Chapter 69: Set Sail

"Your Highness, why do you despise the scholar and pay attention to a businessman?" Tang Yin shook a folding fan and walked over step by step wearing a moon-white robe.

"How many of the scholars are willing to go to the wilderness with Lonely? Can the Scholar go into battle and kill the enemy? In short, the Tao is different, and it is not conspiratory. Zhu Houhuang said.

"Your Highness is cautious." Tang Yin said: "Even so, His Royal Highness still needs the support of scholars to open up Dongyong, and there are not a few scholars in this dynasty who are out of battle. For example, Wang Yue. Finally, I persuaded His Highness that there are some things that cannot be done, and some things that cannot be said and done, otherwise you will suffer a big loss. As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Yin swaggered away.

Although Zhu Houhuang didn't wait to see Tang Yin much. But Tang Yin has become his staff, and the treatment will not be bad. Therefore, Tang Yin had money in his pocket, and his old state sprouted. looks much more chic, not at all like a mourning dog who has a home and does not dare to go back.

Zhu Houhuang was reluctant to accept Tang Yin's words.

Because Zhu Houhuang found that he was incompatible with science and education. And everything he is doing now, under the framework of science and religion, is negative. A sentence that is different from each other is a thorough truth.

To be honest, although Zhu Houhuang didn't know where to start, he had already decided to develop scientific ideas from astronomy and mathematics. So he didn't want too many doctors around to interfere with him in the first place. It's just that at this point, Zhu Houhuang himself thinks that he has done nothing wrong. It's just that his attitude towards this matter has caused him quite a lot of trouble, so that when he thinks about it later, he doesn't know whether it was right or wrong to not listen to Tang Yin's words today.

Talk about two ends.

Let's talk about Xu Dong's end.

"What? Do you want to dedicate Miao'er to King Yong? Old Man Xu frowned, slammed his crutches on the ground, and said, "Why? ”

Xu Dong gave Zhu Houhuang's general plan to Old Man Xu. Old Man Xu snorted coldly and said, "It's a wishful thinking." ”

Old man Xu has been working hard in the business world for decades, and he can smell the inappropriateness without looking at it with his eyes. The gentry of the southeast have never been little sheep, but big-tailed wolves that eat people and don't spit out bones, and smuggling in the southeast is simply the meat on their plates, as the helmsman of the Xu family, he knows best where his annual income has gone.

With just one vassal king, it will be difficult to make them obedient.

"No matter what, this world is still tomorrow. It was a feudal lord who wanted to do this. Xu Dong said.

The reputation of the vassal king is very bad, but there is one thing that is true, the vassal king is wrong in everything, but the greed for money and lust is the advantage of the vassal king, and even some are greedy for money and lustful.

And the reason why King Yong was sealed overseas is because King Yongwang has great ambitions and wants to build Taiwan under the Zhou system, and his so-called Yongguo is not like the king of the mainland, but it is really a country, or a pro-vassal of the Ming Dynasty. If there is success, this person joins, maybe our Xu family will be the noble surname of Yongguo in the future. And, the child heard. King Yong still has no wife, if the little sister enters first, maybe, your grandson can become the prince of Yongguo. “

"Smack." With a bang, Old Man Xu's crutches slammed heavily on the ground and said, "Okay, don't say it." He lowered his voice and said, "Wait, wait, wait." ”

Xu Dong could see that Old Man Xu was tempted.

With Xu Dong's ship, Zhu Houhuang soon prepared to set off from Qiantang and go south along the coastline to Fuzhou, visit the governor of Fujian, and then go to Dongyong after establishing good relations in Fujian.

The waterway from Qiantang to Fuzhou has a history of more than 1,000 years, and such a waterway is already quite safe, even in the event of a storm, it can dock. There were no major problems along the way, it was smooth sailing. And there is also Xu Dong's escort.

Xu Dong also put down all his things, took the same boat with Zhu Houhuang, and pointed out the distance along the way. Zhu Houhuang learned from Xu Dong how to read the needle road.

Needle paths are generally confidential. On many ships, there is a needle room, and no one is allowed to enter except for the pilot, which makes it mysterious. But this is not a problem for Zhu Houhuang at all. He didn't learn a thing, but pulled Zhu Yu over. Zhu Yu is also very interested in this.

There are also gains along the way. It's just that after entering Fujian, there have been changes.

Xu Dong secretly told Zhu Houhuang: "There is something wrong with Your Highness. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "What's wrong? ”

Xu Dong said: "After entering Fujian, I always felt that someone was secretly following us. ”

Zhu Houhuang frowned and asked, "Did you meet your peers?" ”

Xu Dong shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Your Highness, it's not like that, our ship is hung with an official flag, and the official ship generally doesn't dare to rob, and the minister has already let out the rumor, no one will come to rob the ship without a long eye, and this method of stalking is too blatant." It doesn't look like it's the work of a person running to the sea at all, but like a ---"

"Like what?" Zhu Houhuang asked.

"It's like an official method."

Many characteristics are not felt by outsiders, but insiders can see them at a glance, for example, now, Xu Dong only needs to glance at it and feel the other party's deep official taste. He was almost certain that the boat was sent by the Fujian sailors. It's just that he doesn't understand, what does it mean for the Fujian sailor to follow a vassal king like this?

Zhu Houhuang couldn't figure it out. If you want to protect, you just come over, but you stare at it like this. Yes, the heart is weak.

Zhu Houhuang couldn't figure it out, so he called all his staff members to come together and explain the situation.

Tang Bohu said: "Now we can't think of any answer here, no matter what, His Royal Highness is a vassal king, a nobleman of Tianhuang, and a Fujian sailor, no matter what, I don't dare to take His Highness what." But it is not certain that His Highness will bring silver. ”

"Silver? What happened to the silver? Zhu Houhuang asked rhetorically.

"Your Highness, do you know how much money 200,000 taels of silver is? Fujian's annual tax payment is probably this number. Tang Bohu said helplessly.

Only then did Zhu Houhuang have an intuitive concept of 200,000 taels of silver. He suddenly felt dangerous.

Zhu Houhuang does not know how much tax revenue is in modern Fujian Province, but it must be at the level of 100 billion. The thought of having hundreds of billions of wealth on his ship made him feel very insecure. Such a large sum of money,

Although he has the identity of a vassal king, his wealth is touching and he has to be guarded against.

Wu Fengyi said: "Your Highness, wait a minute to send the minister ashore, the minister still has a little friend among the Jinyi guards." Find out what major changes there are in Fujian, and prepare early. ”

"It's fine." It's good to be prepared. "Wait a while, my uncle will lead a few people to the shore, and the fleet will be waiting for you in Fuzhou."

"Yes." Wu Fengyi agreed.

"Wu Ming, now start the whole army on alert, prepare the guns, and check the gunpowder. Get ready for battle. Zhu Houhuang ordered.

"Yes." Wu Ming agreed, and then said, "However, Your Highness, we can't protect these ten big ships at all. ”

It's an honest saying. Three hundred musketeers fought in formation on land, a force of no small amount. It can even decide whether a war is won or lost. But at sea, distributed among ten ships, it was a bit of a chicken rib. Moreover, Zhu Houhuang's training is a quick route, and it can be said that these 300 musketeers, except for fighting in formation, are just scum in other aspects.

"Otherwise, let's gather the musketeers into a few ships, and give up protection for the others." Wu Xingzhi said.

"How is that possible?" Tang Yin scoffed and said, "The families of these soldiers on all ships, I'm afraid that before the enemy can attack, we ourselves will have civil strife." Rest assured, Your Highness. He turned his head, looked at Zhu Houhuang and said: "No matter how you say that you are a prince, even the governor of Fujian cannot afford to be charged with a fallen prince, even if they have a plan, they will not dare to do it at sea." I'm just afraid that after arriving in Fuzhou, there will be no good banquet? ”

"However, the premise of all this is that what Xu Dong sees is true."