returned to the house and continued to copy and learn words, and after another half an hour, Mao Xiang appeared again and asked Zhu Yuan to set off.

When I went out, the fog had cleared a lot, but it was a gloomy day, and it looked like it was going to snow.

Zhu Yuan was surrounded by a group of people and walked out of the Fu salt merchant's mansion, and in addition to the carriage and horses, a soft sedan car was parked in front of the door.

It was specially prepared for him.

Others either ride horses or ride in cars.

It's not that Zhu Yuan is hypocritical, on the day he left the Yidu camp, he took the carriage, and in less than an hour, Zhu Yuan, who was still weak, was knocked out.

Because there were no smooth asphalt roads in those days, and horse-drawn carriages had no shock absorption function. Under the primitive road conditions everywhere, it is conceivable that even if there is a car on a long journey, it is a sin. This is probably why in the ancient books, once people travel long distances, they will often get seriously ill, and Zhu Yuan can be regarded as a personal experience.

At that time, Zhu Yuan was rescued in a hurry, and the team of more than 1,000 people had to slow down the journey and forcibly divert to the waterway.

The little guy opened the sedan curtain, and Zhu Yuan, who was holding a bronze hand stove in his arms, got in and sat down, and the sedan chair was quickly lifted and began to move forward steadily.

Enjoying these things along the way, Zhu Yuan is not weak at all.

The 'big business' of the five-hundred-year-old Guozuo, there will be no prince in the future, and Zhu Yuan will feel a loss. After all, back in the Ming Dynasty, according to the convention of traveling, you have to be a prince anyway.

After more than a quarter of an hour, the sedan chair stopped, the sedan curtain was opened by the small maid, and in front of it was the busy Yangzhou Wharf on the bank of the river.

Zhu Yuan walked out of the soft sedan chair, and his eyes were immediately attracted by a large ship moored not far away.

Or, it's more appropriate to call it 'Giant Boat'.

Different from Zhu Yuan's flat-bottomed boat with a length of only five zhang along the way, at first glance, it looks like a three-story building is a big ship with a length of thirty or forty zhang, which is comparable to the size of a warship in later generations, and the huge hull is immersed in the fog that has not yet dissipated, like an ancient giant beast waiting for an opportunity to overturn the river and the sea.

If you look closely, there are only nine high and low masts on the big ship, and the large and small ships with sails and masts around them are as weak as the cattle, sheep and red deer around the elephant.

Mao Xiang didn't know when he came to Zhu Yuan's side, noticed the rare emotional expression of this little official, looked at the big ship together, and said with pride: "This is a 5,000-material sea ship paid by Zhang Shicheng of Dongping in Western Wu, 45 zhang long, 9 masts and 12 sails. The Lord's words are big and inappropriate, this northern expedition cannot enter the canal, and it is only suitable for transporting grain. ”

When Zhu Yuan heard Mao Xiang say this, he noticed that a man was carrying bags of grain from the gangplank next to the big boat.

is different from Mao Xiang's pride, but Zhu Yuan is a pity.

The Ming Dynasty had the strength to build a super-naval fleet hundreds of years earlier than the West, and the result was ...... No result.

Seeing that Zhu Yuan didn't respond, knowing this cold temperament, Mao Xiang didn't say much, and instead hugged his fists and said: "Little official, the Lord has issued another order, let me arrive in Jinling before the end of the day, so that I can enter the city before the night curfew." We're going to change ships, and we're going to get rid of others. ”

Zhu Yuan nodded slightly.

It's urging again.

Reading history in his previous life, he found that Zhu Yuanzhang was a typical acute son, and he was admonished by his subordinates more than once to 'seek treatment too quickly'. This time, I can endure to let Zhu Yuan slowly take off for half a month, which is also patient.

Or, the conditions still don't allow it.

With Zhu Yuan's health condition, if he is in a hurry, he will really be upside down.

Thinking of Zhu Yuanzhang's urgency, and then thinking about his three-year plan, Zhu Yuan was somewhat worried.

Mao Xiang had long been dissatisfied with Zhu Yuan's cold reaction every time he heard his master, but this was not something he could deal with, and Zhu Yuan's arrogant attitude also made him unintentional to admonish, and after saying that, he made a gesture of please, Zhu Yuan didn't look at the big ship anymore, and followed him to a small boat near the embankment.

Small is just relative.

This is a fortune ship that can sail on the sea about 10 zhang, and it has a pointed bottom shape, which is conducive to breaking waves.

There was no wind at the moment, and Zhu Yuan saw that a row of large oars had protruded from the side of the ship in front of him.

Here Zhu Yuan boarded the fortune boat under the support of everyone, and many people around him did the same, this is the companion of recent days, divided into two categories, one is the 1,000 soldiers led by Mao Xiang and the boatman and sailor who are responsible for the boat, and the other is the surrender of the civil and military officials and their families of the Yuan Court of the counties of Shandong who were escorted by the soldiers.

Escort plus escort is regarded as beating rabbits with grass.

However, if it weren't for Zhu Yuan, it would just be an escort task, and this errand that didn't have much credit for messing up but would probably not fall on Mao Xiang, let alone use a thousand elite soldiers.

The Northern Expedition of the Great Army was in full swing, and it was a good time to earn military merits, but he was suddenly transferred away from the front line, and Mao Xiang's indifference to Zhu Yuan these days can also be seen in his inner depression.

After entering a warm cabin prepared in advance at the back of the Fu Ship, and settling Zhu Yuan, Mao Xiang left to arrange the departure.

Zhu Yuan ignored other things, leaned on the soft collapse of the mattress that had been laid out for several layers, motioned to the maid to turn on the charcoal stove in the cabin, and the window was also opened, and then found the "Commentary on the Analects" that he had been perusing these days and began to flip through it.

After reading two pages of the book, there were voices outside the cabin again, and the little guy stepped forward to open the hatch, and two men, one big and one small, beckoned to come in.

The former is a man in his thirties, dressed in a green coat, wearing a black gauze hat, and a somewhat thin face with a short beard, giving people the feeling of a stereotypical teacher, who is the Dai Sanchun Dai Imperial Doctor who pulled Zhu Yuan back from the brink of death.

Another round-faced boy who is also short as Zhu Yuan is Dai Sanchun's apprentice named Sanqi.

Seeing that it was these two people, Zhu Yuan took the initiative to sit up, and just about to speak, he didn't want the ship to move suddenly, Zhu Yuan suddenly fell backwards, and his head banged on the bulkhead.

The people around were taken aback and rushed over one after another, and there was a rush.

Think about the recent fame of the petty officials, they will go to Jinling immediately, if something happens at the door, it is more serious, they can pay for their lives.

Zhu Yuan recovered from the Venus in his eyes, saw the careful appearance of everyone crowded in front of him, waved his hand and said, "There's no need to be nervous, I'm not porcelain." ”

The others relaxed and stepped back, holding Zhu Yuan's body and letting Dai Sanchun personally rub the green jacket on his head, and answered in a crisp voice: "The little official is not porcelain, the little official is the precious jade, and he is born rich and noble." ”

Zhu Yuan was stunned.

I felt that there was something wrong with the maid's words, and I didn't catch the key, and my head was still hurting at this time, so I could only put it aside for the time being.

Seeing that Zhu Yuan didn't respond, the green jacket maid flashed gloom in her expression, for so many days, this little official who followed all the way didn't even ask their names, and now everyone had gone to the river, and they were more and more worried about how they would land when they arrived in Jinling City.

After a while, he felt that the big boat had begun to move forward steadily, and Zhu Yuan asked Dai Sanchun not to continue to rub it, and he himself went down and wanted to sit down by the window.

Seeing this, the two maids rushed to spread a mattress on the wooden chair on the backrest, and then helped Zhu Yuan to sit down.

Dai Sanchun, who was standing next to him, waited for Zhu Yuan to sit down, and he also came to the side, sat down on the round stool brought by the little servant, stretched out his hand, and Zhu Yuan tacitly sent his wrist.

Quietly cut his pulse for a while, observed Zhu Yuan's complexion, and then asked Zhu Yuan to undress and turn around, Dai Sanchun came over and listened through his underwear for a while, and finally sat down and asked, "Did the little official sleep well last night?" ”

Zhu Yuan nodded, because Dai Sanchun had just heard some things to say along the way, but he still didn't open his mouth at this time. This is his life-saving benefactor, if there is a fate, it is not too late to contact him in the future.

At this time, he said: "I didn't cough again last night, and my chest is no longer stuffy, and I want to thank Mr. Dai for saving his life." ”

As he spoke, he raised his arm and thanked him.

Unconsciously began to integrate into the etiquette of the ancients, and many people are not strange.

Dai Sanchun sat down and accepted Zhu Yuan's salute, and said with a smile: "This is my duty to wait for a doctor." It seems that the petty official has recovered, and the official will prescribe a few pairs of medicines for the petty official later, but the petty official is weak, so he should be cautious in the future and not suffer from the wind and cold again. ”

Saying that, Dai Sanchun thought in his heart that this little official, who has been rumored to be more and more miraculous recently, has been cold all the way, and it seems that there have been some changes today.

Zhu Yuan nodded again in agreement.

It's a chill.

What led to the early death of the crown prince Zhu Biao was a cold, which not only completely changed the historical trend of the Ming Dynasty, but also almost ruined Zhu Yuanzhang's thirty years of hard work. Therefore, Zhu Yuan is really glad that he can survive this time.

I am glad that this illness is not contagious this time.

After a few more words, Dai Sanchun was about to say goodbye and leave, but Zhu Yuan couldn't hold back and took the initiative to ask: "Mr. Dai, I happened to hear Commander Mao talking to someone early in the morning, ...... The word is reborn, it is...... Well, is the 'heavy' of Chongyang and the 'birth' of birth? ”

Dai Sanchun stopped getting up, didn't know why Zhu Yuan asked this question, and said: "Exactly, back then, my father wanted me to succeed in studying medicine and help the world and save the people, so I took the word and was reborn." Every time I think of my father's teachings in the past, Sanchun has to introspect himself, the medical Tao is boundless, and every time there is too much confusion, I can't solve it when I seek teachers and classics. Let's just say that the petty officials are cold, why do some people suffer from the wind and cold, I have only one word 'evil', such as this cold evil, like the wind evil, and like the wet evil, however, what the 'evil' is, so far unknown. Alas, I am also blamed for not being good at learning, ashamed, ashamed. ”

As he spoke, this middle-aged man in his thirties who had always given Zhu Yuan an old-fashioned feeling didn't know what to think of, and he felt more and more nostalgic, and there were tears in his eyes.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuan hesitated a little and said tentatively: "What Mr. Dai said is that he is wondering about the root cause of many diseases, right? ”

"Exactly, just say the word 'evil'......" Dai Sanchun was still immersed in inexplicable emotions, subconsciously answered, and suddenly reacted, looked at Zhu Yuan, and looked hopefully: "Little official, can you ask this, is it, you, you ......"

Dai Sanchun felt that although Zhu Yuan's appearance was just a young boy who had not yet tied his hair, what he had seen and heard over the years, he did not dare to treat the other party as an ordinary teenager at all.

is a strange person, maybe it can really solve his long-standing doubts.

"I don't know medical skills, but what you are curious about, I know some," Zhu Yuan nodded and said, seeing Dai Sanchun's lips trembling and staring at him, he didn't know how to react for a while, and hurriedly said: "Three years, Mr. Dai, after three years, if you still want to know, you can come to me." ”