"I said Your Highness, can you pay more attention to the industry under your name, Daming Maritime and Global Construction Engineering are building wharves in Dagukou and Triangle respectively, and Tianjin Port in Dagukou will be completed soon, you don't know at all?"

"Alright! Hongu just forgot about it for a while. ”

Zhu Houzhao only remembered the matter of Tianjin Port and Triangle Port at this time, and immediately understood what was in front of him and scratched his head embarrassedly.

"The ship is coming, let's get started!"

Li Zhaotong didn't care much about Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao is a nobleman, and nobles always forget things.

"Li Er, your launching ceremony, the boat has already been launched, can it still be called a launching ceremony?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little puzzled, in fact, not only Zhu Houzhao was puzzled, but also many people, the ship was clearly already sailing in the sea, so how could it still be called a launching ceremony?

"It doesn't matter what the name is, the important thing is this ceremony, so that these ships can be blessed by the gods, and from then on, they will cut the waves and open up a beautiful new future for Daming, which is the most important thing!"

Li Zhaotong couldn't explain why he was still engaged in the launching ceremony even though the ship had already been launched, but he knew very well that the naming of the four words "launching ceremony" was not important, it was just what he subconsciously said, and the important thing was this ceremony.

Only by holding this huge ceremony can we expand the influence of the opening of the sea, let everyone know that Tianjin has opened the sea, so that the matter of opening the sea, the bow is opened, and there is no turning back!

To put it bluntly, Li Zhaotong wants to nail the matter of opening the sea to death, and does not give Emperor Hongzhi a chance to repent.

"Okay! Anyway, you like to fool this palace as a dog, and every time you make this palace have to listen to you, this is also your ability. ”

Zhu Houzhao knew in his heart what Li Zhaotong had in mind, but he knew that opening the sea was beneficial to him and Daming.

During this time, Zhu Houzhao was not in vain in Tianjin Wei, he saw with his own eyes a boatload of seafood transported back by the "Little Zhu Xiucai Dog".

This made him realize that going to sea was not unprofitable.

Moreover, the little yellow croaker transported back by "Little Zhu Xiucai is a dog" can make a lot of money for a penny, which makes Zhu Houzhao full of interest in the ocean.

Therefore, even if Zhu Houzhao knew very well in his heart that he was being used by Li Zhaotong, he was willing to be used as a gunman by Li Zhaotong.

……

The launching ceremony of the three brigs was a success, and early the next morning, the "Globe and Mail" devoted a full page to reporting on the incident, in which Li Zhaotong made a special arrangement to mention the boundless wealth overseas.

For a time, Tianjin set off a huge wave of going to sea to seek wealth.

And this huge wave is menacing, on the same day, the news reached the capital, and for a while, the hearts of the people in the capital also floated.

The British Mansion, a group of nobles from the capital gathered here.

"Speak a word, English duke! This little god of wealth, said that there is boundless wealth overseas, then there will be no fake nine times out of ten, after all, his father is Li Dongyang, and if he talks nonsense, it will bring disaster to his father! Moreover, since he walked out of the Li Mansion, all these things he has done have made a lot of money, and there should be no such thing as no purpose. ”

"Of course, the old man knows that he will not be untargeted, but you must know that Li Zhaotong's move has already brought disaster to his father."

"British Duke, are you talking about Wei ......?"

"Be careful!"

Zhang Mao knew that the other party wanted to say that the Duke of Wei was not, but the Ming nobles were sent to the group for warmth, and once the other party said this, it would spread out, which would likely cause a split between the lords and nobles.

These nobles have been suppressed very badly by the civilian officials, and if they split again, it will be a big problem.

Zhang Mao, as the head of the nobles, he definitely doesn't want to see such a thing happen!

Therefore, he interrupted the other party's speech for the first time.

"However, the British duke, the affairs of the south, in fact, the most profitable, are those civil officials and gentry, if we don't seize this opportunity, it will be more difficult to surpass it in the future, we participate in the opening of the sea, I think, Wei Guogong and they, will be considerate of us!

Moreover, since ancient times, it has advocated two-sided betting, like the Zhuge family in the Three Kingdoms period, and it is a three-way bet, so that you can better protect yourself.

We get involved, if the little God of Wealth wins in the future, we can take Wei Guogong and them to participate, if those families in the south win, Wei Guogong and they won't die without help, right?

After all, we are one family in the world. ”

This man also realized that he had almost said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly made his thoughts clear and remedied.

"You think so, it's right to be wrong, but I still need to talk to Wei Guogong and them about this matter."

Zhang Mao was still a little hesitant, because he knew too well that the opening of the sea had touched the confinement of the south, especially the southeastern coastal forces! And today's Ming Dynasty, the strongest is the strength of those southeast coasts!

After all, this is the richest area in Daming!

The matter of opening the sea has touched the confinement of those forces, and it will definitely lead to a crazy counterattack by those forces, to be honest, Zhang Mao is quite bottomless in his heart!

During this time, he was seriously training his soldiers and horses to prevent the forbidden army guarding the capital from protecting the emperor and going out to quell the rebellion.

Therefore, Zhang Mao did not dare to make a decision easily, and he needed to discuss with the other leader of the nobles, Xu Li, the Duke of Wei.

"My grandfather, such a good opportunity, it's too late to participate, we may not even be able to drink the soup! That Zhou brother, it is said that they packed up and went to Tianjin at noon today! As for the Zhang brothers, they have not come back since they went to Tianjin. ”

The Zhou brothers and the Zhang brothers in this person's mouth are the two major relatives of the Ming Dynasty.

The Zhang brothers are Shouninghou Zhang Heling and Jianchangbo Zhang Yanling.

The Zhou brothers are Qingyun Hou Zhou Shou and Changning Bo Zhou Yu, these two old goods are the younger brothers of the Empress Dowager.

These two families do not deal with each other, in addition, although they have titles, but the noble class does not look down on them and will not play with them, after all, they are relatives and rely on women to ascend to the throne.

And the nobles relied on the military merits of their ancestors to ascend to the top.

"The Zhou brothers went to Tianjin? Are you telling the truth? ”

"Oops! My grandfather, I must have gone to Tianjin! As soon as the "Globe and Mail" was sent to the capital, the whole capital was boiling, and everyone's minds were floating, and they all yearned for the boundless wealth overseas, otherwise, why did we come to you together? Isn't it to set up a firm with you and go to sea to make money?! ”

This person is in a hurry, these people are all here to seek Zhang Mao's support!

Because, they also know very well in their hearts that the matter of opening the sea has touched the confinement of the southeast coastal forces, and it will inevitably lead to their crazy counterattack, so they want to go out to sea to make money, and it is too risky to do it alone, so it is more comfortable to report to the group for warmth.

Therefore, they first came to seek the support of the head of the nobles, the British Duke Zhang Mao.

As long as you get the support of Zhang Maode, and then get the support of Zhu Fu, Zhu Hui, and Xu Yongning, the Duke of Dingguo, it will not be difficult.