With Emperor Zhu Yunwen's question, Tong Hailong immediately felt that countless pairs of eyes were fixed on him, and the owners of the eyes were either the ministers and servants who were in charge of the imperial court, or the noble ministers of the military, and of course, there was also the earnest gaze of His Majesty the Emperor.

How to answer?

Although Tong Hailong had a decision from the moment he arrived in Guangzhou, knelt down in the harbor, and kissed the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but in the face of the opposition of the Wenchen headed by Yu Xin, as well as the obscure attitude of the military, Tong Hailong had a trace of hesitation, he was just a small commander, no matter the rank and power were far from the Wenchen generals present, how could His Majesty ask himself such a question?

Tong Hailong involuntarily closed his eyes, he forgot that he was in the most solemn Fengtian Temple, he thought of the comrades-in-arms who died along the way, remembered their white-haired parents, his wife who looked at her husband's early return on the beach, and the babbling and faltering child, at that moment, he almost blurted out: "Don't go to sea again!" But he thought of the ups and downs along the way, and recalled the natives and soldiers who groaned and begged for mercy under his naval guns, muskets, and butcher knives, and he couldn't help but shudder, knelt on the ground, raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty has the ambition to go to sea again, the last general is willing to lead the sea again and rush to the Americas to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Tong Hailong's words landed soundly, breaking the silence in the hall, whether it was Wenchen or the general, they couldn't help but whisper, they didn't expect that under such a heavy loss, Tong Hailong could still say such a thing, did he want to die? If you go to sea once, it will take three years, how many three years can you have in your life? Look at Tong Hailong, and then look at the thousands and hundreds of households behind him, all of them are skeletal, their faces are haggard, and there is a strong smell of fish between their gestures, haven't they had enough of this kind of life?

After a long time, Yu Xin broke the sinking and said, "General Tong, why?" The old man wondered why? ”

"General Tong, get up and speak!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Tong Hailong stood up, and in an instant, the people in the hall had an illusion, they felt that Tong Hailong seemed to have changed as a person, this Fujian man with a medium stature, dark complexion, and haggard description, as if there was some new spirit injected into his body, which made his spirit suddenly excited.

"Your Majesty, my lords, although the losses on this trip are huge, but the last general and others have also seen the vastness of heaven and earth, on the other side of the distant ocean, there is such a vast and fertile land, and there are not too strong countries in the local area, most of them are just some tribes, only the Inca in the south of the Americas is slightly stronger, but they have no fine iron weapons, no cavalry, and no artillery, it is not difficult to defeat them."

"When the last general arrived in the Inca, it was March of last year, and it was summer, and at the beginning, according to His Majesty's order, the last general exchanged supplies, fresh water, and crop seeds with them with glass, porcelain, ironware, and other items, and it was quite smooth at first, but then when one of their princes came, everything was different."

"Not only did they refuse to exchange more seeds, but they also refused to replenish our provisions, and the last thing they couldn't bear was that they demanded that we hand over the Fortune Boat, otherwise they would attack us."

"They also seized 100 households and more than 20 sergeants who we had gone ashore to exchange supplies, and sent more than 3,000 troops and more than 50 small boats to surround us, demanding that we surrender."

"The last general had no choice but to order to fire back, as mentioned earlier their weapons were too poor, so they were defeated by us, but unfortunately we were too few men, and there were no cavalry, only caught up with their royal army, but fortunately, we caught the prince, he was injured in the chaos and did not run out."

"And the last general's men were killed in battle, and most of the wounded were injured by falls, so the scale of this battle is very small."

"But this battle gave the last general and others an astonishing discovery, that is, the Inca is rich in gold."

Speaking of this, Tong Hailong consciously paused and looked at the people around him, but unfortunately the people around him did not have the look of surprise as he imagined, but looked at him indifferently, like watching a monkey play. Think we're all hillbillies who haven't seen the world before?

Tong Hailong was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, and he arched his hand to Emperor Zhu Yunwen and said, "Your Majesty, this time the last general will return to Beijing and bring back some seeds and gold, does Your Majesty want to take a look?" ”

"Here?" Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, suddenly understood, and hurriedly said: "Okay, no problem, Liu Tie, you go and arrange it!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Liu Tie went out, the hall was quiet again, Tong Hailong didn't speak, Yu Xin and the others wanted to ask, but they were stopped by Zhu Yunwen, he remembered what he saw in the concerto, and couldn't help but look forward to it.

It didn't take long for the Jinyi guard to enter from outside the noon gate, arrived in the Fengtian Palace, and then placed it in the center of the hall under the command of Liu Zhen and others.

The ministers looked at the busy Jinyi Guard, and couldn't help whispering: "What is this bag?" ”

"Hehe, man, isn't that what it says? Corn seeds, potato seeds, don't you see? ”

"Oh, I can see it, I can see it, hehe!"

"What's that box? The lock on the box is so strong! ”

"This, I heard that it was created by His Majesty before the expedition."

"It's really strange, is it all gold and silver?"

"It's hard to say, didn't General Tong say that gold is abundant?"

"Hehe, do you really believe it?"

"Maybe, take a look!"

......

After the brocade guard withdrew, everyone also became interested and turned their eyes to the emperor, hoping to see what was inside.

Tong Hailong arched his hand at Zhu Yunwen: "Your Majesty, these are only about one-third, and the rest are being transported to Jingshi." ”

"Well, I know that you brought these things back, so it's up to you to open them."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Following Tong Hailong's order, the ten officers behind him walked up to the box, took out the keys from their arms, and opened the boxes one by one......

"Ahh So much gold! ”

"yes, ten boxes!"

"Is that a gem next to it? Shiny one! ”

"Yes, is it the old man who is dazzled? How can there be so much treasure? ”

While speaking, everyone couldn't help but get closer to see, and suddenly the team in the temple was chaotic, some people ran out of the queue, wanting to see more carefully, and some people were coerced forward although they were calm......

"Silence!"

"Silence!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is in front of the Imperial Palace! No noise! ”

With Liu Jing's loud shout, everyone woke up like a dream and hurried back to their positions, but some people involuntarily peeked over, and some people such as Yu Xin, Qi Tai and others closed their eyes and calmed down.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Zhu Yunwen stood up, with a smile on his face, and walked down the steps, but did not go in the direction of gold and silver jewelry, but walked towards crop seeds, which is what he hoped for the most, as for gold and silver jewelry, although dazzling, Zhu Yunwen tried to tell himself, calm, calm, he is an emperor, he can't be like a miser, and there will be more of these things in the future.

However, what made Zhu Yunwen a little disappointed was that the corn was indeed what he saw in later generations, but it seemed that the grains were a little small, and it seemed to be a little malnourished, or it could be that the variety was not good, Zhu Yunwen thought to himself, but did not show it, and was still full of smiles on his face.

As for potatoes and sweet potatoes, they look fine, but they are similar to corn, and they feel like a normal variety.

Anyway, he finally had these things, seeing them, Zhu Yunwen's eyes lit up, as if he had seen a stunning beauty, he reached out and grabbed a potato, a sweet potato, knocked it gently, and then picked up a few grains of corn, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, as if he felt a fragrance, Zhu Yunwen nodded, patted Tong Hailong's shoulder gently, and said with a smile: "Not bad, very good, you are very good!" ”

Then he turned back to his throne and didn't look at the glittering gold beside him.

"Guo Ren, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Zhang Yun, the dean of the College of Agriculture, listen to the order!"

"The minister is here!"

"You have to cultivate these seeds carefully, first in Shandong, Hebei, Northeast China, this matter is related to the Ming Dynasty, must not be neglected, do you understand?"

"Wait for you to understand!"

"Okay, you put these seeds away, if anything goes wrong and you fail the seeds that two thousand soldiers spent three years and countless blood for, you will wipe your necks with knives!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Yes, the minister must be extremely careful to live up to the high expectations of His Majesty and the soldiers!"

"Very well, stand down!"

Zhu Yunwen glanced at the ministers in the hall, and then looked at the more than a dozen boxes of treasures in the hall, and couldn't help but smile: "Cover the box, I still want to listen to General Tong continue to talk about his experience!" ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

When the box was covered, the golden light disappeared immediately, and the hall seemed to have darkened a lot, and Zhu Yunwen seemed to hear the silent sigh in the crowd, and couldn't help but smile and shake his head.