"How magnificent! This Lord Drake is truly a role model for our generation!"

"Yes, yes! As His Highness said, this lord has completed two voyages around the world and successfully robbed the Spanish treasure fleet many times. He harvested tons of gold and silver! Hey, Brother Yan, Brother Yu used to

I feel that the achievements that my father and son have created in the East China Sea are quite proud, but after listening to the story of this lord that His Highness told, I feel really ashamed! Hey! I couldn’t have been born decades earlier and be with this lord on the sea.

Arm wrestling is such a pity in life!"

"Brother Guozhu, what Yan admires most about this lord is that although he made his fortune with a privateering fleet and has accumulated enough wealth, when the country is in trouble, he can bravely stand up. Like His Highness

As he said, the Spanish Armada is so powerful. But when the fleet headed towards his home country, he led his own fleet to stand out without hesitation. Such a hero can truly be called a great person!"

Francis Drake, pirate, navigator, politician, Lord of England. His achievements are the pinnacle of the pirate profession. After Zhu Youdong told Yan Siqi and Li Guozhu about his life, these two people

The young man, who was already full of outstanding pirate factors, suddenly felt excited.

After seeing the two young people sighing with emotion, Zhu Youdong smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "Hahaha, in my opinion, although Drake can be regarded as a hero, if there is no Queen Elizabeth I of England.

Even if Drake were ten times more powerful, he still wouldn't be able to accomplish anything."

"Your Highness is absolutely right! Lord De is not invincible, especially in the face of such a powerful Spain. He has been wiped out several times. If the Queen of England had not protected and supported De on many occasions,

It is impossible for Sir Alex to make a comeback, let alone make a great contribution."

After Yan Siqi said this, he bowed down and said, "I would like to be your Highness's Drake. I hope that Your Highness will do better than the Queen of England in the future!"

Li Guoshu saw Yan Siqi's behavior. After hesitating for a moment, he also paid homage: "Your Highness, when I return to Hirado, I will tell my father everything I saw and heard today. No matter what my father decides, I am willing to do so."

Be your highness’s Drake!”

Elizabeth Tudor (1533-1603) ascended the throne of England in 1558. She inherited a country that was poor, divided and full of religious vendettas. When she died, she handed over to her successor James

This is a country where religious issues have been basically resolved, the economy has begun to revive, and science and technology are about to take off.

For such an outstanding queen, an important means of completing the accumulation of original capital was to finance domestic navigators (pirates) such as Drake, Rayleigh, and Gilbert. She provided them with national asylum on land and relied on them to survive.

Take the wealth of the ocean...

Now, the wealth on the sea east of China is so huge. As a time traveler, Zhu Youdong would be really stupid if he didn't know how to reach out.

It is inappropriate for His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun to directly become a pirate, ahem, a navigator. Professional things need to be done by professionals. Originally, in Zhu Youdong's plan, if he had to spend the first twenty years of his life in Beijing

If he can survive, then I guess he will have to focus on training Zheng Zhilong or re-train a pure person. But now that he has been sent to Nanjing, and both Yan Siqi and Li Dan have been contacted, then this plan can be put on the agenda.

"You two, that's what I think." After standing up and taking out a map of the surrounding area of ​​Yingtian Mansion from the bookshelf behind him, Zhu Youdong slowly rowed his fingers eastward along the Yangtze River from Nanjing to the estuary of the Yangtze River: "This place

, if the two brave men are interested, I will immediately write a letter to the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs and designate this place as the imperial village under my direct jurisdiction."

When doing business, what is the most important thing after determining both supply and demand? Logistics, of course! The superior location of Chongming Island can be seen by anyone with a little bit of business acumen: overseas goods can be unloaded here.

Relying on the Yangtze River, the Grand Canal quickly sells goods to most of China. In the same way, goods from most of China can also be transported here by water, boarded and sailed out to sea!

"Your Highness! As you said just now, I am willing to be your Highness's Drake and go through fire and water for His Highness, no matter what!"

"Yan Zhuangshi, Gu is just a grandson now, so it's hard to say more. But Gu can guarantee that as long as you are absolutely loyal to Gu, Gu will only treat you better than Elizabeth I treated Sir Drake."

Such hints and temptations are too obvious: in a few years, when you become me alone, you will also have a title!

Chinese people, especially the Chinese people in this era, all hope to make achievements in their motherland and honor their ancestors. When Zhu Youdong gave the hint, Yan Siqi immediately paid homage again without hesitation: "If you meet the Ming Lord, you will be lucky in life.

Yes! In this life, Yan Siqi will always obey His Highness’s orders. If he violates this oath, his whole ship will capsize and he will die when he goes to sea!"

"Hahahaha~~ Yan Zhuangshi is really like the ancients!"

Seeing Zhu Youdong and Yan Siqi enjoying themselves there, Li Guozhu felt his teeth sore.

You, Yan Siqi, have only been in Japan for four years to make a living, and you don’t have a single sea-going ship. You only rely on being generous and hard-fisted to help those Ming Dynasty maritime merchants. Now that Taisun invites you to join, of course you can

I bow to you without scruples. But my family is different! Under me, there are thousands of brothers who rely on the dozens of ships in my family. Not to mention me as the young master, it is my old father.

It cannot be said that it is effective just because it is effective.

However, isn't what our Li family is striving for, just a way out? It's rare for the grandson to take the initiative to ask for advice, and after two days of contact, I just feel that this His Highness is much more friendly than the minor officials of the Ming Dynasty I have interacted with before.

The most important thing is that His Highness sincerely does not discriminate against us maritime merchants... If we can rely on the big tree of Taisun, the future achievements of the Li family will probably not exceed that of Lord Drake.

Already.

Thinking of this, Li Guozhu also saluted and paid homage: "Your Highness, after all, I am here to greet Your Highness on behalf of my father this time. Therefore, I highly agree with and yearn for Your Highness's proposal. I am also willing to be His Highness's eagle dog. However, after all, my father is the one who makes the final decisions in my family.

,so……"

"Well, I understand this very well, and Guozhu doesn't need to reply immediately. Well, I have prepared a handwritten letter for Captain Li, and you can give it to him when you return."

In Zhu Youdong's handwritten letter to Li Dan, he mainly raised several questions:

First, the Tokugawa shogunate has been established, and the division of Japan has ended. Under such a background, how will the Li family fleet, which is dominated by people from the Ming Dynasty, deal with itself? How will the Tokugawa family treat the Li family?

Secondly, it is said that the young master of the Tokugawa family is a person with visions of heaven and earth. If such a person comes to power in the future, will he still be able to find a home in Japan?

Third, if the Li family cannot trust the Ming Dynasty, can they trust Japan? Should all members change their nationality and become Japanese?

Fourth, where is the future of the Li family? How high can the Li family's career develop in the future?

Throughout the letter, Zhu Youdong did not elaborate too much. He just listed the issues in a guided manner. He firmly believed that for a person like the Chinese captain, any persuasion or inducement would be useless. Let him figure it out on his own.

He will make up his mind and come closer firmly.

Come on, Li Dan, Captain of China. You, your son Li Guozhu, and Yan Siqi. Come to Gu, Gu will let you be Ming Dynasty's own Pirate King!

"Brother Guozhu, what Yan admires most about this lord is that although he made his fortune with a privateering fleet and has accumulated enough wealth, when the country is in trouble, he can bravely stand up. Like His Highness

As he said, the Spanish Armada is so powerful. But when the fleet headed towards his home country, he led his own fleet to stand out without hesitation. Such a hero can truly be called a great person!"

Francis Drake, pirate, navigator, politician, Lord of England. His achievements are the pinnacle of the pirate profession. After Zhu Youdong told Yan Siqi and Li Guozhu about his life, these two people

The young man, who was already full of outstanding pirate factors, suddenly felt excited.

After seeing the two young people sighing with emotion, Zhu Youdong smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "Hahaha, in my opinion, although Drake can be regarded as a hero, if there is no Queen Elizabeth I of England.

Even if Drake were ten times more powerful, he still wouldn't be able to accomplish anything."

"Your Highness is absolutely right! Lord De is not invincible, especially in the face of such a powerful Spain. He has been wiped out several times. If the Queen of England had not protected and supported De on many occasions,

It is impossible for Sir Alex to make a comeback, let alone make a great contribution."

After Yan Siqi said this, he bowed down and said, "I would like to be your Highness's Drake. I hope that Your Highness will do better than the Queen of England in the future!"

Li Guoshu saw Yan Siqi's behavior. After hesitating for a moment, he also paid homage: "Your Highness, when I return to Hirado, I will tell my father everything I saw and heard today. No matter what my father decides, I am willing to do so."

Be your highness’s Drake!”

Elizabeth Tudor (1533-1603) ascended the throne of England in 1558. She inherited a country that was poor, divided and full of religious vendettas. When she died, she handed over to her successor James

This is a country where religious issues have been basically resolved, the economy has begun to revive, and science and technology are about to take off.

For such an outstanding queen, an important means of completing the accumulation of original capital was to finance domestic navigators (pirates) such as Drake, Rayleigh, and Gilbert. She provided them with national asylum on land and relied on them to survive.

Take the wealth of the ocean...

Now, the wealth on the sea east of China is so huge. As a time traveler, Zhu Youdong would be really stupid if he didn't know how to reach out.

It is inappropriate for His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun to directly become a pirate, ahem, a navigator. Professional things need to be done by professionals. Originally, in Zhu Youdong's plan, if he had to spend the first twenty years of his life in Beijing

If he can survive, then I guess he will have to focus on training Zheng Zhilong or re-train a pure person. But now that he has been sent to Nanjing, and both Yan Siqi and Li Dan have been contacted, then this plan can be put on the agenda.
Chapter completed!