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Chapter 1246 This official will inscribe this merit on a stone tablet.

Yang Shaofeng rolled his eyes and looked at the snow-covered Xinming Island in the distance, saying, "What do we do?"

"Nobody wants to go back, so we'll all have to stay here and starve together."

"And it will also make your family worry—the longer they worry, the greater the chance of them getting punished."

"So, someone has to go back no matter what."

Yang Shaofeng turned his gaze to Zhu Laosi and said in a tempting tone, "Think carefully about what your father-in-law is doing right now?"

"He will definitely be inspecting in Beiping, and may even go to Liaodong for inspection. In any case, he will not return to Beijing."

"As for His Highness the Crown Prince, he might beat you up, but is he even capable of doing so?"

"No, he still needs you to take the supplies back to Xinming Island."

"So, what exactly are you worried about?"

Zhu Laosi shook his head frantically and said, "You can't beat me? Brother-in-law, you must be joking. My older brother's stepfather beat me even harder than my own father!"

"Don't try to fool me with the idea that I need to bring supplies back to Xinming Island."

“Even if my eldest brother beats me half to death, he can still get my second and third brothers to come to Xinming Island. If all else fails, there are plenty of people in the Grand Commander’s Mansion who can come.”

"..."

Yang Shaofeng almost laughed out of anger at Zhu Laosi.

You, Zhu Laosi, were once a renowned general who conquered the north and was also the Yongle Emperor. Why are you so cowardly?

You both have two shoulders and one head, so why don't you dare to fight your older brother?

Seeing Zhu Laosi's cowardly appearance, Yang Shaofeng leaned closer and whispered, "Father-in-law is definitely not in the capital. Mother-in-law went to Beiping with him."

"In other words, as long as you go back to the capital and find your sister first, and then call on the Xu family's sister to go to the palace together to find your sister-in-law, your eldest brother won't be able to cause any trouble."

"If all else fails, have your sister bring Yang Baobei with you to the palace. Once you're there, just hold onto Yang Baobei and don't let go. Let's see what your older brother can do to you then."

Zhu Laosi's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Yup!

My parents might not give Xu's sister any face, but as long as I hold Yang Baobei and don't let go, not only can my older brother not do anything to me, but even my parents can't do anything to me.

Hit me?

Even if they hit me, they'd be afraid of hurting Yang Baobei!

I, Zhu Laosi, am also someone with a protective charm!

The more Zhu Laosi thought about it, the more reliable it seemed. He couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Alright, I agree to go back. However, before I go back, I have to go ashore first to see if there are any rare things on Xinming Island. After all, I'm an uncle now, and I can't go back to see my niece empty-handed."

Seeing Zhu Laosi's excited expression, Liao Yongzhong and Yu Tongyuan unconsciously shrank back.

First of all, people should not get too close to people who are mentally challenged, otherwise they may easily catch their mental illness.

Secondly, one should not get too close to Yang the Madman, otherwise one day he might sell you out and you might even end up counting the money for him.

Yang Shaofeng nodded in satisfaction.

It seems that Emperor Yongle wasn't very smart—didn't this fool know that something like the Dengzhou fleet entering and anchoring in port would definitely be reported back to the capital as quickly as possible? Then, Black Sesame Dumpling might send someone to intercept him, Zhu Laosi, outside the capital, and he wouldn't have a chance to use Yang Baobei as a protective charm?

Alright, alright, let's let this silly boy be happy for a while longer. After all, he's the one who got beaten up, and as his brother-in-law, I shouldn't be too gloating.

Yang Shaofeng silently mourned for Zhu Laosi for three seconds, then said with a smile, "How about this, let's get off the ship together. I also want to see what rare things there are on Xinming Island. You can bring them back for your sister."

Liao Yongzhong and Yu Tongyuan did not disembark; they simply wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads after Yang Shaofeng and Zhu Laosi left the cabin.

Sweating profusely in the dead of winter must mean the temperature inside the ship's cabin is too high!

"Guess who will bring us winter supplies next time?"

Liao Yongzhong looked like he was about to open a betting pool, but then immediately excluded Zhu Laosi, saying, "I guess it might be the Second Prince or the Third Prince."

Yu Tongyuan rolled his eyes and said, "Second Prince? Third Prince?"

"Don't be silly."

"Who will deliver winter supplies to us does not depend on whether the Fourth Prince gets beaten up or not, but on when the Emperor returns to the capital. If the Emperor returns to the capital after the Fourth Prince, then it is indeed possible that someone else will deliver winter supplies to us."

“But if the Emperor has already returned to the capital before the Fourth Prince does… then the only ones who could be sending us winter supplies are the Emperor or His Highness the Crown Prince.”

"Whether it is the throne or His Highness the Crown Prince, it depends on who runs first."

"..."

While Liao Yongzhong and Yu Tongyuan were in the cabin discussing who would deliver the winter supplies, Yang Shaofeng and Zhu Laosi had already set foot on Xinming Island.

A crisp, cold air rushed towards him. Yang Shaofeng took a deep breath first, and then exhaled a heavy breath.

This official and Zhu Laosi have arrived.

From then on, this large island had only one name: Xinming Island.

After looking around, Yang Shaofeng turned to Chang Xiaojiu and instructed, "Have those short, ugly men find me a decent stone. I want to inscribe it on a stone to commemorate my achievements."

Chang Xiaojiu accepted the order without hesitation and left, while Zhu Laosi stared blankly at Yang Shaofeng and asked, "Inscribe a stone to commemorate the merit? On such a deserted island?"

Yang Shaofeng snorted and said matter-of-factly, "How can there be no one here?"

"This island is so big, what if the natives on the island don't live by the sea?"

"After all, the Book of Tang records that this place was a large island in Rinan County during the Han Dynasty. Perhaps people from the Central Plains had already settled here as early as the Han Dynasty?"

Zhu Laosi pursed his lips and said, "Let's not talk about whether there are people or not. The key question is, brother-in-law, what kind of things are you planning to carve on the stone?"

Yang Shaofeng said with great interest, "Just have someone write something and engrave it. If that doesn't work, we can engrave it as our Dengzhou fleet overcame many obstacles and finally set foot on the homeland of the Han Dynasty once again after a thousand years."

"Well, to carve these, we need to find a high, conspicuous cliff, and then carve the characters larger and deeper."

"How about we find a few more cliffs and carve a few more?"

“Let’s have them age it a bit more, and write ‘The Great Han Dynasty has come,’ and then we can put some new ones on the bottom and write ‘Our Great Ming Dynasty has come.’”

"..."

Seeing Yang Shaofeng getting more and more excited as he talked, Zhu Laosi couldn't help but purse his lips, but then pointed to a few figures not far away and said, "Brother-in-law, look!"

Yang Shaofeng looked in the direction Zhu Laosi was pointing and was momentarily stunned.