Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 65 New Year's Eve (3)

"Just what?"

Seeing the old Taoist speaking hesitantly, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows.

The old man was still slow, shaking his head and said, "It's just this kid, a villain by fate!"

Immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes froze.

"You are a knowledgeable person!" The old Taoist continued, "Generally, people who are talented, different, or have a good fate, and are born with everything will always attract people's envy. There are always some bad-hearted people who want to Try to figure him out!"

"To offend a villain?" Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while with his eyebrows crossed.

"It's not a big deal!" The old Taoist said again, "Although it's a villain, but there are nobles who protect it, and it can turn bad luck into good luck, and good luck in death!"

"But!" Speaking of this, the old Taoist began to play tricks again, "The villains he offended are not outsiders. Judging from his palm and face, they are often people around him!" He said, smiling at Zhu Yuanzhang, "Old man , are you eccentric at home? It’s not okay to be eccentric, there are too many people who are jealous and resentful!"

"Besides, you are a sweetheart, your parents are not well-connected, although you enjoy the unparalleled wealth in the world, you rarely get some love from your parents!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's brows became more and more wrinkled, forming a Sichuan shape.

But Zhu Xiongying was a little surprised that what this sloppy-looking Taoist actually said was somewhat reasonable and close.It has to be said that it is not unreasonable for these gadgets of the ancients to be passed down for thousands of years.

Seeing this, Zhu Biao said displeasedly, "You Taoist, what are you talking about? Arranging our family affairs?"

"Your father rushed to show the Taoist master!" The old Taoist curled his lips and said, "The Taoist master doesn't just pick out good-looking nonsense when he looks at the face. Then, how is it different from those bald donkeys who cheat money?"

"That is to say, when you meet the Daoist Lord, tell the truth. If you go to that temple, those bald donkeys who cheat money will come up to you. Arrange your family affairs? Do you want to give me enough money? , Said your house is haunted!"

Zhu Biao smiled angrily, and stretched out his hand, "Come on, show me. It's accurate, and you will be rewarded with a lot of money. If you deliberately scare me, let me see how I can treat you!"

The old man was not afraid at all, but his eyes fell on Zhu Biao's palm, and he was suddenly shocked.

"Are you evil today?" The old Taoist muttered to himself, "It's too evil!"

"What's wrong?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked anxiously.

"This is your son?" The old Taoist asked, and then said, "You three, all of you are rich and wealthy, and your fate is the best in the world."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, "Hehe!"

"But!" The old man glanced at Zhu Biao, "Your son, there is a hurdle in middle age. If you pass it, it's okay, if you can't make it through! Tsk tsk!"

"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

The old Taoist squinted his eyes, "I'm afraid I'm in danger of my life!" As he spoke, he looked at Zhu Biao's palmistry and continued, "Also, although your fate is good, but your blessings are few. There is a saying that is falling on you , it is unavoidable for a man to have a wife who is not virtuous, and he is not filial! Hey, according to your palmistry, you lost your wife in the early years, have you remarried? Tsk tsk, the house is restless."

"Nonsense!" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when Zhu Biao hadn't done anything. He stood up and slapped him round.

With a thud, the Taoist fell down like a gourd, his eyes rolled white and his mouth was foaming, his limbs twitched.

Zhu Yuanzhang was the founding emperor on horseback, and he slapped him with all his strength, how could ordinary people bear it.

"Father, calm down!" Zhu Biao hurriedly stopped him, and said with a smile, "Why are you angry with these quacks?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, but he didn't think what the Taoist said about him.It can be said that the fate of his children and grandchildren is not good, but he can't tolerate it at all.

"Straight mother thief!" Zhu Yuanzhang scolded, "Come here, take care of this Taoist priest in a while, and save him from fooling others!"

"Father, calm down!" Zhu Biao persuaded again, and then kept making eye contact with Zhu Xiongying.

The latter understood, and took Zhu Yuanzhang's big hand, "Grandpa, take your grandson to the front, don't let these slanderous people ruin your old mood." He said in a low voice, "It's New Year's Eve, You brought your grandson out again, it is unlucky to kill someone!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the old Daoist who was still foaming at the mouth on the ground, and said bitterly, "Today is a good day for you!"

The two fathers went away hand in hand, Zhu Biao probed the breath of the old man, then took out a silver ingot weighing five taels from his sleeve, put it beside the old man, and followed the two men in front.

After he left, the old man sat up from the ground, covered his cheeks, and spat out a mouthful of blood.In the red blood, there is also a white tooth.

"Damn it, Daoist's back molars are all knocked out!" Cursing, he touched the money beside him, "Humph, thanks to your conscience, you know how to give Daoist money, otherwise Daoist would go back and draw a villain, curse!" kill you!"

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With the episode just now, not only was Zhu Yuanzhang not as enthusiastic as when he first came out of the palace, but his face was also a little frightening.

Frowning while walking, he held Zhu Xiongying's hand tightly, as if he was afraid of losing his precious grandson.

Moreover, when walking, he kept looking back at Zhu Biao.

This son and grandson are the treasures in his life.He was almost 30 years old before he had his eldest son. At that time, he was a small army leader, and he was precarious. To have a son was a blessing from heaven.

The so-called old son and grandson, the lifeblood of the old man and old lady, when they have this eldest grandson, they are regarded as eyeballs.

It should be known that when he was young, his father and brother died of starvation.When he joined the army, he was the only man left in the Zhu family.Therefore, he attaches great importance to offspring.When he first established his foundation and started to faintly have the ambition of an emperor, he paid special attention to ethics and concubines.

"Old bastard!" Zhu Yuanzhang also scolded, "Nonsense!"

Zhu Xiongying walked around the market with Zhu Yuanzhang, and said with a smile, "Grandpa, isn't that the same for fortune-telling? Don't be alarmist, how can you make people pay willingly! Listen to what they say, but don't take it seriously!"

"They're trying to trick the fortune-teller and let us follow his train of thought. If you take it seriously, you'll feel bad for yourself!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, "Yes, my grandson is right!" Then he said loudly, "It's so lively ahead, what's selling, go and have a look!"

A group of people walked to the front, and the sea of ​​people could hardly be pushed away.

It turned out that several vendors were selling cloth at a low price, and the stalls were filled with snow-white Songjiang cotton cloth, but the price was [-]% lower than the market price, which attracted people around to loot it.

Cotton cloth at this time is hard currency.

After cotton was introduced to the Central Plains, after several generations of reproduction and technology accumulation, it reached its peak in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties.There are countless weaving workshops in Jiangnan, Jiahu, Susong and other places.The people of each family also use spinning cotton to subsidize their households.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty was the only unified dynasty in the past dynasties that fought from the south to the north and regained the old rivers and mountains.Its foundation is because Zhu Yuanzhang occupied the cotton cloth production area in the world.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the cotton cloth in Jiangnan was even more popular at home and abroad, and the supply exceeded the demand.

The prosperity of Ming Dynasty, the prosperity of textiles.

Cotton cloth not only allowed Daming to have sufficient financial and military expenditures, but also created a large number of wealthy merchant groups in the south of the Yangtze River.Moreover, even small households can benefit from it.Therefore, the lives of the people in Jiangnan are far more prosperous than those in other places.

Taxes in those years were much higher than in other places. Taking Suzhou as an example, the annual tax was 280 million shi, which was almost several times higher than that in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. The annual tax in Zhejiang Province was only 180 million shi.

Taxes in Jiaxing, Songjiang, Huzhou and other places were also twice as high as those in the Yuan Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)