Seiwa

Facts have proved that the prey of the great white shark will lose a piece of meat even if it does not die.

The chance of escaping the pirate ship that Zhu Gaosui was eyeing was infinitely close to zero.Since the sailing from Liujiagang, the same scene has been staged every once in a while.

When there are many times, within one month, most of the months are spent chasing and suppressing pirates.

Seeing the wooden boats falling behind one after another sank to the bottom of the sea, the fastest pirate ship began to fall into despair.The pirates on board can foresee what will be waiting for them once they are overtaken by warships.

The solid iron ball kept smashing into the sea, instantly raising a huge water column.

The fairly sturdy wooden boat was tossed and tossed by the waves.

The sunken ship rolled up a huge eddy, and the smell of blood attracted the sharks in the sea. Looking at the triangular fins across the sea, the pirates almost collapsed.

Zhu Gaosui and the Ming army on the warship became more and more excited, and the merchant ships following the warship were all eager to try.

Compared with doing business in an orderly manner, robbing pirates is obviously faster to get money.

Once you taste the sweetness, it becomes very easy to start again.In the end, when seeing the familiar skull flag, the excitement of the crew was no less than that of discovering a strange island.

In the eyes of the fleet members, the bandits who make the sea merchants fearful are just like a hen that lays golden eggs.

During the robbery, the foreign language level of the interpreter on board soared.Soon he was able to say "Pay money and don't kill" in eight languages.

As the "team leader", Zheng He always tried to persuade him symbolically.

Zhu Gaosui didn't listen to persuasion, and Eunuch Zheng fulfilled his duty, even if he had completed his job.He quickly unloaded his burden and joined the robbery team organized by King Zhao with Wang Jinghong and Hou Xian.

"No wonder the Tartars love threshing hay."

Hou Xian sighed and wiped off the blood on the waist knife. This feeling is really exciting and makes people want to stop.

Hou Gonggong's cognition obviously deviated from the normal track, and there were signs of the collapse of the three views.But neither the captain of the fleet nor His Royal Highness Zhao Wang had any intention of correcting it.

Thus, in the [-]th century AD, during Zheng He’s third voyage to the West, led by His Royal Highness Zhao Wang, most members of the fleet developed unique interests and hobbies, and never looked back in a more unique direction. .

After half an hour of pursuit, all the targeted pirate ships sank to the bottom of the sea.

A small number were sunk by shells or warships, and most of the rest were scuttled and sunk by the Ming army after they were robbed and robbed.Many of the pirate ships that were scuttled had three sails, not comparable to the big food merchant ships, but better than the wooden ships of European explorers.

It's a pity that Zhu Gaosui looked down on him, and the members of the fleet, including the businessmen who accompanied him, also looked down on him.

If you are used to taking a luxury passenger ship, who would pay attention to a small steamer emitting black smoke?

The pirate who was lucky enough to survive watched the wooden boat disappear on the sea, and the reliance on his life and livelihood disappeared. He wanted to cry but had no tears.

It doesn't mean the end,

"Treasure location, port of call, black market trading, do you have any accomplices, tell me!"

The pirates were tied to the pillars, the Jin Yiwei brandished their scabbards, and the interpreter stood aside, communicating with the pirates in multiple languages.Complete the task, and practice oral English by the way, kill two birds with one stone.

The civil servants who came from Beijing's administrative department can always use their time reasonably.

"Say!"

The scabbard was replaced with a whip, and the pirate screamed in horror.

This is a group of devils!

The pirates who had long since lost their faith were weeping bitterly.It's a pity that God couldn't hear his prayers and weeping, just like the merchants and sailors who were thrown into the sea alive by their hands and feet.

Zhu Gaosui returned to the cabin, picked up the teapot, and poured half a pot of tea.

The long-term life at sea not only tanned his face, but also changed his behavior a lot.Like a tiger out of the gate, a lion out of its territory.Suddenly, I found that the outside world is so vast, and the unknown road ahead is so exciting.

Recalling the past, Zhu Gaosui often thinks of his conversation with Meng Qinghe.Now savoring the seemingly absurd idea, only by visiting the place in person can you truly understand the mystery.

Sailing at sea is destined to have many unfamiliar places, and it can't compare with the fine clothes and fine food in the palace.But Zhu Gaosui likes it, damn it.

The life of searching for new lands and chasing pirate ships is so fascinating.This feeling is even worse than riding a horse and galloping on the grassland, slashing and killing with a knife.

Facing the endless blue sky, he wished he could roar a few times.

Looking up at the vast sky, the sea breeze bulged the robe, as if two wings were growing from the ribs, and it was about to soar into the sky in the next moment.

dong dong.

There was a knock on the cabin door.

Zhu Gaosui put down the teapot, and outside the hatch stood Jin Yiwei who was in charge of interrogating the pirates.

"Your Highness, the pirate's treasure location has been found out. Do you want to go?"

"Of course I want to go!" Zhu Gaosui said with a smile, "My mother likes rubies, and those in the hands of big food merchants, I don't like them. But pirates have a lot of good ones. There are also gold coins with heads engraved on them. As a gift for the Emperor's Longevity Day."

Jin Yiwei agreed.

Soon, the fleet split into two groups and continued to move forward, stopping at the island marked on the chart.The other way is to go to the harbor where the pirates hid their treasures. It is not far from the island, and you can go back and forth in about two hours.

Zhu Gaosui went down to the small boat along the cable, and boarded the warship for treasure hunting.

Zheng He and Wang Jinghong stayed on the treasure ship, and Hou Xian accompanied them.

More than ten warships and nearly twenty horse boats sailed to the treasure location.

The guiding pirate shrank his neck and was lifted onto the warship without the slightest thought of resisting.The pirates who dared to resist were thrown into the sea, and their only fate was to be buried in the belly of the fish.

The more vicious and vicious, killing countless people, the more he cherishes his life and fears death.

The Ming army already knew how to wipe out more than ten bands of pirates.

The location of the pirate's treasure is not hidden, but it is difficult to drive into the big ship.

The boat was lowered again, and Zhu Gaosui and Hou Xian went ashore together.

The forests on the island are sparse, and most of them are rocks and caves washed by sea water.

The pirates led the crowd to a strangely shaped rock, dug through a layer of soil half a meter thick, lifted up a few baffles, and a cave hidden underground was impressively displayed in front of everyone.

Dozens of wooden boxes were piled up together, the lids of which could hardly be closed, and a dazzling golden light faintly leaked through the gaps.

Open the lid of the box, and immediately a leather bag falls out.

The leather rope binding the bag broke, and the round pearls rolled to the ground, white and black, the size of a longan.

The wooden boxes were opened one by one, followed by one exclamation.

Strangely shaped golden statues, three-foot-high coral, exquisite gold pots, machetes inlaid with various gemstones... Gold coins and silver coins of various shapes, many of which were not put into boxes, were directly scattered on the ground.

Even Zhu Gaosui, who was used to seeing palace treasures, was also stunned for two seconds.

Bending down to pick up a scimitar, brushing against a pattern on the handle, Zhu Gaosui's eyes sank slightly, which is not something ordinary businessmen can have.The pirates probably robbed the "royal family" on an island, or a tribute fleet.

However, up to now, there is no need to pursue it.

Putting the knife back into its sheath, Zhu Gaosui ordered to carry away all the treasures in the cave.Then he walked up to the cowering pirate, slowly drew out the long knife, and under the terrified eyes of the pirate, raised the knife and dropped it.

Blood spurted out, and the head rolled to the ground.

In this way, it can be regarded as avenging the owner of the scimitar.

Leaving the pirate's treasure chest, the warship sailed to the predetermined island and joined the fleet.

This island was discovered during the fleet's second voyage to the West.

The east side of the island is a natural deep-water harbor. The island has fresh water and no large predators.Except for seabirds, there are mostly strange stone statues.

Zhu Gaosui didn't care about it.

The nobles of the Tian family, the son of the phoenix and the grandson of the dragon.

When you meet him, no matter what kind of god he is, he is a shark coiling or a tiger curling up.If you dare not obey your orders, all the artillery on the rack will be blasted away.

"Your Highness, at this rate, we can reach Xindi in one month."

"Okay." Zhu Gaosui cut open the bread with a dagger, sandwiched roasted dried meat and pickles, and took a big bite off half of it, "These are amateurs, you can arrange them."

"Yes."

The huge fleet continued to move forward, encountered pirates along the way, no matter what happened, they were all wiped out.However, there are always two or three fish that slipped through the net, and when they saw the situation was not good, they escaped early and survived by luck.

Afterwards, news spread that the Deming Fleet sailing at sea was suddenly covered with a cloak of terror.

"That's a bunch of horrible devils."

"The devil wears a robe stained red with blood, and there are golden monsters on the robe!"

"Taken by the devil on board, no one escapes alive."

"It's terrible. If I hadn't received the news in advance, I would have died on the bottom of the sea like the captain of the Tempest."

The rumors spread more and more widely, until later, just hearing the words "Daming Fleet" could make the pirates panic and panic.No matter how vicious a pirate is, when he hears that the Deming Fleet is going to pass by his house, his first reaction is to pack his bags and move.

Too many things, can't you move them?No more!

If the treasure is gone, you can grab it again, but if your life is gone, what's the use of clinging to gold coins!

During the voyage of the Deming Fleet to the West, the sea merchants were surprised to find that the pirates who had been raging in the past suddenly disappeared.

The "black market" where pirates often gather has also become deserted.The stall owner dozed off in his spare time.

"Pirates? No pirates!"

"Yes, we don't have pirates here!"

"Let's go! Ask more questions, be careful I beat you!"

The sea merchants looked at each other in blank dismay, and only when they inquired privately did they learn the "truth".

Since then, many maritime merchants began to regard the Deming Fleet as the "protector god".There was an unlucky merchant ship who encountered pirates. Seeing that he couldn't escape, the owner stiffened his neck and shouted, "I have someone in the Ming Dynasty!"

The pirate's hand holding the knife would immediately tremble twice.

I planned to kill people and rob goods, but in the end I only robbed two boxes of spices, so I dared not kill anyone.It can be seen how powerful the word "Da Ming" is.

Where the Ming Fleet passed by, when they met the Shanghai Merchant Fleet, there was no need to call, and a complete ship of goods would be delivered immediately.

give money?

No, definitely not!If you can sail with the fleet for a certain distance, you can get acquainted with a few words of Ming Dynasty official dialect.What is a ship of goods, send another ship!

Stopping at islands along the way, revealing their identities, offering warm hospitality, and carrying out trade, needless to say, on some islands, the king’s family packed their bags early and just waited to set off on the boat to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Not going back to Daming for now?

It doesn't matter.Where the fleet goes, we will follow.

In a word, a red heart to Daming!

After many times, Zhu Gaosui has the same troubles as his father. The country is strong, the people are too famous, and sometimes they worry about others.

When the Ming fleet was promoting national prestige at sea, the Ming Dynasty ushered in the peak period of tribute from foreign envoys.

Since May of the ninth year of Yongle, in front of the city gate of Nanjing, the tribute envoys have lined up in long lines.

Tatars in the north, Wala, Wuliangha, and Jurchen.

Siam in the south, Champa, Chenla, Laos.

Guri, Ceylon, Kezhi, Xiao Gelan, and Gayile are separated by a Himalayan mountain.

Old port by boat, Namuri, Java, Managa, Sumatra.

Wave after wave of tribute teams arrived at Yingtian Mansion, Honglu Temple and Guanglu Temple were so busy that their feet never touched the ground, and the Huitong Hall was full again.

With the arrival of the tribute team, there was an endless stream of businessmen who heard the news. There were not enough rooms in the inn, and many shopkeepers crowded into Datong shop, and the shopkeepers could only make the floor in the inn.

When there are too many people, there will be more problems, and public security problems occur frequently. The commander of the Wucheng army and Ma Si and Yin Tianfu's mansion are so worried that the corners of their mouths are blistered.

No way, Zhu Di ordered the Beijing Huitong Hall to "open" ahead of schedule.Envoys from Jurchen, North Korea, the White Horde Khanate, Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Moscow do not need to go to Beijing, and are directly arranged by the Beijing Council.

"The king of the Han Dynasty traveled to Beijing and hosted a banquet for the tribute envoys."

An imperial order ended Zhu Gaoxu's farming career.

Zhu Gaoxu really didn't want to leave the Xuan Mansion, he had been busy for two years, and he was about to achieve results, so he just let it go?

I can't bear it!

Helpless, my father ordered me to leave if I didn't leave.

Putting on the prince's regular clothes, riding on an elephant rode, looking at the cornfields and potato fields that are getting far away, his eyes are filled with reluctance.

Shen Xuan was busy training soldiers, Xu Huizu was bedridden to recuperate from illness, completely ignoring the tribute envoys.Officials from the Beijing Office came to the door and were dismissed with the sentence "Leave it until the arrival of His Royal Highness the King of Han".

Meng Qinghe also became busy.

In the eighth year of Yongle, the corn and potatoes sown in Huangzhuang and Xunguizhuang fields have been harvested.The yield is not as good as expected, but the characteristics of drought and cold resistance are undoubtedly revealed.

The few "red men" brought back by the fleet were all left in Daming to help solve the problems that arose during the planting of Fan grain.

Through translation, Meng Qinghe learned that these people came from the "Kingdom of Cusco".

"Cusco?"

Uncle Meng tapped his head, but didn't have any impression.

He didn't know much about the history of America, and he didn't know at all that 20 years later, this humble country would conquer the entire western part of South America, rule for centuries, and become one of the three major American civilizations, the Inca Empire.

If he knew... probably wouldn't change anything.At most, he would show a surprised expression, and then do what he should do.

He wanted the produce of the Americas, not the people who lived there.As for the land, this is something that the superior should worry about.

After being enlightened by the Duke, Meng Qinghe clearly knew that in many cases, one should be confused than smart.Worrying too much, working too hard, is not necessarily a good thing.

What he should be thinking about now is the harvest of his family's one-third acre of land.Judging from the news sent by Jiu Ge, this year's harvest should be quite good.

After July, Meng Qinghe stayed in the army for longer and longer.It was Ding Guogong who often squatted down to look for people.

Entering the autumn harvest season, the wheat, rice, and sorghum in the fields began to mature one after another, and the corn planted in the barren fields also produced palm-length cobs.

Meng Qinghe tried to break off an ear and pushed it aside. The corn kernels were not considered full, but the fragrance made him grin.

"Uncle?!"

Seeing Meng Qinghe eating raw corn, the guards had no time to stop them, their complexion changed suddenly, and they almost grabbed it.

Fanliang can be eaten, but it is also cooked.I have never heard that it can be eaten raw.

What if something goes wrong?

"It's okay, I just tasted it, I didn't intend to eat it."

Meng Qinghe smiled, and handed the bitten corn to the guard, "I'll break off two more sticks and cook them at home, everyone will try them."

"Uncle Xie."

This piece of barren land is Meng Qinghe's "military field". It was reclaimed last year, and planting has just begun this year.He didn't worry about food, so he simply used all of it to grow corn.

When returning to the city, he happened to meet Zhu Gaoxu who came from Xuanfu.

Seeing Prince Xiangren, Meng Qinghe dismounted immediately and stepped forward to salute.There was no sound for a long time, and when I raised my head, I saw Zhu Gaoxu staring behind him with burning eyes, without blinking.

Looking back, I understand.

"Gao Fu."

"I'm humble."

"Present the fanmai in your hand to the prince."

"Yes."

After taking the corn, Zhu Gaoxu was satisfied.

Leaping on their horses, Meng Qinghe murmured to himself, the King of Han who likes to grow grain, the King of Zhao who goes out to rob, Emperor Yongle who has nothing to do with his neighbors and fights with his neighbors... Daming is indeed a miraculous dynasty.

Uncle Meng still doesn't know that there is another surprise waiting for him in the city.

Zhu Zhanhe, who had successfully grown from three heads to four, stood at the gate of the city, waiting eagerly.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu's Xiang Ren, his big eyes lit up, and seeing Meng Qinghe who was following Xiang Ren, his small face suddenly smiled into a flower.

"Father!"

When Zhu Gaoxu saw Zhu Zhanhe, his exhaustion disappeared.Seeing his son "pounce" over, he opened his arms with a smile on his face.

Unexpectedly, after Zhu Zhanhe saluted, he turned halfway, "Shaobao, I have grown up and can draw an iron bow. The emperor's grandfather allowed me to go to Suncheon and continue to study with Shaobao!"

After the words fell, the faces of the two people turned green.

One is Zhu Gaoxu, who was thrown aside by his son, and the other is Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Household Department who went north with Zhu Zhanhe.

Nanjing

Not long after the discussion of moving the capital, and the envoys from various kingdoms had not yet left the capital, Emperor Yong Le threw another big thunder in the early court.

"For the sake of the country, I want to establish a crown prince."

Establish a crown prince?

There was a long silence in the hall.

In the early years, whoever mentioned this matter would be punished. When the emperor was in a bad mood, he was sent to Jinyi Prison and the whole family was exiled.In the past two years, everyone has learned to be good, but the emperor took the initiative to mention it?

The civil servants who supported King Ping inevitably felt a little uncomfortable, but they also knew that the current King Ping could not afford the heavy responsibility of the prince no matter what.

From any perspective, the most suitable candidate is Hanwang.

Driven by the general trend, the meaning of the emperor.It's pointless to hold on any longer.

In Fengtian Hall, all the officials knelt down and said in unison: "Your Majesty is holy!"