Before dawn, Zheng He returned to the mansion, with red eyes and two big dark circles under his eyes, and he looked exhausted. The subordinates in the house began to get busy, some were preparing to eat, some were preparing bathwater, and Tang Ming, who was still asleep, was awakened by the sound outside.

turned over and got up, he didn't even have time to put on his clothes, so he rushed out of the door with Xiaobai, and then looked around, he thought that someone had broken into the house at night. It wasn't until the servant explained that he knew that Zheng He had returned, and when he looked up at the sky, it was almost dawn, and he knew that Zheng He should have not slept all night and stayed up until now to come back.

I didn't want to disturb, and was about to go back to the room, but I saw the old housekeeper walking towards him tremblingly, and before anyone arrived, he heard his voice first: "Young master, it turns out that you got up!" The old slave is about to call you, and the father-in-law has just come back, so he specially called the old slave to ask the young master to come over and talk about it. ”

"Wait a moment, I'll change my clothes and I'll go with you." Tang Ming nodded in response and slipped into his room to change clothes.

When he followed the old housekeeper to the lobby of the front yard, Zheng He had already bathed and changed his clothes, and a dining table was set up in the hall, and the servants were serving food.

There were more than a dozen kinds of tables, and Tang Ming secretly swallowed a few saliva when he saw it. When Zheng He saw Tang Ming coming, he beckoned him to sit down and chat while eating, his stomach was already rumbling with hunger, Tang Ming would not be polite. Now, of course, you can't be polite, Yao Guangxiao said that he is Zheng He's righteous son, that is, his apprentice grandson.

With Yao Guangxiao's approval, this relationship naturally can't be as polite as before, if he is still polite, it is estimated that Zheng He will definitely have an opinion on him.

Zheng He seems to be really hungry, the elegance of eating in the past is gone, and now the two of them are like a wind sweeping away the leaves, and they have eaten all the dozen dishes on the table in a moment.

The cook standing next to him, his fat face was full of oil, and when he saw that the food he cooked was eaten cleanly by his master, he was as proud as he had raised his head high, and squinted at the people around him.

After the meal, the two of them each brewed a pot of strong tea, and Zheng He said with a smile: "The steel keel of the treasure ship can be cast by noon today, so the miscellaneous family has specially set aside a dock for experiments." Although the miscellaneous family knows that you won't lie to me, I still don't know the bottom of my heart! ”

Squinted at Tang Ming, and saw that he still looked pampered and not surprised, Zheng He continued: "The miscellaneous family wants to hear what needs to be paid attention to, this treasure ship keel is very important, for your proposal, the miscellaneous family has spent a huge amount of manpower and material resources, you can honestly explain to me, how sure are you that it can succeed?" ”

To be honest, Tang Ming will also have no bottom in his heart, but he believes in the technology of later generations, he will not be able to build ships, but he has never eaten pork, he has always seen pigs run away! As long as he can make a steel keel, he has absolute certainty that he will succeed.

"Father-in-law shouldn't actually worry about how sure I am, but should supervise the casting of the keel, as long as Tie Xiong can cast the iron keel, I am completely sure that this matter is absolutely fine."

Zheng He nodded in affirmation, on the experience and theory of shipbuilding. He can now be regarded as one of the best in the Ming Dynasty, and at this moment, he just feels bottomless about such an unheard of new thing, or he has not been able to fully accept it.

Theoretically speaking, the experiment that Tang Ming did could fully support the correctness of his idea, and he would rush to ask him just to increase his confidence.

"Well, this is very good, if the treasure ship can really replace the wood with a steel keel, it must be much better in terms of its sturdiness alone, and it is these ships that the miscellaneous family relies on to sail to sea, if they can really get this treasure ship, why worry about not being able to fulfill Your Majesty's wish for many years." Thinking of this, Zheng He's eyes suddenly lit up, he had never rested all night, and he no longer looked physically and mentally exhausted just now.

"My father-in-law said very well, God bless me with my great knowledge, and my father-in-law will definitely be able to return triumphantly when he goes to sea this time." Tang Ming slapped it lightly, causing Zheng He to laugh.

After some conversation, Zheng Heren seemed to be getting more and more energetic, looked at the sky outside, and found that it had begun to dawn, and the sky in June was already bright, and now it was only about five o'clock in the morning. The sun had not yet risen from the mountain, and its light was not visible.

Tang Ming originally wanted to tell him what happened yesterday, but he didn't expect Zheng He to get up suddenly, ordered someone to arrange a carriage and said that he was going back to the Treasure Shipyard, and asked Tang Ming if he wanted to go with him?

When it came to his mouth, he had to swallow it back, Tang Ming had already made an appointment with Yao Guangxiao last night, and he would go into the palace together to face the saint in the morning. Now that he had made the decision to fight back against Jianwen, Tang Ming naturally had to be prepared. The most important thing in front of us is nothing more than to crown oneself.

Only when you are crowned can you have the power that matches it, and your fiefdom can really start to be cultivated, and you can completely follow your own wishes there. Train a small army that can be the enemy of Jianwen's subordinates, and find out Jianwen who is hiding in the dark and constantly plotting against himself.

"Back to my father-in-law, the teacher ordered the boy to follow him into the palace today to face the saint, which will not be able to go to the treasure shipyard with the father-in-law, and when the boy comes out of the palace, he will go to the father-in-law. The treasure ship keel boy is also very concerned in his heart, and he will not abandon it. Tang Ming bowed and said.

Zheng He waved his hand and said lightly: "Even if the master has an order, it's not too early now, you should hurry up and prepare, and the miscellaneous family will leave first." ”

Tang Ming personally accompanied Zheng He to the gate of the mansion, and only after watching him get into the carriage did he turn back to his bedroom, change into the military uniform of Weihaiwei Baihu, and let the old housekeeper prepare a carriage for him. When he was about to get into the carriage, Xiaobai bit his trouser leg and whined, no matter how Tang Ming comforted him, he didn't let go.

This is going to the palace to see the emperor, of course it is not good to take Xiaobai with him, but seeing that this guy insists on following him, it is not too early, Tang Ming doesn't want Yao Guangxiao to wait for him. had to let Xiaobai get into the carriage, with more than a dozen guards arranged by the old housekeeper, Lingyi drove the carriage to Qingshou Temple.

When Tang Ming arrived at Qingshou Temple, he saw Yao Guangxiao already waiting at the gate of the temple, wearing a wide court robe and a black gauze hat on his head, and the old god was standing at the gate of the temple. He ignored the people who walked by on the street from time to time, pointing at them, and continued to chant Buddhist beads in his hands, immersed in his own Buddhist path.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the temple, Tang Ming quickly turned over and got out of the car, bent down and confessed to him, and invited Yao Guangxiao into the carriage.

With a shout, with billowing smoke, he swaggered and marched towards the palace. Yao Guangxiao didn't open his mouth in the carriage, and Tang Ming had to be silent with him, seeing Yao Guangxiao closing his eyes and reciting Buddhist scriptures silently in his heart, he had no choice but to close his mouth and empty his head to prepare to make up for sleep again.