The Ming Dynasty started with caution

"Hey!" Zhu Houzhao stared at Yan Chengjin: "Old Gao, I always feel that you want to kill Liu Jin?"

Yan Chengjin asked with a smile: "Does your highness need a companion?"

"No."

"If the old companion doesn't go, how can a new companion come?"

"The new companion is not as good as Liu's companion. You can return him to me after a few days of imprisonment." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

Back at the mansion,

Yan Chengjin glanced around the room and saw a large colored porcelain flowerpot from the Chenghua period with small holes poked out, which is just right for growing peppers.

In winter, it is cold, and it can be planted indoors as a potted plant.

Chunxiao became more and more courageous, and walked up to ask: "Master, is there anything I can help with?"

"Yes, go to the yard and shovel some chicken manure." Yan Chengjin said seriously.

Chunxiao nodded, turned and walked to the front yard. The vegetables and fruits planted in the yard were all fertilized with these natural organic fertilizers.

Pepper cultivation requires a fertile land.

There is an advantage of planting in winter. The insects in the soil hibernate and will not eat the pepper seeds. With the greenhouse, the conditions for germination become the same as in spring.

At least 60% of them can survive.

He Neng came back from shopping and asked in confusion: "Young master wants to plant flowers and plants?"

"Go to Liangxiang and tell Zhang Xian to send a few craftsmen who can repair. This young master wants to build a small shed in the mansion." Yan Chengjin ordered.

The next morning, several craftsmen were waiting outside the mansion.

Soon after a few days, a small glass shed appeared in the courtyard of the old mansion.

It was five feet long and three feet wide, supported by blue brick walls and embedded with large pieces of glass. It looked a bit like a house with floor-to-ceiling windows.

The temperature below was too low, so it must be burned with ground dragons.

Yan Chengjin ordered: "Light a fire and try to see if it is warm."

He Neng took a few servants and ran to the fire room underground. Two hours later, Yan Chengjin walked into Xiaopeng again and felt warm all over.

"This small shed can be used to grow fruits and vegetables. You two sisters will take care of it."

"Yes, Master, can we grow fruits and vegetables in the winter?" Chunxiao hesitated and said.

"Just plant it the same way as before. The ground dragon cannot stop. In two months, this Master will eat fresh cucumbers."

Chunxiao was stunned for a moment: "So urgent?"

"Well, if we plant it now, three months will be enough." Yan Chengjin said.

After the winter in the capital, the only green vegetables are Chinese cabbage, and the rest are pumpkins and other vegetables that he doesn't like to eat. If he only grows peppers, he will burn the ground dragon, which is a waste.

Just plant some fruits and vegetables.

...

The Censorate, the government office.

Liu Jin has been imprisoned for a few days, and no one has asked about it so far. It's better if he falls into the hands of the French.

Those French will be poisoned to death in a month at most.

If he falls into the hands of Lord Yan, he can't use the poison.

Lord Yan is extremely cautious and never eats outside food. When he came to the East Palace before, he didn't even drink tea.

If you want to poison him, you have to knock him out first.

"Are you thinking about how to poison me?" Yan Chengjin stood in front of the prison door, three feet away.

Liu Jin quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "My lord, I swear that I can't afford to poison you!"

"You are smart. How did you come back from France?" Yan Chengjin saw that he returned home in glory and was a little suspicious.

Liu Jin's eyes were a little evasive. After a long time, he said: "I came back along the way I went."

There are many small countries in the Western Regions, such as Wusun, Qiuci, Yanqi, Ruoqiang, Hami, etc.

These countries are all bandits.

Liu Jin was alone when he went there, and it was impossible for him to wear gold and silver when he came back, like the emperor of Europe.

Yan Chengjin suspected that Liu Jin must have concealed something.

"Did you bring an entourage?"

"No..."

"Nicholas Liu Jin, the envoy of the Kingdom of Daqin and the Ming Dynasty!" Yan Chengjin read out his official title word by word.

The Censorate was one of the three judicial departments of the court.

It was in the inn that Liu Jin's entourage was found, and his background was investigated. After making sufficient preparations, he came to see him.

This guy pretended to be an envoy of the Ming Dynasty in Dashi and met the crown prince of Dashi.

He returned to Dashi after being escorted by soldiers of Dashi.

Liu Jin actually learned the trick of Zhu Houzhao to give himself an official position.

He did not die in the Western Regions, worthy of being one of the Eight Tigers, and he has a bit of Bear Grylls' survival power.

Liu Jin was frightened and insisted: "I didn't do it... Your Excellency is wronged."

Yan Chengjin took out the document from Dashi from his arms, and Liu Jin seemed to have lost his soul, with his mouth slightly open.

...

Huagai Palace,

There was no ground heating, and the palace was a little cold, but His Majesty insisted on coming here, and Xiao Jing had no choice but to put on the big banner for His Majesty.

Emperor Hongzhi said worriedly, "Is there any news about Zuo Zongyi?"

"No, I guess, Lord Zuo should have just gone out to sea, and the news should come back in a few days. Your Majesty, don't worry. Lord Zuo met the Japanese pirates when he was the censor in Fujian." Xiao Jing smiled.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed, "I naturally believe in Zuo Qing's family."

"Your Majesty, there is a strange thing. The missing companion of the East Palace is back. I heard that he went to France." Mou Bin reported.

"What did he go to the Western Regions for!" Emperor Hongzhi was puzzled, and vaguely felt that it was related to the prince.

Mou Bin said, "The prince sent him to find something called potatoes."

Emperor Hongzhi paused, "What is potato...? Did you find it?"

"I found peppers." Mou Bin smiled.

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was interested, Xiao Jing interrupted, "I also heard from my subordinates that the companion was called Liu Jin, a eunuch selected by me from the inner academy in my early years.

I don't know how, but Lord Yan locked him up in the Censorate. "

The more Emperor Hongzhi listened, the more bizarre it became: "He went to France and came back?"

"I heard that!" Mou Bin nodded heavily.

If an eunuch escaped from the palace, he could be caned, exiled, or even hanged.

It all depends on how the Imperial Household Department handles it.

And the Ming Dynasty implemented a maritime ban, so he couldn't run to France!

What surprised Emperor Hongzhi was that this man actually came back alive, which was really a bit magical.

For a moment, he was a little excited.

Since the eunuch Sanbao went to the West, all nations came to pay tribute.

But after Renzong, the national strength gradually declined, and only a few surrounding foreign countries came to pay tribute.

Now that nearly a hundred years have passed, I wonder what the countries of France are like.

"Bring him to see me!"

Xiao Jing quickly went to the yamen of the Censorate to ask for someone, and Yan Chengjin ordered: "Eunuch Xiao, this man is very good at using poison."

"Don't worry, Lord Yan, we will keep an eye on him. "

After a while,

Liu Jin knelt in front of Emperor Hongzhi, trembling, "I am Liu Jin, your majesty."

"How are the French countries in the west?" The majestic voice of Emperor Hongzhi sounded.

"I went to Daqin, but I haven't reached Daqin yet." Liu Jin didn't dare to hide it: "Everyone in Daqin can't afford to eat, they are almost starving, far less prosperous than my Ming Dynasty."

The corners of Emperor Hongzhi's mouth relaxed slightly, and soon disappeared: "So poor?"

"Your Majesty, it's true, I dare not hide anything."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said, "What about the peppers?"

"I gave them all to Lord Yan."

Yan Chengjin came to the Huagai Palace and met Emperor Hongzhi.

Liu Jin lied that he was an envoy and fooled Daqin's customs documents.

This is a serious crime of sheltering. If Liu Jin is killed, at least he should tell Emperor Hongzhi.

"What is this? "Emperor Hongzhi flipped through a few pages and found that he had never seen such words before.

Yan Chengjin bowed slightly: "Liu Jin lied that he was an envoy of the Ming Dynasty and cheated the documents of the Kingdom of Daqin."