Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 284 Let's give medicine to my grandson myself!

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the outside of the city had not become a hell on earth, and his tense nerves suddenly relaxed a lot.

Before leaving the city, he had prepared for the worst.In such a cold winter, there must be no living people outside the city.

However, Zhu Yunxi was able to take precautions in advance and think of countermeasures in advance, which really made him very happy.

With Lao Zhu relaxed, he immediately pulled Lin Rong to do the homework.

"Little brother, in this freezing weather, how did you dig such a large... cellar?"

Lao Zhu is also a person who is used to doing farm work, and he knows that it is not easy to break ground in winter.

"This old man has a good idea!"

"The reason why we can dig out such a good cellar is all thanks to the engineering shovel given to us by the third emperor's grandson!"

"Sapper shovel?"

As soon as Lin Rongyi said this, not only Lao Zhu Meng was dumbfounded, but also all the dogs behind Lao Zhu were dumbfounded.

Ru Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was even more nervous, thinking that the grandson of the three emperors would not be making weapons privately again, right?

The firecrackers and cannons that Sanhuangsun used to fight Japanese pirates last time were made privately. He, Minister of the Ministry of War, has already pretended to be blind once, so he can't keep pretending to be blind, right?

If things go on like this, all civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty thought that the two holes on the top of the official's nose were venting!
However, when Ru Yu saw the engineering shovel that Lin Rongyi took out, she couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Ok!

Although this shovel looks a bit strange, it is still a shovel after all!

Old Zhu curiously took the engineering shovel and weighed it in his hand, he kept calling out in his heart, good guy, this thing is not eye-catching, but it is quite heavy in the hand?
Lao Zhu stepped on the engineer shovel and inserted it into the ground, and he shoveled a shovel of soil effortlessly.

Then Lao Zhu dug with one shovel after another, and he dug a big deep hole in a short time.

Lao Zhu held the shovel and said in amazement.

"I can't see that this kind of shovel is so labor-saving. It's really a rare good thing!"

"Chen Zongli, Qin Kui, you two also come over and try to see if this thing is still in your hand?"

Hearing this, the two hurried forward to take it, and took turns digging two small holes next to the hole the emperor dug.

"Return to Your Majesty, this item is really good, but the design can be improved."

"For example, the handle of this shovel can be longer, which can save some effort."

"In addition, if you want to popularize it, you only need to use its shape, and you are not allowed to make so many folds and side-edged tricks."

"If this is a clan fight, this kind of shovel can be used as a weapon without grinding it!"

Old Zhu nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words, and secretly praised Qin Kui for his reasoning.

He also found that the side of the engineer shovel had been sharpened, and it was as sharp as an ordinary sword.In addition, the entire body of this engineer shovel is made of high-quality steel, and its actual use may be somewhat more powerful than ordinary weapons.

"Ok!"

"Then you guys can take it back and improve it, and we will make reference to this thing for our Daming's shovels in the future!"

"promise!"

Zhu Yuanzhang chatted with several ministers as if no one was there. When he turned around to strike up a conversation with Lin Rongyi again, he found that the five members of the Lin family were already kneeling on the ground.

"The villain pays homage to the emperor, long live the emperor!"

Old Zhu glared at Chen Zongli displeased when he heard the words, it was this guy who ruined his identity just now!
"Get up!"

"You guys are doing well, but what are you missing?"

"Returning to the emperor, the little people are living well and don't lack anything."

"Uh uh..."

When Lao Zhu heard this, he was stunned on the spot, and so were the gangsters behind him.

If these words came from an official, Lao Zhu would only secretly praise the other party for being sensible, saving himself a reward.

But these words come from the mouths of poor people, who are so poor that they can only live by digging holes in the ground like mice, and they still have everything they want, which is a bit intriguing.

"You tell the truth, has someone warned you not to let you talk nonsense?"

Lin Rongyi said with a blank face.

"No!"

"The third grandson gave us a lecture yesterday, saying that we don't need anything now, but we are short of time."

"As long as you give us a few months, we will be able to live a good life that everyone envies!"

"Oh... my lord, can you give me time?"

"Uh uh uh……"

Lao Zhu was stunned when he heard this, thinking that he still lacked time, how could he find time for others?

"What else did our grandson tell you?"

It took Lin Rong a lot of effort to realize that the emperor's grandson was referring to the grandson of the third emperor.

It's not that he's stupid, but it's so interesting to listen to the speech of the third emperor's grandson, it's so kind, and what they say is what the people think.

"Back to the words of the emperor, the grandson of the third emperor said a lot. At that time, the villain just listened and didn't remember much..."

"However, the third grandson said that he also lacks time, and that there is an old man who delays every day and always delays his scientific research and construction, so that he cannot build Daming well and build an economic demonstration zone in the Gyeonggi area..."

After hearing this, Lao Zhu's face immediately turned into a pig's liver color.

The officials behind Lao Zhu covered their mouths and sniggered, gleefully thinking that His Majesty the Emperor had another reason to beat his grandson, hahaha.

Lao Zhu left with a dark face, and everyone hurried to follow.

However, when Lao Zhu just walked near the city gate, he looked at the Zijin Mountain in the distance in astonishment.

He suddenly thought of one thing, that is, in such bad weather, what should the common people do to keep warm?
Chen Zongli guessed what Lao Zhu was thinking, and immediately came forward to report.

"Your Majesty, the price of charcoal has been rising day after day. After this heavy snowfall, it is estimated that the price will go up even more!"

Old Zhu sighed secretly when he heard the words.

"Ugh!"

"How difficult people's lives are!"

"Ru Yu, you go to the Beijing camp and ask them to dispatch manpower to clear out the official roads. Make sure that the post roads in other prefectures and the capital are unblocked!"

"promise!"

"Chen Zongli, take stock of the treasury, first take out a thousand shi of grain, and distribute it to the people affected by the disaster inside and outside the city."

"promise!"

"Others go back to the headquarters and organize people to sweep the snow on the street. Before the hour, we must give us an accurate estimate of how much damage this heavy snow has caused!"

"promise!"

Just as the crowd was about to disperse after making a promise, they saw Zhu Yunqi leading dozens of guards and pulling several carts of food towards the gate of the city.

"Second emperor's grandson is really wise. In such a snowy day, he still doesn't forget to rescue the victims outside the city..."

When Zhu Yunwen walked to the gate of the city, he happened to see Lao Zhu, and hurriedly got out of the car to greet Lao Zhu.

"Grandson pays respects to Grandpa Huang!"

Seeing this, Lao Zhu laughed and praised a few words.

"it is good!"

"very good!"

"Go ahead and get busy. Ask Chen Zongli for anything you need, and he will do his best to support you!"

"Grandson thanked Grandpa Huang!"

When Zhu Yunwen happily went to rescue the victims outside the city, all the officials praised his back.

Although Lao Zhu felt a bit harsh, he had to admit that Zhu Yunqi was indeed a good boy, sensible, well-behaved, and kind.

Unlike a grandson of a turtle, a real iron cock, a miser, and a mosquito can scrape off two taels of meat from your legs!

Lao Zhu returned to Qianqing Palace, washed his face with cold water, and then sat down to have breakfast.

Looking at the empty chairs beside the dining table, Lao Zhu's expression became ugly again.

"Qin Deshun, didn't we tell you to inform that Ni Sun to enter the palace this morning?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the slaves have indeed notified you, but who knows that the third emperor's grandson will not enter the palace for so long..."

Old Zhu was silent for a while, especially when he thought of what Lin Rongyi said, he felt even more uncomfortable.

He is a bit stricter with his grandson, but the strictness is also for the good of his grandson. I hope he can learn more about governing the country.

Could it be that I was too strict, which caused the grandson to have a quarrel with me?

After Lao Zhu had breakfast, he reckoned that it was almost Chen's time, so he immediately went to the front hall in his sedan chair.

Daming's civil servants were still very efficient, and it took less than an hour to estimate the losses inside and outside the capital.

Chen Zongli was still busy with work in and out of the city, but he sent a servant back to report the results.

"Report to Your Majesty, Chen Shangshu has already summarized the losses from the snow disaster."

"This time, the heavy snow damaged more than [-] private houses in the city, and [-] official warehouses were also crushed. Three people died of freezing, all of whom were homeless beggars."

"Currently, Chen Shangshu is leading the personnel of the household department to distribute food to the poor people inside and outside the city."

"However, Chen Shangshu said that food is easy to deal with, and you can always squeeze out some. But charcoal and the like are difficult to deal with. Now that the mountains are covered by heavy snow, woodcutters can't go outside the city to cut firewood. Even if there is firewood, it cannot be transported into the city..."

"It is estimated that this kind of day will last for more than ten days..."

Lao Zhu's heart sank again when he heard this. Now in the twelfth lunar month of winter, without charcoal, ordinary people can hardly even eat warm food, let alone be frozen.

"Since you have seen the problem, let's talk about how to solve the urgent needs of the people!"

As soon as Lao Zhu finished speaking, all the officials shut their mouths and pretended to be dead.

Now that the mountains are covered by heavy snow, and the mountain roads are difficult to walk, who has a way to bring in charcoal from outside the city?
Seeing that everyone was silent, Lao Zhu immediately let out a dragon roar.

"We are supporting you, not for you to pretend to be dead!"

"If you don't discuss a good solution today, you can eat raw rice today!"

After everyone heard His Majesty's threat, they began to think of a way.It's just that their methods are more unreliable than the other.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that the common people should first burn door panels, tables, chairs, benches and other things to support them!"

"When the snow on the mountain melts and woodcutters can go into the mountain to cut firewood, the price of charcoal will naturally come down."

As soon as this person finished speaking, before Lao Zhu scolded him, the people around him couldn't listen anymore.

"Wang Shilang, are your words called human words?"

"The common people tore down the door panels, how will their family survive this winter?"

"Besides, how many days can a door panel be burned?"

"The current situation cannot be resolved within ten days and a half months. Can ordinary people's door panels be burned for ten days and a half months?"

After this person finished speaking, another great genius came out to offer his words and suggestions.

"Your Majesty, I also have a plan, you can order the surrounding prefectures and counties to support the capital..."

"Tian Shilang, what you said is wrong!"

"Now that the Gyeonggi area has been hit by disasters, our capital is short of charcoal, and other prefectures and counties are not short of charcoal?"

"Furthermore, the road is covered with snow now, even if they have extra charcoal in their hands, how do you ask them to transport it?"

Lao Zhu has been sitting on the dragon chair and listening to them arguing. In fact, he has thought about all the bad ideas they just said before, and none of them fit the current situation.

Just when Lao Zhu was about to scold them, he suddenly heard Qin Deshun quietly come up and say something.

"Your Majesty, the two tigers just came to report that the grandson of the third emperor has entered the palace."

Lao Zhu was in a fit of anger at this moment, and when he heard this, he immediately felt that he had a punching bag.

"Go and tell Erhu, first put that Ni Sun on the ground and beat him up!"

"My lord, I can't beat you!"

"The third emperor's grandson did not enter the palace alone, but came in a carriage, saying that he could solve the urgent needs of the capital!"

"what!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly shocked when he heard the words, and he didn't care that there were still many officials in the court hall, so he walked down the steps and left the hall.

A group of officials who were still noisy just now, seeing His Majesty the Emperor, hurriedly grabbed Qin Deshun to inquire.

"Eunuch Qin, what is His Majesty the Emperor going to do?"

"Come out?"

Qin Deshun didn't hear the other party's semantic problem, and thought the other party said "leave the palace".

"It's leaving the palace!"

"The grandson of the third emperor sent a fetish to His Majesty, saying that it can solve the urgent needs of the people in the capital!"

"This...how is this possible...does he really think he is a god?"

Qin Deshun didn't care whether they believed it or not, he hurried after him after saying this.

Seeing the emperor running towards Hongwumen, Erhu quickly called him to stop and led him to Xuanwumen.

"My lord, the grandson of the third emperor is outside the Xuanwu Gate!"

"oh oh!"

Lao Zhu quickly turned around and walked towards the Xuanwu Gate.

"Humph!"

"If Xiao Nisun dares to fool us, we will hang him on the Xuanwu gate and whip him today!"

When Erhu heard this, he was sweating, how angry the emperor was today, to have such a cruel heart.

"My lord, just take a look, the third grandson will definitely not let you down today!"

When Lao Zhu hurriedly walked towards the Xuanwu Gate, a group of officials followed closely behind.

Because going to Xuanwu Gate from the palace, one must pass through the imperial garden of the harem.

This is the imperial garden of the imperial palace. Every official who followed Lao Zhu's ass had infinite expectations for the imperial garden.But when they saw the real view of the imperial garden, they were all dumbfounded.

This is really the emperor's imperial garden, isn't it too spacious?

Moreover, what do those rice stubbles and ears of rice mean? Would His Majesty the Emperor plant rice in the imperial garden?

Lao Zhu is a pragmatist, and he has no interest in those inedible flowers, so he simply ordered someone to open a rice field in the imperial garden. It is also a pleasing thing to come to see the growth of rice in his spare time.

It's just that more often, this place is the second battlefield for Zhu Zhi and other emperors and grandsons. They tried a series of experiments such as raising frogs in rice fields and raising fish in rice fields...

However, Zhu Zhi and the others have not been here for a long time now.Because the water here is frozen, and the toads have already hibernated in their holes, why are they here?
The crowd followed Lao Zhu through the imperial garden and came outside the Xuanwu Gate, and saw a row of carriages parked beside the Third Emperor's grandson, each of which was filled with black things.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the things on the car, his heart sank, thinking that his little rebellious grandson might have pulled a car of coal for the palace, right?
This thing is not easy to burn, it might kill someone!
As soon as Lao Zhu thought of this, he suddenly saw a few officials in scarlet robes walking towards the carriage. Only then did Lao Zhu realize that there was a group of tails behind him!
"A bunch of useless things, the people's homes have no firewood to burn, and you don't want to help find a way, so you still have the time to come and watch the fun?"

Qi Tai and others could only bow their heads when they heard the words.

"The minister waits to be convicted!"

However, they said they were guilty, but their eyes were really looking at the things in the carriage.

They are also familiar with coal, and even know that this material is generally only used to make iron, and ordinary people will not use this material to light a fire for cooking.

There is no other reason, only because this substance can emit yellow poisonous smoke when it is burned, and it can poison people to death when inhaled.

Qi Tai wondered worriedly, wouldn't his proud student really plan to let the people of the capital burn coal?
If the third emperor's grandson really had such plans, he would definitely be sprayed into a sieve by all the officials, scolding him for not knowing the hardships of the people...

When Zhu Yunxi saw that Grandpa Huang led so many people to welcome him, he felt more honored on his face.

"Grandpa Huang, you are too polite. Just send someone over for such a trivial matter. Why are you here in person?"

Old Zhu stepped forward with a dark face, stretched out his arms and hugged Dasun's neck tightly, and said in a dark voice.

"Is the wound on your butt healed?"

"Come back to the palace with us in a while, and we'll draw a few more scars on your butt!"

"what!"

Zhu Yunxi wanted to run away when he heard this, but Lao Zhu held him tightly, how could he make it so easy to escape.

Zhu Yunxi struggled to no avail, so he hurriedly begged softly.

"Grandpa Huang, grandson delivered coal to the people of the capital this time. This is a great achievement. You have no reason to beat me!"

"Humph!"

"No reason?"

Old Zhu said angrily.

"Did you know that coal has thick smoke, and if the smoke is inhaled, it can be poisonous to death!"

"I knew!"

"But I solved the problem!"

"what?"

"solved?"

Lao Zhu looked at Dasun in disbelief, and couldn't figure it out, this grandson just changed the shape of coal to solve the problem of thick smoke?

After Zhu Yunxi explained to the emperor's grandfather, he immediately ordered someone to set up an iron stove at the gate of the palace, and then he personally took a briquette from the car and stuffed it into the furnace, and lit a match to ignite the briquettes.

Lao Zhu has been staring at it with good eyesight, seeing that Zhu Yunxi lit the coal balls with only one match, he suddenly felt extraordinarily miraculous.

Although coal is not used in the palace, he also knows that it is not easy to ignite this thing, and there is absolutely no reason why it can be ignited with a single match.

However, it can be seen from this that what Da Sun said is not false, and his black coal ball is really unique.

Not long after, Lao Zhu saw a foot-high flame bursting out of the furnace.

Lao Zhu took a few steps closer and sniffed it vigorously, but he didn't smell any pungent smell, only felt that his whole body was warmed by the fire.

However, what surprised him the most was that as Zhu Yunxi moved a block on the outside of the furnace, the fire rose more than two feet high.

"This stove is not bad, but it can also adjust the firepower?"

"The briquettes are not bad, but we didn't smell anything!"

"By the way, come and smell it too, to see if there is something wrong with our nose, or if this thing is really tasteless!"

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, wishing they could just have a pee.

His Majesty the Emperor is too much, it's fine not to invite people to eat and drink, but to invite people to smell the soot?

Although everyone was 10,000 unhappy, but His Majesty had spoken, they could only step forward and sniff it vigorously.

"what!"

"This thing really has no smell of smoke, only a faint smell of burnt..."

"It smells like burning hair..."

"Master Tian, ​​what you are wearing is your hair!"

"what?"

When Tian Shilang heard the words, he squatted on the ground and threw snow on his hair. With a sizzling sound, the small flame on his head was extinguished instantly.

"Da Sun, turn down the flame!"

"Ugh!"

Zhu Yunxi moved the air intake baffle, and the flames shrank back instantly, only churning in the furnace, without the slightest spillover.

But the temperature is still astonishing. Even if you are three feet away, you still feel the heat wave hitting you, making you feel hot all over.

Zhu Yuanzhang happily hugged his grandson again, and praised with joy.

"Okay, he's really our great grandson!"

"Our eldest grandson finally knows how to share the country's worries, we are so happy, hahaha..."

Zhu Yunxi scratched his head in embarrassment when he heard Grandpa Huang praise him so much.

"Grandpa Huihuang, grandson is not as great as you think, grandson just wants to earn some food money for the navy, and build a few more big ships..."

When Lao Zhu heard this, the smile on his face disappeared immediately.

It's not good for Mr. Sun to think about things at sea. If he is like Bei Yuan, he always wants to conquer those broken islands in the sea and he will suffer.

The population of those broken islands is not large, and the products are not rich, so they have to spend money and goods to guard after they are snatched, which is really not worth the loss.

"Da Sun, you can't always focus on the sea, you have to focus on Daming, on the people, and do more practical things for the people of Daming..."

Zhu Yunxi smiled when he heard this.

"Grandfather, if you are not in his position, you will not seek his own government!"

"Now that Daming is in charge of the family, you have to support the world of Daming, so the grandson will stop meddling with it."

"Grandson should tinker with some gadgets, and grab some more territory for Daming by the way, hehehe..."

Hearing this, Lao Zhu's heart was moved, wondering if there was something wrong with this grandson's words, did he think that we have been suppressing him and canonizing him as the grandson of the emperor?

"Don't worry, grandson, we will give you the Wenhua Palace in the new year!"

"Why, let me move there to live?"

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunxi immediately showed aggrieved expression on his face.

"Grandpa Huang, do you always dislike me again?"

"If you always dislike me, just tell me, I'm going to live in a fief and never come back again!"

Zhu Yunxi was complaining, but his eyes were full of joy, thinking that he could finally return to the fief in a legitimate way.

Unexpectedly, when Lao Zhu heard this, he grabbed him by the neck on the spot and dragged him back to the palace.

"Today we must have a good talk with you!"

Seeing this, Zhu Yunxi immediately panicked.

"Grandfather, a gentleman uses his words but not his hands. You can't just play tricks just because you can't talk to me..."

When all the officials saw His Majesty dragging the three grandsons back to the palace, all of them burst into gleeful laughter.

"Oh, His Majesty the Emperor is really too strict with the Third Emperor. The Third Emperor made such great achievements. In order not to make him proud and complacent, the Emperor took time out of his busy schedule to supervise the Third Emperor's homework, hahaha ..."

"Who says it's not? The words of the third emperor's grandson are too irritating."

"Where is the Wenhua Palace? It's the palace of the Crown Prince Jianguo!"

"His Majesty the Emperor rewarded the Wenhua Palace to the Third Emperor's grandson. The Third Emperor's grandson didn't know how to be grateful, but he even complained about His Majesty the Emperor. He really owed him a lot, hahaha..."

"Oh, it's just a pity that the Second Emperor's grandson who is helping the disaster outside the city is a good emperor..."

Everyone fell into silence when they heard this. If it had been put before, they would definitely argue about who is good and who is not.

Now that His Majesty the Emperor has shown his cards, there is no need for them to argue meaninglessly. They just need to wait for the Emperor to appoint the third grandson as the grandson of the Emperor, and the matter will be over.

No matter what the future holds, they will have to live it.

When the emperor led the three grandsons into the palace to chat, everyone turned around the stove in unison.

"Come and explain to me why there is no smoke when this thing burns?"

"Reporting to the official's words, this thing is called honeycomb coal, also known as coal lotus root, and it is made by mixing coal powder with a special formula."

"According to the three emperors, the reason why coal burns emits thick smoke is because there is sulfur in it. Therefore, as long as the sulfur is removed, it can be turned into anthracite, which is most convenient for people to cook... "

Lao Zhu dragged his eldest grandson into the Qianqing Palace and argued with him dozens of whips before he asked with a cold face.

"Xiao Nisun, how much do you plan to sell this thing for?"

Zhu Yunxi cried and cried.

"Grandpa Huang has the final say, as much as you say, woo woo woo..."

"Oh?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he just felt that he had just beaten him lightly. The reason why he beat his grandson was because he thought he was always talking about money?

It would be fine if he was just an ordinary emperor's grandson, but it would be a good thing to focus on making money.

But who made him his favorite grandson, the future emperor of Ming Dynasty?
As an emperor, thinking about merchants all day long is a bit of a waste of time.

"Is this thing really non-toxic and harmless?"

"Non-toxic!"

"harmless!"

"If it is combined with the iron pipe, it will be safer to let all the soot out of the house!"

Seeing that Dasun said so firmly, Lao Zhu felt a little relieved.

"If this thing is really as safe as you said, then we think the price should be set at [-] yuan per catty!"

Zhu Yunxi was desperate at first, but when he heard the "official price" given by Lao Zhu, his excited eyes immediately widened again.

"How many?"

Lao Zhu thought that this grandson was too young, so he scolded angrily.

"Don't be greedy, the price of eight hundred coins per catty is already not low, and if it is higher, the common people can't afford it!"

"Besides, you don't have to be too sad. We will order the palace to buy 1 million catties. This should be enough for you, right?"

"The imperial court can also purchase 1 million catties and distribute it to officials as salaries..."

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi was moved a lot in his heart.

Although this old man is a bit domineering and always wants to detain himself in the palace to study, he is still pretty good to himself!

In order not to let myself lose money, even civil and military officials can cheat, wow ha ha ha!

"Grandpa Huang, it doesn't need to be so expensive. My grandson actually only wants to sell charcoal for half of the normal price."

Lao Zhu was also taken aback when he heard this. He thought that Dasun thought the price of briquette coal was low, but he never thought that he would take the initiative to lower the price.

"Da Sun, half of what you are talking about is the current price, or the price before the price increase?"

"Of course it's the price of a normal year!"

"My grandson has inquired about it, and in a normal year, a hundred catties of charcoal is only about [-] Wen."

"Therefore, Suner decided to set the price of honeycomb coal at [-] Wen, so that more people can afford it."

"This……"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he rubbed his hands in embarrassment.He regretted it very much in his heart, why he was so narrow-minded just now, and beat his grandson again.

"Come, come!"

"Let grandpa take a look, but it broke the little butt!"

"Come on, bring us the ointment, and we will apply the medicine to my grandson myself!"

　eat ballistics

　　
　
(End of this chapter)