A baby's babbling came from outside the courtyard, and then with a burst of dark incense, several maids, mothers, nurses and other figures, accompanied by Ao Lei Yilan holding her pair of children, Dahao and Xiaohao walked in. This pair of sisters and brothers, the elder sister's milk name is called Dahao, and the younger brother's milk name is Xiaohao. After learning that they were twins that day, Shouhan gave them such names. Women are good, and a son and a daughter are naturally a good word. Hence the name of the milk.

Ao Lei Yilan, who added a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses to Shouhan, recovered well after giving birth, and her figure was a little plump, but it was the most beautiful and attractive stage of the young woman.

This pair of sisters and brothers, perhaps because they have half of the Daur blood flowing in their bodies, are born very strong, energetic, and have an amazing appetite, and the two sisters and brothers need four nurses to feed in turn. However, babies who are less than one year old are older than ordinary children who are more than a year old in Nanzhong.

"I've seen Aunt Seven."

"Greetings to the Seventh Lady."

Seeing Ao Lei Yilan coming in with a spring breeze on his face and a good and a small good, Li Huabao and Xu Hongzu immediately got up and saluted.

For this pair of sisters and brothers, Li Huabao also cherishes it. Yuxue's lovely pair of younger siblings have added a lot of vitality to this huge earl's palace.

However, in Xu Hongzu's eyes, this is a difficult problem.

"The lord is in full bloom right now, so naturally it is not a problem. However, if the heir is not established early, if it is the queen of the Lord and the Guest of Heaven, who will this huge inheritance belong to? ”

There are a lot of Shouhan sons, not counting this one who is still nursing in the arms of the nurse. There are three who have gone out to do things independently. Soon I will have a son who will be old enough to run errands on his own. And the Ministry of Rites sent someone to inquire about Ning Yuanbo's son, but Shouhan politely refused. "A few dogs are still young in seniority, and they are not distinguishable from the virtuous and foolish. A certain family plans to let them go through a few more years of training and make meritorious contributions to the imperial court. ”

"At present, several sons are working hard, and they may not have this mind."

Although the interest in the natural world is far greater than the struggle between people, it is natural that human beings are not exempt from vulgarity as social animals. Xu Hongzu was very sad to find that even if he wanted to be alone, he might not be able to. As Li Huabao's teacher, the word "treasure" has been engraved on the top of his head.

Watch a pair of little children staggering a few steps on their desks, showing their father the new achievements of the day. Shouhan couldn't help but feel relieved (huh?). That's a bit of an overword, isn't it? It seems that the pig's foot is now forty years old. It's the year of the fight. ）

"Brother Zhenzhi, there is no way, this family is old and young, and there are dozens of people up and down. If you don't work hard to earn some money, you can't afford to make a living! ”

Ao Lei Yilan took the big and the good and the small good to show it here in Shouhan. I see that Xianggong has something to talk about with the second son here. He was very interested in turning around and leaving with his maid and mother-in-law, and before leaving, he asked Dahao to greet the second brother and stroked Li Huabao's face with his fleshy little hand.

I can hear Shouhan complaining. Xu Hongzu also looked helpless, "If it is difficult for the lord to support his family, then we will not be able to find a way to eat." ”

After a few jokes, the three of them returned to the topic they had just talked about.

"Brother Zhenzhi, with your high opinion, what should my Nanyue Army do?"

This is a bit of a face-to-face question!

Visiting the thatched house three times and visiting the general public on a snowy night are the highest level of gentlemen and ministers pursued by Chinese scholars, and naturally Xu Hongzu can't ask for it, but he is also quite self-aware, and he can't do Wang Meng's demeanor of talking about lice.

"My lord, with the military might of my Southern Yue Army, if I cross the sea to the west, capture Northern Tianzhu, and seize this place from the Mughal king, it will naturally be as easy as a palm. However, in the eyes of the students, this place is not suitable for use of force at this time. ”

"Yikes! But why? Shouhan listened with interest to the opinions of this great traveler, who was among the top in the world.

Although the students were only a spectator in Northern Tianzhu, they felt that under the rule of the Mughal kings, the people were divided into races and there were many sects. Moreover, the Mughal king was originally a descendant of the Yuan horse Timur, and in the eyes of the Northern Tianzhu people, he was also an outsider, and he was completely suppressed by force in order not to cause chaos. If our Nanyue army goes, I am afraid that it will be easy to capture and difficult to govern. My lord, the purpose of our capture of North Tianzhu is only to obtain wheat, cotton and other goods in this area, and to obtain profits through guò trade. If you can get it through trade, why bother with an honest expedition? ”

A smile appeared on Shouhan's face, it seems that this Xu Hongzu is really not an ordinary nerd, and he will not accuse himself of not following the way of a saint, and relying on power and strength in vain to expand his territory. Rather, it is to make an analysis of the benefits and disadvantages for yourself.

But it's not surprising to think about it. In the chaotic times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he was able to travel among the rivers and mountains without being slaughtered and eaten, and there was no such brain, which can only show that a magnificent masterpiece "Xu Xiake's Travels" was forged by others.

"What should I do in my opinion?"

"It's so simple! It's just that the student's method is against the peace of heaven, and the lord is a conspiracy to do great benevolence and righteousness, and the lord naturally disdains this kind of conspiracy. ”

Xu Hongzu's recipe has actually been going on for many years.

It was to take advantage of the continuous wars between the Mughal Empire and the sultans and kings of various parts of India today to trade weapons and necessities. However, as a geographer, he went one step further than the original trade foundation.

"My lord, in the past, our trade dealings with the princes and nobles of Tianzhu and the nobles Sultan Jagil were trade objects with people. In this way, the first thing they did in the war was to destroy each other's farmland and burn cotton and wheat. In the opinion of the students, it is better to make a slight adjustment to the contract, and no longer use a certain prince as a trade object, but designate certain crops on a certain piece of land as a trade object. ”

"Good! Sure enough, it's a reader! ”

"Sir, in this way, no matter who occupies that land, the first thing to do is to protect these crops!"

Xu Hongzu's construction is undoubtedly pouring another barrel of fierce fire oil on the fire of war in the Indian subcontinent.

It doesn't matter who rules the land, whether you believe in Lord Shiva or Muhammad. As long as you occupy this land, then I will make a deal with you according to the contract I signed with the owner of this land.

Artillery, firearms, long knives, armor, cloth, tea, sugar, silk, porcelain, as long as it is produced in the Southern Yue Army, can be traded!

The kings of Tianzhu only needed to load wheat, cotton, stallions, population, precious stones, gold and silver into sea ships in large quantities.

Xu Hongzu's construction was soon put to practical test on the Indian subcontinent.

The kings and sultans of various places, including the emperors of the Mughal Empire, were like a group of walkers who walked in the desert without water for many days. Faced with a glass of poisoned wine. Drink it. If you die, if you don't drink, you will die faster.

The reason for this is the appearance of this contract. Various forces in various localities began to wage war against foreign countries.

To fight a war, it is necessary to have the input of military supplies. However, they want to get more supplies. There is a need for more brutal oppression of the low-caste untouchables. All sorts of poll taxes and religious taxes have sprung up like poisonous mushrooms. The lords of all sides faced the frantic expansion of their neighbors. We all know that this is a dead end, but everyone else is expanding the army. Buying a large number of weapons and ammunition, no one dares to risk being a pacifist.

Fighting and expanding the army is a road that will slowly die, but no one knows how long this road will take to come to an end. But not ready for war, without building a strong army, death is at hand.

This is a cup of poisonous wine, if you drink it, you don't know when the power of the medicine will attack, but if you don't drink it, you will die immediately.

As a result, the lords of all over the coast of India rushed to drink this poisonous wine. After that, he used his equipment advantage to start attacking the lords in the interior in order to gain a larger territory.

These things are not listed for the time being.

In Shouhan's study, the host began to throw out today's purpose to the guests.

"Brother Zhenzhi, Xiao'er Huabao has mentioned your help and guidance to him many times in front of me, and a certain family has a little selfishness."

"My lord, please speak."

"With such a talent as Brother Zhenzhi, just building roads in Guangxi alone is a little aggrieved. A certain family plans to arrange an errand for Brother Zhenzhi, but I wonder if Brother Zhen is willing to give in? ”

Arranging an errand in Ning Yuanbo's mansion, Xu Hongzu felt a little dizzy when he arrived. In the system of the Nanyue Army, many things are decided not by your official position, but by the messengers assigned to you. The reason for this is because the current official position system and jurisdiction of the Nanyue Army are still carried out under the banner of the Ming Dynasty. And many things, but far behind the Ming system, so, Shouhan stole one from the official system of the past dynasties, the official envoy. The official position can be in accordance with the Ming court, as long as the grade is not too arrogant. But the messenger in charge is beyond the control of the Ming court.

I don't know what kind of errand my uncle wants to give myself? Do you want to entrust yourself with the survey of the mountains and rivers of the entire Nanzhong, Liangguang, and Fujian roads? If that's the case, it's simply a pleasure for the king of the south.

It turns out that Xu Hongzu thought too simply.

Not only the southern and central parts of the Nanyue army that are currently under the control of zhì, from Nanzhong to Luzon, Taiwan, the Java Islands, to the east to Japan, Korea, Kuyi Island, and the extreme northern cold land inhabited by the Sauron people in Heilongjiang, but also the more distant ten states, and further east, the country of Fusang mentioned in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

To the west, there are many countries from India to the heavens inhabited by the great cannibals, as well as Portugal, Spain, France, England and many other countries inhabited by the Hongmaoyi people.

Looking at the small flags that were planted on the map one by one by the guards, for no reason, Xu Hongzu felt a burst of excitement in his heart, he felt a little dry in his mouth, his blood vessels began to expand, and the blood around his body circulated rapidly.

"The ancients said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read ten thousand books. Is Brother Zhenzhi interested in continuing to travel thousands of miles? ”

"It is certainly a lifelong wish of students to walk through the green mountains in their lifetime. However, the lord, there is a huge country, and I am afraid that even if the two legs of a certain family are bald, they may not be able to walk away. Xu Hongzu looked at the huge map spread on the ground, and forced himself to swallow a mouthful of saliva, making his throat, which felt dry, slightly more comfortable.

"To do great things, find a replacement first. Brother Zhenzhi, which one wants you to walk these many places step by step? This officer intends to use your great talent to ask you to be the head of my Nanyue Army on surveying the mountains and rivers and the shape of the victory, in all armies and towns of the Nanyue Army. Sailors select talents from various fleets, state capitals, counties and towns to be your students. After you train them, lead them to all parts of the map. The expenses are all borne by my Uncle Ningyuan. How are you going to be prime minister? ”

In a series of good news like dense shells falling, Xu Hongzu was a little dizzy. But Shouhan's next sentence made him even more ambitious.

"Ben Bo wants you to be my Bo Wanghou! For the people of Nanyue, it is not only to dig through the Western Regions, but also to open up the sea trade routes of the east and west oceans! ”

"If you want your country to be rich and strong, you can't ignore the ocean. Wealth comes from the sea, and danger comes from the sea. ”

This passage is from the words of Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures. Soon after, it was written at the gate of the Nanchu University Hall Field Geographical Survey School. It became the motto of this college.

This school is abbreviated: Nakano School.

The president and chief professor is Xu Hongzu.

However, many of the courses were not something he could complete alone.

These students from various departments and departments of the Nanyue Army, none of them can write articles of about 3,000 words, and they are proficient in handling and using all kinds of weapons equipped in the Nanyue Army. A lot of people also drive boats. As for horseback riding, it is a subject that must be mastered.

However, there are also some subjects that are not very good on the table. For example, this course, taught by Wakasui Michi, quickly closes the distance between the local natives in an unfamiliar environment. (As the saying goes, it's a fool.) ）

This Ruoshui Dao chief is known as the Taoist head of Taishan Sanyang Taoist Temple. The best thing is flickering. On the same day, when I boarded the ship in Shandong to Hue. He claims to be the Taoist leader of the Sanyang Temple. As a result, after a check, I learned that this immortal chief had just been hanging a single order in Sanyang Temple for a few months, and he was purely a charlatan who ate and drank. And when he went to Sanyang Temple, he said that he was from Changshu Zhenwuguan, and then cheated after fooling a lot of people. After being exposed, he was kicked out again, and he couldn't survive in various parts of Shandong, so he simply relied on a three-inch tongue to flicker on the sea boat, planning to go to Nanzhong, thousands of miles away.

As a result, when he stopped in Guangzhou for a while, he tried his might, and a missionary from Spain was fooled by him to believe in Taoism, and firmly believed that the Taoist Haotian Emperor was the real God.

Staying in Guangzhou for a few days, in addition to turning a Spanish who can't even recognize many Chinese characters into a fire dwelling Taoist, Ruoshui Daoist even went to Guangzhou in front of several major Zen forests to make a big fuss, claiming that Lao Tzu went west to found Buddhism, which is clearly a door-to-door kicking hall!

Although the monks were indignant and had no choice but to debate the scriptures for several days, the senior monks and masters of several major Zen forests took turns to fight, and several blood vessels burst and several strokes on the spot. In the end, he was so angry that he had to use force to drive out the Taoist chief on the grounds of false reasoning and heresy, and he didn't even give the gift money that he had promised in advance.

But in the final analysis, no matter how good he is in the water, he is just an impostor Taoist priest, and he can only eat one meal in the east and one meal in the west. I just heard that Nanzhong was rich, so I wanted to eat and drink in Nanzhong for two days. I never thought about it, but after arriving at Nanzhong, I found that because of the freedom of belief here, his big fool was like a fish in water. It's just that although Nanzhong's faith is free, it also cracks down on scammers severely, and was later accused of swaggering and cheating, and was arrested by Yousi. But in the yamen, if the chief of the water channel is still majestic, he was stunned and flickered a few guards in the clouds, and almost apprenticed on the spot. Later, the yamen felt that this person had a good ability to fool, and he didn't do anything too bad, so he should be released according to the law. But he was afraid that his ability would be in danger in the future, so he reported to Shouhan and asked for a decision.

Hearing that there were such figures similar to pyramid scheme lecturers under his rule, Shouhan was also overjoyed to see the hunt for a while, and ordered someone to transfer his file to read it, but found some of the speeches and texts he used to fool others. The most amazing thing is that this master actually linked Master Yongxin's dragon bone text test with King Yin Xuan.

How can such talents be let go? So, under some threats and temptations, Wakamichi came to Nakano School to teach the students.

The first task Xu Hongzu received from Shouhan was to quickly train a group of people who could go to Fusang, which was not Japan, but appeared in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

"In that year, Pangeng moved to Yin, King Wu fell, and Muye was bloody in the first battle. Everyone forgot one thing, that is, when King Wu was defeating the Emperor, where did Yin Shang's army go? According to the many years of investigation of the poor road, especially the book of the dragon bone text that has been circulated from Henan in recent years, the poor road suddenly saw the light of day. Since arriving in Hue, talking with the Hongmaoyi people who come and go here has confirmed the argument of the poor road. ”

"The natives of Fusang are the race called Indians by the Hongmaoyi people, and they are actually the Yin Shang army back then. Because of the shame of eating Zhou Su and unwilling to be Zhou's subjects, he crossed the sea to the east and went all the way to Fusang country. Thousands of years of multiplication have made the country of Fuso what it is today. Because I miss my hometown in the east, I greet each other when we meet every day, which probably means good in my hometown. It's a pity that this group of Hongmaoyi people don't understand the mysteries of our Chinese Chinese language, so they call them Indians, which is actually a big fallacy! ”

A student from the sailor was a little disapproving, and got up and asked, "Sir." ”

"If you want to call the poor Dao, please call me the Taoist."

"Michichi, when I was a sailor, I also traveled to and from Kuyi Island to Japan. In the vast sea, even if we are a little at a loss when sailing, how should people thousands of years ago cross these tens of thousands of miles of sea frontier? ”

"The sage cloud, the plan is in the people, the success is in the sky, and everything in the world is incredible. If not, this classmate, please answer, is there an egg or a chicken? Moreover, it is not said that the poor road crossed the vast sea in one day and arrived in Fusang country, so it could not be said that it took decades or hundreds of years to complete this undertaking? ”

After some sophistry and diversion, this group of young people, who were about to take advantage of the Kuroshio to go to the Americas, completely believed that the natives living in that vast and rich land were our distant relatives many years ago.

We are going this time to bring them back to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors.

That land has been the land of China since ancient times. (To be continued......)