Your help will not be in vain!
This sentence has a profound meaning. How can we not help in vain?
Lao Zhu looked solemnly, looked at Han Du and asked in a deep voice: "What exactly do you want to do?"
After looking at Lao Zhu and Tang He who were present, Han Du had to hold on and said: "Your Majesty, one million tons of food was destroyed this time. Even if there are navy fishing, such a huge deficit will not be easily filled. If there is a serious food shortage this year, then the Ming Dynasty will inevitably be greeted by a great famine."
These Lao Zhu knew it well, so they just kept their brows down. But food can only grow from the ground and will not fall from the sky. Lao Zhu didn't have any good solution for this. He could only hope that Han Du could fish more and supplement the money.
"Is there anything you can do?"
"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has no food, but other foreign countries have food. For example, Annan has been a land rich in grain since ancient times. The same rice is grown in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty can only harvest it once a year, but Annan can harvest it three times a year. Therefore, Annan’s food is very sufficient, and if we can bring some back, it will be of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty.”
Lao Zhu and Tang He looked at each other and understood what Han Du meant by helping. Under the pretext of eradicating Japanese pirates, they forcibly asked Annan for food. As for whether Annan will give...
Seeing the unkind look on Han Du's face, both of them understood that Han Du was making a request to Annan, not a request.
"I suddenly remembered that there was something else in the palace, so I went back to the palace." Lao Zhu suddenly stood up and walked straight outside without even saying hello.
Han Du's move is morally untenable, but from Lao Zhu's heart, it is the best way to solve the big problem of food shortage in the Ming Dynasty and stabilize the world, so Lao Zhu has to agree with Han Du way of doing. But it's easy to talk about something like this, but it's not easy to hear. This is why Lao Zhu left as if he was running away.
Tang He waited for the emperor to leave, then looked at Han Du for a long time, and then sighed: "No wonder the emperor favors you so much. You really risk everything for the emperor."
Han Du smiled and asked: "Master, do you think this is for the emperor?"
Before Tang He could speak, Han Du continued: "Boy, this is for the people of the world. The food shortage will kill people. Instead of letting the people of Ming Dynasty die, why not let the people of Fanbang die? If you die, you will die as a fellow Taoist, but as a poor Taoist, don't you? .”
Hearing this, Tang He looked at Han Du with a hint of respect. Originally, he thought that Han Du did this to please the emperor, sacrificing his reputation to please the emperor. For those who are officials, it is not shabby to be promoted and make a fortune.
But Han Du said it was to save the lives of some people, which surprised Tang He.
...
Han Du said goodbye to Tang He and returned to Mingjingzhai.
As soon as he entered the backyard, he bumped into Han Jingyun. Han Jingyun also wore plain clothes, but the small abacus in his hand was gone. Holding a book in his arms, he looked like he was about to go out.
"Brother, you're back? When did you come back?" When Han Jingyun saw Han Du coming back, he was as happy as a cheering bird, jumping around in circles around Han Du.
"Just came back," Han Du said casually, paused and looked at Han Jingyun carefully and asked, "Are you going out?"
"Hmm!" Han Jingyun nodded and explained: "The Queen wants me to go to the palace to teach mathematics these days. By the way, if I don't tell my eldest brother, I have to rush to the palace."
"Go, go." Han Du didn't know why Queen Ma suddenly became interested in mathematics and actually asked Jing Yun to come to the palace to teach mathematics. Perhaps to kill the boring time, Han Du shook his head and threw this idea away.
Ever since Han Jingyun solved the problem of the Western Chagatai Khanate in the Fengtian Palace and his arithmetic skills surpassed the entire court, his reputation spread throughout the capital.
What follows is that many people think that Han Jingyun, a woman, can learn arithmetic to such an advanced level. Is it because arithmetic is relatively simple? Maybe you can do it yourself.
Maybe Queen Ma thinks the same way.
"By the way, brother." After taking a few steps, Han Jingyun suddenly looked back and asked, "How long will it take for brother to be back this time?"
"Two or three days," Han Du thought of a reason and tried to prevaricate the girl, "I'm going back to Beijing to report on my work this time, and I'll be leaving in two or three days. We'll wait until tonight to talk about anything. You'd better go to the palace quickly, don't let me The Queen is impatient."
"Oh~" Han Jingyun responded blankly, and ran away holding the book.
Han Du immediately turned around and entered the door. As soon as he entered, he saw his parents there.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back."
"Du'er is back?" Mrs. Liu smiled happily and stood up. Then he ordered the maid next to him, "Go and tell the cook to add more dishes tonight so that Du'er can catch the wind."
"Are you coming back to Beijing to report on your work?" Han De asked speculatively.
"Yes." Han Du did not tell his father what was going on. After all, this matter involved too much, and even if he told his father, he was helpless about it. It wouldn't do anything good except worry him.
Han Du showed an expected expression, suddenly laughed, and said, "You made a lot of noise when you went fishing this time."
"What happened?" Han Du didn't understand what his father was referring to.
"Some time ago, a large amount of sea fish was sold every day in the capital, and the selling price was relatively cheap. Therefore, many people were able to buy a few kilograms of fish and go back to try it. In the past few days, a lot of jokes have been made." Han De said with a smile.
Mrs. Liu on the side suddenly changed her expression and said frankly: "Obviously it was Du'er who allowed them to eat cheap fish. I don't know which of the poor people came out from the mouth of a fishing Earl. I’m really pissed off as a mother.”
Originally, Han Du was awarded the title of earl, which was the Liu family's most proud thing. Her son has been made an earl. As a mother, it is obvious that a royal wife cannot run away. She just doesn't know what rank she is.
But at some point, the nickname Han Du was nicknamed the Fishing Earl reached Liu's ears, which immediately made her lose her temper. You may even wonder why there are so many dukes and earls, but no one dares to call them random joking names. Why should his son be called the fishing earl after he finally became an uncle? The title of my family was also accumulated by my son through his merits little by little.
Because of this, Ms. Liu, who originally liked shopping, was so angry that she couldn't even leave the house.
The fishing Earl?
After hearing this, Han Du just smiled and didn't care about the joke at all.
