My Daming New Empire

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But the Americas are different. Corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, these agricultural products will play a huge role in the future.

Daming's population growth depends on these crops.

On the second day, Zhu Zhanji skipped the morning morning, and after the early morning was over, he came to Yuejianglou Wharf in person and sent off the ready-to-go fleet.

Wang Jinghong looked enviously, and couldn't help letting out a long sigh.

Zheng He, who was standing beside him, said with a smile: "San Bao, His Highness still needs you to clean up the sea borders from Daming to the Western Ocean, so you are left here. When His Majesty returns, at that time, the vanguard fleet will almost return. You It is not difficult to lead the army to go out again."

Wang Jinghong shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult. Even if there is a second time, His Highness will still give priority to Hou Xian."

Zheng He restrained his smile, looked at the fleet that was drifting away, sighed and said: "You still have some hope, I'm afraid I can only retire in Yingtian Mansion."

Zheng He can now be said to be an extremely human minister, and he is already the chief eunuch in the internal surveillance system.In the navy, although he is the director of the navy, not the governor, he is in charge of naval affairs.

And because of the Eastern Expedition to Dongying, he was granted the title of Duke of Dian and became the highest-ranking nobleman.

Today, he no longer has the freedom of the past. He can only solve problems for the royal family, but he can't take the limelight.

These are very satisfying for other ministers.

But for Zheng He, who has always advocated the spirit of adventure, it is like going to jail.

Zhu Zhanji sent the fleet away, and suddenly felt empty in his heart.When he returned to the palace, he had no intention of handling official duties.

It is now May and the weather is hot.Wearing unlined clothes, Zhu Zhanji asked someone to set up desks and snacks by the small river in front of the Hall of Martial Arts and under the big tree, preparing to take the children to play all afternoon.

In terms of the environment, the imperial garden is of course the most beautiful in the palace, but the imperial garden is the harem, and Zhu Zhanji can't just enter it.

The second is the beautiful scenery of the East Palace. After the Spring Harmony Hall was burned by Zhu Yunqi, the East Palace did not build a new Taisun Palace. It has now become a garden and a playground for children.

But today, Mrs. Zhang and Sun Xian are meeting wives in the Wenhua Palace. If he takes the children to play there, all the wives of the court will see them.

It doesn't matter if he takes the children to play, but everyone knows what he wants to spread.He is a grandson of the supervisor of the country. If he doesn't worry about state affairs, but takes the children to play, he will be criticized by the officials.

In fact, it's not just the ministers who can't accept it, even Sun Xian and the others feel that Zhu Zhanji is messing around sometimes.

Not only does he not abide by the custom of holding grandchildren but not children, but he often plays with children regardless of their age.

A few days ago, rowing with children was still common. On that day, he put Zhu Xue on his neck and let her ride a big horse. He was so shocked that all the eunuchs he saw knelt down and dared not make a sound.

Even Mrs. Zhang, who was obedient to Zhu Zhanji on weekdays, lost her temper because Zhu Xue was riding on his neck that day, and starved Zhu Xue for a meal and refused to let her eat.

Not to mention that men are noble and women are humble nowadays. With Zhu Zhanji's status alone, he can't enjoy many family happiness.

For the girls, Zhu Zhanji drew a few squares for them and taught them hopscotch and rope skipping.

The boys, Zhu Zhanji divided them into two teams to play cockfights.

This cockfight is not the real cockfight popular in Ming Dynasty, but a game played by boys. A group of four or five-year-old children are having a great time playing it.

It was not until the evening when the children were about to eat that Zhu Zhanji asked the maids to come over and take back the little princesses they were responsible for.

Zhu Zhanji raised children differently from others.

In the past, the children in the palace lived with their mothers since they were young, and they were assigned to the palace alone when they grew up.

However, Zhu Zhanji's children were born more concentrated, and they were about the same age. Zhu Zhanji specially arranged two side halls of Yongfu Palace, one for girls and one for boys.

They live together every day, and each of them can only bring a supporting maid by their side.Every day, except when I go to my mother to say hello at the morning and evening, I do group activities at other times.

At first, the child was still young, a little unaccustomed, and kept crying.

But in less than three days, each of them was like a prisoner who was released, playing together every day and forgetting his mother.

The children left happily together, and Zhu Zhanji was about to go back. At this time, Zhu Xue took Zhu Shuang's hand and came to Zhu Zhanji's side. "Father, tomorrow is Sister Shuang'er's birthday, and Shuang'er has something to tell you."

Zhu Zhanji saw the birth of Zhu Xue and the others. Because Zhu Shuang was born late, he had already gone to sea at that time.

Zhu Zhanji even forgot Zhu Shuang's birthday. Seeing her timid eyes, Zhu Zhanji squatted down and asked with a smile, "What does Shuang'er want to say to Father Wang?"

Zhu Shuang's real age is only three years old, and she is not yet sensible. She has become familiar with Zhu Zhanji these days, so she is not afraid of him.

Hearing Zhu Zhanji ask her, she pulled the belt in Zhu Zhanji's arms, and said coyly, "Shuang'er wants my father to eat longevity noodles with me."

Zhu Zhanji's heart melted when he heard that, he hugged her with a smile and said, "Okay, my father will eat noodles with you tomorrow, and we will compete to see who eats more."

Zhu Shuang laughed, with an innocent smile on her face.

Seeing her smile, Zhu Zhanji's heart moved, he sent them away and said, "Don't go to eat now, take me to Lan Fei's palace."

Li Liang hesitated for a moment, and reminded: "Your Highness, you gather the little princes and little princesses together to live together. I'm afraid Lan Liangdi will visit Yongfu Palace at this time..."

Zhu Zhanji waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Gu will go to her palace and wait for her to come back."

Among Zhu Zhanji's concubines, Lan Yan was second only to Sun Xian, the great-grandson concubine, and Hu Shanxiang was the only one on the same level as her.

Therefore, the place where she lives is also the side hall second only to the main hall of the apse. There is a separate small courtyard, and there are four more servants and maids than others.

When Zhu Zhanji entered the side hall, Lan Yan was really not there, only two little eunuchs and two little maids were guarding the courtyard.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji coming in, they knelt down in fright.Zhu Zhanji asked her where her study was in a harmonious voice, and after entering the study, he confessed: "Go and call Lan Liangdi back."

(Thanks to the leader of brother 916929, I will add more as soon as possible.)

Chapter 76 Confession

From the bottom of his heart, Zhu Zhanji still likes Lan Yan, a silly and sweet girl.But he has too many women, even if he likes them, he will not show it clearly, let alone surpass Sun Xian, the grandson concubine.

Accustomed to a life of intrigue and intrigue, he prefers that the people around him be simpler, so that he can be more worry-free.

Although Zhu Zhanji is an understanding person, he is not an understanding person.

Even in the previous life, women were more like his accessories, trophies, rather than equal lovers.

His deepest impression of Lan Yan was that she foolishly wanted to use her own power to solve the difficulties encountered in the family business.In this era when women's status was low, she was an unmarried little girl, and she was not suitable to show her face at all.

After entering the palace, Lan Yan became much more low-key.She was a little rich woman when she entered the palace. In Xingqing Palace, there are people under one person and hundreds of people above.

Relying on money to open the way made her life in the palace extraordinarily carefree, and even reached a situation where she was detached from the world and watched with cold eyes.

When Zhu Zhanji was going to sea, she was several months pregnant, which made her miss the opportunity to go to Europe with Zhu Zhanji.

After returning, Zhu Zhanji disturbed a lot of affairs, and wanted to be exposed to rain and dew, so he was not too close to her.

In the last chat, Zhu Zhanji had a strange feeling in just a few words, as if she, like herself, also had memories of her previous life.Because she said that in this era, women have a difficult life.

A few days ago on the Dragon Boat Festival, when Zhu Zhanji saw her, she should have seen herself even more. She should have come over, but hid quietly, which made him even more suspicious.