Royal Gold Magistrate

Ministers gathered in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The ministers felt a little confused, and they were called back by the emperor not long after they had just retired from the court.

Many people looked solemn, secretly guessing that something bad had happened.

However, some people smiled and observed everyone's reaction, such as Feng Jie.

The Ministry of War had already obtained the news first and sent it to the palace.

After waiting for a while, Emperor Jing finally changed his clothes and came late.

Seeing the curious expressions of the ministers below, Emperor Jing waved his hand and said joyfully: "I summoned all my dear ministers because a big event happened."

"The fleet that I, Dajing, sent to explore the west has officially returned, and it is now in Jiangling Port. And the captain of the fleet, Zheng Hui, has also returned safe and sound."

As soon as this remark came out, the officials were overjoyed.

"What fleet has come back? If I remember correctly, I'm afraid it's been more than three years..."

"Three years, the vast sea did not expect to come back alive."

"I don't know if we have found the legendary Julius Caesar."

"..."

The ministers had a heated discussion, Emperor Jing smiled and said nothing, letting everyone talk.

When sending the fleet to sea, most of them made up their minds with passion and fear of the unknown after listening to Fang Zhengyi's legendary Western History.

But the ship has been away for so many years, and so many things have happened in the court, the enthusiasm for going out to sea to explore the unknown has long been wiped out by time.

After all, this matter alone cost a lot of silver.

The scale of the first appropriation reached 200 million taels, and the money was almost spent.

200 million... There are very few funding projects of this scale across the country.

Not only the household department is under great pressure, but even the military department is under great pressure!

The navy's appropriation expenditure also squeezed other military services, especially with the subsequent addition of muskets and artillery, the navy is even more tasteless.

As a result, many people have repeatedly petitioned to stop the appropriation in this area.

But now, the fleet is so upbeat that they ran back by themselves!

For a while, the original intention to explore the West began to return!

Fangzheng's face turned red as soon as he heard the heated discussion in his ear.

A group of old men still clearly remembered the nonsense he made up earlier, happily talking about Nephalem, Sauron, Stormwind City of Alsace...

The Hall of Mental Cultivation seems to have been reduced to a large-scale elderly Internet addiction scene for a while, which makes people unbearable to look directly at.

I don't know if this group of people will tear him up together after they find out that he is talking nonsense.

I hope the fleet can reap a lot...

After discussing for a long time, the voice gradually died down.

Feng Jie said refreshedly: "Your Majesty, why don't you issue an order immediately to let the fleet of Jiangling Port enter the palace to have an audience. Three years, three years of floating on the sea, my soldiers in the small scene Life in the cabin is really unimaginable, we should immediately recall them to Beijing, reward them, and let them recuperate."

Someone followed closely and said, "That's right, there are also the situation of the western countries and the charts. This is the most important thing! Your Majesty, there is no time to delay."

Emperor Jing nodded slightly, but just as he was about to speak, he heard Fang Zheng say, "Your Majesty, please allow me to go to Jiangling Port to meet the fleet in person. Although the fleet has arrived at the port, it is not appropriate to return to Beijing immediately."

Everyone looked at Fang Zhengyi suspiciously.

Aren't you the most active kid who wanted to go to sea to make noise?Why are you not in a hurry now that you are home?

Emperor Jing was puzzled and said, "Why?"

"I think our fleet has passed through many countries, and it should have brought a lot of special products. Maybe there are many foreigners on board. Many people from small barbarian countries are dirty. It would be bad if they had some diseases on their bodies. I am going to Screen them yourself, wash them before bringing them in, otherwise it will be easy to make mistakes." Fang Zheng said together, "Since they are already home, it will not be two days away, let's make sure everything is safe."

Fang Zhengyi had to be cautious, as a modern person with some scientific literacy, he had to guard against some terrible diseases in this foreign country.

I don’t know if there are any foreigners on board. I heard that the ancient foreigners are very perverted and like to communicate across species. If it is a temperature-changing aquatic vertebrate, it will be cleaner. If it is a mammal, who knows what strange disease it will have? .

Even if there are no foreigners, it is not a good thing for the people on board to get some germs.

In addition, he entrusted the fleet to collect more foreign plant seeds and the like.

These things have to be taken care of by a special person, if a biological invasion is made, it will really be a sinner for future generations.

And since Zheng Hui is back, Lai Gou'er should be safe and well, as it was not mentioned in this emergency report, so go and see for yourself.

Emperor Jing raised his eyebrows: "Yes! It makes sense, Fang Qing has been thinking deeply, so you can bring Jin Yiwei to meet him."

"The minister will live up to his mission!"

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Two days later, Jiang Linggang.

Fangzheng led Zhang Biao and a group of Jinyi guards non-stop, and arrived at Jiangling Port at noon.

In order to witness this historic moment, Emperor Jing specially sent a historian to accompany him.

At this moment in the port, the water surface is calm.

The noon sun shone on the sea, sparkling.

More than a dozen huge ships are scattered in the port, and the scene is spectacular.

Fangzheng stood in the distance, watching the fleet returning safely, feeling a little more heavy instead of joyful in his heart, and sighed softly as he watched from a distance.

When the fleet went out to sea, the scene was spectacular, but only one-third of them were able to return when they returned.

The hardships and dangers involved can be imagined, and how many soldiers were buried in the belly of the fish, but there is no trace of waves in history.

After feeling a lot of emotion, Fang Zheng led the people forward.

In the port, there are dozens of tables filled with delicious food and wine.

Hundreds of sailors were eating and drinking around the table, and Zheng Hui was among them, and beside him were local officials holding wine cups and constantly fawning over them.

Zheng Hui's face was full of displeasure: "When will I wait, and my family is right in front of me, why don't you let me go?"

Seeing that he was at the door of the house, he felt like returning home, but the dog officer in Jianglinggang just wouldn't let him go!

The official reassured: "Master Zheng, it's okay for you to go back, but you have so much gold and silver here, and there are foreigners, we are short of troops, should we wait for the superiors to order the lower officials to let us go?"

Zheng Hui glanced at him sideways, and slapped the table vigorously: "There are not enough troops. I haven't seen you yet when I was on duty in Jiangling Port! Why is there a shortage of troops? Are you afraid of taking responsibility?"

The official trembled with fear.

In the fleet that has been at sea for three years, the temperament of these people is really unusual, they all look like gangsters, especially this Mr. Zheng and the black man beside him, who are even more gangsters.

Because the sense of oppression was too strong, the official had no choice but to laugh dryly:

"Hey...don't worry about it. Brothers, you can directly say what you want to eat and drink. I will definitely let you eat and drink well before going home!"

Zheng Hui waved away the officials.

Lai Gou'er asked: "Brother Zheng, it's useless to embarrass him. Such a large sum of money really needs to be escorted by the central government. We can't rest assured whoever is in charge."

"What level of official do you think the imperial court should send to pick him up? Or a eunuch?"

"Eunuch! That's too contemptuous of people, no matter what, you must be a fourth-rank official!"

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