Li Banghua said unceremoniously: "Your Majesty wants to follow the example of Yingzong Beijiahu? ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "Holy Lord, Xuanfu is already more than a hundred miles away from Tumu Fort. ”

Wang Chengen knelt down and said: "Holy Lord, although the slave maid is surnamed Wang, he does not dare to learn from Wang Zhen. ”

It seems that the change in Tumubao is an eternal pain in the hearts of the Ming people, and Zhu Youxiao knew that he couldn't convince these people, so he had to say: "That's okay, Li Qing will continue to patrol here, and I will go to Qian'an first." ”

Li Banghua was ready to meet the emperor's thunderous wrath, but he didn't want the emperor to be so easy to speak, and although Wei Zhongxian and Wang Chengen were ministers, they also knew the priority of the matter, and couldn't help but think secretly: "Master Zou, I'm afraid that the situation you think may not be correct." ”

Li Banghua was employed by Zou Yuanbiao and was an authentic member of the Donglin Party. Zou Yuanbiao was sent by Zhu Youxiao to be a visiting envoy to Shaanxi, and he was not allowed to return to Beijing for several years. And Zou Yuanbiao corresponded with him, always saying that the emperor was stubborn and self-serving, and attacked the Donglin party. And Wei Zhongxian and others flattered Qu Cong, and they were deeply worried about the future of the Ming Dynasty, and he also thought so.

However, the Ming Dynasty first taught the Japanese Satsuma Domain a lesson, occupied a large area of Japanese territory, and restored the Ryukyu Domain. Then Yu Liaodong forced Nurhachi to be embarrassed everywhere, and captured Huang Taiji, one of the four great Baylors of Jiannu, to Jingshi, which had already made Li Banghua have some doubts about Zou Yuanbiao's words.

Later, the emperor used him, a typical Donglin party, as a messenger and entrusted him with the important task of inspecting the border city. Today's events are even more able to listen to advice with an open mind, and Wei Zhongxian and others are not blindly obedient, but argue based on reason, directly point out Tumubao and Wang Zhen, and are not afraid of angering the emperor at all.

He knelt on the ground and said, "Wechen thanked Your Majesty." Please rest assured that Wechen will conscientiously inspect all places and report the real situation to Your Majesty. ”

Zhu Youxiao sighed and said, "Minister, you hurry up and make arrangements, my schedule is very tight." ”

Wei Zhongxian discussed with his subordinates and reported back: "Shengshang, if you want to be fast, it is best to take the waterway, from Xuanfu directly to Yanqing, then into the Yu River, and then to the Chaohe River, into the Liu River to enter the Luan River, and directly to Qian'an." However, there are still about twenty miles to go by land to the river. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "It's good to take the waterway, the nurse and the concubine can't withstand the long-distance bumps, and the speed will be faster, then go and arrange it, and leave tonight." ”

Wei Zhongxian was taken aback: "The saint can't, although this river is navigable, but you can't see the road when you sail at night, so let's hurry tomorrow as soon as possible." ”

Wang Chengen also said: "Shengshang, there are many special foods in Xuanfu Town, and Mrs. Fengsheng said last time that she wanted to taste it here, so let's enjoy it today and leave tomorrow." ”

Zhu Youxiao asked, "How long have we been out?" ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "Saint, we have only been out for eight days, and there are still more than 20 days, the slave and maid asked, from here to release the boat, it will only take three days to move to An, and it will be too late." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to Xuanfu Town today and see what kind of food there is." ”

Li Banghua said: "Your Majesty, Wechen came to Xuanfu first, but I am familiar with some shops, why don't we let Wechen lead the way?" ”

Zhu Youxiao looked at the commander of the Xuanfu Governance Office, nodded and said, "Then Li Qing will take us to have a look." ”

The group took more than a dozen guards and went out of the office. Although Xuanfu is called a military town, it is not close to the border, so it looks like a bustling bazaar. Whether it is materials from the mainland or production from outside the country, it can be said that there is everything.

Li Banghua first took them to a big restaurant, and after instructing Xiao Er, he whispered: "Young master, the taste here is excellent, it is an authentic Mongolian flavor, but I am worried that the nurse will not like to eat it." ”

Ke Shi smiled: "Mr. Lao Li is worried, the daughter of the Han family, it would be good to have food, and she is not so picky." ”

Duan Ying also smiled and did not speak. Zhu Youxiao has always been very envious of the Mongolian style of eating meat, but he has never had a chance, and now that he is in Xuanfu, of course he has to give it a try.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao was attracted by an old man next to him, not the old man's person, but he was actually smoking hookah.

Although Zhu Youxiao was a middle school student in his previous life, he also smoked occasionally. When I saw the hookah, my throat actually itched a little. He coughed, and everyone looked at him. He winked at Wei Zhongxian, then looked at the old man.

Wei Zhongxian was a little dazed and said, "That's smoking hookah?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Do you know hookah? ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "It was only introduced from Guangdong in recent years, and last time there was a fan who said that some people in the south planted and sold, so they knew it." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Go borrow some or buy some, I want to try it." ”

Keshi said: "Brother, is that thing okay?" Looking at the appearance of fire, will it not be bad for the body? ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Don't worry, nurse, I know something about this, there is no problem." ”

Wei Zhongxian came to the old man's table and chatted with him for a while, and the old man gave him the hookah. Wei Zhongxian hurriedly excused himself, only accepted some cut tobacco, thanked him and returned to his table.

Zhu Youxiao saw the tobacco, his throat was more itchy, but he couldn't smoke it for a while, and he was so anxious that he saw Wang Chengen reading the newspaper proof, and he was overjoyed: "Tear a piece of paper and give it to me." ”

Wang Chengen didn't know how to tear it, so he handed over the entire sample. Zhu Youxiao carefully tore a three-finger-wide strip of paper down, and then clumsily put the tobacco into it, carefully rolled it, and held it in his mouth.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly blew the fire medium on fire, and Zhu Youxiao leaned up, sucked hard, and was choked and coughed.

Duan Ying hurriedly came to beat his back, Zhu Youxiao reached out to stop her, took another sip, and the cough stopped. Looking at the burning paper cigarette, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he and his brother were learning to roll cigarettes with their grandfather in the countryside, and tears couldn't help but flow.

Keshi hurriedly said: "Brother, don't eat it if it's not delicious." ”

Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said, "No, it's delicious, I just remembered something." But I thought in my heart that what I crossed over was only the soul, and I would have the same addiction to smoking, so it seems that the addiction to smoking is actually mainly a spiritual thing and not just a physical thing.

He took two more puffs of cigarette, and then said to Wei Zhongxian: "Find the seeds, improve them and cultivate them in large quantities, this is a good way to make a fortune, and we must control it in our own hands." ”

Wei Zhongxian nodded and promised, but Zhu Youxiao remembered the match again, he knew the principle, at least it was much more convenient than the fire medium, and let the research institute experiment after he went back, and it could not only replace the flint fire medium, but also sell it with cigarettes, which would definitely make a lot of money.