Seeing Zhu Youjian's frown, Zhou Yufeng's heart trembled suddenly.

Angry!

"Long live calm down."

Zhou Yufeng stood up in a panic, and stood aside in a daze, lowering her head and not daring to look at Zhu Youjian.

Seeing Zhou Yufeng like this, Zhu Youjian's originally unhappy heart softened.

"Sit down and have a meal. I'm not angry. Liaoning, I can't let the abbot go. I'll talk to him about it tomorrow. If you want, let him go to Taiwan. This is the first time and the last." Once. Zitong will not make things difficult for me in the future!"

After speaking, Zhu Youjian got up and left.

He couldn't say how angry he was about this matter, after all, there was nothing wrong with Zhou Yufeng, Zhou Kui's daughter.

However, Zhou Kui's thoughts also reminded him that there is a shortage of manpower at the moment, if Zhou Kui is really such a material, he would not mind using him.It depends on whether he dares to go to Taiwan.

On the second day, he called Zhou Kui into the palace.

"You entered the palace yesterday, what did you tell the queen?"

"Your Majesty's redemption! I just want to do something serious!" Zhou Kui knew that yesterday's matter of begging the queen had been revealed, and it seemed that he would inevitably be scolded again.

"Okay! Stand up!" Zhu Youjian looked impatient. "You have a good plan and go to Liaoning. Can I send you to stay in Yangzhou?"

"I dare not."

"Don't even think about Liaoning. Are you going to Taiwan? If you go, you will be in charge of the saltworks over there."

"go with!"

"Only a salary, no dividends."

"Here, go!"

"Taiwan is full of miasma, and the epidemic is raging. You may die!"

"Here, here, go!"

"There are also savages on the island, who specialize in hunting the heads of foreigners, and hang them in front of the door as bells."

"This, this, this, Your Majesty. I am timid, don't scare me." Zhou Kui looked terrified.

"What I said is true. It's up to you to decide whether to go or not." Zhu Youjian looked at Zhou Kui playfully, without any courage.Still want to fly to the top?

Zhou Kui started to get tangled up, the atmosphere was so hot, if he didn't agree.I'm afraid there will be no chance of being reused by His Majesty in this life.Thinking of the colorful life of those people in Yangzhou, Zhou Kui gritted his teeth.

"As long as you can share your majesty's worries, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, I am willing to go."

Hey.

Among other things, Zhou Banxian's mouth is really not covered.

"Speaking of my ugliness, I'll give you one year. If you don't do well, you will not only want to come back, but also don't even think about getting this title."

"Chen, you must fulfill your mission!"

"Go back and get ready. We will leave in two days. By the way, the jade slave next to you belongs to Xiao Quan, so be careful."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhou Kui left contentedly. Although Taiwan is far away, at least he can be regarded as being reused by His Majesty, which is much better than before.

Two days later, Zhou Kui and his family were waiting for the train at the railway station outside the capital.

Zhou Kui's arrival made the passing business travelers look sideways at the train station.

It is common to bring goods, and there are also many people who come to visit.

If you want to say that he is a businessman, he did not bring any goods.Let's say he is here to visit, he has luggage.Forget about these, there are too many women here, right?

This time Zhou Kui brought all the women in his family with him, especially the women brought back from Yangzhou. He was worried about staying in Beijing.I don't know when I can come back after going to Taiwan, don't let someone steal my home.

The reason for taking the train here is because Zhu Youjian just planned to send a batch of hybrid rice seeds to Taiwan by ship, and Zhou Kui could take advantage of the ship to go.

"Uncle, can this train really run without being pulled? I haven't seen it before." Yu Nu pursed her lips slightly and asked curiously.

"That's natural. Not only can I run, but it's also very fast. It takes more than two hours to get there from the capital to Tianjin." Zhou Kui looked proud. Although he had never sat before, it didn't delay him from showing off.

"It's so powerful~ My family can't wait~"

Zhou Kui nodded with a smile on his face.

Pooh!Bitch!

Zhou Kui's original partner stood aside and looked at the two stinky and shameless people with hatred, but did not dare to attack.

After a while, the train came.

This is the passenger car that Zhu You added last year. It is specially for travelers and runs once a day.

The people who got on the train were naturally full of novelty, but before they had time to feel it, the train had already arrived at its destination.

In Tianjin Port, two steam freighters had been waiting at the port for a long time. When they boarded the ship, they blew their whistle and started their first long voyage.

There are now five steamships built in Tianjin Port, all of which are the results of the shipyard in the past year.

Due to the gradual maturity of technology, the later built ones were larger than Liangfu.Instead, the Royal Steamship Ryosuke became the smallest ship,

At this time, Zhou Kui was on the Liangfu, a ship with special significance.

After the ship set sail, Zhou Kui did not enter the cabin in a hurry, but stood on the deck with Zhou Hao to watch the scenery.

"I didn't expect that after the train, I, Ming Dynasty, could build such a coal-fired ship!"

"Your Majesty is great!"

"Yes."

In any case, His Majesty's majesty may have already caught up with Er Zuli.The discordant voices from the government and the opposition are getting smaller and smaller.Some have changed their minds, while others are afraid of death.

"Actually, it's also my first time to go to sea. I'm going to Taiwan. I'm afraid I'll have to drift at sea for two or three months. To be honest, I'm really not sure. Will I encounter storms or something? The prince of North Korea will meet soon. Have the wind and waves buried the belly of the fish?"

Zhou Kui looked into the distance with a little worry.

Zhou Hao didn't say a word, there are not many people as unlucky as the Prince of Joseon.

As it got farther and farther away from the coastline, the speed of the ship slowly increased.The maximum speed of these two freighters is about twelve knots, that is, a little over twenty kilometers per hour.

Because it is powered by steam, the wind direction at sea has almost no effect on the speed of the ship. If the wind is favorable, the sails can be opened to borrow the wind.It sails non-stop day and night, and can travel [-] kilometers a day and night.Of course, if it is converted into nautical miles, the number is smaller.

The weapons and equipment on these two ships are very advanced. Each ship is equipped with 32 new steel cannons made by Sun Yingyuan. This kind of cannon has a longer range and greater power than the Hongyi cannon.

The Minie rifle is also a standard equipment for soldiers, and everyone has one.

There were not many soldiers on board, and the two ships added up to only a hundred soldiers.

There are two reasons why there are so few people.

One is the confidence in the speed of the steamship. In Wang Zheng's words, he can't think of any country in the world whose warship can catch up with the Liangfu and not be beaten by it.

The second is that the steam engine of the steam ship is huge. In order to load more things, there is not much room for sailors to stay in the cabin.

Zhou Kui was very unlucky. On the second day of going to sea, he encountered a storm, which made him vomit to death on the boat.

Zhou Kui was about to cry at the thought of two or three months before such a day.

He began to regret it, if he was looked down upon by others, he would look down upon it.It's good to spend a little money, why go all the way to Taiwan to suffer this crime!

But compared to other voyages, his first time was extremely lucky.

Because he was on a steamboat.

april eleven

After sailing at sea for seven days, the two ships arrived at Keelung Port.

"You mean, we have arrived in Taiwan?" Zhou Kui came to the deck and asked a sailor.

"Yes, Uncle. In the distance is Keelung Port in Taiwan."

"Don't lie to me, are we going to Shandong for supplies now?"

"No, we have already arrived in Taiwan." The sailor explained patiently.Not to mention Zhou Kui, who was familiar with the speed of steamships, was a little surprised.

"Seven days? To Taiwan? I have more than ten days to go to Yangzhou by boat."

The sailor glanced at him and said nothing.

You are floating, can it be the same as our steam ship?Never seen the world.

Whether Zhou Kui believed it or not, after negotiating with the people at the port, the two ships stopped at the port.

As soon as they entered the port, these two strangely shaped ships attracted the attention of everyone on the ships.

What kind of ship is this?What is that big chimney for?For cooking?

All of a sudden, those on the ship and those on the shore stared at the two ships curiously.

Even Zheng Zhibao, who was patrolling the port, ran over curiously.

Seeing Zhou Kui getting off the boat, he went up to meet him.

"The last general, Zheng Zhibao, is the guard of Keelung Harbor. May I ask where you came from?"

"I am Zhou Kui, the current patriarch of the country, and His Majesty sent me to Taiwan to build a saltworks."

"You are the father-in-law? Are you here so soon?" Zheng Zhibao knew that Zhou Kui was coming in advance, but he reckoned that it would take a month or two.how so fast

"Is this Taiwan?" Zhou Kui asked tentatively.

"Yes! Why did the father-in-law come here to ask?"

Why does the head of the country seem to be a bit out of control? Why are you here if you aren't from Taiwan?

"Why so fast?" Zhou Kui murmured.Looking at the attire of the business travelers in the past, it really doesn't look like Shandong.

I also want to ask you.

Zheng Zhibao quietly took a step back, deciding to stay away from him.

I heard brain disease is contagious.

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