Ming Dynasty: Zhu Biao's younger brother, the most rebellious son in history

It would be fine if they just went out to play normally, but now they have to be their own boss. It will be embarrassing for them to tell others about it in the future.

After hearing this, Zhu Kai also laughed: "You two, aren't you afraid that your father will beat you up?"

"My father? He can't control us."

Tang Jingye is not afraid of his father at all. "He has a broken title, but he drinks with his friends all day long, and he still blames me. He also often goes to Qinhuai River. I have met him several times. We each have our own fun and neither of us bothers each other."

"That's right. My father and I are all black. At worst, I can give him a discount when he comes to play next time."

Tang Jingzu opened his mouth and caused a great uproar, "My brother and I have already discussed it. The title doesn't matter. The main thing is to realize my dream."

"Fuck off!"

Zhu Kai cursed, "Is your dream to open a brothel?"

"No, our dream is to have a different beautiful girl serving us every day."

"Hahahaha, your words really touch my heart."

Zhu Kai picked up the wine glass and said, "No more talking, let's drink! Then we can go find different pretty girls together!"

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Even though they were joking around at the dinner table, Zhu Kai would never let Tang Jingye and Tang Jingzu lose the big picture while picking up sesame seeds. Although a brothel is good, it cannot be registered under the names of the two of them... In other words, they cannot let others think that they are running a brothel, but... You've heard of a complex, right?

The next day, Zhu Kai found Tang Jingye and Tang Jingzu and told them his plan: "We can't just open a brothel. We need to come up with a new name. We can open a bath center. Liaodong is freezing cold, especially in winter. It's inconvenient to take a bath at home. So we can open a bathhouse and let them take a bath. They can eat, drink and have fun in the bath center. If they want any service, they can go upstairs..."

Of course, Zhu Kai was so enthusiastic in giving them advice because he wanted to use these two brothels to accomplish his purpose of collecting intelligence. Mao Xiang and Jiang Lin were members of the Jinyiwei. If all else failed, there was the current head of the Jinyiwei, Tang He, who was also Zhu Kai's good friend. Zhu Kai could easily pull together an intelligence team.

Not only that, Zhu Kai also plans to use the Jinyiwei to open express delivery outlets throughout the Ming Dynasty so that his goods can be distributed throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Kai did this not out of a desire to spy, nor was he interested in other people's secrets. He called this way of obtaining intelligence "commercial activities". In later generations, there were many commercial spies who might not do anything in their daily lives, but just organize and report the intelligence they collected. Naturally, someone would get the information they wanted from the intelligence.

With business intelligence from all over the country, Zhu Kai can use the resources at his disposal to do business all over the country.

If there is a shortage of cloth here, Zhu Kai can buy cloth at a low price from another place where cloth is in sufficient supply and sell it here. If salt is scarce here, Zhu Kai can transport salt from the salt producing area... In business, strength is important, but information is more important. For future business, intelligence is the most important.

As for the brothel... who would come to the brothel?

Rich man, businessman.

They call their friends over and drink with girls. When they drink too much, they are likely to say things that don't need to be said. This information is collected, summarized and analyzed, and it is easy to find ways to make money.

Another thing is express delivery.

In ancient times, there was express delivery, which was the escort agency that often appeared in the martial arts world. What they called escorting was the work of couriers. Zhu Kai used the Jinyiwei spread across the country to set up express delivery outlets, and then established warehouses in some cities located at transportation hubs. He could deliver the goods to the places where they were most needed in the shortest time.

Business intelligence, express logistics points... Zhu Kai plans to hand over these two tasks to Tang Jingye and Tang Jingzu. They both want to be the men of the brothel king. What business can't they do?

After hearing what Zhu Kai said, Tang Jingye and Tang Jingzu said that they would take care of the business matters and they guaranteed to do a great job for Zhu Kai.

Zhu Kai didn't believe his promise. These two guys had a brain drain and no one knew what they could do.

After settling Tang Jingye and Tang Jingzu, Zhu Kai wrote down what needed to be done next on a piece of paper and gave it to Xu Huizu to do, and then left Mao Xiang and Jiang Li to serve as Xu Huizu's assistants.

He called up a man named Song Zhong from the Jinyiwei, and together with Zhang Fengnian and his own personal soldiers, they headed west to the Western Regions.

Zhu Kai still doesn’t know what the current situation is in the Western Regions.

He just happened to go and see his newly subdued Lan Yu to see how capable he was at work.

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Ying Tianfu.

Zhu Yuanzhang always kept an eye on Liaodong and the grassland.

Zhu Kai once said that he would build Liaodong and the grassland into a bridgehead for the Ming Dynasty and drive the rapid development of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang kept it in mind after hearing this. He wanted to see how Zhu Kai would lead the Ming Dynasty to develop.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's attention has always been on the grassland and Liaodong.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang saw this and fundamentally broke the original system of the Ming Dynasty and shattered the rules that everyone originally agreed upon. They overturned all the rules and established new rules.

When developing Liaodong, Zhu Kai's vision was not limited to the present, but he was building Liaodong according to twenty years later. He wanted to build a city over two thousand miles... After seeing Zhu Kai's plan, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Zhu Kai's plan was almost crazy.

"This bastard, relying on his wealth, is doing whatever he wants in Liaodong!"

Zhu Yuanzhang attributed Zhu Kai's crazy plan to Zhu Kai's wealth, and his words were full of envy and jealousy.

He even said to Zhu Biao during a chat: "If we had the money that guy has, we would also transform Yingtian into a city over 2,000 li long."

Zhu Biao expressed his disbelief, but he did not disappoint Zhu Yuanzhang. He said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Dad, Brother Kai has too few people who can be used. Should we transfer some grassroots officials to Liaodong and let them help Brother Kai to do the actual operation?"

"No, Kai'er wants to break our current system. Our current officials have fixed minds. Sending people there will only cause trouble for Kai'er."

Zhu Yuanzhang complained, but he knew Zhu Kai best: "Don't worry, Kai wants to build a new grassland and Liaodong. He just wants to tell us that the Ming Dynasty's system is still very backward. He wants to challenge us and tell us that his system is the most suitable for the Ming Dynasty. We also want to see how far this guy can go. I am looking forward to what he will make Liaodong into."

After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Zhu Biao no longer mentioned helping Zhu Kai. He was right, someone like Zhu Kai didn't need him to do anything for him, he could do these things by himself.

"I also look forward to him making the grassland better."

Zhu Biao finished speaking, his eyes full of anticipation: "Dad, next summer, I want to go to Liaodong to see all the achievements that Brother Kai has made in the past year."

Zhu Yuanzhang directly rejected Zhu Biao's idea: "Don't go. There are so many things to do in the court, enough for the two of us to do. You'd better stay here honestly." I haven't even gone yet, and you want to go?

I want to eat fart!
If construction in Liaodong had not only begun half a year ago, Zhu Yuanzhang would have gone there to take a look himself.

Next year, Zhu Yuanzhang wants to go, and if Zhu Biao wants to go, he will have to wait another year.

Hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Zhu Biao was also helpless. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang was his father. He was not like Zhu Kai who always opposed Zhu Yuanzhang.

Forget it, let Zhu Yuanzhang go first. It doesn’t matter if he goes a year later.

Zhu Biao was in a good mood. He continued to say to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Dad, Brother Kai is a person who can't sit still. He has only been away for a little over half a year. I don't think he will stay in Liaodong forever."

"Definitely not. He went to Liaodong for two months and only stayed in Anben for half a month. Then he went hunting in the mountains for a month and a half."

Although Zhu Yuanzhang had not received the latest news about Liaodong, his thoughts were the same as Zhu Biao's. He believed that Zhu Kai would not stay in Liaodong forever. As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang cursed again: "That little bastard, he harvested so many tiger skins but didn't even give us one. It's a waste of love for that kid."

Thinking of being abandoned by Zhu Kai, Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry and complained to Zhu Biao: "Do you know that your mother received a red fox skin yesterday, saying that it was made into a scarf and she wore it around her neck. It's so hot, isn't your mother afraid of getting prickly heat? Humph!"

After hearing this, Zhu Biao became even happier.

If Zhu Yuanzhang got a tiger skin, he would probably have to wrap himself in the tiger skin every day, right?

Zhu Biao thought so in his heart, but he also became more vigilant.

When he returned, he hid the tiger skin, ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum and Ganoderma lucidum from the Eastern Palace, and at the same time reminded the people in the Eastern Palace not to spread the news, so as to prevent Zhu Yuanzhang from becoming jealous after knowing it.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not mention Zhu Kai again, but mentioned the matter of ennobling the king to Zhu Biao: "How do you understand the matter of ennobling the king? Has it been decided?"

"It's settled." Zhu Biao said to Zhu Yuanzhang with great admiration: "Dad, it has to be you. Li Shanchang understands your ideas very thoroughly and does it completely according to your ideas."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then said to Zhu Biao: "Yes, Li Shanchang is very good at guessing my thoughts. If Kai'er hadn't grasped him, I would not only not use this person, but also be wary of him everywhere."

As a king, Zhu Yuanzhang's words were imperial edicts. Many people hoped to understand Zhu Yuanzhang's words and use them to guess his true thoughts. Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to be understood by others because he felt that people who could understand his mind were people he could not control. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Li Shanchang, the minister who understood him best, to Fengyang to repair the imperial city. If Zhu Kai had not had a sniper rifle that could take people's lives from a thousand meters away and made Li Shanchang feel scared, Zhu Yuanzhang would never let Li Shanchang return to the court no matter what.

Now, Zhu Yuanzhang was no longer on guard against Li Shanchang, nor was he afraid of being guessed at by Li Shanchang. Without any suspicion, the monarch and his subject cooperated extremely well, just like when they had just conquered Haozhou. They could understand each other's meaning with just a glance.

As for being wary of Li Shanchang... Zhu Yuanzhang said that being wary of Li Shanchang was Zhu Kai's business and had nothing to do with himself. Zhu Kai is such a grown-up, can't he deal with Li Shanchang?

Look at Zhu Biao again... this guy is almost worthless. He can use anyone and dares to use anyone, but he lacks a capable minister who can guess his thoughts. Look at Zhu Kai again, he has Hu Weiyong by his side.

"Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang, and Liu Bowen, three people can be crowned kings, let's choose them."

Zhu Yuanzhang still made the final decision, and then said to Zhu Biao: "For the military commanders, arrange Xu Da first. Chang Yuchun... He can indeed be crowned a king, but he can only have a title and not power. His eldest son is not suitable. Feng Sheng... He is also more suitable. Although it was Kai'er who destroyed the Mongols, Feng Sheng was the marshal of the northern border. There are also Bao'er and Lan Yu... He is still too young, so let him practice more with Kai'er first."

"Well, Brother Kai will tell us if he is satisfied with him."

"To satisfy Kai'er? It depends on whether Lan Yu can bend down."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not need disobedient generals. What he wanted was Lan Yu's complete obedience to the Zhu family.

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Zhu Kai walked all the way west from Liaodong and saw many people working along the way. They were pulling horse-drawn carriages on the road, and the carriages were loaded with stone slabs. When they arrived at the work site, they would unload the stones and pave the road.

These people were prisoners captured by Feng Sheng and Li Wenzhong. Making them work was to give them a chance to make meritorious deeds and atone for their sins. After they had cleared their names through labor reform, they would be able to obtain Ming citizenship and become citizens of the Ming Dynasty... As for how to clear their names, that was up to Zhu Kai.

In other words, they had no chance to clear their names from the very beginning.

Although it was cruel, Zhu Kai could let it go when he thought about the fact that their suffering would reduce the suffering of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

"Brother Kai!"

When Li Wenzhong knew that Zhu Kai was coming, he was extremely happy. He even left his base in Zhangye and headed 80 kilometers east to meet Zhu Kai before Zhu Kai arrived.

The purpose is to see Zhu Kai in advance.

"Brother Wenzhong!"

Among the relatives of the same generation as Zhu Kai, Li Wenzhong is the oldest. When Zhu Kai was just born, Li Wenzhong had already begun to serve as a personal soldier beside Zhu Yuanzhang. Later, he followed Zhu Yuanzhang in battles and rarely returned home, but whenever he returned home, he would definitely bring gifts for Zhu Kai.

Even let Zhu Kai ride on his neck and ride a big horse...

Li Wenzhong was looking forward to meeting Zhu Kai, and Zhu Kai was also looking forward to meeting Li Wenzhong.

Looking at Zhu Kai's bear-like body, Li Wenzhong couldn't help but smile, and patted Zhu Kai on the shoulder: "Good boy, now you are tall and strong, I got a horse, I don't know if it suits you."

"Of course it's suitable. Brother Wenzhong, you don't know that I feel very close to that horse even before I saw it!"

Zhu Kai naturally would not take back the benefits he had obtained.

He pulled Li Wenzhong by the neck and walked inside: "Where's the horse? What color is it?"

"Red, thoroughbred."

Li Wenzhong was also very fond of the horse he mentioned, but when he saw the horse, he felt from the beginning that the horse must belong to Zhu Kai, so there was no such thing as reluctantly giving it up: "Brother Kai, when your son grows up, I will give my nephew two ponies and let them play in the palace."

"It's too early to give it to them. Big brother, just give it to me."

Soon, Zhu Kai saw the horse that Li Wenzhong was going to give him. It was about 1.6 meters tall, with thick bones, strong limbs, and a red body, like a quiet cloud floating in the sky. (End of this chapter)