As for whether it would happen, Zhu Guoqiang knew in his heart, but those people didn't know. They only knew one thing - the prince was going to kill someone!

But it's too late to say anything now. What if this prince really makes an excuse to kill someone?

Submit a letter of impeachment?

Don't worry if there are too many lice.

The prince's soldiers have even shouted "Long live" and have gone too far. What else does he have to be afraid of?

High walls in Zhongdu?

At least he can always kill the big guy first before entering the high wall!

No one will doubt that he dare not kill!

Anyone who dared to doubt has already been killed!

For a moment, the cabin was filled with calls for prayers, but Zhu Guoqiang still smiled and looked at the woman in front of him, looking at her expression of shock and anger, and when he looked at the change of expression on her beautiful face, he had already raised his left hand.

What will happen if the left hand falls?

Thinking of the armored guards beside the prince, Zheng Yuanxun immediately pictured a river of blood in his mind. His face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly said to the woman in white holding a knife.

"Girl, you, look..."

Picking up the knife, the woman who originally wanted to kill herself with the sword stared at the ridiculous prince with wide eyes. When she first met him, she had a good feeling in her heart. She thought that this man was a great hero who stood up to heaven and earth. But now he

His image has plummeted!

Is this what is called a "hero"?

"You, you, why are you so bullying?"

With tears flashing in her eyes, she stared at the smiling man. The moment the tears fell, she let go of her right hand, dropped the knife to the ground, and spoke in a very low voice.

"Little, little girl, this is yours. Please, please calm down your anger!"

Seeing that she had given in, Zhu Guoqiang, who had used force for the first time, was quite proud of himself. When she walked slowly, bent her knees at the table to pour herself a drink, and breathed in the light fragrance emanating from her body, Zhu Guoqiang smiled.

He smiled, raised his head, and saw the charming-looking woman looking directly at him, and said.

"Wang Zhi, send the two girls to my tent first."

"ah!"

She looked at the man with wide eyes, but as soon as she raised her head and met the Master's gaze, she immediately lost her mind and just responded in fear.

When they were sent off the boat, Zhu Guoqiang looked around at the people in the boat and saw that everyone looked very unnatural. Seeing this, he smiled slightly, raised his glass and said:

"I don't like people who disobey me. For what I like, I either get it or destroy it. Do you think this is the truth?"

"Shi, what the Master said is true..."

Everyone nervously echoed, "How did a good banquet turn into this?"

"That's it, that's all, the spring sky is short, I accept Chaozong's wishes, that's all for today!"

Just when Zhu Guoqiang was about to leave and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly stepped back and looked back at everyone and said.

"By the way, I heard someone say just now that they want to donate stipends? I wonder how much stipends everyone is prepared to give?"

Everyone was stunned. The eight major salt merchants of the Salt Merchant Association, look at me and I look at you. In fact, a few days ago, they had already put out one hundred thousand taels of silver and tens of thousands of shi of grain. Now this

The master wants money again. How much does he want?

"I, we are willing to donate five hundred thousand taels of silver."

"oh!"

Zhu Guoqiang turned around and looked at everyone, narrowed his eyes, and looked at everyone.

"Only five hundred thousand taels!"

Suddenly, Zhu Guoqiang smiled brightly, and then said.

"Each general merchant should be five hundred thousand taels! Okay, now I have thanked all the general merchants for their generous support. Please rest assured that as long as I am here, the Donglu will never dare to invade my Yangzhou! Haha, spring Xiao Ku is short, so I won’t accompany you. Please prepare your money and don’t wait for me to come to your door to urge you!”

After saying that, ignoring the astonishment of everyone behind him, he laughed and got off the boat. The moment he left the movie garden and got on the carriage, Zhu Guoqiang smiled and gave instructions to the guards.

"Go to the river!"

…

The "boom, boom" sound from the external propeller sounded, and the boat, carrying Zhu Guoqiang, who was full of thoughts, sailed towards the river mouth. Driven by the external propeller, the two-masted boat sailed all night, and did not arrive at the river mouth until nearly noon the next day. , when the ship arrived at the mouth of the river, Wan Shouqi walked out of the cabin and saw the prince setting a peak on the bow of the ship. He pointed to a sandbank covered with reeds in the distance between the sky and the sea and said.

"Your Majesty, look, that's where Li Ying Water Village is."

"Do you think Li Ying will really help me in my Northern Expedition?"

Li Ying did not leave any deeds in history, but he was Zheng Zhilong's sworn brother. He, Yan Siqi and others were sworn brothers in Japan on the 28th. Later, due to various reasons, he led people to Jiangkou , became a pirate. Zheng Zhilong became the famous "Dragon King of Fujian".

"Your Majesty, I don't know. Li Ying has long wanted to serve the imperial court, but he has no way to do it."

Wan Shouqi continued.

"How could he not be envious of his sworn brother Zheng Zhilong, who had a prosperous official career in recent years? But there was no Xiong Wencan in Nanzhili to recruit him, so he had been suffering from no connections. As long as the prince allowed him to be rich and official, he I will definitely be willing to surrender to the Crown Prince."

Murder and arson are punished!

Being a robber is better than being an official.

Zhu Guoqiang laughed at himself in his heart.

"Has that man ever killed and taken people captive?"

"Your Majesty, Li Ying is known as a pirate in the eyes of the government, but in fact he is a maritime merchant. He is not afraid of the Crown Prince's jokes when he talks about it. The reason why I know him is because of business dealings."

"Marine merchant?"

Zhu Guoqiang said with some doubts.

"Didn't our Ming Dynasty impose a maritime ban? Why are there still sea traders in the name of pirates?"

"What I don't know is that the imperial court has imposed a maritime ban, but maritime merchants are not just anyone who wants to be a merchant, and maritime merchants are still exploited by the government, so there are private merchants and private ports. Li Ying's Peacock Island is at the mouth of the river. There are no less than two hundred large and small ships docked here all year round. As long as the prince allows him to be rich and well-born, he can use Li Ying's ship to transport troops to Liaodong by sea without anyone noticing, and directly into the hinterland of Jiannu. !”

It turned out to be a smuggler!

After understanding Li Ying's identity, Zhu Guoqiang smiled.

"The most important thing about this matter is to keep it secret. I got up and felt quite sorry for those two girls."

Zhu Guoqiang couldn't help but let out a long sigh when he thought of how he had robbed them in the Zheng Family Film Garden. It felt good to rob them, but bullying two women like that was really... a sense of conquest, and it was indeed a bit interesting.

But, hey!

They will always understand in the future.

"Your Majesty, if this is not the case, how can the outside world think that the Prince is immersed in the gentle land? This is just for others to see. I think the two girls will understand if they know this."
Chapter completed!