Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 287 Goal
Spring returns to the earth, Vientiane is renewed.

A few days later, Qizhou, Yongming County.

Harbor pier.

Qizhou is located in the east of Daxuan, and Yongming is located in the east of Qizhou. Going out to sea from here is the closest place to the Ten Kingdoms of the East China Sea.

The former Daxuan Mission also went to sea from here.

Daxuan's shipbuilding department and shipbuilding department are also located here.

Now that Xu Zun is a senior member of the imperial court, the local prefects, long history, county guards and other officials of all sizes in Qizhou naturally have to approach him from a distance to welcome him.

However, among all the accompanying officials, Xu Zun can only be regarded as the commander who went to sea this time, but he is not the one with the highest rank.

Li Gui, as the crown prince Shao Fu, is a third-rank official, one level higher than Xu Zun, so he is naturally the biggest official.

In terms of qualifications in the Prince's Mansion, the first class is the "Three Young Masters", that is, the Prince's Shaoshi, the Prince's Shaofu, and the Prince's Shaobao.

According to Daxuan's practice, the prince's junior teacher is generally served by a cabinet member, who is the kind of person who has relatively deep knowledge and relatively high prestige.

Because the prince's young master Su Gan was old and sick, the Queen Mother did not send him to participate in the trip to the East China Sea.

The Prince Shaobao died in the assassination of the Heavenly Tribulation, so among the "Three Young Masters", only this Prince Shaofu came.

However, Li Gui is also nearly sixty years old this year, and he also has more energy than energy.

When Xu Zun and his party arrived at Yongming, he was bedridden and never came out again.

Now the only ones who are discussing with Xu Zun about going to sea are the prince Zhan, Zhang Yao, and the prince's guest, Shan Peng.

These two people are obviously here to make soy sauce. The biggest task of their trip is to identify the prince after they find him.

Therefore, all matters related to going to sea are basically decided by Xu Zun.

"We have seen the auspicious day of the zodiac," said the secretary of the Shipping Department, "the day after tomorrow will be an auspicious day, with smooth wind and smooth sailing, good luck! Master Xu...you see..."

"..."

Xu Zun was speechless, talking in his heart, I haven't figured out anything here yet, are you in such a hurry to send me away?
but……

Xu Zun glanced out the window, but he saw the three ocean-going ships beyond the water gate. There were four-storey buildings on the ship, and the masts towered, which was magnificent.

Moreover, this kind of ship is still a veritable battleship, complete with bows, arrows and artillery.The bow is also equipped with a strong metal impact device, which can also impact enemy ships at critical moments.

With these three giant battleships, it is enough to sail across the East China Sea.

For this trip to sea, each ship is equipped with up to a hundred sailors, helmsmen, pole workers, oarsmen, sailors and soldiers, all of whom are good players who often go to sea.

It can be said that their safety is basically not a problem, and they are fully equipped to set sail.

only……

Xu Zun's biggest question now is, where to go?
Where can I find the prince?

"Everyone," Xu Zun asked in front of many local officials, "I have a question that I haven't figured out, isn't it that the survivors have been burned to death?

"Then how did the news of the prince's attack in the East China Sea come back?"

"Well..." The governor of Mingzhou first glanced at the prefect of Qizhou, and then introduced, "It's all from the merchants who travel to and from the East China Sea."

"What?" Xu Zun frowned, "So there is no definite news?"

"It's like this," the prefect of Qizhou explained, "The prince's mission to the ten countries in the East China Sea was originally planned to return in five or half a year.

"Now, five months have just passed, and we have received unfortunate news. Some merchant ships returning from the East China Sea all said that my Prince Daxuan was attacked somewhere in the East China Sea, and the whereabouts of the prince himself are unknown.

"This matter is no small matter," the prefect of Qizhou said, "After we heard the news, we immediately sent people to check with those caravans.

"However, they all came here on the basis of hearsay, and they don't know which country in the East China Sea the crown prince is in, or which sea area was attacked.

"So," the prefect continued, "we hurriedly sent ships to the nearby islands to investigate.

"Ten days later, news finally came from the sea that they had found the prince's entourage and were on their way back.

"However, within a few days, we got bad news again, saying that the clipper ship that returned the survivors was caught in a fire and had sunk in the sea. All the crew members of the ship were in distress, alas..."

The prefect of Qizhou lamented and regretted, but it can be seen from his expression that he also has deep doubts about this matter.

Not to mention him, as long as anyone can see the problem, it is obvious that someone does not want to pass the news of the prince's attack back to Daxuan.

In other words, the attack on the prince may be a long-planned ambush!
Just imagine, those who dare to ambush the prince must not be idle.

Now Daxuan's court is turbulent and full of variables, for these local officials, no one wants to trouble the upper body.

Therefore, Xu Zun could also feel that they all hoped that they would set sail earlier, as for whether they could find the prince, no one cared at all.

"So..." Xu Zun realized the difficulty, "It means that no one knows what happened to the prince in the East China Sea?"

"Master Xu," at this time, the Office of the Shipping Department pointed to a chart on the wall and said, "According to the prince's original plan, in five months, he should have already visited the ten countries and started to return. !

"Look..." He gestured at the map with his hands and said, "This is the order in which the crown prince traveled to the ten kingdoms, starting from the nearest Izumo country, just going around the East China Sea, and finally passing through the southwest Lime country. return.

"So, if something happens, it should be in the southwest area of ​​the East China Sea!"

"That's not necessarily true," Shan Peng, the prince's guest, couldn't help interjecting, "God knows when the prince was attacked?

"The East China Sea is a big deal. If we find the wrong place, our safety is very small, but we can delay the rescue of the crown prince. Then who can take the responsibility?"

"That's right, that's right," Zhao Yu said, "If you don't get specific information, isn't that the same as finding a needle in a haystack?"

"It's really interesting," Prince Zhan Shi Zhang Yao said angrily, "The boat is waiting to go to sea, but we don't know where we are going? Isn't this a joke?"

"It seems..." the secretary said, "We can only go to the nearest country first to find out the news?"

Xu Zun didn't speak, but stood up and walked to the chart.

It really is a new world!

Xu Zun looked at the map and fell into imagination. Although the east of the Daxuan Dynasty is also a vast sea, there is no huge island in the sea as in the impression.

It's a completely unfamiliar sea chart...

There are only a few relatively large islands in the sea, and the others are scattered, like an astrolabe-like archipelago.

Xu Zun already knew that there are tens of thousands of islands in the East China Sea, and only Izumo and Ryoka have larger islands. The other nine countries are basically archipelagic countries with small areas.

However, these ten countries have their own characteristics and have their own mineral deposits and treasures, so they have been doing business with Daxuan all year round, and the relationship has always been good.

Although there was an assassination incident of Japanese assassins entering the palace 15 years ago, it did not affect the relationship between Daxuan and the Ten Kingdoms of the East China Sea at all.

Xu Zun knows better that the real sea is far more remote than this chart shows. If he does not have a clear goal, it is really difficult to find the prince...

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(End of this chapter)