The prince who was free finally had time to do some things he wanted to do.

Yingtian City is already extremely hot in June and July.

However, this did not stop the prince from wanting to do something.

Early in the morning, after breakfast in the East Palace, Zhu Biao took his servants to the harem to pay his respects to all the empresses.

The grandson and granddaughter are still cute.

The only good thing about the old man not being in the capital is that the prince can finally take care of his good grandson and granddaughter.

After seeing the ladies, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren, Zhu Biaolin went to a relatively quiet place in the palace before leaving the palace.

The palace garden was carefully maintained by Qiuniang, and many vegetable seeds obtained from the supervisor of Shanglin Garden were even planted in the corners.

Zhu Biao couldn't tell what they were, but he heard that Master Yuan seemed to like this little girl very much and often said that she should be allowed to work in Shanglinyuan Supervisor.

However, it was still inconvenient to go out every day to his daughter's house, so Master Yuan had no choice but to have some fresh and rare seeds brought to the palace.

When Zhu Biao came over with a group of people, Qiuniang was reclaiming new land in the corner.

Seeing the prince coming, Qiuniang immediately put down the hoe in her hand and stood aside with a bow.

"See Your Highness."

Zhu Biao frowned slightly and whispered softly: "I have told you many times, just like everyone else, you can call me father or father, why bother to be so divided."

Qiuniang lowered her head and held her muddy hands together: "Etiquette cannot be broken."

Zhu Biao's eyes were calm.

This little girl is good at everything, but even after being in the palace for so long, she is still extremely restrained.

Seeing the lush greenery in the courtyard, Zhu Biao smiled and said, "How many times did Master Yuan ask you to go to Shanglinyuan Prison?"

Qiuniang didn't know why the prince said this, and thought it was the prince who blamed her.

She quickly buried her head lower and whispered: "Young Master has been told several times, but I have always refused."

"Why refuse? Shanglinyuan Prison is not a nearby place." Zhu Biao moved his mouth and said.

Qiuniang was a little surprised. She raised her head and saw the prince's smiling face.

Zhu Biao said with a smile: "You have grown up in Fengyang since you were a child. You will always feel uncomfortable if you stay in this palace for a long time. I have already told the palace that as long as you want to leave the palace, they will send someone to protect you.

You go to Shanglinyuan Prison. There is nothing around there, just flowers, cattle, sheep, crops and so on."

The palace steward had told him before that he could leave the palace at will, as long as he came back on time.

But since Qiuniang entered the palace, she has always been cautious and cautious. As long as there is no news in the palace, she stays quietly in her own palace garden, tending flowers and plants every day, planting some

Seasonal vegetables.

In the end, of course, I just quietly waited for my husband to come back.

Now that she heard the prince say it herself, Qiuniang's face flashed with joy.

When Zhu Biao saw this, he just smiled silently and continued: "By the way, today Gu is leaving the palace and going to the Longjiang Shipyard. As you know, now that Yun Wen and his people have discovered the New World, the court has decided

We have an errand to explore the New World. Today is the day when the newly built fleet at Longjiang Shipyard will go to sea, do you want to go and see it together?"

Qiuniang couldn't hide the joy on her face, and looked at the prince cautiously: "Can my maid come with you?"

"What's the problem? There aren't many courtiers here today. Apart from us, there are only people from the Governor's Palace left."

Zhu Biao said casually.

The imperial court's development of the New World was naturally a major event, but the imperial court did not prepare a grand farewell ceremony for the newly built naval fleet that sailed across the ocean and arrived at the new continent on the other side of the ocean.

The various ministries and bureaus simply sent some personnel to the fleet in accordance with the requirements, preparing to quickly carry out activities after arriving in the New World, build a complete administrative system in the New World as soon as possible, and finally transport the resources of the New World back through the naval fleet.

Compared with not many important ministers going to the Longjiang Shipyard to see them off, the courtiers are actually already formulating what kind of ceremony they should have to welcome the fleet when it returns fully loaded with resources.

Qiuniang thought for a while, and finally nodded crisply: "My maid, go and prepare."

Seeing that his daughter-in-law finally agreed, Zhu Biao showed a touch of pity on his face and said with a smile: "Go ahead, time is not urgent."

After a while, I was on the carriage leaving the palace.

Zhu Biao looked a little amused at Qiuniang, who didn't know where she got a men's outfit from.

After all, this girl is still cautious. Even if she follows her out of the palace, she doesn't want to show her true face.

Not long after, the carriage had entered the Longjiang Shipyard.

Today's shipyards are more tightly defended than in the past.

The most obvious thing is that around the entire shipyard, a brand new ditch has been dug out, which is three feet wide.

Behind this ditch, there is a large open space, and strong military camps have been built in several key locations, which has never been the case in the past.

Pass through the open space to reach the core area of ​​the shipyard.

At the Longjiang Shipyard, the shipbuilding platform has been cleaned up in advance for this time of crossing the ocean eastward.

Behind the organized shipbuilding platform is a huge new fleet docked on a trestle facing the water.

The first steam warship built by the Ministry of Industry was docked at the core of the fleet. The rest were warships that were modified after the Eastern Expedition to be more suitable for deep ocean navigation.

All personnel, troops, horses and supplies had been loaded into the cabin before today.

The people of the Governor's Office, led by Cabinet Minister Xu Yungong, are waiting for the arrival of the Crown Prince.

On the lookout beside the trestle, everyone saw Zhu Biao coming and immediately stepped forward to greet him.

"I see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhu Biao calmly walked up to the observation deck, and then waved: "Everyone, get up. Today is the day when the ocean fleet goes to sea. They are the protagonists, not alone."

Zhu Biao told a joke and walked to the front of the observation deck amidst everyone's smiles.

Xu Yungong silently looked at Qiuniang, who was dressed in men's clothing, but did not hide much.

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Naturally, the people in the Governor's Mansion also noticed Qiu Niang, who was dressed as a man. They all chose to pretend they didn't see her and followed the Crown Prince to take their place in front of the observation tower.

"In addition to the latest steam warship built by the Ministry of Industry, there are also twelve modified deep-sea warships and forty-eight transport ships."

Xu Yungong introduced to Zhu Biao in detail the details of this time the imperial navy fleet crossed the ocean eastward.

Another general from the Governor's Office also said: "On this trip, there are a total of 12,000 officers, soldiers, and sailors in the fleet. The Ministry of Works will serve as the supervisor, and a thousand craftsmen will accompany them. A supply of food and supplies, and the accounts are all in

Here."

With that said, a copy of the account book was delivered to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao took the account book and took a look at it.

Very detailed.

The Grand Governor's Mansion has made all plans for the entire fleet, down to how much food will be lost every day, and how much food is expected to be left by the fleet in addition to the inedible supplies after arriving in the New World.

The ledger is actually nothing interesting to look at.

If it weren't for the fact that the imperial court still needed to explore the Southern and Western Oceans, the imperial court would have invested more resources in the East China Sea Fleet in front of it.

According to the news from the Admiralty Department of the Metropolitan Government, good news seems to be coming back from the fleet in Nanyang soon. I heard that it is related to mineral resources.

The fleet on the other side of the Western Ocean is stepping up its exploration of sea routes and the western coastline, trying to deliver an entire fleet to the port of Europa.

Zhu Biao looked at the East China Sea Fleet that was about to set sail in front of him, and said with a smile: "Previously, Taisun and Gu said that the Ming Dynasty needs to build a naval fleet that is unrivaled in the world. Gu didn't believe it at that time.

But when I saw him today, Gu Zhen believed it.

The East China Sea Fleet is worthy of the name of the Ming Dynasty Royal Navy!"

No wonder the old man said that one day he wanted to sail a boat and go to sea.

Zhu Biao looked at the majestic naval fleet in front of him and was filled with enthusiasm at this moment.

Behind the exposed gun ports on both sides of the warship, the black holes of the gun barrels, even though they were silent at the moment, still made people shudder.

The prince cannot think of anyone else in the world today who can be the opponent of the fleet in front of him.

But Xu Yungong and others were even happier.

This is the first time that they have said it from the mouth of a member of the royal family, especially the current crown prince.

Ming Royal Navy!

There is nothing more inspiring than this.

"The Ming Royal Navy!"

I don't know who shouted, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

He is a military officer in the Admiralty Department of the Metropolitan Government.

Seeing everyone's eyes turning over, the Navy official immediately lowered his head.

But the next moment.

Xu Yungong has already raised his arms.
To be continued...