On May 3, the 34th year of Taiping in the Ming Dynasty, it was 8 o'clock in the morning at Huangzhuang in the Western Cape.

Zhu Jingyuan received the news from Shen Fu and learned that Lucia had accepted the conditions for splitting the Xianbei region, so he couldn't help but smile and sigh softly.

"Now we can really hope for a long peace, maybe it's really not a twenty-year truce......"

There is a high probability that the war can be avoided, and the early planes that Zhu Jingyuan temporarily prepared in an expedited manner have no chance to be used on the Lucia battlefield.

At the same time, after Lucia accepted its fate, Da Ming's negotiation goal was more than half accomplished.

The follow-up negotiations on the Yin Zhou side may involve more land area, but the importance is far from the previous one.

The nature of Yinzhou as a whole is still an overseas colony, and the former Ottomans and the current Lucia are talking about the surrounding areas of the two sides of the mainland with the Ming Dynasty, which are directly related to the stability of the mainland.

Shen Fu, who delivered the letter, couldn't help but smile and nod and said:

"Lucia is willing to split the Xianbei region, and then we will become a vassal state in Kazakhstan, and the western border of Shenzhou will be completely worry-free......"

Zhu Jingyuan nodded lightly when he heard this, and at the same time turned his face to look at the world map on the wall.

After the conditions negotiated this time were truly implemented, all directions of the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty were surrounded by vassal states.

All land vassal states are strategic buffer zones.

The most important of these were the Great Eclipse, Persia, Khiva, Kazakh, and Lucia's newly split Western Xianbei, which mainly isolated Lucia from the Ctessi kingdoms.

The sea domain is the Great Wall of the Sea.

Among them, the more important ones are the Rogue, Kugu, the Four Feudatories of Japan, the Ryukyus, Luzon, Borneo, Java, and the Old Port.

After the relevant provisions are implemented, the stability of the situation in Daming will reach a new peak.

After the formal reconciliation between the Ming Dynasty and Lucia, as long as the Ming Dynasty did not collapse on its own, there would be no large-scale war in Shenzhou and the surrounding areas.

The most important task after the Ming Dynasty was how to properly control these vassal states and ensure the stability and prosperity of the entire civilization system.

Zhu Jingyuan thought so in his heart, and at the same time casually reminded Shen Fu:

"Shen Shaoqing, the next negotiations, the details of Lucia's split and establishment of the Xianbei Domain, as well as the naval technical support and warship sales to Lucia, I will trouble you to preside over it, and I, a layman, will not interfere.

"I only make one request, after Lucia is split, Lucia's own country in the Tessie part will also withdraw from the Anti-Ming Alliance, otherwise there will be no support, if they have an opinion, let him look at the name of this organization before speaking."

In a solemn tone, he agreed:

"The minister understands that Lucia's withdrawal from the anti-Ming alliance is a prerequisite for any support from the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Jingyuan discussed some details with Shen Fu again, and prepared to go to the craftsmen to follow up on the design of the warship.

It was at this time that the guards on duty outside ran in and reported:

"Your Highness, Suleiman, the son of the Duke of Persia, asked to see him, and he also brought two gifts."

Zhu Jingyuan had a little impression of this Suleiman, and remembered that he asked him for land in the Baku area, so he nodded and let him in.

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A short time later, Suleiman entered the lobby with a box in his arms, but he was followed by two little Persian girls.

After Suleiman took the two little girls to salute, he faced Zhu Jingyuan's somewhat puzzled gaze, and immediately carefully explained:

"Your Royal Highness, my father specially sent a map and title deed of the Baku region, and found two tasteless Persian orchid twins, and gave them to His Highness as a maidservant who pours tea and water, and asked His Highness to smile."

When Zhu Jingyuan heard the map and the title deed, he subconsciously thought of Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin, and saw the poor dagger.

Although Suleiman could not have done that kind of thing, it was necessary to prevent it before it happened.

Zhu Jingyuan asked the guards to take the box from Suleiman's hand, open it separately outside the lobby door, carefully inspect it and wait for time.

Zhu Jingyuan, who was in the lobby, looked up at the two little girls behind Suleiman.

Both children looked like Persians, and their ages seemed to be about twelve or thirteen years old, and the two were almost identical, twins.

At this age, he can only be regarded as a child, and his body is not fully open, but he is already quite likable.

The main thing is that the eyes are big, and they feel very clever, and they are not particularly scared when they see themselves, and they seem to be a little curious and yearning.

Su Laiman saw Zhu Jingyuan looking at the two children, so he took the initiative to introduce their situation to Zhu Jingyuan:

"The two of them are twins, who have just turned twelve this year, and their Persian names are Anahita and Flesta, which means goddess of rivers and angels.

"If there is anything taboo, His Highness can give them another name.

"This pair of twins, as native Persians, do not have oily ears, and should not have body odor in the future, which is very rare.

"After my father found out, he specially found it and sent it to His Highness as a little heart."

After listening to this, Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously asked rhetorically:

"Discovery? How was it discovered? How did you get it to me? What about their parents and families? ”

Suleiman seems to have been prepared:

"Their parents are businessmen from Tehran, and they feel very honored to be able to be a lady-in-waiting for His Royal Highness Emperor Sun of the Ming Dynasty.

"The two children are also very happy, and you can probably see that they are not slaves to be bought and sold.

The two sisters were already famous in Tehran, and many Persian nobles wanted to marry themselves or their children.

"But they were all pushed away by their father because of their young age, and their father should have wanted to sell at a price.

"So my father succeeded by taking out the identity of His Highness, but their parents wanted a photo of Your Highness."

Zhu Jingyuan was a little stunned, originally thinking that Suleiman would be vague and make up an orphan or a bought slave or something.

As a result, this child's background is quite complete, or is Tehran more famous? And then parents still want pictures of themselves?

These two children really don't look like they've endured hardship, otherwise they wouldn't have been born so watery, and the really bitter children can be seen at a glance.

And they don't seem to be afraid when they go to a strange place, and they do look a bit like children from a merchant family.

But Zhu Jingyuan still asked a little stunned:

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"But they're only twelve? They are all children who haven't grown up, and now they are here to be my maidservant?

"And according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, they can only be servants, and they don't even have the status of concubines for the rest of their lives."

Suleiman immediately replied:

Of course, my father knew the rules, and he explained them to the other parents and themselves.

"But the daughter of a merchant in a small Persian country is also an honor to be the servant of His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun of the Ming Dynasty.

"Now that I am still young, I can let the grandmother of the palace raise me for a few years, so as not to mess up the rules in the house."

Zhu Jingyuan couldn't help but sigh this time and said:

"The Persian prince thinks very well, but I really don't want such servants, after all, they are actually slaves......"

Suleiman sounded a little confused, and a little nervous.

originally thought that this was a trivial matter, just to send two handmaidens to the Prince of Daming, and these two handmaidens are quite distinctive.

This should have been the possibility of failure, but I never expected that His Royal Highness the Great Food King didn't want it?

Suleiman was a little puzzled and said:

"Your Highness is polite, it's just two maidservants, you open the door in the future, and there will always be people in the house."

"Besides, your handmaidens are indeed your slaves, but ordinary people would not dare to treat them as slaves."

At this time, Shen Fu next to him also interjected:

"His Royal Highness is a prince, and it is normal to have a few orchids in the palace, especially the tasteless orchids, which are the pursuit of many nobles."

Zhu Jingyuan was stunned for a few seconds, and slowly understood the meaning of Shen Fu.

These different types of female slaves, for the magnates of the Ming Dynasty, are like collecting achievements.

All types of female slaves, don't care if you can use them or not, or even whether you like them or not, there must be several ...... at home

After realizing this, Zhu Jingyuan's expression became a little ugly.

It's a very bad atmosphere.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't want a maid sent by others, first, he didn't want to release people casually.

There is no absolute guarantee for the origin, mentality, and cleanliness and reliability of these maidservants.

More importantly, Zhu Jingyuan himself was a supporter of the abolition of slavery.

The two maidservants in the family were sent to the craftsman school, and they don't want to accept ordinary girls as maidservants in the future.

In the future, if you have a palace, the people who use it at home should also be mainly hired workers.

Zhu Jingyuan himself came from later generations and did not like slavery.

But this is not a Virgin mentality, Zhu Jingyuan has never been brainwashed by Bai Zuo.

Zhu Jingyuan has long understood in his heart that the abolition of slavery is driven by interests.

Zhu Jingyuan wanted to abolish slavery, and Emperor Shizu abolished the manpower sedan chair and forbade the Ming people from being slaves, all of which were the same logic.

The aim was to get more people to work in factories instead of staying in the homes of the powerful.

At the same time, it was necessary to avoid a large number of Ding Zhuang people from being attached to wealthy families, which would affect the stability of the rule of the Zhu Ming Dynasty.

Why was Jiangnan able to resist taxes during the Wanli period? The large number of Ding Zhuang slaves in those Shi clan's families was the key reason why they dared to resist.

According to the official statistics before Chongzhen, throughout the Ming Dynasty for more than 270 years, the number of Dingkou has always been the same as that at the end of the Hongwu period.

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Always at the level of more than 60 million.

This is simply not logical.

Later historians estimated that the actual population in the last years of the Ming Dynasty should have been about 150 million.

At least more than half of the population is hidden.

Su Laiman looked at Zhu Jingyuan and seemed to be even more angry, and he was really a little panicked.

He just couldn't understand how the matter of sending the maid made Zhu Jingyuan unhappy.

Shen Fu quickly understood, Zhu Jingyuan put forward a proposal for the abolition of slavery in the court:

"Your Highness...... It was the desire to abolish slavery, but abolition was not an overnight thing, and the orchid was certainly not within the scope of early abolition.

"Persia itself is even more of a foreign vassal, and the imperial court promised not to withdraw the vassal and re-establish it, as long as Persia does not abolish slavery, it will not affect the Ming Dynasty.

"Taking a step back, His Highness can really support and preside over the abolition of slavery in the future, and you can also start by liberating the slaves in your own family."

Zhu Jingyuan took a deep breath:

"This king understands what Mr. Shen means, but it is better to use only hired laborers from the beginning, not slaves.

"The imperial court can also abolish slaves from all sources, and it can also demand that Persia, as a vassal, also abolish slavery."

Shen Fu and Suleiman froze, not knowing how to persuade them.

Suleiman was very annoyed and puzzled, why did His Royal Highness the Great Food King play cards according to common sense everywhere.

As a grandson, a prince, why should you support the abolition of slavery? Isn't this a hard time with yourself?

But Suleiman had no way to debate the significance of abolition with Zhu Jingyuan, and he was not qualified to do so, so he could only persuade from a different angle:

"Or ...... As Your Highness said, how about letting them work in your house as hired laborers? ”

Zhu Jingyuan glared:

"If you become a hired worker at the age of twelve, it must be considered child labor, and I don't support children under the age of 16 to be workers."

Suleiman and Shen Fu were completely speechless, this highness's thinking is too different, why can't the child be a worker?

Suleiman no longer knew how to persuade, so he could only try to move his feelings:

"Your Highness, they really want to follow you, no one is persecuting them, my father and their parents have said it is good.

"I came here by ship from Persia, and I dreamed of going to Daming with you to live......

Zhu Jingyuan laughed dryly:

"Who am I? Can anyone who wants to follow me follow me? Did I ask you to send the two of them to the Western Cape? ”

Suleiman immediately shut up, it seemed that Zhu Jingyuan was quite disgusted with the persuasion method just now.

However, after Zhu Jingyuan finished speaking, he immediately began to reflect on himself, and the sentence just now completely entered the identity of the prince of the emperor's grandson.

He is a time-traveler in the new era, and he cannot abandon the most important modern mentality, and he cannot be assimilated by the indigenous world, otherwise he will lose his advantage.

Zhu Jingyuan muttered a few words in his heart, and quickly adjusted his mentality:

"It's not impossible for them to follow me, keep your freedom to be a foreign student, and help me manage my land in Persia in the future."

Suleiman let out a long breath and almost knelt down habitually again:

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"Thank you, Your Highness! On behalf of my father and the parents of Sister Anahita, we thank you for your accomplishment. ”

Zhu Jingyuan waved his hand a little helplessly:

"Okay, okay, can the two of them speak in a Ming Yayan? Can you read Ming characters? ”

Suleiman immediately explained:

"Yes, their family is a businessman, their parents can listen, speak, read and write in Daming Yayan, and the two children have been learning from their parents since they were young."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded lightly and asked the guards to take back the checked map and title deed, and open it himself to take a closer look.

Suleiman stood by and explained carefully.

Zhu Jingyuan originally exposed Suleiman's careful thinking about giving himself all the border, so now the land demarcated does not include the border at all.

Zhu Jingyuan only wanted the area around Baku, but the Persian prince did not give it only to Baku, but extended a lot from the peninsula where Baku was located.

Along the coast of the Caspian Sea to the south, after reaching the plain of the southern coast of the Caucasus, it extends some distance to the west, and the whole is approximately rectangular.

In the end, a total of 35,000 square kilometers of land was demarcated, equivalent to 52.5 million mu, which is roughly equivalent to the entire Hainan Island.

Except for the area around Baku, most of it is a coastal plain, which is enough to divide into three prefectures if placed in the eastern part of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that all this land has been given to Zhu Jingyuan personally, this can definitely be regarded as an extraordinarily huge piece of land.

Can this be considered corruption? This is, of course, corruption.

When you get the land given by the vassal state, you will arrange for someone to manage it in the vassal state, and only the income will be given to you.

This was also one of the ways for the officials of the Ming court to profit from the vassal states below.

And it's very difficult to control.

Of course, ordinary officials could not get their hands on such a huge amount of land.

Even an ordinary prince and an official at the level of a monk is impossible.

His current identity is very special, he is a feudal king who has actually been sealed, and a little bit of land can't get into his eyes at all.

There are other reasons why they are willing to spend their money.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at the map and the title deed and frowned:

"It's too much, it's enough to build a country, I just want to buy ...... around Baku"

Suleiman immediately explained:

"Only the little place around Baku, my father really can't handle it.

"And this land still belongs to the Persian state, not to the Great Food Country.

"The population and taxes of the land still belong to the Persian state.

"My father believed that His Highness's investment and management would definitely make Persia profitable.

"So my father didn't think that this investment would lose ......"

Zhu Jingyuan nodded lightly in his heart, his investment will indeed make Persia profitable, and this generation of Persian fathers and sons are both shrewd people.

He himself sits on the Persian Gulf and goes to Baku to open oil fields, which can really be regarded as sending development to Persia.

After such a change of thinking, Zhu Jingyuan finally took over the land:

"Okay, then I'll take it."