Businessmen, especially those who come from a foreign country and have just arrived in another country, have every reason to go to any corner and contact any environment, except for government offices and military restricted areas.
If they have other purposes, they can easily hide their true purpose. Unless you do not allow him to do business, he can learn enough about the topography and political situation through the people or things he comes into contact with.
and information on various aspects such as economic development.
When Xia Xun learned that the people he was about to deal with were envoys from the Tamerlane Empire, he paid attention and arranged for people to find out about them. Then he went to the residence of Duke Cheng, Zhu Neng, to discuss the annual meeting.
I was traveling around with the Timur Empire envoys, so I came home late.
This time I took the envoys from the Timur Empire out, mainly to show off their military power and intimidate their opponents through military might. Of course, I had to say hello to the people in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion first. Zhu Neng was a senior with the same status but more seniority.
He is old, so he has to go and say hello in person to show respect, so the Ministry of War does not have to worry. Ru Chang and him are now almost friends who have been together for a long time.
Within two days, Xia Xun was rewarded. When Altusa came to the Ming Dynasty, he brought a total of one hundred merchants. Now, with the permission of the Ming Emperor, these merchants have gone to various places to purchase Ming products.
When I heard this news, I felt a little strange. People in this era obviously still paid too little attention to non-wartime intelligence operations, so that no one noticed the weirdness in it. Instead, they thought it was a good way for foreign countries to understand our great dynasty.
I gladly accepted the opportunity.
They came all the way from the Western Regions, how could they know so clearly about the Ming Dynasty and know which places are the great cities of Dafu? In other words, is there any better place to buy Ming Dynasty goods than the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty? There is no better place than the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty to buy goods from all over the world.
Is it more complete here? Especially after finding out where these businessmen went, Xia Xun felt more confident. These people went to areas to the west, northwest, and southwest, and at this time, the economic center of the Ming Dynasty
It is centered on Jinling and radiates to the entire southeast coast. Why would a businessman not go to a wealthy place but go to a remote and desolate place?
However, Xia Xun did not interfere in this matter. This was agreed by the emperor. Without real evidence, he could not rely on speculation to ask the emperor to issue an order to restrict the actions of these foreign businessmen. Furthermore, the information they were able to obtain,
Including the geography of mountains and rivers, and the direction of rivers, they are all clearly there. Unless you don't even let people pass by, you can't cover them.
Timur once coerced the Ming envoys to accompany him throughout the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers he conquered, showing off his military might. Emperor Yongle was treating others with his own methods. How could the Ming Dynasty hide its head and show its tail and weaken its own prestige?
If all the things that should be hidden and should not be hidden are hidden, then all countries in the modern world will not need huge military parades and displays of advanced weapons. Sometimes, the enemy can only be conquered with an upright force.
So Xia Xun just made some arrangements with officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry and the Fifth Army Governor's Office on the travel routes and items that needed to be visited, as well as the preparations for the *** military parade in Texas. The next time is
It’s New Year’s Eve.
Visiting and paying New Year greetings, accepting visits and paying New Year greetings, and welcoming and sending off people are a laborious task. Now that we have become relatives with the royal family, the royal family and the Xu family also have to walk around, which makes Xia Xun dizzy. Fortunately, there are
Ming'er and Xie Xie, two wise men, had already taken care of everything, otherwise Xia Xun, a man, would go crazy just by planning which houses to visit and what gifts to give.
Xia Xun originally planned to go out on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month and take Altusa and others around, but Zi Qi was very confident that she gave birth smoothly on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
In ancient times, childbirth was a matter of life and death for both mother and child. In fact, the main reason was that most of the girls who were pregnant at that time were still underage and their pelvis was not fully developed, which could easily cause danger during childbirth. Ziqi is only giving birth now, so it is not
It's not a bad thing. Firstly, she is already in her early twenties. Secondly, she has practiced martial arts since she was a child and has excellent physical fitness.
Ming'er found four Wenbao women with the most experience in delivering babies from the capital, but none of them worked. Zi Qi was so angry that a newborn baby was born. She was a daughter and she looked very cute.
Xia Xun personally guarded the birth of the child, which was extremely rare, so he ignored Zi Qi's strong protest and resolutely gave his fourth baby a nickname, "Zhengqi".
Xia Xun felt that this baby girl could be born smoothly before she went on a business trip, saving her the trouble of going back and forth, which was a great blessing to her father. However, the women of the Yang family did not think so. Even Ming'er was a little anxious. Originally, she
I also hoped that Zi Qi would give birth to a son for my husband this time. Having more children and grandchildren is a prosperous family. However, they gave birth to four girls in a row. Could it be that my husband was born with the "father-in-law destiny"?
For this reason, several women of the Yang family were very busy, doing divination and fortune-telling, hiring famous doctors, and they were very savvy. However, Xia Xun did not have the consciousness to worry about his children. Seeing his lovely wives looking like they were facing a formidable enemy, he felt that
It was very funny. But when I thought about it carefully, Xia Xun vaguely remembered some things I had read while browsing the Internet, and it seemed that there was something about having a boy or girl in it.
There was a lot of content in it. Xia Xun was not married at the time, so he didn't take it seriously. He didn't remember much. He only vaguely remembered that the probability of having a boy or girl seemed to be related to diet and sexual intercourse time. It seemed that the food he ate was acidic, which would kill people easily.
There seems to be some truth to the fact that sperm with xy chromosomes can produce boys.
Because Xia Xun read from another report that due to the pollution of modern food and water sources, the probability of giving birth to a girl will be much greater than that of a boy in the future. It seems that sperm with xy chromosomes are more fragile and can be easily killed. The other is sexual intercourse.
The time and distance between menstrual periods can also increase the probability of having a boy or girl.
After Xia Xun remembered it, he casually said a few words to Ming'er about the news that his eating habits and sexual intercourse time might be related to the probability of having a boy or girl. He didn't take it seriously, but Ming'er remembered it and told him about it later.
I told you thank you, thank you told Zi Qi the news, and Su Ying told Su Ying...
When all the women in the family knew about it, the Metal Dragon agent was given a very sacred task, one that even Xia Xun didn't know about: to investigate the time in London and the daily eating habits of couples who had more sons.
A very different kind of census began.
This is also an extremely difficult task for the powerful Qianlong!
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Xia Xun and several envoys from the Timur Empire set out on the road, leaving Yingtianfu, entering Zhenjiang, Changzhou, and then to Suzhou, the paradise on earth. Then they went by water to Huai'an Prefecture, transferred to Fengyang Prefecture, crossed the Yellow River north to Shandong, and paid a visit to the Confucius Temple.
Along the way, I gained a full understanding of the customs and habits of the Central Plains, the geographical environment, and several envoys from the Timurid Empire.
Xia Xun didn't take this seriously. The Timurid Empire was in the west. If they really wanted to come, they could only come from the west on horseback, crossing the desert and the Loess Plateau, but could not come from the sea. Let them know about the coast.
The situation in the region is not a problem at all, and this is the most prosperous region in the Ming Dynasty. Visiting this area also meets the requirements of Emperor Yongle to promote the country's prestige.
After arriving in Qufu, Shandong, after paying homage to Confucius, the group went to Yanzhou Mansion. After staying in Yanzhou Mansion, Adulsha and others had to walk around the streets by themselves. Along the way, they visited every city.
, several envoys had to find excuses to leave alone, travel around, and try to obtain all the information they could get. Xia Xun obeyed and did not prohibit it.
Firstly, he had no strong excuse to stop the other party's actions. Secondly, and the main reason was that in his memory, the lame Emperor Timur died of illness on the way to the Eastern Expedition. His empire completely relied on him.
He existed with strong personal charm, but as soon as he died, it immediately fell apart. The empire was busy fighting for power within itself and no longer posed a threat to the Ming Dynasty. For this reason, does he still care about the little tricks of Adul Shah and others?
Adulsha and others went shopping, while Xia Xun tidied up and rushed to Prince Yan's Mansion to pay homage to Prince Yan. There are now two princes in Shandong, one is King Qi of Qingzhou, and the other is Prince Yan. The prince is inferior to the emperor.
, to all officials, he is also a king, so since he entered the city, Xia Xun, the Duke of the country, also had to go to the mansion to pay homage to him, in order to follow the rules of a king and his ministers.
King Yan did not dare to neglect the emperor's favorite minister. King Qi, King Zhou, and King Ning all had deep friendship with Duke Fu. The current emperor's fourth brother was the brother-in-law of Duke Fu. How could King Yan dare to put on airs in front of him?
, hurriedly opened the door of the mansion, personally welcomed Xia Xun into the mansion politely, held a banquet in the Yin'an Palace, summoned the vassal kings and ministers, and entertained Xia Xun warmly.
At this time, Chen Dulsha, Gaisu Yedin, and Ulan Bari had just come out of a bookstore. The shopkeeper chased them to the door and waved to them warmly: "Welcome again, three distinguished guests!"
Behind the three people, there were several big men in Hufu, one of whom was dragging a small cart filled with books. Every time these people went to a city, they would check out all kinds of books and buy them all, regardless of whether they were useful or not.
Set. They brought a large amount of gold with them when they came, and they had exchanged it for Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes when they were in Beijing. As long as they could buy it, they didn't even tell the price, so of course they were very popular.
Ulan Bari was the only one among the three who could understand Chinese and knew the Ming Dynasty relatively well. He whispered a few words to Chendulsha and walked away alone. Abdulsha and Gesuyedin swaggered to search for others.
After leaving the place, Ulan Bari asked for directions alone and walked towards the Yamen of Yanzhou Prefecture.
"Excuse me, where can I buy Di Bao?"
Ulan Bage stopped a person coming out of the yamen and asked with a smile.
The Di Bao was invented during the Western Han Dynasty and became the earliest newspaper in the world. Due to the backward copying methods, a copy of the Di Bao was passed down from above. Officials and gentry at the lower level who wanted to read the Di Bao had to copy it again according to the original copy.
, so since the Song Dynasty, there have been people who specialize in copying and selling newspapers for profit. Most of these people set up small shops near the yamen entrance.
Di Bao is publicly distributed and can be bought if you have money. It records all the recent major events in the government and the public. The news obtained from it is not only the latest, but also covers the widest range of aspects.
Ulan Bari went to the small shop that specialized in selling Di newspapers and asked in detail. Not only did he buy the current issue of Di newspapers, he also bought the expired Di newspapers that had not yet been sold.
, holding it in his arms, hurried to the post house.