On the day Zhu Cihong returned to Nanjing, there happened to be a summer typhoon.

On the streets of Nanjing, a heavy rain is approaching, and the strong winds are whining like ghosts crying and wolves howling. The dark clouds have been hanging down low, and from time to time there is a faint muffled thunder rolling through the sky. The streets are dark, with only garbage scattered there.

Everything was rolled up. When Zhu Cixiang entered the city under the escort of one or two thousand soldiers on short fat horses, together with Concubine Ning and Concubine Fei in a carriage, the whole city seemed empty and quiet.

.

Zhu Cixiang suddenly thought that if Nanjing had always been so empty, he would have saved himself a lot of trouble...

"Your Majesty, the Emperor and the Emperor and the Empress know that you are returning to the palace today. They have specially returned to the Forbidden City from Tangquan Palace. Now they are waiting for you to return to the palace with the Empress, the Imperial Concubine and the Emperor's eldest son!"

The person who was talking to Zhu Cihong was Wei Zaode, the chief minister. When the emperor returned to the court, of course he would take hundreds of officials to the suburbs to welcome him - there were no officials, just the heads of the Cabinet Office, the Generalissimo's Office, the Zongren's Office, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

We, other officials should do what they should do!

"Really?" Zhu Cixiang replied, unintentionally, "Is Zheng Zhilong here?"

"Here he comes, why doesn't he come?" Wu Xiang answered in a rather depressed tone, "He should be in the Forbidden City talking to the emperor right now, right?"

As soon as Zheng Zhilong heard that his daughter had given birth to a son, he immediately rode a horse from Fujian. Now he is a popular figure in Nanjing.

"Zheng Sen is here too," Qian Qianyi said with a smile. "He just came back from Chaigun half a month ago."

Zhu Cixiang was stunned, "Chai stick? What's this name?"

"It's the name of a place in Shuizhenla," Qian Qianyi explained. "Didn't the emperor ask Zheng Sen to visit Annan Kingdom, Champa Kingdom and Shuizhenla before?"

Zhu Cixiang nodded, "Yes, yes, there is such a thing."

Zheng Sen was also very busy. Not long after he came back from Japan, he went to Annan to meet with their Lord Zheng and Lord Ruan. Then he went to Champa Kingdom and met with King Anzan of Champa City.

Went to Shuizhenla again and met Ude, the regent of Shuizhenla.

It’s just to meet, establish contact, and understand the situation of these three countries, that’s all - colonial rule has to be divided into objects. The three countries of Annan, Champa, and Shuizhenla are not too weak. The Ming Dynasty is against

They have advantages, but not overwhelming ones.

So don't be too hasty and start colonizing with all your might as soon as you get there...it's not that easy!

When he thought of Annan, Champa, and Shuizhenla, Zhu Cixiang's thoughts turned to food security, which he was most concerned about.

"What was the result of the trial planting of sweet potatoes? How much was harvested? Can it be eaten?"

Sweet potato is a potato, which is called sweet potato by Fujian people. It has been cultivated in small quantities in Fujian and Jiangnan. This kind of thing was also mentioned in Xu Guangqi's works.

However, sweet potatoes are not as common as sweet potatoes in the southeast, so Zhu Cixiang did not rush to promote them, but asked Wu Xiang, the Minister of the Ministry of War, to try planting them - not at the Military Tun Division of the Ministry of War, but at Wu Xiang's own

Zhuangzi experimented with planting, and it didn't matter even if there was no harvest for a few acres of land.

"I have planted, I have planted...I have planted three acres, and the harvest is good. I have harvested more than 3,000 kilograms. The harvest is not bad!" Wu Xiang smiled, "I also asked someone to send some to the palace. Maybe today

Your Majesty will be able to eat it at the Queen’s place tonight.”

"Really?" Zhu Cixiang asked with a smile, "The Queen has already eaten?"

"Not only have I eaten it, but I have also cooked it myself. It is deep-fried... French fries and fried chicken." Wu Xiang said with a smile, "The Queen said that this is what His Majesty told her before leaving Nanjing.

of."

Zhu Cixiang laughed, "This is good, this is good... I must try the Queen's craftsmanship."

He hasn't eaten French fries or fried chicken for a long time...

While Zhu Cixiang was talking to Wu Xiang, Wei Zaode and others, the short and fat horse under his crotch was still moving forward, and he finally entered the Forbidden City before the heavy rain came down.

Wei Zaode, Qian Qianyi, Chen Rui, Li Yan, Huang Binqing, Li Ruolian, Zhu Chunjie, Zhang Shize and others were not relatives of the emperor, so it was inconvenient for them to attend the family banquet in the palace, so they left and went back to the Yamen to attend to their affairs.

Zhu Cixiang went to Wuying Hall with Wu Xiang, the fat Prince Fu of the Zongren Mansion, the somewhat effeminate Prince Lu, and two pregnant concubines.

Chongzhen lived in Wuyingdian before he moved out of the Forbidden City. After he left, the house in Wuyingdian was still kept for the emperor to live in when he returned to the palace.

Zhu Cixiang did not ride in a sedan chair, but rode a horse all the way to the gate of Wuying Palace. The servants had already informed him, so Empress Wu Sanmei and Zheng Chagu, who was keeping her son, had already welcomed her out of Wuying Palace.

"Third sister, there is no need to salute...Tea girl, don't kneel either." Zhu Cihong got off the horse and excused himself from the two women while striding forward to take the hand from the tea girl.

I picked up a big fat boy.

This kid was only a dozen days old, but he was white and fat. He was probably a foodie. He was sleeping when Zhu Cihong hugged him. He probably felt a stranger, so he woke up, opened his eyes and glanced at Zhu Cihong, and then whimpered.

Wow burst into tears.

Zhu Cixiang had little experience in coaxing children and was a little at a loss when the voice of Emperor Chongzhen came from the Wuying Palace.

"Brother Hao is crying, go and have a look..."

"Brother Hao?" Zhu Cixiang was stunned.

Zheng Chagu hurried forward and hugged her son, and told Emperor Zhu with a smile, "Your Majesty, the old emperor just gave me a name, Brother Hao."

"Brother Hao?" Zhu Cixiang frowned, "Your name is Zhu Hao?"

"Your Majesty!" Wu Sanmei shook her head, "Why did you forget your own family name?"

"By the way," Zhu Cixiang thought for a while, "Brothers Ci and Yi, He is the same generation...and then there is metal, wood, water, fire and earth. My name is fire, so my son will be earth, Zhu Tuhao?"

Zhu Tuhao... Emperor Chongzhen really knows how to name!

Zhu Cixiang is the richest emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Tuhao is the richest among the concubines of the Ming Dynasty, and his grandfather Zheng Zhilong is the richest man in the entire Ming Dynasty... There are a lot of richest people surrounding him. If he is not a rich man, who is a rich man?

"What Zhu Tuhao..." Wu Sanmei couldn't laugh or cry, "It's Zhu Hehao!"

"Almost, almost..." Zhu Cixiang smiled, pulled Wu Sanmei, and entered the Wuying Palace together. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a strutting little fat man, and behind him were two more swaying men.

The shaky little girl.

The three children stood there, looking at Zhu Cihong stupidly, and then one of the older little girls smiled and said to Emperor Zhu Da: "My daughter pays homage to my father!"

Then another younger girl also said in a coquettish voice: "Greetings, father!"

The little fat man who finally reacted also said: "Meet the Emperor Father..." Halfway through, he realized something was wrong, "No, you are not the Emperor Father, you are..."

"I am your imperial brother," Zhu Cixiang reached out and pinched the little fat man's bun face, "Brother Fu, why are you so fat? Are you just greedy?"

This silly boy turned out to be the son of Emperor Chongzhen, the "Brother Xiaochun". Zhu Cixiang wanted to adopt him to Prince Fu Zhu Yousong, so he called him "Brother Fu". As for his real name, he was Zhu Cibing (Nianpi).

"What is greedy?" the little fat man asked stupidly.

Zhu Cixiang did not answer him, but leaned down and held the two little girls in his hands. These two girls were Zhu Cixiang's daughters. One was born to Wu Sanmei in the 18th year of Chongzhen, and the other was born to Zheng Chagu in the 19th year of Chongzhen. In addition, Wu Sanmei also mentioned that Zhu Cixiang gave birth to three daughters in the 20th year of Chongzhen.

The three girls have also been given names, namely "Tianfeng", "Caifeng" and "Xiaofeng". Now Xiaofeng is being held by Queen Zhou Shang and has been put to sleep.
Chapter completed!