When did Zhu Zhanchen find out that Cao Xinyue was gone?
It was when the flying Henanese docked in Guangzhou Prefecture and was preparing to return to the newly built Pearl River County Prince's Palace.
During this period, he also went to the steam engine factory and shipyard, but never found that Cao Xinyue had disembarked from the ship.
Cao Xinyue's letter is very simple: "Your Highness, Xinyue has gone home, please don't read it."
Zhu Zhanzhen suddenly seemed to realize: "Yang Song, do you think I don't care about Cao Xinyue too much?"
Yang Song didn't dare to say anything: "Your Highness has to deal with many important national affairs, so it's normal that you can't care about them."
Recalling that along the way, Zhu Zhanyi had very little time to communicate with Cao Xinyue because he was busy with official duties. He even didn't even have his favorite part of teasing her a few times. Zhu Zhanyi felt that she must be angry.
What can you do when a girl is angry? Just try to coax her. You should get home first and then write a letter to coax her.
The Prince's Mansion of Zhujiang County is surrounded by mountains and rivers, right on the edge of the Pearl River. The house even has a small port where boats can be used. There are guards on the house. It occupies a small area and is decorated with the beauty of Jiangnan gardens, incorporating local flowers, plants and trees.
Li Xiaozhu and Zara came out to welcome him. Knowing that today was the day Zhu Zhanzhen came back, they naturally dressed in a grand manner.
One is wearing an emerald green horse-faced dress, and the other is wearing a silver-white one. The early spring breeze is a bit cool, and after not seeing each other for a long time, I feel that the two girls are even more beautiful.
"Your Highness, where is Miss Cao?" Zara noticed at a glance that Cao Xinyue was not there. Cao Xinyue used to teach her to speak Daming dialect. Now her accent has improved a little, but it is probably impossible to be completely like the locals.
"She has returned to Huzhou Prefecture."
Zara enthusiastically took Zhu Zhanyi to her small courtyard first: "Your Highness, didn't you let us dress up according to our own preferences? I made my courtyard in the style of the Western Regions, you won't blame me, right?"
Zhu Zhanchen took a quick look and found that the Western style style was incompatible with the surrounding architectural styles, but it didn't matter, there was a slight contrast. Anyway, Zara's yard would be accessible to him in the future.
And if you think about it, when you sleep at night in the future, changing the courtyard will change the style. This... isn't this quite amazing?
Zhu Zhanzhen looked at Li Xiaozhu: "Is your yard decorated in North Korean style?"
Li Xiaozhu nodded: "Your Highness, please don't blame me."
"You look good in this horse-faced skirt."
"Your Highness is so impressed. The horse-faced skirts of the Ming Dynasty are so beautiful. They are much more delicate and beautiful than our Korean clothes."
Now there is the style of the Western Regions, Korean customs, plus Cao Xinyue's Jiangnan tunes, and the blessing of the female official of Hu Shang Palace. If Li Xianyu is brought in, there will be another Japanese night.
Ah! Wuhu, take off.
You still have to keep working hard and strive to achieve the small goal of not doing anything the same every week as soon as possible, and the big goal of changing things every day.
In fact, the construction of the Zhujiang County Prince's Mansion has not been completely completed. There is almost only a separate courtyard for a few people. The central hall and garden for entertaining guests are not yet completed.
After being busy for such a period of time, Zhu Zhanzhen finally had some rest time. He planned to take a vacation for himself, have fun for a few days, and take a look at the latest news.
Chu'er is now the internal affairs officer of the Prince's Palace of Zhujiang County, in charge of all matters, big and small, and Sang Yu Zhuju's status has also been promoted a lot.
"Your Highness, here are the letters you have received these days. They are from the Crown Princess, His Highness the Grand Sun, and the Japanese Ambassador Zhang Xianqi."
He took the letter from Chu Er and opened it, looking embarrassed. The Crown Princess wrote a lot in the letter, caring about his food, clothing, housing and transportation, but more importantly, the Crown Princess warned that as he gets older, people around him will
Foreign women are not allowed to have children prematurely.
What the Crown Princess is most worried about is the issue of future generations. I thought that Zhu Zhancheng would not be affected by his young age, but she was still worried after all. When she wrote the letter, she was afraid that it would be too cryptic and that Zhu Zhanxiang, an idiot like me, would not be able to understand.
I simply wrote it straightforwardly.
"My dear mother, it is true that my mother cares most about her own children."
In the view of the Crown Princess, Zhu Zhanyi can have foreign concubines, it doesn't matter how many more, as long as he likes them and his body can handle them, but his main concubine must be a pure Ming Dynasty person, and his legitimate son must have pure blood.
After reading his mother's letter, Zhu Zhanyi opened Zhu Zhanji's letter. In addition to the relationship between his elder brother and his younger brother, Zhu Zhanji also asked a lot about Zhu Zhanyi's opinions on establishing and operating the port. Zhu Zhanji was not ashamed to ask his brother.
I asked for advice. I couldn’t hide it, so I wrote down some of my experiences and sent them back.
The last thing I read was Zhang Xianqi’s letter.
Zhang Xianqi talked about some Japanese customs and habits, and that the current situation there is good, but he also said that Japan has now begun to research steam engines.
Japan is doing its best to research steam engines, but they have no way to imitate them or any theoretical basis. They are starting from scratch. Zhu Zhanzhen is not worried that they can develop it in a short time.
Japan is different from Jiaozhi. The people's cohesion in Japan is still much stronger than that in Jiaozhi. It is very difficult to disintegrate it in a short time. It can only be done bit by bit and slowly penetrate.
"Your Highness, Your Highness." Xiaosheng ran back excitedly from outside.
"What's wrong?"
"Your Highness, Master Zheng He's fleet is back."
"What? How could it be so fast?" Zhu Zhanzhen couldn't believe that Zheng He came back from his voyage to the West so quickly?
"Lord Zheng He's fleet is back, but Lord Zheng He is not back. After sending off people, Lord Zheng He's fleet is divided into three parts. The large force continues to send people off. A steam warship has come back to deliver messages and has docked at the port.
, I am here to bring you news, Your Highness."
Zhu Zhanzhen snatched the letter from Xiaosheng's hand, opened it and saw that there were only a few words, a letter written by Zheng He.
"Your Highness, Zheng He is setting off."
After reading this, Zhu Zhanzhen smiled knowingly: "I knew you would set off, you would definitely go, but why didn't you wait and take me with you?"
Zheng He drove a steam warship to the end of the world. He considered for a long time whether to go with Zhu Zhanyi. However, Zhu Zhanyi had a distinguished status and was busy with affairs. He might not be able to return from this trip, so he did not dare to take him with him.
Zhu Zhancheng went.
If you can come back, let's take another trip with His Highness.
Zhu Zhanzhen folded the letter, looked at the blue sky and white clouds with a smile, and said: "Xiaosheng, how long does it take for Zheng He to leave?"
"I don't know, Xiaosheng, it might take a year or two."
One or two years would definitely not be enough, and Zhu Zhanzhen had an idea in his mind.
"Xiaosheng, please help me go to Hong Kong Port and find a place on the highest mountain beside the port."
"Your Highness, what are you doing?"
"Instruct Chen Youshan to build a golden statue of Mazu on the highest mountain. It must be at least thirty meters high so that all ships returning to Hong Kong can see the statue of Mazu from a distance."
