Li Jinzhong reminded him that Li Xuanzhi wanted him to go back to eat together at noon, because his fifth brother Zhu Youzhen's mother also died (killed by his father), and now he is also being raised by Li Xuanzhi, so everyone has a meal together, a ceremony, and an exchange of feelings, that's all. Zhu Youxiao used to have a good relationship with him, Zhu Xiaoqi was a little interested in the deceased Emperor Chongzhen, and after meeting, he saw a restrained little boy of eight or nine years old, who saluted him meticulously. Zhu Xiaoqi comforted him with a few words and asked him what he liked to do, and Zhu Youzhen replied respectfully: "I read the Analects every day on weekdays. ”

It turned out to be a dead house, but it's no wonder that the original owner of his body was also a dead house, not that they like to stay at home, but they usually don't have much to do. So he proposed that if there was anything interesting in the future, he would definitely bring him with him, and Zhu Huiyuan next to him hurriedly interjected: "And me, my brother likes Yuan Yuan the most!" She felt that this brother, who was only a little older than her, was going to compete with her for the favor of her eldest brother, but she would definitely overcome him, because her brother liked her better. Zhu Xiaoqi hurriedly promised that he would definitely take her. She glanced at Zhu Youzhen as if demonstrating, and continued to eat the snacks that Zhu Xiaoqi brought back to her with satisfaction.

Before eating, after Li Xuanzhi explained that he wanted to love each other or something, he went to eat with the prince. So there are only three children when eating, although the rule is to eat without saying a word, but Yuan Yuan obviously doesn't care much about this regulation, she is full of snacks, and she eats very little on the table, so most of the time she is chattering non-stop, and she also helps the eldest brother pick up the dishes, and tells the new little brother what is delicious. Zhu Xiaoqi looked at Yuan Yuan, who was as active as a little sparrow, with a doting look on his face, while Zhu Youzhen was silent and lowered his head to eat.

After dinner, I had nothing to do, and took the two little ones to Xiyuan to play. Zhu Huiyuan clamored to take the boat, several people got on the boat, Xi Xi was very comfortable with the cool breeze blowing on the body, and the lotus flowers on the water were blooming, fragrant and pleasant. Zhu Xiaoqi remembered the problem of the navy, and now he should have no good way, so he can only talk about it later, but can he lay it out first? There is a way, but there is no trustworthy person to implement it, so Li Jinzhong can't be called to do it. Why is it that the only person I can trust now is a eunuch? He sighed.

Zhu Huiyuan happened to see it and asked worriedly, "Brother, what's wrong?" So saying, she got up and walked over, when a gust of wind blew, and the boat shook, and she was unsteady on her feet, and she was about to fall to the ground. At this time, Zhou Yuji took a quick step, grabbed her arm, and asked her to stand upright before letting go. Zhu Xiaoqi's eyes lit up, these two "senior brothers" should be able to be trusted.

Hurriedly got up and asked Yuan Yuan with concern if she was scared and if she wanted to go ashore now. Zhu Huiyuan was startled just now, a little scared, but seeing that her brother cared so much, she was happy, but she didn't want to go up. Zhu Xiaoqi also let her, but asked the two little eunuchs to be by her side to take care of her. Then he asked Zhou Yuji: "The two senior brothers don't know how to water." Recently, he began to call Zhou and Zhang senior brothers, but the two didn't dare to respond. But in the end, he couldn't resist him, so he had to let it go.

Zhou Yuji smiled innocently: "The little one is from Liaodong, and he knows a little about water. Brother Zhang is a native of Fujian and has excellent water nature. ”

"Oh, where is Senior Brother Zhang from Fujian?" He turned to Zhang Qianfang.

"His Royal Highness Qiyu, a native of Quanzhou, Fujian, grew up by the sea since he was a child, so his water nature is acceptable."

Zhu Xiaoqi didn't ask anymore, and after returning from Xiyuan, he sent Zhou and Zhang the two in advance, and instructed Li Jinzhong to go to Beijing to bring Zhang Qianfang's information, and called Lu Qin as well. First read Zhang Qianfang's information, there are only a few simple sentences: "Wanli was born in Jinjiang, Quanzhou in the twenty-first year, his father Zhang Siyou was a teacher of Quanzhou Mansion, and his mother was Yang. Wife Liu, has a daughter. ”

Since his father is an official of the imperial court, loyalty should be assured. Put down the information and ask Lu Qin about his impression of Zhang Qianfang. Lu Qin said: "Zhang Jiang is always loyal, proficient in martial arts, ambitious, and often sighs that his husband should make meritorious contributions and glorify his ancestors." "Lu Qin is very proficient, His Royal Highness wants to ask Zhang Qianfang about the situation, of course he is going to use him, so the answer is to answer in this regard, which really makes Zhu Xiaoqi very satisfied.

So he called in Zhou and Zhang, and the five of them sat down. Zhu Xiaoqi said: "The two senior brothers accompany Gu to practice every day, and Gu is very grateful, but I can't help but worry that it will delay my senior brother's future. The two of them hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Protecting the safety of His Highness is the duty of the lowly duty, and it is also the glory of the lowly duty. ”

Zhu Xiaoqi waved his hand, asked them to sit down, and continued: "Senior Brother Zhou will accompany Gu first now, and wait for the opportunity to talk." There is a matter to be consulted with Senior Brother Zhang. The military strength of our navy is weak, one is that the imperial court does not attach much importance to it, and the other is a naval army general who rarely knows how to advance and retreat. With the current chaos of the navy, it is really not a good place to train the generals of the navy. After changing the topic, he continued: "I want to find another way to find naval talents among maritime merchants, so I ask Senior Brother Zhang to leave Beijing, incarnate as a maritime merchant, collect talents, be familiar with shipping, and get to know maritime heroes, so as to wait for him, I don't know what Senior Brother wants?" ”

Zhang Qianfang had long been bored in the Beijing camp, and there was no hope of promotion if he had nothing to do. Now when I heard Zhu Xiaoqi's words, I immediately understood in my heart that His Royal Highness the crown prince wanted to intervene in the maritime business, not because he wanted to make money, but because he wanted to wait until he became the prince or even the emperor, he could show his strength in the navy. And he is the first chess piece that Taisun put in the sea, if he does a good job, after Taisun ascends the throne, his future should be limitless, such a good thing, how can he miss it!

Immediately ignoring the regulations of His Royal Highness Taisun, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again: "My subordinates must build a naval army across the sea for His Royal Highness Taisun, so that the sea will be calm and the sea will never wave." He even changed his title, from a humble position to a subordinate, Zhou Yuji thought enviously beside him.

Zhu Xiaoqi helped him up, Sun Qianfang was alone, he wanted money but no money, no one wanted anyone, and he didn't even have a name. If you want to build a water army, of course, it is a fool's dream. But it doesn't matter, the time-traveler has information, he has at least played "Age of Discovery". So in the following time, Zhu Xiaoqi told him that the first thing was to become a maritime merchant who ran to Japan. I shipped raw silk and porcelain to Japan, and when I came back, I only brought Japanese copper. The copper was collected by the War Bureau in silver, so that money could be made quickly.

"Making money is not the main thing, if after a few years, you will earn a million taels, it will not be of much use to Lone, Lone wants you to earn talents." Zhu Xiaoqi said with a smile: "Now is the most important thing, you remember three names: Li Dan, Yan Siqi, Zheng Zhilong." I only know the name, I don't know how old I am, and I don't know what it looks like. These three people, or other people who are more famous and powerful, if you meet them, try to befriend them, and remember that maritime merchants are pirates, and they are famous pirates. If you befriend them and their men, and look at their words and deeds, and see who has the heart of the king, approach them, and when the time is right, let them accept the recruitment, so that you can get a large number of officers and soldiers who are good at naval warfare. He once read a book about Zheng Chenggong, which happened to have these three people, who seemed to be very powerful, so he brought it out, he didn't know, Zheng Zhilong was only a year older than him, and he didn't know where to wander.

"Usually, you can't reveal that you are an official soldier, but you can faintly imply that you have some help from the court, so that others will believe you. You choose someone who is absolutely trustworthy in the Beijing camp, you must be clever, know water, and have good martial arts, and it is best to have someone who can understand maritime affairs. After choosing, Li Banban and your palm prints will be fine. Pick out a good weapon in the war bureau, especially the musket, one arquebus per person, and a few flintlock muskets that we tried last time, and see if there are any things that can be modified after use. ”

"You take people to Tianjin, there will be a sea ship and sailors, which are bought at your own expense, the money is not enough, and the ship is not very good. You sailed from Tianjin to Quanzhou, and you were familiar with life at sea all the way. After arriving in Quanzhou, someone will contact you, and there is a special person in Quanzhou, what requirements do you have, you can mention it to him, what news do you have, and also tell him that he is responsible for the sales of the goods needed to go to sea and the goods shipped back. What else do you have to ask for now? ”

"Your Highness is like a god, and all the things under your command have been arranged properly, and nothing is missing. Now his subordinates can't wait, and they just want to be able to make meritorious contributions to His Highness as soon as possible. The crowd burst out laughing.

Zhang Qianfang and Li Jinzhong went back to Beijing to select helpers together. Zhu Xiaoqi and Lu Qin and Zhou Yuji discussed the matter of Jingying. The Jingying is now in charge of the eunuch, and he wants to draw a few people out, and of course the eunuch will give this face, but it is limited to that. And the chaos in the Beijing camp, to be precise, should be the chaos in the Ming Dynasty army, he had heard a lot in his previous life. But now he has no way to solve this problem, so he has to go another way.

"In the Beijing camp, the two of them are in it, of course, it is clear. Eating empty salaries and drinking the blood of soldiers, the Beijing camp is more powerful than the border army, right? Lu Qin's face flushed, he was a guerrilla, although the eunuchs took the big head, but he still had some share. Zhu Xiaoqi glanced at him and continued: "I don't have the right to check now, but there will always be a time when I can." When the time comes, I don't expect the two of you to be white and clean, this is impossible, if you don't take it, you will isolate others, I just hope it won't be too powerful. These are all trivial matters, but the point is that I need to know who is really capable in the Beijing camp and who is mixed with food, not only the situation of the generals at all levels, but also the situation of the soldiers. Therefore, if you bother the master and brother, you can keep one more eye open on weekdays, and then you can retain more good talents for the army. ”

The two of them said yes together. His Highness said this, indicating that he had recognized them as his people. When His Royal Highness becomes the crown prince, he can call for wind and rain in the Beijing camp, and at that time, of course, they can also follow the dragon and the wind to help His Royal Highness the prince to show his ambitions.