In the nineteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the eighth day of August, Changsha, Hunan, Qiaokou Town.

At the wharf of Qiaokou Town, a group of wealthy people dressed as outsiders or scholars have gathered. The painted archway has been built at the fastest speed. According to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, the crown prince or prince crossed the border, which was extremely grand. However, the princes of the Ming Dynasty used to be pigs, except for a stroll when they were in the domain, and then they were encircled in the fiefdom and no longer moved. As for the crown prince, it was the life of growing up in the deep palace since childhood, growing old in the deep palace, and dying in the deep palace. The last time the prince wandered around the world was when Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji was the prince, he hadn't left the prince of Beijing for more than 200 years, until he came to Zhu Cihong, an outlier, and he could even take refugees to beg for food...... It's a weird thing that happens every year, and this year is especially a lot!

Since there are strange things, there are indispensable people who watch the excitement. On the embankment of the Qiaojiang River on both sides of the wharf, at this time, it was already crowded with the people of Qiaokou Town who rushed to hear the news, as well as the villagers from Sili and Eight Townships. They all craned their necks to look east, and they couldn't stop talking to each other.

"What's the big prince, which one has become the head of the cellar?"

"Oh big guy! What are you afraid of? Zhang Papi's family is just bad luck, and he wants to eat poor! ”

"Hey, isn't that a peel? Why do you still look like that? Isn't it haha dumbfounded? ”

"That's a fake Gemaga, my heart is bitter!"

"You spoons, don't talk nonsense, be careful to let people listen, catch and chop off the skull!"

As soon as they heard that they were going to chop off their brains, the countrymen who saw the excitement didn't dare to speak, so they quickly closed their mouths and widened their eyes, just to see what the begging prince looked like, and even more to see the unlucky appearance of Zhang Juren, who was powerful and blessed on weekdays.

But what they saw was a Zhang Daju who kept the grace and grace of a famous man and a big official in a black gauze python robe next to him laughing and talking in a low voice, where was there a little bit of bad luck? Could it be that Zhang Juren is not going to be unlucky, but to be lucky?

The civilians in Qiaokou Town and the surrounding hillbillies also watched the excitement, but the big families in the surrounding towns, as well as several rice merchants from Changsha, all knew about Zhang Juren's fainting yesterday......

Who is Zhang Juren! That's the number one big landlord in Changsha Mansion, thirty or fifty thousand taels of silver is not in his eyes, and he faints in a hurry, how can there be hundreds of thousands of millions of taels of losses, right?

Could it be that the wealth of Qiaokou's Zhang family will come to Zhang Tingsu's generation?

But looking at the appearance of Master Zhang today, it doesn't look like he is going to be finished, but the Zhang family has already hugged the prince's thick legs, and he is about to soar...... These rich lords also widened their eyes one by one, and waited for the prince's dragon boat to arrive.

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The "dragon boat" that Zhu Cihong was riding was almost at the pier of Qiaokou Town at this time. He looks in a pretty good mood - he hasn't been back to his hometown for more than 300 years, can he not be excited now? This mountain, this water, is not the same as he remembers!

But his hometown is his hometown after all, and he is now returning to his hometown in fine clothes - returning to his hometown with hundreds of thousands of refugees to beg for food is also very dignified!

He Tengjiao has already sent someone back to report, and the Hunan gentry in Qiaokou Town heard that the prince was coming, so they were really excited! How glorious is that? It must be a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes! So no one cares about more than 100,000 or 200,000 stone white rice......

The people of Hunan can make the good prince of the Ming Dynasty hungry? Isn't it rice? If the rogue is here, the prince will be here!

At this time, the dragon boat was already approaching the dock, and the sound of firecrackers and drums was loud at the same time. Zhu Cihong in the cabin smiled and said to Wu Sanmei and Zheng Chagu, who had accompanied him all the way: "Look, Hunan people are atmospheric!" It seems that Hongu has come to Hunan on the right side...... The so-called Hunan people do not fall, and China does not fall! ”

Wu Sanmei was a little stunned when she heard it, she didn't understand what "Hunan people don't fall, Huaxia doesn't tilt" means? Isn't Hunan just a rice warehouse? Hunan people haven't heard how powerful it is? In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the market of Hubei people is not small, and the famous minister from Hunan seems to be a Liu Daxia, oh, and there is also a Li Dongyang who seems to be from Hunan, but he is a member of the Jinwu Left Guard and lives in Nanjing.

Zheng Chagu nodded vigorously - everything that the prince's brother said must be right!

"Yes, yes, Hunan people are atmospheric," Cha Gu said with a smile, "but we Hujian people are more atmospheric, go to the South Seas, go to the East, and after a while, cross the Pacific Ocean to New Asbania!" ”

The "Hujian people" in these years are indeed more promising than the Hunan people...... Not to mention the South and East Oceans, I plan to send a ship to New Spain (New Asbania) for a walk. And also to send the Galen ship!

Didn't Zhu Cihong ask Zheng Zhilong to build ten Western Galen-style soft-sail war ships last time? He also promised to subsidize 30,000 taels of silver for each boat.

A few days ago, when Zhu Cihong was in Wuchang, he received a report that the first of the ten Western-style warships had been built. It's preparing for its maiden voyage, and if all goes well, it's time to use it for the Pacific route!

That's right, of course, it's a trade route!

Don't think that a few Western-style sail gunboats can be coaxed to clean up the Western maritime powers such as Spain, the Netherlands, and England.

Not then...... Ocean voyages are not very good! I have never been to the Americas or Europe by myself, and the Zheng family's ship has been to Batavia as farth, which is the level of primary school students in the Age of Discovery.

As for the sailors of other brands in the Ming Dynasty, they are now going around the coast of the Ming Dynasty......

Therefore, with the sea power of the Ming Dynasty, now we must first learn to run the oceans, and then think about other things. Running the ocean is not only to train sailors, but also to test shipbuilding skills, and at the same time, it is indispensable to have a low-intensity conflict with Western pirates and navies in the ocean voyage.

Only by running back and forth on the ocean, and running well, can you really train the team (shipbuilders and sailors), and then you can think about dominating the ocean. The cost of running the ocean must be offset by commercial activities...... Therefore, the naval powers in these years are basically maritime trade powers.

He Tengjiao and Zhang Tingsu were already on the boat at this time, a black gauze python robe and a square scarf robe. On the deck, pay homage to Prince Zhu, who walked out, and report his name.

Zhu Cihong was also smiling, and when he went up, he supported Zhang Tingsu, who was in a square scarf robe, "Zhang Yuanwai, please get up quickly...... The righteous deeds of the outside of the staff, this palace already knows! Okay, good, it's really Xianghu celebrities! ”

It turned out that Zhang Tingsu was pinched yesterday and woke up quickly...... He can't carry Zhu Cihong, the begging prince!

They have 500,000 people! He really dared to carry it, and the big eaters all ate the Zhang family......

Since you can't carry it, you can only hug your thighs!

Be sure to let those who covet the little bit of family business of Qiaokou Zhang's family see that he Zhang Tingsu has already hugged the prince's thigh!

Offering two or three hundred thousand stone white rice is a fart, and the loss of tens of thousands of acres of official land, military land, and hidden land is not a catastrophe.

As long as he is the crown prince's person...... All sides will continue to support his field, and the land and grain that are sent out now will always be earned back in the future.

No matter how bad it is, the remaining bit of the Zhang family's family business can be saved.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Tingsu gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, he asked He Tengjiao to play Zhu Cihong, willing to give 200,000 stone white rice, and then hand over 40,000 acres of official land, military field, and hidden field, and invited Prince Zhu to drive the Zhang family mansion in Qiaokou Town!

He originally only wanted Zhu Cihong to live in the Zhang family's mansion for one night, which would be a great honor. Unexpectedly, Zhu Cihong, the cunning and murderous begging prince, was very friendly to him, and actually took his hand, got off the springboard of the dragon boat together, and walked onto the rice grain wharf in Qiaokou Town amid the sound of drums and mountain chitose.

Everyone was stunned at this time - what is the relationship between this Zhang Juren and the crown prince Zhu Cihong? Why are they so close?