Zhu Xiongying stared at the Ma Bao'er in front of him and was a little stunned.

Ma Bao'er?

Why is this name so familiar......

In his previous life in the orphanage, Zhu Xiongying had read a lot of books, if he remembered correctly, there was a book called the history of world navigation that wrote that Zheng He's original name was Ma He, or Mo Han, who was a descendant of the nobles of the Yuan Dynasty, and the whole family was captured after Fu Youde and Mu Ying Lanyu broke through Yunnan, and after Zheng He was castrated, he first served in the army, and then entered Beijing and entered the palace.

However, in his previous life, Zheng He seemed to have entered the palace in the seventeenth year of Hongwu, that is, two years later.

Li Wenzhong saw that Zhu Xiongying was stunned, and said with a light smile: "Xiongying, don't you like this little servant?" ”

Only then did Zhu Xiongying come back to his senses.

He touched his head, pursed his lips and said bitterly: "I am hurt by the wine, I am so haggard......"

"If it had been before, it would have been impossible to lose consciousness for so long!"

"From this day on, stop drinking!"

Li Wenzhong was stunned when he heard this.

He smiled lightly, glanced at Zhou Kuan slightly, his tone was a little stern, and asked, "Xiongying, are you hurt by the wine?" You are so young, how can you ......"

Zhu Xiongying sighed and said: "Uncle, don't blame Zhou Daban, I had a whim yesterday to learn martial arts, so I asked Daban to find medicinal wine to boil my muscles and bones to wipe my muscles and bones." ”

"Anyway, it's not what you think."

"Also, uncle, have you taken care of yourself on time?"

Li Wenzhong, he and Zhu Biao actually have a somewhat similar appearance, both have a slight bulge in the lower abdomen, and a wide figure, he squinted his eyes with a smile: "Uncle eats the ginseng and deer antler powder you prepared for me every day, as well as the Angong Niuhuang Pill you said, I have searched for famous doctors all over the world to blend, and now I have some eyebrows." ”

Zhu Xiongying sighed: "That's good." ”

"You also have to take care of your rest and don't overexert yourself."

"Avoid strenuous exercise such as alcohol."

"Health Hachijo, uncle, do you remember?"

Zhu Xiongying put his hands behind his back and posed like an old gentleman, more like a Confucius than Li Xixian in the room.

"I remember that my uncle has been recuperating recently."

"But I still remember the past, as soon as I was cold in early spring, I coughed non-stop, and now I use the Chuanbei loquat paste you concocted, and the cough is much better, and I often take a medicinal bath on a cloudy and rainy day, and my chest is not so painful."

Li Wenzhong said with a smile.

He really likes this eldest nephew.

He is handsome, cute, and speaks well.

The uncle and nephew laughed for a while, and then looked at Ma He.

Different from the history books, this year's Ma He, only eleven years old, he was born in a family of eunuchs since he was a child, and his family has been in business and politics for generations, and his family background in Yunnan is prominent, and his grandparents have also produced prime ministers of the Yuan Dynasty.

He not only learned the culture of Tianfang since childhood, but also proficient in Mongolian Baspa, also studied Tibetan, and was in the Han, Hui, Mongolian, Yi and Miao ethnic minorities living together, and was influenced by Tianfang, Chinese, Tibetan Buddhism and other cultures, is a very intelligent, broad-minded and clever young man.

At this moment, he is also looking at his future master, Zhu Xiongying, the eldest grandson of the Ming Empire.

And Zhu Xiongying also looked at him.

"Uncle, I have a lot of eyes for this Ma Bao'er, and I like it very much."

Zhu Xiongying looked at Ma He again and said, "However, Ma Bao'er's name is not good, I want to change your name, are you willing?" ”

Anyway, the fourth uncle will change your name later, he will change it, I will change it, and I will change it tonight!

That's a good seedling.

He is a good boy with a global vision in today's era.

In fact, after Zhu Xiongying crossed over, he found that Huaxia passed through the Mengyuan Dynasty, and the folk customs became more simple and open, inclusive of the world, such as the military, at this moment, the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty, not only know that there are countless big countries in the west of China, but also know that the sea route can lead to the West, and even know that the Western Heavenly Heavens have strange and ingenious craftsmen, who can cast back cannons, trebuchets, and can also forge extremely sharp Persian scimitars, and even many generals can speak multiple languages.

Not to mention these founding generals, businessmen of the Ming Dynasty, and the people, all know that the world's major powers gather, and they have gone to the West for more than 100,000 miles, and there are still big countries with colored eyes, and the people are very different.

This is a very good era in which the people have a broad vision and a world pattern.

It was also an era full of opportunities, and the upper class of the Mongol aristocracy of the Yuan Dynasty appointed a large number of Semu and Han Chinese to settle accounts and stewards, bringing with them many related knowledge of Western arithmetic, finance, physics, and military affairs.

Many aristocrats have a long history of family education, and they are the best in China and the West.

For example, Arabic numerals were very popular in the Yuan Dynasty, and even a nine-square grid "magic square" marked with Arabic numerals has appeared.

Don't underestimate this little magic square, this is actually the Hetuluo book, not marked with gossip, marked with Arabic numerals, is a very high level of mathematical application conversion, the maker must not only be familiar with the Hetuluo book, Fuxi gossip, but also proficient in arithmetic and Arabic numerals......

"If I can live more, if the imperial grandfather and my father can live longer, then my Ming can go further, as we all know, this to the west 99,900 miles, are the homeland of the Yuan Dynasty, I inherited the Yuan Zuo, these homelands have been my Ming territory since ancient times, and they will definitely be recovered."

Zhu Xiongying thought in his heart.

Here Ma He was stunned, this little master just met and gave me a name? Although he was a little puzzled, he also saluted and said, "But according to the orders of the little master." ”

"Good!"

"I see that your bones are amazing, you are a martial arts wizard, you are called Zheng He."

Eleven-year-old Zheng He, after taking a deep breath, straightening his figure, he bowed heavily: "Slave Zheng He, meet the little master." ”

Li Wenzhong smiled, patted Zhu Xiongying, explained Zheng He's origin, and instructed Zheng He to serve Zhu Xiongying.

Although Zheng He was castrated after being captured, his elder brothers and sisters, as well as his father, were well settled, all because Huang Ming not only inherited a large number of officials of the Yuan Dynasty, but also treated the Mongolian generals and ministers equally.

Last year, Fu Youde and Mu Ying, Lan Yu led an army of 300,000 to conquer Yunnan in one fell swoop, capturing Zheng He, who initially served in the army.

Because of his cleverness, he was sent to follow the envoy who reported the victory back to Nanjing to be congratulated by Tianfu, which was a beautiful thing, and most of the envoys would be rewarded and given official positions. And the clever Ma He was really taken by Li Wenzhong.

Originally, in the original time and space, he should have been sent to the Yan Wangfu to serve Zhu Di, the king of Yan......

Zheng He not only knows many languages, arithmetic, but also Mongolian wrestling, Tianfang ancient martial arts, is clever and very discerning, and the most important thing is to know the current affairs, his parents and sisters, all rely on his performance for their livelihood in the future, so they are very loyal.

When Zhu Xiongying read books in his previous life, he felt that the Ming Dynasty was able to go to the West seven times, not only by relying on the strong national strength of the male lord in the world, but also because at that time, humanities and technology were accumulated in the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty exploded, and they had developed to a certain point. It is very simple, ocean voyages, need to have a very solid knowledge of astronomy, but also have geographical knowledge, more importantly, can sail a big ship is rare, sailors also have to go through long-term training, a skilled sailor, after more than three years of training before sailing, this is a strong evidence of the Ming Dynasty's national strength and vision world-class.

Looking at Zheng He's aristocratic qualities, you will know a thing or two.

"Xie Cao Guogong gave the servant, and I congratulate Cao Guogong."

After Li Wenzhong left, Zhu Xiongying looked at Zheng He and looked up and down: "Do you know multiple languages and have you ever learned arithmetic?" ”

Zheng He bowed his head and said: "Back to the little master, Tianfang arithmetic, Huaxia arithmetic, and harmony can be compromised." ”

"Do you speak Mongolian and know Tibetan?"

Zhu Xiongying asked again.

"My father and ancestors once went to the extreme west, and there are people from the Western Regions in the clan, and they learn more foreign languages."

Zheng He replied again.

Zhu Xiongying grinned with bared teeth, he was a good seedling, if he taught him some mathematics, astronomy, and navigation knowledge in later generations.

He's sure to learn very quickly.

In this era, the language of the Ming Dynasty is a long-standing problem.

The official dialect is naturally the language of the heavens, but it is not universal.

Imperial grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang deeply felt that now, it is difficult to translate the Han and Mongolian languages, because the Yuan Dynasty had no writing, and the Chinese and Mongolian palindromes were parallel, which was very difficult, and the Ming Dynasty succeeded the orthodoxy, and the imperial grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang also admitted that the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty had been the emperor of China, so he ordered someone to sort out a book to understand the words of the world.

Note that the "world" referred to in this book is the "world" that covers the territory of the Yuan Dynasty. ”

The person who compiled this book was the Hanlin Academy's attendant Huo Yuanjie, the editor Ma Sha Yihei, etc., and the interesting thing is that many of these editors-in-chief are people of color, but they are all proficient in Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and even Tianfang.

The book is translated into Mongolian Hui in Chinese, all astronomy, geography, personnel, objects, food, and utensils are not included, and the "Secret History of the Yuan Dynasty" is used for reference, and it is published in the world with Chinese phonetics.

Since then, the envoys of the Ming Dynasty have been able to understand their feelings when they go back and forth to Shuo Desert, and they don't need to translate, and they just take the book and read it.

This is the Ming version of "know-it-all".