Five years of garrison on the border, shocked Zhu Yuanzhang who went south to inspect

Chapter 37 Mr. Xu saved our lives

Is King Su going to rebel?
Zhu Tuo didn't take it seriously at all, smiled slightly and said: "Don't be like this, you can choose my name as you like. As the king of Lingnan, I am also known as a wise king. How can I argue over such trivial matters? !”

"Good regards, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Tuo said: "This is my friend, I want to introduce our new mine to them!"

All the ministers were suddenly shocked. Is this a privately owned mine?

Xu Da said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, can you tell the emperor about the mine?"

"You want to report the mining area to the court?" Zhu Tuo was shocked and said quickly: "It's just a small mine, not much is mined. Is his father so boring? He still wants to manage a mine?"

Xu Da took a deep breath.

The bad thing is that this King Su really dug a piece of ore in private.

Fortunately, that mine is not that big.

The group followed the prefect up the mountain.

Xu Da looked at the half-emptied mountain in front of him. Thousands of people were busy here, mining continuously.

And below this mountain peak, there are huge melting furnaces, billowing thick smoke soaring into the sky, straight into the sky.

Xu Da: "..."

Looking at Ming Dynasty, there is no other place where there are such mineral veins.

After a while, Xu Dayu was speechless.

"Mountain?"

"Yeah, what's the matter?"

"Sir, this blast furnace was just built not long ago and can only produce thousands of kilograms per day. It only takes more than six months, no, more than three months to complete this blast furnace. It will not only meet the needs of our Lingnan, but also supply the south. of those squires.”

"Very good, very good! By the way, where is the minted silver?"

"Everything is done. We are just waiting for His Majesty's instructions to release the funds."

"Yes, yes! With this money, our business will definitely be good." Zhu Tuo was very happy.

But Xu Da understood what he meant and quickly said: "Your Majesty, how can you refine it yourself?"

"Yes, what's the matter?" Zhu Tuo said puzzledly: "Our business in the south still needs to develop, but the silver on the market is really not enough. I want to make another one and replace Daxing Tongbao with a new one."

Xu Da: "..."

If all the currencies in Lingnan change, will Lingnan still belong to the Ming Dynasty?

"If you are discovered by the court, you will be dead!" Xu Da said with a bitter smile: "Your Majesty, although you are King Su and the emperor's biological son, if you cast anything without the emperor's permission, you will be executed. !”

Zhu Tuo said calmly: "We'd better not tell the people in the court about this."

Xu Da was speechless again.

Zhu Tuo asked the prefect to get the minted copper coins and looked at them carefully.

Xu Da took it and took a look. It was indeed exquisite. There was a portrait of Zhu Tuo in the front and a landscape painting in the back.

Yes, they mine and make money privately.

The requirements for rebellion have been met.

Xu Da couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, according to the rules, none of the princes have the right to do this."

Zhu Tuo said angrily: "This is useless, that is useless, my father is a fool, how can the Ming Dynasty develop? What do the people have to be happy about?"

Hearing Zhu Tuo's words, Xu Da almost lost his beard.

It's over, it's over, is King Su going to rebel?

"Shut up, shut up. His Majesty the Emperor has abolished many severe punishments. It can be said that he is a real emperor now."

"Please, my father is strict. Is there anyone in this world who doesn't understand? He should go out and have a look at the people under his jurisdiction. He eats delicious food and drinks spicy food in the palace, but the common people only drink simple tea and light food. Even us princes don't like it." If you let me do it, how can they get rich?"

Hearing this, Xu Da regretted that he did not have a good pair of ears. "What does Prince Su want to do?"

Do you want to tell His Majesty? "

Xu Da sighed, nodded, and then shook his head.

Zhu Tuo just complained, and then led Xu Da and others to the entrance of a dark cave, "What do you think is going on?"

Xu Da and others watched for a long time, and finally someone said: "Is this a well?"

Zhu Tuo shook his head and said nothing.

"Is it a cave dwelling?"

Zhu Tuo shook his head again and said nothing more.

Xu Da and others guessed several times in a row, but none of them could match it. Zhu Tuo smiled proudly: "I am telling everyone that this is the salt well created by me!"

"what is that?"

"Yes, I am very clever. I have improved the method of making salt. It does not need to be extracted from the ocean. It only requires a small salt well to extract enough salt. Haha, today's Lingnan no longer produces salt from the coast. Instead of buying salt, it can be exported."

"My lord, are you in the private salt business?" Xu Da heard the key to the problem.

Zhu Tuo said in surprise: "You won't and won't allow it, right?"

Xu Da nodded helplessly.

Zhu Tuo said impatiently: "Why is father so stupid?
Hearing Zhu Tuo's complaints, Xu Da finally understood why King Su hadn't come to the capital for the past three years.

With King Su's domineering character, he would be beheaded on the vegetable market after staying in the capital for only three days.

He also knew why the people in the south were so rich.

This is the fate of King Su Zhu Tuo.

It’s not easy to sue the king!
Xu Da looked at Zhu Tuo's deceptive tricks and couldn't recover for several days.

He felt like his head was buzzing.

Judging from what King Su did, he committed too many crimes, enough to kill his entire family.

However, King Su also has his strengths. Without him, how could this impoverished Lingnan develop so well?Can ordinary people be so stable and prosperous?
However, should we report this matter to the court?

"Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu."

Xu Da knocked on the door, and a group of ministers looked anxious. They clasped their fists and said, "Master, we must return to the capital as soon as possible and report the situation to the emperor! King Su is so arrogant. I think he will rebel soon." of."

Xu Da shook his head: "King Su has stayed in Lingnan for such a long time, and it is understandable that he does not understand the affairs in the court."

"It's more than that?" Another minister said: "This gentleman doesn't know something. I went around Lingnan a few days ago and heard that King Su wanted to reform the official system of Lingnan. Look, this is not blatant. Are you planning to rebel?"

Xu Da curled his lips.

King Su was indeed in a state of despair!
"No wonder Mr. Xu asked us to hide our identities. He was so prescient. If we exposed our identities and said that we were ministers in the court, we would have gone to the Palace of Hell long ago!"

"Mr. Xu has saved our lives!"

"Mr. Xu is my biological father!"

"The most important thing now is to return to Kyoto as soon as possible!"

The ministers were talking about it, and Xu Da waved his hand feebly: "We'd better wait and see for a while, Prince Su probably won't do that."

Seeing Xu Da's determination, the others had no choice but to agree.

A few days later, a guard came to Xu Da's residence and bowed to Xu Da, "Mr. Xu, our king will see you tomorrow."

Xu Da was a little confused: "Apprenticeship ceremony? How to say this?"

"A few days ago, the major chieftains in southern Xinjiang sent their troops one after another. His Majesty the Emperor is preparing to hold a military parade to show our power in Lingnan. You are a good friend of the king, and the king also wants to invite you to come with him."

(End of this chapter)