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Liu Sheng and Hong Niangzi strolled in the Imperial Garden for a while, and suddenly said, "I am ready to abdicate again and pass the throne to Yu'er."

Upon hearing this, Lady Hong frowned and asked, "You want to go through this door?"

Liu Sheng said, "I must go and take a look at this door, but not now. I want to go to Rui'er's place for a tour, and then come back here to pass through."

Counting from the first year of Yongxing, Liu Sheng had been away from Dakai on the other side for 13 years.

Although Liu Rui often sent telegrams over the years to tell him about state affairs and even some developments and changes over there, Liu Sheng still wanted to go back and see it with his own eyes.

At the same time, I also wanted to check and fill in the gaps for Daqiao over there before leaving.

After all, a lot of things could have happened in thirteen years, and there were some things that Liu Rui, who lived in the Forbidden City, might not know.

Lady Hong advised, "You are already so old, why are you still struggling? Can't we just enjoy a few years of peace and quiet here together?"

Liu Sheng asked with a smile, "You've been here for several years, don't you miss your son or daughter?"

Lady Hong gave birth to two sons and two daughters for Liu Sheng, all of whom were there. The youngest of them, the Ninth Prince Liu Can, was only 22 years old this year.

After hearing Liu Sheng's words, Hong Niang was silent for a moment.

What mother doesn’t miss her children?
But they were tens of thousands of miles apart and it was difficult for them to see each other, so Hongniang suppressed her longing for her children deep in her heart.

Of course, it’s not to the extent that I miss her so much that I become sick.

When she left, her children were all grown up, and she even arranged the marriage of her youngest son Liu Can. A few years later, not only did her children grow up, but even the youngest, Liu Can, became a father.

In addition, she was born into a wealthy family, so even if she missed her children sometimes, she didn't feel sad.

Liu Sheng added: "Nowadays, steamships are more powerful. It only takes us more than three months to go back by steamship. Whether it's me or you, going back to see our children and grandchildren will save us from regrets when we die in the future."

After hearing what Liu Sheng said, Lady Hong changed her mind and said, "Well, I'll go back with you."

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "There is no rush for this matter. The earliest it can be done is next year."

"Ah."

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On December 12, the 30th year of Qianyuan in Dalai, Liu Sheng passed the throne to Crown Prince Liu Yu and once again retired as the emperor.

Liu Yu was born to Li Xiangyun in the second year of Qianyuan. He is now 28 years old, which means he ascended the throne at a young age.

In addition, he had two or three years of military experience in his early years. Starting from the 20th year of Qianyuan, he assisted Liu Sheng in handling state affairs, and led troops to fight outside many times as the commander-in-chief.

It can be said that nearly one-third of the Dalai territory here was conquered by Liu Yu as the commander-in-chief.

Now that Liu Yu has been the crown prince for ten years, he has already accumulated enough prestige and even has a mature team of civil and military officials.

Therefore, when Liu Sheng passed the throne to Liu Yu, it did not cause any waves in Dalai.

The following year, Liu Yu changed the reign title to Yongkang and became Emperor Yongkang of Dalai.

In late spring, Liu Sheng was escorted by the Sea Dragon Guards across the sea to North America.

Among the women in the harem, in addition to Hong Niangzi, there are Li Xiangyun, Li Lingfei, Bai Taiwei, Zheng Haizhu, and the three young concubines taken in by Liu Sheng.

As for the imperial guards, maids, eunuchs and other servants, they were also fully equipped. On the way, Liu Sheng also inspected Jeju Island, Tsushima Island, Sado Island and Ezo Island.

In addition to being an important maritime transit station for Daejeon, Jeju Island is also a very important overseas horse pasture and military farm, providing a large number of cattle, sheep, livestock and food for the Daejeon navy every year.

As for Tsushima Island, it developed into an important trading place for Dalai, Goryeo and Japan - its geographical location is unique, and it is very close to Goryeo and Japan. However, both countries have now been conquered by Dalai's navy and dare not have any thoughts about Tsushima Island.

In this case, they could only enjoy the trade convenience brought by Dalai's occupation of Tsushima Island.

As for Sado Island, the gold and silver mines there have been mined by Okai for more than ten years, and there is still no sign of exhaustion. Instead, the number of mines continues to increase and the scale of mining continues to expand.

After the inspection, Liu Sheng learned that there are now more than 80,000 miners from Taira, Goryeo and Japan on Sado Island!
Including managers, troops stationed on the island and logistics personnel, the population on the island has reached more than 100,000!
It has even formed several abnormally prosperous towns!
It should be noted that before this, Sado Island was just one of the places where Japanese criminals were exiled. There was not even a small village. Only fishermen would occasionally stop and repair on the edge of the island.

Of course, this is also the reason why Japan did not know that there were mountains of gold and silver on the island before.

Although the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan knew that there were many gold and silver mines on Sado Island, they were jealous and envious, but they did not dare to take any action.

They even turned a blind eye to the fact that some daimyos and nobles in the country sent mining slaves and prostitutes to the island.

It can be imagined that as long as the Okinawa Empire does not decline and withdraw its troops, Japan will have no chance of seizing Sado Island.

After leaving Sado Island, Liu Sheng spent another two or three days inspecting Ezo Island.

This island was the first one developed by the Hail Marys since they arrived from North America. Over the past decade or so, the island has undergone considerable changes.

Today, there are not only 300,000 to 400,000 Han immigrants on the island, but also more than 100,000 Ainu people who surrendered to Dalai, and tens of thousands of Japanese who came here through various channels.

Four cities, dozens of towns, and hundreds of villages have been built on the island, and a relatively stable rule has been formed.

The island currently mainly produces cold-resistant crops such as wheat and potatoes, as well as timber, medicinal materials, and furs.

Moreover, Dalai officially established the "Beiming Prefecture" here a few years ago.

If nothing unexpected happens, this big island, together with Kuwu Island to the north, will become an inseparable part of Shenzhou in this time and space...
The fleet accelerated only after leaving Ezo Island.

In the following three months, the fleet did not encounter any severe storms or any dangers worth mentioning, and arrived at Jinshan Port safely.

On the steel giant ship, Liu Sheng looked at Jinshan Port through a telescope, and said with emotion, "I never thought that a city would be built here and become so prosperous after more than ten years."

Gold Mountain is what later became San Francisco, or San Francisco of the United States.

It is a peninsula in terms of topography, not very close to the Central Valley, and even farther away from where the space-time gate is located.

So when Liu Sheng first immigrated to the Central Valley to reclaim wasteland and cultivate farmland, even though he knew there were many gold mines here, he did not send anyone to look for or mine them.

It was not until more and more immigrants came from North America and exploration teams discovered the gold mines here that Dalai officially developed the peninsula.

When Liu Sheng left, there was only a small town on the Jinshan Peninsula that was completely dependent on the gold mining industry.

But now, within the field of vision of the telescope, this port alone is not as big as some of the larger coastal towns. Judging from the buildings, it is home to at least 20,000 to 30,000 people!
In this era, it is already considered a small city.

It is not called a city because it has no walls and does not need them. (End of this chapter)