"Wait, why do I feel that your words are the same as Xue Qing? Could it be that you are all fooling me?" Zhu Di felt something was wrong when he heard Li Jie's words, and immediately asked vigilantly.

"Uncle Fourth, are you so easy to be fooled? I am just analyzing the current situation for you. In fact, even if I don't say it, with your wisdom, you will see this sooner or later!" Li Jie spread his hands and said with a very honest look.

"Is that true?" Zhu Di was still a little suspicious, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that what Li Jie said made sense. If the fleet of exploring America failed, he would be unable to organize a second fleet of exploring America in a short time. If it succeeded, the news would definitely spread. The sea was so big that he could not stop others from going to the Americas.

"What do you think of?" Zhu Di thought for a long time before looking up at Li Jie and asked.

"It's easy to deal with, of course, it's about concentrating on major tasks. Just as I said just now, Uncle Fourth, you might as well treat going to America as a business, and it's not a single business, because although a single business is good, the risks need to be borne by yourself. Instead of doing this, it's better to let more people participate and share the risks. You just need to grasp the greatest benefits!" Li Jie explained with a smile.

"It's interesting, tell me in detail!" Zhu Di sat upright and asked again after hearing this.

"Then I'll be ugly. In fact, you can set up a business bank or company. Anyway, the name doesn't matter. What is important is to allow others to participate. At that time, our bank can also help organize it together..."

Speaking of the opening up of America, Li Jie has been thinking about it for many years, so he has already had countless plans in his mind. Now Zhu Di has taken the first step, so Li Jie also has the opportunity to show off and immediately expressed all the annoying things in his mind.

In fact, Li Jie's idea also borrowed from a notorious organization in later generations, that is, the East India Company. What Li Jie envisioned was mostly inspired by this company, that is, Zhu Di and Zhang Dingbian were initiators and banks were participants, and then recruited other big businessmen interested in the Americas to explore the Americas together.

Zhu Di and Zhang Dingbian have people, banks and merchants have money and ways. When the power of these people is united, they will definitely burst out with extremely powerful power. At that time, people need people and money and money. As long as they can bring continuous benefits from the Americas, thus achieving a virtuous cycle, the entire America will become their naan.

"Wait a minute, if there is this company, then who belongs to America?" Zhu Di suddenly asked a very critical question.

"No one's own, or who can occupy more than one, after all, America is so big, you really think that you can dominate America alone?" Li Jie asked with a smile.

Zhu Di also showed a silent expression when he heard this. His personality was rather domineering. In his subconscious, he really regarded America as his own naan, and at most it was distributed to Zhang Dingbian. However, Li Jie's words were the truth. America alone was several times larger than that of the Ming Dynasty. I'm afraid he could not swallow such a large land until he died.

"This matter is of great importance, I need to go back and think about it before I can give you a reply!" Zhu Di thought for a long time but still couldn't make up his mind.

Li Jie also knew that Zhu Di wanted to discuss with Yao Guangxiao and other confidants after he went back, especially with Zhang Dingbian and others, so he did not ask any further and nodded immediately, "Okay, then I'll wait for good news from you, Uncle Fourth. If you agree, I can start preparing immediately!"

"Okay, if there is any news from me, I will notify you immediately!" Zhu Di nodded immediately.

In fact, although Zhu Di did not make a decision on the spot, he could also find out from his attitude that he was already a little moved by Li Jie's suggestion. After all, relying solely on their own strength, God knows that it will take until the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month to develop America. However, if Li Jie's method is followed, the time can be greatly advanced. Maybe before he dies, he can build a territory in America that is not inferior to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di stayed in Beijing for nearly a month. During this period, in addition to wandering around with Li Jie in Beijing, he spent most of his time with Lao Zhu in the palace. After all, he could feel that this father, who was extremely strong in the past, is now as old as an old man, and at this time he also needs the company of his children.

However, Zhu Di was the lord of a country after all, and it was impossible for him to stay in the capital all the time, so he finally said goodbye and left. Zhu Biao and Li Jie also sent him to Taijin again, and then watched Zhu Di board the ship and leave. However, when Zhu Di's birthday next year, Zhu Di will definitely come again.

Just a few days after Zhu Di left the capital, Zhu Mengcon's illness was finally completely cured. During this period, he was also traveling around various disciplines of the Qiuzhen Academy. Because Qiuzhen Academy is also recruiting students in the first year and the things he talked about are relatively basic, Zhu Mengcon could understand it, which also increased his knowledge a lot.

Perhaps influenced by Zhu Yunyu, Zhu Mengcong was the most interested in the sea. There were classes in the academy that specialized in astronomy and geography. Zhu Mengcong listened to them almost without losing all the time, which also gave him a deeper understanding of the earth and the ocean. When he was fine, he liked to pester Li Jie the most and asked Li Jie to tell him about some overseas situations.

Especially the things in the South China Sea were the focus of Zhu Mengcong's inquiry. After all, he had to accompany his father Zhu Zhen to Annan, and he also knew that Annan would be the springboard for the Ming Dynasty to go to Southeast Asia, so the real goal of their father and son was not Annan, but in the future.

Li Jie also liked Zhu Mengcon very much. He had previously suggested to him that Zhu Mengcon would find several students who graduated from a college to take with him. For this reason, he also wrote a letter to Xie Jin personally, asking him to recommend several newly graduated students. Now these students have rushed to Dengzhou to meet Zhu Zhen. After Zhu Mengcon went there, he could also communicate with these students.

When Zhu Mengxiang left, Zhu Yunxiang was also very reluctant. The two brothers hugged their heads and cried for a long time. In the end, Li Jie advised them to separate. Then they personally sent Zhu Mengxiang out of the city. However, Zhu Mengxiang did not go to Taijin to take a boat this time, but planned to take the land route. Because the weather was too cold this year, Taijin Port was frozen, so Taijin Port could no longer dock ships during this period.

Li Jie had no choice. Although Tianjin in later generations was also a famous port, its cargo throughput was still not comparable to that of large southern ports such as Shanghai, Shenzhen and Zhoushan. The main reason was that it had this natural defect.
Chapter completed!