The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 389 Zhu Yuanzhang Urges Marriage

On both sides of Zhengyang Avenue, countless people have long been looking forward to it.

Because it was so new to them, there were no bricks and stones on the pavement, but carts of river sand and gray-black powdery things.

The two are put together, constantly mixed with water, and then poured in such a big bucket on the Zhengyang Avenue covered with bamboo strips.

"What is this thing? How do you use it to pave the road? It took so much effort to tamp the ground and level it with great difficulty, and now pour this thin mud, what do you think?"

"Could it be His Royal Highness, who was deceived by some villain? Isn't this more harmful?"

"I don't know what to do with the mud. There are so many foreign ministers, it's just a joke."

"Shut up, don't you want to kill us? In broad daylight, you dare to say such words, not to mention the way, just because you criticize His Royal Highness, it is enough to make you kill everyone. Go farther, and there will be patrols." coming."

Amidst the people's doubts and doubts, a large number of police officers came to drive them away, and put up wooden signs saying that it is strictly forbidden to approach.

The initial setting of the cement takes nearly a few days, and the complete hardening takes more than a month.

Therefore, the protection of Zhengyang Avenue is extremely important.

The dirt road a few feet outside Zhengyang Avenue is a temporary road.

Hundreds of carriages dragged a large amount of cement, stirred it constantly, poured it into it, and then leveled it with a long ruler.

Including the reserved drainage holes, these have been planned and considered in advance. When leveling the ground, half a month's effort was mainly spent on this.

Zhu Ying didn't care about some of the common people's comments.

Some things will only be known to others after they are made, and it is even said that there is no need to restrict the speeches of the people, even if some of them secretly and deliberately guide them.

As long as it takes shape, all doubts will naturally be solved.

Jin Yiwei and the Secretary of Public Security couldn't let go of those who went too far.

In Kunning Palace.

Zhu Ying is discussing with Ye Yueqing about the residence newspaper.

After the completion of Zhengyang Avenue, the North-South official road project will be officially put on the agenda.

This agenda is just a process when Zhu Yuanzhang was in court. After all, although Zhu Ying's Qunying Chamber of Commerce is the leader, this matter is a national priority.

But all the places involved in the north-south official road, all the government and villages, need great cooperation.

In order to have enough merchants to donate to it, the guidance of public opinion, including the dissemination of news, the Dibao played a vital role at this time.

"At present, a large number of craftsmen who are good at engraving have been summoned. More than 20 sets of movable type templates have been produced, but the cost of ink is much higher than what was considered before."

"Accounting for the cost, three pennies for a mansion newspaper is already much higher than that. To be specific, four pennies are required."

Ye Yueqing reported in detail.

Whether it is wooden movable type or copper movable type, ink is inseparable.

Relatively speaking, copper movable type has higher requirements for ink.

Zhu Ying once thought that ink was a modern product, but after learning about it, she realized that as far back as the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was already a saying that oil enters water, that is, the creation of ink.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the composition of the ink was very similar to that of later inks.

Although it is still based on water, a linker must be added. Most of this linker is made of tung oil, sesame oil, and fat oil, which is also the origin of the name of the ink.

During the Song Dynasty, the ink-making technique using oil as a linker became more and more mature and perfect.

People gradually discovered that the ink made by adding oil to the ink-making water is much better than the ink made by the predecessors.

After the development of Yuanmeng period, the water-based ink technology of Daming is very perfect now, but if it is printed with copper movable type, if the font is too thin, it is still easy to smudge.

It's just that Zhu Ying solved the problem with a word.

It is nothing more than whether in the ink, it is mainly water or oil.

After the requirements for ink making are mainly based on oil and water, the problem of printing is easily solved.

It sounds very mysterious, it seems that ink was invented so simply at once, but in fact, there is only a layer of window paper between oil-based ink and water-based ink that has not been pierced.

There is basically no difference in the production process.

The ink that Zhu Ying uses for printing with movable copper type now is ink into oil.

Oil became the main carrier of ink.

The best to use, of course, is animal fat, such as lard.

Lard is not cheap.

Today's Ming Dynasty is generally black pigs, which have much less fat content than white pigs.

That is to say, black pigs have less fat, so the amount of oil refined will also be reduced.

Landrace pigs were introduced later.

"There is no need to change the price of three Wen coins." Zhu Ying said with a final word.

Ye Yueqing frowned slightly and said: "But Your Highness, in this way, the production of the Mansion Newspaper can only be filled by other industries. The more it spreads, the bigger the deficit will be."

The strategy of the Di Bao is not limited to the capital. According to the current plan, after the establishment of the capital, if the trial is correct, it will be opened in the thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty immediately.

The intention is to spread the content of the mansion newspaper as quickly as possible.

This is no small plate.

Even if you only earn half a penny, the daily income is extremely exaggerated.

If you lose a penny every day, the amount of loss is unimaginable.

You must know that the production, distribution, and sale of Dibao also require a lot of manpower.

Among them, if there is no profit, it is equivalent to losing everything.

To put it bluntly, the thirteen provinces alone are all spread out, and the daily losses start from 30 to [-] Guanbao notes.

Almost half a year's income of Daming would be lost in one month.

After one year, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce will be completely dragged down.

Naturally, the publication of the Di Bao is not yet said to be published once a day. Due to the limitations of information dissemination channels, it is tentatively scheduled to be published once every ten days.

Even so, it is a very huge amount.

It was also based on this that Ye Yueqing questioned His Highness the Grandson's decision for the first time.

Zhu Ying's expression was calm, even a little indifferent.

He really wanted to tell Ye Yueqing that you knew nothing about traffic.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Ying still decided to explain a few words. It is not a good thing to make people panic.

"After the official release of the mansion newspaper, half of the back side will be left blank. This space is reserved for the local mansion newspaper."

"That is to say, the publications of the residence newspapers in the thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty are different."

"The half of the blank space is for the local clan, or business, and store promotion. These are enough to make up for the large deficit caused by the release."

"The current ink can be said to be the best ink in ink. After that, an ink factory will be set up separately, and the personnel will be reorganized. It will not be under the Dibao, and it will be [-]% lower than the market price of oil smoke ink."

After Ye Yueqing finished listening, although the stone in her heart fell to the ground, there was still some hesitation on her face.

Zhu Ying said with a smile: "There is nothing to worry about between you and me. I also know what the harem means. The old man has also asked me, so I have no objection."

"If there is anything, just say it bluntly, don't shy away from it."

As soon as these words came out, two blushes appeared on Ye Yueqing's cheeks.

The matter of the grandson concubine has been put on the agenda after the year.

There is a way to establish a family and establish a career to bring peace to the world. For the royal family, the inheritance of children is more important than the destiny of the country.

Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned it many times, so he almost sent someone to detain Zhu Ying and quickly deal with the big event.

Especially on the night of Lantern Festival appreciation, Zhu Yuanzhang personally took Zhu Ying to the streets of the capital.

"Look, grandson, it is very important for women to enjoy lanterns during the Lantern Festival. There are always pairs on the road, and those who are alone are especially pitiful."

After walking less than ten steps, he said again: "We Daming men, if there is no accident, you will be married when you reach the crown at the age of 16, even those who are looking for fame and fame, look alone, in fact, there are already beautiful women at home waiting.".
After walking another ten steps, I saw a grandfather hugging his grandson, and sighed, "We are getting older, so I don't know if we can hold our great-grandson for a few more years."

A Lantern Festival made Zhu Ying smile bitterly.

Faced with the old man's urging of marriage, Zhu Ying had no choice but to avoid it. He could only push it to Zhengyang Avenue and report to the mansion.

It means that the wedding ceremony will be held on Zhengyang Avenue, and the people can also get blessings.

The publication of the Mansion Newspaper can spread to the whole country.

Relying on these two things, the old man calmed down a little.

In fact, for Zhu Ying, whether it was in her past life or this life, it was her first time to be a groom.

In the face of this matter, I was still somewhat nervous, and subconsciously avoided it.

But when things come to an end, you have to bite the bullet.

After thinking about it, Zhu Ying let go of Ye Yueqing a lot.

After a long while, Ye Yueqing adjusted his mentality, and then said: "Your Highness, the mansion report is the mouthpiece of the country. Is it too easy to let it go to the merchant family?"

Zhu Yingdao: "They are hiding in the dark, and it is very difficult to find them."

"Every time the residence newspapers of the thirteen provinces are published, they will all be transmitted from the post station to the capital for backup."

"Rather than looking around and not being able to find them, it's better to keep them under our noses. If there are any monsters and monstrosities who want to use their brains, we can find traces."

"Do business honestly. Those who do business should let them make money."

After hearing His Highness Taisun's words, Ye Yueqing realized that he had become small. Obviously, His Highness had to see farther and longer.

Then Zhu Ying asked smoothly: "The editor-in-chief of the Beijing Normal University has found a candidate."

Ye Yueqing nodded and said: "I've already found it. Speaking of this person, I had a relationship with His Highness once."

Zhu Ying couldn't help asking curiously: "Who is that person?"

Ye Yueqing replied: "It was Yuan Jiachi, a Tongsheng from Shangshui County, Henan Province, who was the first applicant at the Overseas Recruitment Center years ago."

Zhu Ying was still very impressed with Yuan Jiachi, and asked, "Didn't he go with Third Uncle? Why did he come to us again?"

Ye Yueqing explained: "The king of Jin"

Zhu Ying raised her hand to interrupt: "It's called Third Uncle."

Ye Yueqing hesitated slightly, and said submissively: "Third Uncle robbed a lot of people from the Overseas Talent Recruitment Center, but within a few days, he was raised in the house and left alone."

"At present, there are many unknowns about the Wa Kingdom, and the third uncle doesn't have too many restrictions on raising them in the mansion."

"According to His Highness's instructions, the editor-in-chief and editor of the Dibao shall not be recruited from the Hanlin Academy. Therefore, when the recruitment is open, this person will also sign up."

"After many investigations, this person has passed all the way. He is very suitable for His Highness to organize the residence newspaper. The rest are very different, so he was appointed as the editor-in-chief."

In fact, it was very difficult to recruit the editor-in-chief and editor of Zhu Yingyao's residence newspaper.

Even the old team from the Western Regions, there are not many suitable ones, and even those who are capable, they have been given other important positions long ago.

So I had to recruit people like a literati circle.

The reason for avoiding the Hanlin Academy is not knowledge, but thinking.

The thinking of Zhu Ying's residence newspaper is very different from the current mainstream atmosphere. No matter how good the Four Books and Five Classics are, they are not the talents Zhu Ying wants.

He is quick and smart in thinking, has a lot of miscellaneous knowledge, and basically knows a little about everything.

You have to have low-level life experience, so this kind of talent is the most suitable.

Yuan Jiachi's family is poor, and he has to sell calligraphy and paintings to make a living for food and accommodation. There is a lot of smoke and fire in the world, and he doesn't have the arrogance and arrogance of a literati. Ben is like a different kind in the literati circle.

After screening in this way, Yuan Jiachi became the only qualified candidate.

Zhu Ying nodded, not too surprised.

Confession: "Find a time these two days, let him come to my place, and I will talk to him in person."

Ye Yueqing wanted to say obey the order, but under Zhu Ying's gaze, she finally said 'yes' softly.

As for love, Zhu Ying belongs to the straight man of steel.

Besides, with his current status as the great grandson of Ming Dynasty, there is no need for him to fall in love.

As long as he has an eye for the woman he looks like, it's really a matter of one sentence.

Perhaps, without even saying anything, if you take a few more glances, your subordinates will naturally have smart people who can handle everything.

Grandsons marrying concubines and taking concubines can be described as state affairs.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Ying finally explained: "You still need to check the current accounts of the Chamber of Commerce to see how much room there is left for display."

"At present, Lan Yu and the others should have almost reached the place. They have brought thousands of catties of corn grain during their trip, and they will completely spread your spring plowing with Shaanxi and other places."

"Corn may not seem as solid as sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes, but it is the highest quality feed. Whether it is raising horses or raising pigs, it is the best choice."

"For Daming, it is very important."

"I have the intention to open a feed mill, which is specially used to purchase corn, grind it into flour, and make it into high-quality feed."

"Although we are not in a hurry right now, we have to start preparing."

Speaking of feed, Zhu Ying suddenly felt that it might be time to introduce western white pigs.

Although the specific data about pigs is not clear, white pigs in later generations replaced native black pigs, and most people have never even seen black pigs.

This effect is enough to explain the advantage of the white pig.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand the reason, it's still very simple to follow the gourd.

Just copy homework.

(End of this chapter)