Chapter 286: Damaging the Public and Private
"Your Majesty's face ......" Wen Nan was still smiling when he got on the boat, carrying a big bag in his hand, as if he had eaten bee droppings, but as soon as his head was exposed to the deck, he almost didn't let go and fell, Hong Tao's hideous face scared him.
"Carl and I went around the island of Ireland, and the people there thought I should be a powerful emperor, so they cut off my idea of being an idol emperor with practical actions. Minister Wen, what kind of mysterious gift have you received, I see you have been smiling all the time. Hong Tao always told the sailors on the ship that he was going to the island of Ireland, and did not mention the Americas, so the account could only be counted on the Irish.
"How can this be true? You should go to their pope to comment on it, and it is a great rebellion to treat our emperor like this! This will cause war! "Wen Nan, the foreign minister, has not officially taken office, and he already has a mouth full of diplomatic rhetoric.
"The Pope didn't like me very much, and he was more than happy to see me killed...... Did you meet the Pope? Hong Tao seemed to hear something from Wen Nan's words, and immediately became nervous, he was afraid that this great Song literati would be fooled and lame by the Pope.
"I didn't, but I met an archbishop and an emperor, Karl's cousin. His Chinese is very good and very knowledgeable, I have never seen such a studious emperor except you. He invited me to be a guest at his Chinese culture and gave lectures to those people. See, this is the royal collection he gave me, and I'm going to get someone to translate it when I get back. "Vennan is indeed a diplomatic talent, he seems to be born to associate with the leaders of different countries, and with that bullshit Latin, he can actually go to the universities of Naples to give lectures. It's really evil.
"What did you tell them?" Hong Tao was curious about what Wen Nan could tell European philosophers, doctors, artists, and politicians.
"I gave them the Analects and the Spring and Autumn Period. Mrs. Jiang helped me translate. They loved to listen, every three days, and many people came from far away on horseback, including the emperor. "Wen Nan is very proud to be able to give lectures to the emperors of other countries, this Nima is the emperor in the Great Song Dynasty!
"Is this also done?" Hong Tao was a little blindsided, and he gave lectures to Friedrich II and the European aristocracy, and his imagination was too rich. Do they understand? It seems that he understands it, otherwise someone will listen to it once, and it will be impossible for someone to listen to it for two or three months.
"The saints are indoctrinated, and the truth is true at home and abroad...... I'll wait ......" Wen Nan was very dissatisfied with Hong Tao's questioning, which was Chi Guoguo's contempt, and he resolutely wanted to oppose it.
"Gotta get it...... I'm your teacher! When he became an emperor, he was also officially apprenticed. Don't discuss the question of the enlightenment of the saints with the teacher, the teacher has prepared a meal for you, so that you can taste the teachings of the teacher. "Hong Tao knew very little about ancient Chinese books, and he didn't have time to learn them. Just don't talk about it, this is his big shortcoming. Don't talk about a standard literati like Wen Nan. Even Luo Youde, a profiteer, can despise himself in this regard, so it is more comfortable to play to his strengths.
"Dare to disobey your fate...... Speaking of eating, their food is really unpalatable. As soon as he heard that Hong Tao was cooking again, Wen Nan immediately threw the saint behind, if it was about cooking, he felt that Hong Tao could also start a sect in the Great Song Dynasty, and Hong Tao's thoughts and inventions were the same as their unique existence.
"It's called sticking bread, try it...... There is also this corn porridge...... "More than ten bags of corn beans were packed, and Hong Tao did not take less coarse corn flour, this new grain of the year was very delicious no matter how it was made, especially the porridge."
"Hah...... Ha...... What is this...... So spicy! "Don't be afraid of spicy if you're in a hurry! Wen Nan didn't feel it in the first bite, but after the third bite, his eyes were almost round, his face was red, and he was panting like a dog with his tongue sticking out.
"Hey, hey, hey...... It's called chili, and it's a seasoning! Now I don't have much in my hands, just eat it once and taste it, and next year I'll use chili peppers to roast you a meat for you to try, and keep it for you to eat and want to eat! Hong Tao saw that his trick had succeeded, and he was happier than being the emperor, and he laughed so much that he was a cheap. In order to appreciate Wen Nan's unfortunate virtue, he also deliberately lit a cigar cigarette, these days he has nothing to do and shrinks in the cabin to roll cigarettes, the tobacco leaves can not be kept dry on the ship, and it is easy to store all the cigars rolled into cigars.
"Ahem, ahem...... What is it? The spicy taste in his mouth had not subsided, and a mouthful of smoke erupted from Hong Tao's mouth again, not at all, it was all sprayed on Wen Nan's face, choking this guy who had never smoked or smelled tobacco, and tears came out.
"This is my medicine, the cure for laziness, come and come...... You also try it......" The answer is still the same, but this time Hong Tao was more enthusiastic and took the initiative to let Wen Nan taste it, and then another puff of smoke sprayed in his face.
"The student still doesn't taste it, and the sick student of Mr. doesn't ......" Wen Nan didn't say that he tried, if Hong Tao was not the emperor and teacher, he could leave the table with his job.
"Don't taste it...... Hey, hey, hey......" Hong Tao's goal has been achieved, and different ways must be used to deal with different people. Carl could just say he wasn't happy to give it to you, and he wouldn't bother. Wen Nan can't do it, the more you say you can't smoke, the more he wants to try, so he has to do the opposite, let him choke on the smoke once, and then he won't want to think about it later.
Wen Nan hates laziness, if there is such a disease! Since he got on the ship, he has lived in smoke every day, and many documents and books can only be read in the captain's room, because he is not good enough Latin to read, and he can't hide from it. Since then, coughing has become Wen Nan's daily routine, but seeing Hong Tao holding a large roll of herbs in his mouth, he really believes in the existence of such a thing as laziness. Whenever he took the medicine, Hong Tao's mood was obviously soothed, his temper was much better, and he was indeed a lot more diligent. For the sake of the emperor's health, Wen Nan felt that it was okay for him to suffer a little, bear with it, anyway, there will always be a day when he will get home.
In the third year of Jiaxi in the Southern Song Dynasty, in the autumn of 1239 in the Gregorian calendar, the Jinhe returned to Jinhe City with two armed cargo ships and more than 300 young black girls. Another year has passed, and the empire has been officially established for more than a year, and Jinhewan is still the same Jinhewan, the only change is that there are more shops called supermarkets in the city. The slogans and advertisements at the door of them and the men standing at the door shouting have added a bit of life to the originally quiet Jinhe City.
"See, I'm the emperor so much, I don't even have a loess mat street, and I have to pay someone to hire someone to get a luggage, otherwise no one will take care of it." Hong Tao looked at the welcoming crowd on the dock and pouted to complain to Wen Nan. These people were not so much here to welcome their return, but to pick up the family on the ship, and by the way, to give the emperor some face and cheers. The most hateful thing is that these porters on the docks, most of them are slaves working, but they still charge labor fees. But after asking who opened the deal, Hong Tao closed his mouth again, this is a state-owned enterprise, which is under the management of the Ministry of Transportation, Water Conservancy and Transportation.
"This is the admiration of all the people...... Your Majesty even paid my money......" Wen Nan tugged at his beard and thought for a long time, but he didn't find a suitable adjective, he had never seen such an emperor, and it didn't seem to have been in history, and he had to carry his own boxes when he got off the ship, and the only advantage he had to take advantage of the sailors was that he didn't have to wipe the deck and clean up.
"Pay? Grandmother! I am a military material, why should I pay for it personally? What about Lang Cliff? What about the Marines? Clear the field for me! Blockade the dock, idlers are not allowed to approach! "If you don't give the emperor face, of course the emperor is not happy. The Son of Heaven was angry and ambushed millions of corpses, Hong Tao's cultivation was not enough, and his power was not so great, but he was holding the trick of making excuses to damage the public and private interests. These rules are all designed by him, and there is no need to think about any loopholes.
In fact, it's not all about exploiting loopholes, there are indeed very important materials on the Jinhe, and those plant seeds are no less than the promotion of shipbuilding to the times. Of course, Hong Tao's main purpose is to save a few porters' money, he has a lot of luggage, plus Wen Nan's bag of European books collected from Naples has a lot of them, and the gifts given to him by those nobles, a few mouse heads are definitely not enough.
"Bai Xiang, take me to see our family's Huangzhuang, not far away?" Early the next morning, Hong Tao ran to the courtyard where he worshipped incense. Bozhu can sail, Senya can read and write, only Bai Xiang is a little girl, and she can't do anything except spinning. So Hong Tao handed over the royal land to her to take care of, what she likes to plant, there is something to do is fun, not easy to get old.
"I grabbed the best piece of land, didn't you say that the feng shui of the lower reaches of the Milky Way and the Jinhe River is not good, our land is on the top!" Bai Xiang and Hong Tao have fewer days together, Hong Tao's daughter-in-law is married to a completely political marriage, although he doesn't hate Bai Xiang, but he doesn't like it. Anyway, the two of them already have a little daughter, and they can be regarded as having completed their tasks.
"Then don't weave cloth yet, take me to see, and I'll take you on a big horse." Seeing Bai Xiang's happy expression when talking to himself, Hong Tao felt that he was not a thing, but he was also a daughter-in-law, and he couldn't use people to face forward instead of back, he should come and see more, and he had nothing to accompany others.
"Geya went to school in the summer, so why do she have to go to school? You don't need to know how to read when you go to Lizhai to be the leader, I think she will accompany me at home......" Sitting on the big horse, leaning on Hong Tao's chest, worshipping incense feels very good, and I plan to take advantage of Hong Tao's happiness to make a small request.
"Nonsense, children must go to school, and if they don't read in the future, they will be blinded by others, I will accompany you at home!" Even if Hong Tao is crazy with joy, he will not agree to the request of worshipping incense, and he has a way to fool his daughter-in-law.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Wait for us ......" The two of them were muttering immediately, when suddenly a shout came from behind them.
"I don't like him!" Bai Xiang didn't even look back, and he knew who was shouting.
(To be continued.) )