On the fifth day of June, the third day after the northern fleet set off, and the second day after the main fleet occupied the island, Zhao Ran received a letter from Rong Niang on the battleship Nan Zhili.
This Fei Fu family letter passed through the five transfer stations set up by the Donghai Governor-General and reached Zhao Ran's hands smoothly. It took less than two days. The main delay was in the transfer order of Fei Fu letters.
Although Zhao Ran is the general advisor of the East China Sea Fleet, because of the label of "letter from home", this flying talisman is still ranked "to be forwarded" after emergency military reports and important official documents, and each stop is "to be forwarded" for two to three hours.
, it was delayed until the next day.
However, the layer-by-layer setup of the Flying Talisman Transfer Station has indeed greatly enhanced Daomen's control over the East China Sea.
There is nothing important in this family letter. It mainly talks about the current situation of Rong Niang and Chen Bao, as well as the work of teacher Jiang Tenghe and senior brother Wei Zhizhen starting to "tie up the finishing touches" for Zhao Ran.
According to Zhao Ran's advance arrangements, the recruitment quota for Shifang Jungle Taoist priests in the ninth year of Longqing was 100 in each province, which was reduced by half. Jiang Tenghe and Wei Zhizhen were responsible for recruiting 1,600 Shifang Jungle Taoist priests who had passed the exam.
Enter the visualization diagram. Jiang Tenghe has the visualization diagram, just pass it on to Wei Zhizhen. The two great masters work together, and the number of people is reduced by half, so it should be easy.
Before Zhao Ran left, he also passed on the first three chapters of the merit cultivation method to his teacher and senior brother, asking them to pass it on for generations.
After saying these things, Rong Niang also mentioned some developments in the Zhenshi Hall. In the past six months, the Taoist sect has been generally calm. Nazhen Xiantong and Zhang Yuanji have not made any big moves. Each province has almost completed the construction of Tianzun Hall and Tianzun Hall.
The construction of the statues included the Zongsheng Hall and the various palaces and courtyards of Songfan. Of course, the Xuantan Hall was built in Dajunshan. The front of the Xuantan Hall is still the Marshal of the Xuantan, Zhao Caishen. Behind Zhao Caishen, there is a separate "Nazhen Tianzun".
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Rong Niang said that in the past few months, there has been a huge trend of worshiping Nazhen Tianzun among the people. They even started to turn to this immortal to set up their homes, pray for blessings, and ask for children. Some people have less respect for Nazhen Tianzun.
Zhao Ran was immediately thinking about how much money the Immortal had accumulated now? How much impact would this cash have on the Ming Dynasty's economy after he used it to refine it into sand?
Whenever he thought about this issue, he felt a little anxious and felt a little more urgent about capturing Yingzhou.
At the end of the family letter, a photo slipped down. In the photo, Rong Niang was holding Chen Bao and smiling at Zhao Ran. Zhao Ran stared at it for a long time, put it away solemnly, walked out of the command room, came to the bridge of the battleship, and looked into the distance.
's shore.
The bridge was already filled with high-level officials from the command center, and everyone gathered around Chen Shandao, waiting for the upcoming landing.
Seeing Zhao Ran coming out, Chen Shandao greeted him: "Come quickly, Zhi Ran. Let's listen to fellow Taoist Liang talk about the shrine of the Yingzhou people."
The "Taoist Master Liang" mentioned by Chen Shandao was Liang Xiaoyou, who was sent to Luoye Island to build the first Taoist temple in the East China Sea. His true identity was the deacon of Sanqing Pavilion.
Now that Taoist temples have blossomed all over the islands in the East China Sea, Liang Xiaoyou and Lun Daidi, a pair of Taoist monks, have embarked on a new journey. They volunteered to join the army and plan to continue to write the history of pioneers in the land of Yingzhou.
A new chapter.
Zhao Ran still admired Liang Xiaoyou very much. Since the Taoist couple was promoted to the ** master at the same time in the 29th year of Jiajing, in February of the 9th year of Longqing, they both broke through to become masters.
Zhao Ran also asked Liang Xiaoyou privately about the secret of their couple's success. Unfortunately, as a client, Liang Xiaoyou was in Lushan but did not know the true face of Lushan. He was unable to give useful answers to Zhao Ran's questions, which made Zhao Ran quite regretful.
.Sometimes Zhao Ran also wonders, could it be that Fellow Taoist Liang is too precious about his own affairs and doesn’t want to spread the word?
Of course, this is all beside the point. Even if Liang Xiaoyou was hiding it, Zhao Ran didn't think there was anything wrong with him. This kind of thing is really not easy to spread.
Seeing that it was Liang Xiaoyou who was introducing the situation, Zhao Ran quickly squeezed over and listened carefully.
Liang Xiaoyou cupped his hands to Zhao Ran and continued: "As I said just now, there are many factions in Yingzhou Shrine, but in recent years, various factions and sects have eliminated their disputes and joined hands to fight against the enemy. This is what Yingzhou people fight for.
The main Taoist support has two main characteristics. First, there are many gods and ghosts invited, known as eight million gods, but in my opinion, most of them are not gods, they are nothing more than mountain spirits, wood monsters, monsters, ghosts, etc.
When you become a demon, most of them don’t have high magic power, but they are better in numbers.”
Zhao Ran interjected: "It seems similar to the Central Plains before the Ancestral Master slayed demons."
Liang Xiaoyou nodded: "What Taoist Zhao said is indeed very similar, and it is more similar to witches. In the Central Plains, because of the ancestral heavenly master's defense, we fought a bright world in the blood sea of demon corpses, but there is no ancestral heaven in Yingzhou.
Master, that’s why demons are rampant.”
Zhao Ran said: "What about the second one?"
Liang Xiaoyou said: "Secondly, the highest level of the priests is the Grand Palace Secretary, which is roughly equivalent to the level of a refiner. The one below is the Quan Palace Secretary, whose level is about between Master Master and Jindan Master. There are three more levels below him.
The level is about Huang Guan or lower. Although the priests are not very skilled, their spells are very strange. If you are not careful, you can easily fall into them. I have been explaining the Yingzhou priests to the fleet and military monks this month.
spells, hoping to minimize the casualties of our monks. At this point, the Lord of Qingqiu has complied with the agreement and communicated to us, but I personally think that Master Lan is better at it..."
Everyone was talking about the priest in Yingzhou Shrine on the bridge. After talking, the priest analyzed the samurai and looked at the Beijing Imperial Guards standing on the surrounding container ships. Unknowingly, half an hour passed.
At the last three moments, Zhao Ran released the new product Nangui No. 2 Junshan Technology had completed with the support of Qifu Pavilion. It came back from the sky above Odawara Castle. After spitting out the latest photos one by one, he returned to the command cabin and studied them carefully.
These photos.
Nangui No. 2 was photographed at a height of 80 feet above Odawara Castle. The photos are very clear. It shows how the Yingzhou army in the city deployed its defenses and where the heavy troops gathered. The French crossbows and catapults on the top of the city were all clearly captured.
The distribution locations of the city defense equipment are all listed here.
According to the photos, the Yingzhou Army did not waste its troops outside the city. Instead, it cleared the walls and mobilized all its troops into the city. The highest concentration of castle guards in the city was about 3,000 to 5,000 people. They should be used as mobile troops.
There are very few troops on the walls of the first and second pills. The main force is on and below the third pill. This is also the outermost city wall. There are about 6,000 people stationed in four directions.
Outside Sanmaru, there are a large number of criss-crossing trenches, similar to a city moat. The entire city is basically made of stone walls, and relying on Mount Hakone to form a high-wall foundation, the city was built extraordinarily high, almost more than three feet.
, so it is a famous city and a strong city in the entire Yingzhou. But in the eyes of the inspection fleet, it is just a child. Compared with the Ming Dynasty, Odawara is a slightly larger county.
Seeing that everything was ready, Chen Shandao ordered the fleet to weigh anchor and begin to approach the coast.