When Princess Taikang heard this, she became depressed.

Zhu Houzhao didn't think about it so much.

He only suspected that Fang Jifan had other plans, but he didn't worry about what his sister would think.

He said happily: "Eat chicken, eat chicken, come and taste it, it's delicious." ”

Although Empress Zhang wanted to reprimand Zhu Houzhao, she couldn't help but glance at Fang Jifan dotingly: "Okay, come to the palace to try it." ”

This chicken has been carefully cut by the eunuchs and sent to Queen Zhang and Princess Taikang, Queen Zhang tasted it, it was really fresh, and she couldn't help but say: "It tastes really good, is it cooked by Mr. Wen?" ”

"Yes." Zhu Houzhao said beautifully: "This person is very interesting, obviously he was born as a Jinshi, and he has become an official and made meritorious contributions, but he has no intention of career, and he is bent on eating, Queen Mother, you say that this person is strange." ”

Empress Zhang looked at Zhu Houzhao: "Hey, this looks like you." ”

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The fleet of ships going to the West is about to depart.

A large number of sea vessels have been newly built.

Together with the previous human scum Wang Bushi, as well as several captured large food ships, the Hongzhi Dynasty went to the Western Ocean for the second time, with more than 20 ships and 3,000 personnel.

Xu Jing bid farewell to his teacher.

Going to the West and saying goodbye to his teacher again and again seems to have become his fate.

And this time, he will continue to go deeper, two thousand well-equipped warriors, plus one thousand boatmen, sailors, and foot strength, the honor and disgrace of these three thousand people are all maintained on Xu Jing alone.

Xu Jing didn't shed tears this time, he only solemnly made a big salute to the Chaofang Jifan, and got up: "Take care of the teacher." ”

Fang Jifan nodded at him: "To live." ”

These three words, although they were just a few words, but Xu Jing felt the infinite care from his teacher, he almost couldn't hold back his emotions, tears welled up in his eyes, and he hurriedly said: "Student...... I will definitely come back and serve my teacher. ”

With that, he turned around and stepped out in the direction of the sunrise.

Fang Jifan's mood was a little low, this was his most important protégé, and when he left like this, his heart was ...... It was empty, like something was missing, and I might be hungry when I thought about it.

sighed, Fang Jifan looked back and saw a few protégés who came to bid farewell to Xu Jing, Wang Shouren had tears in his eyes, Ouyang Zhimuna's distant view, Liu Wenshan and Jiang Chen, their faces were melancholy, and Qi Jingtong sighed.

Fang Jifan said to Liu Wenshan: "The most unpromising ones are you and Jiang Chen, learn from your Senior Brother Xu." ”

Liu Wenshan and Jiang Chen looked terrified: "The student is teaching the Xishan disciple Bagu, and the student is dying, and he has not achieved ......"

"Oh." Fang Jifan remembered: "I actually forgot, it turns out that you are also teaching people to read, now the students of Xishan, how is your homework?" ”

Jiang Chen said: "Gifted to the teacher, the two students were ordered by the teacher to let all the students make eight shares every day, one a day, and it has been more than a year of hard work, and the eight shares they have made are five hundred articles huge, and the lives are still diligent, and some have grown. ”

Fang Jifan said: "In the spring of the next year, if they fail the exam, only the two of you will ask." ”

"Yes, yes."

Liu Wenshan and Jiang Chen's faces turned blue with fright.

The teacher has always been strict with his disciples, sometimes he has a bad temper, and beating and scolding is also commonplace, and they respect and fear the teacher.

Especially Jiang Chen, who has always been backward, has long been ashamed with a look of shame, thinking in his heart, this time, he will not disappoint his teacher, otherwise, he will really have no face and be a disciple of his teacher.

Fang Jifan said Qi Jing channel: "And you ......"

Today's mood is extremely irritable, thinking that my dear apprentice Xu Jing is gone, it is very uncomfortable, and it is inevitable that I want to find a few protégés to vent, but when I look at Qi Jingtong, Qi Jiguang appears in my mind, that is a famous national hero, no matter what, Fang Jifan shook his head: "You should learn from your Senior Brother Xu." ”

Fang Jifan's scolding of Jiang Chen and the others was tantamount to killing chickens and scaring monkeys, Qi Jingtong was very lucky, he was a monkey, not a chicken, he was busy saying: "Yes, yes, follow the teacher's teachings." ”

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The next day dawned.

One by one, ships began to leave the port of Tianjin.

Ships after ships, full of supplies and goods, Xu Jing is still standing on the deck of the human scum Wang Bushi, he wears a beam crown, wears a Qinci flying fish suit, wears a scarlet cloak, and wears a Qinci embroidered spring knife at his waist, standing long, looking at the sky.

Overseas, the future is unpredictable, in order to deter the entire fleet, Xu Jing's accessories are all given by the palace, and anyone in the fleet can be cut first and then played, which represents the absolute authority of the emperor in person!

He stood with his sword pressed, and standing behind him was Yang Xiong, who had become the commander of the guard.

Yang Xiong sighed: "This time I will go to sea more deeply, but I don't know if I can come back alive." ”

Xu Jing was silent.

"Even if you live, how many years will it take to come back?" Yang Xiong was in a low mood and full of emotion: "One year, two years, or three years?" Ambassador Xu, you ...... Can you give me a word? ”

Yang Xiong looked very uneasy, worried, he didn't want to go to sea, he knew that this was a huge and incomparable honor, as long as he came back, their experience was enough for Yang Xiong to brag about for a lifetime.

But......

He looked at Xu Jing pitifully.

"I don't know." Xu Jing replied to him.

Yang Xiong sighed.

"But someone must come back, if I Xu Jing die, you will come back, you and I die, the thousand households of the fleet will have someone to come back, the thousands of households are dead, and there will be a hundred households, a hundred households are gone, and the chief flag officer, there are helmsmen, there are sailors, three thousand people, someone must come back, these dozens of ships, all of them are the people's fat and people's anointing, and what they carry is the hope of the Ming Dynasty to the west, among us, some people are alive, and hope will not be broken."

"Ambassador Xu, you are really hard-hearted."

Xu Jing pressed the side of the ship, rubbed the big ship that had experienced countless winds and waves, and after being silent for a long time, he said: "If my heart is not iron, behind us, those soldiers and civilians on the land, their hearts and intestines will want to become flesh and blood. When we went to sea, didn't Commander Yang see it clearly? Daming Kong has the name of the country, but the big cannibals, Franco, has been a thousand miles a day, they from the far west, actually tentacles, stretched out to the West, in Siam, in Luzon, in Sumatra, everywhere they have their figures, in the future, they will continue to the east, their stretch, stretch to my Ming. In the past 150 years of the Ming Dynasty, he only worried about the troubles of Tatars and Japanese invaders, but he did not know that sooner or later, those who would cause trouble in the world would inevitably be the Francos of these extreme places. What you and I shoulder, in addition to looking for the legendary kingdom of God, is to find a way to restrain the Francophiles, and prepare for the future domination of the imperial court. The regret of the eunuch of the Three Treasures has made me realize that I have missed it, and now, God has entrusted this mission to you, do we still have a choice? ”

Xu Jing had tears in his eyes, looked at the vast waves, and pressed the hilt of the sword on his waist: "No matter before going to sea, the people who come with you and me are thieves, prisoners, good families, lowly people, military households, or craftsmen. No matter who you are, now you must have steel as your body, and incorruptible bronze as your heart, liver, and heart. ”

He said lightly: "Confucius said to be benevolent, Mencius said to take righteousness, but its righteousness is exhausted, so benevolence is the best." Where the Tao is, although there are tens of millions of people, I will go. This is fate, and it cannot be changed from the moment the ship leaves the harbor. The order goes down, and from now on the ship, the upper and lower people, etc., will be in the same boat from now on, regardless of respect and humility, and they will all be brothers! All officers and sailors, each performing his own duties, must not slack off; Whoever has a word to retreat, kill it, and whoever has a demon to confuse the public, also kill it, I Xu Jing is cowardly, all the soldiers kill me, if your brother Yang is afraid, I Xu Jing will punish you Yang Xiong! ”

Yang Xiong's face sank, bowed down, the armor on his body rattled with his movements, and he buried his head: "Humble and obey the orders of the envoy!" ”

Xu Jing turned around, still facing the sea, the waves were reflected in his eyes, he was silent, and let the sea breeze roll up the cloak behind him.

"Teacher...... I'll be back! ”

He thought silently in his heart.

Behind......

Countless sailors and sailors repeatedly conveyed the ambassador's orders: "The ambassador of the Qincha patrol has an order: From now on, on the ship, the upper and lower people, etc., will be in the same boat from now on, regardless of respect and humility, and they will all be brothers!" Officers and Soldiers......"

One command after another was passed from ship to ship, from deck to deck, from bow to stern.

Dozens of boats, lined up in a formation of geese, slowly headed south.

At the very end, on the 'Little Zhu Xiucai Bad Guy', several familiar figures came out of the bilge of this huge horse ship.

"Do you hear anything? Order, what order? Zhang Heling was dressed in the official uniform of the chief flag officer, and in order to get in, he went through many ways and relationships. He looked left and right, and he was a thief.

Zhang Yanling ran out of nowhere, very excited, and said excitedly: "Brother, brother...... Found it, found it......"

"What are you looking for?" Zhang Heling despises his brother very much, his IQ is too low, he is simply a burden, if he is not a brother, he really doesn't want to take him to make a fortune.

Zhang Yanling's eyes lit up, and tears were excited to come out: "The grain tank, the grain tank where the grain is stored, a lot of jerky, eh, a lot, there are pickled fish, soybeans, rice, ......"

Zhang Heling slapped him and scolded him angrily: "Something like a dog, you know how to eat, it's a little good?" This time, we are going to Jinshan. ”

"It's San Francisco!" Zhang Yanling covered her cheeks, wanted to cry, and retorted angrily.

"Shut up, you brute, a little promising, when we get to Jinshan, we will make a fortune, we can pick up a piece of golden lump on the ground, and when the time comes, there is nothing to eat, I really hate you, fuck off."

Zhang Yanling whimpered, didn't dare to reply, obediently went a few feet away, didn't dare to approach, and looked at Zhang Heling with resentment and pity.

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Chapter 2, this one is more difficult to write.