Murad's request is actually very simple, that is, he hopes to enter the military academy in Daming, not the army school in Beijing, but the naval school in Songjiang, when they came to Daming before, the fleet used to stay in Songjiang for a day, Jiao Huangzhong also took Murad to visit the naval school of Daming, so that he could better understand Daming.

If someone else makes such a request, even if the other party is not Han, as long as he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Zhong may agree, but for Murad, the prince exiled from the Ottoman Empire, Zhou Zhong does not know whether to agree to the other party's request, because Murad's identity is too special.

If Murad is a few years older, I am afraid that Zhou Chong will think that the other party is a high-level spy sent by Selim to spy on the intelligence of the Ming Dynasty, and even asked to enter the naval academy this time, in order to steal the advanced navigation and naval warfare technology of the Ming Dynasty. However, the current Murad is only ten years old, and it is impossible for Selim to know about the arrival of Jiao Huang in advance, so it is impossible to prepare such a spy as Murad in advance, not to mention the shrewdness of Celim, it is impossible for a child to be a spy.

However, if Murad is a spy, it is easy to deal with, and it is really impossible for a small accident to make him disappear completely, but now the other party is only a ten-year-old child, and his life experience is still so miserable, Zhou Zhong can't do anything at all, plus Murad didn't do anything to harm Daming, he just wanted to enter the naval academy like ordinary Daming, and even told Jiao Huangzhong that he hoped that after graduation, he could enter Daming's navy to serve. Do your part for the Ming Navy.

The possibility that Murad was a spy was ruled out. So what was his motivation for wanting to join the Navy? Zhou Zhong made a few conjectures about this.

The first is that Murad is a child. It is easy to be influenced by the people around him, he has been receiving education in Jiaohuang during this time, so he has a sense of belonging to Daming, coupled with the repression he was previously subjected to in the Ottomans, which makes his sense of belonging even stronger, plus he himself has an interest in the navy, so he has the idea of wanting to study at the naval school. Of course, this idea is based on the fact that Murad is a very simple child, but with a careful impression of Murad. He felt that this precocious child should not be so innocent.

The second conjecture is a little scary, that is, Murad's desire to enter the navy to study is deliberate, and he has a deeper plan, such as he wants to become a naval admiral of the Ming Dynasty through the naval school, so as to realize his own value, and when he grows up in the future, he can use the power of the Ming Dynasty to help him regain the position of sultan of the Ottoman Empire, although Zhou Zhong feels that it is difficult for a ten-year-old child to think so far-reaching, but Murad is not an ordinary child, The rigorous education he received from an early age gave him a maturity far beyond his peers. Maybe he can really think like an adult.

Of the two conjectures above, Zhou Zhong focuses on the second one. And he brought Jiao Huangzhong to tell his two conjectures, and Jiao Huangzhong, who was most familiar with Murad, also thought that the second conjecture was more likely, because in the process of teaching Murad, he also found that this child was very precocious, and his way of thinking was relatively close to that of an adult, and it was not surprising that he could have such far-reaching considerations.

After receiving Jiao Huangzhong's answer, Zhou Zhong felt that he needed to talk to the kid Murad, and if he really wanted to regain the position of Ottoman Sultan, then Zhou Chong didn't mind helping him.

A few days later, Zhou Zhong summoned Murad in his palace study, and there were only two of them in the whole room, and Zhou Chong only prepared two teas, and when Murad came in, he asked him to sit opposite him and invite him to taste tea, as if he was treated as an adult.

"Murad, tell me, why did you go to the Naval Academy to study, don't you know that your identity is very special?" Zhou Zhong took a sip of tea, and suddenly asked straight to the point.

Murad was a little uneasy from the beginning, after all, no matter how precocious he was, he was only an eleven-year-old child, and it was the first time he faced this kind of thing, so he was inevitably very apprehensive in his heart, when he heard Zhou Chong directly ask why he went to the naval school, he was even more shocked, and immediately raised his head to look at Zhou Chong, but he quickly lowered his head, and did not dare to look at Zhou Chong, nor did he answer Zhou Chong's question.

Seeing Murad's performance, Zhou Zhong already knew that his second guess before was probably the truth, and even he thought that maybe Murad's previous closeness to Jiao Huangzhong could also be deliberate by this kid, if this is really the case, then this eleven-year-old little guy is too terrible.

"Murad, I know some of the traditions inherited from your Ottoman throne, and I also know what kind of education you received since you were a child, although these may be normal in your Ottoman Empire, but for our Ming Dynasty, your methods are too brutal, and even the way you are now, I feel very sad, because you should be like other children, cry when you want, laugh when you want, but you can't, which makes me even feel a little pitiful for you."

When Zhou Zhong said these words, his eyes had been observing Murad's reaction, and the result was not as he expected, when Murad heard his words, various expressions surged on his little face, especially when he heard that he pitied him, his little face turned red, and it seemed that he wanted to stand up and yell, he didn't need anyone to be pitied.

If Murad really stood up and yelled at Zhou Da, I'm afraid Zhou Chong would be happier, because he knew that this child had at least the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of ordinary people, but Murad finally held back, just sat there and lowered his head, hiding his expression.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhong sighed in his heart, the royal education of the Ottoman Empire is too perverted, and it is impossible to educate a child as a monster, although such a monster may be better able to become the monarch of an empire, but as a human being, it is too much of a failure, and Zhou Zhong finally understood why people like Selim would brutally kill more than 20 of his sons after killing his father and brother, this is not something that a normal person can do at all, except for madmen, Selim is a complete lunatic, and now he has educated his son to be a monster.

"Murad, if you want me to help you, then the first thing you have to do is to be honest with me and tell me what you really think, otherwise you will go back to your residence and honestly learn the way of the saint from Jiao Huangzhong!" Zhou Zhong saw that Murad had been hiding his true intentions, and he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and gave him an ultimatum at the moment.

Zhou Chong's words finally had an effect, and I saw that after Murad heard that he was going to follow Jiao Huangzhong to learn the way of the sage, he immediately raised his head anxiously, looked at Zhou Chong and said: "Lord Jianguo, I don't have any malicious intentions, I just don't want to live my life like this, so I want to enter the military academy to study!" ”

Seeing that Murad finally spoke, Zhou Chong chuckled and asked: "I don't want to live a lifetime of eating and waiting for death like this, but this king is very curious, when you graduate from the military academy in the future, according to the rules and regulations of the military academy, you are going to enter the army of the Ming Dynasty, what are you going to do then?" ”

"I'll ...... I ......," Murad seemed a little weak-hearted, and after a few spitting and vomiting, he finally mustered up the courage to look directly into Zhou's eyes and said, "Then I will enter the army like everyone else." ”

"Oh? What about when you join the army? Zhou Zhong said with a smile, "Do you plan to make a contribution at sea, or to get the attention of the Ming Dynasty, so as to get the support of the Ming Dynasty, and you can return to the Ottoman Empire to regain the position of Sultan in the future, or you are ready to use the Ming navy to pull up a sea force by yourself, and then return to the Mediterranean Sea to seize the throne with your brother?" ”

Hearing Zhou Chong say all the deepest thoughts in his heart, Murad was also terrified, although he had a premonition that the Ming prison in front of him might have guessed what he was thinking, but when Zhou Chong said it himself, it still made him feel unacceptable, and he didn't even know how to react.

After Zhou Zhong finished speaking, he saw Murad silent again, and he couldn't help but feel a little helpless, although Murad learned a lot in the Ottoman period, but after all, he was just a child, not only his psychological quality was not good, but he also lacked the ability to adapt, when he encountered a question that he didn't know how to answer, he only knew how to be silent, but he didn't know, sometimes silence is also an answer.

"Murad, now I need you to answer me, do you still have the slightest ambition for the Ottoman position as sultan, so you chose to go to the military academy? Now I'm going to give you a chance to answer me head-on, and if that's the case, I don't mind giving you some help! Zhou Zhong spoke again, he had lost patience with this precocious and somewhat excessive child.

"Lord Jianguo, is Da Ming really willing to help me?" When Murad heard Zhou Chong's last words, he immediately became excited, sat up straight and asked Zhou Chong excitedly.

"It's not that Daming will help you, but I will personally provide you with some help, the whole thing has nothing to do with Daming, you have to remember this clearly, and whether you can get my help, everything depends on your own performance, if your performance meets my requirements, then I will definitely provide you with some of the things you want, but if you can't meet my requirements, then you still honestly stay in Daming and wait for death!" Zhou Zhong said mercilessly. (To be continued......)