In March, the temperature warms up, although it will feel a little chilly at night, but when the sun comes out during the day, it is already very warm, the grass and trees on the roadside have begun to sprout and shoot, and some early spring flowers are also competing to bloom, a scene full of spring.

Outside the Shuixi Gate, a large team was preparing to travel, Li Jie stood in the crowd, looking at the scene of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's father and son in front of him, and sighed, he was really a hard worker, he came back from Goryeo for a few months, and now he is going out again.

In addition to Zhu Biao, many officials from the Zhan Mansion also accompanied the patrol, such as Li Jie, and Lao Zhu also specially arranged for Lan Yu to accompany them on the trip, because Lan Yu also had to go to Lanzhou to take office, so Zhu Biao was responsible for the safety of his trip.

Li Jie also said goodbye to Liu Ying's father and son who sent him to see him off just now, in addition to Tang He and Feng Sheng and others, as well as some friends from Qiuzhen Academy, etc., compared to the last time Li Jie went to Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom, this time the tour was public, so there were quite a lot of people who came to see him off, and almost the entire Shuixi Gate was blocked.

In the past few months, Li Jie helped Liu Ying and them finally build the framework of martial arts, and also helped Feng Sheng compile a practical textbook, and now he has begun to train those instructors selected from the army.

However, martial arts has not yet reached the time of formal martial arts, and many things have not yet been perfected, and it is estimated that the school will not start until June or July, and Li Jie also suggested that Tang and them can consider recruiting some low-level generals with excellent performance from the army to enter martial arts training, after all, martial arts can not only accept the children of honors and nobles, but also find a way out for some soldiers with ordinary backgrounds, and recruit from the army can also introduce competition, so as not to make martial arts become a pool of stagnant water.

For Li Jie's suggestion, Tang and they are also considering it, and after Lao Zhu knew about it, he also felt that this proposal was good, but now the martial arts has just been prepared, so the first phase of students may not expand their recruitment.

"Li Banyu, be careful on the road!" At this moment, Zhu Yunxi squeezed over and handed a bag of things to Li Jie and said.

"This is ......," Li Jie took the bag and was stunned.

"My sister's letter to my cousin, plus clothes for you." Zhu Yunxi was a little sour in the end, he grew so big, and he never wore clothes made by his sister.

"Your sister made it herself?" Li Jie's eyes lit up when he heard this, and asked, the letter was not unexpected, Zhu Yuning had already told him before, but she didn't expect her to prepare clothes for herself.

"Almost, you also know that my sister is clumsy, and the female red can't do it well, but she still made this thick dress with the help of the palace people, although the weather is getting warmer, but the north is still relatively cold, my sister asks you to remember to add clothes sooner or later." Zhu Yunxi once again relayed Zhu Yuning's words sourly.

"Tell your sister, I remembered, let her take care of her health, maybe when I come back this time, Your Majesty will let us get married!" Li Jie said with a smile, when he said this, he suddenly thought of something, and immediately said to Zhu Yunxi again, "Don't forget to call your brother-in-law when you go!" ”

"Let's wait until you marry my sister!" Zhu Yunxi's face turned dark when he heard this, Li Jie was good at everything, but he was always thinking about letting him change his name to brother-in-law, although this was true, but as Zhu Yunxi grew older, he became more and more reluctant to let his sister marry off.

"Li Jie, come here!" Unexpectedly, at this moment, Lao Zhu in front suddenly beckoned to Li Jie, which made many ministers show envious looks, and it was already a great favor to be called by His Majesty in front of so many people.

When Li Jie heard this, he immediately stepped forward to salute, and then saw Lao Zhu telling him: "This time you travel with the prince, the prince's health will be handed over to you, if something happens on the road, I will ask you!" ”

"Huh? This one...... Be! Li Jie was also stunned when he heard this, but then he could only agree to it.

Speaking of which, it is all to blame on Li Jie himself, in order to make Zhu Biao lose weight, he said a lot of bad things about Zhu Biao's body in front of Lao Zhu, and now although the fat has been reduced, Lao Zhu is still not at ease, so he specially told Li Jie to pay attention to Zhu Biao's body.

"Father, don't worry, Erchen's health is much better now, and even I feel like I'm more than ten years younger!" Zhu Biao said to Lao Zhu with a smile at this time.

In the past few months, he has lost more than 100 pounds, most of which he lost in the first two months, after all, the larger the base, the easier it is to lose, but then it became much more difficult, but even so, Zhu Biao's weight has still decreased to less than 200 pounds, and the original big fat face has also lost weight several times, and the whole person looks much more energetic.

"When you go out, you have to be careful in everything, even if you have someone around you to take care of, you have to pay more attention to your body!" Lao Zhu held Zhu Biao's hand again and told him that he was old, and Zhu Biao was also the heir he had cultivated for most of his life, so there must be no accidents.

"Erchen understands!" Feeling his father's concern, Zhu Biao was also a little moved at this time, in fact, as a prince, Zhu Biao also carried too many things, so the pressure on him was also very great, some people are prone to overeating to relieve pressure when the pressure is too great, Zhu Biao belongs to this kind of person, so he was so fat before.

It's not early, Zhu Yuanzhang told Zhu Biao a few words again, and then let him and Li Jie and others board the ship, and then the ship left the dock, Lao Zhu and others also stood on the shore and waved goodbye, and Li Jie also stood on the deck and waved goodbye to the friends who saw him off.

In the end, Li Jie and their boat turned around in the river, so that they could not see the crowd of people seeing them off, Zhu Biao also sighed at this time, and then said to Li Jie beside him: "I feel that my father seems to be really old, he never told me like this before!" ”

"You just found out?" Li Jie thought to himself, of course he didn't dare to say it, but smiled slightly: "Your Majesty is old, and it is normal for people to be unwilling to let the prince travel far away!" ”

Zhu Biao sighed again after hearing this, in fact, just now he saw his father on the dock constantly waving to him, especially when a gust of wind blew his father's gray hair, Zhu Biao also felt a pain in his heart, and he also found for the first time that the father who was as great as a mountain in his heart before had really become very old.

"Your Highness, you don't have to be too sad, although Your Majesty is old, this life is vigorous, no matter how many years have passed, Your Majesty's achievements will be praised by all the people!" Li Jie saw that Zhu Biao's expression was wrong, so he spoke again to comfort him.

"Yes, my father's merits are world-famous, I don't want anything else in this life, I just want to be able to complete my father's merits, and I am very satisfied!" Zhu Biao also sighed again when he heard this, others praised him for being virtuous, but he himself knew that no matter how virtuous he was, he would not be able to make his father's life's achievements.

"Your Majesty's merits are indeed unprecedented, but Your Highness doesn't have to underestimate yourself, as the so-called fighting the country is easy to defend the country, the reason why Your Majesty has been urging you is actually to understand this, knowing that the burden on your body is not lighter than Your Majesty!" Li Jie comforted again.

"You're really good at talking!" Zhu Biao couldn't help laughing when he heard this, no matter what he said, Li Jie could praise himself and his father in a different way, and others really didn't have this kind of ability.

"The minister is just telling the truth!" Li Jie also smiled and said, in fact, these words are only suitable for him, after all, he is young, and he is the younger generation of Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao, so these cannot be regarded as flattery, it can only be said that the younger generation is patting the elder's fart, and it will not be disgusting.

Li Jie and their boat soon entered the Yangtze River from the Qinhuai River, at this time Lan Yu's boat also followed, this time Zhu Biao traveled, in addition to Li Jie's accompanying ministers, Lao Zhu also sent 3,000 forbidden army guards, in addition to Lan Yu went to Lanzhou to take office, and also brought 2,000 pro-army with him, so Zhu Biao's guards reached 5,000 people, and by Lan Yu, the general, personally commanded, there was absolutely no problem in safety.

Soon the fleet reached the other side of the Yangtze River, Li Jie and they abandoned the boat and landed, and then began to change to the carriage to move forward, they could have gone down the river, from the Yangtze River into the Grand Canal to the north, taking the waterway is more comfortable and more convenient, but Zhu Biao decided to take a harder land route, because it is easier to contact the people by land, Zhu Biao also wanted to see the living conditions of the people in Daming with his own eyes.