Bright Spring

Zhu Gaoxu has always believed that in such a place with high mountains and long roads, the soldiers do not understand the local language and the terrain, so it is not the best strategy to use troops directly; it is best to win over the locals.

He then discussed with Qian Xun and others, and quickly drew up a rough strategy.

Try to make good friends with Sijia, and give some goods regularly, so that they allow Yunnan to send Meng Yang Xuanwei envoy to open mines.Zhu Gaoxu's men excavated the jade raw material and escorted it to the Qianhu Office in Tengchong.Set up warehouse transit there.

The ore was finally transported to Yongchang Fucheng, which was already a relatively stable place; the ore was roughly processed in Yongchang Fucheng, and then escorted to Kunming City to be finely crafted into jewelry and jade.After that, they can use the sales outlets of the Shen family and other merchants to sell.

As long as this source of income is opened up, everything in the future can be dealt with calmly.

Zhu Gaoxu did what he said, and wrote a letter to inform Shen Xu's strategy.When he received a reply with no objection, he immediately sent his guards out again and asked Chang Shi Qian Xun to be in charge of negotiating with the Si family.

The Ming Dynasty called Pingmian Xuanweisi, Mengyang Xuanweishi and other places as Luchuan, and the natives there spoke the same language as those in the western Yunnan prefectures, and they were suspected to be of the same family.However, there are many native officials of the Ming Dynasty in Yongchang Mansion and other places. As long as you find some native officials to accompany you, it will be much more convenient for officials of the Han Palace to communicate with homesickness.

Zhu Gaoxu was going to test his homesick attitude before deciding on his next step.

Chapter 267 Jade Bracelet

On a clear morning in early March, Zhu Gaoxu happily walked into the front palace inside Chengyun Gate.He saw Guo Wei frowning, standing in the palace with an unhappy expression.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu coming in, Guo Wei bowed her knees and saluted: "Your lord came back so early today?"

"What happened to Wei'er?" Zhu Gaoxu asked back.He turned his head and saw a court lady kneeling on the ground, picking up pieces of green jade on the wooden board.

Guo Wei said: "Just now when I was packing my things, I accidentally broke the jade bracelet on the corner of the table... Could something bad happen?"

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at her abdomen, then shook his head with a smile on his face and said, "It just so happens, Wei'er, look what I brought." After he finished speaking, he took out a silk bag from his arms and handed it to Guo Wei.

Guo Wei took the item, gently opened it, and saw a pair of emerald green bracelets inside.Her eyes immediately brightened a little, and her brows quickly relaxed. She stretched out her fingers to touch the bracelet for a while, then raised her head and smiled: "It's really a coincidence, just after I broke the jade bracelet, the prince took it with me. I came back with a new bracelet..." She immediately asked a little nervously, "Is it for me?"

Zhu Gaoxu laughed and said: "Of course! If you don't wear the old one, you won't get the new one. I'll put it on for you."

He picked up Guo Wei's delicate jade white left hand, pinched it lightly, and put a jade bracelet into it.Guo Wei's hands are very soft, easy to wear, and the size is just right... After all, when Zhu Gaoxu asked Shen Xu to make this pair of bracelets, he customized the size.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, and felt that it was weird to wear a jade bracelet on each hand. Anyway, he had never seen it before, and someone had worn it like this... Maybe it was because each hand was wearing a jade bracelet like handcuffs?He put another jade bracelet into Guo Wei's left wrist.

Guo Wei lowered her head, her face flushed red, she lowered her head, lovingly playing with the jade bracelet with her right hand.Zhu Gaoxu didn't say much, looked at her with a smile, and thought: Sure enough, there is no woman who doesn't like beautiful jewelry!

Guo Wei raised her head and said softly: "Thank you, my lord. This bracelet is so bright!"

Only then did Zhu Gaoxu ask, "Do you like it?"

Guo Wei nodded without hesitation.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "This is emerald, it seems to be from the ice waxy species. The emerald is not bad, but the rare thing is that it has a good luster. Wei'er has a good eye, and it is very bright at a glance."

Guo Wei was even more joyful when she heard it, and she was so happy that she didn't know how to speak.

Zhu Gaoxu continued: "Our people mined jade from the mountains of Mengyang Xuanwei, and made bracelets with jade. Right now, what Weier is holding should be the world's first pair of jadeite bracelets."

"My lord treats me so well..." Guo Wei said softly with a blushing face.

At this moment, a group of women walked to the hall outside the palace door and saluted at the door.Guo Wei called them in, Zhu Gaoxu turned around and saw Du Qianrui and Yao Ji coming.

Du Qianrui saw the bracelet on Guo Wei's wrist at a glance, and knelt down and said, "The new bracelet of the princess is so beautiful."

Guo Wei raised her hand and said slowly: "My lord just gave it to me. He said it was a jade stone he found from Mengyang Xuanwei. It is unique in the world." , has already exposed her mood.

Yao Ji then said softly, "It's really a rare treasure."

Guo Wei became more and more happy after hearing this, and turned to Zhu Gaoxu and said, "If my lord finds new jade, can I also give them a pair?"

Zhu Gaoxu froze for a moment, then nodded.

Du Qianrui hurriedly said: "How dare a concubine compare with the princess?"

Guo Wei smiled slightly, noncommittal.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced outside the door and said, "The weather is nice today. I heard that a little exposure to the sun is good for the body." He glanced at Guo Wei's abdomen again, but it was still not obvious at this time, "Let's Go for a walk in the nearby garden."

Guo Wei nodded immediately, then looked down at her clothes, and said briskly: "Wait a minute, my lord, I will come when I change my clothes."

When Guo Wei went behind the partition, Zhu Gaoxu turned to face Du Qianrui and Yao Ji, and said gently: "Since the princess said just now, I will choose a pair for each of you when I make other jade bracelets."

Du Qianrui and Yao Ji bowed their knees one after another and said, "Thank you, my concubine."

Zhu Gaoxu asked in a low voice: "Is that kind of jade bracelet really attractive?"

Du Qianrui hurriedly said: "Returning to the prince, it is indeed very beautiful, and it will be even more beautiful when worn by the princess."

Yao Ji also said softly: "It is indeed good. It is easy to see that it is more delicate and smooth than ordinary jade bracelets, and the color is also very bright."

Zhu Gaoxu's gaze stayed on Yao Ji's face for a moment.Yao Ji noticed it right away, she looked at Zhu Gaoxu and showed a slight smile, she didn't seem to have any unpleasant emotions.As long as there is a smile on that gorgeous face and ice-jade white face, it will make people feel like a spring breeze.Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu breathed a sigh of relief, and his mood improved.

Hearing their praise, he was even more grinning from ear to ear... As long as women think emeralds are good, there will be endless markets and wealth!

When Guo Wei changed her clothes and came out, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help looking her up and down.Guo Wei came up, lowered her eyebrows slightly, and bowed gracefully to one side of her face.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I haven't seen you wearing this, the new clothes are pretty nice."

To the north of the Chengyun Gate is the harem of the palace, where guards are prohibited from entering. There are three palaces in the front, middle and back on the central axis.There are many corridors on both sides of the palace, and there is a garden surrounded by corridors on the west side nearby.

The garden is very small, with a small pool in the middle, a stone bridge and an artificially piled strange stone rockery on the pool, some flowers and trees are planted around the stone path, and there are corridors around it.All directions of the entire garden can be seen at a glance.

Although the place is not big, but because it is inside the palace, it is neatly built and cleaned very well.Among the antique houses hanging on the top of the mountain, mountains and rivers, moon bridges are dotted among them, and the sky is blue and white. The scenery is really beautiful.Having a beautiful woman by Zhu Gaoxu's side is the finishing touch to the beautiful scenery.

The clear pool water is sparkling, and the glazed tile houses reflect the light of the sun; Guo Weina's pink clothes and silk are delicate and subtle in luster, very textured, just like the graceful and restrained oriental beauty.

Guo Wei gently spread out a silk fan with weak movements, covered her face, turned her head and said shyly, "I'm still afraid of getting sunburned..."

Zhu Gaoxu laughed after hearing this.

Guo Wei said again: "I have so many clothes, I have never worn this one, but the prince immediately saw it, the prince has a heart."

Considering that there was a woman behind him, Zhu Gaoxu said casually, "I remember."

Guo Wei glanced at him, didn't say anything, just responded.

The warm sunshine, the moist breeze blowing from the pool, walking on this stone path, even the soles of the boots will not be dirty.Even in Yunnan, the most remote place in the Ming Dynasty, I still feel very comfortable in this palace.

... Not long after, Qian Xun and others returned to Kunming; with him came several envoys sent by homesickness.

In the front hall of the palace, Zhu Gaoxu gathered officials from the Third Department of Yunnan, the Shen family, and the governor of the Han Palace to meet the envoys of the Si clan; Weiss and other natives were also summoned to participate.

The Si natives who came here wore skirts, and the skirts were different from the long gowns of Hanfu, as if they were really skirts.Zhu Gaoxu also couldn't understand their etiquette, anyway, he only followed Daming's etiquette.

"The Yunnan government is going to send someone to Meng Yang to announce and comfort the envoy to open the jade mine. Has Qian Changshi talked to the homesick local officials about this?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

A dark-skinned man in a round neck and black gauze was translating Zhu Gaoxu's words in a "gumble".Zhu Gaoxu took a look at that person, he was completely dressed as a Han official, but his face was different from that of a Han person... However, Zhu Gaoxu was still not sure about the identity of this person, after all, many Han people who had lived in Yunnan for a long time were also tanned.