Thank you Ah Chun for your tip!

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"Your Majesty, the sea is unpredictable, Your Majesty is a golden body, and you must not take risks easily." Sun Chengzong said softly.

"My division, this sea area is very safe, and it is also the safest sea area of the empire, not to mention that merchant ships have been sailing here for hundreds of years, and the empire's navy has also been cruising here for a long time, as long as you pay a little attention, there is no danger at all, my division, do you remember what I told you? How can I not see the waters of the empire for myself? Zhu Youxiao said.

"If Your Majesty must go to Shanghai via North Korea, Your Majesty should send the Shandong Navy to Inchon to meet the Holy Driver first to ensure that nothing goes wrong." Sun Chengzong said.

"Of course, I will send someone to inform the king of Joseon, Li Liang, and the Shandong Navy at the same time." Zhu Youxiao said.

……

After dealing with the affairs of Liaodong, Zhu Youxiao led 10,000 imperial forest troops from Shenyang to Korea. By the end of November, Zhu Youxiao had arrived in Uiju, North Korea. After receiving the news that Zhu Youxiao was visiting Korea, Li Liang personally led the Minister of Civil Affairs and Military Affairs to Yiju to meet Zhu Youxiao. This was the first time that the Ming Emperor visited North Korea, which made the whole country move again, and Li Liang did not hesitate to meet Zhu Youxiao with blood.

"The minister knocks to see His Majesty the Emperor!" Li Qi took the lead in kneeling to greet him.

"The minister knocks to see His Majesty the Emperor!" Immediately after that, all the ministers of civil and military affairs of North Korea fell to their knees.

"Flat." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"The heavy snow in Liaodong closed the road, and I decided to take advantage of North Korea, and I bothered you this time." Zhu Youxiao said.

"It is an honor for the DPRK to come to the DPRK in person, and the whole country of the DPRK is overjoyed. The minister can see the face of heaven in this life, and the minister has no regrets in this life. Li Qi said respectfully.

"This time, I will spend the new yuan in North Korea." Zhu Youxiao said.

"This is the honor of the minister, and it is the honor of the DPRK." Li Qi said respectfully.

……

Zhu Youxiao and Li Ju just chatted briefly, and after chatting, Li Ju sent a lot of gifts, including 100 catties of Korean ginseng, gold and silverware, and many other gifts, of course, among the gifts, there is never a shortage of beauties, but this time it was too hasty, Li Ju carefully selected two beauties to give to Zhu Youxiao. Zhu Youxiao was disrespectful to these gifts, if Zhu Youxiao didn't accept them, Li Liang thought that Zhu Youxiao would be dissatisfied with him. And Zhu Youxiao also gave back a batch of firearms eliminated from Liaodong, which can be regarded as an equivalent exchange.

After entering North Korea, Zhu Youxiao's journey began to slow down, and it took three days to reach Jeongju, ten days later to cross the Cheongchon River and enter Anju, and another three days before Zhu Youxiao arrived in Pyongyang. In Pyongyang, Zhu Youxiao deliberately stayed for two days, and Zhu Youxiao was still very interested in seeing this capital of North Korea in the future, although it is relatively backward now.

It was not until the end of December that Zhu Youxiao arrived in Seoul, and Zhu Youxiao lived in Gyeongbokgung Palace, at which time Gyeongbokgung Palace was renovated and renovated. The Shandong Navy had already arrived at Incheon.

After arriving in Seoul, Li Liang once again sent a batch of generous gifts, ready to be used for Zhu Youxiao's holiday, and also sent a group of palace maids.

"We're going to spend the New Year in North Korea this time." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"With the emperor here, everyone is happy to have a new concubine." Fan Huifei said.

"It's almost the same as being in Beijing here, you have everything." Trail.

"Li Liang is bothered, this time I am fortunate to visit North Korea, Li Liang is afraid that he will use the treasury income of North Korea for a year or two." Zhu Youxiao said.

"It's so expensive." Xiao Xiao said in surprise.

"North Korea is a small country and the people are poor, how much do you think the annual treasury income will be?" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"But along the way, we saw that it wasn't like this." Xiao Xiao said softly.

"The truth is the same all over the world, and I believe that when I patrol the south of the Yangtze River in the future, what I see will definitely be singing and dancing, and the country and the people will be safe." Zhu Youxiao said.

"I see." Xiao Xiao whispered.

"For Li Liang's sake, I will help him once this time." Zhu Youxiao said.

"How can I help?" Xiao asked curiously.

"When I see him tomorrow, you'll know." Zhu Youxiao pretended to be mysterious and said.

……

Zhu Youxiao borrowed flowers to offer Buddha to a banquet at Gyeongbokgung Palace, where Li Liang and his son and the main ministers of North Korea were entertained.

"All I saw along the way was singing and dancing, but I knew that North Korea was not what I saw now." Zhu Youxiao said softly.

"The minister should die, the minister should not deceive His Majesty." Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, everyone knelt down.

"Flat. You don't have to be so nervous, I can understand your painstaking efforts. Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

After everyone sat down, Zhu Youxiao continued: "Since I am here, I want to help North Korea." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long."

"You must have heard that I am building a road in the Empire, the Empire now needs a large number of laborers, I will allow Korean laborers to enter the Empire to participate in the construction of roads, as for the wages according to the standards of Imperial laborers, but I do not bear any pensions, this money can be paid directly to the royal family, and the royal family will distribute it." Zhu Youxiao said.

Zhu Youxiao found that it was not as easy as imagined to build the Chi Road after building the Chi Road on a large scale, and it was very difficult to build the Chi Road in the mountainous areas in this era, especially the Chi Road construction in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, which was simply exchanged for his life, and Zhu Youxiao also understood why the Chi Road from Mubang to Yunnan Province had not been repaired after the death of 100,000 prisoners of war.

Now the empire's land continues to expand, under the propaganda of the "Ming Imperial Daily", the people in the empire are now willing to leave their hometowns to participate in immigration rather than go to the mountains to repair the road, which leads to a labor shortage.

"Your Majesty, this ......" Li Liang didn't know what to say for a while.

"You can consider first, the construction of the Chi Road can cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver dollars every year." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, don't think about it, serving the empire is something that North Korea has to do as a matter of course." When they heard that there were so many silver dollars, everyone no longer hesitated. Now North Korea can also say that the treasury is empty and needs money, not to mention that no one will dislike having too much money.

"Then I have said in advance, building the road is very hard work, and it may even be life-threatening, so you are personally responsible for managing the North Korean laborers, and I don't want anything unpleasant to happen." Zhu Youxiao admonished.

"Of course, the minister will handle this matter well, and promise not to cause any trouble to His Majesty." Li Qi said gratefully.

"When I return to the Empire, I will immediately send someone to discuss this matter, and as for the salary, I will pay it monthly." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

(End of chapter)