After crossing the Taiwan Strait, the turbulent waves on the sea tend to be calm, as if the sea knows that this ship is full of wanderers returning from a long voyage, and welcomes the return of the wanderers in its own unique way.

This 500-ton "Yuanping" fast sailing ship can be regarded as a "flying clipper" according to another world, because she does not use a hollow bow and is still not qualified to be called a "flying clipper". But even so, this kind of fast sailing ship, which introduced the concept of clippers, still became the king of the sea in this era - at least the king of speed, after the fleet left Pingnan City, it left the fleet far behind, all the way to Yuzhou at a high speed of more than a dozen knots.

At the bow of the boat, the girl in a plain dress stood there, although the bow of the boat was sometimes lifted high because of the waves and the speed, but she still stood there, and did not even bother to hold the guardrail, and beside her, a maid would have turned pale with fright, and her hands were even tighter on the guardrail, for fear of accidentally falling into the sea.

"County Lord, let's go to the cabin first, it's too big a wave here......"

The maid's words made Mu Yunqing look at the sea in the distance, and then smiled.

"Xiaoting, if you are afraid, go to the cabin, I will watch here for a while, maybe after you arrive in Jiangbei, you will never be able to see the sea again."

Mu Yunqing's voice was not loud, different from the Yunnan official dialect in the mouth of the maid Xiaoting, she said the Jiangnan official dialect, which was the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, although the Mu family had guarded the southwest for hundreds of years, but her family had been speaking the Jiangnan official dialect, and she had always carried the local accent of Jiangnan Province. However, although she wrote "Jiangnan Province" on her hometown and spoke Jiangnan official dialect in her mouth, like the children of the Mu family, she was a stranger to Jiangnan, and now, as the only daughter of the Mu family, she was far away from the southwest and crossed the ocean to Jiangnan.

"Hey, daddy is really, why can't you wait until my eldest brother comes back and let me go?"

Again, Mu Yunqing couldn't help but complain, originally the eldest brother was obviously coming back soon, but he urged her to get on the boat.

"The county lord, the prince of the country is also forced to do so, after all, the emperor and the crown prince also left that day."

Xiaoting's explanation made Mu Yunqing just sigh helplessly, but with a sad face that still had some baby fat, she knew why she went to Jiangnan, perhaps, this is the fate of the Mu family's daughter. Thinking of the sisters who got married, she just barely comforted herself in her heart.

"At least King Huai is strong and young."

Thinking that the King Huai who she had never met would be her husband, her cheeks couldn't help but turn red, but there was always a little hope in her eyes, as if she hoped that the King Huai who had never met would be more in line with her imagination of her husband.

"Maybe the king doesn't know that the emperor has already given him a kiss."

As the first mate, Luo Yaxiang looked at the figure in the bow and muttered to himself.

"What are you talking about?"

Captain Zhao Wei, who had been silent, slowly turned towards him, as if he heard his words.

The chief's question made Luo Yaxiang's face become embarrassed, and he immediately withdrew his gaze, and then again, focusing on the sea surface, rather than using his mind elsewhere.

A few days later, when the sea water turned yellow, the sailors on board began to become excited, and when the color of the sea became more and more turbid, not only the officers also became excited. For the officers and soldiers who have been away from home for more than a year, they know that when the sea becomes turbid, it means that they are getting closer and closer to their hometown.

Most of the time, as a woman, Mu Yunqing will abide by the rules and stay in the cabin, just like now she is lying on the sofa in the cabin, looking at a book, for her who likes to read, these books have been with her for many years, not that she doesn't want to buy books, but in the upheaval of life, so that she can't get other books at all.

"Perhaps, when I get to Qinghe, when the time comes, I can ask him to buy some books for me."

He probably won't refuse this request.

However, he is a martial artist after all, if he doesn't like women to study, what should he do? Just when Mu Yunqing was suffering from gains and losses, the excited shouts of the sailors came from outside the cabin.

"We're home, we're home......"

Before she could figure out what was going on, she saw Xiaoting running over like a gust of wind and said to her excitedly.

"County Lord, County Lord, we have arrived, we have arrived in Jiangbei, we have arrived in the place......"

When Mu Yunqing came to the deck, she saw that all the sailors had already crowded to the side, and they were shouting and shouting excitedly, even when they saw a fishing boat, they would shout excitedly.

"Look, look, it's the Eagle Door, it's the Eagle Gate......"

While the sailors were pointing to the strait and shouting, there was the sound of cannons in the distance, and it was the salute of cannons, which was to welcome the return of the wanderer on the far side.

After a two-month voyage, we have finally reached our destination!

After a year away from home, they finally returned to their long-lost home, when the sailors were talking excitedly about the arrangements they had made after returning home, Mu Yunqing quietly re-entered the cabin, she knew that her days of freedom were over.

The Voyage Fleet is back!

On March 26, after the "Anping" sailed into the fleet harbor area at Yingyoumen, the news immediately turned into an electric current along the telegraph line from Yuzhou to Qinghe, and in a breath it spread the news hundreds of miles away. This primitive cable telegram facilitated the transmission of information to the greatest extent, and even when the first telegram was sent to the government office, the sailors on the "Anping" had not yet disembarked from the port.

"Is the telegram coming?"

Again, Zhu Mingzhong asked a little anxiously after Dai Zi entered the house. The first telegram was only a few words, just telling him that the fleet had completed its mission and was on its way back.

And now, Zhu Mingzhong is more eager to know the news of this expedition, calculating the time, an hour has passed, and there should be a detailed telegram coming.

"I haven't received a telegram yet."

Faced with Jinglu's eagerness, Dai Zi said.

"Otherwise, the subordinates will go to the telegraph room to guard, and if the telegram comes, they will take the telegram as soon as possible?"

"Well, you'll go over now."

Zhu Mingzhong nodded in agreement.

The telegraph room was not set up outside, it was in the government office, on the way to Dai Zi's telegraph room, before he arrived at the place, he saw Gu Yanwu, Qian Lei, Zhang Jinsheng, Zhu Daxian, Wu Youcai and others, walking towards this side, and they were all happy without exception.

"Military Academy Dai, are you going to the telegraph room to get the telegram?"

As soon as Gu Yanwu saw Dai Zi, he said with a smile. In the government office, "military academy" is a general term for school officers, just as it is called "military comfort".

"Positive ......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhang Jinsheng pat him on the shoulder and said.

"What else are you going, the telegram has already been in Senator Gu, go, go and give the envoy a little bit, no, go to our Huai Wang Hexi!"

King Huai?

Dai Zi followed everyone at a loss, what was going on?

As soon as everyone over there entered the public house, they saluted Zhu Mingzhong.

"Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, now my Ming court has returned to the court safely......"

What the?

King?

Facing the congratulations of Gu Yanwu and others, Zhu Mingzhong looked a little dazed, what is going on? It's no wonder that he is confused, after all, he doesn't know, in fact, he has been the king of Huai for almost half a year, and in the Yongli Dynasty, he has long been called "King Huai", not Jingluo.

When Zhu Mingzhong was still confused, Gu Yanwu explained.

"The king, after our fleet rescued the holy car last year, when I was rewarded for meritorious deeds in Pingnan, I felt that after the army was slightly raised in Jiangyin, Ke Nanjing and Fujiangbei made many miraculous achievements for my Ming Dynasty, and specially issued a decree to seal the scriptures slightly as the "Huai Wang", and the Gao Emperor raised troops in Huaiyou, and today he is "Huai Wang" with a different surname from the Jingluo, which shows that the current and the imperial court attach great importance to the Jingluo......"

Gu Yanwu's explanation really made everyone think that the imperial court valued Zhu Mingzhong, but on the other hand, the big guy also knew that it was inevitable for Jingluo to obtain this seal.

Compared with the excitement of others, Zhu Mingzhong seemed extremely calm, he was not surprised to be crowned king, Yongli Dynasty except for an orthodox name, there is no other, the reason why he can "unite everyone" is to rely on the "reward", the reward is naturally not Jiangxi, but the seal, but it is possible, it is certain that now the Yongli court does not know the merits of the officials and generals in the Jiangbei Bureau, if you know, the reward will naturally follow.

Now this great king! It's just a name for yourself. The really valuable thing is not King Huai, now that the name is there, where is the real benefit?

Seeing that the king was looking at him with an interested gaze, Gu Yanwu knew that there was no need to sell Guan Zi anymore, after all, everyone knew that this King Huai was just a name.

"The king, because Jiangbei is far away from the imperial court, so the king is specially allowed to open in Jiangbei, and can set up six officials and officials such as inspection, publicity, and trial to facilitate governance, and allow the king to appoint official positions, military attachés can reach one product, and civil affairs can reach six department heads......"

Not to mention, although it is explained that he knows that the Yongli Dynasty is only giving a name, but when he heard this "opened in Jiangbei, can set up six officials", Zhu Mingzhong's mood still couldn't help but be excited, after all, this is exactly what he desires, this is completely the same power as Zheng Chenggong, set up six officials, and serve as civil and military positions, which is almost equivalent to a small court, with this will, it can be said that the self-reliance that has always been dreamed of has naturally become a reality.

Just when Zhu Mingzhong was secretly excited that he had finally thrown off Zheng Chenggong's hat, he saw Gu Yanwu laughing.

"Another, today I have given another marriage to the king......"