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

Chapter 164 164: Lao Jiu, we know you must have a big secret!

Countless thoughts flashed through Zhu Li's mind, and he soon understood one thing!

The reason why the old man knew that he would rebel and become emperor in the future, and also said that he would make himself the crown prince, was that there was only one possibility!

That's what the old man saw happening after he became emperor in the future!

Only when he, Zhu Yue, becomes emperor can the Ming Dynasty truly move towards prosperity!

The old man saw this, so he had such an attitude towards him!

"Dad, do you think this is possible?"

"Even if the eldest brother dies young, the second brother and the third brother..."

Zhu Li endured the throbbing in her heart and slowly reminded her.

"Your second brother and third brother also died young!"

"Of course, we are trying our best to change their fate, but they are not meant to be emperors!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand directly before Zhu Yue finished speaking.

Zhu Yue: "..."

Well, if the second eldest brother Zhu Xi and the third eldest brother Zhu Fan follow the original historical course, they will indeed be ahead of the old man!

Of course, even if they didn't die young, they were indeed not the material to be emperors, that's true!

"What about fourth brother?"

Zhu Yue asked again.

"Your fourth brother is also inferior to you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, and couldn't help but think of all the ridiculous emperors from Lao Si's lineage. Compared with the emperors from Lao Jiu's lineage, they were completely different!

He gave up on the ninth child and chose the fourth child because he had lost his mind!

Just for that loser Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Yuanzhang could directly completely reject the fourth generation!

However, when Zhu Li heard these words, it had another meaning!

Knew it!

Fourth brother is also inferior to me!

In other words, the old man must have known a lot about the fourth child, but since he will become the emperor in the future, the fourth child should not be able to take the throne. Could it be that after Zhu Yunwen came to the throne, he was still in Fengtian Jingnan according to the original history? ?

The final result should be that he lost to himself!

"Let me tell you this, the auspicious national luck not only allows us to see things in the future, but also allows us to see various different futures, that is, the future that has been changed by us!"

"We know that you must have a big secret, such as your Taoist skills, such as the magical weapons and elixirs you refined!"

"We are not forcing you to tell your secrets. We just hope that we, father and son, can be as honest as possible!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Li's shocked look, and then hinted, because he hoped that Lao Jiu could admit it himself!

Zhu Li was even more shocked!

He was shocked that the old man could actually see a different future!

"You must be thinking that you are just a concubine. According to the rules, you are destined to miss the throne, right?"

"You can rest assured on this. As long as you are willing to save your elder brother, we can change this rule immediately. No matter who objects, it will be useless. This is the guarantee given by dad!"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Zhu Yue's question was to remind him that his concubine had other affairs, so he immediately planned to give Zhu Yue a reassurance!

Now that the words have been said, you have nothing to worry about, right?

Are you worried that I will deceive you?

"Dad, since you said so, my son can only promise to give it a try, but even if he succeeds, it will only allow his eldest brother to live another seven or eight years!"

Zhu Yue finally let go!

The old man had already said this, and even his heart, which was as solid as a rock, couldn't help but relax at this moment!

The old man at this moment is just an old father who wants to save his son!

Even if Zhu Biao is allowed to live another seven or eight years, nothing will actually change!

Even if this is just a deal, if the old man can really pass the throne to himself, then everything will become simple, and he will not need to rebel. This may be the best result!

"it is good!"

"As long as you can let your eldest brother live a few more years, we will be satisfied!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and nodded with relief.

"Brother, do you all know?"

Zhu Li suddenly asked.

He understood the old man's attitude, but what was the attitude of his eldest brother Zhu Biao?

"Yes, your eldest brother knows it, and it is your eldest brother's intention to pass the throne to you!"

"In order for you to successfully take over the position of his crown prince, he even sent Yunwen and Yunxi to become a vassal. You don't need to have any doubts about this!"

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally understood what Zhu Yue meant and nodded directly to admit it.

"He is a qualified prince and a good big brother!"

Hearing this, Zhu Li couldn't help but sigh.

Even he had to admire Zhu Biao's choice!

Naturally, he would not think that Zhu Biao made such a choice just to allow himself to live a few more years. After all, even if he lived a few more years, he would still not be able to become emperor and would still die young!

Unless the old man will give him the Zen position in advance!

But if that were to happen, he would not be able to be emperor for a few years, and he would still have to die!

Since Zhu Biao knows that the old man has the auspicious national destiny, he obviously also knows what the old man knows. He also knows that the freedom of the Ming Dynasty will be in his own hands in the future, so that he can truly move towards a prosperous age!

What he is thinking about is the future of Ming Dynasty!

Just for this point, Zhu Yue has to admire him!

"Yes! As a father, I also admire Biao'er's style!"

"Biao'er also said that he knows that if you want to reform, you will definitely encounter huge resistance. While he can live for a few more years, he can help you overcome these resistances in the court first!"

"You two brothers are both great!"

"We also know that you must have feelings for Biao'er, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to secretly give him the half-finished life-extending pill!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh.

"Don't worry, since my son has promised you, he will definitely find a way to save his eldest brother!"

"Even if it just lets him live another seven or eight years!"

"However... to refine the finished longevity pill, we still need one of the most important ingredients. My son has been looking for it recently, but unfortunately he couldn't find it!"

Zhu Li changed the topic at this time.

Although he decided to promise the old man to give Zhu Biao the finished longevity pills, he had no intention of taking out the three finished longevity pills he had on him!

You must know that in these years, he has only gathered together one batch of medicinal materials, which is really rare!

"What medicine do you need?"

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly asked. In fact, he was also very interested in the prescription of longevity pill!

After all, the price of this prescription in Guoyun Mall is five figures, it is so precious!

"Thousand-year-old ginseng!" Zhu Yue said slowly.

This thousand-year-old ginseng is extremely precious. After collecting and searching for this Zhu Querk for so many years, I only found this one, and then I refined the three finished longevity pills!

Without the thousand-year-old ginseng as a medicine, he could only refine some semi-finished life-extending pills!

Of course, most of the wealthy gentry families in the northwest know that Zhu Yue has been buying thousand-year-old ginseng all year round. People often come to Zhu Yue with ginseng that they say is ancestral. However, Zhu Yue knows these basic facts just by looking at it. It’s not some thousand-year-old ginseng!

Ordinary people, even respected herbalists or experienced herbal farmers, can only judge the year by the size and texture of ginseng, which is not an accurate year!

Some ginsengs that are seven or eight hundred years old are often exaggerated and touted as the so-called thousand-year-old ginseng!

Most of the so-called thousand-year-old ginseng that Zhu Yue saw was between 500 and 800 years old. Real thousand-year-old ginseng is really hard to come by!

"Thousand-year-old ginseng?"

"We have it!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he spoke directly.

"Dad, you don't understand. The years of these ginsengs brought to the palace are just exaggerated. They are not true thousand-year-old ginseng. Ginseng that is hundreds of years old is easy to find, but thousand-year-old ginseng is really hard to find!"

Zhu Yue shook her head and explained.

"Then look at the age of our ginseng. Is it a thousand-year-old ginseng?"

However, Zhu Yuanzhang took out a ginseng out of thin air!

"This……"

With just one glance, Zhu Yue confirmed that the ginseng in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand was indeed a thousand-year-old ginseng!

But the question is how did the old man conjure it out of thin air?

Why is this method the same as having a storage ring?

"We have told you that we have the auspiciousness of our country and can see through everything. We can still tell the age of a ginseng!"

"We asked Guoyun Xiangrui to identify some ginseng for us before, and we specially collected this thousand-year-old ginseng!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Li's shocked look and explained directly.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang said it was easy, but he was extremely distressed!

Because this ginseng originally belonged to his palace, Guoyun Xiangrui had previously purchased two ginseng at the price of 500 Guoyun Value each!

As a result, if he wanted to buy it back now, he would have to spend 1000 National Fortune Value per piece!

This is just a flip-flop, and I lost twice the national luck value!

The only reason to blame is that he didn't have the recipe for the Life-Extension Pill. But if Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the recipe for the Life-Extension Pill needed thousand-year-old ginseng as a medicinal ingredient, he would definitely not sell it to the National Fortune and Xiangrui Pill!

After hearing the old man's explanation, Zhu Li suddenly understood.

Indeed, the auspicious national luck can even identify the magic weapon, let alone the thousand-year-old ginseng!

It seems that this auspicious national luck should also have a similar storage function!

"Yes, this is indeed a thousand-year-old ginseng!"

"Now that we have the thousand-year ginseng, my son will need to go into seclusion for about ten days to refine the longevity pill!"

Zhu Li nodded and explained slowly.

"It doesn't matter, it's only ten days, we can afford to wait!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and gave the thousand-year-old ginseng directly to Zhu Yue.

But he knew in his heart that Lao Jiu's city was extremely deep, and he clearly had the ready-made Life-Extension Pill, but he just refused to take it out!

But it doesn’t matter, since I already have this thousand-year-old ginseng, I can just refine it in one furnace!

In fact, Zhu Yue didn't insist on refining another batch of life-extending pills and giving them to the old man. The main reason was that he had made it clear before that he didn't have any, and he also said that there was a lack of thousand-year-old ginseng!

You can't just give the old man a finished longevity pill right now, right?

Isn't that the same as telling the old man that he has something ready-made?

"Okay, let's start the retreat after I collect some herbs needed to refine the longevity pill!"

Zhu Li nodded in agreement.

"Why bother?"

"You might as well just write down the recipe for the longevity pill, and we'll collect the herbs for you!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang directly suggested.

In this way, wouldn't he be able to see the recipe for this longevity pill?

"Alright!"

Zhu Yue nodded, quickly brought a pen and paper, and wrote out the six relatively important and hard-to-find herbs!

These six herbs are indeed required for refining the longevity pill, but since the old man has spoken about it himself, Zhu Yue will naturally not let go of the opportunity to harvest the wool.

In addition to refining life-extending pills, these medicinal materials can also be used to refine elixirs such as Qi-blood pills and Huiyuan pills. These pills may not be of much use to Zhu Yue, but for the soldiers under his command, And his sons are still very important!

Zhu Yue deliberately increased the amounts of these medicinal materials required, mainly in order to be able to refine other elixirs!

After all, the opportunity is before us. These medicinal materials should be relatively rich in the palace, but searching for them in private is indeed too troublesome!

Zhu Yuanzhang took it and took a look, and was stunned!

Are there only six herbs?

This kid... really has another trick up his sleeve!

Moreover, the weight of each medicinal material is calculated by kilogram. Where is this guy trying to pick up our wool?

Do you really think the palace is a vegetable market?

Although Guo Yun Xiang Rui did not sell him the prescription of the Life Extension Pill, and he could not afford it, but he at least knew that the prescription of the Life Extension Pill was composed of at least dozens of medicinal materials!

And if all the dozens of medicinal materials have to be calculated by kilogram, how many elixirs will be refined?

"Is that all?"

Although Zhu Yuanzhang saw something fishy, ​​he did not expose Zhu Yue's little thoughts!

Forget it, those medicinal materials can be of maximum value only in Lao Jiu's hands, and maybe he might be able to use them in the future!

"Well, the main reason is that these six medicinal materials are relatively difficult to find!"

"In addition, refining the longevity elixir requires many steps. The ingredients may seem large, but in fact, after the essence is condensed, there is not much left!"

Zhu Li nodded and said without blushing or out of breath.

He naturally knew that the old man must have seen the clues, but he certainly would not argue with him because of this matter!

Sure enough, hearing the old man's tone, he was a little disapproving!

If I had known earlier, I would have doubled the amount and gathered a little more!

"Then let's instruct Jinyiwei to collect some from Yingtian immediately!"

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he called Jiang Yu over directly and gave him some instructions.

From Hanzhong to Yingtianfu, even if one person goes very fast, even if the cement road is almost completely repaired now, it still takes more than ten days to go back and forth!

But things like this are not top-secret news. There is no need to send people back eight hundred miles to rush back. You just need to use specially trained carrier pigeons to send the news back!

The trained pigeons can send a message from Hanzhong Mansion to Tianfu in two days. All the Jin Yiwei over there can do is find the medicinal materials and send them over. All the required medicinal materials can be delivered within ten days at most!

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