"Yes, the content of your country's request to be conveyed is very important, and if I press it down and do not report it, it may damage the interests of my country, so I will convey it as soon as possible, and the decision will be made from above." Liu Jing glared at the other party, "However, sir, please don't use this method to win me over, so as not to delay the important events of your country and harm your friendship with me!" ”

"Thank you, Mr. Liu! You are a most competent and upright officer! I am sincerely glad that there is an official like you in your court. Gozette thanked Liu Jing again and again, and in his eyes at this time, the Chinese official was like an angel.

However, at this time, Liu Jing suddenly changed his words.

"However, since everyone is helping each other, then I am also a little busy on my side, and I need Mr. Godzette to help."

"Please just say it, as long as it is within my ability, I will definitely find a way to do it!" Gozette, who was in a good mood, couldn't stop agreeing to Liu Jing.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, I just want to ask your country for a small favor." Liu Jing's face showed a smile again, "Your country's merchant house is in the Hirado Domain, right?" I've been discussing some things with the lord of the Heto clan lately, but I'm having no way out, so I'd like to ask Mr. Gozette to make it easier......"

Want to go to the Hirado Domain to meet the lord of the Hirado Domain? Gozette immediately recovered from his ecstasy. Although the other party did not accept money or bribes from them, they offered him another trading condition.

The lord of the Hirado clan was very familiar with the Dutch because of his family's traditions, and it was not difficult to arrange a meeting between the Chinese and him, but why did the Chinese go to meet them? Did they want to build another merchant house in Hirado Port, or to anchor some merchant ships in Hirado?

His mind was racing, and he didn't answer for a while.

"Mr. Gozette?" Liu Jing urged.

"I wonder why your country went to the lord of the Hirado domain?" Gozette couldn't help but be tempted.

"China naturally has China's trade secrets, and I am afraid that this matter will not be easy to disclose to your country." Liu Jing immediately straightened his face, "Of course, if your country doesn't want to help us with this, then I won't force it......"

"No, no, no, I'm happy to help you, Mr. Liu, you are my good friend, and we Dutch people value friendship the most." Seeing that Liu Jing was unhappy, Gozette immediately made a decision to help him, "I will explain it to the friends of the Hirado Commercial House as soon as I go back, and they will help." ”

Now he has a request for this Chinese official, so it is helpless to help each other, besides, he does not think that the Chinese will lose any interests in the Netherlands by doing this-even if the Chinese choose to open another port in Hirado to do business, it will be beneficial to the Dutch, anyway, they have no actual trade conflict.

"Then there's Mr. Law." Liu Jing smiled indifferently, "I will also repair the book in China immediately, I believe they will hear back soon, Mr. go back first, and wait for the reply of our imperial court." ”

"Thank you for your help, farewell!" Gozette bowed respectfully to Liu Jing again, then turned to leave.

"It's really a joy to fall from the sky, and I'm worried that I won't have a chance to contact the lord of the Hirado domain, and now the Dutch have sent it to the door!" After he left, Liu Jing, who was in a good mood, couldn't help laughing, obviously feeling very complacent about his inspiration, "It's just writing a letter to China, and what kind of effort is wasted!" ”

On the same morning that Zhou Pu arrived in Japan on a merchant ship, the Prince of Han was about to take his first step out of the capital.

In addition to the Han Emperor himself, important ministers of the cabinet and key military officials in Beijing came to the outskirts of the city to see off the prince.

Among the ministers present, most of them learned the official news that the crown prince would inspect Liaodong and Goryeo as the emperor's representative, calm the hearts of the people of Liaodong and the vassal state, and establish his position in front of the people of the world by the way; And those in the know, of course, know that he has a more important mission in addition to this superficial task, so they want to sigh more about him in their hearts.

It is indeed not easy for a young man who is only fourteen years old to take on such a heavy task.

It was still a sunny day, and the weather in early spring was a little wetter than in the middle of winter, and the originally yellowed earth on the outskirts of the city was now covered with green stains that dotted the road in front of us, and the vast land stretched along the endless plains, and finally ran to the equally wide and endless sea.

The prince will follow this road to Tianjin Port, and then depart from Tianjin Port to take a sea ship, first dock in Jinzhou, inspect the soldiers of Liaodong, and then go straight to Goryeo, officially take on the heavy responsibility of carrying out the preparations for the future conquest.

This time, I'm afraid it will take nearly a year to come back, and I don't know if the capital will be more lively when I come back? With this thought, the prince suddenly turned his head and looked nostalgically at the city gate looming in the distance,

Since he was given this task by his father, he has been carefully studying all the details of Japan and the war, and every time he learns and is excited, he is still enthusiastic, and he wishes that he could immediately embark on the journey, serve the country, and share the worries of his father, but when the day really came to embark on the journey, he found that he was still a little reluctant.

He had already said goodbye to his mother, and before parting, his mother said a lot to him, encouraging him to share his worries for the country and to do things seriously, and then babbled a lot of words, telling him to pay attention to his body, and he agreed to all of them. There were as many tears in his eyes as he expected, which made his heart slightly sour, and he finally held back the tears.

Unsuspecting younger brothers also surrounded him, either envying him for being able to go out of the capital to do things for the country, or asking him to bring him over, such as his brother-in-law Zhao Hu, who asked for this, of course, he could only smile bitterly and appease his younger brothers, telling them that he was not going out to play, but to get things done.

It wasn't until he was about to leave that he realized how much he wanted to stay in the capital.

He was not born in the capital, but he was brought here with the establishment of the Han Dynasty since he was a child, and grew up here, turning himself into a capital man from the inside out.

Whether it is his own personal experience, or from the mouths of teachers from all over China and even the West, he firmly believes that there will be no country in the world more prosperous than the Han Dynasty, and there will be no city more glorious and magnificent than the capital.

However, even if he is nostalgic, he knows that he has to go, because he is the crown prince, and he must stand up and support the country when it is in need, just like the heroic father, so that it can continue to prosper, rather than just enjoying the wealth and glory safely. Since his father felt that the conquest of Japan would be beneficial to the country, he must do things well instead of retreating.

Therefore, not only did he not blame his father for forcibly sending him out, but he was very grateful to him, because he gave him a chance to be a hero like his father - although he could not rush to the front line, but the people who were in the rear headquarters, supplied food and straw, and strategized so that the front-line soldiers could sit back and relax and fight bloody battles were naturally also heroes.

"You have to cheer up your spirits, and you don't want your father's expectations......" he clenched his fists and said to himself secretly.

"Why, I can't walk before I get out?" Just when he was still full of worries, the person next to him suddenly teased him, "Don't you want to go?" ”

Now, the hero who started from the recklessness, swept the world with a three-foot sword, conquered thousands of miles, and made the Han family's achievements cover the world, and the father and emperor he wanted to emulate countless times, was next to him. He is here today to see him off.

"Father, the son has no such intention." He hurriedly explained to his father, "Erchen is just a little reluctant to give up on the capital......

"At your age, it's the first time you've gone far away, and it's strange that you're not in love." The emperor sighed lightly, and then suddenly reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "Son, in fact, I thought about it today, you are still young, and you are sent out so early, the pressure is indeed too great, I can't pull out the seedlings just because I am happy, but it will make it difficult for you to do it in vain." While it's still too late, tell me, do you want to go? Even if you say you don't want to, I won't blame you, it's not necessarily a bad thing to let you study for two more years, you can come back by casually inspecting Liaodong and Goryeo, and I can send someone else to the rear. ”

The emperor's words were full of deep affection for his son, and the prince, who was already a little sad, almost shed tears at this time. At this moment, the father made a rare expression of devouring the calf to his son, and he was afraid that his son would be overwhelmed by such a weight that he would harm him instead.

The father, who has always been wise and decisive, how many times has he shown his feelings in front of him?

However, although the crown prince could feel his father's kindness, he also knew that this kindness ...... He absolutely could not accept it.

Because, military affairs can never be regarded as child's play, although it has not been announced to the world, but the news that the prince is going to the rear of the Goryeo headquarters is already known to the important ministers and generals in Beijing, if he retreats this time, what will these important ministers think of him?

Besides, what he has been thinking about here is to make achievements and live up to the expectations of his father and the court, if he retreats, what face will he have in the future to say that he can be on his own?