Zhu Lian has always been very confident in his military strength, and he thinks that his level is not bad with Zhou Lang, but he lacks opportunities.

Zhou Lang can tolerate people, he can also tolerate people, Zhou Lang hired foreigners to create a different army, he later also hired foreigners to help train soldiers, Zhou Lang ran a military school, he also ran a military school, Zhou Lang asked consultants, he also asked consultants, he felt that everything he did in the Americas was similar to Zhou Lang, the only difference was that there were fewer people here and more Chinese.

But when he saw these soldiers up close, his heart began to chill, these resolute soldiers, the light in their eyes, is different from his soldiers, this is by no means deliberately disguised, the more cloudy his old eyes, the brighter his heart and eyes, these soldiers have a completely different spirit from his soldiers, full of self-confidence and pride.

However, such elite soldiers are extremely difficult to cultivate, Zhu Lian thought that this was just the guard of the crown prince who put on a famous face to support the scene, but starting from the dock, all the way to the boat, all the soldiers he saw were such soldiers, which made people sigh that China's national strength, he did not have so many brave men under him.

On board the crown prince's flagship, he was led all the way to a cabin with simple decoration, two chairs, and a thin young man in his twenties with a smile greeted him at the door, wearing a military uniform with golden dragon decorations, which was undoubtedly the crown prince.

Zhu Li immediately knelt down, and the other party took the first step to help him up.

"The old governor is exempt! The younger generation can't afford it. ”

Zhu Li saw that the young man was handsome and handsome, with Zhou Lang's three-point bearing, and there was more grace between his eyebrows, rather than Zhou Lang's kind of city, obviously this young man was easier to deal with than Zhou Lang, which made Zhu Li's mentality relaxed.

Busy said: "There is a difference between the monarch and the minister, and the micro-minister should make a big gift!" ”

The crown prince Zhou Jitong insisted on pulling Zhu Lian to sit on the chair, sitting side by side with him, and then called the orderlies for tea.

The two of them talked casually, but they talked at length. Zhu Lian has not returned to China for ten years, because in these ten years, he has already had different aspirations, when the emperor canonized the king of South Africa, he never went back, claiming to do his best for the emperor and expand the territory.

Zhu Lian poured out how he met the emperor and the hardships of opening up in the Americas, and at the same time kept asking Zhou Jitong for domestic news, the purpose was actually to communicate more and touch the heart of the crown prince.

According to the known information, this crown prince has been trained as a prince since he was born, and since he was three years old, he has been accompanied by more than a dozen teachers, Chinese Confucians, Western scholars, and at the age of eighteen, he was sent to the military academy, and after graduation, he was sent to the army to polish, in fact, it was to prepare for the prince to take charge of military power.

This kind of young master lamb has been determined in the future since he was a child, he has less of a fighting mentality, he is naturally lazy, and he will not have a harsh personality if he does not have any threat.

Sure enough, through the conversation, Zhu Lian felt that this crown prince was more generous than his father, his father was easy to communicate and could tolerate concessions, but he would never take it lightly at a critical time, and that kind of decisive courage was not something that a young master could have.

Zhu Bian was sure that he could easily deal with the crown prince, and gradually began to cut to the chase and talked about the war against the United States.

The crown prince said that the Americans did not know what to do and invaded our territory in the Americas, and the saint was furious, and said that the United States still needs to rely on Zhu Lian to provide food and grass to support Yunyun.

Zhu Lian responded with a mouthful, indicating that he had done his best to die.

Zhu Lian continued to probe, it was easy to find out the emperor's intentions, the prince said that this time he came to canonize Zhu Mian and be named the king of the Americas, but he also wanted to carry out the county system in the Americas and unify with the political system of the Great Zhou, and asked some Zhu Mian's attitude.

Zhu Li's heart was half of the sea tax and half of the flames at this time. Excited is that the long-awaited feudal territory of the territories has finally come to fruition, and the cold thing is that this is just an empty title, and the Great Zhou actually wants to implement the county system in the Americas and include the Americas in the territory of the Great Zhou. He easily thought of the story of Nanyue, isn't this the case of Nanyue, first under the banner of the Li Dynasty, but all the affairs are taken care of by the civil officials sent by the emperor, the king of Nanyue Li Weikang lives in China most of the time, a few years ago Li Weikang wrote a letter, asking for land, three invitations and three lets, Da Zhou announced that the land of Nanyue was divided into Guangxi and Yunnan Province respectively, and the king of Nanyue Li Weikang received a large reward, and the title of the king of Nanyue was retained, and he enjoyed the first-class prince Yulu, hereditary replacement!

What Zhou Lang is doing in the Americas now, isn't that what he does? Do you think that he, Zhu Li, will be the same as Li Weikang?

Zhu Mian remained silent, repeatedly saying that he was only a shallow learner, and asked the emperor to set up another meritocracy, and the crown prince frankly said that Governor Zhu had worked hard and made great achievements, and everyone expected it.

After confirming the canonization ceremony, the prince said that he would invite all the civil and military personnel in the Americas to burn incense to welcome the holy decree, and then the full-time angel would read out the canonization decree and the gold book and other things.

At this time, Zhu Lian proposed that the invitation to the Holy Decree was a major event, and he needed to make early preparations to leave, and invited the crown prince to move to the Jinshan Governor's Palace.

The crown prince said that the transfer of the ship would only be considered after the military arrangements were in place.

After leaving the crown prince's cabin, Zhu Lian had already made up his mind that the order must be served, and after getting the emperor's canonization, he would have enough legal principles to claim the throne in the Americas, which was a righteous name. As for the civil officials they sent, just be false and wrong, and when they are full-fledged, they will be a real king of the Americas, and then the big thing will be accomplished, and they are not afraid that the emperor will not admit it.

He is not Li Weikang's situation, Li Weikang did not have a soldier around him back then, and he only had the identity of a righteous son of the former dynasty, but he Zhu Lian has long been operating an iron bucket in the Americas, here is his knife and a gun, a hoe and an axe, and he opened it up, and it was his people up and down.

Bidding farewell to the crown prince, he was about to step on the gangway in a hurry, when suddenly a voice sounded.

"Governor Zhu stays!"

Zhu Mian turned around, a middle-aged man who was thinner than the crown prince walked over, this person was thinner than the crown prince, but much more powerful than the crown prince, and his body exuded a sharp aura, rich is a spear ready to stab out at any time.

Zhu Lian smiled: "Xiaguan has seen an angel? ”

The person who came said: "Governor Zhu has misunderstood, he is not a messenger. ”

After speaking, he stood with his feet side by side and saluted a military salute, this person was wearing a military uniform, I was afraid that he was the general of the crown prince, and he walked in to see that the military rank turned out to be a general, such a young general!

"In Xia Huang begging for return, I have seen Governor Zhu!"

Zhu Lian has already guessed the identity of this person, and there are not many people in China who are in their forties and rank among the generals.

"It turned out to be General Huang, it's really better to meet for the sake of fame, and sure enough, he is a talent, heroic!"

Zhu Mian said approvingly.

Huang Qiu also smiled and said: "Governor Zhu, you are a soldier below, and you can't play with your set of political methods." I'll be straight to the point, and I'll give the governor a few words. ”

Zhu Lian continued to smile and said, "Please also ask General Huang for advice." ”

Huang Qiu also said: "This first, if I were Governor Zhu, I wouldn't get off this boat today!" ”

Zhu Mian frowned: "Why is this?" ”

Huang Qiu also said: "Master Zhu is a senior, and the younger generation wants to ask you, do you think the emperor is stupid?" ”

Zhu Mian laughed and said: "Sure enough, he is a young man, and he is bold when he speaks." Your Majesty is wise and martial, rare in ancient and modern times! ”

Huang Qiu also said: "It's still the seniors who have seen it thoroughly. Since the predecessors have seen it so thoroughly, and the prince has not yet disembarked, why is Governor Zhu so urgent? ”

Zhu Mian said with a smile: "I am going to prepare for the holy decree." ”

Huang Qiu also said: "Governor Zhu and his relatives are not called to listen to the order before driving. ”

Zhu Li's good temper has a limit, after all, he is a pirate leader, and if he really plays the official set of hypocrisy and wrongs, he will not go to sea.

Snorted coldly: "The general has something to say, don't beat around the bush!" ”

Huang Qiu also smiled: "Governor Zhu is quick to talk, and the younger generations are not used to talking like this. The junior wanted to ask Lord Zhu whether he planned to follow the order or had other plans. Today, Governor Zhu got off the prince's ship, and tomorrow the prince will lead his troops into the city, will the governor stop him? Blocking is not only a protest against the order, but if you don't stop it, you will lose first in this battle. And on the day of the ceremony, you can't greet each other alone, all the civil and military officials are here, aren't you afraid of changes? If no one greets you, aren't you afraid that the prince will be angry? Borrowing the topic to play? ”

Zhu Lian looked at Huang Qiuhuan's eyes, the other party's eyes were resolute and calm, but there seemed to be a volcano hidden behind him, or a fierce beast, ready to choose someone to devour at any time.

Zhu Mian couldn't help but shudder, he was rarely afraid of a person, even if he saw Zhou Lang, he could be calm, but now in front of this young man, he felt a chill.

In order to get rid of this discomfort, Zhu Mian smiled and waved his hand:

"Doesn't General Huang have a few words to say?"

Huang Qiu also said: "Don't hide it from Governor Zhu, the prince has led 100,000 soldiers on this trip, and you have seen all these soldiers." I don't know how to compare with the American soldiers? ”

Zhu Li said: "The prince's own soldiers, one in a thousand, the American soldiers cannot be compared." ”

Huang Qiu also said: "Although the words are polite, they are also true. However, these soldiers are not the prince's own soldiers, but ordinary soldiers, who have just walked through the battlefield. There are still 300,000 such soldiers in the country. There are 600,000 auxiliary soldiers, as well as soldiers from Europe, Africa, and Australia, and there are no less than one million battle-hardened soldiers. Master Zhu, don't dare to make mistakes! ”

Zhu Li was in a very bad mood.

Not fear, but anger.

"Do you mean this, or do you mean it?"

Huang Qiu returned: "Is there a difference? ”

Zhu Mian said: "Of course there is, you are a minister, he is a king." ”

Huang Qiu also shrugged: "Just take it as a shallow view, Lord Zhu, please." ”

After speaking, he arched his hand.

"May I go?"

Zhu Mian suddenly felt bad.

Huang Qiu replied: "Or maybe it would be more appropriate for you to stay here with you." ”

Zhu Li is very conflicted, staying here to show his loyalty, but it is also said in the past, but why does the other party force himself to stay?

Zhu Lian suddenly felt cold in his heart: Oh no!

In a hurry, I had to get off the boat.