It turned out that when Zhu Zhen was in charge of Honglu Temple, Zhu Su expected that those Xiyi would definitely want to entangle Zhu Zhen, so he specially instructed that if he saw these Xiyi, he would take a detour, and not meet them, so that they would have a chance to face each other.

The intention is to hang these Xiyi and frustrate their sharpness first.

But these Xiyi chased too closely, waiting at the gate of Honglu Temple, and squatting at the gate of Zhu Zhen's palace every day. Zhu Zhen didn't dare to disobey his brother's will, for fear of encountering these Xiyi in person, so he was cautious every day, and playing with these Xiyi was like a cat and mouse game. came and went, and it turned out to be a Chu prince in Daming, who was quite nervous.

Zhu Su heard his complaints, and couldn't help laughing: "You are also a prince, as long as you hide in the mansion and don't go out, those red-haired ghosts dare to chase into your palace?" ”

Zhu Zhen was dumbfounded by a sentence, and he was speechless, and he was embarrassed to say for a long time: "This ...... It's boring in the house, and it's boring......"

Zhu Su smiled, he also understood Zhu Zhen's mentality. Since he was a child, he has been locked up in the palace to study, and now that he has finally left the palace to open the palace, he is unwilling to be a caged bird in another birdcage. Besides, Zhu Zhen likes to listen to books, and when he was young, he pestered himself to take him to listen to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. If he is locked up in the house for several days and cannot listen to books, I am afraid that it will be more sad than killing him.

"How many of those gifts from Xiyi have you saved?" Zhu Su asked suddenly.

Zhu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "I have sent more than ten times, and I sent more than a dozen Dongzhu in one trip yesterday." If it is converted into silver, it is at least 20,000 taels. ”

"Twenty thousand taels...... Heh, these red-haired ghosts are really rich. Zhu Su said with a smile. After receiving such a large amount of money, it is no wonder that Zhu Zhen is sincerely afraid. After all, the handman is short......

"Well, in a few days, you can arrange an occasion for these red-haired ghosts to meet." Zhu Su said. "Then I will hide behind the curtain, and you will do as I tell me."

"The extortion here of the Chu Wangfu is almost over, and if they continue to knock, I'm afraid they will retreat."

"It's time to change your name and continue to knock on these Xiyi passes."

"Okay." Zhu Zhen was overjoyed, he wanted to get rid of these difficult red-haired ghosts quickly. "Then tomorrow, I'll arrange ...... immediately"

……

On the second day, under Zhu Zhen's summons, Zhu Su successfully met the red-haired Westerners.

These Yiren were wearing complicated shirts, their hair seemed to have been specially taken care of, making it slightly curly, and their faces were covered with powder, and their heads were held high, making a noble appearance.

"In front of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, still don't kneel?"

The soldiers of Honglu Temple looked at these Xiyi very unpleasantly, these Xiyi have been wandering outside Honglu Temple for the past few days, if they hadn't been instructed in advance, they should have been arrested for the crime of watching the yamen. But Rao is like this, these Rakshasa ugly faces are hanging outside every day, and they are also annoying these soldiers, and now that they have seized the opportunity, they don't hurry up to scare these Xiyi.

"His Royal Highness the Venerable King of Chu doesn't know that in our West, there has never been such a barbaric etiquette as kneeling. If Your Highness wishes, we can kiss the back of your hand with a hand kiss. But to our knees, noble Western gentlemen, who have never been so educated. "One of them is a human.

Behind the bamboo curtain, Zhu Su already sneered slightly, and then whispered a few words to Zhu Zhen. Zhu Zhen immediately recounted: "I heard that Mark Polo, a Western gentleman in the former Yuan period, once met with Emperor Kublai Khan in the former Yuan Dynasty. not only knelt down and kowtowed to him, but also made him a courtier for several years. ”

"When you came to the East, you thought you had seen Marco Polo's travels, and you could be regarded as the descendants of Marco Polo."

"This king is very curious, your ancestors have already knelt down, and you can't kneel if you are replaced? Don't you think that our Da Ming's knife is not as sharp as the previous yuan? ”

Hearing the words of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the soldiers guarding the left and right quickly pulled out some of the knives hanging from their waists. The choking sound of drawing the knife and the cold light revealing the scabbard suddenly frightened the other red-haired Yi person, and he immediately grabbed the companion who had just spoken out of his mouth, and said peacefully: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, we don't mean to despise the Ming Dynasty. ”

"My companion has just come to the East, and he doesn't know the truth of the East's 'following the customs' of the East. Since we are in the East, it is natural that we should meet the nobles with Oriental etiquette...... Firut, kneel down quickly, in front of him is the sixth prince of the Venerable Emperor Ming, and we should owe him the highest courtesy......"

As he spoke, he knelt down firmly, raised his hands and honestly knocked Zhu Zhen on the spot. The red haired Yi who had just spoken nonsense saw the soldiers around him who were not good-looking, and he also knelt down very barely, and gave Zhu Zhen a decisive kowtow with a blue face.

"Flat." Zhu Zhen said, the fifth brother said that these Yi people are all bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, and this is honest and does not deceive me. Seeing that I was young, the red-haired man just now wanted to use some kind of kiss to take advantage of a big man, and it was really disgusting that he was so good...... Thinking of this, Zhu Zhen shuddered for a moment, and then quickly sat up straight and made a serious face. I don't want to show my timidity because I look young.

"You have asked for it many times, and this king has known it. It's just that Honglu Temple is busy with affairs, so I can take the time to see it today. Zhu Zhen said, he was a little weak in these words, what was there to be busy in Honglu Temple, he just came here to show up, and then he either went back to his home, or went to the teahouse to listen to books. But it was the fifth brother who let him say this, and it wasn't that he deliberately lied. "You want to see this king, but I don't know what it is?"

"Could it be that in my Daming territory, are you used to living? If there is anything that needs the king's good offices, the king will do his best. ”

"Your Royal Highness, we do have one thing we want to bother Your Highness." Westerners have never known how to beat around the bush, and after listening to Zhu Zhen's polite words, they climbed directly up the pole and talked about the requirements. This appearance of power, even the soldiers standing next to him frowned. I only heard Na Xiyi say: "We heard that the great New World was discovered in the east of the Ming Dynasty, and in the New World, many precious animals and plants and gold were found. ”

"We in Britain want to gain the right to trade with the New World. Therefore, I ask His Royal Highness the Great Six Princes to allow our fleet to go to the New World and start trading with the cities of the Ming Dynasty......" said the Hongmao Yi people sincerely.

This person seems to be much smarter than the other person, perhaps knowing that the Ming people generally believe that Yi people are ignorant existences, and he seems to be consciously using this stereotype, and his words seem to be very sincere and reckless. It's a pity that as soon as Zhu Su saw his white face and the flash of self-satisfaction in his blue eyes, he had already raised his vigilance to the maximum. This man seemed to have no city government, and at first glance he said that he wanted to trade in the New World, but his real purpose must be more than that.

The size of Feng Mingzhou, they must have known it from the general map of Kunyu Wanguo that was leaked out. I also guessed that Da Ming would not be able to swallow such a large piece of land in a short period of time. On the surface, in the name of trading with the Ming city, in their hearts, they must want to colonize Fengmingzhou and fight against the Ming Dynasty.

In the face of those as powerful as the Great Ming, they are merchants. But in the face of the weak and the civilians of small countries, they are undoubtedly robbers.

“…… Do you want to go to Fengmingzhou too? "After getting Zhu Su's meaning, Zhu Zhen began to pretend." This...... It's hard to do. ”

He touched his chin, which had not grown much beard, and looked very entangled. "Fengmingzhou's maritime trade survey, I also have its own rules."

"If it weren't for my Ming merchants, at least they would have to be subordinate countries that could respect me as the suzerain."

"You ...... It's just a businessman from the West, right? Do you have a letter of state from the king of your country, wishing that the whole country will be attached to my great son? If not, this is really a difficult matter......"

(End of chapter)