Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 217: Face-to-face!

Lao Zhu waited at the gate of the Hope Academy for a long time before he saw Zhu Yunxie walking out slowly, followed by two carriages full of large and small bags.

"What's on the cart?"

"Some toiletries for Grandma Guo and the elders in the harem!"

"Toiletries?"

"It's just some soaps, shampoos and the like. They are some gadgets that I have been tinkering with recently."

"oh oh……"

Old Zhu was thinking sourly, we have treated you so well, and I have never seen you prepare some toiletries for us...

However, Lao Zhu's sourness only lasted for a few seconds, and was washed away by the package that Dasun handed him.

Before getting into the car, Zhu Yunxi took a package from the guard and handed it to Lao Zhu.

"Grandfather, this is for you!"

"Ours?"

Lao Zhu took the package in surprise, jumped into the carriage, and then hid in the car to open the package.

I saw a few long strips wrapped in oiled paper inside, plus some bottles and cans.

As soon as Lao Zhu tore open the oil-paper package, he smelled a refreshing fragrance.It was still a little hard after pinching it, but I buckled it with my nails and found that it was quite soft, a bit like a candle.

At this time, Zhu Yunxi just jumped into the carriage, and Lao Zhu asked casually.

"Is that what you call soap?"

"Yes!"

"Rub the soap with wet hands a few times when washing your face, and then lather like me..."

When Lao Zhu saw Dasun talking and demonstrating to himself, he immediately showed disgust on his face.

"Too much trouble!"

"We're not women, why are we so fragrant!"

After Lao Zhu said this, he tied the package again, then carefully put it aside, his eyes drifted out of the window subconsciously, and he happened to see a bunch of signs hanging on the door of Hope School.

"What kind of tricks are you doing here? You hang up so many signs when you're full?"

"And what does Ying Tianfu University of Technology mean? You want to hang the sign of 'Tai Xue'?"

"Furthermore, how many people do you have under your command?"

Zhu Yunxie smiled awkwardly when he heard the words. In fact, the so-called Yingtianfu University of Technology really only had such a brand, and it was just hanging out to enjoy the eye addiction, so that he had a small goal to strive for.

"Grandpa Huang, don't think I have fewer people now, but give me a few years, and I promise to build a university no less than the Imperial College!"

Old Zhu gave Dasun a blank look when he heard the words, and replied angrily.

"Humph!"

"When you build the university, our Imperial College will be emptied by you!"

Lao Zhu looked at the sign of the branch of Tai Hospital and asked again.

"What's the matter with Tai Hospital? Is there only one brand?"

Zhu Yunxi hurriedly shook his head and said.

"That's not true. The imperial physicians of the imperial hospital are now learning medical skills from their grandsons. In order to facilitate them to practice dissection, this branch hospital was established."

"Oh!"

Old Zhu pondered for a while when he heard the words, and suddenly asked.

"Is it to learn the fairy art you learned from the gods?"

Zhu Yunxi never thought that Lao Zhu could jump there, it was just a nonsense of his own, the old man didn't believe it, did he?
"That's right..."

When Lao Zhu heard what Dasun said, he didn't ask any more questions.Even if he asked, he wouldn't ask the grandson, and planned to ask Hao Wenjie another day.

Compared to the rebellious grandson in front of him who turns his eyes and has a hundred eyes, Hao Wenjie should speak more honestly.

Lao Zhu took his eldest grandson to the palace, and directly detained him in his own palace to copy the memorial.

The memorial was full of insignificant things, and the reason why he was asked to copy it was to find something for him to do.

Lao Zhu himself sat on the dragon chair and continued to review the memorial, but whenever he looked up and saw the grandson who was seriously copying the memorial on the small table in front of him, no matter how bad things he saw, his heart would instantly calm down.

"Fujian chief envoy Wang Shouzheng would like to say that since this year, the White Lotus Sect has been rampant in the territory, and the epidemic is spreading, and the people in the territory have been bewitched..."

If it were normal times, Lao Zhu would have withdrawn Wang Shouzheng without hesitation and escorted him to Beijing.

It's just because of the grandson's company today, the anger suddenly subsided a lot, but he was severely condemned in words, ordering him to wipe out the White Lotus Sect quickly, and make sure to get rid of all evil.

After dealing with the memorial in Fujian, Lao Zhu picked up a memorial from the Shandong chief envoy, stating that Dengzhou and Laizhou were attacked by Japanese pirates in his territory, killing and injuring dozens of villagers and destroying hundreds of houses.

When Lao Zhu saw this memorial, he became very angry.Directly write instructions on the memorial, tell the people, get your knives ready, these guys are coming, let's kill them!
After Lao Zhu approved the memorial, he threw it directly at Dasun, but unexpectedly, he just threw it at Dasun's head.

Zhu Yunxi was on a short errand. Although the pen was in his hand and the barrel was moving all the time, his arm had stopped in one place and hadn't moved for a long time.

Just when he was fantasizing about when he would be able to get on the train in Daming, he suddenly felt something hit his head, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly retracted his distracting thoughts and started to write pretendingly.

"Copy this again!"

"What?"

Zhu Yunxi looked back and saw another fold on the ground, and felt dizzy for a while.

The things on the table are enough for him now, if you add homework to him, he won't even be able to sleep tonight.

However, when he opened the memorial and took a look, he suddenly showed an incredulous expression.

"Grandfather, you have Japanese pirates at this time?"

Lao Zhu was taken aback when he heard this, and thought to himself, what do we mean we have Japanese pirates at this time, and this group of dogs existed in the Yuan Dynasty, okay?

"The Japanese pirates have been causing trouble for a hundred years, but it's not just us, Ming Dynasty!"

"It is said that the monarchy over there falls to the side, and all major affairs in the country are controlled by the shogunate formed by generals. Its territory is also divided into hundreds of small countries. It is very chaotic. There are often ronin warriors who come to our Daming by boat to cause trouble!"

As soon as Zhu Yunxi heard what Grandpa Huang said, he knew that Grandpa Huang had misunderstood him, but he didn't bother to explain.

After all, to really explain it, we have to mention a person who has not yet been born——Qi Jiguang.

His memories of Japanese pirates are basically connected with Qi Jiguang.

"Grandfather, why don't you give me three thousand elite soldiers, and I'll go to sea to fight Japanese pirates!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he immediately picked up a memorial and threw it over.

"We're not dead yet, it's not your turn to hold on to Da Ming's day!"

Seeing this, Zhu Yunxi shrank his neck in fright, and then used his own armor to forcefully bounce the memorial that Lao Zhu had thrown at him.

When Lao Zhu saw Dasun's behavior, he felt a little regretful, regretting that he was too impulsive, what if he frightened Dasun?
"Let me tell you, the pirates are not as easy to deal with as you think."

"It's true that they are elusive, coming and going like the wind, and they may suddenly appear from nowhere. When the guards in various places heard the wind and chased after them, they had already snatched their things and boarded the boat to run away..."

"Otherwise, how can we allow them to be so arrogant with the millions of military households in Ming Dynasty?"

"We let you copy this to let you know that our Daming is far less peaceful than you imagined!"

"Not only are there Mongolian and Yuan thieves in the north who are not dead, but there are also Japanese pirates in the south who often harass. In the southwest, there are Tufan who are always making trouble, and there are always unruly people in other places inciting the people to fight against the government!"

"That's why we divided the kings and let your uncles guard the frontier and defend our Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes when he heard this, feeling that the old man must be pointing at him, waiting for him to show his loyalty.

"Grandson understands!"

Lao Zhu himself didn't know why he said those words, but when he heard the grandson say that he understood, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

"What do you understand?"

"Don't worry, grandpa, my grandson will learn from the uncles in the future, defending the frontier fortresses of the Ming Dynasty, and defending the capital of the Ming Dynasty!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, his heart became angry, and he secretly thought that your third uncle ran to Wudang Mountain because of you, so you understand this thing?
"Copy this note ten times!"

"what?"

Zhu Yunxi suddenly showed bitterness, thinking that he was right, didn't the old man just want to hear himself show his loyalty?
"Grandfather, this is too much, how can I copy it all!"

"If you can't finish copying, you are not allowed to eat!"

Lao Zhu spoke harshly, but when it was time for dinner, he still happily called his eldest grandson to have dinner together.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the dazzling array of dishes on the table and let out a sound of exclamation.

"Wow!"

"Grandfather, I haven't seen you in ten days. Your food is growing. It's much better than when I was in the palace!"

Xu Xingzu was walking over with soup at this time, and when he heard this, he smiled and explained for the emperor.

"The third emperor's grandson has wronged the emperor. The emperor doesn't even eat dinner on weekdays. This is because he saw you returning to the palace and specially ordered the imperial dining room to prepare it."

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, his heart was instantly filled with emotion, and he was not so angry at Lao Zhu's punishment for copying his homework.

"Thank you, Grandpa Huang!"

Old Zhu glared at Xu Xingzu displeased, annoyed that the old guy talked too much.Then he patted Dasun's little head, and brought a plate of scallion-roasted mutton to Dasun.

"Come here, try your grandpa Xu's handicraft..."

"Thank you Grandpa Xu too!"

Old Zhu scolded with a smile when he heard this.

"Don't play tricks, eat it while it's hot, and copy the book after eating!"

"what?"

Zhu Yunxi immediately showed a frustrated expression when he heard the words.

"Grandfather, when we eat, don't mention homework..."

Seeing Dasun's expression, Lao Zhu hurriedly changed his words with a chuckle.

"Okay, let's not mention it!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard what Lao Zhu said, he happily picked up his rice bowl, and then spun around to pick out his favorite dishes to eat.

After the two of them had dinner, Lao Zhu stared at Zhu Yunxi and copied the memorial for another hour before letting him go to sleep.

After Lao Zhu checked the homework copied by Dasun, he was more and more happy to see that Dasun's handwriting had improved.

Originally, I had agreed with Guo Hui today that I was going to spend the night in her palace.But for the sake of seeing Dasun's writing so well, Lao Zhu thinks it's better to reward Dasun for a night tonight.

Lao Zhu thought very well, but after getting up from the ground in the middle of the night, he ran to Concubine Guo Hui's palace in despair.

Concubine Guo Hui had already washed her face with the soap sent by Xiao Yuxie and fell asleep after receiving the message from Qin Deshun.She was surprised and delighted to hear the emperor's door calling suddenly.

"My lord, didn't you order the little scorpion to serve the bed today, why did you come to the concubine's palace again?"

"Hey, don't mention it, that grandson is too noisy and kicked us down again!"

Guo Hui burst out laughing when she heard the words, she knew that the emperor couldn't bear children's fuss.

Guo Hui said casually while helping the emperor take off his clothes.

"My lord, I've already let the Xu family out, but the Xu family doesn't seem to be very happy about it, and I haven't given my concubine an accurate word."

"If you have free time tomorrow, can you take Gui'er there in person? Maybe you'll save face, and the negotiation will be concluded as soon as you go?"

Lao Zhu thought about the bastard of the old thirteen, and felt that he owed Xu Da a little, so he nodded after a little hesitation.

"All right!"

"Just as the eldest grandson is in the palace, I also took him for a walk."

"By the way, the daughter of Xu Hui's ancestral family is not too young, so I will take a look at each other by the way!"

"If it's suitable, I'll make it for your little Xiexi, too, so we won't have to make a second trip!"

Concubine Guo Hui giggled when she heard this.

"What do you call a concubine's little girl? Isn't that the emperor's heart?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he hugged Concubine Guo Hui and slipped under the curtain of the bed.

"You are our heart and soul!"

"Hahaha!"

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In the early morning of the next day, Lao Zhu washed up under the service of Concubine Guo Hui, and he used the soap offered by Dasun Jin emphatically.Seeing that this thing can produce foam after rubbing it a few times, I suddenly felt a burst of novelty.

"Not to mention, the things our grandson figured out are quite useful!"

Concubine Guo Hui smiled lightly when she heard this.

"No way!"

"The concubine got this thing yesterday and tried it. It's much more comfortable and fragrant than the saponins made by our palace..."

"I don't know how Xiaoyue's brain grows, how can he even figure out such a useful thing?"

Old Zhu smiled proudly when he heard the words.

"This is the secret method of the fairy family, hahaha!"

Concubine Guo Hui knew there was a secret as soon as she heard this, so she hurriedly asked curiously.

"My lord, what do you mean by that?"

"Let me tell you, don't go out and talk nonsense. Our eldest grandson told us a few days ago that he was enlightened by a fairy in his dream."

"We reckon, that fairy might be Zhang Sloppy..."

"Zhang sloppy!"

When Guo Hui heard Zhang Sloppy's name, she immediately transformed into a little fan girl, her eyes shining brightly.

"My lord, but that Zhang Sloppy who is known as the land god?"

Lao Zhu smiled proudly again.

"Who else but him?"

"We sent the youngest son out of Beijing this time on business, and let him go to Wudang Mountain to look for Zhang Shenxian!"

Lao Zhu finished wiping his face, threw the towel into the basin, and instructed again.

"Let's just tell you this, you are not allowed to go out and talk nonsense, lest you ruin our grandson's fate!"

"Don't worry, the emperor, the concubine is strict with her mouth!"

After washing in Concubine Guo Hui's palace, Lao Zhu immediately got up and returned to Qianqing Palace. After having breakfast with his grandson, he led him to the court hall in the front hall.

Due to the previous experience, the courtiers behaved very calmly this time, which is no longer surprising.

In addition, Zhu Yunqi's reputation has not been very good recently, and his performance in the Dahon Hall is not good, it seems to be a bit self-defeating.

Therefore, everyone paid more attention to the emperor's favorite little emperor's grandson.

In today's court, Ru Chang didn't jump in the queue, but honestly followed the order of officials, households, soldiers, and criminals.

Zhan Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, reported some changes in the personnel of Beijing officials, and pointed out that the prefects and county magistrates in several places were old and had reached the age of becoming an official, and gave a list drawn up by the Ministry of Officials.

After hearing this, Lao Zhu didn't look at the list of officials, but took out a small book from his sleeve, flipped through a few pages, and gave his appointment and dismissal on the spot.

In fact, the list provided by Zhan Wei was quite fair, but Lao Zhu didn't want to be led by the nose by his courtiers, and he didn't want them to figure out the rules of employing people, that's why he got such a trick.

Zhan Wei listened and memorized, and then accepted the order to say yes, and another person came up.

Chen Zongli, Minister of the Household Department, first reported some miscellaneous matters, and finally changed the subject to Zhu Yunxi who was standing beside him.

"Qizou Your Majesty, recently His Highness King Wu's workshop has made a lot of agricultural tools, which has seriously interfered with the distribution of agricultural tools by the imperial court, resulting in a large backlog of agricultural tools in the imperial court. Please also order His Highness King Wu to sell less, so as not to affect the local area. The order of the government..."

Zhu Yunxi was waiting to face off with the people from the Ministry of War. When he saw the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu jumping out suddenly, he was unhappy on the spot.

"Master Chen, what you said is wrong, don't even think about it, why do ordinary people have to spend cash to buy the farm tools we made?"

"Isn't it because the quality of farm tools made by the imperial court is so poor that ordinary people don't like it..."

The reason why Zhu Yu was begging Bailai to give Zhu Yunxi money was because he liked the money-making ability of the Minggang Chamber of Commerce.

The imperial court only took back Zhu Yunxi's weapon workshop, but did not restrict him from making ordinary ironware.

Iron smelting is a hugely profitable industry these days, and there are so many vassal kings and nobles as shareholders, and the chairman of the chamber of commerce is Guo Huifei, the overlord of the harem. It is difficult not to make money from this business.

However, the business of the Minggang Chamber of Commerce is booming, and the most important thing is the excellent quality of the products.

Whether it is scissors, kitchen knives, or sickles and axes, they are all well-made and widely praised by farmers in Yingtianfu.

In addition, the distribution that Chen Zongli mentioned was not a free gift to the common people.Instead, it lends money to the common people in the name of the imperial court, and the common people will repay it with grain next year.

And the interest rate is not low, that is, it is lower than usury.

If the exploitation of low-level officials is counted, the interest that the people need to pay may be a bit higher than the usury.

This is also the reason why the common people would rather spend money to buy farm tools made by Zhu Yunxi than ask the court to distribute farm tools.

After all, there is indeed no free lunch in this world, and there is no free farm tool...

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　　Two more [-] words, read another chapter tonight

　　
　
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