Chapter 217 Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, and Chili Peppers Have Arrived!



Everyone else, disperse!

Han Cheng personally brought his daughter up.

Han Cheng was quite excited; he hadn't seen his daughter for twenty years, and she had grown up to be quite good-looking.

The old father liked it more and more as he looked at it, and knelt before the emperor to wipe away his tears.

Han Oumo stood stiffly to one side and performed a strange-looking bow.

They don't care about her anymore.

The Duke of Zheng, being the same, didn't care.

Huan Yue, having eaten his fill, casually remarked, "I've heard that the Empress Dowager has been constantly mentioning Miss Han."

Zhu Shi chimed in from behind the curtain, "Yes, Her Majesty the Empress Dowager has spoken to me about it several times, but unfortunately, we are not destined to meet."

Huan Yue thought Consort De was wonderful.

Everyone knows that Zhu had a good relationship with the Empress Dowager before.

If the Empress Dowager could speak to Zhu several times, then she must have spoken to him many times in total, but the four words "It's a pity we had no chance" were the last thing she said.

Miss Han was originally from the Empress Dowager's maternal family. She didn't come when people were talking about her, and now that she's here, it's too late.

Han Oumo stood ramrod straight, exuding confidence: "I've gone out to sea."

Huan Yue asked, "Fishing? Quite busy?"

Princess Yongqing added, "The children raised in our hometown of Binzhou are quite innocent and carefree, with no manners at all."

Han Oumo disregarded the rules and confidently stated, "I've gone to another country."

Huan Yue was excited, after all, she had never been abroad before, and she had a lot of questions: "Which country did you go to? Was it fun? Did you forget about home? Did you marry a local? Wasn't it fun? You don't need to go through the imperial court to go abroad?"

We'd have to ask customs, right? Don't people need a travel permit to read Journey to the West?

Huan Yue had many questions: "Did you have a romantic encounter, but were heartbroken in the end, and came back to heal your wounds? Look how great our Great Zhao is! Prosperous and flourishing, with handsome and virtuous men, it's no worse than foreign tribes, is it?"

Han Oumo looked down on her: "A frog in a well!"

Huan Yue remained unfazed: "Could you be the legendary swan? My apologies for my overconfidence!"

No one knew what to say.

Anyway, I've already figured it out.

Xie Zhou, supporting his wife and father, said, "Our Great Zhao is still a bit small; the bottom of the well isn't big enough."

Grand Secretary Xu supported this, saying, "If the sky of Great Zhao is vast enough, then the swan is merely flying in a well."

Today, Erlang said, "It's up to you now."

Xie Zhou was terrified.

Han Cheng snapped out of his daze and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty! My daughter brought back many things from overseas!"

Huan Yue remained cheerful: "What? We have it at the bottom of the well? Bring it here and let me see it."

She was positioned at the top.

Therefore, Han Cheng dared not disobey the Crown Princess's request, especially since he wanted to show his true colors.

Lou had five sons, so the three eldest sons carried in two boxes.

It was placed quite far from the emperor's presence, and guards were watching over it.

Han Oumo stood aside, not intending to make a move, and just watched Han Cheng's family busy themselves.

She didn't even need to fight with the Lou family. Her wealth and abilities easily crushed them.

Han Oumo earned a million taels of silver through her own hard work, and that's what gave her confidence.

Han Cheng is working so hard because he wants to exchange these things for even more.

Although his sons were unhappy with Han Oumo, they were willing to tolerate anything for the sake of their future.

Han Cheng took a crystal ball out of the box and reported to His Majesty with great emotion, "This is known locally as a magic ball."

The eunuch took it and, seeing that Lady Huan wanted to see it, handed it to her.

Han Oumo stared at her with disdain.

There happened to be an empty bowl in front of Huan Yue, and he held the crystal ball up to the empty bowl.

Xie Zhou strained to peek at his wife, who was holding a beautiful crystal ball that quickly turned to dust.

Huan Yue peeked out and gave the sage a bright smile: "Look, magic."

He feigned anger: "Nonsense!"

The palace maid, being experienced, carried a bowl of crystal noodles away.

Han Oumo was dumbfounded!

Huan Yue was quite generous and asked, "What else is there? Bring it up quickly."

Someone below shouted angrily, "What are you doing, Green Moth?"

Huan Yue explained: "Magic."

Han Cheng looked at the sage and noticed his displeasure; he quickly lowered his head and took out several basins from the box.

Huan Yue blinked: "Is that a sweet potato? Is that a potato? Corn? Peanut?"

Are you most looking forward to chili peppers or pumpkin?

Someone chuckled: "Did Lady Huan learn this from the Empress when she sent peonies?"

Han Oumer was furious: "Do you even know what this is?"

Han Cheng knelt excitedly before the emperor, shouting loudly, "Sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and peanuts are all important foods. As long as Great Zhao plants them, there will be no shortage of food in the future!"

The eunuch shouted angrily, "No noise!"

Han Oumo retorted, "Do you know what that means?"

Di Baose's voice was loud, but that was because she was far away: "The people's hunger has never been due to a poor harvest. Look at the farmers working themselves to the bone, only to end up eating the food they themselves have?"

Han Oumo scoffed: "That's because there aren't enough!"

Di Baose sneered: "Throughout history, ordinary people have never had enough to eat."

Han Cheng's voice cracked with excitement: "Isn't it just this that's missing?"

Huan Yue said slowly, "You and your daughter are very certain that this thing, which we don't know where it came from, is very important. As long as it's planted, there will be no shortage of food. The people will live a happy life from then on. Are the people overseas happy? Where are they? Should Your Majesty send an envoy to take a look?"

Today's response: "Absolutely."

Empress Dong spoke up: "Does Qing'e not want to see the Han family achieve merit?"

Huan Yue retorted, "Don't you know why the common people are not doing well? I just want to ask, why are the Han family father and daughter so certain? Oranges grown south of the Huai River are sweet oranges, but those grown north of the Huai River are bitter oranges. Isn't this a very simple principle? Many things cannot be grown in different places, so how do you father and daughter know that it will bloom wherever it is planted?"

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