The dock at the Hong Kong port was already crowded with people before dawn.

This is Zhu Ying's first time to come to Guangzhou Prefecture. For the people of Guangzhou Prefecture, this is the only chance to see the true face of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Foreign trade was very prosperous during the Yuan Dynasty. After all, in the minds of the Mongols, there was no concept of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce.

However, after experiencing the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was obvious that life was not easy for most of the Central Plains.

Although Guangzhou Prefecture had the geographical advantage of being located along the coast, it did not recover quickly due to Zhu Yuanzhang's maritime ban.

The maritime ban allowed smugglers to make a fortune, but ordinary people could not get access to them. Instead, there were disguised or real Japanese pirates who carried out robbery.

Such hard days ended after Zhu Ying entered the palace, and great prosperity came after the opening of the sea.

In just a few years, taxes throughout Guangdong Province skyrocketed, and a large number of foreign businessmen continued to pour in.

This phenomenon is very common along the entire Ming Dynasty coast, but Guangzhou Prefecture is obviously more unique.

The official newspaper is really a powerful weapon.

It is mainly reflected in the people's hearts.

In fact, for ordinary people, if their area prospers rapidly, they will not thank the emperor who is in charge.

But for example, a certain family, an official, or even a landlord.

The Tang and Song dynasties were also highly prosperous. Overall, the current Ming Dynasty has not completely surpassed the prosperity of the Tang and Song dynasties.

Perhaps the only difference is that the wealth generated by this prosperity did not flow into the hands of various families and officials in large quantities.

Instead, it was largely cut off by Zhu Ying and flowed into the Royal Chamber of Commerce, including the imperial treasury.

Coupled with the deterrent power of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor, the Ming Dynasty, with its strong military and military power, has achieved its current high degree of centralization.

Zhu Ying obviously cares more about the grassroots people.

After the Guangdong Gazette was established in Guangzhou, the Imperial Gazette Office began to widely publicize the Crown Prince's influence on the entire Ming Dynasty.

It doesn’t matter if many people can’t understand the characters.

Zhu Ying had long been cultivating a group of storytellers. In addition to normal storytelling, the storyteller in each teahouse would narrate the contents of the court bulletin.

Whether it is the Beijing Gazette or the Guangdong Gazette, they are all considered daily tasks.

For example, some tea stalls that cater to the lower classes of people also have storytellers who tell stories.

These storytellers are generally entry-level players in the storytelling industry, but as long as they are willing to come to places like tea stalls, they can get subsidies from the government.

The nightlife of the rich and powerful is actually quite rich, but for the lower-class people, there is almost no entertainment.

We are just beasts of burden. Even if the problem of food and drink is initially solved, we still have to work harder to move towards a better tomorrow.

Even if they don't buy tea, they can still listen to a storytelling in places like the tea stall. This is one of the few happy moments they can take in their busy day.

The storyteller group is currently under government supervision, which is equivalent to facing the mouths of the people. Of course, they must be disciplined. So, regardless of their content, at least there will be no problem in terms of political correctness.

In other dynasties, it was difficult for the people's hearts to gather at the level of the royal family like it is now, but Zhu Ying was different.

Most of the credit for the political achievements of these local officials would be reported to Zhu Ying through the official reports. This meant that even though Zhu Ying came to Guangdong for the first time, the people of Guangdong had already cultivated their loyalty to the crown prince for a long time.

"Oh my god, there are too many people here. This is the first time I've seen so many people."

Eddie's face was filled with shock.

Of course, not only him, but also other foreign businessmen who arrived at the port terminal today were undoubtedly completely shocked by the scene before them.

No matter where you look, you see crowds of people crowded together.

For many small countries, their entire country's population might not be as large as what is in front of them, let alone such a spectacular scene. Most foreign businessmen only felt their scalps tingling and were submerged in the surging crowd.

Eddie was shocked by the powerful appeal of the Ming Crown Prince. Every face he saw was filled with extreme enthusiasm. Even the porters who usually worked at the dock had strong excitement on their faces.

As a well-known maritime merchant, Eddie has been to many countries to do business. The people he saw always had numb eyes.

Even in Angkor, the capital of his own country, Zhenla, even when the king convened a meeting, there was never such a scene.

And this is just a coastal area of ​​the Ming Dynasty.

'The appeal of the Ming Dynasty's grandson is simply too terrifying.'

After this thought flashed through Eddie's mind, he followed his tribesmen and squeezed forward. He also wanted to see the true appearance of the Ming Crown Prince.

There are more than 50,000 soldiers and officers maintaining order.

The most anxious people are probably the officials here.

With so many people, if there is any fluctuation, they will probably lose their official hats.

In fact, there are not so many people in the Hong Kong port area. The crowd gathered today is probably more than 500,000.

The main reason was that the news of the Ming Crown Prince's inspection of the navy was released a few days in advance, and the people were allowed to watch.

Therefore, any family that is a little bit wealthy would start heading for the Hong Kong port very early. Even on the official road now, there are still endless stream of people pouring in.

This phenomenon has only occurred during the great famine caused by natural disasters, but they all wanted to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

When Zhu Ying's team appeared at the dock, the atmosphere on the scene reached its climax.

Huge cheers resounded throughout the world, and many people couldn't even hear their own voices after they opened their mouths.

This time, Zhu Ying did not ride in a carriage. Instead, he wore a white dress with gold thread and a bright red cloak, and rode on a pure white horse without any other colors.

Behind him were thirty Ti cavalrymen lined up in neat rows.

These war horses have been highly trained and may not be very fast, but under the control of the Jinyiwei, they move in very orderly manner.

Zhu Ying rode his horse to the center of the dock.

From this position, everyone in the entire port could see him.

When Zhu Ying stopped and waved to the crowd, all the people knelt down on the ground.

Merchants from various countries naturally could not be treated specially at this time, mainly because everyone around them had already kneeled, and standing would be too conspicuous.

"Long live His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!!!"

The huge shout spread across the sky and pierced the sky.

The feeling of hundreds of thousands of people roaring together, anyone who participates in it will feel this incomparable shock.

This kind of atmosphere is most likely to make people excited and passionate.

The roar of the crowd was like huge waves, but even Zhu Ying could not stop it or say anything.

He doesn't even need to prepare any speeches.

In the absence of loudspeakers today, the sound cannot be amplified at all, and naturally no one can hear it.

In fact, the title of "Long Live the King" was considered an usurpation for Zhu Ying at the moment, but would Zhu Yuanzhang care?

If the emperor doesn’t care, what do officials and people care about?

The sound lasted for more than a quarter of an hour, which was more than ten minutes according to later calculations.

Such enthusiasm fully reflects the will of the people.

At this time, tens of thousands of naval soldiers had formed neat rows of formations.

Zhu Ying rode his horse to the front of the team.

According to the latest inspection requirements, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince comes in front of the soldiers, all soldiers must face His Royal Highness the Crown Prince directly and greet his gaze.

This is required to reflect the spirit of the Ming army.

In fact, this is somewhat inconsistent with the current etiquette of the Ming Dynasty. Normally, it is an offense for a lower-ranking person to look directly at a higher-ranking person.

But this was an order issued personally by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

In fact, Zhu Ying did this not only to make the Ming army more confident, but more importantly, he wanted the soldiers to be able to see their faces clearly.

Every soldier who can see the true face of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will have a great increase in loyalty.

If there is any panel reflected.

Then above the soldiers' heads, the phenomenon of Loyalty +1 is constantly popping up.

Every time he arrived in front of a square formation, Zhu Ying would stop and say loudly: "Soldiers, thank you for your hard work."

At this time, the soldiers would shout excitedly: "Congratulations to the Ming Dynasty!"

Of course, the lines were thought up by Zhu Ying.

Because during the review, the soldiers' emotions will become extremely excited, and they need an outlet to vent.

If I keep silent, it would be too depressing.

Responding to the cry of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is obviously a way to boost morale.

When the front formation finished shouting, the soldiers waiting in the back became even more excited.

All the waiting was completely released after this shout.

Zhu Ying never got tired of stopping in front of each phalanx, feeling the soldiers' loyalty.

I have to say, Zhu Ying really enjoys this feeling.

Perhaps this is the beauty of power.

…

"We have to find a way quickly and squeeze to the front, otherwise it will be too late to treat the poison if it takes effect."

Siwadri whispered.

He led all the members of the Shiva family here.

Carlo is obviously very knowledgeable about the poison of Datura flowers, and this understanding may come from many experiments on dosage.

Everyone in the Shiva family has drunk the water containing the poison of the Datura flower.

In about a quarter of an hour, symptoms of poisoning will appear.

Their plan is good.

But one factor was overlooked.

That's because there are too many people coming.

This made it difficult for them to get to the front row after drinking the poisoned water.

If you were to fall to the ground due to the poison in a crowd, it would be difficult for you to survive until you get treatment, and you might even be trampled.

So at this moment, all the members of the Shiva family were trying their best to squeeze forward.

Curses and scoldings were heard one after another.

Everyone wants to go further forward, so naturally they don’t want to give way.

If the Shiva family wasn't so large and intimidating, someone would have taken action right now.

finally.

Just before the poison took effect, people from the Shiva family came to the front row.

A large group of people suddenly began to twitch, and then fell to the ground with foam at the mouth.

This immediately caused panic among the crowd.

No one knew what was going on, let alone whether it was an infectious disease, and the crowd retreated away in large numbers.

The crowded crowd broke into chaos, and the officers and soldiers immediately realized that something was wrong.

Suddenly so many people fell to the ground, twitching and foaming at the mouth, and no one knew what was going on.

A large number of officers and soldiers immediately gathered around to deal with the emergency situation. According to today's emergency plan, there are naturally a large number of doctors on standby.

Soon a doctor came to check on the situation.

If it is confirmed to be an infectious disease, then things will become serious.

Because of long-term contact with foreign businessmen, all coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty have corresponding plans for infectious diseases.

"It's poisoning. All these people are poisoned. They need immediate treatment."

Following the confirmation of several doctors, the crowd and soldiers around all breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s okay to be poisoned, at least it’s not contagious.

But this happened during the review ceremony of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and suddenly so many people were poisoned, which obviously suspected that it was aimed at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Poison is something that affects people's hearts the most. No one knows how they caused the poisoning.

The safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is above all else.

Immediately, the Jinyiwei received the news and quickly came to the crown prince.

"Your Highness, someone in the crowd seems to have poisoned you, which may affect your safety. Please follow us and leave first."

The person who spoke was Shi Di, a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard who was now Zhu Ying's personal bodyguard, and his face showed nervousness.

He didn't know what methods the person who poisoned him would use, and since he did it at this time, it was obvious that he was targeting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ying raised his head and looked into the distance.

Amazing eyesight can see the riots happening in that area.

But Zhu Ying had no intention of leaving. Instead, he turned to face the crowd and said loudly: "In front of me are the people of the Ming Dynasty."

"Behind me are the most elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty."

"Just because I heard someone poisoned me, do you want me to leave here and abandon my people and soldiers?"

Shi Di, a captain of the Imperial Guard, immediately knelt on one knee and said, "I have been inconsiderate. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

Zhu Ying didn't reply.

Ride on horseback directly into the army's phalanx.

This is to allow more soldiers to hear their voices.

"I heard that someone wants to harm me. My soldiers, do you agree?"

All the soldiers immediately roared loudly: "No!"

There was no prior preparation, but the shouts were highly consistent.

With just one sentence, Zhu Ying demonstrated his strong control over the army.

The turmoil in the crowd did not affect the army at all. Instead, it made the soldiers more alert and they looked at the crowd with eager eyes.

If there is any possibility of unrest, they will firmly protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

However, the situation over there was quickly brought under control, all the poisoned people were carried away for treatment, and the panic among the people was alleviated.

The review continues.

This was just a small episode.

However, Jinyiwei Captain Shi Di was kneeling there on one knee.