More than a dozen large ships set sail, and the wind made the sails bulge. The ships left the port very regularly one by one, and slowly floated towards the connection between the water and the sky.
"It's really annoying~"
In the port, Zhu Houzhao seemed a little irritable. His whole heart followed these ships and had drifted into the sea water.
I wish I could personally lead the advance team to exterminate the Japanese pirates and pirates, and then fight the natives of Ryukyu for 300 rounds after arriving in Ryukyu.
Only this time, Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, and Liu Jin were all watching. Even if he wanted to follow them secretly, he couldn't. He could only watch the ship getting further and further away.
"Your Highness, when the situation stabilizes in the future, we will find time to go to Ryukyu together. We have a long way to go, and there are many opportunities."
Of course Liu Jin saw the excitement in Zhu Houzhao's heart and said with a smile.
"This is what you said. If you don't take me to Ryukyu once in the future, I will be the first to take off your black gauze hat after becoming emperor."
Zhu Houzhao felt better after hearing this, and then said to Liu Jin.
"..."
Liu Jin suddenly felt speechless, feeling like a disaster had fallen from the sky.
"..."
Zhang Mao and Liu Jin beside him were also speechless. You are the only prince in history who dared to say this. Your father, Emperor Hongzhi, is still alive and well. You are just thinking about becoming the emperor. Is this really okay?
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In the field of vision, more than a dozen large ships gradually became smaller and gradually disappeared into the rising sun.
Li Yuanshan is a student who graduated from Tianjin Maritime College.
As a graduate of Tianjin Maritime Academy, he is very popular. Before he graduated, there were already a lot of people waving banknotes from the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty, wanting to sign him and let him go out to sea to catch fish for them.
Fish, go to sea to do business.
Moreover, Li Yuanshan's academic performance in Tianjin Maritime Academy is very good. Ordinary students who graduate usually become captains and help people go fishing. Only after they gain more experience can they go to North Korea. If they have the North Korean route attribute, they can take the Japanese route.
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As for Li Yuanshan, who is an outstanding college student, he can skip the previous stages and directly lead the fleet to North Korea and the Japanese country. He used to be a member of Liu Jin's sea fleet and went to and from the Japanese country several times.
, has very rich sailing experience.
This time, Liu Jin was also transferred here and became the deputy captain of the advance team, responsible for commanding these dozen large ships.
On the 'General' at the head, Li Yuanshan took a telescope and carefully observed the situation in all directions. Not long after leaving the Tianjin port, fishing boats could be seen in the surrounding waters heading towards the port.
"Ryukyu Road~"
"Exit the Bohai Sea, enter the Yellow Sea, go south along the Yellow Sea, enter the East China Sea and then reach Ryukyu. The whole process takes about half a month."
The surroundings were very safe at this time, so Li Yuanshan also opened the nautical chart and began to carefully calculate the route and time to Ryukyu.
He is the deputy captain of the advance team, and is mainly responsible for this work. The captain of the advance team is nominally a man named Dong Mu sent by Zhu Houzhao.
Li Yuanshan had been in contact with this Dong Mu, and he knew at first glance that he was an official. His style of conduct had an official accent, and he had no interest in Li Yuanshan, who was originally a man with weak legs.
For such an official, Li Yuanshan used to respect him like a god, but now, he doesn't want to make too much of this Dong Mu.
I am a person who relies on my ability to make a living. Even if I no longer join the advance team, I can still do well in other fleets, have no worries about food and clothing, and live a leisurely life.
As for Dong Mu, he didn't have much ability. He spoke in an official tone, which made people extremely uncomfortable. If he wasn't working for Mr. Liu, he wouldn't bother to interact with such a person.
Li Yuanshan and Dong Mu almost represent the situation of the entire advance team.
Li Yuanshan represents the backbone of Liu Jin's various industries. These people come from humble backgrounds and were basically weak-legged in the past. Because they followed Liu Jin and worked for Liu Jin, they were diligent, conscientious, and more importantly willing.
Study, so you gradually stand out.
Now they are basically middle and low-level managers in various major industries under Liu Jin, or people like Li Yuanshan, who graduated from Tianjin Maritime University.
Dong Mu represents the people who were sent to the advance team by Emperor Hongzhi. These people were basically officials in the past. They were hundreds of households, thousands of households, and some military generals and nobles who were recruited by Emperor Hongzhi from his trusted army.
's descendants.
They themselves have official status, and some of them are the descendants of noble military commanders. They come from noble backgrounds and were sent here to control this advance team.
There are naturally huge differences between the two groups of people. Although after more than a month of training, they basically eat together and sleep together, it is still difficult to say that they are truly integrated with each other.
After all, the classes are clear and the hierarchy is strict. For people like Li Yuanshan, life is already very good now, and they don't expect to have an official position in the future.
As for Dong Mu and others, they have official status, so they are naturally superior to others, and they look down on people like Li Yuanshan.
Of course, there is no conflict between them. They just get along together and go to Ryukyu Island to build an advance base together. After this matter is over, everyone will find their own mother. No one will think about the real relationship in the future.
We must mix together and become brothers who live together day and night and share life and death.
"Team Li~"
While Li Yuanshan was studying the routes and routes, a man walked in with a smile on his face.
"Oh, it's Zhang Lun~"
Li Yuanshan looked up and said with a smile.
The visitor's name was Zhang Lun, the grandson of the British Duke Zhang Mao, and a person sent by Emperor Hongzhi. Of course, Li Yuanshan only knew that his name was Zhang Lun and did not know that he was Zhang Mao's grandson.
But from Zhang Lun, Li Yuanshan could still guess that the identity of the Zhang Lun in front of him was not simple. He was probably the son of a powerful person in the capital. He also knew that when everyone gathered together more than a month ago, the Zhang Lun in front of him was a noble person.
Qi, you can tell it's extraordinary just by looking at it.
Now after more than a month of hard work, daily training and study with everyone, and now wearing the uniform uniform of the advance team, no one can tell that he will be the grandson of a prince.
Zhang Lun didn't understand why he was sent to the advance team at first. As the direct grandson of the British Duke, he could have been happy in the Duke's mansion.
But he didn't want to be thrown directly to the advance team by Zhang Mao. After more than a month of training, he was completely tanned. He was almost exhausted every day. He couldn't eat well. He had to sleep with everyone else. How could he be a human being like this?
The days passed.
But no matter how much he protests or makes trouble, it's of no use. The instructors here at Tianjin Maritime Academy don't care whether you are Zhang Mao's grandson or someone else's son. They will treat you equally and will punish you if you don't accept it until you are convinced.
As for him expressing his dissatisfaction to Zhang Mao again and again, Zhang Mao didn't bother to pay attention.
Zhang Mao is a devilish person, but he saw something from the advance team, and saw that Emperor Hongzhi would build an army that would only obey the emperor's orders in the future.
Emperor Hongzhi attached great importance to this advance team. As long as the advance team performed well, Emperor Hongzhi would definitely form an army based on the advance team in the future.
As a member of the Military General Xungui Group, Zhang Mao knew what this meant, so he threw his grandson in early and mixed in early.
When the new army is formed, they can also seize the opportunity in advance. In the future, they will not be like me, a dignified prince who lives a miserable life. The most important thing he does is to sacrifice his ancestors, and he is overwhelmed by the civil servants.
Can't even lift it up.
So even though he saw his grandson suffering and Zhang Lun getting tanned, Zhang Mao remained indifferent. In Liu Jin's words, Zhang Lun looked weak in the past, but now that he is exposed to the sun and trained every day, his body will become stronger.
Much stronger.
From the initial discomfort and fierce resistance, Zhang Lun has slowly adapted to the current life. With a regular life every day, people's minds become simpler, and their energy and energy become more and more intense.
good.
He began to think about why his grandfather threw him here. After thinking about some of these things clearly, he also began to study seriously, actively enjoy and experience the current life.
"Captain Li, I'm still a little confused about how to calculate the position of the ship~"
Zhang Lun held a notebook in his hand, writing and drawing on it. For more than a month, they trained during the day and attended classes at night, learning navigation knowledge and some simple military knowledge.
What Zhang Lun is most interested in now is navigation knowledge, so he often consults students from the navigation academy such as Li Yuanshan.
"This thing is actually very simple. You can use this sextant, aim it at the sun in the sky, move it to a horizontal position, and then get this angle..."
Li Yuanshan still likes people like Zhang Lun who are willing to contact him and ask for advice, and he also feels that he has a lot of face.
In the past, I was a mud-legged person, digging for food in the ground, and had no chance to interact with noble people like Zhang Lun. However, fate is so magical. Not only are we in contact with each other now, but I can also be one of these noble people.
The teacher can even direct them.
This is a great sense of accomplishment.
This made him feel that his hard study in the past was very worthwhile, and all his efforts were rewarded, so now Li Yuanshan has also developed the habit of reading. He has to study by himself every day, learn more knowledge, and constantly
's growth.
In the past, when I was a child, I had neither the opportunity nor the destiny to study. Now that I have the opportunity and luck, I naturally have to work harder.