Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1374, the prince chooses the concubine
Dongji Port in Nanyun Province, with the arrival of autumn, bursts of cold wind blow from the north, making the busy port a little bit cooler in autumn.

Here at a pier, the sixteen-year-old Anna was in tears, because she was about to leave for the distant capital to participate in the concubine selection of His Highness the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty.

Sixteen-year-old Anna was tall and graceful, and very well-proportioned. She had long flowing black hair, pure sapphire-like eyes, suet-like skin, delicate facial features, and was extremely beautiful.

This is here in Nanyun Province. After thousands of selections by various ethnic groups, the beautiful girls selected after rounds of beauty pageants represent the Caucasians and Georgians in Nanyun Province who went to the capital to participate in the crown prince's concubine selection.

Like her, there are two equally beautiful girls beside her, who are also saying goodbye to their families with tears streaming down their faces at this moment.

"Son, take care~"

Anna's parents were also in tears at this moment. They already knew that once their daughter left, it would be very, very difficult to see each other again in the future.

It's better not to be selected, and you can come back at that time, but once you are selected, it is almost impossible to come back to become the prince's concubine. Even if they go to the capital, they want to see It is not easy for my own daughter.

The palace has its own strict rules and regulations. Once a person enters the palace, she is no longer your daughter, but the concubine of the prince. In the future, when the prince becomes emperor, she will be the concubine of the emperor of Ming Dynasty.

"I know, you guys have to take care~"

Anna has cried until she has no more tears, and she has cried countless times along the way.

"The boat is leaving~"

Here, the officials responsible for escorting them to Beijing also shouted when they looked at the clock tower at the port.

Following the official's shout, the three young girls and their family members cried even more sadly, and all of a sudden they huddled together, but in the end they had to part reluctantly.

Extremely reluctant to board the ship, standing on the deck looking at her parents, Anna burst into tears.

However, no matter how much reluctance there is, you still have to face it with strength. The boat sails and starts to leave the port gradually. The parents on the port dock become smaller and smaller, and finally become blurred.

Anna wiped away her tears, turned her head and looked forward, accompanied by a trace of autumn wind, she couldn't help but hugged her arms tightly, looking extremely lonely and helpless.

With uneasiness about the future, but also a trace of expectation and yearning for the great Ming capital, the three girls kept heading eastward.

When they arrived in the Hezhong area, a few more girls joined their team. These were the girls selected by the Hezhong area to go to the capital to participate in the selection of concubines for the prince.

This time the crown prince's choice of concubine is very different from the past.

In the past, whether it was the crown prince's concubine selection or the emperor's concubine selection, they were basically selected from the two capitals and the thirteen provinces, and the selections were all Han women, usually women from ordinary families.

Of course, this ordinary family does not refer to the families of ordinary people, but refers to those families of small landlords and officials with some foundation and conditions. Queen or something.

These all represent women in the world. At least they must have read books and be able to read and write. The daughters of ordinary people's families do not meet this requirement at all.

But this time the prince Zhu Houzhao chose a concubine differently.

The current Ming Empire has a vast territory, a large population, and countless tribes. At the same time, there are several vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, and a large number of vassal states and colonies overseas.

In order to strengthen the empire's rule over various regions, it is also to promote exchanges and exchanges between various tribes, and it is also to reflect that the Great Heavenly Son treats all tribes equally.

Therefore, in the selection of the crown prince this time, all provinces, vassal states, vassal states, colonies, and tribes are required to hold a beauty pageant internally, and then send a certain number of girls to the capital to participate in the crown prince election according to the requirements. concubine.

Nanyun Province is a place that has only been brought under the rule of the Ming Empire in recent years. The main tribes here are Georgians and Caucasians. Therefore, the imperial court also requires Nanyun Province to select Sanming beauties to go to the capital to participate in the crown prince's concubine selection.

After the news reached Nanyun Province, the people here were overjoyed.

Since ancient times, the Caucasus region has been the battlefield and plunder of various powerful countries and tribes, causing the local Caucasians and Georgians to suffer.

It was the earliest source of slaves for the Genoese in Italy, and the source of slaves for the ancient Romans and Persians. Even in recent years, it has always been a place of plunder by the Ottoman Empire, Persians, Mongols, and Tatars.

After being included under the rule of the Ming Empire, the Son of Heaven treated all the tribes here equally, allowing them to truly live a dignified, stable, and prosperous life.

Although it hasn't been long since it was brought under the rule of the Ming Empire, it has a very high sense of identity with the Ming Empire.

They were also very excited about the selection of concubines by the crown prince of Ming Dynasty. They held an extremely grand beauty pageant and selected three young girls including Anna to go to the capital to participate in the selection of concubines for the crown prince.

For Nanyun Province, this is something to be happy and proud of, but for Anna and the other three young girls, this is not something to be happy about.

Of course, it wasn't just the three of them. When they arrived in the Western Regions, there were more than a dozen young girls in Yili joining their team.

These dozen or so blooming girls are all dressed in beautiful national costumes, one is prettier than the other, and each represents a tribe from the Western Regions who went to the capital to participate in the selection of the crown prince's concubine.

There is Qiqige, who grew up on horseback, herding sheep and horses, a girl who loves to laugh, and her smile is very sweet, very sweet; there is Bahagul, who is born in the Uighur tribe, who is very beautiful, She is also good at singing and dancing, and her beautiful singing voice can be heard along the way; there is also Di Lida from the snowy area of ​​Tianshan Mountain, as clean as a snow lotus on a snowy mountain, shy, brave, and strong...

As they got closer to the capital, the team got bigger and bigger, and Anna knew more and more friends. When she arrived here in Gansu, three more girls from Uzang joined the team.

Dolma likes to laugh the most. It is said that there is an extremely vast grassland with many herdsmen in his home, and he likes Tibetan mastiffs best; Ram is a devout Buddhist who chants scriptures every day; In a short time, we have become good friends with everyone.

The team continued to grow, and more and more young girls joined the team heading to the capital.

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The capital, Liu Jin's residence.

Liu Jin was lying on his old man's chair, enjoying the rare leisure time in autumn.

Autumn in the capital is the most comfortable season of the year. At this time, there is no heat in summer, and a trace of cool autumn wind makes people drowsy, and there is no severe cold in winter. You can enjoy the warm sunshine comfortably and at the same time In autumn and winter, there is a piece of autumn yellow, and the scenery is extremely beautiful. It is very suitable to go to Xiangshan to see the maple forest.

"The war between the Ottoman Empire and the European coalition forces has temporarily come to an end, but things cannot stop like this. More support must be given to the Ottoman Empire, so that it can continue to go west and pull these European countries fiercely. "

Liu Jin's mind is thinking about European affairs.

The entire earth, most of the regions have been included in the territory of Ming Dynasty, and the only ones who can pose a threat to the Ming Empire are Europeans, so we must find a way to hold back the pace of Europe's development. It won't take long, just a few dozen Years are enough.

"Winter City in Siberia is going to start, and more prisoners will be exiled."

"Although this place is colder in winter, it is rich in resources. It is also one of the five major cities that can develop into polar bears in future generations, and it also has unique natural conditions."

"The Kazakh Khanate's immigration plan will also be launched as soon as possible. After five or six years of operation, it will be like the Hezhong area and become the bridgehead for Ming to attack Europe."

"The population is still too small. If there are hundreds of millions of people, there is no need to worry about human affairs."

Liu Jin frowned slightly while thinking.

In such a vast territory, the population of Ming Dynasty is only [-] million, the population is so small that there are too many, too many places that cannot be developed.

Like Liaodong, the land is fertile and rich in resources, but now it has only been developed to the position of Jilin in later generations. The more fertile and rich Heilongjiang River Basin has not been visited by many people.

There are also countless vast and fertile arable lands like the Golden Continent, but there are not enough people to cultivate them, so they can only cheapen the North American bison.

"There are fewer people and there are fewer people. At least there are enough resources, so you can go to the world as much as you want~"

Thinking of this, Liu Jin also laughed. There will always be people on the Internet in later generations who say that there are too many people in a country. If there are fewer than a few billion people, the per capita income will be so high. It is ridiculous to think about it. , How can there not be so many people to create so much wealth?
There are people who have everything. Like now, Daming is very short of people. If you want to immigrate a million people to the newly acquired Kazakh region, there are not many people going there.

"Old Liu, old Liu~"

At this time, Zhu Houzhao's voice came from far and near, and soon, Zhu Houzhao walked over with a face full of excitement.

"Listening to this voice, I always feel that this kid seems to have some happy event again."

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's voice and fast walking steps, Liu Jin began to guess in his heart.

"Old Liu, hurry up, hurry up, follow me to the train station."

Zhu Hou looked at the lazy Liu Jin, pulled him up, and said anxiously.

"Why are you going to the train station?"

Liu Jin asked reluctantly.

"Of course I want to see beauties. Today, beauties from Nanyun Province, Hezhong Province, Xiyu Province, Uzang and other places will arrive in the capital. Hurry up and go see them with me~"

　Is it good to be an emperor in ancient times?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)