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After the two freshest periods, this month, what the common people talk about the most is not the school, but the upcoming 'Hundred Kingdoms Banquet' hosted by the Ming court. At that time, all the kings and Part of the royal family will come to Nanjing City of Ming Dynasty to participate in this feast.
In the streets and alleys, in the noisy markets, and even in the houses and taverns of the common people, people are talking about this matter.
"Hey, brother, have you heard? Our Daming is about to usher in a mission from a hundred countries."
"Cut, what is a hundred countries? There are only 50 or [-] small countries around [-] miles away from Ming Dynasty."
"Don't talk about it. We can still go to Nanjing City and see how busy it is!"
Outside Nanjing City, in the 'One Bone' shop on Zhu Song's land, Zhu Song was leading the little ones to gnaw bones in the shop, listening to the discussions of other customers in the shop, couldn't help but shook his head with a smile.
"Father, what are you doing shaking your head?" Zhu Xuankun, who was sucking bone marrow, looked up at the expression on Zhu Song's face, and couldn't help asking: "Aren't they right? There are not so many small countries around our Ming Dynasty."
"Brat, what you hear is what you hear, what you see is what you see." Zhu Song cast a glance at Zhu Xuankun, and said, "The Ministry of Rites has recorded all the small countries around our Ming Dynasty. Although there are less than a hundred of them, they are almost the same."
"Oh, that's it!" Zhu Xuankun nodded, suddenly threw the bone in his hand aside, looked at Zhu Song with glowing eyes, and said, "Then daddy, can we go back to Nanjing by then? People look strange, with big curly hair, high nose bridge, thick lips, the child really wants to see them!"
"Daddy, my son, my son also wants to go and have a look!" Zhu Qilin also raised her head at this time.
"Do you want to go too? Well, anyway, even if the father doesn't go, someone from Beijing will come to urge him to go back." Zhu Xuankun asked, and Zhu Song would directly refuse, but for the two little girls, Zhu Song would be responsive. !
"I knew daddy was the best for us." Zhu Qiyue and Zhu Qilin's faces burst into smiles.
"Okay, let's stay here for a few more days, and after half a month, we'll move back to Nanjing City." Zhu Song touched Zhu Qiyue's little head and said gently: "By the way, Qiyue , Qilin, are two bones enough for one person? If not, daddy will ask shopkeeper Liu to serve you another pot, okay?"
"Daddy, I want to eat ten sticks alone!" Before the two little girls could speak, Zhu Xuankun rushed to say.
This kid's martial arts talent is really good. Just after his sixth birthday, he broke through to the middle stage of Ming Jin. In addition, the little guy is growing his body and replenishing the nutrients needed for martial arts, so it's normal to eat a lot.
But... ten sticks, even though it is stewed bones, but there is a lot of meat on it, ten sticks can support him to death!
Boom!
Zhu Song rewarded Zhu Xuankun with a fist without hesitation, and said: "You kid still eat ten sticks, aren't you afraid of supporting you to death?"
"Daddy, you know how to bully children." Zhu Xuankun touched his little head with aggrieved expression, "My child is growing, let alone ten, even twenty can be eaten by the child, you must not be hungry baby?"
"How much you kid can eat, I don't know your father?" Zhu Song glared at the little guy angrily, "Shopkeeper Liu, here are three more pots, one pot will be brought directly, and the other two pots will be packed and taken away."
"Okay, wait a minute!" The tall and burly Liu Chuan smiled honestly, "I'll go get ready now."
Although in the past eight or nine months, Zhu Song has often taken the little ones to hang out in the commercial street and snack street, but he has not revealed his identity due to illness. Except for those who were selected into the 'maintenance team', the two Few of the shopkeepers in the street know Zhu Song, and this is also for convenience.
"Master... Wang, there is a message from Nanjing City, asking you to go back to Nanjing." Just as Zhu Song and the others cleaned up the third pot of meat bones, Han Qingshan rushed in from a bone shop in a hurry.
"Oh?" Zhu Song, who was gnawing his bones, was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Han Qingshan, and said, "Is there something urgent?"
"Yeah." Han Qingshan nodded and said, "Master, the horses are ready, and they are just outside the shop."
"Looks like I won't be able to be quiet in the future." Zhu Song sighed and said, "Okay, I'll just go back to Nanjing City by myself, and you send the three little guys back to the mansion. If there are no accidents, you all have to Let’s go back to Beijing together.”
When the words fell, Zhu Song stood up and walked directly outside the shop.
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In Nanjing City, in the Fengtian Hall, all the courtiers, except for a few first- and second-rank officials who have not yet opened the palace at the beginning of the court meeting, the rest of the civil and military officials have gone back to their homes and looked for their wives.
At this moment, Zhu Di was sitting high on the dragon chair, and those first and second-rank officials headed by Xie Jin and Xu Huizu were all sitting in the hall. Zhu Di treated them well, at least he didn't let them stand for so long in vain. There are some small tables in front of them, and there are melons, fruits, dishes and fine wines on the tables.
It seems that a banquet is held here, but in fact it is discussing about the 'Hundred Nations Feast'.
"Ministers, according to the memorial submitted by Li Bu, the kings, princesses, and princes of Tatar, Wala, Chenla, Siam, and Sumatra have all arrived in Daming."
Zhu Di was peeling rabbit meat with a knife in his hand, looked at the more than 20 courtiers under the high hall, and said: "I believe that in a few days, we will be able to arrive in Nanjing. Li Ming, how are you preparing for the Ministry of Industry?" "
Li Ming is the right servant of the Ministry of Industry. In the past few months, he has been presiding over the construction in the city, arranging the place where the king of Fanbang and the royal family live. The standard of this place is very high, and it can even be said to be a royal courtyard.
After all, these people who came to Daming were all kings, princes, and queens of various countries, and they represented Fanbang's face, and in order to show his own face, it was naturally impossible for Daming to let these people live under the Hongji Temple. No matter how they do it, they have to show their noble status, don't they?
"Long live Qizuo, because the other courtyard that was built was rebuilt. It has been built so far, and the interior decoration has also been completed. It is only the final inspection."
Li Ming is a middle-aged man in his 50s, and he looks rich. When he smiles, his eyes are narrowed into a slit, and he looks like a big-bellied Maitreya Buddha.
"Hehe, that's good." Zhu Di laughed, "You have done a good job in this matter. After this matter is over, I will naturally reward you and other meritorious ministers."
"Long Live Lord, since the construction of the other courtyard has been completed, I need to get familiar with it." Just as Zhu Di finished speaking, a middle-aged man in his 40s who was sitting in the corner stood up, "The layout of the other courtyard, It needs to have the characteristics of each country, and only if you are familiar with other courtyards, can you arrange the rooms well."
The name of the middle-aged man who spoke was Han Kong, who was the Minister of Rites. Honglu Temple was under the Ministry of Rites, so Han Kong was naturally in charge. Besides, this "Hundred Kingdoms Banquet" was held since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. There must be no mistakes in such an unprecedented event, and Han Kong's request can be regarded as justifiable.
"It's just entertaining foreigners, what's so familiar about it?" At this time, Zhu Song's voice came from outside the hall, and he directly saluted Zhu Di: "My brother has seen the fourth brother!"
"Brother Song is here? Excuse me!" Seeing Zhu Song, Zhu Di stretched out the formalities and said, "It's really difficult to ask you to go back to Beijing! Okay, you can do it first and wait a while, Zheng He, you can prepare later." Bring up a table of wine, vegetables, melons and fruits."
Zheng He nodded, turned around and told the eunuch to prepare.
Zhu Song found a seat and sat down, and said to Zhu Di: "Brother Sihuang, after all, the banquet of a hundred kingdoms is hosted by our Ming court. Even if the kings of foreign countries are allowed to live in thatched cottage, how dare they say no?" Character?"
Chapter 521 Talking about Fengtian
Well, Zhu Song directly treated the Fanbang kings who came to Daming as ordinary people of Daming, greeted them casually, and even thought about letting them live in thatched cottages, he really dared to think.
"You boy, can't you speak more reliably?" Zhu Di glared at Zhu Song angrily, and said, "Anyway, those people are also kings and royal families of various countries, and they have noble status in their own countries, so let them live here. Thatched cottage? Thank you for thinking of it.”
"Hahaha, it's not bad to build another courtyard for them." Zhu Song laughed, "Let them come to Daming, we are the ones to entertain them, and we just need a place to live."
"I think what His Royal Highness King Han said is reasonable." At this time, Yang Shiqi stood up and said: "Since those foreign countries have expressed their surrender to my Ming Dynasty, they must naturally obey my control. Feast' has built other courtyards for these foreign kings, and they should be the ones who feel honored, why waste money, manpower, and material resources to decorate according to the characteristics of these foreign countries?"
Although Yang Shiqi is a civil servant, he still has the arrogance of a wise man in his bones!
"His Highness King Han and Master Liu are wrong!" Han Kong disagreed with the two, "decorating the other courtyard is not only to show the face of King Fanbang, but also to show the wealth and strength of my Daming! If you really send them to If I live in thatched cottage, I'm afraid they will still laugh at me, Daming, for not knowing etiquette and not understanding etiquette!"
"Love him. Damn, you can think whatever you want!" Zhu Song hates this group of people who are doing deceitful things for the sake of the court the most, "Dare to chew the root of my Daming's tongue behind my back, and kill them! "
Domineering, very domineering, quite domineering!
Zhu Song's words were blunt, even rude, but in fact, he expressed a simple and clear meaning, that is: I am more powerful than you, and it is easy to destroy you!
It's very simple, when you come to my Da Ming territory, if you are a tiger, you have to lie down, and if you are a dragon, you have to coil up!
After hearing Zhu Song's words, Han Kong's face flushed and he dared not speak anymore. He was angry, not frightened.
Exactly, when a scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason to explain it!
Zhu Di understood the meaning of Zhu Song's words, so he simply waved his hand and said, "Forget it, Han Kong, the people from the Ministry of Rites will just inspect the other courtyard in a few days. "
"My minister obeys the order!" What else could Han Kong say, he could only accept the order.
"Okay, let's talk about another thing next."
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