Chapter 280 Traveling again in the old place

Author: There are dragons in Nanshan

Chapter 280 Traveling again in the old place

With the sixth brother Ning, the sixth brother, taking the lead, the others suddenly became anxious, you and me, each looking for targets on the map.

Even if I don’t know what this place is, what the specific situation is, and how to fight next, in short, I will take it first.

As a result, King Xiang became the last one.

After everyone dispersed with satisfaction, he shook his head helplessly and said, "Don't blame me, I am just... just..."

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "I know that everyone must be afraid of suddenly summoning all the vassal kings into the capital. The emperor's actions are also a way to share my worries. The map has been divided up, and there is no suitable place nearby. If the emperor is willing to lead troops to fight, he can only go farther."

King Xiang looked at the map, but could not see any clues, so he asked, "I would like to give you a place, and I will spare no effort to put it into the Ming Dynasty."

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he pondered for a moment, and then said: "Today's vonching has arrived in Kunlun Continent, which is the farthest place Zheng He arrived in the West. This continent is very fertile. If you go west, pass through Kunlun Continent, and then pass through an ocean, there is a more vast land called Golden Continent. However, the risk of voyage is too great. I am going to wait for the Quanzhou Navigation Academy to study steamships before exploring."

King Xiang said thoughtfully: "Since that's the case, I urge you to go to Kunlun Island."

"No hurry."

Zhu Qizhen stroked his fingers through the map and continued, "When King Xi is now guarding Luzon, if we go south from the Luzon Islands, there is a slightly smaller continent. In the "A Brief History of the Islands" written by Wang Dayuan in the 1990s, this continent is surrounded by oceans on all sides, and it is called Oceania. It is an uncultivated land. You only need to bring a small number of troops and horses to migrate to reclaim land in the later period. I wonder if King Xiang is interested?"

King Xiang didn't know anything about Oceania. When he heard that it was an uncivilized land, he almost didn't need to fight. He also had King Hui who could take care of each other in Luzon, so he nodded repeatedly.

"I am willing to go!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Uncle the Emperor returns to the clan mansion to rest first. If you have nothing to do, just walk around the capital. These days, other vassal kings have entered the capital one after another. When the matter is over, I will show you some new things."

King Xiang bowed and said his leave. He had left the capital for twenty years. When he saw him today, the changes were really great.

The roads along the street have been turned into cement bricks, which are extremely spacious.

The shops on both sides of the road are planned in an orderly manner, and from time to time, there are people from Shuntian Mansion patrolling back and forth. If someone sets up stalls and occupies the road, he will come forward to persuade him to leave.

What surprised him was that these policemen treated the people in the market with surprisingly good attitude.

Zhu Qiyong was amazed when he saw this. He was born in Xiangyang and had been in the capital. Everything he saw was fresh.

"Father, look at why the servants from Shuntian Prefecture are so humble to the people? If they were in Xiangyang Prefecture, they would have kicked the vegetable basket away long ago."

Zhu Zhanji was also amazed and said, "When I left Beijing for my father, I was not like this at all."

Zhu Qiyong was intrigued and asked again: "What is the capital like before the father came to the vassal state?"

Zhu Zhanji thought for a while and said, "At that time, the roads were all bumpy dirt roads, and it would rain... Hey, it rained?"

While the two were talking, suddenly dark clouds were covered with lightning and thunder.

"Father, get in the car!"

Zhu Qiyong just pulled his father into the carriage when heavy rains came.

The small vendors on the roadside quickly closed the stalls, and soon, the bustling streets just now became deserted.

The carriage passed through the streets and alleys and rushed towards the clan mansion. Zhu Zhanji lifted the curtain and glanced at it, and suddenly shouted: "Stop!"

Zhu Qiyong also looked out curiously, but did not notice anything unusual, and threw a puzzled look at his father.

Zhu Zhanji's expression on his face was very complicated, and he murmured: "I lived here before my father left Beijing."

Speaking of King Xiang, he had a rich experience in the Ming Dynasty. Before joining the vassal state, he had two experiences in governing the country.

The first time, Renzong Zhu Gaochi was seriously ill and suddenly stopped. King Zhu Gaoxu of Han and King Zhu Gaosu of Zhao were ready to move. When the throne was replaced, the political situation was in turmoil and undercurrents were surging.

Prince Zhu Zhanji received news and rushed back from Nanjing. During this period, no one in the capital was in charge of the overall situation. As Zhu Zhanji's brother, Zhu Zhanji embarked on his first journey to supervise the country in his life.

During that period, there were two supervisors in the north and south.

King Xiang Zhu Zhanji was the first vassal king in the Ming Dynasty to supervise the country.

The second time, King Zhu Gaoxu of Han rebelled and had become the emperor, Zhu Zhanji, who was in charge of the emperor, was in charge of the army. Before Zhu Qizhen was born, he left King Xiang to supervise the country again.

He still remembered that he lived in this building at that time... Hey, where is my house?

Since the vassal kings must leave the capital and join the vassal after they become adults, under normal circumstances, they will not build a palace in the capital.

Therefore, princes, princes, vassal kings, all living in the Ten Princes' Mansion before they became adults.

After all, King Xiang had a special status, so he found a house outside and lived here before the vassal state.

Zhu Zhanqiu grabbed the window of the carriage and looked around. It was this place, why was the house gone?

Although the streets have been widened and the buildings on both sides have been renovated, he has lived here for more than ten years and will not admit his mistakes.

I searched back and forth several times, and I remember that I lived in only one three-story building, with the words "Da Ming Money House" hanging at the door.

At this time, two figures suddenly appeared in front of them, braved the heavy rain and were cleaning the mud in the ditches on the roadside.

Zhu Zhanqi was very puzzled and looked at the ground outside, but there was not much water accumulation.

Because the road is very flat and the surface is paved with cement, there is almost no mud.

"Father, you are..."

Before Zhu Qiyong finished speaking, he saw his father open the car door and walk out in the rain.

He hurriedly took an umbrella and followed.

Zhu Zhanji walked to the side of the road. They were two men wearing soap clothes. I don’t know which yamen they were from. They were yelling in the wind and rain, and they were shouting in their mouths, but they couldn’t hear clearly.

But their appearance was very serious, and it seemed that the canal was not well connected, which would cost them their lives.

In the distance, there were also four or five people who were also clearing the canal and building up soil and rocks.

Zhu Zhanqiu stepped forward and asked, "Is this Chaoyangfang here?"

However, the storm was too heavy, and the two policemen seemed to have not heard it, and were still concentrating on clearing the canal.

Zhu Zhanji had to ask again. One person heard the movement, looked back and said loudly, "It's Chaoyangfang, what's the matter?"

"I remember, there was a Xiangwang Mansion here before, why can't I find it?"

"After King Xiang became a vassal, the house was abandoned. It was demolished a few years ago and a money house was built. Are you from another place? Visit relatives or do business? If you have any problems or encounter difficulties, you can go to Shuntian Mansion and someone will help you solve it."

After coming out of the palace, Zhu Zhanji and his son had already changed into casual clothes. Of course, these servants didn't know that the outsider in front of them was the dignified King Xiang.

Zhu Zhanqi was very surprised and asked, "We are just ordinary people, how can we enter Shuntian Mansion?"

"Not only Shuntian Mansion, all the yamen institutions now have to do things for the people. Otherwise, as long as they are reported and investigated by the superiors, they will be beaten by everyone from the chief officer to the officers who are doing business! Two of you, we are too busy with our affairs and we really can't help much. If you have any trouble, go to Shuntian Mansion!"

Zhu Zhanqian was even more confused and asked, "It's raining so heavily, what are you doing?"

"Repair the ditches, they are blocked!"

The policeman was a little impatient when asked, so he bent down again and said while working: "If this ditch is not cleared in time, there will be water on the street."

Zhu Zhanqi asked again: "Isn't it normal for some water accumulation on rainy days?"

"No, if you want to evaluate the award, you will definitely count down if you have accumulated water."

"Evaluation, countdown..."

Zhu Zhanqi felt like he was going crazy. It was raining so heavily, so there was no water on the road?

The policeman seemed to be frustrated and began to curse: "We were careless. I heard that Chongnanfang had cleared the ditches early in order to evaluate the awards. We thought we were not in a hurry, but who knew the ghost weather would be gone!"

At this time, the other person also raised his head and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't talk anymore, hurry up and clear the ditches. If the water area of ​​the road is counted down, I can't afford to lose this person..."

Zhu Zhanqian still frowned and couldn't figure it out.

Of course he couldn't understand, and the police had already made a mistake.

Because they have introduced a regular assessment system, as long as someone opens the paper, others will be idle. Everyone is shameless and no one wants to be on the blacklist. If you lose the bonus, you will be embarrassed.

Tatta...

A sound of footsteps came, and Zhu Zhanji looked at him and saw another group of people wearing soap clothes hurriedly heading in one direction.

He was curious about everything here, so he stopped him and asked, only to know that he was going to patrol the embankment.

In fact, there is no river embankment here, but there is a moat passing through between the inner city and the outer city.

The police explained that the rain was too heavy and they were worried that the river would be full and that the backflow would occur.

Everyone understands the truth, but what Zhu Zhanqi couldn't understand the most was that it was raining or heavy rain, and these policemen actually thought about cleaning the canals and patrolling the river embankment.

Such a situation was unheard of and unheard of twenty years ago.

In his impression, it is normal for rain, water on the road and river water to flow backwards.

You can’t just withdraw the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture and deduct the monthly salary of the servants just because of a rain?

God is about to rain, who dares to care?

However, in front of him, the police at the bottom of the government were in charge of this matter.

Zhu Qiyong held up an umbrella and said, "Father, we still..."

"Let's go and have a look at the moat!"

Zhu Zhanqi turned around and the carriage, but was not in a hurry to return to the clan mansion, but came all the way to the moat.
To be continued...