Chapter 494 is a blockbuster.

Michelle glanced at Ye Xing, and said with some disdain: "I have a pot of water lilies here, as long as you can tell how to cultivate them, I will take out a rare treasure and bet with your Ming Dynasty." ”

Ye Xing only noticed at this time that the other envoys of Ceylon were holding a pot of water lilies in their hands, the leaves and flowers of the water lilies were close to the water, very beautiful, Ye Xing saw this, and his heart was for a while, when he went to school, the lake in the school was full of such lotus flowers, but he never knew that it was a water lily.

He was a little worried, because he didn't know how to cultivate water lilies, otherwise how could he have seen this water lily for three years without knowing its name?

Ye Xing's face was ugly, all the ministers were secretly happy when they saw this, and Ji Gang narrowed his eyes even more, he was waiting to see Ye Xing's joke, and it was possible to take this opportunity to get rid of Ye Xing's thorn in his eye.

Just when Ye Xing was embarrassed, Hua Zhimeng stood up from the side and smiled faintly: "What's so difficult about the little water lily, this is also worthy of being your national flower of Ceylon, and you dare to compare this with my Ming Dynasty!" ”

After Hua Zhimeng's words were finished, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked, because at that time, whether it was the Ming Dynasty or other countries, the status of women was not very high, and Hua Zhimeng actually said Ceylon envoys so disdainfully, can this not surprise everyone?

But surprised to be surprised, Zhu Di was still a little happy in his heart when he heard Hua Zhimeng say this.

Michelle looked at Hua Zhimeng: "Who can't say big words, if you have the ability, please tell me how to cultivate!" ”

Hua Zhimeng smiled slightly, and said: "There are two ways to cultivate water lilies, the first is the most common, that is, to cut the rhizomes of water lilies into several fast and plant them in the lake, this method is the easiest way, but I think this method must not be known to anyone in Ceylon." ”

After Hua Zhimeng finished speaking, Ye Xing nodded slightly, because this method can be said to be grafting, how can people know about this technology at this time in the Ming Dynasty!

Michel had nothing to say for a moment, they had already developed this method in Ceylon, because it was the most convenient way to grow by this method, much more convenient than with seeds, but he could not admit it.

"Hmph, no one has tried this method you said, who knows if it will work, you can say another method!" Michelle said unconvinced, when from his tone, you can already hear that he is not confident.

Hua Zhimeng didn't say much nonsense, and continued: "It's naturally okay to use seeds, put the seeds in a bottle of water, seal the bottle, and then put the bottle into the lake for storage, and when it comes to the next spring, pick up the bottle from the lake, put the seeds in a pot with a small amount of soil, change the water every day, and after about half a month, the seeds will sprout, and then put the water lily buds into the lake." ”

After Hua Zhimeng finished cultivating water lilies, he looked at Michelle and asked, "What, am I right?" ”

At this time, Michelle was already a little flustered, but he had to admit that what Hua Zhimeng said was right.

Zhu Di saw Michelle like this, so he laughed a few times, and then asked: "Okay, I have a lot of talents, so I won't worry about you on this plant, don't you want to gamble, take out your bet!" ”

Michelle was a little reluctant, but he had to show it, because he had said it before, and the only thing he hoped for was that his people would win the bet, because he couldn't afford to lose it.

When Michelle took out the thing in his hand, everyone was shocked, it was a very delicately carved cane, about a foot long, very beautiful, and the material was a rare jade.

After this thing was taken out, the rest of the Ceylonese envoys were a little shocked, but even if they were shocked, they did not speak casually.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is the jade cane in my hand qualified to be used as a bet?"

Zhu Di saw that the jade cane was very beautiful, and he was already a little moved, so he nodded hurriedly: "This time the things you took out are okay, okay, just say what you want to compare!" ”

But at this time, Michelle shook his head: "Your Majesty Daming, my bet has been taken out, but I don't know what your bet is!" ”

Zhu Di smiled faintly: "What you want, just say it!" ”

Michelle nodded: "What I want is not too much, it is an easy thing for you Ming Dynasty, if I win, I want 10,000 catties of tea and 10,000 horses of silk!" ”

After hearing this, the ministers were shocked, 10,000 catties of tea and 10,000 horses of silk, that requires a lot of money, is a jade cane in Michelle's hand worth so much money?

Everyone was waiting for Zhu Di's decision, and Zhu Di naturally knew that 10,000 catties of tea and 10,000 pieces of silk were worth a lot of money, but he didn't have much concept of these money.

I am afraid that this is the difference between the rich and the poor.

One hundred taels of silver is the goal of a poor family's life, but for the rich, it is just the money for a meal.

There's no comparison.

"Okay, if you win, I'll give you 10,000 catties of tea and 10,000 pieces of silk!"

Now that Emperor Zhu Di has spoken, Ye Xing and the others can only fight hard.

After Emperor Zhu Di finished speaking, a Ceylon envoy walked out from behind Michelle, and after the envoy came out, he took out a piece of paper from his arms, and then said to Zhu Di, which made the Manchu Dynasty civil and military puzzled and a little restless for a while.

A few of the grumpy generals already thought that this was a spell on the emperor, and they were ready to pull the envoy out and hack him to death.

At this time, Michelle hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, just now my subordinate read the ancient Ceylon language that our Ceylon country is about to be lost, as long as someone in your Ming Dynasty can understand what is written on it, we will lose this game!" ”

Everyone was shocked, they didn't even know Ceylonese, how could they know the ancient Ceylonese language, even Zheng He, who knew many Chinese, didn't understand what the person said just now.

Zhu Di looked at the ministers and asked, "Which of you will translate it?" ”

All the ministers didn't dare to raise their heads, because they wouldn't at all, at this time, Ji Gang stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this matter has been handed over to Ye Xing and a few of them to go to the competition, I think it's better for a few of them to translate!" ”

After Zhu Di listened to Ji Gang's words, he was angry, Ye Xing had never been to Ceylon, how could he know the ancient language of Ceylon, didn't Ji Gang clearly want to kill Ye Xing, but even so, Zhu Di couldn't come up with any reason to refute Ji Gang's words, after all, at the beginning, Ye Xing had already agreed to this competition.