"Okay, I'll make arrangements now." Zhu Zhanji agreed on the spot.
He suddenly thought of Qu Yuan, and immediately turned his head to the guard beside him and said, "Go and call Qu Yuan."
Qu Yuan had just had a pleasant negotiation with the eunuch when he was suddenly brought to Zhu Zhanji by the guards.
"Greetings to Your Highness." Qu Yuan bowed down, with an irrepressible smile on his face.
He had just made an agreement with the eunuch in charge of His Highness, that in the future he could directly purchase goods from the Taisun Mansion. And even if the Taisun Mansion did not have it, he could get it for him whenever he needed it.
Holding the thigh of His Highness Taisun means holding the glory and wealth for a lifetime.
Zhu Zhanji looked at Qu Yuan and said lightly, "I am going to pick up the gentlemen. Do you want to go back?"
"Ah? This" Qu Yuan was stunned for a moment and said hesitantly, "Your Highness, I just came to Xinming and haven't purchased any goods yet."
"It doesn't matter." Zhu Zhanji waved his hand, "I just happened to have a shipment of goods that just arrived, so I will give it to you. It will be considered as the cost of taking care of Yu Qian and others these days. The ship has not been unloaded yet, so I can transport it to you together.
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Qu Yuan swallowed his saliva after hearing this. Even if he came to Xinming ten times, he would not be able to purchase so many goods for one shipment. .??.
And this is just the money Zhu Zhanji gave him to take care of Yu Qian and others. Qu Yuan said that even if he took care of Yu Qian and others for a hundred years, he would not be able to spend so much money.
"Many, thank you, Your Highness." Qu Yuan quickly bowed.
Since this was easy, Zhu Zhanji passed the order and everything was ready in just one day.
Early the next morning, we set out for Quyuan City.
Zhu Zhanji took Yu Qian on board the ship and said with a smile, "This time I will bring ten warships over. I want to see what kind of pirates they are. They even have cannons."
Yu Qian pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "I thought His Highness was still
It's better not to take risks. After hearing what His Highness said, I feel more and more that those people are not pirates."
Yu Qian didn't want to cause trouble, he just wanted to take over the others safely.
But Zhu Zhanji didn't think so. He took a deep breath and nodded, "Brother Yu, you are right. Gu Ye feels that those people are not just simple pirates."
"Then why does Your Highness still want to go?" Yu Qian couldn't understand it. Since he couldn't figure out the details of the other party, why did he still go?
Zhu Zhanji said solemnly, "Brother Yu, you just came here and don't know much about the situation around Xinming."
"Your Highness, please speak." Yu Qian perked up. What Zhu Zhanji was about to say was what he wanted to know, so he immediately listened carefully.
"The New Ming Dynasty has its capital on the Five Great Lakes, but most of its main trade is with the Ming Dynasty. So almost all of the Xin Ming navy is stationed at Wangming Port."
Yu Qian nodded slightly. Maritime trade was nothing more than a lifeline. Naturally, it needed to be heavily protected.
Zhu Zhanji glanced sideways at Yu Qian and continued, "On the other side of the Great Lakes, the naval force is actually very weak. But for so many years, there has never been a naval battle there, and there are even very few pirates, so it is safe."
nothing."
"But last time I went to Daming, your teacher reminded me."
"What did the teacher and His Highness say?" Yu Qian asked curiously.
Zhu Zhanji smiled slightly and looked up at the sky as if he was recalling, "Your teacher must be alert to the threats on the sea to the east."
Yu Qian didn't understand why the teacher reminded Zhu Zhanji like this, and subconsciously asked, "What about Your Highness?"
Zhu Zhanji pursed his lips
He smiled and said, "After I came back alone, I immediately reported to Grandpa Huang and ordered the construction of a number of warships to flood the navy in the east. But so far, I haven't even seen any decent pirates."
"Your Highness, maybe the teacher" Yu Qian quickly interrupted, wanting to defend the teacher.
Zhu Zhanji smiled faintly, waved his hand to stop him and said, "Do you think Gu thinks your teacher guessed wrong?"
"Isn't it?" Yu Qian looked at Zhu Zhanji blankly, not understanding what he meant.
Zhu Zhanji shook his head and sighed, "No! Judging from the people you met in the south, your teacher is right. I'm afraid there have been changes in the sea that Xinming doesn't know about yet."
After a pause, he continued, "At least, that's the case in the south!"
"Your Highness, would you like to take this opportunity to take a look?" Yu Qian immediately understood Zhu Zhanji's plan.
Zhu Zhanji nodded heavily, "Yes, these people cannot appear out of thin air. Warships and cannons are basically our method of warfare. Where did they come from?"
After hearing this, Yu Qian nodded slightly. Indeed, just as Zhu Zhanji said. The warship and cannon warfare method is unique to the Ming Dynasty. Others can use bows and arrows. So where did these people come from?
While the two were chatting, ten warships went to sea against the wind, taking several supply ships and Qu Yuan's cargo with them, and headed south directly.
I don’t know the famous island in the south.
The captain who had chased Yu Qian until he had nowhere to go was kneeling on a hot stone to be punished.
A middle-aged man said slowly while making tea, "I'll let you go out to rob and get some exercise. Then you will dare to disobey the advice and be lawless."
"Dad" the captain quickly called to the middle-aged man.
"Don't call me dad, call me patriarch."
The young man gave the captain a sharp look.
The captain was trembling all over. Under the scorching sun, he felt a bone-deep chill in his heart. He quickly lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice, "Master Patriarch."
"It's really not my fault. Those people are definitely not simple. They must have something important. If we can catch them, we may be able to get huge benefits." The captain straightened up and wanted to defend himself.
The middle-aged man took a sip of tea and asked calmly, "So did you catch them?"
The captain's self-confidence suddenly disappeared, and his whole person became sluggish. He glanced at the middle-aged man with some fear and replied, "No, no."
"No?" The middle-aged man suddenly became angry and poured the scalding tea directly on the captain's face. "You didn't catch anything, how dare you lose hundreds of men?"
The captain screamed when he was burned, but he didn't dare to avoid it at all, let alone wipe it with his hands.
Middle-aged people are angry here because their people are too valuable. Their people are not pirates who are like rubbish. You can get as many as you want.
If his son lost hundreds of pirates, the middle-aged man would not even blink an eye, let alone punish his son like this.
Moreover, even if we go to war with several large tribes, the losses may not be so great. And the wealth that can be obtained by plundering a large tribe cannot be loaded on ten ships.
Finally, the middle-aged man stood up and gave the final verdict to the captain.
"Kneel here for three days, and if you are still alive after three days, go to the slave camp!"
In one sentence, the former patriarch's son was reduced to the lowest slave. This also required him to survive these three days, otherwise he would just be thrown into the sea to feed the fish.
The human heart is so vicious that it makes people around him fearful, and they don't even dare to look at the middle-aged man.