The silence in the main hall was undisturbing, especially Tang Ming kneeling at the door of the hall in full costume, and did not get a response from Zhu Laosi after shouting three times.

Tang Ming wanted to peek at Zhu Laosi but didn't dare to raise his head, at this moment, his mind kept guessing what the emperor called him to Nanjing for? When he stepped into the hall just now, he hurriedly glanced at it, only seeing Yao Guangxiao and two fathers-in-law, as for Zhu Laosi's appearance, he didn't have time to see it clearly.

Zhu Di looked at Tang Ming condescendingly, fifteen years old was younger than he imagined, and the official in charge of trying to grow grain in Beiping had already sent an urgent report, saying that the grain was growing very well and that it would be harvested in more than ten days. Estimating from the yield of corn alone, it is only a lot more than Tang Ming said.

The yield of corn that has not been improved by Tang Ming hybridization is very low, and a third of it has suffered from pests and diseases and has wilted. This made Zhu Dili happy, if nothing else, let these crops be planted in the Ming Dynasty, and within three years, there will be no more hunger and hunger everywhere in the time of famine.

With sufficient food, the population of the Ming Dynasty can rise sharply, and a prosperous and prosperous plot is constantly forming in Zhu Di's mind. It's a pity that it's too early to think about this, although the country is now peaceful, but the neighboring countries around the Ming Dynasty are all ready to move.

The four-year battle of Jingjing has greatly damaged the vitality of the Ming Dynasty, and it can no longer withstand any large-scale war in a short period of time. In particular, the Tatars were the most rampant, and they had intermittently harassed the border since Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Di was preparing to move the capital to Beiping for this reason.

"You are Tang Ming, who studied under the stranger. Offering improved crops, in order to relieve the worries of the people in the world, this is a miracle through the ages, I should have been a marquis for you, but I am still young so that the reward is not in harmony with the law of the Ming Dynasty, Yao Qingjia has repeatedly said that I will be an official to you, meritorious but not rewarded, this is not my style, so I am very embarrassed! Zhu Di said that he was embarrassed, but there was no embarrassment on his face, his eyes stared at Tang Ming, waiting to see how he answered himself.

The grievance in Tang Ming's heart! Look at Zhu Di's tone, it is clear that he wants to pit himself, and he still asks himself what his opinion is? Tang Ming dared to guarantee that as long as he said what he was thinking in a daze, he would definitely get nothing in the end, and maybe he would be charged with something?

"The minister is afraid, the emperor has the merit of remembering the minister, and the minister is grateful, how can he ask for another reward. When the minister was exiled on an overseas island, it was Lord Zheng He who helped him to return to the world, and the emperor found a family for the minister, so that our brothers could be reunited. Tang Ming's words were sincere, and the sycophants were even more crackling, he didn't believe that Zhu Di could be so shameless that he didn't even give him anything.

"I have also heard that you are on an isolated island, and the Three Treasures have also mentioned that there are many cattle and horses on the island, but it is deserted, but it is located in the Yellow Sea, and it is only a five-day flight from Weihaiwei. This island is the land of my Ming Dynasty can not be abandoned, look at its location and Weihaiwei adjacent to it, then named 'Weihai Island', I will then seal you as Weihaihou, Weihaiwei 300 military households under your dispatch. The smile on Zhu Di's face deepened, and he seemed to be very satisfied with his arrangement of Tang Ming's reward.

"Old fox!" Tang Ming scolded in his heart when he heard this, it doesn't matter if you don't reward Lao Tzu, the worst thing is that you will reward one or two thousand taels of silver, and he will admit it. But Zhu Di, the emperor who picked the door, actually took an overseas island as a reward, and said that there were many cattle and horses on the island, and it was obvious that he wanted to raise horses on the island.

You can't sell the cattle and horses you raised on your own, and in the end you don't work for Zhu Dibai. Fortunately, there are three hundred military households in Weihaiwei to dispatch him, otherwise Tang Ming would really not be able to accept such a reward. As for what Weihaihou is just a gimmick, Tang Ming will not take it seriously.

Secretly glanced at Zhu Di sitting on the dragon chair with the corner of his eye, he was wearing a crown of heaven on his head, and he couldn't see his face at all, Tang Ming only saw a smug smile at the corner of his mouth, and scolded again in his heart: "Old shameless, a dignified emperor actually bullied me as a child." ”

Tang Ming kept sneering in his heart, but on the surface, he was grateful and thanked him loudly: "Weichen thank Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Yao Guangxiao, who has always been like an old monk, looked at Tang Ming curiously, and there was a rare smile on his expressionless old face, which seemed to be very much in favor of Zhu Di's reward.

"Get up! Follow me to the imperial study, and the Three Treasures should also be back. Zhu Di got up and set up the imperial study.

Yao Guangxiao waited until Tang Ming followed, and then followed behind Zhu Di. Seeing that although Tang Ming pretended to be very happy on the surface, a faint sour breath on his body still couldn't escape, and the old fox, who read countless people, had a sharp eye.

"What? Are you still not convinced by such a reward from the emperor? Yao Guangxiao observed Tang Ming for a moment, and suddenly spoke.

His mind was seen through, Tang Ming didn't have any embarrassment or fear at all, nodded and whispered back: "The disciple is not convinced, but the emperor is too picky, although I was rewarded with an island and three hundred military households, but the island on the fief is deserted, where else to raise cattle and horses for His Majesty, these disciples will endure it for a while, but if you want the disciples to do this, the emperor doesn't mention a penny, how can the disciples open up Weihai Island, how can they raise cattle and horses for the emperor?" ”

For Yao Guangxiao, Tang Ming is not seen at all now, now he is his righteous apprentice and grandson, he is not yet sixteen years old, it is not good if he behaves too scheming in front of him. On the contrary, he should show the temperament that he should have at his age, so that it will not be suspicious.

Sure enough, Yao Guangxiao seemed to have expected Tang Ming to say this, glanced at him, and said with a smile: "What you kid said is indeed reasonable, but the emperor can't take out extra money to reward now, the palace in Beiping is under construction, and the three treasures to build a treasure ship is also a huge hole, money, grain, and people are now lacking in everything, so I have to talk to you about things later, you had better have a solution, otherwise it will be difficult to ensure that you can live easily in the future." ”

Tang Ming was confused, just now in the main hall, he thought that Zhu Di wanted him to come to Nanjing just to give a reward, but now it seems that it is not as simple as he thought! Seeing Yao Guangxiao's mysterious look, he really couldn't guess what else Zhu Di could not solve to embarrass himself.

But as soon as he thought of what Zhu Di had done in the main hall, Zheng He should have returned, and from these words, it was not difficult for Tang Ming to guess that it should be that the wood used to build the treasure ship a few days ago was not enough.