Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 136 136: Zhu Di also wants to imitate the King of Han in building roads?

Seeing Zhu Xiafeng's excited look, Zhu Yue also burst into laughter.

Perhaps for his sons, Zhu Xifeng is the one who hopes most that he can have a biological brother or sister from the same mother!

At least he won't be alone anymore!

This time, Zhu Li did not calculate whether Saiga Sutushan was pregnant with a boy or a girl. Now that she had three sons, it didn’t matter whether she was a boy or a girl!

Instead, Zhu Li hopes that Saiga Sutushan can give birth to a daughter for herself this time!

In addition, Mrs. Li is about to give birth to a boy, and she will have four sons by then!

So far, I don’t have any daughters!

As soon as they heard that Saijia Sutushan was pregnant, Concubine Zhou, Lady Cao and Lady Li quickly rushed over together. Concubine Zhou, in particular, naturally hoped that her son would have as many heirs as possible!

Originally, Concubine Zhou accepted this daughter-in-law who was married from the Zhungeer tribe for the sake of her grandson Zhu Xifeng.

It’s not a matter of discrimination, but the Han people inherently don’t like the Tatars, not to mention the cultural customs are different!

However, Saijia Sutushan was pregnant with Zhu Li's child again, and Concubine Zhou was still happy to see it happen!

On the other hand, Saijia Sutushan was somewhat flattered by Concubine Zhou's greetings.

On the contrary, Zhu Yue was happy to see such a scene. Saijia Sutushan, who was pregnant with her own flesh and blood again, could further improve her status in the Han Palace!

I hope it can also bring her a little confidence so that she won't feel so inferior, right?

……

Beiping, Prince Yan's Mansion.

Zhu Di is not in a good mood lately!

The main reason was that since the old man rejected his request last time, he felt that he had been tricked, and even other vassal princes blamed him for the court's failure to pay them this year!

Although he didn't say it clearly, Zhu Di could clearly feel the alienation from his brothers!

Especially Zhu Fan, the third child of the same mother, has not had any correspondence with him in recent months!

Privately, the brothers still had some business going on, but it was starting to fade a lot!

If it wasn't because of that incident, Zhu Di himself wouldn't believe it!

Is the old man beating himself up with that incident?

Zhu Di couldn't figure it out and didn't want to think about it.

He thought that was the end of the matter, but he didn't expect that the supply of goods to Hanzhong was suddenly cut off. The reason was that he failed to make up the payment in time, and Hanzhong insisted that he could not pick up the goods without money!

And he also said that this was a rule set by the King of Han, even the vassal king was no exception!

Isn't this just a slap in the face?

According to Zhu Di's previous temper, maybe they just broke up!

Lao Jiu is so disrespectful. As the fourth brother, why should he rush to beg him?

If the goods are not given, then they will not be given. Could it be that without the goods from Hanzhong, King Yan would not be able to survive?

Zhu Di was really tough at first!

But after only a month, it started to get slapped in the face!

There is no way, the goods in Hanzhong are really delicious. The key is that this guy Lao San actually robbed all his original customers!

Anyway, Beiping is not far from Taiyuan. If the merchants here can't get the goods, they can only settle for the next best thing and go to Jin Wang Zhu Fan's territory to find goods. Instead, the third brother Zhu Fan made a huge profit. !

After knowing the news, Zhu Di was almost out of breath and vomited blood!

In the end, Zhu Di compromised and asked people to directly transport the money to Hanzhong to pay the money!

The main thing is that the products from Hanzhong are really delicious, no one can refuse them!

If you show off your anger for a while, the only person you will lose is the King of Yan, Zhu Di!

"Has your Highness figured it out?"

Yao Guangxiao narrowed his eyes and stared at Zhu Di with a smile and asked.

He had previously advised Zhu Di to have a good relationship with Zhu Yue and not to be too careful about money, but Zhu Di secretly didn't take it seriously!

It's fine now. I realized I was wrong when I lost face!

"Master, are you here today just to watch my jokes?"

When Zhu Di heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows.

He also knew that he was in the wrong. Yao Guangxiao had not tried to persuade him before, but he just didn't listen!

"Your Highness is joking, monk, I am doing this for your own good!"

"While the supply of cement has been restored, Your Highness might as well continue to discuss with the Ministry of Household Affairs about building a cement road from Beiping Prefecture to Yingtian!"

Yao Guangxiao reminded him with a change of topic.

More than half of the cement road from Hanzhong to Yingtianfu has been built, and it will be completed in a few months. However, in Beiping, only Beiping City has just completed the laying of cement road, and it is only on the original road. on the basis of!

Zhu Di is not as rich as Zhu Yue, nor does he have the courage to directly widen roads and demolish so many houses!

Although it's still the same as before, it can't be compared with Hanzhong!

However, building cement roads is also a general trend. No matter whether the road is wider or narrower, it is still a cement road!

But once you leave Beiping City, there is no cement road. The cement road currently only facilitates traffic in the city!

Therefore, Zhu Di must be willing to continue investing in this area, especially the cement road from Yingtian Mansion to Beiping Mansion, which must be built!

It’s okay if you don’t have the ambition to seize that position, but if you still have a little bit of ambition, you can’t fall behind others!

In other words, if the Han king Zhu Yue and his Yan king Zhu Di raised armies at the same time, Zhu Yue could rely on the cement road to send the army to Yingtian Mansion in a short time, but Zhu Di could not!

This is also the reason why Yao Guangxiao asked Jin Zhu Di to build the road.

And Zhu Di didn't have that much money, so he could only find a way to discuss it with the court, and he also used Hanzhong's method as a reference!

Logically speaking, the road out of Beiping Mansion should be paid by the imperial court!

"Can it be done?"

"The imperial court promised Lao Jiu, but it may not agree to this king!"

Zhu Di frowned hesitantly.

He felt that the old man was partial, and since he was partial, he would not be able to get everything right. It would be impossible for the imperial court to spend money to build a cement road leading to Peiping!

"How do you know it won't work if Your Highness doesn't do it?"

"Beiping is also an important military town, and building cement roads is also a top priority for the imperial court!"

"Not to mention anything else, whenever there is a war in the north, and the imperial court wants to quickly send troops and transport food and grass, it will be much more convenient with the cement road!"

Yao Guangxiao reminded slowly.

"Okay, then I will give my father another note. I hope I won't be disappointed again this time!"

After a moment of silence, Zhu Di finally agreed with Yao Guangxiao's plan!

He also wanted to confirm whether the old man was really biased to that extent? If the imperial court agrees to build a road to Peiping, it can be regarded as an attitude and it will make him feel relieved to some extent!

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Hanzhong Mansion.

Ever since Zhu Yue spared no effort last time to let the Taoist priests form a team to exorcise corpses, the effect has been very remarkable!

In the following time, Zhu Yue also stepped up the construction and route planning of the Zombie Inn!

A zombie inn, similar to a place like Yizhuang, must be built in a remote location, away from the smell of fireworks!

At the same time, it can also solve the work needs of some local single old men!

After all, the people who work in this kind of inn are all marginalized figures in society. In addition to these corpse chasers, the people they usually receive are basically dead people!

To put it bluntly, it’s just looking at corpses. This kind of work is really something that ordinary people can’t do!

However, Zhu Yue also believes that as time goes by, a tradition and inheritance will slowly be formed!

As long as there is a demand, there will definitely be someone willing to do it!

For example, those who have no skills or talents and can only sell some coolies can only do this kind of work. At least it is much easier than working as coolies, right?

Just like in the northwest today, because the salary of craftsmen has been greatly improved, many parents are racking their brains to think of how to send their children to be apprentices to craftsmen!

The world is like this, this is reality!

Things like work are also very hierarchical!

For example, in future generations, if you are a takeaway driver, your income may be higher than that of ordinary white-collar workers, but white-collar jobs are more respectable than others, and people will look down on you!

Educated people use their brains to eat, while uneducated people can only rely on strength to eat!

However, this also leads to the mentality that parents always hope that their children will succeed and their daughters will succeed. They put all their hopes on their children and ignore their children's wishes by letting their children do things they don't like!

In the same way, this was true even during the Ming Dynasty!

And this concept was even more serious in ancient society!

At least modern society still has a certain degree of freedom, and some unreasonable old ideas and traditions have been abandoned at the legal level!

Such as freedom of love, freedom of work, freedom of marriage, etc.!

But what is free love in the Ming Dynasty?

Are you still free to work?

Not to mention freedom of work, one’s household registration cannot be changed if one wants to!

Although the northwest side has been reformed according to Zhu Li's ideas, the rest of the Ming Dynasty is still dominated by the rules of the imperial court!

It was only with the support of Zhu Yuanzhang that Zhu Yue was able to toss in the northwest so smoothly!

As long as Zhu Yuanzhang does not support it, those opposing voices in the court will make Zhu Yue's reform come to an end!

This is also the reason why Zhu Yue suddenly changed his original mind and wondered whether the old man wanted to cultivate himself intentionally!

Originally, he thought that such a possibility was almost non-existent!

But now I feel more and more interested in this aspect!

Now, the corpse extermination team has been formed and has begun operation, and will be fully on track!

Zhu Yue is also looking forward to the day when the old man comes to Hanzhong, but he is no longer as worried as he was at the beginning!

It seems that around the Chinese New Year, Li's child will be born, and Zhu Yue will also have another son. Recently, Zhu Yue's mood has been in sharp contrast to Zhu Di's, which is quite good!

In the study, Zhu Yue was looking down at some accounts that had just been delivered!

Ms. Li is now peacefully raising her baby and waiting for the birth. Naturally, Zhu Yue will not let her worry about these things anymore!

Even if he agrees, Concubine Zhou and the others will definitely not agree!

Therefore, Zhu Li would handle the accounting matters himself when he had time, which could be regarded as relieving Cao's pressure.

"Your Highness, the Dahongpao has just been soaked to moisten your throat!"

Mrs. Cao walked into the study at this time, carrying a pot of freshly cut tea.

"My dear concubine, I have worked so hard on you recently!"

"My father will come to Hanzhong in the next year. How are the preparations for the palace that I asked you to prepare?"

When Zhu Yue saw Mr. Cao coming in, he asked directly.

The so-called palace is actually not a separate palace for Zhu Yuanzhang, but a large area built on the original basis of the palace for Zhu Yuanzhang to use temporarily!

After all, the emperor is on a tour, so the size and ostentation must be high. Today's Hanzhong Mansion is still a bit small, and it is definitely incomparable with the Imperial Palace!

Even if the old man leaves Hanzhong Mansion in the future, the built palace itself will be connected to the Han Palace, so it is not a waste!

As for this matter, Zhu Yue has always left it to the Cao family!

Regarding matters involving Zhu Yuanzhang, he could only rest assured if they were left to Cao.

"The construction is almost completed. It will be completed before the Chinese New Year. Don't worry, Your Highness!"

Mrs. Cao smiled and reported the progress of the palace construction.

"That's good. It's the first time for my father to come to Hanzhong, so he has to make his stay more comfortable. You should worry more about this. In fact, it's most reassuring to leave it to you, my king!"

Hearing this, Zhu Li nodded with satisfaction and smiled.

"Your Highness, Hanzhong City is now overcrowded. I am thinking about expanding another part of the city?"

Ms. Cao suddenly asked at this time.

When Zhu Yue first conquered Hanzhong, the total population of Hanzhong City was only about 30 households, and the total number of people did not exceed . This included the entire population of the county under its jurisdiction!

However, with the development over the years, the population of Hanzhong City has also increased dramatically. The population in the city alone has reached about 50!

The main reason is that the original scale of Hanzhong City is not large. Compared with Xi'an, a large city with a population of two million, it is much smaller!

For such a small city, facing the rapid growth of population, you can imagine the pressure!

This is only the permanent local population, which is only 50. If you include the floating population, the caravans coming from all over the Ming Dynasty, and those coming from foreign countries, the total population is about !

The population has more than doubled, but the original size of Hanzhong City has not expanded much, which is why Cao is worried.

"My concubine is right. So starting from next year, I am going to build a house!"

Hearing this, Zhu Li nodded and laughed.

Zhu Li's real estate layout has been in progress for a long time, but it has not yet been officially announced!

But when we get to this point, it’s only a matter of time!

The previous renovation of Hanzhong Mansion was limited to widening the roads in the city and rebuilding some houses that had been in disrepair!

But in fact, such transformation has reduced the land for living to a certain extent and compressed the original living environment of the people!

Therefore, the expansion of the city is also imperative!

(End of this chapter)