"So now Uncle Twelve tells my nephew, are you willing to go to the other side of the ocean to seal a vassal?" Yunxi asked.
"Why, His Majesty has already called me here and has been preparing for this for a year. How can I not go?" Zhu Bai said in surprise.
"My nephew has always believed that forceful melons are not sweet. Although I have been preparing for a year, if Uncle Twelve does not want to go, I will not force him." Yunxi said.
In fact, the real reason is that the opposite mainland is too far away from the Ming Dynasty. It is a full 20,000 miles from Shanghai Port to the opposite side at the same latitude. Even from Yokohama Port, it is more than 17,000 miles. Based on this
The navigation technology of the era is reduced by a year every time, and from the capital to Nanyang, if it is fast, it will not take a month for a message to be transmitted.
Moreover, the Nanyang region is basically the back garden of Ming Dynasty. As long as Ming Dynasty directs his attention here, there is no need to worry about any other forces interfering with Ming Dynasty's policy towards Nanyang; but the place across the ocean is much closer to Futan than Ming Dynasty.
There are many, and it would be difficult for him to interfere with the Fulin people's exploration of the Atlantic Ocean. They should discover America at the same time in history and start colonizing America.
So if a certain prince is sent to Nanyang, it doesn't matter even if he doesn't want to. Anyway, the expansion will be slower at most; and if the vassal kings in America don't have subjective initiative, they still can't do it when the Fu Fu people land on a large scale in America.
No matter how many Yin Di'an people are assimilated and a stable country is established, they may be slaughtered by the Fu Fu people. Therefore, we must find a vassal king who is willing to go to America to explore.
Yunhe stared at Zhu Bai with his big, charming eyes, waiting for him to make a decision.
After a while, Zhu Bai breathed out and said: "I am willing to be the vassal king on the other side of the ocean, if there is really a land suitable for life on the other side."
Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I'm relieved now."
Yunxi placed the white paper on the table next to the map he had just taken out, picked up a pencil and said to Zhu Bai: "Uncle Twelve, in fact, if there is land suitable for life on the other side of the ocean, you don't have to go ten minutes from the north to go back and forth in the future.
Walk somewhere cold.”
"Now the navy of the Ming Dynasty can accurately measure latitude, and can sail directly back from across the ocean." Yunxi used the pencil in his hand to point at Yokohama and drew a straight line. "You can
Sailing to Yokohama at this latitude, resting in Yokohama and then returning to the port of Ming Dynasty."
"Could it be that His Majesty wanted to rent Yokohama from Fuso just for the land across the ocean?" Zhu Bai asked.
Yunxi nodded. "Isn't this natural? Although there are several islands east of Yokohama, there are not even many people there. If it is for those islands, there is no need to control Yokohama."
"Of course, even if there is no land across the ocean, Yokohama Port is still useful. The East China Sea Navy sets out from its home port to patrol the East China Sea. It is necessary to take a rest in Yokohama, which can increase the time the Navy spends wandering at sea. But if it is just that, it is not necessary.
To control it, we only need to ask the Fusang people to allow the Ming navy to dock there."
After a while, Zhu Bai said: "Then when should I set off?"
"There is no rush," Yunxi said: "We have to wait until spring to set off and pass the northernmost place in summer to prevent many ships from being hit by ice floes."
"And in case there is really not much land on the other side of the ocean and there is not much food, you have to bring a lot of food with you. Although you can fish, my nephew doesn't think you would like to eat fish every day for several months.
And eating only fish can lead to malnutrition."
Yunxi expressed the view in the royal family's internal reference reading that "different foods will provide different nutrients to the human body, so if you only eat one kind of thing, it is easy to still lack certain nutrients and cause illness", because some people must eat salt, and internal organs
In mainland China, some people with good family conditions suffered from "big neck" disease, so everyone quickly accepted Yunxi's point of view. Later, this point of view was also spread among the upper class all over the country, giving powerful people another way to persuade people with partial eclipses.
The reason why my children should not be picky about food.
Yunxi was about to say something, but suddenly Yunxi came back and complained to Yunxi: "I don't know what's going on these past two days. My stomach has always been uncomfortable."
Yunxi felt that what he was going to say to Zhu Bai next would be okay if he didn't say it now, so he decided not to talk about it with Zhu Bai anymore. He smiled at Yunxi and said, "Is it because you have been staying in Yongfan for almost two years?"
,Aren’t you used to the weather in the capital?”
"Maybe." Yunxi said. When he saw the pencil and map in Yunxi's hand, he asked again: "Brother, you don't have to talk to me, just talk to your twelfth uncle about important things."
"Brother Huang has finished everything he wanted to tell Uncle Twelve," Yunxi said, "There's nothing else to do now."
Yunzhen didn't ask what they had said just now. As a member of the royal family, he knew this and would not inquire about things that had nothing to do with him.
At this time, Yunxi looked at Yunxi, suddenly remembered something, and said: "After the New Year, Yunxi, you don't have to leave the capital. After getting married in the capital, you can return to Vladivostok."
"Yunxun is also getting married. When I came to the capital last time, I remember that Yunxun was still a child." Zhu Bai sighed.
"The last time you came to the capital, Uncle Twelve, was in the 31st year of Hongwu's reign. At that time, I was already fourteen years old. I had already been crowned, so I was no longer a child." Yunzhen said.
"Of course you are still considered a child when you are fourteen, and you have to be at least sixteen before you are considered an adult." Zhu Bai said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Even so, Uncle Twelve, you have been staying with your nephew in Yongming for the past year, so it's not like you just discovered that your nephew has just grown up now. My nephew is already seventeen years old, and he will be eighteen after the new year.
"Yun Chen said again.
"But for your twelfth uncle, who is already in his thirties, you are still a child when you are less than twenty years old and have not yet been officially married. Your uncle always subconsciously thinks that you are still a child," Zhu Bai said.
Yunzhen wanted to say more, but Yunzhen interrupted: "Okay, why are you saying this like a tongue twister? Yunzhen, I think Wu Zhong will visit you in your palace in the next two days. You can see for yourself whether he can be used. In the future
He is your father-in-law. Although father-in-law may not be reliable, he is generally more reliable than ordinary generals. If he has some talent, you can bring him back to Yongfan after marriage; if he has no ability, just let him stay in the capital and make a living."
"And you yourself have to prepare for the wedding. The last three steps of the six rituals must be done by you personally. You can't be careless."
"Of course, you probably don't have anyone with similar experience in your house. Brother Huang asked Aunt Twenty-Two to help manage it."
"..." Yun Xi said a lot.
After Yunxi finished speaking, Yunxi was secretly surprised in his heart that Yunxi could be such a talkative person, and agreed: "Yes, brother Huang."
