Zhu Youdun bid farewell to Zhu Ji-chan of Luzon and headed south again through Makassar Island. This is the territory of the King of Dai Zhu. He ranks thirteenth among Lao Zhu's sons, but his mother is Concubine Guo Hui, the god sister of Queen Ma, so she is only a little worse than the legitimate son in terms of identity.

It is also worth mentioning that Zhu Gui, like Zhu Di, both married Xu Da's daughter as the princess. In addition, he is one of the nine frontier kings, so his strength is only slightly worse than Zhu Quan and Zhu Di, far surpassing other kings.

Although Zhu Youzhuo and Zhu Gui were not familiar with each other, they were uncles and nephews after all, so he also visited him when he was passing by. Zhu Gui is just starting out now. He has built a port in the northwest of Makassar Island and is under intense construction. He is also very enthusiastic about Zhu Youzhu's visit.

In fact, this is very normal. After all, Zhu Gui and Zhu Youzhuan are both sympathetic and relatives, and they are both relatives. They are also making a living in the same area. They may encounter some difficulties in the future, so they have good relationships with people around them, but only benefits and no harm.

So from another perspective, Zhu Yunyu asked these princes to go out to sea, which deepened their family affection. You should know that in the Ming Dynasty, these vassal kings were brothers on the surface, but they were far apart from each other, and some of them had never even met each other, let alone family affection.

Zhu Youzun stayed with Zhu Gui for two days before setting off again. This time he did not stop anymore, passing through one island after another, and at the same time he felt hotter and hotter.

You know, it is already winter moon, it is already snowing in the Ming Dynasty, and even the south is very cool, but Nanyang is like midsummer. Although Zhu Youshuo and Dier both know the reason, it is the first time they have experienced it personally, so they feel very magical.

The more south the fleet goes, the less people are. When I was in the South Ocean, I often encountered some merchant ships. There were also a lot of people on the islands, including Han people settled. But now they have been walking on the sea for a few days and cannot meet any ships. The islands are even more desolate. Even if there are only barbaric natives, they cannot communicate at all.

Fortunately, when Zhu Youshang and their ships stayed at Zhu Gui, they had already replenished enough supplies, and the speed of the steamboat, so after sailing for half a month, the fleet finally arrived at the landing point in Oceania.

"The staff sent before have built a simple landing site on the island. When we arrive on the shore, we can also take a good rest!" Zhu Youshuo stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the coast in the distance and said excitedly.

Di Er was wearing men's clothing, holding a telescope in her hand and looking at the coast ahead. She had already seen the landing point on the shore from the camera, saying it was a landing point, but it was actually a port under construction. Some ships were docked in the built port, and there were also many people working on the dock.

The people on the dock also noticed the arrival of the fleet and saw the King of Zhou's flag on the ship. Someone immediately came to greet him by boat. Zhu Youshang asked someone to let the welcome ship beside the flagship he rode on. Then an official boarded the ship and saluted him and said, "The emperor is the one who pays homage to the prince!"

"You don't have to be too polite to be aware of Xiang Changshi. Thank you for your hard work during this period!" Zhu Youzhu smiled and said, "Xiang Shan is the right chief of the Zhou Mansion. Originally, there were two left and right chiefs of the royal mansion. Among them, the left chief of the army followed Zhu Di to America, while the right chief envoy Xiang Shan followed Zhu Youzhu. He was sent to Oceania in advance by Zhu Youzhu, which was considered as a front station for him.

"You are polite, but I am ashamed that the construction of the port has been very slow and has not been completed yet. Please punish me!" Xiangshan apologized to Zhu Youzhu with guilty expression.

Before Xiang Shan came to Oceania, Zhu Youzhuo gave him the task of trying to build the port at the landing site so that the fleet can dock, but now the port has only been half built, so he was very nervous.

"Shi Changshi doesn't have to blame himself. There is nothing in Oceania. Everything has to start from scratch. Even the manpower is insufficient. It is not easy for you to build the port to what it is now. Now I have brought enough manpower to speed up the construction of the port."

Zhu Youzhu did not blame the other party. In fact, Xiangshan is a very capable person. Zhu Su was reluctant to leave him to Zhu Youzhu at the time. Moreover, it was indeed very difficult to build a port in places like Oceania. Zhu Youzhu could understand his difficulties.

Seeing that Zhu Youzun did not punish him, Xiangshan felt relieved, and then personally guided the fleet to the unfinished dock. At this time, Zhu Youzun and the others realized that most of the people working on the dock were natives, and some Han people were also some, but most of them were supervisors and inspectors.

"Criminal, it's really hard to find people here, so I found some folk merchants to build the wharf. They specialize in the construction of Nanyang. They have a group of craftsmen under their command, and they can also get these native coolies from all over the country. However, there are some shortages of manpower and supplies, which has slowed down the progress of the project." Xiangshan introduced to Zhu Youzun at this time.

Zhu Youzhu nodded when he heard this. Speaking of which, these princes were all from the court. No matter what they built in the Ming Dynasty, they could just recruit civil servants directly, but not overseas. Because there was no one to adjust, these princes who went out to sea had only two choices to build ports or cities. They either contribute their own efforts or hand over to private merchants.

These folk merchants were also very powerful. They recruited craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty, and then bought or robbed them in Nanyang and other places, and got a large number of natives to work as coolies, and even cement construction materials could be obtained. Of course, these merchants had both big and small strength. The smaller ones could only build small projects such as houses, while the larger ones could build ports and cities.

Zhu Youzhuan’s landing site was about finding these folk merchants, and there were more than one. However, Oceania was too far away. No matter how powerful these merchants were, they still could not find enough manpower and supplies, so the construction speed of the port could not be faster.

There were too many ships in the fleet to enter the unfinished port, so they could only let the ships behind stop outside. After Zhu Youshun's ship was docked on the dock, he and Di'er then stepped off the ship. Other officials at the port had already lined up to greet him. Most of these people were old people from the Zhou royal palace, so there was no need to introduce them.

Although Zhu Youshang was a little tired after a long voyage, he did not rush to rest. Instead, he patrolled the port under construction after getting off the ship so that he could have a clear idea and make plans for the next step.
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