"Old Fang, what do you want?" Zhu Biao saw that Fang Jin was in a daze, so he shouted.

After Fang Jin came back to his senses, he said, "Your Highness, this is the first time that the minister has seen the sea and is shocked by its magnificence. ”

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When you were on an overseas mission in your last life, you saw all four oceans!

"Don't give the lonely anything else, you don't often nag in the lonely ear that there is endless wealth on the sea, what about wealth?" Zhu Biao waved his sleeves, pointed to the sea and said.

Fang Jin said with a smile: "Your Highness, there are countless fish in the sea, and there are many types, even if there is a natural disaster in the future and the grain harvest is not harvested, at least the people in the coastal areas will not starve." ”

"I get tired of eating every day, and of course if I really have a famine, I don't care about it." Zhu Biao nodded and replied.

He stepped on the planks of the ship again, and said meaningfully, "It's a pity that the speed of the ship is too slow, and it would be nice to have even half the speed of the horses." ”

When Fang Jin heard this, his heart moved, and he also felt that the speed of this ship was a little slow.

He wondered if he was going to get the clippers up.

Before the Industrial Revolution, the clipper was the last leap in the traditional wooden sailing boat technology, and with the shipbuilding industry level of the Ming Dynasty today, as long as the idea is right, the clipper can be manufactured.

Born at the beginning of the 19th century, clippers can sail almost three times faster than ordinary ocean-going sailing ships.

Fang Jin also felt that there was no need to build an original Western version of the clipper boat, and it could be properly trimmed down to improve its safety performance, and some speeds could be reduced to twice that of ordinary sailing boats.

The ocean-going trade of this era, as far as Persia or Arabia, was completely sufficient.

Theoretically speaking, before the Industrial Revolution, there would be no technical barriers to the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty for all kinds of ships in Europe during the Age of Discovery.

Lao Fang, if you can't do it, Lone can only summon another traverser.

Zhu Biao whispered in his heart.

Although the traverser is a ticking time bomb, he has a principle that the designated traverser must be some technical talent, so that he can more easily control the overall situation.

Of course, this does not mean that if the traverser designates those officials in the future, Zhu Biao will not be able to control it.

In fact, in terms of political skills in the officialdom, the high-ranking officials of later generations may not be able to defeat these court ministers of the Ming Dynasty, especially the latter can still climb to a high position under the severe constraints of various objective conditions in ancient times, and their ability should not be underestimated.

What's more, in the prison of the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of harsh punishment laws are also thunderous in later generations, Zhu Biao is respected as a prince, even if he gives a look and a finger, even if these traversers are high-ranking officials and magnates in their previous lives, they are still obedient.

So Zhu Biao didn't choose those people, he just thought that those people couldn't help him, and maybe even bad things.

"By the way, Jinghai Hou, I want to know what is the level of shipbuilding in today's Wa Kingdom?" Zhu Biao thought of this and asked.

Wu Zhen shook his head with disgust on his face, and replied: "The shipbuilding technology of the Wa Kingdom is thousands of miles different from our Ming Dynasty. ”

Even in the Wanli period, the Wa State launched a war of aggression against Korea, its shipbuilding level was still far from that of China, and it was really surpassed after the Meiji Restoration, which can only be said to be the sin of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Very good, my Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding technology is the most important weapon of the country, and it can't leak those small countries in the slightest, and it is not as atmospheric as the Heavenly Khan Li Shimin." Zhu Biao said, half-jokingly said, "Lonely, like my father, is very stingy. ”

The people of Zhou Zhou could only bow down and did not dare to answer, and they did not dare to make the emperor's jokes.

"Another point, those merchant ships involved in the ocean-going trade must not bring any weapons to sell, whether it is swords or firearms, once found, they will be punished heavily!" Zhu Biao admonished again.

"Obey orders!" Wu Zhen immediately responded.

Zhu Biao pondered for a while, then waved his sleeves and said meaningfully: "Marquis Jinghai, it's time for us to return." I have been out for so long, and I have not met a single fisherman. If they don't go back, they will probably complain in their hearts that loneliness has made them hungry. ”

"Lone is a prince who loves the people!"

Wu Zhen knew the sound of Zhu Biao's words, lowered his head and smiled bitterly, and then ordered the crew to return.

Zhu Biao returned to the room alone, and as soon as he sat down, a eunuch Li Zhong arrived with a cup of hot tea: "Your Highness, the sea breeze has been blowing for so long, warm up." ”

Zhu Biao groaned and took the teacup.

Daming, you really can't ban the sea.

He muttered to himself.

The people of this coastal area live and live on the sea, either engaged in fishery production or engaged in maritime trade. The strict ban on transportation to foreign vassals has blocked the normal livelihood of the people in the coastal areas.

In this way, when the people have no way to live, they will often go into the sea to become thieves, and even if they sweep the hole of the Japanese plough court, this Japanese will continue to jump out.

How to persuade my father?

……

The time soon came to the middle of March of the second year of Hongwu.

Since this month, Zhu Biao, in addition to asking Lao Zhu and Queen Ma to say goodbye, has almost soaked in the barracks, mingling with the young soldiers all day long, or going to the camp of the sailor to hang around, causing some civil and military affairs in the court to complain.

There are also bold guys who make suggestions to Zhu Yuanzhang, hoping that His Majesty can take care of this prince, but these twists and turns were suppressed by Lao Zhu one by one and did not reply.

At this moment, in Kunning Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma are sitting next to each other.

Lao Zhu's face was full of smiles, but he pretended to be angry and said, "Madam, we are really bold, and we don't even discuss with us and make decisions on our own." This is ready to be cut first and then played! ”

"The King of the Ryukyus secretly hid the widows who infested the Ming Dynasty, and he deducted a good hat!"

His subordinates were holding notes that had been secretly played by intelligence officers.

It is written that Zhu Biao and Wu Zhen, Marquis of Jinghai, discussed how to annex Ryukyu, and promised that this place on Ryukyu Island would be Wu Zhen's one-third of an acre of land in the future.

Empress Ma read ancient books and knew where the Ryukyus were located.

After hearing this, she was in a trance for a while, and then replied: "Biao'er went to deal with the affairs of the Japanese invaders, how did she think of occupying the Ryukyus?" But ......"

Queen Ma glared at Zhu Yuanzhang: "Okay, you Zhu Chongba, Biao'er's bold and reckless character is not like you, isn't this good." If you are timid, can you become emperor? ”

"Just allow you to be bold, and don't allow your son to be bold!"

Lao Zhu was not annoyed, and laughed happily: "Madame is right, Biao'er's personality is like ours, it's better to be bold, it's better to be bigger!" We were worried that we had read too many standard books and were not bold enough. ”

Regarding Zhu Biao's assertions, Lao Zhu was not angry at all, but enjoyed it.

If other princes were as good at asserting as Zhu Biao, Lao Zhu would inevitably be beaten badly, but he could replace it with Zhu Biao, and he praised it instead.

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