Two hundred and twentieth eight chapters back to Beijing
"Wow~" Zhu Biao lies on the side of the boat and vomits loudly at the sea surface. The eunuchs next to him are also serving him carefully. Li Jie next to him suddenly regrets it. He forgot that ordinary people will get seasick for the first time they go to sea. He was worried about Zhu Biao's physical condition, but now it's better. Zhu Biao has been tricked by seasickness.
"Brother, as long as you get on the boat, you will usually get this happen. You will get used to vomiting a few more times!" Zhu Di walked over and patted Zhu Biao's back and smiled. He remembered that when he first went out to sea, he also vomited in a dark way. Now it was his turn to watch other people's jokes.
Zhu Biao had already spitted out all the things in his stomach. After retching for a few times, he couldn't spit it out. At this time, the eunuch handed him warm water and asked him to rinse his mouth. Then he sat down with Zhu Biao, who had weak limbs.
"How is your highness feeling? Why don't you drink some medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor?" Li Jie also stepped forward and asked. When he got on the boat, the imperial doctor specially prescribed medicine to relieve seasickness, but after Zhu Biao drank it, it seemed that there was no effect.
"If you don't drink it, you will want to vomit if you have something in your stomach. Let me breathe a sigh of relief." Zhu Biao waved his hand weakly. This was not the first time he was on a boat, but he used to be in the inland river, and the water surface was relatively stable, but he didn't expect that the sea surface was so bumpy that it made him want to vomit out all the internal organs in his stomach.
Looking at Zhu Biao's pale face, Li Jie was even more worried. Although Zhu Biao had lost weight, his body was still weak. The symptoms of seasickness were so severe that it was useless to even take medicine. This made him worry about Zhu Biao's body again. If Zhu Biao fell ill when he finally returned, all his previous ideas would have been wasted.
Originally, it would be fine for ordinary people to adapt to seasickness for a few days, but Zhu Biao may have been due to poor physical foundation. He started from Dazhigu to the sea, until the fleet arrived in Kaicheng, and he still couldn't recover from seasickness. Finally, after he got ashore, his feet finally got on the ground, and Zhu Biao felt better.
It was also the first time Li Jie came to Kaicheng. Last time he just stopped on Jianghua Island, and then met Li Chengjia and his son at the port. He did not go to Kaicheng. Unexpectedly, the first time he came to Kaicheng, he actually accompanied Zhu Biao.
After Zhu Di defeated Li Chenggui and his son, there was no force within Goryeo that dared to oppose him anymore. To be precise, there were no forces that were openly opposed to him. There were still many people in secret who wanted to drive Zhu Di out. After all, these people believed that Goryeo was the Goryeo, which should not be occupied by the Ming people. Even when the Mongols were strong, Goryeo only surrendered to the Mongols and remained independent in law.
However, these secret resistance forces were not at all. After Zhu Di's assassination of Zheng Mengzhou, he had already cleaned up the senior management of Goryeo and supported a group of Goryeo who were pro-Ming. These people were generally of low origins and had to rely on Zhu Di to sit firmly in their own positions. Therefore, their interests were closely tied to Zhu Di, and naturally they tried their best to maintain Zhu Di's rule in Goryeo.
Zhu Biao and Li Jie were a little disappointed when they came to Kaicheng. They originally wanted to come, Kaicheng, as the capital of Goryeo, should have a big city look no matter how it is. However, when they saw Kaicheng with their own eyes, they found that even the Kaicheng was several times stronger than Jinling City. Even the city of Kaifeng and Luoyang, which had been through war, was even more prosperous than this Kaicheng.
But this is normal. After all, Goryeo is a small country, with a small population and a relatively barren land. In addition, during the Mongols ruled Goryeo before, they were very harsh on them, and they could even be said to be three feet tall. Even though they took advantage of the rise of the Ming Dynasty to drive away the Mongols, Goryeo's civil strife still did not end, so the entire country was exhausted and even the capital seemed a little dilapidated.
Zhu Biao did not hide his identity when he came to Kaicheng. When the senior officials of Goryeo learned that the Prince of the Ming Dynasty had actually arrived in Kaicheng in person, it also caused an uproar. Some people secretly speculated about the purpose of Zhu Biao coming to Kaicheng, while others discussed whether the Ming Dynasty really wanted to annex Goryeo, and some people secretly wanted to cause trouble. However, the entire Kaicheng had already been martial law and they had no chance at all.
Zhu Biao stayed in Kaicheng for three days, and finally left Kaicheng under Zhu Di's personal sending. Originally, Zhu Biao planned to go to Jeju Island and Tsushima Island to take a look, but when he got on the boat, he developed seasickness again. Finally, under Li Jie's persuasion, Zhu Biao had no choice but to give up this idea and drove directly from Kaicheng to Dengzhou, and then headed south along the coastline of the Ming Dynasty.
After the fleet passed Dengzhou, Zhu Biao's seasickness symptoms were relieved, which made Li Jie finally relieved. If Zhu Biao fainted again, he would persuade him to abandon the ship and go ashore. After all, Zhu Biao couldn't eat or drink when he was seasick, and he lost more than ten pounds. It was even more significant than losing weight, but this was obviously unhealthy.
"No wonder people always say that after going to sea, they have many crises. Seasickness alone will almost cost me half of my life." In the cabin, Zhu Biao took a sip of the soup and then said with some emotion. He vomited whatever he ate a few days ago, and now he can finally drink some soup.
"Uncle, you are so dizzy, and you still refuse to get off the boat. I was really worried about your health two days ago." At this time, Princess Pucheng next to you also said with a worried look on her face. Zhu Biao was seasick these days, and she was taken care of most of the time. She also spent a lot of effort on Zhu Biao's diet these days.
"Don't worry, I know my own body. I can't do anything to me if I'm just seasick!" Zhu Biao smiled and said. He finally had a chance to go to sea, so of course he refused to give up easily. Moreover, he had never heard of seasickness that would kill people, so he kept holding on, and now it proved that he had survived.
"Your Highness should take care of your body carefully. It took so long for seasickness to recover, which means that your body still has some hidden diseases. You must pay more attention in the future!" Li Jie next to him also advised.
"I understand, you two young people don't want to be like a mother-in-law!" Zhu Biao waved his hands again disregardedly after hearing this. After saying that, he drank the soup in the bowl and asked Pu Cheng to help him serve another bowl. He has been hungry these days, and now he feels a very good appetite.
Seeing that Zhu Biao had such a good appetite, Li Jie and Princess Pucheng looked at each other. Although they were still a little worried, Zhu Biao's performance seemed to have recovered, which made the two of them feel a little relieved.
During the next trip, Li Jie and his fleet headed south through Weihaiwei, Lingshanwei, Andongwei and other garrisons, passed Huaian Prefecture, and finally arrived at Songjiang Prefecture and entered the Yangtze River Waterway from here.
Just when the fleet passed by Songjiang Prefecture, Li Jie was surprised to find that when he passed by here last time, there was only a piece of farmland or mud flat on both sides of Songjiang Prefecture, but now, near the estuary, a simple port appeared, and a small town appeared behind the port.
The passing ships will also dock at the port. They can repair the ships or replenish some supplies. Of course, the port is not large in size, and can only dock some small and medium-sized ships, and there are not many services available, but this is already a good sign. Li Jie has even seen a future big city that will rise here.
Li Jie and their ships are all large sea boats, so of course they cannot dock in the small port of Songjiang, so they went upstream and finally arrived at the port of Suzhou to dock. Then the entire fleet replaced the ships used in the inland river and set off again. The sea boats were too deep and were too large in size, so they were generally not suitable for driving in rivers. Therefore, when entering the river from the sea, they usually had to transfer to a flatbed that was more suitable for river navigation.
It was March when Li Jie and the others left Jinling, but now when they came back, it was already the twelfth lunar month, and it was not a few days before the Chinese New Year. It took almost almost a year to go on a tour, and most of it was spent on the road. If there were such convenient transportation as later generations, it would probably take only a few months to inspect it.
Since Zhu Biao was not seasick, his appetite has also recovered. Seeing that he had lost so much weight before, Li Jie relaxed his diet. As a result, after eating along the way, Zhu Biao not only tied up the weight he had when he set off from Jinling, but also gained more than a dozen pounds. In addition to Zhu Biao's appetite, it was mainly because they were on the boat, and their space for movement was limited, so they naturally gained faster if they couldn't eat.
On the day of the Kitchen God sacrifice, Li Jie and his fleet finally arrived outside Jinling City. Zhu Yuanzhang learned early that Zhu Biao was back and actually led all civil and military officials to greet him. The entire Shuiximen was blocked by the officials.
Zhu Biao was also very excited to look at the tall Jinling city wall. When the ship entered the port, he saw Lao Zhu who came to greet him at first sight. This made him burst into tears even more excited. After all, he hadn't seen his father for nearly a year, and he missed him very much, especially during the return trip, he often dreamed of reunion with his father's family.
When the ship had just stopped at the dock, Zhu Biao couldn't wait to get off the ship immediately. Zhu Yuanzhang also excitedly came forward. However, Zhu Biao might be too excited. When he got off the ship, he suddenly leaned forward and almost fell down. Fortunately, Old Zhu was below and held Zhu Biao in one hand, which did not make Zhu Biao look ugly.
"Father! My son is back!" Zhu Biao stood firm and immediately bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang solemnly.
"Your son, don't have to be too polite. Thank you for your hard work all the way, and you've lost a lot of weight!" Old Zhu also said with excited eyes slightly red at this time, but his eyes were obviously not very good. Zhu Biao was definitely fatter than before he set off.
Old Zhu had a lot of things to say to Zhu Biao, so after chatting for a few words, he immediately pulled Zhu Biao onto his own carriage. The father and son took the same car back to the city, and Li Jie and others could only follow him.
Chapter completed!