Chapter 274: The Emperor Dies
The personal greeting of the imperial grandson can be regarded as giving this fleet enough face.
He was already the de facto emperor.
The emperor personally greeted him, and he greeted him to the dock, which was not even the turn of a great victory.
After nearly two years of sailing on the ship, the sailors who have traveled tens of thousands of miles at sea are excitedly kneeling on the deck and kowtowing to the emperor's grandson, which is also the highest praise for them, but although this fleet did not lose a single battleship, in fact, nearly thirty percent of the sailors died.
The vast majority die of illness.
Then there was an accident that fell into the sea and died.
They did not die in conflict with the natives, in fact the Indians worshipped them as gods.
They went with silk, sugar, and porcelain.
And, of course, weapons.
Although their weapons were not used to slaughter natives.
Yang Feng and the little princess lay on the window, looking at the ritual going on outside.
On the docks, warships docked, and more things were moved out of the cabins, including plants grown in pots, but they all looked bad......
"Hurry up and let them transport these to our greenhouse."
Yang Feng said.
At this time, it was already winter, and the fleet was taking the warm current route of the north equator, all the way to the tropics, even if most of the voyages to the north were in the subtropical environment, but the capital was a serious winter. Although it is not as cold and snowy as in the north, the temperature is only a few degrees above zero, and these plants cannot hold on, and he can even see the tomatoes inside.
Although the tomatoes at this time are small.
These had to be sent to the greenhouse immediately, and he had previously built it out of glass on Mount Wutai.
It is used to allow these plants to overwinter.
In the early spring, they will choose suitable planting plots for each of them.
"Don't go!"
The little princess said delicately while lying on his back.
And then rubbed on his back like a cat......
It's clearly the season.
"It's easy for me to lose control of myself."
Yang Feng said.
"Come on!"
The little princess continued to rub.
Yang Feng was speechless, but fortunately, Chun Ji came in and looked at them with a look of astonishment.
"Hurry up and find the imperial grandson, let him transport these things to our greenhouse, don't say I've come back, just say I told you before, and transport those birds over, these birds are all tropical, and they are all about to freeze to death."
Yang Feng said.
Haruhime silently withdrew, but then came back to ......
"Princess, do you want me to teach you?"
She said sincerely.
"Get out!"
The little princess was annoyed.
Then Chun Ji smiled and withdrew, the little princess continued to lie there very longingly, and Yang Feng continued to look outside, but to his surprise, Ma He actually brought an Indian girl, and in terms of aesthetics, the appearance was not bad. She stood on the deck, looking blankly at the huge city in front of her like a mortal who had stepped into a fairyland, but for their current level of civilization, Da Ming at this time was really a fairyland.
Or the kingdom of God.
"That's the people there?"
The little princess finally gave up trying to seduce Yang Feng and couldn't control herself, and looked at the girl curiously.
Ma He didn't give her Daming's clothes.
And with the style of the Indians, she is undoubtedly unclothed.
"Yes."
Yang Feng said.
"Barbarian!"
The little princess said disdainfully.
But this one, there were no more Indians left on the ship.
I don't know if Ma He will take her with her, or if she will survive on the way, the latter is more likely, after all, staying on a ship with hundreds of Ming troops, the flood of all kinds of bacteria, and their defenseless bodies really can't hold on.
The next thing to move out of the ship was the pockets and boxes, which were opened one by one at the dock, and someone specially signed up, as for the name, of course, it was the same as the modern one, they were originally collected according to the atlas given to them by Yang Feng. And the imperial grandson, under the guidance of Ma He, looked at these with great interest, especially the poor corn cobs with sparse grains and small heads, and the poor potatoes with equally small grains, but the sweet potatoes looked decent.
However, there is also a big gap with modern times.
These are followed by long-term breeding.
In fact, most of the horses and the ones they brought back were seeds of various crops, and even corn and the like they ate along the way.
But soon, a box of things caught Yang Feng's attention.
"Go and get that box, I'll make you something to eat."
Yang Feng said.
"What's that?"
The little princess said suspiciously.
"What you love to eat."
Yang Feng said.
That's cocoa.
Of course, he couldn't still give the little princess ninety percent dark chocolate, and he had already added all kinds of things to improve her, so this thing is now a top luxury. With these cocoa fruits, you can plant them in the future, Hainan Island, Annam, these places can be, in fact, not only this in the future, but also rubber planting will have to begin. However, it is estimated that there is no rubber in this batch, and the rubber trees in the Americas are in Brazil, and the horses and this trip is short, only in Mexico and Central America.
"I'm sorry, I don't want to eat candy, I want to eat something better, they eat it often."
The little princess said close to his ear.
Yang Feng finally couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly turned around and pushed her down......
"Hurry back to Wutai Mountain, I suddenly feel a little unwell!"
The little princess said very gracefully.
Then she instantly changed to an impatient smile, and then coiled Yang Feng like an octopus, and the coachman outside drove the four-wheeled carriage, which was comparable to a small house to adapt to her height of more than one meter seven, and slowly drove out of the crowd, and then drove towards the city. However, the little princess's physical discomfort was obviously a little serious, and before she reached the city gate, she let the coachman drive into a small wood, and then cried out in pain.
The house slaves quickly parted and quickly formed a cordon outside the grove.
At this time, the welcome ceremony on the dock was over, and all the things brought back, including the Indian girl, were loaded into wagons and sailed into the city amid cheers in the middle of the road.
At this time, four-wheeled carriages were already popular in the capital.
Even the little princess has a car rental company, which specializes in providing car rental services for people from other places to Beijing.
Of course, all this is due to the reconstruction of the roads in the capital, especially the Ring Road, which is completely using new road construction techniques, that is, stone roadbed and gravel pavement.
As for the little princess......
The little princess was still screaming in pain.
Two hours later.
Stone City Gate.
"The last general has seen the princess."
The officer on guard saluted the carriage that entered the city gate.
"Excuse me, where has this person gone?"
Her Royal Highness the Princess, who lifted the curtain, looked at the obviously depressed streets, and said in a slightly hoarse voice.
"Back to the princess, Your Majesty has a decree to display Jiahe and those rare birds and beasts in the Thousand Steps Corridor, and open the Hongwu Gate to allow the people to enter the Thousand Steps Corridor to watch, now the people in the city have gone to the Thousand Steps Corridor, the main one is also to go, it is best to enter the imperial city from the Xi'an Gate, and I am afraid that I will not be able to squeeze into the south side."
The latter hurriedly said.
"Got it!"
The little princess said.
Then she lowered the curtain......
"Where?"
She bowed her head and said.
"Of course it's going to the Imperial City, I still have to go to see your father!"
Yang Feng, who was lying under her, said.
He had to surprise Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Go to Xi'anmen!"
The little princess shouted outside.
At this moment, a group of brocade guards came galloping and soon stopped beside the carriage, and the officers led by them hurriedly dismounted......
"Princess, the crown prince asks the princess to enter the palace immediately."
He said anxiously.
Inside the carriage, Yang Feng and the little princess looked at each other......
"Quick!"
The little princess hurriedly shouted.
Immediately after that, the carriage galloped towards Xi'an Gate in the Jinyi Guard, and went directly to Xi'an Gate after arriving at Xi'an Gate, and then went directly to Xihua Gate, and also went directly to Xihua Gate. When their carriage entered, they could already see several princes and grandsons in the capital flocking to the Qianqing Palace, and when the carriage arrived at the Qianqing Gate, there was already a cry inside.
Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty ......
Obviously, Lao Zhu is really waiting for Jiahe's obsession to support him.
He was dying on the hospital bed, and when he saw all kinds of new crop seeds that Zhu Yunxi had sent to his bed, especially when Ma He carried a huge pumpkin in front of him, he suddenly returned to the light and ordered that all the things he brought back were placed in the Qianbu Corridor, and the Hongwu Gate was opened for the people to come in and visit, and then it was not good. The pumpkin was actually a staple food in Central America at this time, and Ma He deliberately planted one on the boat and then wasted precious fresh water to water it, and finally grew and produced it on the road. He was going to use it as a gift to the emperor, so he pinched one pumpkin and other melons, leaving two, and the result grew to more than fifty catties.
In the end, this male master, who can be said to be a generation, guarded a huge pumpkin of more than fifty catties and completed his life course.
The next day.
"The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes."
Yang Feng stood on the deck, facing the mighty river under his feet, singing like a singer.
Of course, he is still a businessman.
Zhu Yuanzhang is dead, there is no need for him to show up for the time being, after all, it stands to reason that he should still be on the way to Guangzhou at this time, although he pushed down someone's daughter before Lao Zhu's death, but then the little princess will be filial piety. In fact, yesterday the little princess had already changed into filial piety clothes and stayed in the palace, and during the next national funeral, the Ming Dynasty would stop all entertainment, and even the ministers would wear filial piety clothes.
In this case, there is no need for him to appear in the capital.
Just leave.
He's got a bunch of things to do!
Before he went west for more than a year, how many things did he not care about later?
Shanxi's tax package.
Construction of wooden rails from Shanxi to Shuofang.
Those people bought from Mongolia, the latter were all in Shuofang, and the princess of Jin allowed them to stay in Shuofang for grazing, but the pastures were all the land of the Jin domain, and they, as Yang Feng's subordinates, needed Yang Feng to give the Jin domain additional rent.
Of course, it's just a trifle.
Ambassador Yang is not short of money, and even if he doesn't give money, he can pay for it.
The reclamation area of Hoeryeong is now on the right track, producing more than 400,000 stone of soybean sorghum this year, although it is true that this thing cannot be used as military rations, but it can be exchanged for livestock from the surrounding tribes to serve as part of the military rations. Moreover, the shipping from Whale Haiwei to Jiangnan has also been realized, and in fact, purely in terms of interests, his reclamation area is about to break even.
It's all driven by dung.
This kind of fertilizer, which can increase rice production by 30%, is causing a crazy rush in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Soybean prices skyrocketed.
In addition, the boom in the canned food industry has also led to a surge in demand for soybean oil.
Although at this time, soybean oil extraction can only use traditional technology, so the oil yield is low, but the problem is that soybean oil is a by-product, soybean cake is the real main product, what is the big deal with the low oil yield, it is a supplement.
In short, after tossing for so long and investing a huge amount of money, his Huining reclamation finally saw the money back.
However, he still lost money in Huining.
After all, he also has to bear the military needs of the envoys of Huiningdu.
That's still going to pay for that.
You can only take your time.
It is estimated that in another five years, he will be able to almost break even in Huining.
In Shanxi, it actually loses money.
The taxes he has collected in Shanxi so far still can't catch up with the taxes he paid to the imperial court, but the future of Shanxi is bright, because the development of industry and commerce there is extremely rapid, after all, it is completely free, so at most next year, Shanxi will be able to make a profit by including taxes. In fact, counting the interests of other aspects this year, he is already close to breaking even in Shanxi, after all, he still has control over the financial industry, how can any banker, especially a monopoly banker, lose money?
Even his interests in Shanxi can no longer be evaluated by whether they are profitable or not.
Financial control is the greatest benefit in itself.
"As soon as the emperor dies, the emperor's grandson succeeds to the throne, but I don't know what King Guangze will do."
Zhang Ying stood next to him and sighed.
Now that the two of them have converged, including Yang Feng's righteous daughters, Yang Feng is not ready to put them in the capital, but goes north to Yanzhou in Huai'an, where Princess Lu has enough space to accommodate them.
Princess Lu is not enough, and there is also Princess Qi.
It just so happened that they were going to enter Beijing, and they happened to hand over the palace to him.
"Him?"
Yang Feng sneered.
"He can't make any waves anymore."
He went on to say.
Now Zhu Yunxi has not ascended the throne, this has to choose a good day and auspicious day, usually within half a month, as soon as Zhu Yunxi ascends the throne, it is estimated that he will have to find a way to solve his brother.
It's easy to do.
During the funeral, you can make a small excuse, such as saying the wrong thing, wearing the wrong clothes, doing the wrong etiquette procedure, these can be used, and even if you don't, you can find someone to say that he made a mistake. Then the emperor had to be magnanimous, just give a light reproach, and then his brother could not think about it for a while, and suddenly drank poisoned wine. Then His Majesty the Emperor learned the bad news and was devastated, crying and telling about the deep relationship between himself and his brother, and decreed that his nephews should be crowned kings.
A mature emperor must be unrelenting.
"By the way, he shouldn't be martyred, right?"
Zhang Ying said.
"Probably not."
Yang Feng said.
Zhu Yunxi will not be buried again, but he is also deeply influenced by modern thought, in fact, he himself occasionally uses Yang Feng's watch like his aunt and chats with Sister Liu alone.
The latter, as a woman, can be said to be harshly criticized for this funeral system.
even found some modern research articles to read to him, and under this kind of education, Zhu Yunxi could no longer choose to be buried.