I am the king of the dead

Ran Siniang covered the corner of her mouth with a chuckle, and asked in a low voice, "What about the concubine?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled, the woman's jealousy is very strange, he obviously has no interest in Gao Liji, he thought for a while and said: "Disaster for the country and the people."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment." Ran Siniang said cheerfully.

If a woman is said to be a disaster to the country and the people, then it is naturally scolding her for bewitching the king. If a woman's appearance and body are said to be a disaster to the country and the people, it will become a compliment.

On the art of language.

The more Zhu Qiyu looked at these Gao Liji, the more he felt that something was wrong. He was full of doubts and asked: "Siniang, we don't understand why they are so white, but there is a difference in color from the skin on their arms. There is a threshold of difference. .”

Zhu Qiyu is also learning and using it flexibly, it's strange, but after another look, it's still strange.

Ran Siniang did know, she picked up the rouge powder on another desk, opened it, looked at it and said, "This is the mystery."

Zhu Qiyu leaned over and smelled a slightly sweet metallic smell.

Ran Siniang didn't touch it with her hands, but took a little bit with a small spoon, put it on the white paper, smeared it a little bit, and waited for a while, some black gray appeared on the smeared place.

Ran Siniang put down the white paper and said: "There is some lead and mercury added to this facial fat. This kind of poison existed in Qin Dynasty, called lead white."

"The bigger the dosage, the whiter it will be, and it can even remove the freckles directly. Your Majesty sees them as strange, but it's on the face. It's almost the same as a piece of white paper."

"Once it is stopped, the skin will be sallow immediately, and then gray and black, dull and dull, and various acne spots will appear, just like decay."

"Keep using it. If you use it for a long time, your face will gradually become swollen, dizzy, headache, and ulcers. If it is serious, it will become hysteria. If it is more serious, it will be kidney spleen and stomach. This is poisoning, and it is difficult to cure. .”

"A lot of thin horses, Gao Liji, and some women who are drunk with money in places like Kagura Xiandu all use lead white. They are beautiful for a while, but they will harm them for life."

Zhu Qiyu finally understood why he thought these Gao Liji were strange.

"If she gives birth to a child, she will be deformed." Ran Siniang said with a shiver.

With lingering fear in his heart, Zhu Qiyu pulled Ran Siniang two steps away. Ran Siniang didn't have a child yet, so he still can't touch this thing if he can.

He can also understand why this radiant complexion can be sold into futures, and the price is equivalent to the same weight of gold.

The effect of complexion light and joyful fat is excellent, and it can also be used all over the body, but it will definitely not have these sequelae.

Ran Siniang looked at His Majesty with a smile on her face, it would be irrational to talk about toxicity regardless of dosage, but she knew that her husband cherished her.

She continued: "Actually, there are a lot of lead and mercury soaps, which is also true. It is said to be white and tender, but it is made by feeding poisonous substances."

"It's just some black-hearted merchants who invite some monsters and prostitutes to dress up and sell these poisonous things on the platform."

"This ordinary person doesn't understand these things. Only when his face is rotten will he know remorse."

Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment before realizing what Ran Siniang was referring to as a monster. The actor with red silk tied hair, lipstick, face medicine and make-up, who was more beautiful than a woman, was the monster in Ran Siniang's mouth.

Moreover, these people, monsters, and monsters also like to sell these poisons. If someone uses his face to rot and sues the government, these actors are not afraid. There are old men behind them. When it comes to the Yamen, it may be who is more complaining than whom.

Zhu Qiyu, Ran Siniang and the others continued to wander around.

There are many good things in the Huihui Pavilion in North Korea, such as gemstones, rubies, topaz, amethysts, etc. that make Ran Siniang’s eyes glow with stars, which are crystal clear; and the rainbow satin is also unique, but compared with the dazzling array of silk in Ming Dynasty, It pales in comparison.

North Korea is an unfilial son, and Japan is a rebellious son.

Zhu Qiyu came to the Huihui Pavilion in the Wa Kingdom, and saw Tomiko Hino whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Hino Tomiko is actually not ugly, if it wasn't for the white face and black teeth makeup that scared Zhu Qiyu, Hino Tomiko would still have some qualifications to climb the dragon bed if she cultivated her own temperament.

Moreover, the fiancé who has a marriage contract with Hino Tomiko, the general of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, should have no objections.

Even if Tomiko Hino went back, she could confidently say to Ashikaga Yoshimasa: General, you don't want the Emperor Ming to be angry about this, right?

But now that Tang Xing has brought Jin Canju out of Silver Pavilion Temple, Tomiko Hino will never have the chance to save the dragon again.

Daming was not a Wa country where rituals and music collapsed.

"See Your Majesty, long live your majesty, long live your majesty." Tomiko Hino looked at his majesty the emperor with resentful eyes. Ever since she heard that Jin Shenju was married, she often had this look.

Ran Siniang looked at Tomiko Hino, looked him up and down, it was obvious that Tomiko Hino had been well-dressed.

Ran Siniang expected the enemy to be lenient, and came to Wan Guo Hui with beautiful makeup, it was indeed the right choice.

The Huihui Pavilion in the Japanese Kingdom is simple and straightforward. As soon as you enter the door, you will see large ingots of silver full of sulfur smell. The fineness of these silvers belongs to raw ore, which is variegated silver.

After refining the variegated silver, it can be sent to the Baoyuan Bureau of Ming Dynasty to accept silver coins. Therefore, the first special product of the Japanese country is the Japanese silver.

Standing under the mountain of silver, Zhu Qiyu looked at the variegated silver, which would turn into golden flower silver, and then be pressed into silver coins one by one, which circulated in Daming, leading to department stores.

The country of Wa provided vitality for the economic development of Ming Dynasty.

Outside of the Silver Mountain, there are large ingots of gold. These golds are of high quality. The listed price of one tael of gold is roughly equivalent to 17 taels of silver. Daming is not very keen on gold, and only a few of them will buy it if they want to pass it on to their families. .

And there are not a few gold and silver wares that revolve around gold and silver.

"Are all these exquisite gold and silver wares made in Japan?" Zhu Qiyu's eyes were fixed, and his tone was quite calm, but Ran Siniang, who knew His Majesty well, had already sensed a bit of hostility in His Majesty's words.

His Majesty was a little angry.

Daming is still using the method of money, not the method of banknotes. If the Japanese country has such a forging process, Zhu Qiyu will really think about when the Japanese country will be conquered in an all-round way.

Hino Tomiko sighed and said, "No, they were all built in Songjiang Prefecture."

Hino Tomiko refused to leave in Daming, in fact, she also wanted to obtain the purification of variegated silver and the craftsmanship of gold and silverware, and Hino Tomiko did get these techniques.

However, she found that it was useless to bring them back. There were no skilled craftsmen, and she had thought about cultivating them, but no one bought gold and silver wares in Wa country, and iron wares were more popular in Wa country.

Because Wa is at war.

Raw material production and exporting countries are completely at the low end of the industrial chain.

Hino Tomiko wanted to change this status quo, but the political situation in the Wa Kingdom was unstable at this time. After the imperial order left, the major guardian daimyos immediately became Sengoku daimyos, fighting each other endlessly.

"Oh, it's very delicate." Zhu Qiyu's tone was still calm, but the vague hostility disappeared.

And another specialty of the Japanese country is sulfur. There are many top-grade sulfur mines for sulfur, and the Daming Soap Factory buys nearly [-] million sulfur a year for soap making. The more the better.

And these sulfur are all collected by the Japanese people of the Japanese country from the mines bit by bit.

There are also some other items for sale in Wa Kingdom, such as Japanese maids, and product lines similar to Gao Liji, but the competitiveness is far inferior to Gao Liji, Gao Liji, and Prince Zhide Zhu Zhanqian have used it and said that many Japanese maids are not good at it. Speaking Chinese, so it is even more bleak.

Zhu Qiyu wandered around the country of Japan and was about to leave.

Hino Fuko said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, I have some good tea here. Would you like to try it in the side room?"

Ran Siniang asked with a smile: "Your Majesty Ninth Five-Year Honor, what kind of good tea have you never drunk? The Japanese country is only a barbarian's ear, and it is worthy of His Majesty's mouth?"

"Ran Guiren doesn't know, my tea has its own beauty, and my tea is a new tea with an owner, isn't it particularly tempting?" Fuko Hino's voice was very low, but Ran Siniang and Zhu Qiyu could understand it. I can't hear you.

Ran Siniang covered the corner of her mouth and asked curiously: "It's been a few years, so it must be rotten?"

"Hmph, this smells so rotten, I've already smelled it, do you still have the nerve to ask His Majesty to taste it?"

"You!" Fuko Hino never expected that Ran Guiren, as a nobleman, would be so eloquent.

Zhu Qiyu no longer watched the excitement, but said with a smile: "I never take water and food outside Tai'an Palace, the Japanese envoys do it themselves."

After Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, he smacked his lips, but he was just refusing, but the words were ambiguous, but he didn't hesitate, but asked Xing'an: "Xing'an, which Huihui Pavilion will be next?"

Chapter 683 All Support Except Help

Tomiko Hino finally discovered the essence of the problem, that is, the Emperor Ming had no interest in her at all, and this discovery made her quite sad.

"Your Majesty..." Tomiko Hino suddenly knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face as if she didn't want money, and she had a charming face just now, but the speed of this change of face is really jaw-dropping.

"Your Majesty, pity the Japanese country." Hino Tomiko's voice was a little shrill.

Wa country has a large amount of gold and silver mines and high-quality sulfur, but Wa country has always been in a state of ignorance and difficulty. At present, the Muromachi shogunate has completely lost its authority, and wars broke out among the warlords of Wa country.

Daming easily took away these gold and silver with a large amount of cheap goods, and Daming treasure banknotes that only circulated in Liuhe and Bahuang.

Hino Tomiko couldn't figure out why it was so difficult for the Wa country even though it was sitting on the silver mountain.

For example, the Japanese maids who came this time, these Japanese maids, are far more docile than those Gao Liji, and they don't have much heart, and the Japanese maids who have not been baptized with lead white should be sold at a good price?

On the contrary, even though the price of the maidservants was already [-]% cheaper than that of Gao Liji, the business of Gao Liji was very good and there were a lot of people, but the business of the maidservants was extremely poor and there were few people.

Sitting on the mountain of gold and silver and developing into this appearance, Tomiko Hino was extremely confused, but there was no solution.

And what made her even more horrified was that no one in the Wa kingdom wanted to solve this problem from the general who conquered barbarians, the public, the king, the daimyo, the governor of the house, the samurai, and the head of Guizhou.

Zhu Qiyu glanced at the terrified Japanese servant girls, then at the crying Hino Tomiko, and said calmly, "What does it have to do with me?"

Hino Tomiko finally widened her eyes, and looked at Emperor Ming in disbelief!

She only knew today that the emperor is so ruthless.

Your Majesty is the Holy Son of Heaven, the Heavenly Khan, and the ruler of the world!

The emperor of Ming Dynasty left the Huihui Pavilion of the Wa Kingdom, and only the cry of Tomiko Hino was left, which was still echoing for a long time.

Survival and development itself is a kind of luxury, and people living in this luxury do not realize it.

The situation in the Kingdom of Wa is the normal state of the land of Liuhe. Years of wars have caused the people to live in dire straits, and the king's flag at the head of the city is changed three times a year, making the political situation very bad. This is the main theme of the land of Liuhe.

Wa country is a rebellious son, there is no doubt about it.

The problem of Japanese pirates has become a confidant's problem since the middle of Yuan Dynasty. Japanese pirates harassed the Ming Dynasty's sea area, robbed Ming's merchant ships, forced Ryukyu to pay tribute, etc., and so on.

Zhu Qiyu ordered Tang Xing to include Jinshen Bureau in the house, let Yuan Bin occupy Yinshan, and even asked the two Zhejiang merchants to cooperate with Yuan Bin and others to manage Mountain Yinshan.

It's good to fish in muddy water.

Zhu Qiyu didn't spoil his mood of visiting Wan Guohui because of Fuko Hino's crying, he didn't care.

He and Ran Siniang headed for the next Huihui Pavilion.

The next Huihui Pavilion is the Kingdom of Annan—the Liyue Dynasty.

Zhu Qiyu stood in front of the door, looked at the door of Huihui Pavilion, and stood with his hands behind his back. Even if he didn't want to admit it, even Daming still retained the administrative establishment of the Third Cochin Division, even Emperor Xuande survived until his death, and he was not canonized as King Annan .

However, the Annan Kingdom has been restored, and the Li Dynasty has indeed separated from the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

The main trade between the Le Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty was grain, followed by timber.

Maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty brought back nearly 500 million shi to 800 million shi Champa rice from the Li Dynasty every year, and the quality was excellent, and some of them would even offset the Zhengfu, and they were transported to Mizhou Shipsi to be escorted to the capital.

In the Li Dynasty and Champa, a stone of rice only cost one cent and five cents of silver, while the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty was not the same, but the price of rice in Huguang, Nanya and other places was about three cents.

The vigorous development of the shipbuilding industry in Daming has prompted the continuous delivery of teak from the Li Dynasty to Daming.

Teak is the best shipbuilding wood.

"If I remember correctly, Jiaozhi and Champa seem to have reported disasters this year, but in this price list, the price of food in Le Dynasty and Champa is still [-] cent and [-] cents, and the quantity is more than before." Zhu Qiyu Flipping through the price list of Li Dynasty Huihui Pavilion, his expression is full of doubts.

In Li Binyan’s memorial in January, he mentioned that there were droughts and locust plagues in Cochin and Champa, and that Ming should prepare early to prevent the reduction of production in Cochin and Champa, which would cause drastic changes in food prices in Daming.

But Li Binyan made a miscalculation, and his judgment was wrong. The famine did not seem to affect the grain exports of the Le Dynasty and Champa. On the contrary, the quantity increased by more than [-] shi compared with last year.

What kind of outrageous thing is this?

No wonder Zhu Qiyu was confused, even the courtiers who followed were whispering among themselves.

It's really strange, don't the people of Le Dynasty and Champa don't have to eat?

Li Binyan bowed his head and said: "I thought that the merchants would pass off old grain as new grain and mix it with rotten grain, but I sent people to check carefully, and the quality is excellent."

Li Binyan handed a memorial to Xing'an, and Zhu Qiyu asked Xing'an to file the memorial after reading Li Binyan's memorial.

In fact, it is very simple. The grain export business of Le Dynasty and Champa is complicated.

The rich merchants of Ming Dynasty owned endless land in Le Dynasty and Champa, and these lands were plantations, and the rich merchants of Li Dynasty, Champa City and Ming Dynasty were in a competitive relationship in the matter of exporting grain to Daming .

In order to win business opportunities with Daming, it is just a famine, and the trade with Daming cannot be interrupted!

As for the starving people?It's just consumables, so who cares.

"Li Yu, the king of Joseon, always said that there are great neighbors. This is obvious. Jiaozhi and Zhancheng are not too far behind." Zhu Qiyu's smile was a little cruel.

Daming wants to regain Jiaozhi, there is only one solution, and that is to suspend the people and punish crimes.

Hang: condolences, appeasement.

Rescue the suffering people and attack the sinful meat eaters, this is the great justice.

Daming's rule in Jiaozhi had already failed once. The original rule was indeed a bit inappropriate, and it lost popular support. If it randomly intervened in Jiaozhi affairs, it would probably cause the most fierce resistance from the people.

But what if the common people plead for orders to allow Daming to uphold justice?

Annan Kingdom, which was ruled by the Li Yue Dynasty, was actually politically unstable. Once there was an uprising by the people, it was only natural for the Ming Dynasty to intervene.

During the Chenghua period, Wang Zhi, the Duke of Xichang, once played a performance, saying that Li Hao, the tyrant of Annan Kingdom, was defeated by Laos, and Ming should take back Annan.

Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Jianshen heard what Wang Zhi said, and asked the Ministry of War to present the story of Annan's campaign during the Yongle period.