Zhu Zhen's boat sailed from afar and quickly attracted everyone's attention.
When everyone saw Zhu Zhen's boat, they were all very excited.
"It's His Royal Highness the King of Chu's ship. His Highness the King of Chu is back!!"
"It's true, His Royal Highness King Chu is back!!"
"You can tell by the look of the ship that His Highness King Chu is fine. This time His Highness King Chu attacked Fusang and returned safely!!"
"I want to know even more what Fusang looks like and whether His Highness King Chu captured Fusang!!"
Everyone in the Ming Dynasty had heard of the existence of Fusang, and also knew that the Japanese pirates came from Fusang.
However, none of them had been to Fuso at all.
Under such circumstances, they were naturally curious about Fuso.
Now that Zhu Zhen had returned safely from Fusang, they naturally wanted to know more about Fusang's situation.
Of course, they also knew that Zhu Zhen led his army to attack Fusang.
However, Zhu Zhen only brought more than 2,000 people to Fusang. With more than 2,000 people, wanting to conquer a country sounds like wishful thinking.
Therefore, everyone did not expect Zhu Zhen's army to capture Fusang.
There is no extravagant hope that Zhu Zhen's army will gain any benefit from going to Fusang this time.
As long as Zhu Zhen returns safely and tells them what Fusang is like, they will be satisfied.
Precisely because they did not have high expectations for Zhu Zhen's return, they were full of curiosity when Zhu Zhen's ship approached.
They found that Zhu Zhen's boat seemed to be full of things.
Those things were almost piled up on Zhu Zhen's ships, and one could discover the existence of those things just by taking a glance.
This made everyone full of curiosity.
"Look, there seem to be a lot of things on His Royal Highness King Chu's ship. What are they?"
"Eh? It's really true. Didn't His Highness the King of Chu go to Fusang? Why did he come back with so many things??"
"I don't know! However, the things on the boat look like wooden barrels. His Highness King Chu will not come back with a pile of broken wood!!"
After saying this, many people fell silent.
Because they also saw that there was a lot of wood on Zhu Zhen's boat.
If Zhu Zhen really brought back a bunch of broken wood from Fusang, it would be really embarrassing.
It is better not to bring this wood back than to bring it back.
After all, a pile of broken wood is really worthless, tasteless to eat, and a pity to throw away.
Thinking of this, many of them looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.
They wanted to see what Zhu Yuanzhang thought on this matter.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang also pursed his lips and said nothing.
Although he believed that Zhu Zhen was too smart to bring back a bunch of useless wood.
But he also saw that Zhu Zhen's boat was indeed a group of wood.
Zhu Yuanzhang would not easily express his opinion before he was sure what kind of wood those wood were.
However, some people also had fun at this time.
They just like to see Zhu Zhen unlucky. The more unlucky Zhu Zhen is, the happier they are.
In fact, they started to laugh quietly.
"I didn't expect His Highness King Chu to be so interested. Could it be that His Highness King Chu is planning to bring him back to build the palace?"
"Hehe, I don't know if it's the one who built the palace, but I understand that traveling across mountains and rivers to transport wood among the fusang trees is really unnecessary!!"
"Haha! I said I went to Fuso to transport wood. Maybe I didn't go to Fuso. I just went to other places to play and then brought back the local wood. This would save time and effort!!"
When they said these words, they were very quiet, but they ensured that others could hear them.
Because of this, everyone's expressions at this time were different.
They also began to doubt in their hearts whether Zhu Zhen had really arrived in Fusang.
After all, there is no way to guarantee that bringing back a pile of rotten wood, Zhu Zhen has been to Fusang.
If this is the case, then Zhu Zhenke has really deceived the world, which will have a huge impact on Zhu Zhen's reputation.
If it weren't for Zhu Yuanzhang's presence, they couldn't help but talk about it.
But Zhu Yuanzhang kept a cold face and said nothing.
Such a gesture also makes other people be honest and dare not say anything easily at this time.
It wasn't until Zhu Zhen's ship approached that they discovered something was different.
Now they not only saw the wood on Zhu Zhen's ship, but also saw the silver and gold piled on Zhu Zhen's ship.
The silver and gold were packed in simple boxes, and they were very dazzling in the sun.
At a glance, it looks like a dense row.
And, it’s on every ship.
Although no one knew how much money there was, conservative estimates put it at tens of millions.
At the same time, everyone could see the wood on the ship more clearly.
They discovered that the patterns on the wood seemed not as simple as they imagined.
Many of the woods are made of golden nanmu.
Moreover, everyone also saw precious woods such as pear wood and rosewood.
They even saw the presence of wood such as ebony.
Many of these things are worth thousands of gold.
After seeing this, everyone was shocked.
Many of them couldn't help but burst into an uproar.
"Oh my god! Am I right? His Royal Highness King Chu actually has so much money on the ship? Where did all this money come from??"
"That money is at least ten million taels? Is this money obtained from Fusang? It's impossible, there is so much money in Fusang?"
"Not only gold and silver, but also those woods. They are all precious woods. Together, these woods are worth at least several million taels!!"
"Hiss! This is too valuable, isn't it? Where did His Highness, King Chu, get so much money? ?"
For such questions, no one answered them.
However, they were all deeply shocked at this moment.
Not just them, even Zhu Yuanzhang is the same.
He also had no confidence in Zhu Zhen's attack on Fusang.
Zhu Zhen can come back safely, which is the best thing for him.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhen not only came back safely, but also brought back so much money to Ming Dynasty.
This greatly exceeded Zhu Yuanzhang's expectations.
At the same time, a bright smile suddenly appeared on Zhu Yuanzhang's face.
"Okay, okay, okay! He is indeed our son. If you don't take action, it will be earth-shaking!"
"This time, King Chu actually brought so much money to our Ming Dynasty. He is a great contributor to our Ming Dynasty!!"
"When we find out the details of this battle, we will definitely reward the King of Chu heavily!!"
In fact, for the generals, the most important thing is to capture the city and capture the territory.
However, for an emperor to manage a country well, it is not just as simple as conquering cities and territories.
He also needs a lot of money to manage and govern this country.
Especially now that Ming Dynasty is in the stage of rapid development, it needs a lot of money for infrastructure construction.
The money Zhu Zhen brought back completely solved Ming's urgent needs and made Ming rich all of a sudden.
Under such circumstances, how could Zhu Yuanzhang not be excited.
If it weren't for the purpose of not disappointing other generals, Zhu Yuanzhang would have said that Zhu Zhen was the number one hero of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Zhen didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking.
On his way back to Jinling City, he also received a message and learned that Zhu Yuanzhang had brought officials from the Ming Dynasty to the beach to greet him.
Zhu Zhen was also surprised by this news.
Therefore, when seeing Zhu Yuanzhang and others, Zhu Zhen was very formal.
"My son, I pay my respects to my father!!"
"Okay, okay, okay! It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back!!"
"This time, what will be the result of the battle against Fuso??"
If Zhu Zhen had not come back with so much money, Zhu Yuanzhang would never have asked such a question.
And since Zhu Zhen came back with so much money, it means that Zhu Zhen's battle against Fusang went very smoothly.
As for how successful it was, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know, but it was not bad news.
After Zhu Zhen heard Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry, he immediately replied loudly:
"I would like to report to my father that in this battle, I have captured the entire Fusang and secured a new territory for our Ming Dynasty!!"
"Not only that, Erchen also discovered several gold mines, more than ten silver mines, a large amount of copper mines, and a large amount of precious wood in Fuso!!"
"This time alone, I came back and brought back 24 million taels of gold and silver, wood worth nearly ten million, and a large amount of bronze for our Ming Dynasty. I piled them all in the fusang and couldn't bring them back! !”
"As long as my father is willing to take people to Fusang, our Ming Dynasty can get at least tens of millions of taels of money from Fusang!!"
"hiss!!"
When Zhu Zhen said these words, countless people couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, including Zhu Yuanzhang.
Although when they saw the money, they already had a guess in their minds.
However, they never expected that Zhu Zhen would bring back 24 million taels of gold and silver at once.
This gold and silver is completely worth the next year's income.
Moreover, their Ming Dynasty can also obtain tens of millions of taels of money from Fusang every year. This is a huge treasure land for the Ming Dynasty!
No one thought that there was so much money in the seemingly poor Fusang.
"Hiss! Is Fuso so rich? A long time ago, I came to attack Fuso!!"
"Who says it's not the case? If I had attacked Fuso before, the great credit would have been mine!!"
"Indeed! At the same time, we have to admire the wisdom of His Highness the King of Chu. When we all thought that Fusang was a poor place, His Highness the King of Chu told us with practical actions that Fusang is actually a golden nest!!"
"The most important thing is that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is only ten years old! This is really unacceptable!!"
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