Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 440, tears welling up

Tianjin Port, with the news that the fleet is about to return, the entire Tianjin port is crowded with crowds of melon-eaters, not only local people from Tianjin came to watch the excitement, but even those who are well-informed are from the capital. They came here in a hurry, ready to see what good things the fleet brought back from the Golden Isle.

Here in the huge Tianjin Port, there is a sea of ​​people, and countless people are waiting anxiously, discussing with each other the fleet to the Golden Continent.

"It's finally back. It's been more than a year. I thought they had been buried in the sea. There has been no news for more than a year. Now they are finally back."

"When they set off, I happened to be here. I still clearly remember that it was the first day of June in the eleventh year of Hongzhi. At that time, it was similar to now. The entire Tianjin port was crowded."

Old man Ding is a native of Tianjin. He usually has nothing to do when he has nothing to do. His favorite thing to do is to wander around Tianjin Port. He can always see something new, so he has the capital to brag to others.

"Old man Ding, tell me, have they reached the Golden Continent yet?"

Someone next to him asked.

"Nonsense, after more than a year, I must have arrived at the Golden Continent, otherwise I would have returned long ago."

Old Man Ding said with certainty.

"Then is this Golden Continent really full of gold?"

Someone asked with concern.

"How do I know this? I didn't go to the Golden Continent. When the convoy comes back, I should see how much gold they brought back. I should know about it. Mr. Liu will not lie."

"Our present prosperity and wealth in Tianjin is not all thanks to Mr. Liu. He is the number one scholar. How could he lie to others? If he said that there is gold everywhere in Huangjinzhou, then there is gold everywhere."

Old man Ding said with certainty that for Liu Jin, people in the entire Tianjin area are very convinced. Now Tianjin is already the most prosperous and largest city in the entire Ming Dynasty except for the capital.

Even because Tianjin does not have the many restrictions of the capital, the development of Tianjin is even more rapid, with a population of more than two million.

Here in Tianjin New City, there are row upon row of high-rise buildings, spacious concrete roads, and a large number of factories and workshops, which are full of vitality and are developing extremely rapidly.

There is no doubt that Tianjin’s local people will benefit the most from the development of Tianjin. Every Tianjin person can clearly feel that life is getting better and easier.

Naturally, he is also full of gratitude to Liu Jin. Here in Tianjin, if someone speaks ill of Liu Jin, he might be beaten up with a black nose and a swollen face.

"Old man Ding, who is the man in the bright yellow clothes on the pier? What a grandeur. There are many officials around."

At this time, someone looked towards the pier, and saw a young man wearing a bright yellow python robe and a crown, and many palace guards, Fanzi of the factory guard and others pulled out a security cordon.

"That's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I didn't expect that the Crown Prince would personally welcome the return of the fleet."

When old man Ding saw it, he couldn't help but said immediately.

"The one next to His Royal Highness is Mr. Liu, and he really came."

Then the sharp-eyed old man Ding also recognized Liu Jin beside Zhu Houzhao at a glance.

At this time, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao were talking and laughing, waiting patiently.

Yesterday, they had already received the news that the fleet heading for the Golden Continent was finally about to return to Daming, so Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao rushed over from the capital almost overnight, ready to personally welcome the fleet back.

"Old Liu, you said how many of these ten great blessing boats will come back in the end?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at the lively scene around him, and said to Liu Jin with a smile.

"It's enough to be able to return half of it. As long as you can bring back high-yield crops, then this time the route will be considered a complete success."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said, regarding the uncertainty of navigation in this era, Liu Jin did not have the extravagant hope that all ten great fortune ships would come back safely after going out.

The most important thing is to bring back high-yield crops, which is the most important thing. As for whether gold is gold or not, it is not very important to Liu Jin.

Although gold is a symbol of wealth, in essence, this gold can neither be eaten nor drunk. For Daming, only high-yield crops are really meaningful.

"Golden Continent, sooner or later, I will go to the Golden Continent to take a look, and I don't know what the Golden Continent looks like."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly after listening, and then showed a fascinated expression.

His words also startled Liu Jin and Liu Jin on the side. This Zhu Houzhao was so restless that he wanted to go to Huangjinzhou. This is not a joke.

"Well, the Golden Continent is actually not much different from our Ming Dynasty. When the future flight routes are established and stabilized, I also want to visit the Golden Continent."

After thinking about it, Liu Jin could only say so.

"Then, let's go together."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, his small eyes narrowed happily. It was still that Lao Liu and himself were on the same boat.

Liu Jin smiled, and looked back at the entire port area. The entire port area was crowded with people because of the return of the fleet, including the families of the crew members. As long as they were in Tianjin and the capital, Liu Jin would be there immediately. Let someone pick them up, so that the crew and family members can be reunited as soon as possible.

There are also reporters from the Ming Morning Post. This is a super big news. There are too many news materials that can be unearthed, so all the reporters from the Ming Morning Post in Beijing and Tianjin have come. There are more than [-]. At this time, everyone is holding a pen and is constantly recording the grand occasion here in Tianjin Port.

There are also reporters who are constantly interviewing some people, asking them how they feel, and some journalists are thinking carefully about how to find a way to interview the crew of the fleet and get first-hand news materials .

There are businessmen from the Beijing-Tianjin area, emerging capitalists, colleges of the Tianjin Maritime Academy, sailors who often go to sea, etc., as long as they are free, almost all of them come, and they all want to see what happened to the fleet heading to the Golden Island. That's it.

"Clang~clang~"

"The fleet heading to the Golden Continent is back~"

At this time, bells rang from the watchtower of the port, and the watchman yelled at the entire port area with a big iron horn in his hand.

"Come on~"

Hearing this sound, everyone immediately looked at the water and the sky in unison, and could vaguely see a sail sailing towards Tianjin Port.

Not long after, a few more sails came out, and the ships in the fleet formed a straight line, cutting through the waves between the water and the sky, and sailing towards the port in a mighty way.

On the deck of the Taishan, every crew member couldn't hold back the tears, and they all came to the deck, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar Tianjin Port in front of them, they kept roaring with excitement.

Du Mingen, Lin Shuhong, Tian Erniu and others all looked at the port area with binoculars. They saw that the port area was crowded with people, and countless people were waiting anxiously.

Some seemed to find that they were looking at them through binoculars and couldn't help waving their arms in welcome.

"It's His Royal Highness, and Young Master Liu~"

Du Mingen immediately found Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin who were in the best position on the pier. After more than a year, Zhu Houzhao grew a lot taller and Liu Jin became more mature.

"Father~Mother, and Xiuniang, Dabao, Xiaobao~"

Tian Erniu's eyes were very sharp, and he immediately found the crew's family area, where his parents, wife and children were anxiously waiting, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

After more than a year, I finally came back and saw my family all at once.

"Father and mother look very good, with rosy complexions, and they both look good~"

"Xiu Niang is haggard a lot~"

"Da Bao and Xiao Bao have grown up so much~"

Tian Erniu took a binoculars and watched carefully. Seeing that his family was doing well, he smiled happily.

"Everyone pay attention to Pier 3, our family is in this area~"

Then Tian Erniu also spoke loudly to the crew around him.

"Yeah~"

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked towards Pier 3. Soon, people found their family members one after another, and they couldn't help cheering and waving their hands.

"Master Liu must have arranged it~"

Then Tian Erniu said with certainty that there was a warm current flowing through his heart, Mr. Liu told them sincerely that everything was properly arranged.

"Teacher~"

"Brother Huang, Brother Tong~"

Lin Shuhong also spotted Liu Jin at once, and at the same time, he also spotted Huang Jinquan and Tong Yuan who were standing respectfully in official uniforms not far behind Liu Jin.

"It seems that they are all in high school, and each of them has already put on the official uniform of the court~"

A smile appeared on Lin Shuhong's face.

The fleet is getting closer and closer to the port. It doesn't take long for each other to be able to clearly understand each other. Here in the port, there are excited crowds, especially in the family area of ​​Pier 3. Many family members of the crew members are anxiously on board. Looking for his family.

Whenever someone finds their relatives, they can't help waving their hands excitedly and shouting excitedly at the same time.

"Da Bao, Xiao Bao, look quickly, that's Dad~"

Tian Erniu's wife, Xiu Niang, immediately saw Tian Erniu wearing a captain's uniform on the deck, and immediately pointed in the direction excitedly and said to her child.

"Dad~"

"Dad~"

When Dabao and Xiaobao heard this, they quickly recognized their father. They hadn't seen each other for more than a year. Although they were tanned, they could still recognize them immediately. They immediately shouted excitedly and waved their hands at the same time. .

"Big Treasure~Little Treasure~"

Naturally, Tian Erniu shouted excitedly, the closer he got, the more excited he shouted, and gradually, everyone could hear each other's voices and clearly see each other's excited expressions.

It wasn't just Tian Erniu's family who were so excited, almost everyone in the entire family area was very excited. Everyone was shouting and greeting their relatives.

"I'm back~"

On the Dafu boats, the crew members kept shouting excitedly.

so excited~
After more than a year, they returned to Daming smoothly. At the same time, they also saw their relatives in the first time. They reunited after a long absence and were full of joy. This is what they said.

"I'm going~ Are they going to be beggars?"

Zhu Hou took care of the boats that were mooring slowly at the port pier, and then looked at the crew on the boats, all of them were very tanned, let alone that, anyway, farmers in this era are also tanned.

But the key point is that these people are all dressed in rags and wrinkled. They seem to have aged a lot at once, almost like beggars.

"Your Highness, they have been sailing on the sea for a long time, exposed to the wind and the sun, and living conditions are very difficult. It is not surprising that they have become like this. People who have been at sea for a long time are like this."

Liu Jin explained with a smile.

"So that's the case. It seems that sailing is not very interesting."

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao curled his lips slightly and said, in his opinion, sailing should be a very interesting thing, to discover unknown worlds, contact unknown civilizations, and pursue wealth. Just thinking about it makes people excited and fascinated. , now it seems that there seems to be nothing.

Liu Jin smiled and looked at the boats that had already parked.

"There are ten big blessing boats, and there is not one missing. It seems that their trip should be very smooth."

Liu Jin counted the Dafu boats that came back. Although these boats looked very dilapidated, the sails were covered with patches, and many areas on the deck were still missing, as if they had been cut off by someone, but the number was There was no shortage of one ship. There were ten ships when we went there, and there were also ten ships when we came back.

When the ship was moored, the crew immediately disembarked excitedly. There was a ship that happened to berth at No. 3 Pier, and all the crew members immediately went straight to their family members. Some hugged each other excitedly, and some shouted happily. Someone lifts up his own child and rejoices.

As the captain of the fleet, Du Mingen naturally couldn't go to gather with his family first. Instead, he brought people to Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin, and said respectfully, "Meet Your Highness the Crown Prince~"

"Free gift~ free gift, welcome back~"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and warmly welcomed.

"Mr. Du, welcome back~"

Liu Jin also welcomed Du Mingen with a smile.

"Haha, Mr. Liu, long time no see, you still have the same demeanor~"

Du Mingen smiled and said to Liu Jin.

"It seems that this trip should be very smooth~"

Liu Jin asked with a smile.

"Thanks to His Majesty's blessing, we are going very smoothly at this time~"

Du Mingen nodded and said, carefully recalling the experience of more than a year, it seems that it can be said to be very smooth, although they suffered a lot when they came back, but generally speaking, they came back smoothly. There was no shortage of boats, and no one was missing. He also completed the mission entrusted by Emperor Hongzhi, and he also returned with huge wealth.

"Brothers, carry out our recovery~"

Thinking of this, Du Mingen said to his crew.

"Okay~"

When the crew heard this, they all shouted excitedly.

Then the crew began to get busy, and at the same time, the staff of Tianjin Port also began to assist in removing the things on the ship.

"Your Highness, Mr. Liu~"

"This is corn, sweet potato, potato~"

Du Mingen dragged three things on a tray to Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin's side.

When Zhu Houzhao heard it, he picked it up and took a closer look. Naturally, Liu Jin recognized it at a glance, yes, it was these three things.

"That's right, with these three things, there will be no famine in my Ming Dynasty~"

Liu Jin looked at the three items in the tray and said excitedly.

With corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes, as long as they are popularized throughout Daming, there is absolutely no need to worry about eating.

"Hey yo~ hey yo~"

On the other side, the crew members struggled to carry a box off the ship. The box was very heavy, and the crew members were all struggling.

"Move out all the things inside and put them on the pier for everyone to take a look at."

When Liu Jin saw this, he immediately knew that it must be something like silver or gold, so he gave orders after thinking about it.

"Yes~"

Upon hearing this, the crew nodded quickly.

When the box was opened, the golden bricks came into everyone's eyes, and everyone in the port couldn't help shouting.

"Gold~is gold~"

If you want to talk about what the melon-eating people in the port area want to see most, it is definitely white flowers and golden gold.

The crew moved out all the gold and piled it up on the pier.

Box after box, everyone was busy, and soon a small pile of gold was piled up where the ship was moored. The light emitted by the gold attracted the attention of everyone in the entire port area.

"Mr. Du, how much gold did you bring back?"

It was Zhu Houzhao who squinted his little eyes at this time, looking at the piles of gold on the pier, a pile of gold piled up where a ship was, and it was still flowing, box after box of gold Moving out, it seems that it will not be finished in a while.

"I didn't weigh it. Anyway, we filled all ten ships with gold. It can be said that there is gold everywhere in the Golden Continent."

Du Mingen grinned and said with a big mouth.

He really didn't say it, just relying on trade exchanges, he got a huge amount of gold from the descendants of wealthy merchants here in Central America. There is too much gold.

"Gold~still gold~"

Here in the port area, the eyes of countless people turned red as they watched boxes of gold being carried out continuously, and soon piled up into ten piles of hills on the pier.

"My God, how much gold is there?"

Someone couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Golden Continent seems to be full of gold~"

At this moment, everyone's minds were full of golden gold. Only at this moment did they truly believe what Liu Jin said, that the Golden Continent is full of gold.

Otherwise, how could this fleet bring back so much gold, ten big blessing ships, all of which are filled with gold.

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