In the evening, the prince went to Dongwusuo to visit Lao Liu.
Seeing the arrival of His Royal Highness the Prince, the eunuchs and maids from the East Fifth Palace hurriedly fell to the ground and saluted.
When Wang Defa heard the announcement, he quickly came out and knelt to greet him.
"Everyone, get up." The prince, who was always kind to the people in the palace, said to Wang De: "I have come to see your highness, take me to see him."
"Yes." Wang Defa looked a little strange and reported in a low voice: "Prince, His Highness is... taking a bath."
Zhu Biao looked at Wang Defa's abnormal expression, and then looked at the eunuchs and maids who also looked uncomfortable. He couldn't help but thought in his heart, could it be that Lao Liu was messing around with the maids while taking a bath?
It's probably not wrong, otherwise people like Wang Defa wouldn't have this expression.
As soon as he thought of this, His Highness the Crown Prince was both happy and angry. He was happy that his little brother had finally grown up.
What makes me angry is that the sixth brother can't control his younger brother. How can he mess around in the palace? To put it seriously, this is called filthy chaos in the palace! Let the father know that two prince titles are not enough!
The prince originally wanted to turn around and leave, and hit Lao Liu again later. But then he thought about it, there was no need to talk to Lao Liu, and it was better to speak directly to him.
So he walked into the East Fifth House with a heavy face, passed through the front hall, and came to the outside of the main hall. Before he entered, he heard Lao Liu's despicable laughter coming from inside: "Baby, turn around and let me
Let me wash your front!"
The prince almost fell to the ground. He was only a child, but he was playing so fancy! He was going to die! He secretly made up his mind to drive away all the palace residents of the East Fifth Palace, including Wang Defa...
"Prince, it's not what Xue thought..."
The prince had a dark face, refused to listen to Wang Defa's explanation, strode into the palace, passed through the heavy curtains, and came to the west room where the bathroom was...
They saw the water mist in the white marble bathing pool. Mu Xiang and several palace maids were standing by the pool. The two people in the pool were having a fight, one was the naked and meaty Lao Liu, and the other was black and white.
Distinctive, furry and round panda...
Lao Liu was bathing the giant panda with a hairbrush. Although the panda was not a cat, it still didn't like bathing, so it turned around and pointed its butt towards Lao Liu. Lao Liu was trying to coax it away like a child.
Come here, I want to wash the hair on its chest...
"..." The prince was petrified on the spot, feeling deeply guilty for having thought so dirty of Lao Liu.
Wang Defa called out, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived," and Lao Liu turned around. When he saw that it was indeed his eldest brother, he smiled sheepishly and said, "My brother is naked, so I cannot be polite."
"No need." The prince came to his senses and felt speechless again. King Chu...oh no, King Chu and King Hai were taking a bath with the giant pandas in the palace. It didn't seem to be any better than taking a bath with the palace maids.
"You guys go down first," he waved his hand, and Wang Defa quickly led everyone to retreat. Without his servants, the prince couldn't help but curse:
"You're such a fool, how can you take a bath with a beast?"
"This is not an animal, this is a national treasure. Don't you think it is so cute?" Zhu Zhen said proudly: "It has always been my dream to take a bath with a giant panda."
"Isn't your dream to raise a giant panda?" The prince said speechlessly: "Why do you want to take a bath with it again?"
"Brother, I have many dreams." Zhu Zhen said plausibly: "Besides, I used to bathe in the river with the Great Sage Pingtian, how can I favor one over the other?"
"When you were a shepherd boy, are you the same as you are now?" The prince picked up a clean bath towel, threw it on his head and said, "Wipe it clean and come out to talk."
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Zhu Zhen climbed out of the bath, wiped himself clean, put on a bathrobe, came to his elder brother and said with a smile: "What are your orders, elder brother?"
"You dare to go into the water after the injury on your butt is healed?" the prince asked angrily.
"How can it be so fast? Fifth brother applied medicine to me and asked me to take a medicinal bath, saying that I could sit down tomorrow." Lao Liu laughed and said, "My brother was taking a medicinal bath just now."
"Is there a medicine inside that is panda?" The prince rolled his eyes at him and said a serious lesson:
"You are now the Prince of the Ming Dynasty. You must know that if the embankment is higher than the shore, the waves will destroy it. Besides, you have offended so many people. How many people are waiting to find fault with you and sue you? Don't create any more scandals for them.
Got the handle."
"Yes, big brother." Lao Liu responded obediently: "I will never take a bath with the panda again."
My heart said we should sleep together...
"It's not okay to sleep together, anyway, we have to be decent, understand?" The prince gave him a lesson, and then said in a deep voice: "According to my father's and my vision, one thing will not bother the two masters, and the other will not tolerate two tigers in one mountain. So from now on,
As long as everything happens on the Ming Dynasty, you will be responsible for it."
"Good guy, can I take care of it?" Lao Liu took a breath of air.
"You don't need to worry about the Chu vassal affairs. When my father comes back and makes a king in Huguang, you will be completely liberated and can concentrate on matters at sea." The prince had already thought about it carefully and said in a deep voice:
"Of course, I have to help my eldest brother for a few years first. Fortunately, Nanjing and Suzhou are not far away, so you can just run between them for a few years."
"It's so hard for me." Lao Liu couldn't help but wailed.
"You are too tired to die." The prince smiled and said: "Besides, you don't need to do everything yourself. For example, maritime trade, customs duties, etc., aren't Han Yike's Shipping Department's Yamen responsible for it? Over there with the Japanese navy.
, there is also the Marquis of Nan'an in charge. If that doesn't work, you can also set up a Prime Minister's Office to take care of these things for you, are you tired?"
"My dear brother, I'm tired." Lao Liu said with a bitter face, "At such a young age, worrying about so many things will affect my growth."
The prince looked at the huge young man who was at least a head taller than his peers. Quan Dang didn't hear what he said and said to himself: "My father and I don't have high demands. You only need to achieve three things. One is the peace of the sea.
Secondly, the fiscal revenue will be sufficient, and thirdly, the people along the coast will live and work in peace and contentment."
"Isn't this a high request?" Lao Liu cried bitterly: "Brother, if you do these three things, Ming's troubles will be reduced by half."
"I know, that's why I asked you to do it." The prince smiled and said: "If you have any other requests, please put them forward. I will agree to whatever you can."
"Eldest brother said that my father said that all matters at sea are under my control, but what about the coastal ports?" Zhu Zhen thought about it and asked seriously.
"You can ask the Prime Minister's Maritime Affairs Office to propose the establishment of municipal shipping departments in these places, and all municipal shipping departments will be under your jurisdiction." The prince said solemnly: "I will discuss with my father and give you ten indicators first, and we will wait for the follow-up.
You can talk about it after you’re done.”
"Okay." Zhu Zhen nodded. He had already calculated that with the current level of the Ming Dynasty, there was no need for ten treaty ports.
"The money issue..." He asked the most important question again.
"In order to support the development of the Hai Zheng Yamen, the imperial court will not ask for a penny from you within five years. However, we have to pay for the military expenses for preparing the Japanese Navy. Is that okay?" the prince said.
"No, no problem." Lao Liu wanted to cry, but he was really embarrassed. After all, his father and eldest brother were really poor.
"When we return to Suzhou, please take a closer look. Where is the appropriate location for the Hai Zheng Yamen? In addition, there is also your palace, which should also start construction. Select the site and report it to me. Construction will start in the next year." The prince said.
After finishing, he patted Lao Liu on the shoulder with emotion and said:
"It's so fast. In the blink of an eye, all your fifth brothers are married, and you will be the next one."
"Brother, can I slow down a bit and let Lao Qi go first?" Lao Liu said with a flattering smile.
