Looking at Zhu Youzhen's frowning brows, Zhou Yufeng's heart trembled.

Angry!

"Long live the wrath."

Zhou Yufeng stood up in a panic, standing aside helplessly, lowering his head and not daring to look at Zhu Youzhen.

Seeing Zhou Yufeng's appearance, Zhu Youzhen's originally unhappy heart softened.

"Sit down and eat, I'm not angry. Liaoning, I can't let the national abbot go, I will talk to him about this tomorrow. If he wants, let him go to Taiwan. This is the first and last time. Zitong, don't make it difficult for me in the future! ”

After speaking, Zhu Youjian got up and left.

He couldn't talk about how angry he was about this, after all, there was nothing wrong with Zhou Yufeng, Zhou Kui's daughter.

However, Zhou Kui's mind also reminded him, there is a shortage of manpower at the moment, if Zhou Kui is really this piece of material, he doesn't mind using him. It depends on whether he dares to go to this place in Taiwan.

On the second day, he called Zhou Kui into the palace.

"What did you say to the queen when you entered the palace yesterday?"

"Your Majesty atons for your sins! The minister just wants to do some serious errand! As soon as Zhou Kui heard it, he knew that yesterday's matter of begging the queen had been revealed, and it seemed that he was indispensable to scold.

"That's it! Stand up! Zhu Youzhen looked impatient. You have a good calculation and go to Liaoning. Can I send you to Yangzhou for residence? ”

"I don't dare."

"Don't think about Liaoning. Are you going to Taiwan? If you go, you'll be in charge of the salt works over there. ”

"Go!"

"There is only a salary, no dividends."

"Go!"

"Taiwan is full of miasma, the epidemic is raging, and it may die!"

"This, this, go!"

"There are also shengfan on the island, which specializes in hunting foreign heads and hanging them as bells in front of the door."

"This, this, this, Your Majesty. The minister is timid, don't scare the minister. Zhou Kui looked terrified.

"What I said is true. It's up to you to decide whether to go or not. Zhu Youzhen looked at Zhou Kui playfully, he didn't have the courage at all. Still want to soar?

Zhou Kui began to get entangled, this atmosphere has been baked here, if he doesn't agree. I'm afraid I won't have a chance to be reused by His Majesty in this life. Thinking of the colorful lives of those people in Yangzhou, Zhou Kui gritted his teeth.

"As long as you can share your majesty's worries, even if it is a sea of swords and fires, the minister is willing to go."

Ay.

Not to mention anything else, Zhou Banxian's mouth is really not covered.

"I'm ugly and ugly, I'll give you a year, if you don't do it well. Not only do you want to come back, but you don't want to ask for this title again. ”

"Minister, you must live up to your mission!"

"Let's go back and get ready, and we'll leave in two days. By the way, the jade slave next to you is Xiao Quan's person, you be careful. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhou Kui left satisfied, although Taiwan is far away, but at least he can be regarded as reused for His Majesty, which is much stronger than eating and waiting for death before.

Two days later, at the railway station outside the capital, Zhou Kui and his family were waiting for the train here.

Zhou Kui's arrival made the passing business travelers in the train station look sideways.

It is common to bring goods, and there are many people who come to visit.

You have to say that he is a businessman, he did not bring goods. Let's say he came to visit, he brought his luggage. Forget about these, there are too many women in this area, right?

This time, Zhou Kui brought all the women in the family, especially the women brought back from Yangzhou, and he was not at ease to stay in Beijing. I don't know when I'll be able to come back when I'm going to Taiwan, don't be stolen.

The reason why he wanted to take the train here was because Zhu Youzhen happened to plan to send a batch of hybrid rice seeds to Taiwan by steamer, and Zhou Kui could take advantage of the steamer.

"Uncle, is this train really running without pulling? The slave family hasn't seen it yet. Yunu pursed her lips slightly and asked curiously.

"That's nature. Not only can you run, but you can also be very fast. From the capital to Tianjin, it takes more than two hours to arrive. Zhou Kui's face was proud, although he had never sat down, but it did not delay him to show off.

"It's so powerful~ The slaves can't wait~"

Zhou Kui looked useful, smiled and nodded.

Bah! Slut!

Zhou Kui's original partner stood aside and looked at the two stinky and shameless ones hatefully, but he didn't dare to attack.

After a while, the train came.

This is a passenger car set up by Zhu by the inspector last year, which is specially for travelers, and it runs once a day.

The people who got on the train were naturally very curious, but before they had time to feel it, the train had already arrived at its destination.

In Tianjin Port, two steam cargo ships have been waiting in the port for a long time, and when they boarded the ship, they sounded the whistle and started their first voyage.

Now there are five completed steamships in Tianjin Port, all of which are the results of the shipyard in the past year.

Due to the gradual maturity of the technology, the later ones were built to be larger than the Ryosuke. Instead, the Ryosuke Royal Steamer became the smallest one.

At this time, Zhou Kui was on the Ryosuke, a ship of special significance.

After the ship set sail, Zhou Kui did not rush into the cabin, but stood on the deck with Zhou Hao to watch the scenery.

"I really didn't expect that after the train, I would be able to build this coal-burning ship!"

"Your Majesty is great!"

"yes."

In any case, His Majesty's majesty is probably already chasing after the second ancestor. The discordant voices of the government and the opposition are getting smaller and smaller. Some have changed their minds, while others are afraid of death.

"Actually, it's my first time going to sea. I'm afraid I'll have to drift at sea for two or three months when I go to Taiwan, and to be honest, I'm really a little bottomless. Will there be wind and waves or something? Did the prince of Joseon soon encounter the wind and waves and die in the belly of the fish? ”

Zhou Kui looked into the distance with a little worry.

Zhou Hao didn't speak, there are not many who are as unlucky as the prince of Joseon.

As it got farther and farther from the shoreline, the speed of the ship slowly increased. The maximum speed of these two freighters is about 12 knots, that is, a little more than 20 kilometers per hour.

Because it is steam-powered, the direction of the wind at sea has almost no effect on the speed of the ship, and if the wind is favorable, you can open the sails and borrow the power of the wind. Sailing around the clock, it can travel 400 kilometers in one day and one night. Of course, if you convert it to nautical miles, the number is smaller.

The weapons and equipment of these two ships were very advanced, and each ship was equipped with 32 new steel cannons made by Sun Yingyuan, which had a longer range and greater power than the Hongyi cannon.

The Minérgy rifle was also standard for the soldiers, and each man had one.

There were not many soldiers on board, and the two ships combined were only a hundred and ten people.

There are two reasons why there are so few people.

One is the confidence in the speed of the steamship, in Wang Zheng's words, he can't think of any other country in the world whose warships can catch up with the Ryosuke and not be beaten by it.

The second is that the steam engine of the steamship is huge, and in order to carry more things, there is not much space left in the cabin for the sailors to stay.

Zhou Kui was very unlucky, and on the second day of going to sea, he encountered wind and waves, which made him vomit and die on the boat.

Thinking of such a day for two or three months, Zhou Kui was about to cry.

He began to regret it, and he should be looked down upon by others. It's good to spend a little money, why go all the way to Taiwan to suffer this crime!

But compared to other people who sailed away, his first time was extremely lucky.

Because he was on a steamboat.

April 11

After seven days at sea, the two ships arrived at the port of Keelung.

"You mean, we're in Taiwan?" Zhou Kui came to the deck, pulled a sailor over and asked.

"Yes, uncle. In the distance is the port of Keelung in Taiwan. ”

"Don't you want to trick me, are we going to Shandong to supply now?"

"No, we're already in Taiwan." The sailor patiently explained. Not to mention Zhou Kui, he was a little surprised when he was familiar with the speed of steamships.

"Seven days? To Taiwan? I have been on the boat for more than ten days to go down to Yangzhou. ”

The sailor looked at him and did not speak.

Are you floating, like our steamer? I haven't seen the world.

Whether Zhou Kui believed it or not, after negotiating with the people in the port, the two steamers docked at the port.

As soon as they entered the harbor, these two strangely shaped ships attracted the attention of everyone on board.

What kind of ship is this? What is that big chimney for? For cooking?

For a moment, both on board and on the shore stared curiously at the two ships.

Even Zheng Zhibao, who was patrolling the port, ran over curiously.

Seeing Zhou Kui coming down from the boat, he greeted him.

"The last general, Zheng Zhibao, is the defender of this Keelung port. Dare to ask where did the adults come from? ”

"I am Zhou Kui, the current ruler of the country, and His Majesty sent me to Taiwan to build a salt farm."

"You are the grandfather of the country? Arrived so soon? Zheng Zhibao learned in advance that Zhou Kui was coming, but he estimated that it would take a month or two. How can it be so fast?

"Is this Taiwan?" Zhou Kui asked tentatively.

"Yes! Why did the grandfather come here to ask? ”

Why does this Guozhang look a little unbright, why are you here if it's not Taiwan?

"Why so fast?" Zhou Kui muttered. Looking at the attire of past business travelers, it really doesn't look like in Shandong.

I want to ask you.

Zheng Zhibao quietly took a step back and decided to stay away from him.

I heard that brain disease is contagious.