The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 340 Zhu Yuanzhang’s enlightenment, Master Ye’s way of getting along with kings and ministers, Donghai Mining Development Group!

"Can you help with this?"

Ye Qing, who was about to get on his horse, immediately looked at Mr. Guo who was also about to get on his horse, with disbelief in his eyes.

Mao Xiang, who had been walking behind the two of them and had already turned on his horse, frowned when he saw this scene.

He knew what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, it was just that he had been pretending to be cool by Ye Qing for a long time, and he wanted to show off in front of Ye Qing once.

But in his opinion, Ye Qing never deliberately showed off his coolness. Ye Qing just focused on his own affairs, and his coolness came out naturally.

And Zhu Yuanzhang's showy pretense is not only very stiff, but also extremely easy to reveal his identity at this inopportune time.

This is not,

In addition to the look of disbelief, Ye Qing's eyes were also full of suspicion.

Mao Xiang watched this scene and became nervous unconsciously.

He knew that if Zhu Yuanzhang's identity was exposed here, there would be only two results, and it would easily be the worst result.

If Ye Qing had that intention, he would treat him as a fake emperor.

Thinking of this, Mao Xiang already strengthened his back and was ready to fight to the death at any time.

Although Mao Xiang admired Ye Qing, he would still intercede for Zhu Yuanzhang when he insisted on killing Ye Qing.

But his pledge of loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor could not be changed no matter what.

If Ye Qing wants to harm His Majesty the Emperor, he will fight to the last moment for His Majesty's safety.

Thinking of this, Mao Xiang looked at the two people in front of him. Although he was temporarily stationary, he was always ready!

In Mao Xiang's eyes,

Ye Qing looked at Mr. Guo in front of him, tilted his head slightly and said with a deep look: "How did you help?"

Ye Qing's tone was sharp and he didn't mean to ask any questions at all. He even had a hint of pressuring him.

It's as if he will be severely punished if he doesn't recruit him from the truth!

Zhu Yuanzhang felt the questioning meaning in Ye Qing's eyes and the sharp tone.

If it were anyone else, it would really send chills down my spine!

But Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't do that. Although he is just a kid compared to Ye Qing in terms of qualifications, he is a legendary emperor who started with a bowl and ended up with a country.

This kind of aura will make him feel that the person in front of him is a person, but it will not scare him, and he will even have the urge to compare his aura.

"Cough cough!"

Zhu Yuanzhang just coughed slightly and said with his hands behind his back: "We can talk to His Majesty!"

"Of course, the person who really made His Majesty agree to give them a big holiday is not us, but you, Ye Qing, Master Ye!"

Ye Qing just raised the corner of his mouth slightly and asked with interest: "How do you say it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang got on his horse and said: "Your Majesty is not a fool, he can clearly distinguish the pros and cons."

"We talk about taking 90% of the profits. Once we really consume the military strength of the Japanese country and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it will be equivalent to occupying all the profits of the Japanese gold and silver mining industry."

"You are His Majesty's servant, and I am His Majesty's subject. Once this tax is raised, Your Majesty will benefit the most!"

"Since His Majesty has the most to gain, can he still support you?"

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "His Majesty will not only support you secretly, but also ask me to ask you if you need his help, just tell me."

When Ye Qing heard this, he suddenly lost interest.

It is said that prey becomes smarter after being played with by hunters for a long time. It seems that the emperor is also the same. After being played with by him for a long time, he becomes smarter.

But when I thought about it again, I felt that he was overthinking. If he didn't even have this bit of wisdom, how could Zhu Yuanzhang establish the Ming Dynasty?

It is said that businessmen pursue profits, but in fact the emperor is the big businessman who cares most about profits!

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang made many wrong decisions was definitely not because he was stupid, but because he did not know enough.

Once his cognition is opened, he will be smarter than anyone else!

Thinking of this, Ye Qing suddenly felt that the difficulty of returning home had increased to another level.

"You want to be the biggest winner, right?"

"Then how about I not only embarrass you with my declaration of war, but also not pay taxes afterwards?"

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Thinking of this, Ye Qing took the lead in raising his hand in the direction of Ying Tian Mansion, and then smiled lightly and said: "Our Emperor is becoming more and more treacherous, no, more cunning, no, more and more sage!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this not-so-pure smile and listened to these words that were deliberately harmful to others and not self-interested, and he naturally felt a sigh of relief in his chest.

But he won't just get angry like before.

After being together for so long and having so many back-to-back contacts, his special tolerance for Ye Qing had unconsciously improved to a higher level.

Besides, he is still waiting to eat up all the profits from the Japanese mining industry!

"Whatever you say, we can bear it."

"You shouldn't have let us know that taxes are collected based on industry profits."

"The profits from brothels and gambling houses are huge, so you charge them 40-50%. Your mining cooperation with the Japanese country is equivalent to a business without capital!"

"We will set a tax rate of 80% for you then, but it won't be too much!"

"For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, for us to have enough reserves and implement gold and silver standard banknotes, you call me Zhu Chongba, and we all listen with a smile."

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Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and praised directly: "Yes, Mr. Ye is so eloquent that everyone knows that His Majesty is wise."

"Your Majesty will be very happy and relieved when he finds out."

Ye Qing just smiled with interest, feeling that this old boy was becoming more and more of a person.

Thinking of this, Ye Qing immediately got on his horse, and while urging the horse forward, he praised him sincerely: "Master Guo, you are really good, you are really a teachable kid!"

"drive!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the back of Yiqi Juechen, and his eyes were as sharp as swords again.

This guy's eloquence is still as annoying as ever!

Not only is he a bastard who has no father, he is also an animal with no regard for young or old!

That night, Ye Qing still had good food, drinks and hospitality.

In his opinion, since they are no longer prepared to use them to anger Zhu Yuanzhang, and they are still superficial partners, they should have good food, drink and entertainment.

Besides, they also helped me a lot.

As long as Xu Da, Wang Baobao and Lan Yu help, the soldiers of Ningbo Prefecture will definitely be able to save many lives.

Just think of it as a way to express your gratitude on their behalf!

That night, in the guest room, Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma had a small meeting after washing up.

Under candlelight,

Queen Ma asked: "Chongba, are we going back tomorrow morning?"

Seeing Empress Ma's reluctant look, Zhu Yuanzhang just smiled and said, "Does our girl not want to go home anymore?"

Empress Ma immediately denied it and said: "I didn't have such an idea. I just thought it was a bit of a loss for Mr. Guo to sign a contract after finally getting out."

Zhu Yuanzhang just smiled helplessly and said: "If you want to stay out for two more days, just say so."

"Let's do this. Tomorrow we will ask him to take us for a walk outside the city. We can't just do business, we must also pay attention to agriculture and animal husbandry."

"We are a big agricultural country, and agriculture is the foundation of our country!"

"If Ye Qing dares to put the cart before the horse, we still won't let him go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes became sharp again.

Of course, when he said "not letting go", he definitely did not mean to kill Ye Qing. He would never kill Ye Qing before eating up all the gold and silver mines in Japan.

No matter how angry he was, he would never do this.

But just because of that saying, "A boy can be taught", even if he didn't kill Ye Qing, he would still skin him.

Queen Ma knew exactly what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking.

Since Ye Qing has no intention of killing him, it doesn't matter, everything can be agreed to.

Early the next morning, in the dining room of Ye Qing's mansion. The group of them ate a sumptuous breakfast, and Zhu Yuanzhang no longer complained about Ye Qing using extra milk to soak the maid's hands and feet.

After knowing each other for so long, this was the first time they had a breakfast without any contradiction.

"Finish eating!"

"After you finish eating, I'll take you out of the city!"

Ye Qing was not polite and directly issued an order to expel Mr. Guo and his wife.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not polite, and immediately said with a smile: "Master Ye, don't be so anxious, take us to visit the farm, pasture, and your 'Donghai Mining Development Group'!"

"After all, we are also the partners who contributed the money. It doesn't make sense if we don't go and take a look, right?"

Ye Qing didn't even think about it and immediately refused: "I am busy with official duties and really don't have the time."

Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry at all when he heard his unskilled lie.

He just smiled and said: "Master Wu is busy with your official duties. This recliner is almost rubbed smooth by your ass. Are you still busy with official duties?"

"Where are you not spending time in the sunshine?"

"While you're lying here, you might as well go out for a walk and take a look!"

Ye Qing thought about it and felt that this was also the case.

But in the next moment, he was really impressed by Mr. Guo in front of him.

Looking back on the first time we met him, Mr. Guo would definitely label him as "unfaithful to the emperor" or something like that.

Now not only do I not criticize others, but I also know how to use this method to make sense.

Yes!

Where are you not spending time in the sunshine?

Wouldn't it be more comfortable to take a leisurely walk on horseback than to lie down here?

Not to mention, it really makes sense!

Ye Qing immediately smiled, put his arm around Zhu Yuanzhang's shoulders and walked out: "You old boy finally enlightened?"

"Just to enlighten you, I will accompany you for a walk and have a look!"

Behind them, Queen Ma and Shen Waner looked at this scene and smiled happily.

Finally, it’s not a male dog meeting a female sheep, it’s not a needle-point meeting with a wheat awn anymore!

Shen Wan'er's thoughts are relatively simple. She just doesn't want the man in her heart to meet Sister Ma's man as enemies.

But Queen Ma's thoughts are much more complicated!

In her opinion, it was a glimmer of hope, as if the two of them had found their own way of getting along with each other.

Of course, this way of getting along with each other before Zhu Yuanzhang's identity was revealed is not a true way of getting along with emperors and ministers.

At most, he can only be regarded as Ye Qing, the prefect of Ningbo, and he already gets along relatively well with the imperial merchant Mr. Guo.

Although it cannot be regarded as a true way of getting along with kings and ministers, it can still give people some hope.

After all, this emperor businessman Mr. Guo is the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang!

In the afternoon, they arrived at Ninghai County, a planned planting county in Ningbo Prefecture.

Ye Qing introduced it very generously. The rice now grown on a large scale is still a new rice seed developed in Yanmen County.

But his labor camp is also expected to produce new rice seeds with a yield of more than 800 kilograms per mu next year.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the rice field, looking at the endless rice fields, and nodded happily.

But when he looked at Ye Qing next to him, he found that Ye Qing didn't seem very satisfied.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and asked: "You have done a good job, why do you still have such a bitter face?"

Ye Qing just sighed and said, "It's been almost a year since I came here before I can hope to develop a new rice seed with a yield of 800 kilograms per mu."

"When I was in Yanmen County, we developed new rice seeds with a yield of 650 kilograms per mu. This only increased the yield by 1 to 200 kilograms."

"There's no way, my talent is limited, I'm really a clumsy person!"

Having said this, Ye Qing got on his horse and prepared to take them to the sea salt field and marine fish farm.

And at this moment,

Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma and others looked at the back and frowned.

You can be sure that he is just showing off!

Is this still clumsy?

Doesn't this mean they are worse than clumsy?

In fact, they really thought wrong. Ye Qing really didn't pretend to be cool. He sincerely felt that he was a clumsy person!

You must know that when he came, there was already super rice with a yield of more than 1,000 kilograms per mu.

It took him hundreds of years in ancient times to achieve a yield of 800 kilograms per mu. If this is not clumsy, how can it be considered clumsy?

After a while, they arrived at the fish farm.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at so many cages and nodded with satisfaction again. This suddenly increased the fishermen's income.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Aren't you afraid of wind and waves in these cages?"

Ye Qing pointed to the land opposite and said: "On the opposite side is Xiangshan County. This is a bay formed by Ninghai and Xiangshan County. The outlet is only so big. How big can the waves be?"

"So, offshore breeding farms and offshore salt drying plants are all located here!"

"First, this is a natural wind-proof bay, and it is also protected by the Ninghai Guard and Xiangshan Guard. Japanese pirates do not dare to attack easily, so it is relatively safe."

After saying that, Ye Qing put his hand on the shoulder of Mr. Guo in front of him and said: "Go back and tell His Majesty the Emperor that in order to develop the world, you need to adapt to the times."

"To put it simply, if you rely on the mountains, you will eat the mountains, if you rely on the grasslands, you will eat the grasslands, if you rely on the sea, you will eat the sea!"

"You've always wanted to see the pasture. There are no pastures here. There are quite a few cowsheds. Do you want to see them?"

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Zhu Yuanzhang only felt that he had been educated, and he was educated in front of so many people.

Although he knew that Ye Qing's education was correct, he just felt unhappy.

"Are you teaching the emperor how to do things?"

Ye Qing didn't even think about it, he nodded and said, "I taught him two moves just to save your face."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't be too lazy to teach the emperor how to do things!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qing got on his horse again and headed straight for the deepest part of the bay.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened immediately when he looked at his figure riding a big white horse and strolling leisurely.

Queen Ma and Mao Xiang frowned slightly when they looked at his eyes that were about to explode again.

It took a lot of effort to live in harmony for a long time, but why would all the efforts be wasted in less than a day?

Of course, they also knew that they could not blame Zhu Yuanzhang for being stingy.

This Ye Qing is indeed going too far, he is simply too lawless!

But then I thought about it, this level of lawlessness was not the first time for Ye Qing.

Thinking of this, Empress Ma was about to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to calm down.

But before she could say anything, Ye Qing turned the horse's head and roared impatiently.

"Why are you still standing there?"

"Donghai Mining Development Group is arriving soon, hurry up and follow!"

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The words "Donghai Mining Development Group" are both extremely unfamiliar to Zhu Yuanzhang and others, but they are also full of expectations.

Although I have heard about it, if I don’t see it with my own eyes, I have no idea at all.

Zhu Yuanzhang had a strong intuition that this so-called Donghai Mining Development Group must be a 'big deal' that would shock him!

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