The overland Silk Road came back three years later due to the war between Kangguo and Fuci.
The three leading officials were rewarded according to their merits and added to the ranks. Xue Yuan was appointed as a member of the Privy Council for signing the book.
The signing of the Privy Council is the deputy of the privy envoy's deputy, and a candidate for the privy envoy in the future.
Xue Yuan has no experience of external transfer, but he was able to jump into the ranks of third-rank officials. Although Silk Road has meritorious deeds, it is more due to his own strong ability and the expectations and values of the sage.
The Privy Council and the Political Council are directly under the Holy Spirit and are not under the control of any ministers. The power in their hands is completely controlled by Gu Yuanbai, and they can take it up if they can put it down. This was unbearable for Xue Yuan in the past, but now he is happy with it.
Compared with the Silk Road on land, the Silk Road on the sea took a slow journey for five years. After five years, Lin Zhicheng and his party returned with ships waving the Daheng flag overwhelmingly.
They have brought huge wealth, in addition to millions of taels of gold, silver and copper, there are also goods exchanged by various countries, but more important than wealth is the current situation of other countries overseas.
Lin Zhicheng presented a thick book, which detailed the knowledge and geographical location of each country. There are also some unoccupied islands. Lin Zhicheng said with a sense of urgency when he faced the saint: "Sir, we can occupy all of these islands."
Gu Yuanbai also had a sense of urgency, he definitely nodded, "You are right."
He asked Lin Zhicheng a lot, and Lin Zhicheng answered them one by one, "Although some countries outside are very rich, but their national conditions are very complicated. In some places, the food and food are so different from ours, and we even drink blood. We follow the old route, Some countries that did not show their reputation in the Tang Dynasty now have extraordinary strength, but they are not comparable to our Daheng Celestial Dynasty. This time, Daheng has become famous at home and abroad, and many small countries yearn and respect Daheng. After paying tribute, I also intend to establish a stable trading fleet with me, Daheng."
Lin Zhicheng also brought back people from various countries who have a strong curiosity about Daheng. They want to see this land in the far east, and they want to experience some countries that can produce tea, silk, and porcelain. How prosperous and civilized it is.
Gu Yuanbai said in his heart, in the current era, the maritime hegemony has not yet had a shadow. Those countries in Europe are still in the chaotic medieval era, and no one realizes the importance of the ocean. At this time, China is still the first in the world, and Daheng has a matching Capable, has a ship that shocks the world.
The wealth that Lin Zhicheng brought to sea this time will shock the entire Daheng Dynasty.
Perhaps one day not far in the future, the flag of Daheng will be floating everywhere on the ocean.
Gu Yuanbai smiled and asked about some seeds that he paid attention to. If the old routes were not in the Americas and Europe, high-yielding crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes should not be brought back.
But beyond his expectations, Lin Zhicheng really brought him a surprise!
Gu Yuanbai stood up abruptly from the dragon chair.
Lin Zhicheng was taken aback by him, "Your Highness?"
Gu Yuanbai stared at the three small bags of seeds on the table, and was stunned and dazed by the surprise, "Where did the seeds of this crop come from?"
"Among the countries I went to, there were people who claimed to be from a country called Spain," Lin Zhicheng said, "This country seems to be very far away from us. According to this person, their country is currently fighting to drive out the invaders. .And he drifted to a foreign country alone due to an accident during the battle. He used these seeds to exchange with the minister and let the minister bring him to Daheng. When the minister saw it, he felt that the seeds in the yellow cloth bag were the same as those of the sage. The 'corn' I mentioned is the same, but the golden luster is like a grain of rice the size of a tooth. The other two, the minister can't recognize."
Gu Yuanbai's heart was already agitated at this time. He repeatedly looked at the corn kernels and opened the other two bags. The seeds were yellow and deep, and they were all dry and dry, and they were clearly potatoes and sweet potatoes. seed.
In Gu Yuanbai's eyes, these unremarkable seeds are like priceless treasures. After Gu Yuanbai's surprise, he began to be solemn. These seeds look quite bad. Who knows if they can still grow
Opportunities are in front of you, if you don't live, won't you have to die
Gu Yuanbai made a decisive decision: "Someone!"
Whether he can live or not, he has to try it first. As long as there is any hope of survival, Gu Yuanbai will try his best to make these crops grow on the land of Daheng.
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When His Majesty the Emperor found the most treasured land to farm, the world was not as shaken as he expected because of Lin Zhicheng's trip to the sea.
More well-connected merchants and officials from the DPRK and China have more or less invested a sum of money for this voyage. After five years of waiting, this amount of money has completely doubled. People who were stunned by such great interests have re-looked at maritime trade with new eyes.
After that, he wrote to Gu Yuanbai's desk, and the snow-like documents were asking when His Majesty the Emperor was going to sea.
Without strong armies and ships to protect the surrounding area, their caravans would not dare to go too far on the ocean.
Folks began to set off a wave of going overseas, and overseas travel notes were like a hundred flowers blooming overnight, not only travel notes, but also more detailed biographies compiled by people who went to sea.
The more of these things, the more people can know. When the people from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Punishment transported the gold, silver, copper and goods from the cabins to the national treasury, many people realized the fact that overseas is a cornucopia.
They were about to move, but Gu Yuanbai didn't care about them.
Now it was the farming season. He summoned hundreds of farmers who had the most knowledge about planting and handed them three small bags of less than 100 seeds. With a serious look, he repeatedly warned that those who promised successful planting would be prosperous and rich. .
Hundreds of farmers looked at each other and slowly opened their mouths. After they reacted, their eyes became warm.
The farmers pondered enthusiastically. Gu Yuanbai was very concerned about this matter. He remembered that all three crops were suitable for planting in April. Among them, corn was a drought-tolerant crop, and the possibility of successful planting should not be too low.
He also talked about this at night, "sweet potatoes are also drought tolerant, but not as good as corn. Potatoes use a lot of water. I'll think about it and see what else I can come up with..."
Xue Yuan couldn't help but got up and scratched the soles of his feet, Gu Yuanbai shuddered and scolded with a smile, "What are you doing!"
Xue Yuan slowly moved up from his calf, fascinated and sniffed the smell of Sheng Shang just after bathing, and complained in his mouth, "Sacred Lord, your heart is full of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn. You can just talk about it for a few days. Today What time is it? Can you still look at me?"
Gu Yuanbai stretched his legs over his legs, "Press it for me. Xue Jiuyao, how old are you, you have become a jealous husband all your life."
Xue Yuan pinched his legs for him, his expression stiffened when he heard the words, and he tried his best to give a gentle smile that was not so jealous of his husband, "Your Majesty, how can this minister be a jealous husband?"
His tall stature hugged the comfortable Gu Yuanbai in his arms, kissing his ear from time to time, "If you are jealous of your husband, wouldn't you be jealous to the death if you talk to others today? "
Gu Yuanbai asked calmly, "How many times did I laugh with the editor of the Hanlin Academy today?"
Xue Yuan's eyes sank, his fingers clacked, "You laughed twice."
After he finished speaking, his whole body froze.
Gu Yuanbai snorted in his heart, jealous.
Xue Yuan suddenly said: "I also saw it by accident. The eyes of the first laughing minister couldn't help but stick to it. Is it really twice?" He pretended to touch his chin, "Or three times?"
Gu Yuanbai cooperated with him, and suddenly realized: "I blame Xue Qing in the wrong. But the editor who came to the front of the hall today looks dignified, quite a bit like Jiuyao when you were young."
Xue Yuan's smile stopped, and after a long time, he licked Gu Yuanbai's ear, and said lingeringly: "Sir, I'm here, you can see me, what else do you want to look at when I was young? Human? Am I not better than I used to be?"
He held Gu Yuanbai in his arms, took his hand and touched his neck, and slowly walked down, "When I was young, ten of me couldn't beat one of me."
His chest is warm, his muscles are strong, his tentacles are full of elasticity, his shoulders are wide and his waist is narrow, and he is a solid man.
Xue Yuan takes physical strength and appearance very seriously. He sweats profusely during daily practice, and the hot sweat will gather together along his sharp chin. He likes to practice the push-ups taught by the sage on his back, and he can do more than 300 ups and downs a day. Gu Yuan Bai was swaying and swaying on his back, the tip of his nose was the smell of sweat on Xue Yuan's body, and the clothes under his hips were soaked by the sweat on Xue Yuan's back.
Gu Yuanbai was disgusted when he was pulled on his back for the first time and sat on his back, but later, without Xue Yuan's words, he used it as a personal aggravating tool every day.
Because of the sweaty Xue Yuan, Gu Yuanbai would occasionally feel dizzy, his heart was pounding, and he also sweated.
Sometimes I wonder in my heart, what did this guy eat to grow up? How can it be so fierce.
After a long period of unhindered training, the strength contained in his firm and powerful arms and thighs can kill a person with one punch. Heavy objects that are difficult to shake for others are not difficult for him, but ten can't beat him? Gu Yuanbai really didn't believe it, "Your skills when you were young were already scary."
Xue Yuan looked at Gu Yuanbai's serious expression, and actually had a strong jealousy of himself in his heart. His gloomy expression was revealed when Gu Yuanbai didn't touch him. Does the sage think he is too old
But every time the saint can't stand his physical strength, is this still old
Xue Yuan convicted the source of the blame on the editor of today's Hanlin Academy, sneered twice in his heart, and then restrained his expression, holding the hand of the saint, and said earnestly: "Sir, you should continue talking about sweet potatoes and potatoes."
Stop talking about making jealous husbands jealous.
Gu Yuanbai: "..."
Hehe, man.
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