The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

Chapter 256 The Mughal Raid

After they left, Ning Quan returned to his bedroom to rest until he woke up in the evening.

Ning Quan walked out of the bedroom and came to the front hall, where Zhou Yu and Qi Jiguang were already waiting for him.

"Your Highness, are you awake?"

"Ok!"

"Your Highness, I have prepared a banquet. Please come over." Zhou Yu said with a bow.

"it is good."

Ning Quan nodded slightly.

Afterwards, Ning Quan came to the restaurant.

The food and wine were ready and placed on the table, and everyone sat down to eat and drink.

While eating, Zhou Yu and Qi Jiguang reported the recent government affairs to Ning Quan and proposed the next development plan.

After listening to their report, Ning Quan was very satisfied.

"Well, you did a great job. From now on, Ryukyu will be handed over to you."

"Thank you for your praise, Your Highness. We will definitely live up to your kindness." Zhou Yu bowed.

"Yes! This king believes that you have this ability."

"Your Highness, the soldiers and crew are ready. Are you planning to depart the day after tomorrow?"

Zhou Yu asked.

"Since we are ready, there is no need to wait until the day after tomorrow. Let's set off tomorrow."

"The people of the three counties are still waiting for food to save their lives."

"promise."

Zhou Yu and the other two immediately accepted the order.

............

The next day, early in the morning, Ning Quan boarded the ship and set off.

Accompanying him were Li Yuanba and Qi Jiguang, as well as five thousand soldiers and one thousand crew members.

Ning Quan had to be accompanied by military generals, because in addition to Li Yuanba, he also brought Qi Jiguang with him.

Most of the 5,000 soldiers were Han soldiers, with only a small number of Persian warriors.

There were originally only Persian soldiers in Tamsui. Ning Quan later followed Jia Xu's advice and sent 10,000 Han soldiers to Tamsui.

This is also done just in case.

The crew is half foreigners and half Ryukyu crew members.

These foreign crew members were originally recruited in Chittagong, all have contracts, and they are all willing to continue working for Ning Quan.

Everything was ready and the ship slowly sailed out of Tamsui Port.

Ning Quan planned to go to Malacca first, then to Mumbai and Chittagong. If he could not get food in these three places, he would have to go to Persia.

In short, we must work hard this time. As long as we can produce tens of millions of dan of grain, we can completely overcome the famine.

Because according to Liu Bowen's calculations, the drought will end next year.

Since it was a large ship traveling alone, the speed was naturally not slow, and it arrived in Malacca in less than two days.

But Ning Quan went ashore and took a walk, and found that there was no suitable target, as there was no large granary here.

There are grain ships coming and going in the port, but their number is too small to be worth attacking.

In desperation, Ning Quan had to give up and head towards Mumbai.

Mumbai was the largest port in the Mughal Empire, even larger than Chittagong, so there must have been a lot of food there.

The ship continued its voyage and arrived at Bombay Port five days later.

The Port of Mumbai did not disappoint Ning Quan. When he arrived here, he saw densely packed merchant ships.

And most of these merchant ships are carrying grain.

There were also piles of grain at the port, totaling several million stones.

Ning Quan also found out that there is a large grain market in Mumbai.

Everything is similar to Dante's city, with a grain market, docks, and grain ships.

What else is there to say?

Just do it.

Ning Quan immediately ordered the soldiers to board transport boats to enter the port and be ready to take action at any time.

He personally went to the grain market to check the situation.

It was only after Ning Quan arrived here that he discovered that this grain market was indeed very large, and its scale was no less than that of the Dante Grain Market.

Ning Quan walked around the market, familiarized himself with the environment, and then turned back.

"Qi Jiguang, I'll give you two thousand soldiers and crew members to seize the grain ship. Li Yuanba, you take the remaining soldiers to control the port. We will take action tonight."

After returning, Ning Quan immediately gave orders.

“Here!”

Qi Jiguang and Li Yuanba responded.

"Captain Huang, you are responsible for the support. If the enemy approaches, you must open fire immediately!" Ning Quan then said to the captain.

"Yes, Master."

The captain replied solemnly.

“That’s settled then.”

Afterwards, everyone went their separate ways.

.........

After nightfall.

Near the grain market, Ning Quan took out his three-wheeled motorcycle and started to act.

Ning Quan no longer needs to keep this operation secret because the matter in his space has been exposed.

This is better, so I don’t have to hide it.

Anyway, he is not afraid of anyone now, so what if they find out?

“Buzz buzz buzz…”

Ning Quan drove his three-wheeled motorcycle into the air and headed towards the grain market.

The next step was much easier. In less than ten minutes, Ning Quan easily stored all the grain in the market into the space.

Even though the grain market below has already been in chaos, what does this have to do with him?

At the same time, near the port, Li Yuanba and Qi Jiguang also began to take action.

Qi Jiguang's target was the thirty grain transport ships that had been selected in advance.

Each of these thirty ships carried tens of thousands of shi of grain, and thirty ships meant nearly two million shi.

Li Yuanba was responsible for occupying and blocking the port to prevent the Mumbai defenders from coming to the dock to rescue.

When Ning Quan returned to the port, Qi Jiguang had led the crew and soldiers to control thirty ships and quickly put out to sea.

Li Yuanba also led soldiers to seal off the port.

At this time, a large number of people, fishermen and sailors in the port were fleeing in panic.

Li Yuanba did not stop them. It would be better if they all ran away, so that the port would be quiet.

At this time, the large ship had also docked, and a huge pipe extended from the ship, close to the granary at the dock.

"Boom."

The next second, the pipeline started, and the huge suction force instantly lifted the granary lid.

Then, a steady stream of food was sucked into the pipeline and then transported to the warehouse of the large ship.

After Ning Quan put away his motorcycle, he immediately met up with Li Yuanba and prepared to block the Mumbai defenders.

There are many granaries in the port, and it will take at least three hours to deal with them all, so he has to delay time.

The port was suddenly attacked, and the defenders of Mumbai naturally got the news quickly.

"What? The port was robbed?"

Upon hearing the news, the Lord of Mumbai was shocked.

I didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

The port was robbed?

"Immediately mobilize the troops to encircle and suppress the robbers. We must catch them!"

City Lord Singh quickly gave the order.

Upon receiving the order, the Mumbai defenders immediately began to assemble.

But as everyone knows, the combat effectiveness and quality of the Mughal Empire soldiers were extremely poor. It took an hour just to assemble the 3,000 defenders.

By the time they arrived at the port, it was already an hour and a half, and more than half of the food had been collected.

Ning Quanshi did not have a detailed plan for this operation, nor did he scout the situation of the Mumbai defenders.

Because as long as the action is quick, no matter how many defenders there are, it will be useless, not to mention that he also has naval guns.

But Ning Quan never expected that the Mumbai defenders were so small, only 3,000.