Zhou Zhong finally agreed to Vasco da Gama's request, although Portugal is rich, but two million taels of silver for them, it is also a lot of expenses, if he does not agree, I am afraid that the Portuguese will not be able to raise the price again, and the last can only let the Portuguese mermaid die in a desperate fight, now Zhou Zhong is a critical period for the development of the Ming Navy, so he does not want to go to war with the Portuguese again.

A few days later, the subordinate officials of the Governor's Yamen discussed the details with Da Gama's envoys, and finally drew up a treaty, Portugal as a defeated country, to the Ming to compensate two million taels of silver, to be paid in two years, after the first year of payment, the Ming reopened the Strait of Malacca to Portugal, agreed that the Portuguese came to the Ming to trade, but the Portuguese also had to abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if there was a violation, it would be dealt with severely.

On the day of the formal signing of the treaty, Zhou Zhong and Vasco da Gama respectively represented the Ming Dynasty and Portugal, and then signed the treaty in Chinese and Portuguese, and also stamped their own governor's seal, which also marked the official entry into force of the first treaty in the true sense of the East and the West.

After the treaty was signed, Da Gama proposed to Zhou Zhong to meet the Ming Emperor, and Zhou Chong had already reported to Zhengde about this matter, and there was also a newly signed treaty, which also arrived in the capital to report, but whether Zhengde was willing to see Da Gama They also depended on his mood, and Zhou Zhong could not guarantee this.

While waiting for Zhengde's reply, da Gama and the others seemed to be very interested in Shuangyu Port, as long as they had the opportunity. They will take people around the harbor. He even offered to go to Ningbo Mansion for a spin. However, Zhou Zhong refused, because he knew that Da Gama was collecting information about the Ming Dynasty, and it was already Zhou Chong's limit for them to take a look at Shuangyu Port, and they didn't want to step into the mainland again until Zhengde agreed.

More than a month later, Zhou Zhong finally received a message from Zhengde, during which he was very bored in the capital, so he decided to meet Da Gama, a group of envoys from afar. Zhou Chong was not surprised by this, after all, Zhengde was originally a guy who was very curious about new things, so he quickly arranged for Da Gama and them to march to the capital with gifts, but in order to let Da Gama and his party collect less information, Zhou Chong directly asked them to send them to Tianjin Wei by the Bohai Sea by boat, and then directly entered the capital, I believe that the majestic Beijing city will surprise them again.

The Portuguese mission was sent away, and the first batch of one million taels of silver was prepared to receive the Portuguese compensation, and the Strait of Malacca was prepared to be released to the Portuguese. Vasco da Gama had already sent the treaty back to India before he left, with the power of his viceroy of India. It was still very easy to raise a million taels of silver in compensation, and they also wanted to resume trade with the Ming as soon as possible.

For the next period of time. Zhou Chong is very leisurely, the victims who moved to Taiwan and Malacca have been settled, the sweet potatoes have been planted, there is no need to worry about the food for the coming year, and the Portuguese have also signed a treaty, and with the strength of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean, it is impossible to tear up the treaty and conflict with the Ming Dynasty in a short time, so what he has to do now is to take this opportunity to develop the strength of the Ming Navy, but this is not something that can be done in a day or two, so after he explained the general things, The rest of the time stayed at home to play with her daughter Xia Xia.

"Greatly...... Big ......" one-year-old Xia Xia waved two white little hands, opened her mouth full of saliva and kept shouting at Zhou Chong, Zhou Chong taught her to call herself "Daddy", but unfortunately the child's pronunciation is always inaccurate, so it can only be so "big...... Big" non-stop.

But Zhou Zhong doesn't care much about this, as long as the child can call himself, and the one-year-old Xia Xia is the cutest time, the white and chubby little face has exquisite facial features, especially the big round eyes, whoever sees it has to praise a few words, which also makes Zhou Chong, who is a father, very proud, when he has nothing to do, he likes to take Xia Xia around on the dock, and then listen to the praise of others, and the mood of the day will become very pleasant.

Xia Xia is one year old, and her two white fat calves already have some strength and can learn to walk, so Zhou Zhong took Xia Xia to the grass in the back garden today, bent over and held Xia Xia's two little hands, leading her forward step by step. The little one is also very interested in this novel sport, and with every step he takes, he will find a "giggling" laugh, which sounds like a little angel smiling.

In the gazebo next to the grass, Jinxuan and Lingyun sat on the recliner, caressing their slightly bulging abdomen, and showed a happy smile while watching the father and daughter of Zhou Chong on the grass playing.

"Sister, when Xianggong said that he liked his daughter more than his son, I thought Xianggong was comforting us, but now that I see Xianggong and Xia Xia getting along, I believe that Xianggong was telling the truth at the beginning, he does like his daughter more, if his sister can also give birth to a daughter for Xianggong, it will definitely make Xianggong even happier!" Jinxuan looked at Zhou Chong's father and daughter on the grass for a while, and suddenly turned her head to look at Lingyun and smiled.

"Hehe, what my sister said is good, I think Xianggong does like his daughter very much, if I can give Xianggong another daughter, it's not bad, but I heard others say that a woman giving birth to a child is like a fruit tree blooming, what fruit does a fruit tree bear in the first year, what fruit will it produce in the next year, my sister has given birth to Xia Xia before, and I must have a bottom in my heart, poor little sister This is the first time to give birth, who knows what fruit Lu Dao will bear?" Xie Lingyun sighed faintly after speaking, and her face also showed a bit of pity.

"Giggle~, people are not the same as fruits, and some time ago, my aunt went to the most effective Dade Temple in Ningbo Mansion to ask for a signature, and all three times were signed by men!" Jinxuan was not angry at all when she heard Lingyun's words, she still smiled and said, and even took out Aunt Wang's bias to increase her bargaining chips.

During this time, Zhou Zhong also regretted it, because after Jinxuan and Lingyun became pregnant almost at the same time, although the two women were amiable on the surface, as long as they met, they would fight non-stop. Even if they all know that Zhou Zhong likes his daughter more, but they still want to have a son, after all, no matter how good her daughter is, she will marry in the future, and only her son can inherit the family business, so both of them are holding back their strength.

For the two women fighting openly and secretly in the pavilion, Zhou Zhong is also lazy to care about them, and none of the pregnant women are easy to get along with, and in his opinion, Jinxuan and Lingyun are just idle and have nothing to do, so they are having fun for themselves, and now the bickering has almost become their best form of entertainment, and it will stop when the child is born.

Zhou Chong was happy to play with his daughter, and the laughter soon attracted Mengwan and Bang'er, the two of them were almost inseparable, especially after Mengwan got married, the two stayed together all day, and Zhou Zhong had opinions about Bang'er. In addition, Duo'er and Bai Junwan's daughter Qingqing also ran to the back garden, they are now six years old, so Zhou Zhong invited them to educate the best husband, usually there is no time to come out to play, two days ago their husband was sick, and they only took a few days off.

Originally, Zhou Zhong and Xia Xia were enough to make trouble, but now with the addition of Bang'er and Mengwan, as well as Duo'er and Qingqing, two little girls who are about to play crazy, the whole back garden is full of noise. Jinxuan and Lingyun had no choice but to be supported by the maid to their own yard to rest.

Finally, everyone was tired of playing, Zhou Zhong lay on the grass and let Xia Xia sit on his chest, but the little girl kept pulling his nose persistently, Mengwan and Bang'er were lying quietly beside him, Duo'er and Qingqing were still playing with energy, and I don't know where they got their energy?

"Brother, Xia Xia is so cute, can you let her sleep with me at night?" Duo'er opened her big eyes and looked at Xia Xia with joy. She and Qingqing finally quieted down, and now the two of them are lying on both sides of Zhou Chong's body, but now they are starting to play Xia Xia's idea, in their opinion, Xia Xia, who can laugh and move, is much cuter than those rag dolls.

"No, you are still too young to even take care of yourself, how can you take care of Xia Xia, and Xia Xia not only has to feed at night, but also wet the bed, if you really sleep with you, then you and Qingqing will wait to suffer!" Zhou Zhong refused Duo'er's request in one bite, he didn't feel at ease to hand over his treasure to these two little girls.

"Hmph, I know that Brother Lu Dao is reluctant!" Duo'er saw through her brother's inner thoughts at a glance, and snorted coldly at the moment, and then she looked at her sister Bang'er beside her, and leaned over with a smile and said, "Sister, when you get married in the future, give birth to a cute child like Xia Xia and give it to me, okay?" ”

Duo'er's words made Zhou Zhong and Mengwan laugh out loud, but Bang'er patted Duo'er's little head angrily and said: "The stinky girl is not very old, but she has a lot of eyes, if you want to have a child, grow up quickly, and then let your brother find you a good family to marry, and then you will be born by yourself!" ”

"I didn't give birth, my sister-in-law hurt when she gave birth to Xia Xia, and I heard my sister-in-law crying out for pain outside." Duo'er said this, her big eyes turned around a few times, and when she saw Qingqing on the other side, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she begged, "Qingqing, in the future, your grown up child will give me a good one, and I will exchange it with you with the big bear doll that my brother gave me." ”

Qingqing had long wanted Duo'er's bear doll, and now when she heard Duo'er's words, she immediately said without hesitation: "Okay, talking counts, you give me the doll now, and I'll give you one when I have a child in the future!" ”

"Ha Lu Ha ~ " Hearing Duo'er and Qingqing's two innocent words, Zhou Chong, Bang'er, and Mengwan couldn't help laughing anymore, but before Zhou Chong finished laughing, he suddenly felt a heat in his chest, and when he looked down, he found that Xia Xia had already urinated on him, which made him jump up immediately, and hurriedly took off his coat, which made Bang'er and Mengwan roll with a smile. (To be continued......)