Pukou City, Dongjiang Wharf.
The drums and drums sounded together, playing a melodious farewell song. It seemed that the music of farewell moved the heavens, and the drizzle also fell. Amidst the drizzle and clear breeze, neat soldiers in red uniforms were silently boarding the ship. The farewell relatives crowded a little further away, letting out bursts of hoarse shouts and pain.
This is the separation of life and death!
Because the red-coated soldiers who are boarding the ship are all Xinzhou military households who followed the local tycoon Wang Zhu Hehao to settle in the Xinzhou Continent... It cannot be said that they will never come back, but they are not allowed to leave within fifteen years. From the Xinzhou Continent - every red-coated soldier who boarded the ship signed a contract and was not allowed to leave the prescribed farming land for fifteen years. Fifteen years later, their roots have taken root in the New World. How many of them can travel thousands of miles to return to Daming to reunite with their families?
Besides, even if they return to Daming, how many family members will they see?
Their family had long been torn apart during the Ming-Shun War. Their hometown can never go back...
Du Mulan, Du Mu Mian, and Du Mu Xin, three siblings, also cried into tears at this time. They stood on the deck of the Xinzhou Pacific schooner, waving their arms hard at the farewell crowd in the distance. They are all homeless now... The household registrations in Shizhu County, Chongqing Prefecture, Sichuan Province are gone and turned into green United States household registration books. The two sisters, Du Mulan and Du Mu Mian, both belonged to Zhu Hehao's guard camp, so they had household registrations in Washington. Du Muxin, the youngest, is going to settle in the Great Basin, which is a truly wild land!
According to Zhu Hehao's retainers who have been to Xinzhou Continent, the roujiamo in Dapandi does not have steamed buns, only large pieces of beef... When you are tired of the beef, you can only shoot pigeons to eat it yourself. , there are too many pigeons there, if your archery skills are good enough, you will definitely eat them and throw them up! If you get tired of eating beef and pigeons, you can only go fishing in the Meizhou River. There are so many fish in that river that you can catch them without bait. One of the fish, called American seabass (the seabass sold in the market in later generations), was quite delicious. But it tastes fishy if you eat too much...
In short, life in the Great Basin is very hard, so be prepared to endure hardship!
On the long pier that extends to the Yangtze River, a father and son are slowly walking towards the Xinzhou. Guarding the pier were officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Guards. When they saw the father and son approaching, they all stood at attention and saluted. This father and son are of course Zhu Cixiang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Hehao, the king of Hezhong.
Today is the day when Zhu Hehao left the Ming Dynasty and embarked on the road of thousands of miles eastward!
Perhaps this is the day Zhu Cixi and his eldest son bid farewell...
Zhu Cixiang's feelings for this son are actually a bit complicated. This son has shown extraordinary intelligence since he was a child. When he grew up, he showed high financial and emotional intelligence, and his grades in the martial arts hall were also very good. What's even more rare is that he also has a very capable mother who prepared a huge sum of money for him early on.
If the position of prince can be obtained based on talent, among Zhu Cihong's sons, the one who can win is undoubtedly this rich man.
But...Zhu Cixi is a filial son in the twenty-fifth year!
How could he not be wary of having an identical filial son among his own sons?
And it is absolutely possible for Zhu Hehao to become a filial son in the twenty-fifth year. He has always been a big brother-like figure surrounded by a group of younger brothers since he was a child - he is a rich man! He is also smart, good at building relationships, and he looks very much like his elder brother... You can easily figure out how many fans this kind of person has in the martial arts hall.
If Zhu Cihong had given him the position of prince, how many young officers who had graduated from martial arts schools would have become his devoted followers?
But Zhu Hexing is far behind. He is the kind of guy who has taken the bullshit and shipped it to the road. We can't say how bad he is, but in a martial arts hall where elites gather, I don't think anyone would think he is so dazzling. But everyone thinks that the nickname "Lucky Man" given to him by Zhu Cixiang is right... He is just very lucky!
However, Zhu Hehao had a chance to become the prince until Ding Yuying appeared. As long as Zhu Hexing really disappoints Zhu Cihong, the prince will have to change.
It's a pity that Ding Yuying, the princess, satisfied Emperor Zhu so much that Emperor Zhu could cultivate her with confidence - it was impossible for a princess from a poor family to incite the elites of the Jiangwu Hall to launch a coup to overthrow Zhu Cixiang.
Her background is much lower than that of Catherine, and Zhu Cihong is not Peter III, and Zhu Hexing is certainly not Peter III either...
With the princess who can assist Zhu Hexing, of course Zhu Hehao should leave the Ming Dynasty, and it is best never to come back!
Both father and son are human beings. They both understand this truth and will not point it out...
"Father, I don't know when my son will come back now that I'm gone." Zhu Hehao stopped at this time. The Xinzhou was right in front of him. He turned to look at his father with tears in his eyes, " Mother and concubine, please leave it to your father..."
"I know," Zhu Cixi tried his best to smile, "Your mother has always been my father's favorite concubine. In recent years, she has been a little neglected due to busy government affairs... Now the bandits have been basically put down, and the world is peaceful. , I can also squeeze out some time to spend more time with your mother."
Zhu Hehao added: "I hope that the second and fifth sons can be transferred to Xinzhou... Brothers work together to expand the territory."
Zhu Cixiang's fifth son is King Zhu Heqing of Australia, who is the son of Queen Wu Sanmei. Zhu Hehao did not want his half-brother Zhu Hezhen, but wanted Zhu Heqing. Of course, he wanted to capture a "hostage" in his hands to restrain Wu Sanmei and prevent Wu Sanmei and Wu Ake from joining forces to deal with his mother.
Zhu Cixiang smiled and shook his head: "It doesn't have to be like this... I will take care of it, don't worry! Besides, He Qing has a good place to go, and he won't go to Xinzhou. Later I will take care of the second and fourth children." I will send it to you to help you. From now on, the Xinzhou Continent will depend on you three brothers!"
Once again receiving Zhu Cixiang's assurance, Zhu Hehao finally felt relieved. He smiled and said to his father, "Father, I will not disappoint you!"
Zhu Cixiang nodded and said with a smile: "It's just sent here... I wish you a safe journey!"
Zhu Hehao knelt down to Zhu Cixi with a plop, then kowtowed a few times and said, "Father, please take care of yourself, and I say goodbye now!"
After saying that, he stood up and strode towards the Xinzhou No.
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Zhu Cixiang watched his eldest son board the Xinzhou, and then turned and walked towards the bank of the Yangtze River - because the Dongjiang Wharf is a sea-going ship wharf, and sea-going ships need a deeper draft, the wharf extends to the center of the river and is connected to the bank through a long wooden bridge. .
Also on the embankment were Zhu Hexing, Ding Yuying, Wu Ahuan, Ahai, Zhu Hekun, Zhu Hezhen, Zheng Chagu and others. They all came to see Zhu Hehao off on a long journey, and now they are all crying. Of course, some people cry for real and some fake cry. Among them, Ding Yuying was pretending to cry...while Zhu Hexing grinned and howled sadly, which didn't look like he was pretending.
"Good luck, Yuying, accompany me back to the palace!"
Watching the Xinzhou and more than ten other large sailing ships sail away, Zhu Cihong asked Zhu Hexing and Ding Yuying to ride in the same car with him. At the same time, he asked Wu Ahuan and Ahai to accompany Zheng Chagu in the same car. The whole family left the dock together.
"Good luck, Yuying, are you ready to go to Ren Tianhe?"
In the car, Zhu Cihong asked about Zhu Hexing and Ding Yuying's trip to Tianhe Mansion.
"It's ready." Ding Yuying replied.
"Okay, get ready!" Zhu Hexing also said.
"What have you prepared?" Zhu Cixiang asked.
Zhu Hexing said: "My ministers have dispatched a group of officials from Shizhu and Fengdu in Sichuan to accompany him, and also invited a group of veterans of the Guards."
"What about you?" Zhu Cihong asked Ding Yuying.
"My daughter-in-law has transferred a group of people from Jabs Bank, all of whom can handle things." Ding Yuying said, "She also met Mr. Shen Ge, who has retired."
Of course, Emperor Zhu allowed him to transfer officers, troops, and trading bank staff, as well as meet with Shen Tingyang - this was both an exercise and an assessment. So far, their performance has been quite satisfactory.
Zhu Cixiang nodded, "Okay, I understand... You should set off as soon as possible! I will give you one year to arrange the soldiers in the rogue mansion and then come back. Remember, this is for you two. You must work together to complete the work."
