At the end of February 1859, China and Korea signed the Treaty of Seoul, which formalized the relationship between Southern China and Korea and the status of Korea as a vassal state.

The treaty stipulates that the king of Korea must be canonized with the approval of the Chinese royal family before he has the legal surname to rule Korea, the two countries trade freely, establish embassies for each other, cancel tributary trade, and Kinmen (that is, Incheon in later generations, now named Kinmen by the regent) is a treaty port between Korea and China, and Korea is protected by China, and once it is invaded, the aggressor country will be equivalent to declaring war on China.

Chinese troops stationed in Kinmen can help the Joseon royal family to eliminate rebellion and put down rebellion at the request of the Joseon king.

The DPRK is independent in its foreign exchanges, but it should be consistent with China, advance and retreat, and so on.

In the terms of the adhesion, there is also a lease of Kinmen land to Chinese merchants as a place for business, etc., and the concession is limited to 99 years, after which if there is no objection between the two parties, the contract will be automatically renewed.

After leaving behind a gunboat and 500 marines, Ye Zhao boarded the Dinghai and returned home, and similarly, merchant ships and merchants also stayed in Seoul for the subsequent demarcation of the concession and the first trade negotiations, and the American consul McChason remained in Seoul, with the assistance of the Korean local government axe to search for the missing American sailors.

For Ye Zhao, it is best that the Korean clan does not have a dominant situation, and the existence of Zhao Bingkui is also a good thing, speaking of which, Ye Zhao also does not want the enlightened faction to prevail, the Jin family and the Zhao family are both conservatives, but for a while politicians will have different ideas because of the changes in the general environment, in short, no matter who is an enlightened faction, Ye Zhao does not want it to stand out, and it is good for North Korea to enter modern society later.

Of course, in fact, due to its geographical location and lack of resources, North Korea will not pose a threat to China no matter when and where it goes, but has a natural dependence on China, as long as it does not be infiltrated by other external forces.

The night before leaving, Concubine Jin said goodbye and played cards with her father and Concubine Feng for more than an hour, during which the ambiguity was unspeakable, and even Ye Zhao stood on the deck of the Dinghai, and couldn't help but think about the wonderful taste of Concubine Jin's silky little feet that were playful and cute, intentionally or unintentionally rubbing the soles of her feet.

And a pair of flowing color ink paintings given to herself by Concubine Jin, the beauty is delicate and powerless to recline on the soft couch, and the snow feet lightly pick up embroidered shoes, which is a self-portrait painted by Concubine Jin herself.

Ye Zhao smiled bitterly, I am afraid that future generations of scholars will definitely study their unruly love with her or romantic and exotic love, it depends on what their evaluation is in later generations, whether it is [***] absurd or romantic, but it is just a word game for scholars, if he is criticized by later generations, he is absurd and lustful, if he is admired by future generations, I am afraid that this story will be put on TV and movies, poignant and euphemistic.

History, it's a mess.

Standing on the deck, blowing the sea breeze, Ye Zhao took a few puffs of cigarette hard, shook his head and sighed.

…… When he returned to Guangzhou, it was an unexpected surprise, the fourth town of the Pingyuan Army forced the Huai army into Zhejiang and occupied almost the entire territory of Fujian; The Hunan Hunan army counterattack was defeated; The guerrillas organized by the Hunan army to sabotage the railway were repeatedly encircled, suppressed, and killed by the Xiangzhong militia in southern Hunan; And none of these are the most pleasantly surprised.

To Ye Zhao's surprise, Mendel came to Guangzhou.

Who was Mendel? The father of modern genetics, a few years later, his paper "Plant Hybridization Experiment", although it is not taken seriously today, is the enlightenment of modern agriculture such as hybridization and seed science.

Ye Zhao's vague knowledge of DNA and chromosomes, as well as the theory of species evolution, were reprinted by European and American newspapers since the monthly scientific edition of the Cantonese Daily, but they attracted this Austrian scholar and missionary.

In fact, Ye Zhao is now in the seed introduction work, such as American cotton is the most urgent need at the moment, because of the rise of the textile industry in the south, small and medium-sized textile machines have also been localized, and most of the cotton types grown in China have become a short board, the yield is not good and not suitable for textile, the introduction of American upland cotton is imperative.

Ye Zhao has long set up an experimental field to be improved by Chinese and foreign agricultural scholars, so that American cotton can be promoted throughout the country, and the experimental field is also studying the grafting and hybrid improvement of grain seeds, etc., and now the cotton experimental field has been moved to Guizhou, because the geographical environment there is more suitable for the growth of American cotton.

In fact, the so-called Chinese and foreign agricultural scholars are just a patchwork team of some wealthy farmers with ideas in China and two botanists abroad, although they are very interested in Ye Zhao's theory of hybridization to increase yield, but it is only a mess of random experiments in front of them, but the improvement of American cotton seeds has already achieved results, and American cotton can take root in China decades earlier.

And now that Mendel is here, it will naturally be of great benefit to the study of seed hybridization, but this modern agricultural seed science started earlier than the United States, and Chinese peasant scholars have theoretical enlightenment, I am afraid that a healthy echelon will soon be formed, how can Ye Zhao not be overjoyed?

However, Ye Zhao also knew that Mendel's research on hybridization was just a scientific experiment, and he didn't care much about whether the grain yield increased or not, but he had to guide it slowly.

Back in Guangzhou, Ye Zhao went to Xiguan to meet Mendel without stopping.

Mendel was less than forty years old, wore glasses, had a typical ear-man face, brown eyes with deep-set sockets, and a resolute spirit.

When Mendel saw that the author of the article, which he was overjoyed to be a confidant, was such a handsome and beautiful young man, he was even more surprised in his heart, and while sipping coffee, he smiled and said: "Mr. Ye, may I ask what is the basis for your argument of natural selection?" ”

Ye Zhao nodded and said: "Don't hide it from Mr. Mendel, I have investigated a large number of fossil animal and plant materials, there is no doubt that life is always evolving, just like us humans, our distant ancestors were ancient apes, and gradually learned to walk upright and use tools, and animals and plants are also evolving with the changes in the earth's crust and temperature." ”

As he spoke, Ye Zhao felt embarrassed, as if Darwin's "Origin of Species" came out this year, and he was a naked plagiarism, but if it looked like the West, I was afraid that Darwin would feel that he was somewhat inspired by himself.

Ye Zhao said: "From the perspective of genetics, biological inheritance is not fused, but passed on separately and randomly combined in genetics. Therefore, as long as the group is large enough to not disappear without the influence of external factors. Under the influence of natural selection, a good gene is able to increase its frequency in a population and gradually spread to the entire population. ”

This is Darwin's troubled for many years, the origin of species but has not solved the law of biological gene distribution and segregation, which was originally discovered by Mendel a few years later, Ye Zhao is now a class axe, but Mendel was taken aback, he has been conducting pea gene hybridization experiments for several years, and he has such an idea, but he doesn't want to say a few words from the young man in front of him.

Ye Zhao sighed again: "It's a pity that I'm so busy with mundane affairs that I can't verify these imaginary theories, but in the past two years, I have written some superficial insights on the origin of species and biological inheritance, and I also asked Mr. Mendel to be elegant." As he spoke, he handed over a thin pamphlet.

Mendel rolled his eyes a few times, but his gaze was gone.

Ye Zhao looked at his demeanor, sipping tea, and had no sense of complacency in his heart, the thief of the hook punished the thief of the country, and he was a thief who stole all kinds of science and was almost a thief of all mankind, and he could not claim to be the master of modern scientific theory, and he should still be ashamed when he should be ashamed.

But I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, since these talents are here, they can't let any of them go.

…… When I came back from Xiguan, I immediately went to Guanyin Mountain to meet the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, and talked about the trip to North Korea, and naturally, when I said goodbye, I also took Rong'er, who lived temporarily in Guanyin Mountain, back to the house.

The spring breeze sends warmth, the flowers in the palace flower garden are in full bloom, the butterflies are flying, in the iron fence in the distance, the elephant and the sika deer are leisurely stepping, and there are fierce tigers, the leopard lazily lying under the mountain rocks to bask in the head, several cranes stand on the bank of the clear water with one leg, the lotus leaves are fragrant, and the garden is picturesque.

Sitting in the gazebo, Ye Zhao pinched Rong'er's little face from time to time, and Rong'er smiled, but she wanted to be tight.

As for the homework and schoolbag spread out on the stone table, Rong'er didn't care.

After a few months of hard work, the little guy's body has also developed slightly, his soft chest is slightly bulging, the red plaid uniform skirt is delicate and noble, and he does not lose the immature beauty of the students, in Ye Zhao's opinion, it is like the retro uniform skirt worn by the primary school students of the British Women's College, noble and elegant, and vibrant.

Rong'er is pure and exquisite, with picturesque eyebrows, wearing a red checkered uniform skirt, knee-length slender red cotton stockings, and brand-new shiny red leather shoes, like a noble and refined royal primary school student that can only be imagined in comics, that kind of cute and fresh feeling to the extreme, which simply made Ye Zhao, who was sitting beside her, dizzy, her [***] wife, but more and more she can't stand it, be evil again tonight?

Rong'er didn't know Xianggong's dirty thoughts, but she just looked at Xianggong and smiled, and her little appearance was very happy.

"Wife, you are getting more and more beautiful, I am like a dream now, I often think, is this little beauty really my wife?"

Xianggong spoke sweetly, Rong'er was even happier, nodded her little head and said: "Of course I am your wife, but Rong'er is not as beautiful as Jinfeng, Shawa, and Huaji." ”

Ye Zhao smiled, knowing what Rong'er meant, thinking that compared with the three of them, Rong'er felt like a child, so she couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"You are more beautiful than them, Jin Feng knows how to twist her ass every day without a proper shape, Sava is a big Yanma, Hua Ji doesn't dare to say anything like a rabbit, no one is as beautiful and cute as my little Rong'er." Ye Zhao buried his three concubines, and recited Amitabha Buddha in his heart, don't go to hell after death.

Rong'er knew that Xianggong was talking about it again, but she was happy after all, and said: "They are not, Xianggong loves to joke." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and asked, "Have you seen Sava and Hua Ji?" "The two Rong'er have met before, but they are different from now.

Rong'er nodded and said, "Yes, Sava and Hua Ji came to kowtow to Rong'er, and Rong'er didn't know what to say to them, so they chatted a few words, and they were all very good." ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "If you say it's good, if you say it's bad, the princess will divorce them." ”

"No, then they'll be miserable." Rong'er shook her little head, slightly worried, going to a new-style school, contacting the outside world, knowing that life is helpless, but Rong'er is more compassionate.

"Xianggong, I heard that the bandits rebelled because many people couldn't eat, didn't they?"

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and said: "Now the Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Guizhou areas are good, but last year, there was a big drought in Shandong and Henan, and it seems that there was a lot of trouble in the north." ”

Rong'er sighed softly.

Ye Zhao touched her little head lovingly, "Don't worry, I'll take you to a realm later, and study the realm of grain production." "I wanted to go by myself, but I can see Rong'er's appearance, take her to relax, and see my own strategy, don't think that she knows how to mess around.

Rong'er didn't know what Xianggong was saying, so she just nodded obediently.

At this time, a guard hurriedly came to report, Lord Su asked to see him, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Please." ”

"Xianggong, is it General Su? Do you want Rong'er to avoid it. Rong'er asked curiously.

Ye Zhao smiled: "It's her, she can be regarded as your sister, even if it is military affairs, it doesn't matter if you are here, our family chatters." ”

Rong'er was stunned for a moment, then sighed, and hurriedly took out the dressing box from the small schoolbag, and looked left and right in the small mirror, obviously wanting to see this famous sister in the south with the most beautiful posture.

Ye Zhao smiled: "The beauty is tight, the matchmaker is a rude martial artist, and she is not as cute as my little Rong'er." ”

Rong'er didn't believe it, when she was in school, she heard her classmates talk about Lord Su, saying that he was ashamed of the moon and flowers, and he had the courage to kill hundreds of enemies single-handedly, and he was ruthless and resolute, which is really not something that a man can control.

And for the matchmaker to enter the house, Rong'er can't be said to be completely defenseless, once her sister talked to her, saying that if the regent Nasu Hongniang is the side of the blessing, ask her sister what she thinks.

At that time, Rong'er said in her heart that it was also very good, a strange woman, others can't control it, Xianggong will definitely be able to discipline her, and save her from rebelling, but I don't know what her heart is, whether she will secretly harm Xianggong and herself.

But I don't want to say a word, it turns out that Xianggong really has the intention of accepting her, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, the little guy is a little worried, and such a strange woman, if she wants to have a different style, Rong'er is really afraid of being compared to her.

The sound of footsteps, Rong'er had already looked over, the white marble corridor, the guards were far away, and a beautiful woman in a red dress walked in, she couldn't see her face clearly, but her different upright demeanor was already moving.

When I got closer, I saw the big beauty Fan Dai lightly depicted, the eyebrows were picturesque, the slender clouds and beautiful buns and Zhu Hai tassels, the pearl was shining, the noble and delicate things were incomprehensible, the curling red dress, the seductive small red embroidered shoes loomed with the small broken steps, and the end was the stunner of the country and the city.

Seeing that the big beauty was not angry, Rong'er was a little relieved after thinking carefully, and saw the matchmaker Yingying, and her voice was delicate: "The matchmaker asks the prince to be blessed and Jin'an." ”

Rong Erqi said: "Xianggong, is she really Viscount Su?" Then he felt that he couldn't help but speak abruptly, and hurriedly closed his small mouth tightly.

Ye Zhao laughed, and the matchmaker got up and smiled: "Does my sister think that I am a wicked woman with three heads and six arms?" "The first time I saw his main room, I didn't want to be such a super cute little beauty, people couldn't help but want to hug and kiss the two, but his noble temperament was appreciative, and I was afraid of blaspheming her. Hey, this pervert is really a great blessing, I thought that the royal family would marry and definitely give a white and chubby wife, but who knew that this pervert would be glamorous.

Thinking about it, the matchmaker gave Ye Zhao a blank look.

Ye Zhao seemed to know what she was thinking, smiled hehe, and said, "Sit down, you and Rong'er should be close and close." ”

The matchmaker smiled and said: "That is, you can't let you bully, if you want to bully Rong'er in the future, I won't agree." ”

Ye Zhaoxin said How do you know that I want to bully her tonight? It's really weird.

Rong'er shook her little head and said, "No, no, Xianggong won't bully me, and he won't bully you, you, you can't talk to Xianggong like this." ”

Ye Zhao couldn't help but smile, but the first time the East and West Palace communicated, Ye Zhao would not interject, so as not to provoke the fire.

The matchmaker looked at this little beauty and spoke for him anxiously, she didn't feel funny, and said in her heart that it wasn't, she was tired of being with him all day, but she didn't know how much soup she had been poured in, so it was okay? I am too, I was poured into the soup by him several times, and this heart was given to him unconsciously, and even things such as surrendering to the Manchu Qing Dynasty were done, our sisters laughed at fifty steps and laughed at a hundred steps, but no one needs to say anyone.

The pervert is so deep that the matchmaker has already learned it.

"What my sister said is that my sister said the wrong thing." The matchmaker smiled and said to Rong'er: "In the future, my sister will not talk to him again, and I will want to contradict him if I don't have to speak, and I will only talk to my sister in the future." ”

Rong'er opened her mouth in surprise and said, "That, that's not good, the Xiang Guild doesn't like it." ”

Looking at this little guy who was most poisoned by the pervert, the matchmaker loved and loved him, and said with a smile: "Then I'll talk to him, and when I have time in the future, I'll take you to hunting, okay?" ”

Rong'er was a little interested, and said, "I like to ride bicycles, which are faster than horse-drawn carriages." Speaking of this, she stopped talking, like a child who had done something wrong, and secretly glanced at Xianggong, who did not allow her to ride a fast car, so as not to bump into it. But when Xianggong was not visible, she secretly drove in the flower garden several times, and she was very happy. Especially a few days ago, she rode like crazy and almost hit a red-crowned crane, which scared her into a little secret.

The matchmaker smiled: "Really? Then I want to learn, this iron horse seems to be quite interesting. ”

Ye Zhao coughed, why did the East and West Palace suddenly leave himself out in the cold.

The matchmaker snickered, then looked at him and said, "Shall I leave today or tomorrow?" Go back to Guangxi or Changsha? Do you want to knock Yuezhou down? ”

Ye Zhao waved his hand: "Don't worry, you stay tonight, tomorrow morning the three of us will take the train to Yanping, Fujian, there is a piece of Zhuangzi for experiments, the introduction of American sweet potatoes, and the regulations on employing farmers, I want to go and see, you go with me, and you should also play." ”

"Sweet potatoes?" The matchmaker asked a little confused.

Ye Zhao said with a smile: "Yes, high-yield seeds, the climatic conditions in Citigroup are quite similar to those in Yanping, so the experimental field in Yanping has a good yield, and it is promoted." ”

Sweet potatoes played an important role in solving the problem of food and clothing for the Chinese, and everyone in later generations knew that the surge in the Chinese population was after the introduction of sweet potatoes. And Ye Zhao doesn't expect the Great Leap Forward now, all the people can eat rice and white noodles, and now it's okay, if there is a year of natural disasters, everyone can have sweet potato rice to satisfy their hunger, then it is hard to ask for it.

The sweet potato production is large, the geographical environment requirements are not high, in the Fujian area, in addition to tea grains, in the ditch corner of the mountain and hilly land is also good, as for Guizhou Guangxi and other barren land, sweet potato taro is even more scarce.

In today's world, the introduction and cultivation of this crop is actually more urgent than that of industry, and it is the guarantee of long-term peace and stability.

Rong'er tilted her little head and asked, "Ah, Xianggong, you just told Rong'er that you want to see the realm where you grow grain, is it Yanping?" ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly.

The matchmaker is also curious, the pervert Xianggong has always acted differently, the war between the north and the south, if others sit in the Xianggong seat, I am afraid that they are thinking about how to fight and how to equip the soldiers, but the Xianggong is not, the most concerned is what seeds to introduce, to meet what foreign botanists, it is really ironic, but every time the facts prove that Xianggong is always right, no matter how much he mutters in his heart that he is a pervert, but Xianggong's vision is far-reaching, but it can't help but make the little woman who succumbed to his silver power admire.

Ye Zhao looked at the matchmaker again at this time and asked, "How is the negotiation going?" ”

The matchmaker sighed softly: "Still deadlocked on my father-in-law, Yixin's side, I refused to let my father-in-law go back to Guangzhou, and said that I was going to put my father-in-law to death, but now it is just house arrest, as long as the south does not fight against the army, I will never hurt my father-in-law, saying that this is already the biggest concession." ”

Ye Zhao frowned slightly, this negotiation gave General Yixin another opportunity, naturally to declare the world, if he started an army to go on a northern expedition, he would be forced to execute the prince, and he would fall into this unfilial infamy.

"It's a good wishful thinking," Ye Zhao said coldly.

The matchmaker said: "Xianggong doesn't have to worry, as long as he doesn't force him to jump off the wall in a hurry, Yixin won't dare to hurt his father-in-law half a hair, just wait for the Internal Affairs Bureau to take root in the capital, and then make a good plan." ”

Ye Zhao nodded, and then the matchmaker handed over a yellow paper document bag and said: "This is a document that needs to be personally reviewed by the prime minister, there are wars everywhere, operations in various rooms, two new commercial laws and tax laws that are ready to be implemented, and some miscellaneous matters." ”

Ye Zhao scratched his head, "Haven't you seen it all?" Approve it for me. ”

The matchmaker smiled and shook her head.

Ye Zhao pushed the paper bag to Rong'er and said, "That good wife, you come." ”

Rong'er knew that Xianggong was messing around, and said, "Sister, let's go see elephants and tigers." ”

The matchmaker got up with a smile, walked to the side of the Rare Bird Garden in the East Palace and the West Palace.

Ye Zhao shouted: "If you don't help me, I won't be able to catch up with tomorrow morning's train!" Seeing the two of them ignore and leave, they couldn't help but smile, speaking of which, just now I listened to the red lady and Rong'er, a delicate warbler, a young child's voice, and they all affectionately called themselves father-in-law, but it was really as comfortable as a cloud. And in front of the matchmaker, she shouted Rong'er's good wife, and her heart trembled even more, she had already glanced at the matchmaker's face, and saw that the matchmaker seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and she was slightly relieved.

After flipping through the documents for a while, I suddenly heard the sound of laughter, turned my head to look, and under the sunset, I saw Rong'er riding on the elephant and laughing happily, and the matchmaker touched the elephant's ears as if saying something.

Ye Zhao was stunned, he had known that the matchmaker had good relations with Yunnan Miao and other ethnic minorities, otherwise he would not have picked the Miao people when he fought against the monk king to deal with her to contain the soldiers of Yungui, but when did she learn this taming?

The soft seat on the elephant has obviously just been tied, Rong'er sits on it, as if she is very happy, it must be the matchmaker who carried her up, the East Palace and the West Palace, and the one that plays is called a noisy and happy.

Ye Zhao was speechless for a while, how could it be completely different from what he thought, he originally wanted to see the fighting method of the East and West Palace, it must be fun.

Could it be that the matchmaker has also learned the art of pouring soup by herself? How to coax a child?

(To be continued)