The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the thirty-fourth year of Taiping.
This year, the last transport ship sent from the Ming Dynasty to the Great Food Country, and also the last transport ship in the Taiping Era, arrived at Liusha City.
Two male servants arranged by Zhu Jianyan and Liang Yunying, brothers Fuquan and Fuwang, came to Zhu Jingyuan's palace with Liang Yunying's letter.
After seeing the very familiar Zhu Jingyuan, the two brothers knelt down directly:
"Greetings to His Highness the Prince. Madam ordered me and I to deliver a letter for His Highness to read."
The two handed Liang Yunying's letter to the guards following them.
Zhu Jingyuan already knew through a telegram that his mother had written a reply to him, so he was not too surprised now.
He asked the guards to check the letters on the spot. He took two one-hundred-yin notes and gave them to Brother Fuquan who came over during the Chinese New Year:
"You have been floating at sea for more than half a month. Go to the backyard to rest for two days. I will call you later if something happens..."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
The two Fuquan brothers bowed in agreement and left the room with great caution.
The two of them are slaves in Zhu Jianyan's family, and they are already second generation slaves.
Their parents were both Zhu Jianyan's slaves when he was young. They were "Japanese men" and "Japanese women" who were born in the Japanese archipelago.
However, their mother was not a personal maid like Chunxiang who lived in the prince's or grandson's room, but an ordinary maid who worked in the yard.
In ordinary wealthy families, most of the maids who do chores in the yard are Burmese maids and orchids.
As the second son of the queen, Zhu Jianyan was used as a Japanese maid and a Korean maid, even if she was an ordinary maid in the courtyard, but her appearance was more ordinary.
The father of the Fuquan brothers was a male servant who did odd jobs. After their parents were in their twenties, they were married by Zhu Jianyan and gave birth to four children in Zhu Jianyan's home.
This family is very grateful to Zhu Jianyan. Being a slave can still have a relatively stable family, and life is much better than in his hometown.
In the generation of Fuquan's parents, when they became servants of the prince, they had already received comprehensive training and basically had no characteristics of their hometown.
When it comes to the generation of the Fuquan brothers, they are still slaves only in terms of status, and their ancestral origins are only listed in their registration information.
The Fuquan brothers went to rest with the housekeeper.
Zhu Jingyuan's guards checked the letter and confirmed that there was no problem before passing it to Zhu Jingyuan.
Zhu Jingyuan's eyes widened after a few words. What he saw a few days ago, those official rewards were not all!
I can actually ask my father for a reward in private!
Of course, the dividends from Huangzhuang will not be larger, but they can acquire land in several additional places.
This is his mother's credit. If she hadn't made suggestions in front of his father, he might have only one.
There is even a certain possibility that you can only get the land of Crete.
Although those lands don't mean much to me, I am still grateful to my beloved mother.
Regarding the land that he could directly ask for again, Zhu Jingyuan had an idea in his mind.
There are several small islands next to Nagasaki and several small islands opposite the Lion City (Singapore).
And the junction of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania...
Nagasaki and Lion City have already reached a very high level of development, and there is no way to directly allocate large amounts of land there.
If you want a few small islands in such a key area, you can just build a few manors to get some peace and quiet near the already bustling area.
As for the final junction of the three countries in Dongmozhou, it is actually Lake Victoria in the previous life.
This Danshui Lake, with a total area of nearly 70,000 square kilometers, is the largest in Africa and the second largest in the world. It has not yet been discovered by the Ming Dynasty and the Westerners.
The area around this lake is actually the place with the most comfortable climate in eastern Mozhou.
The temperature ranges from 17 to 289 degrees all year round, with the lowest temperature ever being no less than 10 degrees and the lowest temperature ever being no more than 36 degrees.
You have to find someone to investigate, record the situation, report it, and ask for it at the same time.
This kind of deserted place that the Ming Dynasty and Taixi people think is uninhabited, even if it is tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, it is estimated that it can be obtained.
Of course the name of Victoria must be changed, and it will be called Daming Lake from now on.
But these lands are no longer the focus for Zhu Jingyuan.
The focus is on other things mentioned in the letter.
My mother Liang Yunying is coming to the Big Food Country!
And they are here to directly promote marriage and pregnancy!
Zhu Jingyuan lived with his mother for more than ten years in this life, and then recovered the memories of his previous life.
So the feelings for parents in this life are still real.
It's just that the living habits and personality of the previous life are superimposed, resulting in a natural resistance to things like urging marriage.
But now I have no way to refuse.
Emperor Shizu left the judgment that children before the age of twenty were not strong enough, and this was later verified by the research institute of Taiyuan Hospital.
However, the Ming royal family still supports the prince and grandson to find a partner and have children as soon as possible after they turn sixteen.
The purpose is very simple, to confirm as soon as possible that the prince and grandson can have children.
Although the probability of infertility is very small, it is necessary to conduct several verifications to avoid those possibilities that are not too high.
For a potential heir, fertility is very important, even an extremely important ability.
Once it is confirmed that they are born without the ability to have children, then the prince and grandson will definitely have no chance of becoming the heir apparent.
In most cases, a potential heir must not only be fertile, but also have a fertility level that is not too low.
This ability cannot be too low. It does not mean that the prince can meet the physiological needs of women. The prince does not need to consider such things.
Rather, it is relatively easy for one's wife or concubines to become pregnant due to their physical constitution. The actual internal logic should be that the activity of reproductive cells is high.
Because the heirs of the Ming Dynasty adopted a semi-competitive model, there were quite stringent training and examinations for the reserve position and practical administration training.
Without a sufficient number of sons, and without sons who can pass reserve training and practical training, there is no way to ensure the ability of future generations of emperors.
If a certain prince or grandson changes several concubines in a row, and it takes several years to get a boy and a girl, then he has no chance of succeeding to the throne.
As for other arrangements, it doesn't matter if officials and teachers with daughters come to the country of food, and if they have to fund bursaries and hope schools themselves.
Perhaps in the eyes of future generations, the direction and purpose of this kind of decision-making are extremely decadent.
But the current parties may not be resistant to this kind of thing.
If these personnel knew that this was to create opportunities for their daughter to come into contact with Zhu Jingyuan, they might even compete for a spot.
After all, Zhu Jingyuan is the second richest man in the world.
Zhu Jingyuan sighed quietly after reading his mother's letter.
I really have no way to shirk my identity and can only accept this reality.
Fortunately, he is now the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and no woman can look down on him.
I don't have any fear of marriage now.
Of course, you don’t have to worry too much about taking care of your children.
I really don’t want my eldest son to be born to Hu Ji.
So there is really no problem with mother's arrangement.
After careful consideration, Zhu Jingyuan sent a telegram back to his mother.
Generally speaking, it means that he knows his mother's plan and accepts his mother's arrangement.
Sponsor poor students, invest in hope schools, and find girls you like.
You can ask for two princes' concubines in advance, and you can ask the clan mansion to arrange them for you, but you should not look for children of the same age as yourself.
It is really dangerous to become a mother at the age of fifteen or sixteen.
Of course, it is impossible to follow the modern so-called optimal childbearing age of around thirty years old.
Although I don't mind if my child is more mature, I really can't accept an aunt who is more than ten years older than me...
Secondly, the optimal age for childbearing is around thirty years old, which is the standard of modern society.
It is a conclusion reached based on factors such as the mother’s learning and growth, ability and income, psychological maturity, ability to take care of her children, and socio-medical conditions.
Zhu Jingyuan In this era when modern science has just begun, the older a mother becomes, the more dangerous it is for her to have children.
As a mother who is pregnant with a prince's child, she does not need to consider external factors such as the economy, environment, family, or her own ability to take care of her child.
Simply considering the mother's physical condition, the most suitable age is twenty years old.
Although the incidence of various diseases is not the lowest, they are in the best physical condition and have the strongest recovery ability.
This is when you are more likely to persevere in the face of danger.
So Zhu Jingyuan directly made a request to his mother and asked the clan mansion to introduce him to two girls in their twenties.
You need to be tall, have long legs, be healthy, be optimistic and cheerful, never get sick, and have good fertility.
If you can't directly raise your age to twenty, then let your child's mother be in the best condition.
