Chapter 170: Princess Bahu (21)
Qiongzhou recently came to the princess holy car, which is a once-in-a-century event.
How many rich gentry sent money, gifts, and houses to get the princess to meet, but they all fell short.
Because the princess said that she didn't want treasures, just stories.
Whoever can tell a strange overseas story will be rewarded and received by her.
The princess who likes to listen to stories, this is also one of the wonders.
At first, everyone didn't believe it, but a fisherman went to the county government and told the princess the story of his accidental exile on an overseas island, and he was rewarded with two pieces of gold.
This makes many people's eyes hot.
So all kinds of strange stories poured into the princess.
Those rich gentry do not lack the rewards of the princess, they just want to meet the princess, improve their social status, maybe they can be brought to the capital by the princess?
So the local big families also put a lot of money on the story.
For a time, Qiongzhou was looking for good stories everywhere.
Lord Chen was very puzzled that the ethnic minorities in Qiongzhou were clearly separated from the Han nationality, due to the weak power of the government.
Ethnic minorities are constrained by ethnic rules, and Han Chinese also have clans to maintain order.
When the people have something, they go to the clan to ask for the judgment of the elders.
As a result, the county government is in vain.
He watched the princess sit on the chaise longue every day and listen to the stories of the people or squires, and the maid behind her was still holding notes.
I listened to the story for half a month, and a lot of my belongings were scattered. Chen Xian really didn't see what the princess's purpose was, so he wouldn't mix the stories and write a book of Zhiwei to bring to the capital to promote the reputation of Qiongzhou.
Half a month has passed, and I have heard a lot of strange stories, and the county government has become cold from the city.
The princess finally walked out of the county hall and said to Chen Xian: "Lord Chen, I have found a way to make Lord Chen famous in Kyushu. ”
Lord Chen bowed and asked for advice.
Wei Lingxi said: "After listening to the stories for so many days, some of them are made up, and some of them are true. The Chen family, a large family in Qiongzhou, once took a boat to the southern Vietnamese occupation of Champa and heard that there was a very high yield of rice.
Zhang Daquan, a fisherman, encountered wind and waves when he was fishing, and strayed into the Nanyang Islands, and he also saw potatoes with high yields that could replace grain. If these two grains can be widely cultivated in Qiongzhou and spread to the capital by then, Lord Chen will definitely become famous all over the world. ”
Chen Xian heard that he was a little moved, and immediately smiled bitterly: "Princess, do you mean to go to sea?" I am afraid that the money spent is not something that a small Qiongzhou can afford. Another overseas pirate is full of people, and there is no army to protect him, and he is really dead and dead.
The princess's daughter's noble body, the son of the daughter's immortal and thief, you can't stay in Qiongzhou for too long, and this half a month is already the limit. But if you don't hold it down, there are too many variables to let those big families take the risk to complete the princess task.
This is ...... It's possible, but it's hard. ”
Wei Lingxi smiled indifferently: "Lord Chen doesn't have to worry about this, money and time, as long as I want to, there is nothing that can't be done." I only need to summon warriors to the sea in the name of my lord, bring me good seeds, and after the matter is completed, it is not a problem to be promoted to the rank of knight.
Lord Chen, there will be brave men under the heavy reward, do you say? ”
What else can Lord Chen say, the princess does have capricious capital.
So things started in such a mess.
Wei Lingxi also promised those big families that the quota of imperial merchants and the number of national eunuchs would be allocated according to merit.
A fortune and a fame, most of them are eager for this trip.
From the day Wei Lingxi arrived in Qiongzhou, the capital sent a message to her to go back.
Qiongzhou is lonely overseas, and has always been degraded Qiongzhou has been bitten to death by poisonous snakes, half of them have been infected with plague and died, and some have died of illness due to water and soil.
The queen and the crown prince were very worried about Wei Lingxi's body, thinking that the princess was hurt and went overseas, why could the culprit's former concubine continue to live his luxurious life.
The queen repeatedly asked the prime minister's wife to bring her daughter-in-law into the palace, but in fact, she reprimanded her for not being strict with her godson.
There is no news from the princess in Qiongzhou, and if she doesn't come back for a day, the former colt won't want to live a good day.
Xie Li felt sorry for his mother, and saw that the prime minister was restrained in the court because of him, and he regretted it very much.
Why couldn't he coax Wei Lingxi to reconcile and leave again?
Now that she has left Qiongzhou, he has become the gas barrel of the crown prince.
I had to write letters to the princess one by one to confess, and begged her to come back as soon as possible.
Wei Lingxi was far away in the sky, and he didn't want to listen to the words in the letter from the capital asking her to go back early.
It's just that when I wrote a letter to the queen, I wrote about the scenery of Qiongzhou, focusing on the gorgeous brocade of Li women.
He also sent back two or three horses, saying that if the queen wore clothes made of these cloths, she would definitely lead the trend of the dynasty, and the women of Qiongzhou would also have more income, and the whole of Qiongzhou would be grateful for the kindness of the queen mother and so on.
The queen let the emperor read the letter, worried about the emperor's reprimand, so she took the lead and said: "Xi'er is really not like talking, her parents are not traveling far, isn't it that the marriage is not going well, and now they have swam to the edge of the sky."
Xi'er in Qiongzhou must have suffered a lot there, but he was so playful that he didn't say a bad word, and wrote to me to consider the people of Qiongzhou. She doesn't know what she can do when she gets there, isn't it adding to the chaos. ”
The emperor pondered with his hands behind his back for a while before he said, "Xi'er seems to be determined to make a career. My daughter should have this kind of courage to be not afraid of heaven and earth, and to do whatever she wants. ”
The queen couldn't see if the emperor was angry for a while, so she said: "What can she do, just don't be angry, Your Majesty." ”
"No, she can go if she wants, give her a time to do big things."
The queen didn't expect the emperor to be supportive, and said anxiously: "When it came to Jiangnan to relax, by the way, to inspect the fiefdom, who would have thought that she would go to Qiongzhou with her will, Your Majesty, nearly three thousand miles, even if you travel a hundred miles a day, you have to walk for a few months, and now it's almost half a year, don't you worry about me."
When she went south, she brought two imperial doctors, in case of a sudden illness, could she fly to the capital with wings? Just for your illusory career, what career does the princess need? If you lose your life for this cause, you might as well not go!
Do you see how many concubines Xie Li's little child carried to the Xie family? How much did Xi'er like him at the beginning, how sad did she have to be to go all the way to Qiongzhou? Now that Xi'er is not doing well, Xie Li should not think about living well, if Xi'er has three longs and two shorts, how can Xie Li's three years of filial piety be enough? He has to keep it for the rest of his life! ”
"Don't worry, queen, Xi'er can see through the feelings between men and women, and it will be a good thing for her in the future. Besides, why can't women do their careers, in the future, you and I will have a place in the history books, and the prince will also be in this era, so Xi Er will not be allowed to make contributions and become famous in history? ”
This is a chapter in the history books that records the emperor, His Majesty is now outspoken, it seems that the status of the East Palace is not hindered, as long as she and the crown prince do not lose their status, Xi'er will be fine.
The queen was relieved when she thought of this, and said with a smile: "What is famous in history, I only hope that she is safe and sound." ”
So the emperor and queen reached an agreement.
The two craftsmen of Wei Lingxi's belt were highly skilled and helped improve the sea boats of the local giants.
And so the voyage began on an ordinary day.
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