Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 254 The Best Laborer
After Chen Xun left, Zhu Zhanhe did not leave in a hurry, but went to his father with a secret letter.

"No, Dad."

The design of the old palace of Siam is not much different from that of Yingtian Mansion of Ming Dynasty (in fact, no information can be found). Mother lives on the west side.

As soon as Zhu Zhanhe came to the West Palace, he saw a scene that made him feel unbalanced.

His father and mother were actually chanting scriptures and worshiping the Buddha, and Zhu Zhanhe, who was smelling sandalwood, felt nauseated.

"I found out that I can't be at home. As soon as I am at home, you leave everything to me!"

While talking angrily, Zhu Zhanhe threw the secret letter in his hand to his father.

"Aren't you much better at doing this kind of thing than I am?" Zhu Gaoxu put down the Qianzhi and Buddhist beads in his hands indifferently, and picked up the secret letter thrown by his son.

"It's like your grandfather, with Xia Yuanji here, when did you see him intervene in the transfer department?"

"Obviously there are people who can do better and more complete, why should I bother? The problem is that I may not be able to handle it well."

"Huh? What's going on here?"

As Zhu Gaoxu spoke, he shook the secret letter in his hand, and looked at his son suspiciously.

"No..." Zhu Zhanhe almost laughed angrily.

"Did you forget? This Ma Qi was sent by your grandfather when you were still in Yunnan, you ask me?"

"No, I know this person." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand, stood up from the futon, pulled his son away, and said as he walked.

"This Ma Qi is the eunuch next to your grandfather. Although he doesn't study or participate in politics like our eunuchs in Ming Dynasty, your grandfather still trusts him."

"Hmm... maybe... can you rank third among the eunuchs?"

"What I'm asking is why he hasn't left yet? Didn't your grandfather let him be a procurement envoy?"

"Ask me about this?" Zhu Zhanhe threw the question back with a dazed expression.

"I just went back from Yingtian, and I just went to bring the dog back, and then I told Zhan Qi something, but I didn't do anything. I didn't even ask about that Ma Qi carefully."

"Purchasing envoy, I know he is a purchasing envoy, but I don't know what he is for at all. I think you have arranged everything!"

"Hey!" Zhu Gaoxu laughed.

Unlike the usual smile, this time, he laughed out of anger.

Ma Qi is indeed the procurement envoy, and also the nail sent by Zhu Di to Yunnan, but in fact, this nail is a one-off.

After hearing his father's explanation, Zhu Zhanhe knew that this Ma Qi was indeed a procurement envoy, but he was a procurement envoy of the imperial court, and he came for the wool trade.

As for the question of nails...it's nails, but it's just that the old man wants to know in detail how his second son and grandson are living in Yunnan.

The processing of wool requires the use of caustic soda, and there is still a large amount of it. In the whole of Daming, except for the method of refining soda ash from plant ash and then refining caustic soda, only Chenghai Lake in Yunnan can get caustic soda.

As I said before, the yield of plant ash refining method is too low to meet the processing of such a large amount of wool. This is the purpose of Zhu Zhanhe's advice to the old man.

Ma Qi is the procurement envoy of the imperial court, in order to deal with the wool affairs with Yunnan, but it stands to reason that he should go back after completing the task.

After all, the old man still wanted to know the actual living conditions of the second son's family, so how could it be possible for Ma Qi to hang out?
This... is very problematic.

"I'll boil it!" Zhu Zhanhe spat out a swear word.

Except for his good third uncle, Zhu Zhanhe has never met anyone who dares to defy him. How dare this Ma Qi?
Moreover, it wasn't just me who lied to me, but also the old man?
Zhu Zhanhe reckoned that this Ma Qi either used his father's name or used his own name to talk nonsense with the old man, otherwise he shouldn't have been able to stay in Yunnan for so long.

Dare to do things in your own name?Zhu Zhanhe had opened his eyes.

This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that this Ma Qi, dare to use his own name to play the game of bribery?
"Zhu Ling!" The anger in Zhu Zhanhe's words could no longer be controlled.

"Yes!"

Zhu Ling didn't even ask, just turned and left.

As the person who has followed Zhu Zhanhe for the longest time, he knows exactly what Zhu Zhanhe wants to do.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, it will be bad if you lose your health because of an eunuch, there is no need for that."

Zhu Gaoxu patted his son on the shoulder, and dragged him into the study.

"Let me tell you something to make you happy, and at the same time let you make up your mind."

As he said that, Zhu Gaoxu tore off the seal on the small drawer, and took out a letter from it.

"This is the news Zhu Heng got from the Kansai Seven Guards."

"Seven Guardians of Kansai?" Zhu Zhanhe took the letter with a strange expression and began to read it.

"Yes." Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

"It's time for the tea-horse market again this year. Sanfeng and the others went there last time. This time you sent Sanfeng and the others out, so I followed the previous rules and let Li Heng lead the team there."

"Originally, this is not the first time that the tea-horse market has been held. Those tribes have performed very well in the past two years. I thought it would go well, but I didn't expect..."

"Oh!?" Zhu Zhanhe exclaimed in shock.

"This Mahamu is very courageous? Dare to join forces with the people of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate?"

As the saying goes, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. After consciously discovering Ming's "wolf ambition", Mahamu, Taiping, and Tu Polo formulated a plan to unite with the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

It's been almost half a year, and after all, the fire can't be contained in paper.

However, the information Zhu Heng got was not complete, because...

"But there is a problem. This Nahei Shizhihan died. There are many things we can't be sure about?"

Zhu Zhanhe put the letter back into his father's drawer, leaned against the desk, pinched his chin and frowned, his expression distorted.

"Now we can be sure that what Mahamu united with was Wrong Thinking, because now Wrong Thinking controls the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, but is it Mahamu's own meaning or..."

"No, Mahamu is just our first reaction. In fact, we are not sure whether this is the decision of the third king of Oara."

"That's right." Zhu Gaoxu nodded in agreement with his son.

"Even if it is, but according to the information Zhu Heng got from the Kansai Seven Guards, we only know that some Oara people went to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and we cannot prove that it was the decision and order of the Three Oirat Kings. "

"What do you think?"

"What do I think?" Zhu Zhanhe froze for a moment, then asked back.

"What can I think? This is grandpa's business. The Kansai Seven Guards have little to do with our family. Even in the tea and horse trade, we only have a transaction and tax relationship with Handong Guard."

"As for Hami and other guards, that's Grandpa's business."

"But if your grandfather really decides to send troops, then we can't just sit by and watch, because the East Chagatai Khanate will affect the Seven Guards of Kansai, and it will also affect the Uzangdu Division."

……

Zhu Zhanhe was silent.

He really doesn't want to meddle in the affairs of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the grassland. Firstly, he has little relationship with him. Second, even if he wins the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, it will not bring much benefit. .

In the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, there are many deserts and mountains, and there are almost not many flat lands. Otherwise, the construction teams of later generations would not spend so much manpower and material resources on development. (Note 1)

The most important thing is that the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was originally ruled by the descendants of the Golden Family. The previous Naheishi Han was better. relation.

But it doesn't work if you think wrongly, this person is a warmonger through and through.

"Let's wait and see..." Zhu Zhanhe was silent for a long time, and finally gave an answer that was not an answer.

"The East Chagatai Khanate has a lot of good things and a lot of minerals, but it is difficult to take them down. The most important thing is that if they are taken down, the direct beneficiaries have nothing to do with us."

"We are also short of people now. If Da Ming is on the verge of life and death, then I will definitely send someone to take over without a fart, but now..."

Zhu Gaoxu also sighed when he heard the words.

People are never pure creatures, and neither were their father and son.

For a long time, the father and son had no ill feeling toward the old man. Although the old man was biased at the beginning, they also understood that it was just not smooth in their hearts.

But understanding belongs to understanding, and practice belongs to practice.

Knowing that being a laborer would not benefit him at all, Zhu Gaoxu, like his son, did not want to get involved.

If you have that spare time, you might as well manage and manage the three-acre land in the Indochina Peninsula. At least this is controlled by your family, and the income is also your own.

No matter how bad it is, it is okay to send some people to Japan to speed up the mining.

"Okay, then let's not talk about this, let's take a step at a time, anyway, your grandpa probably won't ask us first."

After a long time, Zhu Gaoxu sighed and changed the subject.

"I heard that someone came to report yesterday that the Timurid Empire brought people into Delhi Sultan. What's going on?"

"Well, it's a small matter." Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand, and his mood improved.

"Didn't they play tricks before, so I punished them a little bit and asked them to send back 1 people, plus double the number of white slaves... Oh, I'm talking about the northern part of the Timurid Empire. Those people are not us Han Chinese."

"So many?" Zhu Gaoxu froze for a moment.

He had heard about this matter, but because his son handled it, he had 100% trust in it, so he didn't ask.

But unexpectedly, his son even doubled the previous conditions.

"That's no wonder they are going to enter Delhi Sultan. In terms of their shipping capacity, it is really difficult for them to transport so many people at once."

"However, what are you going to do with these people?"

"Deal with it? How else can I deal with it?" Zhu Zhanhe spread his hands, looking very innocent.

"I specifically told Ulugh Beg this time that I want at least [-]% young and strong. Firstly, young and strong are more expensive and can make them have a long memory. Second, young and strong are more useful."

"The country of Wa needs miners. Qian Yong has told me several times. Now the country of Wa has ten rooms and nine empty houses. More than half of the young and strong have been consumed. Many of the rest have gone to the mountains to hide. I can’t wait to go to Ezo to catch people.”

"This time the white slave is here, first send some to Qian Yong, and throw the rest to Dhaka City."

"Over there are the great plains washed out by the Ganges River, and there are still many places that have not been developed, so they just throw it over to reclaim wasteland."

"Don't look down on corn when you have sweet potatoes. Don't forget, we were not short of food before the Ming Dynasty, but the food went to those who didn't need it, but used it to make money. "

"Although the yield of corn is not as high as that of potatoes and sweet potatoes, it is still higher than that of rice and wheat. The land in Dhaka is similar to that in Yuhang, and it has the potential to become a land of fish and rice."

"As long as it can develop well, corn alone is enough. After all, there are a lot of people, and they can't increase too much in a short period of time."

Zhu Gaoxu was taken aback when he heard this.

After being reminded by his son, he realized that he had fallen into a misunderstanding before, and he also made a common-sense mistake.

Well, it may not be suitable, just like corn, but it is actually enough.

　Note 1: In fact, to put it bluntly, it is not easy to write, and it is easy to be banned, after all, it involves too many sensitive topics.

　
(End of this chapter)