Three months later, the winter snow began to melt.

In the coastal area, several suspicious figures swiftly landed on the shore in small boats under the cover of night. Soon, numerous figures with warrior hairstyles disembarked from the boats.

"Hey... Leave none alive!"

The leading warrior looked at the village in the distance, a sinister smile appearing on his face!

Immediately, the pirates behind him drew their swords and quickly approached the village!

However, at that moment, torches suddenly ignited in the previously pitch-black village, quickly illuminating the area!

A large group of Ming soldiers emerged from nowhere, and the sound of battle cries echoed through the night sky!

"Ambush? Retreat quickly!"

The pirate leader's face changed drastically, and he shouted in panic!

But it was already too late!

The forefront of the pirates was almost cut down by the Ming soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables!

By the time the remaining pirates managed to escape back to the sea, they felt as if their hearts were dripping blood!

"Damn Ming soldiers! Once you all leave, I will slaughter this village to the last!"

The pirate leader cursed in his heart!

He believed that he had just encountered bad luck by stumbling upon a village guarded by Ming soldiers. Such incidents had happened before, but now that they had escaped back to the sea, they were safe. Compared to naval battles, they were not afraid at all!

However, at this moment, a pirate next to him suddenly screamed as if he had seen a ghost, almost startling the pirate leader!

"Baga yarō!"

The pirate leader angrily cursed and was about to draw his sword to cut down the person, but then he noticed that everyone in front of him had terrified expressions and tremblingly pointed behind him!

What happened?

A huge shadow fell upon the pirate leader, and he turned around in confusion. When he saw what was in front of him, his whole body was struck as if by lightning, his face filled with despair!

It was... a gigantic ironclad warship!

What the hell!

What is this nonsense!

In an instant, the wooden boats the pirates were riding were mercilessly smashed and crushed!

It was a one-sided massacre!

"The Crown Prince is truly extraordinary! Not only can he create such incredible works, but he can also deduce the escape route of these pirates! I admire you, Your Highness!"

On the ironclad warship, Tang He looked at me with an almost fanatical gaze and couldn't help but speak.

I scratched my head, without explaining. I couldn't possibly say that I was cheating, right?

"But Xiao Zhu'er, we still need to work harder. Now that most of the pirates along the coast have been eliminated, we should set sail for the Japanese islands."

I rubbed my chin and gazed into the distance as I spoke.

For this ironclad warship beneath my feet, I had ordered the construction of ten of them. Even though the system simplified a lot of the processes, with the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, building these ten ironclad warships had nearly emptied our treasury.

But it was all worth it!

Because in this era, these ten ironclad warships meant invincibility. They were the capital for the Ming Dynasty to conquer the world and establish a global empire where the sun never set!

"Yes!"

Hearing my words, Tang He took a deep breath and bowed deeply.

As he raised his head again and looked in the direction of the Japanese islands, his eyes were filled with a murderous intent!

From this day forward, the roles of attacker and defender had reversed!

The enemy could attack, and so could we!