My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 212 Zhu Zhanqi's Changes
"Search!"

Following Zhu Zhanhe's order, Dongchang's Fanzi and Jin Yiwei rushed into a house like wolves, and soon turned the whole house upside down.

This is one of the places where Zhu Wenkui discussed matters with his subordinates. Zhu Zhanhe got the address from Zhou Sheng and brought people to search it himself.

Unfortunately, Fanzi and Jin Yiwei searched inside and out several times, but still found nothing, which made Zhu Zhanhe also frown urgently.

This was already the last meeting place that Zhou Sheng confessed, and now not only Zhu Wenkui could not be found, but even Wang Qia and others seemed to have fallen into the sea, and there was no news at all.

"My lord, we have searched almost all of the capital recently, but we still haven't found any clues about the other party. Have they already withdrawn from the capital?"

At this moment, a team leader approached Zhu Zhanhe and said.

"If there is such a possibility, increase the scope of the search, and search all the villages and towns within a radius of ten miles of the capital!"

Zhu Zhanhe ordered again.

At the beginning, Zhu Zhanhe firmly believed that Zhu Wenkui should still be in the city, but after searching for this period of time, he has been shaken. After all, no matter how well the other party hides, there must be no clues.

Having found nothing, Zhu Zhanhe had no choice but to order the team to withdraw. After returning to the East Factory, Zhu Zhanhe summoned a few more people, and they all searched for the whereabouts of Zhu Wenkui and his subordinates, but unfortunately there were no clues either.

After getting off duty, Zhu Zhanhe sorted out the clues at hand, and at the same time considered Zhu Wenkui's possible hiding place.

Now that the limelight is in full swing, Zhu Wenkui must have hidden well, so Zhu Zhanhe has now turned his target to those under him. Now only one Zhou Sheng has been captured, and there is another known Wang Qia.

"Wang Qia was very active before, so it should be a good breakthrough."

Zhu Zhanhe said to himself, and Mrs. Wang's maid Chunmei once said that Wang Qia has an obvious facial feature, that is, there is a long scar on his forehead. Although it is difficult to catch Wang Qia with only one scar, it is at least a clue. .

Back at the palace, Zhu Zhanhe came to his residence, but when he passed the courtyard where Zhu Zhanqi lived, he heard strange movements coming from inside.

This made Zhu Zhanhe a little curious, so he walked to the gate of Zhu Zhanqi's courtyard.

On the open space in the front yard, Zhu Zhanqi was practicing a set of marksmanship with a long spear in his hand. Although he still looked a little unfamiliar, he was still vigorous.

"Big brother!"

At this time, Zhu Zhanqi also saw Zhu Zhanhe at the door, and hurriedly retracted his gun and stood up, his little face was flushed and his forehead was covered with sweat.

"When did you start practicing martial arts?"

Zhu Zhanhe walked into the yard with a smile and asked.

"I just learned it from the instructor of the Wangfu these days, and I'm still not proficient. I made my elder brother laugh."

Zhu Zhanqi took the towel from the servant next to him, and wiped his face carelessly.

"At least much better than me."

Zhu Zhanhe laughed. As Zhu Gaoxu's son, he had never practiced martial arts since he was a child. The main reason was that Princess Han spoiled him too much, and she was afraid of hurting himself by practicing martial arts.

"Brother, you came just in time. I have a few questions that I want to ask you."

As Zhu Zhanqi said, he stepped forward and pulled Zhu Zhanhe to his study.

The layout of Zhu Zhanqi's room here is almost the same as that of Zhu Zhanhe's. There is a globe on the desk, which he brought from Zhu Zhanhe a few days ago.

"Brother, whenever I have free time recently, I've been studying this globe. The more I look at it, the more interesting it becomes. The fleet sailed to the west for three years before arriving in Africa, and brought back a unicorn..."

Zhu Zhanqi turned the globe and kept talking non-stop, obviously he had a strong interest in this world.

This is also what Zhu Zhanqi hopes to see. After all, when people's vision is broadened, their hearts will naturally be broadened. I hope that Zhu Zhanqi will not be obsessed with hatred. Only in this way can he get out of the shadow of his mother's death and start a better life for himself.

Then Zhu Zhanqi asked some questions about geography, and Zhu Zhanqi also helped him answer them one by one.

"Brother, according to what you said, the entire African continent is so vast, but there is not even a formed country, and all the natives are living a life of bare hair and blood?"

When Zhu Zhanqi heard Zhu Zhanhe's introduction of Africa, he couldn't help interjecting and asking.

"You can't say that. There is a country called Egypt in the north of Africa. It is one of the oldest countries in the world. However, they are different from the natives in southern Africa. Egypt should be considered a Mediterranean country."

Zhu Zhanhe drew a circle along the Mediterranean Sea and introduced.

"Mediterranean?"

At this time, Zhu Zhanqi also looked at the sea surrounded by land with great interest, and then he pointed to a country opposite Egypt and asked: "Is this Eastern Roman Empire the Great Qin in the Far West as recorded in the history books?"

"Strictly speaking, the Eastern Roman Empire is a part of the Great Qin, because the historical Great Qin has long been split into two parts, the Western Roman Empire has long since perished, and the Eastern Roman Empire..."

When Zhu Zhanhe said this, he suddenly stopped, with a thoughtful look on his face.

"What happened to the Eastern Roman Empire?"

Zhu Zhanqi asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I'm just not sure if the Eastern Roman Empire is still there, because a powerful Ottoman Empire has risen to the east and has been occupying the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Empire has long been in decline. Not far away."

Zhu Zhanhe couldn't remember the year when the Eastern Roman Empire fell, but it must have fallen at the hands of the Ottoman Empire, and it seemed that it perished in the early Ming Dynasty.

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanqi quickly found the location of the Ottoman Empire on the map, and it was indeed next to the Eastern Roman Empire. Then he asked curiously: "The Ottoman Empire does not cover a large area, are they really powerful? ?”

"Strength is only relative. The Ottoman Empire was once defeated by the Timurid Empire. Even the emperor was captured by others. Later, it was difficult to regain the lost land. The Timurid Empire was just a branch of the Mongols. It used to be arrogant. We want to conquer our Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately Timur died on the way, and the Eastern Expedition will come to nothing.”

Zhu Zhanhe introduced with a smile.

"It turned out to be just a group of defeated Mongolians!"

Zhu Zhanqi sneered when he heard the words, as if he didn't take the Ottoman Empire seriously.

Zhu Zhanhe originally wanted to remind Zhu Zhanqi that Ottoman is a rising empire and must not be underestimated.

But after thinking about it, since the Ming Dynasty expelled the Mongol Yuan, the Ming Dynasty has always been in a military advantage over the Mongols, especially Zhu Di's several northern expeditions, and the Mongols were defeated.

Therefore, the entire Ming Dynasty had absolute confidence in its own military strength. Even if Timur hadn't died on the way to the Northern Expedition, he would probably have failed in the end, let alone an Ottoman.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanhe immediately changed his words, and followed Zhu Zhanqi's words to encourage the other party, so that he had a more positive understanding of Daming's military strength.

The two brothers chatted enthusiastically, unknowingly, they chatted until midnight, and finally Zhu Zhanhe was very sleepy, so he got up to leave.

But at this moment, Zhu Zhanqi suddenly hesitated, and then asked: "Brother, have you found out the whereabouts of my uncle and the others?"

(End of this chapter)