In the early morning of the second day, Zhu Gaoxu came to the Guogong Mansion and said that the old man had asked Cheng Yuan to go to the Shenji Camp after noon to demonstrate the new gunpowder so as to prepare for the trip to Yunnan.

Cheng Yuan nodded, and happily invited Zhu Gaoxu to eat the chicken made in the kitchen together, how could there be such a luxury on weekdays, just because there were too many chickens in the kitchen, and he couldn't put it down.

Zhu Gaoxu sat down casually, motioned to the guards of the King of Han who came with him to retreat, sat next to him and tore a chicken wing, and gnawed it with relish.

Neither of them is a person who talks about rules, and besides, the rules are given to some officials who are not convinced, and sometimes it is a distance.

The two of them belong to the latter group.

Today's food is lotus leaf chicken, steamed chicken, wolfberry chicken soup, the rest is green vegetable rice, and the rest is a few jars of Jinling drunk.

"Who made this chicken, it tastes good, the flesh and bone are completely separated, and it doesn't ...... at all," Zhu Gaoxu commented.

What kind of flesh and blood are completely separated, he is really good at talking, and the food is suddenly not fragrant, but it does not affect Cheng Yuan's popularization to him at all.

"This chicken is a free-range chicken, chop pieces, put ginger slices and shallots, blanch, carefully control drying, and then slice the mushrooms, put potato cubes, add chili peppers, water over the potatoes, add salt, sprinkle some green onions after the pot, and wait for the seasoning water to absorb into the meat. Golden potatoes, white and tender chicken, green shallots. ”

Zhu Gaoxu didn't care what he did, he just kept eating, and then said: "It's a pity that you are not a cook, no wonder the boss and that stinky boy come over all day long, it turns out that your dish is good." ”

"The emperor's grandson has come less this year." Cheng Yuan added.

"He's in the Shenji Camp, oh, Zhengqing is there too."

Zhu Gaoxu killed half of the chicken as he spoke, wiped his mouth and said: "The imperial chefs in the palace are not as good as you, but the chili peppers are too extravagant, and there are less than a hundred seedlings in the Ming Dynasty, and it is estimated that there are none in Yunnan." ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Han rest assured, the land of Yunnan is definitely a treasure of nature, this time I will bring potatoes, corn and even the cultivated rice of the Agricultural College to govern the southwest border."

Zhu Gaoxu was a little depressed and said: "This king doesn't want to go to Dali, Yunnan, what's good." ”

Zhu Gaoxu has always been straightforward and fast-talking, and even has some taste of daring, Cheng Yuan shook his head, indicating that what he said was wrong.

"His Royal Highness the King of Han always wants to do something to show his father, queen and mother, why not govern the land of Yunnan into the southwest of the Yangtze River? Besides, this time, Tusi, and even Annan, went to fight. ”

Cheng Yuan persuaded with good words.

Zhu Gaoxu said unceremoniously: "You want to go!" ”

"I have something wrong with me, I just thought, it will take at least three years to leave the capital, and it is impossible to come back on the way, after all, thousands of miles away, my three cubs are still young, and His Royal Highness is still angry with me for this matter, what good do I have?"

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned, took out the chicken leg in his mouth and said, "Then you ......?"

"The people can take care of Anle, I can't, and neither can you, King Han, do you know how you are different from His Royal Highness the Prince?"

Zhu Gaochu compares with Zhu Gaochi every day, and he is naturally energetic at this time: "You say! ”

"If he becomes the crown prince, he will definitely go to the domain, and then go to Yunnan, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, the prince is not to enjoy himself in the capital, but to feed the people and live a peaceful life.

"I, Cheng Yuan, said something rebellious, the people support Your Majesty and respect the Ming officials, for what, for the sake of peaceful days, peace and happiness.

"If we don't think about the people, they will live a hard life, where can we be allowed to live a court."

Cheng Yuan then calmed down: "The southwest is thousands of miles away from the capital, and the Ming Dynasty gives a lot of rich rewards to the Tusi every year.

"When Yunnan was in the Yuan Dynasty, it was a road, and later it was changed to a government. But the toast is still bad.

"The tribesmen who live in the deep mountains only know the toast, but they don't know the son of tomorrow."

"Do you know why? Because only those who know the official language are officials, those whites, Yi people, Dai people, Zhuang people, and Miao people...... They all only listen to the toast, and the toast covers the sky with one hand, isn't His Highness angry? If they are educated, Daming Yunnan will not only know about Tusi and Mu Jiajun? ”

Zhu Gaoxu was silent.

He was scared of Cheng Yuan.

More respect, more to say.

But how could the arrogant and brave King Han tell Cheng Yuan that I admire you, he could only nod like a chicken pecking rice, and diverted the topic:

"Go to Yunnan, you can go all the way with this king, but you are not allowed to wear that sick cat, it's too stupid, this king dislikes it and loses face."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Do you think my four sisters embroider well?" Among the five of them, except for Xianning, the rest were embroidered well, and later Kangning also embroidered very well. ”

Cheng Yuan wanted to protect his wife, but looking at Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, he said calmly: "Your Highness Xianning, I want to think about it...... It's really not very good, the eagle is embroidered into a chick, and the appearance is mediocre. ”

Zhu Gaoxu laughed, slapped the table and said, "I think so too." ”

But soon he felt strange in his heart, he shook his head and said: "Actually, my sister is still good, she is so willful that it is annoying, but her mind is not bad, she loves to be coquettish, every time I get goosebumps on the ground." ”

Zhu Gaoxu drank a glass of wine: "What kind of eyes do you have, she was injured for you at the beginning, and she can't even have children, why are you like this, the two of them marry you, and this king feels angry." ”

Cheng Yuan said: "Your Highness, you still care about your brothers and sisters, in this case, if you want to go to Yunnan, why don't you go to the prince?" ”

While speaking, Wei Lanzhou carried a sword and a white goose in one hand and said, "Teacher, this is sent to you by Senior Brother Xianzhi." ”

"No matter how you send geese again, the chickens can't be eaten."

"I don't know, Granny Yang also followed, holding a bamboo pole in her hand, and left at the door."

Cheng Yuan said: "It's so small, keep it." In addition, you go and tell Kuang Yu and Song Jing, Song Jing doesn't need it, he still has to prepare for the imperial examination.

"You and Kuang Yu, prepare this month, follow me to Yunnan, bring those agricultural notes or something."

"Yes, Teacher."

Then Cheng Yuan said: "Lan Zhou, are you hungry, there is still a chicken here, take it to eat with your sister." ”

Wei Lanzhou nodded: "Yes, Master." ”

She thought about it, and when she came back from outside the city, she met Xu Miaojin and asked her to pass the word, but His Royal Highness the King of Han is here, so forget it.

Then Zhu Gaoxu watched Cheng Yuan bring the stewed chicken to Wei Lanzhou.

He tried to speak: "Well, don't you have a lot of chickens in your house, you stew two, and I'll take them to the eldest and queen mother to taste." ”

Cheng Yuan nodded: "You're welcome, it's better to bring one to Princess Han." ”

Then he got up and ordered Steward Liu to prepare three chickens to stew.

When he returned to the lobby, Zhu Gaoxu had already finished eating the rest of the chicken nuggets, and made a chirping sound, and finally took a sip of the soup: "Burp ~ It's so fragrant." ”

Cheng Yuan had to eat some green vegetables and white rice, and after sending Zhu Gaoxu away, he quietly went to the blacksmith shop outside the city to customize a special lock chain.

And Zhu Gaoxu was also satisfied, rubbed his stomach, took the two chickens stewed in the Guogong Mansion, and borrowed flowers from Queen Xu to offer Buddha.

After all, his reluctance to take Yunnan has become an eagerness to try, if it is well governed, he will not be able to return to Beijing, and he will still be appreciated at that time.

The cake that Cheng Yuan painted for Zhu Gaochu was very large, and he also wanted Zhu Gaochu to like to live in this cake and continue to expand his territory to the southwest.

As for how to govern the territory when it is large? Who will govern and how to govern, I don't think too much about this, it's like a martial artist who can't even take a horse step, thinking about whether he should learn the Great Shift or the Sunflower Treasure Book, thinking too much.