Two miles from the dock, the steamship had begun to slow down, and with Song Yingxing's command, the ship slowly leaned towards the dock, and finally stopped, and the huge iron anchor was thrown into the water.

A large group of soldiers of the garrison division came ashore, and a group ran onto the steamship and began to unload the ship's cargo.

Many of the onlookers even ran out, stretched out their hands to test the weight of the goods in the hands of the soldiers, and after trying it, shouted: "It's so heavy, this ship is full!" ”

When all the cargo on board was unloaded, the battleship of the naval division could arrive.

A sailor general led a few people to the shore, saluted Luo Jian and Shi Kefa, and said: "Metropolitan Governor, Governor, this ship is too fast, and the soldiers on our ship are all tired and lying down, but they can't catch up." When will our naval warships be equipped with this machine? ”

"Wait, there will be a day when it will be loaded." Shi Kefa said with a smile.

Liu Lan took out a small notebook from her bag and kept writing down something in the notebook, Zhu Yujiao leaned on Liu Lan's side and kept saying, "Sister, I want to go back with this boat and take a look." ”

When the steamer returned, Song Yingxing did not let the cargo be loaded again, and the empty ship returned to the Guazhou dock soon after the water, Luo Jian and Shi Kefa also followed to Guazhou, and Guazhou still had a lot to deal with.

Liu Zhaoji has already sent a letter from Xinyi saying that there is not much ammunition left, and he hopes that Yangzhou will replenish it as soon as possible, and the two of them will go to Guazhou to see the production of the gunpowder factory.

Shi Kefa was very interested in the production of steam engines, and took Luo Jian to the factory that produced steam engines first, Liu Lan and the princess also followed, and Xing'er had already gone ashore in Yangzhou to return to the factory.

After coming ashore from the dock, Shi Kefa has been very excited, and kept pulling Song Yingxing to ask questions.

Song Yingxing strode forward, answering Shi Kefa's questions.

"There are still some things that are not perfect, so it is still not possible to get on the battleship like this." Song Yingxing turned his head and said to Luo Jian.

"Isn't it already a success? Why can't you still get on the ship? Shi Kefa asked curiously.

"The battleship at sea is not the same as the ship in this river, we still have to study it carefully, besides, the current steam engine can't carry such a big battleship, we still have to study the linkage of multiple steam engines." Song Yingxing patiently explained.

"Oh, I see." Shi Kefa nodded as if he didn't understand.

A group of people quickly returned to the factory, Song Yingxing's group of students were studying around a model machine, Luo Jian found that the young man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes he saw last time saw a few of his people coming, and quietly shrank back, this time it attracted Luo Jian's attention, and was about to step forward to ask what the situation was, but saw the princess behind him step forward and grabbed the young man.

"Cihuan, is it really you?! When did you arrive in Yangzhou? Why don't you go to the Metropolitan Governor and the Governor? My sister came to Yangzhou, why didn't you go to me? Zhu Yujiao was already in tears, and asked while crying while pulling the young man.

"Sister, you also escaped?" The young man said, not much.

When everyone heard that this young man was actually Yongwang Zhu Cihuan, they were all surprised.

Luo Jian reacted the fastest, and said loudly: "No one is allowed to say the news here today!" Did you hear that? ”

Shi Kefa stayed in place for a long time, and then he reacted, took a few steps forward and said, "Shi Kefa greets His Royal Highness King Yong!" After speaking, he bowed down to the boy.

Zhu Yujiao, who was crying, saw it, stood up and stopped Shi Kefa, and cried and said: "The superintendent must not be like this, Cihuan can't stand it!" ”

Seeing that something had happened, Luo Jian hurriedly asked the guards to separate the crowd, and dragged Shi Kefa and the princess sisters and brothers to Liu Weimin's small courtyard.

Xiao Liu rushed back from the laboratory, and was also surprised to see that Yongwang Zhu Cihuan was in Guazhou, this handsome young man had seen him many times, but he didn't know that he was Yongwang.

Finally, everyone sat down, and the princess stopped crying, and pulled Zhu Cihuan and asked in a soft voice how he escaped to Yangzhou.

After the thirteen-year-old Zhu Cihuan sat down, he slowly told everyone about his experience, the young man's eloquence was really good, 1510 said it very clearly, and everyone was embarrassed when they heard it.

After Zhu Cihuan left Beijing with the Dashun army, he was soon scattered from the army, but he did not go to Zhejiang, as in history, but rushed to Nanjing with the fleeing crowd.

Along the way, the smart Zhu Cihuan went incognito, panicked that he was the son of a large family, and almost failed to escape in Shandong, and later when the Yangzhou army attacked Xuzhou, many Qing soldiers in Shandong gathered in Chongzhou and relaxed the blockade, and Zhu Cihuan fled to Huai'an with a group of wandering teenagers.

At that time, Huai'an was still under the jurisdiction of Liu Zeqing, Zhu Cihuan did not dare to reveal his identity, and finally fled into Huai'an Shipyard, and was taken in by a shipbuilder, and then Luo Jian moved all the Huai'an Shipyard to Yangzhou, and the shipbuilder's family also followed to Yangzhou.

After arriving in Guazhou, the shipbuilder saw that Song Yingxing was recruiting disciples, and saw the adopted Zhu Cihuan who knew the book and was very gifted, and also recommended him, and this is how it happened.

"Cihuan, you have suffered a lot along the way! Do you know the whereabouts of your brothers? Zhu Yujiao said and tears flowed down again.

"I broke up with them outside Beijing, and I don't know." Zhu Cihuan said softly.

"Princess, don't be sad anymore, now the reunion of your sister and brother is a great joy, I don't know what the princess plans to do with King Yong? I mean for the safety of the Yongwang, we have to block the news of the Yongwang for the time being, I don't know what the princess wants? Luo Jian said.

"If that's the case, if you let the city of Nanjing know, you don't know what will happen." Shi Kefa also nodded and said.

"Sister, I just want to study with Mr. in Guazhou, Cihuan has been very happy these days, but I have learned a lot from Mr." Zhu Cihuan took out a thick notebook from his side, opened it and flipped it for the princess to look at, the princess looked at it, and remembered it densely, obviously Zhu Cihuan studied very seriously.

Luo Jian lowered his head and thought seriously, the sudden appearance of King Yong caught him a little off guard, and he didn't discuss the way to deal with it with Shi Kefa carefully, and after thinking carefully for a while, he said:

"Princess, Brother Xian, what do we mean by respecting King Yong? Just let King Yong continue to learn from Song Lao, and we can send a few guards to protect secretly, what do you think? Luo Jian said thoughtfully.

"How's that going to work? King Yong is the only bloodline of the first emperor, even if it is not public, I have to go to Yangzhou to build a mansion, Xinghua, when I see King Yong, I always feel ashamed of the first emperor! Shi Kefa said with a sigh.

"Dadu Governor, Governor, Sister, I won't be a Yongwang anymore, I'll just call Zhu Huan. You don't have to worry about me, I learn something new every day here, and I'm much happier than in the palace, I beg you. "Thirteen-year-old Zhu Cihuan is obviously much more mature than his age.

Listening to Zhu Cihuan's words, Shi Kefa couldn't help but cry, and the princess was silent when she heard it.

"Inspector, princess, can you respect the child's opinion? The child is learning very well with me now, and he is also one of my proud disciples, if you have to ask him to take on the responsibility that he does not want to bear, then why bother? Song Yingxing also looked at Zhu Cihuan with pity and said.

Zhu Cihuan listened to Song Yingxing's words, stood up and walked to Song Yingxing's side and leaned on the chair, and said, "I'm not going anywhere, I'll follow Mr." ”

"Then it's decided, Cihuan will study with Song Lao in Guazhou for the time being, and I'll talk about it later, Xiao Liu, you have to ensure Cihuan's safety." Seeing that the matter had come to this point, Luo Jian made a final decision and said.

"Rest assured, these factories are the best in secrecy, and there will be no problems with Cihuan's safety, by the way, Cihuan, if you encounter problems in your studies, you can also come to me." Liu Weimin hurriedly said.

"Really? Mr. asked me to go to you several times, but I didn't dare to go, but now I have another gentleman. Zhu Cihuan said happily.

"Okay, that's all for this matter, Old Song, you go back and say hello to everyone present today, first, you want them to strictly control their style, and they must not say anything about it, and second, let them treat Cihuan as usual, don't isolate him, don't give him special treatment, just do it as usual." Luo Jian pulled Song Yingxing aside and explained.

Song Yingxing understood what Luo Jian meant, nodded and agreed.

"Governor, Governor, Sister, I don't want to go back today, I want to stay here with Cihuan for a day, do you think it's okay?" Zhu Yujiao asked a little awkwardly.

"It's good for you to make your own decision, Xiao Liu, arrange the princess's accommodation." Luo Jian beckoned.

Xiao Liu hurriedly beckoned Li Yue to prepare a room for the princess, Luo Jian and Shi Kefa also left the courtyard and went to the gunpowder factory, and Shi Kefa was still embarrassed along the way.

Zhu Yujiao pulled Zhu Cihuan into the room, and the two sisters and brothers began to whisper.

"Cihuan, you haven't suffered anymore since you arrived in Guazhou, have you?"

"Sister, it's good after I arrived in Guazhou, the people here are all good, Cihuan was always bullied before I arrived in Yangzhou, and no one bullied me after I arrived in Yangzhou."

"Cihuan, have you ever thought that you will ascend to the Great Treasure in the future and finish what your father has not done?" When she said this, Zhu Yujiao's voice was very low.

"Sister, what do you want? Cihuan has seen a lot of things along the way, I see that when my father is there, day and night, the world is not well governed, to Yangzhou to see, the governor and the superintendent have governed Yangzhou too well, I don't want to be an emperor, I like to learn new things. ”

"Alas, Cihuan, my sister has been in Yangzhou for more than half a month, and my sister also feels that these days in Yangzhou are the most lively, you better learn more things, in case one day they have to let you go to the treasure again, you have to be prepared."

"Sister, you think too much, haven't you read the newspaper? Most of the governors don't even like to deal with the emperor of Nanjing, I think they are not ready to have an emperor anymore, and Yangzhou is not the same as the emperor is well governed? The Metropolitan Governor is really going to be the emperor, I think it's not bad, as long as the people live well, why do I have to sit in that position? ”

"Brother, don't talk nonsense when you go out, this is a matter of losing your head, you have to keep your mouth tight." When Zhu Yujiao heard this, she was so frightened that she covered Zhu Cihuan's mouth and said.

"Sister, rest assured, Cihuan has suffered so much along the way, I understand some things." Zhu Cihuan pulled away his sister's hand and said.

The two sisters and brothers were whispering in the house, and Shi Kefa was also sighing on the road.

"Xinghua, the first emperor only left this little bloodline, you have to protect him."

"Brother Xian, what do you want? Do you think I'm that kind of person? Luo Jian heard the voice in Shi Kefa's words.