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

Chapter 42 You and your father are so alike!

Zhu Kai felt that the two wives he married, one was a goddess, and the other was a brother with whom he could play games and act silly, perfectly fulfilling all men's fantasies.

Xu Miaoyun is indeed a goddess, but she is also a talented woman. She is not the kind of person who always asks boring questions like who should your mother and I save first!
Although Zhu Kai is not a doctor, he has never been heard of being able to cure diseases and save lives.

But, since Zhu Kai said so, Xu Da is still his father-in-law. He would not betray his father-in-law, right?

Therefore, Xu Miaoyun was very accepting of Zhu Kai's solution: a goose for seven days, and vegetables and eggs for the rest of the time.

In Zhu Kai's opinion, eating like this is not enough. Xu Da seemed to be suffering from a back carbuncle and needed to eat less greasy food. However, due to years of fighting, new injuries piled on top of old ones, causing complications of back carbuncle and septicemia.

It would be better if there was milk. Coarse grains with milk, eggs, and fruits and vegetables would be better for Xu Da.

There is no cure for this disease, the only thing to do is to take care of it. Once the back carbuncle is cured, Xu Da will no longer have to endure the pain of not being able to eat meat.

After Xu Miaoyun's worries were resolved, the atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly became much more relaxed, with laughter and joy filling the air.

In Xu Da's view, this was just an ordinary home-cooked meal, with no distinction between the emperor and his subjects, or between master and servant. In front of outsiders, Xu Da respected Zhu Yuanzhang very much.

Moreover, it was a sign of respect for the emperor by the ministers, but in private they always addressed him as "older brother".

Now that it was a family dinner, Xu Da treated Zhu Kai and Feng Yuting as his own nephews and nephews, and the more he looked at them, the more satisfied he became.

"…Lan Yu took advantage of my youth and tried to insult me, but I knocked him down with one punch on the training ground and broke both of his arms. Lan Yu was such a mean person that he couldn't beat me, so he asked his personal soldiers for help. If he hadn't knelt on the ground and begged me to spare his life, I would have torn him to pieces."

When it comes to tearing blue jade, it's as easy as tearing a piece of paper.

After hearing this, Xu Da's smile became even brighter. Looking at Zhu Kai's appearance, he felt more and more like he was back in his childhood.

Just like the time when Zhu Yuanzhang lived with them in his hometown of Fengyang.

Zhu Kai and Zhu Yuanzhang, it seems... both are shameless.

Just like when Zhu Yuanzhang was a child, he played games with his playmates when he was herding cattle in the countryside, saying that he was the emperor and conferred titles on his ministers... He took the children to peek at the widow taking a bath, but now it has become Tang He and Hua Yun's fault.

Zhu Kai has the style of Zhu Yuanzhang and he always brags without thinking. Even if Lan Yu is not a good person, he is at least a man of blood. How could he kneel down and beg for mercy from Zhu Kai?
He didn't care about Lan Yu or the prince's party. As long as his sons and nephews were capable, that was what Xu Da was most satisfied with.

As for other people...Xu Da doesn't care at all, and he doesn't need to care. As long as his own sons and nephews are safe and sound, this is Xu Da's biggest wish in his life.

After dinner, Xu Da went to rest, holding Zhu Kai's hand tightly. He also wanted to hug Zhu Kai's shoulders, but he was not tall enough, and his hands on Zhu Kai's shoulders seemed like they were hanging on Zhu Kai. Xu Da could only settle for the second best and hold Zhu Kai's hand.

Throughout the meal, Xu Da's smile never left his face: "Good boy, you are really strong! You have to do this in the future. We don't cause trouble, but we are not afraid of trouble. Whoever provokes us will be beaten to a pulp! Back then, your father and I..."

Talking about the past again.

Zhu Kai did not interrupt Xu Da, but asked him a question: "Uncle, I heard from my father that you were already eighteen years old, and you still pooped in your crotch while climbing a mountain, right? Or was it my father who washed your pants for you..."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Although Xu Da didn't drink, his face was red: "That's obviously..."

At this point, Xu Da immediately shut up, looked around and told Xu Zengshou to get out of the way, then pulled Zhu Kai away. When there was no one around, he lowered his voice and said, "I remember very clearly that this never happened. That was your father. He was really not clean when he was a child. The smell of his feet was even worse than that."

"Hahaha, I do believe what you said. When my father took off his shoes to beat me, I could smell the smell of fermented soybeans in his shoes." "Yeah, that's right, that's the smell!"

Xu Da could only say this to Zhu Kai when there was no one around. He would definitely not say a word in front of other people. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor now and he had to maintain his great and glorious image.

……

After seeing Xu Da off, Zhu Kai, Xu Miaoyun and Feng Yuting sat down in the pavilion, while Mao Xiang and two strong men guarded the pavilion.

Zhu Kai looked at his two fiancées and said, "Tell me, how much did you get this time?"

"Sixty thousand taels of gold, all used to buy up shops."

Xu Miaoyun opened an account book and handed the record to Zhu Kai: "There are ninety-three cloth shops, grain shops, and salt merchants in Suzhou and Hangzhou. A total of eighty thousand taels of gold were spent. Sister Yuting took over the restaurants, bookstores, book printing workshops, and dye shops in Yingtian Prefecture, a total of twenty-three, and spent fifty thousand taels of gold."

Adding it all together, there are 130,000 taels of gold. Zhu Kai was very curious: "Didn't I only give you 100,000 taels? How come there are 30,000 taels more?"

Feng Yuting explained: "I have spent all the money you gave me, and I got a lot of money from my father. In order to support you, my father mortgaged all the land in our family, and only then did he get 30,000 taels of gold."

Feng Sheng's land was a reward from Zhu Yuanzhang. The person who could take his land must have a background.

After finishing speaking, Feng Yuting added: "And Sister Xu, she also added an extra 10,000 taels."

Hearing that Feng Sheng mortgaged the land, it was obvious that he didn't want the land anymore.

Zhu Kai thought about the time when he and Zhu Yuanzhang talked about "equal division of land", Feng Sheng was listening nearby, and he probably also wanted to transfer the family's land before Zhu Yuanzhang took action.

After all, if Zhu Yuanzhang took action, he would not get a penny. If he exchanged the land for money now, he would still make a profit.

Feng Sheng was very careful. He did not sell the land on his own initiative. Instead, your Zhu Yuanzhang's son needed money to buy a shop, so I helped Zhu Kai get the money and mortgaged the land. It can't be said that I leaked the information to outsiders, right?
After figuring out the key, Zhu Kai reached out and pinched Feng Yuting's chubby little face, and said jokingly: "Your father is such a thief!"

"Your father is..."

Feng Yuting was halfway through her words when she realized that her evaluation of Zhu Yuanzhang was wrong. She immediately narrowed her eyes into a crescent shape and said to Zhu Kai, "My father is also your Taishan."

Isn’t my father your father?

"Yeah, yes, my dad is also a thief!"

Zhu Kai felt a little disappointed when he thought that his idea of ​​getting rich was partially intercepted by Zhu Yuanzhang halfway.

My dad is becoming more and more cunning. I have to plan carefully in the future.

Zhu Kai looked down on the mine, but that didn't mean Zhu Yuanzhang could take his food.

Xu Miaoyun was about to talk to Zhu Kai about the future operation of these shops, but was interrupted by Zhu Kai: "You guys can run these shops. I feel overwhelmed when I hear all this."

Zhu Kai held a fiancée in each hand: "You all gave me your own money, how can I not trust you?"

(End of this chapter)