Corn may be very unfamiliar to the Ming Dynasty, but it is very familiar to Lewen, it seems that this time the Portuguese envoy Philot came to the Chinese continent thousands of miles away, which is not in vain. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Who has changed history, and the current emperor is Lewen, but Lewen will not be used in this thing that has spread in Europe, but it will be used as a treasure in the Ming Dynasty.

"Deal? I'm not interested in making any deal with you......" Le Wen was dressed in a golden dragon robe with a nine-clawed golden dragon embroidered on it, he put on a look of indifference, and said lightly with an expressionless face.

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor had no intention of making a deal with him, the envoy Philot felt a chill in his heart, and a ray of disappointment appeared in his pale green eyes, but he still asked a little unwillingly: "...... But, dear Your Majesty the Emperor, do you really not want to see it, this crop can bring prosperity to your country. ”

Firot originally wanted to knock on a bamboo pole, I heard that the Ming Dynasty was very rich, how could he make dozens of taels of gold, but now it seems that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not interested in the corn he brought, which inevitably makes his Ruyu abacus fail.

"Well, for your sake, it's okay for me to take a look, what about the corn you are talking about." Lewen put on a somewhat reluctant look and said lazily.

"Your Majesty, but the small bag of corn seeds brought by the envoy has been seized by your guards when he entered the palace...... I hope Your Majesty ......"

Firot gave Levin a salute to the dragon chair, then turned his head to look back, a hint of pleading on his face.

Le Wen waved his hand and said lightly: "Come on, bring in the things brought by the foreign envoys." ”

As soon as the holy decree was issued, the Jinyi guard outside the door took a small bag of corn under the seizure, Le Wen gave the eunuch a look, the eunuch Xinle hurriedly went down to the palace, and reached out to pick up a gray-black cloth bag in the hand of the Jinyi guard, which was bulging, the eunuch opened it first, it was full of yellow, orange and orange horsetooth-shaped seeds, he put his hand in and grabbed it, and found that there was nothing suspicious in it except for these horsetooth-shaped seeds, so he nodded to Jinyiwei, Only then did he rest assured that he presented this small bag of corn seeds to the emperor's case.

The ministers of civil and military affairs on both sides of the main hall also saw the horsetooth-shaped seeds in the bag, and showed a strange expression on their faces, it was the first time they had seen this kind of thing, could this thing really be eaten?

Lewen just reached out and pinched a corn seed in his pocket, looked at it carefully, and found that there were still some differences with modern corn seeds, and according to historical records, if these corn seeds were not taken off the corn cob, the corn cob at this time should be a small bunch, not as plump as modern times, but if the whole country is planted with corn, then the country must have earth-shaking changes.

The Qing Dynasty took advantage of such a big advantage, corn was introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty, but it was only in the Qing Dynasty that it was spread in all regions, so that there was a prosperous era of Kangqian, otherwise these Tartars did not know where to squat and gnaw on radishes.

Le Wen looked at a grain of yellow-orange-orange corn in his hand, then put it back into the black and gray pouch that was muttering on the imperial case, and said with displeasure to His Royal Highness's Portuguese envoy Firot: "Since you said that you want to trade with me, that means that this package of things is not going to pay tribute to our dynasty?" ”

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor looked unhappy, Firot was full of wit, and hurriedly leaned down and knelt on the ground, and said in his heart: "It seems that this transaction is a failure, since this emperor said to pay tribute, it is better to pay tribute to the emperor." ”

He also knows that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is talking about killing people, killing people, if the money is not earned, and it is worth his life, it is not worth it, it is better to be a favor, originally his small bag of corn in Europe is not even worth a copper coin, he is not only this package of corn to sell, he has to trade more goods, if this small bag of corn is used to please the Ming Emperor, it will be much easier to come to the Ming Dynasty to do business in the future.

Thinking of this, he raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor on the dragon chair, and then hurriedly lowered his head and said respectfully: "Return to His Majesty the Emperor,...... This package of corn is indeed a tribute that the envoy wants to pay tribute to, and I hope Your Majesty will accept it with a smile. ”

Lewen looked at His Royal Highness Philot's smiling expression, and instructed the celebrant eunuch Xinle on the side: "Xinle, reward the Portuguese envoy with one hundred taels of gold." ”

Now the Portuguese envoy Philot was dumbfounded, he thought that this time was a trip for nothing, the Ming Emperor actually brought the trading goods to the pit, the trading goods became free of charge, and he scolded the Ming Emperor in his heart for being too picky, but who knew that the Ming Emperor was so arrogant that he wanted to reward him with one hundred taels of gold, which was far more than several times the price he originally set in his heart, which was too unimaginable.

He had just stretched out his hands and accepted the one hundred taels of gold handed to him by the eunuch Xinle, and when his heart was happy, the emperor spoke again.

A hint of cunning appeared on Le Wen's face, and he smiled faintly: "Firot, since you have accepted this gold, then you are my person, and you will serve me in the future, do you understand?" ”

When Fei Rotte heard the emperor's words, his face was stunned, he had also heard that Zhu Houzhao, the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had such a hobby, thinking of this, his chrysanthemum was tight, and he hurriedly put the gold in his hand in front of him, and then leaned down and knelt on the ground, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the little envoy does not have such a hobby, the little envoy does not want the one hundred taels of gold rewarded by His Majesty, and hopes that His Majesty will take back his life." ”

"Hobby ......"

Le Wen stroked his chin, a little confused, he just wanted to take this envoy for his own use, with such a person as his translator, plus a navigation guide, then wanting to cross the European continent can be regarded as a small beginning.

But now seeing that the Portuguese envoy looked unhappy, he lowered his head and thought about it for a while, and then he understood what this philovice meant, he laughed and said: "Firot, you are too worried, I don't have this hobby, I just want you to become my courtier, I don't know what you think?" ”

When Firot heard this, he stopped kowtowing, was slightly stunned, and then a hint of joy appeared on his face.

This Portuguese envoy Philot is actually not an aristocrat in Portugal, just a speculative businessman in the name of a Portuguese envoy, he has no wife or children, and the entourage is also hired by him at his expense, if he can become a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, it is not equivalent to a leap into the aristocratic class, and the Ming Emperor is so arrogant, and the glory and wealth after him are also inexhaustible, where to find this kind of good thing.

Thinking of this, he slowly raised his forehead, which was already about to swell, wiped the cold sweat from the corner of his forehead and said, "Little envoy...... No, yes...... It's Wechen, Wechen misunderstood His Majesty's meaning, and hopes that His Majesty will forgive his sins, and Wechen is willing to serve His Majesty. ”

"Well, okay, Aiqing Ping, you will be my courtier in the future, but in order to prevent you from having different intentions in the future, I still need you to write an agreement to show your loyalty, I don't know if you are willing?"

There is no basis for words, let this guy write a deed of sale in the two languages, even if he runs back to China, Lao Tzu can take this deed of sale, find out this deed, a hundred taels of gold to buy a slave who understands the Chinese language and can sail everywhere, this transaction is worth it! (To be continued.) )