threatening Philip II, it is clearly a nine-pound cannon threatening Philip II!

"Our Great Ming has deployed twenty-four ocean-crossing ships at the moment. If Captain Antonio really intends to be a pirate near the Great Ming, I'm afraid it will be thankless. His Majesty dares to give them because we can completely eliminate the opponent." The reason Guo Rulin wanted to take Antonio to see the wreckage was, first, to show off that the ships Antonio exchanged for all the plantations, even if they were reduced-spec, were extremely fierce; second, it was a threat.

It was a blatant threat, telling Antonio that if he committed crimes within the Great Ming's sphere of influence, the Great Ming could really abolish him.

Antonio smiled. Red-Haired Barbarians were one of the components of the Great Ming's pirates. These pirates included desperate people from the Great Ming who couldn't survive, Japanese pirates from Japan, Red-Haired Barbarians, Great Food people, etc.

When the Great Ming had no navy, these pirates were not a climate. Now in the Great Ming's sea area, the cruising Maritime Defense Inspector "Flying on the Sea" is simply a peerless artifact for harvesting pirates.

May the sea waves be flat. This is probably Qi Jiguang's lifelong wish. To eliminate pirates, the most important and most difficult thing is to find the opponent's nest, and the "Flying on the Sea" people can really find the pirates' lair.

Antonio really didn't want to seek death. Those "Flying on the Sea" people were strong enough in their own combat power, and the navy they could summon was even more powerful.

Antonio led the fleet to prepare to set sail. A total of twenty-one five-masted ocean-crossing ships were going to sea. The extra few ships were the Great Ming navy setting out. This time, they were heading to Ryukyu.

The King of Ryukyu, Shang Jiu, agreed to the Great Ming Emperor's request to station troops and provided three good ports for the Great Ming navy to station. Whether it was "refusing the wolf and letting in the tiger" or "drinking poison to quench thirst," Shang Jiu could no longer care.

Shimazu Yoshihiro, the guardian daimyo of the three countries of Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga, pressed on the Shuri Prefecture and burned the Naha Port. If it weren't for Shang Jiu running fast, Shang Jiu would have been caught and taken to Japan by now!

Shang Jiu couldn't wait to invite the Great Ming to station troops. The Songjiang navy began to head to Ryukyu to suppress Japanese pirates, patrol regularly, and station troops.

First of all, naturally, it is to suppress Japanese pirates. Only by completely eliminating the Japanese pirates entrenched in Ryukyu can Japan not use Ryukyu as a springboard to attack the Great Ming. This is the Great Ming navy's first long-distance voyage and attack.

"Is Doctor Xu also going to the West together?" Antonio looked at Xu Fan who was boarding the ship and asked in horror.

"Hmm." Xu Fan sighed, shook his head and said: "Loyalty and filial piety are hard to have both. I don't want to be disloyal, and I don't want to be unfilial, so I can only run."

Antonio's eyes lit up, and he said with expectation: "Then, respected Doctor Xu, can you become my staff? You know, my people are very brave, but they are not smart."

"When the Songjiang Shipyard Director Guo Rulin left, he gifted a barrel of national cellar. Come, let's drink this cup and wish us a happy cooperation." Xu Fan sent someone to pour two glasses of wine and handed one to Antonio.

Wanli Year 1 National Cellar, one of the Great Ming's fist products for maritime trade. Xu Fan also had another identity: a wine tout, selling national cellar.

Wanli Year 1 is 1573, which means the wine sold by the Emperor is called National Cellar 1573. Haha, seeking monthly tickets, Aowu!!!!!!!!

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