Lion State Faxian City, Zhou Yu looked at this familiar city with emotion, the first time he came here was ten years ago, and in a blink of an eye, he was already over thirty years old and became the father of two children. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Four years ago, Zhou Yu returned to China to get married, and the woman he married was Lu You's cousin Tang Wan.

Lu You's mother didn't like this niece very much, but her niece's marriage to the emperor's eldest son was something she single-handedly promoted, and now the relationship between the Lu family and the royal family is even closer.

After the wedding, according to the newly revised "Imperial Succession Law", Zhou Yu's position as the crown prince was basically determined. According to the Imperial Succession Law, all emperors, including Zhou Quan, must be enthroned before the age of seventy-five - and Zhou Quan once again announced that he would enthrone at the age of sixty-nine.

Therefore, if nothing else, after this trip to Europa, Zhou Yu will reduce the number of times he goes abroad, but stay in China and become a political official, so as to cultivate his ability to handle domestic affairs.

The eldest son of the emperor personally went on the expedition, and the commander of the expedition was Yue Fei - he originally retired, but the risk of this matter was too great, and Zhou Quan called him into the army again and re-served.

The deputy marshal is Zhou Yu, after more than ten years of military training, Zhou Yu has been sharpened, and he is quite good at military strategy, plus Yue Fei is here, Zhou Quan can rest assured that he can brush up on his merits and prestige.

The whole army was 36,000 people, but for the supply of these 36,000 people, Huaxia mobilized 1,500 ships, 60 warships, and more than 1.2 million people, plus the manpower mobilized by the friendly and civilized tribes along the Kunlun Continent, more than 2 million people were directly serving these 36,000 people.

Faxian City is an important transit point, after leaving here, the main force of the fleet will start a voyage of more than 20 days, until Dali Island, and then rest for a few days, rush to Huishi Bay - that is, the harbor where Zhang Shun and Duan Yixing met, in order to commemorate that historic meeting, Zhou Quanqin ordered its place to be Huishi Bay, and established a colonial city called Yuanwanggang in it.

This colonial city was actually a supply depot, supplying coal, water and food to the merchant ships that came and went, but to Zhou Quan's surprise, Duan Yixing's small chamber of commerce found diamonds near this supply depot. Twenty years ago, when the Chinese Empire was first established, there was no market for these crystal clear gemstones, but now, after twenty years of rapid economic growth, the money in the pockets of the people has increased tenfold compared with the beginning, and the pursuit of luxury goods has become a matter of course.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness!"

Zhou Yu, who was standing on the bow of the boat reminiscing about the past, suddenly heard someone calling him loudly, he looked over, and outside the welcoming crowd on the dock, there was a person who was waving desperately.

This person is a little familiar, Zhou Yu thought for a while and remembered, he was Hu Hong, when he was studying in the Five Kingdoms City on Jeju Island, he once approached him and taught himself a lot of Confucianism.

At that time, Zhou Yu thought he was erudite and elegant, but now that he thinks about it, it is just a corrupt opinion. Later, after he revealed that he had no intention of becoming the crown prince, Hu Hong left disappointed, he had not seen him for so many years, and this person was also old.

Zhou Yu was very aware of his father's relationship with these old Confucian students, he was ignorant when he was a child, so he was close to him, and later learned that these people scolded his father, pulled his father's legs, and even colluded with Wen Weishen and others to try to murder his father, so he naturally became estranged from him.

By now, he has his own values, so he is very proud of his father's tolerance, like these old Confucian scholars, that is, his father, the first emperor of the ages, can tolerate these people, and replace them with the so-called sages and wise monarchs in the minds of these people, and they have long been cut down as chaotic ministers and thieves.

When Hu Hong saw Zhou Yu looking at him, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Does Your Highness remember the old man?" ”

He was mixed in with the lively crowd, and he didn't come to greet Zhou Yu seriously, Zhou Yu thought of his father's style of acting, raised his eyebrows slightly, and nodded to Hu Hong on the ship.

Hu Hong bowed his hand again and again, and then proudly said to a few people around him: "You see, I said that His Royal Highness has been chasing me to study since I was a child, and he will definitely not forget me!" ”

The clothes of him and the people around him were all plain at this time. It's not that they don't want to wear fancy clothes, but because most of them rely on hundreds of acres of land at home to make a living, and when commerce is extremely developed, large overseas farms continue to bring a large amount of grain to China, and when tenant farmers leave their hometowns to work for more income, their lives have indeed declined compared with before the founding of China.

This made these old literati hate the new dynasty even more: the official can no longer be an official, the standard of living has declined, and those who used to be able to sell poetry and write in the Qinglou for free have to pay obediently. This new dynasty is the persecution of their scholars, it is a bad government, and Zhou Quan is a lone husband and a thief!

As for the fact that the living standards of the vast majority of the people have risen, the life expectancy of the people has increased, the population has doubled, there are railways, ships, and highways everywhere, and the crops from all directions can be used in China, what do these things have to do with the scholars......

After Zhou Yu got off the boat, Hu Hong squeezed around in the crowd, trying to squeeze in front of Zhou Yu, but the guards stopped him, and he was so anxious that he shouted: "Your Highness, Your Highness!" ”

Zhou Yu looked at him and smiled at him again, Hu Hong suddenly felt warm in his heart, as if a bright future was in front of him.

You must know that now Zhou Quan is over half a hundred years old, and according to his own words, he will be Zen at the age of sixty-nine, that is to say, in more than ten years, Zhou Yu will become the emperor of this unprecedented empire.

If he can form a deep friendship with the new emperor, and when the time comes, persuade him to change his ways, put things in order, and invite them, who have been neglected and "persecuted", into the court again -- his status in history will be comparable to Dong Zhongshu, and his contribution to Confucianism will even surpass that of Han Yu and Ouyang Xiu!

However, Hu Hong only fluttered for a moment, and found that Zhou Yu did not pay attention to him anymore, but strode towards the soldiers who maintained order, and saluted and thanked them one by one.

Hu Hong swallowed his saliva, these reckless soldiers, where do they deserve this kind of courtesy!

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yu walked to the side of the crowd of onlookers and saluted those people who passed by.

These people are naturally flattered, they are just watching the excitement here, but they get the greetings of the imperial crown prince, even if they know that Zhou Yu is just making a gesture close to the people, it is enough for them to go back and brag for a lifetime.

Hu Hong was jealous in his heart, but he looked at it with a blank eye, hoping that Zhou Yu could come to his side, but Zhou Yu saluted, but he just nodded to him, and then he was about to get in the car and leave!

"Your Highness, Your Highness, I'm Hu Hong, I once taught you to read the Bible!"

Hu Hong's face turned red, and he roared loudly, and the people around him looked sideways at this shout, and the guards also hugged him to the side.

Zhou Yu waved his hand, signaled to let him go, and then said with a smile: "I know you, Mr. Hu, today's army has just arrived, everything is complicated, I am under military orders, and I dare not slack off, so I can only wait until I have the opportunity to listen to Mr. Hu's teachings later." ”

He said it politely, but Hu Hong knew that he couldn't talk to Zhou Yu in detail today, where would he have a chance to get close to Zhou Yu in the future!

And the purpose of his coming here is not to be delayed!

Therefore he shouted, "Your Highness, you must not send troops, you must not send troops!" ”

He came to stop this expedition!

They knew that this expedition cost a lot of money and used countless human and financial resources, and in their opinion, this was simply Zhou Quan's old foolishness, and he was so happy that he had this kind of unwise move.

The newspapers repeatedly emphasized the significance of this war: first, to defeat the old enemy Jin so that it could not pose a substantial threat to China for decades or even hundreds of years, second, to open up trade routes and work hard to open up the market for Chinese merchants in Europa, third, to consolidate the colonies, this expedition will inevitably lead to the development of colonies along the route, strengthen China's control over these colonies, and fourth, to educate all nations, so that the barbarians of the world will admire China.

But in the eyes of Hu Hong and others, these are all quibbles, and after he shouted the first time, he immediately shouted: "Poor soldiers, belligerent will die, Your Highness should advise Your Majesty, not ...... Uh-huh......"

He was gagged by the guards, and another Confucian beside him raised his arms and shouted: "There is a limit to killing, the countries have their own borders, and my Chinese territory is big enough, why bother ......"

The guy's mouth was also gagged.

Zhou Yu was originally not ready to ignore these old Confucian students, these old and young people have been eliminated in the general trend of the world, their number is limited, and their influence is no longer what it used to be, so they can't set off any storms at all. However, the other party shouted like this in public, which was not good for the morale of the Huaxia army, so Zhou Yu stopped and then turned to Hu Hong.

He walked towards Hu Hong step by step, the soldier let go of his hand, and hope appeared in Hu Hong's eyes again.

"More than 20 years ago, Mr. Hu taught me to read the Bible, four books and five classics...... At that time, I felt that Mr. Hu was really knowledgeable, but after more than 20 years, Mr. Hu was nothing more than that. Zhou Yu smiled: "I don't know how much tax Mr. Hu has paid for the country in the past 20 years?" ”

Hu Hong's eyes suddenly remained, since the beginning of Zhou Quan's founding of the country, Huaxia has been exempted from field tax and poll tax, and since the abandoned wells and fields have been opened, farmers do not need to pay the imperial grain tax for the first time. Even in the years of the economic crisis, the country's finances were tight, and some people proposed to relevle the land tax, which was categorically rejected by Zhou Quan. Hu Hong only lives on hundreds of acres of land at home, where has he paid taxes?

"I don't know how many people's livelihoods Mr. Hu has solved, or rather, in addition to Mr. Hu's own family, how many people still rely on Mr. Hu for food?" Zhou Yu asked again.

Hu Hong is still speechless, there were originally some tenants in his family, but now they have all run away, where is there anyone who relies on him to eat?

"I wonder what Mr. Hu's invention is beneficial to people's livelihood? I wonder if Mr. Hu has ever built a brick, cast a nail, or planted a tree for Huaxia? Zhou Yu said again: "It seems that Mr. Hu has been busy reading the books of sages, and he hasn't done any of these things?" ”

"This ...... This ......"

"Mr. Hu should understand these most basic things first, and then come to guide me and my father." Zhou Yu threw down this last sentence, and then waved his hand to the guards with a smile: "Let them go, just a few bookworms." ”