In the following year, the princes also went out to sea one after another, and for a while, the Nanyang became much more lively. These princes were expanding their territory everywhere. Fortunately, there were many islands in the Nanyang, and they all divided the spheres of influence before leaving, so there was no need to worry about fighting within them.

However, the natives in the South Ocean were in great trouble. Any better places were seized by these princes from the Ming Dynasty. They could not beat them and had no place to escape. The smaller islands were directly destroyed. The larger islands allowed the natives to escape to the mountains and forests inside the islands to survive.

The expansion of these princes in Nanyang also made the Ming Dynasty more powerful in control of Nanyang. Although these princes have great independence, they rely extremely on the Ming Dynasty in trade. This economic dependence makes them unable to do without the Ming Dynasty.

After the other princes went to sea, Zhu Youzun finally left. He practiced in Dengzhou for more than a year, and during this period Dier also went to accompany him, and the two children were handed over to Li Jie to raise.

When Zhu Youzun and Dier left, Li Jie also went to see them off in person. Although Dier had a far better experience than ordinary women, she was inevitably sad when facing separation. Especially Li Jie also took her and Zhu Youzun's children, which made the couple cry in their arms while they were separated, but in the end they still got on the boat and said goodbye to their son.

"Uncle, where are parents and the others going?" Looking at the fleet away, the child who was holding Li Jie in his arms asked Li Jie with a slight voice.

The child is named Zhu Zikan, the son of Zhu Youzun and Dier. He is only three years old this year. At a young age, he still cannot understand why his parents left him. However, he is an extremely well-behaved child. Although he cried for a while, Dier told him not to cry, but he really stopped crying.

"They want to go to a little far away, and they may not be able to see you often in the future, but they are also trying to give you a better life in the future. You must remember this!" Li Jie sighed and explained to the child.

Zhu Zikan could not understand the meaning of Li Jie's words, but he still nodded obediently, then twitched his nose, as if he wanted to cry again. Fortunately, he had been living in Li Jie's mansion for more than half a year, so he was used to separation from his parents. He just saw his parents traveling far away, even if he didn't understand the meaning, he could still feel the atmosphere of parting.

Li Jie was also very distressed to Zhu Zikan, the nephew. He immediately started to coax him when he saw that he wanted to cry. One advantage of the child is that his attention is easily distracted, so the little guy was quickly distracted by Li Jie. Perhaps only when he suddenly felt that his parents were not around in the future will he feel sad.

Zhu Youzun and Dier left their young son cruelly, and they felt even worse. Dier leaned in her husband's arms and cried for a long time. Finally, when she was tired of crying, Zhu Youzun then advised: "Di'er should not cry. Zikan is taken care of by his elder brother and will definitely not suffer. But we just need to work harder and build the city earlier, and we can send someone to take Zikan over and reunite with us."

Hearing her husband's words, Di'er stopped crying and nodded, then turned her head to look at the densely packed boats around her. This time they took dozens of boats to sea. It can be said that in addition to Zhu Di, they only counted that there were many boats they took out of sea, and the boats were also filled with people and supplies. These were prepared by Li Jie using his own connections for them.

"Husband, I also want to do an errand. At that time, you will give me some of the affairs. We and my wife will work together and will definitely be able to build the city in the shortest time!" After scanning the fleet, Di'er's expression became firm. In order to reunite with her son as soon as possible, she did not plan to stay behind the scenes, but would help Zhu Youshang take on more affairs.

"No problem. Even if you don't say it, I will arrange some things for you. Although we have more staff than other Uncle Wang, it will definitely not be enough at that time, so everyone will use it." Zhu Youdun said at the end, looking at Di'er's purpose became a little guilty. After all, Di'er had to marry him, but he had to endure hardships with him, which made him feel a little sorry for Di'er and his son.

"You don't have to feel guilty. I have been studying with my elder brother since I was a child, but I have always been worried that as a woman, I have not had the opportunity to display these knowledge. Now I go out to sea with you, which gives me a chance to show my ambitions. Don't be jealous of me at that time!" Dier said at the end, and smiled slightly at Zhu Yousan.

Hearing Dier's conceited words, Zhu Youzhuo also laughed and said, "Then let's compare and see who has the stronger ability in the end, but you are not allowed to complain if you lose!"

The couple was talking jokes and finally dispersed a lot of the grief of separation. The huge fleet headed south, after supplying through Guangzhou, passed through Nanyang and other places, and headed towards Oceania.

The Ming Dynasty route to Oceania had already been opened, and there was more than one. Zhu Youzun and Li Jie chose the safest one, passing through Luzon and Makassar.

The so-called Makassar Island is actually the Sulawesi Island in later generations. However, during the Ming Dynasty, many maritime merchants liked to call it Chicken Claw Island because the island had a special terrain and three narrow peninsulas extending to the southeast, which looked like chicken claws.

Luzon is Zhu Qi's territory. He secretly sent people to assassinate Zhu Yunxi and Li Jie, but was exiled to Luzon by Lao Zhu after the incident. As a result, Zhu Qi died of illness within two years. His son Zhu Jixi inherited the throne. He has been very honest in recent years, especially after Zhu Yunxi became emperor, Zhu Jixi also submitted crimes several times, but Zhu Yunxi ignored it and was very cold to him.

Zhu Jiying was Zhu Youzhu's cousin, so when Zhu Youzhu passed by Luzon, he also visited him. Zhu Jiying was also very enthusiastic about Zhu Youzhu's cousin, because he knew that the other party was Li Jie's brother-in-law. If he could take the Li Jie line, it might change His Majesty the Emperor's attitude towards the King of Jin.

So Zhu Jiying also warmly treated Zhu Youzun, and even gave them a lot of supplies when Zhu Youzun left.

Zhu Youzhu also knew Zhu Ji's thoughts very well, because Li Jie had analyzed with him long ago that Luzon was a very critical position, connecting Nanyang and the Ming Dynasty, so in the future, Zhu Youzhu would definitely need to go through Luzon to contact the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he must also establish a good relationship with Zhu Ji's King of Jin.
Chapter completed!