First Prince of Ming Dynasty

"Jiangyin waiters are to show off their troops in foreign lands, and you are to show the country's prosperity and strength. Remember whether there is a way to communicate with each other, and you can't blindly collect money."

On behalf of the people behind Jiang Yuan, he said: "We are humble merchants, thanks to Your Highness's kindness, and have the honor to go to overseas countries with our Ming Fleet. We must maintain the majesty of the country and act in accordance with His Highness's instructions."

Interfering too much in business exchanges is not a good thing, but at this time, due to the internal affairs of Japanese pirates and the Black Death and other reasons, there has been no communication between countries for a long time. For long-term development, it is necessary to curb their greed at the beginning.

Then Zhu Biao instructed Liu Jin to take out the album, which showed the general shapes and distinguishing characteristics of corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, peanuts, peppers, tobacco, papaya, tomatoes and other plants.

They are like dried corn leaves, millet, and flowers like ears of rice. The bracts are as long as fists, the whiskers are like red velvet, and the grains are like gorgon seeds. They are large and white, with flowers blooming on the top and fruit at the nodes...

The shape of sweet potato is as big as a fist, the skin color is vermilion, the heart is crisp and juicy, it is edible both raw and cooked, the stem is flat or ascending, occasionally twined, multi-branched, cylindrical or ribbed, green or purple, sparsely pubescent or absent Hairy, stem nodes prone to adventitious roots...

"These few things, especially the first three, no matter who can take them for my Ming Dynasty, they should treat each other as a national scholar."

Hearing this, the eyes of the merchants below were all red, and no one cared about Jiang Yuan anymore. A middleman responded first: "I would like to take it for Your Highness, and please Your Highness to allow Caomin to copy the album so that we can find it."

No one asked Daming how the Crown Prince knew the specific shape and taste since Daming did not have these herbs.

The only thing they think about now is that the entire family class has leaped, and they dare not really ask for the treatment of national scholars, but with this credit, at least they will not be afraid of officials when they do business. All have the foundation of promotion.

Since they don't need to copy the album on the spot, they have prepared it long ago. Soon, everyone has a copy and carefully stores it close to their bodies. Looking at the people around them, it feels a bit annoying, and I can't wait to tear up the album in their arms. It's good to be broken.

It will be a matter of time before the sea trade starts, but if there is no clear order, I am afraid that it is not impossible that no one will care about it for decades. After all, in terms of business, gold, silver, porcelain, silk, spices and precious stones are too conspicuous.

And if it was introduced earlier, Zhu Biao would have arranged for people to find land for trial planting. After understanding the habits, he would gradually improve the varieties. It is impossible to spread any crops at will.

Just like corn, nature is a good thing. It is cold-resistant, drought-resistant, barren-resistant, and adaptable. However, the plant absorbs more water and has extremely deep packing. Among all the main cereal crops cultivated, the water and soil loss caused by planting corn is the most. serious.

Sweet potatoes require a lot of water. Arid areas such as Northwest China and North China are not suitable for planting and are not easy to preserve. Wild potatoes are highly toxic, but fortunately, they have outstanding advantages. They can be grown in colder, higher altitudes, steeper slopes, drier, and more Grows in barren, saline areas.

The bitterly cold areas of Liaodong and Koryo can finally have suitable crops, and the foundation for emigration and development will be established. Otherwise, sending people there is tantamount to exile and distribution.

After these crops have been domesticated and promoted, and with the policy of the imperial court, the population limit of Ming Dynasty will be successfully broken, and a large population can occupy more and better regions in this era of great geographical discovery.

Among the three, Zhu Biao is most concerned about tobacco. Needless to say, the profit of tobacco, as for the harm, in terms of the current medical living conditions, most people may not be able to wait for the diseases caused by smoking.

Of course, the most important thing is that the appearance of this thing is inevitable, and it will only happen sooner or later. If this is the case, it is better to use it to make money earlier, so as to build an unknown number of ships.

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"Yuan Xiucai, the dead cannot be brought back to life. The most important thing is to bury your mother well. Afterwards, the government will help you find a job. It is worth ten years of hard work. The dead will be happy when they are alive. You Why make trouble again."

A skinny young man firmly gritted his teeth and shook his head: "I went out of the city to seek medical treatment to save my mother, but I was stopped by the police and misunderstood by the county magistrate, causing my mother to die of hunger and illness. If you don't seek justice, how can you live with dignity?" In the world!"

Seeing that Hangzhou Tongzhi's expression hadn't changed at all, he couldn't help feeling cold and angry: "I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince has visited this place, if Master Tongzhi doesn't want to make decisions for Wansheng, then Wansheng will ask His Highness the Crown Prince to make decisions."

"You... absurd, Your Highness is busy with everything, how can I see you, Yuan Xiucai, if you really hate, then the officer will punish you, your old mother has been inactive until now, if you are really filial, let the old man be buried in peace! "

"If you can't seek justice for your mother, that would be really unfilial!"

Dragging his exhausted and weak body to his feet, he saluted and said: "It is thanks to my lord that I was able to escape from the prison. I should have known the kindness and tried to repay the hard work of dogs and horses, but how can a person live for the rest of his life, so how can he disregard the kindness of his birth, please forgive me." After this matter is settled, let it be disposed of."

Hangzhou Tongzhi's expression remained unchanged and he picked up the teacup: "Go back, you won't see His Highness the Crown Prince, even if you do, His Highness will not favor you in this accidental incident."

"Then I will go to Beijing to see the Holy One. The Ming Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety. I don't believe there is no place that can give me justice."

After he left, Hangzhou Tongzhi patted his head annoyed, and a middleman dressed in a seventh-rank official uniform came out from behind the screen: "Trouble with you, Tongzhi."

"Good job you did!"

The county magistrate also had a bitter expression on his face: "The misfortune came from the sky, and the lower officials are also very wronged."

Tong Zhi couldn't help but looked in the direction of the garden: "It's fine in normal times, but at this time, what if His Highness knows about it."

"Come here, keep an eye on that scholar. If you honestly set up a mourning hall and send him to Baiguan, that's my wish."

A clerk obeyed, and the county magistrate also said: "Excuse me, please also send fifty strings for this county. I came here in a hurry and didn't bring it with me. I will make it up for you later."

Qipin county magistrate is also an official, so the clerk would not say anything at this time, so he smiled and agreed, and then he saluted Tongzhi and went out to do business.

"How did the guard handle it?"

The county magistrate replied: "In the end, there was a death, and the next official dismissed him."

"It's all right, the scholar is stubborn, I'm afraid it won't be just like that, if it really makes trouble to His Highness, I will have to explain it."

Call your confidants to let him tell the officials in charge of criminal names in Fucheng about the matter here, and let them ignore this scholar, so as not to damage the majesty of the government, and not to lose the face of the entire Hangzhou Mansion in front of His Highness.

It is actually quite simple to say, this Yuan Xiucai is a very filial person, he lost his father since he was young and has no relatives, friends, brothers or sisters to help him, he only lives with his mother.

After ten years of hard work, he won the fame of a scholar, but the imperial court stopped the imperial examination and was not allowed to take the exam. He could only wait for the local government to recommend him as an official or be admitted to the Imperial College.

Fortunately, the imperial court was not free from food, and with the court's supply, the mother and son were able to survive, but as the mother was old and frail, the disease gradually took medicine, and scholars were powerless, but fortunately, they could still live. I write and can encourage maintenance.

More than ten days ago, his mother Zhao suddenly fell ill, but the family had no money left, and the city doctor couldn't afford it. Thinking that there were good doctors in other counties four miles outside the city, and the cost of kindness was relatively low, she hurried out of the city to ask for it.

Regardless of his appearance, he ran for several miles and finally arrived at the place, but was stopped by the city guards. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, he was required to show his identity guide when entering the county gate.

But the guards who had nowhere to go thought that there was no such thing as a person who came to the county from the city to seek medical treatment. He was clearly an excuse for a refugee, so he captured him and threw him into the cell, waiting for the county magistrate to try.

There is no reason for a scholar to meet a soldier, but if he can meet the county magistrate smoothly, he would still have a chance to escape.

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