Fang Jin looked at the fiery gaze of Wu Zhen, a forty-year-old uncle, and had a creepy feeling.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince harmed me!" He cried out in his heart.

Fang Jinyuan thought that Zhu Biao asked him to repeat this famous sentence of Zheng He to give him a chance to perform, but he didn't expect to be targeted by an uncle.

"Brother Fang, I didn't expect you to have such a profound view of the ocean at such a young age!" Wu Zhen also realized that he had just moved, and he was a little shocked by the little brother opposite, which might make the other party think that he had the good of Longyang......

In fact, he has dealt with the ocean, to be exact, with water for most of his life.

When Wu Zhen followed Lao Zhu to fight the world, the water battles he participated in were basically on the rivers, and after the world was calm, he came to take charge of coastal defense.

Only those who have experienced naval battles will know that the sea and the river are not the same thing at all.

The ocean is too big, endless and unfathomable, and the rivers are in front of them, like fireflies and the sun and the moon, which are too far apart.

Wu Zhen has been training troops along the coast for a period of time under the orders of Lao Zhu, and since the sea has not yet been banned, he has also come into contact with many merchant ships engaged in ocean-going trade, and he has more or less some information.

Those merchant ships that go to the waters of Goryeo have a profit of 5-7 times for a round trip, and 6-9 times the profit for a trip to the Japanese country.

There are also those who are bold, and follow the route left by the former Song Dynasty to go to the Nanyang countries, and even Tianzhu, which is even more profitable.

Of course, the risks that come with it are also multiplied.

"Marquis Jinghai, have you mentioned this matter to your father?" Zhu Biao heard Wu Zhen talk about this, his heart moved, and he turned his head sideways and suddenly asked.

"Of course the emperor knows!" Wu Zhen's face was straight, and he immediately replied, "If this kind of thing is not reported to the emperor, it is equivalent to bullying the king!" ”

can become the founder of the country and be knighted, which one is not a human spirit.

Zhu Biao glanced at Fang Jin casually, and the other party's eyes also flashed with surprise.

That guy probably was thinking, didn't the history books say that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know anything about overseas, let alone the huge profits of sea trade, which led to the ban on the sea.

Could it be that the historical records are wrong?

Looking at the other party's surprised and calm look, Zhu Biao couldn't help but feel a little funny.

He asked that on purpose just now, and that's what he wanted.

The records of historical books are nothing but the Spring and Autumn penmanship of the literati.

If it is the kind of child emperor who was born in the deep palace and grew up in the hands of a woman, it is indeed easy to be deceived. But Lao Zhu was just a cloth cloth at the beginning, and the soldiers in the army climbed up step by step to become the emperor.

Such a founding hero, how can he be a fool?

It can only be said that Lao Zhu's appetite is too big, and he wants to monopolize the huge profits of this sea trade, and not give a little soup to those families.

Just like the first emperor, the book is the same text, the car is on the same track, the county system was established, and the division was revoked, thinking that with his personal prestige and ability, he could suppress the nobles of the six countries.

This is the domineering of the First Emperor of the Ages, but they didn't take into account that they couldn't live forever, and your children and grandchildren in the future ......

There is a good saying: having a baby is like opening a blind box.

You don't know what will happen to your children in the future, if you are born in an ordinary rich family, with sufficient educational resources, it may be enough, but it is far from enough to sit on that supreme throne and lead hundreds of millions of people, and you have to face the most cunning people in the empire in the court.

Wu Zhen didn't notice Fang Jin's strange expression, he was still asking His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a question just now.

"Your Highness, is there something that the minister doesn't know whether to say or not?" His tone was a little hesitant.

Zhu Biao waved his hand disapprovingly and replied: "Jinghaihou, there are no outsiders here, you can say whatever you want." ”

"Your Highness, when the minister and the saint reported on this matter, they proposed that since the profits of the maritime trade are so high, why not collect some more taxes to enrich the treasury." Wu Zhen recalled the picture at that time, "But the saint's face was very grim, and he only said that he would think about it carefully." ”

"Consider ......"

When this Jinghai Marquis said "consider" for the second time, the tone had become strange.

Zhu Biao smiled knowingly, of course Lao Zhu considered it, but the result after consideration was that since the sea trade was so profitable, it would also collect taxes on balls, and directly abolish the Municipal Shipping Division, and the private sector became state-owned.

In fact, the city division still exists, but it is set up for tributary countries, and it has nothing to do with the people.

There are some words that Wu Zhen did not say.

He can probably figure out Lao Zhu's attitude, Zhu Biao also understands, Fang Jin also understands, everyone is a smart person, and he can understand it at all.

In the next dinner, Zhu Biao ate with relish, but Fang Jin was a little absent-minded, maybe his understanding of history was subverted a lot.

After eating, the group walked around the camp for a while, and went to bed early when it was dark.

Early the next morning, Zhu Biao boarded one of the rather magnificent ships with great interest, standing on the high deck and looking at the boundless blue sea, feeling extremely happy.

Seeing the sea for the first time in his life, he really wanted to shout like the TV series in later generations, tearing his throat and shouting, and transmitting the sound to the far side of the sea, but considering his identity as the crown prince, he had to show some restraint.

The battleship that Zhu Biao sat on was a building ship, which was named because of the height and width of the ship, and the appearance resembled a building.

In ancient times, the building ship was the contribution of the water station, and it was suitable for long-range attack and close combat, but because the ship was too high, the center of gravity was often unstable and not suitable for long-distance sailing, so most of them only served as the main force in inland river and coastal water warfare.

"Your Highness, this ship was once in when His Majesty was the King of Wu, and the small boats around it are all escort fleets." Wu Zhen patiently explained.

Zhu Biao suddenly realized, no wonder this ship stands out from the crowd, and the decoration inside the ship is quite luxurious.

If they saw the ship from afar, they would probably be so frightened that they would have fled and would not have dared to approach it.

Although the most famous ship of the Ming Dynasty is the lucky ship, this ship is as tall as a city, non-human can drive, all depends on the wind, and can suppress the Japanese ship when the wind is downwind, such as a car running over the mantis.

But Zhu Biao couldn't wait for the wind here, so he had to take a boat to pass by.

There was a group of people around him, all of whom were specially arranged by Wu Zhen, Marquis of Jinghai. They all grew up by the sea, and it is a trivial matter to go into the sea to fish alone, and their existence is to prevent Zhu Biao from falling into the water and be rescued quickly.

Zhu Biao lowered his head and looked around, except for the escort boats wandering around, there were no fishing boats on the sea, presumably before he boarded the boat, Jinghaihou had already cleaned up the scene with great interest.

Thinking about the travel of the great leaders of later generations, the road was cleaned and majestic, and now he can be regarded as having tasted the taste of power.

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