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Chapter 542 Can't Write Two Vermilion Characters With One Stroke!

Songjiang Prefecture, Shibosi Wharf.

When Zhu Yunxi ordered to build the Shibosi Wharf, he planned it according to the millennium plan.

Many facilities may not be able to meet the millennium plan, but the size of the wharf, the warehouses on the shore, and the berths are definitely far beyond the current throughput of Daming, and they are extremely rich.

At the beginning, everyone advised him to change it to a smaller size, thinking that such a large space would not be needed at all.

However, no one expected that, only a few years after the opening of the port, nearly half of the berths have been used up, and the warehouses on the shore are even more used up.

Fortunately, a lot of vacant land was reserved during the planning of the year, and it can be expanded at any time as long as there is demand.

Otherwise, facing such a large cargo throughput suddenly, they really don't know what to do.

The Shibo Secretary mentioned that Lu Shiyuan flattered Zhu Yunxi all the way, saying that he was forward-looking and had anticipated the grand occasion of the Shibo Division many years in advance.

When the other officials heard this, they were full of flattery, and they praised Zhu Yunxi as the most visionary sage in the past and present.

Zhu Yunxi listened to the flattery of the officials, with a smug smile on his face.

He finally understood why there were so many foolish emperors in ancient times, and whoever was held up and enshrined by others every day would be so confused!
Zhu Yunxi still knows how much he weighs, and he won't get carried away just because of a few compliments from his subordinates.After inspecting the port of the Shi Ship Division and looking at the cargo ships going south and north, he gave some instructions for the future work of the Shi Ship Division.

"The next focus is to focus on building the Daming Ocean Economic Circle. In this process, your city shipping department plays a pivotal role."

"Our Daming's cotton cloth, silk, tea, etc. have to be trafficked out through the Shibo Division. Silver and goods from Japan, Ryukyu, Vietnam and other places must also be transported to the mainland through the Shibu Division to feed back our Ming's industry."

"In addition, we need to establish and improve corresponding laws and regulations. We have seen many foreign vassals haunting the streets along the way. The Ming government has the obligation and responsibility to protect the lives and properties of foreign vassal merchants in Daming, but at the same time, we must also treat them. Restraint, not allowing them to break the law..."

"Exercising kindness and strength together is the long-term way!"

When Lu Shiyuan heard the words, he hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Xiaozhi understands that when I go back, I will draft a document with the prefect of Songjiang..."

"By the way, Your Highness, recently there have been a lot of lawsuits concerning the marriage between the common people of the Ming Dynasty and the women of the foreign kingdom. There is no express provision in our Ming Dynasty law that prohibits marriage with foreign women, but there are many disputes among the people. I hope the emperor's grandson will show you."

"The Beigong will issue a new law recently, and you can follow the new law to implement it when the time comes."

Lu Shiyuan applauded happily when he heard the words.

"It would be great to have a law to follow, so as to avoid the dilemma between Wei Chen and the prefect of Songjiang, hehehe..."

Just as the two were talking and laughing happily, discussing relevant legal details, several huge cargo ships sailed over the sea.

As soon as Zhu Yunxi saw the huge hull, he knew that it was a No. A Fuchuan built in the past two years and specially used for ocean freight.

This kind of ship is not only expensive, but also an official ship that is explicitly controlled by the imperial court and prohibits private trading.

However, what surprised him was that none of the official signs were hoisted on these Fuzhou ships, but a flaming skull flag that should not have appeared in Daming.

This thing was supposed to be active in the Mediterranean or the Red Sea, so it shouldn't have come to Daming.

What's more, the boat they used was Daming's lucky boat!

"What's going on with these ships?"

Lu Shiyuan's face turned pale when he heard the words, and said tremblingly.

"Reporting to Your Highness, this ship... this ship is an army..."

"I don't know, please forgive me, Your Highness!"

After all, Lu Shiyuan did not dare to tell the background of these ships, so he could only grit his teeth and knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

Seeing him like this, Zhu Yunxi already had some answers in his heart.

These ships should be military ships!
It's just that the Ming Navy is so bold that it dares to openly act as a pirate?

"Come on!"

"Wait for these ships to dock, and arrest the people on them alone. We must find out who is behind the scenes!"

"No matter who is involved in this matter, Gu will not let it go easily!"

"promise!"

Zhu Yunxi brought a lot of people with him on this trip, and they were elites drawn from Jinyiwei, Xingwuwei, and Jing Navy's new army.

After Zhu Yunxi gave the order, Xu Liuzi rushed to lead the team, but was stopped by Zhu Yunxi.

"Six Xu, stop!"

"Sun Zhengyu, you bring people over there, be sure to capture everyone on board alone!"

"If someone commits suicide, jumps into the sea, or escapes in the middle, you are the only one to ask!"

"promise!"

Sun Zhengyu is one of the new army of Jinghaiwei. He has just graduated from the military academy for a few months. He has no foothold in Jinyiwei or in Jinghai Navy, the headquarters of the navy. He is the most suitable for this kind of work.

Seeing Sun Zhengyu leading the people away with an upright face, Xu Liuzi was as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

"Your Highness, this matter..."

Seeing Xu Liuzi's appearance, Zhu Yunxi became so angry that he raised his foot and kicked him.

"You are so brave, you dare to embezzle the official ship without telling Gu!"

"Your Highness, I dare not, this matter has nothing to do with the humble position, the humble position is just for..."

"Who does that concern?"

Hearing this, Xu Liuzi looked at the hundreds of officials on the left and right, and said with a look of embarrassment on his face.

"Your Highness, take a step to speak..."

"Need not!"

"Gu does things in an upright manner, and there is no need to avoid anyone!"

Xu Liuzi saw that Zhu Yunxi had entered the scene so deeply, he immediately chose to play dead like Lu Shiyuan.

"Since His Highness said so, then this is a humble job..."

"The humble official is willing to accept the punishment!"

When Zhu Yunxi saw Xu Liuzi put on such a posture that a dead pig is not afraid of being scalded by boiling water, Zhu Yunxi suddenly felt a little nervous. Could it be that this matter has something to do with the royal family?

"Cough cough..."

"Don't worry, if it is found out that it is related to you, Gu will never tolerate it!"

Li Da, a retired navy officer from Jinghaiwei, looked at the wharf that was close at hand on the Fuzhou Ship A, and finally showed a relieved smile on his face.

The journey was too dangerous, and I almost died in the sea several times.

Fortunately, the emperor's grandson blessed them, allowing them to escape the storm and stumble back to Daming along the way.

Li Da waved to the people on the shore, and then gave a series of orders to the miscellaneous army behind him.

"Dogs, we have arrived in Daming, hurry up and bring our goods up, and let the nobles on the shore see what we brought back this time!"

"okay!"

The motley crew from more than a dozen countries responded with various indistinct Ming words, and then those who opened the hatches opened the hatches, those who pulled the sails pulled the sails, and those who dropped the anchors dropped the anchors.

Although they have different skin colors, black and white, brown and yellow.But they are methodical and orderly, and they work even more enthusiastically, talking and laughing.

They are all affiliated to a branch of the Daming Jing Navy—the Maritime Slave Hunting Squad, which specializes in capturing slaves in various countries and then trafficking them to Daming.

As the cabins were opened one by one, black slaves and white slaves in shackles were brought up from the cabins.

These slaves had never seen the sun on the way, and when they were suddenly illuminated by the sun, they all felt dark and their eyes hurt.

But they couldn't cover it with their hands, so they could only squint their eyes, avoiding the glare of the sun, and greedy for the temperature of the sun.

They are not very disgusted with their slave status, and they are even a bit lucky.

Because it is widely rumored throughout Europe that Daming is a place flowing with milk and honey, where gold is everywhere, and it is as peaceful and peaceful as heaven.

It was their good fortune that they could be sold to Daming as slaves.

This kind of talk is not only spread in European countries, but also many people on their ships say that even the miscellaneous soldiers guarding them will not scold them for their fate. As long as they survive to Ming Dynasty, they will be able to live a good life .

They don't really believe that they can eat well and drink spicy food, they just want to work without starving.

However, just as they were enjoying a moment of peace and secretly praying that they would meet a kind owner who would buy them away, a group of people suddenly rushed up from the shore, fired two "bang bang" shots into the air, and ordered everyone to kneel down .

They couldn't understand Daming dialect, but they could still understand the word "kneel down".

Because they came here on their knees along the way.

The slaves knelt on the deck obediently, while the motley coalition army looked uneasy, looking at their leader Li Da in fear.

Li Da saw the other party's clothes, and said to everyone with a smile.

"Don't be afraid, these are our own people!"

"Hey!"

"You guys are recruits from the Jing Navy, aren't you?"

"I am also from the Jing Navy. I was injured and retired when I went to sea to perform missions two years ago. Now I work for the Jing Navy's logistics department!"

Sun Zhengyu, who was on board to carry out the mission, did not hesitate at all when he heard the other party's words, and immediately fired a shot at Li Da, hitting the headband on his head.

"Your Majesty!"

"We are ordered by the emperor's grandson to investigate the private use of the official ship. I don't care who you are or what background you have, just shut up before I interrogate you!"

Li Da was shot suddenly, and he fell to his knees with a plop in fright.

But after kneeling down, he scolded the eighteen generations of this young descendant ancestor in his heart.

This brat, if he is even a little bit higher, his head will be blown off!
No, what did he just say, the emperor's grandson?

Could it be that the emperor's grandson is here, and he happened to see these boats?

When Li Da thought of this, his heart suddenly became agitated.

Although their business was well established, they didn't dare to let the emperor's grandson know, it was tantamount to doing private work without telling the emperor's grandson!
Now that he was caught by the emperor's grandson, how should he explain to the people above him!
Seeing that everyone was kneeling down, Sun Zhengyu immediately ordered people to go to the other ships to do the same, and then completely controlled the ships.

As for finding key people, it was even easier. Although there were many people on board, there were not many people with yellow skin, and even fewer people who could speak fluent Ming dialect.

Therefore, he only needs to pick the Daming people on the boat for questioning.

"What are you doing?"

"Sir, we are people from the logistics department of the Jing Navy, and we are responsible for arresting slaves and selling them to Ming Dynasty..."

"Who is in the background?"

"Who is the chief ambassador?"

"Backstage...the backstage should be Jing Haijun, right?"

"The chief envoy... the chief envoy doesn't know, but the boss above said that it seems to be a business of the emperor's grandson, and the market department dare not ask us to collect taxes!"

When Sun Zhengyu heard this, his heart skipped a beat.

No wonder the grandson of the emperor wants to send himself up to investigate, dare to understand this matter!
"Don't mess around!"

"I am here to interrogate you under the order of the emperor's grandson. If it is really the emperor's grandson's business, how can the emperor's grandson not know?"

"Brother, I really didn't lie to you. I went to Jing Naval Headquarters to receive disability benefits, and I personally heard what the commander and the others said. No one is allowed to share in the slave ship business, and anyone who dares to reach out will chop off his hand! "

"Think about it, if it wasn't for the emperor grandson's business, the commander of Jing Haijun would be so careful?"

"This……"

Sun Zhengyu was speechless, and thought to himself, what is the matter, the emperor's grandson ordered him to investigate the emperor's grandson's property, what should he do?
"Tell us in detail, who else knows about this?"

"Many people know about it. Everyone in our Jinghai Navy knows about it, and everyone knows about it!"

Hearing this, Sun Zhengyu rubbed his temples with a headache.

"You write down everything you know, and sign it..."

"middle!"

An hour later, Sun Zhengyu came to Zhu Yunxi with a stack of confessions.

"Reporting to the emperor's grandson, the humble official has already interrogated clearly. The slaves captured from the Taixi land were loaded on the ship, and they were specially transported to Daming for sale."

"This business involves Jing Haijun, and I dare not specialize in a humble position. I would like to ask His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun to make a decision!"

Because of Xu Liuzi's suggestion, Zhu Yunxi's aura is no longer as righteous and awe-inspiring as before.He silently took the confession, flipped through it quickly, and saw that there was faintly revealed the royal family and other information on it, and immediately cursed with a sullen face.

"Really daring!"

"Put them all on the boat first, and deal with them after Gu finishes the planning of the Songjiang Mansion's new city!"

After Zhu Yunxi finished speaking angrily, he gave Xu Liuzi a wink, then flung his sleeves and left.

Xu Liuzi hurriedly followed, and followed Zhu Yunxie step by step to a secluded corner.

"Tell me, what's going on!"

"Reporting to Your Highness, this matter was done by His Highness Zhu Yunxi. Everyone in Jing Haijun knew about it, but no one dared to tell you..."

"hiss……"

Zhu Yunxi gasped when he heard the words, and his hatred for a rebellious grandson +1000.

But when he thought about it, he realized that something was wrong. Zhu Yunxi might be extremely stubborn, but after all, he was in the Royal Academy in the capital, how could he know the profits of slave trade at sea, and how could he organize such a large fleet?

Maybe this silly kid has just gained a false name for nothing, and the benefits are all for others.

"Is this only Zhu Yunxi's case?"

"Returning to Your Highness, this matter also involves Duke Liang, Duke Ying, Duke Wei, Duke Song, etc."

"Are they all involved?"

"Is there anyone else?"

"Have……"

"There are also Princess Lin'an, Princess Ningguo, and Princess Anqing..."

When Zhu Yunxi heard this string of names, the expression on his face became even uglier.

It's really their royal property, looking at the shareholders, they can't even write two words!
"are these all?"

"There are also His Royal Highness King Jin, His Royal Highness Dai Wang, His Royal Highness Liao Wang, etc..."

"hiss……"

Zhu Yunxi gritted his teeth again with a headache, and asked with a bit of annoyance.

"Grandpa Huang didn't participate, did he?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, His Majesty did not participate, but Concubine Hui has a share in this industry..."

"My day!"

(End of this chapter)