Smuggling Daming

Zhou Zhong finally agreed to Da Gama's last request. Although Portugal is rich, 200 million taels of silver is a lot of money for them. If he disagrees, the Portuguese may not be able to raise the price any further. In the end, the Portuguese mermaid could only fight desperately. Now Zhou Zhong is in a critical period for the development of the Ming Navy, so he doesn't want to fight the Portuguese again.

A few days later, after discussing the details with Vasco Vasco da Gama's envoys, officials under the governor's yamen finally drew up a treaty. Portugal, as the defeated country, would pay Daming 200 million taels of silver in two years. After the first year of payment, Ming reopened the Straits of Malacca to Portugal, and agreed to the Portuguese coming to Ming to trade, but the Portuguese also had to abide by the laws of Ming, and if they violated them, they would be dealt with severely.

The above-mentioned treaty is called the "Daming-Portugal Treaty of Shuangyu Port". On the day when the treaty was officially signed, Zhou Zhong and da Gama represented the two countries of Ming and Portugal respectively, and then signed the treaty written in Chinese and Portuguese , and also affixed his own governor's seal, which also marked the formal entry into force of the first real treaty between the East and the West.

After the treaty was signed, Da Gama asked Zhou Zhong to meet the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Zhou Zhong had already reported this matter to Zhengde. In addition, there was a newly signed treaty, which was also reported to the capital. It was just whether Zhengde was willing When they saw Da Gama, they had to depend on his mood, which Zhou Zhong couldn't guarantee.

During the period of waiting for Zhengde's reply, Da Gama and the others seemed to be very interested in Shuangyu Port.As long as there is a chance, he will take people around the port, and even proposed to go to Ningbo Mansion for a while, but in the end he was rejected by Zhou Zhong, because he knew that Da Gama and the others were collecting information about Daming Let them take a look at Shuangyu Port is Zhou Zhong's limit, before Zhengde agrees, they don't even think about stepping into the mainland again.

More than a month later, Zhou Zhong finally received the news from Zhengde.During this period of time, he was very bored in the capital, so he decided to meet Da Gama, a group of envoys who came from afar. Zhou Zhong was not surprised by this. After all, Zhengde was originally a guy who was very curious about new things, so he quickly Arrange for Da Gama and the others to march to the capital with gifts, but in order to allow Da Gama and his party to collect less information.So Zhou Zhong directly sent them to Tianjin Wei on the Bohai Sea by boat, and then directly entered the capital. I believe that the majestic Beijing city will surprise them again.

After sending away the Portuguese mission, they arranged for people to receive the first batch of one million taels of silver as compensation from Portugal, and prepared to release the Strait of Malacca to the Portuguese.Vasco da Gama had sent the treaty back to India before he left, in his powers as Viceroy of India.It is still very easy to raise a compensation of one million taels of silver, and they also want to resume trade with Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.

In the next period of time.Zhou Zhong lived very leisurely. The victims who moved to Taiwan and Malacca have been resettled, and the sweet potatoes have been planted. There is no need to worry about the food for the coming year. A treaty has also been signed with the Portuguese. It is impossible to tear up the treaty and conflict with Ming Dynasty.So what he has to do now is to take advantage of this opportunity to vigorously develop the power of the Ming Navy, but this cannot be done in a day or two.So after explaining the general situation, he spent the rest of the time at home playing with his daughter Xia Xia.

"Big...big..." The one-year-old Xia Xia waved her two white hands, opened her mouth full of saliva, and kept calling Zhou Zhong. Zhou Zhong taught her to call herself "Daddy", but it's a pity that the child pronounced it It's always not allowed, so I can only keep screaming "big...big".

But Zhou Zhong doesn't care too much about this, as long as the child can call himself, and the one-year-old Xia Xia is the cutest, with delicate facial features on her chubby little face, especially those big round eyes , whoever sees it will praise a few words, which also makes Zhou Zhong, who is a father, very proud. It will become very pleasant.

Xia Xia is one year old, and her two white and fat calves have gained some strength, and she can learn to walk, so Zhou Zhong carried Xia Xia to the grass in the back garden today, bent over and held Xia Xia's two little hands , leading her to move forward step by step.The little guy is also very interested in this novel movement. Every time he takes a step, he will find "giggle" laughter, which sounds like a little angel smiling.

In the gazebo next to the grassland, Jinxuan and Lingyun were sitting on reclining chairs, caressing their slightly swollen abdomen, watching Zhou Zhong's father and daughter playing in the grassland, while showing happy smiles.

"Sister, when Xianggong said that he liked his daughter more than his son, I thought that Xianggong was comforting us, but now seeing how Xianggong and Xia Xia get along, I believe what Xianggong said was true. He really likes his daughter more. If the younger sister can also give birth to a daughter for Xianggong, it will definitely make Xianggong even more happy!" Jinxuan looked at Zhou Zhong's father and daughter on the grass for a while, then suddenly turned her head to look at Lingyun and said with a smile.

"Hehe, my sister is right. I think my husband really likes his daughter very much. It would be nice if I could give him another daughter. However, I heard from others that a woman giving birth to a child is like a fruit tree blooming. What kind of fruit is produced in one year, and what kind of fruit will be produced in the next year. My sister has given birth to Xia Xia before, so I must have a bottom line in my heart. This is the first time for the poor little girl to give birth. Who knows what will be produced? Fruit?" Xie Lingyun sighed faintly after finishing speaking, with a look of pity on her face.

"Heck~, people and fruits are not the same, and some time ago, my aunt has gone to Dade Temple, the most efficacious place in Ningbo Prefecture, to ask for a lottery, and all three times she got a man's lottery!" Jinxuan also agreed when she heard Lingyun's words Not angry at all, he still said with a smile, and even brought out the fact that Aunt Wang was biased towards him to increase his bargaining chips.

During this period of time, Zhou Zhong also regretted it, because after Jinxuan and Lingyun became pregnant almost at the same time, although the two women appeared to be amicable, as soon as they met, they would fight non-stop.Even though they all know that Zhou Zhong likes daughters more, they still compete to have a son. After all, no matter how good a daughter is, she will marry in the future. Only a son can inherit the family business, so both of them are holding back their energy.

As for the two women who were fighting openly and secretly in the gazebo, Zhou Zhong didn't care about them. Pregnant women are not easy to get along with, and in his opinion, Jinxuan and Lingyun are just idle and have nothing to do, so they just make fun of themselves Now, bickering has almost become their best form of entertainment, and it will stop after the child is born.

Zhou Zhong played happily with his daughter, and the laughter soon attracted Meng Wan and Zhuo Er, the two of them were almost inseparable, especially after Meng Wan got married, the two stayed together all day, which made Zhou Zhong right. Bracelet has an opinion.In addition, Duo'er and Bai Junwan's daughter, Qingqing, also came to the back garden. They are both six years old now, so Zhou Zhong invited them to be educated by the best husband. They usually don't have time to play. Their husband was sick two days ago. , This is only a few days off.

Originally, Zhou Zhong and Xia Xia were enough to make a fuss, but now with the addition of Zhuan'er and Meng Wan, and Duo'er and Qingqing, two little girls who were about to play crazy, the whole back garden became noisy.Jinxuan and Lingyun had no choice but to go to their yard to rest with the help of the maid.

In the end, everyone was tired from playing. Zhou Zhong lay down on the grass and let Xia Xia sit on his chest. As a result, the little girl kept pulling his nose persistently, while Meng Wan and Zhuo Er lay quietly beside him. Er and Qingqing are energetic and still fighting endlessly, I don't know where their energy comes from?

"Brother, Xia Xia is so cute, can you let her sleep with me at night?" Duo'er opened her big eyes, looking at Xia Xia with joy.She and Qingqing finally calmed down, and now they are lying on both sides of Zhou Zhong's body, but now they are starting to think about Xia Xia, in their opinion, Xia Xia who can laugh and move is better than those dolls Much cuter.

"No, you are too young to take care of yourself, how can you take care of Xia Xia, and Xia Xia not only has to breastfeed at night, but also wets the bed, if you really sleep with you, then you and Qingqing will suffer Go!" Zhou Zhong rejected Duo'er's request in one gulp, he didn't feel at ease to hand over his treasure to these two little girls.

"Hmph, I knew my brother was reluctant!" Duo'er saw through her brother's inner thoughts at a glance, and immediately snorted coldly, then she looked at her sister Biao'er beside her, and immediately approached her with a smile, "Sister, When you get married in the future, give me a cute child like Xia Xia, okay?"

Duo'er's words made both Zhou Zhong and Mengwan laugh out loud, but Zhuo'er patted Duo'er's head in anger and said: "Smelly girl is not very old, but she has a lot of eyes, if you want a child, hurry up!" When you grow up, let your elder brother find you a good family to marry, and then you will be born yourself!"

"I'm not going to give birth. My sister-in-law was in pain when she gave birth to Xia Xia. I could hear her screaming for pain when I was outside." Duo'er rolled her big eyes a few times when she saw Qingqing on the opposite side. Liang, begged, "Qingqing, please give me a favor for your grown-up child in the future. I'll exchange the big bear doll my brother gave me."

Qingqing has wanted Duo'er's bear doll for a long time, now when she heard Duo'er's words, she immediately said without hesitation: "Okay, what you say is true, you give me the doll now, and I will give it to you when I have a child one!"

"Hahahaha~" Hearing Duo'er and Qingqing's innocent words, Zhou Zhong, Zhuan'er, and Meng Wan couldn't help laughing, but before Zhou Zhong could finish laughing, he suddenly felt a heat in his chest , when he looked down, he found that Xia Xia had already peed all over him, which made him jump up immediately, and hurriedly took off his coat, which made Zhuaner and Meng Wanxiao roll over. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)