If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 29 Dead Horse Meat

The Golden Crow was sinking in the west, and it was getting late. Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanjuan, their father and son, also turned back from the Qinhuai River and were preparing to return to the East Palace.

But today, I don't know whether the prince got interested, or whether Zhu Zhanyu took him to practice martial arts for many days and it had an effect. Zhu Gaochi actually pulled Zhu Zhanyu and walked together on the streets of Jinling, just like an ordinary father and son.

Of course, if you ignore the guards who have been following them to protect them, they are no different from ordinary father and son.

A dignified prince, even if he wears a white fish dragon costume, still has the guards around him. However, when the prince does not want to reveal his identity and disturb the people, they will naturally disguise themselves to prevent others from seeing it.

While walking on the road, father and son Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanquan suddenly smelled a fragrance, which immediately aroused Zhu Gaochi's greed. This noble figure second only to the emperor in the Ming Dynasty stretched out his nose in the air like an ordinary gourmet. He was sniffing, trying to determine where the scent was coming from.

He soon saw a store selling preserved preserved fruits not far ahead, about a few dozen steps away, and the scent wafted out from there.

"It smells so good! Son, what kind of meat do you think is so fragrant? Why don't we go buy some and take it home for dinner and dinner? Dad and you will have a few cups, and we will discuss with you what to do about what you mentioned in the brochure. "Zhu Gaochi was greedy and wanted to buy some dried meat to eat.

However, looking at the store, Zhu Zhanju's expression suddenly became very strange. After thinking about it, he grabbed Zhu Gaochi who was about to go to the store and said to him: "Dad, you are so greedy, let's go back and let you go." Just make it for you in the small kitchen at home, that food is not for you to eat."

"Nonsense, is there anything I can't eat? Aren't our ancestors also beggars? You don't know how great the sky is after a few good days. Your grandfather and I endured all kinds of hardships when we were in Peking." Zhu Gaochi said. The deputy looked back on the past, but what the prince said was that he really did not forget his roots.

Lao Zhu's family started from a humble beginning. Looking at the past dynasties in China's thousands of years of history, there is really no one who started from a humble background and can compare with Zhu Yuanzhang. A whole family starved to death and worked as slaves in the temple, and even became a beggar and started with a broken bowl. It's really Unparalleled.

The way Lao Zhu taught his descendants was also too hardcore. He once asked Zhu Di and other seven sons to wear hemp shoes like soldiers and go hiking and marching together to exercise their bodies and temper their wills.

After he became an adult, Zhu Di was sent to Fengyang many times to practice martial arts and experience the sufferings of the people. It can be said that all the Zhu family, from Zhu Yuanzhang to Zhu Biao and Zhu Di, have experienced the sufferings of the people.

Although Zhu Gaochi did not personally experience the sufferings of the people like Zhu Di, he also experienced various hardships and hardships and knew that people's livelihood was difficult.

So in his opinion, eating meat is already a very good life, so how can he dislike such things as "the meat is not for himself".

He pushed Zhu Zhankun's hand away and walked towards the preserved meat shop to buy some preserved meat, planning to go back and serve it as a snack for the night.

However, Zhu Zhanyu still pulled him, and his seemingly thin body actually directly pulled Zhu Gaochi's body, which was twice as wide as his own.

"Dad, that's dead horse meat." Zhu Zhanqi had no choice but to tell him the truth.Zhu Gaochi didn't take it seriously and smiled and said: "When the army is short of food, it is not uncommon to kill horses to satisfy hunger. When your father and I were in Peiping, the food in the city was tight when the army besieged the city. What didn't you eat? It was just a matter of time. Just horse meat.”

During the Jingnan period, Zhu Gaochi was in Peiping and was besieged by Li Jinglong's hundreds of thousands of troops. He and Empress Xu were in command, and Empress Xu even put on armor herself and went into battle to defend the city.

In this case, Zhu Gaochi naturally shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers and had tasted everything.

"Dad, that's not ordinary horse meat, but processed dead horse meat. Those traders collect the horse meat from dead horses and bury it in the mud. They dig it out a day later to make the horse meat look as fresh as fresh." , and then cook it with seasonings such as salt and soybean, so that it smells fragrant for dozens of steps." Seeing that he could not stop Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanquan had to tell what the so-called fragrant dried meat was. What the hell: "In order to save money, those traders used dead horses that they collected. Many of them were sick or had been dead for many days. In addition, they were buried in the mud and were contaminated with diseases. If you eat it, you may get a bad stomach, or you may contract a disease or even die from eating it.

Dad, you have a distinguished status. Everything you eat has been inspected, and there is even a backup for inspection. This is to prevent the disease from entering through the mouth or someone poisoning it, not to mention this kind of pickled food?Someone come! "

Zhu Zhanjun did not care about hiding his identity at this time. He shouted directly, called the guards guarding them, and asked him: "Which yamen are you from?"

"To His Highness the Second Emperor, I belong to the Jin Yiwei." The guard quickly replied and took out a waist tag from his body and handed it to Zhu Zhanchun to verify his identity.

After taking the token and looking at it, Zhu Zhanjun returned the token to the other party without saying anything, then pointed at the preserved meat shop and said: "Seal that shop, and then check their deaths for me." Where do horses come from?

Jinling City is not the north. If you want to keep the store open for a long time, you must have a stable supply of goods. Where can you see such a dead horse?Find out for me. "

"That's your order!" The guard glanced at Zhu Gaochi and saw the prince nodding in acquiescence. Then he took the order and turned around, found another guard beside him, and whispered a few words to convey Zhu Zhanchun's order.

The guard trotted to find someone, and soon another team of guards in official uniforms appeared on the street. They went straight to the door of the preserved pork shop, revealed their identities and quickly sealed the shop. , and the owner and other people in the store were immediately caught and tied aside to be taken away.

"Son, is this a little too much?" Zhu Gaochi looked at the crying boss and waiters, feeling a little unbearable.

Zhu Zhanjun knew that his fat father was a kind man, so he said to him: "Dad, if you don't believe what I say, let's just go up and ask him. If he is wrongly arrested, I will pay him a sum of money."

Hearing what Zhu Zhanju said, Zhu Gaochi did not object, so the two of them walked to the door of the store together. They saw that the Jin Yiwei was rummaging through the boxes and cabinets in the store. The boss and the waiter who were tied there at the door were crying miserably. Zhu Gaochi took the initiative to ask the boss Said: "Shopkeeper, why was your store inspected by the Jin Yiwei?"

The boss raised his head and saw that Zhu Gaochi had a kind face and kind eyes, and the clothes on his body were luxurious. He looked either rich or noble, so he hurriedly said: "I don't know, I don't know! I have always been a businessman in my duty. I don't know where I offended the noble." , the Labor Guards are here to arrest people!"

(End of this chapter)