Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 477 The third great artifact is born

  Xiao Xiangxiang looked at Fang Jifan adoringly.

   Unexpectedly... the young master can still coax children.

   What a caring person.

  Fang Xiaofan sucked as hard as he could, opened his big eyes, and looked straight at Fang Jifan!

  Fang Jifan stared at her with big eyes, and couldn't help saying: "Xiao Xiangxiang, who do you think she looks like?"

   "It goes without saying." Xiao Xiangxiang said, "Of course I look like a master."

  Fang Jifan shook his head and said, "You didn't tell the truth."

  Xiaoxiang was crispy and said, "Like a young master."

   "I also think it looks a bit like it." Fang Jifan said: "In the future, there will be a beauty like you."

   "..."

   This is purely commercial bragging, Xiao Xiangxiang immediately said: "It will be as good-looking as the young master."

  Fang Jifan nodded and said, "Of course."

   After a while, Miru came.

   Looking in a hurry, seeing Fang Jifan hugging Fang Xiaofan, he said, "It's late to come back."

   "It's okay." Fang Jifan shook his head, but he didn't know how to address her. In fact, he really wanted to call her auntie, but he was afraid of being slapped, so he forgot.

  Milu took the child, and the child stretched out his tender little hand, desperately trying to hug Fang Jifan's fingers, but seeing Fang Jifan put away his fingers, he immediately cried as if he had suffered tens of thousands of victims.

  Milu was busy coaxing, and glanced at Fang Jifan.

  Fang Jifan and Fang Xiaofan are silly, idiot, this is a finger, this kid must be lacking in IQ, so he can be deceived.

  Milu coughed: "Jifan, I have something to talk to you later."

  Fang Jifan said: "It's okay, it's okay to say it now."

   "Not now." Milu said, "The child is hungry."

   "Oh." Fang Jifan suddenly realized, slapped his forehead, and ran away in a hurry.

  After waiting for a while, the contented Fang Xiaofan fell into a deep sleep, and Xiao Xiangxiang hugged her very patiently, coaxing her in a low voice.

  Fang Jifan left and came back, Mi Lu took a look at Fang Jifan, and said with emotion: "I have been going out frequently these days, and I have met many wives, and they all praised you as a good boy."

   "Really?" Fang Jifan laughed: "I don't know... when will you... enter the palace?"

  Milu was not too impressed with the word 'you', but said: "I will enter the palace tomorrow."

   "Then I will prepare presents." Fang Jifan is very good at this.

  Milu shook his head: "It's ready."

   "Ready?" Fang Jifan panicked in his heart, this, this...why is he feeling a little nervous? But it is inconvenient to ask more.

  Milu seemed to see Fang Jifan's mind, and said: "You can rest assured, in your words, I am not in vain."

   "..." Uh, Fang Jifan thinks this word is weird.

Milu continued: "Your father and I...in the past two years, the promotion of sweet potatoes and potatoes in Guizhou has been quite effective. The next step is to reform the soil...your father hopes that Guizhou can become a model for the southwestern provinces, Once things in Guizhou are settled, the natives in Yunnan, Guangxi, and even Huguang are also like this. In this way, he can be regarded as worthy of the Ming emperor."

  Fang Jifan sighed in his heart, it turned out that his father in Guizhou not only spent his mind on making Fang Xiaofan, but also got things done.

  Milu said again: "As long as the southwestern provinces are determined, then your father hopes to complete the uncompetitive career of the Fang family ancestors."

  Fang Jifan didn't know why and said: "What?"

Milu said: "In the past few years, Annan has been flooded by heavy rains, and there are countless refugees. King Annan is called a servant of the Ming Dynasty, but they are in the West, but they regard themselves as Emperor Annan, and they have changed the year and calendar. You know this, right? "

  Fang Jifan shook his head.

  However, it is not a good thing to change the year and calendar without permission.

  In this period, this has amounted to rebellion.

  For example, North Korea professed its vassal to Daming, so their year name was also the same as that of Ming Dynasty. Daming was the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, and the year name used by North Korea was also the fourteenth year of Hongzhi. All edicts of the Korean state, as well as official official documents, all use Hongzhi's year name.

  Even after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Li Dynasty of North Korea still regarded the Manchus as dogs and sheep, barbarians, and privately called the Qing Emperor "Huhuang" and the Qing envoys "Captive Envoys". Except for the official congratulatory form to the Qing Dynasty, all internal official documents, including royal tombs, ancestral temples, and Confucian Temple sacrificial and congratulatory documents, still use the Chongzhen year name. Officially, as for private writings, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were still people who wrote Chongzhen's year name, so that there was even a record of "Chongzhen 265 years".

  Annan's approach is a bit like the attitude of the Korean state towards the Manchus. In addition to the official documents and congratulations to the Manchus, they used the Hongzhi reign name, but in private, they closed the door and became emperor themselves.

   It’s not like no one in the DPRK knows about such things, but...they have learned from Emperor Wen’s conquest of Annan back then, so it’s just not published.

Mi Lu said: "The ancestors of the Fang family entered Annan at the beginning to fight for Emperor Wen, but they returned in the end. Now this Annan country is both positive and negative, and the prefectures and counties in the border towns of Guizhou are also constantly at odds with us. Year after year, the common people are also suffering. Your father tried his best to promote sweet potatoes and potatoes, and he was preparing for that moment."

  Fang Jifan had to sigh with emotion that his father was quite ambitious.

Mi Lu said: "I came to Beijing this time to convey a message to you on behalf of your father. Some words are inconvenient to say in letters. An Nanguo, sooner or later there will be conflicts. Last time in your letter you said that there was a The Ministry of War is for training sailors, so please take it with you."

  Fang Jifan said: "This is a trivial matter. I will order someone to send it in a few days."

  Papa still trusts him very much.

  Fang Jifan thought for a while and said: "Your identity is a bit different. You will enter the palace tomorrow. It is very likely that you will see Your Majesty. Your Majesty still has doubts about you..."

  Milu smiled confidently and said, "It doesn't matter, I will take care of it myself."

  This tone has the arrogance of a man.

  …

  Fang Jifan has been thinking about Annan in his heart. The old Fang family...has a history.

  Because there is history, so...it seems that there are more hostile countries, and many historical missions have been continued!

For example, the grandfather of Fang Jifan’s grandfather once suffered a loss in Annan, because the emperor ordered to withdraw from Annan and re-accept Annan as a vassal state, that ancestor had to lead a group of people to station in Annan, and fought fiercely with Annan’s “thieves” The old brother who was born in 2000 returned home in a feather. After returning, it was said that he was so angry that he couldn't eat, and he died of depression not long after.

  For another example, my grandfather was defeated in the Tumu Fort, and how he came back is still a mystery.

  The fate of the Fang family is one with the Ming Dynasty. When the country was founded, the Fang family was as majestic as the Ming Dynasty and swept across Mobei. At the time of Jingnan, the Fang family hugged Emperor Wen's thigh and would not let go even to the death, earning an earl. When it was time to conquer Annan, the Fang family led troops to attack and fought to the death with the Annan people. Like countless nobles, they encircled and suppressed the native rebels in the nearby mountains in Annan.

  After that, Tumubao also suffered humiliation together with Daming.

  So it is not surprising that my father has this thought.

  Fang Jifan naturally supported Fang Jinglong, and soon sent someone to send out the book of war.

  In fact, Qi’s army’s art of war is widely used, not just limited to naval battles. Many years after Qi Jiguang’s death, this army defeated the Japanese army that invaded North Korea in North Korea. He also fought a decisive battle with the Tatars in Liaodong, and he still did not lose his true qualities as a strong soldier in all battles.

  After finishing these tasks, Fang Jifan devoted himself to sorting the seeds brought by Xu Jing from the West, except for occasionally nursing the child with his fingers.

   There are hundreds of seeds, some of which Fang Jifan can name, some of which cannot.

  But among them... there was one thing that surprised and delighted Fang Jifan.

  It turned out to be...corn.

  Corn is also one of the most important staple foods in later generations.

   This thing is most suitable for planting in the north.

   Its biggest feature is that it does not need to be intensively cultivated, nor does it need to spend too much time on care.

  It is indeed a must for lazy people, and its output is not low.

  Once popularized, the five major grain crops of sweet potato, potato, corn, rice, and wheat will be gathered together. Not only will the diet of the entire Ming Dynasty be enriched, but many lands that are not suitable for growing other crops can also be used. Especially in Liaodong and Inner Mongolia... This corn can also be planted.

  The most important thing is that this corn is rich in starch. Not only can it be used as a staple food, but it can also be used to make sugar. In Daming, sugar is very valuable, especially refined sugar, which is very expensive.

  Sugar contains the calories necessary for the human body and is the main source of human body heat...

Seeing that his teacher was interested in this corn, Xu Jing was also very happy, and said with a smile: "Master, I found this in Java, and I don't know where the Frangji people brought it from. They seem to want to try to get it in Java. Planting, so I brought a lot of grain seeds, I heard that the students were buying seeds with a lot of money, many people sold them one after another, the students saw that this thing is rare and edible, so they bought a lot.”

  Fang Jifan looked at the corn seeds like a baby, and said cheerfully, "Good job."

  After sorting the seeds into categories, he sent someone to Zhang Xin.

  Currently Zhang Xin has a very good understanding of crops. Even Fang Jifan, apart from some pioneering experience, is afraid that when it comes to farming, he is not worthy of carrying shoes for Zhang Xin.

   There is no need to explain these corn seeds, Fang Jifan firmly believes that Zhang Xin can quickly plant them and analyze their characteristics.

   And with this corn, then...Liaodong and the desert are served with potatoes, but I don’t know what it will look like.

   It's very exciting.

  As for other seeds, Fang Jifan actually doesn’t know much. After all, he is not a botanist, nor an agronomist, but he has heard a little about the main crops based on his foodie experience in his previous life!

  Let Zhang Xin try everything out. Fang Jifan may not be able to distinguish the seeds, but once they bear fruit, Fang Jifan will still recognize them.

  (end of this chapter)