While Prince Zhongshun was trying hard to persuade the emperor, Zhen Yingjia was overjoyed. The ship he was ordered to send out had returned.
"Sir, good news, great news!"
When the exhausted ship boss saw his boss, he couldn't help but announce the good news: "We have really found the giant island according to the description of 'San Shao Cong'!"
"Really, that's great!"
Zhen Yingjia said ecstatically, "Hello" repeatedly, and let the ship's boss and the sailors rest first, and then listened carefully to their serious reports.
It turned out that when Prince Zhongshun was ordered to supervise the army in southern Xinjiang, he met Zhen Yingjia privately in Gusu and arranged such a bizarre task for him.
To be honest, Zhen Yingjia was a little confused at first...
Later, Jia Cong, who followed Prince Zhongshun to meet him, saw something was wrong and directly explained the cause and effect: "This is the best escape route for the prince and the head of the Zhen family. No matter what, we must investigate it!"
Zhen Yingjia agreed, and then sent his most capable sailors and the best ships to explore along the Indochina Peninsula according to the description written by Jia Cong.
Although I have a lot of thoughts in my heart, I don’t think I can succeed in one go.
In addition, he was also very suspicious of what Jia Cong had written. Could this story be taken seriously?
Just for future insurance, I decided to do it anyway.
Unexpectedly, after less than half a year, the dispatched ship returned successfully and brought back great news.
Because we are driving along the coast of Indochina Peninsula all the way, although the speed is a bit slow, it is quite safe, and we will not get lost if we remember the wrong direction.
With this successful experience, more ships can be sent to that giant island next time to establish an early stronghold according to what Jia Cong wrote.
In the past time, he had read the book back and forth several times, but he never expected that it would actually come in handy.
There's nothing much to say, just follow the description and slowly build the foundation.
In other words, as Zhen Yingjia stood unswervingly on the side of the present and became the main force in transporting grain to the north, the scale of his sea-going fleet continued to expand.
After all, those who were dissatisfied with him were only the so-called scholarly families evolved from the big landowners in the south of the Yangtze River, and did not include maritime merchants.
Those maritime merchants had no psychological burden about selling ships to Zhen Yingjia.
After all, Zhen Yingjia was highly valued by the people at this time, and there were many maritime merchants who wanted to please him. Therefore, the size of the Zhen family's maritime fleet more than doubled in a short period of time.
With more than twenty sea ships, although the scale is far inferior to that of the pig's trotters, they can still quietly transport people and supplies to that giant island in small batches.
At the same time, Zhen Yingjia immediately boarded a new batch of ships transporting grain and rushed to the capital in person to report the good news to Prince Zhongshun.
If Prince Zhongshun can successfully seal a vassal and establish a country there, Zhen Yingjia also plans to move his family there, which is better than living in Daqing fearfully.
What happened before had already frightened Zhen Yingjia out of fear.
Unexpectedly, Jin Jin really had thoughts against the Zhen family. Even if he pulled away in time and hugged Jin Jin's lap, he still felt uneasy.
Without the support of the family, it would not be so easy for his family alone to gain a foothold in Jiangnan.
Who knows whether he is really being let go now, or whether he needs to continue to work hard as a transportation tool for grain. When the rest of the sea-going fleet transporting grain increases in the future, will it be unloading and killing the donkey?
If these are uncertain, your heart will naturally not be completely settled.
It is better to fight with Prince Chung-shun, become the founding father of overseas vassal states, and become the force that Prince Chung-shun must rely on.
Maybe life was a little difficult at the beginning, but the same is true for the plot in the movie.
But as long as we follow the construction and don't make any detours, it will take less than ten years to have some appearance, at least it won't be much worse than the small cities in Jiangnan.
If it takes longer, he might be able to develop to a certain stage, and then he will have the opportunity to become a county guard or even a governor.
When the news reached Prince Zhongshun, he was naturally surprised.
Really, someone brought me a pillow when I fell asleep!
The work of persuading the emperor was not smooth. Although the emperor had promised well at the beginning, don't expect the emperor to let go easily without a feasible action plan and a definite goal.
Good thing now, the news brought by Zhen Yingjia is really timely!
On the other hand, he was also quite surprised by Jia Cong's ability. The giant island in it actually existed!
That means that he can build his own vassal state according to the pig's foot construction model.
Just thinking about it makes my heart feel hot...
He did not rush to the palace to report the 'good news' to the emperor. Instead, he discussed it carefully with Zhen Yingjia first, and then entered the palace after confirming that everything was correct.
"What, are you saying that according to the description, you have sent people to find the giant island? Is there really a giant island?"
The emperor couldn't sit still, and said with shock on his face: "You won't deceive me, will you?"
"How can it be?"
Prince Zhongshun smiled happily and said: "The ship sent by Erchen is the Zhen family's ship. Zhen Yingjia is at Erchen's house. If you don't believe me, father, you can go and ask!"
"No need!"
The emperor said flatly: "It seems that you can't wait any longer!"
Prince Zhongshun had a bitter look on his face and said gloomily: "Recently, there has been quite a trend of suppression. I really don't want to go through the trouble, so please ask the emperor to grant it!"
It has been almost a month since Prince Zhongshun returned to Beijing with honor.
When the heat of the great victory in southern Xinjiang dissipates, I will naturally want to suppress Prince Zhongshun.
But time has changed, and Prince Zhongshun could still be a confused prince before, but now that he has experienced the war in southern Xinjiang, whether he is happy or not, he still has to believe it now.
In this case, Prince Zhongshun might as well go all the way and leave Daqing, a place of right and wrong, as soon as possible, and honestly farm and develop in the outer seas.
Prince Zhongshun felt the current malice. At this time, his escape route had been discovered, so he naturally had no intention of staying.
"Well, since your heart is no longer here, there's no point in forcing it to stay!"
The emperor was a little disinterested, waved his hand and said: "I will talk to you about this matter now, just be prepared yourself!"
"Thank you very much, Father!"
Prince Zhongshun was overjoyed, nodded repeatedly to express his excitement, and retreated.
hehe……
The emperor's eyes were condensed, he shook his head slightly, called the old eunuch beside him, and said leisurely: "Go, invite today, and tell me that I have something important to discuss!"
Today, he soon met the old eunuch and heard that the emperor wanted to see him and even discuss some important matters. He did not dare to neglect and hurriedly put down his official duties and followed the old eunuch to the emperor's side.
"What are your orders, Father?"
"Zhongshun wants to leave Daqing and go to sea to establish a vassal state. What do you think?"
"How can it be?"
Today, his face has changed drastically, and his eyes are full of incredulity.
Prince Zhongshun had come to the Emperor repeatedly to pay his respects. It wasn't that he didn't know about it, he just didn't take it to heart.
As the emperor's body became increasingly weak, he gradually took control of the court, and even the military power was mostly in his hands.
At this time, he would naturally not take the empty-handed prince Zhongshun seriously, and even the emperor would not care much about it.
Of course, I was still a little unhappy in my heart. I felt that Zhongshun had no expression and just hugged the emperor's thigh. How could he turn over?
He just didn't want to, the emperor suddenly did this to him...
It turned out that Zhongshun no longer wanted to play in Daqing, but wanted to go overseas to establish a vassal state and establish a country!
It is such a huge ambition, and I, the emperor, have not even asked me if I agree with it!
"Father, I'm afraid this is not appropriate!"
Although he was extremely angry in his heart, his face remained calm and he said leisurely: "The imperial court does not have much power in the outer sea, and it does not have the land to establish a feudal state!"
"Zhongshun has found enough land by himself, and there is no need for Daqing to send troops!"
The emperor said slowly: "The emperor only needs to give him this name. Anyway, you don't like him, so as not to have an accident in the future and be imprisoned for life!"
"How is that possible? Father, please don't get me wrong!"
Today, his face looked a little ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "Besides, there is no precedent for such a thing as establishing a feudal vassal and establishing a country!"
"The emperor is not planning to let Zhongshun go?"
The emperor suddenly opened his eyes wide, looked at the present with a very strange look, and said leisurely: "You have to think about it, if Zhongshun fights hard, the emperor will not even think about getting any favors!"
Now he was angry and said in a deep voice: "I don't know what Zhongshun is capable of?"
The emperor smiled, quite freely, but his eyes did not change at all, and even became colder, and he said leisurely: "Southern Xinjiang will definitely rebel, and there are two other kings of the opposite sex, who may collude with the barbarians and directly rush to the capital.
If you, the emperor, don’t give them a way to survive, why don’t they try their best?”
"When did I stop giving them a way to survive?"
Now his face was livid, and he said unceremoniously: "Please give me some advice from the emperor!"
"Haha, you can't even tolerate loyalty and obedience, let alone a king with a different surname who holds military power?"
The emperor was not angry at today's disrespect, and said calmly with his eyes narrowed: "Emperor, do you think this is true?"
Without waiting for Jin Jin to refute, the Emperor continued: "Also, Emperor, you hate the Honorable Group so much. Do you really think that those Honorable Members are useless and won't take the opportunity to cause trouble?"
When I heard this, I immediately fell silent...
The emperor's words did make some sense, but he really couldn't guarantee whether it would reach the final stage if Zhongshun's wishes were not followed.
only……
"I have no intention of targeting Zhongshun, as long as he stays in the palace honestly!"
Jin Jin sneered: "I don't know where he got the confidence to actually want to establish a vassal state in the outer sea. Even if I gave him the name, wouldn't he be able to do it?"
"Whether he can do it or not is his business, and whether he can give it a name or not is up to the emperor's will."
The emperor said directly: "This matter depends on the emperor's thoughts. I hope the emperor can agree..."