Xu Mansion is on the north bank of the river, it is the most luxurious house here, built with bluestone, built like a castle, and also excavated a moat from the main river, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Entering the city gate, the people of the Xu clan, including the female dependents, all knelt down in the school field of the outer city, and they all bowed three times to greet each other.

Such a procedure has already been arranged by the officials of the Ministry of Rites in advance, and even the gifts that Zhu Zhanji gave to everyone have been prepared in advance.

After the ceremony, Zhu Zhanji was brought into the inner city by the attendants who arrived in advance, which was also the settlement of the Xu clan.

However, Zhu Zhanji did not live with them, but was arranged into a newly built wooden building.

The wooden building is not large, only three rooms and two floors, but the drawings are provided by the Ministry of Industry and built according to Zhu Zhanji's preferences. The wooden building is located in the middle of the garden, separate from the main house. It is convenient for the guards and guards to protect.

After a busy time, the chamberlain finally settled down.

In the evening of the same day, people from all walks of life in Luzon gathered together to celebrate Zhu Zhanji's 20th birthday by the most solemn means.

There are no cultural relics from all walks of life in Luzon, antiques and birthday worships, they can only use the simplest way to cast birthday stars, longevity peaches, golden knives, golden swords, and even the statue of Taishang Laojun as a congratulatory gift.

And more often, it is a direct donation of gold bars.

After a birthday banquet, Zhu Zhanji received tens of thousands of taels of gold, and in order to get the support of the Ming Dynasty, these native tribes did not hesitate to cost this time, just to make Zhu Zhanji happy.

Perhaps, in this life, they are the only time they will be lucky to meet the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, the future Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

When the hustle and bustle passed, he returned to the small building where he lived, and his concubines also came out of their own bodies and presented birthday gifts to Zhu Zhanji.

Because of the limited space, this night, Zhu Zhanji also got a few girls on a bed, although the girls were shy, they were unwilling to give up this opportunity to compete for favor, completely let go of themselves, and let Zhu Zhanji enjoy all the joy.

However, on the second day, Zhu Zhanji began his work. The fleet will stay in Luzon for five days, and Zhu Zhanji will meet with the leaders of the various tribes in Luzon in turn.

For each tribe's different situation, it is necessary to make different responses, and give them some help to a limited extent.

providing sickles and ploughs for tribes that made a living from farming; to provide sieves and iron pickaxes for the tribes dominated by gold panning; Fishing nets for tribes that make a living from fishing, and so on.

Bringing all the tribes under the brilliance of the Ming Dynasty is not just a slogan, but also requires practical benefits.

Of course, these tribes are also needed to contribute to the Ming Dynasty, such as the 10 million acres of paddy fields in the Luzon Plain that have not yet been fully developed, and they will be able to provide a steady stream of food for the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Those small tribes will also exchange the gold they have worked so hard to sift through to exchange with the Ming for various living materials.

The diplomatic team, the trade team, will negotiate with the tribes of Luzon on tribute and trade according to a pre-planned plan.

Of course, at this time, it is also the time for the Consultation Department, Jinyiwei, and the surveying and mapping team of the Young Army to be dispatched.

In addition, Xu Chailao was officially appointed as the prefect of Luzon Prefecture, in charge of Luzon's civil and military affairs.

The Ming Dynasty will not garrison Luzon for the time being, and will only arrange an auxiliary team to come here first to help Xu Chai Lao stabilize the situation.

If someone is disobedient, when Zhu Zhanji and their fleet return, they will naturally help Xu Chai Lao solve this problem.

Everyone began to get busy, but Zhu Zhanji had nothing to do. Because he only needs to grasp the general direction, all kinds of trivial affairs can't come to him at all.

If he has to worry about everything, then what's the use of keeping these subordinates?

There was no large government on Luzon at all, and Xu Chai Lao had not met with strong opposition as governor of Luzon, and the natives believed that his presence had brought a good life to the locals.

So whether it's the aggressive Visayans in the south, or the Tagalog, they are proud to be able to join the Ming, not vehemently opposed.

Although the Green Religion has now expanded here, now the Green Religion is more about controlling the mind, and there is no concept of the state at all.

The natives in southern Luzon, although they gradually believed in green, they were more in favor of the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

In such an environment, Zhu Zhanji has no room to play at all.

Everyone can't kneel in front of him in high spirits, he still has to fight and kill.

The logistics team also began to get busy, and they began to buy a large number of ripe coconuts at the price of two coppers and one coconut, and in a few days, more than 300,000 coconuts were purchased here in Luzon alone.

This is still because of the late notice, otherwise three million would have been acquired.

But don't worry, because the news of the purchase of coconuts by the Ming fleet has already spread, and when the fleet arrives in Sulu, there will be a huge supply of coconuts at that time.

Coconut is not as good as banana and mango in taste, but there is one thing that mango and banana can't compare, and that is the storage period.

The storage period of green coconuts is basically about one month. Because coconut is a good source of water storage and food storage, the coconut shell is thick to prevent water from evaporating.

Some coconuts are ripe and fall to the ground, fall into the sea and float for two years and still remain intact!

Compared to the clean water, which has to be replaced in about ten days, the shelf life of coconut is far longer than that of all fruits and clean water.

For a fleet of 100,000 people, the supply of grain is not a problem, because a treasure ship can transport 2,000 tons of rice, and there are dozens of treasure ships, so there is never a need to worry about the food problem.

Fresh water is the most important material that really restricts shipping routes at sea.

The Ming fleet needed to steam rice, soak bean sprouts, and grow vegetables at sea in wooden troughs, all of which required clean water.

Even if you use a wooden barrel to hold clean water, the shelf life of general clean water is about ten days, and after half a month, the clean water will grow green moss and the water quality will rot.

The East does not have the Western habit of substituting beer for clean water, because the East has never been in the habit of brewing beer. What's more, even if it is beer, the shelf life will not exceed a month.

Nowadays, the purchase of a large number of coconuts can greatly reduce the demand for clean water, and there is no need to find clean water in the first place every time you go to a port.

Zhu Zhanji now stores coconuts in preparation for exploring Australia.

When the fleet arrives at the old port, there will no longer be the convenience of the wind, and the further south it goes, it will even have to sail against the wind.

Under such conditions, no one can be sure of the voyage date of the fleet, so whether it is clean water or coconut, it must be well prepared.

Two coppers and one coconut, this price can be said to be not high at all. But for these local natives, coconuts grow everywhere, and there is no cost at all.

Pulling a boat over with a small boat is a few thousand, which can be exchanged for a few pieces of cloth and a few pots, which is not a business.

The small town of Luzon became lively because of the arrival of the Ming fleet, and in addition to various trades, it also led to the development of the local tertiary industry.

Today's Ming soldiers are the same virtue as the American GIs of later generations, most of these soldiers are illiterate, because they have no food, or as a military household, they are destined to be soldiers from birth.

They don't have much to pursue in life, and in the process of serving their country, they will only pursue eating, drinking, and having fun.

Except for Zhu Zhanji and a group of clans on the fleet, no one else can carry female dependents. Even a general like Xue Lu could only hold back during the voyage.

But a general like Xue Lu never has to worry about women, because every time the Ming fleet arrives, there will be natives who contribute women.

Today's Ming people are superior people, even if they take advantage of it and leave, and leave a seed for their women, they will be carefully raised. Because in their opinion, the species left by the Ming people is more noble and smarter.

The generals don't worry about women, but these soldiers can't meet their requirements, and there are no tens of thousands of women for them to choose from.

But they don't have to worry, because in the process of going to the West in the first few times, every time the Ming fleet goes, it will drive the development of the local tertiary industry.

So when the Ming fleet arrived, not far from the dock, there were hundreds of simple shacks made of wooden planks, which contained all kinds of women, which could meet the needs of the Ming soldiers.

And this also formed an industry, many Nanyang merchants would use sea ships to carry these women to follow the Ming fleet to do business at this time.

There are even fewer in Luzon, and it is said that in the Old Port and Malaka, there are thousands of such women. And not only the Nanyang natives, but also Western women, Dongying women, Indian women, no matter what they want, they can meet the requirements.

Zhu Zhanji is too lazy to take care of this kind of thing, the existence of anything has its rationality, and simple and crude opposition will only worsen the situation.

However, now the Ming soldiers' salaries are not directly distributed, but directly to the account of the Development Bank, which leads to the fact that the soldiers do not have silver in their hands.

For this matter, Zhu Zhanji and a group of generals also held a special meeting, and then sent an order back to the Ming Dynasty through the ship that transported gold and silver back to the Ming Dynasty, and only half of the money would be sent into the account, and the other half would be distributed to them.

There was no shortage of cash in the fleet, and wherever it traded, it would be exchanged for a large amount of gold and silver. What's more, even if the cash is not enough, those fabrics, those sugar, and those tea leaves are all hard currency.

But even if the local natives are so enthusiastic about serving, something still happened, and this time it was Zhu Guiyan again.

Different from the previous four trips to the West, this time the number of people who went to the West was not only four times as many as before, but also the children of the Zhu family who had a few more ships.

In order to keep them from making trouble on the way, Zhu Di also allowed them to bring a concubine and two maids.

But these people have grown up in fine clothes and fine food, and when have they ever tasted this at sea, there are only a few cabins, like a life of captivity.

Although mahjong and poker attracted most of the clans, even if they gambled on the boat in the dark, Zhu Zhanji rarely paid attention to them.

When they arrived in Luzon, the local natives were thin and dark, and most of the clans had no color. For Zhu Guiyan, a pervert who has a certain realm, he is not picky, and he is happy to enjoy the woman who has been sacrificed by the natives.

But this was far from satisfying him.

A year ago, because of the abuse and murder of a woman, a lawsuit was triggered. The woman's husband's family was a professor in Yingtianfu, and he was not afraid of a prince who was powerless, so he sued him in front of Zhu Di.

Zhu Di just imprisoned him for a month and let him spend the New Year in the small courtyard. Not only did he have no remorse, but he let an evil fire in his heart that he couldn't vent.

In his mind, he is the son of a dragon and a grandson, and the other party is just a commoner, but he has to suffer for the other party for a month, which is really hateful.

But after suffering this setback, Zhu Zhanji was lukewarm to him, and he was actually a little scared in his heart.

After coming to Luzon, there were not many local Chinese women, and he didn't dare to provoke them at will, because the Chinese women who could be brought out must be big families with some power in the local area.

After the native woman could not satisfy his animal desires, he was attracted by the exotic women of the chicken village.

Whether it is a woman from the Western Regions with white skin and blond hair, or a plump Tianzhu woman, they are all plumper and more tempting than Ming women.

In the past few days, he has been nostalgic for the chicken village, and when he sees a woman he likes, he will cut in the queue to enjoy it.

The fee was pitiful, and he didn't think about repaying the bill, and the chamberlain who followed him would naturally help him pay the bill.

Zhu Guiyan, as the prince of Liao, has been pampered since he was a child, and his body is naturally not good.

Not to mention that compared with these physically strong soldiers, even ordinary people are not comparable to him.

However, there is a woman from Persia in this chicken village, who has been sold as a slave since she was a child.

When Zhu Guiyan ended the whole process with three strokes and five to two on her, she couldn't help but show a hint of ridicule.

The language of the two sides is incomprehensible, she doesn't know that this is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and she doesn't know, because this sneer annoyed Zhu Guiyan, who was already a little annoyed.

Zhu Guiyan got up and pulled out his long sword, just one stab, and a life ended.

When this incident was stirred up, the boss here knew that it was the prince of Daming who had provoked him, and he could only consider himself unlucky.

But Sun Lin originally knew that Zhu Zhanji was dissatisfied with Zhu Guiyan and wanted to find fault, so the news soon came to Zhu Zhanji.

"Let's go, follow me to meet this Zhu Guiyan, I want to see how capable he is!"

At this time, Zhu Zhanji was more excited in his heart, he originally wanted to find trouble with Zhu Guiyan, but now that the other party took the initiative to send a handle, then don't blame him for being ruthless.

Although as a nephew, it is impossible for him to kill Zhu Guiyan, but Zhu Zhanji has a way to make a life worse than death.

Luzon Mansion is not big, Zhu Zhanji came to the riverside wharf, and Zhu Guiyan and his entourage were also escorted by a team of Yulin guards, crossed the river and happened to meet at the wharf.

That Zhu Guiyan was disheveled, but he was still arrogant, and when he saw Zhu Zhanji, he just said casually: "I never wanted to kill a cheap concubine, but I also alarmed Zhanji." ”

Zhu Zhanji sighed softly: "She only has one life, but I don't know how many lives you have?" Before he could react, Zhu Zhanji said loudly: "Take down the prince of Liao!" ”

With an order, Yu Linwei, who was protecting him behind him, directly tied his hands behind his back and escorted him to Zhu Zhanji.

Yan Changmin, the king of Liao, was panicked and knelt in front of Zhu Zhanji all of a sudden. "Your Highness, the prince is your uncle, how can you hurt your uncle and nephew because of a foreign!"

That Zhu Guiyan still wanted to resist, but in the face of the two strong Yu Linwei, he didn't have the slightest ability to resist. "Zhu Zhanji, what do you want to do! I am the prince of Liao, how can I be so rebellious? ”

Zhu Zhanji sighed, stared into his eyes and asked, "Before leaving, do you remember the oath that everyone swore in front of the ancestors in the Taimiao?" ”

Zhu Guiyan didn't expect Zhu Zhanji to ask about this at this time, hesitated for a moment, and then stammered: "The envoy is on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, and it cannot be ...... Blasphemy is not just to listen to you! ”

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but smile and said: "You are still arrogant, since this is the case, how should you deal with disobeying my orders?" ”

He shouted, "I'm your uncle!" ”

"I talk to you about the rules, you talk to me about the relationship. Okay, even if I talk to you about the relationship, as my uncle, I can't go beyond the family law to deal with you, but I don't want you, I will leave you in Luzon, and then bring you back to the capital on the day I return. Summoning the princes and princes, and the king of the county to see the driver. Escort the prince of Liao into the Xu house. ”

Zhu Guiyan was still angry that he was escorted to the public, and threatened Yu Linwei who escorted him in his mouth. But Yu Linwei is Zhu Zhanji's personal guard, not his guard of the Liao Palace.

What's more, today's Liao Wangfu has long been cut by Zhu Di and only three hundred military academy cooks remain, and no one is afraid of Liaowangfu for a long time.

On the way back, Xie Jin hurriedly ran over, and looking at a team of guards escorting Zhu Guiyan, he shook his head, walked quickly to Zhu Zhanji and asked, "What does Your Highness want to do with him?" Although the Liao Wangfu is not pleased with His Majesty, His Royal Highness, as a junior, should pay attention to the impact of this matter on his reputation. ”

Zhu Zhanji asked with a smile: "What does the master think should be handled?" ”

Xie Jin pondered for a while and said, "You can escort him back to Beijing and let His Majesty dispose of it." ”

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said, "It's not cost-effective to send a few ships back just for him." As a nephew, I can't dispose of him. Then leave him in Luzon first, and then take him back to Beijing when he returns. ”

Xie Jin said with some disapproval: "Leaving him in Luzon, there is no one to control him, wouldn't it be troublesome for the Xu Governor's Mansion?" ”

"What if I send him to be imprisoned in a private chamber and not released?"

Xie Jinleng for a moment, and said with great emotion: "It's not appropriate to be alone, it's a repeat offender." A small courtyard can be built separately and no one is allowed to go out. This does not count as a crime. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded. "You go and tell Governor Xu about this matter, the king of Liao, his maids and others are not allowed to live with him, so he will be left alone in the small courtyard and wait for the fleet to return."

He locked up a man without being allowed to be visited, and the guards ignored him. Zhu Zhanji suspects that in less than a year, he may be going crazy.

Whether he can't bear suicide or is crazy, this has nothing to do with Zhu Zhanji.

Because Zhu Zhanji still treats him well, he doesn't miss his food and drink!

In front of all the princes and princes, the county kings all came to the front of Zhu Zhanji's small building, which had been cleared, and even the people of the Xu family did not dare to show up, for fear of getting involved in royal affairs.

And these clans, although they feel a little dissatisfied with Zhu Zhanji's behavior, think that they are making a big fuss.

Of course, they looked down on Zhu Guiyan's behavior even more.

A dignified prince of Liao, what kind of woman doesn't have it, do you need to find a few women who are ridden by a thousand people?

Not to mention that just because the other party laughed at his incompetence, he drew his sword and faced each other.

So they have no opinion on Zhu Zhanji's disposal, don't they just stay in Luzon and wait for them to come back!

They don't know at all, waiting is not the same as waiting.

A person, not even a person to talk to, this kind of waiting, will drive people crazy.

Therefore, no one objected to Zhu Zhanji's disposal plan, and there were even some people who didn't want to take risks with the fleet at all, and were still thinking about whether they would also make some mistakes, and then they didn't have to leave.

But such a thing is always undignified, and no one wants to risk offending Zhu Zhanji, the grandson. After all, he will be the emperor in the future, and now that he has offended him, I am afraid that he will not have a good life in the future.

Zhu Guiyan was locked up in a small garden in the backyard of Xu's house, and his concubine and chamberlain served on the side that day.

He was still a little angry in his heart, and scolded Zhu Zhanji in his mouth. "When I return to Yingtianfu, I must report to the Zongren Mansion. A nephew, and it's in front of the uncle! ”

Two days later, the brigade packed up and left Luzon.

And just after everyone left, Zhu Guiyan's concubine and two maids, and two chamberlains were invited into the backyard by the daughters of the Xu family to live with them.

His palace governor Shi Yan Changmin was invited to the palace by Xu Chai Lao, took out Zhu Zhanji's warrant, and ordered him to serve as the clerk of the Luzon Mansion, and from this day on, he never saw Zhu Guiyan again.

Zhu Guiyan was still fantasizing about waiting for Zhu Zhanji to leave, no one here would dare to care about him, and he could be powerful again.

Several strong men of different races entered the house, gagged him, tied him up, and carried him out of the room with a bamboo pole through his arm.

He was carried like a pig, but he didn't dare to scream at this time. He honored himself as the prince of the Ming Dynasty.

But now these people are obviously not Ming people, and he doesn't dare to resist at all, for fear that the other party will slaughter him with a knife.

He knew that all this was inseparable from the instructions of Zhu Zhanji and Xu Chailao, and he hated them to the core.

In this way, several people carried them to a small boat, and then the boat began to row.

Lying in the cabin, his eyes could only see the sky above him, and he had no idea where he was going to be transported.

At this time, he was really scared.

I don't know how long it took, but it was already dark, and the boat stopped in a courtyard by the sea.

Several of the natives untied the ropes that bound him and let him walk to the courtyard on his own. But it was like a ghost gate, and he couldn't hold back his crying anymore. "Please let me go, I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I can let you enjoy the glory and wealth."

However, a few natives did not understand him, and only knew to carry out the order, sent him into this small courtyard, and then locked the door.

From now on, they will not be allowed to enter the courtyard except for water and food once a day. Just keep an eye on not letting people run away, and there will be no business for them.

And Zhu Guiyan cried for a long time before he cowered and walked to the three main rooms. There was nothing but a bed in one room.

He went back to the courtyard and struggled to the top of the wall, only to see the vast sea outside.

A spear stabbed at him, and he slammed off the wall. The pain in his ankle was unbearable, and he cried, "My foot is broken, come on!" ”

But no one paid any attention to him.

It was completely dark, and he limped into the room, where there was not even a light, and lay on the bed, and he wept bitterly.

He's a prince, how did he end up like this!

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