The tent where Zhu Youjian lived was a tent made of cowhide in the style of a yurt, composed of several independent teepees. The back tent that Hai Lanzhu is talking about is a self-contained circular tent, except for a screen door connected to the other tents, the source of light in the room mainly comes from the skylight that is opened on the roof.

The floor of the tent was covered with a carpet of wool and silk, and because of the small space inside the tent, there was not much furniture, except for a low table and a low bed, and a few cotton mats for people to sit cross-legged on the ground.

Zhu Youzhen sat cross-legged on the side of the low table, and waited for Hai Lanzhu to make a bowl of milk tea for herself. In fact, for this Mongolian-style salted milk tea, it was not suitable for his taste at all, but in order to let these accompanying Mongolians get close to him, he still endured the taste of salted milk tea in front of everyone as if nothing happened.

Zhu Youzhen originally thought that he was well disguised, but his resistance to salty milk tea was still noticed by Hai Lanzhu. Cooking a pot of milk tea is a necessary skill for the hostess of every Mongolian family, because the milk, brick tea, and salt needed to cook milk tea are valuable and necessary living materials for every Mongolian family.

The hostess's skills in cooking milk tea can even be seen from the status of the family, after all, the poor Mongolian family does not have so many valuable materials for the hostess to practice. As the noble daughter of the Zaisang family of the Horqin Department, Hai Lanzhu's skills in cooking milk tea are naturally quite good.

After discovering that Zhu Youzhen was not suitable for the milk tea he cooked, Hai Lanzhu constantly adjusted the taste of milk tea, and finally let Zhu Youzhen accept the taste of Mongolian milk tea. Hai Lanzhu skillfully prepared a cup of milk tea for Chongzhen, and then carefully handed it to Chongzhen.

Zhu Youzhen, who was feeling his mouth dry, unceremoniously picked up the milk tea in front of him and took a sip comfortably. The hot milk tea made Zhu Youzhen's somewhat thirsty throat instantly moisturized. He put down the tea bowl with satisfaction, and was about to say something to Hai Lanzhu.

Hai Lanzhu, who was kneeling opposite the low table, suddenly said, "Wait a minute, don't move, the emperor." Zhu Youzhen's movements stopped suddenly, he opened his mouth, and watched Hai Lanzhu lean over and take a small piece of dead branch from his shoulder.

Although it was not the first time he had met Hai Lanzhu, when Hai Lanzhu suddenly made such an intimate move, it was the first time he realized that this was a very attractive woman. Hai Lanzhu is not the petite and delicate beauty he is used to seeing in the palace, she is tall but not rough; Although the skin is not as fair as that of the women in the palace, it is not the black and yellow complexion of the Mongolians who bathe in the natural climate all year round.

Hai Lanzhu's facial features are not the kind of delicate appearance, at first glance it just feels delicate, but the more you look at it, the more you feel the type of look. Especially when she leaned over to Chongzhen, Zhu Youzhen could see that the other party's eyelashes were long and dense, and they were very charming under the flow of their eyes.

For a moment, Zhu Youzhen felt that his mind was blank, his cheeks were a little hot, and he forgot what he wanted to say to Hai Lanzhu. After Hai Lanzhu took off the dead branch, she put it on the low table in front of her, as if she hadn't seen Chongzhen's trance, she crossed her hands in front of her, and then said with a smile to Chongzhen: "It turned out to be just a dry branch, what did the emperor want to say just now?" ”

"Oh, yes, I was just going to say something." Chongzhen, who had not yet recovered from the inexplicable emotions just now, responded incoherently, he looked at Hai Lanzhu's smile, but he felt that his heart was beating fast, and the smile of the woman opposite seemed to be poisonous, and the momentum of the conversation he had prepared when he just entered the tent was completely interrupted by Hai Lanzhu's sudden move just now.

Zhu Youzhen suddenly felt that it was a bit unpleasant to say anything at the moment, he silently took the milk tea in front of him and drank it all, barely calming down his mood, and then broke the somewhat ambiguous atmosphere at the moment.

"Originally, I just wanted the Korqin Department to send a hostage... Now that it's like this, I won't talk about it. However, since the Horqin Ministry sent you over, it can be regarded as a manifestation of your attitude, that is, you are not willing to choose a side between Houjin and Daming.

In the current situation, Da Ming can accept the current attitude of the Horqin Ministry. Therefore, I will release the captured Horqin soldiers, and your brother will also bring them back to the Horqin Tribe.

Since there is a Houjin between the Horqin Department and the Ming Dynasty, before a safe passage is opened, I will announce that you are not the object of the Horqin Department sending the Ming Dynasty and relatives, but the hostage of the Horqin Department who was forcibly included in the harem by me. In this way, it is not easy for Houjin to find trouble with the Horqin Department, and your parents and family can live as usual.

However, the Son of Heaven has his own etiquette for marrying, and even I can't act indiscriminately. Now there are rumors outside that you are the beauty I asked for from the Horqin Department, so naturally you must have a dowry gift. My dowry is ready for you to see when you return to the rice garden. As for your dowry, I thought it would be better to leave 600 Korqin warriors to serve my Ming Dynasty, what do you think? ”

Hai Lanzhu tilted her head, looked at Zhu Youzhen who was avoiding her sight, and couldn't help but feel a little funny in her heart. Since leaving the Horqin Ministry, she has already understood that she will have nothing to rely on in Daming in the future. Although she prefers to live freely on the grassland in her hometown, now that she has come to the Ming Dynasty, she has to think about the future of herself and the Horqin Department.

The thought of trying to please a man who was two years younger than her has always made Hai Lanzhu feel quite shy, but after meeting Chongzhen, she also felt quite uncomfortable for this young man who always remained calm in front of her and pretended to be mature. From childhood to adulthood, the dedication of the men around her to her made Hai Lanzhu clearly know how outstanding her appearance was.

Chongzhen's ignorance of her appearance made Hai Lanzhu a little competitive, so when Chongzhen asked to have a conversation with her with a posture of controlling the overall situation, she couldn't help but test it. Hai Lanzhu, who has been married once, naturally understands the psychology of men better.

Chongzhen's pretended to be calm made her understand that her charm had not disappeared. After listening to Chongzhen's request, Hai Lanzhu did not raise objections, she replied very obediently: "If the emperor thinks it is better to deal with it like this, then it will be done according to the emperor's wishes." Leaving the clansmen to think that the emperor is guarding the matter, it is better for me to go and explain to my brother, so that my brother will not think too much. ”

Regarding Hai Lanzhu's reasonableness, Zhu Youzhen felt a little unable to exert his strength for a while. In addition, his heart was not completely settled at the moment, so he hurriedly ended the conversation and left the back account.

After walking out of the back account, Zhu Youzhen reacted, he was a human being in two lives, and he was actually teased by a woman for the first time. As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he naturally will not lack beauties around him, and the appearance of Concubine Zhou and Tian has surpassed Hai Lanzhu. But these days, the self-confidence and independence shown by Hai Lanzhu are closer to the personality of later generations of women, perhaps because of this, so in the moment just now, he was moved.

Zhu Youzhen didn't know whether Hai Lanzhu's move just now was intentional or unintentional. But Hai Lanzhu successfully sabotaged the conversation and made him lose control of the conversation, which undoubtedly became a fact. Zhu Youzhen stopped, thought for a while, and then continued to walk towards the front tent.

When the emperor left, Meng Genqige walked into the back tent, ready to ask Hai Lanzhu for instructions on how to arrange the luncheon banquet.

Before she could speak, she saw Hai Lanzhu holding a cheek in her left hand and a dead branch in her right hand, watching the sunlight cast by the skylight. The fluttering sunlight shone on Hai Lanzhu's face, making her face radiate a holy light, and it looked like there was a mysterious beauty.

When Meng Genqige was stunned, Hai Lanzhu suddenly said leisurely: "Qiqige, we didn't seem to be wrong this trip to Ming." ”

"Huh?" Meng Genqige has not yet reacted. Hai Lanzhu had already withdrawn the dead branch in her hand, got up and stretched, and then said to her happily: "Naren asked you to come, let's go and see how the luncheon is prepared..."

After finishing the luncheon with a Mongolian leader, Zhu Youzhen ordered his guards to pack their bags and follow him back to the capital. Others, on the other hand, will return to Beijing early tomorrow morning.

When the internal affairs of the Ming Kingdom were endless, the Later Jin State was also facing a great turmoil. Although under the planning of Huang Taiji, the setbacks of the war that ran thousands of miles into the Ming State Pass last year finally gradually faded into the domestic political influence of the Later Jin.

However, the food crisis in Houjin became more and more serious because of the reorganization of the army in Liaoxi Town of the Ming State and the cutting off of the grain smuggling trade.

Of course, the Houjin was not without a solution, and after signing a peace agreement with the Ming State, the Hexi land under the control of the Houjin began to develop on a large scale. By the fourth year of Tiancong, the area of cultivated land under the control of Houjin had reached more than 48,000 yuan, which had exceeded the area of cultivated land that existed before the war in Northeast China, and was more than double that of Tiancong in the second year.

However, more than 70 percent of this increased arable land fell into the hands of the two red flags and two blue flags, and only 30 percent belonged to the two yellow flags and two white flags.

The reason for this situation is that, on the one hand, the two red flags and the blue flag signed a trade contract with the Ming state, and the bean fields they developed were financed by the Ming merchants; On the other hand, most of the labor brought back by Amin's expedition to Korea fell into the hands of these four banners.

Although these Koreans did not play a role on the battlefield, their skills in agricultural work were not inferior to those of the Han Chinese. In particular, several farmers from northern Korea also brought rice seeds adapted to cold weather, which were successfully introduced near Shenyang, and brought an excellent crop to the Houjin country.

Agriculture, which was not favored in the Later Jin Kingdom, has seen an unexpected boom in a short period of time because of the rice of the Koreans and the soybeans demanded by the Ming people.

According to the information obtained by Huang Taiji, if the two red flags and the blue flag can be lent to the public treasury for half of this year's harvest, then Houjin will be able to overcome the current difficulties.