The story of Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is gone, but the Ming Dynasty has ready-made examples to prevent the emperor from going on tour.

Ming Wuzong toured Tianfu in the south after King Ning's rebellion, and then fell into the water in Qingjiangpu in Huai'an Mansion, contracted the disease, and died, and Ming Shizong toured Tianfu in the south, and when he walked to Weihui, the palace was on fire, if it wasn't for Lu Bing's proper rescue, I am afraid it would have been a life.

Assassination is the first reason for conservatives to oppose the emperor's travel, and it is very strong, and the high value of the emperor's goal is vividly embodied.

The real cost of the emperor's trip is there.

In the sixth year of Yongle, Zhu Di moved his heart to prepare for the beginning of the northern tour, and has been preparing for a whole year, only on the seventh day of February in the seventh year of Yongle, he led the Ma army to march 50,000 followers, passed through Chuzhou, Fengyang, Xuzhou, and entered the ground of Shandong, on February 26, Zhu Di went to Yanzhou, and on the 27th, he paid tribute to his tenth brother Zhu Tan, the king of Lu, and the name of the desolate was set by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, because the king of Lu was indeed absurd.

Zhu Zhaoxuan, the king of Fenglu, is Zhu Di's nephew, this nephew waited early, and his obedient attitude made Zhu Di very satisfied, and Zhu Di rewarded him.

Zhu Di's reward is particularly heavy, the reason why the tin is very thick is to express the friendship between uncles and nephews, because of the Jingnan, the relationship between Zhu Di and his nephews is not harmonious, this walked for 20 days, to the end of the sacrifice, the various items used in the sacrifice, and then to reward the nephew, the total cost is 200,000 silver silver, 430,000 stone of grain and grass, and people eat horses and chew a lot of money, nearly 500,000 silver.

After that, Zhu Di never rewarded the vassal kings in various places, and even on the way to the Northern Expedition many times, he did not summon the vassal kings, all to save money.

On March 23, the twelfth year of Yongle, Zhu Di came over on a northern expedition and summoned the father and son of Zhu Jixi, the king of Jin, not for a reward, but to abolish the king of Jin, because Zhu Jixi, the king of Jin, always said to people: King Yan can be martyred, and so can I.

At that time, Zhu Di led soldiers, if the father and son of the King of Jin did not come to Jiming Mountain to meet him, he would take the troops to Taiyuan and abolish the feudal domain by force.

The king of Jin, Zhu Jixi, was deposed, and the throne was given to his younger brother.

During the Jiajing period, when the Taoist Lord toured his hometown in the south, he sent the minister of the southern tour, with dozens of people, to investigate along the way, and requisitioned the people to repair the bridge and repair the road, the road is narrow, the road is dangerous, and even the ferry bridge is too simple to be rebuilt, and the palace is established along the way, so that the local chickens and dogs jump all over the place.

Therefore, it is not necessarily the ministers who oppose the emperor's tour, and take advantage of the assassination of the first emperor to remind His Majesty that this trip is accompanied by all kinds of dangers, and the expenditure is extremely huge, disturbing the people.

Persuading the emperor not to toss indiscriminately is a conservative strategy, this conservative strategy, in the period of decline of the dynasty, is very applicable, the weakening of the dynasty, which means that there is a hole that cannot be plugged, the emperor makes a mistake on the road, that is, the world is turned upside down, but whenever the emperor can go out to wander around, it is the rising period of the dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng judged the situation very cautiously and determined that the Son of Heaven could travel, and it was very necessary, Zhang Juzheng naturally had his own reasons.

In the context of the rise of the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty's travel will contribute to the cohesion of people's hearts.

On the second day of the tenth month of the tenth year of Wanli, the courtiers in the Wenhua Hall were discussing something with each other, looking very emotional, and discussing something fiercely with the emperor, and the extremely majestic Son of Heaven on the platform shook his hand and said: "Everything is simple, there is no need to discuss it anymore." ”

Zhu Yijun is walking back and forth, naturally there is no need to toss the people to repair bridges and roads, and he has no plans to build a palace in Tianjin, Daming has a Huangzhuang in Tianjin, a restaurant called Yan Zhenglou, the third person in the palace Li Yougong has gone to prepare in advance, there will be no accidents.

"Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven still has to be more dignified when he travels, is this too simple?" Zhang Juzheng looked at Wan Shihe, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wan Shihe gave a helpless look, what kind of character this lord is on the platform, the whole world knows, even Felipe II, who is far away in Taixi, knows the emperor's frugality.

"Isn't the Ming army majestic enough? Tuman Khan and Altan Khan have something to say. Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked rhetorically.

There are 30,000 sharp soldiers in the Ming Jing Battalion and 30,000 elite sailors, isn't this row big enough! Is there another person in this world who has such a row? Who dares to say that it is not majestic enough!

On this battle, Zhu Yijun wore short brown to attend, and no one dared to despise the Ming Emperor.

Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to speak: "That's very majestic. ”

The emperor doesn't want to lose face, does the court want to lose face? Do you want to save face? Zhang Juzheng racked his brains, but in the end he couldn't think of a reason to convince His Majesty.

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "It's better to reward the soldiers than to actually spend it." ”

"Your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng planted the seeds of thrift in the year, and now he has harvested a big mouth, His Majesty can even save the necessary honor guards, who has seen this, not to mention that Zhang Juzheng, the emperor Yuanfu, harshly criticized the emperor?

The conservative Zeng Xingwu said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the minister still thinks that it is excellent to go to Tianjin Wei this time, but there is a discussion about the southern tour, and the minister thinks it is inappropriate. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zeng Xingwu and asked, "Da Sima thinks it's inappropriate to tour the south?" ”

"That's true." Zeng Xingwu bowed his head and said, "It should be a northern expedition." ”

As soon as Zeng Xingwu said this, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Zeng Xingwu in surprise, and for a while they couldn't tell the composition of Zeng Xingwu, whether it was conservative or radical, and the emperor personally conquered the Northern Expedition? Da Sima's words, are you sure to be a conservative remark?

Zeng Xingwu clearly stated his thoughts.

Zhu Yijun looked at Da Sima with a serious look, and was convinced that Zeng Xingwu was indeed a conservative, he really followed the ancestral system, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, went on five northern expeditions, Xuanwei grassland, through the Xuanwei grassland, to deter the small night of the southern ya, Zeng Xingwu felt that it was useless to go to the southern tour, it was better to go directly to the northern expedition to be straightforward.

"It's still too dangerous to the north." Zhang Juzheng clearly opposed Zeng Xingwu's proposition.

Northern expedition? Altan Khan was beheaded for public display, and the suzerain, the Great Khan, Tuman Khan, and his sons were all enjoying Qingfu in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Warat has gone to the Western Regions, a place full of sand, what are you going to do?

Zeng Xingwu's idea is actually not wrong, as long as the Ming Jingying is still continuing to win, it can effectively deter the young people of the Nanya, the current Nanya has not become like the Netherlands after a large amount of silver inflow, it is because of the strength of the Beijing camp, the Northern Expedition and the Southern Tour are very expensive, but the Northern Expedition can expand the soil, and the Southern Tour is internal friction.

"Da Sima is embarrassed, I will never stop practicing martial arts, but my martial arts are not as good as Emperor Cheng Zuwen." Zhu Yijun said with a smile, he also wants to lead the troops! But I don't have that talent.

Emperor Taizongwen has military talent, as the only typical example of a successful rebellion of a vassal king since ancient times, the master who still wins the battle in a corner of the unified court, and has the ability to lead troops to fight a tough battle, Zhu Yijun does not meet the conditions of the Northern Expedition.

"The minister is guilty." Zeng Xingwu hurriedly bowed his head and said.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, Da Sima's proposal is still very good, but it's really my fault." ”

Emperor Ming was going to Tianjin Wei, brought King Zheng and King De father and son, did not bring his family, did not bring too many guards of honor, only brought courtiers with him, on October 14, everything was ready for the Ming Emperor to set off.

The pioneer of the gallop is Li Rusong, he led the cavalry battalion to open the road in front, and the other infantry battalions are horse-drawn trains, the number of iron horses is still too small, horse-drawn carriages are still the mainstream of the current gallop, because of the track, horse-drawn carriages can ensure the speed of the march even if they use horses.

"Slightly pompous." Zhu Yijun looked at his luxury car, the carriage is a five-point seat belt, the places that can be touched in the carriage are soft bags, and there is a roll cage outside the carriage.

A sixteen-horse iron horse pulled a carriage, and in addition to the iron horse, there were four horses dragging it, which was a horse-drawn train.

The speed of driving is not very fast, Zhu Yijun even wants to shake his body to accelerate the car, but fortunately, the scenery outside the window is very good.

The emperor's car arrived at Tianjin Wei in the afternoon, the whole process of the road condition was extremely good, there was no traffic jam, the Son of Heaven went out on patrol, the road was closed, and the cavalry camp opened the road in front, and there were no accidents.

The iron horse worked well, not even much soot.

Some cheap Confucians are very unoptimistic about the iron horse, in the original words of the cheap Confucian: The iron horse is very good, why not let the emperor use it, or not!

This time, Zhu Yijun went to Tianjin Wei to inspect the military horses of the naval division, and used the big jade wheel pulled by the iron horse, and pulled the big mouth of the cheap Confucian.

Zhu Yijun stayed at the place where the Haihe River and the canal meet, Yanzheng Tower is located here, there is a bamboo forest here, called the North Bamboo Forest, and Yan Zhenglou is located between the bamboo forests, Zhu Yijun does not live in Yanzheng Building, but in a three-entry and exit courtyard next to Yanzheng Building, which is also a part of Huangzhuang.

The three holes of the cunning rabbit, Yan Zhenglou is a disguise.

It took three hours from Beijing to Tianjin Wei, Zhu Yijun did not feel tired, on the contrary, he was in good spirits, and the last time he came, Tianjin Wei was completely different from the barren eyes, climbed the high-rise buildings in the courtyard, climbed high and looked into the distance, the sunset dyed the sparkling canal into a golden red, and the boats on the canal, the river flowed endlessly, since the grain was shipped, the capacity of the grain river to occupy the canal for four months was completely released, and the north-south cargo communication became frequent.

"That's a coal ship." Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand to the canal, a little excited, he saw the coal ship, which was coke, which was the reality of Daming coal and silver convection, and it was no longer the light of the kingdom of Hubu Shangshu, but the reality.

Da Ming is really getting better in his hands, and all this he does is not meaningless.

Tianjin Wei has changed from a barren place to such a prosperous territory, this is the reality of the New Deal, not the dry sitting in the court, everything is worth it.

This is also the meaning of Zhang Juzheng's agreement with the Ming Emperor's southern tour, playing right in the palace all day long, even if it is a doer, faithful, it is false after all, it is better to take a look at it in person, as long as you look at the coal ship, you can know that the new deal is really in effective operation.

Zhu Yijun kept looking at the river with a clairvoyant mirror, until the river lantern and fishing fire appeared, Zhu Yijun was still greedy for the beautiful scenery in this world, even at night, the boats on the canal were also running endlessly, and they did not stop, Zhu Yijun knew that the canal in Daming was so busy.

October is already the beginning of winter, in another half a month, the river will freeze, this time is also the busiest days of the canal, winter storage is extremely strong demand, the north is ready for winter.

"The most is the fireworks in the world, accompanied by another year." Zhu Yijun reluctantly put down the clairvoyant mirror, stretched his waist, and arrived in Tianjin Wei, he didn't do anything, he just kept staring at the canal, watching the boats coming and going on the canal, looking at the houses on the side of the canal, looking at the restaurant with lanterns, even if the bright moon was hanging high, he was still busy entertaining the passing boatmen, and he always saw the willow tips on the moon when the cold wind rose.

He's watching the fireworks in the world.

It doesn't seem to make much sense, but it seems to have a lot of meaning.

Zhu Yijun was satisfied, and slept peacefully, he slept very peacefully, it was the most stable sleep after suddenly coming to Daming, he knew that the new deal was changing Daming bit by bit, Daming was changing from extreme weakness, difficult, slow and firm little by little, he, Zhang Juzheng, Qi Jiguang, Tan Lun, Wang Guoguang, Wan Shihe and even Wang Chonggu, etc., everything everyone did was not fishing for the moon in the water.

The biological clock, as always, woke up Zhu Yijun before dawn, and he didn't have to participate in the court meeting today, but the Ming Emperor still got up early in the morning, had breakfast, and after washing, Zhu Yijun went to Yanzheng Tower and saw the courtiers waiting in the main hall.

Zhang Juzheng is in a hurry! When I saw His Majesty, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In the morning, Zhang Juzheng asked Luo Sigong where His Majesty was, Luo Sigong said that after staying there, he didn't know where he was, and Zhang Juzheng was scared by a word, and his Majesty couldn't find it just one day after he came out.

When he saw the emperor, Zhang Juzheng knew that this was the emperor's caution, and in the future, careerists would not have to go to great lengths to infiltrate and set fires.

Li Yougong prepared a residence for His Majesty in four directions, and the distance was within five miles, as for where to live, Li Yougong did not know, it was decided by drawing lots after His Majesty arrived in Tianjin, so he attacked and set fire at night, and even the success rate in theory was infinitely close to zero.

"Why is the gentleman so anxious?" Zhu Yijun asked with a smile.

"Seeing Your Majesty's Holy Ann, the minister is no longer anxious." Zhang Juzheng told the truth, His Majesty really spared his life!

Wang Chonggu said with a strange face: "Your Majesty, this morning Zhang Youxin, the prefect of Hejian Prefecture, and Jiao Liguo, the prefect of Cangzhou, sent three beauties. ”

Tianjin Wei a total of three Wei, Wanli three years because of the development, Tianjin left and right two Wei and Tianjin Wei merge a Wei, Wanli six years Tianjin Wei set up a county, subordinate to Cangzhou and Hejian Fu, and now with the gradual prosperity of sea trade, Tianjin this place more and more people, in the summer and June of Wanli ten years, the prefect of Hejian Prefecture, Cangzhou Zhizhou joint play, to upgrade Tianjin as a state, under the jurisdiction of Wuqing, Qingxian, Jinghai three counties.

The household department estimates that in a few years, Tianjin Wei will become a government official at the level of the Zhili Prefecture similar to Songjiang Mansion, and this place is the maritime gateway of the Ming Dynasty.

"What do you do with sending a beauty here?" Zhu Yijun just sat down, looked at Wang Chonggu and asked in a daze.

Wang Chonggu bowed his head and said, "Give it to Your Majesty." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Yijun was stunned, looked at the ministers, his complexion changed and changed, from confusion to anger, and then became relieved, the prefect of Hejian and the governor of Cangzhou were not to humiliate the emperor, but when Ming Wuzong went out on patrol before, he liked beauties, and the magistrate was not sure, so he had to send it or not, so he had to send it.

Jiao Liguo was a jinshi in the second year of Wanli, and the last time he saw the emperor was when he was in the palace test, it has been at least eight years.

And Zhang Youxin has never seen the emperor at all, where can he touch the character of the quasi-emperor, and in the end, the two of them made such a joke, which can be regarded as a reflection of their deference.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "If you pass on the decree, you won't have to send beauties in the future." ”

When Zhu Yijun's car drove to the viewing platform, the fog on the surface of the Bohai Sea was slowly dissipating, and the viewing platform was full of people, including court officials, Jin merchants, wealthy households who migrated to Beijing, and the pen of major miscellaneous newspapers, as well as generals from Jizhou and Miyun.

The envoys of Fanguo also made a separate viewing platform, this time the envoys of Fanguo have seats, not like when the banquet is given, they can only stand and eat with people on their backs, Zhu Yijun is already the emperor who respects the envoys of Fanguo the most in the history of the Central Plains.

Li Chengliang, Marquis of Ningyuan, also arrived in Tianjin Wei yesterday with a large group of men.

The twilight is heavy, under the sea breeze and the morning sun, the fog on the sea is dissipating little by little, and the behemoths slowly appear in the sky, Chen Lan has arrived at the mouth of Lushun the day before yesterday, and after hearing about His Majesty, the clipper ship has obtained the order of His Majesty to allow the use of all firearms.

Chen Xuan stood under the viewing platform with iron armor and a navy jacket, waiting quietly.

Lushun Mouth was originally known as Lion's Mouth, Hongwu four years, Ma Yun, Ye Wang two generals from Penglai across the ocean to arrive at Lion's Mouth, because the journey was extremely smooth, so it was renamed Lushunkou.

Since the fourth year of Hongwu, it has become the military port of the Ming Dynasty, which has been used until the Wanli period and is still maintained.

Of course Li Chengliang is coming, the Daming Sailor is strong, and Li Chengliang has no reason to be a feudal town.

"Is a fast sailing ship that big?" Zhu Yijun's face left in front of the clairvoyant mirror, and he said to Zhang Juzheng with a shocked expression.

"It is thirty-three zhang long, three zhang eight feet one inch wide, and one zhang nine feet six inches deep." Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "It's really big." ”

The ship more than 100 meters long, a well-deserved sea beast, even if it was quietly parked there, the sense of oppression brought by it made Zhu Yijun's breathing a little shorter, and the You Long took the lead and cut through the morning fog.

Behind the Youlong, is the main battleship of the Ming Dynasty, the D-type five-masted ship, which is an improved type specially used for combat use, there are a total of twenty five-masted ships, which is not all of the Ming Naval Division, but one-fifth, because there are only 30,000 Naval Divisions of the General Naval Division Chen Xuan's headquarters, and the remaining Naval Divisions have staff and generals who are stationed in the five major cities of the Ming Dynasty.

One hundred and fifty three-masted plywood ships followed, followed by four hundred warships that stretched to the horizon, and the battleships that participated in the parade of military horses, a total of 571 ships, just quietly parked on the sea.

(Parade)

"Chen Luan, the chief soldier of the Daming Water Division, see Your Majesty! Your Majesty is mighty! The Daming Navy Division has 33,000 soldiers and 571 warships are all ready! Chen Lan stood in front of the viewing platform and shouted with full anger, he didn't kneel, the Ming military salute was fixed, and the armor was not a full salute.

The viewing platform was only ten steps away from Chen Luan, Zhu Yijun stood up, took a step forward, and said, "The Ming Army is mighty!" Spread my will, sail! ”

"Your Majesty is mighty!" Chen Xuan shouted loudly, and the two generals behind him and several thousand generals turned around.

"Your Majesty has a will, sail!" Chen Lan stood in front of a column of artillery, the tooth flag behind him began to wave, the small vermilion flag in the hand of a flag bearer waved down, and the twist of eighteen cannons was ignited.

After the eighteen guns were fired at the same time, the sound of trumpets and drums changed from slow to rapid.

Chen Lan turned around again and shouted loudly: "Back to Your Majesty, the sailor's parade has begun, please get on the boat!" ”

"Exactly." Zhu Yijun waved his hand again.

At the same time as the sails were gradually rising, Chen Lan, the generals, and Mr. Qian began to board the ship, one by one, with the generals on board, and when the generals completed boarding, the sails were completely raised.

Zhu Yijun immediately noticed the difference, the command of the Daming Beijing camp was mainly horns, drums, cymbals, and flags, while the sailors were mainly whistles and flags, the whistles were sharp, long and short, and small flags of different colors were waving constantly, and the Daming sailors began to act in an orderly manner.

The ships began to move slowly, and the Daming fleet began to change formations, from the display to a single column led by the Youlong, lined up in a row, before passing through the viewing platform, this distance was still outside the effective range of the artillery,

After moving away from the viewing platform, the fleet opened fire on the shooting range, which was set up above the sea, and the roar sounded on the sea, and the smoke billowed and was blown farther and farther away by the sea breeze.

Zhu Yijun watched the tongue of fire in the muzzle of the cannon constantly spitting, and all kinds of artillery continued to vent their fire on the shooting range.

The ships of the sailors kept passing through the viewing platform, and Qi Jiguang always looked at the sea with his eyes slightly squinted, when Qi Jiguang was in the southeast of Pingyu, but there was a fleet, and it was absolutely impossible to clear the Japanese without ships, he had extremely rich experience in maritime combat, so these ships, as long as there was a slight change and deformation, Qi Jiguang would react immediately.

Zhu Yijun was not worried about things like the rebellion of the sailors, because the empire's fleet could only rely on the empire to survive.

In the Yongle period, the empire's huge fleet, four hundred battleships are not included in the calculation of warships, it is true that the five-masted ships are more advanced, but the scale is still not as good as the Yongle years, after Zhu Di died of illness in the pro-conquest, Xingwen Kuangwu and stopped the wind of the Western Ocean, the huge imperial fleet, quietly rotted on the port, and finally sank and disappeared.

As for these one-fifth of the sailors, Zhu Yijun dared to say that no country or collective in the world could afford to raise such a huge sailor, and Spain, which never set, could not afford to raise it.

"What's that?" Zhu Yijun suddenly said in surprise.

Zhang Juzheng looked at the sea from the clairvoyant mirror, and when the fleet was passing in an orderly manner, a strange thing gradually rose from the sea, and a total of more than ten planes were raised, and these more than ten UFOs, with small sails on both sides and behind them, kept changing directions under the action of the wind, and slowly flew towards the northwest direction of the viewing platform.

Soon the UFO came to the viewing platform, and then slowly landed in front of the viewing platform, and Zhu Yijun realized that the hot air balloon.

Daming Sailor has done a lot of work!

Not an airship, but a hot air balloon, a hot air balloon with a sail surface that can be easily controlled in the direction, the hot air balloon is not the traditional circle, but an oval, like an inflated fish, with a hanging basket underneath, and a total of four sails on the left and right, which can control the direction.

Zhu Yijun was very curious about this flying hot air balloon, and Wang Daokun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, explained to His Majesty with a complicated face: "The cost of this thing is extremely expensive, but it is actually useless. ”

"Is it useless to be able to fly?" Zhu Yijun asked curiously.

Wang Daokun sighed and said: "It can fly up is hot, that is, it is lighter than the air to fly, the size is naturally not small, it basically belongs to the wind and floats, after flying, it all depends on God's mood, so, in fact, the four sails can not control the direction very well, take-off and landing, and even the direction can not be controlled, so, it is really useless." ”

Drifting in the wind is the biggest drawback of this thing, the ten hot air balloons are actually running for the viewing platform, only one of them arrived at the viewing platform smoothly, the uncontrolled flying object is simply a toy, Wang Daokun knows the disadvantages of this thing, but! Those overseas Fanyi didn't understand at all, when this flying object appeared, everyone's eyes widened, and they watched the hot air balloon float overhead.

The effect of bluffing is still very strong.

The Daming sailors were moving away, and five hundred warships were heading towards the mouth of Lushun, while Chen Lan took the Youlong to turn around, and under the traction of the barge, slowly entered the port and stayed on the trestle.

"Back to Your Majesty, the whole army of the Navy Division, except for the Youlong, has been transferred back to Lushunkou." Chen Lan came to the viewing platform again and said loudly.

"Tell me the will, anchor." Zhu Yijun stood up again and said to Chen Luan.

Under the wave of the flag, the anchor of the You Long fell, and at this point, the ship parade of the Daming Navy Division was over.

"Feng Daban, let's make an announcement." Zhu Yijun said with a smile.

"The chief soldier of the Navy Division, Chen Luan, received the order." Feng Bao shook off the dust, took two steps forward, and the two small yellow doors opened a zhang long and a foot wide, and the black rhinoceros horn axis auspicious clouds Ruihe Silk brocade weaving holy decree, this is Chen Lan's holy decree of the marquis.

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says:"

"The marshal building ship is out of Pingwei, the fire flag outside Furong Mountain is bright, the thousand sails are helping to swing the situation, and the wind is galloping in the mountains and Haining."

"The head of the Naval Division, Libo Chen Lan, Su Yongwu, specializes in the expedition to fight against the Japanese and the sea to build miraculous feats, and thinks of the Xiangguo people to worship the ceremony, record the Ping Wadang Kou Gong, and enter the former military capital governor's mansion right governor and prince Taibao, on the Ping Bo Qi Gong, the title of the first marquis, a thousand stones of the year, wisps of loyalty, only the sky can be learned!"

"Tired of becoming a constitution, Bude is benevolent, edicting the world, and the salty envoy knows about it."

"Chin this."

(End of chapter)