As soon as Feng Zhou left Tamna Port, His Highness King Jin began to feel seasick again...
The third child kept vomiting and vomiting, and returned all the food he had eaten on the island, but he still vomited to death. In desperation, he had no choice but to let the fourth child hang himself up again.
"This is what you asked for, not what I want to do to you." The fourth child was naturally happy to satisfy this request. "Children, raise the flag!"
The Yulin Guards under him shouted a slogan and hoisted the third child back onto the mast.
I don’t know why, but when I hang it up, I don’t faint anymore...
So, for the rest of the voyage, besides having sex, the third child even ate and slept hanging on the mast.
After wandering on the sea for two days, the third child finally saw land again.
"This is Goryeo, right? Hahaha, I can finally return to land." His Highness King Jin started talking nonsense excitedly:
"Whoever lets me go out to sea on a boat again in this life will be treated like a bastard!"
But before he could be happy for a while, the fourth child told him sad news:
"Don't be in a hurry to get down yet. I've asked the boat boss. It will take another five days before the boat can dock."
"Uh..." The third child suddenly withered like an eggplant beaten by frost. After a while, he shouted in vain:
"Put me down. I want to take the land route. I don't want to take a boat anymore..."
"No, we have to sail as planned." Lao Si refused righteously.
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So Feng Zhou walked along the sparse coastline for another five days, until he was almost dried up by the wind, and finally arrived at Yeseong Port near Goryeo Gyeonggi Province.
This is also the largest port in Goryeo. Starting from the Song Dynasty, Goryeo tribute envoys set out from here to cross the ocean to China.
However, unlike at Tamna Port, the arrival of the two sealing boats did not cause any commotion.
What was unexpected, but also reasonable, was that at the pier of Lisheng Port, ceremonies and music had been arranged, and the ministers of Korea came to greet them.
"It seems that Pu Wanhu has reported our whereabouts." Lao Si said in a deep voice.
"Yeah, it's normal." The third child finally returned to the deck, lying on the stretcher while undergoing the physical examination of the fifth child, while still saying:
"Even after we leave Tamna, we can send a messenger one day late to land at Jeolla Road, the southernmost tip of the peninsula, and travel quickly by land. Naturally, the news can reach Kaesong several days before us."
"Third brother, don't worry, you are fine." After Lao Wu finished checking, he and Lao Liu helped him get down to the ground and walk slowly. His Highness, Prince Jin, has been hanging on the mast for a long time and he can't even walk...
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Licheng Port is a deep-water port, and ships can dock directly.
After the ship docked at the pier, Goryeo soldiers boarded the ship's ladder, and Goryeo officials wearing Song Dynasty-style official robes boarded the ship with smiles on their faces to greet them.
Looking at the right-angled turbans on their heads, the round collars and large sleeves, the purple or crimson official robes, and the fish bags around their waists, the third child became furious and cursed: "Damn it, Koreans
Shameless, you stole our Tamluo, and also stole our official uniforms from the Song Dynasty!"
"No, that's their racial talent." Lao Liu said seriously.
"As a Jinshi of the Celestial Dynasty and a member of the Gaoli clan, Jin Tao pays homage to the envoys of the Celestial Dynasty!" The purple-robed official at the head led the crowd to salute the two envoys deeply.
"On behalf of the king and the capital, I would like to extend my sincere welcome to the envoy to come and teach you!" Jin Tao's Chinese was spoken in a smooth and authentic Nanjing Mandarin.
"The Jinshe people are free of ceremony." Lin Mi gave him a hand and asked angrily: "Are you a Jinshi of the Yuan Dynasty or a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Of course he is from the Ming Dynasty." Jin Tao replied with a smile. His speech and behavior were graceful and graceful. It was obvious that he became a high official when he came back.
"He was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Hongwu." Lao Liu suddenly interjected: "At that time, Jin Sheren declined the official position in the imperial court on the grounds that he did not understand Chinese and was close to the elderly. I did not expect that this man could speak Chinese better than me.
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"Yes, yes, this little adult actually knows that I am just a subordinate?" Jin Tao's excuse was exposed. Instead of being annoyed, he was very happy and said: "Back then, I was really not good at Chinese, so I learned my shame and became brave. I practiced hard after I came back."
It became what it is now.”
As he said this, he knelt down and kowtowed to the south, and said with emotion and tears: "The emperor did not feel dissatisfied, and agreed to the vassal minister's undue affection. He also paid a generous fee for the trip and sent the boat back." I felt five emotions
I miss the Emperor day and night. Now that I can speak Chinese fluently, if I am lucky enough to return to Nanjing, I am willing to serve the Emperor for the rest of my life!"
Needless to say, Jin Tao's pretentiousness immediately brought the relationship between the two parties closer.
The two envoys from the Celestial Empire also changed their condescending attitude toward others and started talking to him as equals.
Of course, the main reason is that he was selected as a Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty. Although the imperial court stopped the imperial examination, the Jinshi master, even if he is a foreigner, is very respected by the government and the public.
Jin Tao also introduced the Korean officials accompanying the delegation to the reception, and invited them to disembark and board the carriage that had been waiting for a long time.
Of course, the five hundred Yulin Guards could only follow on foot.
But walking is actually quite good, because after leaving Yeseong Port, the team has to walk for more than 40 miles through rugged valleys before they can reach Wanggyong Kaesong of Goryeo...
Riding on the carriage was extremely bumpy, and it was really not as comfortable as walking.
Fortunately, my brothers and I were chatting happily with Jin Tao in the car, so we didn't feel too uncomfortable at all.
Jin Tao was very gentlemanly and did not hide his past. He told his brothers that in fact, in the 22nd year of Yuan Zhizheng, he had already passed the second place in Goryeo and had been an official for many years.
"After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial examination was issued to Korea and other countries. Our government attached great importance to this imperial examination and was determined to perform well, so it sent me and the two top scholars to Nanjing to take the exam. As a result, I was lucky enough to get high school and the two top scholars were
But he failed." When mentioning the most proud thing in his life, Jin Tao couldn't help but get excited.
"But the second place in the list is at best the emperor's judge. After returning to China, at the suggestion of the minister, my Korean examination has been renamed the provincial examination."
"Haha, Jin Sheren is really a fastidious person." The brothers praised one after another.
Zhu Zhen suddenly asked: "By the way, is your current princess still the Princess of Lu from Beiyuan?"
"Uh..." Jin Tao was stunned and said, "Her Royal Highness the Princess has passed away long ago."
"Ah, dead?" Zhu Zhen asked: "How many years have you been dead? How did you die?"
"Ten years ago, Her Royal Highness the Princess, who had a hard time getting pregnant, suddenly became seriously ill and died. This was a huge blow to the King." Jin Tao sighed and said: "Since then, he has become increasingly depressed and no longer had the original intention to treat her."
"But misfortunes come from blessings," he changed the topic again and said with a smile: "If Her Highness the Princess is still here, it will be difficult for the King to return to the Celestial Empire."
"Zhixiao is gone..." Lao Liu only felt regretful.
ps. I will post it first and then change it. I will read the next chapter tomorrow morning.