"Sister-in-law, come and sit down." Liu Lan pulled Zhu Yujiao to her side and sat down.

"The governor and the governor brought the little girl here, and I don't know what advice you have? Please rest assured, Cihuan is not willing to go overseas to build a country, he has been fascinated by the knowledge of the Grand Governor, you don't have to worry about him. ”

Zhu Yujiao was obviously in a bad mood, and her words were like hiding needles.

"Sister, let's not talk about Cihuan, Uncle Luo asked you, since Cihuan is unwilling, what do you think?" Luo Jian understood Zhu Yujiao's mood very well, and asked softly.

"What else could the little woman think? Cihuan is unwilling, aren't there still so many vassal kings? Whoever they want to go to go. Zhu Yujiao pouted and said, at this time, Zhu Yujiao still looked like a little girl.

"Sister, have you ever thought about yourself?" Luo Jian asked.

"Myself? Uncle Luo, you mean to let me go..."When Zhu Yujiao heard this, she stood up and looked at Luo Jian in surprise.

"Don't worry, let's sit down and talk slowly. It's not that we let you go, we mean to ask if you'd like to go? Luo Jian beckoned Zhu Yujiao to sit down.

"But... How can there be a woman in this world who is an emperor? Zhu Yujiao was still surprised.

"Why not? Come and see, this country, and here, they are all queens in charge of a country now. Liu Lan pulled Zhu Yujiao, pointed to the map on the coffee table and said, in fact, which country is the queen now, Liu Lan doesn't know, only knows that there must be.

"It's... Can I do it? Let me think about it, okay? Listening to Liu Lan's words, Zhu Yujiao's face became flushed, and her breathing became short. Apparently thought about it.

"But Uncle Luo and Aunt Liu. She has nothing! "I thought about it for a moment. Zhu Yujiao said with some pain.

"What's nothing? Aren't there still us? Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Uncle Luo, you said you want to help me?" Zhu Yujiao asked in surprise.

"Of course, what else would I do with you?" Luo Jian replied without hesitation.

"Sister, if you are willing, Aunt Liu will pay to help you build a warship like the 'Yue Fei', named 'Queen', as your ship. What do you think? ”

Zhu Yujiao didn't speak, she sat on the sofa and lowered her head in contemplation, and several people looked at her and didn't disturb her thinking.

After a long time, Zhu Yujiao raised her head, stood up and blessed a few people, and then said:

"I am willing! If she can succeed in building a country overseas, she will regard China as the **** country, pay tribute every year, and never be an enemy of China. If you break your promise, you will be damned! ”

"What kind of tribute? Concubine. When you first started, you had to start everything from scratch, and you had to rely on our strong support, don't talk about that. I'll ask Wei Sheng and Da Mu to tell you about the situation on the North American continent, and you have to know it in your heart. Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Uncle Luo, I still have one more thing to ask for." Zhu Yujiao raised her head and said to Luo Jian with a very firm look in her eyes.

"If you have something to say, as long as we can do it, we will definitely help you." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Uncle Luo, Aunt Liu, I don't know when I will come back, thousands of miles away, Cihuan will ask you. In the future, Cihuan will always start a family, and if Cihuan has an heir, he hopes that a boy can inherit the throne. ”

"Haha, Yu Jiao, we talked about this before you came just now, this has to be agreed by Cihuan, we can't be his master, as long as he agrees, we will agree." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"We can't let Yu Jiao go alone, I don't think it's appropriate for the government to come forward in this matter, I want to set up an agency to help Yu Jiao handle this matter, what do you think?" Liu Lan said beside her.

"Yes, it's good to handle this matter in the name of the people, but King Lu and King Lu, I'm afraid I have to ask Brother Changshou to go on a trip in person and tell them what we mean, if they can assist Yu Jiao, of course, it is the best, if you want to build a country alone, there is one thing that must be guaranteed, that is, you must not compete with Yu Jiao."

After speaking, Luo Jian repeatedly explained to Zhu Yujian, and Shi Kefa also told a lot on the side.

After Zhu Yujian left, Luo Jian and Liu Lan repeatedly explained the current situation on the North American continent to Zhu Yujiao on the map, and Shi Kefa also explained to her the matters to be paid attention to.

Seeing Zhu Yujiao take out a small notebook from her pocket and lie on the coffee table to make notes seriously, Luo Jian and Shi Kefa both felt quite relieved.

In order not to cause major turmoil, the group set up by Liu Lan did not carry out its work with great fanfare, and Liu Lan did not even name the group, but secretly some work was already in full swing.

To Luo Jian and Shi Kefa's surprise, I heard that the princess of the first emperor wanted to establish a country overseas, and there were really many old and young people of the Ming Dynasty who wanted to go to North America with the princess, and there were many people who read books.

It is said that it is unexpected, but in fact, it is also expected, Luo Jian and Liu Lan both understand that it is impossible to completely change people's minds in two or three years, the imperial system that has lasted for thousands of years has been deeply rooted in people's minds, and the rule of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years makes people feel that the Ming court is orthodox.

It's just that in the past, under the strong military pressure of the government, these old and young people and the descendants of the Zhu family did not dare to make a slight mistake, and now they can build a country overseas, and they have begun to think about it one by one. The current princess's mansion is overcrowded, and there is an endless stream of people who come to show their allegiance to the princess every day.

The most critical one that can be supported by many people is that Zhu Yujiao let his words out, that is, when Zhu Cihuan has an heir, let him go to the North American continent to inherit the unification, and the smart Zhu Yuanjiao knows that people now are not very accepting of a queen.

Zhu Yujiao's guards have recruited 3,000 people, most of them are Ming soldiers who have retired before, Luo Jian concentrated them in the Nanjing garrison division for unified training, in order to ensure Zhu Yujiao's safety, these guards must be equipped with Yangzhou rifles.

I have to say that the family wealth of the old and the young is quite rich, knowing that if you want to go overseas, you must cross the ocean, and the ocean must have a big ship, these old and young people compete to donate money to build a big ship, and Wang Duo, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, alone has paid 200,000 Chinese yuan.

"Liu Lan. Do you think we're doing this well? Luo Jian saw that the movement was getting louder and louder. I can't get it right.

"Xinghua. What are you worried about? Isn't it good that these old and young people who don't have the same heart as the government are gone? When they establish a nation in North America, I think they won't be against us for as long as we can see it, right? As for the future, let our descendants worry about it. Liu Lan said nonchalantly.

"I'm not talking about that, I'm saying we're turning the history of the world beyond recognition."

"Xinghua, you know the butterfly effect, right? We've already messed up the history of this plane, what are you afraid of? ”

"I mean, whether the history that has changed is good or bad, I don't know the bottom of it now."

"Xinghua. We also have to keep a hand, we can't give them new rifles and ammunition, the current Yangzhou rifle and some artillery are enough for them to dominate the North American continent, and we also have to properly control some of the most cutting-edge technologies, don't say I'm careful. Liu Lan said with a smile.

"I've already thought about this, I went to Xiao Liu to discuss it two days ago, and we have to keep some techniques." Luo Jian nodded and said.

More than three months later, the list after the Nanjing government's review was finally determined, and it was finally determined that the first batch of people to go to North America with Princess Zhu Yujiao was more than 3,000 people, and then more than 20,000 people will go in phases and batches.

The warship "Queen of the East", which Liu Lan promised to build for Zhu Yujiao, is almost complete. More than a dozen other ships were built, but these dozen or so large ships were paid for by the old and young themselves.

After Zhu Yujian repeatedly did the work. Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, and Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, agreed to follow Zhu Yujiao to North America, and were willing to respect Zhu Yujiao as the empress.

The addition of seven or eight vassal kings made Zhu Yujiao's financial resources abundant, and ten more large ships were built one after another.

The time of Zhu Yujiao's departure was set on June 18, and the days were approaching day by day, and Zhu Yujiao's full set of honor guards were also prepared, but they were not put out in Nanjing.

Zhu Yujiao has been to the Guazhou shipyard several times, and she likes the "Queen of the East" built for her by Liu Lan very much.

The "Queen of the East" was roughly built according to the size and structure of the "Yue Fei", except that the main gun was much smaller than that on the "Yue Fei", and Zhu Yujiao was left with a separate layer on the ship, everything else was basically the same, and even the armor on the deck and side of the ship was not a small one.

All the guns on the "Yue Fei" were replaced on the "Queen of the East", and the "Yue Fei" itself was replaced with a much smaller caliber of artillery, and the reason for the replacement of the smaller caliber guns was that these guns would all use new ammunition, and the guns themselves would also use more advanced alloy steel.

WITH THE NEW AMMUNITION, LUO JIAN FELT THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO USE 300MM HUGE CANNONS IN THIS ERA OF ALL WOODEN SHIPS, IT WAS PURELY A WASTE, SO HE SIMPLY REPLACED THE MAIN GUN ON THE "YUE FEI" WITH A 150MM GUN, AND THE TWO NEWLY BUILT WARSHIPS WERE ALSO EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME FIREPOWER AS THE "YUE FEI".

The use of the "Yue Fei" obsolete artillery greatly saved the cost and time of the construction of the "Oriental Queen", and in early May, the "Oriental Queen" began to be launched for sea trials.

According to Zheng Chenggong, who took the "Huo Quai" to escort the ship all the way, the "Queen of the East" tried many cannons at sea, and almost all of them were shocked by the power of the artillery.

"Oriental Queen" arrived in Hangzhou Bay, so that the king of Lu Zhu Changshu drooled with envy, the rise of overseas trade in recent years, so that people no longer have a sense of mystery overseas, if the big merchants do not have a few big ships that can go to sea, they will feel embarrassed, Zhu Changshu also has his own merchant fleet, but he does not have a warship, which is not allowed by the Nanjing government.

Since he agreed to assist Zhu Yujiao, Zhu Changshu did not dare to fight the idea of the "Queen of the East", but the idea of owning a luxurious and powerful warship became more and more irrepressible.

Recently, Zhu Changshu began to deal with his land near Hangzhou, but there were too many fields, and no one could buy them for a while, which gave him a headache.

After seeing the "Queen of the East", Zhu Changshu began to think, he wanted to exchange these hundreds of thousands of acres of land for a warship of the Nanjing government.

After Zhu Yujiao returned to Nanjing on a trial voyage, she told Luo Jian Zhu Changshu's thoughts, and Zhu Yujiao was a little worried, for fear that Luo Jian would say that she didn't know what to do. (To be continued.) )