Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 46 Let’s take you to make a fortune
Zhu Yuanzhang was relieved when he saw the calm here. As for Li Wei's poem, he knew without guessing that it was copied by someone in later generations.

After attending this unpleasant banquet, Li Wei returned home very late.

The next few days will be the time for exchanges of favors. Li Wei doesn't have many acquaintances in the Ming Dynasty, and he doesn't plan to give New Year's gifts to anyone. However, others do come to pay him New Year's greetings, such as Fang Jianbao from the Military War Bureau, Pro-soldiers Song Zhong and Wu Yong, Wu Bozong and others in the cabinet, and Xue Xiang also sent people to send greeting cards.

Sending greetings in the Ming Dynasty is basically equivalent to sending group text messages in later generations. However, Xue Xiang is very old and Li Wei does not send New Year greetings to others, so it is already a great honor for others to send greetings.

On this day, Zhu Yuanzhang took Zhu Biao out of the palace in disguise.

Since driving away Meng Yuan, Zhu Yuanzhang has been working hard to restore Chinese customs, such as the Spring Festival couplets, which is one of the things he vigorously promoted.

The ministers all knew that the emperor liked this, so they naturally showed off their talents and posted various couplets with flying dragons and phoenixes on their doors.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang is taking Zhu Biao around each house to see whose couplets are better, and stop to comment.

While Zhu Biao was listening to his father, who was not very well educated, commenting on the couplets of each family, he would look back at the craftsmen following him from time to time. He didn't understand that it was just a patrol incognito to lead the guards, so why bother? Want to bring craftsmen?

"Father, what are we going to do?" Zhu Biao asked.

"We will take you to make a fortune in a moment, and you will know when we get there."

Zhu Yuanzhang said mysteriously, making Zhu Biao confused.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang came today to grab the secret soap recipe from Li Wei's house. The people he sent to follow Li Wei's house still haven't figured out the complete method of making this soap. He couldn't wait any longer and decided to do it secretly!
After turning around, the two of them arrived at the door of Li Wei's house.

Li Wei also took the time to write a couplet and paste it on it. He also liked this custom. When he was a child, he couldn't afford to buy couplets so he wrote them himself. However, his calligraphy was not very good. At first, he could barely read it. Later, If you work and use your computer and mobile phone all day long, you won't be able to write a few words in a year. What you write with a brush will be even worse.

"Great fortune, great fortune, and good fortune. May the New Year bring joy to the new century."

Zhu Yuanzhang stood in front of the door and read it, then snorted and criticized:

"Tacky! I know about blessings and wealth all day long, and I am just obsessed with money! And this word is so ugly."

"???"

Zhu Biao was stunned. He seemed to have heard his father say that he wanted to take him to make a fortune.

"Go, knock on the door."

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered a disguised guard behind him.

The guard responded and knocked on the door.

After a while, the door opened from the inside and Laifu poked his head out.

"You are?"

"Oh, we are colleagues of our Lord Li. We are here to pay a visit. You can go and inform us."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not reveal his identity.

"Okay, I wonder what you would call me, sir?"

"Don't worry about it. Go tell Li Wei and let him come out. You will find out naturally."

Laifu glanced at him and felt that his temperament was extraordinary, and the people behind him were also extraordinary.Laifu didn't dare to neglect. He said wait a moment and went to inform Li Wei.

Li Wei was on vacation at home at this time. According to the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang, the holiday was the day of the congratulations. It was only one day, and the annual meeting had to be held!Of course Li Wei won't do it.

So he, who had the right to "time freedom", followed his own ideas and gave himself seven days of annual leave without going anywhere.

Hearing Laifu's announcement, Li Wei instinctively felt a sudden change in his heart. To be honest, he felt a little guilty for giving himself the seven-day holiday. Although Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to leave him alone, the final interpretation of this "time freedom" still rested with Zhu Yuanzhang. There, if he is in a bad mood, catching you slacking off will definitely not bring good results.

Laifu said that the "colleague" outside the door did not want to be named. When Li Wei heard this, he felt that it was probably Zhu Yuanzhang who was here.

I followed Laifu to the door and took a look. Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang and his eldest son were there.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Li Wei clasped his hands in salute.

Hearing Li Wei call him "Your Majesty", Laifu was frightened and hurriedly knelt down and shouted "Long live".

"Haha, no need to be polite, we just came over to take a look. How is it? Is the house we arranged for you okay?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and waved in an easy-going manner, and did not blame Li Wei for skipping work.

"It's very good. Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

"Why, don't you invite us in and sit down?"

"Please come in, Your Majesty."

Li Wei was silent for a moment before saying that he always felt that Lao Zhu's attitude was a bit strange, so he just didn't blame him for skipping work. He was still smiling like this, which was not normal!

Zhu Yuanzhang entered the courtyard happily, and a group of people followed him. First it was Zhu Biao and the guards. Li Wei didn't pay attention yet, but then there were a few people who made him feel a little familiar. Are they craftsmen?
Li Wei suddenly had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang entered the courtyard and headed for the kitchen. As he walked, he pointed at Xiaoqing and others who were working there and asked, "Li Aiqing, what are you doing?"

Li Wei's expression changed, and he hurriedly entered the kitchen first: "Everyone, stop what you are doing and come to see the emperor!"

First, Xiao Qing and others were asked to stop what they were doing, and then they blocked the door calmly and said, "It's nothing, just making some gadgets."

"Oh, what a gadget, take us over and have a look!"

Li Wei's eyelids twitched. He seemed to have guessed what Lao Zhu was here for today.

Although Li Wei gave himself a holiday these two days, Xiaoqing and others were not willing to sit idle. They had only a small number of people, and the soap they made was not enough to sell every day. Naturally, they did not want to stop and rest without making any money. Zhu Yuanzhang was hit hard.

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze, Li Wei slowly let go of the door.

Xiaoqing and others had long heard that the emperor was coming. As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang entered, these people quickly saluted.

"Today we are going on patrol incognito, so there is no need to be polite."

Since what he was going to do next was not very honorable, Zhu Yuanzhang also put down his arrogance at this time and was very kind.

Zhu Biao and others also followed in.

"Li Aiqing, what on earth are you making?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the soap being formed in the mold and asked knowingly.

"Oh, I'm making a kind of soap for washing clothes. It's just some weird tricks. It's not worth mentioning. Your Majesty must look down on it, right?"

Li Wei said with hope in his eyes. At this moment, he was full of hope that Zhu Yuanzhang would be a good and eloquent emperor. If he said he didn't want it, he would never want it again!
"Of course we don't like it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled awkwardly, then looked back and suddenly pulled Zhu Biao behind him.

"But Biao'er is very interested in these little things. Please tell Biao'er how to make these things!"

After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang winked at the big boy.

Zhu Biao: "???"

Li Wei's face turned livid: "Your Majesty, can you carry me on your back when you blink?"

"Uh, our eyes feel uncomfortable."

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated, and then continued to urge Li Wei to speak quickly.

(End of this chapter)