I, the grandson of the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, earned 100 million taels at the beginning

With the end of the court meeting, Zhu Pangpang, who was in a very good mood, didn't deal with the wrinkled stamps anymore. He took his son back to the East Palace and prepared to have a few drinks to celebrate the upcoming issuance of the new currency by the court.

Except for the two of you and Zhu Pangpang's personal eunuch, the entire East Palace was quiet everywhere.

When Mrs. Zhang went to Peiping, she took away all the people in the Eastern Palace, leaving only Zhu Pangpang and a few close friends who she liked to take care of Zhu Pangpang.

Mrs. Zhang planned not to come back after leaving.

After all, it has only been two years since the capital was moved, and it is too troublesome for a large family to run back and forth.

This was the first time Zhu Pangpang came back since his family left.

There is no way, the grandson and concubines are all taken away by his wife, and it is not interesting for him to stay in the empty East Palace when he comes back, so he has been living in Shangshufang.

The eldest grandson is at home with him, but the problem is that the eldest grandson lives in the new school and only comes back every 10 days.

The two of them didn't want to stay in the empty East Palace either, so they made do in the Shang Study Room.

In the garden of the East Palace, the two of you are sitting opposite each other by a stove. Zhu Pangpang originally wanted the imperial dining room to prepare some side dishes, so that the father and son can have a good meal, chat and drink a few cups.

But Zhu Zhangui hated the taste of the dishes in the imperial dining room, so he directly rejected his father, then set up the stove, took some canned food, and the two of them sat by the fire, chatting while eating the canned food.

"Have you heard of Zheng He's return from Fujian?"

Passing a can of cooked braised pork to Zhu Pangpang, Zhu Zhangui inquired about Zheng He's news.

According to the agreement between the two, Zheng He should have returned in the early spring of last year.

But now it has been so long, and there is not even a shadow of Zheng He.

Zhu Zhangui is now a little worried, whether Zheng He, who was in the deep sea for the first time, encountered some troubles and had an unknown accident.

When they went out to sea last time, they all walked close to the coastline and did not go deep.

The only time the Ming Navy sailed across the sea was to the country of Wa.

Fortunately that time, there was no strong wind, and the navy arrived in Wa country safely.

But Zheng He was different.

They have been away for several years, and Zhu Zhangui is very worried about them, facing all kinds of harsh environments throughout the year. He is afraid that Zheng He, a sea navigator, will accidentally die in the sea.

The two had fought side by side at sea for many years, and Zhu Zhangui was still young at the time.The two said they were partners, but in Zhu Zhangui's mind, Zheng He was more like an older brother who took good care of him.

Zhu Pangpang, who was happily eating braised canned food, shook his head.

"Haven't heard anything, hopefully they won't be in trouble."

After speaking, the two fell into silence, wondering where Zheng He had gone, and why there was no news for so long?

Chapter 254: Around the World No.1 Zheng He!

When Zhu Zhangui and his son talked about Zheng He, more than a dozen warships were slowly moving forward in the Arabian Sea.

These battleships are full of wounds, and there are more than a dozen large holes on the bulging sails.

On the largest ship, a somewhat tattered flag with Ming characters fluttered under the sea breeze.

"Come on!"

As soon as a weak voice sounded in the command cabin, there was a burst of footsteps.

"My lord, you are awake!"

A shirtless man wrapped in gauze helped a man with a broken left arm lying on a soft bed.

The man with the severed arm had clean cheeks, without a trace of beard, and his dark face, which had been exposed to the sun for many years, appeared a little pale due to blood loss from the injury.

"Where are we now?"

The man looked at the darkness outside the window, his eyes were blank, and he looked at the shirtless man.

"I don't know for now, but according to the route, we should soon reach the Delhi Dynasty!"

"Derry Dynasty!"

The man with the broken arm pondered for a moment, recalling this country.

"Don't go there, the people there bully the weak and fear the strong, we are easy to be eaten in the past like this, go to the Bengal Sultanate, the king there is very fond of me, Daming!"

"After resting there, we will return to Daming."

After talking about where he was going, the man with the broken arm quickly asked again.

"Have the grape people's pursuers caught up?"

The shirtless man shook his head.

"We fought them again when it was dark. Later, Lao Liu led the people on his boat and stopped them desperately. We haven't found any trace of them yet."

The cabin fell into silence again!

"Don't worry, we will avenge this revenge!"

The man also nodded earnestly, "Your Highness is not someone who suffers, if you don't kill them, blood will flow like a river, and you will definitely not give up!"

Hearing that the man mentioned His Highness, the man with the broken arm showed shame on his face.

At the same time, he thought in his heart, if His Highness followed this trip, they wouldn't be so downcast.

Recalling the voyage of the past few years, a trace of bitterness flashed in Zheng He's eyes.

When he set off at the beginning, he was in high spirits, thinking that he would never turn back unless he made tens of millions of silver.

The initial stage was very smooth, starting from Quanzhou to Xiaoliuqiu, and then went to Luzon, where a large amount of income was obtained.

Satisfied, Zheng He felt that this was the beginning of prosperity, and later, as he guessed, he went to Boni and finally arrived at an unknown continent.

There are no people on it, the forest is lush, the animals are fat, it is simply a paradise on earth.

After staying on that unknown continent for a while, I really couldn't find anyone.Zheng He set up a huge stone tablet in a conspicuous place according to the rules Zhu Zhangui taught him.

It says on one side that this is the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

On the other side it says, the intruder dies.

Then write down the route, and Zheng He led the people eastward.

Zhu Zhangui once mentioned to him that after the Ming Dynasty passed the Wa Kingdom and went east, there was an endless sea.

At the end of the sea, there is a continent twice as big as Ming Dynasty.

There are rich products and minerals as numerous as stars, and it is being occupied by a group of indigenous people at this time, a group of indigenous people without a country.

Although I don't know where Zhu Zhangui knew this, Zheng He was very interested.

Similarly, there is a wish in his heart that he has never told anyone.

He wants to travel around the world, and he wants to prove whether Zhu Zhangui's statement that the world is round is true or not.

Although his idea is good, the fleet is not his after all, he is just the leader of the team.His task is to help Daming explore overseas and make friends with more countries, so as to spread Daming's reputation throughout the world.

To use the sharp weapon of the country to satisfy his own selfishness, to be honest, Zheng He was a bit unable to do it.

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His troubles were known to his subordinates, and the captains gathered together to discuss in private, and decided to fulfill Zheng He's wishes, and they were also fulfilling their wishes.

As a navigator, who doesn't want to leave a strong mark in the history of the world's oceans.

A group of people discussed briefly and decided to perform a brilliant feat, spreading Daming's prestige throughout the world.

The newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers broke into the Pacific Ocean without looking back after replenishing supplies and water sources.

The long voyage made people desperate. Relying on Zhu Zhangui's memory and a simple world map, these guys bit the bullet and moved forward.

Along the way, they encountered various situations.

Storms that can blacken even clear skies, huge waves that can destroy everything.

There is also the sea that makes the compass turn wildly, the loneliness that can make people nervous, and the disease that can kill a boat at any time.

Going aimlessly, moving forward aimlessly.

I don't know how long it took, but after losing 1/3 of the fleet, they finally saw the mainland.

This is a very wide continent, and there are really many indigenous people here.

The skin color of these people is somewhat similar to theirs, but the color is a little darker.

The crew members were very excited to see the mainland, and the natives were also very shocked and excited.

This is the first time in their lives that they have seen such a large ship, and it is also the first time that they have seen such a well-dressed person.

Due to a language barrier, the two parties could only communicate through sign language and gestures.

After staying for a few days, they found that the products here were really rich, and even the copper mines that Daming lacked, they could often hear it in conversations with the natives, and there were so many regions there.

As for all kinds of fruit animals that have never been seen before, Zheng He and others are directly confused.

Many veterans who traveled with Zhu Zhangui had red eyes.

If Zheng He hadn't forced the order, I'm afraid these people would have started killing them long ago.

In fact, let alone these soldiers, even Zheng He was moved by the idea of ​​taking this piece of land as the territory of Ming Dynasty.

According to what he learned from the aboriginal population, this piece of land is very large, and some aboriginal people once walked in one direction and have not returned yet.

The aborigines deeply believe that those who go out should not have reached the end of the world.

Regarding the thoughts of the indigenous people, Zheng He could only chuckle.

I am afraid that those who explore have already reached the end of the world, but this end is probably the end of the Western Paradise.

After staying here for a month, Zheng He, with the permission of the aborigines, (actually exchanged for a knife) built a huge stone monument in a conspicuous position.

One side of it still says that this is the territory of Ming Dynasty, and the other side says when it came here and who led the team.

That is to say, those natives don't know the characters of Ming Dynasty, otherwise if they know that they have somehow become Ming people, I don't know if they will directly turn against Zheng He.

After leaving this unknown continent, Zheng He and others headed north and discovered a new continent.

Markings were left in the same way, and they continued eastward.

They went all the way north, went around the mainland, passed through a huge and extremely cold sea area, and headed east according to Zhu Zhangui's map.

Their luck was very good, and they soon reached a country called Eagle.

For the Ming people who came from the legendary east, these people were very warm on the surface, and Zheng He and others were warmly received.

Later, in order to show the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He invited a leader named Henry to visit their fleet.

Looking at Daming's mighty warship, the leader named Henry was very envious, and expressed his willingness to pay a high price to buy the design of Daming's warship and a warship.

Zheng He originally refused at first, but later the other party offered too much.

Zheng He was very moved by the boxes of golden coins and all kinds of precious stones.

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Thinking about the development of the new warship that Zhu Zhangui talked to him when he came again, Zheng He felt that given Zhu Zhangui's emphasis on the sea, the new warship might have come out.The batch of warships in his hands is probably already outdated.

Exchange a bunch of outdated things for boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, no fool would do it.

After making a friendly deal, the two parties exchanged credentials, and Zheng He followed the other party's guidance and began to travel south.

Then they arrived at a country called Fa Xing, and after the other party took out a lot of gold and silver, Zheng He was very generous and sold them some blueprints and a smaller warship.

Now that it's on sale, everyone should have it.

These two countries are so close, and it is said that they seem to be at war. Zheng He would not let this opportunity to make money pass by.

But luck doesn't come in succession.

Some people are robbers at heart, and no matter how civilized they appear on the surface, they can't cover up their dirty and smelly blood.

When they arrived in a country called Putao, the other party was very polite at first, and warmly entertained Zheng He and his party.

As a result, on the night of the dinner, these people suddenly launched an attack, and Zheng He and others were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

Later, they desperately broke through the siege, and when they returned to the ship, their manpower was already reduced by 1/3.

In desperation, Zheng He could only order the destruction of those unmanned ships, and immediately set sail and left.

Although Zheng He and others couldn't swallow this breath, the opponent's national strength is not weak, and they can't accomplish anything with tens of thousands of people.

Later, under Zheng He's persuasion, everyone decided to return to Daming first, and next time bring enough people, and then come back to clean up these white-skinned pigs.