Of course, these return gifts are all rewards from Zhengde behind Zhu Houxi's back, if Zhu Houxi knows that Zhengde returned the gift to the envoys of the two countries, it may really be replaced with a few jars of pickled vegetables, because in Zhu Houxi's eyes, the treasures of the Ming Dynasty must not be given to outsiders in vain, and the tribute of outsiders can be collected in full at that time.

Only then can the tribute be the household book Shi Jie is happy enough, have been so many years of the household book, or the first time a state came to pay tribute, and finally the Ming Dynasty became the party that made money, for this night, Shi Jie and his brother in the house drunk, shouting that Ming hope.

In May of the eighteenth year of Zhengde, Tianjin Wei Port.

More than a dozen ships are ready to go, the battle flag of the Ming Dynasty is fluttering in the wind, and the soldiers on the deck are in good spirits, in order to ensure the safety of Zhu Houxi, Zhengde specially dispatched Jin Wuwei, Hu Benwei, and Xian Xiang Wei to protect Zhu Houxi's safety.

When Zhu Houxi came to Tianjin Wei and saw all this, a sense of pride instantly appeared in his heart, this is Daming, this is the foundation of Daming.

"Your Highness, please."

Under the humility of the firefighter Yasan and Pires, Zhu Houxi took the lead on the deck of the ship.

Standing on the bow of the building boat, looking at the vast sea, Zhu Houxi shouted loudly: "Let the sails set sail." ”

"Set sail."

The anchor was quickly pulled up, the sails were quickly lowered, and with the swing of the helmsman, the Daming treasure ship slowly left the shore, and sixteen five-story ships left Tianjin Wei Port.

"Your Highness, it's windy here, please move to the cabin and rest."

Under Lu Song's reminder, Zhu Houxi nodded, and then took the fire man Yasan and Pires to the cabin of the ship.

In the spacious cabin, the Fire One Yasan saw that there were no outsiders, and confessed: "Your Highness, in fact, I am not an envoy of Manraka. ”

Zhu Houxi, who knew the origin of the Fire Man Yasan, pretended to be surprised and said, "What? ”

The Fire Warrior Yasan smiled bitterly: "Actually, I and Your Excellency Pires are both Franc machine people, and now Manraka no longer exists, and Manraka has been occupied by Franc Machine. ”

Of course, Zhu Houyu knew this history, but in order to maximize his own interests, Zhu Houyu pretended to be resentful and said: "How can you deceive Da Ming so much. ”

"We don't want to deceive the big countries, we do have the sincerity to serve the big countries, but we have been suffering and have no way out, so we have no choice but to take the risk of being full of envoys."

Zhu Houxi pretended to be dissatisfied and asked, "Then why did you just say it today?" ”

Pires said: "Your Highness wants to return to Manraka with us, and we will definitely not be able to fit it when we arrive in Manraka, so it is better to confess everything to Your Highness now and return to Your Highness." ”

Hearing that the two people in front of him wanted to submit to him, Zhu Houyu was not surprised, because this was the only way out in front of the two, otherwise as long as Zhu Houyi gave an order, the fleet could return to Tianjin Weigang immediately, and it would be difficult for the two of them to be guilty of bullying the king in front of Zhengde.

Zhu Houxi's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, and said quietly: "Tell me, how do you plan to submit to this king." ”

Seeing Zhu Houyu ask like this, the fire master Yasan and Pires both felt that there was hope for Zhu Houxi, and they said with a smile on their faces: "Your Highness, the two of us will never dare to ask for the benefits of salt that we promised before, and no matter what Your Highness wants to do in Manraka, we will do our best to help Your Highness." ”

Zhu Houyu sneered, the two people in front of him seemed to have given up a lot, but in fact, they were playing the trick of the white wolf with empty gloves in front of Zhu Houyi, not to mention that the profits of Haiyan were his own reward, just what he was doing in Manraka was completely generous to others, Zhu Houyu didn't believe it, if he wanted to go to the Franc Machine to do something, these two would cooperate so vigorously.

The fire Yasan and Pires didn't understand why Zhu Houxi, who was still kind and pleasant a moment ago, suddenly sneered, wondering if he had said something wrong.

Pires asked tentatively, "Your Highness, but what did the two of us say wrong?" ”

"Do you think this king is a fool? That Manraka is not the place of your Buddha, you occupy other people's territory, and here you pretend to be generous with this king. ”

"Your Highness......"

"Okay, this king doesn't want to embarrass you, Manraka land, you Franco and I are half of one person, if you don't allow it, this king will let people drive your Franco away and occupy Manraka alone."

Hearing Zhu Houxi's request, the two of them suddenly became in trouble, they did have a certain authority as envoys, but this kind of authority to cut land and pay compensation, King Franco did not grant them permission before going out, and they didn't know how to answer Zhu Houxi's question at the moment.

Seeing that the two didn't talk, Zhu Houxi raised his eyebrows and asked, "What, you don't agree?" ”

Pires cried and explained: "No, no, but the two of us really can't be the master." ”

"It's okay, this king will go with you to see the king of Franco, if he doesn't agree, I will send troops to help Manraka clear the hidden danger."

Seeing that things were still turning around, the two immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately assured Zhu Houxi: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the two of us will work hard to promote this matter for Your Highness." ”

"Well, don't worry, even if I want half of the territory, it won't affect your Franc machine."

The fire man Yasan and Pires felt that Zhu Houxi was completely deceiving people, who would want a cannibalistic tiger sleeping next to him.

"I only need the tax revenue of that half of the territory, and I don't want anything else."

After hearing that Zhu Houxi just wanted money, the previous worries of the two disappeared in an instant, and they were replaced by full joy, as long as they could facilitate this matter, and when the time came to establish diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty, the land of Manraka would be directly legalized.

Pires said with a smile: "Your Highness, rest assured, since the two of us have submitted to Your Highness, we will naturally work hard for Your Highness's grand ambitions. ”

This is Zhu Houxi, that is, Zhengde is his eldest brother, if another person heard Pires say this, it is estimated that he would have been scared to death, and Pires's words have the intention of rebellion.

Zhu Houxi knew that the two of them were talking well, but in fact, they wanted him to help the Franc Machine not to let the Ming Dynasty send troops, and the current Franc Machine could not match the Ming Dynasty, which was a great country.

"This king is not an unreasonable person, remember your promise, after the deed, this king promised you benefits, not a copper plate will be missing you."

Under Zhu Houxi's attack of a big stick and a sweet date, the two of them instantly didn't dare to have any other fancy intestines, and promised Zhu Houyu one after another that they would definitely work for Zhu Houyu in the future.

In the following days, Zhu Houxi and the two of them have been spending time on the ship, with the guidance of Pires, the voyage can be said to be unhindered along the way, and they have not even encountered a storm at sea.