Chapter 621 The Return of the Pirates
Although the family is looking forward to Xie Yuner and Lin Dai, hoping that they can spread their branches and leaves for Chenxi as soon as possible and make Chenxi's career progress after establishing a career, it is obvious that Chenxi is not ready to be a father.
Chen Xi's psychological age is indeed enough, but from a physical and genetic perspective, his age is not very suitable for having children now.
In ancient times, the survival rate of children was generally not high. In addition to being all-round backward in medical care, sanitation conditions and nutrition, there is another important reason, which is that the ancients got married relatively early.
In the Ming Dynasty, men and women became fathers and mothers at the age of fourteen or five. The first child was generally thin and the possibility of stillbirth was very high. Even if they were born, the sick would not survive adulthood.
It is difficult for two young girls who have not yet developed to ensure the health of the next generation.
Fortunately, Xie Yuner became old and was neither too early nor too late to conceive her first child at the age of 22. Chen Xi was afraid that he would die because of his immature body. That would bring a huge blow to Xie Yuner and even her father and mother.
No matter what, there is no reason to get rid of a child after being pregnant these days. The wife, whom the Ming media has just married, hid in the boudoir door and did not go out for the second door to give birth to the child he was pregnant. Even if he knew that it might die prematurely, he would have to give birth. Who said that children generally have low survival rates these days?
You can't give up on your food because of choking!
After the emperor died of his son and daughter, he was still working hard to create a person, and those who are ministers should not fall behind too much!
Chen Xi and Xie Yuner both know medicine. The family's living conditions are good and the nutrition can keep up, so they don't believe that they can't support their children.
"Yun'er, don't work hard from today. Keep your baby at home and don't need to interfere in business matters, just leave it to Yun Bo and others. Let Hong'er and Lu'er take care of your daily life. If your husband is busy with business, he can't come back, so he can let them spend the night with you..."
In ancient times, when a daughter from a wealthy family married, she would have a maid dowry. In addition to talking to a caring person as a maid, it was also because the wealthy family had a lot of trouble and the husband didn't come back, the maid could sleep with the lady.
The ancients realized that pregnant women are prone to anxiety, especially those in wealthy families. Things happen to their husbands for a long time and they must find someone to accompany them so that they will not suffer prenatal depression.
After all, Chen Xi still has Lin Dai, so it is impossible for him to sleep in the same bed with Xie Yun'er every day. He wants Hong'er and Lu'er to be Xie Yun'er's personal maids.
"My husband is too worried, I want me to sleep with the maid... I'm not used to it." As he said, Xie Yuner looked at Chen Xi with a resentful look, as if saying, "You're thinking a lot. Now that I'm just pregnant, you're thinking about your affection for Dai'er, leaving me aside."
Chen Xi sighed, "Let's just let you, but if you feel depressed, just come to me, I will try to come every night."
Xie Yun'er scolded angrily: "I won't disturb my husband's good things."
Chen Xi smiled. If Xie Yuner suddenly knocked on the door outside when he was really doing something with Lin Dai, it would be embarrassing enough.
Just like when his relationship with Xie Yuner was broken by Lin Dai, it can scare people into psychological problems.
After the bad thing, the good thing followed. As soon as the other end solved Hong Zhuo’s problem, the other end learned that he was really about to become a father. What needs to be paid attention to now is the matter of Xie Yuner’s pregnancy.
A woman’s first child is the most troublesome. Only when the first child goes well will there be continuous offenders later. The probability of a difficult childbirth is the highest... There has been no caesarean section these days. If something really goes wrong, it is very likely that one corpse and two lives will be killed.
In ancient times, there were many cases of women who died of difficult labor, from queens to civilian women, but they were not spared.
The matter of fertility maintenance is relatively easier. The key is not to let Xie Yuner overwork. Read more medical books or books to keep the relationship between husband and wife harmonious and make her feel cheerful.
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Chen Xi wrote a letter to send the news of Xie Yuner's pregnancy back to Tingzhou.
After the letter was sent away, Chen Xi was wondering if he would go out of the city and find a farmer to provide fresh milk. When he received a letter from Tingzhou, Hui Niang was sick.
Chen Xi's mood, which was still pretty good, suddenly became a little depressed. After all, he still couldn't forget the throbbing in his heart when he first met Hui Niang. Over the years, working closely with Hui Niang has cultivated a feeling of mutual support. Although he wanted to transfer this relationship to Lin Dai and Xie Yuner in the past two years, he could never do it.
Because Fujian is too far from the capital, Chen Xi can't help much. The letter paper is back and forth for nearly four months, Hui Niang is too late no matter what disease he has, let alone he doesn't know what disease Hui Niang has.
In the inner garden of the palace, there was still no news about the resumption of Chenxi's class. However, the envoy of Folangji arrived in the capital on September 25.
The Folang Ji people came this time, and they brought hundreds of boxes of all sizes. The trip on the road was delayed again and again. After Shen Xi tied Almeida and others to the capital, the Folang Ji people gathered enough money to redeem them.
In the opinion of Folangji people, these Ming Dynasty officials were too greedy.
In the past, we gave you so many silver coins and gold coins, but now we have "kidnapping" our people for ransom, and we have to be constantly extorted by your officials along the way... Is your emperor also the same virtue, so that we can surrender to us so that we can pay tribute every year?
Don't think about it!
We will redeem people and return to Portugal first. When we come to the Ming Dynasty, we will definitely bring a large number of warships, as well as countless muskets and cannons. We will seek justice when the time comes!
Of course, if we can't get enough warships, muskets and cannons, we won't come.
Although Xie Qian arranged for Chen Xi to receive the reception, he didn't have to worry about the specific reception. However, when it came time to collect "tributes", he needed to come forward to connect and sign the "friendly diplomatic tribute agreement" between the two countries to make up a number.
The Folangji people were very pragmatic. Their people were captured by the Ming Dynasty because of their defeat and had to redeem people, because these people included Almeida, the governor of the fleet appointed by Queen Isabella. If they could not redeem Almeida, they would be hanged when they returned.
If you cannot return to your country, you can only wander outside and become a pirate, and go from an official army to a bandit, which is unacceptable in the eyes of Flangji people.
The first thing they did after arriving in the capital was to quickly verify Almeida's life and death. Only after seeing Almeida safe and sound would they start the next negotiations.
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"It's unreasonable. I came to my Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, so rude!"
The person who said this was not someone else, but Fu Han, the Minister of Rites who was ordered by Emperor Hongzhi to send Fu Langjiren to negotiate matters. At this time, Chen Xi was standing behind Fu Han as the deputy envoy.
Except for Chen Xi going up to greet Fu Han at the beginning, Fu Han ignored Chen Xi again. Perhaps in the eyes of this Shangshu, Chen Xi was not worth mentioning at all.
Chen Xi was also looking at the new Minister of Rites.
"History of Ming Dynasty" says that he led the test-selling case of the sensational examination last year. Chen Xi did not know the authenticity, but one thing is certain that Fu Han was the vested interest in the sales case this time. It was precisely because Cheng Minzheng was taken down that Fu Han replaced Xu Qiong as the Minister of Rites. Cheng Minzheng, who was respected, was the best choice.
But in terms of the court's reputation and character, Fu Han is still OK.
The case of the Ministry of Rites' examination sales test has passed, and Chen Xi does not want to investigate it in detail, because the case itself is a unsolved case. Even if someone is involved, it will be a guide to the situation. Many reasons are mixed together. It is not that anyone who wants to frame Cheng Minzheng, Cheng Minzheng will end up in ruins and die miserably.
Lian Cheng Minzheng's death is purely a coincidence. Look at Xu Jing and Tang Bohu, who were more severely punished, aren't they still living well now?
This day was September 27th, and it was also the first time Chen Xi, as the deputy envoy, negotiated with the Folang Jiren Envoy. Among the people on the scene, he had only bargained with the Folang Jiren. Unfortunately, he was not the righteous envoy, so it was not his turn to speak.
As the "right envoy", Almeida was actually a prisoner. His opinions were not adopted by the Ming court. Instead, the follow-ups were the ones valued by the Ming Dynasty.
According to the emperor's request, this negotiation must allow Folangji people to recognize the identity of the Ming Dynasty as the prefecture of the Ming Dynasty and to be repaired forever. As for tribute, it is only symbolic, because the Ming Dynasty has always been generous to these "vassal states". If someone pays tribute to a piece of sheepskin, he will give him a piece of silk.
Unfortunately, the Folang Ji people didn't know that the Ming Dynasty was so easy to talk to. These Folang Ji people decided to mainly come to bargain with the Ming Dynasty and strive to pay a little less ransom.
Since the Folang Ji people came to "pay tribute", they belonged to a small country with few people and did not allow the envoys of the country to wait, so they first asked the Folang Ji to go to the banquet living room of the Huitong Pavilion, while Fu Han took the Ming Dynasty negotiator to wait in the next room. However, Chen Xi looked around and there was no seat in the room, so it would be better to negotiate earlier.
Chen Xi stood for about an hour and was a little impatient to wait. He thought, what are you doing with these stupid tricks? The Folang Ji people were still afraid of the Ming Dynasty. If they heard that the officials of the Ming Dynasty made such jokes for Gu Quan's face, they would definitely be despised in their hearts.
But Chen Xi was only the deputy envoy and had no qualifications to speak. There were six deputy envoys who participated in the negotiations with him. Although his official qualities were not the lowest, he was only one of the two officials responsible for recording the content of the talks... You can't let the Shangshu, the Minister and the Shaoqing do the record work, right?
Perhaps even Emperor Hongzhi never thought about why the Folang Jiren had specifically proposed to let Chen Xi attend the talks.
Chen Xi followed Fu Han with paper and pen, and finally arrived at the negotiation venue.
Although it is a venue, it is just an ordinary living room with chairs on both sides of the long table. The Folang Jiren is not short and is wearing a thick military uniform, but he does not have a sword.
Seeing that the people from the Ming Dynasty came, all the Folang and Ji stood up to greet him. It was very neat. Fu Han was a little scared when he saw this formation.
Thinking that my artillery was powerful, I ran to the Ming Dynasty to show off my power?
In Fu Han's mind, the biggest impression of the Flang Ji people is the powerful Flang Ji cannons I saw on the school field a few days ago.
One cannon can suppress hundreds of soldiers after it is operated. He was wondering in his mind how much the battle of Quanzhou cost to defeat the Flang Jiman who possesses dozens of cannons.
In Fu Han's mind, the Folangji people may have more bad intentions than the Tatars.
"Please sit!" Fu Han said, sitting down first in the main seat, but he soon found that Folang Jiren's eyes were not looking at him at all. Only then did he realize that these people could not understand what he said.
When Fu Han was thinking about how to communicate, the six deputy envoys on the left side of the long table sat down. Several Folang Jimen looked at each other and sat down neatly, still straight, and at first glance they looked like soldiers.
Chen Xi was thinking at this time that the Ming Dynasty's army was disorganized, and the garrisons in the coastal areas were like pirates, while the pirates who plundered all directions were more like soldiers.
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