The second prince Zhu Boqi and Qiqige's marriage, the crown prince Zhu Bo, knew it was the end of the year. He had just returned to Luzon from Nanlu to report on Nanlu affairs to Dong Dashan.

In the impression of Prince Zhu Bo?, his younger brother has always been following him and calling out the existence of Prince Brother. But who would have thought that if he hadn't seen him for only two years, Zhu Bo? was going to get married. The bad boy back then became an adult. Zhu Bo? couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

Among the princes, the crown prince Zhu Bo is the eldest son. His younger brothers and sisters are now married, but the crown prince is still single.

However, this time when he returned to Luzon, Dong Dashan asked him to prepare for his work after he reported his work and was preparing to return to the local area. First, he went back to attend the second prince's wedding, and second, as the crown prince of the country, Zhu Bo, also reached the age of a wedding. Queen Li Juaner has selected several suitable women for Zhu Bo, and after he returns, he can ask his opinions to arrange the wedding.

Zhu Bo had long expected this arrangement. Compared with his younger brother and sister, Zhu Bo's identity was different from them. He was the crown prince and the crown prince of the country, so the marriage affairs could not be as casual as Zhu Bo's, nor was they like Zhu Qingyan.

This is his responsibility as the crown prince, and he cannot escape it. However, after learning the news in Zhu Bo's heart, he had some anticipation and yearning. After staying in Luzon for a few days, Zhu Bo's boarded the warship back to the local area. The warship first went to Guangzhou and then went north to Shanghai. After arriving in Shanghai, Zhu Bo's would go to Nanjing, and then cross the river to take the newly opened train to the capital.

This route is compared to directly reaching Tianjin, and then returning to the capital from Tianjin, it takes a long time to take a long way. However, Zhu Bo? He has his own arrangements to do this. First, as a soldier in the South China Sea Fleet, he had to patrol the situation of ports in various places. Second, he went to Nanjing for sacrifices. Emperor Taizu's Xiaoling Mausoleum was in Nanjing. As a descendant of the Ming Dynasty, the country's crown prince, the future Emperor Ming Emperor, Zhu Yicheng could not go south to sacrifice in the capital, so he should be replaced by the prince.

The distance from Luzon to Guangzhou is not far, not to mention that Guangzhou is one of the main bases of the South China Sea Fleet. Zhu Bo? He arrived in Guangzhou in just a few days after taking the battleship.

Today, Guangzhou City is more prosperous than before. As the main port city in the south of the Ming Dynasty, Guangzhou was a window to the outside world during the Ming Dynasty. During the Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou's Thirteen Traffic was famous. The number of goods flowing overseas through Guangzhou every year accounted for almost two-thirds of China's at that time, and its profits were an important source of wealth for the Qing court.

After the revival of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yicheng opened a large-scale maritime trade, and local ports no longer restricted imports and exports. Therefore, Guangzhou's almost monopoly maritime trade business suffered a huge blow, which caused Guangzhou's foreign trade to drop sharply.

But even so, Youdao is a lean camel that is bigger than a horse, and Guangzhou's heritage is there. The Thirteen Streets are not comparable to other cities that have just opened a port. Moreover, Guangzhou's geographical location is also extremely convenient, just the only way to the South China Sea to the Ming Dynasty. In addition, Macau is not far from Guangzhou. In these terms, Guangzhou's unique advantages lie.

Of course, the Thirteen ranks in Guangzhou now no longer exist. Speaking of Thirteen ranks, it was just a means by the Qing Dynasty to monopolize foreign trade and make money. If it were put into later generations, these Thirteen ranks would be the role of white gloves, and once the merchants entered Thirteen ranks, they would never withdraw. The Qing Dynasty's harshness on the Thirteen ranks system was unimaginable to ordinary people. Those Thirteen ranks seemed to be majestic, but in fact, they were inexplicably suffering in many cases.

After the revival of the Ming Dynasty, while opening the maritime trade, it also lifted many restrictions on the Qing Dynasty against commercial banks. It is precisely for this reason that the Thirteen Banks were disbanded. Except for some members of the Thirteen Banks with a deep background in the Qing Dynasty, the other ordinary members, Daming, did not confiscate their property, nor did they ruthlessly attack them. On the contrary, they encouraged them to compete freely and develop rationally.

Under the new policy of the Ming Dynasty, Guangzhou quickly flourished again after suffering a turmoil of only two or three years. Especially when the Hong Kong area next to Guangzhou was built, it further enhanced the prosperity and commercial atmosphere in Guangzhou. Now, Guangzhou (including Hong Kong), Shanghai, Ningbo, and Tianjin, these four major port cities have become the most prosperous window for the Ming Dynasty to the outside world. As for some other small ports, including Fuzhou, which was the main port of the South China Sea Fleet before, it also developed vigorously.

After arriving in Guangzhou, Zhu Bo went ashore and experienced the charm of the southern country.

Compared with Nanjing, Jingshi and other places he is familiar with, Guangzhou is also a historic city. Moreover, because it is located in the southern country, there are more Westerners in Guangzhou. The street where the Thirteen Travels were originally located is now the most famous trading street in Guangzhou. There are many signs of commercial stores on this street, and merchants from all over the country can also be seen everywhere.

Zhu Bo? strolled on this street, and stopped from time to time to see the goods placed at the door of the shop, and listened with great interest to Western merchants from all over the east, south, west, and overseas to communicate and discuss in various tones of language or gestures.

These are so novel to Zhu Bo, which he could not see when he served in the palace and in the previous military. Similarly, he learned and judged the situation in Guangzhou from the side, including information on the market materials through what he saw and heard.

Just as he was walking around with great enthusiasm, a quarrel suddenly seemed to have occurred not far away, and many people gathered there. Zhu Bo? was curious and couldn't help but walk over. When he got closer, he found a store owner shouting loudly to a young Westerner.

"You pay? Can you afford it? Do you know how much this thing is worth? What do you take as a sailor to pay?" The store is a local businessman, speaking Cantonese that outsiders can't understand. Is it a blessing for Zhu Bo? I have been in the South China Sea Fleet for so long these years, otherwise I really wouldn't understand what he was saying.

The young Westerner who was scolded by the store looked less than twenty years old and had a youthful face. Judging from his clothes, he looked like a sailor, with dark skin, and the smell of the ocean on him could be smelled from afar.

The young man blushed and was telling something in the same store in English with an accent, and his hands kept gesturing.

The curious Zhu Bo? I didn't know what dispute they had, so I immediately asked the onlookers. When the people around me saw Zhu Bo, wearing the uniform of a naval officer, they dared not neglect it. They immediately told the whole story of the matter. After listening to the explanations from others, Zhu Bo realized what happened.

It turned out that this young sailor was a sailor on a British merchant ship. Today he delivered goods to the owner of the ship. This was a normal thing, but when the delivery was made, the sailor became interested in a new textile machine placed in the store. While the store was not paying attention, the sailor fiddled with the machine. Who thought that he had actually removed a few parts? When the store noticed, the young sailor took the parts and looked at them carefully.

This time, the store suddenly stabbed the hornet's nest. The store owner was furious. This machine was the latest textile machine that had just been shipped from the north, worth 380 yuan.

Three hundred and eighty yuan is not a small amount. Ordinary people's annual income is not as much as this amount, but now the young sailor has directly removed a few key parts. The textile machine is equivalent to being wasted. How can the store not be angry when they see it? He immediately grabbed the young sailor and scolded him loudly.

"Sir, I don't have money to compensate, but I can repair it. Don't do this! Please calm down!" The young sailor gestured in English with a strong accent and explained, but the store owner couldn't understand what he was saying at all, and he still refused to give in.

"Come your boss! Let your boss buy this machine back for 380 yuan! It's not enough to lose one eldest son today!" the store owner shouted, looking extremely excited.

"Sir, can you understand what I'm talking about? I can fix it, don't worry, just give me some time and I can fix it!" The young sailor continued to explain, but the two of them were talking like chickens and ducks, and they didn't understand each other's meaning. The people watching the fun pointed at the noisy scene, but no one came out to smooth things out.

"What are you saying? Jili, I can't help but want to cheat! Today I want your boss to buy it, otherwise I will catch you and meet the official!" The store owner became more and more excited, and poked the young sailor straight and said.

Just when the trouble was so big, Zhu Bo? He couldn't stand it. He walked to the store and the young sailor in a few steps.

"This shopkeeper, please say something."

"Who are you? You..." The shop owner was on the fire. He heard someone say this and replied subconsciously, but in a blink of an eye, he saw Bo Zhu in a uniform swallowing the words behind him.

The identity of the Ming soldiers is no longer Qiu Ba in the past. Now the identity of the Ming soldiers is no less than that of scholars, and the status of the soldiers in society is extremely high. Zhu Bo is now a naval captain, and the epaulettes on his uniform shine in the sun. You can be polite to face ordinary people, but when a young naval officer is in front of him, the store owner has no confidence.

"Your judge, this official!" The shop owner quickly changed his face and said to Bo Zhu aggrievedly: "This kid delivers goods to their boss. I kindly asked him to rest in the store. I also poured him a bowl of herbal tea at the back, but after turning around, look, this kid actually dismantled my machine. This is the machine I just came in from the north! There are not many units in Guangzhou, and now it has been dismantled. How do you think about this loss?"

Zhu Bo? Following the store's finger, he looked into the store and there was indeed a new textile machine inside. Now the textile machine has removed several parts, and the removed parts are still placed on the ground.

Seeing this, Zhu Bo frowned slightly and asked the young sailor: "Sir, the shopkeeper said that you had done his machine without automating and even dismantling it? Is that true?"

Zhu Bo spoke fluent English and paid more attention to foreign language education. In the Royal Academy, foreign language education was mainly conducted in French and Latin. However, because the UK and the Ming Dynasty first established diplomatic relations, they also taught English.

Zhubo is proficient in French, Latin, English, Portuguese, Spanish, including Chinese, in total, in six languages. In addition, he also knows some Dutch and Russian, and even Mongolian. During the years of the South China Sea Fleet, Zhubo's language talent has been further enhanced and he can communicate fluently with almost all Westerners.

"My God, finally someone can say something that I can understand." As soon as Zhu Bo finished speaking, the sailor said happily, and asked Zhu Bo curiously: "Officer, your English is really good. This is a standard London accent. Have you been to the UK? Although I am a British, I have never had the opportunity to visit London. This is a pity."

Uncle Zhu? I was so amused and crying. It was time since the young sailor had to discuss the accent with him. He immediately repeated the question he had just asked.

The young sailor patted his head, said sorry first, and admitted frankly that he disassembled the machine when the store was not paying attention. That was because he was curious about this new textile machine. This textile machine in Daming was completely different from any textile machine he had seen before. For a moment, in order to figure out its operating principle, he couldn't help but take action.

"Hissary officer, please help me explain. I apologize to this gentleman for what I have done, but there is no need to be so angry. Since I can remove it and install it, I promise to restore this machine. I promise God!" The young sailor swore and looked at Bo Zhu with hope.

Zhu Bo? looked at the young sailor skeptically and saw that he didn't seem to be telling lies. Moreover, the machine has been dismantled, so it is impossible to get the young sailor to compensate. Since he said he could restore the original state, it would be better to let him try.

Immediately, Mr. Zhu explained the young sailor's words with the store owner, and told the store that since this is the case, it would be better to let the young sailor try it. If it cannot be recovered, it would not be too late to find another way. Because Mr. Zhu fought to smooth things over, the store finally agreed to the status of Mr. Zhu's officer, but the store owner also reiterated that if the machine cannot be restored, the loss must be compensated. Even if the other party does not have the ability to compensate, he will report to the official and let out such a breath.

Since he had agreed, Mr. Zhu translated the store's words to the young sailor. After hearing this, the young sailor was immediately overjoyed and nodded repeatedly.

Then, the young sailor asked the store to wait a moment and took out several tools from his pocket he was carrying at any time. These tools were probably used when he was disassembled. The young sailor returned to the store, picked up a few parts placed on the ground, looked at the machine carefully, and quickly started to move his hands.

About a quarter of an hour later, the young sailor reinstalled the parts he had removed one by one, then tried to fiddle with his hands for a few times, and then adjusted slightly.

After a while, after all, he stood up and told Zhu Bo that the machine and the shop owner had recovered, and the parts that were loose when transported by his debugging machine had been re-adjusted.

The store was a little skeptical about what the young sailor said, but it was easy to verify whether he said it was true or not. Soon the store found someone to operate the machine. When it was confirmed that the machine was indeed restored and was more flexible than before, the store couldn't help but be stunned.

"I didn't expect this kid to be really good!"

"Yes, there is a saying that the sea water cannot be measured, and this person cannot be seen."

"This kid is not simple. He has the ability to be a sailor."

The onlookers immediately talked about the results when they saw the results. Even the store owner looked at the young sailor with admiration after confirming that the machine was intact, and even suggested that the young sailor stop being a sailor anymore, and he could pay a high salary to hire him as his clerk.

The young sailor smiled and refused the store's kindness. At this time, Bo Zhu also became very interested in this young man. As the prince, he has been to the Ming Academy of Sciences many times. There are many people who are proficient in machinery in the Ming Academy of Sciences, but they are all senior technical personnel of the Academy of Sciences.

A young sailor like this can reach this level, and it is the first time he has come into contact with such a new textile machine. From this point of view, he is a real talent.

Immediately, Zhu Bo took the initiative to invite the young sailor to sit in a nearby teahouse. Out of gratitude for Zhu Bo to solve his problem, the other party accepted it happily. After a moment, they sat down in the teahouse. Zhu Bo ordered some refreshments and started chatting with the young sailor.

After chatting for a while, Bo Zhu found that this young sailor was indeed not simple. He had extremely solid knowledge of physics and mathematics and was more unique in mechanical principles, but he was a sailor, which made Bo Zhu feel strange.

"I wanted to be a sailor a long time ago," said the young sailor with a smile. "If it weren't for the family, I could go to sea four years ago. Now it's a few days late to be a sailor. Anyway, my dream has finally come true, and now I have not only become a sailor, but also come to the Ming Dynasty in the East. This experience is unforgettable."

Bo Zhu suddenly laughed after hearing this. The young sailor was similar to his sister Zhu Qingyan. It was a dream for young people to travel around the world. No matter how they realize their childhood dreams, it is always enviable. Bo Zhu also understood why the other party became a sailor.

The two were very interested in chatting. Although Zhu Bo was not professional, he was outstanding compared to the people of this era. Many of the questions he mentioned on the other side were able to talk about, and the young sailor asked the questions that Zhu Bo was also able to talk about.

The two sides are of similar age and soon become friends. The more they talk, the more they become more and more speculative.

"By the way, I don't know what to call you?" At this time, Uncle Zhu remembered that he didn't know the other party's name.
Chapter completed!