Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 23 Inspecting Fengyang, the Central Capital
Zhu Qi looked at Zhu Biao's strange expression, at first he thought that Zhu Biao didn't think he had enough money, after all, the gross profit was only 500 taels, and the ones who got the real share might be less than 300 taels a day.

Compared with the salary of the prince Zhu Biao, this daily income is really nothing, not to mention that Zhu Biao was already assisting the government. During the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty, everything had to be reviewed by the prince before being sent to Zhu Yuanzhang. The finances handled by the prince Zhu Biao must be a huge astronomical figure.

Zhu Qisheng was afraid that the crown prince Zhu Biao would quit if he felt that the investment was at a loss. After all, the crown prince Zhu Biao was his big backer, so he hurriedly explained to Zhu Biao:

"Brother Huang, it's just opened now. Many people don't know about our store, and the business hasn't fully started yet. 500 taels is very little, and there is only one comic book. In fact, compared to comic books, novels are more exciting. Recently, they are ready to publish It's new, as long as Brother Huang approves a printing workshop for me, and the rest of the money-making matters, Brother Huang will just look at me."

After Zhu Qi finished speaking, Zhu Biao felt that his throat was about to be blocked. The 500 taels of income, Zhu Qi actually said less!
Zhu Biao didn't even know how to comment. After all, he thought that as long as he didn't lose money, he would win.

But opening a shop to make money, in Zhu Biao’s view, is just a small way after all. My younger brother is playful, so it’s good to exercise. It doesn’t matter if you earn less. It’s better to earn more. Think more, nodded and said:

"Since the third brother has already made up his mind, brother Wei will not bother you any more. You can handle this matter yourself. If there is a need for publishing and printing, just mention it to brother Wei."

Hearing what Zhu Biao said, Zhu Qi gave a thumbs up secretly. This is the strongest backer in the Hongwu period, Prince Zhu Biao, the eternal god.

Zhu Biao then continued:

"By the way, I didn't come here to look at the account books. I just have one thing to tell you. This morning, my father mentioned that I will go to the Central Capital this year to inspect, and I plan to send you and my fourth brother there. About half a month later, I will set off with Uncle Xu, so you should make some preparations."

The central capital is Fengyang, which is also the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang. People like to return to their hometowns. Liu Bang established a great man and went back to Pei County to see his fellow villagers. All.

It's just that Fengyang's terrain is flat, there is no danger to defend, there is only one Huaihe River, and because the Yellow River takes the Huaihe River into the sea, it floods every year, and there is no high city wall as a foundation. A waste of time and money.

Seeing that there was nothing to be done, Zhu Yuanzhang maintained the status quo, but he would still go to the central capital every year to inspect, and if he couldn't spare time, he would let the prince replace him.

Since this matter has spread to him, he must be unable to avoid it, so Zhu Qi nodded obediently, and made preparations for a trip to Fengyang in half a month. Fortunately, it is not too far away from Yingtian .

After Zhu Biao finished speaking, there were still a lot of government affairs waiting for him to attend to, so he got up and left. By the way, he asked Zhu Qi to go to the central capital to inspect for a while and inform Zhu Di that Zhu Qi was about to leave when he saw two guards coming to him See you here in the bedroom.

Zhu Qi summoned the two of them to ask questions, only to find out that Zhu Yuanzhang had ordered Xuan'er, the oiran teacher of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, to be sent to Zhu Qi's side as a personal maid.

In ancient times, when princes reached a certain age, there were court ladies who were responsible for special adult education. It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang directly regarded this teacher Xuan'er as his special education.

The two guards greeted the Xiaoxiang Pavilion early, and after His Royal Highness Liao Wang left this morning, they sent Shi Xuan'er to the Liao King Zhu Qi, but after the Liao King Zhu Qi left, the Xiaoxiang Pavilion said that Shi Xuan'er was missing Even the little maid disappeared.

Those who can serve as guards by Zhu Yuanzhang's side are naturally martial arts masters and detective experts. After they explored the Xiaoxiang Pavilion for a while, they found that someone should have taken them to fly away. This is very strange.

Just in case, they went to Zhu Qi to say hello and remind His Royal Highness Liao Wang. After hearing the report, Zhu Qi nodded as if he knew it. It seems that he really met Jianghu The tall man who was flying around rescued the oiran, but fortunately he didn't force that "Shi Xuan'er" last night, otherwise he would jump over the wall in a hurry, it seems that he is the one who is in danger.

It seems that in the future, in terms of personal security protection, we need to pay more attention to it.

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Day by day, regarding the matter of the oiran teacher Xuan'er, for Zhu Qi, it was already a matter of the past, so he didn't want to think about it any more.

The first thing he has to do now is to publish the third chapter of "Ming Shanhe" that he just drew.

Although I know that comic books will definitely be very popular in the early Ming Dynasty, within less than a month since the opening of the Royal Entertainment Center, the entire streets and alleys of Yingtianfu have started to discuss the comic "Ming Shanhe". Zhu Qi, the comic author, was a little unexpected. He was not very famous in his previous life, but he did not expect to become famous after traveling through Ming Dynasty.

In addition to comics, Zhu Qi also published a new novel version of "Ming Shanhe", which is mainly for the convenience of ordinary people to consume. After all, the cost of comics is too high now, even if Prince Zhu Biao approves printing, it will cost a month. Only one or two hundred copies were printed.

It's not that Ming's printing industry is not strong, but that the printing business of the whole country is concentrated on the imperial court, and the manpower and material resources are limited every year, but there are piles of books that need to be printed. Zhu Qi's comic books are already It is to use privilege to jump in line to print.

Come on, it seems that if you want to expand your business, you have to show up in person. Zhu Qi's computer has ready-made technology for improved printing, which belongs to a kind of local printing in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, hand-cranked letterpress printing!

It is actually similar to movable type printing, the difference is that it is semi-automated. After the engraving is done, ink is poured in, paper is put in, and the paper is automatically brought into the machine by shaking the hand. After printing, new paper comes out from the other end.

This method requires only one person, a few piles of paper, enough ink, and it can be printed at a very fast speed.

Even in schools in remote areas in the 80s and [-]s, teachers used this method to print test papers for students.

But even this kind of native method that does not require any electricity and uses steam as power is difficult to do with the current level of technology in the early Ming Dynasty. At least after Zhu Qi took a look at the design drawings of the machine, he found that many parts were clearly visible. At first there was none!
As for how to make these parts and how to standardize them, I don't know anything about it, so it seems that I have to leave it to professionals.

So Zhu Qi asked his subordinates to recruit craftsmen, which naturally took time, and soon, it was time to go to the central capital for inspection, and it seemed that he could only deal with the matter of recruiting craftsmen after he came back. .

Zhu Qi put aside his plan to recruit craftsmen for the time being, and set off with Zhu Di and Xu Da.

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(End of this chapter)