Fang Mingqian couldn't help but raised his head and glanced at Yunxi, but immediately lowered his head. Yunxi's words were almost equivalent to turning King Xiang's feudal state into a completely independent country, similar to a foreign country like Korea rather than a state granted by the Ming Dynasty.
vassal state. (The two characters 'fan' before and after are different)
But Fang Mingqian also understood the reason why Yunxi did this. As he said himself, the distance from the Hanzhou continent to the Ming Dynasty was too long. Although it was difficult for them to accurately measure the longitude, they also knew that the distance between the two places was definitely within
For more than 20,000 miles, a round trip would take at least a year. Even if we follow the current model of the vassal states around the Ming Dynasty, it would be bad if the king and his ministers disagree.
Yunxi didn't care what Fang Mingqian was thinking, but stood up and said while stomping: "It is not appropriate for him to continue to be titled King of Xiang. From my point of view, the areas under the jurisdiction of the two cities of Jinchuan and Luojin,
Named Bozhou, and changed the title of King Xiang to King of Shang."
"Bozhou? King of Shang?" Fang Mingqian muttered a few words to himself in a voice so soft that no one else could hear it.
He was talking to himself when he suddenly heard Yunxi calling his name: "Fang Mingqian." Fang Mingqian was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly agreed.
"Your contribution to this expedition is not small. I have decided to promote you to the rank of Guanglu doctor, increase your salary by 500 dan, make your second daughter the county head, your second son the hereditary commander, and grant you fields in Hanzhou.
Thousands of hectares.”
"I appoint you as the Left Prime Minister of the Shang Dynasty, and allow you to bring people from the Central Plains to the Shang Dynasty to form the King's Palace, regardless of the number of people."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Fang Mingqian kowtowed and said, but he was not very happy in his heart. There were not many fields in Hanzhou at this time, not to mention thousands of hectares, not even a hundred hectares, and they were all under Zhu Bai's control.
Thousands of hectares of fields are purely empty promises.
Yunxi lowered his head and looked at Fang Mingqian's expression, and immediately knew that he did not understand what he meant. Yes, Yunxi's orders just now certainly had profound meaning, but it was a pity that Fang Mingqian did not understand them.
'But you will understand soon.' Yunxi said in his heart.
It was already dark at this time, so Yunxi said to him: "Fang Aiqing, it's getting late now, please step back."
"The New Year is coming soon. You stay in the capital to celebrate the New Year with your family, and then go to Hanzhou after the New Year. I will give you some instructions then."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Fang Mingqian agreed, bowed and left.
Yunxi sat back on his seat, took out a pen and paper and wrote something. It wasn't until Lu Yi walked in and asked quietly if he wanted to eat, that he got up and went to Kunning Palace.
As he walked, he was still thinking. He was thinking, "Should I tell them after the New Year or during the Chinese New Year? Well, with all the vassal kings, I will reveal a little bit on the New Year's Eve, and I will elaborate on it after the New Year; Tong Xungui
"We'll wait until the 15th or 16th of the first lunar month." Lu Yi whispered, "Your Majesty, Kunning Palace has arrived."
Yunxi turned his head and was about to give instructions when he heard a voice from in front of him: "Brother Emperor."
"It's Yunzhi, why are you still in Kunning Palace today?"
"Brother Emperor, why don't you want your sister to come to the Qing Palace?" Yunzhi said deliberately.
"How could it be so?" Yunxi said with a smile: "You have been staying with your sister-in-law and nephews in Kunning Palace. It's too late for my brother to be happy, so why wouldn't you want to? It's just that you came to Kunning Palace to talk to your sister-in-law.
, playing with your nephew, and will return to your palace before dark, how can you stay here until now?"
"Isn't this something I've never eaten before for lunch?" Yunzhi said with a smile: "The red fruit fried with eggs is quite delicious, so my sister took her third sister to the imperial dining room.
Then I saw Wang Xi instructing the young eunuch to bring a small box containing many vegetables and fruits that he had never seen before into the royal kitchen. He also ordered the chef to use these vegetables and fruits to cook, and to teach them how to cook. Just when his sister wanted to
When he heard this, Wang Xi suddenly became silent and asked his sister to leave the imperial dining room on the grounds that the imperial dining room was not the place where the princess should be. Seeing Wang Xi's actions, the younger sister understood that if her sister did not leave the imperial dining room, he would definitely not leave.
I will continue to give orders to the chefs, so I can only take the third sister and leave."
"Brother Huang also knows that my sister is not a greedy person, but she is very curious about new things, so she wants to stay in Kunning Palace and ask Brother Huang what those vegetables and fruits are and whether they are delicious. So Brother Huang,
What are you going to eat tonight?" she finally said.
"You'll know this in a while," Yunxi said with a smile.
"Brother Imperial, tell my sister." Yunzhi requested.
"No, we're going to have dinner soon. Why are you in such a hurry? Besides, Min'er will be there when we have dinner together later. You also know that she is more curious than you. She will definitely ask me what kind of food I use when she sees it.
What are you doing? If she sees that your expression is not anxious at all when your brother is explaining, she will immediately know that I have told you in advance that it is possible for my brother and sister to lose their temper at you. You don’t want to be pestered by Miner.
Right." Yunxi said.
Yunzhi thought about Min'er pestering her for a moment, shuddered all over, and immediately said: "Then my sister should wait until we have dinner later to listen to the emperor's words."
"You are Min'er's aunt, but you are afraid of her as if you are her sister." Although Yun Zhi had known that Yun Zhi and Min'er did not get along like aunt and nephew, so he used Min'er to scare her, but when he saw Yun Zhi
This performance still felt very interesting, and I couldn't help but say.
"Can you call me scared? I'm clearly treating Min'er as an equal. And Min'er is only six years younger than my sister, and my sister has always treated her as a younger sister." Yun Zhi probably knew that Yun Xi would definitely use this to make fun of her.
She answered immediately. However, the roots of her ears still glowed with a faint red color, but it was dark at this time and she could not see clearly.
When everyone ate together in the evening, Min'er showed great curiosity about these novel foods. She sat next to Yunxi and pestered him to ask what these things were and where they came from. When she heard about these novel foods,
When the food came from a continent very far away in the east, he said in surprise: "Dad, is there a continent in the east that has never been discovered before?"
"Yes, these foods all come from that continent. And there are not only these delicious foods on that continent, but also savages, just like the Taiwanese savages your aunt told you when she returned from Taiwan Town last time.
.Your twelfth uncle captured a lot of savages." Yunxi said.
"Savages? Those savages have so many delicious things. What a crime! Uncle should severely punish these savages." Min'er waved.
"You can't punish the savages for this reason." Yunxi smiled and said: "Think about it, Hanzhou continent does not have any Ming Dynasty food, vegetables and fruits, such as cucumbers, carrots, eggplants, watermelons, apples,
They can't even eat lychees, rice, etc., so they are very pitiful."
"From what you said, dad, it's true." Min'er thought for a while and said, "These savages are quite pitiful, so let me forgive them."
Yunxi laughed a few times. Seeing that everyone had finished their meal, he ordered the eunuch to leave some peanuts and kidney beans as snacks, and took down the other meals. Then he suddenly said to Yunlan: "Second sister."
"Brother Imperial?" Yun Lan was talking to Yun Yun when she suddenly heard Yun Xi calling her and quickly turned her head and said yes.
"Tomorrow Xiancai will come to the capital. You go to the pier to greet her. Xiyi, you go to greet her too."
"Yes, royal brother/husband." They both agreed.
Yunxi nodded and was about to continue giving instructions when Yunlan suddenly thought of something and asked: "Brother, after my sister leaves the palace, will she have her own farmland?"
"This is natural." Yunxi smiled and said: "Brother, can you still forget your farmland?"
"Then my sister can let the tenants grow these vegetables and grains from the Hanzhou continent in her farmland. My sister likes some of them to eat," Yunlan said with a smile.
"Oh, my sister also wants to grow these vegetables and grains in her farmland. Brother, please hurry up and give your sister's farmland to her," Yunzhi suddenly said.
"Your second sister is getting married soon. She will naturally have her own farm. Although you also have a lover, it will take a year or two before you get married. Even if you are given the farm, you can't leave the palace to take care of it. Are you so anxious?
Can't you get married?" Yunhe said with a smile.
"Oh, brother!" Yunzhi said embarrassedly: "You always make fun of my sister. My sister just thinks that sweet potatoes and other things are delicious, and wants to grow them in her farmland for her own consumption."
"Don't eat too much sweet potatoes." Yunxi suddenly said, "It's not good for your health."
"But you can eat it occasionally." He added. Sweet potatoes are whole grains. Eating whole grains can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, prevent diabetes, and prevent and treat high blood pressure. However, whole grains are rich in fiber. Eating too much will affect the body's function and protein.
The absorption of fiber, etc., will reduce your physical fitness and even affect your reproductive capacity. The so-called "meal with vegetables" means eating too much fiber, leading to malnutrition.
Especially for teenagers, eating too much whole grains will greatly affect physical development. Poor people in ancient China were generally short and thin because of this reason. It was not just China. Napoleon, who was only 1.5 meters tall, was taller than France at that time.
The average height of a person. Only after the industrial revolution and the development of modern technology, everyone can eat fine grains as their staple food.
The traditional whole grains in China are not delicious, so let’s leave it at that. But sweet potatoes and corn can be made delicious, but the family must limit their consumption.
Of course Yunzhi didn't know that her words made Yunxi think so much. She nodded and said, "Sister, I know, I will eat less sweet potatoes in the future."
"If you want to eat it, Brother Huang will set aside part of the farmland behind the palace to grow sweet potatoes, corn and other crops." Yunxi added.
"Thank you, Brother Huang." Yunzhi said happily.
"Also, Yunlan, after you get married next year, before letting the tenants plant sweet potatoes and other crops, please tell your imperial brother." Yun ordered Yunlan again.
"Yes, Brother Huang." Although Yunlan didn't quite understand, she still agreed.