Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 362 Gold Rush

With the start of the great development of Meilizhou, merchants' merchant ships went into the sea one after another, rushing towards the unknown and huge continent.

Because it was too far away from Daming, many merchants of Ming Dynasty chose to camp in the area of ​​New Shanghai City as a transit place for merchant ships, which further made New Shanghai City even busier.

New buildings are constantly being built, and new markets are constantly opening.

"Have you heard? Someone brought back a red fruit, spicy."

"What kind of fruit? It's called chili pepper. It's not a fruit. It's said to be very spicy."

"The price of this thing is very high, and the dignitaries still use it as an ornament. It is said that the Cao family who first discovered this thing made a fortune, and now they are trying to find a way to plant it in China."

"Tsk tsk, there is also maize. It is said that His Royal Highness Neptune personally ordered large-scale planting."

"South America is really rich in products. There are dense rainforests, but there are also many mosquitoes."

Just as the two guards were having a lively discussion, a child in the market ran over with a backpack on his shoulders, which contained a newspaper that had just been published today: "Extra, extra, a gold mine has been discovered in North America, North America A gold mine has been discovered in Africa!"

As soon as they heard about the gold mine, everyone flocked to it, and the newspaper that the child was holding today was sold out in no time.

At this time, Zhu Zhanqian was in Shuntian Mansion, holding a fat baby in his arms.

This is the first child of Zhu Zhanqian and Chen Xinyue, Zhu Qiyong.

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang set the order of names for Zhu Di's descendants early on, Gao Zhan Qi Jianyou, Houzai Yi Changyou, Cihe Yibozhong, Jian Jingdi Xianyou.

Then the third character, the first generation is next to the word fire, the first generation is next to the word earth, and the first generation is next to the word gold.

Zhu Zhanqian named his son Zhu Qiyong because he was thinking of his third brother. He thought that the life of the third brother Zhu Zhanyong was the best, and this was the leisurely princely life he wanted most.

After having a child, Zhu Zhanqian understood the sentence that "I hope the child is stupid and ruthless, and he will be a public official without disaster or difficulty. Huaxia pays attention to moderation, and an ordinary and ordinary life may be the best."

But how flat it is.

"Come on, play a little bird Q." Zhu Zhanqian teased his son with great interest, and Chen Xinyue walked up to him and said softly: "Your Highness, don't tease him, you made him cry last night, it's just passed Children of Hundred Days."

"What are you going to do with your make-up today?"

Zhu Zhanqian saw that Chen Xinyue was dressed neatly today, and she even wore the hairpin given by the queen. Normally, she is not well-dressed, let alone gorgeous, but today's attire is already very grand.

"Your Highness forgot, today is the day I enter the palace."

After Chen Xinyue was pregnant, she only entered the palace once when she was only five months old. Because she finally had a child, the Empress Dowager did not dare to make her too tired. It was enough to meet her once. The etiquette is basically to avoid it Let alone the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the royal family, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of ordinary people is not so good.

A hundred days have passed, so I have to take the child and go to the palace early to show his grandma.

"Let's go, then I'll go with you."

"Your Highness, you'd better not go. You've been resting for so long, and it's time to go back to be the executive director. The burden on you is too heavy to be a shopkeeper."

"But I don't worry about you going to the palace by yourself."

"It's all right, Aliya will go with me."

With the protection of Hei Snake Ji, Zhu Zhanqian felt relieved.

Chen Xinyue quickly arrived at the gate of the palace, and the sedan chair in the palace was already waiting.

"Princess Hai, please get on the sedan chair."

Chen Xinyue came to the Imperial Garden in a sedan chair, where the Empress Dowager, Sun Ruowei, and Zhu Qizhen were all present.

Zhu Qizhen ran over quickly to see his little brother, Chen Xinyue leaned down to show Zhu Qizhen, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Qi Yong just woke up, you see his eyes flicker when he looks at you, maybe he likes your majesty very much." .”

"Really?" Zhu Qizhen can see that he likes children, and his younger siblings will give him a sense of accomplishment as a big brother, and he likes this feeling.

"Xinyue, hurry up, bring me here and let the queen have a look."

The Empress Dowager accepted Zhu Qiyong excitedly, and looked at the chubby, white and tender baby in her arms, overjoyed.

"I said that Xinyueyi must be a good child. You see how cute this baby is, and Bairi's baby looks like it is six or seven months old. It will definitely be a good fighter on horseback in the future. "The Empress Dowager praised her generously, and then waved her hand, and a box behind her opened.

Inside is a complete set of armor, tiger head gold armor, majestic.

"This is a meeting gift for my grandson. I specially ordered someone to make it. The materials are all top quality. In the future, Qi Yong can be a great general."

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

The Empress Dowager played with Zhu Qiyong for a while, and then Chen Xinyue ordered the maid to hug Zhu Qiyong while talking to the Empress Dowager herself.

"Xinyue, I heard that all the nurses in your house are saved."

Chen Xinyue's face turned red. Since the birth of the baby, her breasts have become wider and very full. If she doesn't suck it out, it will easily cause stasis and blockage. She simply feeds her own breasts, and the nurse at home is useless.

Zhu Qiyong has a small body, but he eats a lot, but he still can't completely consume that huge reserve, which also caused Zhu Zhanqian's face to become rounder day by day.

Sun Ruowei interjected: "Xinyue, don't be too tired. It's hard work for a woman to take care of the child. You feed it yourself. When the child was young, he didn't have a personality. It's not uncommon for him to wake up seven or eight times a night. Don't get tired of something."

"Sister, don't worry, the maids and envoys at home are all helping, I just need to feed him two more times, it's just this time, just wait a few days and it will be fine." Chen Xinyue looked at the baby Zhu Qiyong with pity.

Sun Ruowei was a little uncomfortable with Chen Xinyue's words, because she hadn't fed Zhu Qizhen before, and gave it to the nanny directly.

It's not that she doesn't want to, women who have just given birth have a strong dedication to their own, this is the nature of human beings, except for a few people.

Zhu Qizhen's status is noble, and he had to be separated from his biological mother when he was born. So far, his mother has not slept together for two days. She is afraid that the mother will spoil her son too much. Even if Zhu Qizhen has a fever, she wants to wait on her side. , have to be dissuaded.

Ordinary people don't know the suffering of the deep palace compound.

Back then, Zhu Zhanji always paid attention to etiquette, and he also felt that Sun Ruowei would spoil Zhu Qizhen too much, so he followed the ancestral system, and Sun Ruowei's repeated pleas were useless.

Theoretically speaking, Sea King's heirs are similar, but when Zhu Qiyong was born, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty hesitated, no one dared to speak out, and Zhu Zhanqian's domineering temperament would not be instigated by them.

So Chen Xinyue could be with her son every day, and sometimes she thought that it would be great if she could be like Chen Xinyue, protected by her husband domineeringly.

Although Zhu Zhanji loves her, he himself is bound by the old rules and etiquette. He pays attention to word-of-mouth and has won fame before and after his life, but he lacks that love.

The Empress Dowager also mentioned the recent discovery of gold mines. No matter in the past dynasties, it would be a big event if gold mines were discovered.

"Zhan Qian has picked up another treasure. Da Ming divided South America, and the Western Federation is North America. I thought South America was better, but now it seems that North America is better." Sun Ruowei pointed out.

Chen Xinyue said seriously to the Empress Dowager: "Your Highness came back in a hurry after finishing the battle with England and France. He had been to North America before, and merchant ships rarely went there before. This time, an exiled Frenchman brought back from the west of North America. There is news about the gold mine, whether the gold mine is true or not, and how big the mine is is yet to be verified, maybe he lied to get an amnesty or maybe there is only a small gold mine."

The Empress Dowager nodded in satisfaction: "Xin Yue, you are getting more and more calm, and I feel at ease with you helping Zhan Qian to manage the Houzhai."

After chatting and having lunch in the palace, Chen Xinyue didn't leave the palace until it got dark in the afternoon.

The Empress Dowager also rewarded Chen Xinyue with a lot of jewelry in addition to the armor at the first meeting, all of which were tributes from various places. Today she is extremely happy.

After Chen Xinyue left, the Empress Dowager lowered her face and said, "Send someone to the Yue Palace to reprimand the Yue King for his ineffectiveness."

Ever since Zhu Zhanqian gave birth to his son, there was only the third elder brother left, and he would send someone to train him every now and then, but if he wanted to add a concubine to him, he would die.

The blood of old Zhu's family has been passed down to him.

When Chen Xinyue came home, she found that Zhu Zhanqian was asking the maid to tidy up her things, as if she was about to move.

"Your Highness, what's the matter?"

"The whole family moved to Dongying." Zhu Zhanqian said lightly.

"Ah?" Chen Xinyue looked puzzled, "Why is Your Highness Dongying?"

Previously, Chen Xinyue and others stayed in Shuntian Mansion as hostages. Like the second brother, one of the emperor's usual methods to contain the feudal lords was to keep the women's children in the capital.

Zhu Zhanqian had wanted to move out a long time ago, but because Chen Xinyue was pregnant, he dragged it to avoid the fatigue of traveling. Now that the child is [-] days old, it is not too far from Dongying, so it should not be a big problem to protect it.

"The general of Dongying died two days ago. The Pacific Fleet is on the outskirts of Dongying and North Korea. The marshal is your father. The people of Dongying are charming and strong. They have given benefits over the years. Now all walks of life and all levels are very dependent on us. Even though Dongpu's emperor has grown up a bit, he is a useless piece of trash, easy to control."

Zhu Zhanqian made it clear why his family moved to Dongying.

Chen Xinyue was reluctant to look at her palace, and she had lived in it for so many years, and she was from Daming after all, who missed their hometown most, and no one wanted to leave their hometown.

"Your Highness, do you know about this?"

"Naturally, we discussed it with her before, and she has no reason to look at us.

"By the way, Your Highness, is it true that there are gold mines in North America?"

"Naturally true?"

"Your Highness, have you already known about this?"

Zhu Zhanqian shook his head, but he couldn't say that he could pinch and calculate, but said: "As soon as I got the news, I took pictures of people to detect it. The news outside is always slower than mine. The result of the detection is golden. The reserves are not low.

When Chen Xinyue thought of the silver mines in Japan and the gold mines in North America, how much money would Zhu Zhanqian have for these two items.

Moreover, Chen Xinyue knew that Zhu Zhanqian and several people in power on Changcheng Street had a discussion in the palace before, saying that they would promote the currency to be anchored to gold.

It seemed that everything was within his expectations, and he couldn't help but sigh that his husband is really a god.

"Is Your Highness going to send someone to dig the gold mine?"

Zhu Zhanqian said: "Half of it, I will find the largest gold mines to dig, and leave the rest to those who are willing to go to the United States and let them dig."

"Ah?" Chen Xinyue was stunned, there was no way to give the gold mine to others.

Chen Xinyue was puzzled, and others probably didn't understand either. Zhu Zhanqian looked at the gradually setting sun and said meaningfully: "Xinyue, do you know what is the most expensive now?"

"Gold, firearms, steam engines?"

"No, it's people."

"People?" Chen Xinyue was even more confused.

"Think about how many places we have conquered now? The territory is so large from east to west. Although Ming has been actively developing these years and its population has increased, it has not kept up with our expansion speed. The area of ​​North America is larger than that of Daming." It’s even bigger, how many people can it accommodate, now talent is the greatest wealth, so I have to snatch people.”

"Some people have food and drink needs, there is a labor force, and they can develop. If there are no people, it will be someone else's to guard the huge country with a vast land and a sparse population."

Chen Xinyue made it clear: "So His Royal Highness wants to disclose the news of the gold mine, so that people will flock to it, and these people who go to the gold pan must be strong laborers from various countries. In a disguised form, these people are left in North America."

"clever."

Chen Xinyue finally figured out why the news of a gold mine being dug in North America was spreading among the people.

"But your highness will not be easy to manage if you mix fish and dragons like this."

"There is indeed this hidden danger, so I am increasing the number of the Atlantic Fleet. Only those who have customs clearance documents can be regarded as real logins. Without the documents we distributed, there will be rewards for catching one."

This is a solution to the symptoms rather than the root cause, but there will be many such incentives, and the situation will definitely be better under heavy punishment.

"Your Highness, will you also go to North America?"

"Yes, I will personally witness the carnival of this gold rush, and several good natural ports on the east coast have already begun to build port cities."

Chen Xinyue was a little worried, but she also knew that she couldn't stop Zhu Zhanqian.

"In order to cheer for the gold rush, I also plan to hold a grand carnival in North America, the World Cup."

"Is it the Cuju-like sport that His Highness invented before?"

"Yes, it's called football. It has been notified before that all countries and regions are eligible to participate, as long as you can send the football team there."

"Your Highness heard that the bonus is very huge."

"There are ten thousand taels of silver."

Even Chen Xinyue was surprised, this reward is too big, just playing football can get such a big bonus. "

The world is peaceful, and various entertainment activities have to be developed in order to be further improved.

And I can't do it anymore. In the original world, we played football. Can we lose again here?
　It's a fever, please bear with me for the slow update

　　
　
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