Chapter 165: Pan Pan Jixun, Who Binds the Turbid Dragon, and Gao Zhu Qiyu, Who Is as Miserable as a Water Ghost

In the first month of the fourth year of Emperor Wanli, the capital was full of joy. First, it was the New Year, and second, because the court had won another victory last winter. The first year of Emperor Wanli was the Douzhang Barbarians, the second year was Gule Fortress, and the third year was Daning Wei. The Great Ming had been winning battles recently, so it became even more joyful.

The victories of the second and third years of Emperor Wanli were related to the vital interests of every common person in the capital region. At least for a short time, the common people in the capital region didn't have to worry about the Altan Khan and the Tuman Khan invading the south again. They had to find a way to take down Daning Wei before they could invade the south.

The capital region had recovered some of its past prosperity and vitality. In just eight years from the first year of Emperor Longqing to the third year of Emperor Wanli, the emptiness of the capital region had been somewhat alleviated.

The route taken by the Altan Khan was different from that of Esen. Esen defeated the Capital Battalion in Xuanfu (Zhangjiakou) and then invaded from the Zijing Pass, while the Altan Khan and the Tuman Khan invaded from the south at Gubeikou and Xifengkou.

With General Qi in the north, at least there was peace.

There had never been a lack of impeachment of Qi Qi Jiguang in the court, but because of this stabilizing effect on the hearts of the people, and because Zhang Zhang Juzheng was still governing the state, it was very difficult for Qi Qi Jiguang to be overthrown by some illusory and hypocritical remarks, such as the matter of Persian beauties.

The little Emperor received external officials, assistant county magistrates, elders, and common people at the Huangji Gate as always, and every year, they were carefully selected by Zhang Zhang Juzheng.

The external official seen this year was the Director of River Affairs and Governor of Jiangxi, Pan Pan Jixun. Pan Pan Jixun was in charge of the Yellow River's river course, and he was the Governor of Jiangxi. Both of these positions were positions of real power.

"Grand Secretary, how does Governor Pan manage the river affairs while in Jiangxi?" Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Pan Pan Jixun, who was very thin, with eyes like torches, and very shrewd.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng said: "Because regarding the Yellow River, only Pan Pan Jixun can bind the turbid dragon."

The temper of the Yellow River, this mother river, was very, very bad. It was always wagging its tail in the North China Plain, making the common people of the North China Plain suffer from the flooding of the Yellow River. As the weather turned cold, the water flow of the Yellow River decreased, and the silt from the Loess Plateau settled on the riverbed, making the Yellow River a "hanging river" above the ground.

It wasn't just natural disasters; there was also man-made disaster. The Northern Song Dynasty was never able to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, causing the Khitan people of the Liao Dynasty to invade the south at any time.

And because the Northern Song court was never able to

Under the guiding principle of Song Taizong Zhao Zhao Guangyi of using water instead of soldiers, the Northern Song Dynasty spent over a hundred years using water instead of soldiers.

The three diversions of the Yellow River were carried out under this guiding ideology, and the three diversions of the Yellow River were truly too wicked.

Can using water instead of soldiers really stop the strong northern barbarians from moving south? Actually, it cannot. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, the iron hooves of the Jin people moved south, and in the Jingkang Incident, Emperor Emperor Huizong and Emperor Emperor Qinzong of Song were taken north.

The Jin army that captured the two emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty failed to occupy Kaifeng and withdrew. In the early Southern Song Dynasty, the "smart" Tokyo Garrison Commander and Kaifeng Prefect Du Chong, who replaced Zong Ze, feared the Jin soldiers and abandoned Kaifeng, fleeing south with his people. After Du Chong dug open the Yellow River, the Yellow River thereafter diverted into the Two Huai River and entered the sea.

It is worth noting that Du Chong, who was entrusted with heavy responsibilities by Emperor Gaozong of Song Zhao Gou, was in charge of the Yangtze River defense. When the Jin people moved south, Du Chong directly surrendered to the Jin people.

Du Chong dug open the dam in the Kaifeng section, and the temper of the Yellow River became increasingly irritable.

Later, the Jin Kingdom began to manage the Yellow River, and it breached its banks every three days and broke its mouth every five days. The Yuan Dynasty, because of managing the Yellow River, even produced the saying: "The stone man has one eye, inciting the Yellow River to rebel against the world."

The Yellow River is difficult to manage, and standing in front of Zhu Zhu Yijun was a water conservancy expert who could bind the muddy dragon with his hands: Pan Pan Jixun.

Pan Pan Jixun heard Zhang Zhang Juzheng's evaluation of "binding the muddy dragon with his hands" and just shook his head, saying with a bit of melancholy: "The Grand Secretary praises me too much. The only thing your subject is good at is building dikes to bind water, using water to attack sand, storing clear water to brush away the muddy, scouring the riverbed, and protecting the canal transport. It is just the 'binding water and scouring sand method,' not worth mentioning. It cannot achieve complete success and cannot bear such excessive praise."

"Prefect Pan, speak your mind." Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Pan Pan Jixun's hesitant appearance and told him to speak the words stuck in his heart.

Pan Pan Jixun took a deep breath, shook his head, and said: "Your subject does not want to harm the Master. Your subject spoke nonsense at the gate of the Quanchu Society, which will only make things difficult for the Master."

This is still a fellow student!

"Just speak freely. Coming out to see external officials was the Master's idea, and it has been three years now." Zhu Zhu Yijun stated again: Speak, there is nothing that cannot be spoken!

In the original historical timeline, this matter of meeting external officials only took place once in the twelfth month of the first year of Emperor Wanli and was stopped amidst opposition. Meeting external officials was seen as a hard struggle to intimidate the monarch; so you, Zhang Zhang Juzheng, are capable, are you? Your students and former subordinates are all over the world, are they? Who are you trying to scare!

Meeting external officials was the established constitution of the ancestors during the Emperor Hongwu and Yongle years. Zhu Zhu Yijun felt it was very good and put an 'x' on any memorial impeaching it, preserving it.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Just say it."

"To manage the river, one must first manage the Hetao. Without managing the Hetao, it is fundamentally impossible to manage the Yellow River. The former Grand Secretary Zi Xia Yan died because of recovering the Hetao, so your subject dares not speak." Pan Pan Jixun deliberated for a long time before saying.

Zhu Zhu Yijun heard this and expressed his attitude very solemnly and clearly: There is nothing that cannot be spoken. The Minister of War is shouting every day about recovering the Hetao and recovering the Daningwei. Hasn't the Daningwei already returned? Recovering the Hetao can be discussed, and must be discussed.

"Can it be discussed?" Pan Pan Jixun was stunned. He returned to the capital to report on his duties this time, and his grasp of the wind and public opinion in the court was not clear.

"Of course it can. I am the Son of Heaven; my words are golden and jade, and a team of four horses cannot catch them!" Zhu Zhu Yijun once again clearly expressed his attitude: It can be discussed.

Pan Pan Jixun's set of combination punches, the "binding water and scouring sand method," has been used as a flood control system for the Yellow River until the 21st century and is still the core guiding ideology. Moreover, Pan Pan Jixun clearly pointed out in his memorials during the Emperor Wanli years that managing the river must first manage the Hetao.

If silt is not solved from the source, binding water and scouring sand cannot last long.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng felt that Pan Pan Jixun could bind the muddy dragon with his hands, but Pan Pan Jixun felt that he could not achieve complete success.

Zhu Zhu Yijun specially issued an imperial decree to keep Pan Pan Jixun in the capital for a few days, entering the side hall every day to explain the "binding water and scouring sand method." Pan Pan Jixun had never personally entered the Hetao, so his method lacked another important component: managing the Hetao.

Engineering is just like mathematics; it doesn't lie.

On the seventh day of the first month of the fourth year of Emperor Wanli, Zhu Zhu Yijun placed "Overview of River Defense" and "Observations on the Two Rivers" written by Pan Pan Jixun, "Records of the Yongding Woolen Shipyard" written by Wang Wang Chonggu, and "Records of the Songjiang Shipyard," "Records of the Longjiang Shipyard," and "Records of the Fujian Shipyard" written by Guo Guo Rulin, Zhao Li Shizhen, and others into the display case representing engineering.

Zhu Zhu Yijun closed the glass display case and stood in the side hall for a long, long time, while Zhang Zhang Juzheng stood to the side, also full of gratification.

His Majesty has the ambition to revitalize the Great Ming; this is ambition. His Majesty has perseverance far exceeding ordinary people; this is perseverance. Why worry that the Great Ming cannot rise again?

"Master, our Great Ming is flourishing." The smile on Zhu Zhu Yijun's face was bright and sunny, happy from the bottom of his heart.

On the seventh day of the first month of the fourth year of Emperor Wanli, at this time, the thirty-two Great Ming people furthest from the Great Ming were also celebrating the New Year, but the conditions were simple, and they could only open a bottle of national cellar liquor and offer it to the capital from afar, which counted as passing the New Year.

The Great Ming fleet led by Gao Zhu Qiyu and Xu Fan was still on the four-masted large sailing ship. In these six months, they had become people of the water.

Getting on a ship is a very, very hard thing.

In these six months, Gao Zhu Qiyu and Xu Fan had gone through many, many dangers.

For example, the thick fog caused by the collision of the Kuroshio current. There are also rivers in the sea, which is something Gao Zhu Qiyu and Xu Fan knew before going to sea. And the rivers in the sea are also divided into cold and hot types, and the collision of cold and hot will produce thick fog.

Different from the thick fog on the road, the thick fog on the sea covers the sky and the sun. For several consecutive days of sailing, one could not distinguish five fingers when stretching out a hand. The fog changed into various shapes under the action of the wind, making the already lonely voyage even more chilling. A feeling called loneliness spread in everyone's hearts, and it seemed that the passage of time was stopping.

And in the thick fog was a sudden rainstorm.

The weather at sea is always so unexpected. In the torrential rain, strong winds, and monstrous waves, the three four-masted large sailing ships finally scattered. Everyone tied themselves to the ship with ropes for fear of being thrown out, but they didn't dare to tie them too tightly for fear of being unable to escape when the ship sank. Actually, it was all indifferent struggling.

Humans are so small in front of nature.

The ship began to lack fresh water, or rather, strong liquor. The fresh water on the ship could still be supplemented by rainwater, but it had to be taken with strong liquor to ensure no diarrhea. After communicating with Captain Antonio, Gao Zhu Qiyu made the decision to take out the national cellar strong liquor that was a gift for the Spanish King Philip II, which ensured the supply of fresh water for the ships.

After being separated for nearly a month, the two lost ships miraculously appeared around them again. Everyone on the ships cheered enthusiastically, firing firelocks at the sky to celebrate this reunion. The firelocks shot holes in the sails of the sailing ships, and Captain Antonio could only cheer while cursing.

In fact, Antonio had already prepared for the loss of the two ships.

Even if only one ship could arrive at the port smoothly, the profit would be enough to make up for the loss. The return of two ships was simply a miracle.

Neither of those two ships had a pilot. Translated into Great Ming terminology, it meant there were no boatmen who knew the art of "star-gazing and ocean-crossing."

The art of star-gazing and ocean-crossing is a profound discipline, and in the Great Ming, it was also seen by the crew as a god who could calculate and cover the secrets of heaven. Under the thick fog that covered the secrets of heaven, they could still navigate by compass, which is an extremely terrifying ability.

Boatmen need to possess profound mathematical and star-observing abilities. In the West, there are not many boatmen willing to get on a ship. In fact, the route from Manila—Moon Port—Acapulco (Mexico)—Lima Port (Peru)—Strait of Magellan—La Plata (Argentina)—Para (Brazil)—Cape Verde (westernmost end of West Africa)—Seville (Spain) is still very unstable and immature, especially when crossing the Pacific Ocean, which looks calm, there are still too many dangers.

People prefer the Macau—Goa (India)—Cape of Good Hope—Lisbon (Portugal) route. This route does not need to cross the high waves of the Atlantic Ocean, and there is land along the way, so fresh water and food can be supplemented at any time. Most importantly, this route has been around for decades, and the route is very mature.

The boatmen of Spain and Portugal actually do not like this new route opened by Spain, which is considered an adventure full of dangers.

So those two ships without boatmen meant death if they got lost, but they still followed the rivers in the sea and caught up with the flagship that had boatmen.

Xu Fan put down the telescope in his hand and said to Gao Zhu Qiyu: "Not having boatmen on the other two ships is also a means of restraint. Once they leave the flagship, they will surely die if they get lost in the vast ocean. The boatman is the rein in Philip II's hand."

"Crew members can die at sea, but they absolutely cannot steal Philip II's wealth."

"It is also possible that Philip II cannot equip enough boatmen." Gao Zhu Qiyu thought of another possibility.

In the logbook, Xu Fan and Gao Zhu Qiyu updated a lot. The topic they discussed this time was that the other two large ships were not equipped with boatmen.

Antonio said very definitely: "Gao's idea is correct. It's not that Philip II doesn't want to equip enough pilots; he can't do it. This explanation is not very complicated."

"Philip II is more tyrannical and domineering. He made clear regulations that colonies are only allowed to trade with the suzerain state and cannot trade with any other country. Trade between colonies is also strictly prohibited. And the trade between colonies and the suzerain state is monopolized by a few merchants granted by Philip II, mainly concentrated in the port of Seville, which makes the Low Countries and the Principality of Aragon very dissatisfied."

"And the port designated for trade in the colonies is the port of Veracruz, which is also called the evil monopoly port, Philip II's money bag."

The communication between Antonio and Gao Zhu Qiyu and Xu Fan was very strange. Gao Zhu Qiyu and Xu Fan spoke Han language, and Antonio spoke Latin. Both sides communicated in bilingual language like this, and both could understand what the other was saying, just that each had their own position, even if Gao Zhu Qiyu could speak Latin, he wouldn't open his mouth.

Gao Zhu Qiyu was an envoy of the Great Ming Emperor.

Gao Zhu Qiyu and Xu Fan looked at each other. They could understand what Antonio was saying. There were many, many factors for the suspension of Zheng He's voyages during the Yongle and Emperor Xuande years, one of which was that the court monopolized maritime trade, which eventually led to the increasingly fierce public opinion against it, and finally it stopped.

Even in the Great Ming, in a country with highly concentrated power, an administrative order is from top to bottom and from bottom to top, and it must also conform to the theory of contradictions to be implemented, and the monopoly trade of government ships.

Now Spain is also facing the same predicament. The opposition is so widespread that Philip II can't even find a pilot.

Because the maritime academy is in the hands of nobles, powerful people, and religion, and pilots are also in their hands, monopoly trade has become precarious.

Under this administrative order of Philip II, there is shocking smuggling. The governors of the various colonial governor's offices tacitly understand that under the illumination of the empire on which the sun never sets, they are all doing things for the convenience of merchants;

The powerful people of Spain are resisting this administrative order by not giving Philip II pilots, while the Low Countries, the Netherlands, have taken up arms to resist this administrative order.

Antonio said with a smile: "The dangerous time of this journey has passed. We are about to arrive in Acapulco. When we get there, we will get off the ship and walk to the port of Veracruz. In three months at most, we can arrive at the port of Seville."

"Damn it, we'll have to change ships then. The sanitary conditions of those ships are extremely terrible, ships full of rats and fleas everywhere, it's simply damn it."

"Why can't we learn the Great Ming's hygiene techniques!"

Antonio's smile disappeared!

He remembered something extremely terrible. For the past six months, he had been used to the ship having no rats. Before, every morning when he woke up, he could see his dearest friends—rats the size of a forearm. For Antonio, who was already used to ships without rats, this was simply like a nightmare.

He was used to the bad sanitary environment before and didn't feel anything, but now, when he thought of that scene, cold sweat even broke out on his back!

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

"Oh? Can we arrive in three months?" Gao Zhu Qiyu said with some worry: "I am still a bit worried. After all, the conflict in Luzon has cast a shadow over this mission. I am quite worried that unnecessary conflicts will occur when meeting the King of Spain."

"There is no need to worry." Antonio looked left and right, and whispered in Han language: "Actually, Philip II doesn't know where Manila is. Francisco didn't report the detailed situation of Luzon in detail, and now that he has been captured by you, it is even less possible to report it."

"Spaniards who don't run ships to Luzon actually think that Luzon is a province of the Great Ming, because the goods of the large sailing ships are often goods with strong oriental colors—silk, tea, porcelain, spices, cotton cloth, paper, glass, etc. Not everyone is like the Great Ming Emperor, who must figure out and think clearly about where his territory is."

"Star-gazing and ocean-crossing, a very cool name. Even because of religious reasons, the fact that the earth is a sphere is not universally discussed, even if it is a proven fact."

Antonio said a not-so-complicated paragraph.

Philip II had only been to the Low Countries of the Netherlands at furthest. Philip II could not clearly know the situation in Luzon. Luzon is really too far away.

"Does the captain mean that if we don't explain, we can muddle through this matter and fool the King of Spain?" Gao Zhu Qiyu tasted Antonio's words seriously, confirmed that he hadn't heard wrong, and felt a sense of familiarity.

That's right, the Great Ming is like this, deceiving the Emperor, building an information cocoon, and trapping the Emperor in a dream of a celestial empire, unable to extricate himself.

Antonio said very definitely: "In fact, it is not uncommon for governors to be killed by local natives. If Philip II doesn't ask, there is no need to explain in too much detail. Isn't the most important significance of Manila to Philip II trade? As long as trade is still going on, Philip II will not ask too much."

"Pan Li Yashi knows this very well, so in his letters, he never talks about the loss of Manila. I am Philip II's opponent, and it is right for me to deceive him, but Pan Li Yashi is Philip II's envoy. Pan Li Yashi would deceive his monarch, so I have even less moral burden."

"Very reasonable." Xu Fan nodded and said.

Deception is ubiquitous, just like smuggling is ubiquitous. In fact, sons don't tell the truth to their fathers. Xu Fan told the truth to Xu Xu Jie, and the result was that he went from being his father's good son to a murderer, and finally was exiled as an attendant to the West.

For example, the ship lacked strong liquor, and Gao Zhu Qiyu made the decision to use the Great Ming Emperor's gift to Philip II, the national cellar strong liquor. As long as no one says anything, no one will know.

"We are about to arrive in Acapulco. The next journey will make the two of you very disappointed." Antonio spread his hands and said: "Don't have too many expectations for the West. The real situation might be worse than you imagine."

"Are we almost there?" Gao Zhu Qiyu was actually fed up with the days on the ship. The feeling of having his feet on the ground was really good.

"Yes, this is also the reason why Philip II invested in me. I am an excellent pilot, the pilot of the large sailing ship fleet, that is me." Antonio said with a smile.

Philip II chose Antonio because he really couldn't find a pilot.

Pilots are not very scarce in the West, but these pilots are not loyal to the royal family, mainly in the Principality of Aragon and the Low Countries. The Principality of Aragon is a partner of the Spanish Empire, and the Low Countries, the Netherlands, are the vanguard of resisting tyranny.

In the glimmer of dawn, three large sailing ships slowly sailed from the distant sea horizon toward the port, its appearance like a scroll slowly unfolding.

The first to appear were the masts of the ship, and then the soft sails with red crosses. Under the blowing of the sea wind, the soft sails bulged like wings ready to fly, setting off the cross more fully.

Every patch and every trace on the ship's sails seemed to tell its stories and adventures, many of which were holes shot during the reunion when firing firelocks at the sky, and Antonio jumped and cursed.

And then appeared the ram at the bow of the ship. At the tail of the ram was a stone carving, an eagle-beaked human body, carved by Indians.

The morning sun shone on the hull of the large sailing ship. The three ships drew beautiful water lines on the blue waves. The hull was wide and the lines were smooth. This was the largest ship of the Spanish Empire, loaded with goods from the distant East.

When the four-masted large sailing ship approached the port of Acapulco, people in the port began to run and cheer. Small boats began to leave the port, hanging hooks on the large ships, and dragging the ships into the port.

The weather was clear, cloudless, and the waves gently patted the hull, making waves like pearls. After the ship docked, people in the port of Acapulco rushed forward from the wharf one after another, wanting to see the heroic posture of the large sailing ship.

Indeed majestic.

And at this time, the crew of the large sailing ship also began to get busy. They skillfully operated the ropes, tying the ships firmly to the wharf, and then the crew on the large sailing ship began to unload the goods from the ship. Box after box of goods were moved to the wharf, and the whole wharf instantly became lively, constantly erupting in cheers.

Mercury was mined from the Icho River in South America, then transported to Rico Peak to refine silver, cast into silver coins in the city of Potosi, and sent to the port of Acapulco. This is the distribution center for goods and commodities in the entire New Spanish world.

The arrival of this large sailing ship made this port of Acapulco more prosperous and active. People traded goods on the wharf, and happy, lively sounds echoed in the air.

And those three large sailing ships also became the symbol of this port, quietly stopping at the wharf, telling its past maritime adventures and future journeys.

Gao Zhu Qiyu got off the ship and then fell down. On the ship, he was seasick; after getting off the ground, he was landsick...

Walking was as strange as stepping on cotton under his feet, and it even needed half a day to adapt. It was not just Gao Zhu Qiyu, Xu Fan, and the Great Ming mission, but also Captain Antonio, who was the same.

After resting for a day, everyone adapted. After supplementing with sufficient fresh vegetables, Gao Zhu Qiyu finally didn't look like a water ghost, his lips white as paper, and he recovered his usual elegance and gentleness.

Gao Zhu Qiyu's food was very simple. The staple food was crispy roasted corn chips, spicy rolls with chicken or beef, a dish of chili sauce, two slices of lemon, a pinch of sea salt, and a glass of tequila. This was the local food, and the taste of this tequila was not delicious, so Gao Zhu Qiyu refused to drink this strange-tasting wine.

This voyage was very bitter and tiring, very hard, but the harvest was fruitful.

"Did you notice? Their ships sailing at sea can be completely regarded as a gift from God, just as rough as the silk they weave and dye, completely adventuring." Xu Fan finished writing the logbook and said to Gao Zhu Qiyu, who was also writing hard.

They used hard pens, that is, pencils. At sea, there was no condition to write with a brush, which was really difficult.

"It is indeed an adventure, drifting with the tide, completely relying on the rivers in the sea to move forward." Gao Zhu Qiyu fully agreed with Xu Fan's point of view, so those who arrived in Luzon were all desperadoes, all bottom-level people. Antonio, Pan Li Yashi, and that fox demon Luo Li'an were nobles.

Xu Fan said helplessly: "Just as the captain said, we don't have to have expectations for the next journey. This place is extremely simple."

"According to the captain's statement, we will walk a land route of about eight hundred li after getting off the ship, and get on the ship again at the port of Veracruz in the Atlantic Ocean. If we choose to go south to the Strait of Magellan, we need to walk more than ten thousand li, at least half a year."

"And this land route is more dangerous than the journey at sea."

Gao Zhu Qiyu closed his logbook and was silent for a long time before saying: "I only hope that our logbook can return to the Great Ming smoothly. There was originally an Indian kingdom here, which was destroyed by the red-haired barbarians fifty years ago."

"In fact, from the documents of the red-haired barbarians we captured, it is not difficult to find that they just couldn't beat our Great Ming Dynasty. They tried repeatedly but were repelled. Sure enough, the Grand Secretary was right: barbarians are wolf-faced and beast-hearted, fearing power but not cherishing virtue."

Xu Fan nodded and said: "I agree with your point of view. After they destroyed this Indian kingdom, they began to enslave this place."

Gao Zhu Qiyu and Xu Fan set off again, from the port of Acapulco on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean to the port of Veracruz on the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean. This land journey was very, very dangerous.

In addition to the bad climate where it rained nine and a half days out of ten, there were countless poisonous snakes, mosquitoes, insects, and wild beasts, as well as those Indians who were howling and painted with various colors on their faces rushing out of the jungle to attack the convoy.

These made Gao Zhu Qiyu and Xu Fan miserable, and even three of the accompanying guards and captains died—one died of a poisonous snake, one died of mosquitoes and insects, and one died at the hands of Indians. This journey was so dangerous, and the motivation driving merchants to cross the tropical rainforest was profit and wealth.

After traveling nearly three hundred li, the convoy began to enter a place called Tenochtitlan, also known as Mexico City, the capital of the original Aztec Kingdom, which was occupied by the Spanish in the sixteenth year of During Zhengde. After more than fifty years of development, the shadow of Indians could no longer be seen here.

And in this city known as the City of the Sun, Gao Zhu Qiyu and Xu Fan were surprised to find more than a thousand Han people living here.

Doctors, tailors, weavers, gold and silver jewelry craftsmen, carpenters, barbers, and merchants from the Central Plains were active in this City of the Sun in a gathering place called Twill Cotton Cloth.

Gao Zhu Qiyu and Xu Fan had some contact with these people. They were Han people who moved to Luzon from the Great Ming. The crew of the four-masted large sailing ship crossed the ocean to come here, tenaciously taking root and sprouting, and some were sold here as slaves.

And Gao Zhu Qiyu and Xu Fan didn't know how to describe it. These Han people had already integrated with the locals, and some had never returned to the Great Ming, and couldn't even speak Han language.

After resting for three days in the City of the Sun, they set off again. This journey was downhill, and they walked very fast. Only seven days later, they arrived at the port of Veracruz and set sail again.

Gao Zhu Qiyu's route map is being produced urgently and will appear in the chapter comments in less than half an hour. I have something to do tomorrow during the day, so the update will be in the evening. There will probably only be one chapter. Please vote for the monthly ticket, Aowu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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