At the end of April, on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, a passenger boat full of passengers went straight down the river, smoothly moving on the microwave water.

This passenger ship departed from Tongzhou, the destination is Yangzhou in Nanzhili, and there are three main types of guests on board, one is to visit relatives and friends, the other is to enjoy the mountains and rivers, and finally it is to do business.

An elegant man in a white shirt stood on the bow of the boat comfortably blowing the cool river breeze, and several strong men who looked like tourists strolled around, vigilantly observing the surrounding situation.

"Young master, it's almost time to arrive in Huai'an." A moment later, a handsome man in white walked quickly to the elegant man in white and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to get off the boat?" ”

"No, more is better than less, stay on the ship." The elegant man in the white shirt groaned for a moment when he heard this, then shook his head and said, his eyes flashing with a look of regret.

Then, the elegant man in the white shirt turned around and walked back to the cabin, no one would have thought that this gentle man was the famous loyal king of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to save time on the road, Li Yuntian went to Nanzhili this time, and only brought Lin Xin and some guards, so as not to alarm the officials along the way, and at the same time, it also played a good role in secrecy, no one would have thought that the dignified Zhongwang would take a passenger boat with the people.

The handsome man in white is naturally Lin Xin, Huai'an is Lei Ting's hometown, Lei Ting's son is now in Huai'an City, raised and cared for by Lei Ting's parents.

Li Yuntian definitely wanted to meet his son, the father and son had met only a handful of times, but he couldn't stay with his son, so it was better not to see him, and it was also to avoid unnecessary trouble.

The voyage of the Ming army's sailors this time is unprecedented, and no king in the past dynasties has emigrated overseas on such a large scale, so even Li Yuntian could not predict the fate of the people who went to sea this time, although there were many dangers, he had to send people out to fight the front station.

"Lord Wang!" After entering the cabin, Li Yuntian did not go back to his room, but went to the next room, only to see several men from the Western Regions dressed as merchants gathering together to talk about something, and when they saw him, they all got up and bowed, and said in the Western Regions dialect.

"General Wendu, there are two or three days to get to Yangzhou, and then everyone can go ashore." Li Yuntian smiled slightly, and said to one of the men from the Western Regions, in the words of the Western Regions, this person is Wendu, the god of war of the Timurid Empire.

At the end of March, Wen Du and Ye Xian came to the capital together to report to Li Yuntian, and Li Yuntian took Wen Du south, wanting to let Wen Du see the prosperity and wealth of the Ming Dynasty and the unparalleled sailor in the world.

In Li Yuntian's view, in order to make the Timurid Empire and the Ming Dynasty have long-term peace and stability, it is necessary to make the Timurid Empire fear the Ming Dynasty, so he showed his muscles in front of Wendu and told Wendu that the Ming Dynasty was not something that the Timurid Empire could provoke.

"Lord Wang, I'll wait for nothing, Lord Wang doesn't need to worry." Wen Du's face was a little pale, and his expression looked haggard, and he bowed to Li Yuntian and replied, although he was struggling on the horse, he was seasick, and he had vomited countless times along the way.

"General Wendu, this king knows that you want to know why this king wants the Persian Gulf and those ports, and you will naturally know when you get to the place." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, he knew that Wen Du had suffered a lot of sins on the road, so he felt a little comfortable in his heart, and he was very happy to see Wen Du deflated, so that Wen Du's trip to Daming would be impressive.

Wen Du's eyes suddenly lit up, since Li Yuntian proposed to Hordu Khan for coastal ports and the Persian Gulf, he was very interested in the strength of the Daming sailors, listening to Li Yuntian's tone, he was finally able to see the Daming sailors.

Since Li Yuntian's trip to the south this time was a secret of the imperial court, Wen Du did not know Li Yuntian's intention of going to Jiangnan, but he had long wanted to see if the Jiangnan of the Ming Dynasty was really as prosperous as rumored.

According to what Wendu saw along the way, the further south the passenger ship went, the more noisy the border on both sides of the river became, which made him both surprised and disappointed, and if the Timurid Empire could defeat Li Yuntian in Kansai, all of this would become the Timurid Empire.

Li Yuntian noticed the flash of light in Wen Du's eyes, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, if Wen Du could be made close to Da Ming, then Da Ming would no longer need to worry about the Timurid Empire.

Three days later, in the morning, the passenger ship docked at the wharf in Yangzhou, which was the busy season in Yangzhou, and the wharf was crowded with people, the sound was boiling, and it was very lively.

Since Li Yuntian did not notify the local government or the lecture hall, no one came to pick him up, and the group went straight to an inn in Yangzhou City after going ashore, where Li Yuntian planned to rest for one night before going to Ningbo.

The construction of the military port in Ningbo has been completed, and a large number of ships are gathering at this time, and Li Yuntian will preside over the swearing-in meeting.

Wen Du came to Jiangnan for the first time, and was surprised by the prosperity of Yangzhou, never imagined that there was such a rich place in the world, and there were crowds of people and rows of shops everywhere, and Samarkand City was simply overshadowed by it.

Li Yuntian noticed the shocked look on Wen Du's face, so after settling down in his accommodation, he led him around the market, and introduced him to the customs and customs of Yangzhou, which made Wen Du nod again and again.

Near noon, Li Yuntian went to a famous restaurant in the city, ready to invite Wen Du to taste the food of Jiangnan, in order to be able to book a private room, Lin Xin sent someone to book a room as soon as he got off the boat, otherwise the private room would have been full by the time it was time to eat.

When he arrived at the door of the restaurant, Li Yuntian, who was talking and laughing with Wendu, was about to enter the door under the diligent guidance of the shopkeeper, when a thin figure rushed out of the door and slammed into him.

To be exact, the other party hit him in the leg and then plopped and sat on the ground.

Li Yuntian fixed his eyes and saw a little boy with red lips and white teeth sitting on the ground grinning and covering his buttocks, looking about six or seven years old, and he was so cute.

"Whose child are you, why are you so careless when you walk?" Seeing this, Li Yuntian smiled and stretched out his hand to pull the little boy up.

"Dad, I've finally found you." The little boy glanced at Li Yuntian, and after rolling his eyes, he suddenly hugged Li Yuntian's legs, let go of his throat and howled.

Seeing this situation, Li Yuntian couldn't help but be stunned, he never expected the little boy to come to this hand.

"Little guy, did you recognize the wrong person, my young master has been running around in recent years, how can it be your father?" At this time, Lin Xin, who was following behind Li Yuntian, walked forward quickly, leaned over and said to the little boy.

"He is my father, and my mother also has a jade pendant with the same pattern, which is a token of love from my father to my mother, and only my father has it. Now that my mother is dead, I have to come to my father. Hearing this, the little boy reached out and grabbed the jade pendant that Li Yuntian was hanging in front of him, and shouted loudly at the top of his voice, "Dad, don't you want me." ”

"This ......" Lin Xin couldn't help but be slightly stunned when she heard this, and then looked up at Li Yuntian, she didn't expect the little boy to have evidence, so she didn't know what to do for a while.

Judging by the age of the little boy, Lin Xin didn't seem to have seen Li Yuntian when the little boy was born, so he didn't know what happened to Li Yuntian before.

Li Yuntian looked at the little boy there with great interest, and howled hard, his jade pendant was given by Zhou Yuting before he went to the Western Regions, at that time, the little boy was afraid that he would pee and play with mud, it seems that this little guy is quite clever.

Although the little boy was deliberately looking for trouble, Li Yuntian was not worried, because it was obvious that it was just an accident, and he was now a little curious about the little boy's motive for doing so.

"Little bastard, I actually pretended to be a fool to deceive Lao Tzu, see how Lao Tzu repairs you now." At this moment, an angry voice came, and I saw several men rushing down from the second floor of the restaurant with a fierce attitude, and a stout man in the lead ran over and stretched out his hand to drag Li Yuntian's little boy.

"You seem so rude!" Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, and then he stretched out his hand and opened the stout man's hand, and said quietly.

Hearing this, the guards who followed Li Yuntian immediately rushed forward and surrounded the stout man and the others with expressionless faces.

"This son, he is the son of Zaixia, naughty by nature, just now he slipped out to play while he was eating, thank you Gongzi for stopping him, otherwise I don't know how big the basket this kid is going to poke." The stout man saw that the guards were all strong and capable, and knew that he had encountered hard stubble, so he hurriedly turned around and said with a smile.

"Nonsense, where does the master look like you, just because you also want to be the master's father!" As soon as the stout man's words fell, the little boy stuck out his tongue at the stout man, and then said to Li Yuntian, "Dad, don't listen to him, he is a wicked man, he arrested me and wanted to extort money from my father." ”

The so-called speaker has no intention of listening, listening to the little boy's words, Lin Xin suddenly found that the little boy looked very similar to Li Yuntian, more like the little princes in the family.

The diners in the hall were attracted by the scene at the door, and whispered to each other, wondering whether the little boy was lying.

"This son, the dog is really too nonsense, it makes you laugh." The stout man didn't expect the little boy to have sharp teeth and sharp mouth, and after his face changed, he first laughed at Li Yuntian a few times, and then reached out to pull the little boy, "Go back with Dad, don't make any more trouble." ”

"Dad, he's a bad guy, don't let him take me away." Seeing this, the little boy hid behind Li Yuntian, avoided the stout man, and pulled the corner of Li Yuntian's clothes and said pitifully.

Li Yuntian suddenly showed a smile on the corner of his mouth when he heard this, he liked the little boy's cleverness, and at the same time, he also saw that the stout man was not the father of the little boy, and there was a chance that the little boy was kidnapped.

"Take them down and send them to the government for disposal!" Therefore, Li Yuntian pondered for a while, then stretched out his hand and pointed at the stout man and said loudly to the guards, since this kind of thing has happened, it is natural to bring the stout man and others to justice.

Seeing that Li Yuntian had given an order, the guards immediately rushed over to the stout man and the others, preparing to control them and send them to the official mansion.

"Do you know who Lao Tzu is, if you dare to touch Lao Tzu, you don't want to get out of Yangzhou City!" Looking at the guards who rushed over with a cold expression, the stout man was taken aback in his heart, he didn't expect Li Yuntian to arrest him and go to see the official without saying a word, so his face sank, and he pointed at Li Yuntian and shouted, wanting to scare Li Yuntian away.