My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 429 Risks and Opportunities

It was getting late, Zhu Gaosui came out from the palace and rode back home.

Ever since he regained his freedom, Zhu Gaosui had always lived in the clan mansion, but later Zhu Di felt that it was not a problem for him to live in the clan mansion all the time, so he rewarded him with a mansion with the same specifications as the king's mansion. It can be said that Zhu Gaosui had no Restoring the title of prince, the other treatment is no different from that of the prince.

But today Zhu Gaosui seemed to be very preoccupied, and he didn't see anyone else when he returned to the mansion, but locked himself in the study.

"Dong Dong Dong~"

At this moment, someone knocked on the door suddenly, and Zhu Gaosui, who was in deep thought, raised his head and said, "Who?"

"Father, it's me!"

Zhu Zhanfu's voice came from outside.

"come in!"

Zhu Gaosui rubbed his forehead and said.

Then I saw the door of the study opened, and the tall and straight Zhu Zhanfu walked in.

Compared with previous years, Zhu Zhanfu has grown a lot taller, and his facial features have also grown. He looks more like Zhu Gaosui. If he puts on a beard, no one will be able to tell who is his father, Zhu Gaosui or him?Who is the son?

"Father, what's the matter with you, did you encounter something with your uncle?"

Zhu Zhanfu saw at a glance that his father was worried, stepped forward, poured Zhu Gaosui a cup of tea and asked.

"Today at your uncle's place, I met that kid Zhan He. Although this kid doesn't speak well, I really admire him. Look at what he has done in the past few years. Everything has been done very beautifully. No wonder you Grandpa Huang likes him so much."

Zhu Gaosui picked up the tea and drank it down, sighed and said.

"It's all because of my incompetence, and I made you worry about it, Dad!"

Zhu Zhanfu thought that Zhu Gaosui was blaming himself, so he immediately admitted his mistake.

"It has nothing to do with you, even that kid Zhanji is starting to envy Zhanhe now, let alone you."

Zhu Gaosui waved his hands.

As a result, Zhu Zhanyu was even more embarrassed after hearing this. Like Zhu Gaosui, he always thought highly of himself, but he never thought that in the eyes of his father, he was inferior to Zhu Zhanhe, not even Zhu Zhanji.

"Father, what did the second brother tell you?"

Zhu Zhanfu adjusted his mood before asking.

"He and I definitely have nothing to say, but I heard from him and your uncle that your grandpa agreed to relocate the refugees from Shandong to Tianzhu. Although they are refugees, they are also the people of Ming Dynasty. , but one of the achievements of an official, your grandpa gave your second uncle so generously, I..."

Zhu Gaosui stopped suddenly at the end, and there was a complicated look on his face, with envy, jealousy, and a little bit of confusion at the same time, maybe even he himself couldn't figure out what it was like in his heart?
"Father, do you think that the emperor's actions are obviously too partial to the second uncle, after all, you are also the son of the emperor's grandfather, but looking at you now, you don't even have the throne, but the second uncle is loved all the time?"

As expected of Zhu Zhanyi's own son, he immediately guessed what Zhu Gaosui was thinking.

"I do have this idea, but who told us to be careless before and be discovered by others, otherwise we wouldn't be in this situation."

Zhu Gaosui sighed again.

He didn't regret poisoning Zhu Gaochi back then, but regretted that he was too careless and was discovered by Zhu Zhanhe. If he could be more careful, maybe things would be completely different.

"Father, don't think that Grandpa Huang dotes on the second uncle too much. The main reason is that the second uncle is far away overseas. Grandpa Huang feels that he owes him, so he takes extra care of him. If you also go overseas, I believe Grandpa Huang will treat you no better than him." The second uncle is bad!"

Seeing that his father was depressed, Zhu Zhanfu comforted him again.

"Go overseas?"

Unexpectedly, after Zhu Gaosui heard his son's words, he showed a pensive expression, as if he was really thinking about this matter?
"Father, I just said it casually, you don't really plan to go overseas, do you?"

Zhu Zhanfu was taken aback when he saw his father's expression. If Zhu Gaosui went overseas, as a son, he would definitely follow. As a pampered son of the royal family, Zhu Zhanfu didn't want to go overseas to endure hardship.

"Not only did you say that to me today, Zhan He also ran on me with this. I never thought about it before, but now that I think about it, it seems that going overseas is not unacceptable. Isn't your second uncle hanging around overseas? Shui Qi, I heard that a large piece of land has been laid down, if your grandpa is not still there, he probably would have proclaimed himself emperor a long time ago."

When Zhu Gaosui said the last thing, his eyes also started to light up. As a prince, he never forgot the matter of saying goodbye to the emperor.

"That's overseas. I heard that there are ferocious natives everywhere, and swamp miasma everywhere. How can it compare with Daming?"

At this moment, Zhu Zhanfu's eyes widened in shock, and he tried hard to persuade him again that he was really afraid that his father would have a sudden convulsion and really go overseas, and he would suffer a lot.

"Overseas is not that scary. During this period of time, I have dealt with the dignitaries in the DPRK and China, especially the gang of nobles. Each of them has put in enough effort to go to sea to do business. Every time the fleet returns, they can bring huge amounts of wealth. , I look jealous, since they can make money overseas, it means there is definitely no shortage of money overseas!"

Zhu Gaosui shook his head, and even felt that his son's concept was too outdated, and he might as well see it clearly.

"This……"

Zhu Zhanfu didn't know what to say for a while?
However, what Zhu Gaosui said was correct. Since the opening of the sea, Ming’s maritime trade has been advancing rapidly. Those nobles who participated in the maritime trade first, naturally received the first wave of bonuses, and each of them made a lot of money.

Through maritime trade, Ming’s understanding of overseas has also begun to deepen. In the past, he could only learn about some overseas situations through Zheng He’s fleet of voyages to the West, but it was more official and not comprehensive.

But now that the sea trade is restarting, the overseas situation can be transmitted back to Daming. Even a deposed prince like Zhu Gaosui knows that overseas is not as barren as they thought before, but rather rich. More people ventured out to sea.

"Father, you can't just see the good things. I also heard that pirates often appear overseas, and the natives overseas are also very cruel. There are even incidents of cannibalism. These dangers cannot be ignored!"

Zhu Zhanfu thought for a while before speaking again.

What he said is also true. After all, although there are wealth and opportunities overseas, it is also accompanied by risks. Letting Daming live in happiness, but going overseas to take risks, this is not in line with Zhu Zhanyi's character.

"Of course I know there are risks overseas. I said this not because I really want to go overseas. I just consider the gains and losses. If one day I am really forced to go to a corner, like your second uncle, going overseas is also a way out."

Zhu Gaosui stretched out his hand to caress the short beard on his chin, and fell into deep thought again after speaking.

(End of this chapter)