Ming Dynasty: Every day, Zhu Yuanzhang is in trouble

Chapter 447 Greetings from Zhu Di

"Fourth brother, are you back?"

Looking at Zhu Di in front of him, he said happily.

The person in front of him is none other than Prince of Yan, Zhu Di.

It’s just that Zhu Di at this time looked much darker than before.

The already dark face became even darker.

Moreover, there was a lot more murderous aura in his body.

This was the result of Zhu Di leading people to pacify overseas pirates and taking charge in Jiangnan during this period.

"Haha, second brother-in-law, I miss you so much!"

Zhu Di laughed and said.

He walked up to Mei Yin and gave him a bear hug.

Compared with before, Zhu Di seemed to have become much more bold and unrestrained.

Military career is also very training for people.

People will unconsciously distance themselves from all that pretentiousness.

If Zhu Di had faced Mei Yin before, he would not have used such a method to express his feelings.

"Come on, Fourth Brother, let's go inside and talk."

Mei Yin looked at Zhu Di and spoke to him with a smile, seeming to be in a very good mood.

After all, Zhu Di is different from ordinary people. He is the future Emperor Yongle.

Although now, with my arrival, I am afraid that my fourth brother, the Yongle Emperor, may not be able to take the throne.

However, when facing Zhu Di, some of the feelings in my heart are still different from when facing other people.

What's more, apart from his future identity as Emperor Yongle, Zhu Di treated himself very well.

Among these uncles, Mei Yin felt that the one who had the best relationship with him, apart from Crown Prince Zhu Biao, was Zhu Di.

The second, third, fifth and other uncles are also very good.

However, if Mei Yin had to rank them.

He felt that the person who would be ranked first would definitely be his fourth uncle Zhu Di.

"Brother-in-law, please prepare something delicious for me, I'm so greedy!
After being away for such a long time, what I thought about most was the meals you cooked, my second brother-in-law.

Sometimes I dream about this.”

Zhu Di said with a smile.

Mei Yin smiled and said, “That’s for sure.

It's a good opportunity for Fourth Brother to taste my cooking skills and see if I've improved."

Hearing Mei Yin say this, Zhu Di laughed even more happily.

His back teeth were exposed, and he was so happy that he could not describe it in words.

He really wasn't lying, he was really craving the food made by Mei Yin.

I just feel that all the meals I have eaten outside taste much worse than those cooked by my second brother-in-law.

It is far inferior to my second brother-in-law's cooking skills.

"Second brother-in-law, look at what this is."

As Zhu Di spoke, he personally carried out a large box from the side.

When the box was opened, a beautifully packaged item appeared inside.

This thing is wrapped very carefully, layer by layer, and you can't see its original appearance.

After carefully peeling off these layers one by one, the true appearance of Mount Lu is revealed.

"Wow! This is a good stuff!"

A six-foot-tall coral appeared in front of Mei Yin.

This thing is not cheap in today's Ming Dynasty.

"Fourth brother, it's a big expense. It's really a big expense."

Zhu Di waved his hands and said, "What is the cost?
This thing was valuable before, but it is not so valuable now.

It was only after the opening of the Maritime Customs that we discovered that many places overseas were so wealthy.

There are many things that are very expensive here, but not that expensive there.

These are just some overseas specialties.”

"Your specialty is really special!"

Mei Yin couldn't help laughing.

Then two more boxes were opened, which contained the specialties that Zhu Di brought.

It is filled with all kinds of spices.

Spices are not cheap at all nowadays.

Many spices are worth more than gold!

It can even be used as hard currency to exchange things.

Otherwise, in the later Ming Dynasty, when paying salaries to officials, spices would be used as salary.

This shows how hard spices were in this era.

Although the Ming Dynasty has now opened a Maritime Customs Office, from now on, more and more spices will be shipped in from outside.

But no matter how much of this stuff there is, the price won’t be particularly cheap.

For example, in later generations, materials have become very abundant.

Many things like star anise and peppercorns are quite expensive if they are sold by pound.

Not to mention the current situation.

“I have selfish motives in giving these to my second brother-in-law.

This thing was for you, my second brother-in-law, to use in cooking, but I ate it instead. "

He had already prepared these and wanted to give them to Mei Yin.

However, just before that, he had just dealt with Chen Fang's two pirate groups, and then he was ordered by his father to go to Suzhou and other places to put out the fire.

Kill a lot of people.

Until now, when things over there have stabilized and he is no longer needed to do these things here, he started to come back.

Next, Mei Yin put down what she was doing and started cooking.

First he caught a big goose and then killed it.

He then took out the rabbits he had raised and knocked out two of them.

Get some of the rest of the failures and start processing them here.

Zhu Di, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, who had killed countless people in Jiangnan and frightened them, was also not idle when Mei Yin was doing these things.

Help out on the side.

They pluck the geese and gut them, and they are very skilled at this.

After all, when she came to Mei Yin, she was not a prince of the Ming Dynasty.

He's just my uncle visiting my brother-in-law's house.

Princess Ningguo also offered to help, and Liu Qiuyan helped take care of Guoguo.

While doing things, say something from time to time.

They get along very well.

Mei Yin stewed this goose in an iron pot

Paste some pancakes on the edge.

How did the rabbit make it spicy?

Mei Yin likes spicy food, and now he has a lot of chili peppers on hand. With chili peppers, he can leave the seeds and only eat the skin.

It will not delay the subsequent planting.

So now, Mei Yin is much more generous when eating chili peppers than before.

I also ordered a few other dishes, it was very rich.

After a busy period, when the sun was setting at noon, the aroma of food began to waft around Mei Yin's house.

"Come on, come on, eat, eat, I'm already hungry."

Zhu Biaomei invited Zhu Di and others to start eating.

Zhu Di picked up a piece of goose meat and put it into his mouth.

I just feel that this taste is so good that I can't even describe it.

And the meat is very firm, which is incomparable to chicken.

He took down another pancake that was sticking to the edge of the pot, which was already soaked with soup.

Take a bite and you will be delighted by the rich flavor. The more you eat, the more you can’t stop.

"Comfortable!"

Zhu Di took a few bites and couldn't help but let out a sigh of satisfaction.

Zhu Di couldn't help it, he let out a long breath, narrowed his eyes, and looked like he was enjoying it very much.

After eating so many meals, I still think the one cooked by my second brother-in-law is the most delicious.

After eating a piece of goose meat, Zhu Di picked up a piece of rabbit meat and put it into his mouth. His eyes widened immediately.

The flavor of chili mixed with peppercorns blooms in your mouth.

It feels so good!

She had rarely eaten chili peppers before.

After all, Zhu Di had been working overseas for such a long time.

Later he was sent to Jiangnan and other places to take charge.

When I ate it at this time, I was shocked.

The taste is spicy and numbing, just great.

He ate a lot of rabbit meat, roasted, stewed, steamed, boiled...

But none of these rabbit meats are as delicious as the one cooked by Mei Yin.

Cooking rabbit meat requires a lot of skill, as its earthy smell is difficult to remove.

However, the rabbit meat cooked by my second brother-in-law not only has no fishy smell, but is also extremely delicious.

The more you eat, the more you can't stop.

The more you want to eat.

This taste is absolutely amazing!
While enduring the spiciness, I ate the rabbit meat faster.

After a short while, my lips turned red.

I just felt numb and spicy, as if my soul was leaving my body.

He kept breathing there, but after breathing, he started eating rabbit meat without stopping.

Simply can not stop.

"Delicious! Delicious! Really delicious!

Second brother-in-law, your cooking skills are simply amazing!
It’s still better to eat at my second brother-in-law’s place!”

Zhu Di couldn't stop eating, and he praised the food while eating.

This is what eating spicy food is like. The spicier it is, the more appetizing it is, and the more you want to eat it.

Generally speaking, spicy food goes well with rice.

It allows people to eat a lot more than usual.

Princess Ningguo, Liu Qiuyan and others had eaten a lot of spicy food made by Mei Yin before.

But now, I still think it tastes especially good when I eat it again.

This meal can be regarded as a welcome dinner for Zhu Di.

So I cooked a lot of meals.

However, after eating and drinking, he ended up eating most of it.

Among them, most of them went into Zhu Di's mouth.

Zhu Di exclaimed that it was so cool and enjoyable!

After eating, Zhu Di's lips felt numb.

After dinner, I sat on the recliner and drank tea slowly.

And talk about things overseas.

There is also the opening of the Maritime Customs Office in Suzhou and the suppression of local wealthy families.

"Second brother-in-law, I have to say, the Hongwu Cannon is so useful!

That is a magic weapon!
You don't know how arrogant Chen Fang's two pirate groups were at that time.

They thought they could defeat us with their big ships.

Later, when we displayed the Hongwu cannon and opened fire, those bastards were dumbfounded.

Faced with so many Hongwu cannons firing at the same time on our side, we can blow their proud ships to pieces without waiting for them to get close!

It's pure crushing!

Just like the earthen chicken and tile dog, it’s so smooth!

I have fought in battles before, but I have never felt as refreshed as I do now!
This Hongwu cannon is truly a magical weapon!
This is especially true after it is loaded onto a large ship..."

When talking about the naval battle that day, Zhu Di was still beaming with joy and was still immersed in shock.

Even though it happened a long time ago and he has thought about it many times.

I have also told this to many people.

But it’s still exciting to talk about it now.

Zhu Di originally had a good impression of firearms.

I also think that firearms are very important and have great potential.

However, she never expected that with the participation of her second brother-in-law, the firearms made would be so easy to use.

When it comes to fighting with real swords and guns, firearms are so useful that it’s hard to describe how useful they are.

The two are simply not on the same level.

Especially when combined with the flintlock rifle made by his brother-in-law.

Future wars can definitely be rewritten.

Mei Yin smiled and said, “I also think firearms have great potential.

Fighting with swords and guns was a thing of the past.

What will truly dominate wars and become the mainstream will inevitably be firearms!
Moreover, I think the firearms we have now are just basic firearms.

If we really continue to develop, there is still a lot of room for improvement.”

When Zhu Di heard what Mei Yin said, his eyes widened.

He had heard similar arguments before.

However, I always feel that this is somewhat unrealistic.

You know, the firearms that my second brother-in-law has now are extremely easy to use.

He has used it himself, and it is a magical weapon!

But at this time, when he heard his second brother-in-law say that there was still a lot of room for improvement, he was shocked and felt it was somewhat unbelievable.

It wasn't that he didn't want to see better firearms.

The truth is, today's firearms are already very powerful.

It is hard to imagine what the next more powerful firearm will look like.

"Brother-in-law, I believe what you say!

Firearms are the future!

Second brother-in-law, you must make more good firearms.

For my part, I am really looking forward to seeing more powerful and stronger firearms.

One day we will be able to fight with better firearms.

These things make people feel excited just thinking about them!"

As Zhu Di spoke, he couldn't help but reveal a look of longing.

He really wanted to have more powerful firearms.

"Don't worry, Fourth Brother, this day will eventually come.

There will definitely be more powerful, stronger and more diverse firearms.

Even in the future, firearms can be used to propel people into space!"

After hearing what Mei Yin said, Zhu Di's heart became even more shaken.

I always feel that what my second brother-in-law said is very shocking and also makes people yearn for it.

This is heaven!

This is the dream of many people.

However, he still raised some questions.

"This...if we really use firearms to send people flying, wouldn't that kill them?"

Hearing Zhu Di's question, Mei Yin didn't think it was strange.

After all, the firearms that Zhu Di came into contact with now were all designed to explode and kill people after being fired.

It is normal to come to such a conclusion.

Moreover, Wan Hu in history also thought of using this method to take off into space.

As a result, after it took off, it was blown to pieces.

It is normal for Zhu Di to have such thoughts.

“This is actually easy to do without installing explosives inside.

Just use its propulsion force to go up to the sky..."

After hearing what Mei Yin said, Zhu Di thought about it carefully and it seemed that this was indeed the case.

Having said this, the two chatted for a while.

From Zhu Di, Mei Yin learned more about overseas and how the Ming Dynasty opened the Maritime Customs Office to suppress dishonest people in the local area.

After a while, I looked around and saw that there was no one around.
Zhu Di lowered his voice, looked at Mei Yin and said, "Second brother-in-law, you will be granted an overseas fiefdom in the future. Where should I go?"

(End of this chapter)