Three days later, Li Ke and his fleet left the port of Hana, and Abu personally saw them off in the harbor, but Li Ke's ship was accompanied by a beautiful Persian girl, Coris, because the little slave girl not only spoke Chinese, but was also very proficient in Greek, the lingua franca of the Eastern Roman Empire.

The reason why Coris knows Greek is mainly due to two reasons, the first is because Coris is not a pure Persian, her mother is actually an Eastern Roman, so when she was a child, she was influenced by her mother and could speak some Greek, and later after Abu bought Coris, he also discovered this, so he asked someone to continue to teach Coris Greek, and prepared to give Coris as a gift to the nobles of Eastern Rome when he went to Eastern Rome to do business one day, so as to facilitate his own business.

It is precisely because of this that Chrysy can not only speak and write Greek, but also know a little about the internal situation of the Eastern Roman Empire, which is naturally a rare helper for Li Ke and them, and when they come into contact with the Eastern Roman Empire, they can save a lot of trouble, so in the end, Lüwan also agreed to take Chalys on board.

At the same time as Li Ke and the others entered the Suez Canal, in the Qi Wang's Mansion in Keelung, Taiwan, Li Su was playing with Chouchou and a few other children very leisurely.

"Father, when will these little things grow peppers?" Li Xiu, who was just four years old, pointed to the small seedlings in the field that were only a few inches high, and asked Li Xiu with a serious face.

This is the back garden of the palace, Li Su specially opened up a small field in the garden, which is planted with peppers, tomatoes, peanuts and other American crops, mainly not for eating, but to let the children feel the hard work and fun of farming.

"This one will take a few months. And we have to fertilize and water them during this time, otherwise these seedlings will not grow. Li Su touched his son's head dotingly. Next to him. Chouchou and Li Qi and several other children were trying to carry the small wooden barrel. Water each seedling attentively.

Some time ago, the exclusive planting rights of American plants finally expired, and everyone can grow peppers, corn, peanuts and other crops freely. Although Li Su was the biggest supporter of the exploration fleet at the beginning, he and other shareholders shared the right to plant chili peppers, and they could grow them in the plantations in which they jointly shared, but private individuals did not have the right to plant, which Li Su had to obey, so the chili peppers he ate also had to be purchased from the plantation.

It's also interesting to say, not only Li Su likes to eat chili peppers in Wang Fuzhong, but ugly and ugly children also like spicy flavors. Every time you eat, there must be a spicy dish on the table, otherwise the children will protest to Li Su, and there are also tomatoes, which are the favorites of Wenxin and several other women, so Li Su took advantage of this opportunity, coupled with the need to educate children, planted some of these crops in the back garden, when Li Shimin and Empress Changsun in order to educate their children. He also took them to the field to farm.

The field is less than an acre and is divided into small squares, each with a different crop, although it doesn't seem like much. But Li Ke took a group of children to water it himself, but it also took a lot of time.

Finally, all the crops were watered, and it was almost noon. Li Su put all the tools on the edge of the field barefoot, and then shouted to the children in the field: "The work is done." Let's go wash our hands and feet and get ready to eat! ”

"Oh~" the children cheered. Quickly ran to drop the tools in his hand, and then went to the side of the sink to wash his hands, in fact, these children were already tired, although Li Su felt sorry for the children, but he didn't want to spoil them too much, so he stipulated that he could only go to eat after finishing his work.

Looking at his lively children, Li Su also showed a doting smile on his face, and then he put the tools thrown by the children neatly, and then went to the pool, helped a few small children wash their hands and feet, and finally went to the restaurant for lunch under the support of the children.

Wen Xin and several people in the restaurant were already waiting, originally taking the child to experience farming, Wen Xin also wanted to participate, but just a few months ago, Wen Xin was pregnant again, and her and Li Su's third child was about to be born in a few months, so Li Su didn't dare to let Wen Xin be tired.

"Husband, you are really, just let the children mean, how can you do it all morning, look at Qi'er and they are tired!" Wu Meiniang took out a handkerchief and complained while wiping her son's sweat. Wu Meiniang has not been pregnant again since she gave birth to Li Qi, which makes her anxious at the same time, she also dotes on Li Qi even more, and she is very distressed when she sees her son sweating a little.

"Haha, I see that you feel distressed, Qi'er is the eldest son, of course he has to set an example for his younger brothers, and what is this, when he is a little older, I will also learn from my father and open a junior class in the military academy, and then he will have to be like the seventh and eighth brothers, enter the military academy for a few years, and don't come back to see me if he doesn't graduate!" Li Su said with a laugh.

Speaking of which, Li Su now has seven children, Chou Chou is the eldest daughter, Li Qi is the eldest son, and Li Mian and Li Xiu have two sons, as well as his and Wen Xin's daughter Youlan, in addition, some time ago, Jin Shengman and Wen'er gave birth to a son and a daughter almost at the same time, named Li Han and Li Qingyu respectively. The reason why the little daughter was given the name herring was mainly because Wen'er always dreamed of a huge herring a few days before giving birth, so she had such a name.

"Military Academy!" After hearing this, Li Qi, who was already eight years old, suddenly became a thief, and asked again very eagerly, "Father, if I go to the military academy, can I play with muskets?" ”

"Nonsense, muskets are the development trend of the army in the future, and they will definitely replace the current cold weapons, what do you do if your generation doesn't play muskets?" Li Su said deliberately angrily.

"Oh~, great, I can finally shoot guns!" Li Qi jumped up happily and said, "Father, I have decided, next time on my birthday, you must give me a good gun, and then I will take it to the battlefield to kill the enemy!" Bang Bang~"

However, Li Qi, this kid, obviously didn't have any eyes, and he got carried away, and he didn't notice that his mother Wu Meiniang's face was getting worse and worse, and before he jumped twice, he was pulled to the side by Wu Meiniang's ears, and then she Wu Meiniang preached him, and even Li Yu was affected, which made Wen Xin cover his mouth and snicker.

After lunch, Li Su accompanied Wen Xin and Xijun and his daughters to chat for a while, until Wen Xin felt a little sleepy, he left to go to his study to deal with official business, but during this time, except for the previous cleaning operation, the rest is to develop the economy of various places and strengthen the rule, so there is nothing too important, so Li Su also seems very idle.

However, as soon as Li Su arrived in the study, Wu Meiniang also came in, except for Li Su, only she and Jin Shengman can enter and exit at will, after all, one of them is the intelligence chief, and the other is Li Su's personal secretary.

"What, Mei Niang, you won't feel sorry for Qi'er and won't let him go to the military academy in the future, right?" Li Su glanced up at Wu Meiniang, who was more graceful than before, and said with a smile.

When Wu Meiniang heard this, she glanced at Li Yu and said: "Look at what the husband said, although the concubine feels sorry for Qi'er, she still knows the severity, Qi'er, as the eldest son, naturally has to hone more, going to the military school is beneficial and harmless to him, and he can also meet some friends, of course I won't react." The reason why I came here is because I have something important to report to you, husband. ”

"Haha, but I underestimated Mei Niang for my husband, I am here to make amends to Mei Niang, but what is the important thing for you to report in person?" Li Su also smiled. He and Wu Meiniang discuss things, and they have always been mixed with public and private affairs, but both of them are very smart, and they are very clear about business and private affairs, and they will never affect public affairs because of private affairs.

"Hehe, this matter is not an important business, but there is news from the third brother, he and Lu Wan's fleet has entered the Suez Canal, and it is estimated that it will arrive in Constantinople, the capital next to Eastern Rome, in about a month at the latest, according to their previous plan, the third brother will reveal his identity and meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire as King Wu." Wu Meiniang said with a smile.

"Well, when passing through the Red Sea, Da Shi didn't find out his identity, did he?" Li Su asked with some concern. Although with the current situation, even if Li Ke's identity is exposed, Da Shi should not dare to do anything to him, but Li Su and Li Shimin suppressed Da Shi very much before, if there is any accident, it will be too late to regret it.

"Don't worry, Lu Wan's fleet is so big, and since the signing of the Four-Power Alliance, Da Shi didn't dare to be too embarrassed by the Han merchant ships, so the third brother and they had a very smooth journey, and even the news came from Da Shi's side that the third brother had received a Persian orchid in Hana City." When Wu Meiniang said this, her eyes fluttered and looked at Li Su.

But Li Su didn't pay attention to Wu Meiniang's reaction, but when he heard the Persian orchid, he said with envy: "The third brother is really a blessing, the Persian orchid who can enter his eyes must also be a rare stunner." ”

As soon as Li Su's words fell, he immediately felt a murderous aura coming from Wu Meiniang next to him, which immediately shocked his spirits, and said loudly with a righteous expression on his face: "The third brother is too disagreeable, the third sister-in-law is worried about him every day here, he still has the heart to find a woman?" I'll be sure to talk about him the next time we meet! ”

Although Li Su's reaction was fast enough, it still attracted a roll of Wu Meiniang's eyes, and then Wu Meiniang snorted coldly: "The husband wants a Persian orchid, it's not a matter of words, why envy the third brother?" ”

Li Su only laughed after hearing this, he knew that he must not answer at this time, otherwise it would definitely attract Wu Meiniang's downfall. However, what Li Su didn't expect was that Wu Meiniang suddenly smiled at Li Su very charmingly: "Husband, what did you think about what Wang Fu proposed to you last time, now the time is ripe, if you don't agree, I'm afraid it will really chill the hearts of the civil and military officials below." (To be continued......)