Tianjin, at this time, the accurate name should be Tianjin Wei.

Tianjin is referred to as Jin, which means the place where the Son of Heaven has passed, and is also known as Jingu, Jinmen, etc.

Tianjin began with the opening of the Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty, at the intersection of the South Canal and the North Canal, known as "Sanhui Haikou" in history, and is the earliest birthplace of Tianjin.

After the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Tianjin became a land and water wharf for the transportation of grain and silk in the south, and the Jin Dynasty set up "Zhigu Village" in Zhigu, and the Yuan Dynasty set up "Haijin Town", which was an important military town and a grain transshipment center.

In the Ming Dynasty, Tianjin Sanwei was set up here, so it was called Tianjin Wei.

Tianjin is the end point of the northern section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and because Tianjin is close to the sea, it has always been an important military and transportation town, and it can be regarded as an important gateway to the capital.

At this time, dozens of four-wheeled carriages produced in Xishan slowly drove into the city of Tianjin, each carriage was filled with large and small boxes, these boxes seemed to be very heavy, so that the four-wheeled carriage with good performance made a creaking and crunching sound, as if it could not bear the weight on it.

In front of and behind these dozens of carriages, hundreds of palace guards followed closely, looking around with vigilant eyes from time to time, and behind the palace guards were thousands of students wearing uniform uniforms of Xishan Maritime Academy.

The thousands of students followed one by one in high spirits and with neat and uniform steps, led by Liu Jin's three students, Huang Jinquan, Tong Yuan and Lin Shuhong.

At this time, the three of them were wearing tight-fitting cadet uniforms, like all the cadets of the Maritime Academy, with short hair, shaved beards, strong bodies, and resolute eyes.

The three of them were followed by Tian Erniu, Zhao Monkey, Big Tiger, and Silly Bear, and behind the four of them were a column of students from the Maritime Academy, very neat and unified, like a division of a hundred battles.

The first batch of trainees of the Maritime Academy, after three months of theoretical study and basic training, finally arrived to go to the sea for practical training and short-distance ocean navigation training.

After all, theory is theory, and it must be combined with practice, especially if you want to go to the Golden Continent, which is thousands of miles away.

In a carriage in front, Zhu Houzhao was lying comfortably in the thick cotton cushion, the whole person looked very lazy, and then looked at Liu Jin, who was slightly restrained on the side, with a playful gaze.

"Lao Liu, yes, I didn't expect you to know the way of military training, the thousands of students of the Xishan Maritime Academy are more imposing than the hundreds of palace guards I brought out, this neat queue, the same pace of action, just listening to this voice is as if you can feel that there are thousands of troops and horses rushing."

"Tsk, it's really amazing, it's admirable."

Zhu Houzhao was indeed impressed by Liu Jin again, and this time when he came to Tianjin, he was also appointed by Emperor Hongzhi to deal with the fleet's journey to Jinzhou.

Although Zhu Houzhao is only ten years old, in the words of later generations, he is still a child, but he is the crown prince after all, the only son of Emperor Hongzhi, and the heir of the splendid country of the Ming Dynasty, so it is also a small experience to let him deal with the matter of the fleet going to the Golden Continent at this time.

Of course, the reason why Emperor Hongzhi is relieved is because of the existence of Liu Jin, and there is Du Mingen, a partner, so it is also a good choice to let the prince come out to see it.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a good reputation, and I am just following the book and training these maritime trainees according to the content of some books, they are going to the Golden Continent, and they will encounter all kinds of dangers in the waves, so this necessary training is still necessary."

"You must have a certain amount of combat effectiveness, otherwise you will encounter pirates, and after arriving in the Golden Continent, you will encounter the attack of the local barbarians, etc., won't you have any resistance power."

"So in addition to this necessary training, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must help with this weapon, they must bring some weapons when they go to sea, otherwise they will not be able to protect themselves."

Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao, and thought that this kid was going to hide his identity until when, but he didn't expect that this time he would also show his identity, and now he was wearing a golden dress, which made Liu Jin have to become more respectful.

"Don't worry, it's on my side."

"But why did we bring so much silver this time?"

Zhu Houzhao readily agreed, then thought about it and asked.

"Sailing at sea is not a simple matter, from the ships that go to sea, the seafarers who go to sea, and the items needed to go to sea, etc., everything has this extremely strict requirements, and it is not just casual to be able to go to sea."

"The sea is no better than the inland lakes, the sea is vast, the wind and waves are dangerous, and you must be completely prepared to ensure safety in the sea."

"These all mean that you need to spend money, and you need to spend a lot of money, and it is not enough to rely on tens of thousands of taels of silver when the partnership was agreed."

Liu Jin sorted out his thoughts slightly, and said slowly: "Of course, these are not the most important things, we brought a lot of silver here, naturally to get rich." ”

"Although this sea is dangerous, and many times it is a struggle for life, but in the same way, this sea has endless wealth, and the sea trade is very profitable."

"When our fleet comes back from the Golden Continent with boxes of gold and boxes of silver, then countless people will flock to the sea and flock to the Golden Continent, and then it will be the time when we will make a lot of money."

"So we should start laying out now, we need ships to go to sea, we can start a shipyard now, and then those who need to go to the Golden Continent to find treasure and gold will have to buy our ships."

"Of course, as long as there is a ship and a crew, we can go to sea to find gold and silver, and we can also sell our Ming silk, porcelain, tea, etc. to all over the world.

"This shipload of silk, porcelain, tea, etc. was shipped out, and what was brought back was a shipload of gold and silver, and at that time it was called really rich, and this bit of silver in our hands now is simply trivial."

Zhu Houzhao listened carefully to Liu Jin's words, and nodded from time to time, he now has no doubt about Liu Jin's ability to make money, a small glass factory has made him, a poor prince, turn into a local tyrant prince.

Now when I hear that the money I make from opening a glass factory is just a small amount of money, my eyes are narrowed, and I look like I am a fan of small money.