I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 482 Tribute
The ministers were speechless for a moment. If the tribute from foreign countries were rare treasures, they could still jump out to oppose the emperor's extravagance, but this thing was crops.

The master of ceremonies shouted again: "The King of Tawanting Sulung has sent a tribute of thirty kilograms of exotic crops. Your Highness the King of Jing has named this crop chili pepper!"

Zhu Houxuan began to explain: "This thing tastes spicy and can be used as a seasoning."

These peppers are dried and not fresh, but can be saved for seeds.

The master of ceremonies shouted again: "The King of Tawanting Sulong has presented a pound of seeds of a foreign crop as tribute. This crop, His Royal Highness King Jing, has named it pumpkin!
Zhu Houxuan explained: "Pumpkins can grow to the size of a head. They can be eaten as a vegetable or as a staple food."

The master of ceremonies shouted again: "The King of Tawanting Sulong Kingdom pays tribute to you with one pound of seeds of a foreign crop. Your Highness, King Jing, has named this crop Vanilla!"

Zhu Houxuan explained: "Vanilla can be used as a cooking condiment, and it also has the effects of refreshing the mind and killing insects and repelling mosquitoes."

One crop after another was presented, and the ministers were speechless.

As an agricultural civilization, farming was the most important thing, and no matter how many crops there were, it was never too much. Just these new and exotic crops were worth a trip to the Far East, and they were too embarrassed to advise the emperor again.

The master of ceremonies continued to shout: "The King of Tawanting Sulong Kingdom pays tribute to you with an exotic animal. Your Highness, the King of Jing, has named this animal an alpaca!"

Zhu Houxuan explained: "Originally, we brought back ten of them, both male and female, but they died of disease along the way and only this one remained."

A cute alpaca was led into the hall and looked around at the ministers in a daze.

The ministers found it even more surprising. Before it was a plant, but now it was an animal. They all stared at the alpaca.

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "You may come closer to watch but please do not make any noise, lest you scare the beast."

Most of the court officials were rather reserved and prudent, and did not approach, but just watched from a distance. However, a few young nobles were not so calm, and were also very curious about the alpaca. After getting Zhu Houzhao's permission, they approached cautiously, fearing that the animal would suddenly go crazy and bite people.

Zhang Lun, the Duke of England who had only been in the title for six years, saw that the alpaca did not seem to be aggressive, so he wanted to go and see what was new, so he walked up to it and stared at it.

What are you looking at?
What are you looking at?
Try looking at it again!
I just took a look.

heiTui!

The Alpaca didn't tolerate the Duke of England at all, and spurted out a pool of saliva, splashing it all over the Duke of England's face.

"Hahahahahaha!"

Zhu Houzhao laughed so hard that he fell backwards. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time. He deliberately let the ministers come closer to take a look and see which unlucky guy would get spit in the face.

Why did the emperor know?
Because Zhu Houzhao has also been criticized. It is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone. It is more fun when more people are criticized.

A group of conservative ministers, led by Yang Tinghe, felt that this was too outrageous. A court meeting had actually turned into a vegetable market.
Liang Chu saw Yang Tinghe's face turn black, so he rolled up his sleeves and looked at the alpaca, then said, "I'm afraid this beast can't pull the millstone, right?"

Chen Lang said quickly: "There is no stone mill in Tawanting Sulung, so I don't know if this animal can pull a mill. But there are many mountains in the area, and this animal can carry goods, just like the people of the Ming Dynasty use donkeys and mules to carry goods."

Liang Chu praised: "Since it can carry goods, it is a good animal. It's a pity that only one was left. We can bring back a few more next time. If it can be reproduced and promoted among the people, the common people will have one more useful livestock." The ministers in the hall calmly watched Liang Chu and Yang Tinghe compete with each other. Now it was common knowledge that Liang Chu and Yang Tinghe did not get along.

Yang Tinghe returned to his hometown to observe mourning for three years. After returning, he always wanted to regain the position of Prime Minister. Liang Chu was not his opponent at first, but Zhu Houxuan, as the Prince Regent, had been helping him openly and secretly.

Yang Tinghe's advantage was that he had a good relationship with Zhu Houzhao, but now it was Zhu Houxun who was in charge of the government, and Zhu Houzhao simply could not stay in the capital, which resulted in him being unable to take advantage of it and unable to make further progress.

As for Liang Chu, the position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet was so tempting that he was reluctant to give it up. Moreover, he could hold on to the position with the support of Zhu Houxuan, so he was even more unwilling to give it up.

He and Yang Tinghe have been on equal terms in the past two years.

However, he also understood Zhu Houchun's purpose of helping him, so he had been secretly supporting Zhu Houchun in the past two years. However, they completely sided with Zhu Houchun. After all, Zhu Houchun was only the Prince Regent.

Zhu Houxuan didn't care about this. After all, he just needed a handle to divide the cabinet.

Liang Chu's behavior just now was to express his approval of the Royal Group's long-distance expedition.

Yang Tinghe finally couldn't help it and stepped out to say: "Your Majesty, the expedition fleet's trip to the east has indeed yielded a lot of harvests and benefited the people. But since they have brought back many new crops, there is no need to waste money and travel thousands of miles across the sea for this beast. This tower. Tower."

Chen Lang said: "Tawanting Sulong Kingdom."

Yang Tinghe said: "The king of Tawanting Sulong was thoughtful enough to offer new crops. We can give him a golden seal, make him a vassal king, and send him off with courtesy. If they don't have a big ship, we can use the imperial boat to take him back to the country. We only need to make this one trip, and we can bring back as much as the imperial boat can. We don't need to mobilize troops again in the future."

Zhu Houzhao said: "According to what Yang Ge Lao said, I will order the Seal Casting Bureau of the Ministry of Rites to cast a gold seal for King Tawanting Sulung. I will also give him 500 sets of armor and weapons, 1,000 pieces of silk, and 3,000 pieces of cotton cloth to show his loyalty."

Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "But, I still have to go to this Far East in the future."

Yang Tinghe frowned, knowing that he could not make a direct appeal, so he could only make the next best thing: "Your Majesty, if there are sea merchants among the people who are willing to cross the sea for thousands of miles, it is naturally inconvenient to stop them. But the court does not need to send ships there again. It will be very expensive to go there, and it will only waste the national treasury."

Zhu Houzhao smiled even more brightly, and suddenly said: "The expedition team brought back another thing this time. Come on, move everything in!"

This time, more guards were deployed, carrying two wooden boxes with the seal of the Royal Group on them. Although the boxes were not big, they were extremely heavy, and those with less strength were bent over by them.

There were a total of 120 boxes, but the remaining items were not taken out.

In fact, there were twenty boxes in it that were bonuses for the expedition crew members, but Zhu Houxuan gave them silver yuan coupons.

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "You all can guess what is in these boxes."

The Minister of Revenue, Shi Jie, walked over and tried to pick up the boxes. He was quite strong, but he couldn't lift them. He was shocked and said, "These boxes are not full. If they are silver, each box would weigh at most 100 jin. I am confident that I can move them. I just tried, and each box must weigh more than 200 jin. It can only be gold!"

(End of this chapter)