Although Almeida was majestic, after leading a fleet to the Strait of Malacca and conquering Mantara, he established colonial sites in Sumatra, Java, Boni and Luzon, these "great achievements" were nothing compared to the trade with the Ming Dynasty.

So what if you take all the uncivilized islands in Southeast Asia? The output is simple handicrafts, and medicinal materials and spices. Even if you can traffic in humans and become slaves in the country of Folangji, the Malay race is generally shorter and thin. It takes about a year to go back and forth from Southeast Asia to the country of Folangji. It is better to traffic black slaves directly in Africa.

But it is different from the Ming Dynasty's trade. At this time, the Ottoman Empire blocked the east-west traffic and controlled the trade with the Ming Dynasty, causing almost all the Ming Dynasty's goods to be sold at sky-high prices in Europe.

Almeida directly sold the local specialties from Southeast Asia to the Ming Dynasty, and then obtained tea, pottery, porcelain, silk and other goods worth a thousand dollars in the eyes of Europeans. He had almost no investment and had huge profits of hundreds or thousands of times, and he was a good deal with a huge profit.

In the past two years, Almeida only transported dozens of ships of ceramics, silk and tea to the country of Folangji, which made him gain countless reputations. If he left in shame, it would be like all his previous efforts were wasted and he might not be punished by the king.

Now it depends on whether Almeida has the courage to engage in a military confrontation with the Ming Dynasty.

If someone else guarded the southeast coast, Almeida had a high chance of taking risks. He had robbed a lot of good things on the coast of the Ming Dynasty before, but after being defeated by Shen Xi in the Battle of Quanzhou and escorted him to the capital, he began to know how vast the territory of the Ming Dynasty was, how rich the people were, and how strong the military was.

How much tea and ceramics can ordinary people on the coast have at home? Not to mention things like silk that ordinary people cannot own! The robbery is thankless, and the income is just inferior goods. It is not a good price to ship it back to Europe, so it is better to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Shen Xi is now fearless. Almeida will get out if he has the ability. At that time, I can bring a fleet to Luzon, Boni and other islands into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. If you have salt fields and plantations, you can also use Southeast Asia's human resources and resources to develop the East Fen, which is the Taiwan Island in later generations.

He sent someone to send the letter to the Folang Jiren. In addition to issuing a warning order to the Fujian and Guangdong garrisons in the name of the governor of the three provinces, Shen Xi waited for the news about the Folang Jiren in Guangzhou City.

If Almeida had a little bit of a normal mind, she would compromise with the Ming Dynasty. He did not dare to come in person, and would send people to reconcile with the Ming Dynasty, because the large amount of goods he had bought had been seized, and the local specialties from all over the Southeast Asian region stored on Shangchuan Island would have suffered huge losses if the Flang fleet did not ask for it through negotiations.

At this time, Shen Xi was most concerned about not the Folang Jiren, but the corn and sweet potatoes he planted in the backyard of the inn.

After four months of cultivation, Shen Xi finally harvested the first crop before the first snowfall in Guangzhou Prefecture, and it was also the first crop of corn and sweet potatoes on the land of Ming Dynasty.

When he pushed the corn away, looked at the orange rice grains inside, and then saw the baskets of sweet potatoes, Shen Xi's mood could only be described as excitement.

This year, there are almost no pests and diseases specifically targeting corn and sweet potatoes. As an invasive species on the land of the Ming Dynasty, sweet potatoes and corn have no natural enemies in a short period of time, nor have hybrid crops reduced their yields after years of planting. A large harvest occurred in the small backyard, and so on, and a bumper harvest can also be achieved during the promotion period in the next few years.

The harvest of crops, but the one who came to work was not Chen Xi's personal guards or the brothers of the carriage and horse gang, but the female family members of the Shen family.

Neither Xie Yun'er nor Xie Hengnu had the temper of a young lady, and happily entered the field. Xie Hengnu, the most spoiled among all, liked this kind of field work very much. Lu Xier and Yin Wen also tried their best to help. Only Lin Dai was afraid of getting dirty herself, so she used a hoe to dig sweet potatoes. After a few strokes, she felt weak in her hands and feet, and she went to break corn, but was cut by the corn leaves and screamed.

Zhou's family is like a commander in the back garden. She is the only one in the family who is born in the field and has a rich farming experience.

When he was almost busy, Zhou pinched his waist and said, "I said, "I said, "Silly, what are you doing?" You can't eat it, and you can't see it. Do you dry the things and take them back to use them as firewood? You have become an official, don't do farm work anymore, you will be laughed at if you tell them!"

Chen Xidao: "Mom, this is what Your Majesty ordered the child to plant."

"I'm gonna be."

Zhou spat, "Are you stupid and careless? The emperor is arrogant and lives in the palace, and is not diligent in all four bodies and grains. Will you plant this thing?"

"Yanwoo, if you are short of money, you can save some food at home and work hard to support you in your studies to make you say goodbye to the fields. You are so good that you are not a good official who is delicious and has come to farm?"

Before, Zhou didn't know that Chen Xi had planted some things in the backyard of the inn. She wanted her to find out early and she had to bring someone to shovel the things flat.

My son is the top scholar and a third-rank official in the court. Farming means self-destruction and self-destruction. I, a mother, must not let him continue to fall!

Xie Yuner wiped her sweat and walked over to explain: "Mom, it was really your Majesty who asked me to plant it. This is a new seed introduced from overseas. We have not had it in the Ming Dynasty. The harvest here is the basis for the future reproduction and expansion of the planting scale, and it will be promoted to the whole country in the future. Mom... My husband may become a famous minister who has been famous throughout the Ming Dynasty in history!"

"real?"

Zhou was skeptical and took a corn cob in his hand, peeled it open and looked at it, "The kernel is not small. Can this yellow and orange thing be cooked as rice? The emperor is fine to do it, so let my son grow this thing?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Mom, this thing is called corn. It can be crushed like wheat. It can be steamed steamed buns, porridge, and steamed. Don't underestimate this thing. One acre of land can produce six or seven hundred kilograms. As for sweet potatoes... it is sweet potatoes, which can produce thousands of kilograms!"

"You fool me? A mu of paddy fields produces more than 200 kilograms of rice, which is a bumper harvest. You actually say that you can produce six or seven hundred kilograms?"

After all, Zhou's family came from the fields and was very sensitive to crop yields.

At this time, the farming technology was backward, without fertilizers, and without generations of seed selection and hybridization. Even a mu of mature fields could only produce about 200 kilograms of grain, and the bumper year was less than 300 kilograms. This is the fundamental reason why the population of the Ming Dynasty has remained at about 100 million for the past three hundred years.

Due to the limitations of backward production tools, irrigation conditions and farming crops, the existing land in the Ming Dynasty could only feed so many people, and they could not afford to be born, and the society remained in a relatively balanced state.

But since corn and sweet potatoes were introduced to China, the population in China began to surge. This is also because there is more food and the chances of raising children when they are born have increased greatly. Who doesn’t want more children?

Chen Xidao: "Mom, I didn't lie to you. You will know after a large-scale promotion of planting."

Originally, tender corn was delicious, but Chen Xi did not dare to waste corn seeds. He also waited for the corn to be fully mature before he came to harvest it. All corn would be used as seeds for ploughing next year. However, sweet potato yields are high, and sweet potato roots and tubers can be used as seeds. After Chen Xi was preparing to work, he let his women taste it.

"I will give you roasted sweet potatoes tonight!" Chen Xi smiled.

Xie Hengnu's little face was covered with crystal beads of sweat, but he was still filled with a happy smile. He looked up at Chen Xi and asked, "Brother Qi, what is roasted sweet potato?"

Before Chen Xi could reply, Lin Dai first interjected: "Just throw the round thing that I just dug out into the fire and roast it for food..."

Chen Xi, who was washing his hands, nodded: "That's right, I just roasted sweet potatoes to eat. When I was in school... Uh, I heard that this thing is delicious."

Zhou Shi spat and said, "Bah, why did you have this thing when you went to school? After being tired for a long time, my mother went back to lie down first. Her body is no longer as good as before... Alas, it was all caused by your father!"

A 33-year-old woman with no husband around her, and it’s okay for a day or two. As she grows up, she can’t help but think of her husband’s goodness, especially a woman like Zhou, who is affectionate with Shen Mingjun. When Shen Mingjun is by her side, she hates her husband for being unsatisfied, but Shen Mingjun is not here, and she complains that her husband doesn’t love her.

But she forgot that she ran away from home and came to Guangzhou Prefecture, and Shen Mingjun still didn't know where she was going.

At night, the Shen family was lively.

This was the second day after Chen Xi returned home, and the first day he stayed at home to spend the night. During the day, the family worked together and enjoyed the fruits of labor at night.

Chen Xi set a fire in the yard, buried the sweet potatoes in the scorching firewood ash, then set the fire on it, or directly put it on the fire... He didn't know which way to roast the roasted sweet potatoes he had eaten before.

On the other hand, he selected a few tender corns from a pile of old corn that cannot be kept. He was going to taste whether the taste of the corn was authentic and just pretended to be a guinea pig.

Since he promised to introduce and try to plant new crops for the imperial court, Chenxi was aware of being a guinea pig. To promote corn and sweet potatoes, he must first prove to people that these two things have no toxic side effects.

After roasting sweet potatoes, Chen Xi tasted them first.

I pushed aside the scorched sweet potato peels, revealing the orange sweet potato meat. I took my mouth and left my teeth and cheeks with fragrance. The previous second I was burning my tongue, but the next second I couldn't help but send good things to my throat. A warm feeling ran out of my mouth to my stomach. I let out a breath, and a refreshing feeling arises naturally.

"Dai'er, Jun'er, I'm out to eat good food."

Chen Xi shouted, and the little girls in the room ran out, like a female soldier waiting for the commander to review, lined up from high to short. Chen Xi put a few roasted sweet potatoes into a large porcelain bowl, "Take it inside and eat it, peel off the scorched skin outside first... It's too hot, be careful not to burn your mouth!"

Lin Dai volunteered to hold the big porcelain bowl in her arms. The bowl was a little hot. She quickly wrapped her hand with her sleeves and hugged it in her arms. Several girls entered the room. After a while, a sound of "It's so sweet and delicious" came from inside.

"Try it for me, don't be fooling people... Well, it tastes like a good deal, give me another piece... Hey, you damn girl, didn't you hear that you left me one more piece?"

Zhou also joined the ranks of food grabbing.

When Chen Xi used a basket to deliver more roasted sweet potatoes to the main hall, there was finally no need to rush to eat them here, everyone took care of them.

Chen Xi took out two roasted sweet potatoes and gave Zhu Shan, who was pursing his lips desperately, and said, "Take it."

"Thank you, Master."

Without saying a word, Zhu Shan sat on a small stool holding the roasted sweet potato, tearing the skin and putting it on to chew it, quickly showing an intoxicating look... What's delicious or not is most obvious on Zhu Shan's face, because he is a complete foodie.

Xie Yuner and others were still eating sweet potatoes. Chen Xi dug out the roasted corn from the pile of grass ash, pulled apart the coating on the surface, and said, "Who tastes this?"

"I, I."

This time, Lin Dai didn't care about being reserved and ran out of the house first.

"I'd better do it first."

Chen Xi took a bite of roasted corn by himself. The fresh tender corn was still very watery even though it had been roasted and it tasted sweet in his mouth.

A familiar feeling arises naturally, and then Chen Xi handed the remaining three roasted corn to Lin Dai, "Put it into the house and eat it separately, and just eat two bites by one person. If you are poisoned, our family will not be lonely on the road to the underworld."

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ps: The first update is here!

I took my children out to play during the day, and there were crowds everywhere. It was already five o'clock when I got home. I hurriedly wrote a chapter... Everyone should accompany their family if they have time, don't stay at home and ignore family affection.
Chapter completed!