The next day, Wang Hong summoned Ruan Chaowen as an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and although he smiled at the generous gift sent by Ruan Chaowen, his attitude towards helping Zhancheng come out was not changed in the slightest. Nature

Wang Hong told Ruan Chaowen that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was preparing to revive the Ming Dynasty, and it was one of the important national policies to give favor to the overseas vassal states, and as the suzerainty of the Zhancheng State, the Ming Dynasty naturally could not sit idly by and watch the territory of the Zhancheng State be continuously encroached upon.

However, considering that the monarch of the Li Dynasty of Annam, Li Shengzong, captured the royal city of Champa more than 100 years ago and erected a boundary monument on Shibi Mountain.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty only allowed the Nguyen regime to return only the territory of the Champa state south of the Shibi Son boundary monument that they had later invaded, and Quang Nam Province, which originally belonged to the Champa state, was still under the control of the Nguyen regime, which was the foundation of the Nguyen regime.

As for the other territories seized by the Nguyen regime, the Ming Dynasty would not let the Nguyen regime spit it out again, because so far only the Champa state of the land conquered by the Nguyen regime was a state not to be expropriated by Ming Taizu.

As for the Zhenla Kingdom in the southwest, the Zheng regime did not have enough military strength to invade and occupy it now, so it adopted the method of marriage to euphemistically obtain the right to live in the north of the Zhenla Kingdom, and then made a plot, so there was no need for the Ming Dynasty to intervene now.

Of course, Wang Hong also gave the Zheng regime a huge benefit, which was to ensure that the port of Feifu would not decay due to the rise of overseas trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Because the sea distance between Annam and the Ming Dynasty was too close, the Ming Dynasty would open a trade route from the port of Guangzhou to the port of Feifu to trade with the Zheng regime, which would ensure that the port of Feifu would still be prosperous.

In order to express his appeasement to the Zheng regime, Wang Hong deliberately stayed with Ruan Chaowen for lunch, and then led him to visit the fleet of the Ming Dynasty's overseas trade.

Although Ruan Chaowen was disappointed by Wang Hong's statement, he also obtained Wang Hong's commitment to trade, which was also a big gain.

What is particularly important is that Ruan Chaowen also shoulders another important mission this time, that is, to spy on the reality of Daming's overseas trade, in order to judge whether Daming really wants to do business with overseas countries for a long time.

Through this visit to Wang Hong, Nguyen Chao Van realized that the Ming Dynasty was very determined to open up overseas trade, which was crucial for the Nguyen regime to make the right choice.

While Mr. Wang Hong was leading Mr. Nguyen on a tour of the fleet, Mr. Li was playing Go with a young man in civilian clothes in a teahouse in the port.

Because every year, a large number of Ming smuggling merchants pass through the port of Piroboro, so the port naturally has a teahouse for the Ming merchants to rest and chat.

At this moment, the young man was holding a sunspot in his hand, frowning and looking at the blacks and whites that were entangled on the chessboard, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and it was difficult to drop the sunspots in his hand for a while.

There were a lot of people gathered at the scene, watching the game between Li Hongyu and the young man attentively.

"Your Excellency is a good chess player, and you lost in the game." After a while, the young man put down the sunspot in his hand and said to Li Hongyu helplessly, his face full of unwillingness.

"It's just a fluke." Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, and returned the salute, this young man has profound chess skills, if he didn't meet him, then it would be difficult for others to win against the young man.

Li Hongyu naturally will not be idle and run to the teahouse to play chess, the young man who plays against him is Ruan Youyi, Li Hongyu feels that Ruan Youyi is very similar to him, not only the same age, but also the imperial examination passed in the same year.

However, compared with Li Hongyu, Ruan Youyi is now at the age of youth and vigor, and it can be seen from the game that he is now acting a little impatient and adventurous, always trying to take risks to defeat Li Hongyu, but stealing chickens and making rice was firmly suppressed by Li Hongyu.

"Brother Ruan, it's been a day, and we're already hungry, so it's better to go and have a few drinks." When collecting the chess pieces, Li Hongyu said to Ruan Youyi with a smile.

"Brother Li came from afar, I want to do the friendship of this landlord." Ruan Youyi laughed when he heard this, he also had this intention, he didn't expect to meet a game master of his age here, so he had the heart to make friends.

Due to the far-reaching influence of the Ming culture, the nobles of the Annan Kingdom all learned Chinese, which made Ruan Youyi and Li Hongyu communicate without the slightest barrier.

"Then Brother Lao Ruan will break the bank." Li Hongyu didn't argue with Ruan Youyi, and said with a smile, Ruan Youyi would never have thought that Li Hongyu was deliberately approaching him anyway.

This morning, Li Hongyu learned that Ruan Youyi was playing against someone in the teahouse, so he rushed over, Ruan Youyi's chess skills are very good, and he defeated several guests with good chess skills in a row, and his tactics were thorough.

In order to get close to Ruan Youyi, Li Hongyu naturally wanted to have a fight with him, but Ruan Youyi lost three games in a row, so he had to bow down and admit that his chess strength was inferior to Li Hongyu.

At this moment, Ruan Youyi would not know that Li Hongyu was deliberately approaching him, and thought that the two had just met by chance, after all, he was just a minor official of the Ruan regime now, and he came to the teahouse this time to deliberately conceal his identity, so he would not have thought that Li Hongyu had already targeted him anyway.

In the evening, in a tavern by the sea.

Li Hongyu and Ruan Youyi sat on the window seats, chatting and laughing.

Although the tavern was already full of drinking guests, no one knew that the two young men sitting in the inconspicuous place by the window were the auxiliary ministers of the Daming Dynasty, and the other was the future Nguyen regime, known as the Zhao Wu Hou of Quang Nam in history, both of whom had a great influence on the Indochina Peninsula.

However, if you pay close attention, you will see that among the guests of the tavern are some sturdy men, who are vigilantly observing the surroundings while drinking, they are Li Hongyu's entourage, responsible for secretly protecting his safety.

Ruan Youyi did not bring an entourage, he was a lowly official in the mission sent by the Ruan regime this time, and he did not like to be protected by Ruan Chaowen, so naturally there was no retinue around him, so as not to be gossiped about, as long as there was no accident, no one would trouble him as a nobody.

Li Hongyu did not talk to Ruan Youyi about poetry and songs, nor did he talk about the current affairs of the world, but talked about the customs and customs of Western countries, which made Ruan Youyi listen to it with relish.

"Brother Ruan, the natural sciences of Westerners are really powerful, and their three-masted warships and firearms are already unique in the world, which is enough to compete with the Great Ming."

While talking and laughing, Li Hongyu couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and said without worry, "Now that the Westerners have occupied Nanyang, in time, Indochina Peninsula and Daming will be poisoned by them sooner or later!" ”

"The study of the saints is mainly self-cultivation, while the natural science of the Westerners is mainly practical, and the artillery improved by them not only hits farther but also more accurately."

Ruan Youyi nodded again and again when he heard this, and greatly agreed with what Li Hongyu said, and pointed out the difference between the East and the West in the field of discipline research, and subconsciously mentioned artillery.

Because Nguyen Phuc Nguyen befriended the Portuguese, the Portuguese technicians helped the Nguyen regime build ships and make cannons, which in turn allowed the Nguyen regime's military power to be upgraded by at least one notch.

"Westerners are wolf ambitions, invade and plunder everywhere, they can be described as greedy, they are not capable of swallowing the Indochina Peninsula and the Ming Dynasty now, otherwise they will definitely not let go of this piece of fat in their mouths."

Li Hongyu drank all the liquor in the wine glass in his hand, and then looked at Ruan Youyi sadly and sighed, "Alas! It's a pity that we know this but can't do anything, the old learning has been deeply ingrained in the minds of readers, and the difficulty of advocating new Western learning is tantamount to going to the blue sky, which is really sad, watching the Western countries pull us away. ”

"The boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, Brother Li doesn't need to worry, as long as we persuade those in power to promote the new learning, then it will definitely be effective."

Ruan Youyi felt deeply about this, and opened his mouth to comfort Li Hongyu, saying that although he did not understand Xinxue, he knew the importance of Xinxue because he had come into contact with the Portuguese who had been invited by the Nguyen regime.

"Those in power are busy with affairs and take the stability of the country as their own responsibility, who will offend the scholars of the world?" Li Hongyu smiled bitterly when he heard this, poured a glass of wine and drank it all.

Of course, Li Hongyu's words were naturally said to Ruan Youyi, and Ruan Youyi's expression darkened.

Taking Annam as an example, the relationship between the Trung regime and the Nguyen regime is getting worse and worse, and sooner or later the two sides will fight, and everyone will be busy attacking at that time.

Therefore, persuading those in power to promote Xinxue may seem simple, but in fact there are many obstacles, as can be seen from the failure of the Westernization Movement in the late Manchu Dynasty.

"Brother Ruan, let's not talk about those unhappy things, today the two of us hit it off at first sight, and we won't get drunk at night!"

Seeing that Ruan Youyi fell silent, a smile flashed at the corner of Li Hongyu's mouth, and then he poured a glass of wine and saluted Ruan Youyi, "Come, do this glass." ”

Ruan Youyi came back to his senses, and hurriedly picked up the wine glass and touched it with Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu was right, the two had a lot in common, and they really cherished each other.

"Brother Ruan, as the saying goes, 'It's better to travel thousands of miles than to read ten thousand books', Brother Ruan should go out and see the world instead of staying at home, and he will definitely gain a lot at that time."

After drinking the liquor in the wine glass, Li Hongyu pondered for a while, and said to Ruan Youyi with a smile, "If Brother Ruan is willing, I can let Brother Ruan follow the Ming Dynasty's trading fleet to the west to see the current situation of the Nanyang countries." ”

"I'm afraid that's a bit wrong." Ruan Youyi's eyes lit up when he heard this, he was now the time when the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and Li Hongyu's words had already aroused his interest, so he had the urge to try.

However, Ruan Youyi was an official of Annan, and it seemed a little inappropriate to follow Daming's fleet to trade, and people who didn't know thought he had bad intentions and wanted to spy on Daming's trade information.

"What's the matter, you Annan is the brotherly state of the Ming Dynasty, if the foreign enemy is current, we should be united with the outside world."

Li Hongyu smiled and waved his hand when he heard this, looking disapproving, and then patted his chest and said with a grin, "As long as Brother Ruan is willing, this matter will be wrapped up in me." ”

"Then thank you, Brother Li." Ruan Youyi was overjoyed when he heard this, especially Li Hongyu's sentence "The State of Brothers" spoke to his heart, so he hurriedly thanked Li Hongyu, but he didn't know that he had already fallen into Li Hongyu's strategy.

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