Liu Ziqiu said categorically: "No! ”

He is the emperor, and theoretically, the palace maids in the harem are all his women. Although Liu Ziqiu has been reluctant to expand the scale of the harem, the total number of women in the harem has exceeded 1,000. If these are his women, I'm afraid most of them can't be named, isn't this just the joke in history? The most important thing is that Liu Ziqiu comes from the next life, and he will not treat women like a piece of clothing, that is, at the moment, he feels that he can't take care of these women, and he is willing to continue to expand his harem.

Hua Yun whispered in Liu Ziqiu's ear: "Does the emperor want her to become a moldy old virgin?" ”

This is a meat joke that Liu Ziqiu told Hua Yun. In the era before Liu Ziqiu's crossing, there were countless versions of vulgar meat jokes circulating at the dinner table and in text messages. The barracks were full of young men with strong blood, who had nowhere to vent their strength, and they would inevitably talk a few paragraphs after the lights went out at night. Of course, after the crossing, Liu Ziqiu's identity is different, and these jokes can't be told casually outside. Not even at home. Because most of his women have a good education, such as Xie Muyu, who has never spit out a dirty word since he was a child in Dalian. Although Gao Xiuer has also lived at the bottom of the society for a period of time, after all, she will not listen to Liu Ziqiu tell those jokes. Only Hua Yun, a woman dressed as a man, mixed in the military camp among a group of vulgar men, can have a few words with Liu Ziqiu.

This joke was originally just Hua Yun mentioning that there was a woman in her hometown who was born ugly and had a bad temper, so she never got married, and she was lonely and helpless when she was old. At that time, Liu Ziqiu remembered the previous joke and said casually, then she is an old virgin, no one has used it below, it must be moldy. But he didn't expect Hua Yun to put this metaphor on Wang Yufeng.

Liu Ziqiu glanced at Wang Yufeng, who was kneeling on the ground again, and shook his head unconsciously. Such a bewitching woman, I am afraid that those in the world who are willing to marry her will line up, where will she become an old virgin.

Hua Yun had already continued: "She is different from the other maidservants around the concubine, it is impossible for the emperor to let her out of the palace. ”

Liu Ziqiu once stipulated that the maids in the palace must be dismissed from the palace after they reach the age of twenty-four at most, and the palace will distribute silver taels to choose a son-in-law for them to marry. And Liu Ziqiu did this, and every year he dismissed some palace maids to marry to the people. These palace maids have been in the palace for many years, and they have accumulated some wealth, and they have received special funds from the palace, and they have become little rich women in a blink of an eye. And they were originally born beautiful, and after learning the etiquette of the palace, their temperament is even more outstanding, but no one dislikes whether they are virgins or not. Of course, the men who marry these palace maids will find that they have won the jackpot, and those palace maids are actually perfect. This further led to these dismissed palace maids becoming more sought-after, and some even made family appointments with the parents of those palace maids in advance.

However, as Hua Yun said, even if all the palace maids are released from the palace, at least Wang Yufeng does not have this qualification, because she is Wang Shichong's daughter. Of course, when Wang Shichong is really old, all his ambitions will be worn out, and it doesn't matter if Wang Yufeng is released from the palace. It's just that by that time, Wang Yufeng may have really become an old virgin.

Seeing that the expression on Liu Ziqiu's face was a little tangled, Hua Yun whispered again: "There are more different places." She is also blonde underneath, just like her hair. ”

Liu Ziqiu usually tells some meat jokes with Hua Yun just to adjust his taste, but now he is aroused by Hua Yun's meat words. He was not a hypocritical person, and he had already adapted to his current position, so he didn't need to pretend to be tall, so he nodded lightly.

Hua Yun saw that he was still willing after all, and he couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart. But women in this era are always accustomed to putting themselves in a subordinate position, even if Hua Yun is a female general, there are only a few like Fan Lihua after all. Hua Yun sighed in her heart, and then said to Wang Yufeng: "Silly girl, don't thank the emperor soon." ”

Wang Yufeng was still apprehensive in her heart, but after listening to Hua Yun's words, she couldn't help but smile, and said a deep blessing: "Slave and maid, thank you Lord Longen." ”

Liu Ziqiu also raised his hand helplessly, a girl like a flower wants to commit herself to herself, and thank Lu Lu for her grace, this evil old era! When he turned back again, Hua Yun had quietly retreated with the maidservants, leaving only him and Wang Yufeng in the entire garden. At this time, Liu Ziqiu no longer suppressed his desire, grabbed Wang Yufeng's slender waist, picked her up horizontally, and entered a palace room.

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Liu Ziqiu got a beautiful woman, but he didn't indulge in it. The next day, he ordered someone to find Peg, reprimanded him, and then sent someone to "gift" him out of the Han Dynasty. The so-called gift, of course, is to send troops to escort it. However, Liu Ziqiu also made a promise to the Byzantine Empire that he would not intervene in the war between them and the Persians. On the other hand, Liu Ziqiu also promised direct trade with the Byzantine Empire, and could sell them a batch of military supplies.

For Liu Ziqiu's words, Peg did not believe it very much. Because there was still a Persian Sassanid dynasty between the Han and Byzantium, Kuslao II would never allow the Han military supplies to be transported to the Byzantine Empire through their borders. Of course, the Han also had the option of transshipment through the Western Turkic steppe. It's just that the grassland environment is extremely harsh and not suitable for use as a trade route, otherwise there would be another Silk Road.

However, Liu Ziqiu is confident. He had just obtained the secret place, and Chen Ling's sailors had bypassed Africa and came to the distant Mediterranean. It was only for security reasons that Chen Ling did not immediately let the sailors land, but returned to the small military port that had just been established in northwest Africa.

Without logistical supplies, it is difficult for the fleet to exert its combat power. If a certain grand duke on the Mediterranean coast suddenly had a bad idea, the expeditionary sailors of the Han Dynasty would not be able to guarantee their chances of victory.

For Chen Ling's caution, Liu Ziqiu still appreciates it very much. He did not expect to be able to open such a route in a short period of time, let alone let the most advanced seamanship at that time be lost to the West due to the defeat of the sailors. Liu Ziqiu, who came from later generations, was very aware of the significance of the sea, and had already listed navigation technology as one of the most important secrets of the state. Before Chen Ling and the others set off, Liu Ziqiu specially explained that once the fleet encountered an accident, it was necessary to destroy the charts and compass first. Of course, the contingency here means that the entire fleet may be wiped out, otherwise, without the compass and charts, they will not be able to return.

Now that the route to the West bypassing Africa has been established, all Liu Ziqiu has to do is form one or several sea caravans. The caravans at sea will receive some nautical charts, and they will also be protected and supplied by the Han Naval Division along the route. Moreover, Liu Ziqiu also allowed these caravans to have their own armament.

As for whether anyone is willing to form such a caravan, Liu Ziqiu is even less worried. The people in the world are bustling, just for the word "profit", give him ten times the profit, and he will be willing to risk killing his head. A good example is the gold and diamond mines in South-West Africa. The mines were all in very inhospitable areas, and there were cannibal natives around, but they still attracted many people to mine. Because according to the agreement, they only need to hand over half of the gold or diamonds mined, and the rest will belong to them. This is the attraction of "profit".

In fact, the gold or diamonds mined by these people eventually flowed back to Dahan. Because in that desolate land, no matter how much gold or diamonds a person has, he can't live the life he wants, and only by returning to the land of Dahan can he realize his dream. And these people who have returned from African gold diggers have made a lot of money and spent a lot of money, which will soon attract more people to join their ranks.

However, before announcing the route to the west and forming a caravan, Liu Ziqiu had a lot of other things to do, and the first thing was to select a county horse for the "Jiangdu County Lord".

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Of course, this Jiangdu county lord was not Wang Yufeng, but Hua Yun carefully selected from those Byzantine women sent by Shi Danai. Although these Byzantine women were born beautiful, they were actually born into ordinary families, with low status in the empire, some were freemen, and some were even just serfs in the land of dukes and counts.

The woman selected by Hua Yun was the daughter of a serf. According to the laws of the empire, the descendants of serfs could also only become slaves. If she had not been chosen to send it as a gift to the Western Turks, she would have continued to work hard for the Marquis of Ashan, who held the land, just like her father, and on the day she got married, she would have to let the Marquis of Ashan exercise the right of the first night. Now she was chosen by Hua Yun and told her that she could become a county lord. Although this county lord is fake, she can still enjoy glory and wealth, and she can still call slaves and maids, how could she not agree?

To be selected by Hua Yun, this Byzantine girl is naturally not only outstanding in appearance, she is also very talented in languages, and in just one month, she has been able to speak fluent Chinese, which is very important. Because Wang Yufeng grew up in the Central Plains since childhood, if he can't even speak Chinese fluently, he will be easily recognized.

In order to make her pretend to be more like, Hua Yun also arranged for her to live with Wang Yufeng for more than ten days. Of course, it is impossible for Hua Yun to tell her that the beauty opposite is her fake object. Just tell her that that's an example for her to follow. After another half a month, except for the big difference in appearance, this Byzantine girl already looks completely like a person who has lived in Dahan for many years.

And on this day, Hua Yun personally took her to appear at the son-in-law election conference.