Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 249 His Majesty the Emperor is a Narrow-minded!
Lao Zhu is indeed short of money, or since he became the emperor, there has never been a time when he was not short of money.

Hongwu Tongbao was cast intermittently. The reason why the casting was stopped several times was because the imperial court lacked copper.

Later, the Daming banknotes were produced, which relieved a lot, but as more and more banknotes were printed, the depreciation of this thing became faster and faster, so fast that the common people would not recognize it.

As a last resort, he ordered casting several times, but it still couldn't satisfy Daming's embarrassment of lack of money.

Therefore, seeing Dasun's large amount of money entering the account every month, Lao Zhu was so envious that his eyeballs were on fire.

But he was just talking, seeing Erhu and Zhu Yan looking at him in surprise, he shut up embarrassingly.

"Er Hu, where is the place to exchange that currency?"

"Go back to the emperor, not far ahead, there is a copper coin at the door."

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhu Bian took a step forward and said.

"Father, my son feels that the eldest nephew is not guilty of privately minting copper coins."

"I saw the copper coin just now, it can only be regarded as a small gadget, for people to use as a souvenir, to prove that it has swum through the Wu Palace..."

Old Zhu said with his nose "hum" twice.

"You don't have to cover up that Ni Sun. If we didn't beat him every now and then, what we saw today would be 'Tai Sun Tong Bao'!"

Zhu Yan's heart tightened when he heard the words, and he secretly scolded Zhu Yunxue for his audacity, that so many vassal kings in Ming Dynasty didn't dare to mint copper coins privately, and this grandson dared to do this under the old man's nose, it really wouldn't be wrong to kill him!
Although Zhu Yun hated to death in his heart, he still had to cover up for Zhu Yunxi.

"Father is serious. That child Zhu Yunxi is the most filial, and he will never do such a treacherous thing..."

"maybe!"

Lao Zhu sighed, and then followed Erhu to the commemorative coin exchange office in front.

When a few people entered the commemorative coin exchange office, it was already full of people.There were also many people driving a carriage, which was full of copper coins.

In order not to keep the emperor waiting for a long time, Er Hu immediately squeezed in with his big and round body, and shouted at the people inside.

"It's all scattered!"

"Temporarily closed today, those who want to exchange commemorative coins will come back later!"

When the person in charge of the exchange office heard this, he stood up from the counter on the spot.Seeing that it was Erhu who was talking, he sat down again.

It's just that the merchants gathered at the exchange office didn't recognize Erhu, and when they saw that he jumped in line and didn't say anything, he even threatened to suspend business temporarily, and they immediately clamored.

"Who are you, so loud!"

"Even if people from the palace come here, they have to line up honestly!"

"What kind of green onion are you? Jumping in the queue is not counted, and you still want to prevent us from exchanging copper coins!"

Lao Zhu heard the clamor from the merchants around him, and before Erhu could reply, he rushed back.

"We are his grandfather!"

After saying this, Lao Zhu strode into the exchange office and lined up in front of the counter to let them take out various coins.

The person in charge of the exchange office glanced at Erhu, and saw that Erhu gave him winks to cooperate, so he didn't hesitate anymore, and took out several kinds of commemorative coins from the Wu Palace and put them on the counter.

"How much does this official want to exchange?"

"Copper coins are compared to ten, small silver coins are compared to one hundred, large silver coins are compared to one thousand, and gold coins are compared to five thousand."

"If you are exchanging copper coins for copper coins, there is a daily limit. There is no limit for exchanging silver for copper coins. You can exchange as many as you want. There is also an upper limit for exchanging silver coins for silver coins. You can only exchange ten coins per day. Similarly, gold exchanges for silver coins and copper coins. There is no upper limit."

"Don't rush to introduce, let's just come and have a look!"

Lao Zhu picked up a silver coin and looked at it, only to see his own profile on it.Picking up another smaller silver coin, it was replaced with a portrait of Prince Zhu Biao.

After a little thought, Lao Zhu knew what the so-called grandpa's money, son's money, and grandson's money meant.

Dare to feel that the grandson printed all three generations of their grandparents on the coins!

Lao Zhu saw that he had the most face value, and subconsciously thought it was Dasun's respect for him, and his heart felt as if he had eaten honey, sweet.

As everyone knows, this thing has nothing to do with respect.

As the saying goes, the larger the face value, the worse the circulation.The smaller the face value, the better the circulation.

The reason why Zhu Yunxi printed himself on the copper coins was just to show off his beauty in the prosperous age, la la la...

Old Zhu curiously picked up a gold coin and looked at it again. He thought that there would be Zhu Wusi's name printed on it, but he didn't expect to see only a little turtle on it!

"Is this the ancestor's money?"

"How can a turtle be painted on the money of the ancestors? It's really unreasonable!"

"Reporting to the emperor, this is not a tortoise, this is Xuanwu, but a divine beast. It also corresponds to the name of Xuanwu Lake, and is also called Xuanwu coins."

"As for the ancestral money, it's just a nonsense name made up by the common people..."

The buddy who had been talking to Lao Zhu about the exchange ratio just now, when he heard what Erhu said, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees on the ground with a plop.

"Grassman... See you, Caomin..."

"Free gift!"

Lao Zhu flicked his sleeves and turned to leave, but he turned around after walking a few steps, grabbed a row of commemorative coins on the counter and said bitterly.

"We were almost so confused that we almost forgot the evidence!"

Zhu Yan and Er Hu looked at each other, and they all sweated in their hearts for a certain little rebellious grandson, secretly thinking that someone might be about to be beaten again...

Zhu Yan intentionally lagged two steps behind, tugged on Erhu's sleeve and said in a low voice.

"Hurry up and send someone to notify my eldest nephew!"

Erhu looked at Lao Zhu, who walked like a wind, and shook his head vigilantly.

"His Royal Highness Jin, it's not because of his humble position that he shirks, but because of his humble position, he really dares not."

"The emperor warned Xiaozhi yesterday, saying that if Xiaozhi dares to inform the third emperor and grandson again, he will turn Xiaozhi into a tiger!"

"Uh uh..."

Hearing this, Zhu Yan sighed from the bottom of his heart, and could only pray that his eldest nephew, Jiren, would have his own destiny.

Lao Zhu came out of the Wu Palace, got into the carriage, and then went to the iron smelting workshop without stopping.

Although Lao Zhu had seen big chimneys in the iron smelting workshop of the Weapons Bureau, when he saw hundreds of big chimneys standing at the foot of Shihui Mountain, he was still stunned by the scene in front of him.

"Is this the blast furnace you mentioned?"

Erhu had never been here before, he had only heard reports from Jin Yiwei's subordinates.Therefore, seeing such a big commotion here at first glance, I was also very shocked.

"probably!"

"Humble job to find someone to ask!"

After Erhu said this, he called a random person and asked him to find the manager of this place.

Not long after, a Jinyiwei Xiaoqi ran over bumpily.Seeing that the person looking for him was Ancestor Hu, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Little Zhao Mu, pay homage to Master Hu!"

"Tell us what these stoves are for!"

"Also, treat that old man with respect, and answer whatever he asks!"

Zhao Mu glanced at Lao Zhu, secretly startled in his heart, thinking that this person must be His Majesty, right?

"Ask Lord Tiger, this one is today..."

"Humph!"

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask!"

"Little understand!"

Zhao Mu hurriedly got up from the ground, and introduced the magic function of the blast furnace to several people.

When Lao Zhu saw that the person in charge here was actually a member of Jin Yiwei, he couldn't help but speak in a low voice.

"The stewards here are Jin Yiwei?"

Hearing this, Zhao Mu looked at Erhu and saw Erhu nodding towards him, so he answered boldly.

"Reporting to this nobleman, the third emperor's grandson said that this is an important place, and you can only rest assured if you leave it to the emperor's own army to take care of it!"

Hearing this, Lao Zhu snorted coldly.

"Counting that Ni Sun is still somewhat respectful!"

When Zhao Mu heard this, he thought to himself that I didn't ask this, it was the old man who said it himself!

"Xiaoqi Jinyiwei Xiaoqi Zhao Mu, I pay my respects to Your Majesty, long live my emperor..."

Seeing the craftsmen around him looking over, Lao Zhu quickly waved his sleeves and said.

"Get up and talk!"

"promise!"

"I wonder what His Majesty wants to see?"

Lao Zhu pointed to the stove next to him.

"Tell us about this first, can this thing really smelt several thousand catties of iron at a time?"

Zhao Mu heard the words and explained.

"It's not as exaggerated as the rumors. It's just that it can hold several thousand catties of iron ore at a time, and the iron produced each time is less than one thousand catties!"

"hiss……"

Old Zhu was speechless when he heard the words, what a big tone this fellow is, how little is it to give a thousand catties of iron at a time?

You must know that in ordinary workshops, a load of materials can be at most several hundred catties at a time, and a hundred catties of iron can be produced, which can already be called a large workshop.

There are hundreds of furnaces here alone, and even if each furnace is only used once a day, the daily output of iron is [-] catties.

After a year, it is 30 million catties, which is higher than the combined output of all the workshops in Daming!
"Tell us about the principle of this thing, how can you smelt so much iron at one time!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's not that the humble official is hiding private matters, it's just that the humble official doesn't know much about this thing."

"A humble job usually only cares about people, not about things..."

When Lao Zhu heard what Zhao Mu said, he didn't feel angry at all, and felt that this person was quite honest and a rare honest person.

"Then call someone who can explain it!"

"This one……"

Zhao Mu immediately showed embarrassment when he heard the words. Although there are many craftsmen here, there are really few people who can explain the principle of blast furnace ironmaking.Most of the time, they also work according to the rules set by the Three Emperors, and they don't know much more than their stick.

At this moment, a young man dressed as a scholar walked past them with a notebook in his hand.

Seeing this, Zhao Mu hurriedly greeted him.

"Sun Xiucai, come here quickly!"

Sun Jizu turned his head when he heard the words, and saw that the person calling him was Zhao Xiaoqi, the steward of this place, so he reluctantly walked over.

"Zhao Xiaoqi, I'm going to take stock of iron materials, but I don't have time to chat with you here. If you have anything to say, hurry up and don't delay my work."

"Sun Xiucai, this nobleman wants to know how the blast furnace works. We are warriors, so we don't know the way here. I can only trouble you to introduce it."

"Oh, so it's such a trivial matter!"

Sun Jizu led a few people to an abandoned blast furnace, and led them in through the door at the bottom.

"Here is the place to stack wood coke, here is the place to stack limestone, and the top is the stacking hopper, which is specially used to hold iron ore."

"This method of steelmaking is to transform wood, coal, etc. into frivolous air through the strong pressure difference between the air inlet and air outlet. When the frivolous air is burned, it can release a larger flame, so that this flame will The iron ore on the top is smelted into molten iron, and then discharged through the outlet here..."

"If you want to imitate it, the Ming Steel Chamber of Commerce is willing to donate the construction drawings and send experienced craftsmen to guide you."

Zhu Yuanzhang felt lonely after hearing Sun Jizu's explanation.However, when he heard the last sentence, a puzzled look appeared on his face.

He clearly remembered that Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi said just now that this place was important, so he sent Jin Yiwei to take care of it.How come to Sun Xiucai's place, the secrets of this place can be said casually, and even the blueprints can be provided for free?
"Scholar, if you tell all the secrets of the blast furnace like this, won't you be afraid of being punished by the third emperor?"

Sun Xiucai looked at Lao Zhu in a daze when he heard the words, and asked in puzzlement.

"Punishment for what?"

"This is the meaning of the Three Emperors. The Three Emperors have never had the idea of ​​cherishing themselves with a broom!"

"Although the blast furnace is wonderful, in the eyes of the third emperor, it is not a big deal."

"The reason why the grandson of the third emperor asked Jin Yiwei to guard this place was not to prevent others from peeping. Instead, he used the name of Jin Yiwei's Son of Heaven's pro-army to show his heart to His Majesty the emperor, to prove that what he did was aboveboard, and that he did not deliberately conceal anything! "

Lao Zhu was stunned when he heard this, as if he didn't know Ni Sun.

"The third emperor's grandson has such kindness?"

Sun Jizu hurriedly explained when he heard the words.

"It's not kind."

"The third grandson said that His Majesty the Emperor is narrow-minded, even if he can hide it from His Majesty for a while, he can't hide it from His Majesty for the rest of his life..."

"The grandson of the third emperor also said..."

Seeing that the dog Xiucai was talking endlessly, Zhu Yan raised his foot and kicked it.

"You can shut up!"

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