All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 190 The future of maritime trade lies in the choices we make now

When Old Zhu married off his daughter, that was a real marriage.

Apart from the higher standards, there is not much difference from marrying a daughter in the folk customs.

All necessary procedures have been followed and all necessary rules have been observed.

When a daughter gets married, she marries into the man's family and becomes his person from then on.

In comparison, the so-called princesses of the Tartars either married off and went to eat sand on the grasslands.

Or you could build a princess's mansion and recruit a slave to be your consort.

If the prince consort wants to marry the princess, he has to give gifts to the nanny.

The essence of enslaving the world is being implemented at all times and in all aspects.

Princess Huaiqing Zhu Funing was in her prime. Although her biological mother died early, she was personally sent off to marry by Zhuge Liang and Empress Ma.

The Crown Prince and Prince of Yan presided over the wedding, and all the nobles who could come came to celebrate. It was a grand occasion.

She had heard of Chen Ran's name before, and was secretly delighted to learn that he was a talented young man.

All the conditions are very good. The only concern is that there are too many women in his house.

Feng Guan Xia Pei sat on the bed covered with red dates, walnuts and other dried fruits, quietly waiting for Chen Ran's arrival.

I don't know how long I waited before I heard a faint noise coming from outside.

After a while, the personal maid who came with her dowry came over and reported quietly, "Princess, there's a fight ahead."

"what?"

Zhu Funing couldn't believe it. "Why did they fight?"

"I heard that he was drunk and wanted to compete in martial arts or something, but I'm not sure."

"How is the Prince Consort?"

The palace maid looked strange. "I heard that it was the prince consort who beat him up~~~"

The front hall was already a mess at this time.

The food and wine were scattered everywhere, and the tables, chairs and benches were scattered all over the place.

The nobles, who were obviously drunk, shouted and cheered loudly with red faces.

In the middle of the hall, Chen Ran and Lan Yu were wrestling back and forth, pulling each other's collars.

When Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were still alive, they were naturally gentle and polite.

But when Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma returned to the palace, Zhu Biao, who came with the intention of revenge, was the first to jump out and try to force Chen Ran to drink.

With the prince taking the lead, the guests naturally followed suit.

Chen Ran had already pushed his physical fitness to the highest level, and his martial arts, wisdom, and health had all reached the peak level of ordinary people.

But even so, his ability to metabolize alcohol could not keep up with so many people taking turns to force him to drink.

Especially those nobles, who took advantage of their seniority and shouted, "If you don't drink, you are not giving me face~~~"

Chen Ran would never tolerate this, and immediately grabbed Zhu Biao and said, "I just beat you in the competition last time. If you have the ability, you can win back in the competition. It's not a big deal to force me to drink because you have more people."

These words stirred up a hornet's nest, and everyone expressed their desire to seek redress for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

There is no way. The living Zhu Biao had such great appeal that even his brothers obeyed him.

Several nobles came up one after another, and were easily knocked down by Chen Ran.

Instead of scaring anyone, this aroused the ferocity of these nobles who had just returned from the battlefield.

Fortunately, although they were drunk, they all knew that this was the princess's wedding, so they did not rush together to beat him up. Instead, they nominated Lan Yu, a young and capable fighter among the nobles.

Lan Yu has extensive experience in battlefield fighting, on par with Chen Ran.

The two fought back and forth, which made the onlookers very excited.

After a fierce battle, Chen Ran finally succeeded in suppressing Lan Yu with his peak human physical fitness.

He pinned him to the ground and finally knocked him down with a round of punches.

After standing up and looking around, Chen Ran said, "That's just using fists and feet. If we were fighting with weapons, I would have won long ago."

There were few royal relatives who were good at fighting, and most of the nobles were old. Among the younger ones, Lan Yu, who was the best fighter, had been beaten down.

Hearing Chen Ran's boasting, everyone who was feeling uncomfortable wanted to rush up and beat him up immediately.

At this time, Prince of Yan Zhu Di stood up and rushed towards Chen Ran with a stool.

He was very cunning and attacked from behind without any shouting or screaming.

By the time Chen Ran realized it and turned around, the stool was already in front of him.

At the critical moment, his bare-handed skill was activated, and he snatched the stool away with a single chop.

Zhu Di never expected that the stool in his hand would disappear in an instant. While he was stunned, Chen Ran had already turned around and smashed the stool on his head.

Not to mention that he drank a lot of alcohol, even if he didn't drink, Chen Ran would not tolerate it.

No matter whether you are Prince of Yan or Emperor Yongle, just do it.

Zhu Biao hurried out to settle the matter. He didn't expect Chen Ran to be so tough.

He helplessly asked everyone to go home, while he helped the fourth child to find the imperial physician.

Zhu Di was a vengeful person.

Before being helped away, he turned around and glared at Chen Ran fiercely, "When my injury is healed, let's fight in the martial arts arena!"

Chen Ran simply raised his chin and said, "When the time comes, you should ask a good doctor to be on standby. Don't run away with the excuse of treating injuries like you are doing now."

Zhu Di was so angry that he jumped up and down, struggling and shouting that he wanted to come back and continue fighting.

It was Zhu Biao who dragged him away with all his might. "You couldn't even defeat me in a sneak attack, and you're still going to fight with your head bleeding? You have to admit that you can't win!"

".I was just careless. I will definitely win next time~~~" Zhu Di's shouting became farther and farther away. Finally, all the guests left, leaving the floor in a mess.

After brushing off the wine stains on his body, Chen Ran turned around and went straight to the bridal chamber.

He was already very familiar with matters such as getting married and had had this experience countless times.

Without the initial excitement and joy, I felt very calm inside.

Everything that follows is done safely step by step.

After completing all the procedures skillfully, the next step is to take off your clothes and go forward bravely to explore the secluded places. It's done and go to bed~~~
Zhu Di ultimately did not listen to his elder brother's advice.

After recovering from his injuries, Zhu Di became angrier and angrier, so he made an appointment with Chen Ran to compete in the East Palace martial arts arena.

Upon hearing the news, Zhu Biao hurried over with the imperial physician, just in time to see Zhu Di lying on the ground groaning.

He sighed and called the imperial physician to come forward to treat his fourth brother's injuries.

"Zihou." Zhu Biao was too lazy to say anything more, so he just got down to business. "How are the preparations for going to sea going?"

"Wait another two months." Chen Ran put down the stick and explained, "It's mainly because it's not easy to find a foreign ship that can go far out to sea."

"No way."

Zhu Biao was puzzled and said, "The Ming Dynasty should have many sea vessels."

"Most of the ships you mentioned are sea vessels that can only travel along the coastline."

Chen Ran waved his hand and said, "To find the Spice Islands this time, we need to cross the sea. We must have a large foreign ship."

"Most of these ships are sailing in the open sea. It will take at least two or three months to contact the ship owners to discuss the division and wait for the ships to come back to form a fleet. And we also have to avoid the typhoon season."

"It's really troublesome." Zhu Biao frowned. "Now I understand why you want to invest heavily in a shipyard. It's more convenient to have your own ship."

"That's what I mean."

Chen Ran said with a smile, "With my own boat, I can go wherever I want and I don't have to share it with others."

"Why must we share it with merchants?" Zhu Di, who was healing nearby, asked in confusion, "They are just low-income people."

"That's because." Chen Ran's face became serious. "If you leave everything to the government, you will have to face endless troubles and corruption."

"How many officials has the emperor killed for this matter?"

"But what's the result? They still can't stop corrupting others, and they keep on corrupting others."

Chen Ran sneered, "When the peak period comes, the officials will simply use various methods to promote the maritime ban and not allow anyone or any ship to go out to sea to do business."

"Why?"

"Because only in this way can they completely control overseas trade. They can arrange their family's ships to go out to sea and monopolize the profits of maritime trade!"

"Dare?!" Zhu Di was furious. "Whoever dares to do this will be chopped off."

"When your majesty is here, naturally no one dares to do it."

Chen Ran pulled a chair and sat down, raised his hand and nodded at Zhu Biao, "When the prince takes the throne, they will probably start testing. Because they know that the prince is kind, even if the test fails, they will not lose their lives."

"impossible."

Zhu Biao was very tough and said, "I will never allow it! Who dares to mention such a thing?"

At this point, he obviously hesitated, "Then resign!"

"Heh~~~"

"Hey~~~"

Chen Ran and Zhu Di smiled at the same time with inexplicable meaning.

Zhu Biao couldn't help laughing.

Zhu Di didn't say anything, but Chen Ran looked at him with disdain, "Coward!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Biao stood up angrily and said, "How dare you say that I am a wimp?!"

"Your Majesty dares to kill corrupt officials, but you don't." Chen Ran spread his hands calmly, "If you're not a coward, who is?"

"You~~~" Zhu Biao was so angry that his breathing became rapid. "But after all, your crime does not deserve the death penalty."

"So you're a wimp!"

"you?!"

"You're already a wimp, what about your son?" Chen Ran continued to confront him, "When it comes to your son, I guess he won't even dare to dismiss him from office. At most, he'll just be scolded a few times and that's it."

"Then when it comes to your grandson, I guess he will just pretend not to hear it, and in disguise encourage the civil servants to follow suit."

"From now on, the civil officials can do whatever they want, and changing the emperor will not be a problem."

"Impossible." Zhu Biao shook his head repeatedly, "Absolutely impossible."

"Nothing is impossible. People from your Zhu family are easy to get along with." Chen Ran simply leaned back in his chair. "If one generation is weak, then all generations will be weak. If there is another overseas student, by the time the world is in flames and the people are living in misery, then you will be on the table for Fu Lu Shou."

Although he didn't quite understand what he said, the host knew that Chen Ran was not optimistic about himself and his offspring.

After experiencing anger and dissatisfaction, he gradually calmed down and said, "Then Zihou, what do you think should be done?"

"As I said before, interests determine everything."

Chen Ran said slowly, "While you are alive, expand the interest group as much as possible. Pull the royal family, nobles, merchants and even the common people onto the ship of maritime trade interests. The more people are tied up, the less power the civil servants will have to pry."

"I understand the rest."

Zhu Di standing by asked in confusion, "But can the common people also profit from maritime trade?"

"Do you think the people of the Ming Dynasty can afford spices now?"

"How is that possible?" Zhu Di waved his hands repeatedly. "Spices are so expensive, how can the people afford them?"

"If a large amount of spices flowed into the Ming Dynasty through maritime trade, the people would be able to afford them." Chen Ran asked, "Do you think the people would support expanding maritime trade or supporting the maritime ban?"

(End of this chapter)