There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 446

The little prince is interested in chili, and the Fanbang envoys also have a soft spot for it.

Especially on the Mandulu side, they are nomads on the grasslands, so they don't farm land at all!

But chili is a magic seasoning, and its pungency conquers the stomachs of those nomads.

But they can't grow it, they can only exchange it with Daming. Chili has become an important condiment like salt and tea, so what about the south?

The Japanese mission originally wanted to bring back pepper seeds, but unfortunately, they were all detained; Ryukyu brought back pepper seeds, but I don’t know how they were grown; and Siam was also rewarded with pepper seeds.

The rewards that allowed them to take advantage of them in the past have actually shrunk.

Silk and satin have been replaced by chili seeds, glass utensils, cotton cloth and yarn.

There is no way, because now the people of Ming Dynasty pay attention to wearing cotton cloth for leisure.

Those with large glass windows are called big families. Look at the large transparent glass windows on the Golden Luan Hall, which the envoys from foreign countries can’t get enough of.

Daming's national strength has become stronger, and trade... has also developed here. With common interests, who would dare to take action against Daming?

If it affects the whole body, Daming is not happy, and he will not do border trade, and more than one family will lose.

The benefit of border trade is not just a tribe, but the entire grassland. Who wants to fight if they can fill their stomachs?

That's why Mandulu was so arrogant. He united with some tribes that also engaged in border trade, and restricted Garthlan within a fixed range. He neither let him go nor let him make more money. It was tantamount to being placed under house arrest. .

And that old guy Jia Silan was also very flexible, and when he realized that he couldn't run away, he became an old Buddha, keeping a low profile on the grassland.

There are fewer and fewer battles over there, but there are also those who want to get something for nothing. Such a big Ming has won, and the battle uniforms captured... are not beheaded on the spot, let alone put back without any kindness, but It was transported to the southern island for gold mining.

Thousands of mountains and rivers are separated, and the heroes on the grassland in the north have nothing to do with the sea in the south, so...they are all honest!

"Where did you know these things?" When Wu Youwei was eating dinner, Wantong said that three thousand prisoners of war were transported from the north to the south to mine gold, silver, copper and other mines.

"Wang Zhilai's news is that he has a good relationship with the guarding eunuch in the north. He feels that there is a shortage of people in the mine. It just so happens that the eunuch doesn't want prisoners. He wanted to kill them secretly, but he was afraid that the censors would find out. Pause in the lawsuit, and simply demote those prisoners of war into slaves and sell them to Wang Zhi, so that no one can talk. A prisoner of war only costs one tael of silver, which is very cheap, so Wang Zhi asked someone to bring the silver bills to escort them Went to the south to open mines." Wantong swallowed the food in his mouth: "Two copper mines were discovered in the south, but Wang Zhi is a sensible person, and he will definitely not be like those few years ago, who only know how to spend money. "

Because there is a share of spoils, Wang Zhi actually has enough money to spend, as long as he is not too greedy, it is definitely enough.

"This is a good way." Wu Youwei put down his chopsticks when he was full, and seeing that Wantong likes to eat the meat on the bones, he scraped the tendons on the top of the meat with chopsticks and a knife: "Putting it back is also a trouble, it's better to eat it all Send it to mine."

"Well, and they don't understand the language, so they can't run..." Wan Tao said, "Those prisoners of war are also very strong, and they are much easier to use than the Japanese pirates."

Work hard!

Daming is not stingy with the miners' food, it is delicious and delicious, as long as you work.

Just don't give start-up money....

June was scorching hot, and I knew that I was screaming happily in the tree. I didn't take a nap at noon because I had something to do, and as a result, both the husband and the disciple were listless.

The little prince sat at the table...drowsy, and Wu Youwei...was very sleepy.

In the end, Wu Youwei made a bold decision: "Your Highness, please come back to sleep with me!"

"Oh... good!" The little prince was happy all of a sudden.

Wu Youwei asked someone to arrange for him to rest with the little prince, and he didn't teach the little prince any new homework in the afternoon, just sleep.

The two fell asleep and woke up at dusk.

"It's so comfortable!" The little prince stretched his waist, but then he thought of something: "Sir, can we sleep like this?"

Didn't the book say that you have to "study hard"?

"His Royal Highness, you are the crown prince, the future co-lord of the country, you don't need to study hard, you only need to have the knowledge of people."

Wu Youwei educated him: "And if you don't take a nap at noon, you won't be energetic in the afternoon, so if you don't take a nap in the future, you can only delay the afternoon and go to take a nap."

"But, sir, why both Gu and you are so sleepy?" The little prince was puzzled: "Gu doesn't sleep late at night, does he?"

The little prince was still young, so he didn't have the so-called "night life" at all. He went to bed at night, and felt that he didn't lack sleep.

Wu Youwei said helplessly: "Because of the sleepiness in spring and the lack of sleep in autumn, the winter and March that can't wake up!"

The little prince was confused, Wu Youwei walked out of the East Palace leisurely with his hands behind his back, the child is so coaxing!

When he got back, he told Wantong, and smirked while talking.

Wantong is helpless. Is there anyone like him who is a bachelor?

As a result, the next day, the little prince asked Wu Youwei seriously during the class break: "Sir, doesn't that person lack sleep all year round?"

Wu Youwei patted his head: "Your Highness, do the math, you spend one hour a day in activities, two hours in studying, and one hour in the morning break, so four hours are gone. ; Then you greet the empress dowager, the empress and the imperial concubine. Occasionally, the emperor will test your homework, and it will take an hour to go back and forth; plus the time for eating and bathing, three meals a day, even if you take a bath every three days, that's seven The hour is gone; you go to sleep at the end of Xu, and wake up at the beginning of You... Your Highness, you spend one-third of your time sleeping every day, do you think sleep is very important?"

"It is very important." The little prince nodded, he was persuaded by his husband.

"So, rest is very important." Wu Youwei said: "No matter what happens in the future, you must have a good rest. A good rest is to take a longer road."

The little prince agreed very much.

The eunuch in charge of the Eastern Palace, who was listening to Wu Youwei's speech, raised his eyebrows. He really didn't expect that this Wu University scholar turned out to be such a university scholar!

If you are sleepy and want to sleep, you can tell a lot of truth.

Because the summer was too hot, Wu Youwei taught the little prince how to make ice with saltpeter when he was in class, and he also bought green beans to cook edamame, and picked green vegetables from his own garden to give away.

The second is to let people catch fireflies, there is no such thing in the palace, and send them to the palace. At night, let the little prince watch and play, and put the fireflies in transparent gauze bags, let him know what is called "Nangyingying" Snow".

One day, when the little prince was in a nature class, he murmured to Wu Youwei: "I know it's too noisy." "

Although the people of Ciqing Palace have worked hard to stick those cicadas with sticky nets, they still can't stick them clean, the little things multiply too fast.

Wu Youwei said: "His Royal Highness hates the noise of Zhizhi, but you don't know what "zhizhi" is. Zhizhi is also called "cicada". The male cicada has a vocalizer in its abdomen, which can continuously make sharp sounds.

The female cicada does not make a sound, but has a vocalizer on the abdomen.The larvae live underground and suck the roots of plants, and the adults eat the sap of plants.Cicadas belong to the category of incomplete metamorphosis (incomplete metamorphosis), which consists of eggs, larvae (nymphs), and after one molt, they become adults without going through the pupa stage.  …. "

And cicada slough is a kind of medicinal material.

"If a cicada is disturbed in the process of spreading its wings, the cicada will be crippled for life, perhaps unable to fly at all, and unable to make a sound...."

The little prince listened with gusto.

"Whenever a cicada is thirsty or hungry, it will always insert its hard mouthparts into the tree trunk to suck the juice all day long, sucking a lot of nutrients and water into its body to prolong its life. It grows in the soil before it matures, and then slowly digs a hole and climbs on the tree trunk. If you find a hole in the stolen soil with thin mud, there must be a young cicada. ...." Wu Youwei was also eloquent.

"Overseas, there is a 17-year-old cicada. This kind of cicada lives in caves for 17 years before it emerges. It belongs to the order Hemiptera. They lie dormant in the ground for 17 years before emerging, and then attached to the branches to molt..." Wu Youwei tried to reduce some things that are not suitable for the current little prince to understand, but reasoned with him:

"Your Highness, a mere cicada can persist for 17 years before being unearthed; and your father, the emperor, also persisted in working hard..."

While educating, Wu Youwei did not forget to flatter Emperor Xianzong, oh, dragon fart?Anyway, don't forget to say good things, praise, praise a lot, and teach the little prince to respect the emperor and his father.

Sure enough, the little prince was well educated by Wu Youwei, especially in the East Palace, it is impossible that there would be Emperor Xianzong's eyeliner, even if Wantong taught the little prince, he had to let his own person go.

Hearing what Wu Youwei said to the little crown prince, Emperor Xianzong was really satisfied: "You deserve to be my appointed Tanhua Lang."

Every sentence touched Emperor Xianzong's heart, and he couldn't help being very satisfied with Wu Youwei, the tutor.

But seeing the memorial in front of him, Emperor Xianzong was not very happy, and his favorite minister also couldn't forget the position of Zuochunfang University in the East Palace. There can only be one person in that position, and Youchunfang is also occupied by Wantong. Which one? He was reluctant to take it down.

At this moment, eunuch Wynn came in: "I would like to report to the emperor, His Royal Highness sent someone to bring over the eggplants that were picked today, and told him to make you a cold eggplant."

A small wicker basket containing four eggplants, six shallots, two cilantro and a head of fresh garlic.

This is a side dish for making cold eggplant. The little prince picked it and sent it together.

"The emperor still misses me." Emperor Xianzong liked the little wicker basket very much, because it was his son's filial piety.

"Exactly. His Royal Highness is still thinking about you. You have always lost your appetite in the past two days. It might be better to eat some cold dishes." Eunuch Wynn also nagged: "You can't eat ice, it will be too cold Stomach, it’s okay to eat some cold dishes.”

"Okay, okay, it's cold eggplant." Emperor Xianzong quickly ordered, and then eunuch Wynn went down to find the people in the imperial dining room to cook.

Emperor Xianzong quickly approved the memorial, and then went to Zhaode Palace.

But instead of spending the night at Zhaode Palace, I went to Yude Palace. Yude Palace is the residence of Concubine Shao. She gave birth to a prince....

The next day, the half-year-long case of a Japanese general impersonating an envoy was finally settled. However, Emperor Xianzong felt that the Japanese ruler was in a bad situation, so he discussed with the cabinet and wanted to send an envoy to Japan to have a look. look.

How could such a good king let his generals be emptied?

Emperor Xianzong looked at the military generals now with a sense of scrutiny.

Wantong approached Wu Youwei: "Tell me, what should I do so that the emperor can dispel his doubts?"

Wu Youwei could only think of one idea: "Let all the people in the army learn, as long as they can read and write, learn more about serving the country with loyalty."

"Then study "The Complete Biography of Yue Fei"?" Wantong thought, there is no one more loyal than Yue Fei in this world, and the Song Dynasty was not far from Ming Dynasty.

"Pull it down!" Wu Youwei objected: "How wronged was Yue Wumu's death in the end? Who in the army doesn't know? Do you want them to understand that being loyal to the emperor is equal to an unjust death?"

Wantong choked: "Then what should I do?"

"Let's have something that doesn't have the color of political tragedy." Wu Youwei said: "Ideological and moral education is very important. Of course, if it can stimulate their hatred value, that would be even better."

In terms of hatred value, which one has the "Civil Fortress Change" that can boost morale more?

Of course, the ideological and moral education of soldiers is very important!

You can't make people think that all the emperors of Ming Dynasty have water in their heads, right?