In the warm pavilion, Lao Zhu sat behind the desk and fell into deep thought. He was considering Li Jie's analysis of Peking Mansion. In his opinion, the advantages and disadvantages of Peking Mansion were very obvious, which made him unable to make up for a moment.

"Father, you don't have to make a choice now. Anyway, I want to go on a patrol, so why not list Peiping as one of the goals of the patrol. Whether it can be done at that time still needs to see the local situation!" Zhu Biao suddenly spoke.

This reminded Lao Zhu, so he also woke up from his thoughts and said, "What the prince said makes sense. Since that's the case, then list Peiping as one of the patrol sites. You can go there more at that time!"

"Thank you Your Majesty!" Li Jie was relieved when he heard this. Compared to Lao Zhu, Zhu Biao was easier to convince. As long as he took him around several cities at that time and then made a comparison, Zhu Biao should make a better choice.

Next, Lao Zhu talked about the tour with Zhu Biao and Li Jie again, and then asked them to leave. However, Li Jie did not leave the palace, but followed Zhu Biao to the side hall of Chunhe Palace and swam with him for a while.

When I changed into the swimming trunks, I realized that Zhu Biao was indeed much thinner, with nearly half of his fat body, and his original big belly became much smaller, and even some muscle contours could be seen on his arms and thighs. I guess if I persist for another month, Zhu Biao would be able to reduce to a normal body shape.

"Li Jie, when will the flesh on my face be reduced?" Zhu Biao wandered twice and suddenly asked Li Jie.

"Your Highness, if you lose weight, you will lose your body's flesh first. The flesh on your face will be reduced a little slower. It is estimated that it will take a while to see the effect slowly." Li Jie explained with a smile.

Although Zhu Biao's body has lost a lot of meat, the meat on his face is still there. In fact, the meat on his face is the most difficult to reduce. Even if he returns to his normal body shape, the fat on his face will probably take a while to slowly reduce it. So now just looking at Zhu Biao's face, I still feel that he is still a fat man.

"It will take a while to see the effect!" Zhu Biao also looked disappointed when he heard this. It is cold now and he is wearing a lot of clothes. He can't tell the effect of losing weight just by looking at his face. He can't take off his clothes and show his figure when he sees people. He also has a lot of resentment about this.

"Your Highness, don't be too impatient. After all, the meat on your body is not eaten in one bite, so it will naturally take time to reduce it." Li Jie smiled again and persuaded.

"That's true!" Zhu Biao smiled and nodded, then he asked Li Jie again, "You mentioned Peking Prefecture in front of your father just now. Do you really think that Peking Prefecture is more suitable as the capital than other cities?"

"Yes, compared to Chang'an and Luoyang and Kaifeng, Peking is indeed more suitable than them!" Li Jie nodded solemnly. Facing the generous Zhu Biao, he didn't speak as carefully as before Lao Zhu. He could say anything in his heart.

"Why? Can you tell me your reasons?" Zhu Biao asked again. He understood Li Jie. Since he was more optimistic about Peking, he must have his own opinions.

"Your Highness, the capital of the country is actually determined according to the situation. It was not necessarily suitable for the city that was suitable for the capital of the country at that time. For example, taking Chang'an as an example, as early as the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an was not suitable for the capital of the country. On the one hand, because the Guanzhong plain is small, and on the other hand, because the environment deteriorates, the land becomes very barren, which leads to Guanzhong always lacking food. Even because of the shortage of food, the emperor actually took his ministers to Luoyang to eat..."

Li Jie took Chang'an as an example and explained the shortcomings of these ancient capitals in detail to Zhu Biao. Among them, Chang'an's shortcomings are the most obvious. The Tang royal family led ministers to Luoyang to eat, which has been recorded many times in history books.

Zhu Biao, who is familiar with history books, knows this, but he feels that after so many years, the situation in Chang'an may have changed a little, so he has to go on a inspection in person.

However, Li Jie told Zhu Biao very affirmatively that Chang'an is now worse than Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty. Years of soil erosion have led to the Guanzhong Plain being barren and unable to support the population of a country's capital. In addition, the transportation of the Guanzhong Plain is inconvenient, and food transportation is a problem, so Chang'an is almost the first target Li Jie eliminated.

As for the remaining Luoyang and Kaifeng, Li Jie also listed the shortcomings of these two places. Of course, Luoyang has fewer shortcomings, but it is located in the inland area. Li Jie did not dare to talk to Lao Zhu about this, but he analyzed it in detail with Zhu Biao.

"Your Highness, I dare to assert that the future of the Ming Dynasty is in the vast ocean. If the capital is established in the inland, it will definitely miss the ocean. In contrast, Beiping Prefecture is close to the coast. Although the northern coast has some shortcomings, it is at least much better than inland!" Li Jie concluded in the end.

After hearing this, Zhu Biao pondered for a long time, and finally slowly breathed out: "So that's it. No wonder you are so concerned about overseas affairs. You even risk going out to sea to go to Koryo and Japan in person!"

"Yes, Goryeo and Japan are just the first step. Your Highness, you also have a globe. You should know how big the world is. Not to mention anything else, there are two continents far away from the far east of the overseas world, where gold and silver are abundant, and there are also large areas of flat and fertile land. If we don't take it, we will only give it to outsiders. Even when these people occupy the rich and powerful land, what should I protect myself at that time?" Li Jie revealed his thoughts for the first time.

Hearing Li Jie's words, Zhu Biao hesitated for a while again, and then said again: "But no matter how rich overseas, it is still too far from my Ming Dynasty. I'm afraid it will take several years to go back and forth, so what's the use of sending people there?"

"Your Highness, before there is no ship, let alone the sea, even a wider river can block everyone's way. However, with the ship, people can cross the water, and even going to sea is common. Moreover, the technology of shipbuilding has been developing forward. Who can guarantee that there will be no sea boats that will appear in the future?" Li Jie reminded again.

"This..." Zhu Biao was also stunned when he heard this. As an ancient man, he really couldn't imagine that a ship could make a thousand miles a day?

"Do you still remember the hot air balloon I invented? Without it, people can only regard the flying people as gods. With the hot air balloon, almost everyone can fly with it. This is the progress brought by technology!" Li Jie once again took the hot air balloon and gave an example.

Now Zhu Biao finally understood what Li Jie meant. Compared to the boat he could not imagine, the example of hot air balloons is more intuitive. After the improvement of the Imperial Heaven Supervision, the performance of hot air balloons is now very good, and they have even started to be equipped for use in the army. If Zhu Biao was not the prince, he would definitely want to board the hot air balloon and experience it himself.

"I understand. If you have time in the future, please tell me more about overseas affairs!" Zhu Biao nodded heavily at this time. Li Jie's words also made him break his inherent thinking mode and began to seriously consider the possibility of developing overseas.

"Yes!" Li Jie also agreed excitedly when he heard this. He gave the globe to Lao Zhu as early as last year. Later, he tried many times to make Lao Zhu pay attention to overseas. Although it had some effects, Lao Zhu's main energy was still on the land. After all, he was old and some ideas could not be changed easily.

In contrast, Zhu Biao is younger and more susceptible to Li Jie's influence. Now he asked Li Jie to tell him about overseas affairs, which was the beginning of paying attention to overseas. I believe that as time goes by, Li Jie will definitely change his concept and make him turn his attention to the distant continent!

In the next few days, Li Jie was busy with martial arts. He was leaving Beijing in March next year, so he wanted to build the framework of martial arts before leaving so that Liu Ying could be more relaxed. Although Li Jie had no experience in managing the school in his previous life, he had been in school for more than ten years, and even stayed in school for longer than staying at home, so he was very clear about some of the situations in the school, which provided a lot of experience and reference for establishing martial arts.
Chapter completed!