After becoming a top-notch peasant woman, she continues to be a top-notch

In the 15th year of Da'an, Emperor Ansheng abdicated and Emperor Anwu succeeded to the throne. After that, the retired emperor and the grand empress dowager went to Nanhai County to recuperate.

After Emperor Anwu ascended the throne, he vigorously carried out reforms, attached importance to agriculture, developed the economy, and promoted maritime transportation. Da'an became even more powerful, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Nanhai County has developed shipping and ocean transportation. Later, a fleet discovered a large island in the southeast. There were some islanders on the island. They were dressed in rags and the country did not look very developed. However, various kinds of fruits were found on the island.

Emperor Anwu then sent troops to the island and dispatched some people to develop the island, which was later named Southeast Island.

Da'an was powerful and all the surrounding small countries submitted to it, especially the small countries in the southwest. Some of these countries even wanted to marry their princesses to Emperor Anwu, but Emperor Anwu refused and married them to some ministers or the children of ministers.

Emperor Anwu inherited the tradition of Emperor Ansheng having only one wife, and all the children were born to the empress alone. The empress gave birth to two sons and two daughters for Emperor Anwu. The eldest prince, Qiao Beiheng, was named crown prince, and later became Emperor Anjing.

At this time, in a house near the sea in Nanhai County, Zhen Yue was carrying a bucket and a fishing rod in her hand, preparing to go out quietly.

She hadn't taken a few steps when the door behind her opened. "Where are you going?"

Zhen Yue's body stiffened, and she stepped back with a chuckle, putting the bucket down, "I didn't do anything."

Qiao Chao: "Are you going to go sea fishing?"

Zhen Yue felt guilty, "Haha."

Qiao Chao sighed, "Have you forgotten that you almost fell into the sea and sprained your ankle?" His foot was about to fall again.

When she was in Kyoto, she spent the whole day fishing by the pond. Now, when she came to Nanhai County, she went out to sea fishing all day. I wonder why she is so keen on fishing?

Zhen Yue always said, "Jiang Taigong fishes, and those who are willing take the bait. I also want to be Jiang Taigong for once."

Qiao Chao didn't know who Jiang Taigong she was talking about, but he still didn't want her to go this time, "You promised me that you wouldn't go again this month."

Zhen Yue put down her things and said, "Okay, I was wrong."

Qiao Chao walked up to her and said, "I'm just worried about you. You scared me to death last time." He couldn't even imagine what she would do if she fell into the sea and was washed away and never saw him again.

Now his heart can't take it anymore. Although the two are in Nanhai County, the imperial physician will check their bodies every month. Now they are old but have some minor ailments which are not very serious. For example, Zhen Yue has a bad lumbar spine and Qiao Chao has a bad heart. There are also some hidden injuries from previous battles. So it is best for the two to have a good rest every day and not to overwork themselves.

Zhen Yue was not the one who worked too hard. She had nothing to do every day, so she would occasionally go fishing or shopping. As for Qiao Chao, although his son had succeeded to the throne, he would still write to him occasionally to ask about something.

Moreover, Nanhai County wanted to develop naval shipping, so it had previously killed all the Japanese pirates nearby and then moved to more distant places.

Zhen Yue had suggested going west before. When Da'an's ships went west, they discovered more countries, and none of them were as developed as Da'an. They found that Da'an's silk, tea, etc. were very popular in other countries. Later, the ship merchants brought back some local specialties, as well as some iron ores, coal mines, etc.

When some ship merchants found that they were making a lot of money this way, more and more of them wanted to go out to sea for business. Later, Da'an established the Navigation Department to specifically manage maritime business.

However, when maritime merchants may encounter various disasters or be detained by local people in other countries, Da'an specially dispatched official large ships to protect these merchants. In addition to protecting this maritime trade route, it also serves as a deterrent to other countries!

Later, more and more people from Western countries came to this Eastern country. Seeing that the people of the big country in the East looked very different from them, but their food, clothing, housing and transportation were something only the best could afford, some of them stayed and even learned Da'an Mandarin.

Seeing Qiao Chao like this, Zhen Yue stopped talking about going sea fishing, but she still held out her hand to Qiao Chao with the bucket, "Then let's go fishing."

Qiao Chao took her hand, picked up the pliers, and walked to the beach with her. Of course, there were people following them.

In addition to Zhen Yue and Qiao Chao, there were other people going to the beach to catch seafood. When the two of them first arrived, they knew nothing and had to ask the fishermen here for help.

The fishermen here didn't know the identities of the two men, but they could tell that they were either rich or noble. After all, the guards following them looked very powerful.

Qiao Chao had just used pliers to take a squid out of a crack in the rock and put it in a bucket when a woman came over to greet them, "Mr. Qiao and Mrs. Qiao, you're here again today?"

Zhen Yue had hired this Mrs. Zhao's boat to go sea fishing, so the two were quite familiar with each other. "So you're from the Zhao family. Are you here to fish too?" Zhen Yue greeted with a smile.

Mrs. Zhao: "The tide is receding, come and take a look. Bring my Xiaohua and Xiaogu with you." Xiaohua and Xiaogu are her grandchildren. They are catching crabs in the back. Children who live at the seaside will follow along to catch crabs when they are very young.

Zhen Yue looked at her bucket, "Wow! It looks like you have harvested quite a lot today. You are really amazing. Everyone says that you are an expert at catching seafood, and your reputation really lives up to your reputation." Zhen Yue praised.

Mrs. Zhao smiled so hard that her gap teeth showed. "Mrs. Zhen, you are too kind." She looked at Zhen Yue's bucket and saw that there were only a few crabs and an octopus. She immediately put a few fish she had caught from the sea into her bucket. "My family can't eat that much. These are all for you. They are delicious."

Zhen Yue smiled and said, "Everyone says that Madam Zhao is kind and helpful. If that's true, then I won't be polite."

Mrs. Zhao's smile deepened. "Oh, thank you so much! Hahaha."

Qiao Chao on the side: ...His Ah Yue coaxed Mrs. Zhao into giving two more octopuses with just a few words. It's really a wall.

After chatting with Mrs. Zhao for a few words, Zhen Yue and Qiao Chao continued walking. They said they were going to the beach, but in fact, they were just taking a walk and occasionally catching some seafood from the cracks in the rocks. They were just doing it for fun.

After the two of them carried a bucket of seafood home and took it to the kitchen, Qian Song came over with a letter, "Master, there's a letter from the Emperor."

Here, everyone calls Qiao Chao and Zhen Yue "Master".

Qiao Chao opened the letter and read it with Zhen Yue, and found that the Xiongnu king had died. Yes, it was the Xiongnu king Maodun Qu who had signed a non-aggression treaty with them.

In the letter, Achu said that he wanted to occupy the land of the Xiongnu. Anyway, the Xiongnu king who signed the contract had passed away, and the Xiongnu was in a bit of chaos now. However, Qiao Chao, who signed the contract, was still alive, so he wanted to ask.

Qiao Chao looked at Zhen Yue, "What do you think?"

Zhen Yue blinked, "Of course I have no objection, and I remember that many people over there can now speak our Da'an dialect." In order to buy and sell things in the market, many Xiongnu, Dayuan, Dayuezhi and others can speak Da'an dialect. They have all been sinicized. Isn't it a matter of time before they become Han people?

Qiao Chao: "I'll write a letter right away." He also had no objection.