The issue of floor heating really kept Yue Lin busy for a while.

After all, the winter of the Ming Dynasty was too difficult, even for high-ranking officials, let alone ordinary people.

It's just that it's more difficult to transform the homes of ordinary people than those of high-ranking officials.

Only by making the country rich and powerful can this money be spent on the people.

Yue Lin knew that the road ahead was difficult, but he finally took the first step.

The renovation of the palace was the most troublesome, but it also made Yue Lin and his father-in-law's family come into contact more frequently.

"My dear son-in-law, it's my fault that the emperor wrongly blamed you before."

Empress Ma enthusiastically served Yue Lin some food, and the latter sat between Yingrao and Minmin, enjoying the blessings of everyone.

“Can this floor heating really make winter feel like summer?”

"Don't worry, Queen Mother, Brother Yue never talks nonsense!"

"Yes, after all, Yingrao and I have good taste."

Seeing that the relationship between the couple was harmonious, Empress Ma felt relieved.

"Mother, I didn't even eat a bite of the food, and you just put it all into my brother-in-law's bowl."

Zhu Ju felt aggrieved because his hands were not long enough and it was difficult to pick up the vegetables.

His mother, who usually cares about him the most, now has a different love for her and gave all the food to Yue Lin. It makes me sad to think about it.

On the other hand, Yue Lin's bowl had turned into a hill, with a big chicken leg on top.

"My dear son-in-law, do you think the people of Tianzhu will form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty as you and I envision?"

Zhu Yuanzhang drank the wine in the glass and said bluntly: "If Beiyuan is not destroyed for a day, we will feel unsafe!"

"If there had been no Emperor Yuan Shun, Minmin's brother might have already taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty and became a famous general in our dynasty!"

According to the death festival for loyal ministers, it was impossible for Wang Baobao to submit to the Ming Dynasty as long as Emperor Yuan Shun was alive.

Failure to get Wang Baobao has always been Zhu Yuanzhang's heartache.

If he had two generals, Xu Da and Wang Baobao, Zhu Yuanzhang was confident that he could restore the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and fight against invincible opponents in the world.

It's a pity that Xu Da is the only one now, and his main opponent is Wang Baobao.

To put it bluntly, even if Lan Yu later destroyed Bei Yuan, a large part of the reason was that Bei Yuan no longer had the backbone of Wang Baobao.

"Brother, he... is a pity."

Zhao Min sighed: "When my father was dying, he once asked him to take good care of the faint king. Otherwise, how could my brother..."

Speaking of this, Zhao Min still held a grudge.

Her brother was so loyal that the foolish king almost forced her to become his concubine.

It can be said that old and new grudges are settled together.

Of course, Yue Lin never forgot about this matter. After all, Zhao Min was already his wife and he would eventually vent his anger on her.

"My Ming Dynasty originally wanted to rest and recuperate for a year, but first Annan became restless, and then Tubo rebelled."

"It turned out to be a troubled year! It's not bad at the beginning of summer now, but I'm afraid that during the lean period, Beiyuan will start looting again."

"My Ming Dynasty still lacks war horses! Even if we call on the whole country to raise horses, there will still be mostly bad horses and bad horses."

Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, not to mention that Lao Zhu is in charge of world affairs.

The family stayed in a warm room to eat. Yue Lin said bluntly: "Master Yue Zhang, I wonder what the relationship between the Tumote Department and my Ming Dynasty is now?"

Tumut?

Zhu Biao said with a smile: "I know this very well. Tumut is now two-faced. My colleagues are professing vassalage to me, the Ming Dynasty and the Beiyuan Dynasty. It can be said that neither side is offended."

Tumut happened to possess the war horse that the Ming Dynasty lacked most.

Yue Lin knew very well that the Mongolians who sold horses at the border all sold the lowest-quality war horses in the tribe to the Ming Dynasty.

Those outstanding war horses were left to our own tribes to train cavalry, and then they would be raided by the Ming Dynasty.

"Tumote can be fought for, but you have to give the other party a bargaining chip for his heart's desire."

Yue Lin smiled and said: "If the time comes, I am willing to send Tumote as an envoy to make him completely fall to the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was excited. If Tumote completely fell to the Ming Dynasty, then the Ming army would no longer lack high-quality war horses!

Nowadays, when fighting Mongolian cavalry, the only thing lacking is high-quality war horses.

With the current combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty cavalry, it will only be more powerful than that of the Bei Yuan.

"good!"

Before Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he was stepped on by Empress Ma.

"What's good? How long have you been back from Tubo?"

"Are you still going to let Yue Lin and Yingrao and Minmin get together?"

"This is the prince-in-law, not your ministers! Are they really being used as horses and oxen?"

Even after being scolded by Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry, so he could only apologize and said with a smile: "Sister, you see, it is precisely because Yue Lin is the consort that we entrust him with important responsibilities!"

"Think about it, when Beiyuan is pacified, won't he be able to accompany Yingrao and Minmin every day?"

"Besides! He doesn't want children now, so why does he stay in the mansion all day?"

When it came to having children, Empress Ma obviously looked at Yue Lin in the wrong way.

"Wonderful son-in-law, it's not that I, the mother-in-law, is talking about you."

Queen Ma sighed and said, "If you want to bring Yingrao and Minmin to be eighteen, it will take at least two years!"

Yue Lin argued with reason, "Mother, it's not that I don't want you to have grandchildren, it's just that giving birth to a child at a young age will cause too much damage to the body."

"The vitality is damaged and the life span is short. I don't want to see Yingrao and Minmin like this. Please forgive me, Queen Mother."

Empress Ma was deeply pleased that Yue Lin was neither humble nor arrogant, which showed that the prince-in-law really cared about the princess.

On the contrary, it was Li Shanchang's son who was nostalgic for having fun and drinking. Fortunately, he respected the princess so much that Lao Zhu and his wife did not cause trouble for each other.

"Your Majesty, the envoy from Tianzhu, Vasani, has returned to Jinling as promised!"

Mao Xiang's face was filled with joy, "Just as the prince-in-law thought, the other party came after the white elephant, which symbolizes auspiciousness, and a rare and exotic beast called a lion."

Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled and said: "What kind of big country is Tianzhu? Aren't you impressed by my Ming Dynasty?"

"Xian son-in-law, what do you think should be done?"

Yue Lin cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, you can let the common people watch rare birds and animals, which will improve the reputation of the court."

"As for those gifts, of course we will accept them, but we only accept gifts, not interviews!"

Only accept gifts and don’t see anyone?

Zhu Biao said softly: "Could it be that my brother-in-law wants to find a way to manipulate the other party again?"

Yue Lin gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "My uncle's guess is right. Whoever takes the initiative in the negotiation will fall into the inferior position."

"If the negotiation goes well, maybe you can get another Tianzhu concubine!"

Zhu Biao's face turned red and he said, "Brother-in-law, don't talk nonsense! I am devoted to Hui'er and will never take a concubine!"

Queen Ma looked at her son, then at her husband, and sighed.

It seems that everyone in this family, except Zhu Yuanzhang who is the father, is so infatuated.

Just like Zhu Biao had Crown Princess Chang Hui, Zhu Xi had Princess Deng Lan of Qin.

"Oh, you two, father-in-law and son-in-law, are really similar. You like to sit back and enjoy the blessings of everyone!"

"Sister, this is not talking about political affairs, why are you still angry?"

"I'm full, you eat slowly!"
Chapter completed!