Traveled through Daming, but was punished by the old Zhu Shizu

Fighting outside, fighting inside,

If His Majesty retreats, can the crown prince really carry such a heavy burden?

Xu Da is quite pessimistic about this.

"His Majesty!"

Liu Xiu hurriedly exclaimed in a low voice, just as she was about to salute, she was stopped by Lao Zhu's hand.

"Don't say anything, we don't want to cause too much trouble," Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, and patted Liu Xiu's shoulder with his big hand, "Good boy, he's grown up."

Liu Xiu heard that his nose was sore. He and Zhu Yuanzhang had only been separated for half a year, but compared with half a year ago, Zhu Yuanzhang was aging at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even the Son of Heaven can hardly resist birth, old age, sickness and death...

"You boy!" Zhu Yuanzhang patted Liu Xiu's head and scolded with a smile, "Little bastard, you still have pity on us?! We are just a little tired from traveling and traveling, so get us something to eat."

"Ah!" Liu Xiu sniffed, then turned around to get some food.

Just as Lao Zhu was about to speak, seeing Liu Xiu had already run away, he said helplessly,

"This kid is so impatient, I forgot to tell him, we just want to deal with it, and don't make any big fish and meat again."

In a blink of an eye, Liu Xiu came running with three big bowls of steaming hot porridge. Liu Xiu's hands were steady, and the porridge noodles didn't even shake.

Liu Xiu took a bowl for Lao Zhu, and gave it to the old man all night, and said embarrassingly, "Your Majesty, we don't have anything to eat here, so we can only serve you a bowl of porridge, and I put some spicy peppers in the porridge. It counts as seasoning. This meal is probably too simple..."

Unexpectedly, Lao Zhu was overjoyed, and said with a smile, "We love this one! We don't want to change the delicacies of mountains and seas!"

Old Zhu squatted on the ground without image, and pulled the hot porridge into his mouth with chopsticks. A big bowl of hot porridge went into his stomach in two or three chopsticks. The few spicy peppers in the porridge made Lao Zhu sweat profusely, and he was so addicted .

"Your Majesty, there are more!"

"Come on!" Zhu Yuanzhang moved the bowl over, Liu Xiu understood, and set aside more than half of it from his own bowl, Lao Zhu was not polite, and he sucked again.

Xu Da looked at Lao Zhu and Liu Xiu's happy and happy appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little incredible. How long has it been since His Majesty has smiled like this since he became emperor?

But Liu Xiu voted for Zhu Yuanzhang's fate, or else the fate is wonderful, from the first time Zhu Yuanzhang saw Liu Xiu, Lao Zhu liked him from the bottom of his heart.

The two heads of one old and one young get together to drink porridge, like friends who have been friends for years,

During the period, Liu Xiu went to take two bowls of porridge for Lao Zhu, and Lao Zhu burped and put down the empty bowl.

Liu Xiu noticed that there was no food residue in Lao Zhu's bowl. Liu Xiu's heart tightened, and she quickly licked her porridge bowl again.

Old Zhu looked at Liu Xiu with a smile, "That's right! It's easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. You still have to live your life!"

Lao Zhu stroked his belly, feeling very good,

"This is the best meal we have eaten since we came to Wudi! Hahaha, this porridge is delicious, no wonder these people are full of praise for you! We all want to queue up for porridge every day!"

Liu Xiu smiled and replied, "Your Majesty wants to eat, so you can queue up early tomorrow."

Xu Da's heart skipped a beat when he heard that,

Great son-in-law!Why are you still joking with His Majesty? !

Xu Da quickly shifted his gaze to Lao Zhu, who was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed heartily, "Hahahaha, it's still interesting to chat with you!"

Xu Da wiped off his cold sweat, His Majesty and the eldest son-in-law are looking at mung beans—they're eye-catching.

"Liu Xiu," Old Zhu said solemnly, "after this matter is over, come back to Beijing with us."

"What we're thinking is that if you continue to take the imperial examination, it's justified to pass the exam. If we arrange you to be an official, others can't say anything. If you can cure the flood in Anqing Mansion, then Wadao will reward you too!"

Xu Da opened his mouth uncontrollably, looked at Liu Xiu who looked like he was thinking, and wished he could replace Liu Xiu and agree immediately!

Great son-in-law!What are you hesitating about? !

This Japanese island is what many court officials want with red eyes!Your Majesty wants to give it to you for free, why don't you hurry up and thank you? !

My great son-in-law, I, Xu Da, have never begged anyone in my life, so I beg you this time!

Hurry up and nod!

Seeing that Liu Xiu was silent, Lao Zhu's face sank slightly, and he said dissatisfiedly, "Why? Don't you like Wa Island? Or do you think we have given less rewards?"

Liu Xiu shook her head and smiled wryly, "Your Majesty, you are pushing me into the fire pit..."

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep look at Liu Xiu. He didn't expect Liu Xiu to speak so directly, but when Liu Xiu spoke directly, Lao Zhu also spoke directly.

"It's hard work for those who can. We've already made up our minds, and we won't keep you for the boss. We can still work for more than ten years. Let's use you first!"

"Forehead…"

Three thick black lines appeared on Liu Xiu's forehead,

use? !

Why does this sound weird? !

Chapter 239 The Strong Never Complain about the Environment

Old Zhu looked at Liu Xiu meaningfully, and said,

"We're straightforward enough. If you have any thoughts in your mind, just say it."

Liu Xiu glanced at the refugees, and suddenly said,

"What should these refugees do?"

"Your Majesty, I can return to Beijing, but I have one condition."

Old Zhu frowned, "Say."

"Your Majesty, I want to renovate and utilize all the post stations in the Yuan Dynasty!"

As soon as this remark came out, Zhu Yuanzhang's body was slightly shocked, and he frowned and said,

"Why do you think so?"

Liu Xiu sorted out her thoughts and said, "Your Majesty, if Daming wants to be strong and prosperous, the most important problem is to solve the problem of money."

Although Lao Zhu didn't want to admit it, he still nodded.

People who are poor can still live, but the country is really hopeless if it is poor.

"If you want to get rich, build roads first."

"The Yuan Dynasty was the most extensive land among the previous dynasties. The water stations and Chi stations were all well repaired. You only need to repair the Yuan Dynasty post stations in various prefectures, and in a short period of time, you can quickly connect all parts of Daming!"

"Whether it is troop deployment, water transportation, water transportation, or transportation, it will be more convenient."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Liu Xiu and said with a smile,

"Even if we use Daming's own post station, we can transport the grain and grass from Wudi to Yandi directly in just a few days. Tell me, what do you want to do?"

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, she took a breath,

"Your Majesty, I want to change the inn from official use to official and private use."

After all,

Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da were silent, if it wasn't Liu Xiu in front of him, I'm afraid Lao Zhu would have killed him long ago with the excuse of harboring evil intentions!

In ancient times, the government had a source of income that could never be sold to the people.

Salt, iron, wine, money, Tao.

No matter which one, it is a huge profit, and it is also the support of a country's finances, which must be firmly held in the hands of the government.

Take Yan as an example, if Liu Xiu hadn't sold Dali to work with Lao Zhu, Lao Si, and Lao Wu, then he would never have been able to do it.

It is said that the two unlucky Anhui merchants and Shanxi merchants in Wudi are also qualified to sell salt with salt quotations, and the scope of salt sales is fixed. If it exceeds this scope, it is smuggling!

This is also the case for post stations. The main purpose of post stations is to enable the emperor's orders to be uploaded and issued. In ancient times when there were no telephones, the existence of post stations was extremely important.

Not to mention anything else, if the post station is shared by the government and the people, the post station must be extremely chaotic during the war, and if the war opportunity is delayed, it will be a serious crime that beheading is not enough to pay!

In addition to Yu Gong's reasons, Lao Zhu did not use the Yuan Dynasty post station, but built another post station. He also had the mentality of looking down on the Yuan people, but he had to admit that Yuan did a better job than Ming in terms of post stations.

Therefore, what Liu Xiu said directly violated two taboos of Lao Zhu,

It is necessary to reuse the things of the Yuan Dynasty.

It is necessary to distribute the government-operated post stations for private use. As long as the post stations are open to the public, they will inevitably become a new hotbed for profiteers.

Either way, Lao Zhu would never allow it to happen.

With a dark face, Lao Zhu said, "Continue."

Liu Xiu ignored the father-in-law's frequent gestures and said,

"There are three advantages to changing the post station to be used by both the government and the people."

"First, the government can reap huge profits."

As soon as he heard that he could make money, Lao Zhu's face changed a lot, and he asked doubtfully, "This can also make money?"

"Naturally." Liu Xiu said to herself, as if she had returned to the most energetic time in the court, "As far as I know, if the folks want to send letters and goods elsewhere, they can only entrust the caravans along the way, but this method is extremely difficult. It’s not safe, not only might it be robbed along the way, what’s more, it might be stolen by the caravan.”

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "It is true."

"However, if this matter is entrusted to the government, and the public is allowed to send letters and items through the government post, and then take a small fee from it, with the Ming government to rely on, the people will definitely choose this safest method."

"Besides, the various post stations need cavalry and carriages to travel around. It is not a hindrance to bring these things with you. It can make money and benefit the people. Why not do it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang straightened his body unconsciously. Old Zhu had completely listened to Liu Xiu's words.

Indeed, as Liu Xiu said, the purpose of the post station is to send trains to various places, and if the folks can hand over the delivered items to the post station and pay a portion of the money, it will be a good thing for the government or the people!

It is indeed a way to make money!

And it's a classic win-win approach!

Liu Xiu has already entered the mood, and he talked endlessly, "It's not just mail. The caravan escorting the goods is extremely dangerous along the way. When they arrive at the place, the goods often go five or six times, and there are very few places to rest. If you can turn the post station into a merchant Where the caravan rests, the caravan is willing to pay a penny."

"There are redundant government soldiers in various places, especially in the interior. The government soldiers have nothing to do every day and eat nothing. They can choose whether to escort the caravan at the post station. The caravan will pay the government soldiers, and the post station will take a cut of it. That's another big deal!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's breathing was obviously a lot heavier. After Liu Xiu's thoroughness, Lao Zhu felt that this matter was simply too feasible!

Not only can it benefit the government, but the most important thing is to find an opportunity for the government soldiers to make extra money.

To tell the truth, the existence of the government soldiers has already made Lao Zhu Ru feel stuck in his throat.

Due to the existence of Beiyuan, Lao Zhu had to raise soldiers, but not all the soldiers raised in various places were useful.