Chapter 57 Planning and Layout
In the garden, Da Bao and Er Bao are chasing, they are more than two years old, followed by their mother, Gu Qingqing and Liu Feifei are also holding their half-year-old child, in the winter, the child's clothes are thick, only showing a smiling face with pink makeup, Xiao Lang'er is constantly teasing Sanbao and Sibao next to them, these two little guys show a cute smile, and now Jiaojiao and Windsor also have it, Rulan, Jiu'er is so anxious, very envious to touch Windsor and Jiaojiao's belly, they are a little ruthless and they are not angry, if there are no children, their status is very low。 Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Chinese New Year, this year is a lively year, each lady has a strong family to come over, also for the sake of the family's face, only Qiao Ye and Jiu'er's family background is a little worse, they should be cautious, don't be looked down upon or bullied by other ladies.
Among them, the strongest family must be the princess Zhu Can, who was born in the royal family and won the favor of the emperor's brother, so she is arrogant in the Hou Ye's Mansion, she is not bad if she doesn't bully others, and there are eighteen palace maids who serve her when she marries. Jiaojiao is the pirate king of Palembang, the prince of Fubi, she brought thirty beautiful relatives to protect her, Huahua Her father is the East China Sea, even the Japanese are afraid of the East China Sea Shenjun, the strength is naturally not bad, Windsor's father is a big businessman, more and more influential in Spain, after doing a few business with Daming, the family is even richer, richer than the Spanish royal family. Gu Qingqing's father is businessman Gu Yanyang, and his status in the martial arts is extremely high, so he is naturally not bad for money, Rulan is the leader of the Pai Sect, and there are thousands of brothers under him, all of whom are strong, but they are almost financially poor. As for Qiao Ye and Jiu'er, they should be the least backing and insecure, especially Jiu'er, she feels that she is the worst, so she is very humble and careful, and she doesn't dare to speak loudly, and her subordinates have four female black slaves waiting for her, as for Qiao Ye, fortunately, she gave birth to a son to Xiao Lang'er, and her mother is more expensive than her son, and her status is more stable than Jiu'er.
Of course, Xiao Lang'er was very good to the nine ladies and did not make any of them sad. After eating Chinese New Year's Eve, Xiao Lang'er sealed a big red envelope for the nine ladies, each red envelope had ten gold coins, gave each of the four children a year-old money, only gave a copper coin, hanging around their necks, this is the copper money of the Qin Dynasty, the value is very high, and also give every relative and friend a red envelope, including the next person, there are about five taels of red envelopes, in short, up and down the Hou Mansion, the atmosphere is warm.
The night sky of the capital, the fireworks are constantly exploding, illuminating a piece of the sky, tomorrow is the first day of the new year, there must be a lot of ministers who come to pay New Year's greetings, Xiao Lang'er also let the next person prepare some small red envelopes, gifts are still exchanged.
Early in the morning, let Dabao take the two treasures to light a hanging of firecrackers, these two little guys are still very bold, the nine ladies are so frightened that they cover their ears, they are wearing new clothes, beautiful and moving, Xiao Langer led them to worship the heaven and earth and the ancestors, rushed to the Temple of Heaven to participate in the emperor's blessing ceremony, in the Temple of Heaven, tens of thousands of officials under the black pressure, and tens of thousands of guards, the emperor took the princes of his Zongren Mansion, worshiped heaven and earth, and then went to the ancestors and ancestors to worship the first emperor, hoping to pray for the protection of heaven and earth, the ancestors have spirits, bless the peace of the Ming Dynasty, and the great rule of the world.
This year, the emperor behaved very generously, and issued a silver ticket of ten taels to each minister, which was unimaginable before, and then took a seven-day holiday to let everyone spend a happy Spring Festival.
The decree of tax exemption for three years has been promulgated, and the people of the world know that they can not pay taxes for these three years, and do not worry about the persecution of those wolf-like tax collectors, a large number of displaced people will return to their homes, and the local government has set up porridge shops, so that they will not starve to death.
The world has become a little more peaceful, although there are still various disasters, but the imperial court allocated funds for disaster relief, and the Wulin League recruited a large number of laborers to plant crops from Nanyang in the granges around the country, and also recruited tens of thousands of people to go to Nanyang to make a living, this martial arts league has really done a lot of good things for the Ming Dynasty, and for the sake of the country's peace everywhere, their alliance leader is the emperor's red man Shen Houye.
In the past few days of the Spring Festival, there is an endless stream of officials who come to the Hou Mansion, most of them are here to give gifts, Xiao Lang'er is closed, just send Zhang Butler to greet him at the door, and do not accept all the gifts, these days there are a lot of people crowded at the door, begging to see Shen Hou Ye, Zhang Steward told the guests, Hou Ye and the princess went to the palace to pay New Year's greetings, it is estimated that it will take three or five days to come back, Hou Ye wants to accompany the emperor in the palace to discuss national affairs, and to accompany the Queen Mother to drink tea and chat. These officials who wanted to see Marquis Shen left in twos and threes.
Xiao Lang'er took the seventh princess to the emperor and the queen mother for the New Year's greeting, and he was going back to Butterfly Island in a month, Zhu Youzhen was reluctant to leave this brother-in-law, and he also hoped that Xiao Lang'er would help him calm the world, Xiao Lang'er said that as long as the emperor trusted the few civil and military officials he said, the world would be calm, and he would only make a move if he couldn't do it. The center of gravity of the little waves is not inland, but in the ocean. Countless islands in the vast sea are waiting for Xiao Langer to conquer and build. There is also the task of the sea god to complete, collecting thirteen crystal skulls, which is a difficult task. Zhu Youzhen did not keep him anymore, rewarded a large number of tributes to Xiao Lang'er, he secretly said to Xiao Lang'er, this time can not be crowned king, mainly from the conservative forces of the strong opposition, but as the emperor he can not break his word, as long as he is not the king in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, he will turn a blind eye, Xiao Lang'er can conquer those out-of-control vassal countries, he wants to be the king is not impossible, the emperor said to him, as Xiao Lang'er, it is not important to call the king or not, the strength in his hands has far exceeded the ordinary island country, no matter how he mixes outside the territory, he Xiao Lang'er is still the people of the Ming Dynasty。
Back at the Hou Mansion, in the next time, Xiao Lang'er found some tasks from Steward Zhang and the Wulin League, and asked them to help take care of his manor on the outskirts of the capital, which had more than 100 hectares of fields and some households. After conveying these things, Xiao Lang'er packed up and transported the items rewarded by the emperor and the rich dowry of the princess in dozens of cars, but there were still a lot of furniture and other dowries that could not be transported, so he put them in the Hou Ye's mansion, and took his nine wives and children to TJ Port, the emperor has rewarded him with the Daming treasure ship, including the personnel on the ship are under his command, from now on, with Butterfly Island as the center, he will begin to lay out, and bring the nearby sea areas into his control, Zheng Lao can win over the best, and if he can't do it, he will be co-opted, as well as Spain's power in Luzon, and the Dutch power in Taiwan, will be driven out by him one by one, he believes, with his own current strength, he can completely bring the entire sea area under his control, and whoever dares to disobey will conquer it with swords and artillery fire. Not to mention that with the help of the power of the Daming Water Division, Shi Lang has been promoted to the commander of the FJ Water Division, which is an indispensable foreign aid.
Two days later, Xiao Lang'er arrived at TJ Port with his women and children, and set off on the Daming treasure ship Hailong, and now the ship belongs to him, and he has the right to name it. He set out with his men and horses, and promoted Iron Bolt to the position of commander of the fleet, and the other leaders were promoted accordingly. The Sea Dragon's fleet headed towards its own Butterfly Island, with a black ghost ship following to the left and right, as well as three frigates.