"Look at how quickly he got up. A young man would just fall over and be fine the next moment. Do you think he looks like I did back then?"

The old eunuch echoed beside him. He found that Zhu Di, who used to hate long speeches the most, was now becoming more and more verbose.

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Zhu Zhanzhen arrived at Weihai Port three days later. Zhu Zhanji and Princess Jiaxing had been waiting here for a long time. To his surprise, there was also Princess Jiaxing's follower Zhu Zhanbian.

"Fifth brother." Jiaxing greeted him happily, while Zhu Zhanbian stood aside timidly.

Zhu Zhanji took Zhu Zhanyi to visit Weihai Port. Weihai Port mainly trades with Korean and Japanese merchants. It is doing well but not as prosperous as Xiangjiang Port.

Moreover, Ningbo Port and Weihai Port both have an unavoidable problem, public security.

This kind of port for foreign trade is prone to a mixture of fish and dragons. Hong Kong Port set up an Aomen for foreigners to live in from the beginning, restricting their movement within the Ming Dynasty. To pass the customs and enter the Ming Dynasty, you must have a pass, so it avoided it from the beginning.

Lots of questions.

But even so, the problem of illegal immigration still exists.

However, Weihai Port and Ningbo Port did not do this at the beginning. Many local interest chains are difficult to eradicate after they are formed. Zhu Zhanji cannot take care of everything in detail. Some small problems at the bottom cannot be reported to him, even if he is informed.

After that, eradication requires a lot of effort and it is difficult to make the decision.

Zhu Zhanji proudly introduced his busy port.

"How do you plan to get to Japan? Are you going to take a warship directly?"

Zhu Zhanchen thought for a while and said: "No, I won't go to Japan first. I will go to North Korea first."

"Why?"

The main mission of Zhu Zhanzhen's trip was not to capture Japan. It was a side mission. Whether it was Zhu Gaochi or Zhu Di's intention, it could be included in the territory if there was a chance, not necessarily.

The main task was to station a large number of troops in Shandong in the name of being envoy to Japan to guard against any unusual movements by Zhu Gaoxu.

This trip won't be short.

In this case, it is better to take a trip along the current route first and see the business situation between Japan and Korea.

Zhu Zhanzhen planned to go to North Korea. Whenever the land of China was captured, North Korea was always captured first. Mongolia, Manchu and Qing Dynasty, and Japan were all the same. They all came in through one route, so no matter what happened, North Korea could not be lost.

This is a lesson from history. Zhu Zhanzhen felt that it was necessary to go to North Korea.

Explaining his intention, Zhu Zhanji nodded: "But isn't it too dangerous to take a merchant ship?"

"It's okay, brother, I'll just let the steam warship disguise itself as a merchant ship. It should arrive in the next two days."

"You are going in the name of an envoy, so you have to send a letter to North Korea as well. Let me explain first that Japan has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Am I so famous in Japan?" Zhu Zhanchen was puzzled.

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "It's not because of your efforts in saving Ashikaga Yoshitaka last time. He came here once two years ago. He wanted to go to Guangzhou to find you, but the travel time was insufficient. He was particularly keen on the Ming Dynasty.

The culture and the clothes he wears are all Ming Dynasty clothes. It can be said that he is the propaganda ambassador of Ming Dynasty in Japan."

Because Ashikaga Yoshitsune took the lead in trade with the Ming Dynasty and gained massive wealth from the trade, he understood that his power came from the Ming Dynasty. In order to consolidate his position, he must continue to get close to the Ming Dynasty. For the general

He also has ideas about the location.

"When I get Japan, I have to meet him properly."

"Fifth brother, stop chatting, let's go see the sea." Princess Jiaxing took Zhu Zhanchen to the beach to play.

Jiaxing was particularly fond of the sea, perhaps because he had never seen it before when he was a child. He yearned for it so much that he took Zhu Zhanyi to play with it for two days.

In the evening of the next day, I took Zhu Zhanyi to sit high up and looked at Weihai Port.

Looking at the little Jiaxing in the past, she is now a graceful girl. She has reached the age to be married, because she can stay longer in the royal family. If she is an ordinary official, she should have been arranged by now to choose a good son-in-law.

alright.

Teenage girls have to have children when they get married, even if they are princesses.

Princess Jiaxing looked at the busy ships on the harbor, with the sea breeze blowing on her cheeks, and whispered to Zhu Zhanzhen: "Fifth brother, I heard that Zheng He was deceived into going to sea by you."

"How can that be deception?"

"You said that the earth is round, but Zheng He actually believed it. Isn't this a lie?"

"The earth is originally round."

"Fifth brother, you haven't seen it, why do you believe it so much?"

"Because I'm handsome."

The nonsensical answer made Jiaxing laugh out loud, but after Yingying's laughter, her face darkened again: "Fifth brother, I also want to go to the sea."

"It's all wind and waves. What's so good about it?"

Princess Jiaxing said with envy: "Fifth brother, I envy your life the most."

"Me? What do I have to envy?"

"You always have a lot of fantastic ideas. You built steam engines and founded banks. You also wrote poems at dinner parties. You beheaded the fat vassal in Guangzhou. You went to the northwest desert and brought back a wife. I'm so envious of you for being able to go to so many places.

This place is so enviable."

Zhu Zhanzhen reached out and touched Jiaxing's head: "Silly girl, I'm not here for fun. Everything is very dangerous."

"It's much better than being bored in the palace."

After Jiaxing said that, he suddenly stood up and looked at the evening sea, exclaiming: "Fifth brother, fifth brother, look, what kind of ship is that? It's so big."

"That's called a steam carrier."

The new warships departing from Guangzhou have finally arrived. The huge steam carrier is sailing in the middle, and next to it are several rows of steam warship frigates. Driving on the sea gives everyone an endless sense of oppression.

All the merchant ships in the port gave way to allow this giant steam and steel ship to dock.

Zhu Zhanji said in surprise: "What is this? Is this the invincible steam battleship Dinghaiwang?"
Chapter completed!