Chapter 864 Mingxi is like fire and water, brother and sister meet in America

Author: Linglinghou

Chapter 864 Mingxi is like fire and water, brother and sister meet in America

Zhu Yushan's plan to take the South Pacific route to South America was eventually cancelled, and was changed to taking the Central Pacific route, passing through Hawaii Island and other islands, directly to Dingcheng, which is Los Angeles in another time and space.

Because the Ming Dynasty is currently at war with the Spanish and Portuguese forces on the west coast of Central America.

To be precise, it was the Eastern Navy of the Ming Empire, the North American Dusi, and the coalition forces led by King Ding and King Yong, who then fought against the Western, Portuguese, and French coalition forces.

Originally, the Ming Dynasty captured the Greater Luzon Islands and blocked Spain's silver channel, thus making Spain and the Ming Dynasty hostile.

Now the Ming Dynasty has come to America again and wants to compete for the colony of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Central America).

And Spain has always been relatively strong externally, or rather rough in diplomacy.

As a result, Ming Dynasty and Spain have become incompatible with each other.

In Europe, in order to retaliate against the Ming Dynasty, the Habsburg royal family even imposed a nationwide ban on goods from the Ming Dynasty, regardless of the wishes of the nobles and wealthy people.

Although this decree seemed to be in vain after the merchants changed "Ming's goods" to the prefixes of other countries, the appearance of this decree is enough to show how high Spain's hatred of Ming is now.

As for the west coast of South America, most of it now belongs to the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, and Spanish colonists are now at the peak of their power in South America.

If the Mingyue appears on the west coast of South America, even if it is not discovered and besieged by the Spanish fleet by chance, it will be difficult to obtain sufficient supplies.

It can be said that if Zhu Aoshan had to travel to South America, the risk would be extremely high.

Although she has the ability to travel between two time and space and is not afraid of danger, she has to consider the safety of the other crew members of the Mingyue.

Therefore, under the joint persuasion of Zhu Yasuo and Hao Guangming, Zhu Yaoshan changed to the Central Pacific Waterway.

This waterway can only be traveled by steam-powered ships. If it is a pure sailing ship, it can only watch the monsoon and follow the ocean currents. Even if it is lucky enough to cross the Pacific, it will be a narrow escape.

In fact, even when Mingyue took this route, because they were at sea for a long time and could not even see a small island, the crew almost had mental problems.

Thanks to the many entertainment equipment on board the Mingyue, including a projector so the crew could watch movies, they were able to survive this long and boring journey.

As for the big storms and waves during sailing, I have certainly experienced them before.

However, the Mingyue has nautical data from later generations, and it is the Ming Empire's latest steam-sail-hybrid armored warship. It has strong ability to withstand wind and waves, which makes the boring journey a greater danger than the wind and waves.

Fortunately, Zhu Yueshan and the crew overcame these dangers and arrived safely at Long Beach Port in Dingcheng.

When the Mingyue docked at the port, the person who came to greet Zhu Yueshan was not Ding Wang Zhu Cijiong, but Princess Fu Xue.

"Fu Xue has met Her Royal Highness Princess Kunqing."

"My sister-in-law has met Mrs. Wang."

After greeting each other in person, the two looked at each other.

King Ding, King Yong, King Shu, and King Gui left the Ming Dynasty in the first month of the ninth year of Zhaowu, and it has been six years since then.

Therefore, in Zhu Auntie's eyes, Fu Xue has not changed much compared to six years ago, but has become more plump, mature, and has a clear nobility.

This is obviously the temperament cultivated by Wang Ding as the "mistress" for a long time.

In Fu Xue's eyes, Aunt Zhu has changed a lot.

When she left the Ming Dynasty in the ninth year of Zhaowu, Zhu Yueshan was still a young girl who had just entered high school, but now she has become a twenty-year-old girl.

After the two of them boarded the four-wheel carriage of Prince Ding's Mansion together, Fu Xue looked at Aunt Zhu with a smile and said, "Your Highness, the princess is getting more and more beautiful."

Aunt Zhu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Wang, don't be ridiculous. I have been wandering at sea for more than a year. Not only is my skin rougher than before, but I have also sunburned."

Fu Xuedao: "People say, 'There is poetry and calligraphy in the belly,' but when it comes to appearance, in fact, at a certain level, it is difficult to tell them apart.

But because the princess has more than a year of sailing experience and has seen strong winds and waves, few women in the world can match her temperament."

"Sister-in-law Wang speaks so nicely."

Fu Xue added: "The king is leading troops to fight with the Spanish in the south, and he can't get away for a while - he just likes to fight, so please don't take it to heart, Princess."

Zhu Aishan smiled and said: "Speaking of which, I would also like to see how our Ming army fought with the Spaniards."

Fu Xue sighed: "When fighting, people will be injured, dead, and bloody. What's so good about it?"

Obviously, as a doctor, Fu Xue doesn't like war very much.

But she then added: "However, I heard that the Spaniards did not regard the local natives as human beings at all. As long as they were caught, they would be sent as hard labor to dig mines, grow sugar cane, and grow tobacco leaves for them.

Although our Ming Dynasty fought against the Spaniards mainly to fight for the Americas, we could also save the natives."

"Sister-in-law is right, the Spaniards and other European colonists should be beaten!"

Zhu Yushan had read some information about America in later generations and knew how many crimes the European colonists had committed on the American continent.

On a large scale, there are the demise of the Aztec and Inca empires, and on a small scale, the destruction of countless Indian tribes.

Tens of millions of Indians died at the hands of these colonists!

King Zhu Yihai of Lu's rule over the natives in Yingzhou was considered brutal, but compared with the rule of the Spanish over the Indians, it pales into insignificance.

After all, the Lu Kingdom did not just enslave the natives, and naturalization was also carried out simultaneously. Otherwise, the registered population of the Lu Kingdom would not have reached more than 70,000 just based on the early "immigration" from Japan and North Korea.

As for the Spaniards - no matter how well the Indians behave, in their eyes they are just useful slaves, and it is impossible to treat them as nationals.

The journey across the Pacific Ocean was too strenuous, so after settling down in Prince Ding's Mansion, Zhu Yueshan rested for three days before she finally felt better.

Then, accompanied by Fu Xue, Zhu Aoshan and several friends visited some scenery around Dingcheng.

Another seven days passed, and it was not until the tenth day that Zhu Yueshan came to Ding Wang's territory that Zhu Cijiong came back from the south.

On this day, Zhu Yueshan and Fu Xue greeted Zhu Cijiong together and almost didn't recognize him.

I saw Zhu Cijiong riding a black Arabian horse, wearing a set of armor of a Ming army general. His beard was much longer than six years ago, and his skin tone was tanned.

But what has changed the most is the temperament.

In Zhu Yueshan's impression, Brother Ding Wang was a sunny, enthusiastic, high-spirited but somewhat bohemian scholar.

But the Zhu Cijiong in front of him, at first glance, has the same temperament as the pro-army general behind him, with the smell of iron fire and gunpowder smoke. It is only after a closer look that you will find the nobility and kingly aura emanating from his bones.

Zhu Cijiong was also stunned when he saw Auntie Zhu now.

It should be noted that although he can communicate with Nanjing by telegram, he cannot make video calls or send photos. Therefore, like Fu Xue, he has the impression that Zhu Yueshan is still a cardamom girl.

Unexpectedly, the girl turned into such a unique temperament.

When he came back to his senses, he smiled heartily, stepped forward and patted Zhu's arm, and asked: "Little sister, third brother is back late, do you mind?"

Zhu Aoshan smiled and said: "The war is the most important thing, why would my little sister mind? By the way, I haven't congratulated my third brother on his triumphant return yet."

This time, Zhu Cijiong came back after finishing the fighting at the front.

Hearing this, he waved his hand and said: "It's just a small victory. We only broke through three Spanish strongholds, so it's nothing."

Fu Xue reminded from the side: "Does the king always want to talk to the little sister in front of the mansion?"

"Hahaha," Zhu Cijiong smiled to cover up his embarrassment, "The princess is right, let's go in and talk."

After entering the palace, Zhu Cijiong took off his armor, took a bath, and arranged many affairs. When he met Zhu Auntie again, it was already at the family banquet in the evening.

The so-called family banquet is a banquet for only Zhu Cijiong, Fu Xue and his two other concubines, three sons, two daughters and five children, as well as Zhu's concubine, a total of ten people.

After the five children greeted Aunt Zhu, they were all led by their wet nurses to eat at a small table nearby, while the five adults, Aunt Zhu, ate together at the big table.

"Little sister knows that I don't like too many rules, so the family dinner is more casual."

Aunt Zhu smiled and said: "Isn't our old Zhu family all like this? By the way, after dinner, Sister Huang and brother-in-law want to meet Brother Ding Wang and his family via video.

I think the royal sister and brother-in-law will be very happy to see Brother Ding’s family being harmonious and beautiful, with their children around their knees.”

Zhu Cijiong has not seen his sister and brother-in-law for six years, and he misses her a lot. He smiled and said: "Then let's eat faster. Speaking of which, these little guys haven't seen the emperor's sister and brother-in-law yet."

Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Cijiong was not in a hurry to have children after getting married because he was worried that his children would not be able to adapt to long-distance sailing trips, and because they were still relatively young.

Therefore, his five children were all born after coming to America, and they are considered native Americans.
Chapter completed!