Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

After all the vassal kings left in the palace.

Zhu Gaosui was standing at the entrance of the palace, waiting for Zhu Gaoxu.

Suddenly I felt a weight on my shoulders, and a familiar voice sounded in my ears.

"The third one!"

"Second brother?"

Zhu Gaosui's face lit up with joy.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Let's go, we haven't seen each other for a long time, let's have a nice drink together!"

As he spoke, Zhu Gaosui felt a huge force coming from his arm.

Immediately, he walked forward involuntarily.

Zhu Gaosui couldn't help being surprised, and said in surprise: "It's only been two years since we last met, and my second brother's arm strength has grown a lot!"

"We are guarding Beiping Mansion. When nothing happens, we will train every day..."

As he said this, Zhu Gaojiu seemed to remember something and couldn't help but look Zhu Gaosui up and down.

"However, your boy has been at sea for a year, and his body and bones have become much stronger!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaosui suddenly became energetic.

"Second brother, you don't know how good overseas is, everywhere..."

"Okay, okay!"

The corner of Zhu Gaojiu's mouth twitched slightly, and he put his arm on Zhu Gaojiu's shoulder. He subconsciously exerted force and almost choked Zhu Gaojiu so hard that he couldn't breathe.

"Third brother, you and I have grown up naked, so stop bragging like this to seduce me!"

Zhu Gaosui said hurriedly: "Ahem...hey, second brother, you have wronged me. At least 90%...70% of what I said is true!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Gaoxu's expression narrowed, "Is it really that good overseas?"

"naturally!"

Zhu Gaosui rolled his eyes and said: "Second brother, let's go back first and have a good drink while I tell you in detail!"

"go!"

Zhu Gaoxu strode forward.

……

In a gorgeous and luxurious thermal pavilion, Zhu Gaojiu and Zhu Gaoxu were sitting on both sides of a dining table filled with all kinds of food and wine.

After finishing two glasses of wine, Zhu Gaojiu looked at Zhu Gaojiu opposite him.

"When did you, kid, become so patient?"

"Second brother, what do you mean?"

Zhu Gaojiu had a confused expression, as if he didn't know what Zhu Gaojiu was referring to.

"Still pretending?"

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes widened.

"Hahaha, second brother, don't be upset..."

Zhu Gaosui laughed loudly and quickly put on a flattering look on his face.

"Second brother, don't worry. I remember it. I always remember it... Let me tell you how good it is overseas."

Zhu Gaojiu nodded with satisfaction and looked at Zhu Gaosui quietly.

Zhu Gaosui didn't hesitate any longer and started telling the story directly.

"Second brother, you should have heard those merchants describe the situation overseas, but those merchants have a low status and are different from us!
They only have a few ships and a few hundred escorts. For them, overseas can make a lot of money, but it also comes with a lot of dangers.

After all, there are so many small foreign countries overseas, and some of them are not so friendly to us Ming people.

In addition, when those merchants went out to sea, they became lawless, looting and killing people...

However, we are the Ming Dynasty vassal kings!

If we go to sea, we will be escorted by at least 10,000 well-equipped soldiers.

Today, the kings of our Ming Dynasty are strong and the barbarians overseas are weak. I have a thousand soldiers and can attack tens of thousands of barbarians!

I lead an army of 10,000, and we can conquer any barbarians overseas if we want, and occupy them if we want...

Overseas, for us, is countless unowned treasures! "

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes flashed with strange light, and he continued to ask: "Are those barbarians overseas really rich?"

"No!"

Zhu Gaosui slowly shook his head, "Second brother, those barbarians overseas are each poorer than the last!"

"Then why do you say overseas is a treasure land?"

"Second brother, the barbarians overseas are uncivilized. They have all kinds of rare treasures, spices, copper mines, silver mines, and gold mines, but they can't recognize them and don't know how to make money with them. It's very embarrassing. barren.

However, we know how to mine and use it, we just need to transport it back to the Ming Dynasty, or..."

"So, dad really didn't deceive all the feudal kings. Overseas is really a treasure land for us, the Ming Dynasty feudal kings?"

Zhu Gaoxu was slightly shocked.

Zhu Gaojiu pointed at Zhu Gaoxu, his face full of surprise and a little angry, "Second brother, how dare you doubt dad?"

Zhu Gaoxu said with a look of disdain: "You kid, stop pretending. From the three of us brothers, ever since we were young, your kid has always been the one who likes to cause trouble. He often makes me beat you up!"

"At such an age, the second brother is still revealing the bad things that happened when he was a child!"

Zhu Gaosui was also dissatisfied with Zhu Gaoxu and asked: "Second brother is acting like this. Does it mean he doesn't want to hear me talk about overseas affairs?"

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes widened, "Don't you think you can be arrogant in front of me by conquering a vassal state overseas?"

Zhu Gaosui subconsciously shrank his neck, then reacted and stiffened his neck again, his face full of pride.

"It's rare that my second brother can be so angry that he becomes ashamed!"

Zhu Gaoxu scolded angrily, "You kid farted!"

Zhu Gaosui ignored it and continued to ask: "Then let me ask, second brother, do you know about corn and sweet potatoes?"

"I have heard of the auspicious food of the Ming Dynasty that my father praised so much!"

As he said that, Zhu Gaoxu thought of something and continued: "I just need to wait for the improved varieties of corn and sweet potatoes to be cultivated. I will ask dad for some and plant them in Beiping first!"

"Second brother actually knows it too..."

Zhu Gaosui sighed softly and continued to ask: "I don't know, has the second brother ever tasted corn and sweet potatoes?"

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes shrank, a little in disbelief.

"Have you tasted it?"

"nature!"

Zhu Gaosui nodded slowly.

Zhu Gaoxu thought of something and looked relieved, "Yes, those corns and sweet potatoes were all recovered from overseas barbarians. You must have tasted them!"

Zhu Gaosui said with a proud look on his face: "Second brother is wrong, I tasted it at Duke Dingguo's mansion!"

"At Duke Dingguo's residence?"

Zhu Gaoxu's face changed slightly.

"That's natural!"

Zhu Gaosui said proudly: "Although I am overseas and have conquered a vassal state. However, I have never heard of corn and sweet potatoes, and I certainly don't know the taste of corn and sweet potatoes.

If it weren't for Duke Dingguo, no one in Ming Dynasty would know how delicious corn and sweet potatoes are!
After I came back, I heard what my mother said, so I went to Duke Dingguo’s mansion to taste it!
It just so happens that the corn and sweet potatoes in Duke Dingguo's mansion are also at the stage of maturity and are the most delicious...

Duke Dingguo asked me to make a special meal for me, the taste of corn and sweet potatoes..."

As he spoke, Zhu Gaosui's eyes were full of nostalgia.

"It's tender, fragrant, and sweet...it's the most delicious thing I've ever tasted!"

"Is it really so delicious?"

Zhu Gaoxu's throat moved up and down slightly, but there was still some doubt on his face.

"Second brother, stop pretending, I swallowed hard when I saw you!"

Zhu Gaosui exposed it directly.

"nonsense!"

Zhu Gaoxu said harshly, and then asked with curiosity on his face.

"Lao San, are those corn and sweet potatoes really that delicious?"

"It's natural!"

Zhu Gaosui said with a look of longing, "Second brother, you don't know, right after the corn and sweet potatoes came back, my father, eldest brother, and Duke Dingguo had already tasted them.

In addition, more than half a month ago, my father took his eldest brother, mother and the others to the Duke Dingguo's mansion just to eat the corn and sweet potatoes! "

Zhu Gaoxu: "..." "Also, in the Jiangjun Mountain experimental field outside the city, my father also asked the Guo family to cultivate three acres of corn and ten acres of sweet potatoes.

Now, the corn and sweet potatoes there were ripe, and my father was afraid that someone would steal them, so he sent some guards and eunuchs to take care of them! "

"Dad is still sending someone to watch?"

Zhu Gaoxu's face was startled again.

"Yes!"

Zhu Gaosui looked pityful, "If those people weren't watching, I could still take people to eat more corn and sweet potatoes!

The taste is really comparable to dragon liver and phoenix marrow..."

"It sounds like you have eaten dragon liver and phoenix marrow!"

Zhu Gaojiu curled his lips, and then stared at Zhu Gaosui again, his eyes full of suspicion.

"Do you think you can't handle those guards and eunuchs by yourself, and you want to persuade me to go to the experimental field outside the city and get the corn and sweet potatoes back?"

"How can second brother slander me like this?"

Zhu Gaosui looked furious, "Is it the second brother who wants to entertain me and forces me to tell you about overseas affairs?
I'm just telling you, how good is overseas for us vassal kings?
I didn’t expect that someone with good intentions would be treated like a wolf-hearted person. It’s sad, it’s sad that a brother from the same mother should be so distrustful..."

With that said, Zhu Gaosui had already stood up and walked out.

"The third one?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked confused.

Zhu Gaosui, with a face full of anger, walked out blankly: "Second brother, don't stop me, I won't listen to you this time..."

Zhu Gaoxu's face was full of surprise, but he really didn't reach out to stop him.

Zhu Gaosui, on the other hand, became more and more helpless as he walked.

Seeing that he had already walked out of the door, his second brother actually didn't stop him.

"Your Highness?"

At the door, Ji Gang also looked at Zhu Gaosui with a surprised look. The plot they expected was not like this.

"go!"

Now that he had come out, Zhu Gaosui had no reason to go back, so he got in the car and went back.

In the Nuan Pavilion, a school captain appeared in front of Zhu Gaoxu with a strange face and reported respectfully.

"Your Highness, His Royal Highness Prince Zhao has left!"

"Really gone?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked surprised.

The captain said with certainty: "The general saw His Royal Highness King Zhao with his own eyes and took the people away!"

"Lao San..."

Zhu Gaoxu sighed slightly, feeling helpless.

"Forget it, ignore this!"

The captain nodded slowly and wanted to retreat. The guards like them have no right to interfere in the matter between you two brothers.

But suddenly I heard Zhu Gaoxu say.

"Send someone to investigate carefully. Are there corn and sweet potatoes growing in the Jiangjun Mountain experimental field outside the city? Are there any guards guarding it?"

"The general will obey the order!"

The school captain felt a hint in his heart and responded hurriedly.

Afterwards, he went down and took people to investigate in person.

at the same time.

In a guild hall in the capital or in the palace.

A group of vassal kings, all close to each other in twos and threes, sat together, eating and talking about the banquet that His Majesty entertained them today.

However, this time, none of them had the sad faces before. Instead, they all looked relaxed, even yearning, or even a little angry.

His Majesty summoned them this time, just to warn them, and did not punish them for some of their things.

However, His Majesty said that the gentry and officials of the Ming Dynasty were causing them trouble.

Of course, they were happiest when they heard what Zhu Gaosui said about overseas situations.

There are so many treasures overseas for them to occupy and then display their respective talents!
There are not those annoying civil servants in charge...

Moreover, the words of those merchants and gentry are no longer credible.

Who knows, are those people also plotting those barbarian lands overseas?
I heard that boy Zhu Gaosui say that opposite his country of Zhao, there was a Han man who had gathered a crowd to proclaim himself king, and he dared to call him King of Liang!

The more they thought about it, the more they felt a sense of urgency.

However, if they want to lead troops out, they have to train those bastard boys at home so that they can take care of the family!

However, all the boys in the family are only good at sensuality. They are ashamed to take the imperial examination!

Of course, there are also vassal kings who don’t want to go out and suffer, but they also want to give them this lineage and occupy a vassal country overseas!
Then, the only way is to train those bastard boys in their family to be able to take charge of their own affairs, so that they can lead troops to attack the barbarians...

As a result, these feudal kings began to have headaches again!

……

In the palace.

Looking at the memorial in his hand, Zhu Di looked proud.

"Prince, with the stimulation of the third child, these vassal kings will be anxious now!"

"Father Emperor Shengming!"

Zhu Gaochi also had a happy face, "Father, let alone these vassal kings, if the child is not a prince, but a vassal king, he also wants to go back immediately, take his three bodyguards, and go to the sea to occupy a treasured land for future generations! "

Zhu Di glared at Zhu Gaochi angrily, "Do you think overseas is really that good?"

"father?"

Zhu Gaochi was shocked.

"Humph!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly, "There are hundreds of small countries in Southeast Asia and the West. Each barbarian has its own culture. Some are warlike, and some are cowardly. How can it be as easy as we think to conquer them?

The third child was able to do so smoothly because of the batch of muskets and bombs we gave him, and because there happened to be a war there, so he was able to take advantage of it.

If those vassal kings go there, they will have to lead their troops to fight!
Moreover, those barbarian lands overseas have different environments and are prone to diseases..."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi's face changed drastically and he said worriedly.

"Dad, if those vassal kings go to sea like this, if one of them fails, it will affect the prestige of my Ming Dynasty..."

"It doesn't matter!"

Zhu Di shook his head slowly.

"In addition to King Ning, King Chu and the others, among the many vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, how many of them have the strength to go to sea?

As for the barbarians overseas, how could they possibly hurt Prince Ning and Prince Chu..."

Zhu Gaochi said again: "Dad, what if those vassal kings are greedy for profit and want to go to sea..."

Zhu Di smiled faintly, "Then they have to arrange their palace, otherwise when they go to sea, their vassal state will be gone when they come back!"

"Father Emperor Shengming!"

Zhu Gaochi's eyes narrowed and he instantly understood what his father was thinking.

……

On the other side.

I spent a day exploring.

Zhu Gaoxu's guards finally found out what was going on in the experimental field outside the city.

"So, those corns and sweet potatoes were really planted by my father in the experimental field outside the city? And they are almost mature?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, that's right!"

"There are only two hundred households, and how many eunuchs are watching?"

"Your Highness..."

Zhu Gaoxu narrowed his eyes and glanced at the captain.

The captain immediately shut up.

"Prepare the car and follow me to the experimental field outside the city to have a look!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The captain saluted and hurriedly walked out.

...(End of chapter)