The country has money, and the disaster has become less terrible. Although the Bazhou earthquake was somewhat strong, the number of casualties was not as large as expected. The earthquake occurred during the day, and the epicenter was in the suburbs, where there were poor peasants, no good houses, and many even thatched huts, so that they escaped death.

However, many houses have collapsed, and the post-disaster relief and reconstruction work is quite urgent. It is also thanks to Zhengde that he is rich now, otherwise the scalp of the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty will have to be scratched again.

Put food and send money! By the way, there are still a lot of people in the royal workshop in the capital, so I got it, let's talk about it first!

Stumbled, Zhengde six years have passed. At the end of the year, everyone settled the accounts and was pleasantly surprised to find that there was still some surplus grain, and the call for comprehensive maritime trade and exploring new routes could not help but rise. For a while, except for the occasional criticism from the officials, no one mentioned the matter of the ancestral system anymore.

In the blink of an eye, in the spring of the seventh year of Zhengde, the Ministry of Rites began to get busy. The Portuguese envoy had received a letter a year earlier and would arrive in the capital in May, where he would present Western shipbuilding, craftsmen, and various Western texts.

At the same time, there will be American specialties: potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers and other products.

Upon hearing that the Portuguese would bring potatoes and sweet potatoes, Janine was simply overjoyed. It's just that she can't show too much. If "hearsay" seems to be taken too seriously, doesn't that arouse suspicion?

It was soon the eighth day of the fifth month, and it had been three days since the arrival of the Portuguese envoy Pillez in Beijing.

This day is also the second anniversary of Zhengde and Jian Ning's marriage.

On this day, the husband and wife went to Cining Palace together to ask the Queen Mother for peace, and then went to Qianqing Palace.

Although Zhengde will not meet with Pillay here, the Qianqing Palace is close to the former dynasty, and it is easy to pass on any news.

For Western countries, Zhengde does not know much. All his impressions of the West came from Jian Ning. So he was also very curious, curious about whether the rumors that Jian Ning heard were true or false? Are these people really ghost-looking, red-haired and green-eyed?

Zhengde is a very curious emperor. So at this moment, he seemed more eager than Jane Ning. Seeing that the time was almost up, I couldn't wait to move forward.

Receiving foreign envoys is not a trivial matter. But it also depends on the country. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Ming wanted a nautical chart at the moment, he probably wouldn't have received it so ceremoniously.

Where does the stray hair come from? Also worthy of seeing my Emperor Ming?

In fact, the historical Portuguese were quite different and always wanted to occupy the islands of China. During the reign of Zhengde, they secretly carried out sneak attacks, but at that time the Ming Dynasty was still quite strong, and these people did not succeed.

Therefore, Jian Ning also did not have a good impression of the Portuguese, and planned to get nautical charts and potatoes, so he asked Zhengde to send troops to recapture Malacca, so as not to be held by the Portuguese and threatened with it in the future.

Jian Ning sat in the Qianqing Palace, drinking sour plum soup, thinking in her heart, when she suddenly called a little eunuch outside, and when she entered the hall, she kowtowed and said, "The slave maid asks for peace to the mother." ”

"Get up."

"Xie Niangniang."

After the little eunuch got up, he looked left and right, and Jian Ning said, "They are all trustworthy people at this time, just say it." ”

"Yes, sissy."

The little eunuch put his hand into his cuff and took out something out, "Niangniang, this is sent by Gonggong Zhang to the slave maid, saying that it is one of the things that the envoys pay tribute to, and it is said that it is the treasure of the Western Kingdom, but it is revealed in the cold ice of thousands of years...... But the godfather looked at it and felt a little different. Thinking that Niangniang has learned from the past and the present, and sent it to let Niangniang palm her eyes. ”

Jian Ning's eyes fell on the little eunuch's hand, and he laughed with a "poof", "What thousand-year-old ice?" When did this Franc machine also learn to brag? Xiao Puzi, present it. ”

"Yes, sissy."

Jian Ning played with the things in his hand, then looked at the light, and sneered: "It's just glass, similar to our glass, it's all man-made." There are a lot of bubbles in it, but this one is as smooth as water, and it's rare. ”

The thing in my hand is like a glass marble. These white skins, when they are Ming people, are they Indians? Take a few glass beads and want to cheat the benefits?

Cui Yupu opened his mouth wide, a little incredulous, "Niangniang, this thing is like crystal, and it can also be made?" ”

"This thing is called glass, and I have many book lovers, so someone gave me this, and I heard that it was also purchased from the Franco. I've also studied, and this thing is very similar to our glass, but the color is not good enough, and it's a little greenish. It's really a white-skinned ghost, and these inferior goods are also used to fool ......"

Cui Yupu didn't know what the white-skinned ghost meant, but he only felt a little angry in his heart.

I'm a dignified Ming dynasty, you barbarian dare to play fraud?! He doesn't even take us seriously, this is looking for death!

The little eunuch's face turned a little green, and he said tremblingly: "Niangniang, I heard that Your Majesty was quite happy to see this thing, and said that he wanted to reward you......"

What a fool of yourself!

Where is Your Majesty's face going now?

Jian Ning frowned, pondered for a moment and said: "You go and tell Zhang Yong, don't make a noise about this matter, let him inform Li Dongyang, and say that this thing is not valuable, don't be fooled." ”

After a pause, he said: "And the Francois people build a country based on business, and what they do at sea is the business of thieves, and their sex is cunning, so we must be careful and careful when dealing with them." If you can get the best charts and shipbuilding, if you can't, you just need a lot of potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers......"

The little eunuch nodded, "Don't worry, the slave will go back to my godfather." ”

"Go ahead, don't let people see the clues."

After the people left, Cui Yupu asked cautiously: "Niangniang, are the sweet potatoes more important than the nautical chart?" The Three Treasure Eunuchs' navigation charts to the Western Ocean are gone, and if I have to start all over again if I don't have them, how much silver will it cost? ”

Jian Ning was silent for a long time before saying, "Cui Yupu...... If there is a grain of ten stones or twenty stones per mu in this world, do you say that I am afraid to wait for another twenty years? ”

Cui Yupu's body shook suddenly, and Bizhu, Xiangzhi, and Wu Yuniang on the side also changed their faces greatly, and they couldn't help muttering: "Why, how can there be such food?" ”

"yes......"

Cui Yupu swallowed his saliva, his brain was filled with divine food, but the more he thought about it, the more confused his brain became, and he couldn't help shaking his head again and again, "How can there be such food in this world?" ”

Jian Ning pursed her lips and smiled, "I've heard about it too." But there's some truth to it, right? It is good not to ask for ten stones, but twenty stones, but five stones. ”

Everyone thought about it, and suddenly felt very excited, "Niangniang, if this is the case, the prosperous world is not far away!" ”

Cui Yupu even reddened his eyes, "Back then, it was a disaster and famine, and the slaves and maids only entered the palace." ”

"After the slave maid entered the palace, the family had a slightly better life."

Wu Yuniang was also red-eyed, "But I still can't eat enough......"

Jian Ning sighed softly and said in a low voice: "So, the stomach is the big problem......

The master and servant couldn't help but feel a little melancholy. Don't look at the fact that a few of them are doing quite well now, but which one of them here has not been hungry at this time? Didn't Jane Ning almost starve to death when she first came?

Hunger is a terrible feeling. Only those who have endured it know what kind of despair it is. Food is the eternal thirst of this agricultural country, and it is deeply imprinted in the bones.

So Jian Ning is not worried that potatoes and sweet potatoes will be cultivated in China. It turns out that the Chinese will only do better than others.

The master and servant here are melancholy, but Zhengde over there is excited.

Hey, it's really red-haired and green-eyed!

These people are dressed up really funny.

It's full of stuff, it's too funny, right?

At this time, the aesthetics of Europe were very bad. They hang all the precious and gorgeous things on their bodies and look like a moving jewelry shelf. In addition to this, in order to show masculinity, they focus on highlighting the broad shoulders, toned muscles, and slender calves.

As a result, Pilas and others, who tied their calves, wore tights, and were full of gorgeous decorations, became comical in the eyes of the Ming monarchs.

Sure enough, it's a hillbilly.

What's the difference between this and a nouveau riche with ten fingers full of rings? Look again, yo, there are indeed a lot of rings on this hand, five or six, right?

Pillays knelt down on one knee, bowed, and after a grunt, the interpreter Yasan translated, "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I am Pillaz, please allow me to greet you on behalf of our King Manuel I." We, the King, wish you good health and happiness. I hope that Portugal and Ming can successfully establish diplomatic relations this time and the friendship will last forever. ”

I have to say that Daming is actually relatively open. At least they did not push back the establishment of diplomatic relations because of whether they knelt or not. In this regard, Daming has always respected the customs of various countries and has the demeanor of a great country.

Zhengde raised his hand and said, "On behalf of the people of the Ming Dynasty, I accept the greetings of the king of Erbang, you can get up." ”

After some politeness, Zhengde said: "My Ming Dynasty has opened the sea again, and your country can freely come to my Ming Dynasty to trade in the future." Just a little ......"

Zhengde's face became serious, "I heard that there are many actions to disturb the people when you go ashore, and I am a state of etiquette, and there are laws for walking, living, sitting and lying down." Although you are foreign envoys and have your own customs, you should follow the customs of our Ming Dynasty when you enter the realm of our Ming Dynasty. It is rude to casually ridicule women and women, and I hope that the envoys will restrain their subordinates so as not to hurt the harmony between the two countries. ”

These words are polite and courteous, both majestic and without losing the bearing of a great country. The ministers nodded again and again when they heard this, and their hearts were comforted.

Your Majesty is becoming more and more like a son of heaven.

After listening to the translation, Pilez's face looked a little ugly.

Seafarers have been adrift for a long time, life and death are unpredictable, and it is common for them to go ashore to have fun. But in this Ming Dynasty, it doesn't work.

The smiling women saw them as if they were ghosts, and the women of good families who met them in the street avoided them like snakes and scorpions, as if they were carrying some terrible curse, and they were far away.

The men were fine. Some Confucian scholars would even take the initiative to talk to them and ask about Western affairs. It's just that every time I didn't say a few words, I proposed to let them take a bath, and said that there are many benefits to taking a bath! How is this possible? If you take too many baths, you'll get sick!

It's just that the son of tomorrow can take the initiative to meet them is an unexpected joy, although they want to occupy a few islands of the Ming Dynasty, but think that the Spaniards have also heard about it, and it is said that they have also submitted their credentials, so for the silk, tea, and porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, they have to endure it!

Thinking of this, he said with a guilty face: "Your Majesty, I will restrain my subordinates well and prevent them from doing things that degrade the country in this civilized country......"

Zhengde smiled, "The child can be taught......"

After a pause, he said, "I don't know what else the envoy has to do this time besides submitting his credentials?" ”