The Ming Dynasty: Zhu Biao's daughter ran away from her arranged marriage, terrifying Zhu Di.

Qinhuai River.

Mafu Street.

The young eunuch delivering the imperial decree had just entered the magnificent, imperial-built mansion.

A middle-aged man dressed in a python robe followed closely behind the eunuch Zheng He as he ran out of the room.

"Eunuch Zheng!"

"Eunuch Zheng!"

"Please let me say a few words."

"His Majesty is going to sea, so our grain transport team must go first!"

"I don't want any more, just one boatload!"

"Will it work or not?!"

The speaker was Chen Xuan, the Grand Canal Transport Commander of the Ming Dynasty and the Earl of Pingjiang.

Although he was listed among the meritorious officials of the Jingnan Campaign.

However, Chen Xuan had little contact with other meritorious officials who had contributed to the Jingnan Campaign.

The reason he was able to enter the imperial court was entirely because when the Yan army crossed the Yangtze River to the south, Chen Xuan, leading Zhu Yunwen's river defense force, defected to Zhu Di on the eve of battle.

They brought the Yan army, who had no ships, from north of the Yangtze River to south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, he was granted the title of Earl of Pingjiang, and Zhu Di granted him the hereditary authority over the Yellow River and the sea transport.

After the Jingnan Rebellion, Chen Xuan was self-aware and never associated with the Crown Prince's residence or the Prince of Han's residence.

They focused all their attention on running their own businesses.

After hearing that Zhu Di was preparing to send Zheng He on a voyage to the Western Ocean.

Chen Xuan immediately sensed the enormous business opportunity hidden within.

However, Zheng He found this extremely annoying.

Zheng He had no desire to deal with Chen Xuan from the bottom of his heart.

Firstly, he looked down on traitors like Chen Xuan.

On the other hand, Zheng He's voyage to the Western Ocean was a significant event.

There were also secret missions to track down the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen.

He was worried about how to take the fleet out quietly without attracting attention.

Unexpectedly, Chen Xuan swaggered over, dragging a large ship full of goods.

The first thing they asked was to borrow his treasure ship.

This is the same as sending someone directly to tell Zhu Yunwen.

What difference does it make if the imperial court sends people to arrest him?

"I'm talking about the Earl of Pingjiang."

"Sanbao was merely acting on His Majesty's orders to go out to sea for exploration."

"It's not about going out to do business."

"With so much stock coming in, how am I supposed to make deliveries?"

Chen Xuan lowered his eyelids and moved his fingertips slightly inside his sleeve.

Then, as if by magic, a stack of land deeds appeared.

"Eunuch Zheng!"

"I understand!"

"You'll receive exactly what you're entitled to, not a penny less!"

"Look at this! This is the best land on the outskirts of the city!"

"Spring planting is all done, now all that's missing is you to collect the rent!"

With his voyage imminent, Zheng He's status as an imperial envoy was already sensitive.

The moment I saw the land title.

Zheng He immediately became furious.

"Chen Xuan!"

"What do you take me for?!"

"Make these things again."

"Believe it or not, I'll have someone throw you out right now!"

Zheng He threw the land deed at Chen Xuan's face.

Before Chen Xuan could say anything more...

He then left home without looking back.

Chen Xuan was left standing alone in the wind, looking bewildered.

"My lord, look..."

I don't know how long I stood there.

A doorman approached, looking troubled.

The meaning couldn't be clearer.

His father has already given him the order to leave.

You can't just stay here any longer, can you?

But the doorman clearly underestimated Chen Xuan's worldly desires.

After mentally calculating and calculating,

Chen Xuan made up his mind.

He shamelessly sat down on the doorstep.

"I'll just sit here!"

"Waiting for Sanbao to come back!"

"If you think this is too difficult, then grab some sticks and kick me out right now!"

"You guys figure it out yourselves!"

Chen Xuan adopted the demeanor of a scoundrel.

The gatekeeper stared at Chen Xuan for a long time.

The dough twitched slightly several times.

He then swallowed back the swear words that were already on the tip of his tongue.

He was, after all, a duke appointed by the Ming Dynasty!

For a few taels of silver.

Have you no shame at all?!

Chen Xuan knew exactly what the doorman was thinking.

There's nothing we can do about it.

We've been running the canal transport business for so many years.

He knew all too well what Zheng He would bring back from this voyage.

For the sake of a prosperous life for our children and grandchildren.

So that his two newly married concubines could wear new clothes every day.

What a lively scene!

He absolutely had to go!

……

"Your subject is Ma Sanbao!"

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

About an hour later.

Zheng He then appeared in the Qianqing Palace.

He bowed respectfully before Zhu Di.

Zheng He was Zhu Di's childhood playmate and had saved Zhu Di's life at Zhengcunba.

Zhu Di repeatedly said that when Zheng He entered the palace, there was no need to observe the same formalities as with foreign officials.

Therefore, Zheng He paid grand tribute to Zhu Di each time.

Zhu Di couldn't help but berate Zheng He.

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After Zheng He bowed down, he did not receive Zhu Di's familiar scolding.

Intuition told Zheng He.

Something really bad must have happened!

"Come here quickly."

Zhu Di glanced up at Zheng He and waved.

Zheng He stopped being polite and jogged directly to Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao's side.

It was only at this point that Zheng He discovered this.

Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao were currently gesturing and comparing a map.

The picture looked like a nautical chart.

However, outside of the East China Sea, a large area was added out of nowhere.

"Your Majesty, what is this...?"

"Naval chart!"

Have you ever heard of a place called America before?

Zheng He was taken aback.

A look of confusion flashed across his face.

"Never heard of it!"

Yao Guangxiao frowned and looked at Zheng He, asking, "What about when you went on your voyages to the East?"

"Is it possible that Japan is concealing information about this place?"

Zheng He fell into deep thought once again.

In fact, it was as early as the second year of the Yongle reign.

He once went to the Eastern Ocean on Zhu Di's orders.

The official reason given was to pursue and suppress the Japanese pirates, but in reality, it was to prevent Zhu Yunwen from going to Japan to borrow troops.

They brought a full thousand warships and a force of one hundred thousand.

Early in the morning, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu discovered thousands of ships and hundreds of thousands of Ming soldiers crouching at his doorstep.

I almost had a heart attack.

On that day, they steamed more than twenty Japanese pirate leaders who had previously committed crimes in Shandong.

It was served on Zheng He's ship.

Logically speaking, if Ashikaga Yoshimitsu really knew about this place...

There is absolutely no way they would dare to keep it from Zheng He.

"impossible!"

"The Imperial Advisor clearly didn't see how terrified Minamoto no Michiyoshi was back then!"

"They even took me into their ancestral graves."

"There's no need to hide this overseas foreign land from us!"

Zheng He had barely finished speaking.

Zhu Di's slightly angry voice suddenly rang out from the side.

"But if that scoundrel Yuan Daoyi has long harbored evil intentions."

"Get ready to help that little brat Jianwen."

"To rebuild the kingdom here?!"

For Zhu Di, Nanping was actually not too difficult to deal with.

What truly worried him was his beloved nephew.

Zhu Yunwen has been missing for four years without a trace.

That can't be.

When the city fell, they probably just boarded a ship and headed straight for America, right?!

I don't want to know.

I was shocked when I thought about it.

If Zhu Yunwen had gone to America back then...

This may have already been achieved with the help of the descendants of the Yin-Shang dynasty.

They've trained a fairly large army!

Only Zheng He looked helplessly at Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao.

These two are truly formidable in land warfare.

But once they reached the sea...

They can't even grasp the basic concepts.

What does this even mean?!

Even if this map is real, it's still 30,000 to 40,000 miles away from the Ming Dynasty!

If Zhu Yunwen could get to this place...

Even if you beat them to death, they won't be able to get into Nanjing!

Could His Majesty have been deceived?