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After exchanging pleasantries with Zhu Di, Zheng He said,""Your Majesty, this subject has gone to many countries this time. This time, this subject has brought many envoys from other countries. They have all heard of the might of our country and have specially followed this subject to pay tribute to the court to ask Your Majesty to agree to an audience.”
"Oh? Which ones?" Zhu Di asked curiously.
"Reporting to the Emperor, the countries that have come to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute are Champa, Bin Tonglong, Zhenla, Jiali Martin, Siam, Jiaolanshan, Java, Chongkala, Kirimendi, Guri, Manlaka, Pahang, Dongxizhu, Longya Jiamiao, Tanyang, Sumatra, Huamian, Longxian Island, Cuilan Island, Aru, Ceylon, Little Gelan, Kezhi, Banggala, Bulawa, Zhubu, Mugudushu, Sulu and other countries.”
Zheng He listed out the countries and worlds that the Ming Dynasty had come to see.
"There are actually so many?" Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction.
So many countries came to pay tribute. On the other hand, it also showed that the Ming Dynasty was strong. Could Zhu Di be dissatisfied?
"Call them in!"
Zhu Di waved his hand and turned around to walk towards the dragon throne.
Zhu Di had just sat down when the messenger eunuch shouted at the top of his voice,""Summon the envoys of the various countries!"
As soon as he finished speaking.
Men and women dressed in strange clothes entered the Hall of Heaven Tribute in an orderly manner. They first bowed to the Emperor of Ming, Zhu Di, who was sitting on the dragon throne, and then presented the tribute with both hands.
Some items were too big, or there were too many tributes to bring to the main hall. They could only submit the list of tributes to show their sincerity to Ming.
This time, the tributes brought by the various countries, other than agate and jade, there were also many precious fruits and crop seeds.
Among the fruits, there were mangoes, pineapples, and so on.
There were cabbages, potatoes, corn, tomatoes, and so on.
After Zhu Di looked at the list of tributes from each country, a gratified smile appeared on his face. He was happy not because of the gemstones and jade articles sent by each country, but because of the vegetable seeds sent by each country.
With these vegetable seeds, the crops planted by the common people would not be limited to rice and wheat.
As long as the people planted more varieties of crops, there would no longer be famine and the tragedy of people changing their children for food.
On the other side.
Zhu Gaochen and Sun Ruowei wanted to go to the Hall of Heaven's Tribute, but they were stopped by a eunuch and brought to the Minister's Office to wait.
After waiting for nearly an hour.
Zhu Gaochen and Sun Ruowei, who were sitting in their chairs, heard clear footsteps coming from outside.
Following that, the doors of the study room opened.
The one who walked in was not Emperor Zhu Di, but the commander of the Bureau of Ships, Zheng He.
"King Nan!" The moment Zheng He entered, he hurriedly cupped his fists and bowed to Zhu Gaochen.
"Where's the old master?" Zhu Gaochen was confused.
"The Emperor is receiving the envoys of the various countries and has to discuss important matters with the ministers. He specially ordered me to come to the Minister's Office to see you first.”Zheng He said.
"See me?" Zhu Gaochen was puzzled.
"Yes." Zheng He nodded and continued,""Before I returned, I received an imperial edict from the emperor. He specially ordered me to bring back more immortal leaves from overseas, saying that I could sell them to you, King Nan.”
"How much did you bring?" Zhu Gaochen asked with a delighted expression.”
"200 catties," Zheng He said.
"Ten tons?" Zhu Gaochen couldn't help but gasp.
200 catties was equivalent to 10 tons in modern times.
If these ten tons of Immortal Leaves were made into cigarettes and sold at five taels per stick, it would be a very terrifying income.
With so many Immortal Leaves, Zhu Gaochen could totally get Wan Sanqian to open branches and open cigarette shops all over Ming Dynasty.
It would be hard for him not to make a fortune by making cigarettes from these ten tons of immortal leaves.
"Where is the Immortal Leaf now?" asked Zhu Gaochen.”
"I've already sent someone from Liujiagang to deliver it to the Nan Wang Mansion," Zheng He said.”
"So fast?" Zhu Gaochen was delighted.
Zhu Di was currently meeting with the envoys of various countries, so he definitely did not have time to summon him and Sun Ruowei. Moreover, the banquet would start at night. Now, he could go back to the mansion to collect the Immortal Leaves and then come back to the palace to attend the banquet at night.
Thinking of this, Zhu Gaochen left in a hurry with Sun Ruowei.
King Nan's estate.
Zhu Gaochen and Sun Ruowei had just arrived at the entrance of the mansion.
He saw a group of carriages parked at the door. There were bundles of immortal leaves on the carriages.
At this moment, a large number of servants were carrying the immortal leaves into the residence.
"Your Highness, you're back."
Butler Old Xiao had been instructing his servants to move the goods, but when he saw Zhu Gaochen return, he quickly came forward to welcome him.
"Yes, Old Xiao, you have to count the number well. Don't make a mistake.”Zhu Gaochen nodded.
At the same time, he also repeatedly reminded Butler Xiao not to make a mistake in the quantity. After all, one cigarette needed to pay Zhu Di 30 wen.
"Oh right, Old Xiao, ask someone to call Wan Sanqian to the residence. I have something to discuss with him.”Zhu Gaochen said.
"Alright." Old Xiao nodded and went to work.
"This is your mansion?" It was Sun Ruowei's first time coming to Prince Nan's Mansion.
"That's right. When you become the Nan Wangfei, the entire mansion will be yours.”Zhu Gaochen teased.
"Who wants to be your Nan Wangfei!" Sun Ruowei rolled her eyes at him and blushed.
"The old master said that he wants to be the matchmaker for a while. Moreover, at Jiming Temple, I can see that he wants you to be my princess. You dare to defy the decree?"
Zhu Gaochen saw her blushing face and immediately became playful.
Sun Ruowei didn't answer. She just snorted and walked into the South King Mansion.
Zhu Gaochen shook his head with a smile and followed.
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