"Boom boom boom boom~" With the roar of artillery, the targets on the island ahead were also shattered, and even the rocks were beaten to pieces.

Zhu Wenqi and Li Chonghe were excitedly clapping and screaming when they saw the damage caused by the cannons. They were even happier than the New Year. After all, compared with the firecrackers used during the New Year, the power of the cannons is countless times greater, and it also satisfies their children's fantasy of weapons. Not everyone can have this experience.

Li Jie next to him also nodded repeatedly, and was very satisfied with Zhu Youzhu's performance. Of course, today's drill was not to coax the two children. It was mainly to test the results of Zhu Youzhu's training during this period. Now it seems that Zhu Youzhu has done a lot of hard work, and several warships are in command.

By the end of the shelling, the targets and reefs on the island were already bombed. Then Zhu Youzun directed his soldiers to perform tactics such as landing and camping, which were also quite good.

Speaking of which, there are no powerful enemies in Oceania. At most, they will encounter local indigenous people to resist, so they don’t need to invest too much in force. After all, relying solely on advanced weapons is enough to crush them.

However, Zhu Youzhu's eyes were obviously longer-term, so he was very concerned about the soldiers' training. During this period, he not only personally urged the soldiers to practice, but even joined the training himself. He also asked someone to teach his military strategy at night, so Zhu Youzhu also changed a lot during this period, and his whole temperament became more calm and concise.

After the drill, Li Jie and his two children came to the island accompanied by Zhu Youzhuan and saw with their own eyes the battlefield after the drill. Although there were fewer blood and corpses here than the real battlefield, the scars left by various weapons still shocked the two children, and at the same time, they also felt the terror of war for the first time.

"Uncle, did you and your aunt really decide to go to such a faraway place in Oceania?" Li Chonghe asked Zhu Youzhu with a worried expression at this time. War is so terrible, and Zhu Youzhu took the warship to Oceania, so he would definitely be inevitable to fight, so he was also worried about the safety of Zhu Youzhu and Dier.

Zhu Youdun also saw Li Chonghe's thoughts, and immediately touched his head and smiled, "Zhonghe, don't worry, there are only some backward natives in Oceania. Even if there is a conflict, they will not threaten our safety. What's more, our Ming Dynasty governs the world with benevolence and filial piety. As long as these natives are willing to communicate with us, we will not fight with them."

"Uncle, our Ming Dynasty is so good, why are you and other uncles in a hurry to go overseas?" Zhu Wenqi asked Zhu Youshuo with his little head tilted. At this time, he didn't understand what it means to reduce the vassal states, and he didn't know that these princes who went out to sea were forced out by his father Zhu Yunyu.

Zhu Youzhu hesitated for a moment about Zhu Wenqi's question, and then replied with a smile: "Our Ming Dynasty is indeed the most powerful country in the world, but the world is very large, and there are still many lands that have not been occupied by us. If we don't take these lands, we will only benefit others in the future. Therefore, I and other uncles of Wang decided to go out to sea to help our Ming Dynasty occupy more territory!"

Although Zhu Youzhun's words only said part of the reason, they were indeed the truth and could also be understood by Zhu Wenqi. So the little guy admired Zhu Youzhun and others very much after hearing this. Perhaps only when he grew up and recalled Zhu Youzhun's words, he would understand the deeper meaning.

After the drill, Zhu Youshuo had to be busy with his own affairs, so Li Jie took his two children ashore and then took them around Dengzhou City.

Dengzhou is actually a famous military port, and its history is very long. It was a famous port in the north during the Tang Dynasty. When Li Shimin went to war in Goryeo, he sent a navy army to set out here. Later, Dengzhou has experienced several ups and downs. A large number of troops have been stationed in the city, and the city is dominated by the family members of the army.

However, with the prosperity of maritime trade in recent years, Dengzhou Port has become more lively. The original military port has been demarcated separately, and other places have become civilian ports. Every day, many ships from south to south enter the port to rest.

It can be said that Dengzhou is very similar to Taijin, and it is all port cities developed by military ports. However, Dengzhou also has a big disadvantage, that is, it is too close to Taijin, which has led to a considerable part of the maritime trade business being absorbed by Taijin. Therefore, although Dengzhou's maritime trade has developed rapidly in recent years, it is still incomparable to Taijin. It can be regarded as a low-end version of Taijin.

In addition, Dengzhou is far away from the capital and is less affected by the capital, so some local situations can be better seen in the city, such as the living conditions of ordinary people and the rural areas outside the city. These are situations that Zhu Wenqi and Li Chonghe could not see before.

As I said, although the Ming Dynasty was already very prosperous and strong, poverty was still inevitable for such a huge country. Therefore, during this period in Dengzhou, Li Jie and his two children not only saw the lives of ordinary people, but also the lives of many poor people.

Although Li Jie had told his two children what the situation is for poor people when he was at the railway station in Beijing, and they had also seen poor people taking trains, to be honest, those who are willing to pay for the trains are actually not poor people in this era. For real poor people, they may not even know where to eat their next meal.

"Uncle, how could there be such a pitiful person in this world who almost starved to death?" Zhu Wenqi asked Li Jie with red eyes.

Today, Li Jie took them to the Shantang, where they adopted many unattended children and elderly people, many of whom were disabled. In this era, the mortality rate of disabled people was so high, especially children, some of whom were drowned at birth, and even those who survived were very difficult.

The Shantang in Dengzhou was led by the local government and was built by some local wealthy people. However, there was no profit in places like Shantang, so the people inside were not allowed to continue their meals, and people often starved to death. But even so, these people were still unwilling to leave Shantang because there were occasionally stuttering in Shantang. If they were outside, they would only die faster.

"There are poor people everywhere in this world. I will bring you to see these things just to let you know that besides the rich, there are more poor people. As the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, you cannot only look at the people around you in the future, because the people around the emperor will definitely not have to worry about food and drink. When governing in the future, you must also consider the interests of these poor people." Li Jie said earnestly again.
Chapter completed!