Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 22 Are you familiar?
Zhu Xiongying's life is slow and boring. Apart from being in the school every day, he is staying with Empress Ma in the harem.

Empress Ma opened up a vegetable field in the harem, planting some vegetables and raising some chickens and ducklings.In the past, Zhu Xiongying always took his younger brother with him, and liked to run around in the vegetable field, scaring the chickens and ducklings, and catching insects on the vegetable leaves.

But now.
"so boring!"

In the university hall, the Hanlin attendant was citing scriptures and spitting all over the front, but Zhu Xiongying was drowsy.

He really doesn't have the talent for reading, the so-called sage's knowledge is like a heavenly book to his ears.Not only him, but those little kids and princes in the university hall also looked drowsy and dazed.

Among the princes and grandchildren, Zhu Yunqi is the only exception.He sat upright in his seat, listening meticulously, with a look of eagerness to learn.

In history, it seems that he was finally recognized by Zhu Yuanzhang because of his good studies and filial piety!

"When is get out of class over?"

Zhu Xiongying looked out the window and sighed inwardly.He really didn't like to read the Four Books and Five Classics, and couldn't keep reading.Every day I look forward to the end of get out of class, otherwise it is better to take a calligraphy class than to sit and listen to the scriptures.

"Hey! Hurry up and grow up!" I sighed again in my heart, just like my childhood.

People always look forward to growing up and fear getting old.

On the podium, Wu Yong, a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy and a scholar of the Imperial Academy, suddenly stopped talking.

Looking at Zhu Xiongying's direction, "Your Highness has something on his mind, why do you sigh for no reason?"

"No!" Zhu Xiongying felt that everyone around him was looking at him, and he smiled, "I have a headache!" Saying that, he said loudly, "I feel a bit of a headache!"

"Does your Highness have a headache?" Suddenly, Li Jinglong, who was on duty outside the school, strode forward, and said anxiously through the window, "Your Majesty must send the imperial doctor!" He said, shouting to Jia Gui and others outside the school, "Come and wait, Your Highness has a headache!"

"No need for an imperial doctor!" Zhu Xiongying waved his hands pretending to be weak, "It's just a little boring!"

Wu Yong looked at Zhu Xiongying carefully, and sighed slightly, "His Royal Highness has a body of ten thousand gold, headaches should not be underestimated, it is better to consult the imperial physician!"

"That's right!" Zhu Xiongying got up and walked out under the envious eyes of other princes, "I won't delay your teaching, go sit outside!"

He has used this trick several times.Every time he felt bored, he would loudly tell the outside about his headache, and Li Jinglong would cooperate with him in acting and let him achieve his goal of skipping class.

But this kind of trick can't be repeated again and again, it is better to think of other ways.

After leaving the school, Zhu Xiongying's frowned brows suddenly became brighter, and he became more energetic.

But Li Jinglong was on the sidelines, his brows were deeply furrowed, and his face was a little worried.

"Don't worry!" Zhu Xiongying knew what the other party was afraid of. If the prince Zhu Biao knew that he cooperated with him in skipping class, he would definitely not be able to spare him, "I won't implicate you!"

Li Jinglong had a wry smile on his face, it's no wonder he didn't get involved!
But the person in front of him is the grandson of the emperor, his future monarch, it's too late to please him, how dare he disobey him.

"stop!"

Just as Zhu Xiongying took a few steps, he heard a low voice from behind him, he couldn't help but stop, and his body trembled.

If you are afraid of anything, get caught and go first!
He slowly turned his head back and squeezed out a smile, "Father!"

Prince Zhu Biao, dressed in casual clothes, stood not far behind him, glaring at him.

"Where are you going?" Zhu Biao asked with an unkind expression.

"My son, I have a headache!" Zhu Xiongying lied without blushing and heartbeat, "Come out for a walk, let's get some air!"

"You had a headache four times in three days!" Zhu Biao strode forward, his face full of anger, "You pretend I don't know, you are using your headache to skip class!"

Zhu Xiongying took a few steps back and said, "I really have a headache, and I'm so bored!" From the corner of the eye, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, also in casual clothes, appearing behind Zhu Biao, and hurried over, throwing himself on Zhu Yuanzhang's thigh, "Grandfather!"

"What are you doing?" Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Biao, "Scared him when we met, and you didn't know he was just sick?" Then he said gently to Zhu Xiongying, "Dasun, what's wrong with you?"

"Grandson has a headache, and he was bored in the school, so he came out to get some air!" Zhu Xiongying continued to say the same thing.

"Have you ever passed on the imperial physician?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked nervously.

"It's just annoying, just go for a walk!" Zhu Xiongying looked at the clothes on Zhu Yuanzhang's body, and his heart moved, "Grandpa, why did you and your father change into common people's clothes?"

"It's too boring in the palace, go out for a walk!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

"The grandson is going too!" Zhu Xiongying almost jumped up.

"Don't go!" Zhu Biao said angrily, "Just now you said you had a headache, but now it doesn't hurt?"

"What are you doing? Can't you talk properly?" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao again, and said with a smile, "You can go if you want, but you can come later, you can't just pretend to have a headache and not attend class!"

Zhu Xiongying's little tricks were enough for Zhu Yuanzhang, and they were directly exposed.

However, at this time, Zhu Xiongying's mind was full of going out of the palace, and he said with a smile, "Grandson obeys the order!"

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Summer in the south is vivid and colorful.

Walking in the streets and alleys, under the red walls and green tiles, is the real world.

Yingtianfu was originally an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, where the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties lived.It has been 15 years since the Ming Dynasty was established here, and the flowers are blooming more and more, which makes people linger and forget to return.

Zhu Yuanzhang led Zhu Yingxiong slightly in front, followed by Zhu Biao, followed by dozens of sturdy guards looming beside him, walking among the crowd in the market.

The three masters of the Zhu family did not walk along the streets like Chang'an Avenue, but walked through the streets and alleys in the city.I didn't go to any magnificent shops that cater to rich and powerful families and buy silk brocades.Those who enter are all small shops in the streets and alleys that are related to the livelihood of ordinary people.

"How much is this rice for a stone?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked, grabbing a handful of white rice as he walked into a rice store at random.

Several people suddenly entered the Xiaoxiaomi shop, all of them were tall and big, and the shopkeeper was a little dizzy.Those who do business have the most winking eyes. Although these people wear ordinary clothes, they do not behave like ordinary people, so their attitudes are more respectful.

"Old man!" The shopkeeper said with a smile, "White rice is worth one tael of silver and two stones!"

Stone Tongdan, a stone of rice is about 120 catties.But a catty at this time is 16 taels.One tael of silver can buy more than 200 catties of rice, which is not expensive.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, "It's more than [-]% more expensive than it was in spring!"

"This is new rice from last autumn. When spring begins, the old rice from previous years will be on the market!" The shopkeeper said with a smile.

"Hmph! Why don't you tell me what's new and heavy?" Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands and turned to leave.

After leaving the rice shop, Zhu Yuanzhang turned to Zhu Biao and said, "The price of rice is high, and the common people have to pay more!"

Zhu Biao laughed, "But if the price of rice is cheap, it will hurt farmers!"

"You, don't listen to those nerds fooling around all day long!" Zhu Yuanzhang continued to move forward, pulled Zhu Xiongying and continued, "Even if it is one tael of silver a catty, the people who farm the land can't earn this money, it's all grain merchants who earn it." Go! Grain merchants partnered to lower prices in good years, hoarded in bad years and sold at high prices to the common people, no matter they are the ones who make money, the farmers who cultivate the land spend their energy in vain, and the common people in the city spend more money!"

"Pass the value to the censors in various places, according to the inspectors. The price of grain in various places is not allowed to increase at will, and the grain merchants are not allowed to lower the price when they collect grain without reason. Damn, the people have been busy for a year, and the merchants have exploited it. It's worth it!"

Zhu Xiongying laughed in his heart, the old man was very kind to the people and scholars, but he didn't have a good impression of the businessmen.According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how rich a businessman is, he cannot use slaves and maidservants to wear silk and satin.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly moved his nose, "What's the smell? It smells so refreshing?"

Zhu Xiongying looked ahead, "Grandpa, there seems to be a cantaloupe seller over there!"

"I'm just thirsty, let's pick some watery ones!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

When a group of people came to the stall, the melon seller was shirtless and peddled, "Mustmelon, muskmelon, sweet and thirst-quenching muskmelon! Oh, old man, how many do you choose?"

Zhu Yuanzhang dangled a melon up and down in his hand, "How much?"

"Two for a penny!" The man laughed.

"So expensive!" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned suddenly, "Is the melon rind made of gold, or the melon particles made of gold?"

The man smiled and said, "You always said that, and this is the price at this time of year!"

Zhu Xiongying kept a stern face, "Are you sure this melon is ripe?"

"How many years have I been selling here, can I still sell you raw melon eggs?" The man smiled, "How many?"

"Let me ask you, are you familiar?" Zhu Xiongying continued to sullenly.

The man froze for a moment, looked up at Zhu Xiongying and the burly men beside him, a little dumbfounded.

"You're the one who talks too much!" Zhu Biao stretched out his hand and flicked Zhu Xiongying's head, "You have learned to scare people, if you don't learn well!"

(End of this chapter)