Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 184 Comparison of Zhu Yuanzhang
When Zhu Yan heard this, he just felt that he had heard a joke, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Nephew, don't you need to talk politely to third uncle?"

"You just took over such a big mess, and the Bureau of Weaponry has to consume 30 catties of refined iron in a month, and the little money allocated to you by the Ministry of Accounts can't even support it for a month!"

"When the time comes, it will delay the important affairs of the court. It doesn't matter if you lose some people. If you lose the people of Grandpa Ni, that would be a great crime!"

"Third Uncle will give you 5 taels of silver to spend today. If it's not enough, you can ask me for it. Even if I return to the fiefdom, you can spend the money from Prince Jin's Mansion as you like, as much as you want!"

Zhu Yunyu's words fooled Zhu Yunxi. The purpose of contracting the government-run workshop is to make money, not to lose money!

"Third Uncle, are you sure I will pay?"

Zhu Yan snorted coldly when he heard the words.

"Isn't that obvious? Now that the price of refined iron has risen to three hundred yuan a catty, with the little money allocated to you by the Ministry of Households, after buying 30 catties of refined iron, you will have some money left to buy coal. , you still want to support until the New Year?"

Zhu Yunxi stared like a toad when he heard this.

"What?"

"A catty of iron costs three hundred Wen?"

"Why don't they grab it!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yun glared at Zhu Yunxi.

"What do you think?"

"Refined iron is already expensive, and now that there is a war in the north, the price is naturally more expensive."

Only when Zhu Yunxi heard this did he realize that it was the Ming Dynasty with backward industry at this time, which was far from comparable to the era of great industry in later generations.

After all, the output of iron and steel factories in later generations was measured in "tons", while in Daming at this time it was measured in "jin".

When Zhu Yan thought of this, he became angry. On the one hand, he was annoyed that his father didn't stop the grandson, and on the other hand, he was angry that this grandson had no brains, and dared to take any errands.

Now that the price of iron is so high that it has almost doubled as usual, the grandson dared to contract so many government-run workshops with 15 taels of silver from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"It's expensive, but with the current market, you can't use it, can you?"

Zhu Yunxi hummed angrily when he heard the words.

"I don't need it anymore!"

"Isn't it iron? I want to make it myself!"

When Zhu Yun heard Zhu Yunxi's brazen words, he sneered again.

It's really ignorant and fearless, thinking that refined iron is Chinese cabbage, and you can have as much as you want?
"Stop bragging about me!"

"Hurry up and find someone to carry the silver in, I have to go back to sleep in a while!"

Seeing that Zhu Min didn't believe it, Zhu Yunxi immediately led him to the scientific research area of ​​the primary school, pointed to a tall stove and said.

"Third Uncle, this is the blast furnace steelmaking method I newly invented. Are you interested in participating?"

Zhu Yan didn't know what the blast furnace steelmaking method was, but he was very interested in the more than ten feet high furnace that appeared in front of him.

"Your stove can make steel?"

"Of course!"

"However, it was only experimental before, and it has not been applied on a large scale."

"How is the quality of the refining?"

"It's not bad, not to mention cutting iron like mud, but it's definitely better than cutting mud like iron."

Zhu Yan automatically ignored the last sentence of his elder nephew, and stared at the smoking blast furnace in amazement.

"Such a big furnace can make several hundred catties at a time, right?"

Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes when he heard the words.

"Third Uncle, the layout is too small!"

"If you don't practice a few thousand catties this time, is it worthy of its name as a blast furnace?"

"How many kilograms?"

When Zhu Fen heard this, his eyeballs almost popped out, and he felt that the elder nephew was blowing harder and harder, and he could go to the sky after a while.

"Stop bragging with me, just tell me, whether you want the money or not!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Yunxi laughed.

"You sent it all the way, if I don't want it, wouldn't it be a slap in the face for you?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yun rolled Zhu Yunxi's eyes.

"It's okay, your third uncle has a big face, it doesn't matter if you lose face!"

"How about that!"

Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but ran out to ask someone to pull money.

After he left, Zhu Bian went around the blast furnace a few times and called a craftsman over to ask a few questions.

When he learned that his eldest nephew was not lying, that this object could indeed be used to make steel, and that it could make several thousand catties at a time, he was completely relieved, and without waiting for Zhu Yunxie to come back to say goodbye to him, he went back to sleep leisurely with his hands behind his back went.

After Zhu Min left, several more money-donors came. First, Lan Yu's son, Lan Nao'er, followed by Fu Youde's son, Fu Zhong, as well as Feng Sheng and other descendants of military generals, all sent a lot of money.There are tens of thousands of taels more, and thousands of taels less.

Only Zhu Yunxi's uncle Chang Sheng sent the least, only 1000 taels.

Chang Sheng himself was too embarrassed to come, so he sent a general to send it over, and left without saying a word.

Then there were a group of princes who had not yet settled down, and they also sent some silver for their mothers and concubines.The most ruthless among them was Concubine Guo Hui, who sent 5 taels directly.

Because anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that the so-called trial of the emperor's grandson was nothing more than a fight for contacts on both sides.

Whether it is Zhu Yunxi or Zhu Yunqi, they are too young, and they are just in the name of supervision.

Moreover, the Bureau of Weapons has many disadvantages and shortage of materials. If there is not enough money, let alone deliver weapons and agricultural tools on time and in quantity, it will be difficult to start work normally.

Therefore, all the military generals who are close to Lan Yu will contribute a small amount of strength.

Zhu Yunxi's side is lively, and Zhu Yunqi's side is not deserted either.

First of all, the Ministry of Household Affairs issued a letter to the prefectures and counties in various places, urging them to dispatch wood, leather and other materials as soon as possible, so as to support the Bingzhan Bureau to start production.

At the same time, the Minister of the Household Department also asked His Majesty the Emperor whether to allocate 15 taels of silver to the Military War Bureau.

Lao Zhu agreed without even thinking about it. After all, one can't favor one than another.

It's just that Lao Zhu seems to be very concerned about the situation on both sides, and it can be said that he asks three times a day.

"How many people gave money to Xiao Nisun today?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong and Quanning Hou Sun Ke each sent 3000 taels of silver."

Old Zhu nodded his head when he heard the words, and then asked Zhu Yunqi about the situation there.

"King Yan sent 1 taels of silver to the second emperor's grandson, and King Qin sent 3 taels..."

Old Zhu frowned when he heard this, and thought secretly.

In fact, just as Baiguan thought, Lao Zhu also planned to see the direction of the courtiers through this incident.

If in the past, he only had Zhu Yunqi as his choice, he wouldn't bother with it.

But today is different from the past, Zhu Yunxi was added to his choice, so it is necessary to compare.

However, what he compared was not their abilities, but their popularity.

Sure enough, the generals liked Zhu Yunxie more, while the civil servants had the power to cooperate with Zhu Yunqiu.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that the vassal king who was stranded in Beijing also ended up in person.

"What happened to the other princes?"

"Reporting to the emperor, the king of Zhou also sent someone to send 2 taels of silver to the second emperor's grandson."

"The other vassal kings are quiet now, only the kings of Jin, Shu, and Xiang have sent money to the young master."

"However, the King of Shu and the King of Xiang have only been in the vassal for a short time, and they have a calm temperament. Each of them only gave 5000 taels."

"How much money does Xiao Nisun have now, is it enough to complete this year's weapon building?"

"Reporting to the emperor, there is still a lot of difference, but the current money support for two months is not a big problem."

Old Zhu nodded when he heard the words, thinking in his heart that after two months, the court's autumn tax will be collected, and the national treasury should not be as tense as it is now.

"Keep watching!"

"promise!"

Erhu came out of the palace, and sent letters to some middle- and lower-level dignitaries, telling them that after passing this village, there would be no such shop.

At this time, if you don't help the third emperor's grandson, when the third emperor's grandson comes to power in the future, you will have no chance to flatter.

Ever since, Zhu Yunxi received another batch of silver.Counting the silver taels allocated by the household department, the funds he currently has in hand have reached 60 taels.

Although Zhu Yunxi got a lot of money, he was not in a hurry to produce. Instead, he first established a chamber of commerce named "Minggang", converted the money sent by everyone into shares, and sent each company a share certificate. Book.

On his side, he was not in a hurry, but on Zhu Yunqi's side, he was working in full swing.

half a month later.

Zhu Yunwen looked at the piles of saddles, bridles, stirrups and other utensils piled up like a mountain, and felt extremely proud in his heart.

After half a month of tempering, his mind has undergone great changes, not as narrow and impatient as before.

He even understood Zhu Yunxi's younger brother a little bit more.

Zhu Yunxie was right, it was really difficult and tiring to manage the workshop, even though the military battle bureau was located near the imperial city, he still felt a bit overwhelmed by the toil of running around every day.

Thinking that Zhu Yunxi's weapon bureaus were all outside the city, Zhu Yunxuan was full of sympathy for his younger brother.

It is said that he has not been back to the city for a long time, and has been eating and living in a workshop outside the city, which is really hard...

Zhu Yunwen delivered the first batch of military equipment to the Ministry of War, and was immediately praised by the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

The Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry even jointly wrote a letter, asking His Majesty the Emperor to reward him.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at everyone's memorials, smiled and threw them aside.

"Erhu, what's going on with Little Nisun?"

When Erhu heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he hesitated for a long time before he answered bravely.

"Reporting to the emperor, there is still no movement from the third emperor's grandson. It is said that some kind of bed for forging weapons is being made..."

"bed?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he felt a headache. Half a month had passed, and the grandson hadn't even produced a single weapon. This is a rush to death!

"Go and convey our decree. If it cannot be put into production before the end of the month, we will take back the decree and throw him in the main hall to continue studying!"

When Erhu heard this, he also panicked, thinking in his heart that the emperor was really angry.

If he really did this, wouldn't the limelight be taken away by Zhu Yunqi's grandson?

But thinking of Zhu Yunxi's progress, Erhu was speechless for a while.

General Xungui, as well as the princes in the palace, have sent him tens of thousands of taels of silver. Even a pig can finish the work on time, why has there been no movement for so long?

The two tigers agreed, and took a few guards in Jinyi to the outside of the city.

Qin Kui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Chen Zongli, Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, went to the palace to handle errands, and happened to see the two tigers galloping away, and they smiled knowingly when they saw this.

"Is it urgent, hahaha..."

"No way!"

"They thought they could buy iron if they had money?"

"As everyone knows, it will take time for iron ingots from various guards to enter the capital!"

Although the two of them dared not openly oppose the emperor, all the documents of Daming at all levels had to be handed over to them.As long as they procrastinate, or don't urge them after posting, the people below will naturally neglect them.

The direct result of their negligence is that the price of iron in the capital has risen to five hundred yuan a catty.

"Humph!"

"Over the years, military generals have relied on their merits to bully men and women in the village where the people are rampant. It's time for them to spit out some money!"

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