On the day Zhu Cihong returned to Nanjing, he happened to encounter a summer typhoon.

On the streets of Nanjing, the rainstorm is coming, and the wind is whining, like a ghost crying wolf. The dark clouds had already lowered low, and from time to time there was a faint sound of muffled thunder rolling across the sky. The streets were dark, with only garbage and debris rolled up. When Zhu Cihong, under the escort of one or two thousand pro-army troops riding Humpty Dumpty horses, entered the city with Concubine Ning and Concubine Fei who were riding in carriages, the whole city seemed empty and quiet.

Zhu Cihong suddenly thought that if Nanjing City had been so empty, he would have been able to hurt a lot less brains......

"Your Majesty, the Emperor and the Empress know that you are back to the palace today, they specially returned to the Forbidden City from Tangquan Palace, and now they are waiting for you to return to the palace with the Empress, the Imperial Concubine and the Emperor's eldest son!"

Talking to Zhu Cihong was Shoufu Wei Zaode. When the Son of Heaven returned to the court, of course he had to take hundreds of officials to the suburbs to greet him - there were no hundred officials, that is, the heads of the Cabinet Office, the Generalissimo's Office, the Zongren Mansion, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. What should other officials do?

"Really?" Zhu Cihong had no intention of responding, "Is Zheng Zhilong here?" ”

"Here, why didn't he come?" It was Wu Xiang who replied, and his tone was quite frustrated, "He should be talking to the emperor in the Forbidden City at this time, right?" ”

As soon as Zheng Zhilong heard that his daughter had given birth to a son, he immediately rode a fast horse from Fujian, and now he is a hot figure in Nanjing.

"Zheng Sen is also here," Qian Qianyi said with a smile, "He only came back from the firewood stick half a month ago." ”

Zhu Cihong was stunned for a moment, "Firewood? What's this name? ”

"It's a place name in Shui Zhenla," Qian Qianyi explained, "Didn't the emperor ask Zheng Sen to go to Annan, Champa and Shui Zhenla before?" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, "Yes, yes, there is such a thing." ”

Zheng Sen was also busy enough, and not long after he returned from Japan, he set off to Annam to meet with their Zheng and Nguyen lords, and then went to Champa to meet with Anzan, the king of Champang, and finally went to Shui Chenla, and met with Shui Chenla, the regent of Shui Chenla.

It's just a matter of meeting each other, establishing contacts, and getting to know the situation in these three countries, and that's all there is to it—colonial rule or something is to be divided. The three kingdoms of Annam, Champong, and Shuizhenla are not too weak, and the Ming have an advantage over them, but they are not overwhelming.

So you can't be in a hurry, and you want to colonize as soon as you go up...... It's not that easy!

As soon as he thought of Annan, Champong, and Shuizhenla, Zhu Cihong's thoughts turned to food security, which he was most concerned about.

"What was the result of trying to grow sweet potatoes? How much is the gain? Can you eat it? ”

Sweet potatoes are potatoes, called sweet potatoes by Fujian people, and have been cultivated in small quantities in Fujian and Jiangnan, and Xu Guangqi's writings also mention this kind of thing.

However, sweet potatoes are not as common as sweet potatoes in the southeast, so Zhu Cihong did not rush to promote, but asked Wu Xiang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to try planting - not to the military department of the Ministry of War to try planting, but to Wu Xiang's own Zhuangzi to try planting, a few acres of land, even if the harvest is nothing.

"Planted, planted...... Planted three acres, the harvest was good, more than 3,000 catties were harvested, and the harvest was good! Wu Xiang smiled, "The minister also asked people to send some into the palace, maybe Your Majesty will be able to eat them at the queen's place tonight." ”

"Really?" Zhu Cihong asked with a smile, "The queen has already eaten?" ”

"Not only have I eaten it, but I also cooked it with my own hands, and it was fried in oil...... French fries with fried chicken. Wu Xiang said with a smile, "The Empress said that this is what His Majesty told her before leaving Nanjing." ”

Zhu Cihong laughed, "This is good, this is good...... I must try the Queen's craft. ”

It's been a long time since he's eaten french fries and fried chickens......

When Zhu Cihong was talking to Wu Xiang, Wei Zaode and others, the short and fat horse under his crotch was still moving forward, and he finally entered the Forbidden City before the heavy rain fell.

Wei Zaode, Qian Qianyi, Chen Rui, Li Yan, Huang Binqing, Li Ruolian, Zhu Chunjie, Zhang Shize and others were not royal relatives and it was inconvenient to attend the family banquet in the palace, so they took their leave and went back to the yamen to do business.

Zhu Cihong and Wu Xiang, as well as the Fat Fu King of the Zongren Mansion and the somewhat sissy King Lu, as well as the two pregnant concubines, went to the Wuying Hall together.

Chongzhen lived in Wuyingdian before he moved out of the Forbidden City, and after he left, Wuyingdian's house remained so that the emperor could live in it when he returned to the palace.

Zhu Cihong did not take a sedan chair, but rode a horse all the way to the gate of Wuying Palace, and there had already been a report from the inner attendant, so Queen Wu Sanmei and Zheng Chagu, who was protecting her son, had already welcomed out of Wuying Palace.

"Third sister, you don't have to salute...... Aunt Cha, don't kneel. Zhu Cihong turned over from the horse, and while opening his mouth to excuse the two women, he strode forward to take a big fat boy from the tea girl's hand.

This kid is only ten days old, but he looks white and fat, and he is probably a foodie. When Zhu Cihong hugged him, he was sleeping, probably feeling a living person, woke up suddenly, opened his eyes and glanced at Zhu Cihong, and then burst into tears.

Zhu Cihong had no experience in coaxing children, and was a little at a loss for a while, when the voice of Emperor Chongzhen came from the Wuying Palace.

"Brother Trench is crying, go and see ......"

"Brother Trench?" Zhu Cihong was stunned.

Zheng Chagu hurriedly stepped forward to hug her son, and told Emperor Zhu with a smile, "Emperor, the old emperor just gave his brother a name, called Brother Trench." ”

"Brother Hao?" Zhu Cihong frowned, "It's called Zhu Hao?" ”

"Your Majesty!" Wu Sanmei shook her head, "Why did you forget your own characters?" ”

"That's right," Zhu Cihong thought for a while, "Ci and Yi Bozhong, and the word generation...... Then there is gold, wood, water, fire and earth, my name is fire, then my son will bring soil, Zhu Tuhao? ”

Zhu Tuhao...... Emperor Chongzhen really knows how to name it!

Zhu Cihong is the richest man in the Ming Emperor, Zhu Tuhao is the richest man among the concubines of the Ming Dynasty, and his grandfather Zheng Zhilong is the richest man in the entire Ming Dynasty...... A bunch of the richest man surrounds him, who is he a tyrant if he is not a tyrant?

"What Zhu Tuhao...... Wu Sanmei couldn't cry or laugh, "It's Zhu Hehao!" ”

"Almost, almost......" Zhu Cihong smiled, pulled up Wu Sanmei, and entered the Wuying Hall together. As soon as I entered the door, I saw a big swaggering little fat man, followed by two little girls who were swaying when they walked.

The three children stood there, looking at Zhu Cihong stupidly, and then one of the older girls said to Emperor Zhu with a smile: "Daughter to see my father!" ”

Then another younger girl also said in a milky voice, "Meet my father!" ”

The little fat man who reacted in the end, he also followed: "Meet my father...... Emperor" only to find out that it was wrong halfway through, "No, you are not your father, you are ......"

"I'm your imperial brother," Zhu Cihong reached out and pinched the little fat man's bun face, "Brother Fu, why are you so fat?" Isn't it greedy? ”

This stupid boy turned out to be the son of Emperor Chongzhen, that "Brother Xiaochun", Zhu Cihong wanted to pass him on to Zhu Yousong, the king of Fu, so he called him "Brother Fu", and his name was Zhu Ciyang (Nianpi).

"What is a greedy mouth?" The little fat man asked dumbfounded.

Zhu Cihong didn't answer him, but leaned down and hugged the two little girls in his hands. These two girls are the daughters of Zhu Cihong, one was born in the eighteenth year of Chongzhen by Wu Sanmei, and the other was born in the nineteenth year of Chongzhen by Zheng Chagu. In addition, Wu Sanmei also mentioned Zhu Cihong in the twentieth year of Chongzhen and gave birth to a third daughter.

The three girls are also named, respectively called "Tianfeng", "Caifeng" and "Xiaofeng". Now Xiaofeng is being held by Queen Zhou and has fallen asleep.

After Zhu Cihong hugged the two baby girls, he put them down, and then strode forward to salute Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou, and said loudly to the two of them: "Father, mother, and sons, they have finally returned triumphantly...... I'm big tomorrow, and ZTE is finally hopeful! ”