"What...... What, Elder Yan Ge and Elder Xu Ge of the Cabinet, at the same time, recommend Weichen to Your Majesty! ”

After Gu Yan heard Jiajing's words, his face couldn't hide his horror.

"Well, that's right, I've heard that you're shrewd and capable, and you're extremely good at commanding your subordinates."

"Therefore, I intend to leave the task of leading the fleet around the world to you."

"I don't know if Aiqing is willing to share my worries?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he withdrew his gaze from Gu Yan's body and said slowly.

And until this moment, Gu Yan hadn't reacted, the whole person was still dizzy, everything that happened in front of him was too dreamy for him.

Before this, he was obviously still serving as a sailor in the imperial court, how could he suddenly be valued by the first assistant of the cabinet and the second assistant of the cabinet at the same time, and introduced to the emperor.

And although Jiajing's tone was extremely calm, Gu Yan still heard a trace of irrefutable meaning from it.

"If you refuse, you will end up miserable!"

Gu Yan thought so, and then knelt on the ground with a plop and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to share your Majesty's worries!"

"Well, yes, yes."

After hearing Gu Yan's answer, Jiajing nodded, and then glanced at Lu Fang on the side.

And the latter also quickly signaled, and immediately came to the bookcase, and brought the map drawn by Jiajing earlier to Gu Yan.

"Your Majesty, what are you ......?"

Gu Yan looked at the map in front of him, his face full of puzzlement.

"That's where you're going to go."

"In addition, I want you to find two things, which I have already drawn behind this map."

Seeing this, Jiajing withdrew his gaze from Gu Yan's body, and then slowly explained.

When Gu Yan heard this, he immediately set his eyes on the map in front of him, only to see that the annotations on it were extremely detailed, and when he turned the map over, he could still see the two things drawn on it.

"It's written on it, corn and sweet potatoes......"

After carefully browsing the contents on the map, Gu Yan forcibly suppressed the horror in his heart, and immediately mustered up the courage to ask.

"Your Majesty, do you want Wei Chen to follow this route, and after completing the round-the-world voyage, you will find these two things you marked on the map in this place by the way, right?"

After listening to Gu Yan's question, Jiajing immediately nodded and responded.

"Well, that's right, in addition to completing the round-the-world voyage, your mission on this trip is to recover these two crops for my Daming!"

"In addition, in this process, you can also carry out trade, and you can keep the profits except for the part that must be handed over to the imperial court."

"Everywhere I go, I will record the local customs, as well as the hydrological conditions, etc., which will come in handy!"

"Got it?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he suddenly felt that his mouth was dry, and then he picked up the teacup on the side and took a sip.

"Weichen is willing to smear His Majesty's liver and brain, and he will never give up!"

Seeing the emperor's order, Gu Yan's face was full of excitement, and he chose to kneel on the ground and thank the emperor for his kindness.

Jiajing took in the expression on Gu Yan's face, then chuckled lightly and continued to add.

"After the transformation of the treasure ship is completed, you can directly lead the fleet to set off!"

"Whatever is needed, just ask."

"If I can successfully bring the seeds of these two crops back to Daming, I will be rewarded!"

Seeing that the emperor had entrusted such an important errand to himself, Gu Yan's expression was awe-inspiring, and he immediately responded in a deep voice.

"Weichen will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust!"

"Well, yes, you take this map down!"

"Go find a few craftsmen in the city and copy a few more of them, I don't want anything to go wrong with this, understand?"

I saw Jiajing withdraw his gaze from Gu Yan's body, and then followed with the instructions.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen obeys!"

After Gu Yan responded, he immediately took the map drawn by the emperor himself from Lu Fang's hand with great respect.

After Gu Yan carefully put away the map, Jiajing waved his hand and said so.

"Alright, that's all I have to order, you go down!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

……

Before you know it, it's time to get off duty.

I saw Yan Song, Yan Shifan, father and son, one after the other, marching in the direction of their respective sedan chairs.

"Father, what do you mean by that?"

"Your Majesty, let us design a banner that can represent my Ming Dynasty?"

Seeing that there was no one around, Yan Shifan immediately lowered his voice and asked Yan Song.

"Well, not only that, Your Majesty also stipulates that the design of the flag must include both the theme of the sun and the moon."

"This matter will be discussed at the next cabinet meeting!"

I saw Yan Song sigh helplessly and respond.

"Includes both the day and the moon......"

And Yan Shifan, who was on the side, seemed to have an understanding after listening to Yan Song's words, only to see his brows furrowed, and the pace under his feet also slowed down unconsciously.

Seeing this, Yan Song didn't bother, just stopped and waited in place.

After a long time, I saw Yan Shifan slap his thigh violently, his eyes flashed with an inexplicable essence, and he said excitedly.

"Father, the child already has some eyebrows about designing the flag."

"When I get home, the child will ask the artist to come and turn the idea in the child's mind into reality!"

Yan Song looked at his son's excited appearance, only nodded slightly, and then encouraged.

"Well, since you already have some eyebrows about this matter, then let it go."

"Thank you, father!"

When Yan Shifan heard this, he immediately responded.

Subsequently, I saw Yan Shifan take three steps and make two steps, keeping up with the pace of his father Yan Song, and the father and son quickly took their respective sedan chairs and returned to Yan's mansion.

……

On the other hand, after the next duty, Xu Jie also gathered everyone to the Yuwang Mansion to discuss the next countermeasures.

In the study, looking at the people who were in dispute, Yuwang Zhu Zaikun's face was full of worry, he wanted to step forward to stop this dispute, but he felt at a loss.

"Previously, Yan Song proposed in front of His Majesty that the new cannon that was about to be developed by the Weapons Division should be installed on the treasure ship!"

"Yan Song, this old fox, must not be well-intentioned! If my guess is correct, he must have wanted to embezzle the silver that would be used to transform the treasure ship. ”

I saw Xu Jie wave his sleeves violently and said coldly.

"But, Elder Xu Ge, we are currently understaffed!"

"Most of the people are busy sorting out the files in Fujian, and they really can't take time to deal with this matter."

Seeing this, Gao Gong on the side was full of helplessness on his face, and immediately explained.

"Could it be that we just watched Yan Dang covet this money?"

Xu Jie didn't care about Gao Gong's explanation, but stepped forward and asked.

"Elder Xu Ge, Elder Gao Ge is right, at the moment, we are really understaffed, and we can't continue to track this matter at all."

Seeing this, Zhang Juzheng put down the teacup in his hand and followed with admonition.

"Alas, forget it, I'll follow up on this matter personally, so you don't care!"

"You just need to concentrate on the matter at hand."

After a long time, I saw Xu Jie sigh helplessly and said slowly.

(End of chapter)